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Are you ready for a new challenge?
Start running with Wolverhampton and Bilston A.C.
12 week Beginners course starts on TUESDAY 6TH MARCH 2012
REGISTRATION PAYMENT BY MARCH 1ST 2012
Even if you have never run before, this course is for you!
Gets you running up to 5k. Meet at Aldersley Stadium every Tuesday & Thursday at 6.p.m.
Cost is £35 for 12 weeks - Free running schedule
FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT
Alison on 07967429587 or Mark on 07793864876
The club will now be running Saturday morning coaching sessions on the track at Aldersley due to popular demand. All athletes are welcome to come down and train between 11am – 12pm. The usual track fee of £2.00 for club members will apply.
Among some great performances this year so far, Dan Brazier’s performance has been notable. Last weekend he came 6th in the Staffs Cross Country and has been picked for the county to run in the inter-county championships. This weekend he came 7th in the league cross country at Coventry on Saturday. Then on Sunday he came 4th in the 16.5 mile Cannock Chase Trig Points race. Well done Dan – your team mates are very proud of your successes and see you as a great example of what can be achieved if you love your running and are prepared to do the right things in training to climb the results tables.
Apart from Dan, notable mentions from Saturday for Ian Grindley in 20th, Paul Hammond (25th), Dan Maskew (28th) with Matt Richards (51st) being the most important 6th counter.
A good performance by Worcester (119 points) on Saturday has made things really tight at the top of Division 2. They have pushed us into 3rd place, but by only 7 points going into the last race. However, our (175 points) meant we made up considerable ground on Rugby & Northampton who had a bad day (248 points).
The top of the table is as follows:
Rugby & Northampton – last race 248 total 470
Worcester – last race 119 total 525
Wolves – last race 175 total 532
Dudley & Stourbridge – last race 227 total 621
Full results and tables available at http://www.birminghamccleague.co.uk/images/ResultsDiv2_14Jan2012.pdf
Thanks to Simon Calrow & Dave Smith for the report
From everybody here at the club, we hope you all have a great Christmas and enjoy having a well-deserved break from training. Eat, drink and be merry (but not too much eating and drinking you grown-ups!!) and we look forward to seeing you all back on January 3rd, for what promises to be an exciting year for athletics in the UK.
The final club night of 2011 will take place on Thursday 22nd December, with sessions recommencing on Tuesday 3rd January.
It was agreed at the recent AGM that we will restructure the membership pricing to simplify administration of the fees and make concessions for family membership more consistent. Don’t forget to renew your membership as soon as you can as fees are due in January. Membership form can be downloaded here
In addition, the meeting also voted to raise the club coaching fee on Tuesday & Thursday evenings by 50p, going from £1.50 to £2.00 per session for paid-up members of the club (and £3.00 for non-members), starting on January 3rd 2012.
This fee helps to cover such costs as track hire from the leisure centre, track and field equipment and coaching courses for your coaches, and has not been increased for several years now.
Please remember – we are a non-profit making organisation and all of those who work at the club do so on a voluntary basis. As many of you are already aware, we do a lot of fund raising events throughout the year in order to raise additional funds to help keep the club running. This small price rise will ensure that we have sufficient funds to continue to provide a high standard of qualified coaching, safe equipment, subsidised transport and use of the track.
Following a poor turnout for the club over the last few years, the committee is now considering withdrawing from the Veterans athletics league. As long as we continue to be participants in the league we are obliged to attend meetings and host events, and with so few members showing any interest, it has become a drain on our resources.
Should anyone feel strongly enough that we continue in this league, and think they could drum up some support to not only find members who want to compete but also help to organise it, please get in touch with Colin Thompson at the earliest opportunity.
Well done to all runners, their supporters, and volunteers who helped out at today’s Turkey Trot.
The first three men past the post were:
1 337 Ross JONES Tipton Harriers 25:33
2 339 Carl SOMMER Unattached 27:54
3 269 Malcolm EUSTACE Tipton Harriers 27:57
And first three women were:
1 282 Audrey WILSON Wolves & Bilston 32:18
2 155 Deborah BLAKEMAN Sneyd Striders 33:52
3 174 Michelle DALE Halesowen A & CC 35:18
The rest of the results can be downloaded here. Pictures can be found on Brian Smiths West Midlands Running Scene site.
Congratulations to the following club members who were drawn in the London Marathon ballot on Thursday 17th November at 7.45pm.
They are: Kees Stavenuiter, Sam Clare, Carrie Creamer and Gwyn James.
First reserve is Chris Stark, second reserve is Matt Richards.
Now the hard work begins! I’m sure you will do the club proud.
Good luck,
Trish Morgan
Any paid up member who has a rejection letter from London Marathon and wishes to be entered into the ballot for one of the places allocated to the club must hand their rejection letter to Trish Morgan by Thursday 17th November.
The ballot will take place immediately after the evening training session on Thursday 17th November at 7.45pm in the foyer at Aldersley Leisure Village.
The next Annual General Meeting of Wolves and Bilston AC takes place 17th of November 8.00pm start in the Woodland Suite. The meeting is open to all paid up members over the age of 14.
See all the latest photos on the Wolves and Bilston picture gallery. Click the image below to take a look.
Click here to go to the WBAC Flickr photo gallery.
