Thursday Club Night Leaders 

9^th March: Walking – Val / 12 min – Carol  / 10 min – Hugh  / 9 min – Kev C   / 8 min – Kevin W  / 7 min – Peter

Tea Rota 

09/03 – Hannah Hamilton; 16/3 – Helen Renshaw / 23/03 – Nick Langridge / 30/03 – Mel Lloyd

** We need more volunteers for the rota please – See Arthur (chairman@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk)

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What’s On …  

• March 11th – parkrun of the month – Thornbury
• March 31^st – Membership Renewal now due
• March 31^st – Closing date for Club Charity vote
• April 2^nd – British Trail Champs / FoD Half
• April 19^th – Intro Course for New Runners starts
• April 27^th – Club Road Race Championships + Run & Rehydrate
• May 4^th – Club AGM (All welcome) *provisional date
• May 4^th – Meet in TLC car park – Severnside Room not available
• May 19^th – Annual Awards Party
• June 29^th – Thornbury 10k (+ marshalling please)
• July 1^st – Cotswold Way Relay 2023 (2 teams)
• July 6^th – Meet in TLC car park – Severnside Room not available

1. Club Membership

Your 2023-24 Club membership is due on 31^st March please complete 2023-24 membership form. Membership fees for 2023-24 are unchanged from 2022-23. If you want EA membership support it is important you apply by the end April latest. Please can you pay promptly as it takes a lot of admin from Nathan and I chasing people every year. If you are one of the 7 people who joined in January 2023 this does not apply to you, as your membership is valid until end March 2024. If you have any questions please contact captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

2. Club Charity Vote

Each year the Club adopts a charity to support. For 2022-23 it has been Bristol Bone Marrow / Anthony Nolan Trust, now is the time to vote for our 2023-24 Club charity. We asked members to nominate charities they would like the club to support and 6 charities have been nominated. More details about these charities and why they have been nominated can be found here. We are now asking you to vote for the one charity you would like the Club to support for 2023-24 from this list of nominations by midnight 31st March, when the vote will close. The winning charity will be announced at the AGM. Thank you

3. Club Road Race Championships + Run & Rehydrate

Please join us for the 2023 Club Road Race Championships on Thursday 27^th 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 1^st male runners. More importantly it’s a chance for us to run together as a Club. 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. I need 7 marshals who can walk or run to a marshal position (and get a free drink). Please contact captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

4. Annual Award Party – Friday May 19th at The Ship Alveston (New venue for 2023)

Following the success of the 2022 event we are holding our 2023 Annual Awards Party at a new, for us, local venue – The Ship, Alveston. Come along for an evening of celebration, laughter, dancing and yummy food! Tickets for the evening are at the heavily subsidised price of £16 per person, this price applies to both Club members and guests (same price as 2022). Your ticket price includes: first drink, sumptuous hot buffet, celebration cake, club awards and a disco. We only have a limited number of tickets available and these will be sold first come first served. To reserve your ticket you must complete the form and make payment please. Payments to the club bank account shown on the form.  Any questions please contact captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

5. 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 19^th April to 14^th June at 6:45pm from TLC car park, graduation parkrun 17^th June. We already have 12 people interested. If you are able to support the next course on 2 or 3 evenings that would be great please let us know the dates that you can help here. We need 2 people each week, so far we have 7 volunteers. 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

05/03/23.