Dave Sheppard Awards
Given in memory of Dave Sheppard by Charles & Doreen Sheppard
Awarded annually at the Anniversary Service
There are three Awards. A main award and two smaller awards. This is because Dave had been a Cub, a Scout and a Venture with the Group
Awarded to members of the group who enjoy Scouting and have done their best
Originally section leaders selected one Cub Scout, one Scout and one Venture Scout to receive awards. The section leaders then liaised with the GSL to choose one of the three to receive the main award. The other two choices then receive the smaller awards.
Now the Venture Scout choice goes to a young person in the Explorer Scout section who has been a member of the Group before progressing to an Explorer Scout Unit.
| Dave Sheppard Award (Main) | Dave Sheppard Award | Dave Sheppard Award | ||||
| 1983 | Venture | Michael Young | Cub | Simon Tindal | Scout | Nicholas Rimmer | 1984 | Scout | David Fenton | Venture | Paul Beadle | Cub | Graham Sparrey |
| 1985 | Venture | Nicholas Rimmer | Scout | Simon Tindal | Cub | Thomas Jones |
| 1986 | Scout | Pauls Sams | Cub | Richard Fenton | Venture | Stuart Cocksedge |
| 1987 | Cub | Paul Wiggett | Venture | David Fenton | Scout | Simon Tindal |
| 1988 | Cub | Paul Wailer | Scout | Peter Sams | Venture | Elizabeth Davis |
| 1989 | Cub | Thomas Fogden | Venture | Joseph Faruqi | Scout | Ian Fenton |
| 1990 | Cub | Nicholas Cole | Scout | Anthony Vaughan | Venture | Graham Sparrey |
| 1991 | Cub | Craig Stiles | Venture | Ian Fenton | Scout | Jonathan Ripley |
| 1992 | Cub | Philip Cole | Scout | Sivaparan Muthukumarasamy | Venture | Sherry Fordham |
| 1993 | Scout | Robin Hill | Venture | Richard Fenton | Cub | Danny Fuller |
| 1994 | Cub | Edmund Kirby | Scout | David Cooper | Venture | Paul Boulter |
| 1995 | Venture | Dorinda Cooper | Cub | Gareth Powell | Scout | David Cooper |
| 1996 | Scout | Stephen Cross | Venture | Dorinda Cooper | Cub | Stephen Greenfield |
| 1997 | Scout | Richard Watkinson | Cub | Philip Kirby | Venture | Sam Fowler |
| 1998 | Cub | Rohin Odel | Venture | Jonathan Ripley | Scout | Edmund Kirby |
| 1999 | Venture | Tristan Hill | Scout | Bradley Hill | Cub | Rohin Odell |
| 2000 | Venture | Mathew Pearson | Cub | Mark Bateman | Scout | Daniel Sidoli |
| 2001 | Venture | Stuart Barnes & David Cooper | Scout | Rohin Odell | Cub | Luke Davis |
| 2002 | Rested | Cub | Paul Bateman | Scout | Rohin Odell | |
| 2003 | Rested | Scout | Philip Smith | Cub | Aiden Langan | |
| 2004 | Rested | Cub | Yiannis Gopoulos | Scout | Alex Chetty | |
| 2005 | Rested | Scout | Alex Chetty | Cub | Katelyn Edwards | |
| 2006 | Rested | Cub | Sarah & Julie Bragg | Scout | Edward Clark | |
| 2007 | Rested | Scout | Callum Kennedy | Cub | Aisling Edwards | |
| 2008 | Scout | Benjamin Bruce | Cub | Adam Miskin | Explorer | John Symons |
| 2009 | Cub | Jamie Hamilton | Explorer | Kevin Bragg | Scout | Julie Bragg |
| 2010 | Explorer | William Bruce | Scout | Aiden Broomfield-Harris | Cub | Lucy Boskov |
| 2011 | Cub | Thomas Barnett | Explorer | Julie Bragg | Scout | Liam Wilson |
| 2012 | Cub | Callum McIsaac-Hall | Scout | Emily Miskin | Explorer | Rachel Bateman |
| 2013 | Explorer | Stuart Symons | Scout | Andrea Demeter | Cub | Lucy Miskin |
| 2014 | Cub | Sarah Hussein | Scout | Daniel & Rhiannon Parr | Explorer | Andrea Demeter |
| 2015 | Explorer | Liam Wilson | Scout | Callum McIsaac-Hall | Cub | Demi Poole |
| 2016 | Scout | Boaz Hussein | Cub | Ella Rebario | Explorer | Aiden Broomfield-Harris |