Annual Awards 🏆

Eastbourne Rovers held their annual Awards Evening at Taylors Sports Bar. This was an opportunity to reward those who had performed well during last season and those who had put in a lot of their time to the club.
The Jim Lindsay Rose bowl went to Richard Davis who has spent many hours updating the website, writing newsletters as well as helping with coaching and the organisation of events.
Sue Fry took home the Carol Russell Trophy for her brilliant news reports. Jenny Brown received the Leroy trophy for her excellent coaching and busy year team managing the U15 and U13 teams. Liz Lumber was the winner of the Don Star 10k award and Finley Lumber- Fry won the Mile Cup for his performance at the ‘Mile Races’
Best Performance cups went to Bryn Smith and Ellie Mclean, with Ilya Korchev and Evie Lennard taking the junior best performances.
Most Improved were awarded to Alison Moore, Cailtyn Spencer, Richard Davis and Thomas Petherick.
Athletes attending all the leagues gain points for the Eastbourne team. Winners in these categories were Grant Stirling, Laura Seaman, James Stephen, Sophie Hutchison, Brian Slaughter, Heather Jenner, Oscar Mizen, Eva Grandi, Josie Usher, Jonah Messer, Kristi Prifiti and Joshua Webster.
Road Runners Grand Prix awards to went to Brian Birkmyre and Emma Burkitt. New Marathon Awards were presented to Alison Moore and Luke Tomsett for performances that saw them enter the top 10 Rovers all time lists.
Lee Hewson and Rachel Liles were recognised as Most Improved Road Runners, and Emma Holder received an Impressive Performance award for her London Marathon. Richard Fox won the Ultra-Endurance award.
Leader of the Year went to Ali Fox. All new leaders were recognised with a Behind the Scenes award for taking their first steps into coaching in their own time.
Most Improved New Road Runners were Sam Godwin and Helen Sanderson. Sue Drake received the Above & Beyond award for supporting at races and being there for newcomers. The Rain & Shine attendance award went to Penelope Weyman.
Runners’ Runner was voted to be Debbie Davis for leading the section back into action following the pandemic, and her support for all members. Mike Thompson won the Club Commitment award for taking on so many tasks, competing and being a fair approachable chairman who puts members first.
Cross country Awards went to Sue Fry, Stuart Pelling, Fin Lumber-Fry and Freda Pearce.
The most talented all round athletes were in the mix for the multi event awards with Katy Brown, Oscar Mizen, Laura Seaman and Grant Stirling coming out on top.
The Angela Morgan Throwing trophy went to Jack Shires.
All the coaches were thanked for making all the above happen with special mention to Dylan Brudenell the Junior coach of the U11 group.