Last night saw the club's annual Awards evening, with runners young and old (or very old in Colin Johnson's case) rewarded for their efforts over the past year. It was also the time to present medals from the Gwent League, where the Girls U.11s finished 2nd team, U.13s were champions and U.17s were champions. Additionally the Senior Ladies were the overall champions!
Now onto the specific club awards. First off we had the newcomer awards. For the ladies, the award went to Zoe Dixon - who over the course of the season improved dramatically, culminating in 16th place in the final Gwent League event. For the men, it went to Robin Phillips who over the last 12 months also displayed some great form for the club. He lowered his marathon time by nearly 30 minutes, in recording his first sub 3 hr marathon at Dublin and was always willing to turn out for the club at the Gwent League and other club events.
Most improved runner. For the girls it went to Emma Taylor who ran excellently all winter and for the boys the award winner was Adam Wilson, who attained representative honours with Avon Schools. For the ladies, Hayley Johnson (no doubt taking advice from her husband Mike), improved over all distances, particular the HM and 10k. For the men, Dan Studley was rewarded for his excellent 31st at the Inter counties and 9th position in the Gwent League.
Now we move onto the Individual awards:
Novice Girls: Jenna Kelley - 2nd in the Gwent League
Novice Boys: Joseph Leather - following in his sister's footsteps!
U13 Girls: Emma Jones - 5th in the Gwent League
U13 Boys: Jake Bevan - Gloucs League champion and 3rd in Gwent League
U15 Girls: Abi Hall - 13th in the Gwent
U15 Boys: James Skelton - Gloucs League champion and 31st in the English Schools XC
U17 Girls: Kelly Leat - prolific on the country in all events
U17 Boys: Felix McGrath - British U16 Mountain running champion, and 16th in the Midlands XC
U23 Girls: Kelly Winstone - solid performances in all competitions!
U23 Boys: Dan Studley - that 31st in the Intercounties helped!!
Senior Ladies: Emma D'Alton - outstanding at all distances; particularly HM where she improved her PB to 77.49.
Senior Men: Gregg Ward - showed solid improvement, following marathon training!
Vet Ladies: Robyn Golding - impossible to believe she is old enough, but sure enough her PBs at Bideford and solid performances in the Midlands XC and road relays secured her the prize.
Vet Men: Colin Johnson - great efforts for the club whenever requested, and a sub 3hr marathon at Dublin.
Then finally the athletes of the year:
Female: Debbie Marsden - Avon champion over 10k, Fastest in the relays and the Midlands XC, twice called up to run terrortorially.
Male: Matt Ellis - won pretty much everything he entered (except for Berlin and London marathons) although he has a chance to correct that in two weeks. He will be looking to duck under one club record time in the Marathon - the ladies which is 2.28.52 held by Marian Sutton!
Well done to all of you!!!
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Westbury Club Awards
Last Monday saw the Westbury Harriers annual Club Awards evening, for prizes in the 2009-10 season. There are prizes over a range of categories, from 'Best Newcomer', 'Most Improved', through individual categories (juniors and seniors) through to the overall male and female athlete of the year. The overall men's winner was Sam Dalgleish who has performed very consistently for the club over the past 12 months, including a great 18.37 at the National 6 stage relay, which got us off to a great start (well 50 something, which at the nationals is a great start!) as well as a very recently ran 32.14 over 10k in Eastleigh!
The overall female prize went to Debbie Marsden - a throughly deserved award (even though I am biased!) - for a series of great performances throughout the year: Avon 10k champion and winner of the Clevedon 10k, winner of the Bridge Inn 5k series (including a PB of 17.40). A time of just over an hour for 10 miles at Bramley and 2nd place in the Tunbridge Wells 1/2 marathon in a PB of 81.53.
The senior men's prize went to Anthony Glover for a series of strong performances, including race wins at the Dundry TACH race, the Hogweed Muggles event, his 78 min half at Stratford and finishing 5th in the Man v. Horse marathon, an event in which Westbury claimed the team prize.
The senior ladies prize went to Emma D'Alton for a series of strong performances, particularly over the half marathon distance, where she set a PB of 1.21.25 at Stroud last October, and also set course records at the Blackmore Vale 1/2 and the Hogweed Hilly 1/2 - the latter breaking the record by over 3 minutes!
The best newcomer awards went to Emma Jones, for a series of fine performances in the Gwent League and to Karl Dunn, for taking to running like a duck to water and running a sub 40 10k and a sub 6 minute mile 5k. The most improved runner awards went to Abigail Johnston (girls), who was prolific in the XCs throughout the winter and to Kane Lee (boys), for a series of great performances in the Bridge Inn 5ks, ducking below 17.30! For the seniors Siana Jones won the most improved female for consistent improvement throughout the year, culminating in a 33rd at the final Gwent League. For the men, "working his way through the ranks" Jullian Bailey-Gard Jnr. Jullian put in a number of sub 18 5ks, as well as breaking 90 minutes for the half this year.
The club also had lots to celebrate from the Gwent League - for the girls, U.11 Ellie Leather was individual champion and the team were also champions. At U.13s Poppy Thompson was individual champion and the team finished 3rd overall. U.15s were the team champions, U.17s Zoe Barber was 3rd overall and the team were champions. In the ladies the team were 2nd overall and the ladies B team won the reserve division. At vet level, the W.35 were 3rd overall, the W.45s were 3rd overall, with Wendy Tippett 3rd lady and Marilyn Palmer was 1st at the V.55 level, with the team finishing 2nd.
The men weren't quite as strong - but the U.17s had 3rd placed team, and Felix McGrath (known to many of us for his antics in the Blaise Blazers) was 3rd individual. The mens team were 6th in the top flight and Rick Wallis was 2nd V.50 overall and Tony Jefferies was top V.60, as the men's V.60 team finished 2nd!
Well done everybody!
The senior men's prize went to Anthony Glover for a series of strong performances, including race wins at the Dundry TACH race, the Hogweed Muggles event, his 78 min half at Stratford and finishing 5th in the Man v. Horse marathon, an event in which Westbury claimed the team prize.
The senior ladies prize went to Emma D'Alton for a series of strong performances, particularly over the half marathon distance, where she set a PB of 1.21.25 at Stroud last October, and also set course records at the Blackmore Vale 1/2 and the Hogweed Hilly 1/2 - the latter breaking the record by over 3 minutes!
The best newcomer awards went to Emma Jones, for a series of fine performances in the Gwent League and to Karl Dunn, for taking to running like a duck to water and running a sub 40 10k and a sub 6 minute mile 5k. The most improved runner awards went to Abigail Johnston (girls), who was prolific in the XCs throughout the winter and to Kane Lee (boys), for a series of great performances in the Bridge Inn 5ks, ducking below 17.30! For the seniors Siana Jones won the most improved female for consistent improvement throughout the year, culminating in a 33rd at the final Gwent League. For the men, "working his way through the ranks" Jullian Bailey-Gard Jnr. Jullian put in a number of sub 18 5ks, as well as breaking 90 minutes for the half this year.
The club also had lots to celebrate from the Gwent League - for the girls, U.11 Ellie Leather was individual champion and the team were also champions. At U.13s Poppy Thompson was individual champion and the team finished 3rd overall. U.15s were the team champions, U.17s Zoe Barber was 3rd overall and the team were champions. In the ladies the team were 2nd overall and the ladies B team won the reserve division. At vet level, the W.35 were 3rd overall, the W.45s were 3rd overall, with Wendy Tippett 3rd lady and Marilyn Palmer was 1st at the V.55 level, with the team finishing 2nd.
The men weren't quite as strong - but the U.17s had 3rd placed team, and Felix McGrath (known to many of us for his antics in the Blaise Blazers) was 3rd individual. The mens team were 6th in the top flight and Rick Wallis was 2nd V.50 overall and Tony Jefferies was top V.60, as the men's V.60 team finished 2nd!
Well done everybody!
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