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Prizes Awarded at the 36th Icicle Meet, 5th & 6th January 2008
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 |
1 Bob Jones with G-TSWI, Newby Bridge 2 Caroline Jones, with G-CERL, Kirkham |
The Elcot Park Hotel Prize | Main Flying Task – Grid Reference adding up to 36, minimum distance 4 km, tie-break on the most Westerly landing. | The Newbury Building Society Shield (Keep for 1 year). Plus a meal for 2 people in the Elcot Park Hotel | 1 Lou Watts in G-CSFD, landed at Kintbury Crossroads. 2 Jackie Magnani in G-BWPP, landed at Weston. |
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 a watercolour painting of balloons. | 1 Marie Orchard with G-BJGK, registered on 3/9/81 2 Ian Kerr with G-BOEK registered on 25/1/88 |
Pete Hornfeck Trophy | Smartest balloon, including tethered only. | Trophy (Keep for 1 year) Plus a sweatshirt. |
Peter Smart with G-CCPP, Fivepence. Runners up G-BWKW, G-OFAA, G-PSAX |
Vic Trimble Trophy | Longest Flight from Icicle. | Trophy (Keep for 1 year) Plus: Lindstrand Fleece Jacket. |
1 Tony Brown in G-SSTI Concorde, landed at Leavesden, near Watford, 92kms. 2 Robin Batchelor and Pu/t Tom Hilditch in G-BYNN Little Marlow, 67 kms 3 Richard Parry in G-CHEL, Arborfield 53km |
Norman Betts Award | Newest Pilot at Icicle | Norman Betts Shield (Keep for 1 year) Plus pilot Log Book and Basket Tidy bag |
Mark Granger in G-BRSD, licence in July 2007. |
Marsh Benham Trophy | For Services to ballooning in the Newbury area. | Silver Rosebowl | Awarded to Jennie and Richard D’Alton, for their work in revamping the ballooning exhibit at the West Berkshire Museum in Newbury |
Other Minor Prizes |
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Bottle of Single Malt Bottle of Champagne |
James Liddiard Celia Kunert |