2013 Valuing the Volunteer Awards

2012 Community Rugby Volunteer Award Winners

The 2013 Middlesex Rugby Volunteer Appreciation Event will be held at London Welsh RFC on Friday 21st June 2013 at 7.30pm. Nominations are now requested for all categories.

There are two main award categories: The President's VII awards which award clubs, with seven awards being made from a range of categories, and Individual Volunteer Awards. There is also a Young Volunteer of the Year award. Categories are detailed below.

Nomination forms can be downloaded either as a Word document or a pdf - please click on the relevant icon below.  Completed forms should be submitted to Peter Baveystock email: peter.baveystock@middlesexrugby.com or by post to the address shown on the forms.

Please also complete and return the attendance form to confirm which members of your club will be atteding the awards evening.

 
   Invitation Letter

 
   Individual Nomination Form

 
   President's Award Nomination Form

 
   Attendance Form

About the Awards

The Volunteer Appreciation Awards and Dinner is the County’s way of recognising the hard work our volunteers do throughout the season to keep clubs running and rewarding those key individuals for their hard work.

The dinner also gives your club and your colunteer co-ordinator an opportunity to network and share ideas with others.

Middlesex Rugby has been running the Volunteer Appreciation Awards and Dinner for the past three years and last years event saw 17 clubs put in nominations with over 80 volunteers attending on the evening. While the event is growing with over 60 clubs in Middlesex, we want to see more clubs involved and getting recognition for their efforts.

The Middlesex Rugby Community Rugby Committee runs the Volunteer Appreciation Awards and Dinner and the committee’s key goals are to deliver grassroots support to our clubs and improve communication channels. A task group within this committee oversees the event and, together with Middlesex Rugby president, Michael Barnes, reviews all nominations and recommends the winners.

2013 AWARD CATEGORIES

President's VII Awards

Coaching
The club that has made the most significant progress in the recruiting and training of coaches

Community & Social Inclusion: The club that has made the most significant contribution to social inclusion and equality

Expanding & Developing the Game: The Club has done most to grow their playing strength during 2012/13

More than a game: The student club that has made the most significant effort in getting teams out or participating in the overall rugby set-up

Refereeing: The club that has made the most significant progress in recruiting and training referees

Volunteers: The club that has made the most significant progress in increasing their club volunteers during 2012/2013

Women & Girls: The Club that has done most to expand womens and girls rugby during 201/12

Young Volunteer of the Year (under 23)

The young volunteer who has made the most significant contribution to his or her club during 2012/2013

Individual Volunteer Awards

Individual volunteers are nominated by their club for an award for special achievement within their respective clubs. Four individual awards are made, with one volunteer from each of the Groups (North, North West, South & West) being chosen.

A special award is made to an overall winner.

How to get involved

Each year, Middlesex Rugby writes to the clubs announcing the date of the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner and Awards Evening and asking them to nominate an individual that deserves special recognition. Clubs can also nominate themselves in any of the President's VII categories they may be eligible for. There is no limit to the amount of nominations a club submit.

As the saying goes, you’ve got to be in it to win it!

Writing a winning nomination

Every Club in Middlesex has something or someone to nominate. So what is Middlesex Rugby looking for when choosing the winners of each category?

What makes a good nomination?
• Be specific
• What did you set out to do? / What did you achieve?
• How did you achieve it?
• Back it up – how did you measure your achievement.
• Give facts and figures
• Don’t waffle

The Nomination does not have to be a long winded account but should give the key aims, objectives, achievements, measures to be in with a chance of winning. One sentence nominations will not have enough substance to be considered.

Click here to see examples of winning nominations

AWARD WINNERS 2011

President’s VII Awards

*   Coaching: Hackney
*   Refereeing: Ealing
*   Expanding the Game: Feltham
*   Community & Social Inclusion: Grasshoppers
*   Refereeing: Grasshoppers
*   More than a Game: LSE Rugby
*   Technology & Communications: Hammersmith & Fulham
*   Women & Girls: Grasshoppers

Teddington also received a runners-up award in the Expanding the Game category

Individual Recognitions Awards

*   Overall winner: Leroy Arbouine (Grasshoppers)
*   West Group winner: Kevin Devereux (Feltham)
*   North West Group  winner: Harry Gillian (Ruislip)
*   North Group winner: Kaye Selby (UCL WRFC)
*   South Group winner: Kelly Carter (Twickenham)

Young Volunteer of the Year

*   Overall winner: Tom Ferridge (Upper Clapton)
*   Highly Recommended:  Kay Selby (UCL WRFC)
                                           Franchesca Formby (Grasshoppers)
                                           Harry Gillan (Ruislip)