The planning for the annual Basil Sellers young writer awards have been undertaken before the program commences today Monday 17 January 2022.
2022 Pannelists who mark the young writers as follows
Australian 18-30 group – 5 panellists
Gavin Lawrie - Banora Point, NSW
Vicki Nunn - Rockhampton, Qld
Aira Chilcott - Canberra
Cheryl McGrath - Melbourne
Russell Modlin - Sunshine Coast
Internationals 18-30 group - 5 panellists
Vic Matthews - Moruya, NSW
Darren Lawson - Caloundra, Qld
Travis Barnes - Bendigo, VIC
Tony de Kivott - Banora Point, NSW
Alex Gillespie - Sydney
New Zealand 18-30 group - 5 panellists
Liz Hay - Castle Hill (Arthur’s Pass) NZ Sth Island
Sarah Richards - Auckland
Wayne Graham - Pegasus - NZ Sth Island
Tim Newman - Nelson, Sth Island
Mussita Ng - Wellington
Sport writers panellists - 5 panellists
Peter Nelson - Batemans Bay, NSW
Simon Farrer - Melbourne
Josh Robbie - South Africa
John Skinner - Warwick, Qld
Tim Wilson - Canada
Over 31s – 5 panellists (combined marking – Aust / Intern’ls)
Rex Dale - Melbourne
John Yates - Perth
Tim McDonald - Mackay
Margaret Pearce - Calen / Midge Point, Qld
Mussita Ng - Wellington, NZ
Junior Seniors to 45 years - 5 Panellists
Peter Bentley - Sydney
Ben Campbell - Sydney
Kandima Awendila - Gold Coast
Ashley Saunders - Ipswich, Qld
Carl Windhorst - Tweed Heads, NSW
The Connect persons
The Connect persons are critical to the awards program. Each young writer sends their BEST article to the Connect person - who collates them - and forwards them to the 5 panellists.
Australians 18-30
Rebecca Moore - Sunshine Coast
Internationals 18-30
Aira Chilcott - Canberra
New Zealand 18-30
Mussita Ng - Wellington, NZ
Sport writers
Jeremy Dover - Melbourne
Over 31s
Vicki Nun - Rockhampton, Qld
Young seniors
Russell Modlin, Sunshine Coast
Statisticians
The statisticians are sent the marks by the Panellists - who then collate the points for the 2022 Basil Sellers Awards
Sport
Jeremy Dover - Melbourne
New Zealand
Liz Hay - Castle Hill, Sth Island
Over 31s
John Grocott - Kingscliff, NSW
Aust / Intn’s – 18-30s
Salley Gillespie - Sydney
Salley replaces Bill Chilcott who has served as statistician for many years but is in poor health.
2022 looks a very healthy year for the young writer program.
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
