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 perhaps accept your trophy!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.
Most Improved Male 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
- 2009 Keith O’Hara
- 2010 Kevin Whittington
- 2011 Roger Blanchard
- 2012 Jolly Humphy
- 2013 Dave Stables
- 2014 Craig Bould
- 2015 Nic Wilson
- 2016 Stuart Vidler
- 2017 James Freeman
- 2018 Steve Smith
- 2019 Bob Lawler
- 2020 Phillip Wells
- 2022 Steve Smith
Most Improved Female Paddler
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
- 2005 Sarah Ford
- 2006 Jo Sharman
- 2007 Rebecca Gledhill
- 2008 Mandy Spry
- 2009 Anita Brian
- 2010 Lois Young
- 2011 Christine Brown
- 2012 Samantha Allen
- 2013 Jo Gribbins
- 2014 Liane Hickling
- 2015 Vicky Kirk
- 2016 Liane Hickling
- 2017 Vicky McGee
- 2018 Judith Forbes
- 2019 Claire Gray & Jo Platt
- 2020 Amy Blackburn
- 2022 Tess Glanville
Most Improved Junior (Under 14)
Awarded to the junior member (under 14) of the Club who has made the most improvement in their paddling during the year. This is a new award introduced in 2009.
- 2009 Callum Jeffcock
- 2010 Callum Jeffcock
- 2011 —
- 2012 —
- 2013 Jonny Benson
- 2014 Eliot Wood
- 2015 Alex Benson
- 2016 Stan Lawler
- 2017 Albert Lawler
- 2018 Blake Woods
- 2019 Kian Jackson
- 2020 Sam Milligan
- 2022 —
Most Improved Junior (14 and over)
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
- 2009 Nathan Fuller
- 2010 Harry Blanchard
- 2011 Naomi Fuller
- 2012 Abbie Richardson & Sammy Neil
- 2013 Sammy Neil
- 2014 Ben Kirk
- 2015 Patrick Nevill
- 2016 Alex Bell
- 2017 Oliver Scholefield
- 2018 Stan Lawler
- 2019 Oli Scholefield & Jonny Benson
- 2020 Jude Greaves
- 2022 Eddie Stansfield
Most Improved Junior Female
Awarded to the junior female who has made the most improvement in their paddling during the year. This was introduced in 2015 to reflect and promote increasing numbers of girls paddling at the club.
- 2015 Olivia Kirk
- 2016 Olivia Kirk
- 2017 Freya Luke
- 2018 Eira Watson
- 2019 Hannah Cable
- 2020 Hazel Allen
- 2022 —
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
- 2009 Nigel Dodd
- 2010 Angela Smith
- 2011 Craig Littlewood
- 2012 Cathy Hymas
- 2013 Pete Bell
- 2014 Alex Benson
- 2015 Ayshah Jansen
- 2016 Max Tupper
- 2017 Jose Leite
- 2018 Colin Ward
- 2019 Amy Blackburn
- 2020 Roger Arevelo
- 2022 Lily Smith
Most Improved Playboater
A new trophy instigated in 2007 to reflect the growing popularity of this discipline 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
- 2009 Jessica Acheson
- 2010 Matt Walker
- 2011 Jessica Acheson
- —
- 2018 Oliver Scholefield
- 2019 Alex Benson
- 2020 James Freeman
- 2022 Mike Hargreaves
Volunteer of the Year
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
- 2009 Les Ford
- 2010 Victoria Bradford
- 2011 Roger Blanchard
- 2012 Naomi Fuller
- 2013 Jess Acheson
- 2014 Dave Spencer
- 2015 Paul and Eliot Wood
- 2016 Simon Spencer
- 2017 Dave Spencer
- 2018 Stuart Vidler & Marcus Baker
- 2019 Les Ford
- 2020 Bob Lawler
- 2022 Judith Forbes
Rubber Duck
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
- 2009 Richard Boyce
- 2010 James Stopford
- 2011 Dave Fuller / Mike Kerry
- 2012 Pete Face
- 2013 Matt Walker
- 2014 Mark Limmer
- 2015 Craig Jowett and Simon Spencer
- 2016 Al Benson
- 2017 Michael Scholefield
- 2018 Bob Lawler
- 2019 Stan Lawler
- 2020 Al Benson
- 2022 —
Best Media Contribution
Awarded to the member of the Club who has contributed outstanding content for the clubs website & newsletter. This may include photos, articles, trip reports, blogs, etc
- 2012 Keith O’Hara
- 2013 Les Ford
- 2014 Andy Luke
- 2015 Chris Halligan
- 2016 Dig Coll
- 2017 Nic Wilson
- 2018 Paul Wood
- 2019 —
- 2020 Bob Lawler & Les Ford
- 2022 —
Sarah Davis Award
- 2012 Kevin Whittington
- 2013 Mandy Spry
- 2014 Junior Slalom Squad
- 2015 Anna Manley
- 2016 Judith Forbes
- 2017 Paul Scarborough
- 2018 Victoria Bradford-Keegan
- 2019 Michael Scholefield
- 2020 Ian Hastie
- 2022 Al Benson
Highest Ranked Male
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.
- 1985 Russ Smith
- 1986 Andy Close
- 1987 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1988 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1989 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1990 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1991 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1992 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1993 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1994 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1995 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 1996 Robert Soothill (Prem)
- 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)
- 2009 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2010 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2011 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2012 Nathan Fuller (Div 1)
- 2013 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2014 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2015 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2016 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2017 Les Ford (Div 1)
- 2018 Andrew Crowhurst (Prem)
- 2019 Andrew Crowhurst (Prem)
- 2020 Andrew Crowhurst (Prem)
- 2022 Andrew Crowhurst (Prem)
Highest Ranked Female
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.
- 1990 Katy Buckley (Div 1)
- 1992 Katy Buckley (Div 1)
- 1993 Katy Buckley (Div 1)
- 1994 Katy Buckley (Div 1)
- 1995 Katy 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)
- 2009 Roberta Davis (Div 2)
- 2010 Roberta Davis (Div 2)
- 2011 Gill Arnett (Div 1)
- 2012 Gill Arnett (Div 1)
- 2013 Jess Acheson (Div 2)
- 2014 Sarah Ford (Div 2)
- 2015 Sarah Ford (Div 2)
- 2016 Olivia Kirk (Div 2)
- 2017 Olivia Kirk (Div 1)
- 2018 Olivia Kirk (Div 1)
- 2019 Olivia Kirk (Div 1)
- 2020 Olivia Kirk (Div 1)
- 2022 Julie Kolb (Div 2)
Highest Ranked Junior
Awarded to the junior member of the Club who has achieved the highest position in the ranking lists for competitive canoeing disciplines during the last year. This award was introduced in 2014 to reflect renewed interest in slalom.
- 2014 Stephen McMahon
- 2015 Andrew Crowhurst
- 2016 Andrew Crowhurst
- 2017 Andrew Crowhurst
- 2018 Eliot Wood
- 2019 Eliot Wood
- 2020 Eliot Wood
- 2022 —
The Mandy Spry Award
Awarded in honour of Mandy Spry. The award is for adventurous spirit or environmental activities.
- 2018 Liane Llewellyn-Hickling
- 2019 Christine Brown
- 2020 James Freeman
- 2022 Christine Brown / Ian Macadie
Sea Kayak Award
A new award for 2019 in recognistion of this growing area within the club.
- 2019 Mike Highley
- 2020 Judith Forbes
- 2022 Simon Adams
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