Nominations for the Garry Shirley Hughes Awards 2008

Most memorable moment

• CHASE vs Swerve in the first Super Saturday - As far as both teams knew, this match would be the decider for the league, and both teams really wanted it. The match was furiously competitive, every player involved played their guts out.
• Getting kicked off the playing fields at Ormeau by the council groundsmen
• BUTTERNUT
• Marco playing both days at Tune-Up. Wow!
• Luke Carlisle's dislocated leg story
• Stu wrecking his ankle
• Pete swearing in Cork
• Hammy's anticipation of the falling hammer at Cork - slap-slap-clap-clap-clap-clap-d-by-a-short-italian will live long in the memory
• Hammy catching the macked disc in the endzone and rolling around on the ground with glee
• The Shield Final in Cork against The Incredible Huck
• Luke's growing fondness of 'the cherry shite!'

The Benedict Arnold award for treachery

• Garry Hughes - the ulti-whore
• John Houston - "I'll play for CHASE. No I have to play for Dark Horses. It's alright, I can play for CHASE. Actually, I'm playing for Dark Horses."
• Keith Maxwell - first he said he wouldn't be able to go to Cork, but would like to coach the team anyway. We all said yes and looked forward to his excellent teaching, only he didn't actually make it to any of the training sessions. Then he turned up in Cork to play for another team, the Jerk.
• Rob Lindsay - "he has a strong desire to play D all the time" - as quoted by his nominator

Most inept-ness

• Andrew Davidson - for his shocking sense of direction
• Chris Linter - for forgetting all his stuff for Tune-Up
• Gareth McShane - for waiting until September to get studs.
• Rob Lindsay - just in general. "he just seems the type" - as quoted by his nominator

Best couple (on the pitch)

• Garry & wee Adam - made quite a formidable team (sorry, couple) at cork.
• Luke & Darragh - for best couple...in general.
• Marco & Greamer  - If accurate match statistics were kept for this season, I would not be surprised to see these two as the highest scoring combination for the league by far. Greamer's blistering pace and agility is matched perfectly by Marco's accuracy. Their close knowledge of each other's style of play means that together, these two are greater than the sum of their parts.
• ob & Andy Mac - ob is good handler and seems to be able to put it where Andy wants 
• Stu & Karen - for actually being a couple

Best short player

• Adam Glover - has springs for legs. All the other short players are just the same as someone of normal height
• John Houston - John is an outspoken, friendly player, and possesses a strong sense of leadership. He communicates well with team mates, and works hard with players of all abilities, enabling them to gel, and play well together.

Best beard

• Garry Hughes - the invisible beard
• Hammy - it's ginger. You have to give him credit for this
• John Houston - thick and neat.
• ob - a veteran beard wearer
• Rob - "most laughable" - as quoted by his nominator

Best fancy dress

• Mexicunts at tune up...ARRRIBA! 
• Wee Adam and Darraghs effort at Cork - The bob-sleigh teams

Party hardest

• Hammy - like the energiser bunny, he just kept going at the Cork party
• Marco - partied hardest. Too hard in Cork and spent a day throwing up!

Best vomit

• Marco - spent a day throwing up in Cork
• Whoever threw up in Garry's bathroom (Rob / Luke ?)
• Whoever threw up in the sink in the Bot at the End of Summer League social. (Reports say it was Gareth McShane)

Prettiest player

• Karen Moore
• Robert Lindsey - "It's the hair that gets me…" - as quoted by his nominator

Most drill sergeant

• Fuhrer Gaston
• Kris Holte - the fitness nazi. One of the reasons CHASE did so well this year was due to a concentrated effort in building up fitness. If it wasn't for Kris, we would not have pushed nearly as hard, or have developed the extensive training regimes that we have now.
• ob