Olney Runners Shout-Outs!

Olney Runners aims to promote and recognise anyone doing something worthwhile as a runner and club member – whether around fitness, performance, friendship or community. To support this, you can nominate an OR for a Shout-Out at any time, and any OR member can receive one. While it might be for spectacular or unusual reasons, it is just as likely to be a more everyday (but still significant) happening, and you just want to say a warm ‘well done’ or ‘thank you’. Nominations will be published periodically, and nominees will see the good things being said about them. 


Here are some examples of why you might want to give an OR Shout-Out to another member:

Fitness

  • Attendance/effort/improvement at training, races and other club events
  • Overcoming personal/health barriers to running

Performance

  • Attainment of a personal best, or completing a personally challenging run/race
  • Running/racing faster, further or better
  • Running/racing in different ways and in new situations

Friendship

  • Supporting another to achieve their running goals
  • Helping another in times of need for running
  • Making new running friends/welcoming new OR members

Community

  • Organising/developing the club and its running, social and other activities
  • Representing the club in a positive light
  • Going above and beyond for the club, or for Olney

Questions?

Which Shout-Outs will be published? What will be published?

  • We will publish ALL (unique) nominations equally on Facebook, Spond etc. that are publishable, true to the club’s values and do not risk causing issues/offence. Decisions will be taken by members of the OR Committee.
  • The published Shout-Out will only include the nominee’s name and the reason for the nomination.

Why is the nominator’s name not published and shared as well? 

  • Because this is about celebrating the person receiving the Shout-Out, and not the person giving it (and it makes it all the more exciting for everyone!) 
  • The nominator’s name is still needed because if there were any queries about a nomination, we could follow it up more easily. 

Will Shout-Outs be published regularly?

  • We will try to keep it regular, but it may vary depending on the frequency of nominations.

Why is there a word limit? 

  • To keep things punchy and to the point for OR members to read.

OR will keep an eye on overall numbers, who is being nominated, what are the reasons, and who is nominating – and will keep under review how Shout-Outs are best managed.

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