FLOPPYs
The FLOPPYs were a joke awards 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 they could come up for prizes. After some discussion, it became an acronym: For the Love Of the People and Programmes of YSTV.
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
Later Awards
The Floppys continued after 2006 with many regular awards continuing, including Nicest Member. Many 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 at Evil Eye.