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Racecourse Groundstaff Awards Hall of Fame
The Racecourse Groundstaff Awards celebrate and reward world-class groundsmanship.
Since 1996, the Racecourse Groudstaff Awards have given all types of racecourse the opportunity to be heralded for their racing surfaces plus individual awards for those that merit specific praise.
Please see below all previous winners in the Hall of Fame (please note Groundstaff Champion Award introduced in 2013):
2025
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Newbury
Flat: Newmarket
Dual Purpose: Newbury
Jump: Kelso
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Andrew Malam (Bangor on Dee & Chester Racecourses)
Richard Linley Award: Daniel Hayes (Huntingdon)
2024
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Carlisle
Flat: York
Dual Purpose: Carlisle
Jump: Aintree
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Charlie Moore (ARC)
Richard Linley Award: Nathan Durrance (Great Yarmouth)
2023
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Plumpton
Flat: Hamilton Park
Dual Purpose: Ayr
Jump: Plumpton
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: George Ash (Lingfield)
Richard Linley Award: Keiron Proctor (Market Rasen)
2022
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Cartmel
Flat: York
Dual Purpose: Ascot
Jump: Cartmel
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Brian Meikle (Kelso)
Most Improved New Team Member: Luke Randall (Warwick)
2019
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: York
Flat: York
Dual Purpose: Lingfield Park
Jump: Kelso
Merit Award: Perth
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Steve Bakin (Market Rasen)
2018
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Warwick
Flat: Great Yarmouth
Dual Purpose: Ascot
Jump: Warwick
Merit Award: Cheltenham
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Richard Osgood (Newbury)
2017
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Leicester
Flat: Newmarket
Dual Purpose: Leicester
Jump: Warwick
Merit Award: Goodwood
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Maurice Crooks (Haydock Park)
2016
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Cartmel
Flat: Brighton
Dual Purpose: Ascot
Jump: Cartmel
Merit Award: Ayr
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Seamus Buckley (Goodwood)
2015
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: York
Flat:York
Dual Purpose: Sandown Park
Jump: Huntingdon
Merit Award: Ripon and Perth
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Michael Simmonds (Salisbury)
2014
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Plumpton
Flat: Hamilton Park
Dual Purpose: Carlisle
Jump: Plumpton
Merit Award: Wolverhampton
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Mark Cornford (Plumpton)
2013
Winners
Groundstaff Champion: Kelso
Flat: Chester
Dual Purpose: Leicester
Jump: Kelso
Merit Award: Musselburgh
2012
Winners
Flat: York
Dual Purpose: Musselburgh
Jump: Taunton
Neil Wyatt Lifetime Achievement: Reg Lomas (Cheltenham)
2011
Winners
Flat: Newmarket
Dual Purpose: Musselburgh
Jump: Fontwell Park
Special Recognition: Gilly Gilford (Ascot)
2010
Winners
Flat: Salisbury
Dual Purpose: Ayr
Jump: Market Rasen
Special Recognition: Kempton Park, Lingfield Park, Southwell & Wolverhampton
2009
Winners
Flat: York
Dual Purpose: Newcastle
Jump: Plumpton
Special Recognition: Bangor on Dee
2008
Winners
Flat: Salisbury
Dual Purpose: Doncaster
Jump: Aintree
Special Recognition: Cheltenham
Special Recognition: Danny Smith (Goodwood)
2007
Winners
Flat: Newmarket
Dual Purpose: Newbury
Jump: Cheltenham
Special Recognition: Stratford
2006
Winners
Flat: Redcar
Dual Purpose: Kempton Park
Jump: Newton Abbot
2005
Winners
Flat: Nottingham
Dual Purpose: Haydock Park
Jump: Aintree
2004
Winners
Flat: Goodwood
Dual Purpose: Sandown Park
Jump: Exeter
2003
Winners
Flat: Goodwood
Dual Purpose: Carlisle
Jump: Wincanton
2002
Winners
Flat: Hamilton Park
Dual Purpose: Haydock Park
Jump: Huntingdon
2001
Winners
Flat: Windsor
Dual Purpose: Haydock Park
Jump: Fontwell Park
2000
Winners
Flat: Epsom Downs
Dual Purpose: Haydock Park
Jump: Uttoxeter
1999
Winners
Flat: Chester
Dual Purpose: Newcastle
Jump: Exeter
Special Merit: Newmarket
1998
Winners
Flat: Goodwood
Dual Purpose: Musselburgh
Jump: Wincanton
1997
Winners
Flat: Hamilton Park
Dual Purpose: Ascot
Jump: Stratford
Special Merit: Aintree
1996
Winners
Flat: Pontefract
Dual Purpose: Ayr
Jump: Bangor on Dee
