Aberdeen AGM and Annual Dinner

 

1 December 2010 Aberdeen, UK

Sponsored by Apache, Fugro and Framo Engineering

 

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Report

The Aberdeen Branch of SUT held its Annual Dinner and AGM on the evening of Wednesday, 1 December 2010 at the Marcliffe Hotel.

Considering that it had snowed non-stop for the week leading up to the event, an amazing 220 people made the effort to turn up and enjoy a champagne reception sponsored by Apache, a four-course meal with the wine sponsored by Fugro and a very entertaining after-dinner speaker, Mr David Gillanders, sponsored by Framo.

The Martin Richmond Award was presented during the dinner. The award, in its fifth year, was set up between J P Kenny and SUT in memory of Martin who died from cancer in January 2006 at the age of 52. Martin was employed by J P Kenny at the time of his death and was Chairman of the Aberdeen Branch of SUT.

The award is made to a mature postgraduate student who has performed most diligently throughout the course under demanding and mitigating personal circumstances.

This year the award went to Niki Mackenzie who graduated in MSc Drilling and Well Engineering from Robert Gordon University earlier in 2010. Whilst studying for her MSc Niki was in full-time employment with Nexen as well as supporting her husband, giving birth to her son Jack and training for the Great Kindrochit Challenge (the challenge was to swim across Loch Tay, do seven Munros, kayak seven miles and cycle 34 miles around Loch Tay). Phew!

The form of the award is actually derived from a separate competition involving RGU's Gray's School of Art for an original piece of artwork. The winner of the art competition receives a monetary award sponsored by J P Kenny. This year the award went to Andrew Wilson who is in his final Honours year of the Printmaking programme.

Another award presented during the dinner was the Award of Merit and is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to SUT Branch activities, underwater technology, the underwater industry and the aims and objectives of the Society. The Award of Merit for 2010 was awarded to Mr Phill Roberts of Shell.

The mandatory game of ‘Heads and Tails’ raised an outstanding amount of £2132 for SUT’s Education Support Fund. SUT is grateful to all who took part and contributed.