Walton AC 2019 Awards Night

On 29 November we held our annual Celebration of Achievements night.  It was a fabulous evening and was the first time we have been able to hold a joint Juniors and Seniors event at our new facilities.

Lots of work was done by many people in order to make the evening a success. But special thanks must go to Kelly Van Der Westhuizen, Nicola Vaughan and Amanda Sudderick for their excellent work in organising the evening – the raffle prizes were to die for! Thanks also to Christian Burgar for compering the evening, to James Bartosik for taking on the role of official photographer and, last but not least, to the coaches for their work throughout the year helping our athletes to improve and for their inputs to the team of people who spent endless hours considering who should win what.

So, with congratulations to our many talented athletes, the winners were as follows:

Best Age Group Performance U13 Male

Xavier Taylor

Winning the Walton A.C. U13 Boys Cup

Best Age Group Performance U13 Female

Madison Emment (this is her proud mum [Emma] collecting on Maddie’s behalf of course)

Winning the Walton A.C. U13 Girls Cup

Best Age Group Performance U15 Male

Oliver (Ollie) Emment

Winning the Walton A.C. U15 Boys Cup

Best Age Group Performance U15 Female

Amy van der Westhuizen

Winning the Walton A.C. U15 Girls Cup

Best Age Group Performance U17 Male

Jack Gemmell and Ross Hurst

Joint winners of the Walton A.C. U17 Boys Cup

Best Age Group Performance U17 Female

Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem and Georgia Russell

Joint winners of the Walton A.C. U17 Girls Cup

Best Age Group Performance U20 Male

Ethan Dray

Winning the Walton A.C. U20 Men’s Cup

Unfortunately, Nicola was unable to collect her award on the night, but we gave it to her when she collected her Elmbridge Sports Award 😊
Best Age Group Performance U20 Female

Nicola Bell

Winning the Walton A.C. U20 Women’s Cup

Best Overall Junior Male Performance
(Junior Male Victor Ludorum)

Sam Mace
(This, of course, is Sam’s mum, Sabrina, looking very happy on his account!)

Winning the Walton A.C
Jack Rutherford Cup
Best Junior Male Athlete

Best Overall Junior Female Performance
(Junior Female Victor Ludorum)

Cedelle Agyei-Kyem

Winning the Walton A.C
Debbie Singleton Cup
Best Junior Female Athlete

Best Cross Country Season Junior Boys

Ben Fitzpatrick

Winning the Walton A.C Junior Cross Country Shield

Photograph not available
Best Cross Country Season Junior Girls

Charlotte Vaughan

Winning the Walton A.C Junior Girls Cross Country Shield

Best Overall Senior Male Performance
Men’s Victor Ludorum (O20 Upwards)

Hugo Fleming

Winning the
Alan Turing Cup

Best Overall Senior Female Performance
Women’s Victor Ludorum (O20 Upwards)

Susie McLoughlin

Winning the
Alice Bygrave Memorial Cup

Best Senior Male Performance
(O20 in context of senior competition)

Craig Jarman

Winning the Walton A.C. Senior Men’s Cup

Best Senior Female Performance
(O20 in context of senior competition)

Clare Ridd

Winning the
Williams’ Cup

Clare was not present so Martin Norman collected it on her behalf. He was too shy to be in the photograph though and insisted on the cup being the focal point.

Best O35 Men’s Masters Performance

Stuart Channon

Winning the Walton A.C. O35 Men’s Masters Cup

Best O35 Women’s Masters Performance

Lizzie Amos

Winning the Walton A.C. O35 Women’s Masters Cup

Best O50 Men’s Masters Performance

Joe Eastwood

Winning the
Peter Harding Memorial Cup

Best O50 Women’s Masters Performance

Jo Flowers

Winning the Walton A.C. O50 Women’s Masters Award

Best Senior Men’s Cross Country Season

Duncan Woolmer

Winning the
Walton A.C. 50th Anniversary Trophy

Best Second Claim Athlete

Virginia Mitchell

Winning the Walton A.C. Second Claim Athlete of the Year Award

Best Support or Superb Volunteer Award

Martin Norman

Winning the
1942 Founders’ Cup

Best Contribution to League Competition U20 Boys

Finn Punton

Winning the Walton A.C. Boys U20 League Trophy

Best Contribution to League Competition U20 Girls

Emma Fisher and Sian Popham

Jointly Winning the Walton A.C. Girls U20 League Trophy

Best Contribution to League Competition Senior Men

Rob A Smith

Winning the Walton A.C. Men’s League Trophy

Best Contribution to League Competition Senior Women

Eva West and Lucy Bartlett

Jointly winning the Walton A.C. Women’s League Trophy

Photograph not available
Special Recognition Award

Philip Kastner

The Tony Brooks Trophy

And now, I shall leave you with some other photos of the night and wish you all a very happy Christmas and prosperous and healthy New Year.
Best wishes,
Marie Marks, WAC Chair