Cycling Ireland are excited to announce the introduction of monthly awards in three categories.
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The Membership Awards have played an important role in Cycling Ireland since their introduction in 2008, recognising the annual achievements of the cycling community. A new structure will see the introduction of monthly awards in the following categories; Domestic Male Rider, Domestic Female Rider and Volunteer.
On the 1st of every month Cycling Ireland members will be invited to nominate the person who they believe are worthy recipients of each of these awards, and asked to offer a rationale behind their nomination; voting will be open for one week. A selection panel will assess the nominations, and the monthly winner will be announced towards the end of that month.
There are several reasons behind the introduction of these monthly awards:
· Recognise the achievements of riders and volunteers throughout the year
· Ensure performances across all the disciplines and strands of cycling are recognised
· Involve the cycling community in the recognition of cycling throughout the year
Annual Awards
In recent years the nominees in most of the categories of the annual awards have been put forward by our various commissions. This will remain the case for the other main categories in our awards; Leisure Event, Competitive Event, Club and Club Coach of the Year.
In 2017 Bike Shop of the Year and Regional Volunteer of the Year were not nominations from commissions, but directly voted on by Cycling Ireland members. The International Performance of the Year is a category voted on by cycling journalists.
In 2018 the overall winner of Domestic Male and Female Riders of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year will be voted on by Cycling Ireland members based on a shortlist of the monthly winners.
Watch this space for voting for the January winners.