FLOPPYs

The FLOPPYs are a joke awards event started in 2006 in response to the dreadfulness of the YUMAs that year. They were created by Matthew Tole and Sarah Leese, the new and outgoing Station Directors at the time. They were named the FLOPPYs because that was the best object they could come up for prizes - floppy disks. After some discussion, it became an acronym: For the Love Of the People and Programmes of YSTV.

The awards continued after 2006 with many regular categories, including Nicest Member. New awards were also introduced including The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew), named after Emma Bew and the Alex Muller Award for Presentness. Traditionally the awards are organised by the new and outgoing Station Directors and the Social Sec, and held upstairs at Evil Eye.

Awards by Year

The point of the FLOPPYs is to give every active member at least one award.

2006

In 2006, the FLOPPYs were held on the steps of York Minster, after the YSTV End of Term Meal. They were presented by Matthew Tole and Sarah Leese who had spent an afternoon coming up with the awards, nominations and winners!

Show Awards

• Least Original Programme: LipSync
• Most Over Used Set: YSTV Week Set
• Best New Show: YSTV Sport

People Awards

• Human Encyclopedia Award: Richard Ash
• Most Travelled Member: Rob Humphrey
• Best Foreign Member: Iain Cooke
• Meglomaniac Award: Rowan de Pomerai
• Society Dinosaur: Selbysaurus
• Most Fertile: Rick Selby
• Kev Loves That Stuff Award (for the person who has loved the most stuff this year): Kevin Larkin
• Fruit Award: Ian Martindale
• Best Oldgoer: Dave Baker
• Back In My Day award: Rob Humphrey
• Humanitarian Award (for the person who had to put up with Ian the most): David Furey
• One Word award: Sarah Cheyne ("Sorry")
• Best Bullshitter Award: James Blackshaw
• Most Compulsive Member: Ian Martindale
• Most Opinionated Member: Rowan de Pomerai
• Windiest Member: Rick Selby
• Nicest Member: Sarah Cheyne
• Wildlife Award: Matthew Tole
• Most pregnant cockney ex-station director: Sarah Leese
• Lifetime achievement award: Rob Humphrey
• YSTV Personality of the year: Kev Larkin

2011

• Friendliest Member: Matt Johnson
• Best Use of the Costume Drawer: Greg Ebdon
• Best Nickname: Marie N'Giggidy Giggidy Ba-Ba Mills (courtesy of Steven Perring)
• Ethnic Sensitivity: Marie Mills
• The Original Bew Award (for the Original Doing a Bew): Emma Bew

2012

• The 'England Isn't a Country' Award: Sarah David
• The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew): Sarah David^[1]
• Best Photographer: Charlotte Boyle^[2]
• Best Father: Matt Johnson
• Best Mother: Greg Ebdon
• The Alex Muller Award for Presentness: Marie Mills
• The Stolen Member Award: Alex Williams

2013

• Sports Personality of the Year: Matt Johnson
• The 'He Doesn't Even Go Here' Award: Alex Williams
• Least Depraved and Furthest Away from Josh Hunter's Squalid Pit of Debauchery: David Heaton