2008 award presentation

The 2008 award presentation ceremony was held on 22 March 2009 at the Armidale Bowling Club.

This year the club introduced a new perpetual tropy for the Senior Club Champion, named the “Jock Bullen Trophy”, in honour of a true legend of cycling.

Jock was on hand to present the trophy to the joint winners of the 2008 Championship series, grandson Mitch Bullen and Geoff Straub, undoubtedly the Club’s two best riders and deserved winners.

The award for the junior club champion went to Cody Burton, and was presented by Phil Wheaton representing one of our valued supporters, the Armidale Bowling Club.

The full list of award winners was:

Club Championship Series

• A grade senior club champions: Mitch Bullen and Geoff Straub
• A grade runner up: Mitch Sozou
• B grade winner: Dave Jenner and Reece OHara
• B grade runner up: Peter Creagan
• C grade winner: Gillian Backhouse
• C grade runner up: Cody Burton and Angus Swan
• Junior club champion: Cody Burton

Best female

• Junior: Karlee McMillan
• Senior: Gillian Backhouse

Most improved

• Junior: Alex Reid
• Senior: Pat Ainsworth

Encouragement award

• Ben Castle

Best representative rider

• Mitch Bullen (NSW track representative, winner of the Clarence Street Cyclery Cup)

Best masters rider

• Dave Munday

Fair play sportsmanship award

• Andrew Kirk

Club person of the year

• Ray Phillips

Most annoying rider

Highly commended:

• M Bullen nominated by P Wilkinson
• P Wilkinson nominated by M Bullen
• M Bullen nominated by everyone else
• A rider on Rockvale Road who may have been D Munday but no one could ever get close enough to his back wheel to tell for sure

Overall winner:

• Andrew Kirk

Best dressed rider

Highly commended:

• Bruce Buxton (courageous)
• Bill Mara (very stylish but didn’t qualify for the major prize because he only aspired to be better dressed)

Overall winners:

• Mitch Bullen and Nick Myhill for those shoes!