Results Night was the usual mix of nerves and excitement last Saturday!The evening began with a very formal opening from myself:
"Welcome to the Executive Elections 2008 Results Night.
This is an evening to celebrate and thank all of you, both candidates and campaign teams, for your hard work and enthusiasm on behalf of the Guild. Over the past two weeks, you have been out there engaging with students, speaking about your plans for next year and no doubt wearing some ridiculous fancy dress – and all with the same aim: to make life better for our students.
Regardless of the outcome of tonight’s results, each candidate has achieved what few students can lay claim to – they have all led a campaign across campus. This is no small feat, especially in the rain. We are all extremely proud to have such active students representing us and you should be equally proud of yourselves. Therefore, before we go nay further, please give yourselves an epic round of applause."
This is an evening to celebrate and thank all of you, both candidates and campaign teams, for your hard work and enthusiasm on behalf of the Guild. Over the past two weeks, you have been out there engaging with students, speaking about your plans for next year and no doubt wearing some ridiculous fancy dress – and all with the same aim: to make life better for our students.
Regardless of the outcome of tonight’s results, each candidate has achieved what few students can lay claim to – they have all led a campaign across campus. This is no small feat, especially in the rain. We are all extremely proud to have such active students representing us and you should be equally proud of yourselves. Therefore, before we go nay further, please give yourselves an epic round of applause."
This was followed by thanks to Josh & Burn FM, Elections Committee and our invaluable staff team who all helped the Exec Elections happen.
I then presented awards to candidates for their creativity, innovation and sportsmanship. The winners of the awards are listed below:-
- Best Gimmick - Hollie Jones for the Well-Fairy campaign.
- Best Fancy Dress - James Ogden for his Incredibles costume.
- Best Banner - Lizzy Bell.
- Best YouTube Video - Harry Britten.
- Innovation - Steven Johnson for his 'Steve for Sport' arrows and Rich Walker for his jacket made of crisp packets.
- Sportsmanship - Rob Schilling and Mark Smith for shaking hands and swapping shirts after the ballots closed.
Creme Eggs went to all of the above (you lucky people)!
And after this, I handed over to Geoff Pringle, the nominee of our Returning Officer, who read out the results...
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