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| | Halifax
Canoe Club Hall of Fame
Every
year the club awards prizes to members in various classes. These are decided on
by the Committee and presented at the Club's Annual General Meeting at the start
of each year - come along to see who wins or possibly accept your prize.
A
number of the awards have been revised over the years. For completeness the full
list of Award winners before and after the change of awards have been listed
here.
|
Best Beginner |
|
Awarded to the person who has
started canoeing in the last year and made the most progress during the
year. |
| 2000 |
Tanya
Lambert |
| 2001 |
Wesley
Aldridge |
| 2002 |
Ruth
Close |
| 2003 |
Robert
Stopford |
| 2004 |
Paul
Morris |
| 2005 |
Tom
Hustler |
| 2006 |
John
Elvidge |
|
2007
|
Dan
Garside |
| 2008 |
Richard Smith |
|
Most Improved Paddler |
| Awarded to the person who
has made the most progress in their paddling during the last year. |
| 1999 |
Jack
Bradbury |
| 2000 |
Jimmy
Hobbs |
| 2001 |
Emily
Blezard |
| 2002 |
John
Stopford |
| 2003 |
Dave
Wakeford |
| 2004 |
Debbie
Stopford |
| 2005 |
Tom
Wild |
| 2006 |
Matt
Walker |
| 2007 |
Mark
Limmer |
| 2008 |
Adrian
Ward |
|
Most
Improved Junior |
| Awarded to the junior
member of the Club who has made the most improvement in their paddling
during the year. This was introduced in 2003 to replace the Most Improved
Slalom Paddler Award. |
| 2003 |
Tom
Wild |
| 2004 |
James
Stopford |
| 2005 |
Ian
Stopford |
| 2006 |
Jessica
Acheson |
| 2007 |
Nick
Jowett |
| 2008 |
Ben Thwaites |
|
Most Improved Female |
| Awarded to the female
member of the Club who has made the most improvement in their paddling
during the year. A new trophy was used from 2007 onwards. |
| 2003 |
Emily
Blezard |
| 2004 |
Andrea
Thomas |
| 2
005 |
Sarah
Ford |
| 2006 |
Jo
Sharman |
| 2007 |
Rebecca
Gledhill |
| 2008 |
Mandy Spry |
|
Highest Ranked Man |
| Awarded to the member of
the Club who has achieved the highest position in the ranking lists for
competitive canoeing disciplines during the last year. |
| 1997 |
Tristan
Matthews (Prem) |
|
1998
|
Chris
Moore (Prem) |
| 1999 |
Chris
Moore (Prem) |
| 2000 |
Robert
Soothill (Prem) |
| 2001 |
Chris
Moore (Prem) |
| 2002 |
Tom
Emerson (Freestyle) |
| 2003 |
Tom
Emerson (Freestyle) |
| 2004 |
Tom
Emerson (Freestyle) |
| 2005 |
Les
Ford (Div 2)
|
|
2006
|
Les
Ford (Div 1)
|
|
2007
|
Les
Ford (Div 1) |
|
2008
|
Les
Ford (Div 1) |
|
Highest Ranked Lady |
| Awarded to the
female member of the Club who has achieved the highest position in the
ranking lists for competitive canoeing disciplines during the last year. |
|
1995
|
Kaye
Buckley (Div 1)
|
|
1996
|
Jenny
Davison (Div 1) |
| 1997 |
Jenny
Davison (Div 1) |
| 1998 |
Jenny
Davison (Prem) |
| 1999 |
Jenny
Davison (Div 1)
|
| 2000 |
Jenny
Davison (Prem)
|
| 2001 |
Jenny
Davison (Prem) |
| This
award was withdrawn due to the low number of slalom paddlers at the club,
but was reinstated in 2007. |
| 2007 |
Roberta
Davis (Div 2) |
| 2008 |
Roberta
Davis (Div 2) |
Most Improved Playboater
|
| A new trophy instigated in
2007 to reflect the growing popularity of playboating in the Club. Awarded
to the person who has made the most improvements in playboating during the
last year. |
|
2007
|
Ian
Stopford
|
| 2008 |
James Stopford |
|
Highest Ranked Veteran |
| Awarded to the Veteran
member of the Club (over 35!) who has achieved the highest position in the
ranking lists for competitive canoeing disciplines during the last year.
This award was discontinued in 2002. |
| 1997 |
Robert
Soothill |
|
1998
|
Robert
Soothill |
| 1999 |
Robert
Soothill |
|
2000
|
Vic
Buckley
|
| 2001 |
Steve
Davison |
|
|
|
Contribution
to the Club |
| Introduced in 2003, this
award is for the person who has made the greatest contribution to the
running and success of the club during the last year. his should be a
contribution over and above any role that the member takes on as a member
of the committee or coach
This is voted on by members at the AGM from a
shortlist drawn up by members of the committee. . |
|
2003
|
Steve
Davison
|
|
2004
|
John
Stopford
|
|
2005
|
Les
Ford
|
|
2006
|
Matt
Walker
|
|
2007
|
Sarah Ford
|
|
2008 |
The Catering Team |
|
Rubber
Duck Award |
| An extra
special award presented to the member of the club who has done the most
foolish thing on Club activities. Nobody wants to win it, but each years
there are a surprisingly high number of contenders!
The achievements of past winners have
included: swimming or terror in ankle deep water, failing to turn a corner
and paddling up the river bank, getting throw lines tangled over slalom
wires |
|
2005
|
Rob
Acheson
|
| 2006 |
Tom
Wild |
| 2007 |
Roberta
Davis and Matt Walker |
| 2008 |
Jonathon Toothill |
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