Tam Sneddon

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	Tam Sneddon Memorial Trophy The Tam Sneddon Memorial Trophy was inaugurated shortly after Tam died in 1976. Tam was a long standing and very active member of Clydebank Sub Aqua Club, holding the post of Treasurer for very many years. Tam took his job very seriously and made sure that the Club had a firm financial footing. He very sadly and suddenly died as he was about to enter the water to enjoy his favourite sport of Scuba Diving. The Branch decided to honour the name of Tam Sneddon by awarding a Trophy to the member of the Branch who had done the most to promote and encourage scuba diving in Clydebank Sub Aqua Club in the preceding year. The Winners are: 1977 Jim Cummings 1978 Colin Watson 1979 Gordon Downie 1980 E.A.Smith 1981 Jack Morrison 1982 David Bickerstaff 1984 Mark Don 1985 Anne Downie 1986 Bernie McIlvenny 1987 Adam Curtis 1988 Irene Smith 1989 Jim Montgomery 1990 William Currie 1991 Jim Hoggan 1992 Ronnie Scaglione 1995 Gordon Downie 1996 Kevin Miller 1997 Joe McInally 1998 Alan Hubbard 1999 Brian Tierney 2000 George Kinniburgh 2001 Jack Morrison 2002 Michelle Morgan 2003 David Mandelson 2004 Graeme Hollinsworth 2005 Debbie Girvan 2006 Iain Kennedy 2007 Catherine Kenny 2008 Joe McInally 2009 Keith Waugh 2010 Thomas Burke 2011 Brian Tierney Tam Sneddon Award 2011 goes to Brian Tierney 2010/11 has seen a particularly large intake of new members to Clydebank Sub Aqua Club. Young people, under 18 years, in particular, have joined our Club. Training is progressing well with all new members, young and …………. slightly older!!!!! This, of course, is what any Club plans to achieve – attract new members, and in our case, the Diving Officer is appointed to deal with diver training and open water dives. However, this last year has been particularly challenging due to the numbers. The Diving Officer had to organise the training activities amongst his Instructors and, of course, undertake training activities himself. So, for these reasons, and his work over the last several years, the Tam Sneddon Award, and the duties of polishing it for the next 12 months, go to Brian Tierney. Congratulations to Brian and get the “Brasso” out! The Tam Sneddon Award for 2010 goes to Thomas Burke. Tom has been the Branch Chairman throughout 2009 and he put himself through the pain and agony of organising a very successful diving holiday for Clydebank members in April 2009. The destination was Bonaire, in the Caribbean Sea. Before he started the project he had a full head of hair. Only kidding! Congratulations to Tom, but don't think this gets you "off the hook" The Tam Sneddon Award for 2009 goes to Keith Waugh. Report by Jack Morrison Last thing on the agenda at the 2009 AGM was the announcement of who would be this year’s recipient of the Tam Sneddon Trophy. This award is decided by previous winners and is given to the person who in their opinion has made the greatest impact or done most to promote the branch. This year in recognition of the huge amount of work he has put in to designing and getting our website off the ground the Tam Sneddon Trophy was given to Keith Waugh. The chairman pointed out that it was also the quality of the site that had impressed viewers and we all joined in thanking Keith for the ongoing work keeping it updated and interesting. In accepting Keith pointed out that if we want to keep the site interesting we all have to contribute. So with that plea ringing in our ears we left to look out pictures and stories for Keith to put on the site. It’s not that hard, we only need short stories, just look through your logbook for those memorable first dives, fiftieth, hundredth etc. Or your first wreck dive you know the sort of thing. Keith has photos of most things he can add so let’s see your stuff, starting with me I suppose, watch this space.

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