If you did not attend SPR Christmas ride on 17 Dec 2016, here is a recap on what were presented during the Christmas Breakfast:
Annual Christmas Awards
| Award | 2016 | Winners | Some selected comments |
| These awards are based on responses received in an online survey – thank you to everyone who participated. Order reflects number of responses and whether 1 preference or second | |||
| 1 | Most improved rider and racer; a rider or racer who over the last year has made the greatest improvements in ability and skill. Note: there will be separate “most improving” awards presented today as well. | Meegan Fyfield | Meegan has shown a huge improvement in strength and performance this year -moving from a development rider to Tour of Margaret River racer. She was determined to be prepared for this tour and put in endless hours training in all conditions – if it was on the program it got done. |
| Rebecca Kelly | Rebecca has shown great improvement in all areas of cycling progressing from main 3 to main 1 and hills. She was barely in Main 2 then achieved all stages in the Tour of Margaret River with an awesome performance. | ||
| Nancy Sawitchaya | Nancy has come a long way, with a lot of perseverance, moving up the main groups this year and shows grit and determination always – especially noticable at the Tour of Margaret River. | ||
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| 2 | Most inspirational rider: someone who has influenced you this year through their deeds or helped to motivate you to achieve more in cycling than you thought you could. | Amanda Nabi | Amanda is incredibly strong and so friendly and shows you can be chilled out and fast. She is always so positive, encouraging and gracious and always has time for the club. |
| Heiko Potzeldt | Heiko is always ready to go hard and pushes up hills – a good wheel to follow, but he is also ready to help and encourage. | ||
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| 3 | Good Samaritans: someone who has taken an opportunity to help on the spur of the moment another cyclist in need. | Jordan Brock | Jordan Brock: first responder to Greg Prosser’s crash on Nicholson Rd. Managed the scene professionally and looked after Greg while an ambulance was called. With Jordan though, it isn’t spur of the moment, it is every ride, every week. Jordan keeps our groups safe and organized and fun to ride. |
| Andrew Ballam | Andrew Ballam: always stops to assist with mechanicals or to assist people to survive group rides. Hand of God is always appreciated. | ||
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| 4 | Epic moment award (new in 2016): something that sticks in your mind about a rider and/or their bike that was so unusual, be that good or bad | Patrick Saccani-Williams | Patrick Sacchani-Williams for pointing out a pot hole on the road, then crashing into another one. |
| Greg Prosser | Greg Prosser; when he snapped his Trek 5000’s steerer tube clean off, rendering him unconscious on the road. The follow-up was he bought a brand new bike and got straight back on the horse…so to speak.. | ||
| Joint award to Peter Mah / A Ballam | Andrew Ballam/Peter Mah: when Andrew threw his water bottle and hit Peter smack on the head during the UCI world champs race (and the love poetry recital that flowed thereafter).
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For detailed narrative of nominations received please see 2016 SPR Xmas Awards Narrative.
Presidential Awards
El Prez presented two awards to the following people for their contributions to the club:
Greg Murray – Race Sub-Committee
Great thank you for Greg’s contribution to the club. He was the acting SPR race director of Beverley Race back in Nov 2016. His commitment and perseverance to ensure the race ran smoothly is greatly appreciated.
We can see from Greg’s expression that he was caught without words when he was presented with the award by El Prez. Well not many of us get a hand made gift from El Prez! Job well done Greg and thank you for your contribution to the club.
Rob Ramsden – Training and Development Sub-Committee
He is the founder of SPR Ride Leader Development Program. This great initiative has taken the club by storm. It has obtained positive supports from club members to make our club gets even better and safer for the members and other riders. Great work and thank you for your great contribution to the club Rob!
Club Road Championship Winners presented by El Prez
Unfortunately, only one person in attendance to receive the Awards from El Prez : Brian Sing – Men Road Club Champion 2016.
For a full list of 2016 winners of club road championship, please follow this link. Congratulations and great job to the winners!
Here is a picture of all trophies prepared for winners thanks to El Prez:
Ride Leader Development Pilot Program Graduation
The ride leader program has been developed to make sure that the club has consistency in relation to what standards are set on the club’s group rides. The ‘pilot’ program was run to iron out any kinks in how the club presents this program in the future. The SPR members who participated in the pilot, offering their time, experience and skills to ensure the program was ready for public release were:
Rob Ramsden Mike Bonner
Leigh Outschoon Jordan Brock
Julian Johnson John Kitching
Peter Lander Laurensia Rosana
Shane White Andrew Williams
Shaw Goh Carol Dowse
Glenn Mitchell Heiko Potzeldt
Peter Mah
The club was extremely fortunate and grateful to have Emma Pooley, a world champion and an olympian, presented the above-mentioned program participants with their completion certificates and ride leader jerseys.
As Emma said, “…I may not have got to that point if I was not given any direction early in my cycling career. One of the great things about SPR is that you are doing such wonderful things to develop high standards across all the rides the club offers.”
And, since the program is finalised, the club is looking forward to taking the next group through the Program in early 2017. For more details see a separate blog post.
Improving Rider Awards 2016 presented by Training and Development Sub-committee
The Training and Development Sub-committee has introduced a new award for 2016, for riders that have demonstrated a consistent and focused approach on developing their individual and group riding skills throughout the year. Of note, the subcommittee’s primary focus is on those riders who typically ride in the Transition, Main 4/3 rides. It is believed that by recognising people from these sections of the club, it will help to encourage others to strive to be awesome; even more awesome than they already are because they have pulled on lycra and come riding with us.
The 2016 winners of the T&D Subcommittee Most Improved Riders were Faye Daglish-Jones and Debbie Bertolatti. Congratulations to both of you!
Dome Westralia Plaza Best Customer Award
Toby Brown of Dome Westralia Plaza also announced that two SPR regular customers are selected by Dome’s staff as the best customers 2016. They are JP Grygorcewicz and Greg Barmann. Congratulations guys!
Here are the pictures which summarise the SPR Christmas day:
