FLOPPYs

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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. In recent years, the floppy disks have been augmented with (uncategorised) Deeply Valued Departed discs for the graduating members. 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

2010

2011

Compiled from photos by Viv Chung.

2012

Compiled from photos by Viv Chung.

  • The 'England Isn't a Country' Award: Sarah David[2]
  • The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew): Sarah David[2]
  • 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
  • The 'I'll Do My Degree Tomorrow' Award: Sarah Pickles
  • Best Speech: Kieron Moore
  • The Sobriety Award: Sanat Misra
  • Nicest Member: Liz Pascoe
  • Best Hair: Rachael Sherlock
  • Best Dressed: Tess Humphrey
  • Best Couple: Sam Nicholson & the Servers
  • Superfluous Surname: Joanna Starzynski
  • The Sparkly Award: April Micallef
  • The Microphone Award: Vivan Jayant
  • The Smiley Award: Emma Bennett
  • The Paid Member Award: Alex Muller
  • The NaSTA'd Award: John Caine

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
  • YSTV Mum: Helen Hobin
  • YSTV Dad: John Caine
  • YSTV Fairy Godmother: Sarah Pickles
  • Best Dressed: Kieron Moore

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alex Muller on Twitpic
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sarah David's Facebook wall photo
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