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Presentation Evening

Posted on Saturday, 31 January 2009 08:56PM by JH

We held our annual presentation evening last night (Fri 30^th Jan) at the Worksop Cricket Club.

After another successful year Michele Harrop recognised the work of all the coaches & assistants, thanked the children’s parents for help in transporting them to competitions & commended all the youngster’s commitment & dedication.

All their hard work was rewarded with the juniors finishing third in the Notts AAA Mini League track & field competition – their best ever result. To mark this achievement the following were awarded commemorative medals:
Lauren Ward,
Chloe Hallewell,
Paige Daughtry,
Miranda Parks,
Abigail Betts,
Sophie Bonser,
Anna Hall,
Stacie Leather,
Emily Appleby,
April Ward,
Daniel Appleby,
Michael Parker,
Jack Sanders,
Jack Harrop,
Luke Hallewell,
Ben Twible,
James Fleeman,
Aidan Bonser.

A special award was made to Callum Berridge to mark him competing in the Mini League for the club in every age category from under 11 through to under 15.

Mike Paxman, the Harriers President, awarded the junior Grand Prix winners their trophies as follows:
Girls
Under 9 – Sophie Mills,
Under 11 – Lauren Ward,
Under 13 – Sophie Bonser,
Under 15 – Stacie Leather & Emily Appleby – joint winners.
Boys
Under 9 – Toby Smith,
Under 11 – Daniel Appleby,
Under 13 – Ben Twible,
Under 15 – Aidan Bonser.
The overall winner of the junior Grand Prix was Ben Twible.

The trophies for the first boy & girl in the Trader Fun Run went to Jack Harrop & Emily Appleby.

Mike Paxman, then awarded the junior coaches Helen Eastland & Michele Harrop ‘Committee Awards’ for all their time & effort, both coaching & at many weekend competitions.

The following ‘Unsung Hero’ awards were made to three club stalwarts for all their hard work behind the scenes:
Gill Fendley – Hosting, Hospitality, Club & Minutes Secretary,
Gary Edwards – Half Marathon Race Director
Richard Harrop – Social Secretary, Coaching, Odd Job Man, Dogs Body & Chief Blagger!

The senior presentations were as follows:

Club Standards.
Carol Lonsdale – bronze (senior) 10km
Julie Bonser - bronze (V35) for 5km, 10km, 10miles & half marathon.
Caroline McGingley - bronze (V40) for 5km, 10km, 10mile & half marathon.
Philip Harrop – Bronze (V40) 5km & half marathon.
Dennis Learad – gold (V55) 10km & half marathon.
John Proffitt – gold (V65) half marathon.
Club standards were introduced to encourage members to strive to improve (as someone said “ Well, we’re not a rambling club!”)

Senior Grand Prix Winners
Women
Under 20 – Charlotte Hewitt
Senior – Carol Lonsdale
Over 35 – Julie Bonser
Over 40 – Caroline McGinley
In the closest possible finish and after a hard fought battle, Julie & Caroline tied as joint overall winners.

Men
Under 20 - Kyle Craib
Senior - Philip Harrop
Over 40 - Jimmy Kelly
Over 45 - John Harrison
Over 50 - John Hewitt
Over 55 - Keith Hopkinson
Over 60 - John Proffitt
Over 70 - Maurice Jones
The overall winner was John Hewitt.

The winners of the club Half Marathon Championships were Steve Battle & Julie Bonser, who both retained their trophies.

While Tim Doughty won the Gerald Story Memorial Trophy for the first Harrier home in the Worksop College Cancer Fun Run, indeed he was the outright winner of the race! As Gerald Story was the founder of both the Harriers & the local branch of Cancer Research he is rightly well remembered.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to a very fine quality buffet – if only your running matched your culinary skills!! - Only joking.

Thanks also go to those who made generous contributions of raffle prizes that helped raise £61 for club funds. I gather the 3’ x 4’ oil painting by an ‘unknown Chinese master’ now gracefully adorns Helen & Dave’s lounge! – It’s a joy to own and a pleasure to look upon – well done Lauren it was a brave choice!!

The junior’s next competition is the penultimate Mini League Cross-Country at Berry Hill, Mansfield, on Sunday (8^th).

Any outstanding membership fees should be forwarded to Janine ASAP to enable her to send them off to UKA – You can download a membership form from the top of the home page – it helps keep all your information up to date if you fill one in each year – Thank you.