Awards
Easegill moorland
For 2010, MUSC gave out awards to celebrate the unique contributions from the active members of that year! Each member received a glorious memento of their achievements that year.
Rosie Holmes| Power Crazy award | for having a second term as President | 2009-2010 |
Beth Jupe
| All Growed Up award | for getting a real job | 2009-2010 |
Michael Topsom
| Narcissist award | for being awesome | 2009-2010 |
Max Gibbs
| Puppy Dog award | for youthful exuberance | 2009-2010 |
Annie Leanord
| Om nom nom award | for making tasty, tasty cakes | 2009-2010 |
David Viita
| Politically incorrect award | for blacking up | 2009-2010 |
Adam Walmsley
| Dark horse award | for being far less innocent than he appears | 2009-2010 |
Ben Wright
| Ben 'Wrong' award | for prussiking up the white river series with an oval for a D-maillon | 2009-2010 |
Adam Sharpes
| Entrepreneurial Spirit award | for earning his beer tokens on Ebay | 2009-2010 |
Morten Albring
| Emo award | for using his chest jammer to self-harm coming out of link | 2009-2010 |
Katie Steckles
| Armchair caver award | for having better things to do than go underground | 2009-2010 |
In previous years, the club gave out a set of awards for memorable and notable things done by various members of the club. Below is a list of the winners of each award from previous years.
Wooden SpoonAwarded for the most impressive non-caving related injury.
| David Viita | For falling off his bike | 2008-09 |
| Matt Bent | For various incidents including twisting his ankle running to the pub and not being able to work the next few days, paintballing, and his adventures in Poland | 2007-08 |
| Phil Underpants | For the infamous Axe Wound!! | 2006-07 |
| Katie Monk | For her numerous injuries to the head | 2005-06 |
| Mike Topsom | Falling or jumping or climbing out of a pub window! Only 3 stitches though... | 2004-05 |
| Helen | This year Helen sealed victory by falling over in the car park of the Helwith Bridge Inn. Twisting her ankle, scraping her face, and covering herself in mud, then recovering her composure before anybody noticed. | 2002-03 |
| Helen | Managed to crack a rib whilst attempting the ladder at the MCG in October. | 2001-02 |
| Sarah | After a club party, where everybody went home with a fetching face drawn on their bellies in permanent marker, many weird and wonderful techniques were employed for their removal. After attempting to remove the face using her normal cleansing routine, Sarah decided to attack the face with a Pumice Stone. Need I say more! | 2000-01 |
Golden Karabiner
The most dangerous caving manouver.
| Mandy Fu | For dropping her helmet down Valhalla | 2008-09 |
| Kevin Brohan | For going down Marble Steps with his D-Maillion open! | 2007-08 |
| Mandy Fu | For passing a rusted shut deviation by removing her jammers! | 2006-07 |
| Daemon Will | For not being able to attach himself to the rope safely at the top of Oxlow, and being kicked off the trip altogether. | 2005-06 |
| Greg | Forgetting his main maillion, "I'll use a krab instead, it'll be fine..." | 2004-05 |
| Rested. | 2002-03 | |
| Will | Negotiating every pitch in a Swinstow pull-through using single anchors. | 2001-02 |
| Rested. | 2000-01 | |
| Will | Leaving a maillion undone, oops. | 1999-00 |
| Will | 1998-99 | |
| Louise | Nearly descending Alumpot without recourse to SRT. | 1997-98 |
Armchair Caver
The laziest caver.
| John Wilson | For being the laziest | 2008-09 |
| Rested | Since everyone has been awesome | 2007-08 |
| Jane Phillips | For general and repeated laziness despite being the president of the club! | 2006-07 |
| Jacqui Stanley | For the second year running, the caver who has been on most trips and managed to avoid the most caving | 2005-06 |
| Jacqui Stanley | For coming on trips and not doing enough caving. | 2004-05 |
| 25 Freshers | They never turned up for a single trip! | 2002-03 |
| Alison and Josie | Both firmly vegetating in a nice big sofa. | 2001-02 |
| Alison | Only three trips underground (one involved nudity). | 2000-01 |
| Ash | President and skiving off almost every trip. | 1999-00 |
| Isobel | Only one caving adventure. | 1998-99 |
| Simone | Almost every social but not many caves. | 1997-98 |
Unlucky 13
The unluckiest member of the club.
| Beth Jupe | For getting her hair caught in her stop during rescue training | 2008-09 |
| Matt Bent | For writing off his car by driving it into a bus | 2007-08 |
| Mandy Fu | For a series of mishaps, including losing 2 sets of keys within a week, losing her phone, having her rear bike light chopped off her bike and stolen, having her front bike light stolen from her bike, breaking Will's sewing machine fixing Mike's jeans, and finally having £250 stolen from her bank account and maxing out her overdraft! | 2006-07 |
| Birgall | Too many unlucky events to list! For one,the very night the awards were given, the wheel of his bike was unfortunately mis-shapened. | 2005-06 |
| Daemon Will | For many unlucky events, even a chipped tooth in a cave while wearing reactions lenses (they reacted and didn't change back while underground). And there was the unfortunate clipper inccident, with detattched attachment. | 2004-05 |
| Kirsty | For cycling in to the back of a (stationary) bus. | 2002-03 |
| Phil, Will and Kirsty | For an ill-fated trip down Alum Pot via Lower Long Churn. While they were in the pot, the water levels rose, making the middle entrance impassible, forcing an exit via Baptistry Crawl, and a white water ride down the Upper Long Churn streamway! | 2001-02 |
| Helen | Attempting to kill herself at every possible opportunity. After locking herself into the Opal Court car park, she impaled herself on the spiky fence as she tried to make her escape. She fell on the pavement, and cracked a tooth. On both occasions she ended up in A&E. | 2000-01 |
| Mike lewis | Although it's doubtful whether it was bad luck or sheer stupidity that made him decide to join the Daren Cilau camping trip at the last minute. | 1999-00 |
| The Club | Most trips cancelled or ruined due to bad weather. | 1998-99 |
| Mike Lamb | Dislocated knee and on every club self rescue that year. | 1997-98 |
Unstoppable Stop
The best uncontrolled descent.
| Kevin Brohan | For his performance in Ireland | 2008-09 |
| Rested | Because we are all safe cavers! | 2007-08 |
| Kirsty Bamber | Kirsty wins the stoppable stop award for apparently sitting in a waterfall in France! | 2006-07 |
| Rested | Thankfully, we've had no major clutch-and-plummet incidents this year. Keep it up! | 2005-06 |
| Tim Brock | Clutch and plumet down bullpot cave. | 2004-05 |
| Gareth | The best attempt at death by uncontrolled descent (of a boulder). Gareth's life flashed before his eyes whilst digging down Sophies Crack, a large chunk of ceiling fell out, coming to rest inches above his head. | 2002-03 |
| Will | Clutch and plumet in Swinstow. | 2001-02 |
| Rested. | 2000-01 | |
| Anne | For the fun she had in the upper traverse in Eastwater Cavern, where gravity continually kept her sliding downwards. | 1999-00 |
| Sally | For plummeting down South East Pot without recourse to locking off at the bottom. | 1998-99 |
| Will | Obviously. | 1997-98 |
Popped Rivet
The club tart.
| Graham | I don't know who Graham is. | 2008-09 |
| Rested | Everyone was very well behaved this year | 2007-08 |
| Birgall | For a variety of crimes including snogging Jane, Katie, Debs, Will, Phil and Matt, sucking Katie M's nipples, and having his nipples licked by Mandy, Katie, Mike, Kristen and Helen! | 2006-07 |
| Rested once again till we get some decent action | 2005-06 | |
| Rested. | 2004-05 | |
| Bearded Will | Once again past champions forced into early retirement, leaving the way open for a fierce competition among the lower order! Despite hot competition from Gemma, who even attempted a sly pancake aquisition maneouver to boost her score, the early running from William ensured that the glory was all his. After road testing many models, Will retired in December!!! Bowing out at the very top of his game! | 2002-03 |
| Anne | 7 before January! And then more. | 2001-02 |
| Gareth | A score of 4 wins. | 2000-01 |
| Pete | One of the few People in the club to snog someone. | 1999-00 |
| Rested - No one was up to Gordons standard. | 1998-99 | |
| Gordon | Obviously. | 1997-98 |
Knackered Compass
The best attempt at getting/being lost.
| Adam | For completely missing Deaths' Head/Big Meanie | 2008-09 |
| Jason, Ben and Mandy | For getting lost on 3 occasions on one weekend trying to find Hagg Gill, Illusion and Ireby! | 2007-08 |
| Katie Monk | For failing to be able to give Whitney directions from her home in Preston back to her home in Manchester, and taking a detour via Manchester Airport! Keep turning left!! | 2006-07 |
| Mandy(and Mike) | Mandy for driving 40 miles in the wrong direction, because map-reader Mike fell asleep - oops! | 2005-06 |
| 2004-05 | ||
| Gareth | The mighty SWCC curry struck again! Almost a year to the day since the last escapade, whilst following another car to Pete Francis' house, the car behind looked on in awe of our stupidity as we took the wrong turn off a roundabout. Once again random strangers were asked for directions, but in the end I have vague memories of guessing where to go. | 2002-03 |
| Gareth | Who confidently claimed to know exactly where he was heading for on the night of the SWCC curry in Swansea. Unfortunately this was a LIE! We'd asked a security guard for directions, been half way to mumbles and back, and had a round of navigation by mobile phone committee (whereby the person discussing where we're going is too busy on the phone to pass directions on to the driver), before we were finally rescued by Ian. | 2001-02 |
| Ash | 2000-01 |
Knotted Rope
The club bondage expert.
| Steve Pratt | For his amazing ability to get tangled | 2008-09 |
| Jane Phillips | For getting tangled at a rebelay for half an hour in Rowten | 2007-08 |
| Katie Steckles | For prusiking all the way out of Lancaster Hole with her footloop attached to her 'D' maillon rather than to her hand jammer, and only taking 20 minutes to do so!! | 2006-07 |
| Jane Phillips | Whilst SRT training in the quarry, Jane decided to descend the rope, keeping her feet firmily in place - resulting in a very sore bum! | 2005-06 |
| Julian | Stuck at the top of the rope in training. | 2004-05 |
| Phil | Attempting to put a harness on a sheep to "rescue" it. | 2002-03 |
| Kirsty | Getting tied up at almost every training session this year. | 2001-02 |
| Rested. | 2000-01 | |
| Janine | After getting tied up horrendously in Eldon hole. | 1999-00 |
| Anna | 1998-99 | |
| Janine | After having so much fun trying to pass the rebelay at the top of Jingling. | 1997-98 |
Alcohol Award
The club drunk.
| Lloyd Cawthore | For showing us all how it's done | 2008-09 |
| Kevin Brohan | For his love of Whiskey. Various incidents including being carried back to the hut at the Helwith Bridge, falling down the stairs at Bull Pot Farm and snoring right after, and making pancakes that taste of the sea! | 2007-08 |
| Debs Last | For her performance at New Year Monopoly! Drinking so much that she got alcohol poisoning the night before New Years' Eve, and thus missing out on the drunken New Year celebrations because she couldn't face another drink! | 2006-07 |
| Matt Bent | For his extreme enthusiasm for the Preston beerfest, and his many hangovers, including christening Bullpot, with extra blood too! | 2005-06 |
| The club | We love our beer. | 2004-05 |
| Gemma | For getting drunk enough to believe that we needed photos of her in her underwear for the club calendar. | 2002-03 |
| Will | Will rounded off an impressive performance in the 2002 awards with a bottle of Meths, in honour of his persistant efforts to secure this award over the past few years! This year saw Will stooping to knew lows, when, at the MCG, he woke up to find himself huddled up in bed with Ash! To make matters worse Ash revealed how he'd been treated to a night of Will whispering sweet nothings in his ear. | 2001-02 |
| Will | A masterful performance from Will, saw him claim 20 pints of Gareth's home brew, and the white stick required to "see" him through the following months of rehabilitation into society. Will managed to claim a free night in a Preston travel lodge, and get completely lost on London bridge, both after getting thrown out of pubs for falling over, drunk... | 2000-01 |
| Phil | Although the competition was very close this year, with Nathan and Rich coming highly commended for their efforts. Phil won for spending the Sunday after Jenny's birthday party throwing up in a wheelie bin. Nice. | 1999-00 |
| Will | Simone just hasn't been active enough recently. Will received this for doing the washing up after the Didsbury Dozen, and not remembering doing it the day after. The 1999 prize was the Can of Lager. | 1998-99 |
| Jenny | For breaking all expectations in being the first person to actually rival Simone in this award. Jenny actually got the Bottle of Gin, and her efforts at Christmas Dinner and the Lakes fully deserve this award, although Simone's last ditch effort in the wood box nearly wrestled this award at the last minute. | 1997-98 |
