{"id":225,"date":"2015-06-12T15:29:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.middlesbroughac.org.uk\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2024-03-06T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:38:35","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.middlesbroughac.org.uk\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Charles Stuart Trophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This trophy is the pinnacle of recognition within our club. It celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of the outstanding athlete of the year while embodying the values of determination, dedication, and sportsmanship. The recipient of this esteemed award epitomizes the spirit of our club, showcasing unrivalled skill, relentless effort, and unwavering commitment. Their remarkable achievements inspire and motivate fellow athletes, leaving an indelible mark on our club\u2019s history. As the club gathers to bestow this honour upon the deserving individual, it serves as a momentous occasion to applaud their exceptional abilities, remarkable achievements, and invaluable contributions to our shared sporting community.<\/p>\n

Recipients:<\/p>\n

2017 George Dawson, 2018 Hanna Segrave, 2019 Nathan Alford, 2023 Charlotte Kelsey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Club Award<\/b><\/strong>s<\/b><\/strong> 2023 <\/b><\/strong>(photos available here)<\/a><\/p>\n

Under 11 Track\/Field<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Dexter Bloem-Smith and Ryan<\/p>\n

Girls<\/b><\/strong> Phoebe Wilson and Maddie Gowland<\/p>\n

Under 11 Cross Country<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Blossom Dunning<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Awards<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Welford<\/b><\/strong> Sophie Krenzler<\/p>\n

With hard work and dedication\u00a0Sophie is developing into a very good 300mts runner.\u00a0Well deserved<\/p>\n

Jane Kelsey<\/b><\/strong> Macy James<\/p>\n

Macy has been with my group for a few years she came to me an extremely shy girl ! her confidence soon grew and now she is a confident very liked member of our group.<\/p>\n

In 2021 Macy had an horrendous fall whilst representing our club at NEYDL in the 100m, she sustained very bad injuries to most of\u00a0 her skin and also made her nervous of sprinting, however after only a couple of weeks off Macy returned to training and gained her confidence again when a lot of athletes would probably of not returned to this day she still has scars from the fall.\u00a0 From then her PBs each season have got better and she is talented young athlete.\u00a0 Macy is an athlete that never misses training she may have the odd winge on what session we are doing but always does the session with no problems,<\/p>\n

Macy will enter and compete in all competitions that we decide she should enter and this season stepped up her level to enter Northern Championships were she very narrowly missed out a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Macy is a pleasure to have in the group and to coach and deserves my coaches award for 2023.10.17<\/p>\n

Glynn Williams <\/b><\/strong> Haley Richardson<\/p>\n

Peter Lillie<\/b><\/strong> William Atkinson<\/p>\n

William is an extremely dedicated athlete who consistently drives and pushes himself to achieve the best he can.\u00a0A great example to the other athletes within the group.<\/p>\n

Marino Rea Danilowicz<\/b><\/strong> Theo Gowland<\/p>\n

Theo’s journey in the realm of club athletics is nothing short of remarkable. He’s not just an athlete; he’s a force to be reckoned with, possessing the potential to become an outstanding all-round club athlete. What sets Theo apart is his unwavering dedication to excellence. It’s as if he has a secret formula for success, and it’s simple: give it your all, every single time.<\/p>\n

In every event, Theo channels 100% of his effort, leaving no room for half-measures or complacency. This level of commitment is a rare gem and it’s precisely what makes Theo’s journey so fascinating. Whether he’s sprinting down the track, soaring through the air in field events, or tackling any other challenge thrown his way, his determination is unwavering.<\/p>\n

Theo’s story is a testament to the incredible potential that exists within the world of club athletics. It’s athletes like him who remind us that with dedication and passion, there are no limits to what can be achieved on the track, field, or any sporting arena. His journey is a captivating narrative of hard work, ambition, and the pursuit of greatness in club athletics.<\/p>\n

Tuesday Under 11 Group<\/b><\/strong> Florence Granger,<\/p>\n

Florence has a bubbly energetic personality which shows when it turns to all events and engages with all the other under 11s, she always is the first to volunteer to do a task.<\/p>\n

Cyril Banks<\/b><\/strong> Whitney Ofor<\/p>\n

Broke the club U15 200m Girls Record,\u00a0Bronze Medal English Schools 1 x 100m mixed relay<\/p>\n

Martin Peevour<\/b><\/strong> Philippa Stone<\/p>\n

Philippa represented England at Senior level for the first time at the Cross Cup in Belgium last winter and she’s actually been called up for England again and is running this weekend in a cross country in Belgium. She always sets a very high standard in training and shows total commitment to keep improving which is a great example for the other squad members to follow.<\/p>\n

David Howell<\/b><\/strong> Elizabeth McKie and Eden Creasey<\/p>\n

Ray Oliver<\/b><\/strong> Isabella Breckon<\/p>\n

She \u2018s a good all round athlete especially in sprinting and long jump, listens to our advice for improvement\u00a0 and mixes well with her peers .She has also attended all fantastic 4 events in the last few years.<\/p>\n

Cross Country<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

U15 B – Jacob Brown<\/p>\n

U15 G – Eden Creasey<\/p>\n

U17\u00a0M – Joseph West<\/p>\n

U17 W – Zoe Hill<\/p>\n

U20W – Lois Creasey<\/p>\n

SW – Philippa Stone<\/p>\n

NEYDL<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer Swift, Amelia Firman, Sophie Krenzle, Emillia Johnson,Evan Puttic,<\/p>\n

Theo Gowland, Freddie Lloyd, Thomas Watton, William Atkinson<\/p>\n

Northern <\/b><\/strong>Senior<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Team<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Faye Winspear, Haley Richardson, Naomi Pye, Leoni Pye, Andrew Simpson, Max Creasey, Ethan Marron, Thomas McKie, Tony Wilson.<\/p>\n

Volunteer of the Year<\/b><\/strong> Andrew Simpson<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first met Andrew at the sports village a year ago, I was training a group indoors. He introduced himself as an ex-Mandela\u00a0athlete who had trained under Jean Simons. About six months later, Andrew expressed his interest in coaching, I explained that the club was in need of a team manager for our NEYDL team. I was worried I might be scaring him off, but his response was a resounding “no.”<\/p>\n

From the beginning, Andrew took on the challenge of recruiting athletes and effectively managing the team. On the coaching front, in just his first six months, Andrew completed the assistant coach certification and has embarked on the first phase of his full athletics coaching qualification. His dedication and contribution to the club have been invaluable.<\/p>\n

Charles Stuart Award<\/b><\/strong> Charlotte Kelsey Under 20<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Going back to Winter Training 21\/22 Charlotte asked her Coach if she could train up and have a go outdoor season 2022 at the 400m after always being a 200m runner and having success at this event including medalling at English Schools.<\/p>\n

Training commenced and April 2022 her 1st 400m was at Charles Stewart were she ran against all men and placed a fantastic 4th the following weekend ran in North East Champs to get gold and break a 21 year championship record ! this continued throughout this season were she also became Northern Champion in 400m & 200m her final race of 2022 was at the Welsh International were she was selected to represent England and was first in her first ever International<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2023 concentrating solely on 400m\u00a0 Charlotte started off the season winning North East Championships, she went onto place 1st in Loughborough International, then 1st in Northern Championships, and 3rd in England National Championships each time taking her PB down.<\/p>\n

From getting a medal\u00a0in Nationals, she was given her Great Britain kit were she travelled with the squad to Germany and got 3rd place in 400m individual and 2nd in 4 x 400m relay.<\/p>\n

Charlotte then travelled with the Great Britain team to Europeans in Jerusalem\u00a0 were she competed in a 400m individual and 4 x 400m relay was unfortunately was DQD.<\/p>\n

Charlotte also holds club records in<\/p>\n

U17 100 & 200<\/p>\n

U20 60, 100, 200 400<\/p>\n

She ended her 2023 with a pb of 54.18 and 5th in UK<\/p>\n

Charlotte has proved that you can change event don’t\u00a0be scared to have a go at a different race event,\u00a0if Charlotte hadn’t\u00a0she would not of had the success she has had today.\u00a0 Also proving that if you work hard, be determined and focus the results will come.<\/p>\n

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13.08.21 Club Crowned 2021 North East Youth Development League (NEYDL) Champions<\/h2>\n

\"\"Congratulations to team manager, Peter Lillie, and all competing athletes, coaches,\u00a0 helpers, and\u00a0 club officials who contributed to the team winning the NEYDL Division 2 South League.<\/p>\n

Normally this would have got the club promoted into Division 1, however, due to the disruption caused by Covid 19, the league postponed promotion this season.<\/p>\n

Cyril Banks, Chairman.<\/p>\n

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19.11.20 Award Recognition for Long-Standing Committee Member<\/h2>\n

At the recent Regional Volunteer Awards, Middlesbrough AC life member, Jill King was recognised for her outstanding service to athletics.<\/p>\n

The virtual presentation event was organised and hosted by England Athletics and showcased the hard work of many volunteers throughout the North East. There were several awards handed out during the evening, with all but one focusing on the exceptional commitment from volunteers in the last year. In contrast, the Services to Athletics award recognises a volunteer with outstanding service to the sport over the long term. This year’s worthy winner of the\u00a0Services to Athletics award\u00a0was Jill King.<\/p>\n

\"\"In her nomination Jill was described as an inspiration to others, she has been the membership secretary for over 35 years and without her hard work and dedication as the backbone of the club, Middlesbrough AC (Mandale) wouldn\u2019t exist. She has also taken on other roles on the committee at challenging times or when a lack of volunteers have been available, such as chairperson and secretary, and this has been the case during this very difficult time. Jill is an amazing role model in terms of commitment, drive, and passion to keep the club in existence and provide the best opportunities for local athletes. She also volunteers at local school track and cross country competitions, which allows her to not only support the local area but club athletes. Jill has helped increase membership by providing opportunities for participation via Fantastic 4 and allowing other clubs to compete and raising the profile of primary athletics in the local area. She recognises the importance of rewarding athletes by organising and hosting annual awards nights, liaising with coaches to provide personal messages to each athlete in order to add a special touch.<\/p>\n

At the end of 2020, Jill will be stepping down from the committee and the various roles and responsibilities she has within the Middlesbrough AC. She is looking forward to spending more time with her partner, Alan, completing long walks in the hills and getting back to the Riverside to watch the Boro. Jill still plans to support the club and its activities in the future but feels the time is right for the younger generation to lead the club forward.<\/p>\n

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20.10.16 Gazette\u00a0Sportsperson of the year awards<\/span><\/h2>\n

Following on from our club awards congratulations go to Joshua Cowperthwaite Gazette Under 18 Sportsperson of the year 2016 and Martin Peevor runner up in the coach\/mentor category and unsung sporting hero Luke Pettit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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14.10.16 Club Awards\u00a0The Hub Teesside University<\/span><\/h2>\n

Club chairman Kevin Morris kick off the night welcoming everyone to a packed Hub with over 350 people attending, Kevin gave a brief introduction to the evening\u2019s event, Kevin said that the 2016 season had been the best for some considerable time in the clubs \"awards-20162\"<\/a>history, all Three of our league teams had come first in their respective leagues, this was down to their hard work as well as all the hours that coaches and officials had put in not just over this year but since the club had been founded.\u00a0 The U11, U13 and U15 awards were presented followed by a mass presentation of medals to the U13\/15 promotion team, then a break for the enjoyment of the buffet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the resumption of the awards Kevin said that this year the club had won at the England Athletics Regional awards, we had received Club of the\u00a0Year award this had been presented to the team managers Jane Kelsey, Peter Johnson, Richard Jeal and Brian Walsh, also that Marino Rea Danilowicz had picked up in his own right Project of the Year award for the Fantastic Four series and Rick Betts had picked up Runner Up Coach of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin went on to make the audience aware to continue the clubs success we needed more coaches and especially volunteers to help run athletics meetings, not just in the \"awards-20166\"<\/a>background but in officiating as track, field and timing officials, if any people could help out to please approach one of the club coaches or a committee member down at the track available during the week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing with the awards for the U17, U20 and senior and team mass medal presentations followed by the coach\u2019s awards finally the John Simpson, Coach of the Year and Volunteer of the year awards which concluded the evening\u2019s presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin closed the evening by asking everyone to give a round of applause for the catering suppliers on doing such a great job and thanking the announcer Barbara and Rachel for their help and all the other people working in the background to make the evening such a success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full List of awardees and write ups<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Full list of names of promotion teams<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Photos available here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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England Athletics North East\u00a0regional\u00a0Awards 2016<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

The annual England Athletics Regional Awards ceremony took place at the historic venue of Lumley Castle last week with Middlesbrough AC (Mandale) scooping two out of the three awards that they were shortlisted for, there was also an award for one of Middlesbrough\u2019s newest running clubs Swift Tees.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first award the club received was for Project of the Year. The award was for their \u201cFantastic Four\u201d project<\/a>. The brainchild of club coach and official Marino Danilowicz the competition provides opportunities for young athletes aged 11 and under to compete on a regular basis in a run, jump, throw competition. With medals awarded at each meeting and an overall series winner at the end of each season the competition has grown from its small beginnings in 2015 to now attracting young athletes from all over the north east region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"regional-awards-2016\"<\/a>The competition has been held both indoors with the support of Macmillan Academy and outdoors with the support of Middlesbrough Sports Village over the last 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Receiving the award for on behalf of Middlesbrough AC were Marino Danilowicz and club official and event organiser Kate Brazukas. Mr Danilowicz said of the award \u201cI really was shocked when I heard that the Fantastic Four had been shortlisted and even more shocked to find out we had won\u201d, he added \u201cthis competition has only been made possible the through the support of the Sports Village and Macmillan Academy over our first 12 months and all the volunteer officials who help me at these competitions and I would personally like to thank them all for their support\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second award for Middlesbrough AC was the prestigious Club of the year title.<\/span><\/p>\n

Up against stiff competition from local north east rivals and previous winners Morpeth Harriers and Gateshead Harriers the award panel thought that the overall season of Middlesbrough AC teams and having no fewer than 7 athletes selected for various international duties and two youngsters winning national titles was enough to take the award.<\/span><\/p>\n

With three teams competing in various leagues and age groups across the North of England all three squads gained promotion from their respective divisions in 2016 winning their league titles along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

The under 13 and under 15 teams won three of their four matches finishing second in the final match to win promotion to the Northern Premier Division 2 for 2017. The under 20 and under 17 teams were competing in division 2 east and also won three of their 4 matches to take the overall title and win promotion to Division 1 East for 2017. The final team the senior men\u2019s and women\u2019s team were competing in Division 3 of the Northern League and like their younger counterparts won three out of four matches to win the league title and gain promotion to Division 2 for 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 7 club athletes selected in 2016 for representative duties were Richard Kilty (Olympic Games-4×100 metre relay), Charlie Myers (World Junior Championships \u2013 Pole Vault), Joshua Cowperthwaite, Daniel Currie (England Cross Country), Philippa Stone, Sam Griffin and Sam Day (England North cross country and track).<\/span><\/p>\n

The club also provided 20 of the members of this year\u2019s Cleveland Schools team for the English Schools Championships and three representatives (Steven Wheater, Jasmine Clark and Ella Maxwell) being selected for the North East team at the UK School games in early September.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two athletes winning National titles were Joshua Cowperthwaite (English National Cross Country, British Mile Championships and England u17 300 metres) and Amy Carr (England u20 200 metres).<\/span><\/p>\n

Receiving the club of the year award on behalf of the club were team managers Richard Jeal (under 20\/17), Peter Johnson and Jane Bartram (under 15\/13).<\/span><\/p>\n

Middlesbrough AC\u2019s last award nominee was coach Rick Betts. A previous winner in this category Rick finished runner up in this year for his work with his athletes from both Middlesbrough AC, Gateshead Harriers and City of York. With male and female athletes aged from aged 11 to 29 competing across a range of events in 2016, his group won 15 medals at the North Eastern Championships in May with 9 of them gold. They then went on to win 9 medals at Northern level with 3 gold. With two athletes Amy Carr and Chelsea Walker (York) going on to win national titles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five athletes were also chosen to represent their respective counties at the English Schools Championships in July, with Sam Day and Sam Griffin representing England North at the Welsh international. Walker was selected to represent Great Britain at the World Junior Championships in July and Ella Maxwell was selected for the UK School Games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Club chairman Kevin Morris said of the awards success \u201cit really has been a great year for the club, but none of this would have been possible without the hard work and dedication of all of our coaches, team managers and club officials, who work so hard for 12 months of the year, I personally would like to thank all of them for their efforts\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The final award of the evening went to Middlesbrough\u2019s Newest running club, Swift Tees. Based at Hemlington\u2019s Habinteg Community Centre the club not only prides itself on its charity work for which it puts on three races a year to help the local community but on having a membership of over 200.<\/span><\/p>\n

The club was formed only 5 years ago and has a membership ranging from toddlers to 70-year-olds and has three sessions a week at present based around Hemlington Lake. Roseanne Lightfoot who is also the founder of the club has also recently begun sessions for people with mental health issues with the support of MIND. The award for Swift Tees was gratefully accepted by Miss Lightfoot and club chairman Michael McCann.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two award winners the Fantastic Four project and the club will now go forward to a national panel in one week\u2019s time to decide which winners from the nine England Athletics regions will be shortlisted for a the national awards ceremony in Birmingham on October 15th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2015 England Athletics Regional Awards\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n