Historic Technical Innovation (Derryck Draper) Awards

The OWPG (and previously the OWG) has a long history of rewarding technical innovation in the outdoors equipment industry.

Since 2022, the award is called the OWPG Technical Innovation Award.

Between 2006 and 2022 it was named the OWPG Derryck Draper Award in 2005, in memory of its founder member and past Chairman. It remains an award for technical innovation in outdoors equipment and materials.

Between 1999 and 2005 the award was called the OWG Crystal Award and was presented for innovation in the outdoors generally.

Between 1982 and 1998 the fore-runner to this award was the OWG Golden Boot Award. The Golden Boot was presented annually to a person or company exhibiting at the COLA Show in Harrogate who had been voted by the Guild to have made an outstanding contribution to the outdoors.

This award is not awarded every year. If it has been awarded in the current year, the current holder is listed on our main awards page, past winners are listed below.