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Competition Results 2015

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Table 1: Prize Winners

Table 2: Merits and Distinctions

For the four 'Salon' competitions - Art, Video Media, Photography and Cave Survey - we award Merits and Distinctions as well as an outright winner. Winners of a Merit receive a certificate; Winners of a Distinction receive a certificate and a small memento or trophy, as do the outright winners. The following table lists the Merits and Distinctions awarded to Photo Salon entrants. (Merits and Distinctions for the other salons are listed above)

BCA Cave-Survey Data-Archive Award

2015 Award goes to Noel Snape for successfully enthusing a group of student cavers (ULSA) about a large surveying project (West Kingsdale), and making excellent use of the cave data archive to co-ordinate the work.

Citation by Wookey, on behalf of the judges Andrew Atkinson, Footleg and Wookey

BCRA's 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.

Arthur Butcher Award 2015: This year the award goes to Roo Walters and the 3D Cave project for the major effort to scan the world's largest chambers, particularly for the affordable 3D printing techniques and publication/promotion outside the caving community; as well as developing and spreading knowledge on 3D scanning. Roo Walters receives the Arthur Butcher trophy to keep for one year and £100 cash from BCRA.

Citation by Wookey, on behalf of the judges Andrew Atkinson, Footleg and Wookey

GPF's Tratman Award

The Tratman Award has been awarded annually since 1979 to a caving-related paper-based publication in memory of E.K. Tratman, who died in 1978. It covers books, journals and articles published in a calendar year and is administered by the Ghar Parau Foundation, but judged by independent cavers; for 2014 these were Joe Duxbury, Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys and Martin Mills (though other opinions were also sought). Further information, including the short-list can be found at wildplaces.co.uk/tratman.html

The 2014 Tratman Award goes to Mark Wright and Robbie Shone for Gouffre Berger with many congratulations for their fine production. The remaining works are highly commended, each a prestigious achievement on its own. The award is a piece of original artwork by Mark ‘Gonzo’ Lumley, which will be presented at the Hidden Earth 2015 conference.

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, funded the Giles Barker Award in his memory. This prestigious award - a hand-crafted statue of a cave photographer made by Ceris Jones - is given to a person connected with any aspect of cave photography in recognition of his or her excellence and contributions to the field.

For 2015 the award went to Paul Dold. Paul has shown the depth of his commitment to cave photography by the degree of planning and effort that has gone into the production of some of his fine photographs, sometimes returning to the same spot several times to improve on past efforts in order to achieve his vision. A past winner of several categories in the Hidden Earth Photo Salon, Paul has been exceedingly generous with his time spent encouraging other photographers, not least through helping to run the salon over the past five years and offering constructive critiques to entrants. Our congratulations go to Paul, who is an eminently suitable winner of this 23rd Giles Barker Award.

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

Judges' Feedback

Conference Team Credits

Conference Manager - LES WILLIAMS

Technical Team: Manager - LES WILLIAMS

Administration Team: Manager - WENDY WILLIAMS

Events Team: Lecture Secretary - PAULA GRGICH-WARKE and EMMA PORTER

Competitions Team: Secretary - DAVID GIBSON

Sponsorship - MARGARET RICHARDSON

Publicity team...

Bar Manager - DAVE KING

Site Team Liaison - LES WILLIAMS

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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