Chosen by the Editor of the Annual
| 2001 Brendan Travers | 2002 Wallace Clarke | 2003 John Bourke |
| 2004 Fergus Quinlan | 2005 Eleanor Cudmore | 2006 Dan Cross |
| 2007 Wallace Clarke | 2008 Hugh Barry | 2009 Diana Gleadhill |
| 2010 David Whitehead | 2011 James Nixon | 2012 Alan Leonard |
| 2013 Raymond Fielding | 2014 Norman Kean’s hat | 2015 Jarlath Cunnane |
| 2016 Dick Lovegrove | 2017 Pete Hogan | 2018 Peter Haden |
| 2019 Leo Conway | 2020 Alan Leonard | 2021 Michael Brogan |
| 2023 Brian Law | 2024 Alan Leonard |