{"id":1662,"date":"2021-10-11T23:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T23:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/?page_id=1662"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:12:05","slug":"outstanding-service-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/outstanding-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Outstanding Service Award<\/strong> recognises individuals whose dedication, leadership, and service have had a lasting impact on New Zealand Ju-Jitsu.<\/p>\n\n

It acknowledges those who have given exceptional commitment to the art \u2014 whether through long-standing involvement, the development of others, or outstanding contribution to the wider ju-jitsu community.<\/p>\n\n

This honour is not awarded lightly. It reflects a level of service that has helped shape New Zealand Ju-Jitsu across generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Long-time involvement<\/h3>\n

A pioneer or practitioner who has actively promoted and developed New Zealand Ju-Jitsu over a substantial period of time.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Outstanding service<\/h3>\n

A practitioner or administrator whose efforts have made a considerable and beneficial contribution to a particular area within the New Zealand Ju-Jitsu community.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Nominations may be submitted to the NZJJF at any time, accompanied by comprehensive details of the nominee\u2019s record of service to the Secretary<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The NZJJF selects the most suitable candidate from those nominated. Where no nominations are received, NZJJF may select a suitable candidate. Normally, only one award is made each year, and an award need not be made every year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Honour<\/h3>\n

In matters relating to martial arts, Outstanding Service Award recipients are entitled to use the post-nominals OSA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t

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Most Recent Recipient<\/p>\n

Christopher Easley<\/h3>\n

2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OSA Recipients<\/h2>\n\n
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\n \n Hans van Ess<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2004<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Gary Trail<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2005<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Henk Fekkes<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2006<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Gary Polwart<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2008<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Doug Bailey<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2012<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Paul Reti<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2013<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Dave Butler<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2015<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Simon Ogden<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2018<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n James Salter<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2019<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Lee Jung Nam<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2020<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Alistair Thompson<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Shayne Cox<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Terry Evans<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Lindolfo Collor<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
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\n \n Christopher Easley<\/a>\n <\/span>\n\n <\/div>\n\n 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Outstanding Service Award recognises individuals whose dedication, leadership, and service have had a lasting impact on New Zealand Ju-Jitsu. It acknowledges those who have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3585,"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1662\/revisions\/3585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nzjjf.org.nz\/NZJJF\/jujitsu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}