Coming Events: December, January and February

Events in bold indicate a ‘club’ event which members are encouraged to run.

Date	Event
Sun 7^th Dec 03	2^nd WYWL. Cross Country hosted by Idle AC, 11am. All club needed to run. Marshals/helpers also needed.
Sun 21^st Dec 03	2^nd annual Sewage Works Surprise club 4 mile Handicap race, 10am, Apperley Bridge. Festive event. 2pm presentation lunch at Symposium- £4/£2.
Sun 21^st Dec 03	The Stoop Fell Race, BS, 11.30am. 5miles/800’, Haworth. Free chocs for all finishers!!
Fri 26^th Dec 03	Chevin Chase 7 mile off road race, 11am, highly recommended event.
Sun 28^th Dec 03	Jolly Holly Jog 10k, 11am, Ripon. Scenic, multi terrain race through Studley Park. Highly recommended.
Sun 28^th Dec 03	Hot Toddy 5.8 mile road race, 11am, Todmorden. Hilly, ‘town & country’ course. Free ‘hot toddy’ for all finishers.
Wed 31^st Dec 03	Auld Lang Syne Fell Race, Haworth. 11.30a, 6 miles/900’. Free bottle of beer to all finishers. A great way to end the year!
Sat 3^rd Jan	Yorkshire Cross Country Championships, Nunroyd, Guiseley. Women 6k 1.30 pm. (Team at least 3) Men 11k 2.10pm. (Team at least 6). Idle to submit and men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details.
Sun 11^th Jan 04	3^rd WYWL Cross country from Esholt hosted by St.Bede’s, 11am.
Sun 18^th Jan 04	Woodkirk 10k, Leeds.
Sat 24^th Jan 04	North of England Cross Country Championships. (St. Helens) Idle to submit and men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details.
Sun 25^th Jan 04	Brass Monkey Half marathon, York. Club attendance points race for 2004. Entries closed.
Sun 1^st Feb 04	Dewsbury 10k, 9.30am. C/D 17^th Jan, no entries on day. Roundhay Romp 5k 10am/10k 11am.
Sun 1^st Feb 04	Roundhay Romp 10k and 5k , 11am. Traffic free.
Sun 8^th Feb 04	4^th WYWL Cross country hosted by Pudsey Pacers, 11am.
Sun 15^th Feb 04	Liversedge Half marathon, 12 noon.
Sat 21^st Feb 04	National Cross Country Championships (Leeds). Idle to submit and men’s and women’s team. See Chris for details.
Sun 22^nd Feb 04	Final WYWL Cross Country hosted by Skipton AC, 11am.

Attendance Scheme – Final details:

Top Fifteen Club Races for 2003: Handicap/ Attendance Scheme -6 out of 15 possible races to count. Please don’t forget to sign in the book each time you attend a club session (but only pay once per week) as each attendance at a club training session is worth 1 point and to be eligible for a trophy members must accumulate at least 30 attendance points during the year. Each attendance at a “Club” designated race earns you 5 points (see below). 50% of the required points must be achieved by attendance at training sessions.

The Club races for 2003, where points can be earned, were as follows:

Date	Race Details	Comments.
February - Sun 16^th	Liversedge Half Marathon, 12.00 noon.	8 members ran. 3 club records broken: Male, Female & M40. 5 pb’s.
March - Sat 22^nd	Coniston 14, 11am.	Sue Elliott flew the Idle AC flag.
April - Sun 6^th	Wakefield 10k, 10am.	Chris Smith, Martin and Jo Belcher ran. Jo set a new pb in a time of 46.01.
*April - Sun 6^th**	Baildon Boundary Way Half, 10.30am.	6 runners at the Baildon BW: Joe Marjoram 1.41, Dave Lewis 1.42, Adrian 1.43, Donna 1.45, Edward 1.46 and Simon 1.50.
*April - Sat 12^th**	Meanwood Valley Trail 8, 10.30am.	Two club records were set at this 8 mile race: Simon set an M40 record in a time of 60.38 and Richard set a Male record in 61.03.
*April - Sun 20^th**	Guiseley Gallop 10k, 10.30am.	6 runners in this local event: Richard 46.25, Dave Lewis 46.30, Donna 48.03, Tony 48.46, Edward 49.17 and Pete Helliwell 51.00.
April- Tues 1st	Bunny Run1, 3mile ‘Fell’ race, 7.00 pm.	9 runners at the first Bunny run: Kay, Jo, Amnuay, Chris, Tony, Donna, John, Richard & Simon.
May - Sun 11	Leeds Half or Full Marathon, 10am.	6 runners in the Half, many of whom obtained pb times, including Pete V who took 8 minutes off his previous best.
May - Wed 14^th	John Carr 5k, Esholt, first race.	16 runners at this first of the John Carr 5k series with Dave Lewis, Donna Edmondson & Kay Gambles all breaking club records.
June - Sun 22^nd	Blackpool Half or Full Marathon, 9am.	16 runners at this race and despite the hot weather pb’s were broken and Kay Gambles set a new F45 club record.
Aug -Sat 9th	Arncliffe Gala 4 mile Road and/or Fell race.	8 Idle AC members in the road race and three in the Fell race, including Jo Belcher was 2^nd female.
Aug - Sat 23^rd	Burnsall Classic 10 mile road race.	3 runners in the 10 mile race: Chris Stubbs 1.05 (23^rd), Chris Smith 1.12 (43^rd)and Dave Lewis 1.13, (47^th). Ian Fisher running for Otley won the race (54.11). Idle AC were 6^th team. Tony Blythe ran in the fell race.
Oct – Sun 5^th.	Horsforth 10k, 10am.	A record club turn out of 24 runners (26 if you count the twins!) Doug, Amnuay, Trevor, Katy, Elaine and Heather all ran pb’s. Idle AC were the largest team.
Nov- Sun 2nd	Guy Fawkes 10mile, 10.30am.	We had 10 runners at this event.
Nov- Sun 30^th.	Abbey Dash 10k, 9.30am.	We had 20 runners at this event. See results page.

Details of the attendance winner will be announced in the January edition of the Gossip.

London Marathon 2004.

Congratulations to Martin Burnside and Matthew Coles who get the club’s two guaranteed entries and to Simon Bellwood and Pete Helliwell who also have entries via the lottery.

Isle of Man Marathon and Half 2004.

There has been a lot of interest in these races, which are run in Mid August 2004 following Peter Vickers’ success there last year. Pete is therefore recommending these races for a possible weekend away for club members. If there is enough interest we might be able to organise a weekend trip. Please let Pete know if anyone is interested in this idea so that initial details can be obtained.

Road Race results.

Abbey Dash 10k race 30^th November 03:

We had a 20 strong team out for the Abbey Dash which included good runs from Doug and Joe who were battling it out to the finish line in a hope of breaking Chris Stubbs’ club record (they were close). There were also fine performances from Elaine who broke the 1 hour mark and from Heather who ran her second 10k. Alison and Davina were pleased with their race times, both having recently given birth. The official times were as follows:

175 Doug Briggs 38.25 pb

188 Joe Marjoram 38.37 pb

278 Chris Smith 40.25

296 Pete Vickers 40.46 pb

322 Richard Raistrick 41.06

347 Steve Little 41.20

446 Dave Lewis 42.42

578 Adrian Trevelyan 44.14

698 Simon Bellwood 45.34

765 Jo Belcher 46.09 pb

1000 Pete Helliwell 48.22