Tratman Award Winners
Year | Winner | Title | Commended | Judges and notes |
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2017 | Dave Haigh and John Cordingley | Adventures Underground - Tales of cave exploration in the Yorkshire Dales | Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales 2 edited by Tony Waltham and Dave Lowe; Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North-West by Sam Allshorn and Paul Swire; The Darkness Beckons (3 rd revised Edition) by Martyn Farr; William Boyd Dawkins & The Victorian Science of Cave Hunting by Mark White; TSG Journal 19 edited by Phil Wolstenholme; Irish Speleology No.23 edited by Peter Barry | Joe Duxbury, Ric Halliwell, Martin Mills and Alan Jeffreys More info |
2016 | Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club | Journal of the Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club (11) | The Castleton Mines by Jim Rieuwerts and Phil Wolstenholme; Irish Speleology (22) edited by Peter Barry and Alasdair Kennedy; A Spider’s Thread of Shining Silver by Mike Boon and Andy Chapman; Underground Archaeology by Marion Dowd; Cave Pearls of Meghalaya edited by Thomas Arbenz | Joe Duxbury, Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys and Martin Mills More info |
2015 | Marion Dowd | The Archaeology of Caves in Ireland | One Man One Pan by Michael Adams; Mines and Minerals of the Mendip Hills by Peter S. Burr; Cave. Nature and culture by Ralph Crane and Lisa Fletcher; Northern Sump Index 2015 by Elaine Hill and Adrian Hall; NPC Journal 2015 edited by Dewi Lloyd; Underwater Potholer by Duncan Price; Aerial Ropeways of Shropshire by Michael Shaw, David Poyner and Robert Evans; Slovene Karst and Caves in the Past by Trevor Shaw and Alenka Cuk | Joe Duxbury, Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys and Martin Mills More info |
2014 | Mark Wright & Robbie Shone | Gouffre Berger | Irish Speleology (21) edited by Peter Barry and Alasdair Kennedy; Mining in Cornwall and Devon by Roger Burt and others; The Journal of York CC & North York Moors CC (2) edited by Matt Ewles and Gary Douthwaite; The proceedings of NAMHO’s 2011 conference, 50 Years of Mine Exploration edited by Kelvin Lake and David Poyner; Caves of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Jean Shaw; Exploring the Limestones of South Devon by John Wilmut, Chris Proctor and David Jean; | Joe Duxbury, Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys and Martin Mills More info |
2013 | Alan Gray, Rob Taviner & Richard Witcombe | Mendip Underground | ‘A Midge-infested, draughtless no-hoper ...’ and ‘We should have gone to Aygill’ by Tim Allen & Frank Pearson; Irish Speleology (20) edited by Peter Barry & Alasdair Kennedy; Classic Darksite Diving by Martyn Farr; Bottoming the Berger – on Ladders by Dave Gill; Adventurers in the Lead Trade by Jim Rieuwerts; Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales by Tony Waltham & David Lowe | Joe Duxbury, Alan Jeffreys and Martin Mills More info |
2012 | Trevor Shaw & Alenka Cuk | Slovene Caves & Karst | Earth Colours by Marie Clarke, Neville Gregory and Alan Gray; CREG Journal (series); 'Bath Stone Quarries' series in Mendip Times by Phil Hendy; 'Three Counties breakthrough' series in Descent by Tim Allen | Alan Jeffreys, Martin Mills, Ric Halliwell and Chris Howes More Info |
2011 | Alan 'Goon' Jeffreys (ed) | Decades in the Dark | Caves of the Peak District, by Iain Barker and John Beck; Sheffield University SS 50th anniversary journal 1961-2011, edited by Rob Middleton; Shuttleworth Pot into Witches Cave II, edited by Pete Monk; Aspects of the History of Slovene Karst 1545-2008 by Trevor Shaw. | Ric Halliwell, Chris Howes and Martin Mills More Info |
2010 | Joint award: Juan Corrin & Peter Smith (eds); Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price & Richard Witcombe | Matienzo; Wookey Hole | Red Rose CPC Journal (10) edited by Paul Swire; Is That So? edited by Rob Taviner | Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys, Martin Mills; award changes to presentation trophy More info |
2009 | No award | GPF committee | ||
2008 | Judith Calford & Chris Howes | Descent | Lead Mining in Derbyshire, Vol. 2, by Jim Rieuwerts; Memoirs of a Moldywarp by Pete Ryder; Great Caves of the World by Tony Waltham | GPF committee |
2007 | Wessex Cave Club | Swildon's Hole | Not for the Faint-Hearted by Mike Cooper; The Hollow Mountain 1974-2006 by Imperial College CC | GPF committee |
2006 | Graham Proudlove | Essential Sources in Cave Science and Subterranean Fishes of the World | None | GPF committee |
2005 | No award | GPF committee | ||
2004 | John Gunn (ed) | Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science | None | GPF committee |
2003 | Jerry Gibbs & Rick Stewart | Moorland Caver | None | Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor |
2002 | Dave Yeandle [posthumously] | The Adventures of Another Pooh | None | Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor |
2001 | Pam & Tim Fogg | Beneath Our Feet | None | Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor |
2000 | Trevor Shaw | Foreign Travellers in the Slovene Karst 1537-1900 | None | Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor |
1999 | No award | GPF committee | ||
1998 | No award | GPF committee | ||
1997 | Chris Howes | Images Below | Cave Guide to Slovenia by Ian Bishop; The Caves of Fermanagh and Cavan by Gareth Jones, Gaby Burns, Tim Fogg and John Kelly | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1996 | Paul Peppiatt & Kym Price | Underground Photographer | None | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1995 | Paul Monico (ed) and the CDG | Northern Sump Index 1995 | 'Long-term Quaternary uplift rates inferred from limestone caves in Sarawak, Malaysia' by Andy Farrant, Pete Smart, Fiona Whitaker and Donald Tarling in Geology Vol 23 (4); Irish Speleology (15) | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1994 | Yorkshire Subterranean Society | YSS 3 | None | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1993 | David Gibson (ed) | Cave Radio & Electronics Group Journal | None | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1992 | Queen Mary College Speleological Expedition | Below Belize | An Exploration Journal of Llangattwg Mountain by Chelsea SS; International Caver edited by Tim Stratford; Who was Aveline Anyway? by Richard Witcombe | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1991 | Martyn Farr | The Darkness Beckons [2nd edition] | The Descent Index issues (1)-(100) by Chris Howes; 'A History of the WSG 1950-1990' by Duncan Minty in WSG Bulletin Vol 9 (6); OUCC Proceedings (13) | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1990 | University of Leeds Speleological Association | ULSA Explorations Journal II | None | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams; cash award increased to £50 |
1989 | Northern CC | The Caver | None | Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams |
1988 | No award | GPF committee | ||
1987 | David Rose & Richard Gregson | Beneath the Mountains | None | GPF committee |
1986 | Ray Mansfield | Current Titles in Speleology | None | GPF committee |
1985 | Rob Palmer | The Blue Holes of the Bahamas | None | GPF committee |
1984 | David Judson (ed) | Caving Practice and Equipment | Gaping Gill by Howard Beck | GPF committee |
1983 | Ben Lyon | Venturing Underground | None | GPF committee |
1982 | Juan Corrin (ed) | Caves & Caving | Pozu del Xitu expedition report, OUCC Proceedings (10); Phil Chapman for cave biology articles in Caves & Caving | GPF committee |
1981 | Charlie Self (ed) | Caves of County Clare | None | GPF committee |
1980 | Martyn Farr | The Darkness Beckons | None | GPF committee |
1979 | Steve Worthington | Sheffield USS Expedition to the Tymphe Mountains, Greece [SUSS Journal] | None | GPF committee. Award: £25 cash |