Awards Presentation Dinner

Some 75  club members and guests gathered at Brickhampton Court Golf Club for our 2008/9 Awards Presentation Dinner. MC Richard Crosby kept us all in order during an enjoyable evening which saw a dozen awards for First solo and PPL along with several Night Qualifications and IMC Ratings.

The prestigious Walwin Cup was awarder to Tony Chapman and the Aladdins Lamp went to Paul Turner and Rob Davis. The Daniels Trophy was not awarded this year. The citations are reproduced below.

‘The Walwin Trophy is presented in memory of Rex Walwin, a founder of this club and it’s first instructor. The trophy is presented to a student who has achieved a consistently high standard during training or has overcome a significant personal difficulty in achieving the award of a PPL. This year in recognition of his thorough preparation for lessons and to mark the fact that this student didn’t require very much effort from his instructor to ensure that the standards required were achieved the award goes to Tony Chapman.’

The Daniels Trophy, donated by Harry Daniels, a pre-war club member with a keen interest in navigation, this trophy is presented to the winners of our annual Aerial Treasure hunt. However last year due to weather and other circumstances the competition was deferred. Preparation is now underway for this year’s competition, the date for which will be announced soon. So dust off your whiz wheels and maps and have a bit of fun in the sky for 45 minutes or so.

The Aladdin’s Lamp

To commemorate that ‘I’d rather not be there’ moment. Unfortunately not with us tonight Paul Turner and Robin Davis can collectively deserve a rub of the lantern for confusing Clifton Pier with Weston Pier and subsequently taking a brief uninvited flight through the Bristol Class D airspace. They have since had their wrists collectively slapped.

Photos of the evening are on display in the club house. Copies are available if required.