Member of the Month - 2025
Nominations are made by fellow members, with the committee deciding the winner at its monthly meeting.
December 2025
November 2025
October 2025
September 2025
August 2025
July 2025
June 2025
May 2025
April 2025
March 2025
February 2025
January 2025
December 2025
Cathy Keay
For a disciplined approach to her return to running following life changing medical treatment.
Nominations:
Claire Coventry
Paul Cooper
Chris Noone
Sasikala Uthayanan
Ian O’Donnell
Paul Bradly
Joy Woolass
Kevin Hinson
November 2025
Lisa Jay
Lisa has been very focused on her fitness, and has reaped the rewards by getting run times not achieved for ten years. She has some fantastic achievements in November, with improvements in 5k, 10k and 10 miles.
Nominations:
Peter Estick
Chris Noone
Lisa Jay
October 2025
Renny Raphael
Awarded improving throughout the year. He stepped up to representing the club at cross country races and took part in the Warwick Relays.
Nominations:
Emma King
Melanie Mould
Chris Haydon
Lisa Jay
September 2025
Sintija Setkovska
Sintija obtained personal bests at the Kenilworth Half Marathon, the Balsall Common 10k, and the Rugby 10 miles. She went out of her comfort zone to ensure she finished the Rugby 10 before the cut-off. Her commitment to completing the WRRL races, thus gaining her Ever Present Award, whilst scoring team points for Massey is inspirational.
August 2025
Martin Grant
Awarded for his generosity and community spirit in providing water for runners at Coventry parkrun during the recent very hot spell.
Nominations:
Rachel Brock – not considered as a Committee member.
Stuart Sahan.
Stuart Sahan.
July 2025
Leshanth Uthayanan
Awarded for his recent consistent personal improvements in his parkrun times. He also stepped in to assist when a medical emergency arose at parkrun.
Nominations:
Martin Grant
Emma King
Claire Coventry
Emma King
Claire Coventry
June 2025
Sue Haydon
Sue has really put in the work this month, having seen consistent improvements in her running, and had a fantastic run at the Two Castles.
Nominations:
Vicky Groom
Daniel Connolly
Chris Haydon
Chris Haydon
May 2025
Paul Cooper
Paul has been a tremendous support for running colleagues, before and after races, and has smashing his PBs and personal goals, week after week, in various distances.
Well done, Paul.
April 2025
Angela McKay
April’s Member of the Month was awarded after the Ryton 5 last night. It went to Angela McKay for running her 5th Good for Age Marathon in London, in a time that qualifies her GFA for 2026 and using the race to fundraise almost £5,000 for the children’s charity NOTDEC Uganda.
Well done Angela
Nominations:
Lauren Szablowska
Hannah Parry
Ruth Mahon
March 2025
Jane Bates
Jane ran an amazing race at the Ashby 20 – a much longer distance than she would normally run, and it is a testament to all the hard work she puts in at training.
Well done, Jane – so well deserved.
Nominations:
Sue Haydon
Maggie Morgan
Sonia Karamat (cannot win as a committee member)
Sonia Karamat (cannot win as a committee member)
February 2025
Mary Conolly
For smashing her PBs and helping to lead our new “Thrilling” Thursday evening training sessions.
Mary has quietly got on with improving her running significantly over the past few months, with many new parkrun PBs being set in particular.
She is a perfect example of the Massey dedication to improvement.
Nominations:
Mylene Feeney
Sue Hayden
Joy Woollass (cannot win as committee member)
January 2025
David Johnson
A richly deserved award for Dave, for his great support of the ladies’ cross country and stepping in as a volunteer. including marshalling and video recording.
It is not just the running which represents the Massey spirit, but also this kind of teamwork and support shown by Dave on a regular basis.
Nominations:
Kelvin Elliott
Stuart Sahan
Stacey Raven (cannot win as committee member)
For our historic awards, see our Member of the Month archives.