The Panellists for the young writer annual awards are past the half way point – there are several sets of panellists – these are the people who read and then mark the articles for the first six months of 2022.
The young writer program consists of five weeks. Each set of five weeks is called a Cycle. There are 10 Cycles in the year.
2017 – 5 week cycles - 10 of these
Week 1 - Kiwis
Week 2 - Australians
Week 3 – Senior writers
Week 4 – Internationals / NZ seniors
Week 5 – Over 31s
Panellists
The major awards are the Basil Sellers Awards for first place, the Tronson for second place, the Theology Award and the Youth Development Award. Then the Tony Dunkerley Sport Writer Award.
Australian Panellists
Gavin Lawrie, Aira Chilcott, Vicki Nunn, Cheryl McGrath, Russell Modlin
New Zealand Panellists
Liz Hay, Sarah Richards, Wayne Graham, Tim Newman, Mussita Ng
Internationals Panellists
Vic Matthews, Darren Lawson, Travis Barnes, Tony de Kivitt, Alex Gillespie
Sport Panellists
Peter Nelson, Simon Farrer, Tim Wilson, John Skinner, Josh Robbie
The policy is as-far-as-possible to have current or former young writers as Panellists – in 2017 these young writers are Panellists.
Over 31s Panellists
Rex Dale, John Yates, Tim McDonald, Margaret Pearce, Mussita Ng
Seniors – up to 45 years
Peter Bentley, Ben Campbell, Kandima Awendila, Ashley Saunders, Carl Windhorst
Connect Persons -
The Connect persons are those whom the young writers send their BEST article for compilation for the panellists.
Australians – Rebecca Moore; Internationals - Aira Chilcott; Kiwis – Mussita Ng; Sport – Jeremy Dover; Over 31s – Vicki Nunn; Seniors – Russell Modlin
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children