PeterB Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 The winners of the 2012 NSPN yearly awards were announced at the Holiday Party last night .Congratulations all!PADDLER OF THE YEAR AWARD: LORRIE ALLEN(The Paddler of the Year Award is given to the person who made the greatest contributions to benefit the club's membership.)TRAVERSO AWARD : ROBERT FOLSTER(The Traverso Award goes to the member who has shown the most improvement through taking a "never quit “ attitude in the last year. This award is supported by a memorial gift in honor of Jim Traverso, a member who lost his life on the Sun Kosi River in Nepal in 1999. Jim was a dedicated teacher, guide, adventurer, and lover of the outdoors. ")FOUNDERS AWARD: CHRIS MABON(“The Founders Award is given to the person deemed by the members of the club to have done the most to keep the NSPN spirit alive by giving of themselves to better the club, in ways that may not always be visible.")"SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS" AWARD : SCOTT KIMBALL(A lighthearted, less-than-half-serious award celebrating the club member who indured the most notable insults to boat, body or personal property in the course of kayaking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyork Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 More details on the "hard knocks" award please, if Scott agrees to share? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 The recipient suffered some significant indignities to boat and body , most significantly to the hull of his boat when finding himself on the business end of a surprise wave along the rocky coast near Ogunquit, the resulting damage requiring the services of New Englands finest boat repair specialists. Unfortunately, the repair work done was of such high quality that little evidence of the damage is still extant, but the event was well documented will live on in the lore of NSPN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallen Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Many thanks-I am honored to have received this award. So sorry I was not able to be with you all to enjoy the festivities. And thanks to my good friend Pru who accepted it in my absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetpk Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 On behalf of my beloved boat. I would like to privately speak to whom ever put that rock there off of Ogunquit Me. May the next Ice Age scour you to oblivion. Till then this moment of drama will be thought of as a tribute to one of Americas finest cereals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I'm glad you can laugh about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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