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This Week's Club News:
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We had 49 parkrunners on Saturday February 9th, with 14 at Sutton Park and 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Dan Williams, 4th overall finisher at Sutton Park, to Emma Lawton, first ARC lady, both in PB times, and to Brett Antill and Roxy Babla, first ARC male and female finishers at the Arboretum. Elsewhere, Jackie Shan gained a PB at Cannock Chase. Well done also to Chris Stewart, who also gained a PB at Walsall. Many thanks as always to all who volunteered in any way - when did you last volunteer?
Some of our club members were lucky enough to be able to take part in the Big Bear Challenge 6-hour event on Thursday 7th. Congratulations to Kevin Attwood, who completed 9 laps (29.7 miles), Anne Kelsall, who completed 6 laps (26.2 miles) and to Emma Pearce, who completed 6 laps (19.8 miles). Well done too, to Viki Dobbs, who completed two muddy and windy laps in a similar event - 'One Run to Rule Them All' - on Saturday 9th at Walton on Thames, coming away with an awesome medal.
Saturday 9th saw the final cross-country league event of the season, which took place near Stroud. Well done to our men's team of Liam Harrold, Freddie Penrose, Adam Smith, Toby Oury, Mark Shaw, Trevor Harris, Eamon Lyons, Kevin Adams, Nick Dean, Martin Wall, Les Reeves, Simon Hudson and Barinderjit Cheema, also to the women's team of Helen Beecham, Karen Kiteley, Katrina Wyke and Claire Crook (scoring finishers) with Jo Stephens, Anne Kelsall, Melissa Emery, Shelley Nicholls, Abby Wright, Lynda Elmore, Angela Oury, Jane Quinn, Karen Waple, Louise Berry and Laura Malsbury completing the team and special mention to Claire and Angela, taking part in their first cross-country event for us. Thanks go to Ron Reynolds for some fantastic photos. The Men's A team came 6th, their B team came 9th and the women came 17th, with the women's Masters 9th. Well done to all who ran. At the end of the season this leaves the Men's A team 7th overall with their B team 6th. Liam Harrold finished the season in 21st place overall.
Well done also to Sharon Houghton and Samantha Ducille, who completed the Birmingham 5k Winter Warmer run in Sutton Park on Saturday 9th.
Sunday 10th saw a number of members taking part in the club Breakfast Run whilst others competed in three challenging races, well done to all:
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 49 parkrunners on Saturday February 9th, with 14 at Sutton Park and 34 at Walsall Arboretum. Congratulations to Dan Williams, 4th overall finisher at Sutton Park, to Emma Lawton, first ARC lady, both in PB times, and to Brett Antill and Roxy Babla, first ARC male and female finishers at the Arboretum. Elsewhere, Jackie Shan gained a PB at Cannock Chase. Well done also to Chris Stewart, who also gained a PB at Walsall. Many thanks as always to all who volunteered in any way - when did you last volunteer?
Some of our club members were lucky enough to be able to take part in the Big Bear Challenge 6-hour event on Thursday 7th. Congratulations to Kevin Attwood, who completed 9 laps (29.7 miles), Anne Kelsall, who completed 6 laps (26.2 miles) and to Emma Pearce, who completed 6 laps (19.8 miles). Well done too, to Viki Dobbs, who completed two muddy and windy laps in a similar event - 'One Run to Rule Them All' - on Saturday 9th at Walton on Thames, coming away with an awesome medal.
Saturday 9th saw the final cross-country league event of the season, which took place near Stroud. Well done to our men's team of Liam Harrold, Freddie Penrose, Adam Smith, Toby Oury, Mark Shaw, Trevor Harris, Eamon Lyons, Kevin Adams, Nick Dean, Martin Wall, Les Reeves, Simon Hudson and Barinderjit Cheema, also to the women's team of Helen Beecham, Karen Kiteley, Katrina Wyke and Claire Crook (scoring finishers) with Jo Stephens, Anne Kelsall, Melissa Emery, Shelley Nicholls, Abby Wright, Lynda Elmore, Angela Oury, Jane Quinn, Karen Waple, Louise Berry and Laura Malsbury completing the team and special mention to Claire and Angela, taking part in their first cross-country event for us. Thanks go to Ron Reynolds for some fantastic photos. The Men's A team came 6th, their B team came 9th and the women came 17th, with the women's Masters 9th. Well done to all who ran. At the end of the season this leaves the Men's A team 7th overall with their B team 6th. Liam Harrold finished the season in 21st place overall.
Well done also to Sharon Houghton and Samantha Ducille, who completed the Birmingham 5k Winter Warmer run in Sutton Park on Saturday 9th.
Sunday 10th saw a number of members taking part in the club Breakfast Run whilst others competed in three challenging races, well done to all:
- Walton Wobble (10k): Barbara Johnson (01:02:28), Vikki Dobbs (01:10:42) and Laura Malsbury (01:29:30).
- Cannock Chase 5 mile: Wendy Sargeant (00:52:41), Jodie Mccabe (01:07:16), Kathryn Stevenson (01:07:43) and Claire Gibbs (01:17:06).
- Cannock Chase 10 mile: Henry Simpson (01:41:20), Roxy Babla (02:02:20) and Lucy Baker (02:12:31).
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.
Race volunteers - your page is here
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.
Race volunteers - your page is here
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.