The APF SPAN Award was first presented at the 2002 APF Annual General Meeting in Adelaide.

The newest SPAN recipient is Barbara Bartsch of South Australia who was presented with the award at the 2009 Annual General Meeting held in Canberra.

Previous recipients

Marinus (Mick) Meyles (Tasmania) - 2008
Werner Pohl (South Australia) - 2007
Ken Simkus (New South Wales) - 2005
Robert (Bob) Hill (South Australia) - 2004
Tony Shields (Victoria) - 2002
John Batson (NSW) - 2003
Tony Dalton (Victoria) - 2003
Tony Steer (ACT) - 2003
Mike Munzer (South Australia) - 2002