Organisers say the search is on to recognise the UK's most professional sprayer operators in the sports turf, amenity and landscape management industries.

The Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year (ASOOTY) Awards highlight best practice and experience in the challenging role of ensuring accurate application on all amenity surfaces.

The Amenity Forum competition, supported by ICL and Syngenta, seeks to share guidance and advice that will raise the standards of spray application across the amenity industry. 

The Awards’ finalists will be announced at the Amenity Forum Conference in October, with the overall winner presented at the BIGGA Awards ceremony at BTME in January 2026.

All ASOOTY applicants will also be entered into a competition to win one of five Syngenta Sprayer Calibration & Application Kits.  

Along with assessing operators’ skills of spray application and use of products, the ASOOTY judging panel also now incorporate the importance of an integrated turf management (ITM) approach to any issues involving turf and landscape maintenance.

Entries to the ASOOTY Awards 2025 closes on Friday 12 September. The on-line entry form is available here.