Owen, introduced by Gill Morris, joined the CGS as a straight man in the first four or five years of its existence.

Owen a garage owner from the Reading area proved himself to be a all-round good egg from the beginning never shy when it came to pitching in with any project that was currently in progress within the society supporting us in every way.

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A generous member who always was prepared to do that bit extra yet never seeking any acclaim for himself.

Therefore it was considered fitting that when we decided to have an annual award for someone like Owen we named it after him and Knowing Owen I’m confident he would have approved very much of this year’s reciprocate.