The first recipient of RCSL West Midlands Sportsperson of the Year is for the year to 31 October 2009 and has been awarded to Jamie Anderson.
Jamie is a fully committed runner who has during this year competed in regional events, represented our region at national events and represented HMRC at national level. Somehow he also finds the time to compete for Telford Harriers & Telford Athletic Club, where does he find the time?
Here is a list of his many achievements that has earned him this recognition:
RCSL & Civil Service Events
• Finished 3rd in the Half Marathon Championships at Stafford and was part of the HMRC team that won the team competition.
• Finished 6th in the RCSL Cross Country Championships and was part of the West Midlands team that won the team competition.
• Finished 15th in the Civil Service Cross Country Championships and was part of the HMRC team that won the team competition.
• Represented the West Midlands team at the RCSL Sports Day running in the 800m (3rd), 1500m (5th) and 5,000m (3rd) and scoring 19 points for the region.
• Represented the HMRC team at the Civil Service Sports Day running in the 800m (4th), 1500m (3rd) and 5,000m (7th).
• Helped the HMRC team finish 2nd in the 5,000m team competition at the Civil Service Sports Day.
• Finished 22nd in the Civil Service 10K Championships at Battersea Park.
• Finished 5th in the RCSL 10K Championships.
• Represented the HMRC team at the Civil Service Road Relays in Finsbury Park.
• Regularly represented the Civil Service Team in the Midlands Police & Services Cross Country League, with several top 5 finishes and top team scorer.
Telford Harriers & Telford Athletic Club
• Achieved a personal best at the London Marathon finishing in a time of 2:45:48 in 308th place. The time was just under 10 minutes faster than his previous year’s time.
• Ran the Edinburgh Marathon five weeks after the London Marathon finishing in a time of 2:46:48 in 40th place out of over 13,000 entrants.
• Won the ‘Best Male Runner’ at the Telford Harriers presentation evening.
• Won the Telford Harriers ‘Club Race League’.
• Finished 5th in the Shropshire Cross Country Championships.
• Selected and ran for Shropshire in the Intercounties Cross Country Championships at Nottingham.
• After moving to Telford Athletic Club finished 3rd Senior Male in the local six race summer series in which teams from Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands and further a field take part.
• Was leading scorer for Telford Harriers in all four races as the team finished 3rd in the North Staffordshire Cross Country League Division 2.
• Finished 7th in the individual standings in the North Staffordshire Cross Country League.
• Top three finishes in the Shifnal Half Marathon and Stourbridge Stagger 10 mile races.
• Top ten finishes at The Badger Bite, Suicide Six(ish), Wheaton Aston 10K, Sleaford Half Marathon, Rhayader 20 Miles, Lilleshall 10K, Culbin Forest Run, Shropshire 4 Miles, Welsh Castles Relay Stage 11, Ironbridge 4 Miles.
• Achieved personal bests at numerous distances including Marathon (2:45:48), 20 Miles (2:08:45), Half Marathon (1:16:41), 10km (35:10), 5km (16:51).
There is a trophy that goes with this award and it will be formally presented to Jamie at the RCSL West Midlands Summer Sports Day on 9 June 2009.
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