The Amenity Forum is looking to recognise the best practice in sprayer operation – with the last chance to enter for the 2015 competition fast approaching.

There is the opportunity to win some great prizes - and the ultimate accolade for the Club and the Winner’s CV as the Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year.

In the process they can also gain some great practical tips and useful advice from other operators to get the best results from every spray application.

Anyone who is a regular sprayer operator can enter. It’s not about having the latest sprayer technology, but rewarding those who are doing the best job for accurate, safe and targeted spray applications.

Mark Sanderson, Director of TOP PR Ltd said, "My favourite, and a prime example of what is being judged, is an operator who made a bespoke area to measure chemicals using an old kitchen sink; he measured out into a jug on the draining board, but any spillage or washing down of drips could be caught in a bucket placed under the plug hole. There was no risk of point source contamination loss – and any drips ended up in the spray tank and out on the course where required. Simple, but very effective."

You could win:

• A GO PRO HERO ACTION CAMERA
• £250 TRAINING VOUCHER
• FREE ENTRY TO THE AMENITY FORUM CONFERENCE AWARDS

Every entrant will receive BIGGA and BASIS CPD points

Sprayer operators are encouraged to now enter one of three separate categories of the Award:

• Sports and amenity turf using boom sprayer
• Hard and porous surfaces using vehicle mounted equipment
• Hard and porous surfaces / Invasive weed species using hand held equipment

Amenity Forum Chairman, Professor John Moverley highlighted that the Awards will be supported by a dedicated Amenity Forum website to record and share the experiences of the industry’s best sprayer operators, magazine articles and podcast videos, along with social media channels to spread ideas and tips as widely as possible.

Registration for the Awards closes on 30 March 2015. Entrants will be sent an application form to complete, with a short-list to be judged with a visit over the summer.

Full details at the Amenity Forum website