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This Week's Club News:
We had 51 parkrunners on Saturday 14th July with 39 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Mark Shaw, first home for the club in 9th place overall, also to Claire Crook, first ARC lady. Elsewhere, Luke Freeman and Rob Foster ran at Cannock Chase, Steve and Diane Hammond ran at Wolverhampton, Nicola James and Emma Preston ran at Telford, Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow, Dave Ellis and Emma Hawkey ran at Bakewell, Josephine Clensy ran at Harrogate, Pauline Smith ran at Clacton Seafront and Claire Gibbs ran at Aberystwyth. Congratulations to Viki Dobbs and Emma Preston, who both gained parkrun PBs this week, also to Pauline Smith and John Quinn, who both achieved an age-graded performance in the top 10 at their event. Well done too, and thank you, to those who volunteered - not so many this week but much appreciated, especially during the summer season when volunteers are harder to find. All club parkrunners are requested to consider the parkrun recommendation to volunteer at least 3 times per year.
Well done to Rossella Bigonbiari, who completed the 'Piece of Cake' Marathon over Long Mynd in 06:55:56 on Saturday 14th, and to Chris Sprules who completed 'Blind Dave's 5k Colour Run', also to Helen Hirst, Anne Kelsall and Jane Quinn, who completed the Upton-on-Severn Sprint Triathlon, in 01:47:44, 01 01:52:34 and 01:52:44 respectively, with Helen coming first in her age category. Well done too, to Sarah Hinkley and Jo Yarnall, who completed the Race for Life Pretty Muddy 5k at Cofton Park.
Saturday Evening saw another of our club Grand Prix races - the Timberhonger 10k. Well done to all who took part - Leigh Ally (00:37:48, 9th overall), Dave Ellis (00:47:05), Lorraine Beesley (00:48:00, 1st in age category), Emma Hawkey (00:51:01), Laura Kirwan (00:51:05), Nick Ford (00:51:24), Les Reeves (00:53:41), Claire O'Brien (00:58:08), Sharon Shirley (01:10:41) and Victoria Bird (01:18:42).
Well done also, to Leigh Ally, who completed the Snowdonia Trail Marathon on Sunday 15th, in 06:56:01, and to Anne Kelsall, who completed 'Brooksie's Bash' 10-mile trail run in 01:52:39, also to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the Sparton Super 13k Obstacle race at Marston Lodge, Market Harborough. Away from running, well done to Simon Hudson, who completed the 55+ mile Three Spires Sportive.
Club members please note that the July Handicap race has been postponed from 17th to 24th July.
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.
Well done to Rossella Bigonbiari, who completed the 'Piece of Cake' Marathon over Long Mynd in 06:55:56 on Saturday 14th, and to Chris Sprules who completed 'Blind Dave's 5k Colour Run', also to Helen Hirst, Anne Kelsall and Jane Quinn, who completed the Upton-on-Severn Sprint Triathlon, in 01:47:44, 01 01:52:34 and 01:52:44 respectively, with Helen coming first in her age category. Well done too, to Sarah Hinkley and Jo Yarnall, who completed the Race for Life Pretty Muddy 5k at Cofton Park.
Saturday Evening saw another of our club Grand Prix races - the Timberhonger 10k. Well done to all who took part - Leigh Ally (00:37:48, 9th overall), Dave Ellis (00:47:05), Lorraine Beesley (00:48:00, 1st in age category), Emma Hawkey (00:51:01), Laura Kirwan (00:51:05), Nick Ford (00:51:24), Les Reeves (00:53:41), Claire O'Brien (00:58:08), Sharon Shirley (01:10:41) and Victoria Bird (01:18:42).
Well done also, to Leigh Ally, who completed the Snowdonia Trail Marathon on Sunday 15th, in 06:56:01, and to Anne Kelsall, who completed 'Brooksie's Bash' 10-mile trail run in 01:52:39, also to Jo Dulson-Cox, who completed the Sparton Super 13k Obstacle race at Marston Lodge, Market Harborough. Away from running, well done to Simon Hudson, who completed the 55+ mile Three Spires Sportive.
Club members please note that the July Handicap race has been postponed from 17th to 24th July.
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 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 before the race night. 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 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 before the race night. 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.