TROPHY LIST

 

ELY RUNNERS’ CLUB TROPHIES

 

Most Improved (New Member from 2004) Runner Shield

Small shield comprising chrome plate on hardwood donated by Eric Drury (Eric’s Taxis plaque on stand). This was the club’s first trophy (plaque on stand). Awarded annually to the most improved runner (any standard) who has been a member for less than a year.

 

1997: Darren Murfitt

1998: Peter Gipp

1999: Tim Elkington

2000: Diana Gipp

2001: Stephen Howard

2002: William Clapp

2003: Alan Rutterford

2004: Ian Day

2005: Rachel Kiff

2006: Daniel Regan

2007:  Stephen Pettit

2008: Hannah Shiell & Steve Collett

2009: Kieren Drane

2010: Sarah Edwards (with winner)

 

Best Marathon Cup

English style silver plate on base (about 11”). Donated by Eric Drury. Awarded annually for the best marathon (any standard) by a member.

 

1999: Peter Harris

2000: Peter Harris

2001: Peter Gipp

2002: Kevin Ross

2003: Stephen Howard

2004: Diana Gipp

2005: Ian Day

2006: Stephen Howard

2007: John Crisp

2008: Ian Day & Stephen Pettit

2009: Craig Holgate

2010: Craig Holgate (TC)

 

Best Half Marathon Cup

 

Large Italian style gilt cup on square marble base. Donated by Eric Drury (originally for Most Races Competed but re-designated for Half Marathon after first year).

Awarded annually for the best half marathon (any standard) by a member.

 

2001: John Turner (Most Completed Races)

2002: Robert Campbell

2003: Torsten Lytken

2004: Alfredo Verna

2005: Chris Rayment

2006: Ian Day

2007: Glyn Loveday & Ian Day

2008: Craig Holgate

2009: Stephen Pettit

2010: Stuart Baumber (with winner)

 

Best 10k cup

 

Small pewter cup. New award introduced in 2009 for the best 10k performance by any member regardless of ability.

 

2009: Daisy Glover

2010: Ian Day (TC)

 

Most Improved Male Runner Cup

 

English style (Muirfield) silver plate with silver plate band on base (11.5”). Awarded annually to the most improved male runner (any standard) who has been a member for more than a year.

 

2004: Adam Etches

2005: Charlie Barker & Graham Chapman

2006: Simon Jackson & Steve Tovey

2007:  Graham Chapman

2008: Stephen Pettit

2009: Graham Chapman

2010: Kieren Drane (with winner)

 

Most Improved Female Runner Cup

 

English style (Floridian) silver plate with silver plate band on base (11.25”). Awarded annually to the most improved female runner (any standard) who has been a member for more than a year.

 

2004: Karen Foreman and Natalle Coles

2005: Natalle Coles

2006: Julie Foreman

2007:  Lisa Redman & Margaret Bracewell

2008: Daisy Glover

2009: Melanie Fisher

2010: Nicola Bramley (TC)

 

Most Improved Junior (Male) Shield

2010: Fraser Crossman (with winner)

Most Improved Junior (Female) Shield

2010: Esme Wright (with winner)

 

ELY RUNNERS’ SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

 

Awarded exceptionally (decided by the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer) and presented at the AGM for very special achievements (running or otherwise) by members for unique performances and/or contributions to the organisation of the club and its events. Sometimes awarded to a member who has made a prolonged effort (any level) but has not received a specific trophy.

 

Men: Pewter tankard or cut glass crystal tankard

Women: Cut glass bowl or pewter tankard

 

2004:

Alan Rutterford: Sponsorship

Ian Blatchford: First Web Site

Rod Baron: Web Master

2005:

Claire Willer: Multiple Frostbite Wins 2005/06

Rod Baron: New Race Timing and Results Systems

Peter Gipp: Chairman and Athlete

2006:

Tony Hall: Long Service & Support

Darren Murfitt: Management of Marshals

Peter Harris: Honorary Treasurer

Ron Baron: Computer Services

2007:

Graham Chapman: Race Refreshments & Store

Emma Greaves: Ultra Racing & Training

Alan Rutterford: Round Norfolk Relay Manager 2004-2007

Rod Baron: Club, Race & ARC Web Sites

Adrian Graham: Race Support & Referee (Chairman Ramsey RR)

John Turner: Club Secretary for nearly 22 years

2008:

Rod Baron: Website

Darren Murfitt: Management of marshals

Alan Rutterford: Relay manager & coaching

Rachel Roberts: 1st female RNR team

Julie Foreman: Race entries and support

Mary Gates (Gates family) & Graham Chapman (Chapman family)

2009

Alan Rutterford: Coaching and starting a junior section

Melanie Fisher: Coaching and starting a junior section

2010

Charlie Barker: Club Captain (2008-2010); Club Photographer

Stephen Howard: Chairman & Race Reports

Stephen Tovey: Club Events (2008-2010); Website & Membership

Emily Knight: Race Timekeeper

Mary Gates: Club Kit

Heidi Uff: Cambridge Parkrun

Simon Jackson: Round Norfolk Relay Manager (2009-2010)

 

TROPHIES AWARDED AT CLUB EVENTS

 

Club Midsummer 10k Handicap Shield

 

Small perpetual shield comprising chrome plate on composite wood. Awarded to the first Ely Runner to cross the line.

 

2005: Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle

2006: Brian Partridge

2007: Margaret Bracewell

2008: Stuart Mitchell

2009: Heidi Fochtmann

2010: Stuart Baumber

2011: Mick Butler (with winner)

 

Diana Gipp Memorial Shields for Junior Midsummer 5k Handicap (2 shields)

 

Small perpetual 8 " stuart shields in gold with mini-plaques. Awarded to the first Ely Runner to cross the line.

 

Fastest boy/girl

2011: Aiden Merry & Robyn Seabright (with winner)

 

Age-graded boy/girl

2011: Lewis Leonard & Robyn Seabright (with winner)

 

Club Joint M/F Mile Handicap Shields (seniors)

 

Senior Handicap Winners (%) Male & Female

2005: Don Brown & Rachel Kiff

2006: Simon Law & Heidi Fochtman

2007: Kevin Jennings & Natalle Coles

2008: Steven Collett & Hanah Shiell

2009: Dean Sheppard & Hanah Shiell

2010: Andrew Balmford & Natalle Etches

2011: Nick Dowdy & Karen Foster

 

Fastest Male & Female (senior)

2005: Alex Tate & Natalle Coles

2006: Ian Day & Natalle Coles

2007: Glyn Loveday & Natalle Coles

2008: John Manlow & Rachel Roberts

2009: Craig Holgate & Natalle Etches

2010: Craig Holgate & Heidi Uff

2011: Kieren Drane & Celine Aubry

 

Age Graded (%) Fastest Male & Female (Senior)

2005: Chris Rayment & Natalle Coles

2006: Peter Gipp & Rachel Roberts

2007: Peter Gipp & Natalle Coles

2008: Graham Chapman & Rachel Roberts

2009: Graham Chapman & Natalle Etches

2010: Graham Chapman & Heidi Uff

2011: Graham Chapman & Karen Foster

 

Charlie Barker made these elegant shields from three different types of scrap hardwood. On the reverse of each shield is a small plaque stating:

 

“Ely Runners' One Mile Races were started in

2004 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the

first sub four minutes mile by Roger Bannister”

 

Club Mile Handicap Shields (Juniors) - 4 shields 

 

Junior Handicap Winners (%) Boy & Girl (U16)

2010: Alexander Ellwood & Hattie Fletcher

2011: Jamie Rendell-Read & Megan Gwynn

 

Fastest Boy & Girl (U16)

2010: Jonah Balmford & Robyn Seabright

2011: Jonah Balmford & Robyn seabright

 

Club Cross Country Championships (12”/9 year) Tudor shields (4)

 

First Male

2006-07: Ian Day

2007-08: Alex Tate

2008-09: Brenan Morgan

2009-10: Ian Day

2010-11: Rob Campbell (TC)

 

First Female

2006-07: Natalle Coles

2007-08: Natalle Etches

2008-09: Daisy Glover

2009-10: Felicity Chivers

2010-11: Heidi Uff (TC)

 

First Age Graded Male

2006-07: Ian Day 77.22%

2007-08: Alex Tate 79.98%

2008-09: Stephen Pettit 76.99%

2009-10: John Manlow 73.88%

2010-11: Rob Campbell 68.83% (TC)

 

First Age Graded Female

2006-07: Birgitta Bramley 78.95%

2007-08: Birgitta Bramley 77.08%

2008-09: Birgitta Bramley 75.80%

2009-10: Zoe Shackleton 65.11%

2010-11: Heidi Uff 56.46% (TC)

 

Junior Club Cross Country Championships (8” stuart annual shields) (2)

 

First Boy/Girl

2009-10: Alexander Ellwood & Molly Butler

2010-11: Charlie Staaf & Robyn Seabright

 

First Age-Graded Boy/Girl

2009-10: Not Awarded

2010-11: James Holland & Robyn Seabright

 

Grunty Fen Half Marathon 1st Man – The Darby (Sutton) Shield

 

Large perpetual shield comprising chrome plate on composite wood. Awarded (usually by the Mayor of Ely) to the male winner.

 

Winner 1999: Colin Deasy, Sphinz AC

Winner 2000: Kanta Matsuura, Cambridge University Hare and Hounds

Winner 2001: Stuart Holmes, St. Radegund

Winner 2002: Andrew Weir, Thames Hare and Hounds

Winner 2003: Garry Payne, George Elliot Striders

Winner 2004: Wilfred Taragon, Unattached

Winner 2005: Matthew Axton, Peterborough AC

Winner 2006: Matt Amos, Nuneaton AC

Winner 2007:  Ashley Allen, Peterborough AC

Winner 2008: Matthew Gunby, Woodford Green & Essex La

Winner 2009: Neil Addison, Shaftesbury

Winner 2010: Paul Halford, Werrington Joggers

Winner 2011: Aaron Scott, Notts AC (with winner)

 

Grunty Fen Half Marathon 1st Woman – The Darby (Sutton) Shield

 

Large perpetual shield comprising chrome plate on composite wood. Awarded (usually by the Mayor of Ely) to the female winner.

 

Winner 1999: Eleanor Newman, Colchester and Tendering

Winner 2000: Juliet Bell, Advance Performance

Winner 2001: Clare Stevinson, St. Radegund

Winner 2002: Ellen Leggate, Cambridge University Hare and Hounds

Winner 2003: Anna Birrill, Bedford and County AC

Winner 2004: Cathy Hibbert, Thorney RC

Winner 2005: Claire Donald, Maidenhead AC

Winner 2006: Ellen Leggate, Cambridge & Coleridge AC

Winner 2007: Astrid Mckeown, North Herts RR

Winner 2008: Felicity Milton, Durham University

Winner 2009: Jennie Roberts, Colchester Harriers

Winner 2010: Rebecca Cousins, Fenland RC

Winner 2011: Philippa Taylor, Nene Valley Harriers (with winner)

 

Grunty Fen Half Marathon – Wheelchair Winners

 

The following annual trophies are usually bought from Running Imp:

 

1st Male Wheelchair: Pewter mug (keep) to be engraved:

Grunty Fen

Half Marathon 2***

1st Male

Wheelchair

Not awarded – retained in stock

 

1st Female: Silver plate goblet (keep) to be engraved:

Grunty Fen

Half Marathon 2***

1st Female

Wheelchair

Not awarded – retained in stock

 

Note: From 2007, no entries on day so only buy wheelchair trophies against entries received. If trophies arrive late, the stock trophies can be presented and then replaced with engraved (correct year) trophies.

 

Ely New Year’s 10k Road Race

 

The following trophies are usually bought from Running Imp:

 

1st Male: Pewter mug (retained trophy) to be engraved:

Ely New Years Eve 10k

Road Race 2***

1st Male

 

Winner 2003: Guy Amos, City of Norwich AC

Winner 2004: Rob Joy, Norfolk Gazelles

Winner 2005: Guy Amos, City of Norwich AC

Winner 2006: Rob Joy, Norfolk Gazelles

Winner 2007: Matthew Barnes-Smith, St. Edmunds Pacers

Winner 2008: Rob Joy, Notts AC

Winner 2009: Will Clarke, Cambridge Tri Club

Winner 2010: Matt Gunby, Woodford Green AC

Winner 2011: Matt Gunby, Woodford Green AC

 

1st Female: Silver plate goblet (retained trophy) to be engraved:

Ely New Years Eve 10k

Road Race 2***

1st Female

 

Winner 2003: Jane Clarke, Norfolk Gazelles

Winner 2004: Jane Clarke, Norfolk Gazelles

Winner 2005: Ruth Proctor, City of Norwich AC

Winner 2006: Rosie Clark, Cambridge & Coleridge

Winner 2007: Felicity Milton, Durham City Harriers

Winner 2008: Juliet Vickery, Cambridge Tri Club

Winner 2009: Felicity Milton, Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies

Winner 2010: Felicity Milton, Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies

Winner 2011: Felicity Milton, Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies

 

Turing Trail Relay

 

1st Team

8” perpetual (return) silver cup + base (Castle silver plate “Rutland”). First awarded 18th March 2007 by Simon Greenwich, Director of Bletchley Park.

 

2007: Cambridge Triathlon 2

2008: Ipswich Harriers A

2009: Cambridge Triathlon Alpha Males

2010 (Private Club Event): Ely Runners Team D (Steve Tovey, Neil Atherton, Nick Dowdy, Peter Harris)

2011 (Private Club Event): Ely Runners Team Smith (Linden Smith, Lionel Smith, Kieren Drane) (With Linden)

 

Team categories

8” shields (keep) + small 4”shield (keep) for each of 6 team members.

Categories: Club (1/2/3), Mixed (1), Female (1), Over 50 (1), Organisation (2).

Obtained from Winning Ways 2007:

 

Club (1st, 2nd & 3rd)

2007 1st Cambridge Triathlon 2, 2nd Norwich RR Happy Chappies,

3rd Cambridge Flyers

2008 1st Ipswich Harriers A, 2nd Muddy Mucky Munkeys, 3rd St. Edmunds Pacers A

2009 1st Cambridge Triathlon Alpha Males, 2nd St Edmunds Pacers C, 3rd Cambridge and Coleridge AC-B

 

Mixed (1st)

2007: Team Fetcheveryone.Com A

2008: Cambridge Triathlon Ant Hill Mob

2009: Cambridge Triathlon All Sorts

 

Over 50 (1st)

2007: Bishop Stortford Super Vets

2008: C & C Old Codgers

2009: Cambridge and Coleridge AC - D

 

Female (1st)

2007: C&C Fast Girls

2008: St Edmunds Pacers B

2009: Cambridge and Coleridge AC - A

 

Organisation (1st & 2nd)

2007: 1st Mucky Duck 6, 2nd JEB Engineering Design Ltd

2008: 1st Mucky Duckers, 2nd Fetcheveryone B

2009: 1st Christ’s College Beagles 1, 2nd CMS Running 1

 

 

RETAINED (KEEP) TEAM TROPHIES WON BY ELY RUNNERS

 

ARC Long Distance Relay Championship

1st team – 2007 incorporated into RNR (small wooden 5” x 6” shield)

 

Bedford Oakley 20mile race

1st team 2007

 

East Cambs Half Marathon

1st team 2005 (8” hand with torch trophy)

1st team 2008

1st team 2010

 

Eurofoulee (10k in France)

1st team (8” gilt cup on red stem and marble base)

 

EVAC Road Relay

Runners Up 2007 (6” x 4” plaque)

 

Great East Anglia Run (10k)

2nd male affiliated club 20011 (Glass Shield)

 

Round Norfolk Relay

Best debutante team 2004 (9” diameter glass plate on wooden base)

3rd open class team 2006 (9” diameter glass plate on wooden base)

3rd open class team 2007 (9” diameter glass plate on wooden base)

Best small team 2007 (curved glass 8” x 6”) 21st anniversary memento

Best small club 2007 (small shield memento)

Glass Baton 5" - 1st team from outside Norfolk 2008

Glass Baton 5" - 1st team from outside Norfolk 2009

Glass Baton 5" - Open class runners-up 2009

Glass Baton 5" - 1st team from outside Norfolk 2010

Glass Baton 5" - 1st team in Open Class 2010

Glass Shield - 1st team from outside Norfolk 2011

Glass Shield - 1st team in Open Class 2011

Small Glass Vase - 1st lady Stage 17 - Claire Durrant 2011

Glass plinth - 1st Age graded Senior Woman - Claire Durrant 2011

 

Linton Half Marathon

1st men’s team 2004 (6” runner statuette on marble/wood base)

 

Sutton Feast Beast – 1st Team Trophy

1st team 2004 (rectangular block trophy)

1st team 2005 (rectangular block trophy

1st team 2006 (rectangular block trophy)

1st team 2008 – trophies to individuals

 

Great Eastern Run half-marathon (Peterborough)

1st team 2008

1st team 2009

 

 

PERPETUAL (RETURN) TEAM TROPHIES WON BY ELY RUNNERS

 

ARC Long Distance Relay Championships – 1st ARC Team Trophy

‘Tudor’ 12”/9 year shield awarded annually from 2007

Ely Runners 2007 (Round Norfolk Relay) (returned)

Ely Runners 2008 (Round Norfolk Relay) (returned)

Ely Runners 2009 (Round Norfolk Relay) (returned)

Ely Runners 2010 (Round Norfolk Relay) (returned)

Ely Runners 2011 (Round Norfolk Relay) (TC)

 

Bury St Edmunds 20 Miles Road Race – 1st Team Shield

Ely Runners 2004 (returned)

 

East Cambs Half Marathon - 1st Team Trophy

Awarded annually

Ely Runners 2005 (returned)

Ely Runners 2008 (returned)

Ely Runners 2010 (Not taken)

 

Frostbite League - Winners Shield

Awarded annually

Ely Runners 2003/04 (returned)

Ely Runners 2005/06 (returned)

 

Round Norfolk Relay

Best Newcomers Award

1st team (wooden rabbit trophy) Ely Runners 2004 (returned)

 

Best Small Club Trophy

Wooden cube surmounted by hare ‘Race Director’s Trophy’

Ely Runners 2007 (returned)

 

Individual Stage Awards

Dave Wotton Memorial Trophy (Stage 2 winner 2011; Gary Wilberforce) (TC)

Peter Andrews Cup (Stage 11 winner 2011; Alex Tate) (TC)

 

Open Class Winners - Orchard Caravans Cup

2008 (returned)

2010 (returned)

2011 (TC)

 

Visitors Cup (fastest RNR team from outside Norfolk)

2008 (returned)

2009 (returned)

2010 (returned)

2011 (TC)

 

Last Updated 01/01/2012