The ASA Handbook - Swimming.Org

The Alfred H. Turner Award
THE ALFRED H. TURNER AWARD
Trustees: T H Cooper; M W Beard; P S Turner.
Nominations and CVs should be submitted by 1st May each year.
The income for this Award arises out of a gift to the Association by Mr A H Turner of £1000 8% British
Petroleum Preference Stock. The Award, valued at £50, is annually available to the Club, Association, or
individual (amateur or professional) deemed by the ASA Board to have done the most to popularise the
sport of swimming. The Award may be withheld in any year at the discretion of the ASA Board.
Nominations for this Award to be submitted to the Chief Executive of the ASA by Regional Associations
and Committees of the Association. If the Harold Fern Award is made to a male, this award is to be made
to a female and vice versa.
The recipient of the award shall also receive a suitable memento for the occasion presented by the
ASA Board.
Terms of the Award
The Award is given to the individual or organisation who, through educational or instructional achievements,
architectural design, writing or the development of original material, competitive performance,
or by a continuing effort to establish swimming facilities, has made the most outstanding contribution
to swimming at national or international level.
In selecting the winner of the Award each year, consideration shall be given to the following principles:
emphasis on the importance of swimming for improving the health of the nation, recreation, competition,
and the saving of life;
efforts which stimulate increased interest on the part of National or Local Government, communities,
institutions, schools and Service organisations, to provide suitable facilities to further the purpose
of swimming as an essential activity;
stimulation of interest in providing qualified swimming instruction in schools, colleges, communities
and industry;
writing and developing original material in the various fields of swimming. Such materials may
include textbooks, motion picture studies, charts, and other audio-visual aids which tend to
improve instruction;
advancement in architectural design or innovations in materials or machinery which tend to improve
swimming facilities;
outstanding achievement in competition which creates an incentive to advance swimming throughout
the nation.
Award Presentations
1982 Miss D Rice 1992 Mrs V Way 2002 Mrs D Geer
1983 Miss N Yarwood 1993 Mrs V Naylor 2003 Mrs M Coyne
1984 Miss C Powell 1994 Mrs J Nichols 2004 Mrs F Dalrymple-Smith
1985 Miss J Clarke 1995 Miss J Brayshaw 2005 Not Awarded
1986 Mrs V Morris 1996 Mrs J Williams 2006 Mrs J Gray
1987 Mrs A Clark 1997 Mrs B Lancaster 2007 M Firmin
1988 Mrs S W Margetts 1998 Mrs J Harrison 2008 Mrs A Van Beukelen
1989 Mrs I B Williams 1999 M Glover 2009 Not Awarded
1990 Mrs E M Payne 2000 Mrs J Hedger 2010 Mrs E Sykes
1991 Mrs D Clarke 2001 Mrs N Muir-Cochrane 2011 Mrs J Holdstock
60