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2009 Watney Award Winners Announced

The first meeting of the International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA) was organized at the Guinness Brewery in London in 1974 by Bernard Watney. In attendance at the first AGM were Addicts Babbidge, Bingham, Dennis, Ekman, MacDonald, DeSanctis, Phillips, Stark, and Watney. In the minutes of the sixth AGM held at the Guinness Brewery on September 26, 1979, this is reported: "Amidst the cheers of assembled Addicts, Dr. Watney assumed the honorary title of 'Start Right,' in recognition of his status as the founder of our little band. "

Bernard Watney coauthored the first important contribution to the World of Corkscrews in 1981 with Homer Babbidge, that book is the classic Corkscrews for Collectors.. Bernard passed away September 28, 1998. This award is given in memory of Bernard.

The Bernard Watney Award is sponsored and funded by Mavis Watney (Mrs. Bernard Watney)

Purpose of Award: To recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the World of Corkscrews. The award is not limited to members of corkscrew collecting organizations.

Selection Committee: Honorary Chairperson Mavis Watney, the ICCA Right, the ICCA active member ex-Rights, and the ICCA Chief Correspondent.

Nominations for award: Any person either affiliated or non-affiliated with corkscrew collecting organizations may submit nominations.

Information: The websites of Joe Paradi and Don Bull will include information about the award, links for submission of nominations, and a list of award recipients with a list of their achievements. Corkscrew club newsletters editors will be solicited to publish this information in their newsletters.

Number of Awards: Each recipient will receive one award for their work or works. The published list will include all contributions for each recipient with year noted for publications and the year of the award. In the event the recipient makes further contributions, those contributions will be added to the list.

Criteria:

Books - Published books dedicated to corkscrews and some where the corkscrew is prominent but not the whole subject

Papers - Published papers dedicated to corkscrews which expand the corkscrew knowledge base

Newsletters - Editors who have compiled and published newsletters over a long period time

Articles - Generally articles in newsletters and on websites are not considered unless they have been published as stand-alone papers

Websites - Websites which have content of historical and informational value to the Corkscrew World

Museums - Museums open to the public with a wide range of corkscrews displayed with information about the corkscrews

Other - The committee will consider all nominations for the Bernard Watney Award for outstanding contributions to the World of Corkscrews including but not limited to organization of meetings, exhibitions, presentations, inventions, and extraordinary accomplishments

Nominations:

The committee has made selections for the 2009 award. Nominations for the 2010 award may be emailed to Mirth-Right Bull or Right Kincaid. Deadline for 2010 nominations is August 15, 2009. The committee will meet during the 2009 ICCA AGM to select the 2010 recipients.

Announcement of 2009 Winners

The Right, ex-Rights, and the Chief Correspondent of the International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts and Mavis Watney are pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the Bernard Watney ICCA Founder Award for important contributions to the World of Corkscrews.

In this, the first year of the award, we honor the authors of the many books which have contributed to our knowledge base. In the coming years, we look forward to the further works from this group of authors as well as new authors. We are currently accepting nominations in other categories outlined above.

The first awards will be presented in London on Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 3PM (1500) by Mrs. Watney. The ceremony will be held in the Edinburgh Suite of the Thistle Marble Arch Hotel. All interested parties are invited to attend. The ceremony immediately follows the closing of the annual meeting of the CCCC and precedes the beginning of the annual meeting of the ICCA.

Here is the list of the authors and their books:

Name	Title	Type	Published	Year of Award
Babbidge, Homer*	Corkscrew for Collectors	Book	1981	2009
Berndt, Reinhold	Federzungen	Book	2002	2009
Berntson, Buster*	Scandinavian Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
Bertazzo, Ottilia Munaretti	L'Art dei Cavatappi	Book		2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Fabriques Français de Tire-Bouchon 1820 - 1970	Book	2000	2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Brevets de Tire-Bouchons Français 1847-1968	Book	2005	2009
Bidault, Gérard	Les Tire-Bouchons Français	Book	2005	2009
Bull, Donald	Beer Advertising Openers - A Pictorial Guide	Book	1978	2009
Bull, Donald	A Price Guide to Beer Advertising Openers and Corkscrews	Book	1981	2009
Bull, Donald	The Ultimate Corkscrew Book	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald	Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald	Beer Advertising: Knives, Letter Openers, etc.	Book	2000	2009
Bull, Donald	Boxes Full of Corkscrews	Book	2001	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Patents of Japan	Book	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	Cork Ejectors	Book	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	Corkscrew Stories Volume 1 & 2	Books	2004	2009
Bull, Donald	The Perfect Extractor	Book	2005	2009
Bull, Donald*	Just for Openers	Book	1999	2009
Bull, Donald*	Soda Advertising Openers	Book	2000	2009
Bull, Donald*	Anri Woodcarvings	Book	2001	2009
Butler, Robin	The Book of Wine Antiques	Book	1986	2009
Coldicott, Peter	A Guide to Collecting Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
De Sanctis, Paolo*	I Cavatappi	Book	1988	2009
De Sanctis, Paolo*	The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty	Book	1990	2009
De Sanctis, Paolo*	Le Collezioni Cavatappi	Book	1993	2009
D'Errico, Nicholas	American Corkscrew Patents 1921-1992	Book	1993	2009
Dippel, Horst	Korkenzieher	Book	1988	2009
Doornkaat, Heinz ten	Deutsche Korkenzieher Patente	Book	1991	2009
Ekman, Per*	Scandinavian Corkscrews	Book	1994	2009
Ekman, Per*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Ellis, Barbara*	Corkscrews: British Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Ellis, Frank*	Corkscrews: British Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	I Cavatappi	Book	1988	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	The Corkscrew a Thing of Beauty	Book	1990	2009
Fantoni, Maurizio*	Le Collezioni Cavatappi	Book	1993	2009
Giulian, Bertrand	Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century	Book	1995	2009
Giulian, Bertrand*	History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives	Book	2006	2009
Händel, Wolfgang	Korkenzieher Patente	Book	1991	2009
Heckmann, Manfred	Korkenzieher	Book	1979	2009
Hoefer, Peter	Österreichische Korkenzieherpatente 1882-1980	Book		2009
Hohn, Heinz	Dreko Drehteile und Korkenzieher	Book	2000	2009
Hutchinson, Francis	(British) Patents for Inventions	Book	1983	2009
Køhler, Anne-Lise	French Corkscrew Patents Found in Denmark	Book	2003	2009
Køhler, Anne-Lise*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Leigh, James Ron	Corkscrews: Some Hisotry, Some Technology	Book	2007	2009
MacLean, Ron	Canadian Corkscrew Patents	Book	1985	2009
MacLean, Ron*	William Rockwell Clough, 2004	Book	2004	2009
Meadows, Wayne	Compendium of Bar Corkscrews	Book	2001	2009
Nugent, Robert*	William Rockwell Clough	Book	2004	2009
O'Leary, Fred	Corkscrews: 1000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle	Book	1996	2009
Olive, Guy	Tire Bouchons Français Brevets 1828-1974	Book	1995	2009
Paradi, Joe	French Corkscrew Patents	Book	1988	2009
Paradi, Joe	Hungarian Corkscrew Patents & Registered Designs	Book	2007	2009
Paradi, Monika	Cookbook for Corkscrew Collectors	Book	1991	2009
Perry, Evan	Corkscrews and Bottle Openers	Book	1980	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Patents and Registrations	Book	1997	2009
Peters, Ferd	Mechanical Corkscrews, Their Evolution, actions, and patents	Book	1999	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Patents, D.R.P. 1877-2000	Book	2002	2009
Peters, Ferd	German Corkscrew Registrations, D.R.G.M. 1891-2000	Book	2002	2009
Peters, Ferd*	History of Pocket Corkscrews and Pocketknives	Book	2006	2009
Pumpenmeier, Klaus	Deutscher Gebrauchmusterschutz for Korkenzieher	Book	1997	2009
Rains, Philly*	Anri Woodcarvings	Book	2001	2009
Roger, Robert	A Guide to Gimlets	Book	2003	2009
Roger, Robert	Patented Ice Reducing Tools	Book	2007	2009
Shaub, Paul	Guide to American Corkscrew Patents, V. 1 & 2	Book	1978	2009
Solheim, Helgir*	Scandinavian Corkscrew Patents	Book	2004	2009
Stanley, John*	Soda Advertising Openers	Book	2000	2009
Stanley, John*	Just for Openers	Book	1999	2009
Türler, Hajo	Swiss Corkscrew Patents	Book	2002	2009
Wallis, Fretcher	British Corkscrew Patents from 1795	Book	1997	2009
Watney, Bernard*	Corkscrews for Collectors	Book	1981	2009
*Co-Author

Note some of the awards are posthumous and will be presented to next of kin or friends.

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