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At its National Conference held at Sydney’s Q Station on 9th September, the Sports and Play Industry Association (SAPIA) recognised its members’ achievements during the past year with the presentation of the 2016 SAPIA Industry Awards.

The purpose of the Awards Program is to support the association’s goal of promoting excellence in tennis court, sports field, playground and recreation facility design, construction, maintenance, surfacing and servicing as well as product innovation.

The program recognises the work of its members who are contributing to achieving this goal.

The winners were:

2016 SAPIA Industry Awards

Construction - Commercial Sports Courts
Winner: Dynamic Sports Facilities 
Project: Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland (pictured above)

Construction - Domestic Sports Courts - less than $100,000
Winner: All Grass Sports Surfaces 
Project: Private Court, Bellevue Hill, NSW

Construction - Domestic Sports Courts - less than $100,000
Runner Up: TEB Contractors
Project: Private Court, Glenside, South Australia

Construction - Sports Facilities
Winner: SportEng 
Project: Deakin Uni Elite Sports Precinct, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, Victoria 

Surfacing - Outdoor Sports Facilities
Winner: Blacktac 
Project: Lindisfarne Tennis Club, Tasmania

Surfacing - Outdoor Sports Facilities
Runner Up: All Grass Sports Surfaces 
Project: The Peak Apartments, Haymarket, NSW

Sports Equipment Installation
Winner: Grand Slam Sports Equipment 
Project: Multi Use Sports, Wheatstone LNG, Onslow, Western Australia

Surfacing - Regional Play Space
Winner: RubberTough Industries 
Project: Tom’s Park, Rotherhal Estate, Sunbury, Victoria

Surfacing - Regional Play Space

Runner Up: Synthetic Grass & Rubber Surfaces Australia www.syntheticgrass.com.au
Project: Tamworth Skywalk Installation, Tamworth, NSW

Surfacing - Council or School Play Space
Winner: Surfacing Contractors Australia 
Project: Glenelg Foreshore, Glenelg, South Australia

Surfacing - Council or School Play Space
Runner Up: RubberTough Industries 
Project: Booran Road Reserve, Glen Huntly, Victoria

Surfacing - Child Care/ELC/PreSchool Play Space
Winner: Surfacing Contractors Australia 
Project: Margaret Ives Child Care Centre, Adelaide, South Australia

Surfacing - Commercial Facility Play Space

Winner: Synthetic Grass & Rubber Surfaces Australia
Project: Wulaba Park, Waterloo, NSW

Innovation Award
Winner: Play-Safe Services 
Project: Automated Height Adjustable System for Junior Basketball

For further details of these winning entries, visit www.sapia.org.au

SAPIA was previously known as the Sports Contractors Association.

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