At the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2006 semi-finals we started a new award which is in memory of one of our great supporters, David Roberts. The David Roberts Memorial Plate will be awarded annually to a promising young traditional musician in South Lanarkshire. The 2006 recipient is Lauren Weir from Lesmahagow (fiddle, piano). Lauren started learning traditional music at Tinto Summer School in 2000, and has been dedicated to traditional music ever since. She has recently been selected to complete her schooling at the National School of Excellence in Traditional Music at Plockton High School.

David Roberts was a leading figure in the development and growing success of the Young Traditional Musician Award and tragically died very young on the 1st June 2005. Originally from Edinburgh, David settled in Biggar several years ago. From the time of his arrival, he threw himself into community life, and became actively involved in Clydesdale Folk Club, Biggar Business Group and Wiston Lodge. His energy and enthusiasm for life, and for his adopted local area were infectious, and David managed to combine a talent for thinking 'out of the box' with a great capacity for getting things done. Our lives are richer for having known David.