Felixstowe Road Runners

Awards night 2022

by · March 10, 2023

Last Saturday (4th March) we hosted our awards night for 2022. This incorporated food and a disco, and it was the swansong for our outgoing Social Secretaries – a big thank you goes to Jo and Jane for organising this!

Awards presented along with the shortlisted/top-3 are detailed below…

COASTAL 10 FIRST FRR MALE

Gary Taylor (0:58:02, 5th overall)

COASTAL 10 FIRST FRR FEMALE

Holly Taylor (1:14:29, 4th female)

MOST IMPROVED RUNNERS

Calculated based on age graded results from races in 2021 vs 2022. Minimum 5 races and 3 distances per year. The best performance from each of their 3 best distances in each year have been averaged and the differences taken.

Male
  1. Tony Gavin +11.6%
  2. Jess Farthing +7.7%
  3. Gary Taylor +6.5%
Female
  1. Jane Moon +10.0%
  2. Marion Parker +7.1%
  3. Holly Taylor +4.8%

TOP CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS

Based on age grading, which isn’t accurate on cross country events but does give a reliably comparable metric.

Male
  1. Steve Brooke 73.1%
  2. Ben Jacobs 72.6%
  3. Dave Solomon 72.5%
Female
  1. Kaye Branton 68.8%
  2. Marion Parker 66.3%
  3. Debbie Catling 65.2%

TOP NEWCOMERS

Highest average age grade from races in 2022. Minimum 3 races in 2022 and mustn’t have raced in 2021

Male
  1. Will White 63.9%
  2. Ben Jackson 56.0%
  3. Jamie Jackson 45.0%
Female
  1. Debbie Catling 70.0%
  2. Sally Garnham 62.6%
  3. Emma Keen 61.8%

RUNNERS OF THE YEAR

This was previously a straight vote by the committee, but we decided to throw some data at it: minimum 10 races, 5 different distances. Comparing the average of the best performance at their best 5 distances.

Male
  1. Steve Brooke 81.2%, 20 races
  2. Aidan Coughlan 78.9%, 16 races
  3. Gary Taylor 78.2%, 10 races
Female
  1. Kaye Branton 76.0%, 19 races
  2. Sam Linassi 74.2%, 10 races
  3. Nicola Stevenson 72.7%, 14 races

LE JOG

Most competitive miles run representing the club, as recorded in the results pages (i.e. make sure you email results in if you want them counted). Previously gender specific, but now just one award

  1. Jo Blyth (776.9 Miles)
  2. Steve Blyth (243.1 Miles)
  3. Kerry Buckley (237.7 Miles)

CHAIRMAN’S AWARD

Awarded by the chairman (Stuart Mason)

  • Richard Allport

CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR

A free vote by the whole club.

  1. Daniela Elstone
  2. Peter Woods
  3. Ian Duggan

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