Our Annual Celebration Evening on Friday November 28th 2025 had lots to celebrate with multiple successes throughout the year. The Northern League Premier West Division was won again as defending champions whilst the UKYDL Upper Age Group and Lower Age Group teams both won their West 1 Division titles to be promoted to the Premier Division in both age categories in 2026. On the evening itself – Chairwoman Caerwen Butler introduced the Guest of Honour – Gregg Stevenson – who would later present all of the Awards to the successful athletes. Gregg is a double leg amputee who managed to overcome his situation and go on to inspirationaly, win the Rowing Gold Medal at the Para Olympics in Paris – a quite astonishing achievement of mental and physical courage. His talk to the packed out room went down really well and indeed, the film of his boat inching up to the line and winning the gold medal was met with thunderous applause from the assembled athletes.
The Awards were split into sections covering Cross Country; Road; Fell; Indoors; Sportshall – followed by Track Endurance; Track Sprints; Jumps; Throws; Track Vets; Track Multi-Event. The last section covered Team of the Year; Most Improved Athletes; Athlete of the Year; A.C.E Award. All Award Winners are listed below.
Just some of the Award Winners on the night – all photos @krose.media
All Photos on Blackburn Harriers Facebook Page (HERE)
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Cross Country Awards
(1) Junior U13/U15 Girl Millie Jordan — (2) Inters U17/U20 Woman Isabel Holt — (3) Seniors Rebecca Ward
(1) Juniors U13/U15 Boy William Grundy — (2) Inters U17/U20 Men Oliver Gill — Seniors Matt Ramsden
(1) Vet Woman Joanne Nelson — (2) Vet Man Chris Davies
Road Awards
(1) Senior Woman — Jess Warner-Judd — (2) Senior Man Matt Ramsden
(1) Vet Woman Vikki Robertshaw — (2) Vet Man James Bretherton
Fell Runner of the Year
Louisa Powell-Smith
Indoor Athletics Awards
(1) U13/15/17 Girl Caris Peter-Thomas — (2) U13/15/17 Boy Tomi Birch — (3) U20/Sen Woman Millee Schofield — (4) U20/Sen Man Charlie Palich
Sportshall Awards
(1) Winners — Jenna McKinlay & Harry Holden — (2) Runners Up Pippa Blackburn & Charlie Tuttle
Track Endurance Awards
(1) U13/15 Girl Millie Jordan — U17/20 Woman Isabel Holt — (3) Senior Woman Keira Haxton
(1) U13/15 Boy Jack Baranowski — (2) U17/20 Man Ben Stratton — (3) Senior Man Matt Ramsden
Track Sprint Awards
(1) U13/15 Girl — Caris Peter-Thomas — U17/20 Woman Millee Schofield
(1) U13/15 Boy Tomi Birch — (2) U17/20 Man Charlie Palich — Senior Man Brandon Zinyemba
Throws Awards
(1) U13/15 Girl Madeline Partridge — (2) U17/20 Woman Rebecca Awe — (3) Senior Woman Charlotte Williams
(1) U13/15 Boy Henry Iddon — (2) U17/20 Man Lincoln Briggs — Senior Man Anthony Kent
Hurdles Awards
(1) U13/15/17 Girl Ava Shannon — (2) U13/15/17 Boy George Camara — (3) U20/Sen Woman Millie Pilkington — (4) U20/Sen Man George Whittaker
Jumps Awards
(1) U13/U15 Girl — Hannah Moore — (2) U17/U20 Woman — Tamzin Osborne
(1) U13/U15 Boy — Tynias Mensah — (2) U17/U20 Man — Alex Burns-Groves — (3) Senior Man — Samuel Mutombo
Track Vet Awards
(1) Vet Woman Louisa Powell-Smith — (2) Vet Man Marcin Baranowski
Multi-Events Award
James Acton-Grieves
Team of the Year
U15 Girls 4 x 100m squad – Caris Peter-Thomas – Darcie Belshaw – Niamh Boland – Imogen Boardman
Most Improved Junior Girl – Joint Award
Imogen Boardman & Holly Moore
Most Improved Junior Boy – Joint Award
James Acton-Grieves
Most Improved Senior Man
Ross Harrison
Junior Female Athlete of the Year
Millie Jordan
Junior Male Athlete of the Year
Sam Aspey
Senior Female Athlete of the Year
Isabel Holt
Senior Male Athlete of the Year
Matt Ramsden
A.C.E. Award Winner
Dominic Bretherton
