AURA ULTRA PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR AWARD 2017

Rob Donkersloot • January 16, 2018

The “AURA Ultra Performance Of The Year Award” is now open for voting by AURA Members. Nominations were received from 1 January, and these were short listed to the top five nominations as judged by the AURA Committee. The “AURA Ultra Performance Of The Year Award” will be announced on Australia Day.

Rules & Process

AURA members nominating performances should provide an accurate and truthful outline of the nominated performance. The same AURA Member may nominate more than one performance.
Ultra Performances or Milestones are not restricted to AURA events and any achievement that incorporates ultra running may be considered. Performances at Australian or International events / locations qualify. Potential nominations may include but are not limited to:
Breaking of a world or national record
Completion of a significant multi day run such as trans Australia
High level performance at an overseas event such as Hard Rock, MDS, Badwater etc
The achievement of a milestone number completions of the same event
Performance at a World Championships event
Breaking a record at an Australian Ultra Running event
The person nominated for achieving the nominated performance must have been a member of AURA at the time of the performance
The person submitting the nomination must be an AURA member at the time of making the nomination
People voting for the short listed nominations must be an AURA member. Only one vote per member is permitted.
AURA members will vote on the short listed performances by ranking them in order from 1 to 5, 1 being the performance they see as being most worthy of winning. Points will be allocated as follows:
Each number 1 ranking will receive 5 votes
Each number 2 ranking will receive 4 votes
Each number 3 ranking will receive 3 votes
Each number 4 ranking will receive 2 votes
Each number 5 ranking will receive 1 vote
The performance with the most points in total will be declared “AURA’s Ultra Performance of The Year”
The voting process will be through an online form found on the AURA website.
Nominations open Sunday Tuesday January 2 2018 and close Sunday 14 January.
The AURA Committee will select the five short listed nominations by Wednesday 17 January
Voting will commence through an online form on the AURA website on Thursday 18 January, and will close at 11:59pm Wednesday 24 January.
The winner of the 2017 “AURA Ultra Performance of the Year Award” will be announced on Australia Day 26 January 2018.