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This Week's Club News:
The Committee of the Aldridge Running Club hereby give notice of its 2018 Annual General Meeting to be held at the Stick and Wicket Club, Aldridge at 8pm prompt on Tuesday 25th September 2018. There will be no official runs that night and the AGM will be followed by a buffet. If you cannot make that night please send your apologies to the club secretary.
We had 51 parkrunners on Saturday 15th September, with 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Adam Smith, first home for the club and 7th overall finisher and to Sarah Baggott, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Toby Oury was 7th overall finisher at Sutton Park, followed by Martin Wall, Steve Humphries, Henry Simpson, Geoff Card and Tony Baker. Freddie Penrose and Pauline Smith ran in Cannock Chase. Les Reeves and Katrina Wyke ran at Sandwell Valley, Claire Foster ran at Cannon Hill, Alison Deeley ran at Rosliston, Dave and Kay McHugh ran at Market Harborough, Pat Russell ran at Tewkesbury and Emma Hawkey and Dave Ellis ran at Birkenhead. Well done to all those who achieved parkrun PBs this weekend: Toby Oury, Tony Baker, Kara Nichols and Kat Stevenson. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered with congratulations to Mark O'Rourke, making his debut as Run Director at Sutton Park. Welcome back too, to John Quinn and Louise Gadd, making a return to parkrunning after injury.
Also on Saturday, Kevin Galer took part in the Richmond Park 5k Pirate Run, where he came 1st in his age category - Well done Kevin!
This was the weekend of the English Half-marathon events in Warrington. Congratulations to Ian Malsbury, who completed the 5k and the Half in 30:44 and 01:56:42, to Laura Malsbury, who completed the 5k and 10k in 36:53 and 01:56:40 and to Lorraine Beesley, who completed the 5k in 24:57.
Huge congratulations to Leigh Ally, who smashed his PB and 3-hour target in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 16th, finishing in 02:53:49. We are so proud of your progress and achievement Leigh!
Elsewhere on Sunday we had runners in the Worcester City 10k - Edward Evitt (50:06), Emma Lawton (54:51, PB) and Claire Foster (01:10:35), in the Worcester City Half Marathon - Dan Williams (01:24:21, PB), the Stockport 10k - Pauline Smith (54:31) and the St Thomas' School 7 mile - John Pearce (53:57).
Away from running, congratulations to Nick Ford, Steve Hammond, Dave Ralph and Paul Butler, who completed Sunday's North Derbyshire 160k cycling sportif in 08:16:29, 08:17:06, 08:17:59 and 08:24:10 respectively
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 51 parkrunners on Saturday 15th September, with 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Adam Smith, first home for the club and 7th overall finisher and to Sarah Baggott, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Toby Oury was 7th overall finisher at Sutton Park, followed by Martin Wall, Steve Humphries, Henry Simpson, Geoff Card and Tony Baker. Freddie Penrose and Pauline Smith ran in Cannock Chase. Les Reeves and Katrina Wyke ran at Sandwell Valley, Claire Foster ran at Cannon Hill, Alison Deeley ran at Rosliston, Dave and Kay McHugh ran at Market Harborough, Pat Russell ran at Tewkesbury and Emma Hawkey and Dave Ellis ran at Birkenhead. Well done to all those who achieved parkrun PBs this weekend: Toby Oury, Tony Baker, Kara Nichols and Kat Stevenson. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered with congratulations to Mark O'Rourke, making his debut as Run Director at Sutton Park. Welcome back too, to John Quinn and Louise Gadd, making a return to parkrunning after injury.
Also on Saturday, Kevin Galer took part in the Richmond Park 5k Pirate Run, where he came 1st in his age category - Well done Kevin!
This was the weekend of the English Half-marathon events in Warrington. Congratulations to Ian Malsbury, who completed the 5k and the Half in 30:44 and 01:56:42, to Laura Malsbury, who completed the 5k and 10k in 36:53 and 01:56:40 and to Lorraine Beesley, who completed the 5k in 24:57.
Huge congratulations to Leigh Ally, who smashed his PB and 3-hour target in the Berlin Marathon on Sunday 16th, finishing in 02:53:49. We are so proud of your progress and achievement Leigh!
Elsewhere on Sunday we had runners in the Worcester City 10k - Edward Evitt (50:06), Emma Lawton (54:51, PB) and Claire Foster (01:10:35), in the Worcester City Half Marathon - Dan Williams (01:24:21, PB), the Stockport 10k - Pauline Smith (54:31) and the St Thomas' School 7 mile - John Pearce (53:57).
Away from running, congratulations to Nick Ford, Steve Hammond, Dave Ralph and Paul Butler, who completed Sunday's North Derbyshire 160k cycling sportif in 08:16:29, 08:17:06, 08:17:59 and 08:24:10 respectively
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.
Best of the Vest entries are coming in and current entries can be viewed here.
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 so far.
Best of the Vest entries are coming in and current entries can be viewed here.
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.