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This Week's Club News:
Happy birthday to us!
We enjoyed a great 30th anniversary celebration on Tuesday 17th October, with past and present members reminiscing and looking forward in equal measure. Not to mention a famous ARC buffet. Thanks to all who came and especial thanks to those members of the committee and others who worked so hard to make the evening a success. Here's to the next 30!
We had 31 parkrunners on Saturday 13th October, with 26 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Liam Harrold, first home for the club and 4th overall finisher and to Louise Booker, first ARC lady and 3rd overall. Elsewhere, Henry Simpson ran at Sutton Park, Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow and Leigh Ally, Emma Hawkey and Jo Yarnall ran at New Earswick, where Leigh was 3rd overall and gained one of the top 10 age grades at his event. Congratulations to Lucy Walters on completing her 1st parkrun and to Tony Baker, running his 50th. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered.
Congratulations to Lynda Elmore, who completed the marathon distance Kanga-Roo Kanter on Saturday 13th followed by the half-marathon disatance Owl Amble, both in Ashdown Forest, completing her Winnie-the-Pooh medal collection after three years.
Sunday saw many ARC members racing. Congratulations to all:
Any club members who applied for a London Marathon ballot place and were unsuccessful should hand in their 'commiserations' letter (not the magazine) to Chris Sprules, to enable them to be eligible for a club place in future years. The rules regarding our club places can be found here.
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 enjoyed a great 30th anniversary celebration on Tuesday 17th October, with past and present members reminiscing and looking forward in equal measure. Not to mention a famous ARC buffet. Thanks to all who came and especial thanks to those members of the committee and others who worked so hard to make the evening a success. Here's to the next 30!
We had 31 parkrunners on Saturday 13th October, with 26 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Liam Harrold, first home for the club and 4th overall finisher and to Louise Booker, first ARC lady and 3rd overall. Elsewhere, Henry Simpson ran at Sutton Park, Richard Lodge ran at Ludlow and Leigh Ally, Emma Hawkey and Jo Yarnall ran at New Earswick, where Leigh was 3rd overall and gained one of the top 10 age grades at his event. Congratulations to Lucy Walters on completing her 1st parkrun and to Tony Baker, running his 50th. Many thanks too, as always, to those who volunteered.
Congratulations to Lynda Elmore, who completed the marathon distance Kanga-Roo Kanter on Saturday 13th followed by the half-marathon disatance Owl Amble, both in Ashdown Forest, completing her Winnie-the-Pooh medal collection after three years.
Sunday saw many ARC members racing. Congratulations to all:
- Werrington 10k: John Pearce (46m 40s)
- Pattingham Bells 10k (GP): Eamon Lyons, Les Reeves, Barbara Johnson, Viki Dobbs, Rossella Bigongiari and 5k: Louise Berry and Jo Stephens. Commiserations to Eamon and Jo who were in the leading 10k group sent the wrong way by the marshal.
- Birmingham Half Marathon (GP 2018-19): Daniel Williams (01:23:04), Adam Smith (01:24:01, first HM), Mark Shaw (01:25:13, PB), Freddie Penrose (01:28:19, first HM), Aaron Neath (01:35:05, PB), Ian Pallett (01:38:51), Steve Hammond (01:39:43, PB), Lisa Wakeman (01:40:01, PB), Martin Wall (01:41:20), Paul Butler (01:42:15), Nick Ford (01:42:31, PB), Craig Simmons (01:43:08, PB), David Ralph (01:48:20), Steve Humphreys (01:49:13, first HM), Todd Nash (01:56:16, first HM), Rebecca Beale (01:57:29, first HM), Alison Deeley (01:58:14), Sarah Ashton (01:58:20, first HM), Katrina Wyke (02:00:39), Emily Wilson-Gavin (02:01:39, PB), Wendy Sargeant (02:02:52), Emma Lawton (02:03:14, PB), Kara Nicholls (02:04:32, PB), Roxy Babla (02:06:00, PB) Jo Butler (02:14:23, PB), Sarah-Anne Fitzsimmons (02:21:25, PB), Tim Farmer (02:26:28, PB), Kevin Galer (02:30:44, PB), Lucy Baker (02:35:52), Victoria O'Connor (02:35:55, PB), Angela Oury (02:36:26, first HM), Victoria Bird (02:48:49), Sarah Bishop (02:52:51, first HM), Emma Preston (02:53:48, PB) and Sharon Houghton (03:21:22, first HM).
- Yorkshire Marathon: Leigh Ally (03:08), Dave Ellis (03:44:04), Anne Kelsall (04:17:28), Jess Gray (04:32, PB), Simon Hudson (04:49:36) and Marcus Nye (04:46:53, PB).
- Yorkshire 10 mile: Emma Hawkey (01:22:24)
- Manchester Half Marathon: Mandip Thandi (01:34:26), Barinderjit Cheema (01:57:29, PB), Jo Dulson-Cox (02:58:31), Laura Malsbury (03:32:30) and Ian Malsbury (03:32:31).
- Leicester Marathon: Kevin Attwood (04:11:47)
Any club members who applied for a London Marathon ballot place and were unsuccessful should hand in their 'commiserations' letter (not the magazine) to Chris Sprules, to enable them to be eligible for a club place in future years. The rules regarding our club places can be found here.
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.