Club Awards
Intro
Awards have been traditionally considered something you get for riding prowess. Where does that leave the many unsung heroes that actually put on events, or those who motivate and power a club. Read on.
We also award service to our club with Life Membership. Our current Life members are: in order of years held - Roy Breakwell, Ian Vessey, Matt Neale. (Previously: Julian Bishop)
Our Awards Secretary is Stan Howitt.
The Orepool Trophy 'The Rose Bowl'
Donated by Jim Wilson - Presented to the club member who fellow members consider has contributed the most over the previous year. (Decided by a blind vote from Full Members only.)
Jim Wilson was the landlord of the Bush at Penallt for a number of years and welcomed us as host for the first few years of the Wyegate Trial, and also many trail riding trips. Then, conveniently, he took over the Orepool with much better parking.
| Year | Recipient | Year | Recipient | Year | Recipient | Year | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Mrs Jackie Jones | 1999 | Ian Vessey | 2009 | Ian Vessey | 2019 | Ben Bishop |
| 1990 | Julian Bishop | 2000 | Andrew Moore | 2010 | Glenn Thomas | 2020 | - |
| 1991 | John Lewis | 2001 | Ian Vessey | 2011 | Colin Jones | 2021 | - |
| 1992 | Stan Howitt | 2002 | Matthew Neale | 2012 | Roy Breakwell | 2022 | - |
| 1993 | Malcolm Harvey | 2003 | Ian Hannam | 2013 | Ian Wixon | 2023 | Simon Ellway |
| 1994 | Julian Bishop | 2004 | Carol Nicholas | 2014 | Colin Jones | 2024 | |
| 1995 | Paul James | 2005 | Darren Thomas | 2015 | Darren Thomas | 2025 | |
| 1996 | Merv Morgan | 2006 | Colin Jones | 2016 | Ben Bishop | 2026 | |
| 1997 | Gerald Philpot | 2007 | Glenn Thomas | 2017 | Rod Jones | 2027 | |
| 1998 | Andrew Moore | 2008 | Matthew Neale | 2018 | Anthony Moore | 2028 |
The Nick Amos Observer Award
We lost Nick a few years back. Nick was a supporter who would come and help out at many of our events going back over the years. Ben Bishop was the first very deserving winner with his superb work in Observing the Conducted routes throughout the year, but not stopping at just that: organising, preparing, managing PR and, of course, looking after the club's future. We hope to grab a photo of the award soon.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Ben Bishop |
| 2016 | Glenn Thomas |
| 2017 | ?? |
Other Awards
There are other Awards given but you'd have to come to our Annual Review to see who gets them and discover why! Some of the event specific awards are documented on the particular event's pages.