Zac Needham and Bill Jones Collect Awards at 2014 AGM

Sunday, 7 December 2014

 

Zac Needham (top left with re-elected President Belinda Allison) followed in his father’s footsteps to collect the Red Roos Improover Award for 2014.  Instituted in 1979 the Red Roos Improover Award is presented to the person who is seen to have made the most improvement since the previous year and should only be awarded once, but on one occasion it has been presented to the same person twice.  Zac has had an outstanding year both in the 2014 ACT League and the first events of the 2014-15 Runners Shop Twilight Series, and is a deserved winner.


Bill Jones (pictured top right) on the other hand collected the Slow and Steady Award. Instituted in 1986 the Slow and Steady Award was introduced to provide an award that could be given to those who might never win another award, with two conditions: it could only be won once, and the recipient chose the next recipient.  Bill was a shared winner with his wife Kerryne in 2008, so the award individually is not seen as breaching the once-only winner rule.  He will have the honour of deciding the next recipient.

 



A new award, the Grey Owl Award, which replaces previous awards such as the 50 Dollar Note Award and the Purple Paw Awards, is for an action or actions that may be seen as not consistent with being a skilful orienteer, eg losing/misplacing such things as mobiles, passports, missing flights, catching wrong trains, etc.  The inaugural award was presented to Kerryne and Bill Jones (pictured above with Belinda Allison), who demonstrated through various actions that they were senior enough to qualify for their Seniors Card.

 

The updated Red Roos Honour Board is here and there will more photos to later, when I decide how to display them.
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