Awards
The NPUA Awards ceremony is held every year during the gala dinner at the NPUA Conference.
Honorary Vice Presidents of NPUA are elected at the AGM.
Our annual awards are: The Graham Nash Trophy for Outdoor Umpire of the Year, the David Lane Indoor Umpire of the Year, the Chris Todd Award for Umpire Support and The Jane Nockolds Young Umpire of the Year award.
Occasionally we also present our special awards; the NPUA Special Merit Award and The Julia Gill Lifetime Achievement Award.
Honorary Vice Presidents
2018 Peter Worrall
2013 Peter Halliday
2006 John Gawley, MBE
Julia Gill Lifetime Achievement Award
2019 Liz Pelling
2019 Jackie Gibbs
2018 Frances Block
2018 John Litchfield
2017 Hamish Jamson
2016 Richard Kirk
2016 Geoff Blakeman
2015 Val Sassall
2012 Julia Gill
2010 Andy Mair
2009 Colin Barthorpe
2008 Louise Knipe
2007 David Lane
2006 John Gawley, MBE
2006 Paul Box-Grainger
2005 Frank Lockhart
2005 Peter Halliday
NPUA Special Merit Award
2024 Stephen Cox
2024 David Howell
2022 Anne Bartley
2016 Terry Norwood
2015 Sarah Bush
2014 Hannah Harrison
2014 Carol Unwin
2013 David Dowdall
2011 Julia Gill
2010 Val Sassall
2009 Hamish Jamson
2008 Richard Wood
2007 Bridget Midwinter
2006 Peter Stiven
2005 James O’Hara
2005 Margaret Hunnaball
Outdoor Umpire of the Year,
The Graham Nash Trophy
2024 Paul Walker
2023 Sam Krasner
2022 Daniel Stewart
2020 Gill Lord
2019 Lee Barron
2018 James Barnes
2017 Matt Harrison
2016 Gareth Perry
2015 Tim Benford
2014 Rob Argent
2013 Hamish Jamson
2012 Matt Harrison
2011 Stuart Baxter
2010 Lili James
2009 Hamish Jamson
The David Lane Award for Indoor Umpire of the Year
2024 Viv Carveth
2023 Sophie Parker
2022 Gemma Jones
2020 Sean Edwards
2019 Lia Waine
2018 Rebecca Woodcock
2017 Andy Poulain
2016 Gemma Jones
2015 Frances Block
2015 Lee Barron
2014 Rob Jenkins
2013 Tim Benford
2012 Nick White
2011 Sarah Bush
2010 Lili James
The Chris Todd Award for Umpire Support
2024 Mark Jarvis
2023 Debbie Garner
2022 Gary Stent
2020 Dawn Bonner
2019 Liz Pelling
2018 Margaret Hunnaball
2017 David Ellcock
2016 Louise Knipe
2015 John Litchfield
2014 Tony Kelleher
2013 Jane Nockolds
2012 Barry Anderson
2011 Liz Pelling
The Jane Nockolds Young Umpire of the Year Award
2024 Mia Dewing
2023 Viv Carveth
Olympians
NPUA is incredibly proud of the following members, who have reached the pinnacle of our sport and officiated at an Olympic Games.
| 2024 | Dan Barstow (umpire) XXXIII Olympic Games, Paris |
2008 | Julia Gill (technical official) XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing |
| 2024 | Hannah Harrison (umpire) XXXIII Olympic Games, Paris |
2004 | Julia Gill (technical official) XXVIII Olympic Games, Athens |
| 2024 | Margaret Hunnaball (umpires manager) XXXIII Olympic Games, Paris |
1996 | Gill Clarke (umpire) XXVI Olympic Games, Atlanta |
| 2024 | Rachel Williams (umpire) XXXIII Olympic Games, Paris |
1992 | Graham Nash (umpire) XXV Olympic Games, Barcelona |
| 2016 | Andy Mair (video umpire) XXXI Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro |
1992 | Chris Todd (umpire) XXV Olympic Games, Barcelona |
| 2012 | Frances Block (umpire) XXX Olympic Games, London |
1988 | Graham Nash (umpire) XXIV Olympic Games, Seoul |
| 2012 | Hamish Jamson (umpire) XXX Olympic Games, London |
1984 | Graham Nash (umpire) XXIII Olympic Games, Los Angeles |
| 2008 | Andy Mair (umpire) XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing |
1980 | Graham Nash (umpire) XXII Olympic Games, Moscow |
| 2008 | Jane Nockolds (umpires manager) XXIX Olympic Games, Beijing |
1976 | Graham Nash (umpire) XXI Olympic Games, Montreal |