The John Ellem Award, the most prestigious award given at the Chelsea Little Athletics Centre, is presented to the athlete that achieves the greatest number of Personal Bests in a season. The award is named in honour of the Chelsea Little Athletics Centre Life Member and VLAA Life Governor, John Ellem.

The award can be attained by any athlete irrespective of ability, and concentrates on the core values of Little Athletics which are to have fun and be the best you can.

Season	Athlete	P.B.'s
1994/95	Leah Browne & Robbie McLauchlan	33
1995/96	James Norton	30
1996/97	Samantha Clark	30
1997/98	Carly Chapman	35
1998/99	Carly Chapman	33
1999/00	Thomas Senior	29
2000/01	Jordan Ballerini	33
2001/02	Callan Douglas	43
2002/03	Monique Meade	43
2003/04	Chantelle Thompson	36
2004/05	Elissah Deas & Jayden Rozario	32
2005/06	Joshua Mertens	36
2006/07	Christopher Williams	43
2007/08	Lachlan Stock	43
2008/09	Tristan Scheirs	34
2009/10	Taylah Nelson	44
2010/11	Taylah Nelson	33
2011/12	Jodie Cullen	35