Your 2024 Interior Running Association Executive Team is inviting you to IRA’s zoom AGM,
December 10th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (PST). This is when your 2025 IRA Executive will be elected. It is also when the voting takes place for the 2024 Female and Male Runners of the Year and the Heinrich Spiller Award.
Note: Anyone can nominate the runner for the award, but he/she/they must be present at the AGM to speak to the reason for nominating the runner or send this in writing to president of IRA before the AGM.
Nominations are sent/emailed to @ interior.running@gmail.com prior to the AGM.
Only members of the IRA (IRA exec, club reps or RDs) can vote for the above awards as well as the 2025 Executive. (1 vote per person)
Below is the link to our AGM and below that is info about how the above-mentioned awards are awarded.
Cindy Rhodes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: IRA’s AGM Zoom Meeting – Dec 10, 2024, 6:00 PM (PST)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82196948341?pwd=gom2Y22W7Qzs5UpTNzeHUNufYjCjbk.1
Runner of the Year – Female/Male
This award was first presented in 1983 which was the year the IRA was formed. The male and female Runners of the Year are decided each year at the Interior Running Association’s AGM. Nominations are sent/emailed to the IRA prior to the AGM. Each voting member of the IRA (i.e., Directors, Club Reps, Race Directors) gets one vote. To be eligible, the nominee must be a member of an IRA member club, or a member of BC athletics and the nominee must have run in enough races to qualify for series awards. The award is based upon a combination of running success and club or IRA involvement. Neither of these two factors is paramount. In other words, a runner could win this award with an incredibly successful year of racing, even though they were not active in their club. Conversely, a runner could finish well down in the series standings but win because of their tremendous contribution to the running community. Most recipients show a combination of both.
The Heinrich Spiller Award of Courage
This award was presented for the first time in 2002. It is in memory of Heinrich, who was a top-notch age group runner in the 55-59 and 60-64 categories. Heinrich ran, and won, while battling the cancer that eventually took him from us. His widow Susan, son Rob, and Grant Turner of Canadian Tire in Vernon have donated this award to the series. The award honors the runner who best personified courage in the face of physical adversity. Many people choose to face this sort of battle in private, and we respect your wishes, and salute all of you.
The Heinrich Spiller Award is decided each year at the Interior Running Association’s AGM. To be eligible, the nominee must be a member of an IRA member club, or a member of BC athletics and the nominee must have continued to be involved with the Interior Running Association in some capacity to qualify for this award.