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This Week's Club News:
We enjoyed a great Presentation Evening on Friday 9th November. Many thanks to all the committee members and others who made the event possible and congratulations to all Award winners, especially to Sarah Hinkley, our Member of the Year and recipient of the Paul Sebastion trophy. Best wishes too, to Ian Malsbury and Jackie Shan, winners of the two club London Marathon places.
We had 40 parkrunners on Saturday 10th November, with 35 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Liam Harrold, first home for the club and 2nd overall finisher, also to Jo Stephens, first ARC lady. At Sutton Park, Ian Jennings was the first ARC finisher, followed by Laura Kirwan, Geoff Card and Tony Baker. Elsewhere Tim Farmer ran at Cannock Chase. Congratulations to those who gained a new parkrun PB at their event this week: Eddie Evitt, Jo Stephens, Katrina Wyke, Ian Jennings and Geoff Card, also to Eddie Evitt and Toby Oury, who gained one of the top 10 age grades at their events and to Terry Hastings, who completed his 100th parkrun this week. Many thanks too, as always, to the 9 members who volunteered.
Congratulations to our Cross Country teams who competed in the first of the four league events on Saturday at Coventry. Our men's 'A' team of Liam Harrold, Leigh Ally, Dan Williams, Mark Shaw, Adam Smith and Toby Oury were placed 6th, with our 'B' team of Freddie Penrose, Aaron Neath, Kevin Adams, Mark O'Rourke, Eamon Lyons and Nick Dean being placed 7th and Martin Wall, Barry Cheema and Laurence Hewitt completing the impressive team. Our women's team of Helen Beecham, Louise Booker, Karen Kiteley and Emma Hawkey were placed 17th, with another impressive team turnout completed by Anne Kelsall, Emma Lawton, Claire O'Brien, Shelley Nicholls, Jane Quinn, Helen Hirst and Jo Yarnall. Well done partcularly to Adam and Freddie, completing their first cross-country event for the club. If any other members are interested in joining us please check out this seasons events on our Cross Country page and have a word with Simon Hudson (men) or Anne Kelsall (women).
Sunday saw a good turnout from the club to our first official representation at the Aldridge Remembrance Parade. Many thanks to all who came.
Congratulations too, to Toby Oury, who completed his second Canicross Midlands event on Sunday
2018 in (some) pictures will be built up below over the year. 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 had 40 parkrunners on Saturday 10th November, with 35 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Liam Harrold, first home for the club and 2nd overall finisher, also to Jo Stephens, first ARC lady. At Sutton Park, Ian Jennings was the first ARC finisher, followed by Laura Kirwan, Geoff Card and Tony Baker. Elsewhere Tim Farmer ran at Cannock Chase. Congratulations to those who gained a new parkrun PB at their event this week: Eddie Evitt, Jo Stephens, Katrina Wyke, Ian Jennings and Geoff Card, also to Eddie Evitt and Toby Oury, who gained one of the top 10 age grades at their events and to Terry Hastings, who completed his 100th parkrun this week. Many thanks too, as always, to the 9 members who volunteered.
Congratulations to our Cross Country teams who competed in the first of the four league events on Saturday at Coventry. Our men's 'A' team of Liam Harrold, Leigh Ally, Dan Williams, Mark Shaw, Adam Smith and Toby Oury were placed 6th, with our 'B' team of Freddie Penrose, Aaron Neath, Kevin Adams, Mark O'Rourke, Eamon Lyons and Nick Dean being placed 7th and Martin Wall, Barry Cheema and Laurence Hewitt completing the impressive team. Our women's team of Helen Beecham, Louise Booker, Karen Kiteley and Emma Hawkey were placed 17th, with another impressive team turnout completed by Anne Kelsall, Emma Lawton, Claire O'Brien, Shelley Nicholls, Jane Quinn, Helen Hirst and Jo Yarnall. Well done partcularly to Adam and Freddie, completing their first cross-country event for the club. If any other members are interested in joining us please check out this seasons events on our Cross Country page and have a word with Simon Hudson (men) or Anne Kelsall (women).
Sunday saw a good turnout from the club to our first official representation at the Aldridge Remembrance Parade. Many thanks to all who came.
Congratulations too, to Toby Oury, who completed his second Canicross Midlands event on Sunday
2018 in (some) pictures will be built up below over the year. 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 2017-18 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and finished on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results can be viewed here. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. 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 2017-18 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and finished on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results can be viewed here. Many thanks to Ron Reynolds for all his work organising this event and keeping the results tables. 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.