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Members, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 13th February 2023

Thursday Club Night Leaders

16/02:  Walking – Val / 12 min – Carol  / 10 min – Jerry / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Kevin W/ 7 min – Nick W

23/02 : Walking – Val / 12 min – Nigel / 10 min – Suzy / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min –Lizzie /    7 min – Ben F

 

Tea Rota                                                      

16/02 : Carol Mosses / 23/02 : Chris Foley / 02/03 : Pete Mainstone / 09/03 : Hannah Hamilton / 16/03 : tba (Volunteer required)23/03: Nick Langridge

 

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Swimarathon – Friday March 3rd 20:15

The Club hopes to enter 2 or 3 teams in the Rotary Club Swimarathon on Friday March 3rd. The event is for teams of 6 swimming in relay for 55 minutes. Each swimmer to donate £10. If you are interested in taking part please see Arthur Renshaw or e-mail chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk or text/call 07810 300025.

We only have two people so far – I would like to get at least 6 people signed up by next weekend so we can reserve at least one lane.

10/02/23

 

Members, Thornbury Running Club

Club Bulletin  for February 2023 – Swimarathon, Ultra & Club Champs

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

Walking – Val / 12 min –  Caron / 10 min – Steve / 9 min – Jim W  / 8 min – Hannah / 7 min – Rob

Tea Rota 

09/02: Natalie Bennett / 16/02 : tba (Volunteer required) / 23/02 : Chris Foley / 02/03 : Pete Mainstone / 09/03 : Hannah Hamilton

What’s On …  

 

  1. Hoka Shoe Night

Following the success of the Saucony shoe night last year I have organised a Hoka shoe session for 9th February. You get to try on and run in a pair of Hoka shoes with no obligation to buy. Arrive in your normal running shoes, find a pair of Hokas that fit in a model you want to try and leave your old shoes behind (like at a bowling alley). Go for a run to see how they feel and come back to your old shoes. Starting at 6:30 pm in the Severnside Suite to get fitted for shoes, before going out for a run at 7:00. Message from Alice (Hoka Rep) –  “I will certainly be able to bring along the new Challenger 7 and *fingers crossed* the Clifton 9 Demo kit will have arrived, as that shoe is due for release on the 15th!”

  1. Have your say!                                                

In last month’s Bulletin you were asked for your thoughts about the 2023 Annual Club Awards Event. Thank you to the 21 people who responded. The results were overwhelmingly in favour of an informal event. [Results: 2 for more ‘Formal’, 2 ‘Either option is good for me’ and 17 for ‘Informal (like 2022)]’. There were also some helpful comments provided. Thank you also to the people who volunteered to organise the event, I will be in touch shortly.

  1. How Green is My Club?

EA are beginning to put together policies on sustainability that all clubs need to work towards. I feel strongly that sustainability is something we should adopt as a Club. If anyone would like to get involved, not much time needed, just a chat over a coffee (as long as it’s a recyclable cup!). Please contact me captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk .Please find a document here on how TRC can become more sustainable , that I submitted to the committee and which has been agreed.

  1. Introduction to Running Course – Early notice

From Carol & Natalie: 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 9 weeks on Wednesdays from 19th April to 14th June at 6:45pm from TLC car park, graduation parkrun 17th June. We already have 4 people interested. If you are able to support the next course on 2 or 3 evenings that would be great. We need 2 people each week. Please contact Carol Mosses beginners@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk. Please can you also share the advert and link which will be sent to all WhatsApp groups next month to encourage beginners to sign up for the course. Thank you. We will remind you in March.

  1. Club Charity Nomination

Each year the Club adopts a charity to support. For 2022-23 it has been Bristol Bone Marrow / Anthony Nolan Trust. We ask members to nominate charities they would like the club to support and then ask the members to vote for one charity to support for the year from the list of nominations. If you would like to nominate a charity please submit details here by Tuesday 28th February. The list of nominated Charities will then be listed in the March Club Bulletin for you to vote on. The winning charity will be announced at the AGM. Thank you.

  1. Swimarathon

The Club will be entering 2 or 3 teams, depending upon interest, in the popular Rotary Club Swimarathon on Friday March 3rd at 20:15. The event is open to teams of up to 6 people swimming in relay for 55 minutes Please note this is a sponsored event and we are therefore asking each swimmer to donate £10 rather than get sponsorship (i.e. £60 per team). The two headline Rotary charities this year are Paul’s Place and Young Carers South . If you are interested in taking part please see Arthur or e-mail chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

  1. First Ultra

Message from Ben (Foss) –  This is my first go at an ultra-distance so I thought it would be a great opportunity to raise money for a good cause. I have decided to raise money in support of the Miscarriage Association. I will be running the BigWayRound which is a 50k race around Winchester. The race will take place on 01/05/2023. Please find my JustGiving page here. Miscarriages affect a lot of families and for most it is too hard to even talk about it. I want to run for all those parents who have lost one and all the little ones who never made it.

  1. Club Road Race Championships + Run & Rehydrate

Please join us for the 2023 Club Road Race Championships on Thursday 27th April  for a 7:00 pm run start. This event is open to ALL club members and is a great opportunity for us all to run together. Starting close to The Anchor Inn Oldbury and running over the new Thornbury 10k course (reverse direction to 2022). This is a straight shoot out single race with trophies for 1st female and 1st male runners. First drinks free for all participants and marshals. We also plan to use this event to present our Club charity (Bristol Bone Marrow / Anthony Nolan Trust) with a cheque. More details to follow in the next Bulletin.

  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge ‘22 – ‘23 and beyond ….

The 2022-23 PMC results are in! Both the Ladies outright and age adjusted competitions were close with Hannah (Hamilton) 1st in both competitions. Jo, Karen and Carol had an equal points total. We foresaw this and developed a devilish and full proof approach to a ‘tie break’.  Applying the tie break the result was Jo (Plumbley) 2nd and Karen (Carr) 3rd in both competitions. In the Men’s outright competition it was close at the top with Phil (Blackburn) 1st, Paul (Harrod) 2nd and Chris (Foley) 3rd. In the Men’s age-adjusted Nick (Langridge) once again prevailed, followed by Chris (Foley) and Paul (Harrod). Overall there were 19 men taking part, and only 6 Ladies. 7 men took part in 3 scoring events. One Lady took part in 2 and the others only 1 event. Since 40% of the Club is currently Ladies they were under represented in this competition. Overall less than 15% of the Club membership took part. I would like to make this more appealing and compelling to take part in and would be interested to hear your ideas, comments and thoughts. Contact captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk Thanks to Nick L for being the score keeper and posting the results.

  1. Endurance Life Code

Our new 10% event entry discount code is TRC23. It will expire on 01/07/2023. Full event listings are available at www.endurancelife.com including details of our new team relay event at Exmoor in June.

04/02/23

Members, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 30th January 2023

Thursday Club Night Leaders

02/02:  Walking – Val / 12 min – Nigel  / 10 min – Arthur / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min – Kevin W/ 7 min – Peter

09/02 : Walking – Val / 12 min – Caron / 10 min – Steve / 9 min – Jim W / 8 min – Hannah/    7 min – Rob

Tea Rota                                                      

02/02 : Amel Dobson / 09/02 : Natalie Bennett / 16/02 : tba (Volunteer required) / 23/02 : Chris Foley / 02/03 : Pete Mainstone / 09/03 : Hannah Hamilton

28/01/23

Members, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 23rd January 2023

Committee Meeting on Thursday 26th Jan so your run maybe a bit shorter than normal.

Thursday Club Night Leaders

26/01 : Walking – Val / 12 min – Carol / 10 min – Hugh / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Mel /    7 min – Ben F

02/02:  Walking – Val / 12 min – Nigel  / 10 min – Arthur / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min – Kevin W/ 7 min – Peter

 

Tea Rota                                                      

26/01 : Romeo Maddalena / 02/02 : Amel Dobson / 09/02 : Natalie Bennett / 16/02 : Hannah Hamilton / 23/02 : Chris Foley

 20/01/23

Members, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 16th January 2023

A big thank you to each and every one of you for helping us put on a really good race yesterday – Lots of very positive comments from the 373 wet, muddy and tired finishers both in person and on Social Media. Well done everybody.

 

Thursday Club Night Leaders

19/01 : Walking – Val / 12 min – Caron / 10 min – Ellen / 9 min – Jim W / 8 min – Hannah /    7 min – Nick W

26/01:  Walking – Val / 12 min – Carol M / 10 min – Hugh / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Mel / 7 min – Ben F

Tea Rota                                                      

19/01 :  Carol Mosses / 26/01 : Romeo Maddalena / 02/02 : Amel Dobson / 09/02 : Natalie Bennett

We need more people to volunteer to do the Teas – please contact Arthur Renshaw 07810 300025

16/01/23

 

Members, Thornbury Running Club

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 9th January 2023

Thursday Club Night Leaders

12/01 : Walking – Val / 12 min – Nigel / 10 min – Suzy? / 9 min – Chris P / 8 min – Lizzie /    7 min – Rob

Tea Rota                                                      

12/01/23 Amel Dobson

We need more people to volunteer to do the Teas – please contact Arthur Renshaw 07810 300025

08/01/23

Events, Members, Riverbank Rollick, Thornbury Running Club

Riverbank Rollick – Sunday 15th January 202

This mail is going out to all Club Members.

We finally have a full rota of helpers on the day. We are very grateful to all those 70+ Members who have volunteered to help out on our main event of the year. We are sold out with 425 entries.

Please check your name and position – you may be on the schedule for more than one job so check carefully. Note the approx. time you will be required is the last column on the Schedule.

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. 

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 Course Map attached here.

The Lead out Team map from the Castle School to the Start and the last Section 6 through the Hatch & Shieling School Grounds are also attached here

If you find you cannot make your Marshals position on the day due to illness etc please try and find a replacement and let Arthur Renshaw know (07810 300025)

Last chance to recce the course will be on the Residents Letter drop which is on Sunday 8th January 08.30 from the Scout Hut.

Amy questions please contact Jo Plumbley or Arthur Renshaw

06/01/23

January, Members, Thornbury Running Club

Club Bulletin  for January 2023 – and Hoka Shoe Night in February

Happy New Year!!

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

5/1: Walking – Val / 12 min –  Steve / 10 min – Jerry / 9 min – Kev C / 8 min – Moray / 7 min – Peter

12/1: Walking – Val / 12 min –  Nigel / 10 min – Suzy / 9 min – Chris P  / 8 min – Lizzie / 7 min – Rob

Tea Rota 

5/1: Nigel Hale  /  12/1: Amel Dobson                                                

What’s On …  

  • January 7th – parkrun of the month – Severn Bridge
  • January 8th – Rollick Letter drop (See item below)
  • January 15th – Riverbank Rollick 
  • February 9th – Hoka Shoe Night
  1. Riverbank Rollick Sun 15th – 5 Marshals still Needed

Thank you those members who have already volunteered for the sell-out Rollick. Despite multiple appeals I’m afraid to say that we are still short of marshals for the Riverbank Rollick.  Volunteer here. 

Route letter drop is on Sunday 8th January meeting 8:30am at the Scout Hut. There will be 2 groups running the course at different speeds, so all welcome. This is your chance to experience the course (wear off road shoes!)

  1. ‘Mad Men’ of Thornbury

Many event organisers are having problems filling their events, so I am delighted that ‘The Riverbank Rollick’ has SOLD OUT. This has been the result of a lot of work by a team of people working our advertising campaign. The ‘Mad Men’ of Thornbury that I think deserve recognition and thanks (in alphabetical surname order) are Kev C, Nathan, Jon H, Paul H, Nick, Chris P, Arthur & Kevin W. This has included using Full on Sport, Facebook, Instagram, IM, e-mail, posters, photos, race platforms, Radio Thornbury, local press etc. The result, Rollick is sold out, we have a wait list and we already have 100 entries in both the Thornbury 10k in June and Oldbury 10m in September 2023. (Previously published on Facebook)

  1. Let Them Eat Cake

Cakes were an important part of the Riverbank Rollick experience pre-Covid. The great news … cakes are back!  As well as cheering up our chilly runners and supporters all monies raised from cake sales goes to our Club charity, Bristol Bone Marrow.  This is a plea to any remotely capable bakers to offer up some homemade delicacies ready for Jan 15th please. Whatever you can rustle up will be very much appreciated by hungry runners and people who really need your support. Please label if cakes contain nuts etc, it’s very important we know. Please let Jo Plumbley know if you can help out jo.plumbley@gmail.com Thank you.

  1. parkrun of the Month 2023

The Club parkrun of the month has proven to be a popular event and the plan is to continue with this in 2023. parkrun tourism has proven to be less popular, so  in 2023 we will stick to the 3 very local events – Severn Bridge, Berkeley Green and Thornbury. All dates and locations for the year are how here. Next event is 7th January at Severn Bridge.

  1. Blonde Street Angels (THANK YOU)

Message of thanks from Blonde Street Angels –  I  wanted to thank you so much for the fantastic donation from Thornbury Running Club – I was totally overwhelmed by the thoughtful , kind and  generous  donations — they were all sorted over the next couple of days / some are stored for the next drop after Christmas ,but several pairs of trainers and most of the sweat shirts and jumpers have already been passed on to the guys we support. I enclose a copy of our page describing the vast pile of amazing goodies from the club [Ed – See Club Facebook page] . Again please pass on my sincere thanks to your club runners – you really have helped us to make a difference. Happy Christmas – hope to see you in January

  1. Bristol Bone Marrow Raffle

Thank you to all those who purchased raffle tickets in aid of Bristol Bone Marrow and drawn on 15th December at the Xmas Light run. We raised £330 total! Terrific total. Top prize winner was Paul Harrod. T-shirts were won by Tom Usherwood and Chris Foley, buffs by Amel Dobson and Jim Godden. Prizes were donated by Endurance Life and anyone wanting to run one of the Endurance Life races we have a Club discount code for 10%: TRC22

  1. Have your say!

We are starting to think about our Club 2023 Annual Awards Event and would like to hear your views please. You may remember on 20th May 2022 we held an event at Thornbury Golf Club with BBQ buffet food and a disco. What we like to understand is for the 2023 Event would you prefer (1) Informal – An informal event (as 2022) with casual dress code.  Buffet / BBQ type food. For those who were not there, or have forgotten, we had table seating, served ourselves at a buffet and sat down to eat. (2) Formal – A more formal dinner dance with table service and more formal dress code. We have done this in the past when we had  Xmas Dinner Dances. (Please note a formal event is likely to be more expensive). Please let us know by competing this poll. Poll closes end January.

  1. Hoka Shoe Night

Following the success of the Saucony shoe night last year we are organising a Hoka shoe night on 9th February. More details to follow. Please mark your calendar so as not to miss the event. As at the previous event we will meet at 6:30 for the show try on, before going out for a run.

  1. parkrun story so far

parkrun stats so far this club year for the 39 weeks from 2nd April to 24th December below.  Thanks to Mel Lloyd for compling these:

  • Female – Best time: Hannah Hamilton  00:20:45 at Chipping Sodbury 11th June
  • Best Age Grade: Jane Leslie 78.67% at Berkeley Green 28th May
  • Male- Best time: Philip Blackburn  00:17:15 at Burgess 16th April
  • Best Age Grade: Nick Langridge  81.32% at Tetbury Goods Shed on 6th August
  • Most events: Simon Pinnington with 32 parkruns    
  • Most locations: Ashleigh Ferris  at 18 different locations

Other interesting things:

  • 17 first finishers
  • 677 finishers in total across 80 different locations
  • Most popular location is Thornbury with 282 finishers, followed by Severn Bridge 69 and Chipping Sodbury 60.
  • We have had finishers in USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. 
  • Biggest turnout was 22 at Thornbury on 6th August (a parkrun of the month and my 100th)
  • We have had 95 finishers at 9 parkruns of the month.
  1. Pete Mainstone Challenge

Looks like the last event in the 2022-23 Pete Mainstone Challenge, Back 2 Black, has been postponed until 2024. So the last event was Westonbirt on 31st December – I could only find me at todays very very wet 10k.  Max points for me then and a 2nd place V70 out of nearly 500 runners!.

Look out for the series results coming soon

31/12/22

Members, Thornbury Running Club

New Years Eve

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

Events, Members, Riverbank Rollick, Thornbury Running Club

Final Call for Riverbank Rollick – Sunday 15th January 2023

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 .

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