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

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.

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

Phil Viney, 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.