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5/8/09 Message from Tony Jones

ARC CLUB AWARDS

Soon it will be time for ARC club members to consider who they feel should be the recipients of the Club Awards for 2008; below is a guide to our awards for your consideration, if you want any further help just have a word with one of the committee members.  

Paul Sebastion Trophy

This award is named after an original member of the club who personified all that ARC strives to be - inclusive, friendly, motivating, aspirational & sociable. Members are asked to nominate anyone who they feel has served the club in a positive manner over the past months/years. Presented by Paul's sister this is considered to be ARC's top award and calls for nominations begin in August with nominations closing two weeks prior to AGM. Voting takes place at the AGM & the subsequent week and the trophy is given on Presentation Night.

Distinction Awards

 Awarded to anyone nominated by other member/s for service to the club and it's members, this can be for an act of kindness, help or performance, either a one-off or over a period of time. These can be awarded at any time during the club year, and also on Presentation night.

John Floyd Cup.

Awarded by ARC committee (must be to non-committee member, excluding co-opt as have no vote) for continual services to ARC. Awarded on Presentation night.

ARC has a strong tradition of rewarding members for service and achievement & those club members who have been given awards are justifiably proud of the recognition by their fellow runners. The committee asks that as many members as possible take part in the nomination & voting, nomination forms for the top two awards will be available on Tuesday evenings from the beginning of August.

4/8/07 Personal Fitness Training & Sports Massage

Any ARC members who require a personal fitness trainer and/or sports massage therapy should have a look at Nina Lea's website. Nina who is a club member ana qualified sports therapist and fitness trainer can be contacted via her website at http://www.ninalea.co.uk/

14/7/09

Well done to John & Jane Quinn and Melanie Brown who all got in the prizes at the West Bromwich 5k on Sunday

Buzzard Valley Vineyard.

A big thanks to Jeff Card for arranging a tour of Buzzard Valley vineyard on Friday, photos are available by clicking on the picture below

25/6/08 Message from Dale Smith

Little Aston 5 mile 2008 - Which is a Grand Prix race, is to take place 31st Aug.

Aldridge Old Boys (and girls) on Friends Reunited

A number of current and past members can be found on friends reunited website. Once registered you can search by teams and type in aldridge running club. http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk

Shugborough Relays 2008.

Wednesday 18th June

ARC fielded 8 teams for this year's relays and a great time was had by all specially the Curry afterwards. A big thank you to Rob Foster for all the organization.

Results can be found at http://www.staffordharriers.org/homepage/mainpage.htm

Aldridge 10k 2009

Next Year's Aldridge 10k will take place on 7 June.

12/6/08 Message from Rob Foster.

I know some people may have got fed up with waiting, but theentry system for the Birmingham Half Marathon is now finally open!! http://birminghamhalfmarathon.com

Ron Reynolds has forwarded some photographs of the team that competed in the Belfast Marathon. Worth a peek just to see our chairman with what appears to be a large coffee in his hand......

Click on the photo to access the album.

11/6/08 Message from Chris Sprules

Is anyone interested in an unusual run, or walk, and a weekend away in August?

The ‘Cross-the-Bay’ half marathon and 8 mile walk takes place on Sunday 10th August (see website - http://www.crossbayrun.org.uk  for full details), Tracey and I intend taking part and I’ve provisionally reserved a number of rooms at the Eidsforth hotel http://www.eidsforth.co.uk on the off-chance that others may be interested as well.

Costs are obviously dependant upon the number of nights stay & room type -seaview, double, single etc. If you are interested or want more details just let me know.

Aldridge 5k and 10k Races 2008

With over 500 entrants in the 10k and 135 compettitors in the 5k.

the 2008 event was a huge success.

The committee would like to thank all of those who helped make this such a fantastic day.

Results and pictures can be found on the 10k page.

24/5/08 Message from Liam Bradley

The Penmaenpool 10 mile run is on Saturday 4th October and it would appear from Meirionnydd RC's website that entries are now open; the entries are limited to 150 only, they state that they allow entries on the day but according to the details on Runners World website 150 ran last year so unsure how quickly the race fills up. It would also appear that there's a 2 mile fun run as well! I thought I'd let you know as folks may be intrested in entering the race now, the transport or accomodation being sorted out at a later date.

I've printed off some entry forms ready for the 'events folder'. Race info available at www.run-meirionnydd.co.uk/our_races.html or the Runners World website.

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So our beloved Chairman invited us all round to his mom's house for tea, the only stipulation being

that we run the Derby 10k beforehand. So nine intrepid ARC members battled the elements and were

rewarded with tea, scones and hospitality, a great day out and the race wasnt bad either.

London Marathon 2008

Congratulations to

Dale, Nina, Terry, Laura, Dave, Anne, Chris , Linda & Chris

06/04/08 Welcome to the new look website

 Took a while but the new look website is up and running. We hope to make the site more interactive for ARC members and will rely on your contributions to the news pages. We would be very interested in race reports and race photographs.

This can be done either directly by email  or via the QuickTopic message board.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Steve Woolley

A big thanks to Dale Smith, Steve Law and Ron 'snapper' Reynolds for their help with this site.