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Aldridge 10k & 5k, June 14th 2020, Early Bird entries NOW Open
This Week's Club News:
We had 54 parkrunners on Saturday 14th September, with 44 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Daniel Day, who was the first ARC finisher, also to Lisa Wakeman, 4th overall lady and Lorraine Beesley, 9th lady. Elsewhere Viki Dobbs and Laura Malsbury ran at Sandwell Valley, Clive Whitmore ran at Cannock Chase, Lucy Walters and Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons ran at Sutton Park, Jason Vigrass and Helen Phillips ran at Newcastle, James Whitehouse ran at Tooting Common, Henry Simpson ran at Conwy and John Pearce ran at Thursso. Congratulations to those who gained a new parkrun PB this weekend: Lorraine Beesley, Lisa Wakeman, Steve Hammond, Sue Desborough and Louise Berry; also to John Pearce, who gained an age-grade in the top 10 of his event and to Laura Malsbury, who completed her 50th parkrun and Anne Kelsall who clocked up her 100th volunteer. It was good to see Barry Cheema at the Arboretum with the Midland Langar Seva Society. You can still help Barry reach his fund-raising target through this link. Many thanks, as always, go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Well done to all who took part in events over the week:
Wednesday 11th
Saturday 14th
Sunday 15th
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.
Well done to all who took part in events over the week:
Wednesday 11th
- Craig Hat 3000m at the Arboretum: Liam Harrold (1st 09:38), Adam Smith (2nd (09:48), Mark Shaw (3rd, 10:32), Gordon Walker (4th, 10:46), Steve Hammond (6th, 11:46), Kevin Attwood (7th, 12:46), Tony Dutton (9th, 13:05).
Saturday 14th
- Birchfield Harriers' 10k Poppy Run (GP): Liam Harrold (2nd, 39.25), Toby Oury (3rd, 39.56), Adam Smith (40.09), Gordon Walker (1st V45, 41.50), Mark Shaw (43.22), Mandip Thandi (45.06), Kevin Adams (47.21), Trevor Harris (48.56), Lorraine Beesley (1st V50, 52.06), Simon Hudson (1st V60, 53.05), Claire Crook (56.48), Steve Hammond (56.55), Anne Kelsall (60.15), Laura Kirwan (61.11), Carina Davin (61.18), Shelley Nicholls (62.19), Claire O'Brien (63.20), Roxy Babla (67.18), Rachel Antoine (75.41), Angela Oury (77.22), Tony Baker (84.09), Judith Toase (84.37), The results also show positions for club teams and ARC can be proud to have formed the winning men's team (Liam, Toby and Adam), the runners-up women's team (Lorraine, Claire and Anne), also teams for both men and women in both 3rd and 5th place. Well done all!
- Richmond RunFEST Kew Gardens 10k: Kevin Galer (01:25:04)
- Richmond RunFEST Richmond 5k: Kevin Galer
- Black Diamond Sandman Torchlight Trail 10k, Anglesey: Henry Simpson (01:05:42)
Sunday 15th
- Worcester City 10k: Eddie Evitt (00:46:34), Marcus Nye (00:47:18), Sarah Baggott (00:57:53), Phil Beagen (00:59:49), Becky Steele (01:03:37, PB)
- Humber Coastal Half Marathon: Viki Dobbs (02:53:32)
- Calke Abbey 10k: Linsay Boucher (01:11:34)
- Derby Sprint Triathlon: Simon Hudson, Jo Stephens & Anna Davies
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.
- Richmond RunFEST Richmond 5k: Kevin Galer
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.