HONOUR BOARD AND RECOGNITION
Honour Board
Inaugural Meeting of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation (SA Branch) Inc was held on the 7th June 1961.
| Year | President | Vice President / Secretary | Treasurer |
| 1961 – 1964 | Dr. Garton M. Hone | Mr. Bert F.G. Apps | Mr. Bert F.G. Apps |
| 1965 – 1969 | Dr. Owen Bowering | Mr. Bert F.G. Apps | Mr. Bert F.G. Apps |
| 1970 – 1972 | Dr. Donald Beard | Mr. Robin Haskard | Mr. Robin Haskard |
| 1973 – 1975 | Mr. M. G. Maguire | Mr. Bert F.G. Apps | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1976 – 1977 | Dr. R.C.Heddle | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1978 – 1980 | Mr. Max Sopp | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1981 – 1982 | Dr. Denise Chapman | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1983 – 1984 | Dr. Brian Sando | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1985 – 1986 | Mr. Michael Mason | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1987 – 1988 | Dr. Peter Barnes | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1989 – 1990 | Mr. Max Pfitzner | Dr. J. H. Kneebone | Dr. J. H. Kneebone |
| 1991 – 1992 | Dr. Roger Paterson | Mr. Max Pfitzner | Dr. Peter Dobson |
| 1993 – 1994 | Mr. Simon Bartold | Dr. Roger Paterson | Dr. Peter Dobson |
| 1995 – 1996 | Dr. Malcolm Kerr Grant | Mr. Simon Bartold | Dr. Peter Dobson |
| 1997 – 1999 | Ms. Lynne Haysman | Dr. Malcolm Kerr Grant | Dr. Peter Dobson |
| 2000 – 2002 | Ms. Libby Austin | Ms. Lynne Haysman | Dr. Peter Dobson |
| 2002 – 2003 | Mr. Duncan Haskard | Ms. Libby Austin | Ms. Angela Evans |
| 2004 – 2006 | Dr. Andrew Potter | Ms. Libby Austin | Ms. Angela Evans |
| 2007 – 2008 | Dr. Elizabeth Clisby | Dr. Andrew Potter Mr. Duncan Haskard | Mr. Nigel Rowe |
| 2009 – 2010 | Mr. David Spurrier | Mr. Nigel Rowe | Mr. Nigel Rowe |
| 2011 – 2012 | Dr. Bridget Sawyer | Mr. Nigel Rowe | Mr. Nigel Rowe |
| 2013 – 2014 | Mr. Nigel Rowe | Mr. Patrick Custance | Mr. Patrick Custance |
| 2014 – 2016 | Mr. Patrick Custance | Mr. Sean Murphy | Mr. Sean Murphy |
| 2016 – 2018 | Dr. Verity Cooper | Mr. Sean Murphy | Mr. Sean Murphy |
| 2019 – 2020 | Mr. David Spurrier | Dr Geoff Verrall | Mr Sean Murphy |
| 2020 – 2021 | Mr David Spurrier | Mr Sean Murphy | |
| 2021 – 2022 | Dr. Luke Mooney | Mrs. Keren Faulkner | Mr Sean Murphy |
| 2022 – 2023 | Dr. Luke Mooney | Keren Faulkner | |
| 2023 – 2024 | Mrs. Keren Faulkner | Dr Luke Mooney | Dr. Janet Young |
| 2024 – 2025 | Mrs. Keren Faulkner | Jared Strawbridge | Dr. Janet Young |
SASMA has named the annual Sports Medicine Conference keynote address after a pioneer of Sports Medicine in South Australia, Dr. Henry Kneebone.
Dr Henry Kneebone was one of the enthusiastic member who developed the states first Sports Medicine Clinic which was owned and operated by the Australian Sports Medicine Federation (SA Branch) Inc, known as SMA-SA.
Henry then went on to serve as honorary Secretary for over 17 years.
Henry held the position as Superintendent of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and took great pride introducing many hospital interns to Sports Medicine.
Henry was the Medical Officers for 27 years for his beloved Port Adelaide Football Club in addition to being the State Football Doctor for many years. There is no doubt Henry held the vision and embraced the Power moving into the AFL
Year | Prize Winner | Keynote Presentation Topic |
2007 | Dr David Martin | “Doping in Sport: Thoughts from the Frontline” |
2008 | Assoc. Professor Kieran Fallon | |
2009 | Ms Kathryn Chigwidden | “Working as a Team” |
2011 | Associate Professor Dr Jill Cook | “The current evidence and theory of compressive load as the cause of insertional tendinopathy” |
2011 | Dr David Spurrier | “The current evidence for the management of tendinopathy” |
2013 | Dr Andrew Jowett | “Preparing a Team for the World Cup” |
2014 | Dr Michael Makdissi | “Management of Difficult Concussion” |
2015 | Mr Roger Rasheed | “Physical and mental aspects of individual athletes” |
2016 | Professor Peter Fricker OAM | “The Active Adolescent: Building for the Future” |
2017 | Professor Mark Hutchinson | “The toll of knowing you are sick: Implications for pain and how to treat it” |
2022 | Dr Richard Hillock | “Managing Cardiac Risk in Sport and Exercise” |
2023 | A Prof James McLoughlin Prof Lorimer Moseley | “Concussion: New Understanding and Perspectives” “Pain and Performance: A Neuroscience Perspective” |
2024 | Dr Michael Makdissi | “Translating the Amsterdam Consensus into Practice” |
The Owen Bowering Prize is awarded to the most outstanding course participant of the Sports Medicine in General Practice Course run by SASMA.
Year | Prize Winner |
2007 | Dr Danielle Noutz |
2009 | Dr Daniel Harris |
2015 | Dr Alison Lydeamore |
2017 | Dr Kerstin Tromans |
2018 | Dr Jeremy Cho |
2019 | Dr Nina Kilfoyle |
2021 | Dr Brett Slarks |
2023 (March) | Dr Sarah Kloeden |
2023 (October) | Dr Georgina Minns |
2024 | Dr Evan Bartel |
Year | Metro Trainer of the Year | Regional Trainer of the Year | Young Trainer of the Year |
2016 | Kylie Doecke | Wendy Fitzgerald | Ashlee Lines |
2017 | Shirley Wright | Adele Whittaker | Kate Whittall |
2018 | Emmie Karagiannis | Ashley Franklin | Emily Zweck |
2019 | Alexander Gill | Shirley Mudge | Stephanie Whitman |
2020 | Brendan Schutte | Robyn Miles | Tiana Egglestone |
2021 | Ronda Hore | Jennifer Jacobs | Harry Spurrier |
From 2022 onwards, a combined statewide ‘Sports Trainer of the Year’ has been awarded. | |||
2022 | Stacey Hardie | ||
2023 | Amy Hobbs | ||
2024 | Meredith Archdall (Probert) | ||
To nominate a Sports Trainer for the 2025 Award, click here
