GIFFORD HARDY TROPHY WINNERS Gifford Hardy was a well loved member of NADP, a frequent contributor to NADP’s magazine, Network, and he also founded the Sussex Pen Club, a correspondence circle for the deafened people who lived in the south-east. Every year the Gifford Hardy Trophy is awarded to the best article to appear in Network during the preceding year. The trophy, which is a silver plate, was first awarded in 1993, and was instituted by Gifford’s daughter, Janine Burgess, as she and his widow, Ivy, wished to have him remembered in this way. The list of winners of the Trophy over the years follows. 1993 Edna HUTCHINGS “Ringing the changes” 1994 Martin TIERNAN “Waaaaaaaaaagghhhhhh!” 1995 John WHEELER “Out West with Bap and Phil” 1996 A M ROSETT “I wanted to go to Ravenna” 1997 Jenny BURT “Musical shares” 1998 A M ROSETT “As happy as an Easter Egg” 1999 Cathy COBBOLD “Going to the optician” 2000 Bob OLLERTON “My frustrating odyssey”” 2001 Gavin MACPHERSON “Gavin’s buzz day” 2002 Phil BECK “Jottings from a Northern Outpost” 2003 Michael JACK “My experiences as a child in public school” 2004 Anna POLLARD “A wife’s tale” 2005 Michael JACK “A deaf church organist” 2006 Derek TRAYLER “Who would run the Hearing Dogs magazine” 2007 Karen BRENNAN - 'Living with a deafened husband' We always welcome articles for Network, so please do get writing. Who knows – you could be receiving the Gifford Hardy Trophy yourself next year. Back