Club Awards
The Pajero Club gives out 2 awards each year to its
members, the Ironbark Award and the POTY Award. The Clubman
Award has been instituted to give members an opportunity to recognise a
fellow member/members who makes an outstanding one off contribution,
primarily to the Club. The Phil Viney Award is a discretionary award
in the Pajero Challenge.
Ironbark Award
 The Ironbark Award was instituted by
Arch Grant, the founding president of the Pajero 4WD Club of Victoria in
1997, to give recognition to those members who serve the club with dedication
over many years, and it is awarded annually.
The name Ironbark was chosen, as it an Australian native
tree that represents toughness and longevity, a characteristic of the
recipient.
The Shield
The Shield is made from a piece of Ironbark that was
recycled from a warehouse on Sydney harbour. It has painted on it the leaf,
flower and fruit of Red Ironbark Mugga Eucalyptus sideroxylon in the centre,
as the motif. It is surrounded by a series small brass plaques on which the
recipients names is inscribed. Smaller replica shields were made from the
remainder of the timber and one is given to the award winner of that year.
Winner Selection
There is a panel made up of three people that chooses who
receives the award for that year, from names submitted by club members. Any
member can nominate someone, the only criteria is the nominated person must
be a club member that has served the club continuously in some capacity for
at least five years.
The Award Panel consists of the founding president, Arch
Grant; the current club president; and the preceding year's winner.
Ironbark Award Winners
Year Person
1997 Bill Mead
1998 John Peterson
1999 Barry Collins
2000 Nancy Miller
2001 Fred Farrugia
2002 Ian Hastie
2003 Barry Walker
2004 Alison McLaughlin
2005 Doug Hammerton
2006 John & Robyn Burke
2007 Brian Lynch
2008 Ron Reed
2009 Alberto Pamintuan
2010 Ian Salmon
Person of the Year Award
The Person of the Year award - or "POTY Award" -
is won by the most active club member each year. Points towards the award
are earned by participating in club activities and the winner is simply the
individual who ends the year with the most points.
Points may be earned by:
• Attending general meetings
• Going on trips
• Leading trips
• Attending working bees (such as magazine mailings)
• Writing articles for the club magazine
POTY Calculation
Although committee members are eligible for the POTY
Award, points are not earned for the activities they undertake in their role
as a committee member.
POTY Award Winners
Year Person
1986 Barry Collins
1987 John Wilkinson
1988 Barry Collins
1989 John Wilkinson
1990 Graeme Walsh
1991 John Wilkinson
1992 Fred Schoof
1993 Fred Schoof
1994 Fred Schoof
1995 Fred Schoof
1996 Ron Kelly
1997 Peter Cooney
1998 Peter Cooney
1999 Peter Cooney
2000 Peter Cooney
2001 Peter Cooney
2002 Peter Cooney
2003 Peter Cooney
2004 Tony Kregor
2005 Peter Cooney
2006 Peter van Riel
2007 Laurie Finlay
2008 Dave Ratcliffe
2009 Ron & Carol Reed
2010 Ron & Carol Reed
2011 Ron & Carol Reed
Clubman Award
The Pajero Club is establishing a new member award, the
Clubman Award.
This new award was suggested as there are generally two
(2) opportunities for members of the Pajero Club to receive recognition from
fellow members for their actions/endeavours/behaviour/effort. The current
awards are the highly esteemed Ironbark Award and the Potty Award. These
awards are awarded annually.
The concept of the Clubman Award is to give members
an opportunity to recognise a fellow member/members who makes an outstanding
one off contribution, primarily to the Club; whose actions in a particular
circumstance are judged by others present to be meritorious and deserving of
recognition, or the conduct of a Club member which in itself represents an
effort above the norm.
It is envisaged that this award should probably not be
awarded to members of the Club who have willingly undertaken to perform
roles/responsibilities, however this does not disallow committee members from
being nominated for the award in their own right.
The process is simple:
A member completes the nomination form, including the
citation, which will be read at the time of the presentation of the Award.
The completed nomination form is submitted to the Club
Secretary. This nomination will then be tabled at the following Committee
Meeting and if considered suitable for the Award, will be presented at the
next General Meeting of Members. The President will read the citation and
present the award to the nominee. The name of the nominator will remain
anonymous.
Click
here to download a nomination form.
Clubman Award recipients
.. recent recipients
Harbridge Family 2009
Derek Bardsley 2009
Darren Straub 2009
Matt Warren 2009
Dave & Cris Howard 2009
Barb & Ernie Isaacs 2009
Kim Elledge 2009
Darryl Lynch 2009
Norma
Norris 2009
Darren
Straub 2010
Brian
Hay 2010
Brian
McCarthy 2010
Russell Chatfield 2010
Alberto Pamintuan 2011
Simon Garraway 2011
Brian Hay 2011
Tom Hona 2011
Ian Soderstron 2011
Jurg Pulter 2011
Gus Davis 2011
Andre De Groote 2011
Alan
Sellars 2011
Most Spirited Participant Award
This award, in honour and remembrance of a great club
member, Phil Viney, is presented to a competitor in the Pajero Challenge who
demonstrates examples of endeavour, commitment and above all, sportsmanship, during
the event.
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