Instructor of the Year

Every year we celebrate the achievements and dedication of a member, who gained an Instructor rating in the previous 12 months, with the Instructor of the Year award.

This prestigious award recognises that the Instructor not only did very well on the Instructor Course, but is also the type of Instructor that Students would be very happy to turn to for advice.

2022: STEPHEN BURDON

Having been in the sport for many years and already a Category System Instructor, Stephen has always applied enthusiasm and dedication whilst teaching students. Stephen’s home PTO Sky-High Skydiving, Peterlee made the decision to discontinue static line training. This meant he would struggle to maintain currency. Therefore, Stephen opted to try to become an Accelerated Free Fall instructor, and after a great deal of hard work obtained that rating in 2022.

2021: AMII CALWAY

Amii is a Category System Instructor and Accelerated Freefall Instructor at the Army Parachute Association. A display jumper with the RLC Silver Stars Army Parachute Display Team, Amii is also a member of VOLT4GE, the British Army 4-way Formation Skydiving Team who are current British National Champions in the AA category.

2019: GARY WINDON

Gary Windon is a Category System Instructor based at Skydive Tilstock Freefall Club. Gary has been a half-time hospice chaplain for 16 years.

2018: Emily Aucutt

Emily Aucutt is a AFF Instructor based at Skydive Langar. Emily quickly went from weekend visitor to living on a drop zone to working full time in the sport.

Previous Winners

Year	Recipient
1982	Steve Thomas
1983	Felicity Martin
1984	Ted Oldrey
1985	George Campbell
1986	Greg Cox
1987	Mark Greenfield
1988	Alan Brooks
1989	Philip A. Fixens
1990	Andy Peckett
1991	Clem Quinn
1992	Alan Burkill
1993	Debbie Ingle
1994	Eddie Smerdon
1995	Dave Rugg
1996	David Openshaw
1997	Andy Godwin
1998	Barrie Buck
1999	Zoe Carroll
2000	Jeff Montgomery
2001	Richard Allaway
2002	Geoff Mason
2003	Lisa James
2004	Steven Forster
2005	Gavin Tuckley
2006	Pelham Georghiades
2007	Genevieve Huntley
2008	Joanne Burns
2009	Jonathan Irving
2010	Tim Hanlon
2011	Duncan Cockburn
2012	Frank Millerick
2013	Sian Stokes
2014	David 'Bobby' Charlton
2015	Andrew Pointer
2016	Becky Hill
2017	Liza Yianni
2018	Emily Aucutt
2019	Gary Windon