Toni Brown wins Ian Booth Award for 2013

Thursday, 6 February 2014

 First Swarm for 2014 - plenty of Awards!

30 Bushflers swarmed around an Aranda pool after the 5 Feb Twilight. After a week of 37 degrees we should all have been overjoyed at the thought of sinking into the pool  BUT.....

in true swarming fashion the weather changed and ..... no rain or snow this time but certainly a long way off the heat of the previous days. Still a fun evening was had by all. The eventing superby hosted by the Stocks family saw lots of fun in and out of the pool - and the usual fantastic array of food. 

2013 Ian Booth Award was presented to Toni Brown for most improved Masters Bushflyer (actually won by Pauli P but can only be awarded once).

Club awards Bluebottle for services to the club and the Flyswat award for something a bit daft, were reinstated this year.

 2013 Bluebottle Award was presented to Jenny Hawkins (in absentia) for her super event organising at the Australian Long Distance Championships.

 

2013 FlySwat award was presented to Alison Inglis who took an extended run to a farmhouse leaving the rest of OACT taking a circuitous route pick her up but to first work out who she was. 

 

(Grapevine story "Alison Miller" had called to say she had run off the map. Organisers - something wrong with her.......we don't even have an Alison Miller in our event today!) Message mixed in translation as the call travelled through the farmhouse, to the dad in Canberra, a Miller, and back to the event where the Miller boys where patiently waiting.

 

 

 

 

Bush Flyer members who qualified for OA Merit Badges in 2013

45 members  qualified for OA Merit badges including 16 Junior Bushflyers!!  

 

GOLD

Andrew Barnett  M20 , Ewan Barnett  M16 , Toni Brown W50 *, Lachlan Dow M21*, Patrick Miller  M14, Tristan Miller  M12, Kevin Paine  M80*, Pauli Piiroinen M75* ,David Poland M50, Noah Poland  M12 *, Oliver Poland M21, Caitlin Young W12, Eino Meuronen M75 *, Paul de Jongh M20 * 

SILVER

Valerie Barker  W60 *, Andrew Blakers  M55 *, Geoffrey Dabb  M75, Robert D'Ascenzo M21, Ian de Jongh  M20, Carol Harding  W50 *, John Harding  M60, Alison Inglis  W45, David  Jenkin  M55 *, Ari Piiroinen M50, Alan Sargeant M65, Ross Stewart  M50, Dennis Trewin  M65*

BRONZE  

Peter Antcliff  M45*, Bruce Barnett  M50, Nanette Bragg  W20*, Carys Connick W14, Lynwen Connick W50, Michael D'Ascenzo M55*, Robyn D'Ascenzo   W55*, Coral Dow W55*, Shea-Cara Hammond  W20*, Natalie Miller W10, Peter Miller M40, Bryn Piiroinen M10, Jesse Piiroinen M16, Philip Purcell M21, Ryan Stocks  M14, Ken Young M50, Jessica Zhang W16 , Bryce Anderson  M20        

*Means these members also achieved this level last year in this age category

 
 
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