VRWC RUNNERS WORLD AWARDS

RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways Map 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours : Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au/

Neil Ryan of Runners World Kew approached VRWC early in the 2009 winter season with an offer of some club sponsorship. While we have our Points and Handicap awards, the awards are not necessarily won by our BEST walkers as they are influenced by participation rates. So, after various discussions, it was decided to institute Runners World Winter and Summer Season Awards as follows

Winter Season Awards (4)

Awards for our top Open male and female walkers	$500 gift voucher for Runners World to each walker  $500 cheque to each walker
Awards of our top Junior male and female walkers (age 14-19)	$500 gift voucher for Runners World to each walker

The rules governing the Winter Season awards are designated as follows

• A short list of nominations will be provided to the Committee by Mark Donahoo (club handicapper and club coach) and Tim Erickson (club secretary and race secretary). Award winners in each category will be decided by VRWC Committee vote.
• The winners must be VRWC members.
• All nominees must have walked a minimum of 8 races in Victoria during the winter season, of which 3 must have been VRWC club races.
• In the event that no one qualifies for nomination in a particular category, the Committee reserves the right to waive the criteria whereby the walker must walk 8 races in Victoria of which 3 are VRWC races.
  
• AIS or VIS based athletes are excluded from the list of nominees as these athletes already have a very good level of support. This sponsorship is aimed at walkers who are currently self funded.
• Award winners will be announced and awarded as part of the Winter Season Presentations.

Summer Season Awards (2)

Awards for our top male and female walkers

$500 gift voucher for Runners World to each walker  $500 cheque to each walker

The rules governing the Summer Season awards are designated as follows

• A short list of nominations will be provided to the Committee by Mark Donahoo (club handicapper and club coach) and Tim Erickson (club secretary and race secretary). Award winners in each category will be decided by VRWC Committee vote.
• The winners must be VRWC members.
• The winners must have raced in at least 2 of the VRWC Summer Season races and any combination of other events from the list below.
• Walkers on AIS or VIS scholarships are not eligible.
• There is no age limit on the Summer Season Award winner. Thus our top male / female walker could come from any of Masters, Open, Junior or Little Athletics and all appropriate racing performances should be considered.
• Award winners will be announced in early April of each year.
  

The VRWC Committee are to review the performances done by club members in any of the following events

• The various VRWC summer season races
• The various AV championships (Schools, Country and State T&F champs)
• The VLAA T&F championships
• The various AA championships
• The VMA and AMA championships

Our winners so far have been

Winter 2009	Open	Tom Barnes, Pam Tindal
	Junior	Rhydian Cowley, Amelia Finnegan
Summer 2009/2010	Open	Rhydian Cowley, Heather Carr
Winter 2010	Open	Stuart Kollmorgen, Heather Carr
	Junior	Nathan Brill, Jmara Hockley-Samon
Summer 2010/2011	Open	Nathan Brill, Heather Carr
Winter 2011	Open	Andrew Jamieson, Heather Carr
	Junior	Nathan Brill, Amelia Finnegan
Summer 2011/2012	Open	Nathan Brill, Jemima Montag

We thank Neil for his ongoing support and recommend that all club members should return the favour and shop at Runners World Kew for all their sporting needs.

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Tim Erickson
VRWC Webmaster
Melbourne, Australia