RoM

 

Runner of the Month

To nominate a fellow club member for runner of the month, just provide the name of your nominee, along with your reasons why you think he/she should win, to the Club Secretary. Nomination must be in writing, via e-mail to rom@abbeyrunners.co.uk or by using this form and must be received before the 1st of the following month. Members may be nominated on the basis of race performances, attitude and commitment to training, or for any other significant contribution to the club’s activities. The only restriction is that no member may win the award more than once during a 12 month period. 
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February 2024 Winners – Jenny Rowe-Patel & Martin Frazer
Congratulations to Jenny & MartinJenny Rowe-Patel was nominated for her amazing performance in her first PecoXC season, being top 10 lady overall, 6th in her age group and 3rd Abbey. And for her “always cheerful mood”.

Martin Frazer was nominated for finishing off a superb set of PecoXC results at Roundhay with another quick time, placing him in the top 10 of the Abbey XC League. And for an excellent 43 minute finish at the Dewsbury 10k.

Also nominated were: Carrick Armer, Paul Craven, Donna Swales, Rachel Barnicoat, Julia Sheer, Charlie Craddock, Joel Rhule-Samuel, Charlotte Knowles, Dom Fanaroff and John Ward

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January 2024 Winner – Andrea Cobo Ibanez
Congratulations to AndreaAndrea was nominated for her great running in January.
Also nominated for her “enthusiasm”, her “verve” and her “sheer pizzazz” as women’s captain of and the success in the PecoXC League.
Also nominated were: Jenny Rowe-Patel, Adam Ellis, Aidan Mooney, James Francis, and Laura Phillips

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December 2023 Winner – Sarah Fairhall
Congratulations to SarahSarah was nominated for organising the ridiculously early morning runs in all kinds of awful weather and conditions.
She smashed two Pecos scoring highly for the club, her first Chevin Chase and, for good measure, the Auld Lang Syne Fell race on NYE. Also nominated for elbowing runners from rival clubs out of the way on the sprint finish at Temple Newsam Peco.
Sarah – the smiling assassin – made us all (but especially Andrea) very proud indeed!Also nominated were: Jenny and Ben Rowe-Patel, Clive Walton, John Ward, and Ross Hutchison

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November 2023 Winner – Alison Smith
Congratulations to AlisonAlison was nominated for her dedicated training and her YVAA prize winning performances.
She also achieved a podium at the Cop Hill Fell Race where she finished second in the F45 category.
Also nominated were: Julia Sheer, Steve Scott and Tony Bastin

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October 2023 Winner – Ali Ameri
Congratulations to Ali
Ali was nominated for demonstrating amazing grit and resilience when he was struggling with his performance. 
His persistence in working out what was wrong and building himself back up is certainly paying off now with an incredible list of recent PBs, from park runs, and knocking nearly 10mins off a 10k, all the way up to an incredible marathon of 3:24:18. Equally impressive is his attitude and infectious enthusiasm. He has been a great team leader for Lime, even if he does come up with crazy ideas like chain running up Spen lane at the end of a hard Tuesday run! He is also a great asset in inspiring and supporting our junior runners. Also nominated were: Ajay Palmer, Tom Engel, Stef Brienen, Charlotte Knowles, Liz Willis, Hannah Blinston, Peter Blinston, Sarah Fairhall and Tony Bastin

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September 2023 Winner – Matthew Holmes
Congratulations to Matthew
Matthew was nominated for some brilliant performances in past races, and in September smashed his 5k PB with a 17.05 and also won his age group at the Meanwood Valley Trail race.All this plus helping out with the Abbey juniors.

Also nominated were
Dom Fanaroff , Liam Jenkins and Masako Kondo


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August 2023 Winner – Aidan Mooney
Congratulations to Aidan

Aidan was nominated for his successful leading of Red Group, plus taking over the Abbey Café and overseeing an improvement in the numbers attending.
 
Also nominated were Ali Ameri, Joseph Ibrahim, Phil Schofield, Laura Phillips and Simon Jones

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July 2023 Winner – Evan Wilson
Congratulations to Evan.
Evan’s performances have been improving fast. We saw an example at the Club Handicap when his 5k time of 20:35 beat all but the top few Senior Abbeys.But the real clincher for him winning this award was at the Golden Acre relays. Evan joined Freddie and Dom (both previous ROM winners) – at very short notice – in a team of 3 which won the event, beating not only the top Abbey seniors team with our best calibre runners, but also beating all competition from around Leeds and beyond.The first time Abbeys have ever won that event.Also nominated were Donna Swales, Evan Wilson, Kathryn Ashworth, Paul Greene, Ross Hutchison and Dong Hoang

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June 2023 Winners – Charlotte Knowles, Tom Rogerson & Carrick Armer
Congratulations to to all three.
     The committee vote resulted in three joint winners…Tom Rogerson, for his impressive challenge of running all 11 Leeds ParkRuns in one day and raising over £3000 for charity.Carrick Armer, for helping with club activities such as C25k, marshalling, photography, relay teams, as well as winning his heat in the summer mile and completing an ultra. Charlotte Knowles as also being a worthy winner for her excellent start as an Abbey Runner, rising up through the groups to be our fastest female runner, as evidenced by being 2nd lady finisher at Otley 10 and a new 5k pb, as well as her great support in Abbey activities including c25k and leafleting.Also nominated were Adam Ellis, Anna Keys, Donna Swales, Jim Whittaker, John Ackroyd and Judith Smith.

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May 2023 Special Winner – Ed Newbould
May 2023 Winner – Richard Ashworth
Congratulations to Ed and Richard.
         Ed Newbould  – A special award  for his astonishing Bob Graham Round achievement.  42 fells, 64.05 miles and 26,115’ of climbing in 21 hours!! An incredible achievement and the first Abbey to do this – the man is superhuman. Richard Ashworth – for a string of excellent results, most especially for his brilliant 3 hours and 30 minutes in the Leeds, his first, Marathon. And great commitment to Abbey Tuesdays and other club events.   

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April 2023 Winners – Lucy Cohen & Liam Jenkins
Congratulations to Lucy and Liam who jointly won the  Runner of the Month for April.
     Lucy Cohen – for her training and performance at the London Marathon on 23 rd April.
Remembering her look of shock when at the AGM her name was pulled out of the draw, but she has done amazing in her training and had a brilliant run.Liam Jenkins – after his astonishing 2:41 time at the Manchester Marathon.  The dedication to his training in the lead up really paid off. He is also really encouraging to other Abbeys, always asking how others do. 
March 2023 Winner – Katie Bastin
Congratulations to Katie who has won Runner of the Month for March.
     Katie started the month by completing the full set of PECOs for the 40 point bonus, finishing Roundhay 10 minutes faster than last year, even though it was a longer course! And with pleasing symmetry, she ended the month leading out her ‘Scrambled Legs’ team to a bronze medal place in the Female Open category in the PECO Relay.
This despite having completed the Coniston 14 less than 21 hours before.
Not content with undertaking a first ever half marathon, Katie (literally) went the extra 0.9 mile and rounded it up to 14 for her longest ever run and beat the 3 hour barrier into the bargain.