Awards – Silver City Blues Masters

Silver City Blues have a number of awards which are presented annually at the Christmas Dinner.

Farquhar Macrae Trophy for Most Improved Swimmer (renamed in 2022)

Farquhar Macrae was an SCB life member and a good friend to many within the Masters’ Swimming community, at training and competitions. His family commented how much he enjoyed watching the growing success of swimmers within SCB, and so it felt a fitting tribute to replace the trophy for Most Improved Swimmer in his honour with a new trophy named in his memory.

The recipient of this award is chosen by the coaches for the swimmer who has made the most improvements at training and/or competitions within the past year.

Previous winners of the trophy are as follows:

2023 Paul Gormley
2022 Susan Jensen
2021 No Award
2020 No Award
2019 Gillian Main
2018 Gillian Main
2017 Froya Rossvoll
2016 Mark Hadfield
2015 Jenny Brown
2014 June Falconer
2013 Martyn Lawrence and Anita Weidmann
2012 Susie Delmont
2011 Hadden Smith

Dave Olsson Trophy for Coaches Award (renamed in 2022)

Dave Olsson was an SCB life member who coached SCB swimmers for many years and has played a part in the success of many swimmers over the years. For this reason, the Coaches Award has been replaced by a new trophy named in memory of Dave.

The recipient of this award is chosen by the coaches for the swimmer with the greatest swimming achievements throughout the past year.

Previous winners of the trophy are as follows:

2023 Catherine Leslie
2022 Kelly McIntosh
2021 No Award
2020 No Award
2019 Audrey Cooper
2018 Martin Snape
2017 Kelly McIntosh
2016 Relay (Rachael Keir, Laura Robertson, David Sutherland, Alastair Honey)
2015 Rachael Keir
2014 Audrey Cooper
2013-14 Rachael Keir
2012-13 John MacLean
2011-12 Kelly Finnie

Richard Jones Trophy for Members Award

Richard Jones was a longstanding member of the club and this trophy was donated to SCB by the Jones family in 2014.

Members of SCB come in all shapes and sizes as do their achievements – what a former age group superstar sees as an achievement is completely different to somebody who signs up to the club with limited swimming experience. Achievements are all relevant and it is important that we recognise members across all abilities. Not only swimming achievements can be recognised but also contributions to the club from the membership throughout the year.

To be eligible to win the Members’ Award, a member must be nominated by a fellow Silver City Blues Member. Nominations can be made via e-mail to the club president including a short summary of why their nominee deserves the award. All nominations will be collated and made available to the membership. A shortlist will be created and an online vote will take place.

Previous winners of the trophy are as follows:

2023 Jane Thomson (Other Nominations: Catherine Leslie and Brian Bain)
2022 Greg Smedley (Other Nominations: Gill Main, Kelly McIntosh and Brian Bain)
2021 No Award
2020 No Award
2019 Farquhar Macrae (Other Nominations: Keith Dunnett, Gill Main, and Brian Bain.)
2018 Kelly McIntosh (Other Nominations: Gill Main, Alison Findlater, Alison Pirie and Adam Caton.)
2017 Brian Bain (Other Nominations: John MacLean, Linda Jordinson, The Banchory to Aberdeen Relay Team)
2016 John Smith (Other Nominations: Heather Dale, Dianne Fraser & Laura Robertson)
2015 Rachael Keir (Other Nominations: Jenny Brown & Andy Wheeler)
2014 Kim Chang & June Falconer (Other Nomination: Chris Ferguson)