Annual Awards for the 2011 season
These awards were presented at the Annual Dinner which was held at The Langdale Chase Hotel, Windermere, on Saturday 10th March 2012.
1. The James Brennan Memorial Trophy, presented for services to the Association. The trophy was donated to recognise the members of the BLDSA who have given noteworthy service to the Executive Committee or other administrative functions so essential to the smooth running of a growing Association. Awarded to
2. The Hans Belay Trophy, presented to recognise an outstanding swim by a BLDSA member during the year as an individual effort or within a championship without receiving an award from that championship. Awarded to:
3. The Fred Slater Trophy, presented to the Swimmer of the year in BLDSA events who has demonstrated outstanding effort throughout the season. Awarded to:
4. The Breaststroke Trophy, presented to recognise the ability and dedication of any breastroke swimmer during the season Awarded to:
5. The Tom Butcher Trophy, presented to the Junior Swimmer of the year in BLDSA events who has demonstrated outstanding effort throughout the season. Awarded to:
Thomas Hammer
6. The Elise Brook Encouragement and Perseverance Trophy, presented to recognise an outstanding swim by a BLDSA member as a Junior during the year as an individual effort or within a championship without receiving an award from that championship. Awarded to:
Catriona Fraser
7. The Harry Moffat Memorial Trophy, presented for outstanding services on the water throughout the season. Awarded to:
8. The Avril and Allan Mitchell Trophy, presented to recognise the ability and dedication of a Veteran swimmer during the season Awarded to:
The Enoch Tarda Trophy Winner
Miss Danielle Fillingham
The Enoch Tarder Trophy
Those of you who have not attended a recent BLDSA Dinner and AGM may be wondering what this trophy is awarded for. Well, let me tell you that it is for coin rolling/hurling! Not a usual competitive sport that we engage in during most of our activities but one that anyone can take part in!
Maurice Ferguson, swimmer, swim sec, membership sec, BLDSA general sec for many years and a real wag sadly passed away not too long ago. Before he left us, Maurice insisted that he didn’t want a swimming trophy named after him, or a bench sited in his name. His work was done and that was it, was his thinking. However, his friends in the BLDSA thought of an idea that Maurice would have approved of - a fun trophy that would support a good cause and so the ‘Enoch Tarder’ trophy was born. One sunny day on the shore of Coniston Water (Maurice’s favourite lake, he swam many, many lenghts of it) when Andy and Sandra Wright and I were doing our risk assessments we found a piece of local slate on the lake shore to form the base of the trophy. We discussed the design of the rest of the trophy and remembered how Maurice - “I’m blind as a bat without my glasses” - kept his specs down his trunks during swims! As soon as he finished a swim he would take off his goggles and produce his specs from who knows where! The design of the trophy was therefore settled - Sandra found a pair of Andy’s old trunks, set them solid with plaster of Paris and stuck a pair of specs down them before spraying the whole thing gold. Thus the Enoch Tarder (get it?!) was ready.
At every BLDSA dinner since then, the trophy is awarded to the person who manages to get a pound coin closest to the trophy, which is placed on the floor, by throwing a coin from the ochy about 5 metres away. All the proceeds are then donated to Unicef, one of Maurice’s favourite charities.
Proceeds from this event are being donated to UNICEF in memory of the late Maurice Fergusson
NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
New Hon Life Member
© DL / BLDSA 2012
