The Press Service International's annual awards will be held on Saturday 13 August at the Salvation Army's Stanmore House, Stanmore - with the various Basil Sellers Awards.
These prestigious annual Basil Sellers awards are determined by four separate groups of Panellists who have marked tirelessly since January. Long serving retired statistician John Grocott notified us early in the year he may not last the distance and Tash McGill from Auckland has taken on that vital role.
The Panellists mark -
Australian young writers
New Zealand young writers
International young writers
Sport young writers
The Panellists are remarkable: in their undertakings -
Australian
John Skinner
Eric Polis
Gavin Lawrie
Aira Chilcott
Vicki Nunn
Deidre Tronson
New Zealand
Brian Carrell
Liz Hay
Tash McGill
Peter Rope
Deidre Tronson
Brent Costley
International
Sophia Sinclair
Vic Matthews
Euan McDonald
Deidre Tronson
Nathanael Yates
Daniel Stott
Sport
Peter Nelson
Andrew Bennett
Simon Farrer
Tim Wilson
David Burr
Previous Awards
Basil Sellers - Australian
2013 – Alison Barkely
2014 – Danielle Stott
2015 – Belinda Croft
2016 - ...............
Basil Sellers New Zealand
2013 – Daniel Jang
2014 – Casey Murray
2015 – Sophia Sinclair and Jeremy Suisted
2016 - ............
Basil Sellers International
2015 - Genevieve Wilson and Paul Lewis
2016 ..............
Basil Sellers Theological
2013 – Sam Burrows
2014 – Jeremy Suisted
2015 – Aust: Sam Manchester; NZ Andrew Sinclair
2016 ............
Basil Sellers Sport
2013 – Annemarie de Villiers
2014 – Brad Mills, Wesley Tronson, Annemarie de Villiers
2015 – David Goodwin
2016 ............
Consistency awards (as in second place)
Australian
2013 – Laura Veloso
2014 – Sarah Young
2015 – Charley Goiris, Jeremy Dover, Rebecca Moore
2016 ................
New Zealand
2013 - Casey Murray, Sophia Sinclair
2014 – Sophia Sinclair
2015 – Tim Newman, Brad Mills
2016 ..........
This all sounds exciting as it is, and all to the Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ with these young writer's articles published in Christian Today.
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html