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The AWSA President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service is presented to individuals who have provided outstanding service to Army Winter Sports, in either one or more Disciplines – only 6 can be awarded annually. In his position as President of the AWSA Lt Gen Sir John Lorimer KCB DSO MBE presented certificates to this year’s deserving winners on 1st November 2017 at the Cavalry and Guards Club, London. Congratulations to the 2017 winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cap Shreeves first took unit teams to Ex SPARTAN HIKE (SH) as a Team Captain; he would freely admit that he was not a racer himself, but was keen to introduce young officers and soldiers to race skiing and develop their skills. In 2002, following notification that the Race Office Manager (ROM) for EX SH would be retiring after the 2003 season, he willingly volunteered his services, which were gratefully accepted. At the 2003 SH he was the understudy Race Office Manager and then formally took over the post for the 2004 event; testament to his dedication, he is still in post 13 years later. Despite retiring from military life in 2015, he has continued to stay on as the Race Office Manager for the Exercise. His hard work was formally recognised when he became the first recipient of the \u2018Helen Lovelock Award\u2019 for his tremendous support to SPARTAN HIKE.<\/p>\n In 2015 he was instrumental in the reinvigoration of Ex SNOW LION (SL) headed by 51 Infantry Brigade and HQ Scotland, which is the Army\u2019s reserve exercise. With his depth of knowledge and experience in running SPARTAN HIKE, he agreed to be the Race Office Manager for that exercise as well, which he has undertaken for the past three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Maj Anderson has been actively involved in Alpine racing for the majority of his career, initially as a competitor and then latterly as an official, rising to become the Army\u2019s leading Technical Delegate. He is also highly respected within British Skiing, having recently been invited to become a Federation Internationale Skiing (FIS) TD. As the Army\u2019s senior TD, he has transformed the approach to competitive skiing by designing and implementing a regulatory framework, seen now as best practice. Highly dedicated, committed and passionate about racing, he has been at the forefront of necessary change, ensuring officials and competitors still enjoy a challenging activity, but nested in a fully accountable structure.<\/p>\n He has made a huge and lasting contribution to Army Skiing, developing it from a number of disparate events run by enthusiastic officials to one that is coordinated under a regulatory framework, accountable through a single body and run by professional and trained individuals, complying with the safe system of training. As a senior Committee Member, he has also been intimately involved in the contract letting process since it was introduced for Alpine. This has been a difficult process, but made much easier by his technical knowledge to ensure tender panels and ultimately contracts are fit for purpose and competitors race on the best prepared courses.<\/p>\n His overall contribution to Alpine, not only at Army level, but at the Inter Services and National levels cannot be overstated. His commitment, passion and willingness to tackle the most difficult and less glamourous areas, has hugely benefitted all involved in the sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.awsa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Capt-Michael-Shreeves-EXs-SH-SL-2017.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\nCapt (Retd) Michael Shreeves for support to EXs SPARTAN HIKE & SNOW LION<\/h4>\n
<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nMaj Ross Anderson Scots DG for support to Alpine<\/h4>\n