The 'Village Award' is an annual honour, recognising the greatest act of stupidity by a club member during the previous year.

2009 Joint Award - Dave Carver & Colin McClea

After Mandy had negotiated a special reduced rate for club members to get into the Bovington Tank Museum, our intrepid duo paid as OAP’s and each paid £2 more than the rest of the group.

The Academy:

2009 Dave Carver & Colin McClea - OAP Negotiation skills

2008 Tanya Porter - Bikesafe 'Pigeon Racing' award

2007 Steve Payne - Pulling the van door of it's hinges

2006 Trevor Hawkins - Who needs luggage straps

2005 Barry McCabe - Breaking two fingers in St Tropez

2004 Dave Pankhurst - Climbing fence & falling down railway embankment

2003 Colin Stevens - Riding his bike over his own crash helmet

2002 Clive Browning - Setting fire to his bike in France

2001 Andrew Bradley - Body Surfing on a beer tray and breaking two ribs

2000 Jon Owen - Taking Ride Out via fuel stop, then running out within 2 miles

2010 Nominations:

Lindsey - Should've gone to Specsavers after joining the back of the wrong ride out

Dave C - Writing a 'Retirement' message for Bob in Chris Payne's 'Get Well' card

Polly - Buying a 7ft shed to store an 8ft bike

Dave W - Getting pissed and letting Terry H & Trevor shave his hair and beard off

Jean - Tent surfing at Vulcan Rally, landing on Mel's head and trashing her tent

Paul - Tent surfing at Vulcan Rally

Myf - Telling the band they were crap and nearly getting thrown off the site

Myf - The '2010 WET PATCH' award goes to Myf for getting so drunk he pissed himself

Pete - Packing his camping gear and telephoning to confirm the Vulcan Rally details, one week after the rally had ended

Trevor - Falling off a bus whilst still stationary

Paul - Demonstrating Road Captain abilities when everyone went Right and he turned Left, following some random biker for an hour

Myf - Riding off with Disk Lock attached, causing £650 damage