No party tonight?
Due to unforeseen circumstances I have been left with 4 tickets for tonight’s New Years Eve party at the Royal George, Thornbury
https://www.facebook.com/RoyalGeorgeThornbury/
Tickets include Buffet, Casino Tables & DJ/disco
Face Value £15 each but will accept any reasonable offer.
Text or call me if interested
Arthur Renshaw 07810 300025
PS. I am still looking for 5 more Marshals for the Riverbank Rollick on Sunday 15th January
This mail is going out to all Club Members.
We are very grateful to all those Members who have already volunteered to help out on our main event of the year. We are already sold out with 425 entries.
However we are still quite short of Course Marshals and we are appealing again for Club Members to step-up and volunteer as we need to make sure our event is run safely and to our usual high standard.
Please check your name and position – note you may be on the schedule for more than one job so check carefully. This Organisation schedule is the latest V5 and please be aware this may be updated over the course of the next two weeks. A later version will be sent out as necessary.
The Course Marshals are in 6 Teams. Each Team has a designated Leader who will set-up and sign the Course. Your job is to look after the runners and clear the course after the Last Runner (Jerry Clothier) has gone by. Guidance Notes for the Course Marshals is attached Rollick 2023 Marshalls Notes.
The Lead-out Team A and the 6 Course Marshal Teams all have a position – A1 to A9 and positions 1 to 51 shown on the Riverbank Rollick Route 2023 Map attached 
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The Lead out map from the Castle School to the Start and the last Section 6 through the Hatch & Shieling School Grounds are also attached 
Ros is leading two recce’s of the course on Friday 30th Dec at 08.30 from the Scout Hut opposite the Castle School and at 08.30 on Saturday 31st December.
A further opportunity to recce the course will be on the Residents Letter drop which will be on Sunday 8th January 08.30 from the Scout Hut.
Amy questions please contact Jo Plumbley or Arthur Renshaw
28/12/22
The Riverbank Rollick
We are getting a bit desperate for helpers on the Riverbank Rollick on Sunday 15th January.
Thanks to those who have volunteered so far.
The list below is people who helped on the Rollick last year but who we have not heard from this year. Ideally we want volunteers who can do the same job as last year.
If you are not on this list then you have either volunteered already (thank you!) or you didn’t help last year and have gone into hiding to avoid being asked and not filled in the form that Kevin has been promoting for weeks now.
At this moment we will struggle to put on a proper race up to our usual standards with the limited number of volunteers we have so please step up and help if you can….
You can e-mail me arthur@arenshaw.co.uk or send a text to 07810 300025.
Thanks Everyone & Merry Xmas.
Jo Emerson & Arthur Renshaw
22/12 : Normal Club Night : Walking – Val / 12 min – Amel / 10 min – Hugh / 9 min – Jim W / 8 min – tba / 7 min – Nick
29/12 : Leisure Centre closed. Meet in Car Park : Walking – Val / 12 min – Caron / 10 min – Arthur / 9 min – Ashleigh / 8 min – Kevin W / 7 min – Ben
Tea Rota
22/12 – Jerry Clothier 29/12 – Leisure Centre closed 5/1/23 – Nigel Hale 12/1/23 Amel.
Mince Pie Run Wotton-Under-Edge (reminder)
The traditional pre-Xmas Mince Pie run on Sunday 18th December meeting in the Chippings car park in Wotton GL12 7BD. Christmas outfits encouraged.
Expect next Bulletin early January.
Good luck to all those doing the re-arranged Westonbirt 10k on New Years Eve
Best Wishes to all for Christmas and New Year
16/12/22
Thursday Club Night Leaders – for the Xmas Lights run from the Cricket Club at the top of Alveston Hill. Remember the road is closed!
Steve D has designed the route for the best lights on view
Walking – Val / 12 min – Nigel / 10 min – Ellen / 9 min – Chris / 8 min – Lizzie / 7 min – Rob
Tea Rota
15/12 – Xmas do. 22/12 – Jerry Clothier 29/12 – Leisure Centre closed 5/1/23 – Nigel Hale 12/1/23 Amel.
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Mince Pie Run Wotton-Under-Edge (reminder as some details have changed)
The traditional pre-Xmas Mince Pie run on Sunday 18th December meeting in the Chippings car park in Wotton GL12 7BD. Christmas outfits encouraged.
10/12/22
8/12: Walking – Val / 12 min – Amel / 10 min – Jerry / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Mel / 7 min – Ben
Tea Rota
08/12 – Mike Bennewitz / 15/12 – Xmas Do / 22/12 – Jerry Clothier / 29/12 – TLC shut; meet in car park
What’s On …
Thank you to the 34 members who have already volunteered. We need 26 more please to join the team of amazing volunteers “Thank you Thornbury Running Club for an amazing event, great organisation and the best marshals ever.†THANK YOU in advance for volunteering to help with the Riverbank Rollick. Volunteer here.
2. TRC Race Series 2023
Riverbank Rollick is selling fast and is now 90% full! 358 places now sold and we have also already sold 79 places for Thornbury 10k and 78 for Oldbury 10 mile. To let local residents know about the Riverbank Rollick there is a letter drop to all effected residents on Sunday 8th January meeting 8:30am at the Scout Hut. There will be 2 groups running the course at different speed, so all welcome. This is your chance to experience the course (wear off road shoes!)
3. Free Race Entry
Club Xmas Raffle with a chance to win FREE race entry in aid of our Club Charity Bristol Bone Marrow. 1st prize – free entry into any Endurance Life coastal trail running event of your choice from 10k to Ultra. Race entry normally costs 10k/£35, half marathon/ £47, Marathon/£59 Ultra/£71. See https://www.endurancelife.com/ 2nd & 3rd prizes are Endurance Life T-shirts (Once I know the winner I will order the correct size), 4th & 5th prizes are Endurance Life buffs. £1 per ticket. Please buy as many as you are able to in support of Bristol Bone Marrow and to increase your chances of winning. Tickets available from Kevin Wood. The draw will take place on Thursday 15th December at the Xmas Lights Food & Run (tickets will also be available to buy that night before the draw). We have a club-specific promo code which will gives all TRC members 10% off any Endurance Life entry: Code: TRC22
(*Note: 1st prize is for all events and distance categories bookable on the website apart from the team relay events at the Classic Quarter & Exmoor.)
4. Xmas Lights Run & Food – Last Orders
53 signed up for the Club Xmas lights run and food on Thursday 15th December meeting at Thornbury Cricket Club 7:00pm (The Clubhouse, The Ship Field, Thornbury Rd, Bristol BS35 3LG). Please let me know if you plan to attend by 8th December latest, along with any specific dietary requirements you may have: Sign up . Please note that the Club will be paying for food only, not drinks. I understand that things change. If you sign up and then find you cannot attend, please e-mail captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk as soon as possible to let us know. Otherwise, the club ends up paying for your food, thank you. Please note the road between TLC and the cricket club is scheduled to be closed on 15th December so please make sure you find ano way to the CC if you live in Thornbury.
5. Mince Pie Run Wotton-Under-Edge
The traditional pre-Xmas Mince Pie run will be on Sunday 18th December meeting in the Chippings car park in Wotton GL12 7BD (What 3 words is afford.theme.factually). There will be 4 or 5 Groups of different pace / distance and meet back in the car park at 11:00 am for mince pie eating (bring your own).Car Share if you can as the Car Park does get busy.
If you fancy leading one of the groups then let me know (arthur@arenshaw.co.uk)
6. Beginner’s Running Course Oct / Nov 2022
Message from Carol … Thank you very much to Kevin, Hugh, Arthur, Chris, Emma, Mark, Paul and Amel for helping Natalie and I deliver the Beginner’s Running Course over the last 2 months. (And Nathan and Sam who were available to cover if needed.) We had 16 beginners sign up, 12 of whom attended 4 or more sessions out of the 9 on offer. As usual, there was a mix of abilities and previous running experience. The group got on well together and ran in some pretty awful weather a couple of times. 3 people struggled with illness and / or injury and are keen to get started again when they are fully recovered. Some have expressed an interest in running with the club on a Thursday. Fingers crossed.
7. Xmas Lunch
The annual lunch at The Anchor Lower Morton is on Monday 19th December at 1:30. If you would like to attend please e-mail Richard Illingworth richard.illingworth1000@gmail.com by Friday 16th along with your choice from the menu, please see: https://www.theanchorthornbury.co.uk/lunch-dinner-menu
8. International in our Midst – Team GB
Ali Bradfield will compete for Team GB in the long distance duathlon in the World Championships 2023. This is a half marathon run, 90km bike, 10km run. To qualify for the Team GB you need to finish within 15% of the winner of your age group in a qualifying race. Ali raced with the GB age group team in Bilbao earlier this year in the middle distance triathlon but wanted to switch to something different. Congratulations to Ali.
9. Congratulations
Congratulations to Peter Cable who has recently qualified as an EA Leader In Running Fitness (LiRF). Peter will join the team of Thursday Leaders from January.
10. Club Runs Over Xmas
There will be normal Club night runs on 22nd December and 29th December. Please note on 29th TLC will be shut, so please meet in the car park. The Whats App Groups are there for you to arrange your own runs as well.
11. FCCE Globe Trot
Message from Susie G, Frampton Globe Trot organiser – “The FCCE Globe Trot is a multi-terrain, cross country, approx. 8 mile running race and is happening on 18th March 2023. Maybe you fancy running this year? Like some mud and running through water? Join our Facebook page, ‘The Frampton Globe Trot’ and spread the word, tickets have now been released. Click the link and book today! The FCCE Frampton Globe Trot 2023, Sat 18 Mar 2023 at 11:00 | Race Space New for 2023 – The inclusion of visually impaired runners and chip timings (say goodbye to stop watches on the finish line!). Starts and ends at the ‘The Globe’ in Frampton Cotterell.â€
12. Enjoy the Xmas Break
This is the last Club Bulletin on 2022, the next one being early January. Enjoy your Xmas and New Year break.
Walking – Val / 12 min – Caron / 10 min – Steve / 9 min – Ashleigh / 8 min –Kevin W / 7 min – Rob
Tea Rota
01/12 – James Marshall / 08/12 – Mike Bennewitz / 15/12 – Xmas do / 22/12 – Jerry Clothier
Look out for the full bulletin next weekend.
27/11/22
Walking – Val / 12 min – Carol / 10 min – Suzy / 9 min – Jim W / 8 min – Hannah / 7 min – Nick
Tea Rota
24/11 – Paul Saville / 01/12 – James Marshall / 08/12 – Mike Bennewitz / 15/12 – Xmas do, no tea
19/11/22
Walking – Val / 12 min – Amel/ 10 min – Hugh/ 9 min – Chris P / 8 min – Hannah / 7 min – Ben
Tea Rota
17/11- Sam Prescott / 24/11 – Paul Saville / 01/12 – James Marshall / 08/12 – Mike Bennewitz / 15/12 – Xmas do. No tea.
Bulletin Goes Monthly
From now on the full Bulletin will be monthly. We will continue to send out a short e-mail with just the names of run leaders and tea rota for the following week. The next full Bulletin will be the beginning of December
13/11/22
Race report written by George Evans
It’s wet and cold so it must be cross country season again! The first race of the 2022-23 series took place at a damp, windy, yet beautifully autumnal, Cirencester Park. Despite the recent heavy rain, ground conditions were an improvement on 2021 making for a faster course.
Thornbury fielded a slightly leaner turnout than 2021…perhaps because Jo Plumbley couldn’t make it, so everyone knew we’d be down on cakes.
Holding up the women’s team was Hannah Hamilton finishing in a very respectable 80th position (field of 192) with a time of 34.20.
He has more records than the KGB and Nick Langridge didn’t disappoint at Cirencester, finishing 109th in the combined Ladies and +MV65 race…only narrowly missing out on age adjusted 1st position by 3 seconds!!
The men’s race saw a field of 208 (and a lot of them looked like they could run). Top 3 from Thornbury were led in by Ben Bohane finishing in 48th (41.20) followed by Andy Wilson in 68th (42.38) and David Hobbs 83rd overall and 6th in age category (43.32). Conner Vidal-Cocker notched up a very respectable first cross-country race in 101st place with a very respectable time of 45.22.
Sweeping up the rear for Thornbury was George Evans (107th in 45:46) and a “pretty much straight off the operating table†Jim Godden (137th in 48:22). Given his only very recent return to training, Jim was looking very strong and finished 4th overall in his age category. This season see’s Jim entering the next age category (undisclosed) and based on this performance I suspect we’ll be seeing a lot more age adjusted podium positions this season….no pressure Jim 😉