The late David Birkett, himself a model eCooper (left) , and (right) David Birkett’s parents and brother Paul. Although his case was well made, Matthew was the only entrant and ingineer, bequeathed an annual award of £100 to the youngster showing most promise as Northern Association club member, and the Association has allocated funds to double this figure for the first two years of the award. The inaugural award was made this year to Matthew Hainsworth of the Rochdale SME on 11th August, and here we see Matthew receiving the award at his home club flanked by NAME chairman Frank t is hoped that we will see more entrants in future years.