From Jean Sullivan, as nominated by Ilkley Harrier members…
Running:
Tom Adams – Kettlewell fell race win and knocking 3 minutes off the course record in the Snowdonia Trail Marathon.
Alison Bennett – for coming 1st in her age group at the England masters 5km in Tenby. A great achievement! Also, for her racing/training generally.
Petra Bijsterveld – for her amazing, inspiring Val d’Aran PDA run.
Catherine Charlton – Lakeland Trails Ultra 55km
Matthew Cox – Ilkley Trail race
Dominic Coy – Commonwealth Games performance and for his silver medal in the mixed relay
Lynn Donohue – Race to the Stones 100km, undertaken in brutal heat. All the more impressive after an almost 2-year break from running, Lynn came back to full fitness in time for this race, showing grit and determination
Nathan Edmondson – the International Snowdon Race
Jill Ezard – for her fantastic 1st FV50 placing at the Lakeland trails marathon challenge, on a sweltering weekend
Jeff Green – for his Wharfedale Half exploits, coming in 3rd overall and 1st V50
Rhys Jones – Commonwealth Games performance
Ruth Kitchen – for coming 2nd overall female in the Leeds Even Splits 5K series. A great achievement!
Jane McCarthy – Centurion South Downs Way 100 and Frog Graham Round
Lawrence McCourt – winner of the Beamsley Beacon fell race
Andrew Merrick – Bob Graham Round and Lakeland 100
Peter Shelley – for his great Bradford Millennium relay leg and for his always-calming pre-race presence and encouragement
Jann Smith – Frog Graham Round
Felicity Tomblin – for her Montane Trail 20 Ullswater Way race, her furthest race by a long way. She also raised lots of money for the local branch of Refugee Action
Helen Waddington – for selection for the English 5km Masters team and a great race result
Mike Williams – Otley 10
One nominator called his nominees ‘out of this world’! High praise indeed!
Volunteering
Neil Chapman – for organising the Ilkley Trail race from scratch
Jill Ezard – for her fantastic help with the Ilkley Gazette reports. Also for her excellent rhyming couplets in her race reports!
Rachel Holder – for organising the junior trail race
Jane McCarthy – leading Tuesday group runs
Jonathan Turner – for encouraging newbies to try out the track!
All the volunteers at the Ilkley HDSRL race.
The awesome Bob Graham support crew for Andrew Merrick, consisting of Ben Sheppard, Ritchie Williamson, Paul Carman, Jann Smith and Kate Archer who so willingly and cheerfully gave up so much of their time and did a fantastic job.