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:
Xavier Taylor
Winning the Walton A.C. U13 Boys Cup
Madison Emment (this is her proud mum [Emma] collecting on Maddie’s behalf of course)
Winning the Walton A.C. U13 Girls Cup
Oliver (Ollie) Emment
Winning the Walton A.C. U15 Boys Cup
Amy van der Westhuizen
Winning the Walton A.C. U15 Girls Cup
Jack Gemmell and Ross Hurst
Joint winners of the Walton A.C. U17 Boys Cup
Jeslyn Agyei-Kyem and Georgia Russell
Joint winners of the Walton A.C. U17 Girls Cup
Ethan Dray
Winning the Walton A.C. U20 Men’s Cup
Nicola Bell
Winning the Walton A.C. U20 Women’s Cup
(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
(Junior Female Victor Ludorum)
Cedelle Agyei-Kyem
Winning the Walton A.C
Debbie Singleton Cup
Best Junior Female Athlete
Ben Fitzpatrick
Winning the Walton A.C Junior Cross Country Shield
Charlotte Vaughan
Winning the Walton A.C Junior Girls Cross Country Shield
Men’s Victor Ludorum (O20 Upwards)
Hugo Fleming
Winning the
Alan Turing Cup
Women’s Victor Ludorum (O20 Upwards)
Susie McLoughlin
Winning the
Alice Bygrave Memorial Cup
(O20 in context of senior competition)
Craig Jarman
Winning the Walton A.C. Senior Men’s Cup
(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.
Stuart Channon
Winning the Walton A.C. O35 Men’s Masters Cup
Lizzie Amos
Winning the Walton A.C. O35 Women’s Masters Cup
Joe Eastwood
Winning the
Peter Harding Memorial Cup
Jo Flowers
Winning the Walton A.C. O50 Women’s Masters Award
Duncan Woolmer
Winning the
Walton A.C. 50th Anniversary Trophy
Virginia Mitchell
Winning the Walton A.C. Second Claim Athlete of the Year Award
Martin Norman
Winning the
1942 Founders’ Cup
Finn Punton
Winning the Walton A.C. Boys U20 League Trophy
Emma Fisher and Sian Popham
Jointly Winning the Walton A.C. Girls U20 League Trophy
Rob A Smith
Winning the Walton A.C. Men’s League Trophy
Eva West and Lucy Bartlett
Jointly winning the Walton A.C. Women’s League Trophy
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