Thursday Club Night Leaders

28^th  March : Walking – Val / 5k –  Nigel H/ 10 min – Hugh M/ 9 min – Jim W / 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Paul H/

 4^th April : Walking – Val / 5k –  Caron H/ 10 min – Arthur R/ 9 min – Chris P / 8 min – Hannah H/ 7 min – Ben B/                                  ***Room N/A, meet top car park 19.00 ****

Tea Rota      

28/03 James Marshall / 04/04 No Tea (Room N/A) / 11/04 No Tea (Away Day Old Down CC) / 18/04 Ben Bohane / 25/04 Dave Palmer / 02/05 No Tea (Room N/A) / 09/05 Alan Pascoe / 16/05 Pete Mainstone (AGM night) / 23/05 Janet Constable.

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Results:

Bath Half :           Phil Blackburn 1:16:16; Ollie Brown 1:41:43; Hannah Hamilton 1:44:16

Also Chelsea Carnall, Harriett Forrest & Emily Davis all ran the Bath Half but there was a problem with the published times.

Reminders:

• Thursday 28^th March. Last day for nominating a charity for the coming year 2024/5
• Sunday 31^st March. British Summer Time begins. We can go off road at last!
• Monday 1^st April – New Club Year. Please renew your Membership during March.
• Thursday 4^th April. Meeting room not available. Meet in Car park at 19.00
• Thursday 11th April. Away Day : Run & Rehydrate Old Down CC / Charity Donation / Food Bank Run
• Wednesday 17^th April – 12^th June : Introduction to Running Course starts
• Sunday 28^th April. Bristol Running Show. BAWA Filton
• Thursday 2^nd May. Meeting room not available. Meet in Car park at 19.00
• Thursday 16^th May. TRC AGM Leisure Centre, usual room 20.30
• Thursday 13^th June. Club 10k Championship – using the Thornbury 10k course. Meet Sailing Club.
• Thursday 27^th June 19.30. The next TRC organised event – The Thornbury 10k
• Saturday 6^th July. Cotswold Way Relay

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1. TRC Membership Renewals

The Club Membership year is from 1^st April. Please renew asap  The details and the form to complete are here…

https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/membership/ 

https://forms.gle/CWY3HG7oLgArHTaH9

2. Ideas for the future of TRC

Due to the success of our 3 races, which all sold out, the Committee are seeking member suggestions on how we can best utilise our reserve to further the Clubs objectives. If you have any suggestions, please submit them here no later than end of March for the Committee to review.Substantive suggestions will be taken to the AGM on Thursday 16th May for comment.

3. TRC Charity Donation

After a successful staging of our 3 events over the last year – all sold out – the Committee has decided to increase our donation to our annual Charity St Peter’s Hospice. We will now donate £2,000 and this will be done at the next Run & Rehydrate event on Thursday 11^th April

We are now seeking nominations from the Membership for the choice of Charity for the coming year 2024-25. Please submit your nominations to the Secretary, Nigel Hale at latest by Thursday 28^th March. We will give the 2023-24 donation to St Peters Hospice

4. Run & Rehydrate – Thursday 11^th April Old Down CC & Food Bank Run & Charity Donation.

The next Run & Rehydrate will be on 11^th of April.  Usual Groups run from Old Down CC at 19.00 then drinks and pizzas after. We will also present our donation of £2,000 to St Peter’s Hospice.

We are also going to do the first “Food Bank Run” on the night of the Run & Rehydrate as a new initiative to help out the Thornbury Food Bank . It is as simple as all TRC Members going to the Run & Rehydrate bring along 2 or 3 items of food eg tins of beans or packet of pasta (non-perishable itema), and we will collect it up and deliver it to the local food bank the following day

5. Introduction to Running Course.

The next Introduction to Running Course is taking place over 9 weeks on Wednesdays from 17^th April to 12^th June at 6:45pm from TLC car park, graduation parkrun 15^th June. Thank you to all who have volunteered to be Beginners Champions in April. Your support is much appreciated.We still have places for more beginners to join the course, please continue to spread the word. Thank you Carol and Natalie

6. Oldbury 10 Mile 2024.

We are looking for a small Team of Members to organise the event in September 2024. We need 3 or 4 people anytime soon for this. Full training & support will be provided

7. AGM – Thursday 16^th May (Club Year 1^st April 2024 – 31^st March 2025)

The AGM will be after Club Night on Thursday 16^th May at 20.30. We are on the lookout for any Members who would consider standing for the Committee. If you are interested, please speak to any Committee Member who will give an idea of what is involved. We have a very successful Club but we would like to introduce some new blood with new ideas into the Committee in 2024-25.

8. Park run of the Month

Full list of 2024 park runs of the month is here..

https://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/parkrunOfTheMonth2024.pdf

Next three months are shown below:

April 6^th  Chipping Sodbury  https://www.parkrun.org.uk/chippingsodbury/

May 4th Thornbury            https://www.parkrun.org.uk/thornbury/

June 1^st Chipping Sodbury  https://www.parkrun.org.uk/chippingsodbury/

9. Cotswold Way Relay. Saturday 6^th July

For 2024 the Club has entered 2 teams into the popular Cotswold Way Relay (103 miles, 10 stage, off-road race through the Cotswolds from Chipping Campden to Bath). We need a total of 20 runners + reserves. If you wish to run, or be a reserve or can help with on the day marshalling then please sign up here. A £10 deposit will be required to secure your place, payable later, but for now we just need to ensure we have sufficient runners, so please sign up now. If we become oversubscribed, we will work on a first come first served basis.  Any issues please contact Nathan Darkin or Lizzie Williams

24/03/24