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This is a list of prize-winners at Hidden Earth 2012. 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 will receive a small memento. All the salon winners will receive a certificate. Mementos and certificates will be posted as soon as possible.
Competition | Category | Level | Winner | Title/Time | Prize Won |
Speleo Olympics | Solo Entry | Alex Barter | 1m 20s | A box of chocolates from Speleo Olympics | |
Fastest Mixed Team | Mandy Fu and Ross Hemsley | 1m 35s | a round of applause | ||
Winner | Alex Barter and Jed Waldren | 1m 31s | A trophy to keep for one year, plus a bottle of champagne. Sponsored by SpeleoOlympics | ||
Badge Draw | Steve Jones | Free entry to Hidden Earth 2013 | |||
SRT Races | Mens 30m Prusik | Mark Sims | 50s | 30m of rope from Total Access | |
Womens 30m Prusik | Rosie Hadfield | 1m 54s | 30m of rope from Inglesport | ||
Mens Assault Course | Henry Rockcliffe | 2m 19s | 10 bednights at Bull Pot Farm from Red Rose CPC, and a discount voucher from Beast Products | ||
Womens Assault Course | Mandy Fu | 3m 50s | 10 bednights at The Dump, c/o Bradford Pothole Club, and a discount voucher from Beast Products | ||
60m Tackle Bag Stuffing | Mark Wright | 27s | 6 bednights at Upper Pitts c/o Wessex Cave Club, and a packet of Sporks from Lyon Equipment | ||
Mens 10m Ladder Climb | Jeff Wade | 20s | Harness from Starless River | ||
Womens 10m Ladder Climb | Ally Brook | 22s | Harness from Total Access | ||
Knot Tying | Mark Wright | 41s | 6 bednights at the Yorkshire Subterranean Society Schoolhouse and two breakfast vouchers from Bernies | ||
Overall Winner | Jeff Wade | SRT kit from Mark Wright Training | |||
Art Salon | Delegate Ballot for Best Art | Paul Horner | Log Pot | box of Caran D'ache soft pastels from Jakar International | |
Delegate Ballot for Best Cartoon | Kevin Dixon | Cave Exploration with a 3D Laser via GG to Mulu | Folder with paper brushes and pastels from Robin Gray Artworks | ||
St Cuthbert's Mill Prize for Best Art on Paper | Mark (Gonzo) Lumley | Hidden Earth 1 | Pack of St Cuthbert's Mill Paper | ||
Judged Art Category | Merit | Irene Healy | Roger Rain's House | certificate | |
Judged Art Category | Merit | David Mills | Back and Foot | certificate | |
Judged Art Category | Distinction | Ian (Slug) Gregory | The Explorer | memento and certificate | |
Judged Art Category | Distinction | Paul Horner | Log Pot | memento and certificate | |
Judged Art Category | Winner | Barry Hulatt | The Mendip Guyser | Pad and coloured pencils from the Cumberland Pencil Company | |
Club Stand | Runner-up | Association of Scout Caving Teams | a round of applause | ||
Winner | Bradford Pothole Club | 10 person weekend and a cave survey from South Wales Caving Club, and two family tickets to Dan-yr-Ogof show cave. | |||
Closed Loop Surveying | Runner-up | Jenny Corrin, and James Carlisle | 0.51% | a round of applause | |
Runner-up | Laura Bennett, and Chuck Holder | 0.44% | a round of applause | ||
Winner | Mandy Fu, and Ross Hemsley | 0.35% | 50m rope (Caving Supplies), tackle sac (Cave Climb), and a discount voucher from Beast Products | ||
BCRA's Arthur Butcher Award Details | Andrew Atkinson | £100 cheque from BCRA plus the trophy to keep for one year | |||
GPF's Tratman Award 2011 Details | Alan Jeffreys | Decades in the Dark | Original artwork by Gonzo | ||
Giles Barker Award Details | David Webb | Original sculpture by Ceris Jones | |||
Video Media Salon | Merit | Mark Sims | YUCPC: This is what we do | certificate | |
Winner | Chris Jewell | One Year (HE12 Opening Ceremony) | Waterproof holdall and an Aquapac i-pad case from Lyon Equipment | ||
Photo Salon | Fun Shot | Insufficient Entries | Free entry to Hidden Earth 2013 | ||
Digital Image Category | Merit | Robbie Shone | Crossing the Entrance Lake in Grotte de Gournier | certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Merit | Laura Brown | Bart in Llygad Llwchwr 2 | certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Merit | Laura Brown | Puiselet Sand Quarry | certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Merit | Radoslav Husak | Untitled 2 | certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Distinction | Robbie Shone | Engaged to be Married | memento and certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Distinction | Chris Howes | Judith Calford, Aven des Crozes | memento and certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Distinction | Radoslav Husak | Untitled 1 | memento and certificate | |
Digital Image Category | Winner | Robbie Shone | A Bit of Warmth in a Cold Place | 8 bednights at the Craven Pothole Club and a dive light from ISCA Outdoors | |
Monochrome Print Category | Merit | Nicky Bayley | The Drainpipe, Krem Labit Kseh | certificate | |
Monochrome Print Category | Merit | Chris Howes | Stalactite, Grotte de Pousselières | certificate | |
Monochrome Print Category | Distinction | Paul Dold | The Squeeze into Aldermaston Chamber, Range Hole | memento and certificate | |
Monochrome Print Category | Distinction | Nicky Bayley | Cloud Gazing in DYO | memento and certificate | |
Monochrome Print Category | Winner | Chris Howes | Judith Calford, Grotte de Pousselières | 6 bednights with Orpheus Caving Club and a Petzl light from Lyon Equipment | |
Colour Print Category | Merit | Paul Dold | The Splendour of Manor Farm, Curtain Chamber | certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Merit | Gary Douthwaite | Marble Steps Pot | certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Merit | Chris Howes | Mexican Free-tailed bats in flight, Bracken Cave | certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Merit | Nicky Bayley | Yellow Wellies in OFD1 | certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Merit | Dave Ryall | Tinkle Tubes, Boreham Cave | certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Distinction | Robbie Shone | Entering the Gouffre Berger | memento and certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Distinction | Jeff Wade | Straw Passage, Baerenschacht, Switzerland | memento and certificate | |
Colour Print Category | Winner | Robbie Shone | An Icy Cold Swim, 1122m down in the Pseudo Siphon | Petzl Pixa 3 from Hitch 'n' Hike and a mug from Handknitted Pottery | |
Cave Life Award | Winner | Paul Dold | Greater Horseshoe Bat | Tackle bag and waterproof first aid kit from Lyon Equipment, and a Kindle bag from Butterfly Bags | |
Moore Books Competition | Second Prize | Jeff Wade | Old Engine Shaft, Deep Level, Coniston | £20 of books from Moore Books | |
Moore Books Competition | Winner | Paul Dold | Collapsed Crane, Swan Mine, Near Bathford | £80 of books from Moore Books | |
British Newcomer Award | Nicky Bayley | A copy of Images Below from Descent, a voucher for a Firefly slave unit from Firefly and 7 nights for two people Chalet Arc's Riders Hostel | |||
Delegate Ballot for Best Photo | Martin (Basher) Baines | Mud Hall, Gaping Gill, painted with 1 Kilowatt of video light | Tackle bag from Total Access | ||
Premier Trophy | Chris Howes | portfolio | £100 from BCRA and the trophy to keep for one year |
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.
Arthur Butcher Award 2012: This year the award goes to Andrew Atkinson for furthering the long-term success of UK Cave Surveying via his courses on paperless surveying, and for his work in setting up the BCA cave surveying data archive. Andrew receives the Arthur Butcher trophy to keep for one year and £100 cash from BCRA.
Citation by Wookey, on behalf of the judges Kevin Dixon, Anthony Day and John Stevens.
The prestigious Tratman Award is awarded annually to a caving-related paper-based publication in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978, to recognise excellence and encourage future improvement. It is administered by the Ghar Parau Foundation, but is judged under newly clarified rules by three independent cavers.
Tratman Award 2011: The Tratman Award is presented to the author of the best caving-related publication of the year, being judged by three independent cavers who make a recommendation for the award to the Ghar Parau Foundation, which funds the award. The judges for 2011 were Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes and Martin Mills, who also sought opinion from a wider readership. Both books and club journals were considered and a shortlist was produced for further discussion. In alphabetical order of author or editor, the titles were:
After much deliberation, from among these commended publications the judges unanimously decided that the 2011 Tratman Award should go to Decades in the Dark. In reaching their decision, the judges noted that it contains a high volume of material written specifically for the publication (rather than only reprinting past articles), it is liberally scattered with photographs and the text is interesting and readable (this publication is far more than a chronology).
Congratulations therefore go to Alan 'Goon' Jeffreys and his team from the Grampian SG. All entries in the shortlist should note the prestige that is conferred here, though there can only be one winner. The award itself is a piece of original artwork by Mark 'Gonzo' Lumley, which will be presented at Hidden Earth 2012.
Citation by Chris Howes, on behalf of the judges, Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Martin Mills
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, funded 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.
Giles Barker Award 2012: The 2012 award was announced at the Hidden Earth meeting in September and, after a gap of six years, the subject of underground films returns to the fore. Dave Webb has been involved with the medium for over twenty years, variously making films to a consistently high standard, helping to judge the Hidden Earth video salon (which he has also won), sharing his knowledge through teaching at workshops and always entertaining others with exceptional film shows. He is particularly recognised for his documentaries To Titan from the Top, concerning the discovery of Titan, and Fight for Life about the tragic loss of Neil Moss in Peak Cavern. Dave was also recently appointed as the guardian of the 1960s film The Underground Journey, conserving it for future generations.
Dave's prolific output at such a high quality makes him an entirely appropriate recipient of this twentieth Giles Barker Award, recognised with a hand-crafted statue of a cave photographer made by Ceris Jones.
Citation by Chris Howes, on behalf of Morgannwg CC and Red Rose CPC
Art Salon | Sadly, the exhibition was smaller this year but the exhibitors are to be congratulated for the superb variety of work, which included 'found' items, etching with metal and laser, sculptures of many types as well as conventional work. |
Club Stand | The Scout stand was very well presented, and a close-run 2nd place. There was a lot going on on the stand, and the judges felt that it was important to promote caving to young people. The Bradford's stand was, again, very well presented and obviously a lot of work had gone into the stand. |
Closed Loop Surveying | The five teams surveyed a short course around the camp site. All achieved a misclosure error of less than 1.5% |
BCRA's Arthur Butcher Award | See citation above |
GPF's Tratman Award 2011 | See citation above |
Giles Barker Award | See citation above |
Video Media Salon | A comment on each of the four entries will be written as soon as possible. INSERT |
Photo Salon | Main Salon: It was good to see so many newcomers this year.
Unfortunately we cannot give awards to everyone, but there is a lot of promise
and all the entries were to a very high standard. Moore Books: The more natural lighting of the winning shot stood out. There were only a few entries this year. |
Conference Manager - LES WILLIAMS
Conference Secretary | David Judson |
Conference Treasurer | Dave Cooke |
Trade Hall Manager | Hat Stand |
Event Signage | Geoff Dommett and The Doug |
Technical Team Manager - LES WILLIAMS
with Alistair Smith,
Andy Morse, Badger, Bartek Biela, Basher, Ben Wright,
Chris Williams, Dave Appleing, Faye Litherland,
Frank Tully, Fraser Simpson, Gary Cullen, Helen Dear, Jed Waldren,
Mark Kellaway, Matt Jones, Mike Clayton, Paul Wilman,
Pauline Biela, Sam Drake, Simon Richardson, Stu Waldren,
Tim Webber, Tom Thomson
Administration Team Manager - WENDY WILLIAMS
with Jo Diamond,
Wendy Bollard, Lou Biffin, Natalie Ashford, Martell Linsdell, Sarah McPhee
Events Team: Lecture Secretary - EMMA PORTER
SRT Events | Mark Wright |
Speleo Olympics | Nigel Gower , assisted by Michael Waterworth |
Opening MC | Andy Eavis |
Opening AV | Chris Jewell |
After Dinner Speaker | Harry Long |
Closing MC | Goon & Andy Eavis |
Closing AV | Chris Binding |
Closing Script and Projections | Geoff Dommett, with Paul Dold, Footleg, David Gibson, Jerry Wooldridge |
Competitions Team: Secretary - DAVID GIBSON
Photo Salon Co-ordinators | Footleg, Paul Dold | Judges: Rob Eavis, Mark Shinwell, Brendan Marris, Hugh Penney |
Video Media Co-ordinator | David Gibson | Judges: Paul Dold, Rob Eavis, Glenn Jones |
Art Salon Co-ordinators | Robin Gray | Judges: Robin Gray, Sue Gray, Wolf Anning |
Surveying Competition | Juan Corrin | |
Club Stands Award | Les Williams | Judges: Harry Long, Zdenek Motycka |
Arthur Butcher Award | Wookey | Judges: Kevin Dixon, Anthony Day, John Stevens |
Tratman Award | Chris Howes | Judges: Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Martin Mills |
Giles Barker Award | Chris Howes | Judges: Morgannwg CC, Red Rose CPC |
Moore Books competition | Mike Moore | Judged by Mike Moore. |
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 - DAVE KING
Bar Staff - Amy Burchell,
Darrel Instrell, Dave (Angus) Bell,
Dave (Droid) Drury, Dave Tuffery, Gareth Thompson,
Gordon Waldie, John Forder, Miranda Forder, Nick Powell,
Paul Gladman, Pete Slade, Richard (Spike) Neal,
Sue Hargraves
Site Team Liaison - LES WILLIAMS
Thanks to the Site Staff -
Dionne, Janet, Geoff & Ian; and to Michael & The Catering Team
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
British Cave Research Association
(UK registered charity 267828) and British Caving Association.
The Old Methodist Chapel, Great Hucklow, BUXTON, SK17 8RG
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