Tam Sneddon Award
The Tam Sneddon Memorial Trophy was inaugurated shortly after Tam died in 1976. Tam was a long standing and very active member of Clydebank Sub Aqua Club, holding the post of Treasurer for very many years. Tam took his job very seriously and made sure that the Club had a firm financial footing.
He very sadly and suddenly died as he was about to enter the water to enjoy his favourite sport of Scuba Diving.
The Branch decided to honour the name of Tam Sneddon by awarding a Trophy to the member of the Branch who had done the most to promote and encourage scuba diving in Clydebank Sub Aqua Club in the preceding year.
WINNERS
1977 Jim Cummings
1978 Colin Watson
1979 Gordon Downie
1980 E.A.Smith
1981 Jack Morrison
1982 David Bickerstaff
1984 Mark Don
1985 Anne Downie
1986 Bernie McIlvenny
1987 Adam Curtis
1988 Irene Smith
1989 Jim Montgomery
1990 William Currie
1991 Jim Hoggan
1992 Ronnie Scaglione
1995 Gordon Downie
1996 Kevin Millar
1997 Joe McInally
1998 Alan Hubbard
1999 Brian Tierney
2000 George Kinniburgh
2001 Jack Morrison
2002 Michelle Morgan
2003 David Mandelson
2004 Graeme Hollinsworth
2005 Debbie Girvan
2006 Iain Kennedy
2007 Catherine Kenny
2008 Joe McInally
2009 Keith Waugh
2010 Thomas Burke
2011 Brian Tierney
2012 Michelle & John Morgan
2013 Andrew Sinclair
2014 Gordon Anderson
2015 Joe McInally
2016 Craig Ralston
2017 David Richford
2018 Michelle Morgan
2019 John Kerr
2020 Niall Brittain
2021 Andrew Sinclair
2022 David Ryrie
2023
2024
The winner of the Tam Sneddon award 2022 is David Ryrie
Michelle Morgan writes: Despite another difficult year owing to Covid, Dave has worked to achieve his Master Diver award. He has also signed up for the next Branch Instructor course and has been shadowing BIs at pool and open water to gain knowledge by the time he gets on the course.
This year Dave has also done a fair bit of diving when he has been home from his work off-shore and encouraged others to get out and encourage diving within ClydebankSAC.
He has also helped transport gear to and from the pool, as well as filling tanks and volunteering to help out where required.
The winner of the Tam Sneddon award 2021 is Andrew Sinclair.
As we are all too well aware, 2020 and on in to 2021, has been a dreadfully long period of time, with the world in varying degrees of lockdown, caused by the Covid pandemic. As a consequence, open water diving and pool training activities for Clydebank Sub Aqua Club members were severely curtailed. Members were only able to dive for a short period in the late autumn. Despite the necessary restrictions, Andrew was able to “encourage” his large number of work colleagues to part with their hard-earned cash for an opportunity to win on a Football cards “game of chance”. As a result, Andrew raised a large sum of cash to top up the club coffers!! Even though the club was not diving there were still a number of ongoing fees and bills to pay, so Andrew’s efforts were very welcome. Thanks must go to Andrew’s work colleagues, but particularly to Andrew for risking his friendship with them. Congratulations to Andrew.
Tam Sneddon Award 2020
2019 marked the centenary of the sinking of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Members of Clydebank Sub Aqua Club decided that they should commemorate the event, as indeed did many other diving clubs in the UK and around the world. Niall Brittain took on the mammoth task of organising our trip: researching available boats, accommodation, suitable dates etc and then advertising the event to the members and collecting monies etc. The "Scapa100" trip took place in mid May and was a great success. Everyone had a briiliant time with some great diving on the German High Seas Fleet.
For the past several years, every Autumn, Niall organises a Club trip to the Farne Islands, off the Northumberland Coast. This trip has become more and more popular each year, as party members always have a great time diving with and photographing the Grey seals, as they "play" around the divers fins.
As well as this Niall has also been a part of the Clydebank Training Team throughout 2019 and in to 2020. Congratulations to Niall for all his efforts and on winning the Tam Sneddon Trophy.
