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TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 11th August 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 11th August 2025

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

14th August. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet / 10 min – Jerry C/ 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Mel W / 7 min – Ben F 

21st August.  Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W/ 10 min – Arthur / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min –Martyn G/ 7 min – Pete C 

Tea Rota   

14/08 Mick Stirrup; 21/08 Hugh McPherson; 28/08 tba; 04/09 tba; 11/09 no tea – Oldbury 5 Miler; 18/09 tba; 25/09 Claire Hollingdale 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover end of August & early Sept. 

Marshalls needed:- 

We now have 32 members signed up to marshal the Oldbury 10 (Thanks to those who have enlisted from last week) but we still need at least 48.  One of the most stressful things for the organisers is to make sure that there are enough marshals in place to run the race.  So please help to take the stress off the organisers and sign up as soon as possible if you can make yourself available.  And we need the income to run our club events, give our discounts and support our charities.  See below for the link to the sign up form. 

Results:  

Park Run News 09/08:- 

Peter Cable was 2nd at Upton Court (Slough) in 18:45 and Melanie Wilson was 3rd female at Berkeley Green in 21:29.  

Meanwhile, Richard Jackson ran in Belfast (23:53) and Ellen Pyne was at Cliffe Castle in Keighley (36:21). 

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:- 

  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 
  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September  

The Oldbury 10 will be coming up sooner than you realise and we will be looking for marshals for the event, more difficult to fill with the extra distance to be covered.  If you can do the same job as you did last year that would be very useful.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated.  You can select Yes, No, Uncertain, or I’m not sure what’s involved:- 

https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9  

2. Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members  

For the 15 or so TRC Members who expressed an interest in a visit. GWAA would like to offer them an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work provided. 

Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for their 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.  

 GWAA are offering two alternative dates – 20th  August at 2PM or 15th  October at 2PM 

Please register yourself for one of the dates. It is up to you if you want to make a donation but as a Club we donated £2,050 recently.  

  1. Club Championship Race – Thursday 11 September. 7pm Oldbury Sailing Club 

On the 11th September we will have the Club Championship race and a Run & Rehydrate evening at Oldbury Sailing Club. We will also have a it as a Food Bank Run where you can donate food (non- perishable) to the Thornbury Food Bank. Last year we donated over 70 kilos. 

As we are holding the Club Championship later this year we are concerned about the light and so we have decided to shorten the race to a FIVE MILER – basically the Oldbury Fun Run course in reverse plus a kilometer out from the Sailing Club and a kilometer back. With a 7pm start from the Sailing Club this should be ok for the light for all the runners around the lanes with a Finish outside the Sailing Club rather than the Anchor. This also means that Car Parking is next to the Start/Finish with no long walk back to the Club! With the cooperation of the Sailing Club we will be providing a free first drink and food for all Members attending. 

 Watch out for the Google Form for you to indicate whether you are intending Running or helping to Marshal on the night. Captain Moray and Chairman Arthur are organising this event so let them know if you have any questions or have any issues with the changes described above.  

  1. Cross Country

As you bathe and swelter in another summer heat wave of glorious sunshine and drinks on the terrace you may not be thinking about it but the rain and mud of Autumn and Winter are not far off and with it the ‘such fun’ of cross country running and the fixtures are already out for the Gloucester League and here they are:- 

  • 12th October – Nympsfield 
  • 1st November – Cirencester Park 
  • 14th December – Bath University 
  • 14th February – Cheltenham 

So sharpen your spikes, clean up your studs and prepare for the season.  Martyn needs some friends to run with this time to make up a whole proper team.  

  1. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club 

11/08 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 4th August 2025  

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 4th August 2025  

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

7th August.  Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W/ 10 min – Claire / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min –Moray/ 7 min – Paul H 

Note for 5K – Jim Williams is leading the 5k group on the 7th August. He is going to have another group specific away day, meeting at 7pm at the car park at Oldbury Power Station.  See you there. 

14th August. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet / 10 min – Jerry C/ 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Mel W / 7 min – Ben F 

Tea Rota   

07/08 Nick Langridge; 14/08 No one 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover mid August onwards. 

Marshalls needed:- 

 At the last count only 21 members had signed up to marshal the Oldbury 10 and we need at least 48.  One of the most stressful things for the organisers is to make sure that there are enough marshals in place to run the race.  So please help to take the stress off the organisers and sign up as soon as possible if you can make yourself available.  And we need the income to run our club events, give our discounts and support our charities.  See below for the link to the sign up form. 

Results:  

Park Run News 26/07:- 

Melanie Wilson was 1st female at Thornbury in 22:06 and Ashleigh Davidson was 1st female at Severn Bridge in 20:52.  Nick Williams was also 2nd overall at Severn Bridge in 17:11. 

 02/08 

Ben Bohane was first in at Thornbury in 17:27 with Natalie Bennett first female in 23:28 while Colette Jackson was first female at Oughterard (near Galway, Ireland – nice) in 24:58. 

 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:.   

  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 
  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September  

The Oldbury 10 will be coming up sooner than you realise and we will be looking for marshals for the event, more difficult to fill with the extra distance to be covered.  If you can do the same job as you did last year that would be very useful.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated.  You can select Yes, No, Uncertain, or I’m not sure what’s involved:- 

https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9  

2. Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members  

For the 15 or so TRC Members who expressed an interest in a visit. GWAA would like to offer them an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work provided. 

Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for their 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.  

 GWAA are offering two alternative dates – 20th  August at 2PM or 15th  October at 2PM 

Please register yourself for one of the dates. It is up to you if you want to make a donation but as a Club we donated £2,050 recently.  

  1. Club Championship Race – Thursday 11 September. 7pm Oldbury Sailing Club 

On the 11th September we will have the Club Championship race and a Run & Rehydrate evening at Oldbury Sailing Club. We will also have a it as a Food Bank Run where you can donate food (non-perishable) to the Thornbury Food Bank. Last year we donated over 70 kilos. 

As we are holding the Club Championship later this year we are concerned about the light and so we have decided to shorten the race to a FIVE MILER – basically the Oldbury Fun Run course in reverse plus a kilometer out from the Sailing Club and a kilometer back. With a 7pm start from the Sailing Club this should be ok for the light for all the runners around the lanes with a Finish outside the Sailing Club rather than the Anchor. This also means that Car Parking is next to the Start/Finish with no long walk back to the Club! With the cooperation of the Sailing Club we will be providing a free first drink and food for all Members attending.  

Watch out for the Google Form for you to indicate whether you are intending Running or helping to Marshal on the night. Captain Moray and Chairman Arthur are organising this event so let them know if you have any questions or have any issues with the changes described above.  

  1. De 4 Daagse

Kevin Arnold took part in a major walking event in the Netherlands and has sent in a report on his experiences:- 

During the week 14th-18th July, I took a team of Army Cadets from the South West to Holland to take part in ‘De 4 Daagse’ event. 

The Nijmegan Marches are held annually in the Netherlands and are the world’s largest walking festival. The Vierdaagse ‘four-day event’ takes place in the 3rd week of July and attracts over 40,000 entrants. The British Army contingent this year was part of roughly 6000 military competitors, all living in a temporary camp built by the Dutch Logistics Brigade. Camp Heumensoord is erected in the woods outside Nijmegan over a 6-week period and contains all the elements of ‘life support’ an expeditionary forces camp would require. The camp sleeps, feeds and administers all of the visiting foreign military contingents and includes a multi-national hospital, this year headed-up by the Army Reserve Medical Regiment from Bristol. 

The event was begun in 1909 by the Dutch government to encourage sport & exercise. Each day takes in a separate different circular routes out into the surrounding towns and villages, through agricultural land, past memorials and cemeteries from WW2, and follows a 40km (25mile) route for military teams. Wearing military uniform, the teams of between 8 and 15 carry a 10kg load and must complete the distance together passing through checkpoints and designated rest stops / feeding points each 10/12km apart.  Previous military participants at the event in the 20’s and 30’s are said to have provided the planners on Operation Market Garden (‘A Bridge too Far’) with important information about the best roads and routes to the bridges across the rivers and into Germany in 1945.   

With a start time of 0420 on the first 3 days and with roughly 8 hours of walking, each day began with a breakfast of as much to eat as possible!  It was dark and the roads were quite quiet for the first hour or so but became busier as we nearer the 4 main towns which we headed towards on each of the days. The 4-day marches are surrounded by a 7-day festival which involves the whole area, with 1000’s of Dutch children, families and older people all lining the roads, partying, and picnicking, having dragged patio furniture, cool boxes, sound systems and often lounge furniture into the garden or onto the roadside. The children hand out sweets and snacks all day and offer high-5’s, the support from the public is incredible – free beer, free cake, drinking water and huge amounts of cheers. If you’ve taken part in a big city marathon, it’s a bit like that, but better – and for 8 hours each day !  Day 1 (blue day) took us north, over the River Waal. Day 2 crossed and re-crossed the Maas-Waal Kanaal to the west. Day 3 (the day of hills) went south, bounded by the River Meuse. Day 4 went west again over the kanaal and Meuse and required a start at 0320 to enable us to get to the military finish for presentation of our competitors medals, and then to rejoin to the main event route and march the final 2 miles on ‘Via Glaviolia’, to the main event finish point, covering a total of 29 miles.  

It was a brilliant experience – one which cannot properly be described.  I’ve done all kinds of mixed-terrain, multi-day, long distance running events, and this was something new to try, and was a totally different experience to anything before and far exceeded my expectation based on the description from the 3 team members that had taken part in the event previously.  
  1. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club 

04/08 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 28th July 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 28th July 2025  

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

31st July.  Walking – Val / 5k – Liz B / 10 min – Jerry C/ 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Hannah H / 7 min – Pete C 

7th August.  Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W/ 10 min – Claire / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min –Moray/ 7 min – Paul H 

Note for 5K – Jim Williams is leading the 5k group on the 7th August. He is going to have another group specific away day, meeting at 7pm at the car park at Oldbury Power Station.  See you there. 

Tea Rota

 31/07 Helen Renshaw; 07/08 Nick Langridge 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover mid August onwards. 

Results:  

20/07 Wye Valley Tunnel Run – Valley View 10K 

Steve Allen  31st  46:32   
Damian McManus  66th  50:28   

19/07 Park Run News:- 

Melanie Wilson was 1st female at Thornbury in 22:58, Sam Baimbridge was 3rd at Wotton in 21:00. 

Meanwhile Phil Blackburn ran 16:18 at Battersea which is a club record for a parkrun.  Well done, Phil. 

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:.  

  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 

  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September  

The Oldbury 10 will be coming up sooner than you realise and we will be looking for marshals for the event, more difficult to fill with the extra distance to be covered.  If you can do the same job as you did last year that would be very useful.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated.  You can select Yes, No, Uncertain, or I’m not sure what’s involved:- 

https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9  

2.  Great Western Air Ambulance (GWAA) – proposed visit by TRC Members 

For the 15 or so TRC Members who expressed an interest in a visit. GWAA would like to offer them an invite-only base tour. This tour offers a unique chance to discover the lifesaving work provided. 

Attendees expect a tour of the airbase, learn about a typical day for their 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.  

GWAA are offering two alternative dates – 20th  August at 2PM or 15th  October at 2PM 

Please register yourself for one of the dates. It is up to you if you want to make a donation but as a Club we donated £2,050 recently.  

  1. Club Championship Race – Thursday 11 September. 7pm Oldbury Sailing Club 

On the 11 th September we will have the Club Championship race and a Run & Rehydrate evening at Oldbury Sailing Club. We will also have a it as a Food Bank Run where you can donate food (non-perishable) to the Thornbury Food Bank. Last year we donated over 70 kilos. 

As we are holding the Club Championship later this year we are concerned about the light and so we have decided to shorten the race to a FIVE MILER – basically the Oldbury Fun Run course in reverse plus a kilometer out from the Sailing Club and a kilometer back. With a 7pm start from the Sailing Club this should be ok for the light for all the runners around the lanes with a Finish outside the Sailing Club rather than the Anchor. This also means that Car Parking is next to the Start/Finish with no long walk back to the Club! With the cooperation of the Sailing Club we will be providing a free first drink and food for all Members attending. 

Watch out for the Google Form for you to indicate whether you are intending Running or helping to Marshal on the night. Captain Moray and Chairman Arthur are organising this event so let them know if you have any questions or have any issues with the changes described above. 

4. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club  

31/07 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 21st July 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 21st July 2025  

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

24th July. Walking – Val / 5k – Carol / 10 min – Arthur R / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min –Paul T/ 7 min – Ben F  

31st July. Walking – Val / 5k – Liz B / 10 min – Jerry C/ 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Hannah H / 7 min – Pete C 

Tea Rota   

24/07 Alan Pascoe; 31/07 Helen Renshaw; 07/08 Nick Langridge 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover mid August onwards. 

Results:  

11/07 Rodway 10K 

Ali Vaz  13th  45:59  1st FV40
Paul Saville  66th  1:02:41   

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:- 

  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 
  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September 

 The Oldbury 10 will be coming up sooner than you realise and we will be looking for marshals for the event, more difficult to fill with the extra distance to be covered.  If you can do the same job as you did last year that would be very useful.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated.  You can select Yes, No, Uncertain, or I’m not sure what’s involved:- 

https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9  

2. 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.  

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 for you to register your interest in a visit on a date to be determined. https://forms.gle/ygBkmYE9eWGvDDt98  

3. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club  

20/07 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 14th July 2025  

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 14th July 2025  

Back in the meeting room – normal club this week 

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

17th July. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet / 10 min – Claire / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Martyn G / 7 min – Nick W 

24th July. Walking – Val / 5k – Carol / 10 min – Arthur R / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min –Paul T/ 7 min – Ben F 

 Tea Rota   

17/07  Lilly Jones; 24/07 Alan Pascoe; 31/07 Helen Renshaw; 07/08 Nick Langridge 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover mid August onwards. 

Results:  

05/07 Cotswold Way Relay 

Full club results are now available on the Cotswold Way Relay Results page of the club website along with all the past years. 
 
Stand out performance was George Evans finishing 3rd on Leg 3. 

For detailed results of all teams and legs see the Cotswold Way Relay website 

Have you got it in your diaries for next year yet? First Saturday in July and don’t miss out on the fun.   

07/07 Frampton 10K 

Ali Vaz 122nd 45:37 3rd LV40

11/07 Westonbirt House 10K 

Nick Langridge 48th 48:51 1st MV70 
Very hot and humid

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:- 

  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 
  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September 

The Oldbury 10 will be coming up sooner than you realise and we will be looking for marshals for the event, more difficult to fill with the extra distance to be covered.  If you can do the same job as you did last year that would be very useful.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated.  You can select Yes, No, Uncertain, or I’m not sure what’s involved:-
https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9  

2. 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.  

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 for you to register your interest in a visit on a date to be determined. https://forms.gle/ygBkmYE9eWGvDDt98  

3. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club  

13/07 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 7th July 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 7th July 2025  

Room still not available this week – meet in top car park again 

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

10th July. Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel H / 10 min – Arthur R / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min –Mel W/ 7 min – Ben F 

17th July. Walking – Val / 5k – Harriet / 10 min – Claire / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Martyn G / 7 min – Nick W 

Tea Rota   

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 July onwards. 

Results:  

05/07 Cotswold Way Relay 

A great time was had by all from the feedback on the CWR WhatsApp group and super team vibe.  At the time of the bulletin we have provisional team results only.  100 teams took part:- 

Quickthorns men’s team  40th overall and 24th/39 in the Open category 

Prickles Women’s team 87th overall and 9th/10 in Women’s category.  This being a first effort at a women’s team so a good start. 

Everyone did really well so a well done to:- 

Quickthorns – Russ Whiting, Ollie Brown, George Evans, Nathan Darkin, Nick Langridge, Adrian Wombwell, Ben Foss, Kev Cundy, Paul Thomas, James Marshall. 

Prickles – Mel Williams, Clare Watt, Lizzie Williams, Jo Plumbley, Colette Jackson, Hannah Hamilton, Emily Meese, Judy Mills, Ros Rowland, Catherine Dack 

Jo Plumbley for organising the teams and not forgetting car park marshals Kevin Arnold, Chris Foley and Ed Mills. 

Full results next week and Jo might even have a report. 

So get it in your diaries for next year, first Saturday in July and don’t miss out on the fun.  It’s not just a barbecue but well done to Matt Johnstone and team for organising the barbecue on Sunday. 

03/07 Tintern Trot 

Steve Allen 15th    45:26 2nd MV55
Hannah Hamilton 19th 47:08 3rd  Female

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:.  

  • Thursday 10th July: Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 

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  1. 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.  

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 for you to register your interest in a visit on a date to be determined. https://forms.gle/ygBkmYE9eWGvDDt98 

 2. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club 

06/07 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 28th June 2025

 TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 28th June 2025  

 Room not available this week – meet in top car park 

 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 – Kev C / 8 min – Moray S / 7 min – Pete B 

 Tea Rota   

  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 July onwards. 

Results:  

19/06  Thornbury 10K

Phil Blackburn 35:13 2nd overall 
Ali Vaz 42:48 3rd  Female
Michael Wunderle  49:12   
Emily Meese   56:36   
Claire Hollingdale 1:00:15   
Amy Somerville  1:03:52  

21/06 Cotswold Way Ultra Challenge 100K 

Nick Williams 11:23:18 1st place  (see 2 below)

22/06 Trust 10K Run Woodchester Park 

This was the 3rd of the club’s Pete Mainstone Challenge series races.  A hardy group of runners turned out and enjoyed a challenging, scenic run around Woodchester Park.  In fact, Jo and Catherine enjoyed it so much that they, quite separately, took extra long scenic detours to take in more of the scenery.  Then we all had a picnic to finish off. 

 Full results and standings on the Pete Mainstone Challenge results page on the club’s website. 

 In Park Run News Ashleigh Davidson was first female at Ludlow on 14th June in 23:54.   

Ben Bohane was yet again first at Thornbury on 21st June in 17:45 

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:.  

  •  Thursday 3rd July: Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Saturday 5th July: Cotswold Way Relay 
  • Sunday 6th July: pm Annual BBQ . Details below 
  • Thursday 10th July: Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Thursday 11th Sept: TRC Closed Club Championships. More details to follow 

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  1. Too Hot to Trot?  Thornbury 10k  Thursday 19th June 
     

Race 2 in the Club series turned out to be a rather warmer experience than the wintery Rollick – with temperatures forecast to be over 25°C into the evening, we took a few additional precautions to keep runners and volunteers safe in the heat. It was a cracking evening all round.  On the night, 273 runners lined up from the nearly 400 entrants – a strong turnout considering the conditions.  Nick Williams took up the role of race starter and announcer for the first time – a man you can trust with a megaphone. Only one tractor sighting this year, but we did seem to be inundated with an apparent invasion of flying insects congregating outside the Anchor after the race (something found the heat and runner’s sweat an attractive combination).  We did have a horse and rider sauntering towards the finish line just as the first runner was due down the hill…this was not supposed to be the Man v Horse race!   

As to the running. A standout performance from Jamie Williamson (Bristol & West / Kinsi Running) saw a new men’s course record of 31:53. Brilliant runs too from TRCs own Phil Blackburn (2nd male, 35:13) and Ali Vaz (3rd female, 42:48). A huge thank you to all our TRC volunteers – especially the first-timers! We need over 55 people to get the event running smoothly and safely.  You did a fantastic job – the runners were full of appreciation for all the support out on the course. The evening wrapped up at the Sailing Club, with its new balcony with beautiful views of the estuary being a fine setting for the prize giving. That’s it for another successful year!  Roll on the Oldbury 10-Miler in September – the final race in the series! 

2. Nick Williams’ Cotswold Way Challenge 100km – First place! 

 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 

 With a message from Nick: 

‘I wanted to say a huge thank you for all of the very generous donations that have been made by club members in supporting my challenge in raising funds for Myeloma UK in memory of my Dad. Both my family and I have been overwhelmed by the level of support we have received, and the generosity that has been shown. 

  It was an emotional day, but I had the family there with me along the route for support (including my brother-in-law Chris by my side for the last 25km of it), and the memory of Dad there with me for every single step of the journey. I just wish that he could have been there with us at the finish! 

  Hope to see you all soon, once the legs have recovered….’ 

 3. Cotswold Relay teams for Saturday 5th July 

 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 –     Nick Langridge 
6 –     Adrian Wombwell 
7-     Jim Godden 
8-     Kevin Cundy 
9 –     Nick Williams  
10-    James Marshall 

Reserves – 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-    Catherine Dack 

Reserves  – Bethan Littley, Judy Mills 

Other changes have been made to the teams above but full teams not been notified but assume individuals for legs know about it and are making arrangements 

4. Annual Summer BBQ and Awards event Sunday 6th July 

  Venue: Thornbury Cricket Club (The Clubhouse, Thornbury Rd, BS35 3LG) 

  • Date: Sunday 6th July 
  • Time: 12:30 – 17:00 
  • BBQ served at: 13:30 

  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 

 5 . 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.  

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 for you to register your interest in a visit on a date to be determined. https://forms.gle/ygBkmYE9eWGvDDt98 

 6. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club  

 30/06 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 2nd June 2025  

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 2nd June 2025  

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

5th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Liz B / 10 min – Arthur R / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Paul H  

12th  June . Walking – Val / 5k – Jim W / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Mel W/ 7 min – Ben B 

Tea Rota   

05/06 Laura W; 12/06 tba; 19/06 No tea – Thornbury 10K 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover as from early May. 

Results:  

24/05 Vilnius Half Marathon  
Paul Saville     1:34:22 

31/05  Park Run 
Ben Bohane was 1st at Thornbury yet again and in a PB of 17:27 

In other Park Run news Kevin Arnold reports that he has spent a year as a tourist, taking in 28 different venues.  For his report and list of venues see at the end of the bulletin. 

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:.   

  • Thursday 19th June – Thornbury 10K  19:30 
  • Thursday 3rd July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Saturday 5th July. Cotswold Way Relay 
  • Thursday 10th July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 

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Thornbury 10K Road Race – Thursday 19th June 2025 – YOUR CLUB NEEEDS YOU!  

We are still short of at least 20 volunteers to be able to run the Thornbury 10K road race safely.  This really is a “many hands make light work” and  “a great opportunity to give back!!”.  I can’t promise it will be sunny.  But I do know that it’s a great chance to cheer other runners on, to get to know other runners at the club, and to support the club in putting on these great events.  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 

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  1. Tuesday Coaching 

Please let people in your groups know that Tuesday coaching is for ALL members, inclusive and not scary! Let Carol Mosses know if they need to be added to the Tuesday WhatsApp if you are not able to add them. 

Interval Training.  We have 3 qualified EA Coaches who lead an interval training session at various locations. We have a WhatsApp group for those who attend the Tuesday sessions and a message is sent each Tuesday morning confirming the location and time of the session for that week. Types of session include: 

  •      Kenyan Diagonal
  •      12 * 400m repetitions
  •      Pyramid sessions
  •      Hill efforts
  •      ‘Meet & greet’ session  

2. Pete Mainstone Challenge – Next Event Hogweed Trot 2nd June 

 It’s coming soon  – Monday evening.  Another club night out and next event for the Pete Mainstone challenge is the Hogweed Trot on Monday 2nd June 2025 @ 7.00 PM in Yate. 

A great local run with beers and cheers provided at the finish by TRC 

Course Map here:- 

https://hogweedtrotters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hogweed-Trot-course-map.pdf 

You can enter here:- 

https://www.fullonsport.com/event/hogweed-trot-10k-2025/profile 

The club will also subsidise members entries by £10 provided that they finish the race and Thornbury appears against their name in the results. There is always somewhere on an entry page to indicate your club so just look around for it.  If you have already entered as unattached you will need to contact the organisers and ask them to put your club in. 

Everyone has entered, over 40, so ‘enjoy’ the race. 

3. Nick Williams’ Cotswold Way Challenge 100km 

Some of you may be aware that my Dad was recently diagnosed (in December 2024) with Multiple Myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. 

 Sadly, he passed away last Monday (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 

 I appreciate that I often run events of this nature, however this is double the distance that I would ordinarily choose to run, and it will obviously be a very emotional day. 

Many thanks, Nick 

 4. Cotswold Relay teams for Saturday 2nd July 

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 legs were allocated in the order of sign up  – but if you are a reserve the chances of being needed are very high so please please do keep the date free 

We are also happy to have some extra names on the reserve list just in case! It would also be great if one member of each team could volunteer to be a captain just to coordinate inter team coms and photos. 

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 

Prickles   

Leg
1 –     Mel Wilson 
2 –     Clare Watt 
3 –     Lizzie Williams 
4 –     Jo PLumbley 
5 –     Colette Jackson 
6 –    
7-     Sarah Newnes 
8-     Hannah Hamilton 
9 –     Ros Rowland 
10-    Zoe RImmer 

Reserves  – Bethan Littley, Judy Mills 

 5. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club   

Kevin Arnold’s Park Run Tourist year:- 

 Well, I’ve now completed 1 year of parkrun tourism.  

52 weeks, 28 parkruns (28 venues) including 19 venues new to me.  

I had lists of parkrun tours to do over the last year – I’ve completed some lists, new lists have started and old lists have been augmented !.  

I’ve completed some more of the challenges from the ‘parkrunner’ & ‘5k’ & ‘Running Achievements’ Apps, that take data from the official parkrun results pages. These include – Namely, (UK) Alphabet, Stayin’ Alive, 250th run and 3/4 Cowell (75 locations) being completed.  

I’ve only got 2 PB’s but that’s the effect of 19 1st timer briefs !.  

Also x4 volunteers at Thornbury and 6 weeks off with my fractured fibula (in 2 places !!).  

I’ve probably added 50% to the annual mileage on the car and put on 2 stone with the post parkrun breakfasts !!  

I’m still going to be carrying on touring (‘cos I’ve now more parkruns on lists than before I started trying to knock parkruns off my existing lists).  

Here is the list of parkrun tours completed over the last 12 months – 

Five Arches  
Thornbury  
Jersey Farm  
Upton Court  
Dudley  
Y Promenad (Breconia)  
Severn Bridge  
Victoria Dock  
Chippenham  
Three Brooks  
Wotton  
Llanishen Park  
Berkeley Green  
(Little Stoke – “you can take my parkrun, but you cannot take my FREEDOM” ! [parkrun])  
Hereford  
Quakers Walk  
Grangemoor  
Rogiet  
Blaise Castle  
Eastville  
Tremorfa  
Marlborough Common  
Cirencester  
Simmons Park  
Pont Y Bala  
Severn Valley Country  
Worcester Pitchcroft  
Bryn Bach  
Seven Fields   

And I had a nice way to finished off, by getting to see a boomerang in Swindon last week ! (See ’10 Boomerangs South Beach parkrun’ on Facebook !)   

If you’ve any Q, please ask. 

 02/06 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 26th May 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 26th May 2025  

 AND WE’RE BACK TO A NORMAL CLUB NIGHT AT THE LEISURE CENTRE 

 Thursday Club Night Leaders 

29th  May . Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel H / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Paul T / 8 min – Martyn G/ 7 min – Ben F 
5th June. Walking – Val / 5k – Liz B / 10 min – Arthur R / 9 min – Lizzie W / 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Paul H 

Tea Rota   

 29/05 Clare S; 05/06 Laura W; 12/06 tba; 19/06 No tea – Thornbury 10K 

 We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover as from late June. 

Results:  

17/05 The Bolt at Badminton Estate 10 K 
Zoe Rimmer      47:14     1st Senior Female 

18/05  Worcester Half Marathon 
Ali Vaz      1:31:13     1st FV45 

18/05 Hackney Half Marathon 
Roger Glew     1:54:43 

24/05 Park Run
Ben Bohane 1st again at Thornbury in 17:27
Melanie Wilson was 2nd Lady at Colby in 23:38

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 ParkRun Results page on the club website. 

 Reminders:.  

  • Thursday 19th June – Thornbury 10K  19:30 
  • Thursday 3rd July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Saturday 5th July. Cotswold Way Relay 
  • Thursday 10th July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 

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Thornbury 10K Road Race – Thursday 19th June 2025 

The second of the events in the Club race series will be happening near mid-summer’s longest day again.  As ever, we are looking for volunteers to help run the event.  If you can please sign up via this Google form, that would be much appreciated.  A separate email will be sent as well.  

https://forms.gle/MAYLbjU7jzZ8KhsY9 

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  1. Club Captain 

Hooray, we have a new club captain.  Moray Sloan has stepped forward, been persuaded, cajoled, press ganged (no, not press ganged) to accept the position of club captain.  A great appointment and he will do a super job with the support of the club.   

It’s not often that we have a World Champion (Bogathlon) as Club captain. 

2. TRC Charity Donation Decided 

Following a tense vote at the AGM which resulted in a tie for first place it was decided to support both winning  charities for this club year.  So the club charities are:- 

Addison’s Disease – nominated by Clare Watt. 
The Grand Appeal  – nominated by Claire New 

 3. 2024/5 AGM and New committee for 2025/6 – Club Constitution and Club Rules 

Following the AGM the new committee elected for the following year now comprises:- 

Arthur Renshaw            Chair 
Jo Plumbley                      Vice-Chair 
Nigel Hale                         Secretary 
Nathan Darkin               Treasurer  
Moray Sloan                    Club Captain 
Jon Hall 
Matt Johnstone 
Melanie Wilson 
Nick Langridge 
Nick Williams 
Peter Cable 
Carol Mosses 
Jim Godden 

4. Tuesday Coaching 

Please let people in your groups know that Tuesday coaching is for ALL members, inclusive and not scary! Let Carol Mosses know if they need to be added to the Tuesday WhatsApp if you are not able to add them. 

Interval Training.  We have 3 qualified EA Coaches who lead an interval training session at various locations. We have a WhatsApp group for those who attend the Tuesday sessions and a message is sent each Tuesday morning confirming the location and time of the session for that week. Types of session include: 

  •      Kenyan Diagonal
  •      12 * 400m repetitions
  •      Pyramid sessions
  •      Hill efforts
  •      ‘Meet & greet’ session

 5. Pete Mainstone Challenge – Next Event Hogweed Trot 2nd June 

It’s coming soon  – Another club night out – The next event for the Pete Mainstone challenge is the Hogweed Trot on Monday 2nd June 2025 @ 7.00 PM in Yate. 

A great local run with beers and cheers provided at the finish by TRC 

Course Map here:- 

https://hogweedtrotters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hogweed-Trot-course-map.pdf 

You can enter here:- 

https://www.fullonsport.com/event/hogweed-trot-10k-2025/profile 

The club will also subsidise members entries by £10 provided that they finish the race and Thornbury appears against their name in the results. There is always somewhere on an entry page to indicate your club so just look around for it.  If you have already entered as unattached you will need to contact the organisers and ask them to put your club in. 

Enter now and come join in the fun. 

 6. Nick Williams’ Cotswold Way Challenge 100km 

Some of you may be aware that my Dad was recently diagnosed (in December 2024) with Multiple Myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. 

Sadly, he passed away last Monday (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 

 I appreciate that I often run events of this nature, however this is double the distance that I would ordinarily choose to run, and it will obviously be a very emotional day. 

Many thanks, Nick 

 7. Cotswold Relay teams for Saturday 2nd July 

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 legs were allocated in the order of sign up  – but if you are a reserve the chances of being needed are very high so please please do keep the date free 

We are also happy to have some extra names on the reserve list just in case! It would also be great if one member of each team could volunteer to be a captain just to coordinate inter team coms and photos. 

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 

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 

8. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club 

 26/05 

 

News

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 19th May 2025

 TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 19th May 2025  

 IT’S ALL UP TO THORNBURY CRICKET CLUB THIS WEEK 

After the run we will hold the AGM, a fairly painless and short affair, after which there will be drinks and pizzas for all those who stayed.  Now who can turn down that bribe? 

 Thursday Club Night Leaders 

22nd May. Run from Thornbury Cricket Club. Walking – Val / 5k – Caron H / 10 min – Suzy C / 9 min – Rob W / 8 min – Moray S/ 7 min – Nick W 
29th  May . Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel H / 10 min – Jerry C / 9 min – Paul T / 8 min – Martyn G/ 7 min – Ben F 

Tea Rota   

22/05 Away Day AGM – no tea; 29/05 Clare S; 05/06 Laura W; 12/06 tba; 19/06 No tea – Thornbury 10K 

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover as from early May. 

 Results:  

11/05 Bristol Half Marathon:- 
Peter Cable             1:37:30 
Alex Golding           1:40:10 
Oliver Brown         1:44:50 
Nathan Darkin      1:44:58 
Peter Read              2:02:18 
Lucy Stevens          2:24:10 

11/05 Bristol 10K:-
Jessica Silverthorn         1:12:28 
Luciana Mathews            1:18:29 

11/05 Scorpion 10K:- 
Zoe Rimmer        58:14       1st Female 

12/05 Leiden Half Marathon:- 
Paul Thomas         1:36:37 

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 ParkRun Results page on the club website. 

 Reminders:.   

  • Thursday 22nd May – AGM (20:00) and Run & Rehydrate. Thornbury CC 19:00 
  • Thursday 19th June – Thornbury 10K  19:30 
  • Thursday 3rd July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 
  • Saturday 5th July. Cotswold Way Relay 
  • Thursday 10th July. Room not available. Meet top car park ready to run at 19:00 

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Kit Donation For Charity at AGM 

At the AGM there will be a kit donation for charity.  We recently donated surplus TRC kit to support a charity in Kenya.  Since then we’ve been in contact with Dursley running club who said they keep a stockpile of old unwanted/unused running kit donated from members which they periodically donate to charity. In the past they have supported causes in Africa and Ukraine and currently trying to support a charity in Gaza. We’d like to contribute to their collection so at the AGM this week Pete Cable will be collecting any old/unwanted kit anyone can donate to pass onto Dursley Running Club.  So bring it along. 

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 Thornbury 10K Road Race – Thursday 19th June 2025 

The second of the events in the Club race series will be happening near mid-summer’s longest day again.  As ever, we are looking for volunteers to help run the event.  If you can please sign up via this Google form, that would be much appreciated.  A separate email will be sent as well.  

https://forms.gle/MAYLbjU7jzZ8KhsY9 

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  1. Club Captain 

As you will have seen in previous bulletins, Nick and Mel have now stepped down from their roles as Club Captains. As such, we now have nobody to host our weekly Thursday club runs, which represents a poor reflection of the club to new and existing members alike.  
We are still looking for one or two of you to step into their shoes, and take on the Captain role to keep the club ticking over. 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.   

 2. TRC Charity Donation (revised details) 

Nominations have been received and the process has now been closed again to further nominations. 

 3. 2024/5 AGM and New committee for 2025/6 – Club Constitution and Club Rules 

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 change 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. 

If any Member has any issues to raise for the AGM please contact the Secretary Nigel Hale secretary@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk 

 4. Tuesday Coaching 

Please let people in your groups know that Tuesday coaching is for ALL members, inclusive and not scary! Let Carol Mosses know if they need to be added to the Tuesday WhatsApp if you are not able to add them. 

Interval Training.  We have 3 qualified EA Coaches who lead an interval training session at various locations. We have a WhatsApp group for those who attend the Tuesday sessions and a message is sent each Tuesday morning confirming the location and time of the session for that week. Types of session include: 

  •      Kenyan Diagonal
  •      12 * 400m repetitions
  •      Pyramid sessions
  •      Hill efforts
  •      ‘Meet & greet’ session

 5. Pete Mainstone Challenge – Next Event Hogweed Trot 2nd June 

It’s coming soon  – Another club night out – The next event for the Pete Mainstone challenge is the Hogweed Trot on Monday 2nd June 2025 @ 7.00 PM in Yate. 

A great local run with beers and cheers provided at the finish by TRC 

Course Map here:- 

https://hogweedtrotters.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hogweed-Trot-course-map.pdf 

You can enter here:- 

https://www.fullonsport.com/event/hogweed-trot-10k-2025/profile 

The club will also subsidise members entries by £10 provided that they finish the race and Thornbury appears against their name in the results. There is always somewhere on an entry page to indicate your club so just look around for it.  If you have already entered as unattached you will need to contact the organisers and ask them to put your club in. 

Enter now and come join in the fun. 

 6. Nick Williams’ Cotswold Way Challenge 100km 

Some of you may be aware that my Dad was recently diagnosed (in December 2024) with Multiple Myeloma, which is a cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow. 

Sadly, he passed away last Monday (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 

I appreciate that I often run events of this nature, however this is double the distance that I would ordinarily choose to run, and it will obviously be a very emotional day. 

Many thanks, Nick 

 7. Cotswold Relay teams for Saturday 2nd July 

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 legs were allocated in the order of sign up  – but if you are a reserve the chances of being needed are very high so please please do keep the date free 

We are also happy to have some extra names on the reserve list just in case! It would also be great if one member of each team could volunteer to be a captain just to coordinate inter team coms and photos. 

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 

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 

8. Upcoming local races – don’t forget to enter as Thornbury Running Club  

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