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TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 18th August 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 18th August 2025  

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

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

28th August. Walking – Val / 5k – Nigel / 10 min – Claire / 9 min – Jo P / 8 min – Paul T / 7 min – Ben F  

Tea Rota   

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 still need some more marshals to get the total up to 48 for the Oldbury 10.  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 16/08:- 

Martyn Green was 3rd at Thornbury in 21:22. 

Meanwhile we had tourists all over the place.  Sam Baimbridge was at Heaton Park in Manchester (22:20), Ashleigh Davidson at Trelissick Park in Cornwall (30:36), Paul Reeves at Eastleigh (23:49), Mel Lloyd at Merthyr (40:00), Melanie Wilson at Gateshead (24:24) and Ellen Pyne was still at Cliffe Castle in Keighley (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 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

If you haven’t run cross country before it’s nothing more than an off road Park Run but over about 10K for the men and about 6K for the women (so only one extra K) with the added bonus that it’s run as a team event so we are all together with the aim of getting a team result.  It’s the only opportunity we currently have of competing in a team event apart from CWR so here are the dates to join in:-  

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

Stop Press – the committee has agreed to buy waterproof duffel bags with “Thornbury Running Club” printed on them, at a cost of £30 each. Members taking part in 3+ cross country events in a season will be given a bag for free and those who do one or two events allowed to purchase at a discount.  What more incentive do you want?  

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

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