National Awards

The Keep Fit Association National Awards

An important event in the Keep Fit Association year is the presentation of the Keep Fit Association national awards. This takes place at the national annual general meeting which is usually held on the first Saturday in October. As well the presentation of the Volunteer of the Year award there are three awards for membership – the Tea Cup, the Membership Trophy and the Membership Champion Trophy.

The magnificent Tea Cup was donated by the Tea Council. It is awarded to the region that achieves the greatest percentage increase in membership numbers in the year.

The Membership Trophy is awarded to the Keep Fit Association branch or area that has the highest increase in number of members in the year.

The Membership Champion Trophy was donated by Christine Bannister who held the post of Member Liaison Director from 2009 to 2015. This is awarded to the teacher that increases their membership total the most in the year.

2014 winners

• The Tea Cup – West Midlands region (7.3% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Bradford branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Kim Wilcox, South East Region

2015 winners

• The Tea Cup – not presented
• Membership Trophy – Chester-le-Street branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Jeanette Hughes, Southern Counties Region

2016 winners

• The Tea Cup – North West region (3.7% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Kent branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Trudie Nicholls, South East Region

2017 winners

• The Tea Cup – North West region (2.9% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Manchester branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Lin Mills, North West Region

2018 winners

• The Tea Cup – West Midlands region (6.9% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Chester le Street branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Mo Watson, East Midlands and Vi Carlile , West Midlands

2019 winners

• The Tea Cup – North East region (3.6% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Chester le Street branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Tonia Gabriel, North East and Jilly Edwards, South East

2020 winners

• The Tea Cup – North East region (2.5% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Middlesbrough branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Alison Maguire, Yorkshire and Carole Davies, South East

2021 The trophies were not awarded due to the decrease in members from the closure of classes and activities during the covid-19 pandemic

2022 winners

• The Tea Cup – North East region (12.8% increase)
• Membership Trophy – Gloucestershire branch
• Membership Champion Trophy – Jane Hatton, Eastern Counties