I'm guessing that "Scribbly" is Mark Seamarks, and "Gweedo" is one of the "chaps in the office", as I cannot imagine anyone else thinking they did a good job.
As far as I am concerned, you should never get a gong for trying, no matter if they "worked their nuts off", just for succeeding, and they most certainly didn't do that.
To quote Connery "Losers do their best, winners go home and f@ck the prom queen"
Unfortunately not in our military it would seem