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The York University Media Awards, or YUMAs, is the campus media's annual booze filled backslap-athon, first held in 2001.  [[Nouse]], [[URY]], [[Vision]], [[Cinematography Society]] and YSTV traditionally took it turns to arrange an awards evening, in which each society gave out their own awards. In YSTV's case, this involved voting on old favourites, such as Best Show, Best Female and the like.  Unlike other societies, YSTV members all have a vote on their categories, rather than winners being chosen by a select group.
The York University Media Awards, or YUMAs, is the campus media's annual booze filled backslap-athon, first held in 2001.  [[Nouse]], [[URY]], [[Vision]], [[Cinematography Society]] and YSTV traditionally took it turns to arrange an awards evening, in which each society gave out their own awards rather than compete against other societies. In YSTV's case, this involved voting on old favourites, such as Best Show, Best Female and the like.  Unlike other societies, YSTV members all have a vote on their categories (and indeed the categories chosen), rather than winners being chosen by a select group.  In this respect the ceremony is a light-hearted way to end the year often including joke categories, unlike [[NaSTA]].


*2001 - the first YUMAs, held at {{unsure|Merchant Adventurer's Hall}}.
{{unsure|In recent years}} the YUMAs seem to have turned into more traditional awards, with categories being pre-selected and nominations submitted by societies, with the judging by a group of YUSU staff and students.
*2002 - held at Merchant Adventurer's Hall
 
*2003 - held at The Hilton.  YSTV didn't take part due to most of the active members immersed in exams.
===2001===
*2004 - held at Next Generation Gym.
The first YUMAs, held at {{unsure|Merchant Adventurer's Hall}}.
*2005 - held again at Next Generation Gym.
 
*2006 - a "picnic" held at the Quiet Place (and then a random lecture theatre when the rain began).
*Outstanding Production - [[SU Elections 2001]] (beating [[Lazy Lunch]] and [[YSTV-am]]).
*Best Contribution to News and Current Affairs - [[Thea Darricotte]] (beating [[Kerry Beadling]]).
*Outstanding Achievement - [[Matt Hammond]] and [[Kevin Bowman]] for [[SU Elections 2001|Election Night]] graphics system (beating [[Polar vision mixer|Polarvision]] and [[Jenny Gordon]]).
*Best Newcomer - [[Adam Dymond]] (beating [[Chris Thornton]]).
*Lifetime Achievement - [[Matt Hammond]] (beating [[Peter Bowles]] and [[Michael Prior-Jones]]).
*YSTV also won in the inter-society catergory of "Most Glamorous Girls", with [[Nouse]] winning Tidiest Office, [[URY]] winning Best Quotes, [[Cinematography Society]] winning Best Blagging and [[Vision]] inevitably winning Most Controversial.
 
===2002===
Held at Merchant Adventurer's Hall.  Photos can be seen on URY's [[http://ury.york.ac.uk/events/2002/yuma2002/yuma2002_photoindex.php website]].
 
*Best On-Screen Personality - [[Adam Dymond]] (beating [[Michael Prior-Jones]], [[Rupert Clifford]] and [[Nick Oldham]]).
*Best Newcomer - [[Rob Humphrey]] (beating [[Giles Burdett]]).
*Devotion to YSTV - [[Kevin Bowman]] (beating [[Jenny Gordon]] and [[Michael Prior-Jones]]).
*Lifetime Achievement - [[Jenny Gordon]] (beating [[Thea Darricotte]] and [[Maurice]] the effects unit).
 
===2003===
Held at The Hilton near Clifford's TowerAfter initial discussion in meetings YSTV pulled out after it was realised most of the active members would be immersed in final year exams and practical work the day after the ceremony, and the few who could attend would most probably be ridiculed for the minimal turnout and having to pick up most awards on behalf of others.  [[Jonathan Bufton]] did however attend after being nominated for his [[URY]] show.
 
===2004===
Held at Next Generation Gym, with guest speaker former student and Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchens.  Photos are on YSTV's [[https://ystv.york.ac.uk/fun/archive/yumas04/ website]].
 
*Best Technical Innovation - [[YSTV Week]] graphics (beating [[Edit PC]], [[Elections 2005|Election Night graphics]], [[Green Screen]] and tally lights).
*Best Presenter - [[Pete Nichols]].
*Best Programme - [[Elections 2004]].
*Best New Programme - [[Solipsism]].
*Overall Contribution - [[Jonathan Bufton]].
*Media Personality Of The Year - [[James Gallagher]] for his work at [[URY]],YSTV and [[Nouse]].
 
===2005===
Held again at Next Generation Gym. Has a page over at [[http://ury.york.ac.uk/events/2005/yumas/index.php URY]] but as you'd expect is mainly centred around their people.
 
*Best Presenter - [[Kat Sutton]] (beating [[Pete Nichols]], [[Sarah Richards]], [[Kate Rushworth]] and [[Ben Tattersall-Smith]]).
*Best Behind-The-Scenes Contribution - [[Richard Ash]].
*Best Newcomer - [[Lucy Watkins]].
*Best Show - [[YSTV Week]].
*Best Technical Innovation - ????
 
===2006===
A "picnic" held at the Quiet Place (and then a Derwent lecture theatre when the rain began) due to late organisation.  Has a page of photos including one of the YSTV group over at [[http://ury.york.ac.uk/events/2006/yumas06/index.php URY]].  As a result of the awfulness of that year's event YSTV held their own spoof awards ceremony, the [[FLOPPYs]].
 
===2007===
Held somewhere in town.
Best Show
Best Newcomer
Best Presenter
Best Behind The Scenes Work
Best Technical Innovation
 
===2011===
Held in the Ron Cooke Hub, because of the papers' punch-up in YUSU's Courtyard bar after 2010's YUMAs.
*Best Technical Achievement for [[Michael Chislett]]'s [[YSTV 3D|first ever 3D student television in the world]].
::This greatly upset URY's technical team, as they had just spent a whole holiday creating a new digital studio with touch screens and other shiny things. What made this worse was knowing that we had only put around 3 hours of work into making the 3D test footage.
*Best Animation/Graphics with [[Chris Young]]'s [[Roses]] 2011 overlay.
 
YSTV famously campaigned against the "Society Slut" category with great moral upstanding, as this was not what we believed the YUMAs should be brought to.
 
===2013===
Held at the Biltmore Bar and Grill. Particularly impressive winning 'Best Illustration' with a regurgitated ident.
 
*Best Sports Coverage - [[Roses 2013]]
*Best Illustration - [[Ducks 2012]]
 
===2016===
A small delegation from YSTV ([[Kenric Yuen]], [[Jemma Carr]] and [[Caroline Middleton]]) did go, in spite of our small membership that year.
*Best Event Coverage - [[Futsal]]
 
===2017===
Organised by [[URY]] last minute and held at Yates in town. YSTV mainly attended for the promise of free food but the the highlights of the evening were The Lemon Press' heckles, £1 pints and [[Edwin Barnes]]' (repeated) dabbing. We also won some awards!
*Best Coverage - [[Roses 2017]]
*Best Entertainment [[Strong and Stable Livestream]]
*Best Newcomer [[Matthew Stratford]]

Revision as of 12:39, 24 June 2017

The York University Media Awards, or YUMAs, is the campus media's annual booze filled backslap-athon, first held in 2001. Nouse, URY, Vision, Cinematography Society and YSTV traditionally took it turns to arrange an awards evening, in which each society gave out their own awards rather than compete against other societies. In YSTV's case, this involved voting on old favourites, such as Best Show, Best Female and the like. Unlike other societies, YSTV members all have a vote on their categories (and indeed the categories chosen), rather than winners being chosen by a select group. In this respect the ceremony is a light-hearted way to end the year often including joke categories, unlike NaSTA.

In recent yearsUnverified or incomplete information the YUMAs seem to have turned into more traditional awards, with categories being pre-selected and nominations submitted by societies, with the judging by a group of YUSU staff and students.

2001

The first YUMAs, held at Merchant Adventurer's HallUnverified or incomplete information.

2002

Held at Merchant Adventurer's Hall. Photos can be seen on URY's [website].

2003

Held at The Hilton near Clifford's Tower. After initial discussion in meetings YSTV pulled out after it was realised most of the active members would be immersed in final year exams and practical work the day after the ceremony, and the few who could attend would most probably be ridiculed for the minimal turnout and having to pick up most awards on behalf of others. Jonathan Bufton did however attend after being nominated for his URY show.

2004

Held at Next Generation Gym, with guest speaker former student and Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchens. Photos are on YSTV's [website].

2005

Held again at Next Generation Gym. Has a page over at [URY] but as you'd expect is mainly centred around their people.

2006

A "picnic" held at the Quiet Place (and then a Derwent lecture theatre when the rain began) due to late organisation. Has a page of photos including one of the YSTV group over at [URY]. As a result of the awfulness of that year's event YSTV held their own spoof awards ceremony, the FLOPPYs.

2007

Held somewhere in town. Best Show Best Newcomer Best Presenter Best Behind The Scenes Work Best Technical Innovation

2011

Held in the Ron Cooke Hub, because of the papers' punch-up in YUSU's Courtyard bar after 2010's YUMAs.

This greatly upset URY's technical team, as they had just spent a whole holiday creating a new digital studio with touch screens and other shiny things. What made this worse was knowing that we had only put around 3 hours of work into making the 3D test footage.

YSTV famously campaigned against the "Society Slut" category with great moral upstanding, as this was not what we believed the YUMAs should be brought to.

2013

Held at the Biltmore Bar and Grill. Particularly impressive winning 'Best Illustration' with a regurgitated ident.

2016

A small delegation from YSTV (Kenric Yuen, Jemma Carr and Caroline Middleton) did go, in spite of our small membership that year.

2017

Organised by URY last minute and held at Yates in town. YSTV mainly attended for the promise of free food but the the highlights of the evening were The Lemon Press' heckles, £1 pints and Edwin Barnes' (repeated) dabbing. We also won some awards!