Club AwardS
Each year, the club recognises the achievements of a number of members by awarding a range of trophies and medals. These are announced and presented at the annual club dinner.
Click on the Awards to find out more information including our previous winners.
Cornell Medal
2025 WINNER: MICHAEL YOULTON Introduced in 1987, this award is the most prestigious of our Club Awards and goes to the person felt to have provided outstanding service to the Club, beyond the activity of running. It is to recognise that no Club can function without the devotion...
The Bob Whyte Trophy – for athletic achievement
2025 WINNER: LUCILLE JOANNES Introduced in 1992, this silver cup is awarded to the club member who has achieved their goals and striven to be the best athlete they can be. The award was introduced to recognise the early contributions to the club of the Rev Bob Whyte, who was a...
The Cath Hulme Trophy - for athletic excellence
2025 WINNERS: DILLON HOBBS & AMELIE KARLSSON This trophy – a pewter cup – was first awarded in 1995 and is awarded annually for athletics excellence. Initially a single trophy was awarded, but since 2006 there have been two trophies, with both a male and female winner. It...
The Dave Abbott Cross Country Trophy
2025 WINNERS: DILLON HOBBS & AMELIE KARLSSON This trophy is awarded to both a male and female member for achievement in cross country running Originally introduced for men in 1995, a second trophy to be awarded for the women members was introduced in 1999. Dave Abbott joined...
The Jim Simmons Veterans Trophy
2025 WINNER: ALI FARRALL This Silver Cup was introduced in 1994. It was donated by Jim Simmons to recognise athletic achievement within the veteran (now masters) membership of the club. Whilst a regular road runner, Jim was equally at home participating in track and field and was a county...
The Mike Thurgood Salver
2025 WINNER: COLIN RICKETTS First awarded in 1997, this award is for the Club Runner of the Year. The award recognizes the club member who has made a major contribution to all results over all running disciplines throughout the year. Having been a member of the club, Mike Thurgood, on his...
The Speldhurst Trophy
2025 WINNER: LUCY WRIGHT Although Handicap racing has been a bedrock of the club almost from inception, with the first race being held in 1984, the Speldhurst Trophy was introduced in 1997. Initially, the club held a monthly handicap race but as racing on the roads in the winter months...
The Steve Barnfield Trophy
2025 WINNER: ROSE SAWYER This award was introduced in 2018 and recognises the club member who has shown the most improvement in performance over the previous calendar year. Steve Barnfield was a mainstay of Royal Tunbridge Wells Parkrun and by his enthusiasm, encouraged many newer runners to...
Track and Field Athlete of the Year
2025 WINNERS: ALEX REID & JULIE MCPHERSON Two trophies were introduced in 2025 to encourage participation in Track and Field competition, with an award being made to one male and one female club member. Club members vote for the two recipients based on their achievements over the summer...
The Tina Lawrence Memorial Trophy
2025 WINNER: AMELIE KARLSSON This trophy has been awarded since 2019 to the leading female Harrier in the Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon. Tina Lawrence joined Tunbridge Wells Runners in 1984 and was one of the first female members to win an individual trophy in our own Half Marathon. When she...
