05-06-07
Pennine Divers - club awards
Please all, contact me with amusing tales from this year's fun and frolics, and I will add them here. Then eveyone knows what has been happening and can think who they would like to nominate for the AGM
NB: Non-diving will no longer be eligible for Lemon of the Year Awards. These awards were meant for DIVERS, not non-divers!!!!!
The Awards Themselves
We currently have 4 awards.
Awards are voted on annually by all voting members by secret ballot, apart from photograph of the year, which is judged by a professional photographer. They are awarded at the AGM, along with whatever tale has resulted in their being awarded!!! The recipients get to take the trophy home and cherish it for a year, until the next round of awards. Voters please note the descriptions of the awards and bare this in mind in your voting!!!!!!!! Think about all diving and/or Club related activities of potential nominees over the previous year. Please also include a brief summary of why you think your nominees deserve each award, including details of amusing diving/Club tale for the Lemon of the Year Award.
Diver of the Year
For the keenest diver in the club, the diver who has done the most diving, and or encouraged the most diving.
Member of the Year
For the person who has put in the most effort for the benefit of the club over the year.
Photograph of the Year
For the person who has taken the best diving-related photograph of the year. Self-nominations are allowed for this one. You need to state the title, page and album trail of its location. The pic could be funny, poignant or just gorgeous. The photographer will remain anonymous until after judging, and nominated photos will be judged by a professional photographer.
Lemon of the Year
For the diver who sucks. This is for the diver who has had the most amusing diving related incident/s in the last year.
Award Recipients
2008
Diver of the Year: Ian Baker - despite always winging about his age he still dives.
Member of the Year: Hazel Buckley for putting the most effort into the club.
Photograph of the Year: as yet undecided
Lemon of the Year: Ian Baker - for organising a RIB trip and forgetting to bring along the GPS, fish finder, spare prop, spare wheel bearings...
2007
Diver of the Year: Lyvia Chester for her life-long love of quarries!!
Member of the Year: Hazel Buckley for putting the most effort into the club and organising so many dives.
Photograph of the Year: as yet undecided
Lemon of the Year: Laura Halford for managing to get to 6m on a dive before realising she had attached DIN and A clamp reg/ first stage together on a dive!!! How??
2006
Diver of the Year: Ian Baker for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year:Hazel Buckley for her exhaustive efforts for the club, including looking after the website, organising diving, conducting training and becoming an Open Water Instructor.
Photograph of the Year:Mike Saxon For taking the best photo of the year. You can also see this photo in Flora and Fauna, and Mike's personal album.
Lemon of the Year: Iain Lingard for letting go of the painter on the RIB with a diver still in the water, the engine refusing to start, and in a F6 near the rocks on the Oban trip this year. Oops!
2005
Diver of the Year: Colin Goddard, for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year: Ian Baker for his exhaustive efforts for the club, including becoming an Open Water Instructor, and undertaking training for Club Members.
Lemon of the Year: Brian Henry for managing not to dive for a whole year.
2004
Diver of the Year: Andrew Hopkinson, for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year: Steven Kershaw, for his exhaustive efforts for the club, including suggesting the Club Awards, becoming Training Officer, pushing training and dives, bringing new members into the club.
Lemon of the Year: Hazel Buckley, for nearly killing herself twice on one trip to dive the Sound of Mull in 2003!!! Once when weights fell out of her harness and she subsequently ran out of air; the next day for her suit flooding up to her hips as a result of the previous day's tears on the very spiky pontoon, resulting in mild hypothermia and being unceremoniously dragged back onto the RIB.
NB: Non-diving will no longer be eligible for Lemon of the Year Awards. These awards were meant for DIVERS, not non-divers!!!!!
The Awards Themselves
We currently have 4 awards.
Awards are voted on annually by all voting members by secret ballot, apart from photograph of the year, which is judged by a professional photographer. They are awarded at the AGM, along with whatever tale has resulted in their being awarded!!! The recipients get to take the trophy home and cherish it for a year, until the next round of awards. Voters please note the descriptions of the awards and bare this in mind in your voting!!!!!!!! Think about all diving and/or Club related activities of potential nominees over the previous year. Please also include a brief summary of why you think your nominees deserve each award, including details of amusing diving/Club tale for the Lemon of the Year Award.
Diver of the Year For the keenest diver in the club, the diver who has done the most diving, and or encouraged the most diving.
Member of the YearFor the person who has put in the most effort for the benefit of the club over the year.
Photograph of the YearFor the person who has taken the best diving-related photograph of the year. Self-nominations are allowed for this one. You need to state the title, page and album trail of its location. The pic could be funny, poignant or just gorgeous. The photographer will remain anonymous until after judging, and nominated photos will be judged by a professional photographer.
Lemon of the Year For the diver who sucks. This is for the diver who has had the most amusing diving related incident/s in the last year.
Award Recipients
2008
Diver of the Year: Ian Baker - despite always winging about his age he still dives.
Member of the Year: Hazel Buckley for putting the most effort into the club.
Photograph of the Year: as yet undecided
Lemon of the Year: Ian Baker - for organising a RIB trip and forgetting to bring along the GPS, fish finder, spare prop, spare wheel bearings...
2007
Diver of the Year: Lyvia Chester for her life-long love of quarries!!
Member of the Year: Hazel Buckley for putting the most effort into the club and organising so many dives.
Photograph of the Year: as yet undecided
Lemon of the Year: Laura Halford for managing to get to 6m on a dive before realising she had attached DIN and A clamp reg/ first stage together on a dive!!! How??
2006
Diver of the Year: Ian Baker for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year:Hazel Buckley for her exhaustive efforts for the club, including looking after the website, organising diving, conducting training and becoming an Open Water Instructor.
Photograph of the Year:Mike Saxon For taking the best photo of the year. You can also see this photo in Flora and Fauna, and Mike's personal album.
Lemon of the Year: Iain Lingard for letting go of the painter on the RIB with a diver still in the water, the engine refusing to start, and in a F6 near the rocks on the Oban trip this year. Oops!
2005
Diver of the Year: Colin Goddard, for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year: Ian Baker for his exhaustive efforts for the club, including becoming an Open Water Instructor, and undertaking training for Club Members.
Lemon of the Year: Brian Henry for managing not to dive for a whole year.
2004
Diver of the Year: Andrew Hopkinson, for being the keenest diver.
Member of the Year: Steven Kershaw, for his exhaustive efforts for the club, including suggesting the Club Awards, becoming Training Officer, pushing training and dives, bringing new members into the club.
Lemon of the Year: Hazel Buckley, for nearly killing herself twice on one trip to dive the Sound of Mull in 2003!!! Once when weights fell out of her harness and she subsequently ran out of air; the next day for her suit flooding up to her hips as a result of the previous day's tears on the very spiky pontoon, resulting in mild hypothermia and being unceremoniously dragged back onto the RIB.