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. 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
- Most Reluctant Sportsperson: Sarah Pickles
- The Unicorn Award: Alex Muller[1]
- The 'Hi, My Name Is... and I'm a Twitter Addict' Award: Alex Muller[1]
2011
Compiled from photos by Viv Chung.
- The Original Bew Award (for the Original Doing a Bew): Emma Bew
- The Alex Muller Award for Presentness: Vivan Jayant
- Friendliest Member: Matt Johnson
- Most Parental: Sarah Pickles
- Nicest Member: Sarah Pickles
- Best Social Costume: Sarah Pickles
- Best Willow Moment: Sam Nicholson
- Best Sound Bite: Emma Bennett
- Best Cabler: Tom Gregory
- 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
- Best Dressed: Michael Miller
- Most Likely Flasher: Michael Chislett
- Most #Epic Moment: Sanat Misra
- spam@ystv.co.uk: Vivien Chung
- The Boomerang Award: Mark Friend
- The Longest Member: Alina Selega
- The Animal Likeness Award: Marcus Tibbitts
- The Poser Award: Michael Miller
- The Resistance Award: Samuel Crowley
- The Sobriety Award: Alex Balmer
2012
Compiled from photos by Viv Chung.
- The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew): Sarah David[2]
- The Alex Muller Award for Presentness: Marie Mills
- Best Father: Matt Johnson
- Best Mother: Greg Ebdon
- Best Photographer: Charlotte Boyle[2]
- Best Speech: Kieron Moore
- Best Dressed: Tess Humphrey
- Best Hair: Rachael Sherlock
- Best Couple: Sam Nicholson & the Servers
- Best Blagger: Steven Perring
- Nicest Member: Liz Pascoe
- The Stolen Member Award: Alex Williams
- The 'I'll Do My Degree Tomorrow' Award: Sarah Pickles
- The Sobriety Award: Sanat Misra
- The 'England Isn't a Country' Award: Sarah David[2]
- 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
- Gotta Catch 'Em All (The Pokémon Award): Alex Buckley
2013
- Sports Personality of the Year: Matt Johnson
- The Bew Award (for Doing a Bew): Marie Mills
- The 'Are You Even Human?' Award: Greg Ebdon
- The 'I Don't Know What the Fuck You Do, But It's Fucking Awesome' Award: Robert Walker
- The 'He Doesn't Even Go Here' Award: Alex Williams
- Best Dressed: Kieron Moore
- Best Hair: Peter Eskdale
- Best Arse: Matt Judge
- YSTV Mum: Helen Hobin
- YSTV Dad: John Caine
- YSTV Fairy Godmother: Sarah Pickles
- YSTV Kleptomaniac: Lucy Walters
- The Water Cooler Award: Lucy Walters
- Least Depraved and Furthest Away from Josh Hunter's Squalid Pit of Debauchery: David Heaton
- Bowie of the Year: Emily Torricelli
- King of the Willow: Chris Wall
- Most Traitorous: Adam Taylor
- Classiest Member: Megan Hollinghurst
- Adorable Award: Alex Buckley
- Saltiest Balls: April Micallef
- Nicest Member: Hannah Ruddle
- Sparkly New Member: Matt Hands
2014
- The Alex Muller Award for Presentness: Anthony Williams
- Station Captive: Lloyd Wallis
- You're a Mug: Kieron Moore
- I'd tap that: Tom Woffenden
- Hulk Smash: Robert Walker
- Best Ban(n/t)er: David Heaton
- Sparkly New Member: Liz Williams
- Staples Award: Alex Buckley
- Best On-Screen Male: Peter Eskdale
- RSPCA Award for Animal Welfare: Thomas Cheyney
- Best Hair: Kenric Yuen
- Sound Gal: Helen Moss
- YSTV Foreign Correspondent: Emily Torricelli
- YSTV Dad: Sam Nicholson
- Old Spice: Matt Johnson
- Kraken: Matt Judge
- Fairy Godfather: Alex Williams
- Scrubs Up Well: Ellen Dunbavin
- YSTV Mum: Grace Winpenny
- Stolen Member: Jess Courtney
- Cool Story Bro: Matt Hands
- Nicest Member: Rob Drane
- Sports Personality of the Year: Tim Copeland
- Smooth Operator: Rachel Burns
- Lost and Found: Christopher Parker
- Most Patient Member: Sam Nicholson
