It's kind of a reward for all the work and effort Timmy's put into making the organization what it is,

I'm delighted with this year's GCSE results which were a just reward for the hard work and effort by students and staff at the school.

The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it.

The effort needed to achieve the reward is commensurate with the reward's value.

This is a reward for the effort and good play.

Both teams predicate what they do on defense. They (both) are pretty demanding in that sense.