LONG-time sports volunteer Greg Carey has won the Condamine Sports Club Volunteer of the Year award.

He was one of eight outstanding volunteers honoured at last night's Daily News/Warwick Credit Union Junior Sports Star of the Year awards night.

The Condamine Sports Club presented the perpetual trophy and $500 cheque to Carey.

The cheque will go to his nominating clubs, the Warwick Cowboys Rugby League Football Club.

His work as a volunteer goes back to 1978 when he was elected president of Collegians Junior Rugby League Club, a role he filled until 1987.

He was also Warwick and District president for five years and during the same era was heavily involved in Little Athletics.

He was president of the Warwick Cowboys from 2001 to 2010 and has been a TRL delegate since 2011 as well as sponsorship co-ordinator.

Carey was awarded life membership of Collegians, Warwick and District, Warwick Cowboys and Warwick Little Athletics.

The volunteer award was judged by the junior sports award judges from information provided by their nominators who stressed that coming up with a winner from the six nominations was a difficult task.

They spoke of the outstanding contribution of each of the volunteers to the sporting fabric of Warwick and the Southern Downs.

For the first time, there were two dual nominations.

The eight outstanding volunteers honoured last night were Doug and Anne Wilson (orienteering), Gordon and Lyn Maag (SSAA shooting), Paul Butler (football), Chris Cantwell (cricket), Janet Davis (Riding for Disabled/golf) and Carey.

Carey joins Darryl Gillam (hockey), Dani Peel (gymnastics) and Tracey Sexton (Riding for the Disabled) as the first four winners of the award.

Long-time NRL and Super League player Travis Burns was guest speaker at last night's dinner which was attended by 150 people at the Hawker Rd Function Centre.

He has forged a successful career in professional sport but is now back in Allora and playing for Wynnum Seagulls.