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& Award Winners
1997-98 -- Charley’s at Stony Point 2005 - Joe’s Inn (Mechanicsville)
1998-99 -- Mio’s 2006 - Joe’s Inn (Mechanicsville)
1999-00 -- The Grapevine 2007
- Steak & Ale (Broad Street)
2000-01 – Monte Calvo’s 2008
- Roma’s Italian Restaurant (Nine Mile Road)
2001-02 – O’Charley’s (Brook Road) 2009 - Roma’s Italian Restaurant (Nine Mile Road)
2002-03 – O’Charley’s
(Brook Road) 2010
- Golden Corral
2003 - Hill Street Café 2011
- Golden Corral
2004 - Nick’s Roman Terrace (Broad Street)
Year
|
Referee of the
Year
|
Umpire of the
Year
|
Most Improved
|
|
1990-91 |
David
Bassler and Andre Spencer |
Not
Given |
Not Given
|
|
1991-92 |
Jean
Russo |
Not
Given |
Jean
Russo |
|
1992-93 |
Andre
Spencer |
Not
Given |
Dicky
Hulcher |
|
1993-94 |
Carol
Ford |
Not
Given |
Bob
Provost |
|
1994-95 |
Andre
Spencer |
Not
Given |
Dawn
Hampton |
|
1995-96 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Not
Given |
Bonny
Hajek |
|
1996-97 |
Paul
Schall |
Not
Given |
Gary
Schwarztrauber |
|
1997-98 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Hawthrone
Wilkes |
|
1998-99 |
Dawn
Hampton |
Not
Given |
Ronnie
Jones |
|
1999-00 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Brian
Cowles |
|
2000-01 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Not
Given |
Steven
Martz |
|
2001-02 |
Howard
Nester |
Bruce
Frye |
Tom
Dent |
|
2002-03 |
Pat
Kaveney |
Dave
Roever |
Butch
Atkinson |
|
2003 |
Brian
Cowles |
Susan
Warr |
Dean
Scott |
|
2004 |
Dave
Roever |
Doug
James |
Bill
Slish |
|
2005 |
Doug
James |
Willie
Jones |
Kevin
Daniel & Shep Moss |
|
2006 |
David
Bassler |
Bonny
Hajek |
John
Thomas & Bert Wilson |
|
2007 |
Willie
Jones |
John
Thomas |
Darryl
McCartt |
|
2008 |
|
Hawthrone
Wilkes |
Darren
Hutson & Pat Maloney |
|
2009 |
Brian
Cowles |
Tom
Dent |
Andy
Bertrand |
|
2010 |
Jeff
Carter |
Bob
Provost |
Ervin
‘EJ’ Taylor |
|
2011 |
Joe
Clark |
Darren
Hutson |
Luise
Farmer |
Year
|
Rookie of the
Year
|
Rookie Rookie of the Year
|
President’s Award
|
|
1990-91 |
John
Koch |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1991-92 |
Andy
Crane |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1992-93 |
Lisa
Robinson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1993-94 |
Randall
Carson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1994-95 |
Barry
Martin |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1995-96 |
|
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1996-97 |
Tim
Gunn |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1997-98 |
Rick
Alston |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
1998-99 |
|
John
Thomas |
Not
Given |
|
1999-00 |
Butch
Atkinson |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
2000-01 |
Willie
Jones |
Leonard
Lambert |
Not
Given |
|
2001-02 |
Karl
Best |
Not
Given |
Not
Given |
|
2002-03 |
Brad
Bradley |
Steve
Bowen |
Not
Given |
|
2003 |
DeWayne
Johnson |
Not
Given |
David
Bassler |
|
2004 |
Andy
Creery |
Ron
Jones |
Richard
Starr |
|
2005 |
Bryan
Wagner |
Not
Given |
Bert
Wilson |
|
2006 |
James
Stumbaugh |
Robert
Blankenship |
Bruce
Frye |
|
2007 |
Charles
Arvin & Stuart Wilson |
Not
Given |
Doug
James |
|
2008 |
Randall
Clary |
Not
Given |
Brian
Cowles |
|
2009 |
Jessica
Roever & Tim Kallam |
Not
Given |
Howard
Nester |
|
2010 |
Ayers
Gilman |
Not
Given |
David
Bassler |
|
2011 |
Kelly
Jacobs |
Felicia
Johnson |
Charles
Arvin |
Fun Awards
Quick Draw McGraw -- for the best yarn involving
“cards”: 1998 - Jena Patterson (7
yellow and 2 red in a Varina/Lee-Davis Boys match; 2000 - Pat “I never give
cards” Kaveney (for giving two in the VHSL AAA Boys’ championship match; 2001
- Bruce Frye (for requesting a card because the Bluestone coach was a menace to
navigation; 2002 - Steven Martz (threw out two coaches – who were in the
stands); Winter 2003-Howard Nester (kicked a player out after the
match); Fall 2003 - Bert Wilson (carded Howard for accidentally bunging
a player with a ball; 2004-David Bassler (gave a red card to player whose team was ahead by 20 points); 2005
- Hawthrone Wilkes; 2006 - Ron Jones (yellow carded the Mathews
announcer prior to the match for announcing his name as “Jerry Stone”; 2007
- Hank Hartz (reverse award for NOT giving a card to the Deep Run coach during
a regional match because the umpire [from another association] who requested it
baited the coach into a sanction); 2008 – Brian Cowles (for giving an
individual player two (2) yellow cards in the same match); 2009 – Chris
Hairston (three cards in three minutes) & Howard Nester (hereafter known as
the ‘nipple’ ref); 2010 – Howard (another ejection after the match)
Nester for booting a player for yelling “Shut the Hell Up” as he shook hands
with his opponents; 2011 – Howard (two years in a row) Nester for
issuing a BLACK card to a coach when he held up his yellow card which was still
in the card sleeve.
Life’s Most Embarrassing Moment -- ‘nuff said: 1999-Buz Haymans (zipper issue); 2000-Ron
Farris (another zipper issue); 2001-Bonny Hajek (forgot her socks so she
inked her ankles black with magic marker); 2002-Randall Carson (packed
his wife’s black pants – needless to say they didn’t fit); Winter 2003-David Bassler (when
demonstrating proper the use of flags, his flag broke in half and flew 30
feet.); Fall 2003-Buddy Thomas (went to the bathroom between games and
got lost trying to return to the MWGS gym) and Buz Haymans; 2004-Darryl
McCartt (letting his flag fly across the court coming to rest on the inbounds
spot); 2006- Tom Dent (during warm-ups got smashed in the face by a
serve so hard he required medical treatment); 2007 (tie) – Willie Jones
(made a call, then changed it three times until it was back at his original
ruling) & Doug Schutte (got run over by a pair of female players while
working as a line judge at the Showcase Tournament); 2008 – Dave Roever
(in his 16th year of reffing in Richmond, went to the wrong school
and just avoided a speeding ticket trying to get to his match on time); 2009
– Bob Provost (went to the wrong school for the AAA regional semi-finals); 2010
– David Bassler (forgot his uniform for a district playoff match and his
picture showed up in the local paper the next day); 2011 – Joe Moore (only
realized at the pre-match conference that he had on BROWN shoes).
Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang -- for the referee most likely
to show up at a match in a tow truck: 1998-Angel
Torres (car broke down so many times he should have bought a tow truck); 1999-Ron
Farris (“who needs headlights when there’s a full moon”); 2000-David
Bassler (his car – 256,000 miles and counting -- broke down; then his loaner
broke down, too); 2001-Theresa Armstrong (her car’s even dirtier than
Howard’s farm truck); 2002-Clark Woods (only car that broke down this
year); Winter 2003-Howard Nester (nobody wants to ride in his farm
truck); Fall 2003-Joe Clark (Joe’s car is even more unreliable than
Howard’s farm truck); 2004-Buddy Thomas (for having his car actually
break down on the way to a match); 2005-Joe ‘not again’ Clark (who now
has two ‘cars’ up on blocks and was even late to the banquet to receive his
prize; 2006-Bob Schumm (shows up to matches in his taxicab); 2007-Don
Gathers (car was in the shop most of the season); 2008 – Donna
Richardson (always seemed to have one vehicle in dire need of repair); 2009
– David Peebles (ran out of gas in the way to meet his crew); 2010 – Pat
Kaveney (brand new car wouldn’t shut off at the school and he had to get
someone to turn it off for him); 2011 – Darryl McCartt (car broke down
on the way to a playoff match).
Best Dressed Referee -- for the referee who showed
the greatest dedication to the perfect uniform:
Arthur Chester (1998); Sherman Chung (1999); Brian Cowles (2000); Dave
Hunt (2001); Jim Aldrich (2002); Bob Guagliardo (2003 Winter); Daryl McCartt
(2003 Fall); Leonard Lambert (2004); DeWayne Johnson (2005); Major Coles
(2006); Joe Pintavalle (2007); Jerry Stone (2008); Ervin Taylor (2009); Andy
Bertrand (2010); Bonny Hajek (2011).
Salesman of the Year -- for the referee who
brought in the most new members: Bruce
Frye (2000); Ron Robinson (2001); Ron Robinson (2002); David Bassler (2003
Winter); Ron Robinson (2003 Fall); Bruce Frye (2004); Ed Smith (2005); Bruce
Frye (2006); Bruce Frye (2007); Bruce Frye (2008); Charles Colgin (2009); Bill
Slish (2010); Multiple Winners with one each (2011).
Minute Man Award -- for the referee(s) most
available in the least amount of time:
Ron Farris & Hawthrone Wilkes (1998); Arthur Chester, Michelle
Fortune & Rick Fortune (1999); Woody Wheeler & Christine Simmons
(2000); Alecia Jones & Jim Aldrich (2001); Bert Wilson & Ronnie Jones
(2002); Bob Guagliardo (2003); Howard Nester (2004); Lou Martin (2005); Todd Hagan
(2006); Tom Dent & Bert Wilson
(2007); Charles Arvin, Dave Hunt, Darryl McCartt, Bert Wilson, Stuart
Wilson (2008); Ervin Taylor (2009); Hank Hartz and Leonard Lambert (2010);
Luise Farmer, Hank Hartz, Ellen Mooradian, Jerry Stone, & Bryan Wagner
(2011).
The Above and Beyond the Call Award: 2001 - Stoney McNeil
(Middlesex/Northumberland match rescheduled for Northumberland; drove to
Northumberland to make sure match was covered – and we don’t assign
Northumberland; Woody Wheeler waited more than an hour and a half for
Cumberland’s very lost bus driver to find Park View HS); 2002 - Pat
Kaveney (drove to Greensville to discover match had been moved to Powhatan, so
he drove there) and Jim Aldrich (drove to Mathews to discover his match was
cancelled; Ron sent him to Powhatan instead); 2003 - Doug James and John
Thomas, left dinner to ref an unscheduled match; 2004 - Andy Creery who
arrived at TJ for a match and found the school dark. He then drove to MWGS to
find that they had moved the match without telling the Assignor; 2005 -
Not given since all matches were covered; 2006 - Charles Colgin and Bob
Guagliardo, who left a match at Hanover to cover an unscheduled scrimmage at
Hermitage); 2007 - Jeff Carter, Major Coles, Pat Kaveney, & Darryl
McCartt, who waited patiently for over an hour to begin matches at Patrick
Henry and Maggie Walker when the wrong team from MWGS went to P-H by bus and
had to come back; 2008 – Richard Hesse, who blocked the date to go to a
concert with his wife, yet agreed to travel to Nottoway MS to work a match that
was a last-minute addition to the busiest day of the season; 2009 – CVVOA
Rating Committee (David Bassler, Brian Cowles, Willie Jones, & Howard
Nester); 2010 – Richard Hesse, who left a regional match at Atlee (as a
paying customer) to fill in for an ailing member who was to ref the regional
final at Powhatan; 2011 – Mike Hicks, who drove Bonny Hajek home to get
a spare key after she locked her car keys in the trunk after a match.
Iron Man Award – for the official who had no
closed dates and who would go anywhere at any time to referee a match: Bob
Provost (2005); Pat Kaveney (2006); Willie Jones (2007); Hank Hartz (2008); Bob
Provost (2009); Bonny Hajek & John Thomas (2010); Darryl McCartt (2011).
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