NATIONAL AWARDS

Bob Muller Memorial Award. For the most outstanding contribution to the promotion
 or publicity of gliding in the past year.
        Nominations to Australian Gliding,
        Box 1650, Adelaide, SA 5001.

W.P. Iggulden Award. For outstanding service to gliding in the area of
administration.

The Ryan Award. For outstanding service to gliding in the area of airworthiness.

The Hoinville Award. For outstanding service to gliding in the area of operations
or sporting achievement.

Nominations for these three awards to the
        GFA Awards Committee,
        c/o 17 Sandy Crescent,
        Salisbury Park SA 5109.

--Any person may make nominations for the awards. It is usual for applications
to be forwarded through the various GFA regional committees to the awards
committee convenor (or AG as appropriate).
--It is not uncommon for an award not to be presented, if there are no suitable
applicants in any year.
--The awards are presented during a dinner at the GFA annual council meeting.

Note: - Nominations for the above awards are called for annually in
        "Australian Gliding" .

National Trophies
--The following GFA trophies are awarded annually, for the best flights
carried out between 1 January and 31 December.

--The Martin Warner Trophy is awarded for the best gain of height.

--The Bob Irvine Trophy is awarded for the longest cross-country flight on Handicap.

--The Wally Wood Trophy is awarded for the longest cross-country flight.

--Do you aspire to any of these? If so you must send in a claim, otherwise
someone who made a lesser flight than yours may get the credit. --Send details to
        Fred Foord,
        GFA Trophies Officer,
        18 Fremantle Rd.,
        Port Noarlunga South, SA 5167.
--You may submit a claim by letter, but include a copy of the barograph trace,
and/or distance claim verified by an Official Observer.
If the flight has already been verified either by the GFA certificates officer,
or the decentralised comps officer, tell me, and that will suffice.



REGIONAL AWARDS

South Australian Gliding Association
News & Mail Gliding Trophy - 
        S.A.'s oldest, was first awarded in 1949.
        Awarded for the best gliding achievement of the season.
Winter Trophy - 
        awarded for the longest flight (on handicap) between May 1st - 31st August
President's Trophy - The 'Come & Get It'.
        Picked up from the holding club by any pilot from another club making a
        successful goal flight from their home site to the site where the trophy is
        held.
Fred's Finial - 
        Awarded to the best single flight by a pilot flying a "Stick & String" glider
        entered in the national de-centralised competition.
Jubilee Cup - 
        Awarded for the best performance at National Competitions.

From the State Championships:
For the winner of each class:-
Handicap Class Trophy 
15m Class Trophy
Sports Class Trophy
Bond Trophy -  
        to the pilot displaying the greatest determination and meritorious effort
        during the state championships.
A.A.U.P. Club Trophy
        Awarded to the club who demonstrated the greatest participation in State
        events.



Victorian Soaring Association
Ron Roberts Trophy. This trophy is awarded for the longest flight made by
a VSA pilot (ie a member of a member club of the VSA) commenced from a
VSA administered airfield during the year commencing on 1st May and
finishing on 30th April of the following year.  It can be awarded jointly.

Bob McCullough Trophy. This is awarded to a nominee of a VSA club who
is seen to have made the most outstanding contribution to instructing in the
VSA region during the year commencing 1 May and finishing on 30 April of
the following year.

David Hooper Memorial Trophy. Presented for the longest flight made by a
VSA pilot (ie a member of a member club of the VSA) within two years of
going solo, commenced from a VSA administered airfield during the year
commencing 1 May and finishing on 30 April of the following year.

Note: 
Nominations for the Ron Roberts and David Hooper Memorial Trophies
should comply with the requirements of the Sporting Code.  In the case of
the David Hooper Memorial Trophy, evidence, confirming the date on which
the nominated pilot first soloed, should be submitted.



West Australian Gliding Association:
Steve Lundy Trophy
        Awarded to the W.A. League 1 State Champion each year
C.R. New Trophy
        Awarded to the W.A. League 2 State Champion each year
Pacific Pools Trophy
        Awarded to the W.A. Standard Class Champion each year
Ross Weston - Veterans Trophy
        Highest placed competetor in Handicap Class over 50 years of age.
Control Data Team Trophy
        Highest placed predesignated Team (club)
Beverley Shire Trophy
        Fastest Handicap 300 km+ task flown at Championships
Bob Porter Handicap Trophy
        Highest Handicap score in combined Open, Standard & Sports Class
Basil Cazalet Trophy
        Awarded to the "best of the rest" - a pilot judged to be the best of
        the unplaced entries at the State Championship Competition.
The Royal Aero-Club Trophy
        For the best "Out and Return" flight in W.A. each year
Ken Hodgkinson Trophy
        Club setting most records in previous 12 months
The 'Come and Get It' Trophy
        Picked up from the holding club by any pilot from another club making
        a successful goal flight from their home site to the site where the
        trophy is held.
We 'Don't Want It' Trophy
        Left at the site of a club by a pilot who has brought it with them from
        own site by making a successful goal flight.



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