This year during the Open, CrossFit ran a social media campaign called the #GoldenBarbellAward encouraging people to share stories highlighting the members of their gym. We thought it’d be cool to bring that idea into CFDW, so we could celebrate and highlight all the great things happening in our own CrossFit community!
It’s been lovely to read all the nominations from each theme each week, so much so that we thought we’d share some of them, so while we continue to celebrate our winners, we can also shout out those others who got a mention.
Golden Barbell Award Week One:
The heart and soul of the gym
Winner: Claire Dunlop
“A happy face to see in the gym also she’s the first to say hello to newbies”
“Always encouraging and friendly”
“The best cheerleader and all round awesome human being”
“Gives so much more than she takes… a good heart”
“Positive, a great team player, and consistent contributor of good vibes”
Nominations…
Oana Anton: “Funny, fit, and fab”
Ali Banks: “She absolutely loves it here and has put so much into her journey”
Len Constantinou: “She’s always smiling and encouraging. The heart of each class”
Jamie King: “Stuck with CrossFit and made progress whilst supporting others”
Bonnie Lewis: “Always encouraging, chatty, and friendly. And has great ideas for the community”
Charlotte “Lordy” Lord: “For constantly brightening the gym with her personality”
Katie McCord: “Super encouraging, so freakin’ kind and lovely, just awesome”
Ed Moore: “Great support to everyone in the gym. He has also progressed brilliantly with his barbell work”
Gemma Neal: “Always super encouraging and positive to others”
Ash Pearce: “Kept me going”
Sian Plume: “Always bigging everyone up and has a witty comment for every occasion”
Jay Vaughan: “Sociable and friendly towards everyone”
Callum “50cal” Wright: “Little geezer”
Golden Barbell Award Week Two:
A local Service Open athlete
Winner: Jamie King
“She’s awesome and really inspiring”
“Good attitude, consistent, and community-forward. A+”
“She is consistently f*cking awesome as a nurse, open athlete, and human”
“Always friendly and dedicated”
“Works hard, and bosses life and stuff”
Nominations…
Kev Baker: “He pours his heart and soul into coaching girls’ football”
Nicola Caroline: “Nic is an amazing teacher and head of year. She is always there for her kids”
Sam Claydon: “He’s awesome and has progressed so much and puts his all into each workout”
Yas Claydon: “Being a hero”
Michelle Eales: “Committed nurse”
Lordy: “She’s a bloody great nurse, great person, great CrossFitter, and I love her”
Sian Plume: “Awesome CrossFitter and brilliant pet advice”
Elisa Rossi: “She’s the best nurse ever”
Wade Smith: “Always works hard – quietly. He’s better than he realises but he’s also got bants”
Hannah Vaughan: “Enduring Broomfield A&E”
Golden Barbell Award Week Three:
The most standout performance during The Open
Winner: Sam Claydon
“For turning up to every Friday night Lights to support and judge even though he’d already done the workouts and even when in a cast”
“Week one and support”
“Supporting during my workout and cheering everyone on at 7pm”
“Three weeks of Open support every Friday Night Lights”
“Showed real team spirit coming down to cheer and judge even though he’d go in the AM. Or even when his arm was in a cast”
Nominations…
Yas Claydon: “Doing great in each workout and so lovely as well”
Emma Harris: “Super proud of her for signing up”
Shannon Hooi: “Getting her first muscle up”
Elaine Knight: “For doing all workouts Rx for the first time”
Lordy: “She bloody smashed every workout”
Miriam May: “Grafting in the build up to The Open and throughout”
Vicki Mozden: “Outstanding open performance and huge improvement throughout”
Kat “KP” Parnell: “Number One in the UK for a while”
Jolene Smith: “Consistent, positive, ploughed through, kept showing up”
Lily Tricker: “Amazing performance in 24.3 (first C2B)”
Chloe Wallis: “Smashing each workout with a fab attitude and hard work ethic”
Rachel Weavers: “Absolutely pushed and taken on every workout so well”
James Woods: “A great example of training hard to win easy – Rx for him was a warm up and he’s been rewarded for his extra gymnastics work”
50cal: “Mixing it with the Big boys in The Open”