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The Reinier Hendriksen Trophy

When Reinier Hendriksen passed away in April 2000, friends on both sides of the North Sea decided to create a modellers trophy that would make his name live on.

In the Netherlands, Wim Bloemendaal, a close friend of Reinier's, came up with the idea to have a heavy glass plate engraved with a drawing of Moors End, once made by Reinier himself. He had this done by a well-known engraver in Amsterdam.

In England, Chris O'Donoghue and other friends of the Racoons Group and the Greenwich & District Narrow Gauge Model Railway Society paved the way for the trophy to be awarded at Expo-NG every year.

Thus, since October 2000, the trophy is awarded to the creator of the narrow gauge layout which the jury considers to be built in the spirit of Reinier's work most of all: it has to be compact, full of atmosphere and well made.

	Left: the trophy. Right: models by Reinier, exhibited for the last time at Expo-NG in October 2000. Photos by Loes van der Klei.
	In 2010 the award was given to Henk Wust for Punta Marina. Photos © Mick Thornton.
	In 2009 the award was given to Tom Dauben for Dunbracken. Photos © Mick Thornton.
	In 2008 the award was given to John Wormington for Bachdale & Dibley Level. Photos © Mick Thornton.
	In 2007 the award was given to Paul Windle for Moorton Bottom Yard. Photos © Mick Thornton.
	In 2006 the award was given to Chris Peacock for Compagnie des Gravillons et du Sable de la Breton". Photo © Mick Thornton.
	In 2005 the award was given to Chris Nevard for Arne Wharf. Photos © Mick Thornton.
	The 2004 winner was John Bruce with Lower Peak Wharfe in 009, set in the Peak District. Photo left: the trophy being handed over to John (at right) by Chris O'Donoghue. Photos © Ted Polet & Mick Thornton.
	The 2003 winner was Alain Duchesne with his Tramway de l'Ile de Fa in 016,5. Photos © Jan van Mourik.
	Left: Alain Duchesne (2003). Right: Angus Watkins (2002). Photos © Mick Thornton.
	In 2002 the trophy was awarded to Chapel Pill, a tiny harbour scene inspired by the Severn estuary trade built by Angus Watkins. Photos © Jan van Mourik.

In 2001 the trophy was awarded to Port Foxdale, a small and delightful diorama by Robin Winter based on Isle of Man practice. Photos © Nigel Hill and Mick Thornton.
	The first winner of the trophy was Wood End, a small narrow gauge layout built with simple techniques that has just the right kind of atmosphere and was almost unanimously chosen by the jury to be the winner of 2000. Wood End was built by Chris Ford and Nigel Hill. Photos © Chris Ford & Nigel Hill.

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