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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 

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