The J.H. Barry Trophy is awarded to the Most Improved Runner.

1982-83	P Robinson A Foot		1983-84	K Boyle		1984-85	M Wightman
1985-86	C Lewis		1986-87	J Holt		1987-88	G Cunliffe
1988-89	K Sturdy		1989-90	K Thompson		1990-91	P Brady
1991-92	M Burridge		1992-93?	R Lees		1993	J Rawlinson
1994	M Brown		1995	S Middleton		1996	K Ashworth
1997	B Horrocks		1998	B McWade		1999	D Walker
2000	J Harbour		2001	A Kelly		2002	–
2003	–		2004	M Podmore		2005	P Thompson
2006	N Worswick		2007	G Shaw I Roche		2008	A Life
2009	D Edmondson		2010	J Harbour		2011	T Brewster
2012	J Pickup		2013	R Brsicoe		2014	G Pier
2015	J McDonald		2016	M Duckworth		2017	L Hesketh
2018	L Ellis