he aim of every scooper is to reach 10,000 ticks.  When you first start, it seems like it's impossible.  As you storm through the middle thousands, it becomes more of a beacon, beckoning you onwards.  When you reach the late thousands, it calls to you like a siren, and when you finally get there ..... was that it?  Seriously, it's a tremendous achievement to reach this figure, and full credit to the growing number who have now done it.  Drinking 10,000 different beers takes time, dedication (or should that be desperation?) and a lot of ching.  It's worth it; no money can buy this kind of prestige!

Listed here are the people who have completed this marathon in hopefully the order that they finished.  If you think different, let us know.

Remember, it's no use just saying "I must have had 10,000" - no date and gen, no appearance on the scoreboard!

Rank	Phot	When achieved & gen	Who
1		1998	Mick the Tick, everyone's favourite scooper.
2		1999	Brian Moore, the "Sheffield Whippet"
3		1999	Steve Fulcher
4		Nov 1999, Hoskins Millennium at Cask and Cutler	Sue Fulcher
5		Late 1999	Mad McJonesey
6		April 2000	Suggy
7		May 2000, Boat Rattler at Smithfield, Manc.	Gazza
8		2000	Gary Mess
9		2001	Tony Sawford
10		May 2001, at Frodsham BF, Phoenix Jowyed.	"Beige" Phil Booton
		2001	Andy Morton
		2001	Ollie
		2001	Simon Fyffe
		October 2001, Cropton Fennel in New Brit, Preston	Rick Pickup
		Feb 2002, Cains Molyneux's Medicine	Molly (RIP)
		Church End Jumbles 12th, Crown Oakengates 03/05/02	Brian Francis, aka Uncle Knobby
		September 2002	Dave Wild
		2002	Planey Wayney
		2003	Merv
		2003	Rob Bolt
		Early 2003	Roly
		9th Feb 2003	Andy Buchan, the first (and only) Diabetic to 10,000 beers.  (RIP)
		2003	Stan (PINTS ONLY !!!)
		27/03/2003 - Goose Eye Guzzling Goose in Pot of Beer, Manchester	Brian Waine
		April 2003	Andy Lee
		May 2003	Julie Lee
		July 03 - Walsh's Old Gridlap	Crimewatch
		November 2003 - Wizard Billy Whizz	Billy Whizz
		20th December 2003, Greenfield Celebration at the Smithfield, Manchester.	"Blind" Peter
		Cambridge Winter Ales 2004	Brian Dickinson (Croydon)
		February 2004	Liverpool Steve
		March 2004	Big Nigel
		04/09/04	Location: Fernandes, Wakefield Beer: Fernandes TB1 5.2% Verification: Mr B Moore and Mr A Morton
		October 2004; Halifax Steam Luftkissenfahrzeug at New Brit, Preston.	Tony Wilson
		13/11/04, Haltwhistle Pride in Black Bull, Haltwhistle	Richard Nash
		17/10/05  Ramsbury Kev Dick's 10,000th	Leedsboy
		27/05/06 at Newark	Pete West
		01/04/07	Herbal
		May 2007	Per Samuelsson of Stockholm, Sweden, the first non-UK resident to 10,000 beers !!!

To be continued .........................