Sent: 13 July 2007 00:08
Subject: FW: V S Update - Anniversary Handicap, Anniversary Run and
Barbecue, Membership, Events, Results, Performance awards, PB and AGB database.
On 23 July 1982, a meeting was held which proposed the
formation of the “Valley Striders” with the object of participating as a team
in all forms or running.
25 years later …
Club Handicap (Anniversary Celebrations part 1) – Tuesday 24 July
We’ll meet by the lodge at the bottom of the steep
hill to the Reservoir.
The first runner will be off at 7:05 prompt, but can
everyone, yes even the fast runners, be there by 7pm as there will be photos
taken before the run – this is the nearest Tuesday training night to the club’s
25th anniversary.
The route will be clockwise, across the fields to
Eccup village, then on the Ebor Way footpath to Emmerdale, then back to Eccup
Water Treatment Works, and finally (the bit Geoff and Sylvia hate) across the
dam and along the reservoir path back to the lodge. Total distance
approximately five and a quarter miles.
You can meet at the club beforehand and drive or run
up to the Res or just meet at the Res, but please be there for 7pm.
Could all women drive to the Res so they can drive
back after the run and get first use of the men’s showers before the men get
back.
Please wear Valley Striders vest if you have
one. (If you have more than one, bring them to lend)
Afterwards, Pie and Peas, book by email before Sunday
22 July 10pm or by text 0777 5898 558 before Monday 23 July 2pm, stating
whether meat or veg pie and whether peas or beans.
Run and Barbecue (Anniversary Celebrations part 2) – Sunday 12 August
Run
Three options are available (NB timings are subject to
fine tuning, look out for further details)
(1)
Meet at Leos, setting off at 10:00
to run down the Meanwood Trail to Woodhouse Moor, to meet group (2).
(2)
Meet at Woodhouse Moor at 10:45,
where there will be photos taken as we did 5 years ago for the 20th anniversary.
Then everyone has a very steady run back to Leos,
getting back for 11:45.
(1)
Non-runners meet at Leos at
11:45. More photos!
Women again get first turn at the showers, men run an
extra mile round the top woods or elsewhere!
Note that group (2) runners will have to make
transport arrangements, one option is for two runners to meet at Leos about
10:20, then drive one car down to Woodhouse Moor, run, then after the barbecue
drive the other car back to W.Moor.
The distance (one way) is about four and a quarter
miles, you can view the route at http://www.realbuzz.com/flmroutes/
then key in the postcode LS17 5PR.
Please wear Valley Striders vest if you have
one. (If you have more than one, bring them to lend)
Barbecue
Club members, family, children, parents etc all
welcome. The food is £6.50 and should be booked in advance, preferably by
Sunday 5 August.
Menu for carnivores – piece of steak, piece of
chicken, two sausages, beefburger, potatoes, salad, coleslaw
Menu for veggies – veggie burger, veggie sausages,
vegetarian bake (similar to Tuesday pie), 4th item TBA, potatoes,
salad, coleslaw
Food served from about 12:30
Anniversary T-shirts
Paul Hunter is currently negotiating for “Valley
Striders 25th Anniversary” T-shirts, short and long sleeve will be
available, these will be screen printed rather than iron-on so the printing
will be durable. Of course these will be in Valley Striders white with
black lettering, Price will be just under £4 for short sleeve, £5
for long sleeve but we will have to make a bulk order so let me know how many
you want, what size, short or long sleeve.
Membership for September 2007 to August 2008
Many of you, especially newer members, have asked
about membership cards. Well I’ve found from the England Athletics
website that these should be available around September and are now entitled
“Competition Licences”.
First of all we need to pay England Athletics £3 per
member. We will shortly send this off for everyone who has paid V S
membership since September 2006. Therefore I’m asking that if anyone
doesn’t intend to renew their V S membership (despite of it being unbeatable
value for money), to let me know and that will save the club £3.
Also, non-running members will be regarded as
“volunteers” and we need not pay the £3 for these. So if you’ve no
intention to compete in any race in the next 12 months (and this includes such
as the Leeds Country Way, Jane Tomlinson Race, Golden Acre Relay etc), to let
me know, we’ll register you accordingly, and reduce your next year’s V S
membership fees from £12 to £9.
Back in Novermber/December last year, we submitted
about 70 names applying for registration as UK Athletics officials. All
of these were approved, so we now need to send off a form with a passport size
photo to get you your officials licence. The list of members is at http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsukaofficials.htm
If you are on this list, could you please get a passport size photo to me by 12
August, so that we can send all the forms back.
Forthcoming Races
Sun 15 Jul 10:00 - Eccup 10 mile – from Adel Memorial
Hall - entries still available on the day – and for VS Grand Prix points
Fri 20 Jul – Washburn Valley Relay – teams of 4
running 4 miles each, see Otley AC website for details http://www.otleyac.co.uk/Washburn%20Relay/WVR.htm
Arrange teams amongst yourselves or contact me and I’ll put groups of 4
together.
Sun 22 Jul 10:45 – Pudsey 10k challenge – road and
good footpaths, very hilly, T-shirt has height profile of race – definitely a
challenge. Also 800m run for under-8’s and 2 mile fun run. Could
anyone hand out Harewood Trail entry forms here please?
Sun 22 Jul 14:30 – Burton Leonard 10k – paths and
country lanes. Nice tea and cakes afterwards.
Tue 24 Jul 19:00 – Club Handicap – see above
Wed 25 Jul 19:00 – Golden Acre Relay – teams of 3
running 2.7 miles each. http://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/GoldenAcre/golden.htm
Arrange teams amongst yourselves or contact me and I’ll put groups of 3 together.
Jonathan Brownbill tells me he is looking for two fast women.
Sun 29 Jul 11:00 - Round Hill fell/trail race, approx
7 miles – from Timble Village Hall, entries only available on day, arrive early
because it’s nearly a mile from Timble to the start! More details on http://www.otleyac.co.uk/Round%20Hill%20Fell/RoundHill.htm
V S Grand Prix points
Sun 29 Jul 10:30 - Harrogate 10k – from Harrogate Town
Centre (in front of the town hall), a good race suitable for all, two laps with
a tough hill halfway round each lap, good crowd support, nice T shirt. Could
anyone hand out Harewood Trail entry forms here please?
Wed 1 Aug 19:30 –
We now have 31 runners, we’re trying to get 4 teams of
12, so how many more do we need? If you answered 17 you’d be wrong.
Each year in the last 3 years, at least 2 runners have pulled out in the last
week. So at least 19 is the answer. So let me know as soon as
possible so that we (me and Paul Furness) can plan the teams.
Results
John has had a heart attack, but is now at home
recovering. During this period, his website is not reporting results with
its usual frequency.
So if you run a race anywhere, please send your
results (or a link to the website containing results) to me and copy to
Paul [email protected]
13 of the 95 finishers at
34 Eirik Stangnes
19:35
36 Tim
Towler 19:37
37 Joel
Giddings 19:41
43
47 Patrick Barrett
20:27
48
53 Jonathan Brownbill 20:41
59
60 Paul Sanderson
21:29
61 Erica
Hiorns 21:45
68
73 Bob
Wilkes 24:11
85
And a Striders second-claimer too
26
1 Mile
Even newer member Adam Kemp (joined on the night) led
21 runners home in the 1 mile race. Of these, 7 had Striders
associations.
1 Adam
Kemp (12) 6:14
14 Ella McCaffrey
(7) 9:27
15 Martha McCaffrey (10) 9:27
18 Abe Giddings
(6) 11:26
19 Theo Giddings
(2) 11:35
20 Kathryn Giddings (39) 11:35
21 Joel Giddings (36)
11:35
Wigginton 10k
29 Bob
Jackson 42:45
Methley 5k
21
2007 Performance Database
There are now six Striders with five performances at
the same grade, and we will present them with their award certificates at one
of the Anniversary do’s. Maybe one or two more will also achieve five
before then. All the results to date (except the last week) are on the
website.
Even if you’ve not raced this year, there are plenty
of opportunities to achieve an award before the end of 2007, all measured road
races from 5km to marathon count, not just V S Grand Prix races.
If you achieve an award in 2007, then you start again
in 2008 and hopefully aim for a higher grade. If you don’t manage to get
the 5 grades in 2007, then you can carry what you did get in 2007 forward into
2008 so you have 2 years to achieve the award.
V S Personal Bests and Age Group Bests
We’ve now got data from about 15 Striders plus all the
races in 2007.
Which means we’re a long way short of compiling an
authoritative list of V S Performances over the last 25 years.
Come on you older Striders (i.e anyone who joined
before December 2006) and let us have your best performance at each distance
5k, 5m, 10k, 10m, half, 15m, 20m, mara, at each age group 20-24, 25-29, 30-34
etc
Send to me and/or Erica Hiorns [email protected]
Hope to see most of you at least once
sometime in the next month
Bob