2013 CITY OF YORK AC AWARD WINNERS
Our Guest Presenter has competed for England and Great Britain, she is a former European Junior Gold Medalist winning Gold in the 200m, 4 x100m relay and Silver in the 4 x 400m. This year she competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2013 World Championships where she came away with a Bronze Medal. Her PB for the 100m is 11.30 seconds and 200m is 23.22 seconds. Please welcome Hayley Jones.
Under 11 Girls
CP - Martha Calton-Seal
MI - Tierney Walsh
AOY - Florence Pegrum
Under 11 Boys
CP - Herbert Antcliff
MI - Louis Boyce
AOY - Sam Gough
Boys U13
Club Person – Edward Lake
Most improved – Elliot Hutchinson.
Athlete – Joshua Dickinson.
U13 Girls
CP – Ellie Sewell
MI – Ruth Aber
Athlete – Katie Bohl
U15 Boys
CP – Kristopher Wong
MI – Robbie Brown
A – Henry Fairclough
U15 Girls
CP – Chloe Smith and Rachel White
MI – Lucy Hadaway
A – Alice Linaker
U17 Boys
CP – Ben Wharton
MI – George Davies
A – Tom Somers
U17 Girls
CP – Emily Dutton and Ellen Brown
MI – Emily Dutton
A – Chelsea Walker
U20 Men
CP – Cchris Cambridge
MI – Ash Hart
A – Sam Blain
U20 Women
CP – Kate Harris
MI – Katie Wood
A – Sarah Parsons
Senior Men
CP – Paul Goble
MI – Dennis Speck
A – Scott Lincoln
Senior Women
CP – Becky Campsall
MI – Emma Ballantine
A – Ruth Brandon
MAIN AWARDS
Disabled Male – The winner of this award did amazingly well in a national competition held in Bath and especially in 100m with this being his first year. This years winner is LEWIS BROWN
Disabled Female – This years winners of the disabled award have made brilliant progress since they have started, so much so we have chosen 2 winners. The winners are HANNAH and LAURA CARTER
The Hetherton Award – This athlete has had an excellent 2013 and finished an excellent 7th in National Cross Country Championships, the winner is TYLER HUTCHINSON
The Bleasdale Award – The winner of this award has improved all year long but has knocked off an amazing 1 minute 51 seconds off her 3000m time. The winner is CHRISTIANA PAIN
Gemini Award: This award is given to an athlete who has achieved the best time, distance or height in a competition. The winner of this award cannot win it 2 years running in the same age group or event.The winner of this award has had an outstanding year, She has improved no end in her event ending the year ranked Number 1 in the UK, winning the County Championships, she then went on to the English Schools and represented her County and won Gold in the 300m hurdles. 2 weeks later she represented England Schools in Ireland and although she fell in her race she still managed to finish 4th. The next day she returned to run the relay and helped the team to break the British record. The winner of this years Gemini Award was chosen due to her outstanding time ran in the 300m hurdles at the English Schools of 42.54 seconds. The Winner is – CHELSEA WALKER
Best Field Performance of the Year Award – This year the decision was a hard one as the field athletes had another great year. The winner of this award has just moved up an age group and is ranked number 2 in the UK for his event, he has won the Yorkshire and Northern Championship title, he won silver at the English Schools Championships and UK Championships and ended the year representing the North East at the UK Schools Games and won silver again. Next year he hopes to go to the Youth Olympics. The winner of the Thrower of the Year Award goes to javelin thrower, GEORGE DAVIES.
The Capricorn Award for the Outstanding Achievemnet of the Year - This season this athlete has competed in 41 races winning 39 of them.
The other 2 were:
The Welsh international he took the 3rd place which was a senior event and the World Youth Championships where he placed 4th in the final.
He is ranked number 1 in the UK in the 100 and 200metres and 5th in the 400m in hs age group.
His P.B. of 20.84 seconds for 200m puts him 2nd on the all time list for his age group and also places him 4th In the world rankings for the under 17 age group for 2013
He is: Northern Athletic Indoor 60 meter Champion / Yorkshire Champion in both 100 and 200 metres / Northern Champion 200 metres / England Athletics Champion 200 metres / UK School Games Champion 200 metres.
This years winner of the Capricorn is Tom Somers
Volunteer of the Year Award
Before this is announced, it is important to say that volunteers are the foundation of the Club. It is a simple fact, without volunteers none of this would be possible and the amazing success of the club, measured in many different ways, is absolutely achieved because of their passion, motivation and selfless efforts. So please, could we give our thanks to all volunteers who give their time to make athletics in York so accessible and so much fun.
The volunteer of the year award was recently introduced to recognise the fantastic contributions that individuals make. We could hand out 50 awards and this would still not be enough as every volunteer deserves our thanks. However, as is the case in these types of evenings, one individual is selected each year to mark their outstanding contribution and to represent the entire volunteer base.
This year’s volunteer of the year has been as difficult as ever to determine, there are so many outstanding candidates. However, in the end a name was decided upon.
This person is not a shrinking violet, is very happy to advise the committee and offer suggestions for improvement and is certainly able to be heard on most training nights.
This person has been involved with the Club as a coach, a committee member, an official and a volunteer for longer than he will want to admit to. But the years have been kind – he still looks as young as he did in 1990, but he always looked old for his age!
This person is passionate about his sport, cares about his athletes, cares about the Club and I believe him to be a fantastic role model for all volunteers. Along with other coaches he is there in all weathers encouraging and berating athletes (in equal measures) but does so with good humour and a great deal of patience. But he also attends every club meeting at the track and is usually to be found leading a team of volunteers at the finish line.
Finally, this guy has led a team of coaches that has seen amazing and unprecedented success in team events in the last year and has developed so many athletes towards the goal of reaching their potential and I am sure there is much more to come. More than that, the group has continued to increase in size and offers training for all levels of athlete – and he is keen on developing athlete’s commitment to train and compete for the club. He has also developed a new idea of organising training groups that will allow all athletes to reach their potential whilst still encouraging and accommodating newer athletes. The group seems to get the mix of hard work and fun exactly right.
Ian Wilcock – take a bow, you are the 2013 volunteer of the Year. Thank you and congratulations.
The final award of the evening goes to a man who is at the heart of the Club.
He has worked tirelessly over many years to deliver community based Athletics that is open to all. In recent years he has been instrumental in delivering a brand new home for athletics in York which is due to open next year. Added to all this he has secured sponsorship from Benenden Healthcare that has enabled the Club to continue delivering high quality training and competition. He has done all this, and more, in his own time and we all owe him and his wife Debbie, who has supported him throughout, a massive thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, Neil Hunter.