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This Week's Club News:
We had just 29 parkrunners on Saturday 6th December, with 17 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Michael Mason and Barbara Johnson, first ARC finishers and Barbara's 200th parkrun.
Pauline Smith, Pamir Azami and Deborah Hartland ran at Chasewater whilst Geoff Card, Laura Kirwan, Tony Baker and Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons completed the course at Sutton Park.
Elsewhere Mandy Brassington-Harris gained another PB at Cannock Chase, Viki Dobbs and Laura Malsbury ran at Kingsbury Water, James Whitehouse ran at Morcambe Prom and Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow.
Congratulations to Pauline Smith, who gained age-grade percentage in the top 10 of her event again this week.
Many thanks, as always, go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Saturday also saw the second event in this season's Cross-Country league, another crucial event for our men seeking promotion. Well done to Liam Harrold (8th), Adam Smith (12th), Toby Oury (13th), Dan Williams (21st), Mark Shaw (36th) and Gordon Walker (48th) who consolidated the club's 3rd place so far, also to Steve Blakemore and Philip Morris, for fine performances but unfortunately we had insufficient members to make up a 'B' team this time. Well done also to our women's team of Karen Kiteley, Lorraine Beesley, Helen Beecham and Lizi Chambers, who gained 7th place overall, also to Anne Kelsall, Rossella Bigongiari, Wendy Sargeant, Abby Wright, Claire O'Brien and Judith Toase, who completed the team. In the Masters' competition our team of Karen, Lorraine and Helen took first place out of 15 complete teams. Well done all.
The main reason that numbers at other events were a little down was that 26 members were running in Lanzarote. Congratulations to all finishers:
Congratulations also to all members who took part in events on Sunday 8th:
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.
Pauline Smith, Pamir Azami and Deborah Hartland ran at Chasewater whilst Geoff Card, Laura Kirwan, Tony Baker and Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons completed the course at Sutton Park.
Elsewhere Mandy Brassington-Harris gained another PB at Cannock Chase, Viki Dobbs and Laura Malsbury ran at Kingsbury Water, James Whitehouse ran at Morcambe Prom and Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow.
Congratulations to Pauline Smith, who gained age-grade percentage in the top 10 of her event again this week.
Many thanks, as always, go to all those club members who volunteered at a parkrun this weekend.
Saturday also saw the second event in this season's Cross-Country league, another crucial event for our men seeking promotion. Well done to Liam Harrold (8th), Adam Smith (12th), Toby Oury (13th), Dan Williams (21st), Mark Shaw (36th) and Gordon Walker (48th) who consolidated the club's 3rd place so far, also to Steve Blakemore and Philip Morris, for fine performances but unfortunately we had insufficient members to make up a 'B' team this time. Well done also to our women's team of Karen Kiteley, Lorraine Beesley, Helen Beecham and Lizi Chambers, who gained 7th place overall, also to Anne Kelsall, Rossella Bigongiari, Wendy Sargeant, Abby Wright, Claire O'Brien and Judith Toase, who completed the team. In the Masters' competition our team of Karen, Lorraine and Helen took first place out of 15 complete teams. Well done all.
The main reason that numbers at other events were a little down was that 26 members were running in Lanzarote. Congratulations to all finishers:
- Marathon - Simon Hudson (04:33:54), Gav P (05:40:38), Lynda Elmore (05:43:51) and Jo Yarnall (05:45:22).
- Half Marathon - Trevor Harris (01:48:04), Nick Ford (01:57:29), Kara Nicholls (02:03:03), Jackie Newman (02:03:13), Ian Jennings (02:08:36), Rebecca Beale (02:10:04), Les Reeves (02:10:04), Katrina Wyke (02:12:17), Sarah Baggott (02:13:39), Garry Newman (02:18:44), Roxy Babla (02:20:11), Sarah Hinkley (02:48:35), Tim Farmer (02:58:34), Jo Dulson-Cox (03:21:47) and Lucy Baker (03:21:48).
- 10k - Anna Davies (01:01:44), Joanna Stephens (01:01:44), Jo Butler (01:02:14), Rob Foster (01:03:22), Philip Beagen (01:03:38), Cathryn Jones (01:07:46) and Sharon Shirley (01:06:35).
Congratulations also to all members who took part in events on Sunday 8th:
- Sneyd Striders Pudding Run 5 mile (GP): Nick Benton (00:43:41), Sue Baker (00:44:33, 1st FV50)), Kay Mchugh (00:50:14), Louise Gadd (00:51:38), Terry Hastings (00:52:10), Lynsay Boucher (00:52:15), Valda Davies (00:53:30), Rebecca Steele (00:55:16, PB), Sue King (00:54:45), Jayne Bunch (00:55:55), Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons (00:56:30), Gill Hastings (00:59:58), Patricia Brazier (01:00:00), Louise Berry (01:00:12), Tracey Chadwick (01:11:38) and Allan Hodson (01:13:38).
- Sneyd Striders Pudding Run 10 mile (GP): Daniel Day (01:03:21, 8th overall), Brett Antill (01:09:20, PB), Dave Mchugh (01:16:01), Michael Davis (01:29:18), Rossella Bigongiari (01:35:42), Mark Chapman (01:44:01), Rachel Antoine (01:51:14, PB) and Michelle Bennett (01:59:34).
- Telford 10k: Adam Smith (00:34:51, PB & new club 10k record), Liam Harrold (00:36:31), Mark Shaw (00:38:31), Mark O'Rourke (00:39:21, PB), Mandip Thandi (00:40:37), Lisa Wakeman (00:41:04, PB and new club 2019 record), Lorraine Beesley (00:44:41, PB and new club V50 record), Kevin Attwood (00:46:09), Marcus Nye (00:46:29, PB), Diane Hammond (00:59:09) and Barinderjit Cheema (00:59:28).
- Milton Keynes Winter Half Marathon: Viki Dobbs (02:50:09)
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 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.