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Annual Achievement Awards
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The Standish Community Forum's Annual Achievement Awards Scheme was inaugurated in the years on 1996/97. Graham Wilcock and William ("Captain" Bill) Morgan are the members responsible for its delivery and can also nominate suitable candidates - although most nominations come from the community.
Requests for nominations are placed in the quarterly newsletter each year, and letters also sent to schools and organisations. Members of the Forum committee are not eligible for awards, and successful candidates in one year are not eligible for an award in the same category in future years unless in very special circumstances. Nominations not successful one year are automatically reviewed the following years.
The awards are divided into five groups:
- The promotion of Standish
- Bravery in deed or courage in the face of adversity
- Sporting Achievement
- Work in the community (caring, fund-raising, environment etc.)
- Artistic excellence (music, drama, painting etc.)
2009-2010 Recipients
- Bravery or Courage: Georgina Myles for bravery whilst serving with the TA in Afghanistan
- Community Work: David Smith for his many years of service with St Wilfrid's Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade
- Community Work: Heather Cunliffe for her work at the centre of the Standish Community based at the Library
- Community Work: Beryl Pennington for her unstinting work in ensuring that troops serving overseas receive some creature comforts packed within individual shoe boxes
- Community Work: Natalie Buksh for working with young people at the Youth Club at the Methodist church
- Community Work: Maureen Chadwick for not only helping to start but also for 25 years service with St Marie's Brownies.
2008-2009 Recipients
- Community Work: Mark Wilding for charity fund-raising on behalf of breast cancer charities.
- Artistic Excellence: Alan Banks for his dedication to all branches of music at St Wilfrid’s Church.
- Community Work: the late Kathleen Prescott or fund-raising for local charities through very popular pub quizzes.
- Community Work: Alan and Irene Stone for their dedicated work within the St Wilfrid’s community.
2007-2008 Recipients
- Sporting Achievement: John Culshaw for his involvement with St. Wilfrid's Football Club
- Community Work: Trish Grimshaw for her work as Secretary of Standish Community Forum, Standish in Bloom, Homefront Recall and the Gala Day.
- Community Work: David Rourke for his work as the Guerilla Gardener on the Mineral Line project.
- Community Work: Roger Gill for his environmental work on the Mineral Line project.
- Community Work: Pauline Carr for her service as Brownie Leader, as events oganiser for the Standish Methodist Church, and her 15 years as Purchasing Officer for the Hospital League of Friends.
- Community Work: Vonnie McKie for her work as Brownie Leader, as a volunteer for the Hospital League of Friends, and her work on the help desk at the Infirmary.
- Community Work: Joe Bazeley for his work as an officer and treasurer with the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade, and his work with St. Wilfrid's Church PCC.
2006-2007 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: Michael W. Rainford for his sponsorship Hand Plough now sited near the pit tub on High Street.
- Promotion of Standish: John Greenhalgh for his involvement with the Standish Heritage Plaques.
- Sporting Achievement: Mark Waddington for his success in Under-11's Football and Cricket.
- Sporting Achievement: Sam Russell of Standish High School, who has represented the North West in the Triathlon.
- Community Work: Adam Winrow for his schools waste re-cycling system.
- Community Work: Charlotte Bliss for environmental work, but also the inspiration behind the Standish Story sculpture situated on Cross Street.
- Community Work: David Cropper and Robert Burke for their work with the 1st Standish Explorer Scouts.
2005-2006
No Annual Achievement Awards were presented during this year.
2004-2005 Recipients
- Sporting Achievement: David Wilding for his services to football, and especially to St. Wilfrid's Football Club.
- Sporting Achievement: Brian Foster for his services to cricket, and especially to Standish Cricket Club.
- Community Work: Barry and Hazel Dobson for work with Standish Methodist Church, with charitable work to the benefit of children worldwide, and services to the Girl Guides Movement.
- Community Work: Kath Goulding for her charitable work worldwide, especially with the Standish/Remel Link, and her services to St. Marie's Girl Guides.
- Community Work: Keith Richards for his 50 years of work with the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade.
- Community Work: Ruth Ingram for her environmental work in transforming Longridge Way.
2003-2004
No Annual Achievement Awards were presented during this year.
2002-2003 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: Lesley Williams for the promotion of Standish in Russia with the Standish-Remel link.
- Community Work: Jack Ashurst (aged 6) and Bill Rainford for environmental work cleaning up litter in their areas of Standish.
- Community Work: Joan Schofield for helping and fundraising for a number of local causes.
- Community Work: Julie Unsworth for fundraising for the ABC (Against Breast Cancer) Unit.
- Community Work: John Cross for his fundraising events for the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade.
- Community Work: Margaret Pilkington (St. Maries Thursday Club), Del Whittingham (Disabled and Handicapped Club), Alice Dawber and Ada Richards (Over 60's Welfare Club), Alice and Fred Grundy and Annie Marrow (St. Wilfrid's Pleasant Hour Club) for their work organising social welfare for Standish residents.
2001-2002 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: Gordon Crumpton for his book "Standish and its People 1900-1926".
- Bravery or Courage: Paul McGugan for rescuing two young girls from drowning.
- Sporting Achievement: Sylvia Gill for her contributions to Badminton.
- Sporting Achievement: Fred Bazeley for his contributions to Cricket.
- Community Work: Norman Lythgoe and Bill McCrachen for their charity fund-raising events.
- Community Work: Unity Club Founder Members for the creation of The Standish Unity Club.
2000-2001 Recipients
- Sporting Achievement: Gemma Minty for her many Sporting Achievement.
- Sporting Achievement: Sarah Roper and Gemma Walsh jointly, for Great Britain & Ireland World Cup Women's Rugby League Team selection.
- Community Work: George Richards for service to Standish Royal British Legion
- Community Work: Katherine Firth, Ann May and Lilian Winnard for their fundraising on behalf of the Wigan & Leigh Hospice.
1999-2000 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: Laura Holden and Vicky Gleeson for their Standish Courier Teen page.
- Bravery or Courage: Ben Brownlow-Hammond who took control of his fathers car when he fell ill at the wheel.
- Bravery or Courage: Christopher McGuirk who achieved his Duke of Endinburgh Gold Award despite his Downs Syndrome.
- Community Work: Sylvia Hyland (posthumously) for her community development work.
- Community Work: Thomas Hatton for his Christian and charity work.
- Community Work: Jean Darbyshire for her Christian and Brownie/Guide work.
1998-1999 Recipients
- Sporting Achievement: "Ironman" David Pennington for his 1998 triathlon success.
- Community Work: George Horrocks for his community welfare work.
- Community Work: Katha Aspinall (posthumously) for her christian outreach and youth work.
- Artistic Excellence: Horace Williams for his work with Standish Arts Group.
- Artistic Excellence: Nicholas Rimmer for his musical excellence.
1997-1998 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: David Williams for the Dickensian Market Days.
- Sporting Achievement: Mark Scott for his New York Marathon fundraising.
- Community Work: Clara Wood for her community welfare work.
- Community Work: Bernard Darbyshire for his service with the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade.
- Special Award: Ted Rowley on celebrating his 105th Birthday.
- Special Award: Sally Birch for her Standish Local History Books.
1996-1997 Recipients
- Promotion of Standish: Ron Kay for the Standish Arts Festival.
- Community Work: 'Maggie' Ogden for her work with needy children.
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