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This Week's Club News:
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We had 52 parkrunners on Saturday January 12th, with 10 at Sutton Park and 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Well done to Liam Harrold, 3rd overall finisher at the Arboretum and to Pauline Smith, first ARC lady, also Kevin Attwood and Claire Crook, first ARC man and lady at Sutton Park. Elsewhere, Tim Farmer, Sharon Fern, Nicola James and Victoria Bird ran at Cannock Chase, Lynda Elmore ran at Wolverhampton, Daniel Ford and Claire Foster ran at Sandwell Valley and Henry Simpson ran at Perry Hall, Congratulations to those who gained a PB at their event - Kevin Attwood, Katie McBeth, Lynda Elmore and Henry Simpson, with additional 'well done' to Pauline and Henry, who also gained top 10 age-grade percentages at their events.
Special mention goes to Pauline Smith, who completed her 50th parkrun and to Barinderjit Cheema, who clocked up his 200th. Many thanks as always to all who volunteered in any way - when did you last volunteer?
Saturday 12th saw the third of four events in this season's cross-country leagues, where ARC had a record turnout of 21 women and 21 men. Well done to our women's team: Helen Beecham, Karen Kiteley, Lorraine Beesley, Katrina Wyke, Joanna Stevens, Anne Kelsall, Melissa Emery, Sarah Ashton, Claire O'Brien, Abby Wright, Karen Waple, Lynda Elmore, Jane Quinn, Rossella Bigongiari, Helen Hirst, Louise Berry, Jo Yarnall, Judith Toase, Viki Dobbs, Emma Preston and Laura Malsbury. The first four home - Helen, Karen, Lorraine and Katrina brought the club 17th place overall, whilst Helen, Karen and Lorraine's positions gave the club 8th place in the Masters' category. An extra 'well done' to Sarah, Louise and Emma, running their first cross-country event and to Katrina, Jo Stephens and Karen Waple, returning after a break of many years. Congratulations too, to our Men's first team of Liam Harrold, Adam Smith, Freddie Penrose, Mark Shaw, Toby Oury and Leigh Ally, who gained 7th place and our 'B' team of Aaron Neath, Brett Antill, Mark O'Rourke, Trevor Harris, Kevin Adams and Dave Mchugh also gained 7th place, with Kevin Attwood, Martin Wall, Marcus Nye, Eddie Evitt, Ian Malsbury, Les Reeves, Richard Lodge, Barinderjit Cheema and Lawrence Hewitt completing the team.
Well done to Gavin Parrot, who completed the Draycote Water 10k on Sunday 13th, in a time of 01:05:20.
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 had 52 parkrunners on Saturday January 12th, with 10 at Sutton Park and 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Well done to Liam Harrold, 3rd overall finisher at the Arboretum and to Pauline Smith, first ARC lady, also Kevin Attwood and Claire Crook, first ARC man and lady at Sutton Park. Elsewhere, Tim Farmer, Sharon Fern, Nicola James and Victoria Bird ran at Cannock Chase, Lynda Elmore ran at Wolverhampton, Daniel Ford and Claire Foster ran at Sandwell Valley and Henry Simpson ran at Perry Hall, Congratulations to those who gained a PB at their event - Kevin Attwood, Katie McBeth, Lynda Elmore and Henry Simpson, with additional 'well done' to Pauline and Henry, who also gained top 10 age-grade percentages at their events.
Special mention goes to Pauline Smith, who completed her 50th parkrun and to Barinderjit Cheema, who clocked up his 200th. Many thanks as always to all who volunteered in any way - when did you last volunteer?
Saturday 12th saw the third of four events in this season's cross-country leagues, where ARC had a record turnout of 21 women and 21 men. Well done to our women's team: Helen Beecham, Karen Kiteley, Lorraine Beesley, Katrina Wyke, Joanna Stevens, Anne Kelsall, Melissa Emery, Sarah Ashton, Claire O'Brien, Abby Wright, Karen Waple, Lynda Elmore, Jane Quinn, Rossella Bigongiari, Helen Hirst, Louise Berry, Jo Yarnall, Judith Toase, Viki Dobbs, Emma Preston and Laura Malsbury. The first four home - Helen, Karen, Lorraine and Katrina brought the club 17th place overall, whilst Helen, Karen and Lorraine's positions gave the club 8th place in the Masters' category. An extra 'well done' to Sarah, Louise and Emma, running their first cross-country event and to Katrina, Jo Stephens and Karen Waple, returning after a break of many years. Congratulations too, to our Men's first team of Liam Harrold, Adam Smith, Freddie Penrose, Mark Shaw, Toby Oury and Leigh Ally, who gained 7th place and our 'B' team of Aaron Neath, Brett Antill, Mark O'Rourke, Trevor Harris, Kevin Adams and Dave Mchugh also gained 7th place, with Kevin Attwood, Martin Wall, Marcus Nye, Eddie Evitt, Ian Malsbury, Les Reeves, Richard Lodge, Barinderjit Cheema and Lawrence Hewitt completing the team.
Well done to Gavin Parrot, who completed the Draycote Water 10k on Sunday 13th, in a time of 01:05:20.
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 2018 club handicap races ran from April 17th - 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 list of Grand Prix races is available on our GP page, where you can also find results tables.
The 2018 club handicap races ran from April 17th - 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.