‘Spirit of ACHPER –The Janet Harper Award’ is in recognition of a true champion of ACHPER. This award, first presented in 2016, is in memory of our dear ACHPER friend and dedicated PE Week Chairperson for 18 years, Janet Harper, who sadly passed away from Cancer in 2016. Janet, an ACHPER Fellow was a major contributor to ACHPER’s vision, mission and objectives through a significant number of areas since 1992. She encouraged people to join ACHPER, attend conferences and was always recognised at the annual PE Week dinner. Janet was always so passionate about young children, ACHPER, PE Week and her colleagues.
To recognise her contribution to ACHPER, The ACHPER SA Board developed the Spirit of ACHPER- Janet Harper award recognising someone who has contributed to ACHPER professionally, encouraged others to engage and promoted the role of ACHPER.
Previous Award Recipients
2016 | George Evreniadis
2017 | Craig Fosdike
2018 | Mike George
2019 | Kylie Newbold
2020 | Craig Johncock
2021 | George Evreniadis
2022 | Rick Baldock
2023 | Brad Snell