Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award Winners

Find out more about the of the hugely successful Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award winners. See how their practical tips and tricks could be incorporated on your course.

Also the first place to find out when entries to the Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award opens each year, judged as part of the STRI Golf Environment Awards.

Please note some of the Award Winners featured have now changed roles or clubs. In some instances being an ecological champion has been instrumental in their gaining new positions to manage. The experience of all the Winners remains valuable to share and inspire others to get involved.

Huntercombe success balances golf and enhancing ecology - 2024 Winner

Read about the success of Grant Stewart and the Oxfordshire club's multiple initiatives to promote biodiversity, and communicate what they do.

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Newquay attracts birds back for seaside links - 2022 Winner

Hear how Dan Kendle and the team at Newquay created habitats for Cornwall's coughs and other biodiversity.

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Operation Pollinator Champion proves a winner - 2017 Winner

Steve Thompson had long been an advocate of Operation Pollinator in habitat creation at John O'Gaunt in Bedfordshire - and then he won the Award

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North Foreland wins first Operation Pollinator Award - Winner 2013

Dan McGrath was the first winner of the Operation Pollinator Award. Find out what he achieved on the Kent coastal course.

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Corhampton player power drives ecology success - 2023 Winner

Iestyn Carpenter reveals his secrets to restoring habitats for rare species that thrive in the chalkland environment.

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Effingham blooming with wildflowers in course design - 2021 Winner

John Budd has transformed wildflower habitats to provide an ecological oasis that dovetail perfectly with the course design.

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Elsham shows the way for wildflower habitat - 2015 Winner

Elsham Golf Club's Anthony Darker was inspired by an early Operation Pollinator meeting. Just a few seasons later he was crowned as an Award winner.

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