The club's Annual General Meeting was held on 27 October at St Boniface Hall, Tooting.
Waldy Pauzers has accepted the honour of continuing as President for a second year and number of the club's highly promising youngsters were present to collect awards.
New Vice Presidents and Committee Members were elected. Click here to view the composition of the Executive Committee for 2008 to 2009 and the current club secretaries and team managers.
Click here to see photos of the presentation of some of the awards listed below.
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARDS
BERT SMYTH TROPHY (UNDER 13 BOY)
TASHIAN WILLIAMS
100m in 12.8 at Crystal Palace open meeting on 14 September
SMYTH CUP (UNDER 15 BOY)
BLADE ASHBY
2,977 points in Pentathlon when winning Junior Boys English Schools title in Birmingham on 20 September, a club record and ranking him 1st in the national rankings
HEYWOOD SHIELD (UNDER 17 MAN)
MICHAEL WHEELER
19.09m shot (indoors) at Loughborough open meeting in December 2007, placing him 1st in national rankings
E.W. HALEY CUP (VETERAN MEN)
MASAKATSU KONDO
Won M45 long jump at European Masters Championships with 6.30m in Slovenia
BOOMERANG TROPHY (FASTEST 800m BY A SENIOR MAN)
MICHAEL DYER
1:51.64 at Stretford in BMC race on 15 July
DON TAYLOR CUP (UNDER 13/15/17 BOY IN CROSS COUNTRY)
LEWIS LLOYD
52nd in National cross country championships at Alton Towers in U15 boys’ race on 23 February
WARMAN CUP (UNDER 20 MAN)
PAUL OLUYEMI
Won English Schools Senior Boys long jump in Gateshead on 11 July with 7.02m
DAVID WHEELER MEMORIALTROPHY (BOY THROWER)
KHALIL NJOYA
DAVID WHEELER MEMORIAL TROPHY (GIRL THROWER)
LAKESHA QUAMINA-ABRAMS
FOUNDERS CUP (SENIOR MAN)
STUART THURGOOD
57.60m hammer throw for 4th place in CAU Championships at Bedford on 26 May
BERT JONES CUP (BEST PERFORMANCE OVER 5000M)
JAMES MCMULLAN
15:07.9 in BAL at Abingdon
RON GOBEY CUP (UNDER 13 GIRL)
LAKESHA ABRAMS-QUAMINA
30.86m discus throw at Kingsmeadow on 27 July, placing her 2nd in National rankings and a club record
JOAN ALLEN CUP (UNDER 15 GIRL)
FUNTO FABUNMI-ALADE
Won Junior Girls 200m at English Schools Championships in 25.00 at Gateshead on 12 July, a club record
D H JACOBS TROPHY (UNDER 17 WOMEN)
ROSA WILLIAMS
3.32m pole vault at Bromley open meeting on 20 September, placing her 7th in National rankings and U17 and senior club record
WW HINE TROPHY (UNDER 20 WOMEN
JADE DODD
45.02m javelin throw at Loughborough on 18 May, placing her 4th in National rankings
NORTHUMBERLAND CUP (SENIOR WOMAN)
JADE JOHNSON
7th in final of long jump at Olympic Games, Beijing in August
EDGAR LLOYD TROPHY (VETERAN WOMEN)
CLARE PAUZERS
Won W45 1500m at British Masters Championships in Birmingham
NORRIS TROPHY (FASTEST 800m BY WOMAN)
HELEN HADJAM
2:09.98 at Watford open meeting on 2 July
PARSONS TROPHY (BEST PERFORMANCE BY U13/15/17 GIRL OVER CROSS COUNTRY)
KATIE SNOWDEN
24th in U15 girls’ race at National cross country championships at Alton Towers on 23 February
MIKE MAYNARD TROPHY (BEST SENIOR MAN CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER)
KEITH NEWTON
1st overall in individual Surrey League as an M40
MERIT AWARDS 2008
This year's merit awards recognise young athletes who achieved exceptional performances during the year. Such was the standard that merit awards winners include internationals, medallists at National championships and athletes who broke club records.
DELE ONIFADE
Dele was 3rd in AAA National U20 championships at Bedford in June to earn a place in the GB relay squad for the World Junior championships. Dele was a regular in our BAL team finishing the season as our top ranked sprinter. Ranked 6th in the country amongst U20 men with 10.63.
THOMAS ASHBY
Thomas enjoyed an outstanding season earning an international vest in September. Thomas finished the season 7th in the national rankings setting a new club record with 6,629 pts which he may have bettered if not suffering an unfortunate error at the English Schools combined events by the team manager when well placed after day one. Thomas improved his PBs all summer to become a vital member of our BAL senior men’s team.
JULIEN ALLWOOD
Julien was third in the English Schools Championships at Gateshead, setting a new PB of 14.12m. Julien broke into our BAL team, earning valuable points for the senior men’s team. He ranked 5th in the country, the top first year U17 man and also finished 3rd in the UK School Games in August.
SIMEON RAMSEY GRAHAM
Simeon was 3rd in the Intermediate Boys 200m at the English Schools Championships at Gateshead and was also 4th in the 200m and a finalist in 100m at National championships. He placed 13th in the National rankings over 200m.
BRIONY PHILLIPS
Briony set a new club record for junior and senior women in the shot with 12.43m which ranked 8th in the National rankings and she placed in the top 20 in the discus. Briony came to every women’s match during the summer, regularly competing in 3 to 4 events, in each match being a vital member of our National league qualifying team.
HANNAH EDWARDS
Hannah set club records at 800m and 1500m and finished 8th in the National rankings over 800m, reaching the final of the English Schools and UK Schools Games. Hannah was 2nd in the South of England Championships at 800m and was part of our winning BAL Plate final team, winning the 800m.
KATIE SNOWDEN
Katie set club records over 800m and an outstanding 400m, fell in the semi finals at the English Schools before getting up to qualify, but finished fourth in the final. She won the South of England 800m Championships and finished 2nd in the National rankings with 2:11.10. Katie was also the first girl to win a team Inter Counties cross country gold medal when part of the winning Surrey County team.
REPORTS
A number of reports were presented - click below to read them.
Veteran's Track & Field Report
