Vale Royal AC Runners
A Running Club based in Northwich and Winsford.
Athlete of the Month and Slow Tart Awards
ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AWARD
| Date | Athlete | Why? |
| January 2010 | Kate Spilsbury | For a a terrific run at the Northern Cross-Country on the tough course in Blackburn this month's Athlete of the Month is KATE SPILSBURY |
| December 09 | Nicky Archer | For a hugely impressive, if rather lonely, time-trial in the Las Vegas Marathon, this month's Athlete of the Month is NIC ARCHER! A top 10 UK performance in 2009! |
| November 09 | Andy Gibbs | Well no surprises here....this month's Athlete of the Month for his awesome performance at the Master's International is ANDY GIBBS! |
| October 09 | Jo Molyneaux | For her terrific performance and massive improvement at the Sandstone Trail Race, Octobers Athlete of the month is JO MOLYNEAUX! |
| September 09 | Stu Doyle | For his superb victory at the Sandbach 10k and for his superb runs in the Cheshire GP, this month's Athlete of the month is STU DOYLE!. |
| August 09 | Darren Cottier | Racing at 5K, 10k, 10 miles as well as on the fells, it is for shear tenacity that this month's Athlete of the Month is DARREN COTTIER. |
| July 09 | Nicky Archer | For her superb sprint and fantastic victory in the City of Manchester 10k this months Athlete of the Month is NICKY ARCHER! |
| June 09 | Andy Gibbs | For his incredible performance in winning the silver medal at the British Masters 5K, this month's Athlete of the Month is ANDY GIBBS! |
| May 09 | Tom Armstrong | In a strong month, it was the terrific personal bests at both half marathon and 20 miles which have earned the Athlete of the Month Award for Tom Armstrong! |
| April 09 | Jo Molyneaux, Colin Rathbone, Gemma Barnett | After long consideration we couldn't split the three terrific marathon performances All fantastic performances. |
| March 09 | Pauline Davies | For superb performances at both Stafford and Spen, and for her continued improvement, this month's Athlete of the Month is the remarkable PAULINE DAVIES! |
| February 09 | Rob Olliver | For breaking 1:30 barrier at Wrexham Half Marathon |
| January 09 | Dave Gough | An excellent run in the North Wales League at Wrexham showed Goffy was back to form! |
| December 08 | Bernie Jones | For being unbeaten as a 50 year old! 1st MV50 at the Round the Walls Race & somewhere in Wales. |
| November 08 | John Davies & Helen Smith | John: For an excellent run at the Cheddleton 10k. Helen: For her first ever race victory! |
| October 08 | Tom Annable | Sandstone Trail win. |
| September 08 | Helen Whitby | For a superb run at the very tough Langdale Half Marathon |
SLOW TART AWARD
| Date | Slow Tart | Why? |
| October 09 | Dave Gough | For tripping up a couple of times during the month - first while running on Alderley Edge, the second time in negotiating the price on a French banger -Octobers Slow Tart is DAVE GOUGH! |
| September 09 | Dave Haines | Slow Tart of the month goes to Dave Haines for spending 3 hours deciding whether his prospective new shoes match his running kit! |
| August 09 | John Todd | For quitting the session at Springbank when the rain started and then running home without getting his car, this month's Slow Tart is JOHN TODD! |
| July 09 | Dave Topping | For taking his own route hen he was meant to be escorting Le Joggers out of Northwich, this month's Slow Tart is DAVE TOPPING! |
| June 09 | Dave Haines | For his long deliberation about whether his increasingly long hair looked better inside or outside his sunglasses while getting ready to run at the Welsh Castles, this months Slow Tart is DAVE HAINES! |
| May 09 | Mark Thornley | So close...... for his riverbank fall and for his surprised expression as the leaf he grabbed failed to hold his weight as he slid towards the river, this month's Slow Tart is Mark Thornley! |
| April 09 | Tom Annable | For putting his back out laying his little garden path with the tiniest of paving slabs, this month's SLOW TART (and useless bloke award!) goes to TOM ANNABLE! Fix! |
| March 09 | Pauline Davies | She may be good over 20 miles but she still has problems staying on her feet! For a spectacular fall at the British Masters XC, this month's slow tart is the slightly less remarkable PAULINE DAVIES! |
| February 09 | Paul Clutterbuck | For his PB performance in running to the start line at the Alsager 5! |
| January 09 | Mike Harrington | For carrying on plodding! Police Mike kept going straight when he should have turned the second corner on the Big Gadbrook circuit and ended up at the traffic lights! |
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