TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 30th Oct 2023

 

Thursday Club Night Leaders

2nd November : Walking – Val / 5k– Nigel H / 10 min – Hugh Mc / 9 min – Jim W / 8 min –Mel W / 7 min– Rob W

9th November : Walking – Val / 5k– Carol M / 10 min – Emma P / 9 min – Ellen P / 8 min –Kevin W / 7 min– Nick W

(If you would be interested in becoming a run group leader then please see Captain Nick Williams for more info)

Tea Rota     

02/11 : Paul Saville / 09/11: Cathy Hunsley/ 16/11: Kevin Arnold / 23/11: Jerry Clothier / 30/11 : Steve Dimond

(We need more people to step up to do tea ; you should only need to do it maybe once per year. Please see Arthur Renshaw 07810 300025)

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Reminders:

  • Saturday 4th Gloc League XC Race 1 – Cirencester
  • Monday 20th CPR/First Aid session 19:00 – 21:00 Severnside Suite
  • Sunday 10th Glos League XC Race 2- Bath Uni (incorporating Avon Champs)
  • Thursday 14th Christmas Lights annual run.

 

  1. TRC Membership Fees 2024/5

At last week’s Committee Meeting it was decided to maintain the current level of Membership fees for the next Club year 2024/5. England Athletics fees would continue to be subsidised and the subsidy would be increased to £9 per Member (leaving Members to pay £10 of the £19 EA fees)

  1. Club Night Runs in the dark

We strongly recommend that all runners and walkers wear a Hi Viz top and carry a head torch. Everyone please take extra care when running alongside and/or crossing roads and make sure you can be seen by car drivers.

As promised our Treasurer has put together a guide on Head Torches:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HAk7B-bpHctaYJ4y7AT1q2qgR1gmRwN_j1gqIqc6Tmk/edit?usp=sharing

  1. Basic First Aid & CPR for runners – New Date Monday 20th November

Clare Watt will lead an evening session on Monday 20th November in our usual room – Severnside Suite from 19.00-21.00.  All Members are welcome to come along. It just may save somebodies life if you know how to do CPR and give basic first aid.

https://twitter.com/ResusCouncilUK/status/1651239837930868739

Put your name down on the Google Form attached here.  this form

 

  1. TRC Race Series 2024

Please can you tell all of your running friends and colleagues about our Club’s 2024 Series events and forward the entry link: Series Entry, thank you.

  • Riverbank Rollick – Off road & muddy – Sunday January 14th 10:30
  • Thornbury 10k – Rolling country lanes – Thursday 27th June 19:30
  • Oldbury 10 mile – Flat & fast – Sunday 22nd September 10:30

Please remember if you would like to enter any of the Club 2024 Race Series we ask that Club members fulfil one of pre-race marshal positions. These will be allocated to Club members on a first come first served basis.If you wish to have one of these limited places please contact the Race Directors via events@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk  Members are requested to only enter our races on confirmation from the Race Directors.

  1. Rollick Gets Bigger – a message from Race Director Kevin Wood.

For 2024 we have expanded the Rollick entries to 450 and need your help to run the events safely and effectively, the Rollick needs a lot of marshals due to the nature of the course. Marshalling is also fun! The cake stall will be run this year by and for Friends of Castle School, so everyone in the Club can marshal the course.

Each year we organise three events from which we plan to make a surplus to fund. If you have eaten pizza and had a drink at ‘Run & Rehydrate’, had your X-Country entry paid, had your EA membership subsidised, had a % T-shirt etc you have benefited from this.

Please can everyone reply using the link below so we know who has seen this request and can follow up with anyone who has not responded. Thank you in anticipation for volunteering to marshal. RR’24 Call for Marshals

  1. Cross Country (Gloucester League)

https://www.athletics4u.co.uk/cross-country/

Check with the What’s App group or with Hannah Hamilton for the latest details

  1. Saturday 4th November Cirencester Park
  2. Sunday 10th December Bath Uni (incorporating Avon Champs)
  3. Saturday 6th January Cotswold Farm Park
  4. Saturday 17th February Pittville 

5. Parkrun of the Month

Nov 4th Berkeley Green  https://www.parkrun.org.uk/berkeleygreen/
Dec 2nd Thornbury https://www.parkrun.org.uk/thornbury/

 

  1. Running with Dogs

We are thinking of organising a Group for Members who want to bring along their dogs for a run. If you are interested in this “Canicross” group then please see Captain Nick Williams or Vice Captain Melanie.

  1. London Marathon – Sunday 21st April 2024

The Club has one place for the London Marathon. Any Club Member who wishes to be considered for a Club place must furnish the Secretary with proof of race entry, or of a failed attempt at entry. This may take the form of either a letter sent to the Secretary by the end of November signalling that an attempt at online entry has been made and rejected because entries had already closed, or a rejection letter following the ballot (and copied to the Secretary by not later than the end of November).

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