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This Week's Club News:
We had 31 parkrunners on Saturday 9th November, with 17 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Lisa Wakeman, first ARC finisher and 3rd lady in a PB time of 20:00 minutes, gaining an age-grade % in the top 10 of the event, also to Pamir Azami, who gained our only other PB this weekend.
Laura Kirwan was the first ARC finisher at Sutton Park, , followed by Lucy Walters and Geoff Card. At Chasewater, Dave McHugh was the first ARC finisher, followed by Garry Newman, Pauline Smith, Kay McHugh and Tony Baker.
Elsewhere, Dan Ford ran at Perry Hall, Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons, Rebecca Steele and Mandy Brassington-Harris ran at Rosliston, James Whitehouse ran at Oxford and Richard Moore ran at Gunnersbury, West London.
Many thanks, as always, go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Saturday also saw the first event of this season's Cross-Country League, which took place on a very wet and muddy park in Coventry. The women's team consisted of Karen Kiteley, Helen Beecham, Wendy Sargeant, Jane Quinn, Claire O'Brien, Rossella Bigongiari, Louise Berry and Judith Toase and the men's team was Liam Harrold, Toby Oury, Adam Smith, Dan Williams, Mark Shaw, Gordon Walker, Steve Blakemore, Mark O'Rourke, Philip Morris, Simon Hudson, Marcus Nye, Les Reeves, Lawrence Hewitt and Barry Cheema. Congratulations to Liam, Toby, Adam, Dan, Mark and Gordon, who gained the men's 'A' Team 3rd place overall, only 4 points behind the 1st and 2nd teams, also to the 'B' team of Steve, Mark, Phil, Simon, Marcus and Les, who came 5th. The depleted women's team were happy to come 21st overall and 19th Masters out of 24 teams. Particular 'well done' and 'thank you' to Gordon, running his first cross-country event for ARC and to Wendy, returning after an absence of many years - both contributed to their team's overall position. Thanks to Henry Simpson and Anne Kelsall for acting as officials, also to Freddie Penrose and Sue & Steve Benzie who braved the weather to come and support both teams.
2019 in (some) pictures will be built up over the year below: Hover over the main photo below and press 'play' to scroll through photos of events so far this year, or click on the thumbnails.
Laura Kirwan was the first ARC finisher at Sutton Park, , followed by Lucy Walters and Geoff Card. At Chasewater, Dave McHugh was the first ARC finisher, followed by Garry Newman, Pauline Smith, Kay McHugh and Tony Baker.
Elsewhere, Dan Ford ran at Perry Hall, Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons, Rebecca Steele and Mandy Brassington-Harris ran at Rosliston, James Whitehouse ran at Oxford and Richard Moore ran at Gunnersbury, West London.
Many thanks, as always, go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Saturday also saw the first event of this season's Cross-Country League, which took place on a very wet and muddy park in Coventry. The women's team consisted of Karen Kiteley, Helen Beecham, Wendy Sargeant, Jane Quinn, Claire O'Brien, Rossella Bigongiari, Louise Berry and Judith Toase and the men's team was Liam Harrold, Toby Oury, Adam Smith, Dan Williams, Mark Shaw, Gordon Walker, Steve Blakemore, Mark O'Rourke, Philip Morris, Simon Hudson, Marcus Nye, Les Reeves, Lawrence Hewitt and Barry Cheema. Congratulations to Liam, Toby, Adam, Dan, Mark and Gordon, who gained the men's 'A' Team 3rd place overall, only 4 points behind the 1st and 2nd teams, also to the 'B' team of Steve, Mark, Phil, Simon, Marcus and Les, who came 5th. The depleted women's team were happy to come 21st overall and 19th Masters out of 24 teams. Particular 'well done' and 'thank you' to Gordon, running his first cross-country event for ARC and to Wendy, returning after an absence of many years - both contributed to their team's overall position. Thanks to Henry Simpson and Anne Kelsall for acting as officials, also to Freddie Penrose and Sue & Steve Benzie who braved the weather to come and support both teams.
2019 in (some) pictures will be built up over the year below: Hover over the main photo below and press 'play' to scroll through photos of events so far this year, or click on the thumbnails.
We like to think of ARC as a friendly, supportive club. The video clip below, taken from Cannon Hill Park, on the route of the Birmingham Marathon and Half on October 15 2017 shows us at our best. Some of the supporters had entered one of the races but had to pull out due to injury but instead of moping about it they came and cheered on all those who were running, despite the logistical difficulties of getting there with all the road closures. Well done Sarah Hinkley and crew!
Information for members:
Help us give credit to all who take part in races by letting us know your achievements. Email using this link by Monday lunchtime please.
See the Diary section for races that we know about, either local or that our members have enjoyed in the past. Check the race folder on club nights for lists of upcoming runs - entry forms will no longer be available in this folder due to lack of demand. Social events now have their own page here. Friends and family welcome at our socials.
We also have a regular walking group. More details are on our About ARC page. All welcome. For any members injured or resting we also have Biscuit Club on Tuesday nights, so you don't have to miss out on the social aspect of the club.
The list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
The 2019 club handicap races are now complete. They began on Tuesday 16th April took place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in May, June, July and August, with a final race on September 3rd. This year used a new 3 mile route to encourage all members to take part and numbers were most encouraging. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. The results list can be found here. For more information about the handicap races see our About ARC page.
If you want to know the routes for Tuesday nights, you can download the schedule here or from our diary page. This also includes the rota for back marking and mustering.
See the Diary section for races that we know about, either local or that our members have enjoyed in the past. Check the race folder on club nights for lists of upcoming runs - entry forms will no longer be available in this folder due to lack of demand. Social events now have their own page here. Friends and family welcome at our socials.
We also have a regular walking group. More details are on our About ARC page. All welcome. For any members injured or resting we also have Biscuit Club on Tuesday nights, so you don't have to miss out on the social aspect of the club.
The list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
The 2019 club handicap races are now complete. They began on Tuesday 16th April took place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in May, June, July and August, with a final race on September 3rd. This year used a new 3 mile route to encourage all members to take part and numbers were most encouraging. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. The results list can be found here. For more information about the handicap races see our About ARC page.
If you want to know the routes for Tuesday nights, you can download the schedule here or from our diary page. This also includes the rota for back marking and mustering.
New Members
If you are new to running or looking to improve we can help & support you all the way. To find out more, check out the About ARC page and the New Members section. We have in the past run a number of successful Couch to 5k groups but there are several groups now run by Walsall Council in different locations around the Borough.