Awards presented for achievements in 2024

The Winners

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Here are the winning photos and links to the albums for all the photos in each category:

6.1 Person or people (male) (Drake Cup)

photo by Sue B

 

6.2 Person or people (female) (Colour Cup)

photo by Madeleine

 

6.3 Action (Albert Welvaert Memorial Trophy)

photo by Tim C

 

 

6.4 Scenery/Landscape (President's Trophy)

photo by Dawn

 

6.5 Building/buildings (The Tom and Mrs Fish Cup)

photo by Simon

 

6.6 Humorous or funny (Snapshot Trophy)

photo by Ged

 

6.7 Best Group photo (Pete Mitchell Memorial trophy)

photo by Diane

 

6.8 Hors catégorie  (no prizes)       

photo by Dave C

 

Photos arrive in this HC category for numerous reasons, not delivered before the deadline, not showing an obvious link to cycling, not taken by the person submitting the photo, exceeding the quota of two photos per category, or not meeting other criteria for the competition. But they are good photos all the same so we are pleased to be able to exhibit them along with those in the main categories.

A big thank you to Ken Day, Paul Day, Graham and Gill Holder who judged the photos this year, (along with myself). 

When our Chairperson Sue Foster addressed the multitude she explained that due to the high total cost of having the engraving done for the 13 trophies presented today we had suspended the engraving of all trophies until a full discussion could be had at our AGM to agree the way forward.

The 'Over the Top' cup was awarded to Paul James for his published account of the heroic assault made on the famous Alpe d'Huez by Maggie and himself. 

You can read Paul's article on page 12 in the Nov/Dec 2024 digital edition of the Sou'Wester:

'Another Bloody Hill' by Paul James

Thank you to those who served on the specially convened sub-committee (Ged, Richard, Maggie, Sue F, Dave V.) for reading through all the articles to arrive at the winning entry for this prize.

Thank you to Mick Arber for undertaking the amazingly complex task of analysing the attendance data for all sections of the club to discover the winners of our two attendance trophies.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the competitions and congratulations to all prize-winners.

~ Tim C