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Competition Winners 2010

Scroll down for Arthur Butcher Award, Giles Barker Award, Conference Team Credits

This is a list of prize-winners at Hidden Earth 2010. The three 'salons' - Art, Video Media and Photography - feature the concept of 'distinctions' and 'merits' instead of second and third prizes. The First Prize winners and the winners of a Distinction received a small memento. All the salon winners will receive a certificate.

BCRA Arthur Butcher Award

BCRA awards the Arthur Butcher prize annually for contributions to cave surveying. The judges consider projects brought to their attention during the year, as well as all surveying work that is on display at the Hidden Earth conference. This year the award goes to Andy Powell for the cavemaps.org archiving project. The judges felt this was a major contribution to the caving community, as it opens up access to information that for many years has been somewhere between secret and obscure. We wished to recognise the sustained effort required to scour caving libraries across the land, scan surveys, do the geo-referencing, and most significantly get the necessary permissions from clubs and authors.

Andy will receive a cheque for £100 from BCRA and the Arthur Butcher trophy to keep for one year.

Citation by Wookey, on behalf of the judges Wookey, Julian Todd and Martin Sluka

Giles Barker Award

Giles Barker lost his life while caving in Spain in 1992. An accomplished cave photographer, Giles was a member of the Red Rose CPC and Morgannwg CC. These clubs have annually, since 1993, presented the Giles Barker Award in his memory. This prestigious award is given to a person connected with any aspect of cave photography in recognition of his or her excellence and contributions to the field. In 2010 the award, a hand-crafted statue of a cave photographer made by Ceris Jones and funded by Giles' old clubs, was announced at Hidden Earth in September and goes to Rob Eavis. In this it recognises both the ongoing quality and high standard of his photography and, in particular, the imagination he has shown when experimenting with different light sources to produce a series of very original images. Congratulations to Rob for a well-deserved award.

Citation by Chris Howes, on behalf of Morgannwg CC and Red Rose CPC

Conference Team Credits

Conference Manager - Les Williams
Conference Secretary - David Judson
Conference Treasurer - Dave Cooke
Trade Hall Manager - Simon Richardson

Technical Team Manager - Les Williams
with Dave Appleing, Nigel Atkins, Tim Ball, Basher (Martin Baines), Bean (Mark Easterling), Russ Brooks, Buddy (Mark Williams), Tom Chapman, Mike Clayton, James Collings, Tom Cull, Ross Davidson, Paul Dold, Gnome (David Murphy), Os Gobara, Nigel Gower, Laura Grange, Hatstand (John Osborne), Mark Helmore, Andy Hunneman, Matt Jones, Mark Kellaway, Tony Littler, Dean Scott, Fraser Simpson, Frank Tully, Mike Whitehouse, Mark Whyte, Chris Williams

Administration Team Manager - Wendy Williams
with Lou Biffin, Jo Diamond, Martell Linsdell, Sarah Payne, Becky Varns, Jenny Williams. Event Signage - Geoff Dommett, The Doug

Events Team: Lecture Secretary - Emma Porter
SRT Events - Mark Wright
Speleo Olympics - Lee Hawkswell
Opening MC - Andy Eavis
Opening AV - Steve Sharp
After Dinner Speaker - Andy Eavis
Closing MC - Dick Willis
Closing AV - Sid Perou
Closing Progamming - Geoff Dommett, Jerry Wooldridge

Competitions Team: Secretary - Jacky Ankerman
Photo Salon Co-ordinator - Footleg, Paul Dold, David Gibson. Judges - Jerry Wooldridge, Pete Glanvill, Dave Ryall
Video Media Co-ordinator - David Gibson. Judges - Glenn Jones, Footleg, Martin (Basher) Baines
Art Salon Co-ordinators - Robin Gray, Megan Whyte. Judges - Pete Martin, Julie Wooldridge, Chris Howes
Surveying Competition - Juan Corrin
Club Stands Award - Dave Checkley, Gerald Huet
Arthur Butcher Award - Wookey. Judges - Wookey, Julian Todd, Martin Sluka
Giles Barker Award - Chris Howes. Judges - Morgannwg CC, Red Rose CPC
Moore Books prize - Mike Moore. Judges - Kelvin Lake, Kevin Baker

Sponsorship & Publicity - Elsie Little, Kay Easton
Publicity - Maxine Bateman
Poster Design - Jerry Wooldridge
Flyer Design & Web Site - David Gibson
Programme Design - Paul Mann

Bar Manager - Andy Culver
Catering Liaison - Wendy Williams
Bar Staff - Spike, Amy, Kat, Gareth, Sue, Angus, Mushroom, Jane, Tufty, Dave, Hamish, John, Paul

Thanks also to the lecturers and the session chairs, and also to the traders, sponsors, and to all delegates from the UK and overseas, who all contributed to making the event a success

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