Author: Chris Lees

AWARD: "The Rock" for being there CLUB PRINCIPLE: ENJOYING OUR SPORTS This award is for the person you can count on to be there. Week in, week out. Sunshine or rain. Thick or thin. How is a winner chosen? The winner will be the person who attended the highest proportion of club sessions available to them based on their membership category. For running members, this includes all Tuesday and Thursday sessions, away runs (including those on Sundays), track nights at Catterick, and special Parkruns (for example, couch to 5k graduations). You can see your attendance statistics on your profile at https://harc.uk/athlete-profile. To receive this award, you must: Be a current adult member. Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members....

AWARD: "Volunteer of the Year" for contribution CLUB PRINCIPLE: CARING AND SUPPORING This award recognizes the club member who has given their time freely in any number of ways. It might be officiating at track & field or cross country events, working behind the scenes on fundraising, exceptional coaching or committee contributions, promoting the club and raising our profile, making contributions to Parkrun takeovers (Parkrun volunteering itself is recognized separate in the Sinton Hewitt Trophy). How is a winner chosen? The winner is the person who, in the eyes of the awards subcommittee, has best served the club by giving freely of their time and skills to further our club goals. To receive this award, you must: Be a current member (any age). Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members....

AWARD: "Sinton-Hewitt Trophy" for Parkrun CLUB PRINCIPLE: FOR EVERYONE Paul Sinton-Hewitt was awarded a CBE for creating Parkrun. We love Parkrun for its inclusivity and availability, and supporting our local Parkruns is part of who we are. How is a winner chosen? This award goes to the club member who has received the most 'points' from Parkrun during the year. Taking part or volunteering at a Parkrun event earns one point. To receive this award, you must: Be a current adult member. Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members....

AWARD: "Peer of the Year" for ethos CLUB PRINCIPLE: CARING AND SUPPORTING This award recognizes the member who embodies and personifies the HARC ethos. Yes, it's about being a lovely person, but it is also recognizing who has 'gone the extra mile' for others, and their commitment and passion for their sport. How is a winner chosen? This award is voted for by club members based on the person they think most personifies the HARC ethos. To receive this award, you must: Be a current member (any age). Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members....

AWARD: "Captain Cook Cup" for endeavour CLUB PRINCIPLE: ENJOYING OUR SPORTS This is where we recognize those taking on extraordinary challenges. These people are not normal; they go further, take part more often, and do things that most of us consider nuts! Like many of Captain James Cook’s endeavours, most winners won’t be doing something no one has done before. But they will be doing something that will drop jaws, shake heads, and cause gasps. How is a winner chosen? The winner is the person who, in the eyes of the awards subcommittee, has chosen a challenging goal and worked hard towards it during the year. To receive this award, you must: Be a current member (any age). Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members....

AWARD: "Billy GOTY" for male performance CLUB PRINCIPLE: COACHING LED This award recognizes outstanding performance (GOTY - Greatest Of The Year) by a male athlete. How is a winner chosen? It is based on how close athletes get to their event's national record (if available). The calculation looks at the difference between the record and the athlete's season personal best, and compares this to the record itself. The records used are at the end of each period (1st September), and are age graded. The record data is based on that published by England Athletics and the British Masters Athletics Federation. Athlete performance is based on England Athletics data published on The Power of 10. To receive this award, you must: Be a current adult member. Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members. Be a member at the time of any qualifying performances....

AWARD: "Nanny GOTY" for female performance CLUB PRINCIPLE: COACHING LED This award recognizes outstanding performance (GOTY - Greatest Of The Year) by a female athlete. How is a winner chosen? It is based on how close athletes get to their event's national record (if available). The calculation looks at the difference between the record and the athlete's season personal best, and compares this to the record itself. The records used are at the end of each period (1st September), and are age graded. The record data is based on that published by England Athletics and the British Masters Athletics Federation. Athlete performance is based on England Athletics data published on The Power of 10. To receive this award, you must: Be a current adult member. Attend the minimum number of sessions in the award year - 25 for running members / 15 for athletics members. Be a member at the time of any qualifying performances....

AWARD: "Mighty Oak" for improvement CLUB PRINCIPLE: COACHING LED As a coaching-led club, one of the things we value is improvement and progress. This award recognizes that progress in athletes that from a small acorn have become mighty oaks. How is a winner chosen? It is calculated based on how much closer to the event's national record (if available) the athlete has managed to get compared to the previous year. To ensure this is a fair comparison, the same record performance is used to compare both last year's and this year's performances. This is to avoid a change in age grouping having a disproportionate effect on improvement. The athlete must also have taken part in a minimum of five events conducted under England Athletics rules in both years. This is to avoid a single, unrepresentative performance skewing the results. The records used are at the end of each period (1st September), and are age graded. The record data is based on that published by England Athletics and...