Hi All,
We will be running the Rollick route to do a letter drop on Sunday 4th Jan, so if you would like to join us, you would be most welcome. I expect we will split into 2 groups, so everyone may not run it all if they don’t wish to. Note the whole route is about 10 miles and it will be muddy! Meet 08:30 at the Scout Hut on Park Road, near Castle School. Google maps …. https://maps.app.goo.gl/uUnJhECDtHCakYii8
Thanks
Arthur Renshaw (Letter Drop lead)
Thursday Club Night Leaders
20th November. Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W/ 10 min – TBA/ 9 min – Lizzie W/ 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Paul Harrod
27th November. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet F/ 10 min – Arthur R/ 9 min – Emily M/ 8 min – Moray S 7 min – Nick W
Runner Safety – For your safety and those around you it is essential that you have a head torch & hi-viz vest when running with the club after sunset.
Tea Rota (only one date before New Year needs to be filled – 18/12)
20/11 Kellie Bryant; 27/11 Hannah Hamilton; 4/12 Carol Mosses; 11/12 No Tea – Christmas Lights Run & Party; 18/12 TBA; 25/11 No Meeting – Christmas Day; 01/26 No Meeting– New Year’s Day; 08/01/26 TBA – all back to normal for January..
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Results:
Sodbury Slog 9/11/25
Reminders:.
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It is over 5 years since we increased or Membership Fees. After a review of income & expenditure we need an increase to cover our basic core expenses such as the hire of the Leisure Centre room, the website, England Athletics affiliation and coach and run leader training etc. Full Membership will go up by £5 to £30 and other Membership categories will also increase by £5.
We will continue to subsidize England Athletics(EA) Membership by £12 with the Member paying the balance of £11. As an encouragement for Members to complete an EA Coaching or Leadership course the Club will subsidize the full EA fee of £23.
Full details of all the Membership fees are to follow.
We are now 2 months away from the Rollick, and already have 280 entries ! Many of last year’s marshals will marshal again (it shows how enjoyable it is !), but we do have a number of vacancies. Therefore, if you are available to help and didn’t help last year, please complete the form https://forms.gle/1zwpivDerbWnaqTJ7 . We can then allocate you a task depending on where the greatest need is.
We do have a reputation of having marshals in fancy dress, so if you feel you wish to do that (it’s not mandatory), please feel free. It can be anything within reason – previous marshals have been Superman, Elvis, Clowns, Pirate, Fairy etc. and of course our infamous Mr Blobby ! Anything is great to help enthuse the runners – it really is fun to do. It’s a great thing to do and allows you to see a race from the marshals point of view. Hope to hear from you via the form. If you need to contact me direct, I am on jimgodden0@gmail.com
Jim Godden RR Race Director.
Join us at Thornbury Cricket Club for a festive evening of running and food!
✅ Shorter than normal run around Alveston’s finest Christmas lights ✅ Followed by a Meal on the club to celebrate the year (drinks are on you)
Meet: Thornbury Cricket Club
Date & Time: Thursday, 11th December at 7:00 PM
Sign up by: 5th December so we can confirm food order
Book your place on the Google form:
https://forms.gle/nudxBRL2LLtHJeKE8
Usual arrangements again this year. Meeting in the Chippings car park in Wotton GL12 7BD. Christmas outfits encouraged. Planning on Six Groups different start times but getting back to the Chippings Car Park by 11:00 for Coffee and mince pies. These are the Groups we would like to have. If you would like to lead a group then let me know.
5. Gloucester League Cross Country
Did you miss the cross countries? Shame. You can still enter individually for the remaining 2 races. Enter at:- https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/ You can still get a discounted waterproof duffel bag for only £10 if you run both.
For details of all races see the Gloucester League Cross Country Website. Affiliated cost is £10 per race plus fee and providing you turn up on the day to run the club will refund your entry fee. If you run 3 or more races the club will refund the series fee. If the promise of a free waterproof duffel bag with “Thornbury Running Club” printed it isn’t enough incentive for you to do cross country you can also get free entry to the race as well. Please forward your entry confirmation email, the one showing the amount paid, to treasurer@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk as soon as you enter please.
For all you budding London Marathoners, as usual the Club qualifies to get one place in the London Marathon next April. If you want to apply for this place please see the rules & regulations in the Club Rules and apply to the Secretary Nigel Hale no later than 31st November
https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Club-place-in-London-Marathon.docx
The Committee is looking at what to do with the TRC website. We are looking for any members with Web development expertise to join a small group of Members to look at this whole subject. If you think you can make a contribution please contact Arthur Renshaw directly. chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
We have, for many years, licenced our races for insurance purposes etc with ARC. ARC are now desperately seeking some admin help with some admin help. We need at least two more people who can take over processing permits, at most up to one day’s work a week. We will pay an hourly rate, working from home and would suit retired runners who want an enjoyable way to continue to support club runners. If interested please contact Arthur Renshaw. chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
We are asking members to nominate the date and location for future park runs of the month. The date can coincide with a special event e.g. birthday or milestone e.g. 100th parkrun. The location should be no more than a 30 minute drive from Thornbury.Please message treasurer@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk with your suggestions.
I am running London Marathon next year on behalf of a local charity Brain Tumour Support. I am not part of your club but my dad has recently joined (Andy Downes) who is the main reason I am running the marathon! I have a big target of £2,500 to raise and am therefore running an online raffle with lots of prizes up for grabs which are closely linked to Thornbury and the surrounding areas. I wondered if you would be able to share my page with your group on socials or email to see if anyone would be interested in donating.
✨✨ Raffle fundraiser ✨✨ see previous Bulletin for complete list of raffle prizes
How to enter: Donate directly to my fundraising page on Just Giving. https://www.justgiving.com/page/georgia-downes-ldnmarathon
Leave a comment with a way of me contacting you so I can let you know if you win!! If you’d prefer not to leave an email/phone number/instagram name then email me with your full details: georgie_downes@hotmail.com
Important details:
Make sure I know how to contact you
The club have negotiated a 15% discount off in season products with SportsShoes.com To obtain the code, which changes monthly, please complete this form.
A round up of my charity total from the Gun Pull, now that the team have finished at Lands End. My personal total was £455. The total raised from week 7 when I was taking part was £5,476. The overall appeal hasn’t closed yet, but currently stands at £58,086
Thanks to everybody who donated.
16/11
Thursday Club Night Leaders
13th November. Walking – Val / 5k – Liz Ball/ 10 min –Claire New/ 9 min – Jo P/ 8 min – Paul T/ 7 min – Ben Foss
20th November. Walking – Val / 5k – Jim Williams/ 10 min – TBA/ 9 min – Lizzie Williams/ 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Paul Harrod
Runner Safety – For your safety and those around you it is essential that you have a head torch & hi-viz vest when running with the club after sunset.
Tea Rota
13/11 Kellie Bryant; 20/11 Kellie Bryant; 27/11 Hannah Hamilton; 4/12 Carol Mosses; 11/12 No Tea – Christmas Lights Run & Party; 18/12 TBA; 25/11 No Meeting – Christmas Day; 01/26 No Meeting– New Year’s Day; 08/01/26 TBA – all back to normal for January..
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Results: {None this week}
Reminders:.
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It is over 5 years since we increased or Membership Fees. After a review of income & expenditure we need an increase to cover our basic core expenses such as the hire of the Leisure Centre room, the website, England Athletics affiliation and coach and run leader training etc. Full Membership will go up by £5 to £30 and other Membership categories will also increase by £5.
We will continue to subsidize England Athletics(EA) Membership by £12 with the Member paying the balance of £11. As an encouragement for Members to complete an EA Coaching or Leadership course the Club will subsidize the full EA fee of £23.
Full details of all the Membership fees are to follow.
We are now 2 months away from the Rollick, and already have 280 entries ! Many of last year’s marshals will marshal again (it shows how enjoyable it is !), but we do have a number of vacancies. Therefore, if you are available to help and didn’t help last year, please complete the form https://forms.gle/1zwpivDerbWnaqTJ7 . We can then allocate you a task depending on where the greatest need is.
We do have a reputation of having marshals in fancy dress, so if you feel you wish to do that (it’s not mandatory), please feel free. It can be anything within reason – previous marshals have been Superman, Elvis, Clowns, Pirate, Fairy etc. and of course our infamous Mr Blobby ! Anything is great to help enthuse the runners – it really is fun to do. It’s a great thing to do and allows you to see a race from the marshals point of view. Hope to hear from you via the form. If you need to contact me direct, I am on jimgodden0@gmail.com
Jim Godden RR Race Director.
Join us at Thornbury Cricket Club for a festive evening of running and food!
✅ Shorter than normal run around Alveston’s finest Christmas lights ✅ Followed by a Meal on the club to celebrate the year (drinks are on you)
Meet: Thornbury Cricket Club
Date & Time: Thursday, 11th December at 7:00 PM
Sign up by: 5th December so we can confirm food order
Book your place on the Google form https://forms.gle/nudxBRL2LLtHJeKE8
Did you miss the cross countries? Shame. You can still enter individually for the remaining 2 races. Enter at:- https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/ You can still get a discounted waterproof duffel bag for only £10 if you run both.
For details of all races see the Gloucester League Cross Country Website. Affiliated cost is £10 per race plus fee and providing you turn up on the day to run the club will refund your entry fee. If you run 3 or more races the club will refund the series fee. If the promise of a free waterproof duffel bag with “Thornbury Running Club” printed it isn’t enough incentive for you to do cross country you can also get free entry to the race as well. Please forward your entry confirmation email, the one showing the amount paid, to treasurer@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk as soon as you enter please.
For all you budding London Marathoners, as usual the Club qualifies to get one place in the London Marathon next April. If you want to apply for this place please see the rules & regulations in the Club Rules and apply to the Secretary Nigel Hale no later than 31st November
https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Club-place-in-London-Marathon.docx
The Committee is looking at what to do with the TRC website. We are looking for any members with Web development expertise to join a small group of Members to look at this whole subject. If you think you can make a contribution please contact Arthur Renshaw directly. chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
We have, for many years, licenced our races for insurance purposes etc with ARC. ARC are now desperately seeking some admin help with some admin help. We need at least two more people who can take over processing permits, at most up to one day’s work a week. We will pay an hourly rate, working from home and would suit retired runners who want an enjoyable way to continue to support club runners. If interested please contact Arthur Renshaw. chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
We are asking members to nominate the date and location for future park runs of the month. The date can coincide with a special event e.g. birthday or milestone e.g. 100th parkrun. The location should be no more than a 30 minute drive from Thornbury.
Please message treasurer@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk with your suggestions.
I am running London Marathon next year on behalf of a local charity Brain Tumour Support. I am not part of your club but my dad has recently joined (Andy Downes) who is the main reason I am running the marathon! I have a big target of £2,500 to raise and am therefore running an online raffle with lots of prizes up for grabs which are closely linked to Thornbury and the surrounding areas. I wondered if you would be able to share my page with your group on socials or email to see if anyone would be interested in donating.
✨✨ Raffle fundraiser ✨✨ see last weeks Bulletin for complete list of raffle prizes
How to enter: Donate directly to my fundraising page on Just Giving. https://www.justgiving.com/page/georgia-downes-ldnmarathon
Leave a comment with a way of me contacting you so I can let you know if you win!! If you’d prefer not to leave an email/phone number/instagram name then email me with your full details: georgie_downes@hotmail.com
Important details:
The club have negotiated a 15% discount off in season products with SportsShoes.com To obtain the code, which changes monthly, please complete this form.
09/11
In a marked improvement over the last two editions; participants, spectators and marshals didn’t wake up to grey clouds or torrential rain on the morning of the 2025 Oldbury 10 mile race. It was going well so far! However the lack of precipitation wasn’t reflected by a lack of perspiration and it is with this in mind that I want to say thank you to everyone who supported Sunday’s event.
Firstly a huge congratulations to all those who took part. We received lots of positive feedback from the participants about the event and its organisation. We had 276 finishers with the 1st Male and Female clocking 53:31 and 59:49 respectively. Also to recognise the following members of the club who took part;
P36 – 01:08:21 – Ali Vaz
P195 – 01:31:54 – Claire Hollingdale
Also a huge congratulations to Phil Blackburn who set a new club record in 54:34 which saw him finish 5th overall and 3rd in the Avon Championship – 10mile.
Ad congratulations to me for my contribution of getting a coffee van at the event. I was so proud.
A lot goes on behind the scenes of these events and I want to say a massive thank you especially to Arthur, Nathan and Matt who; attained the support of the venue, timing company, managed the entries as well as countless other jobs leading up to, on the day of and following the event. You can thank Nathan for the Jaffa cakes! I also want to say a massive thank you to Adrian who organised the marshals as well as attaining the race licences and generally providing a huge amount of support and advice including knowing the correct number of bananas to buy within a 2% margin of error.
I also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the marshalling and all the other activities over the weekend and the letter drop last weekend. Without your support the event really couldn’t go ahead which would be a huge detriment to the excellent contribution the club makes to its members and the community as a whole.
Thank you, Pete (Race Director)
Thursday Club Night Leaders
2nd October. Walking – Val / 5k – Caron Hale/ 10 min – Arthur/ 9 min – Ellen Perrett/ 8 min – Moray/ 7 min – Peter C
9th October. Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel Hale/ 10 min – Liz Baird/ 9 min – Jo Plumbley/ 8 min – Mel Wilson/ 7 min – Ben
Runner Safety – For your safety and those around you it is essential that you have a head torch & hi-viz vest when running with the club after sunset. Please read this document for further info… Head torches & Hi-viz vests
Tea Rota
25/09 Claire Hollingdale; 2/10 Romeo Maddalena; 9/10 ???
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover for October.
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Results:
| Oldbury 10 | ||||
| 5 | Philip BLACKBURN | M | 00:54:34 | Avon Champs 3rd |
| 36 | Ali Vaz | F | 01:08:21 | 3rd FV40 |
| 195 | Claire HOLLINGDALE | F | 01:31:54 | |
| Trail Escape: Bristol to Bath 25km | ||||
| 207 | Zoe Rimmer | F | 02:43:03 | |
| 607 | Kathryb Sopp | F | 03:25:54 | |
| 659 | Liz Baird | F | 03:36:25 | |
| 661 | Harriet Forrest | F | 03:36:25 | |
| 662 | Claire Hollingsdale | F | 03:36:25 | |
| 663 | Kellie Bryant | F | 03:36:26 | |
| Trail Escape: Bristol to Bath Marathon | ||||
| 203 | Jo Plumbley | F | 04:59:50 | |
| Forest of Dean Half Marathon | ||||
| Ros Rowland | F | 02:10:55 | ||
Reminders:.
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Thanks to everyone who helped. The runners were very appreciative of all the Marshals out on the course. We had 374 pre-entries but despite the good weather that day we had 98 (26%) no shows leaving 276 runners who crossed the finishing line. We were very concerned about the new road works with traffic light controlled single lane working on the course. However, it did not cause any problems much to the Race Directors relief. The male & female race winner were both from Bristol & West AC – Thomas Dunford 53:31 and Deborah Bruce 59:49. Overall 15 runners went under 60 minutes including our own Phil Blackburn in 54:34
The Introduction to Running Course has been a great way for the Club to support people who are keen to start running, promote running in the local community and attract new members. We need your help please. The next Introduction to Running Course is taking place over 8 weeks on Wednesdays from 15th Oct to 3rd Dec at 6:45pm from TLC top car park. We need 2 or 3 people each week. If you want to be a Beginner’s Champion. Please fill in this form so that I can put together the rota.
https://forms.gle/Wv9sawnMM9R5Eok16:
Introductory Course for New Runners October 2025
We are a friendly local club catering for runners of all abilities: beginners, improvers & competitors.If you are interested in attending an 8 week course, ‘Introduction to Running’ we are now open for people to register for the next course starting on Wednesday 15th October at 6:45pm for 8 weeks until Wednesday 3rd December at 6:45pm. We meet at the top of the Thornbury Leisure Centre car park. We aim to run together at a parkrun on Saturday 13th December to celebrate your success.
The whole course costs only £10. If you are interested in attending please contact beginners@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk or complete Introductory Running Course Interest (click on the link on the Thornbury Running Club website below.)
Website: http://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thornburyrunning/
Form https://forms.gle/qkFAg8FJUyWodL4N8
Our next parkrun of the month will be at Thornbury on 4th October. We will have a presence there to see if we can recruit new members. We are also asking members to nominate the date and location for future park runs of the month. The date can coincide with a special event e.g. birthday or milestone e.g. 100th parkrun. The location should be no more than a 30 minute drive from Thornbury.Please message Nathan with your suggestions.
Teams, teams, teams. This is a team event and we need to get our teams out to count (6 for men’s team, 3 for women’s team) so join up now:- Entries are now open:- https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
If you think you are likely to run all 4 races, please enter the series. Affiliated cost is £10 per race or £26 for series plus fee and providing you turn up on the day to run the club will refund your entry fee. If you run 3 or more races the club will refund the series fee. If the promise of a free waterproof duffel bag with “Thornbury Running Club” printed it isn’t enough incentive for you to do cross country you can also get free entry to the race as well. Please forward your entry confirmation email, the one showing the amount paid, to treasurer@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk as soon as you enter please.
Unfortunately, this date coincides with cross country at Cirencester. Captain Andy Wyatt (Retired Squadron Leader of RAF Red ArrowsTeam) 14:00 to 16:30 hours with liquid refreshment and nibbles. Cost is £5 per person with all proceeds going to RNLI.. You can book at www.thornburysc.org.uk/Booking/events
The club have negotiated a 15% discount off in season products with SportsShoes.com To obtain the code, which changes monthly, please complete this form.
Did you know that we have the following WhatsApp Groups:-
TRC 7min/mile Club night run group
TRC 8min/mile Club night run group
TRC 9min/mile Club night run group
TRC 10min/mile Club night run group
TRC 5km Club night run group
TRC Walking Club night run group
TRC Tuesday Coaching Tuesday Club night coaching
TRC Pete Mainstone Challenge Pete Mainstone Challenge
TRC Cross Country Cross-country racing, typically October – February
TRC Cotswold Way Relay Cotswold Way Relay
TRC Race Marshal To manage communication at club events
TRC Mince Pie Run XMAS Mince Pie Run
TRC Events I’ve entered For members to share upcoming events they’ve entered
TRC General To be used for anything not relevant to the other sub-groups. Only members who have joined this sub-group will see your messages. Once you are a member of our WhatsApp community you should be able to join the above groups on your mobile app. Alternatively, just let us know either by posting a request in an existing group or by sending a WhatsApp to the Community Admins.
Thanks to everyone for your donations of food for the Thornbury Food Bank which I collected on 11 Sept at the Run & Rehydrate at the Sailing Club.. They were very grateful for our donation of 60kilos. We will do the next one in about 6 months (March).
29/09
Thursday Club Night Leaders
26th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet F / 10 min – Suzy C / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Paul T/ 7 min – Nick W
3rd July. Walking – Val / 5k – Caron H / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min – Moray S / 7 min – Pete B
Tea Rota
26/06 Lorna Chambers; 03/07 No Tea – room N/A; 10/07 No Tea – room N/A; 17/07 tba
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover late July onwards.
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Results: (none this week)
Reminders:.
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Thanks to everyone that helped on the 10k last Thursday . Full report in next weeks bulletin.
Congratulations to Nick Williams for coming first in the Cotswold Way 100k Ultra in 11:23:18 on the hottest day of the year. He was over an hour in front of the second place!
It is not too late to support Nick raising the profile and raising funds for Myeloma UK (https://www.myeloma.org.uk/), If you are able to support Nick in raising funds this is the link:- https://www.justgiving.com/page/nick-williams-1
Thank you to everyone who signed up to join in the Cotswold relay 2025 on Sat July 5th – a great pre curser to the TRC summer festivities on the Sunday. We have confirmed entries for two TRC teams – 1 Open team – (Quickthorns) and 1 ladies (The Prickles). This is Thornbury’s first ever all girls team and we may yet need some extras! The teams and legs are below – if anyone has any queries or complaints please see Jo Plumbley or message her through the WhatsApp group.
Open – Quickthorns
Leg
1 – Ross Whiting
2 – Ollie Brown
3 – George Evans
4 – Nathan Darkin
5 – Chris Foley
6 – Adrian Wombwell
7- Jim Godden
8- Kevin Cundy
9 – Nick Williams
10- James Marshall
Reserves – Nick Langridge, Alex Golding, John Evans, Arthur Renshaw, Kevin Arnold
Ladies – Prickles
Leg
1 – Mel Wilson
2 – Clare Watt
3 – Lizzie Williams
4 – Jo PLumbley
5 – Colette Jackson
6 – Laura Orna
7- Sarah Newnes
8- Hannah Hamilton
9 – Ros Rowland
10- Zoe RImmer
Reserves – Bethan Littley, Judy Mills
This is a family-friendly event open to all ages, with fun activities for the children and a relaxed afternoon of food, fun, and community. We also get the chance to recognise some amazing running performances, improvements and contributions to the running of the club over the last 12 months. To help us plan, RSVP by completing the form below by Wednesday, 26th June: https://forms.gle/ePTfu66jgHydzeYh9
We hope you can join us! If you have any questions, please email Matt on social@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
6 . Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members
GWAC wee very grateful for the £2,050 we presented to them on the evening of our AGM.
“As a way to show our gratitude to the club, we would like to invite anyone interested to an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work we provide. Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for our Critical Care Team, and potentially meet the crew and view the helicopter and critical care car up close. These events shed light on the charity’s operations, covering everything from lifesaving missions to the advanced equipment and interventions we provide.”
They have a maximum attendee limit of 30. If this event fills up and others wish to attend, we have additional dates throughout the year that I can add them to. Please complete the Google Form available here for you to register your interest in a visit on a date to be determined. https://forms.gle/ygBkmYE9eWGvDDt98
22/06
Thursday Club Night Leaders
19th June. Thornbury 10K 19:30 Oldbury Sailing Club. No meeting at the Leisure Centre
26th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet F / 10 min – Suzy C / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Paul T/ 7 min – Nick W
3rd July. Walking – Val / 5k – Caron H / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Moray S / 7 min – Pete B
Tea Rota
26/06 tba; 03/07 No Tea – room N/A; 10/07 No Tea – room N/A; 17/07
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover July onwards.
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Results:
Reminders:.
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Thanks to all the people that have volunteered to help with putting on the race. We do have sufficient now – so thanks for responding to the rallying call! An update of roles / marshal points will get sent out this Sunday night. So if you haven’t heard by then, and unsure what you are doing , please contact me. (Colette Jackson 07976 922245). For those who didn’t get bibs at Thursday club, they will be available at HQ and the Finish Line in Oldbury from around 5.30pm on Thursday.
Sunday 22nd June am. See Jo Plumbley
It’s coming round again- another chance to boost your bid for Pete Mainstone challenge glory or simply to enjoy a social run in the sun. This Sunday (June 22nd) is the free National Trust 10km off road run at Woodchester Park. It’s self timed but we will take your watch timings and use those to register your placings. The start time may mean that not everyone will be after a beer post race but we will see what we can do in the way of refreshments. We will also look at lift shares so let Nathan know if you want to join the WhatsApp group. Pete himself may even visit one of his favourite run spots and be thereto congratulate the finishers. Hope to see you there.
Some of you may be aware that my Dad was diagnosed in December 2024 with Multiple Myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. Sadly, he passed away on 7th April after the cancer became more and more aggressive. Before he passed away, I had vowed to run the above event to raise funds for the charity that is seeking to raise awareness of this awful condition, and also to research the disease and medical advancements that may be able to help sufferers enter into remission, or even to find a cure. I will now be running the event on 21st June in memory of my Dad. The charity is Myeloma UK (https://www.myeloma.org.uk/), and I would invite you to take a brief look into their website, which will provide an insight into the disease and that if you are able to, to support me in raising funds, however great or small, to support the charity via this link:- https://www.justgiving.com/page/nick-williams-1
Thank you to everyone who signed up to join in the Cotswold relay 2025 on Sat July 5th – a great pre curser to the TRC summer festivities on the Sunday. We have confirmed entries for two TRC teams – 1 Open team – (Quickthorns) and 1 ladies (The Prickles). This is Thornbury’s first ever all girls team and we may yet need some extras! The teams and legs are below – if anyone has any queries or complaints please see Jo Plumbley or message her through the WhatsApp group.
Open – Quickthorns
Leg
1 – Ross Whiting
2 – Ollie Brown
3 – George Evans
4 – Nathan Darkin
5 – Chris Foley
6 – Adrian Wombwell
7- Jim Godden
8- Kevin Cundy
9 – Nick Williams
10- James Marshall
Reserves – Nick Langridge, Alex Golding, John Evans, Arthur Renshaw, Kevin Arnold
Ladies – Prickles
Leg
1 – Mel Wilson
2 – Clare Watt
3 – Lizzie Williams
4 – Jo PLumbley
5 – Colette Jackson
6 – Laura Orna
7- Sarah Newnes
8- Hannah Hamilton
9 – Ros Rowland
10- Zoe RImmer
Reserves – Bethan Littley, Judy Mills
This is a family-friendly event open to all ages, with fun activities for the children and a relaxed afternoon of food, fun, and community. We also get the chance to recognise some amazing running performances, improvements and contributions to the running of the club over the last 12 months. To help us plan, RSVP by completing the form below by Wednesday, 26th June:
https://forms.gle/ePTfu66jgHydzeYh9
We hope you can join us! If you have any questions, please email Matt on social@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
6 . Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members
GWAC were very grateful for the £2,050 we presented to them on the evening of our AGM.
“As a way to show our gratitude to the club, we would like to invite anyone interested to an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work we provide. Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for our Critical Care Team, and potentially meet the crew and view the helicopter and critical care car up close. These events shed light on the charity’s operations, covering everything from lifesaving missions to the advanced equipment and interventions we provide.
Unfortunately, we have a maximum attendee limit of 30. If this event fills up and others wish to attend, we have additional dates throughout the year that I can add them to. If you believe this event would interest people, please let me know”. Hopefully there will be a Google Form available for you to show your interest in a visit on a date to be determined.
15/06
Thursday Club Night Leaders
12th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Mel W/ 7 min – Ben B
19th June. Thornbury 10K 19:30 Oldbury Sailing Club
26th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet F / 10 min – Suzy C / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Paul T/ 7 min – Nick W
Tea Rota
12/06 Chris F; 19/06 No tea – Thornbury 10K; 26/06 tba; 03/07 No Tea – room N/A; 10/07 No Tea – room N/A
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover July onwards.
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Results:
02/06 Hogweed Trot 10 K:
And what a bumper night for Thornbury’s team of 40 finishers with a clean sweep of 1,2,3 in the women’s race, 3,4 in the men’s race and category wins in MV60, MV70, FV40. All repeated in Avon County Championships with additional category wins in MV45, FV40, FV45.
For all club results and accolades and the standings after 2 races in the Pete Mainstone Challenge Series follow the link to the Pete Mainstone Challenge results on the club website.
To make sure your results are included contact Mel Lloyd at results@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk. All results are on the members results page on the club website.All club Park Run results are also on the Park Run Results page on the club website.
Reminders:.
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We are still short of about 5 volunteers to be able to run the Thornbury 10K road race safely. If you haven’t marshalled before and are worried that you “won’t know what to do”, just add that into the notes section. We have lots of experienced marshals who can show you the ropes.
Please sign up via this Google form!! Thank you, Colette. https://forms.gle/MAYLbjU7jzZ8KhsY9
Sunday 22nd June am – see the WhatsApp group for more info and check out.. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/gloucestershire-cotswolds/woodchester-park/events/89e63535-b5a6-43b1-9e37-46e3b4af87ed
Some of you may be aware that my Dad was diagnosed in December 2024 with Multiple Myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. Sadly, he passed away on 7th April after the cancer became more and more aggressive. Before he passed away, I had vowed to run the above event to raise funds for the charity that is seeking to raise awareness of this awful condition, and also to research the disease and medical advancements that may be able to help sufferers enter into remission, or even to find a cure. I will now be running the event on 21st June in memory of my Dad. The charity is Myeloma UK (https://www.myeloma.org.uk/), and I would invite you to take a brief look into their website, which will provide an insight into the disease and that if you are able to, to support me in raising funds, however great or small, to support the charity via this link:- https://www.justgiving.com/page/nick-williams-1
Thank you to everyone who signed up to join in the Cotswold relay 2025 on Sat July 5th – a great pre curser to the TRC summer festivities on the Sunday. We have confirmed entries for two TRC teams – 1 Open team – (Quickthorns) and 1 ladies (The Prickles). This is Thornbury’s first ever all girls team and we may yet need some extras! The teams and legs are below – if anyone has any queries or complaints please see Jo Plumbley or message her through the WhatsApp group.
Open – Quickthorns
Leg
1 – Ross Whiting
2 – Ollie Brown
3 – George Evans
4 – Nathan Darkin
5 – Chris Foley
6 – Adrian Wombwell
7- Jim Godden
8- Kevin Cundy
9 – Nick Williams
10- James Marshall
Reserves – Nick Langridge, Alex Golding, John Evans, Arthur Renshaw, Kevin Arnold
Ladies – Prickles
Leg
1 – Mel Wilson
2 – Clare Watt
3 – Lizzie Williams
4 – Jo PLumbley
5 – Colette Jackson
6 – Laura Orna
7- Sarah Newnes
8- Hannah Hamilton
9 – Ros Rowland
10- Zoe RImmer
Reserves – Bethan Littley, Judy Mills
Join us from 4-8pm where Carla, a sports bra expert from Panache, will be in-store to conduct fittings and answer all sports bra-related questions. The event is free to attend, open to all and we will have 10% off bras on the evening. Here are all the details:
Jamie Williamson Manager
Kinisi Run Hub E: jamie@kinisirunhub.co.uk T: 07961919451
6 . Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members
GWAC were very grateful for the £2,050 we presented to them on the evening of our AGM.
As a way to show our gratitude to the club, we would like to invite anyone interested to an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work we provide. Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for our Critical Care Team, and potentially meet the crew and view the helicopter and critical care car up close. These events shed light on the charity’s operations, covering everything from lifesaving missions to the advanced equipment and interventions we provide. Unfortunately, we have a maximum attendee limit of 30. If this event fills up and others wish to attend, we have additional dates throughout the year that I can add them to. If you believe this event would interest people, please let me know. Hopefully there will be a Google Form available for you to show your interest in a visit on a date to be determined.
08/06
20th March . Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel H/ 10 min – Mike B / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min – Rob W / 7 min – Ben F
27th March . Walking – Val / 5k – Carol M / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Ellen P / 8 min – Paul T / 7 min – Ben B
Tea Rota
20/03 Carol Mosses ; 27/03 Natalie Bennett; 03/04 Paul Reeves ; 10/04 No Tea. Room n/a; 17/04 No Tea. Weston away day; 24/04 Natalie Bennett ; 01/05 No tea – Polling Day . room n/a
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover as from early May.
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Results: Bath Half 16/03/25
Reminders:.
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2025-26 Club membership is due for renewal before Monday 1st April. See separate e-mail sent last week
As you will have seen, Nick and Mel will be stepping down from their roles as Club Captains at the end of the month. We are looking for one or two of you to step into their shoes, to take on the Captain role and to keep the club ticking over, particularly on Thursday nights. No experience is necessary, and the role isn’t particularly onerous and largely entails introducing Thursday night runs and sharing notices, organising the leader’s rota, organising the club championships (which Nick is willing to help with) and generally celebrating the individual and team success at TRC. If you are interested, please do let Nick know and he will gladly talk you through the role.
The Cotswold Way Relay is a 10 stage relay race covering all 103 miles of the Cotswold Way from Chipping Campden to Bath Abbey. This is event is organised by Team Bath and has a limit of 100 teams.
The event is very popular with TRC members and for 2025 we intend to enter a Women’s team and a further 1or 2 teams.
If we become oversubscribed, we will work on a first come first served basis, subject to the requirements of each team entered. A vets team must all be aged 40+ and a mixed team must contain at least 4 women. Save the date and if you wish to run, or be a reserve or can help with on the day marshalling then please sign up here! If you have any questions please see Jo Plumbley who is organising the event this year.
Matt Johnstone is organising a Club supported run at Weston in April and wants to try and get a big turnout from the Club. Enter individually and the Club will refund your entry fees. Entries open 21st March. More details on the link below. See separate email.
https://westonac.co.uk/races-2/weston-prom-run/
SportShoes.com discount
The club have negotiated a 15% discount off in season products with SportsShoes.com, currently SS25. To obtain the code, which changes monthly, please complete this form.
After a successful staging of our 3 events over the last year – all sold out – the Committee has decided to confirm our donation to this year’s chosen Charity Great Western Air Ambulance. We will now donate £2,000 and this will be done later this year.
We are now seeking nominations from the Membership for the choice of Charity for the coming year 2025-26. Please submit your nominations to the Secretary, Nigel Hale by the 20th March. All Nominations submitted need a brief justification. secretary@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk
Now open for people to register for the next course starting on Wednesday 23rd April at 6:45pm for 8 weeks until Wednesday 11th June at 6:45pm. We meet at the top of the Thornbury Leisure Centre car park. We aim to run together at a parkrun on Saturday 14th June to celebrate your success. The whole course costs only £10.
If you know anybody who may be interested in attending please contact beginners@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk and complete Introductory Running Course Interest (click on the link on the Thornbury Running Club website.)
The Committee has fixed the date of the AGM for the Financial Year 2024/5 – this will be on Thursday 22nd May and will be at Thornbury CC and we will hold the AGM after a Run & Rehydrate. Drinks and Pizza for those who stay on for the AGM.
The Committee does not envisage any chance to the Club Constitution or Club Rules for 2025/6. The Committee also confirmed that there will be no change to the annual subs for 2025/6 and the subsidy for joining England Athletics will remain in place.
The 2026 Riverbank Rollick will be on Sunday 18th January 2026.
Kevin Wood did a fantastic job organising the Rollick for the last two years and he will now be stepping down so we need an individual or group of individuals to take over the organisation. If anyone is interested please see Arthur Renshaw (chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk) Full training will be given.
The Bristol Running Show 2025 will take place again at the BAWA Leisure centre, Southmead Rd in Filton on March 23rd 2025. The show will feature local clubs and running groups, local and regional businesses and services, fitness and health professionals, personal trainers. There will be guest speakers. https://bristolrunningshow.com/
Jessie is a new (again) member of TRC, and also a MSK physiotherapist specialising in womens health, mainly around postnatal/menopause, and her passion is getting women back into fitness/running following childbirth.
Jessie is hoping to be able to offer a return to running ‘C25K’ run for postnatal women, who would also be seeing her to focus on strengthening pelvic floor, imbalances and dealing with symptoms like incontinence. In order for these women truly be able to get either back to running or into running it is important to focus on personalised programmes throughout her Mummy MOT assessments, which she does privately.
Please take a look at her website (www.jessicaharrisonphysiotherapy.com) and the attached leaflet for more details, and please do get in touch with Jessie for more information.
16/03
13th March . Walking – Val / 5k – Caron H/ 10 min – Hugh M / 9 min – Kevin W / 8 min – Martyn G / 7 min – Nick W
20th March . Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel H/ 10 min – Mike B / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min – Rob W / 7 min – Ben F
Tea Rota
13/03 Mel Lloyd; 20/03 ??? ; 27/03 Natalie Bennett; 03/04 Paul Reeves ; 10/04 No Tea. Room n/a;
We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover as from late April.
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Results: Lisbon Half Marathon 10/03/25
Reminders:
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2025-26 Club membership is due for renewal before Monday 1st April. See separate e-mail
As you will have seen, Nick and Mel will be stepping down from their roles as Club Captains at the end of the month. We are looking for one or two of you to step into their shoes, to take on the Captain role and to keep the club ticking over, particularly on Thursday nights. No experience is necessary, and the role isn’t particularly onerous and largely entails introducing Thursday night runs and sharing notices, organising the leader’s rota, organising the club championships (which Nick is willing to help with) and generally celebrating the individual and team success at TRC. If you are interested, please do let Nick know and he will gladly talk you through the role.
The Cotswold Way Relay is a 10 stage relay race covering all 103 miles of the Cotswold Way from Chipping Campden to Bath Abbey. This is event is organised by Team Bath and has a limit of 100 teams.
The event is very popular with TRC members and for 2025 we intend to enter a Women’s team and a further 1or 2 teams.If we become oversubscribed, we will work on a first come first served basis, subject to the requirements of each team entered. A vets team must all be aged 40+ and a mixed team must contain at least 4 women. Save the date and if you wish to run, or be a reserve or can help with on the day marshalling then please sign up here! If you have any questions please see Jo Plumbley who is organising the event this year.
Matt Johnstone is organising a Club supported run at Weston in April and wants to try and get a big turnout from the Club. Enter individually and the Club will refund your entry fees. Entries open 21st March. More details on the link below.https://westonac.co.uk/races-2/weston-prom-run/
SportShoes.com discount
The club have negotiated a 15% discount off in season products with SportsShoes.com, currently SS25. To obtain the code, which changes monthly, please complete this form.
After a successful staging of our 3 events over the last year – all sold out – the Committee has decided to increase our donation to this year’s chosen Charity St Peter’s Hospice. We will now donate £2,000 and this will be done at the next Run & Rehydrate event in March – date to be confirmed.
We are now seeking nominations from the Membership for the choice of Charity for the coming year 2024-25. Please submit your nominations to the Secretary, Nigel Hale by the end of February. All Nominations submitted need a brief justification.
Now open for people to register for the next course starting on Wednesday 23rd April at 6:45pm for 8 weeks until Wednesday 11th June at 6:45pm. We meet at the top of the Thornbury Leisure Centre car park. We aim to run together at a parkrun on Saturday 14th June to celebrate your success. The whole course costs only £10.
The Committee has fixed the date of the AGM for the Financial Year 2024/5 – this will be on Thursday 22nd May and will be at Thornbury CC and we will hold the AGM after a Run & Rehydrate. Drinks and Pizza for those who stay on for the AGM.
The Committee does not envisage any chance to the Club Constitution or Club Rules for 2025/6. The Committee also confirmed that there will be no change to the annual subs for 2025/6 and the subsidy for joining England Athletics will remain in place.
The 2026 Riverbank Rollick will be on Sunday 18th January 2026.
Kevin Wood did a fantastic job organising the Rollick for the last two years and he will now be stepping down so we need an individual or group of individuals to take over the organisation. If anyone is interested please see Arthur Renshaw (chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk) Full training will be given.
The Bristol Running Show 2025 will take place again at the BAWA Leisure centre, Southmead Rd in Filton on March 23rd 2025. The show will feature local clubs and running groups, local and regional businesses and services, fitness and health professionals, personal trainers. There will be guest speakers. https://bristolrunningshow.com/
Jessie is a new (again) member of TRC, and also a MSK physiotherapist specialising in womens health, mainly around postnatal/menopause, and her passion is getting women back into fitness/running following childbirth.
Jessie is hoping to be able to offer a return to running ‘C25K’ run for postnatal women, who would also be seeing her to focus on strengthening pelvic floor, imbalances and dealing with symptoms like incontinence. In order for these women truly be able to get either back to running or into running it is important to focus on personalised programmes throughout her Mummy MOT assessments, which she does privately.
Please take a look at her website (www.jessicaharrisonphysiotherapy.com) and the attached leaflet for more details, and please do get in touch with Jessie for more information.
09/03