MEDALS AND AWARDS
SSSSA name
  HISTORY OF MEDALS AWARDED AT CONGRESSES

  
SSSSA Congresses
MEDALS AWARDED
No. Date Venue Best Paper Best Poster Best Junior Paper Implementable Technology
1st July 1965 Pretoria
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2nd July 1967 Pietermaritzburg
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3rd Apr.1970 Bloemfontein
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4th Apr.1971 Stellenbosch
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5th Feb.1973 Salisbury (Harare)
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6th July 1975 Blyde River
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7th Jan.1977 Pretoria
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8th July 1978 Pietermaritzburg M Hensley       
9th Jan.1980 Durban ATP Bennie/H M du Plessis (shared)   J H Moolman  
10th July 1981 East London MV Fey/J van Zyl (shared)   D Botha  
11th Jan.1983 Stellenbosch A Cass   No award  
12th July 1984 Bloemfontein CJB Mott      
13th Jan.1986 Pretoria        
14th July 1987 Nelspruit JH Moolman G Levy, PR Berliner, HM du Plessis & HvH vd Watt AD Manson  
15th Jan.1989 Wild Coast Sun F Ellis & JJN Lambrechts A Hattingh & M Hensley LD van Rensburg & ATP Bennie  
16th July 1990 Pretoria W van Averbeke & JN Marais G Benians & W van Averbeke E Haumann & CC du Preez / FPJ Thormählen & CC du Preez (shared)  
17th Jan.1992 Stellenbosch JH Moolman & WP de Clerq   SP Higgins & MV Fey/ ME du Toit, CC du Preez, M Hensley & ATP Bennie (shared) JH Meyer, RA Wood & RL Harding
18th Jan.1994 Potchefstroom H v d Watt & M v d Walt WP de Clerq, JH Moolman & WJP Wessels AA Bloem & R Wilken RO de Munnik, M van der Walt & M E Rust
19th Jan.1995 Stellenbosch C Bühmann, I Rapp & MC Laker DJ Pretorius & T Bezuidenhout CA du Plessis, C Phaal & E Senior JL Schoeman, HJ Smith, D Haarhoff & JF Beytell
20th July 1996 Bloemfontein JJ Bornman A Venter E van Zyl A Daka / DJ Pretorius (shared)
21th Jan.1998 Alpine Heath, Drakensberg PA Myburgh & JH Moolman / HJC Smith & JA Neser (shared) A Venter, DJ Beukes & CW van Huyssteen JJ Botha & M Hensley JG Annandale, N Benadi, NZ Jovanovic & N du Sautoy
22nd July 1999 Pretoria C Bühmann & J P Nell J J Botha, J J Anderson, M Hensley & P P van Staden P H E Ströhmenger, A S Claassens, W H Mentz, J G Annandale & R O Barnard H G du Preez, D J Beukes, M V Kidson & M F Steinke
23rd Jan.2001 Pretoria M V Fey, M Echeverria & S Whyte J J Botha & J J Anderson D N Reitz, R J Haynes & C Muchehiwa  
24th Jan.2003 Stellenbosch C W van Huysteen, P A L le Roux & M Hensley J J Botha, J J Anderson, L D van Rensburg & P P van Staden H N Engelbrecht & W P de Clerq / L Stronkhorst, J H van der Waals, A S Claassens & A Viljoen (shared) H J Smith, K Wessels & L Twyman
25th Jan.2005 Potchefstroom J H van der Waals & A S Claassens J E Herselman, C E Steyn & A Venter C E Dowding, M V Fey, M J Borda, D L Sparks & F Ellis L D Van Rensburg, A W Frezghi & I van der Stoep / P A L le Roux, S A Tekle & M Hensley (shared)
26th Jan.2006 Durban (1) JJ Botha, LD van Rensburg & JJ Anderson (shared with) (2) HG Jansen van Rensburg, DJ Beukes, MV Kidson & AS Claassens GME van der Merwe & DJ Beukes K Jennings, PAL le Roux, CW van Huyssteen & TB Zere MV Fey

SSSSA Congresses
MEDALS AWARDED
No. Date Venue Best Paper Best Poster Best Junior Paper Best Soil Science contribution for Research Development Best Paper on Innovative New Technology
27th Jan.2007 Badplaas JH vd Waals, PS Rossouw, JJH Potgieter & PC de Jager LD Stronkhorst, AS Claassens, A Viljoen & JH vd Waals MC Matlou & RJ Haynes JJ Anderson, JJ Botha & NN Nhlabatsi Not awarded
28th Jan.2008 Grahamstown JJ Botha, JJ Anderson, M Hensley C Swanepoel & DJ Beukes C Fraenkel & co-authors UFS Not awarded Not awarded

MEDALS AWARDED (Person and Congress year)
SILVER
GOLD
Service to SSSSA:
J van Woerkom (1989)
R O Barnard (1987)
T E Dohse (1994)

Contributions to Soil Science:
C N MacVicar (1990)
H v H van der Watt, T H van Rooyen, L van Huyssteen (1994)
J H Moolman, A T P Bennie (1996)
J J N Lambrechts, M C Laker (1999)
A J van der Merwe, F Netterberg (2001)
JH Meyer (2008)

 Soil & Irrigation Research Institute (1987)

Soil Classification Working Group (C N MacVicar, J M de Villiers, R F Loxton, E Verster, J le Roux,J J N Lambrechts, F R Merryweather, T H van Rooyen, H J von M Harmse) (1987)

H v H van der Watt (1996)

Land Type Survey Staff of ARC-ISCW (2003)
MEDALS AWARDED (Person, Institution and Congress year)
Silver Medal to Best Final-Year Soil Science Student
1993: A L Kruger (UOVS), C Steyn (UP), Mej Mossmer (UP)
1994: D J Visser (UOVS), M N Smuts (US), N F Thysma (UP)
1995: A Teubes (US)
1996: E Smit (UOVS), A de Waal (UP)
1997: H J J van Zyl (UOVS)
1998: A Liebenberg (UOVS), A Judge (Natal), Mnr Agenbach (US)
1999: L Ehlers (UOVS)
2000: D Scholtz (UOVS)
2001: M Smuts (US)
2002:
2003: CE Dowding (US), W Mostert (UV)
2004: HC Kruger (UV), JJC Potgieter (UP)
2005:
2006: JJ van Tol (UV)

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AWARDS: Best Soil Science article published in SA Journal Plant & Soil
2001 - AA Bloem
2002 - PC Henry
2003 - DP Turner
2004 - AJ Mills, MV Fey, & CE Johnson
2005 - SF Molete
2006 - CW van Huyssteen
AWARDS: EXPO for YOUNG SCIENTISTS: Soil Science Related
2006: Ms Marguerite Boshoff - "The soil investigation which makes you shudder"
2007: Ms Amy Smythe - "Destructive dongas"
 

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