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Pitch Perfect Awards
Tuesday 13th November 2018
Awards night moved to a new venue this year, and it proved a popular choice. Members of all ages packed into the Boundary Room overlooking the Sussex Cricket Club ground. The (vegan) food was pretty damned good and we kept the bespoke bar pretty busy. What with music, visual displays, dancing and animated conversations (often about running!) the evening could be judged an undeniable success.
Oh, and there were awards presented. Chairman Mike Townley managed to keep matters to a pitch perfect 45 minutes and Lance Bellers was duty photographer. A selection of his excellent photographs accompany this report. There are more available on our group Facebook page or you can email us if there is a particular one you would like a copy of. So thanks to Mike and Lance (who organised the slide show and music as well), to Paul Whelpton for negotiating the organisational minefield and to Zeina Clare for making the social arrangements. Our ex- Chairman Paul Collicutt (whose Phoenix membership goes back to 1981) declared " The awards night was the best awards night in the club's history....and I've been to all of them!”
And the winners were:
Most Committed Team 2017 SGP WOMEN
Shield for Commitment & Enthusiasm DANIEL SIMPKIN
Burchell Boy REISS BERNARD
Burchell Girl YUUNA BARRA
Sportshall Boy FREDDIE CASTILLO
Sportshall Girl ISABEL SIDDLE
U11 Male Athlete of The Year ALEX KAVOURAS
U11 Female Athlete of the Year JAHNVI CHOKSI
U13 Male Athlete of The Year MATTHEW NOAKES.
U13 Female Athlete of the Year AMELIA Kortens
U15 Male Athlete of The Year CASSIUS HEBDEN
U15 Female Athlete of The Year ANNA COURT
U17 Male Athlete of The Year LEO BREWER
U17 Female Athlete of The Year MILLY DICKINSON
U20 Male Athlete of the Year GEORGE MILLS
U20 Female Athlete of the Year LOUISA SAUNDERS
U23 Male athlete of the Year SPENCER THOMAS
U23 Female Athlete of the Year TARA BAGE
Senior Male Athlete of the Year ROSS SKELTON
Senior Female Athlete of the Year RACHEL GORMAN
Tough of The Track DECLAN NEARY
Volunteer of the Year NICOLA SWANSON & GINETTE READ
Bruce Faulkner Award ASH DORRINGTON
Best Newcomer ROSA HOWIE
Comeback of the Year MARK COSSEY
Coach of the Year PHIL SAVAGE
Male Vet V40 IAN LEITCH
Male Vet V50 STEVE ATKINSON
Male Vet V60 PHIL HAMPSHIRE
Female Vet 35 AMELIA CULSHAW
Female Vet 50 JUDE MATTHEWS
Multisport Athlete of the Year Male MARK COSSEY
Multisport Athlete of the Year Female ERICA MARTIN
Triclub Champions HANNAH FELTON & MALCOLM HUGHES
BlackcapHandicap Winner /Fastest Female /Fastest Male
ANDY PUMPHREY/CAT BOUNDS/ALEX CRUTTENDEN
Chairman's Award LIZ HALLIDAY
Track & Field Best Performance Male CHARLIE DA'VALL GRICE
Track & Field Best Performance Female BETH KIDGER
Road/XC Best Performance Male PAUL WHELPTON
Road/XC Best Performance Female ALMI NERURKAR
Multisport Outstanding Achievement SAM WADE
Outstanding Team MEN'S 6-STAGE RELAY TEAM
