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Club awards for 2025

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Club Champions League. The top three in each class* have been awarded mementos and prizes, which were presented at the Winter Social on 10th January, along with other prizes and awards - including the Chairman's Award, and a number of special awards nominated by club members - namely Planner of the Year, Organiser of the Year, Volunteer of the YearOutstanding AchievementTeam of the Year ...

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28th Jan 26

2025 Club Champions League

Prizes were also awarded to three older juniors for their results in the Open class of the league: Teddy Hall, Blake Edwards and Sophie Gray.

For a full list of 2025 league results, see here.

Chairman's Award

At the Social, David Wathey announced the winner of the Chairman’s Award for 2025, the Pete Conway Trophy, to be Tony Wagg for his long service to the club. Tony was club secretary for 12 years and has been the co-ordinator of the Summer Series for many years.

In addition, special awards nominated by club members were made in the following categories:

Planner of the Year: Jim Trueman  Commendation: John Britton

Organiser of the Year: Marie Roberts  Commendation: Chris Rostron

Volunteer of the Year: Guy Lingford  Commendation: Rae Lomas

Outstanding Achievement: Alain Kyd  Commendations: Michele Corrigan, Ben Kyd

Team of the Year: Sophie Gray, David Gray, David Isherwood, Ben Kyd (Scout event team)

Team commendations: Tom Fellbaum, Matthew Fellbaum, Duncan Birtwhistle (JK Relay team); Trevor & Hazel Hindle, Trevor & Marie Roberts, John Britton, Chris Rostron (Urban Weekend team)

Most improved performance awards were also made based on analysis of results from a wider range of events than those selected for the league.

Most improved performance (Men): Simon Freytag  Commendation: Chris Embrey

Most improved performance (Women): Kate Ansac England  Commendation: Hazel Hindle

Most improved performance (Boys): Tristan Manning  Commendations: Luca Owen, Alfie Dove, Blake Edwards

Most improved performance (Girls): Eva Millington  Commendation: Sophie Gray

The winners of the O’-themed cake competition at the Social were the Farrell family in the Junior category and Kate Bryant but they all looked (and tasted) pretty good!

*For the last few years of the Club Champions League, Junior boys’ and girls’ awards have been by colour-coded class; results of older juniors and adults able to complete events at the top technical difficulty are grouped as an Open class in the 12 selected events.

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