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TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 8th September 2025

TRC Weekly Bulletin – w/c 8th September 2025  

Meet at Oldbury Sailing Club – parked, warmed up and ready to run at 7 pm 

Thursday Club Night Leaders 

11th September. TRC Closed Club Championships (incorporating Pete Mainstone Challenge event) – Oldbury Sailing Club (Run and Rehydrate and Food Bank Collection) – see below.  

18th September.  Walking – Val / 5k – Caron/ 10 min – Claire/ 9 min – Lizzie W/ 8 min – Paul T/ 7 min – Paul H 

Tea Rota    

11/09 no tea – Oldbury 5 Miler; 18/09 Catherine Dack; 25/09 Claire Hollingdale; 2/10 Romeo Maddalena  

We need some more Members to step-up to do Tea on a Thursday – looking for cover end of September & early October.  

Marshalls needed:- 

 Desperately now looking for last 2 or 3 marshals 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 06/09:-  

Ben Bohane was second at Thornbury in 17:21and Ashleigh Davidson was 2nd Female at Chipping Sodbury in 21:37. 

Novelty tourist venue was Hugh MacPherson at Land’s End (36:51), Neil Roff was at the University Parks in Oxford (22:30) and Kevin Arnold ventured into Wales at Merthyr (25:09). 

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. Details below. 
  • Sunday 21st September  our own Oldbury 10 Mile Race 

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  1. Thurs 11th Sept. Club Championships and incorporating Pete Mainstone Challenge – 5 mile and Rehydrate and Food Bank Collection.  

From Oldbury Sailing Club. Start 19:00. Car Parking on the hard standing next to the Sailing Club. Course starts on the Sailing Club path 1km to Oldbury Village then left and follow the Oldbury Fun Run course in reverse. Returning down the hill into Oldbury Village then back up the Sailing Club path for 1km to the finish.  With the possibility of poor light If you are running then please wear Hi-viz tops and carry head torches to be on the safe side. There will be limited marshals & signage. If you aren’t running we do need some help with Marshalling. Marshals please wear hi-viz tops and carry torches. Please complete the Google form.  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfadeLqgootdpOx2j7PRYsBUrczuZzbodSKGBv3PPOoTMPO9Q/viewform 

If you have any difficulty filling it in please just email captain@thornburyrunningclub.co.uk 

Any questions see Captain Moray. 

There will also be a Rehydrate evening at Oldbury Sailing Club after the race as well as some trophy presentations so stick around.  

We will also have it as a Food Bank Run. Please bring along a food donation (non-perishable) that we will give to the Thornbury Food Bank. As a guide suggest £2’s worth of food from everybody at the Run & Rehydrate which is free to all Members. Last year we collected 70 kg of food to donate. Any questions see Arthur Renshaw.  

2. Oldbury 10 Mile letter Drop 14th September  

Meet 08:30 Scout Hut to run or 09:00 The Naite X-roads on Power Station Road on bikes. This is to inform residents around the course about the race and needed before the event. 

3. Oldbury 10 Mile Race 21st September 

Start 10:30 Power Station.  Race Director : Adrian Wombwell.  2or 3 marshals still needed.  You can sign up using the Google form which would be much appreciated. 

https://forms.gle/8c1XYUbgSqGRJEDh9 

4. 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 have one more date on offer – 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. 

 5. Cross Country 

If the promise of a free waterproof duffel bag with “Thornbury Running Club” printed it isn’t enough incentive for you to do cross country you can also get free entry to the race as well.  As cross country is a team the club will reimburse the entry for anyone who turns up and takes part in the race.  So that’s a free waterproof duffel bag and a free race in a team.  What are you waiting for?  Here are the dates to join in:-  

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

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.  

6. Kevin Arnold’s ‘Military Versus Cancer’ Charity Event  

I’m taking part in a charity event next month – this is the ‘Military Versus Cancer’ – John O’Groats to Lands’ End gun pull. This is a 9-week event – which started today in Scotland at 0615 and aims to reach Pitlochry on Friday. My week is between Hereford & Bridgewater.   

https://www.militaryvscancer.com/field-gun-pull-september-2025/   

“ Commencing 1st September, I will be part of an extraordinary challenge—pulling a Boer War Field Gun over 1,000 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End in support of Military vs Cancer. 

We are doing this to raise funds for serving personnel, veterans, and their families affected by cancer. It’s a cause that means so much to all of us, and every mile we pull is a step toward providing vital support when it is needed most. It’s going to be tough. It’s going to be emotional. But with your help, it will be worth every step.” 

Please sponsor me if you can – every donation counts, big or small. 

I would like to raise £100 for each day I’m taking part and if I can start now, that is not a huge task. Please remember, what we do is supporting serving personnel, veterans, and their families affected by cancer, so every pound raised really helps. 

Thank you, Kevin 

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

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