There are currently two awards that are presented by The Europa Club.
The Europa Aviation Designers Cup for The Best Europa.
previously judged at the annual LAA Rally at Sywell, England, until 2021. Now judged at a venue decided by the Committee
The Cliff and Betty Shaw Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Contribution to The Global Europa Community.
Awarded by the Europa Committee.
Previous winners of the Best Europa.
1996 G-NDOL G K BRUNWIN
1997 G-RONA C M NOAKES
1999 OE-CKD KLAUS DIETRICH
2000 G-EOFS G T LEEDHAM
2002 G-EOFS G T LEEDHAM
2003 G-LABS C D PATTINSON
2004 G-MIME N CHARLES
2005 G-EOFS G T LEEDHAM
2006 G-ZTED T GLADSTONE, J KENNEDY
2011 G-CEOW R WOOD
2017 G-ILLZ R PALMER
2018 G-NHRJ R DAWSON
2019 G-STUE F XUEREB
2021 G-GIWT A TWIGG
2022 G-RJWX D DISNEY (Useldange, Luxembourg)
2023 G-PLPM P L P MANSFIELD (Easterton, Scotland)
2024 G-NICX N KENNEY. (RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland)
Previous winners of the Cliff & Betty Shaw Trophy
2007 Jos Okhuijsen
2009 Rowland Carson
2012 Ian Rickard
2014 Alan "Bud" Yerly
2016 Alasdair Milne
2019 Carl Parkinson
2020 Nigel Graham
2021 Dr. David Joyce
2022 John Rødseth
2023 Mike Gregory
2024 Tony Wickens
2026 Bob Hitchcock
The trophy was created as lasting tribute to Cliff and Betty Shaw. Europa Club Members who had perished in a tragic Europa slow Stall and Spin incident turning from base leg to final at Oshkosh in 2006.
Two winners. One trophy. Nick Kenney & Paul Mansfield.
Image credit: Saffron
