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Prizes Awarded at the 33rd Icicle Meet, 8th & 9th January 2005
Name of Prize | Awarded For | Description of Prize | Awarded to |
Veuve Cliquot Cup | Travelled furthest with balloon specially to be at Icicle Meet. | Cup (Keep for 1 year)
Plus: Bottle of Champagne Runner up: Thunder Flying bag |
1st Terrance Chamberlain, G-LIMP, Limp, from Thornton in Yorkshire.
Runner up. Avi Sörn and team from Slovenia, with G-HOTI (borrowed from Chris Davis) |
The Hilton Hotels Prize | Main Flying Task – Grid Reference adding up to 33, tie-break on the most Southerly landing. | The Newbury Building Society Shield (Keep for 1 year). | Not awarded. There was only one flight from the meet (see below) and the Grid Reference of the landing spot did not add up to 33. |
Gemini Trophy | Oldest balloon to fly out of the Field. | Wooden Balloon Trophy (Keep for 1 year). Plus small hand carved wooden balloon to keep. Plus: Ballooning Sweatshirt. | G-BJSW Sandicliffe, Nov 1981, Trevor Read |
Aim High Trophy | Smartest balloon, including tethered only. | Trophy (Keep for 1 year)
Plus: Bottle of wine |
G-OBUY Virgin, Trevor Read |
Chequers Trophy | Longest Flight from Icicle. | Trophy (Keep for 1 year)
Plus: Weekend Break for 2 people in a Hilton Hotel |
Trevor Read, G-BJSW Sandicliffe, Sunday, Rudge Berkshire, 4.55 km |
Norman Betts Award | Newest Pilot at Icicle | Norman Betts Shield (Keep for 1 year)
Plus: Flying Gloves |
Martin Turner, G-WBEV Beverley, September 04. |
Marsh Benham Trophy | For Services to ballooning in the Newbury area. | Silver Rosebowl
Plus: Bottle of Champagne |
Stephen Plume for his work on our computer system for Icicle Registrations and flights recording and analysis. |
Other Minor Prizes | a. For allowing us to use Warren Farm once again as the venue for the meet. | Bottle of Single Malt | James Liddiard |