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Did you take part in the Aldridge 10k, 5k or Children's Races?
Hope you had a great time - see you next year!
Congratulations to all who completed one of our races on Sunday 10th June. You're all winners! See our race pages for more details of the events.
This Week's Club News:
We ran our own 5k and 10k races on our club night on 12th June. The 5k race was won by Becky Beale followed by Pete Kelsall and the 10k race was won by Leigh Ally and Louise Booker, with Toby Oury and Dan Williams 2nd and 3rd men and Karen Kiteley and Lorraine Beesley 2nd and 3rd ladies. There was a huge turnout for the 10k, with a sea of blue running through Aldridge. Well done all.
Wednesday 13th saw the Stafford Showground Relays, where we entered eight teams. Congratulations to "Worst Pace Scenario" (Louise Booker, Mark Shaw, Steve Blakemore and Lisa Wakeman), who came 6th in their cateogory, also to "Jason and the Argonauts" (Jason Vigrass, Abby Wright, Helen Phillips and Leigh Ally), "Two Boobs and Two Dudes" (Jo Yarnall, Claire Foster, Barinderjit Cheema and Craig Simmons), "Bodyglide, Blisters and Wine" (Leigh Ally, Karen Kiteley, Gemma Archer and Amanda Woolaston), "Sweaty Girls Rock" (Anna Davies, Jo Stephens, Laura Kirwan and Katrina Wyke, 10th in category), "Chaffing the Dream" (Paul Butler, Simon Hudson, Nick Ford and Dave Ralph, 6th in category), Team Old Enough to Know Better (Anne Kelsall, Pete Kelsall, Mike Rogers and Helen Hirst) and "Three Wise Monkeys and the Organ Grinder" (Liz Holt, Wendy Sargent, Jackie Shan and Terry Hastings. A great evening was had by all, including an excellent shared picnic - next picnic will be at the Snickerthon on Saturday June 30th.
Also on Wednesday 13th was the third in Telford Sexarathon - the Shropshire 4 mile, where Ian Malsbury finished in 31:46, Laura Malsbury in 41:42, Viki Dobbs in 42:33 and Emma Preston in 59:22 - well done all!
Some of our club members were up early on Friday 15th running the Sunrise City 5k in the centre of Birmingham. Well done Paul Allen, Rachel Antoine, Viki Dobbs, Sarah Baggott, Josephine Clensy, Claire Foster and Nigel Lynch.
We had 34 parkrunners on Saturday 16th June with 26 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Paul Butler, first ARC member over the line, also to Anne Kelsall, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Alison Deeley ran at Rosliston, Dave Ellis and Lorraine Beesley ran at Perry Hall, where Lorraine was first lady to finish, in a PB time, Steve and Diane Hammond ran at Kingsbury Water, Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow, Katrina Wyke ran at Ballymena and Nicola James ran at Lanhydrock. Congratulations to Anne Kelsall, who came in the top 10 age-related scores at the Arboretum. Well done too, and thank you, to all who volunteered - it's worth noting that ARC provided 9 of the volunteers at the Arboretum and 2 at Perry Hall this week , whilst 7 of the ARC runners are proud owners of purple 25-volunteer shirts.
Well done too, to Leigh Ally (45:31.4, 7th place), Claire O'Brien (1:06:13) and Sarah Baggott (1:12:42), who completed the Gnosall 10k (and a bit) on Saturday 16th and to Rossella Bigongiari, who completed the Run Coed-y-Brenin Trail Half Marathon in 3:00:05.
On Sunday 17th we had a successful club Breakfast Run as well as a number of races. Well done to those who completed the Shrewsbury Half Marathon - Dave Ellis, (01:39:14), Paul Allen, (01:52:27), Emma Hawkey, (01:52:47), Barinderjit Cheema, (02:00:19) and Louise Gadd, (02:10:55) and to Liam Harrold, who completed the Hampton in Arden 9 mile. Congratulations too, to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the 4k Lock to Lock swim in Oxford.
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.
Wednesday 13th saw the Stafford Showground Relays, where we entered eight teams. Congratulations to "Worst Pace Scenario" (Louise Booker, Mark Shaw, Steve Blakemore and Lisa Wakeman), who came 6th in their cateogory, also to "Jason and the Argonauts" (Jason Vigrass, Abby Wright, Helen Phillips and Leigh Ally), "Two Boobs and Two Dudes" (Jo Yarnall, Claire Foster, Barinderjit Cheema and Craig Simmons), "Bodyglide, Blisters and Wine" (Leigh Ally, Karen Kiteley, Gemma Archer and Amanda Woolaston), "Sweaty Girls Rock" (Anna Davies, Jo Stephens, Laura Kirwan and Katrina Wyke, 10th in category), "Chaffing the Dream" (Paul Butler, Simon Hudson, Nick Ford and Dave Ralph, 6th in category), Team Old Enough to Know Better (Anne Kelsall, Pete Kelsall, Mike Rogers and Helen Hirst) and "Three Wise Monkeys and the Organ Grinder" (Liz Holt, Wendy Sargent, Jackie Shan and Terry Hastings. A great evening was had by all, including an excellent shared picnic - next picnic will be at the Snickerthon on Saturday June 30th.
Also on Wednesday 13th was the third in Telford Sexarathon - the Shropshire 4 mile, where Ian Malsbury finished in 31:46, Laura Malsbury in 41:42, Viki Dobbs in 42:33 and Emma Preston in 59:22 - well done all!
Some of our club members were up early on Friday 15th running the Sunrise City 5k in the centre of Birmingham. Well done Paul Allen, Rachel Antoine, Viki Dobbs, Sarah Baggott, Josephine Clensy, Claire Foster and Nigel Lynch.
We had 34 parkrunners on Saturday 16th June with 26 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Paul Butler, first ARC member over the line, also to Anne Kelsall, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Alison Deeley ran at Rosliston, Dave Ellis and Lorraine Beesley ran at Perry Hall, where Lorraine was first lady to finish, in a PB time, Steve and Diane Hammond ran at Kingsbury Water, Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow, Katrina Wyke ran at Ballymena and Nicola James ran at Lanhydrock. Congratulations to Anne Kelsall, who came in the top 10 age-related scores at the Arboretum. Well done too, and thank you, to all who volunteered - it's worth noting that ARC provided 9 of the volunteers at the Arboretum and 2 at Perry Hall this week , whilst 7 of the ARC runners are proud owners of purple 25-volunteer shirts.
Well done too, to Leigh Ally (45:31.4, 7th place), Claire O'Brien (1:06:13) and Sarah Baggott (1:12:42), who completed the Gnosall 10k (and a bit) on Saturday 16th and to Rossella Bigongiari, who completed the Run Coed-y-Brenin Trail Half Marathon in 3:00:05.
On Sunday 17th we had a successful club Breakfast Run as well as a number of races. Well done to those who completed the Shrewsbury Half Marathon - Dave Ellis, (01:39:14), Paul Allen, (01:52:27), Emma Hawkey, (01:52:47), Barinderjit Cheema, (02:00:19) and Louise Gadd, (02:10:55) and to Liam Harrold, who completed the Hampton in Arden 9 mile. Congratulations too, to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the 4k Lock to Lock swim in Oxford.
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 so far.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and will take pace on the third Tuesday of each month up to and including August, then a sixth and final race on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results so far can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time by April 10th. 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 so far.
This year's club handicap races began on April 17th and will take pace on the third Tuesday of each month up to and including August, then a sixth and final race on September 4th. The route is the Greenwood 4. Rules and results so far can be viewed here. If you have not taken part before please let Ron Reynolds have your 5k time by April 10th. 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.