Clubs and Socs Awards 2009

blacon · 08-03-2009 12:31AM #1

So, with the awards in 4 weeks time, who's your money on to win what?

If anyone knows the award titles, let us know so we can decide who deserves what. All i know is that theres a:

Best New Society
Best Website
Best Event

What else is there?

I'd bet on Snowboard Soc for Best Event again, with their trip to france.
Best Website...not so sure. Havent looked at many.
Best New Society...Airsoft!!! :P

Katniss everMean · 08-03-2009 01:07AM

Best soc: drama again maybe.
Best site: redbrick.
Best new: paintball
Best poster:
Top Five:
Best Fresher:
Most improved: that could be hard not sure who would go for it. I know filmsoc is.

Top Five: each soc nominates a person they think is great basically, five places.
Best Freshers: nominate active fresher that done alot for the soc.

Diarmsquid · 08-03-2009 11:00PM

From the attachment in the email:

Best Society
Most Improved Society
Best New Society
Best Society Event
Best Poster
Best Website

andrew163 · 09-03-2009 03:12AM

Best Society - No idea
Most improved - MPS
Best new - Paintball
Best event - RENT/Drama
Best website - Redbrick

robby^5 · 09-03-2009 03:20AM

Best Poster for GameSoc! The PRO has some mad skillz. /bias

As for Best Society, wouldn't mind seeing a Society that hasn't won before get it this year. I'd say Drama could be a shoe in since they are consistently great, but would be nice to see them awarding a society who haven't won top prize before for their efforts, if they are deserving of course.

gamblitis · 09-03-2009 09:11AM

robby^5 wrote: »

Best Poster for GameSoc! The PRO has some mad skillz. /bias

As for Best Society, wouldn't mind seeing a Society that hasn't won before get it this year. I'd say Drama could be a shoe in since they are consistently great, but would be nice to see them awarding a society who haven't won top prize before for their efforts, if they are deserving of course.

+1

Drama have a very good chance of winning as they are a great society but i would also think that the love should be shared this year. There must be another society worthy of holding the title of Best Society.

Oh and GamesSoc for Best Poster. PRO Rocked! \m/

thebubbleboy · 09-03-2009 12:10PM

Best Society: Dance Soc
Most Improved: MPS
Best New: Japanese Society
Best Event: Fashion Show/RENT

public_enemy · 09-03-2009 12:11PM

Dance Soc are my tip for Best Soc this year. Drama are a perennial favourite for it, but they seem to swap between winning Best Soc and Best Event every year and they certainly are putting a huge amount of effort into RENT.

thusspakeblixa · 09-03-2009 01:25PM

Model UN for most improved

boomboom · 09-03-2009 04:24PM

Best Society - Dance or Drama
Most improved - MPS
Best new - Japanese Soc
Best event - Rent by Drama
Best website - The College View

CitizenGeek · 24-03-2009 06:48PM

I think the Japanese Soc should definitely win in the "Best New Soc" category. It's very active, well organised and a lot of fun. They also organise support for Japanese language students by introducing them to Japanese exchange students in conversations classes that are run every week. Every week, there are photos in Campus from the various events the society puts on. So, yeah, Japsoc ftw!

Also, does anyone know how to get tickets for this?

24-03-2009 07:32PM

Best event?

Either the awards are very predictable or ye can see into the future...Rent only started today...

irish_boy90 · 24-03-2009 11:13PM

Best Society
Most Improved Society - strange things (for existing this year:pac:)
Best New Society
Best Society Event - redbrick
Best Poster - gamesoc (posters are always aweosme)
Best Website

public_enemy · 25-03-2009 04:43AM

CitizenGeek wrote: »

Also, does anyone know how to get tickets for this?

Each club or soc gets one ticket, plus one ticket for any member nominated for first 5 or best fresher award. There are always tons of clubs and socs that don't bother going to the awards, so more tickets can be acquired from them or from the SPC if they're not collected.

Grudaire · 25-03-2009 10:33AM

What date is this on on?

And the handball club for best club :pac:

Cy_Revenant · 25-03-2009 04:07PM

CitizenGeek wrote: »

I think the Japanese Soc should definitely win in the "Best New Soc" category. It's very active, well organised and a lot of fun. They also organise support for Japanese language students by introducing them to Japanese exchange students in conversations classes that are run every week. Every week, there are photos in Campus from the various events the society puts on. So, yeah, Japsoc ftw!

Also, does anyone know how to get tickets for this?

Japanese Society is not new.

andrew163 · 25-03-2009 07:18PM

irish_boy90 wrote: »

Best Society Event - redbrick

Out of curiosity, which event?

(not that there's a chance of it against RENT or the fashion show, I don't think we even tried to go for best event for anything)

Cy_Revenant · 25-03-2009 11:03PM

Best Society: GamesSoc
Most Improved Society: Japanese Soc
Best New Society: Were there any?
Best Society Event: EirtaKon (AMS)
Best Poster: ?
Best Website: ?

Japanese Society is ineligible for best new, as it is not. I don't know about last year, but the year before they took membership and had a table on Clubs and Socs day.

They weren't new then either. Their existence was an obstacle in the formation of AMS. [/Recent-DCU-Society-History]

26-03-2009 03:16PM

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

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Best New Society: Were there any?

Airsoft?

Best Society: Redbrick
Most Improved Society: Filmsoc
Best New Society: Airsoft?
Best Society Event:
Best Poster: GamesSoc
Best Website: Karting Soc

MonaghanPenguin · 26-03-2009 03:35PM

Best Society: Poker
Most Improved Soc: Dance
Best Club: Rugby
Best New Soc: Paintball
Best Soc Event: Dance Intervarsities
Best Soc Website: College View

the individuals are very open this year, well as always.

robby^5 · 27-03-2009 12:33PM

Japanese Soc are definitely most improved imo, I had never even heard of them before this year and now they're everywhere, fair play to them.

thusspakeblixa · 27-03-2009 04:05PM

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

Best New Society: Were there any?

Boards' very own Strange Things

robby^5 · 27-03-2009 06:59PM

thusspakeblixa wrote: »

Boards' very own Strange Things

Strange Things isn't a new society, it's been around for years. It went dormant for a while and has re-emerged this year thus making it a contender for most improved not best new society.

The only new society I can think of is Airsoft, people have mentioned Paintball but it's not a new soc either, it was setup 4 years ago (i was secretary lol) did one paintball trip and was inactive until now.

Although the SPC might have different criteria to be eligible for best new soc. Being inactive for so long could mean they're considered new again in the eyes of the awards, but they're not really new :P

Garseys · 28-03-2009 12:32AM

Technically Art weren't a new soc last year....

my predictions
Best Society: Poker Soc
Best Event: Rent
Most Improved: Dance soc or MPS
Best Website: College View
Best Poster: Art Soc(Arts week one)
Best New Society: Japanese

Alanthroneus · 28-03-2009 06:59PM

a soc is dead if their is no activity in their bank account in 18 months. Art and paintball both went through new society procedures so they are eligible for the award.

boomboom · 03-04-2009 04:17PM

When will the tickets for the awards be available does anyone know?

It's great that more people will be able to go this year, as in previous year's there really has been an "exclusive" feel to the event.

I was quite heavily involved in a few socs last year but wasn't on a committee and I felt quite intimidated asking committee members if there were any spare tickets, especially as we all know that often regular club/soc members can actually be more active in a club/soc than committee members.

Hopefully the fact that loads more people will be going this year will help to undermine the exclusive element of the awards that I have come across. (I can only speak for myself on this one)

[DCU] Mark · 03-04-2009 06:49PM

Tickets will be available on Monday, 3 per soc I think and you get 1 per nomination.

Korvuss · 03-04-2009 11:14PM

when are the nominations out?

goodgodholmes · 04-04-2009 12:45AM

Hey all, just wondering, as it was in the Mahony last year, does anyone know how the afters are gonna work this year? I mean the Theatre doesn't exactly open up a wealth of boogieing opportunities...

Garseys · 04-04-2009 11:24AM

goodgodholmes wrote: »

Hey all, just wondering, as it was in the Mahony last year, does anyone know how the afters are gonna work this year? I mean the Theatre doesn't exactly open up a wealth of boogieing opportunities...

Unless your on the stage:p

Im pretty sure they're using upstairs in the Helix as a dancefloor(like they did with the rag ball)

robby^5 · 04-04-2009 05:43PM

boomboom wrote: »

When will the tickets for the awards be available does anyone know?

It's great that more people will be able to go this year, as in previous year's there really has been an "exclusive" feel to the event.

I was quite heavily involved in a few socs last year but wasn't on a committee and I felt quite intimidated asking committee members if there were any spare tickets, especially as we all know that often regular club/soc members can actually be more active in a club/soc than committee members.

Hopefully the fact that loads more people will be going this year will help to undermine the exclusive element of the awards that I have come across. (I can only speak for myself on this one)

Most of the people who get tickets are committee members since there are very few tickets available and committee members want to be there if the society is recognised and since these are the people running the society, they would want to be there to accept any awards.

It's a small event (comparatively) so I wouldnt expect there to be many free tickets at all, 3 per society will still probably all go to committee members. I think what you perceive to be exclusivity is simply due to the awards being quite a small event when compared to say The Clubs and Socs ball, there simply arent tickets to go around.

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