On Saturday evening of 18 April 2015 At the South African Radio League 90th Anniversary Awards Dinner held in Bloemfontein, various operating awards were announced.One of these, the Arthur Hemsley Two-Metre Trophy was awarded to Allan Saul /ZS1LS, who is a club member of the Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre.
According to the SARL Awards Directory (Second Edition), the Arthur Hemsley Two-Metre Trophy is awarded by SARL Council to a Radio Amateur for his/her individual achievements with transmissions in the 144 MHz amateur band. This award is made for extraordinary performance on EME or modes such as Tropospheric propagation. It is not for the longest distance worked but rather for persistence in achieving something special on the two metre band.
Very well done, Allan!
Throughout the years, this award has been handed to the following participants:
1966 Mike Bosch ZS2FM
1967 Mike Bosch ZS2FM
1968 L de Doux ZS6IF Later ZS2LL; silent key
1971 Dennis Brown ZS6EK
1972 G Doudney ZS1SP
1973 Bunny Hilton ZS2DH
1974 Herman van Rees ZS5CG
1975 H Day ZS6D
1976 L Coombe>Davis ZS2DD
1977 L Lincoln>King ZS2BZ silent key
1978 Louis de Bruyn ZS5LP
1979 Fred Anderson ZS6PW silent key
1980 J Ludlow ZS5ZY
1981 Southern Transvaal Branch
1983 Dave Woodhall ZS6BNT
1984 “Van” van der Watt ZS6LW silent key
1985 Dave Perry ZS1SG
1986 Cape Town Branch
1987 Pretoria Branch
1989 Phillip Venter ZS4PV
1990 "Van" van der Watt ZS6LW silent key
1992 Mike Parker ZR5ADQ
1995 Kobie Furstenburg ZS6ALE silent key
1997 Alex Gogos ZR2T
1998 Paul Smit ZS6PJS now ZS6NK
1999 Mike Bosch ZS2FM
2000 Mike Bosch ZS2FM
2001 Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society
2002 not awarded
2003 not awarded
2004 Lee Hanegraaf ZS5LEE
2005 Hannes Enslin ZS6JDE joint
Daniel Hubbard ZS6JR joint
2006 Hannes Enslin ZS6JDE
2007 not awarded
2008 Glenn Kraut ZS2GK
2009 Pine Pienaar ZS6OB
2010 Peter Tottle ZS2ABF
2011 Nasri Gasant ZS1NAZ joint
André Pretorius V51B joint
2012 André van Deventer ZS2BK
2013 Jan “Pine” Pienaar ZS6OB
2014 Allan Saul ZS1LS