THE JOHN SHARP AWARD FOR DANGEROUS GAME

FOR THE BEST TROPHY OF DANGEROUS GAME TO BE TAKEN BY A CLIENT OF A MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASSOCIATION

IN 2008 THE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. JOHN SHARP IN CONJUNCTION
WITH HONORARY MEMBER MR. JODY NEWELL.

THE AWARD IS ALSO JOINTLY SPONSORED BY MR. SHARP AND MR. NEWELL BOTH OF WHOM DESIGNED THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PRIZE*.

This award is one of the three most prestigious prizes to be won by a Professional Hunter.

It is to be presented to the fully paid up Professional Hunter member of APHA whose client obtains the best trophy of dangerous game in the calendar year preceding the Annual Meeting and Dinner to be held over the annual SCI Convention.

1. The competition is applicable to all SEVEN DANGEROUS animals: Lion, Leopard, Hippo, Crocodile, Rhino, Elephant, and Buffalo.
   
2. The name of the client who took the trophy must be included in the entry.
   
3. The country and location where the trophy was taken must be stated.
   
4. Points will be awarded for the difficulty of obtaining the trophy. Therefore a description of the hunt will be necessary and very important to the decision of the judges.
   
5. The entries must have been hunted on a free range basis and in countries in which the species can be legally hunted.
   
6. "Canned" hunting is forbidden by the A.P.H.A. and any trophy from any such "canned" hunt will be automatically disqualified.
   
7. A member may enter more than one trophy if he feels that he has several worth entering.
   
8. Entries must be supported by photographs of the trophy.
   
9. It is essential that all entries must have authenticated official SCI measurements made by a S.C.I. Official Measurer. Photocopies of the SCI score card will be accepted. Measurements of his own client's trophy made by a candidate Professional Hunter without the SCI score card will not be accepted. 
   
10. Scoring of the trophy will be as follows: 
    a. 70% for the size of the trophy 
    b. 25% for the difficulty of hunting the trophy. This is particularly applicable to bongo.
    c. 5% for the scarcity of the trophy.

See also PARAMETERS FOR TROPHY JUDGING

The Committee of the A.P.H.A. will decide the winner during the late afternoon / early evening of the day of the Annual Dinner.

*The prize is a very ornamental skinning knife with a Damascus steel blade. It has a buffalo horn and buffalo bone handle. On the blade is etched the A.P.H.A. logo and motto. On the handle is a blank metal plaque on which the winner’s name will be etched. The sheath is made of buffalo hide. The knife and its sheath are in a fitted imbua case. In the case is a metal plaque on which is etched the words

African Professional Hunters Association
John Sharp Award for Dangerous Game,  2008

The knife and its accoutrements are manufactured by Mackrill Custom Knives of South Africa.