Jim Park Award 2026

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Jim Park Award 2026

February 13, 2026, 01:27:21 pm

With the season coming ever closer, it is time mull over what we want to do with our B&F award.
I expect to have the time to deal with it again this year, so that isn't a problem. But I do wish to consider what we do with it, considering that we appear to be having fewer and fewer voters:
[1] Do we want the same format that we've had?
Personally, I like it, as it gives me an opportunity to award everyone who needs a mention, that just the best one of two. However, it is complicated (for some).
[2] If we don't want to continue as it has been, what changes should we make?

Re: Jim Park Award 2026

Reply #1 – February 13, 2026, 01:51:36 pm

[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.

I find the format above, which has been in place for a while, to be somewhat restrictive. I'd like to be able to vote for an unlimited number of players for starters. We can see that this is a felt issue from a number of voters, because they often give HM or honorable mentions to players they can't fit into the format, which IMO is a backdoor way of giving them votes.

I'd also like restriction number 3 removed.

Re: Jim Park Award 2026

Reply #2 – February 13, 2026, 03:07:57 pm

I have stuck with a 5,4,3,2,1 voting system for a few years now but I often find that I have two or three players vying for the last vote.

I'm happy to keep going as is but, if a change is needed, how about adopting the John Nicholls Medal voting system or similar. That is:
A maximum of 20 votes per game.
The votes awarded are shared among a maximum of eight players.
Voters don't have to award all of their votes.
The maximum votes any one player may receive is 10.

That system would put the kybosh on your preference to award votes to lots of players Crash but perhaps we could go to voting for a maximum of 10 players.

The extremes would be one or two players with 10 votes, 10 players with two votes each, one player with one vote, or no votes at all for a shocking loss.