Member of the Month

As part of the Coaching and Volunteering Academy (CVA) we want to celebrate the contribution of volunteers, coaches and officials to sport at the University. Therefore, every month we will select a volunteer, coach or official who has made a significant contribution within their area. This contribution can take place at any point in the sporting spectrum, from recreational or IM to performance, and everything in between! As well as being featured in the Sports Union Essentials weekly newsletter, the winner of the award will receive a CVA t-shirt!

How do I nominate someone for the award?

Anyone who is part of the CVA programme (i.e. all club & SU volunteers and coaches) can submit a nomination if they know of someone that they feel deserving of the accolade. Nominations can be made at any time, and may revolve around a particular moment, competition or the contribution of the individual over the month.

Nominations will close on the last day of each month, with the winner announced across the CVA social media channels and in the Sports Union Essentials weekly newsletter, they will also appear on the CVA homepage!

 

 

Previous Winners

2024/25

Month	Name	Club	Position
February	Tia Li	Womens Lacrosse	Sponsorship Secretary
	Catriona Hobson	Womens Lacrosse	Funding Secretary
	Milo Mergler	Mountaineering	Secretary
January	Ellie Fleming	Korfball	Tournament Secretary
	Zack Anderson	Korfball	Tournament Secretary
	Ross Doran	Athletics	Middle Distance Secretary
	Beth Tunnicliffe	Korfball	Social Secretary
	Kai Cheng	Korfball	Social Secretary
November	Alistair Murison	Motorsport	Vice President
	Natali Aleksandrowicz	Athletics	Club Publicity and Vice Social Secretary
October	Ailis Keyes	Shinty	Secretary
	Ned Wolfe	Snowsports	Club Member
	Florence Guest	Womesn Lacrosse	President
September	Phoebe Thornett	Womens Lacrosse	Secretary
	Hannah Collier	Hillwalking	Wellbeing & Inclusion Officer
	Ciaran Buckley	Karate	Treasurer and Memberships & Licencing Officer
	Katarina Ruhland	Womens Lacrosse	Treasurer

 

2023/24

Month	Name	Club	Position
April	Bethany Watters	Motorsport	President
	Alistair Murison	Motorsport	Vice President
March	Marton Hornyik	Muay Thai	Captain
	Jamie Scott	Canoe	Social Secreatary
	Connie Chen	Athletics	Throws Secretary
	Dan Pickton-Allen	Cricket	Member
	Cameron Wilson	Athletics	Treasurer
February	Jim Bailey	Orienteering	Big Weekend Organiser
	Fiona Eades	Orienteering	Big Weekend Organiser
January	Michael Cheah	Badminton	Vice President
	Calum Cushnie	Athletics	Sprint Secretary
	Izzy Hardy	Netball	Coach
	Hannah Rafferty	Golf	Ladies Vice Captain
	Ben Jackson	Touch Rugby	Winter Run Volunteer
	Mindy Liu	Badminton	Winter Run Volunteer
	Rita Garcia	Basketball	Winter Run Volunteer
	Connie Chen	Athletics	Winter Run Volunteer
November	Marcin Andraka	Volleyball	Secretary, Coach and Referee
	Mads Aune	Handball	Coach
	Tizzie Robinson-Gordon	Cycling	BUCS Secretary
	Freya Norman	Medics Hockey	Captain
	Aimeee Wong Rogers	Karate	Kata Captain
	Charmaine Lee	Table Tennis	BUCS Captain
	Solveig Lee	Mountaineering	Wellbeing Secretary
October	Katie Douglas-Hall	Ultimate	President
	Ethan Prestwood	Touch Rugby	Treasurer
	Tom Aitchison	Shinty	Member
	Rosie Sumsion	Shinty	Secretary
	Daniel Steel	Mountaineering	Environmental Secretary
	Georgie Hayley	Snowsports	Wellbieng & Inclusion Officer
September	Matt Kerr	Windsurf and Surf	President
	Ailsa Smith	Athletics	Publicity & Vice Social Secretary
	Leah Macdonald	Swimming & Water Polo	President

 

2022/23

Month	Name	Club	Position
September	Heather Woods	Muay-Thai	Secretary
October	Olivia Howden	Kickboxing	Social Secretary
November	Movember Fundraisers
January	Tom Dunn & Lily Hart	Korfball	Tournament Secretaries
February	Katie Alexander	Womens Football	Vice President
March	Aden Haussmann	Karate Club	Fitness Captain

 

2019/20

Month	Name	Club	Position	Article
October 2020	Aitana Verdú Schlie	Volleyball	Secretary, Beach Coach, W2 Coach	Click Here
September 2020	Olivia Haywood	Touch Rugby	Publicity Officer	Click Here
Lockdown 2.0	George Malczyk	Parkour	Jam Coordinator	Click here
Lockdown 1.0	Vicente Trelles Fernandez	Karate	Kumite Captain	Click here
February 2020	Rachel MacRae	Curling	President	Click here
January 2020	Edmund Lau	Table Tennis	Vice President & BUCS Captain	Click here
November 2019	Abi Plowman	Hare & Hounds	Race Organiser	Click here
October 2019	Kirsten Campbell Guion	Snowsport	Trip Convenor	Click here
September 2019	Charlie Burrows	Tennis	Publicity Manager	Click here

2018/19

Month	Name	Club	Position	Article
April 2019	Colin Brady	Windsurf & Surf	Team Captain	-
March 2019	Daniel Gutteridge	Rifle	Volunteer Coach & Equipment Officer	Click here
February 2019	Emily Hazley	Trampolining	Community & Development Officer	Click here
January 2019	Laura King	Orienteering	Event Organiser for EUOC Big Weekend	Click here
November 2018	Beth Fellows	Korfball & Media Team	Committed Volunteer	Click here
October 2018	Nathan Whear	Shinty	Volunteer - Women's Team Coach	Click here
September 2018	Tea Sallstedt Elming	Muay Thai	Volunteer - Secretary	Click here

 

2017/18

Month	Name	Club	Position	Article
September 2017	Paul McLaughlin	Futsal	Volunteer - Secretary	Click here
October 2017	Jacob Adkin	Hare and Hounds	Volunteer - Web Master & Kit Secretary	Click here
November 2017	Chris Raffo & Ben Sandford	Swimming & Water Polo	Coaches	Click here
December 2017	Ryan McCuaig	Badminton	Volunteer - Publicity Officer	Click here
January 2018	Eleri Connick	Sports Union	Volunteer - Vice-President	Click here
February 2018	Eilidh Grant	Trampoline	Coach	Click here
March 2018	Sarah Thompson	Women's Football	Volunteer - President	Click here
April & May 2018	Alix Brewster	Women's Hockey	Volunteer - President	Click here