Excellence Award Recipients


1997 Excellence Award John Coster	1998 Excellence Ward Warwick Hansen	1999 Excellence Award Harold O'Keeffe

2000 Excellence Award David Blake	2003 Excellence Award Ross Davis	2005 Excellence Award Derek Williams

2006 Excellence Award Catholic Cemetery Board	2007 Excellence Award Ivan Webber	2009 Excellence Award Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

	2010 Excellence Award Pierre duParte

2003 Excellence Award - Ross Davis

NOMINATED BY: CHARLES BARDWELL

Ross Davis has been involved with cemeteries for the past twenty five years.

During that period of time he has spent twenty years as Secretary of the then Northern Suburbs Cemetery Trust, ten years as Secretary of the Frenchs Forest Cemetery Trust, ten years as Secretary of the Rookwood Independent Cemetery Trust and nine years as the Secretary of the Rookwood Anglican and General Cemetery Trust.

He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Park for over five years. During this period a new Administration building has been completed, the Garden of Gethsemane project has come to fruition and the Crematorium project is well under way.

He has been involved with the CCA for the past 20 years and has recently completed a total of six years as Chairman.

During the period of his stewardship with the CCA he has piloted the new constitution, has established our existing method of sub committees and has fostered closer relationships with the ACCA, the AFDA and the FDA.

He has been committed to the Industry in an executive capacity during his involvement and I consider that he would be a worthy recipient of the Award for Excellence and recommend him accordingly.

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2000 Excellence Award - David Blake

David_Blake_crop David Blake OAM was nominated for the 2000 CCA Award for Excellence for his outstanding contribution to the crematorium and cemetery industry.

David has freely given of his time and industry knowledge to many of his peers since he joined the industry. He is particularly helpful to new industry members giving guidance and assistance in finding their way through the varied aspects of the industry.

David has represented his company not only at Executive level within the CCA NSW as Chairman, for a total of two years, but has also been an Australian representative as a board member of the Australian Cemeteries & Crematoria Association. After serving as a board member David was then elected as President of ACCA, an office he served impeccably.

During his tenure as President of ACCA, David contributed heavily to the major achievements including effective lobbying of state and local governments on various issues. The development of industry self-regulations guidelines and the publication of industry brochures on cremation were another achievement to which David contributed heavily. David, as President of the ACCA board made great leaps forward in the cause of promoting our industry as an honest and ethical industry.

During David’s time as Chairman of CCA NSW he has been instrumental in developing committees to address training and education, Services in Cemeteries and Crematoria and Heritage issues.

The latest executive position David is holding is Vice President of ICF, the worldwide cremation authority.

David Blake has contributed immensely to the good standing our industry is held in not only in NSW or Australia but worldwide and he is a worthy recipient of the 2000 CCA Award for Excellence.

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