Mackenzie/Valpied Award
1965 Bill Henderson
(Football, Tennis,
Badminton)
1966 Ernie Blanden
(Baseball)
1967 Stuart Hunter
(Athletics)
1968 Les Blackbourn
(Tennis)
1969 George King
(Football)
1970 Keg Dunbar
(Football, Golf,
Sportswriting)
1971 Ern Whykes
(Baseball, Sports
Broadcasting)
1972 Frank Bourke
(Lawn Bowls)
1973 Keith Bray
(Harness Racing)
1974 Geoff Taylor
(Football)
1975 Val Stewart
(Athletics, Football, Sports
Medicine)
1976 Hubert Robinson
(Badminton, Basketball)
1977 Ron Clack
(Baseball, Lawn Bowls,
Cricket)
1978 Earl Brooks
(Football)
1979 Frank Faulkner
(Racing)
1980 Wally Brown
(Athletics, Harness Racing)
1981 Keith Lawrence
(Football, Athletics)
1982 Jim Oliver
(Soccer)
1983 Mick O’Neil
(Swimming)
1984 Ken Eyers
(Football, Badminton, Table
Tennis)
1985 Laurie Valpied
(Golf, Rowing)
1986 Len Dunkley-Sminth
(Cricket, Basketball)
1987 Thora Blackbourn
(Tennis)
1988 Lindsay Pattenden
(Squash)
1989 Peter Heinz
(Cricket, Lawn Bowls)
1990 Eric Waller
(Rowing)
1991 Tom Neville
(Football)
1992 John McCarty
(Football, Cricket)
1993 Ken Kay
(Badminton)
1994 Dawn Jose
(Basketball, Netball)
1995 Charles Coghlan
(Horse Racing)
1996 Les Rodd
(Tennis/Bowls)
1997 Bob Reynolds
(Golf)
1998 Dennis Foley
(Basketball)
1999 Rex Hollioake
(Cricket)
2000 Allan Spratling
(Cricket)
2001 Jo Dash
(Netball)
2002 Neil Thompson
(B.S.C., Badminton, Golf)
2003 Rod McKechnie
(Lawn Bowls)
2004 Harry Harris
(Football)
2005 John Wiltshire
(Horse Racing & Athletics)
2006 Bill McLennan
(Athletics)
2007 Geoff McRae
(Cricket)
2008 Blake Gordon
(Orienteering)
2009 John Haywood
(Basketball)
2010 Geoff Torney A.M
(Horse Racing)
2011 Paul James
(Harness Racing)
2012 Brian Christophers
(Services to Badminton)
2013 Noel Pidgeon
(Ballarat Sports Foundation)
2014 Morgan Murphy
(Swimming Coach
/Administrator)
2015 Jeff Clack
(Baseball & Cricket)
2016 Shane Bicknell
(Little Athletics)
2017 John Burt OAM
(Ballarat Sports Foundation)
2018 Peter Wilson
(Services to Ballarat Sport)
2019 Colin McClelland
(Ballarat Sports Foundation)
2020 NO EVENT HELD
2021 Bruce Valpied
(Ballarat Sportsmen’s Club)
2022 David Poulton
(Australian Rules Football)