In a marked improvement over the last two editions; participants, spectators and marshals didn’t wake up to grey clouds or torrential rain on the morning of the 2025 Oldbury 10 mile race.  It was going well so far!  However the lack of precipitation wasn’t reflected by a lack of perspiration and it is with this in mind that I want to say thank you to everyone who supported Sunday’s event.

Firstly a huge congratulations to all those who took part.  We received lots of positive feedback from the participants about the event and its organisation. We had 276 finishers with the 1st Male and Female clocking 53:31 and 59:49 respectively.  Also to recognise the following members of the club who took part;

P36 – 01:08:21 – Ali Vaz

P195 – 01:31:54 – Claire Hollingdale

Also a huge congratulations to Phil Blackburn who set a new club record in 54:34 which saw him finish 5th overall and 3rd in the Avon Championship – 10mile.

Ad congratulations to me for my contribution of getting a coffee van at the event.  I was so proud.

A lot goes on behind the scenes of these events and I want to say a massive thank you especially to Arthur, Nathan and Matt who; attained the support of the venue, timing company, managed the entries as well as countless other jobs leading up to, on the day of and following the event.  You can thank Nathan for the Jaffa cakes!  I also want to say a massive thank you to Adrian who organised the marshals as well as attaining the race licences and generally providing a huge amount of support and advice including knowing the correct number of bananas to buy within a 2% margin of error.

I also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the marshalling and all the other activities over the weekend and the letter drop last weekend.  Without your support the event really couldn’t go ahead which would be a huge detriment to the excellent contribution the club makes to its members and the community as a whole.

Thank you,    Pete (Race Director)