Lostock AC held its annual award ceremony on 8 March 2024. The awards celebrates the achievements of the member over the previous 12 months.
This year’s awards took place at Spice Valley in Horwich.
The first awards were presented for Cross Country with Captain James winning his age category. Other awards were presented to Paul Edwards, Andy Laycock, Heather Soden and Gillian Caldwell. Next up was the Multi-sport championship, Captain Rachel Hancock presented the awards but also won the award for Ladies Sprint Triathlon. Other winners include Janet Rhodes for Ladies Duathlon, Mark Checkley Men’s Sprint Triathlon, Andy Laycock won Men’s Olympic distance triathlon, Mary White won Women’s Olympic distance triathlon and Nikki Morrison won the award for the long distance quadrathlon.
The Fell Captains confirmed why they were the captains as they not only presented the trophies but also won the majority of the trophies. Ladies Captain Josie Greenhalgh won the trophy for Overall Ladies Championship, Ladies Midweek Championship, Female V50 and the Female Lakeland Championship. Male Captain Mark Shutters won the trophy for Overall Male Championship, Male Midweek Championship, Male V50- and the Male Lakeland Championship. Robert Sharkey won the award for Fell V40.
The awards for the road championships were awarded to Kate Rotherham (FV35), Johanna McManus (FV40), Janet Rhodes (FV50), Sheila Garewal (FV60), Paul Edwards (MS), David Perry (V40), Gareth Pratt (V50) and Tony Maxwell (V60). Midweek winners were Gareth Pratt and Johanna McManus.
The award of the evening, was presented to Gareth Pratt for all the hard work he has completed for the club over the previous 12 months.
