Tratman Award Winners 1979-2010

Year

Winner

Title

Commended

Judges & notes

1979

Steve Worthington

Sheffield USS Expedition to the Tymphe Mountains, Greece [SUSS Journal]

None

GPF committee
Award: £25 cash

1980

Martyn Farr

The Darkness Beckons

None

GPF committee

1981

Charlie Self (ed)

Caves of County Clare

None

GPF committee

1982

Juan Corrin (ed)

Caves & Caving

Pozu del Xitu expedition report, OUCC Proceedings (10);
Phil Chapman for cave biology articles in Caves & Caving

GPF committee

1983

Ben Lyon

Venturing Underground

None

GPF committee

1984

David Judson (ed)

Caving Practice and Equipment

Howard Beck for Gaping Gill

GPF committee

1985

Rob Palmer

The Blue Holes of the Bahamas

None

GPF committee
(D67)

1986

Ray Mansfield

Current Titles in Speleology

None

GPF committee

1987

David Rose & Richard Gregson

Beneath the Mountains

None

GPF committee
(D79)

1988

No award

–

–

GPF committee

1989

Northern CC

The Caver

None

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams
(D90)

1990

University of Leeds Speleological Association

ULSA Explorations Journal II

None

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams; cash award increased to £50
(D95)

1991

Martyn Farr

The Darkness Beckons [2nd edition]

The Descent Index issues (1)–(100) by Chris Howes;
‘A History of the WSG 1950-1990’ by Duncan Minty in WSG Bulletin Vol 9 (6);
OUCC Proceedings (13)

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams
(D103)

1992

Queen Mary College Speleological Expedition

Below Belize

An Exploration Journal of Llangattwg Mountain by Chelsea SS;
International Caver edited by Tim Stratford;
Who was Aveline Anyway? by Richard Witcombe

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams
(D108)

1993

David Gibson (ed)

Cave Radio & Electronics Group Journal

None

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams

1994

Yorkshire Subterranean Society

YSS 3

None

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams (D118)

1995

Paul Monico (ed) and the CDG

Northern Sump Index 1995

‘Long-term Quaternary uplift rates ... Malaysia’
by Andy Farrant, Pete Smart, Fiona Whitaker
and Donald Tarling in Geology Vol 23 (4);
Irish Speleology (15)

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams
(D128)

1996

Paul Peppiatt & Kym Price

Underground Photographer

None

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams

1997

Chris Howes

Images Below

Cave Guide to Slovenia by Ian Bishop;
The Caves of Fermanagh and Cavan by Gareth Jones, Gaby Burns, Tim Fogg and John Kelly

Ray Mansfield, Roy Paulson, Nick Williams
(D138)

1998

No award

–

–

GPF committee

1999

No award

–

–

GPF committee

2000

Trevor Shaw

Foreign Travellers in the Slovene Karst 1537-1900

None

Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor
(D159)

2001

Pam & Tim Fogg

Beneath Our Feet

None

Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor
(D162)

2002

Dave Yeandle [posthumously]

The Adventures of Another Pooh

None

Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor (D169)

2003

Jerry Gibbs & Rick Stewart

Moorland Caver

None

Ric Halliwell, Tony Jarratt, Don Mellor
(D176)

2004

John Gunn (ed)

Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science

None

GPF committee
(D177)

2005

No award

–

–

GPF committee

2006

Graham Proudlove

Essential Sources in Cave Science and Subterranean Fishes of the World

None

GPF committee
(D190, D194)

2007

Wessex Cave Club

Swildon’s Hole

Not for the Faint-Hearted by Mike Cooper;
The Hollow Mountain 1974-2006 by Imperial College CC

GPF committee
(D200)

2008

Judith Calford & Chris Howes

Descent

Lead Mining in Derbyshire, Vol. 2, by Jim Rieuwerts;
Memoirs of a Moldywarp by Pete Ryder;
Great Caves of the World by Tony Waltham

GPF committee

2009

No award

–

–

GPF committee

2010

Joint award:

Juan Corrin & Peter Smith (eds)

Jim Hanwell, Duncan Price
& Richard Witcombe

Matienzo

Wookey Hole

Red Rose CPC Journal (10) edited by Paul Swire;
Is That So? edited by Rob Taviner

Chris Howes, Alan Jeffreys, Martin Mills; award changes to presentation trophy
(D217, D214)

Caves of the Peak District by Iain Barker and John Beck;
Sheffield University SS 50th anniversary journal 1961-2011 edited by Rob Middleton;
Shuttleworth Pot into Witches Cave II, edited by Pete Monk;
Aspects of the History of Slovene Karst 1545-2008 by Trevor Shaw