You can now start voting for category 11: Most Supportive Person. You can PM/email me with up to ten votes as to which member(s) you think is/are the most supportive. Remember to rank your nominees in order of preference if voting for more than one person so I know how many points to give them. The person for whom you give 1st place to will get 10 points, regardless of how many other people you vote for. Remember you cannot vote for yourself, and only those members who have posted since July 31st 2010 are eligible to receive votes.

Votes can reflect any supportiveness not just on the forums, but outside the forums too (such as forum events).

I will publish periodic league tables in this thread to give everyone an idea of how things stand (providing I receive enough votes to do so). A final league table will be posted on this thread when the voting lines close at 2130 BST on Sunday 16th October, when the winner will be announced depending on who's top of the league table at the end of the week. The voting lines will also open for the next category - Most Humorous Poster.

For more details on the awards, see the main awards thread.

Car Expert

Votes have been received from...
Dawnmc71 | MNW | Seer_Green | fsharpminor | Bagpuss | barry-clari | louise1712 | tonedeafmum | Floss | stetenorve | Clarimoo | Crotchetymum | katica | sbhoa | kerioboe | maggiemay | Cyrilla | dotted quaver

Katyjay is slightly in the lead at this early stage, just two points ahead of barry-clari and maggiemay.

katyjay = 19
barry-clari = 17
maggiemay = 17
jod = 11
Barry Williams = 10
sbhoa = 10
Scooby Doo = 10
elidatrading = 9
frances = 9
all ears = 8
andante_in_c = 8
Martin.Walters = 8
thouston = 8
Ayshah = 7
carol*piano = 7
Cyrilla = 7
andante = 6
Mad Tom = 6
schraeubchen = 6
miffy = 5
jojo = 5
stetenorve = 4
tonedeafmum = 4
Bagpuss = 3
ViolaMum = 3
wendywoo = 3
Clari Nicki1 = 2
dotted quaver = 2
notmusimum = 2
louise1712 = 1
Seer_Green = 1
violincjj = 1
willobie = 1

Car Expert

Whoever has voted is very kind. I know I can be a bit like marmite on this forum (you'll either think I'm really supportive or not be able to stand my guts), however it is really nice to know it is more of the 'think I'm supportive' at present.

I will always agree with fellow forumites when I believe they are right.
Congratulate them on success.
Commiserate with them when they are having a bad time.
Try to be sincere.

I am however rather blunt, and can be very defensive. I know this is my achilles heel. I do not bear grudges, and would rather be kind and courteous.

Thanks for the votes, folks

It's very tight at the top, as barry-clari moves one point clear at the top of the table ahead of katyjay. Then it's maggiemay in third, five points adrift, followed by Cyrilla, who is nine points behind the leader.

barry-clari = 36
katyjay = 35
maggiemay = 31
Cyrilla = 27
sbhoa = 22
Bagpuss = 18
louise1712 = 15
stetenorve = 15
jod = 11
Mad Tom = 11
andante_in_c = 10
Barry Williams = 10
muzikalbadger = 10
Scooby Doo = 10
elidatrading = 9
frances = 9
all ears = 8
Martin.Walters = 8
thouston = 8
Ayshah = 7
carol*piano = 7
Floss = 7
andante = 6
schraeubchen = 6
miffy = 5
jojo = 5
Seer_Green = 5
tonedeafmum = 4
onion = 3
ViolaMum = 3
wendywoo = 3
Clari Nicki1 = 2
dotted quaver = 2
notmusimum = 2
pianocelloflute = 2
lorraineliyanage = 1
violincjj = 1
willobie = 1

Car Expert

Voted.
Tough one (again.)

Support means different things to different people. Sometimes the hardest 'support' to give someone isn't to back them up - but to help them back down.

Ooh - that's deep - maybe the mods'll move it to 'Daily Wisdom.'

Thank you for my vote(s). I have to say, I do appreciate the support I receive through this forum, both on and off the boards.

Thanks for my votes too

My goodness, thank you for my votes too

..and many thanks for mine too!

Zilch for me... sorry to see that fellow forumites find me unsupportive as well as hideous to look at (none at all on the Best Looking Female either).

Can't really complain about the latter (even if I really cared) since I didn't vote for anyone either, having been under the weather and off the Forum for a few days... Never sure how to deal with the "best looking" thing anyway...

Better put my thinking cap on and get my votes in this time. Lots of well-deserved votes here but supportive doublereeders are sorely under-represented...

Barry-clari has moved further clear at the top of the table as he now has an 18-point lead. Cyrilla has climbed up to second, just ahead of katyjay.

barry-clari = 77
Cyrilla = 59
katyjay = 56
maggiemay = 46
Bagpuss = 42
sbhoa = 33
Mad Tom = 23
stetenorve = 22
louise1712 = 21
jod = 19
carol*piano = 17
andante_in_c = 11
schraeubchen = 11
Barry Williams = 10
kerioboe = 10
muzikalbadger = 10
Scooby Doo = 10
tonedeafmum = 10
elidatrading = 9
flobiano = 9
frances = 9
A.U.K = 8
all ears = 8
Babybird2 = 8
Martin.Walters = 8
thouston = 8
Ayshah = 7
Floss = 7
Hardying = 7
jojo = 7
mwl1 = 7
ViolaMum = 7
andante = 6
AnnC = 6
notmusimum = 6
pushpull = 6
miffy = 5
Seer_Green = 5
Clari Nicki1 = 4
fsharpminor = 3
MNW = 3
onion = 3
wendywoo = 3
anacrusis = 2
dotted quaver = 2
Dulcet = 2
pianocelloflute = 2
lorraineliyanage = 1
violincjj = 1
willobie = 1

Car Expert

At last three votes in this category ! Thanks.

I might be better known as a singer and pianist these days Katica, but I still play the Oboe!

Still this is a surprise that I'm doing as well as I am. I've always tried to be supportive, and I'll readily admit I'm not in the same league as Barri-Clari, but 19 votes thus far is unpresidented. Thanks for the votes thus far.

Thanks for the votes!

You're not the only one!

The voting lines have now closed, and the winner of Most Supportive Person 2011 is...

barry-clari

Last year, barry-clari was setting new records for this category. This year he hasn't quite done so, but he has still done enough to win this award for the third time. Second place goes to 2007 winner katyjay, who finishes 17 points behind Barry. Cyrilla has managed to hold on to third place, finishing just ahead of maggiemay and Bagpuss.

Most Supportive Person 2011 - Final League Table
barry-clari = 91
katyjay = 74
Cyrilla = 69
4th: maggiemay = 57
5th: Bagpuss = 52
6th: andante_in_c = 34
7th: sbhoa = 33
8th: louise1712, Seer_Green, stetenorve = 26
11th: Mad Tom = 23
12th: Barry Williams, jod = 19
14th: flobiano = 18
15th: carol*piano, muzikalbadger = 17
17th: A.U.K = 16
18th: Aquarelle, Floss = 15
20th: dotted quaver = 14
21st: notmusimum = 13
22nd: schraeubchen = 11
23rd: all ears, katica, kerioboe, Scooby Doo, tonedeafmum = 10
28th: elidatrading, frances = 9
30th: anacrusis, Babybird2, Martin.Walters, thouston = 8
34th: Ayshah, Clari Nicki1, Hardying, jojo, mwl1, ViolaMum = 7
40th: andante, AnnC, Flossie, LizzieT, pushpull = 6
45th: miffy = 5
46th: Czerny = 4
47th: fsharpminor, MNW, onion, wendywoo = 3
51st: Dulcet, pianocelloflute = 2
53rd: greentone, lorraineliyanage, violincjj, willobie = 1

Well done to the winners, and all those who received votes

Car Expert

Congratulations Barry-Clari, and thank you for my votes

Well done to everyone on the list, and thanks for my votes - it's very humbling to find myself top of the list.

Well done b-c, katyjay and Cyrilla!

Congratulations to the medallists! Thanks for my votes, they put me in 8th place (8 is my lucky number )

Well done to everyone! I see I'm hideous and un-supportive too ... just kidding


I know voting has closed and I don't normally vote in these things but can I just say this weekend I would vote for Muzikalbadger who has been just lovely to me this weekend in the middle of an existential musical crisis!

Here's to all of us who manage to evade this annual love-in and stand aloof, detached and independent.

A bit like being on the back benches, I suppose.
It's a great view from here.

Congratulations Barry-Clari on a well deserved win.
Thank you everyone else for being such lovely supportive people.

I have myself received much valuable advice and support over the past seven (nearly eight) years, and am genuinely pleased and touched to think that I may have been able to reciprocate some small part of this. Thank you for my votes.

I'm with you on this, mel2! It's a bit of fun, though, and I usually feel that the winners deserve their accolades.

Well done b-c, katyjay and Cyrilla and thanks for my votes

Yay, go Baz!

Bx

Congratulations to our trophy winners and many thanks, whoever you were, for my share of the vote.

And thank you to all the wonderful supportive people who have been wonderful and supportive of me in the last 18 months. You are all much appreciated.

Thank you to those who gave me a vote. And thanks too to all those who have supported me and helped me over the past year with their good advice and words of encouragement. It means a lot to those of us who are far from the madding crowd!

Congratulations Barry-clari and all medal winners and everyone on the list

Thanks, chaps.

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Hey guys thanks for the votes!

Lottie you are VERY supportive

And thanks!!!