Each year, at the Annual Dinner, a number of trophies are presented to members and others in recognition of outstanding flights through the year, services to the club etc. A history of the trophies and their past winners is given.
The Leighton-Hall Trophy for the most outstanding flight of the year
The Lonsdale Trophy for the longest cross country flight from Walney
The Dodd Trophy For most outstanding progress during the year in Lakes Gliding Club
The Alsford Trophy for the greatest gain of height from Walney
The Sir Leonard Redshaw Trophy for the most outstanding flying achievement by a non silver pilot.
The Elegant Window Systems Trophy for best flight in a two seat glider.
The Optimum Financial Services Trophy for best gain of height in a two seat glider.
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Presented to the club at the start of the clubs activities on Tebay Fell about 1957, by Matthew Leighton-Hall and his wife Edna. Matthew was one of the two people responsible for the re-birth of the club in 1956. The other was Ron Reid. Matthew died in 2001. Ron was a great friend of Chris Dobson whose winch we used for a number of years. It was and still is meant to be presented to the club member making the most outstanding flight of the year. In the early years this was logically from the site but as time progressed this became from anywhere in the UK and then naturally anywhere in the world.
Outstanding did not necessarily mean the longest, highest, furthest or fastest. It usually is but it also covered for the hardest and most difficult and took account of pilot experience. For example a 300km by an inexperienced pilot would normally beat a 500km by an experienced pilot, unless say the experienced pilot broke a club record. Or a 300km in an OLY 2B would beat a 300km in a Pegasus. The final decision being the CFI's.
1959 Jack Paley
1960 Howard Woods
1961 Reg Wolff
1962 Howard Woods
1963 Jack Paley a 26km flight from a club outing to one of Lord Lonsdale's fields at Lowther.
1964 Gil Haslam
1965 Sid Wearing
1967 Gil Scurrah Gil for his flight to the Isle of Man.
1968 Peter Redshaw 61km Silver distance from Walney in the Oly 2B,
1969 Len Redshaw and Sid Wearing gain of height of 12500ft from bungey launches off Kirkby Fells.
1972 Peter Redshaw 220km from Bickmarsh in the Oly
1973 Peter Redshaw 314km from Bickmarsh in the Oly and first diamond goal by the club,
1974 Peter Redshaw 323km double out and return from Shobdon in the Oly,
1974 Roger Bull 300km diamond goal flight in a Standard Libelle
1975 Peter Redshaw 512 km triangle in a Club Libelle and first 500km in the club. 8 1/2 hours but no photos!
1976 Arthur Alsford
1977 Neil Houghton
1978 A Lakeland
1979 Jim McGuigan
1980 Peter Redshaw a 135km flight to Sutton Bank in a Kestrel, arriving 20 minutes after Sutton Bank had started flying.
1986 Peter Craven gold distance
1987 Peter Craven diamond height
1988 Peter Craven diamond distance
1989 Dave Hannah
1990 Peter Redshaw 504km with photos from Le Blanc in France in the Nimbus 3,
1991 Peter Craven 37000ft
1992 Keith Butterfield and Alan Dennis longest ever cross-country flight in the Capstan, 42km to Melling.
1993 Peter Craven
1994 Peter Redshaw 271km out and return Sutton Bank,
1995 Peter Redshaw 335km flight Walney/Sutton Bank/Durham NE/Walney first return to the airfield from a long Walney flight
1996 John Burdett 312km gold with diamond goal in France from Thouars in his LS3
1997 Peter Redshaw 503km flight Walney/Staindrop/Helmsley/Walney in his LS6
1998 Neil Braithwaite and Roger Copley for their 300km flights this year, Discus and Vega
1999 Peter Redshaw 705km flight in Spain in an LS6
2000 John Martindale/Lyn Martindale for their Diamond distance flights in Australia
2001 Lyn Martindale for a fast 300km from Hus Bos, 301km in 3hrs 46min
2002 Not awarded
2003 Peter Redshaw and Dave North for a 102km flight in the Capstan
2004 not awarded
2005 Peter Redshaw and Dave North for a 311km triangle flight in France in the Capstan at an average speed of over 50kph.
2006 Neil Moffat for a 383km flight in April during an expedition from Carlisle. This gave him his Gold Distance, Lak 19
2007 Andy Tebay & Peter Redshaw for a 302km closed triangle in France in the Capstan
2008 Peter Redshaw for a most unusual flight which seemed to start and finish in the new hangar
2009 John Burdett & Peter Redshaw for an amazing 220km triangle in the blue, in France and in the Capstan
2010 John Martindale for a 363km flight, Walney-Grassington-Penrith-Settle-Walney
2011 Dave North for a 220km flight in the Capstan at the TSC Wolds
2012 Not awarded
2013 Peter Redshaw and Chris Richardson for an amazing flight in the Capstan at Pocklington
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For the longest cross country flight from Walney but was originally for the longest flight from Tebay. Presented by Lord Lonsdale of Lowther at the rebirth of the club in 1958. The club operated from Tebay fell from 1956, the fell being owned by Lord Lonsdale who charged the club a peppercorn rent. He also gave permission for the club to build a clubhouse and hangar on the top of the fell. It was his generosity that allowed the redevelopment of the club. On occasions when there were no cross-country flights from the club site the trophy was not presented. This explains the number of gaps in the early years.
1959 Philip Wills a flight from Tebay to Sutton Bank. The whole of the flight was done in cloud and across the Pennines. A weekend competition had been arranged and pilots from various parts of the UK participated, Philip naturally won.
1960 Ron Reid
1962 Dave Millett
1964 Gerry Wilson
1965 Gil Haslam
1966 Jack Paley
1967 Peter Redshaw 45km in the Oly 2B landing near Ingleborough,
1968 Ron Hawkes
1969 Roger Bull
1970 Ian Ronald
1972 Ian Ronald
1974 Peter Gillett Silver distance landing at Salmsbury
1975 Peter Jackson
1976 Dennis Carey 2 x100k triangles (Walney-Arnside-Derwentwater) on same flight in ASW 15.
1977 Peter Craven
1979 Neil Braithwaite Walney to Rathmell (Near Long Preston) 68k Silver Distance in Pilatus,
1982 Neil Braithwaite O/R Walney Ingleton 115k Pilatus,
1983 John Taylor
1984 Peter Redshaw 415km flight in the Kestrel, Walney/Conset/Sutton Bank/Appleby/Martin
1984 Ray Jackson
1986 Neil Braithwaite Black Combe Eskdale - Settle 96k Astir,
1986 Roy Jones
1987 Neil Braithwaite 63k Astir
1989 Peter Craven
1991 Peter Lewis
1992 Peter Redshaw something in the Nimbus 3,
1993 Peter Redshaw 334km from the club Walney/Sutton Bank/Durham NE/Walney in an LS6,
1994 Peter Redshaw 271km out and return Sutton Bank in an LS6,
1995 Neil Braithwaite Haverigg Coniston Cockermouth - Walney 105k Astir
1996 Roger Copley about 70km landed near Carlisle in a Sport Vega
1997 Peter Redshaw 503km Walney/Staindrop/Helmsley/Walney in an LS6
1998 Graham Welch There were no significant cross countries from Walney so awarded to Graham in recognition of his Diamond height
1999 Graham Welch 139km flight from Walney, via Sedburgh to Keswick and an exciting return to Walney.
2000 Neil Braithwaite
2001 Suspended due to foot and mouth restrictions
2002 John Martindale for a trip through and over the hills to Skiddaw and somewhere else before creeping back to Walney. 168km.
2003 Peter Redshaw for a 168km triangle.
2004
2005
2006
2007 Neil Moffat A long trip round the Lakes of 227km in his Lak 17. Dunnerholme Rock - Carlisle - Skiddaw - Silloth - Walney
2008
2009
2010
2011 Peter Craven for a cheeky 157km O/R to Skelling
2012 Peter Redshaw for a 160km triangle.
2013 Peter Redshaw for two sneaky flights to Eden Soaring and back
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Awarded annually "For most outstanding progress during the year in Lakes Gliding Club", presented to the Club by Ernie Dodd in 1961/62. Ernie was killed when the tug he was flying spun in having flown into the winch cable shortly after take-off on a cross runway. Approx. 1965. He was the life and soul of the club for many years, an instructor, tug pilot and club chairman. His death was a major setback for the club.
1962 R. W. Wolff
1963 J. Head
1964 E. Dodd
1967 R. Hawkes
1968 R. C. Bull
1969 P. E. Gillett
1970 J. Spencer
1971 Bramall Air Scouts
1972 R. Kerr
1973 H. Conroy
1974 G. Gregson
1975 I. Henderson N. Harrison
1976 R. Humber
1978 R. Jackson
1979 J. Hannah
1980 G. White
1983 E. Garforth K. Read
1984 M. Sadler
1986 G. Sturgeon
1987 Linda Dawson
1988 D. C. Hannah
1989 D. W. North
1990 A. Meadows
1991 R. Barnes
1992 A. Dennis
1993 G. Furness G. Welch
1994 A. Dennis
1995 J. N. Storer
1996 Lyn Martindale
1997 P. Seddon
1998 Linda Dawson
1999 P. Seddon
2000 Dave Heron
2001 Robbie Morris, joined the club at 14 and now has to wait until he is 16 to go solo
2002 Not awarded
2003 Jan Eldem for solo, silver ht, gold ht and Club Ladder
2004
2005 not awarded
2006 Kate Frost who achieved her Bronze and Cross Country Diploma
2007 Gordon Taylor makes the trophies after a number of years of persistence.
2008 not awarded, too many candidates working on the hangar
2009 Andrew Green, 1st solo in the UK and 2 bronze legs
2010 Andrew Green, solo to Bronze and silver height
2011 Peter Midwood for regular away flying and first Bronze leg
2012 Lewis Alderson completed a Bronze leg and nearly got his Silver height
2013 This went to Toby Walker for his first solo
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Edward Alsford (Ted) was one of 2 brothers who flew at Walney in 60s and 70s. His wife and brother, Arthur, in memory of Ted who died in mid-life from cancer, gave the Alsford trophy to the club. An instructor and great enthusiast, Ted was very keen on exploiting wave with pupils. The trophy is awarded each year for the greatest gain of height from Walney but has been used to recognise height achievements from other UK and overseas sites.
1979 Neil Braithwaite: 4000- 13100 north westerly wave. Lee of Coniston Old man
1980 Eric Kendall
1981 Ray Jackson
1982 Keith Butterfield
1983 Ray Jackson
1984 Peter Craven
1985 Keith Butterfield
1986 Peter Craven
1987 Neil Braithwaite: 600 13750 Coniston
1988 Peter Craven
1989 Keith Butterfield
1990 Neil Braithwaite: 3000 13300 Whicham
1991 Peter Redshaw
1992 Neil Braithwaite: 700 14100 Wasdale
1993 Peter Redshaw
1994 John Burdett & Peter Lewis Diamond Heights at Feshiebridge
1995 Neil Braithwaite & Peter Redshaw 2 Diamond Heights from Walney
1996 John Martindale
1997 Neil Braithwaite 600 - 16500
1998 Peter Lewis 853 - 20045 at Portmoak
1999 John Burdett 21,000 feet at Portmoak
2000 Lyn Martindale
2001 Neil Braithwaite for a gain of height of 1200ft
2002 Neil Braithwaite for a gain of 9000ft
2003 Peter Lewis for a gain of 13650ft
2004
2005 Neil Braithwaite for a gain of 13400ft.
2006 Neil Moffat for a gain of 10860 ft.
2007 Neil Moffat for a gain of 11089 ft.
2008 John Martindale for a gain of 6433ft
2009 Graham Sturgeon for three gains to over 11000ft
2010 Peter Craven for an 11000ft gain
2011 Dave North and John Burdett for a 7200ft gain
2012 Neil Braithwaite for a gain of 6300ft
2013 Peter Craven presented it to himself for an amazing 10817 ft gain without oxygen
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This was given to the club by Roger Bull in December 1972 to allow the club to show its appreciation "For services to the Lakes Gliding Club" by members and associates some of whom would never win a flying trophy but without whose support and enthusiasm the rest would not have been able to participate. It is awarded to flying and non-flying members. Roger was club secretary for a number of years.
1972 Eric Kendall
1973 Ron Hawkes (CFI) Brenda Warburton (Treasurer)
1974 Peter Jackson
1975 Roy Kingan
1976 Mrs Carly Bull
1977 Roy and Heather Partington (Course Secretary)
1978 Peter Thomas
1979 Norman Reeve (Treasurer)
1980 Sir Leonard Redshaw
1981 John Hannah
1982 Dick Redhead
1983 Eric Kendall
1984 Dick Redhead
1985 Peter Thomas
1986 Not Presented
1987 Steve and Margaret Hart
1988 Peter Lewis
1989 Pauline Reeve (course cook)
1990 Lady Joan Redshaw
1991 Peter Redshaw
1992 Geoff Bailey-Woods
1993 Dick Redhead
1994 The Gallery
1995 Graham Welch and Gordon Furness
1996 Stella and Brenda
1997 David North
1998 Alan Dennis
1999 Peter Lewis
2000 John Burdett
2001 Graham Welch for the time and effort he had put into the club
2002 Peter Lewis for a remarkable and sustained contribution over his 10/12 years as CFI.
2003 Peter Redshaw for the website and airfield gate compromise
2004
2005 Shaun Ryan for his work on the IS28 and the new bus
2006 Roy Jones and Shaun Ryan for their continued efforts to fix the IS28 undercarriage
2007 Peter Redshaw for documenting all processes and procedures to keep us in line with BAE and keeping them on the website
2008 Jan Eldem for servicing the gliders and the extraordinary amount of time doing so.
2009 not awarded
2010 Andy Tebay despite moving his surgery he still managed to organise our finances and the social side
2011 Dave North for very nearly 10 years as CFI
2012 Jointly to
2013 This went to Tom Pullin for all his work on the new fuel store and to thank him for all his work in the past. Tom got a big cheer with this award.
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It was Ray Jackson's idea to create a shield that could be won by any flying member in the club. You could say it is for the best overall flying performance in the club. This is achieved by submitting claims which are awarded points for duration, height and distance. A handicapping system which takes account of experience and glider performance has been fine tuned over the years. It was Established in 1984.
1985 Rod Murfitt
1986 Neil Braithwaite
1987 Peter Lewis
1988 Neil Braithwaite
1989 David North
1990 Dick Redhead
1991 Phil Gilbert
1992 Graham Sturgeon 9249 points
1993 Neil Braithwaite 11409 points
1994 Peter Redshaw 15969 points
1995 Neil Braithwaite 9125 points
1996 John Martindale 9273 points
1997 Lyn Martindale 9881 points
1998 Roger Copley 12356 points
1999 John Martindale 15014 points
2000 Lyn Martindale 17105 points
2001 Suspended due to foot and mouth restrictions
2002 John Martindale 4768 points
2003 Jan Eldem 11524 points (remarkable because this was his first flying year)
2004
2005 Neil Moffat with 6625 points. Another excellent example of how the Club Ladder can be won by a new member in their first year of flying with the club.
2006 Neil Moffat with an unbelievable 20232 points. A very well deserved win leaving all other contenders in his wake. Thankfully the handicap will cut in next year, the sooner he gets all 3 Diamonds the better.
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011 Peter Redshaw finally wins it for the second time
2012 Peter Redshaw wins it for the third time with 7342 points
2013 Peter Redshaw wins it for the 4th time with 3130 points
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The Sir Leonard Redshaw Trophy
Manufactured by a Vickers (Now BAE Systems) student as part of his training program under Dave Hannah another of our life members. We used to see him most often in France. The idea of the trophy was Dave's to remind the club of Lens contribution to the Lakes Club over the years. (see history) It is awarded to a non silver pilot for the most outstanding flying achievement. What you might call the first level Leighton-Hall trophy. Len died in 1989, the irony of this trophy is that Len was the retired chairman of Vickers who unwittingly made it for free! It is probably the most visually impressive trophy.
1990 Dick Redhead
1991 Dick Redhead
1992 Dave Bull
1993 Graham Sturgeon
1994 Alan Meadows
1995 Roger Copley
1996 Graham Welch
1998 Gordon Furness
1998 Keith Whitworth
2000 Alan Simmons
2001 Dave Heron achieved his five hours Silver duration
2002 Alan Simmons for his consistency and constant flying
2003 Jan Eldem and Phil Storer for gold height and Silver duration respectively
2004
2005 Neil Moffat for his Silver distance when he landed at Leyburn in Yorkshire. 97km
2006 Shaun Ryan, (Mr Fixit himself) took time out to go flying in his K6 and had his best flight yet over the Lakes and round Coniston
2007 Rose Saunders achieved her Silver distance from Tontine Inn to Pocklington, 67km
2008 not awarded
2009 Andrew Green, obtaining a bronze leg in difficult thermals
2010 Peter Seddon, Silver distance in Wave
2011 Andy Tebay finally managed his 5hrs to complete his Silver
2012 Lewis Alderson for not only a gain of height, Bronze leg but he is also now instructing in motor gliders with the Air Cadets
2013 Chris Richardson, full Bronze C and a 2 hour soaring flight in wave
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The Elegant Window Systems Trophy
Presented to the club in 1998 by Elegant Windows, one of the clubs sponsors at the time, this trophy is in recognition of the best flight in a two-seat glider.
The winners have been:
1998 Peter Redshaw and Gordon Furness for a flight of 77km O/R to Thorne from Pocklington in the Capstan at the Two-Seater competition.
1999 Keith Butterfield and Andrew Tebay for a flight from Walney to Sutton Bank in the K21.
2000 Dave North and Peter Redshaw 220km O/R flight in The Capstan at two-seater comp at Pocklington
2001 Dave North and Peter Redshaw 165km O/R flight in The Capstan at two-seater comp at Pocklington
2002 Neil Braithwaite and John Martindale for a 222km flight in the K21 at Pocklington
2003 Dave North and Peter Redshaw for a 185km flight in the T49 in France
2004 not awarded
2005 Andy Tebay and Peter Redshaw for a 224km triangle flight in the Capstan in France
2006 Andy Tebay and Peter Redshaw for a 124km flight in the Capstan in in the two seater competition at Pocklington. About 1/2 the field failed to get away, but the old Capstan made it and won the day.
2007 Withdrawn
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The Optimum Financial Services Trophy
Presented to the club in 1998 by Optimum, one of the clubs sponsors , this trophy is in recognition of the best gain of height in a two-seat glider.
The winners have been:
1998 Keith Butterfield and Keith Whitworth 3500' - 10500' in the Capstan from Walney
1999 Peter Lewis and Andy Tebay 3700' - 15200' in the K21 from Walney
2000 Ian Keay and Keith Butterfield Gain of height 10000'
2001 John Martindale & Dave Blakely for a gain of over 10000ft in the IS28
2002 Not awarded
2003 John Martindale & Emma Griffiths for a gain of 8600ft
2004
2005 Alan Meadows and John Burdett for a gain of 4500ft.
2006 Rod Murfitt and Alan Sayers in the K21 for a gain of 11350 ft in March
2007 Withdrawn
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Geoff Bailey-Woods introduced this concept during his period as CFI. Geoff used to buy 2 or 3 small wooden cooking spoons and hand write remarks on them. He would hand them out at the annual dinner to various characters that had committed some sin at the club. An example of his humour was one he gave to Peter Redshaw inscribed ' For persistently doing it low, fast and in the dark'. Peter had a habit of instructing somewhat later than insurance would permit. Another was for Dennis Carey in 1984 for landing the Capstan on the boundary fence. This concept turned into a proper Wooden spoon in 1987 aimed at the mortals who drop clangers but never at anyone that had had an accident. It is an honour to win this spoon and still have the ability to smile. This spoon was rescued, some would say appropriately, from the rubbish bin of the Braithwaite household as an unwanted gift, and donated to the LGC.
The first winner in 1987 was a joint effort between Peter Redshaw and Peter Craven. Peter Redshaw won the toss and flew the Nimbus 3 for the first flight, a nice two hour flight on the Combe followed by a beat up over the airfield, however on pull up the canopy opened and Peter had to land the glider with one hand holding the canopy and the other working flaps, airbrakes etc. Not to be outdone Peter Craven then flew the glider and on finals was spotted by his partner not to have the wheel down. He then proceeded to run out into the middle of the runway and pointed at his backside till the wheel was lowered.
In 1988 Peter Lewis won the award for allegedly crossing the start line of a competition heading in the wrong direction (buts lets face it there were no GPSs or L-Navs then).
1989 saw Dave Norths name appear. After just finishing his instructors course he went for a flight in the IS28 with Alan Meadows (now an instructor himself) and promptly landed with the wheel up.
1990 saw the return of Peter Redshaw (not for the last time either) for a double cock up in the Nimbus 3. Firstly attempting to take off whilst the tail dolly was still on (he still blames the ground crew), then on the next flight landing long to taxi off the runway to the left but not having sufficient rudder authority and running off the end of the runway into a small ditch, damaging a wing tip.
1991, yes hes here again, its Peter Redshaw, this time for flying a task in France in the Nimbus 3 without a wing pin holding the starboard outer wing on (it stayed in place with just white tape holding it on).
1992 saw Gordon Jenkinson making his only appearance for landing the K6 short and low, and in doing so the tailplane hit one of the approach lights and broke off. (I think the light survived though).
1993 Phil Gilbert made his mark by attempting his five-hour silver leg on the Combe. Only problem was he was down in Haverig before the tug even got back to Walney.
1994 and Roger Copley failed to get his silver height even though he managed the 3300 gain three times!! Bet hell remember his barograph in the future.
1995 Saw John Burdett make his first appearance for landing out in France in a field full of 6ft high thistles.
1996 and Roy Jones puts in an appearance for forgetting to put the undercarriage down whilst doing a field landing in France (well the fields are bad over there!)
1997 and John Burdett puts in another appearance for whilst under great pressure and being very tired forgot to take the trailer on a retrieve (He claims he didnt even get off the airfield before he realised but too many people saw him!).
1998 and the first appearance for John Martindale, but what style! Not only did he take off with his airbrakes open but with the tail-dolly still firmly attached to the back of the Pegasus as well.
1999, and yet again Peter Redshaw walked off with the spoon in recognition of the number of times he landed out at this years two seater competition at Pocklington. Every day to be precise.
2000 Peter Seddon for wheel-up landing!
2001 Peter Lewis who was driven to Rufforth to pick up the new Scout by Peter Redshaw, PL put PR's car keys in his pocket and then proceeded to fly back to Walney. Another car had to then drive to Rufforth with PR's keys. PR's day out turned into a 12 hour marathon. PL naturally tried to blame PR.
2002 Roger Copley for his wheel up landing in the IS28. He thought he’d got away with it, claimed he didn’t know when challenged. The wheel was found to be up a week later in the hangar, the flight sheets studied and the culprit found---Gotcha.
2003 Yep, Peter Redshaw yet again. Copley and others should have been clear winners for wheel up landings, if not that then Peter Craven for getting extra flying in the tug after the glider had released. But no, apparently taking off with ones airbrakes open and then bending the total energy tube as one puts the glider in the trailer ranks higher.
2004
2005 Roger Copley is back with a bang, excuse the pun. This year was a walk over for our Chairman. No contest as some would say. Well done Roger, carry on at this rate and you will be in the lead for the most regular winner. I will try not to be explicit, but if you can imagine an absolutely immaculate new glider rigged at the launch point and our Chairman sniffing round looking for an over generous person to let him have a flight you are nearly there. Anyway, having been offered a flight the intrepid potential aviator decided to check out all the knobs, whistles and levers first. Can I suggest that the lever was possibly faulty in Roger’s mitigation? The one with the little black handle caused the problem. A gentle nudge was all it took and bingo, the wheel disappeared up into the fuselage accompanied by a big bang as the glider hit the deck. Nice one Rog.
2006 this year was nearly a disaster. For some inexplicable reason no one had been seen making any cock-ups or admitted to them. The CFI was sweating, who could he possibly give it to, could he give it to himself for smoking in the Bus, could he give it to John Martindale for losing his beard, could he give it to Shaun as Shaun probably wouldn't remember what happened, the choices were limited. Step up Messrs Burdett and Seddon to kindly save the day in the IS28 at the last moment. You guessed it, wheel up landing to "test the new undercarriage suspension in the up position".
2007 Not a close contest this year. It fell between two regular and enthusiastic Wooden spoon trophy hunters John Burdett and Roger Copley. Burdett demonstrating his flying and soaring skills, aero towed to Blackcombe and promptly landed at Haverigg in the K21 with an inexperienced pupil onboard, at least only Burdy looked embarrassed. On the other hand the whole club was embarrassed by Copley who for the second year running has gone in for a bit of cross dressing. Hamish Roger McCopley, "beam me up Scotty" was seem wearing a skirt at Portmoak. The Chairwoman gets it again.
2008 An unbelievable result, it was not awarded. this can only be described as a blip in the statistics or it was pinched.
2009 Well we found the wooden spoon and immediately awarded it back to the person that found it. Not me guv, never seen it, what are you talking about. No clues, but he surely should win this hard fought for trophy outright, he assaulted a runway light with a lethal weapon (the tug) and has now won it for an amazing five times. Yes you got it in one, McHamish Tiger Roger Copley
2010, Copley obviously thought he deserved it again as he forgot to bring the trophy back. Craven with a broken winglet, wheel up landings somewhere by someone and reversing trailers into stop signs by Roger's twin Bob all failed. Step up John Burdett we now know where the missing aerotow rope went - you dropped it off the back of the tug up the Duddon Estuary.
2011, The wooden spoon went missing for 4 years and we finally managed to recover it after every potential culprit denied all knowledge of its whereabouts. The serious contender for this award was Peter Seddon who nearly lost his glider trailer when going up to Portmoak last year, one would assume that an engineer would at least check that the steelwork at the front end of his trailer had not rusted away to the point that it would fall off, that would have been a bad assumption. However Jean and Roger Copley were with us again this year and Rose said it would be a shame not to cash in, we would like to jointly award this to Jean and Roger who between them for 4 years denied all knowledge of previously having the trophy. Jean was "pleased" to receive this on Roger's behalf. – We have a photo for evidence of where it went this time.
2012 There were many attempts to win this coveted trophy this year by the regulars, including long white marks on the runway, driving up to the gate you are about to open, trying to take off with tail dollies on, closing the gate lock but not putting it through the wishbone. However landing past the runway end where the bus is parked, with no one on your radio frequency and demonstrating a downwind landing took the biscuit. In fairness, Peter Redshaw did pass the ASW28 in the opposite direction but on the correct side of the road.
2013 Now this is obviously a difficult decision as to who is the lucky recipient of this much sought after award. To be seen to be fair, Mr Craven came up with a points system based on an algorithm that non of us could understand. In a nutshell Mr Craven decided to give this to Hotel India, the Janus syndicate. The trophy was collected on behalf of the syndicate by John Martindale. The numerous entries this year have been recorded, we had some classics. See the Dinner report
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