Date	Event
Fri 9^th Mar 07	WYWL Presentation Evening, Victoria Hall, Saltaire. A Great night out!! See below.
Sun 18^th Mar 07	Spen 20. 10am. Ideal prep for a Spring marathon.
Sun 25^th Mar 07	Ackworth Half. 10.30am.
Sun 1^st April 07	Baildon Boundary Way. Race full.
Tues 3^rd April 07	Bunny Run 1. Idle AC club race 2007
Sat 14^th April 07	Meanwood Valley Trail Race, approx 7m.
Sun 15^th April 07	Open Morning at the Club. 930am coached session & talk. Suitable for all abilities, all welcome.
Sun 22^nd April 07	London Marathon. Good luck to all Idle AC runners.
Sun 29^th April 07	Rothwell 10k. 10am.
Wed 2^nd May 07	John Carr 5k, Esholt, 7.30pm. Fast, flat course.
Sun 13^th May 07	Ripon 10m. Part of Black Sheep series.
Sun 27^th May 07	Melmerby 10k. Part of Black sheep series.

Attendance Scheme/ Club races – 2007 details:

Top 25 Club Races for 2007: Handicap/ Attendance Scheme - 10 out of 25 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 prize 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.

February’s Attendance winner is Adrian.

Name	February									Feb	Feb
	1	6	8	13	15	20	22	27		Races	Totals
Adrian Trevelyan		1	1	1	1	1				5	10
Amnuay Scott				1		1	1				3
Andrew Moakler			1								1
Anna Lincoln		1				1				5	7
Chris Smith	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			8
Chris Stubbs		1		1				1			3
David Lewis						1				5	6
Davina Smith		1		1		1		1			4
Gary Naylor	1			1		1				5	8
Hayley Atkinson-Windsor	1		1		1			1			4
Ian Fisher				1							1
Joanne Belcher		1			1			1		5	8
Judith Wolstenhulme								1			1
Kay Gambles	1		1		1	1	1	1			6
Laurence Doddy								1			1
Maria Furness	1		1	1		1	1				5
Martin Burnside				1		1					2
Peter Hilliard				1		1		1			3
Peter Vickers						1					1
Phil Routh		1		1	1		1	1			5
Rhea Hawkins	1				1	1	1	1			5
Richard Lyons					1	1		1			3
Sarah Holness				1	1	1	1				4
Simon Bellwood		1	1	1	1		1	1			6
Simon Blackburn	1	1	1	1	1			1			6
Stephen Wolstenhulme								1			1
Steve Little										5	5
Tim Whitcombe	1		1								2
Tony Blythe	1	1		1	1	1	1				6
Tony Wimbush	1	1									2
Warren Fletcher			1	1		1		1			4
	10	11	10	16	12	17	9	16	0	30	131

The Club races for 2007, where points can be earned are as follows.

Date	Race Details	Comments.
February 11^th Sun	Liversedge Half Marathon, 12.00 noon.	6 hardy souls ran this tough ½ m including Gary who was very near to his PB.
March 18^th – Sun	Spen 20mile, 10am.	Great Prep for Spring marathons – Tough 20miler.
March – Sun 25^th	Ackworth half, 10.30am.
April – Tues 3^rd	Bunny Run (1) 3miles, 7pm.	Idle AC Club Race 2007
April –Sat 14^th	Meanwood Valley Trail Race, approx 7m.	Part of Airedale Triple Challenge.
April – Sun 29^th	Rothwell 10k.	Race fills get your entries in early.
May – Wed 2nd	John Carr 5k, Esholt, 7.30pm. Fast, flat course.	No entries on night. Get your entries in ASAP.
May -Sun 13th	Ripon 10m. Part of Black Sheep series.
May – Sun 27^th	Melmerby 10k. Part of Black sheep series.
June – Wed 6^th	Chevin Fell Race, AS, 3.5m/900’. 7.30pm.
June – Thurs 7^th	Bronte 5, 7.30pm. Hilly two lap course.	Date TBC
June – Sun 10^th	West Yorkshire Fire 5	Date TBC
June – Wed 13^th	Otley 10. 7.30pm.
July –Sat 7^th	Oakworth Haul Fell Race, BM, 5m/650’. 3pm.	Oakworth Gala – Family day out!!
July – Wed 11^th	Stirton Fell Race. BS. 5.5m/1200’. 7.30pm.
July –Sun 22^nd	Pudsey 10k, 10.45.	Also fun runs.
Aug – Sat 20^th	Burnsall 10 &/or fell race	Date TBC
Aug –Mon 27^th	Spofforth 10k Trail. 1.30pm.	Date TBC. Bank Hol Family day out.
Sept – Sun 2^nd	Sandal Castle 10k
Sept – Sun 9^th	Yorkshireman Marathon or Half, 10am.	Chris Stubbs won the Marathon in 2006!
Sept – Sun 30^th	Horsforth 10k, 10am.
Oct –Sun 21^st	Withins Skyline Fell Race, BM, 7m/1000’ 11.30am.
Oct – Sun 28^th	Holmfirth 15mile. 10.30am.	Date TBC
Nov – Sun 4^th	Guy Fawkes 10mile 10.30am.	Date TBC
Nov - Sun 25^th	Abbey Dash 10k, 9.30am.	Date TBC.

Race results: Various races

Yorks Vets Grand Prix Race 1 4th Feb, Horsforth:

Women:

47 Ana Lincoln 50.32 There were 55 runners.

Men:

111 Pete Helliwell 50.52 There were 115 runners.

Snake Lane 10. 25/2/07

522 Hannah Peacock 1.28.09

622 Ana Lincoln 1.39.02 There were 667 runners.

Ilkley Moor Fell Race, 25/2/07 5m/1260'.

138 Phill Routh 54.27

173 Warren Fletcher 57.27

235 Tony Blythe 62.12 There were 283 runners.

Haweswater Half Marathon, Cumbria, 4th March 07

330 Lisa Hall 1.56.02

360 Sarah Holness 2.00.35

361 Jo Belcher 2.00.41

396 Hannah Peacock 2.08.40

402 Amy Wright 2.09.43 There were 432 runners.

Wuthering Hike 10th March 07, 31m/4400', BL

34 Tony Wimbush 4.48.36

209 Jo Belcher & Lisa Hall 8.42.52 There were 232 runners.

Spen 20, 18th March 07. This year run in gale force winds & hail stones that really hurt!

36 Adrian Trevelyan 2.25.52

72 Gary Naylor 2.40.10

100 Tim Whitcombe 2.50.35

139 Jo Belcher 3.07.26

146 Davina Smith 3.10.39

173 Ana Lincoln 3.49.32 F50 CR. There were 178 runners.

South Leeds Stadium 5 18th March 07

54 Hayley Atkinson-Windsor 35.27

82 Peter Helliwell 37.09

84 Dave Lewis 37.24

There were 328 runners.

2007 Club race.

This year we have picked a ‘fell’ race as our 2007 club race. This is no ordinary fell race – it’s a runnable trail type course that is accessible to ALL, regardless of your running abilities.

Which Race: BUNNY RUN (1).

When: Tues 3^rd April at 7.00pm.

Where: Haworth, (up from Sun Inn at top of Haworth – see below).

Course: Approx 3 mile on runnable tracks, with only 1 real descent/ascent (but I could still run it).

Why: To get the WHOLE club to a local event that has a great atmosphere.

Afterwards: You get CHOCOLATE for running!!!! All Prizes are EASTER EGGS!! It would be good to have everyone come into the Sun pub for a drink afterwards – it’s packed but wonderful.

Please make a note of the date and let’s make it our best club race ever.

If you really love this race think about doing the series & the relay. The full Bunny Run series are as follows:

TUES APRIL 3^rd BUNNY RUN 1 CS 7pm. 3m/300’ from Dimples Lane Quarry. Registration at the Old Sun Hotel, Haworth (5mins from start)£2 on night only. Crème Egg to all finishers. All prizes Easter Eggs. 3 out of 4 races to count for overall awards. Idle AC Club race for 2007. Highly recommended event/series.

TUES APRIL 10^th BUNNY RUN 2 CS 7.15pm. 3m/300’ from Dimples Lane Quarry. Registration at the Old Sun Hotel, Haworth (5mins from start)£2 on night only. Crème Egg to all finishers. All prizes Easter Eggs. 3 out of 4 races to count for overall awards. Highly recommended event.

TUES APRIL 17^th BUNNY RUN 3 CS 7.30pm. 3m/300’ from Dimples Lane Quarry. Registration at the Old Sun Hotel, Haworth (5mins from start)£2 on night only. Crème Egg to all finishers. All prizes Easter Eggs. 3 out of 4 races to count for overall awards. Highly recommended event.

TUES APRIL 24^th BUNNY RUN 4 CS 7.30pm. 3m/300’ from Dimples Lane Quarry. Registration at the Old Sun Hotel, Haworth (5mins from start)£2 on night only. Crème Egg to all finishers. All prizes Easter Eggs. 3 out of 4 races to count for overall awards. Highly recommended event.

TUES MAY 1^st BUNNY RUN RELAY CS 7.30pm. 3m/300’ from Dimples Lane Quarry. Registration at the Old Sun Hotel, Haworth (5mins from start)£6 per team of 3 on night only. New course. 1^st leg 2.5m/250’, 2^nd & 3^rd legs 2m/200’. Almost any conceivable team composition welcome including mixed, family etc. Relay batons are eggs! Crème Egg to all finishers. Soup & roll included. Highly recommended event at a bargain price.

Great Daffodil Appeal.

We are supporting the Marie Curie Cancer Care Great Daffodil Appeal. We have a box of daffodils at the club and we hope that members will pay a suggested £1 donation.

· Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing care and emotional support, completely free of charge, to thousands of cancer patients and their families across the UK.

· This year they will care for around 25,000 terminally ill patients in their own homes and in the Marie Curie Hospices.

· By taking part in the Great Daffodil Appeal, we will have helped to make it possible for this special care to continue.

Visit their website www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil.

Annual General Meeting – Thursday 29^th March 07.

Idle AC’s fifth AGM will be held on Thursday 29^th March at 7.15pm at the Cricket Club. This is your big chance to air your views on the club’s present and future policy and activities. Please note that there will be no club training on this date. If you are unable to attend please vote for the committee positions via proxy. Members are reminded that subs will be collected (£15) at the AGM (or before if anyone wants to pay in advance!!) when a membership form will need to be completed.

It would be appreciated if all subs could be paid by the beginning of May at the latest as annual subs need to be paid earlier to England Athletics.

Open Morning Sun 15^th April 07 at 9.30am

We will be hosting an Open Morning at the club on Sun 15^th April at 9.30am. This will involve a coached session (accessible to all) led by Chris, a talk on a running related subject, and refreshments. Please support this event but more importantly invite prospective members along. There is no obligation for them to take part in the session, they are welcome to just come along, meet a few people in a relaxed setting to join us for a cuppa.

London Marathon 22^nd April 07

We have 6 Idle AC vests on the London marathon start line this year. Good luck to: Jo, Adrian, Gary, Tim, Simon Bellwood, & Ana. Sadly both Dave Currie & Hannah Peacock may have to defer their places to next year due to injury.

Adrian has decided to raise money for the Children with Leukaemia charity, and will be part of the Mr Men and Little Miss Team. If you want to sponsor him please see him at the club or visit: www.bmycharity.com/adriant

50^th Birthday Celebrations.

Congratulations to Steve Little who celebrated his 50^th birthday this month. A lot of people would celebrate with a party or family gathering, not Steve – he & Sue went to Rome where he ran the Rome Marathon!!

New members.

This month we welcome Maria Furness. Maria is keen to improve her race times & seems to be enjoying a few of the off road runs on a Sunday morning.

John Carr Race Series.

In past years Idle AC have been the largest club for all three races and this year we hope to be even stronger for this series of 5k races around Esholt on Wednesday nights on 2^nd , 9^th and 16^th May 06, starting at 7.30pm. Get a ‘league’ position by completing all 3 races. Entry forms are available at the club. This year due to the increasing popularity of the series and to avoid disappointment only postal entries are being accepted. Please get your entries in early as the race limit is 400. Postal entries close Mon 23^rd April.

Fell Races: March 07 to end May 07.

Please note that many races require that competitors carry waterproof clothing, map and compass for the competitor’s safety. Failure to comply with a race organiser's requirements will mean that you will be barred from taking part in the race. Competitors should arrive at races prepared to carry any or all of the following equipment: Windproof whole body cover, other body cover appropriate to the conditions, map and compass suitable for navigating the course, whistle, emergency food (long races). This equipment is mandatory at all Cat A Long and Medium races.

If this is the first time you have considered fell racing select a race distance well under the distance you normally run on the road.

If you retire during a race you MUST notify the officials at the finish.

If you like the idea of fell running and would like to have a go please speak to Chris.

All fell races are given a grade indicating length and difficulty. Difficulty is indicated by:

A, no less than 250 feet climb per mile, not more than 20% on roads, at least 1 mile in length (NASTY);

B, not less than 125 feet climb per mile, not more than 30% on roads (FAIRLY NASTY);

C, not less than 100 feet of climb per mile, not more than 40% on roads and contain genuine fell terrain (NOT VERY NASTY).

Length is indicated by: L, 12 miles or more; M, 6 miles and over but less than 12 miles; S, under 6 miles.

SAT MARCH 31^st MIDGLEY MOOR RACE. AS. 11am. 5m/1250’ from Booth Cricket Club, Booth, Halifax. £3.50 on day. Website: www.cvfr.co.uk

SAT APRIL 7^th PENDLE FELL RACE. AS. 2pm. 4.5m/1500’ from Barley Village Hall, Barley, near Burnley, Lancs. £3 on day. Refreshments in village hall. Website: www.clayton-le-moors-harriers.co.uk

SUN APRIL 15^th GISBOROUGH MOORS RACE. BL. 11am. 12.5m/2600’from Guisborough Rugby Club. £9 to organiser. Website: www.nym.ac

SUN APRIL 29^th 53^rd THREE PEAKS RACE. AL.10am. 24m/4500’ from the Playing fields, Horton in Ribblesdale. £8.Must pre-enter. Visit website for details: www.threepeaksrace.org.uk

SAT MAY 5^th BELMONT VILLAGE WINTER HILL FELL RACE. BS. 1.15pm. 4.5m/1000’ from the Belmont Bull, Belmont Village, Bolton. £3 on day. Donation to Bolton Mountain Rescue.

SUN MAY 6^th GREAT HAMELDON HILL RACE. BM. 12 noon. 6m/1100’ from Peel Park pub, Turkey St, Accrington. £4.50 on day. See website: www.clayton-le-moors-harriers.co.uk

MON MAY 7^th COINERS FELL RACE. BM. 12 noon. 7m/1100’ from Mytholmroyd Community Centre. £3.50 on day. website: www.cvfr.co.uk

TUES MAY 8^th JACK BLOOR RACE. BS. 7.15pm. 5.2m/1150’ from Darwin Gardens, Ilkley. £3 on night. Website: www.jackbloor.co.uk

SUN MAY 13^th MYTHOLMROYD FELL RACE. BM. 11.30 am, 7m/1350’ from Mytholmroyd Community Centre. £3.50 on day. website: www.cvfr.co.uk

WED MAY 16^th BLACKSTONE EDGE FELL RACE. AS. 7.30pm. 3.5m/1200’ from Lydgate Hamlet, Blackstone Edge Old Road, Littleborough. £3 on night. Registration, presentation & refreshments at Knowl Farm, Blackstone Edge Rd.

SAT MAY 26^th HUTTON ROOF CRAGS RACE. BM. 2.30pm. 7m/1300’ from Hutton Roof Village Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale. £4 on day. Best Tea & cakes in FRA calendar!! Website: www.huttonroof.org.uk/

MON MAY 28th AUSTWICK AMBLE. BM. 1pm. 8m/1200’ from Austwick Village centre, Austwick, near Settle. £3.50 on day. Course partially marked and local knowledge an advantage. Street market, gala, refreshments etc. Website: www.austwick.org

ROMBALDS MOOR FELL RACES – sadly will not be held in 2007.

West Yorkshire Winter League 2006/7 season

It was another bright sunny day for the final race of the 2006/7 WYWL season at Esholt, hosted by St.Bede’s. There were slightly fewer runners from the 8 clubs although we still managed to field 25 runners. The course was slightly over 5 miles and as usual involved a stream. Most seemed to like the very varied, mixed terrain course, although a few runners managed to do a different route!

Ian Fisher won his fifth successive race, and once again there were strong runs from Adrian and the ever improving Gary. The women were led home by Jo, with strong performances from Clare, Amnuay, Rhea and from Maria who ran her first ever cross country and loved it!

The Presentation night on 9^th March at Victoria Hall was well attended (29 of us!!) & over 120 at the do. Everyone seemed to have a good time.

Men		Vets
Pudsey	6475	Dewsbury	2363
Dewsbury	6424	Pudsey	2232
LBT	6153	LBT	2221
St.Bede’s	5638	St.Bede's	2171
Idle AC	5516	Skipton	2086
Baildon	5483	Baildon	2070
Stainland	5465	Idle AC	1981
Skipton	4111	Stainland	1955
Women		Overall
Dewsbury	1444	Dewsbury	7868
Stainland	1440	Pudsey	7677
LBT	1334	LBT	7487
Skipton	1300	Stainland	6905
Idle AC	1208	St.Bede’s	6800
Pudsey	1202	Idle AC	6724
St.Bede’s	1162	Baildon	6617
Baildon	1134	Skipton	5411

Idle AC picked up two individual trophies at the Presentation Night. Ian Fisher is overall male champion and Amnuay Scott is 3^rd F35.

The Idle Trail Race – Sunday 15^th July 2007

Following the amazing amount of positive feedback from our hosting of the of the 2^nd Idle Trail Race we are now organising this year’s event, confident that it will be even more popular – so much so that we may have to ask Club members not to take part, partly because we need your help, and partly because we need the space!

The 2006 Idle Trail Race came 136^th out of 366 in the Runners World ‘Readers Races of the Year’ poll. The overall score for the race was 87% and 100% of runners said that they would run the race again. Check out the Runners world website for details. We are already starting to get entries in for the 2007 event!!

Idle AC celebrates - We are 5 on 22^nd March 07.

Idle AC celebrates our 5^th birthday on 22^nd March. How quickly the first 5 years has gone!! When we formed the club in 2002 we had no base (we met in a bus shelter in Morrisons car park), we were unaffiliated, we had no money and no kit.

Since then we have achieved so much in road, cross country, fell & trail running and the growth in membership has shown how the club can succeed.

In the first five years we have been West Yorkshire Winter League Champions, been voted UK Athletics Regional club of the year (off Track) and hosted two hugely successful Idle Trail Races. This year we also hosted a new cross country course.

In addition we have trained week after week, participated in hundreds of races from local venues such as Apperley Bridge & Esholt to as far as Sydney in Australia.

In 5 years we have put Idle AC on the map and have been acknowledged as a highly respected club with a bright future ahead of us. With many new members coming into the Club, and new ideas and initiatives to develop, the next 5 years promise to be just as busy and successful.

Mablethorpe Marathon -16^th Sept 07.

Mablethorpe - Doesn’t the name itself inspire you to go for a seaside trip & to run either a full, half marathon or even 10k (although I feel everyone is capable of a half!)?? We now have entries forms for this event and I’m wanting to gauge if we would have interest in a weekend away – possibly staying in nearby Skegness, which interestingly has the largest concentration of caravans in Western Europe.

The letter that came with the entry forms says that the organizers pride themselves on providing an excellent flat course with a variety of superb scenery taking in the Lincolnshire Wold villages and finishing along the prom by one of the finest beaches in the UK. As ever it would be good to get men’s and women’s teams in the full & in the half. Visit the website for further details: www.mablethorpemarathon.org

The 2006 race was the first one - there were 108 marathon runners, with 2.44 winning for the men & 3.24 the women’s winning time. The half marathon winning times were 1.18 & 1.33. The race is a bit pricey at £25/£15/£10 though.

Let me know what you think – Davina.

LAKELAND TRAILS - BOOK OFFER (in support of Idle Trail Race)

Any club members who walk or run in the Lakes may be interested in the above handbook which is currently being offered for only £2-95 instead of £5-95. It is written by Club member Tony Wimbush, and is packed full of information for the Lakeland enthusiast with a section on mountain challenges – from the Bob Graham Round to Wainwright Bagging.

For each copy sold one will be donated as a spot prize on the Idle Trail Race.

Pick up copies direct from Chris and Davina at the AGM or on training nights. Or contact Tony Wimbush – 01274 636907 and tony@gofar.eclipse.co.uk.

Visit www.gofar.org.uk (click on sales) for details of the book content.

It also includes a route description and maps for two Heritage Trails from Keswick:

- a gentle trail in 3 sections which explores the delights of Borrowdale (17 miles).

- a high-level trek across the roof of the Derwent Fells (25 miles).

Idle Web!

There have been a number of positive changes to the website recently - some of them subtle, others more “upfront”.

The new “search engine” is now completely up to speed & I’m glad to say has been an instant hit listening to some of the feedback I’ve had. It’s been great for you to have a quick look for past PB’s or past form at certain races without having to trawl through the 5 years of results that are currently on the site.

It has everyone’s races from the club’s inception back in 2002 right up to date.

Just to recap - the idea of the page is to allow you to see what races you have competed in & be able to quickly compare your times. You can also search by race distance or venue. As per all the standard results tables, clicking on the header of each column also will sort the results by that column. If you’ve not seen this feature yet it’s on the “Events & Results” menu under current events and called “Your Races”.

I’ve also implemented a new channel of communication which is in the form of an interactive “Calendar” feature. At the moment it has details of current training nights & club races but the plan is that it can be updated by any individual club member so that they can add a diary entry to let everyone know they are going for a Sunday run for example. Anyone else can then click on the diary entry & it will copy it to their local calendar. Anyone can access this calendar from either the home menu or the link n the home page. If you would like to be able to add your own runs or post any details of races you think people would be interested in, you need to have a Google account. If you already have an email system that you are happy with you don’t need to use Google’s system, but you need to create yourself a Google account. Then send me your Google account email address (not your password), & I’ll grant access for you to update the Idle AC calendar. ……& for the really techno saddo’s amongst us it is compatible with outlook & iCal so you can update your PC or Mac & then synchronise the calendar with your hand-held PDA or mobile phone etc…..

That’s it for now as I need to turn my attention to the AGM that’s looming around the corner. If anyone has any further suggestions or ideas for the website, I’m always happy to listen. You can speak to me at the club as I’m available at most Training sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays or alternatively, send me an email me to: martin@idleac.co.uk

Keep on Browsing - Martin.

From the Coach…

It was the morning of the League do that Tommy Mathers, an old acquaintance from Idle Cricket Club, brought round a box of Marie Curie Cancer care daffodils for us to sell at Idle AC. He’s a true gentleman of the old school, and is like a living history of his club. I didn’t know he was involved with the charity, which provides nurses to care for terminally ill patients in their homes, and much needed respite for carers, but it seemed entirely fitting. I had personal experience of these nurses in the time leading up to my father’s death, and an email on the subject from Alison confirmed that they have been a hugely positive influence in many people’s lives.

It led me to consider something that runners often do very well – raising money for very worthy causes indeed. The cynical might say that it’s just a good excuse to do something we enjoy, and give it a real purpose. But there is more to it than that. We can become overloaded with charity requests, but I think there is a need in most of us to feel occasionally that we are doing something good – something that helps others. That can be very effectively expressed in the setting of a running club.

We’ve done things of course already. In the early days of the Club I decided to lead by example, and run a marathon on a treadmill for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal. I had a great team behind me and it was a resounding success, but as I collapsed on the playground at the Idle Tide afterwards with the mother of all cramp attacks, I vowed to make the next effort a team one. A year later 20 Club members smashed the World Marathon Record by running between cricket stumps in relay, in aid of the same cause. The feeling of togetherness and achievement brought an enduring glow to the Club. Last year’s Keswick to Barrow team effort, where each of us ran the full 40 miles, will remain in my heart as an athletic achievement of which I am hugely proud, both personally and in terms of what I have seen my clubmates do. Massive organisational achievements at my previous club were the relays across England and then across Ireland. In fact so much so that I still toy with the idea of another Coast to Coast effort.

All of which leads me to draw together my argument. The time could well be right to determine the activity and the cause – to make a huge effort in our chosen activity and achieve something for a good reason. There are benefits for the chosen charity, for us as individuals, and for the club.

Arguably, because of the massive will, drive and determination to succeed in adversity in the first years at the Club, we achieved too much too soon. As our fifth birthday approaches, there is consolidation, rebuilding even, to be done. One definite method by which this can be achieved is a project, which can unite Club members into working towards one common goal.

It would be an astonishing achievement if I were able to suggest and bring about a charity fundraising event which brought every Club member together, and had a positive effect on the whole Club. Yet I would like to try.

Many Club members know about the huge benefits brought in the past by charity fundraising efforts. Through such activities we see the very best of each other. Also I believe the Club has been reinvigorated by the arrival of several new members, who have each begun to make their own individual contribution in individual and social terms, and who are capable of very much more. I feel that clubs often underestimate their greatest resource – their members. I do not.

My own suggestions are merely examples. Perhaps the Dales Way beckons. The Wainwright Coast to Coast. Or the new Hadrian’s Wall long distance path, which joins North Sea to Irish Sea. I of course suggest these should be done in a single day in relay. Someone else may have an idea?!

But finally, why the daffodils? Each person has their own personal affiliation in charity terms. The night before my father died, I was joined at his side by a Marie Curie nurse. She came as if to work, with a sandwich box. She tended him through the night, a calming and reassuring presence, who gently predicted that he would die at lunchtime the next day. She was right. After her colleagues had laid him out and left, I found that a single flower had been placed upon his chest – a daffodil.

It’s just a thought – it’s only running, after all.

Chris.

Current Men’s Club Records

Distance	Category	Name	Time
5 Km	Open	Joe Marjoram	17.08
	M40	Simon Bellwood	18.30
	M45	David Lewis	18:40
	M50	Trevor Hooley	21.22
5 Miles	Open	Doug Briggs	29:43
	M40	Chris Stubbs	31.06
	M45	Richard Lyons	33.22
	M50	Trevor Hooley	38.42
10 Km	Open	Douglas Briggs	36.13
	M40	Chris Stubbs	36.25
	M45	Dave Lewis	38:57
10 Miles	Open	Joe Marjoram	1:01:22
	M40	Chris Stubbs	1:05:14
	M45	Simon Bellwood	1:06:54
	M50	Trevor Hooley	1:20:04
Half Marathon	Open	Douglas Briggs	1:18:58
	M40	Chris Smith	1:24:05
	M45	Simon Bellwood	1:22:48
	M50	Trevor Hooley	1:43:29
15 Miles	Open	Chris Stubbs	1:37:03
	M40	Simon Bellwood	1:43:58
	M45	Trevor Hooley	2:03:18
20 Miles	Open	Chris Smith	2:24:00
	M40	Simon Bellwood	2:17:26
	M45	Simon Bellwood	2:13:50
Marathon	Open	Chris Smith	3:04:12
	M40	Simon Bellwood	3:02:18
	M45	Richard Lyons	3:36:15
	M50	Trevor Hooley	4:15:08

Current Women’s Club Records

Distance	Category	Name	Time
5 Km	Open	Donna Edmondson	19:03
	F40	Laura Brook	21.36
	F45	Kay Gambles	20.59
	F50	Ana Lincoln	27.01
5 Miles	Open	Donna Edmondson	33:46
	F45	Kay Gambles	40.03
	F50	Ana Lincoln	43.13
10 Km	Open	Donna Edmondson-Booker	40:17
	F40	Laura Brook	48.23
	F45	Laura Brook	46:13
	F50	Ana Lincoln	52:39
10 Miles	Open	Donna Edmondson	1:10:13
	F45	Kay Gambles	1:16:50
	F50	Ana Lincoln	1.32.38
Half Marathon	Open	Donna Edmondson -Booker	1:28:53
	F35	Jo Belcher	1:43:29
	F40	Kay Gambles	1:51:00
	F45	Laura Brook	1:41:39
	F50	Ana Lincoln	1:53:27
15 Miles	Open	Donna Edmondson - Booker	1:50:54
15 Miles	F50	Ana Lincoln	2:35:57
20 Miles	Open	Joanne Belcher	2:37:11
	F35	Davina Smith	3:01:01
	F40	Kay Gambles	3:02:00
	F45	Laura Brook	2:48:05
	F50	Ana Lincoln	3.49.32
Marathon	Open	Joanne Belcher