Bitton Road Runners : Noticeboard

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Well done to all who ran in the inter-club 10K organised by Great Western Runners on Friday 11th July. The Bitton Road Runners team came in at a great position of 3rd overall, behind Clevedon AC (1431 points) and Westbury Harriers (2194 points) with a score of 2340 points (lowest score wins). Individual runner times are now in the results database. [Edited by Ira on 14/07/2008]

Congratulations to Michelle Kerfoot for setting a new female vet 40 club record for 5KM. Michelle ran a time of 18:27 in the Bitton 5K Series on Wednesday 10th July taking her own record previously set the month before. [Posted by Ira on 10/07/2008]

Chairman Gordon Robbins and vice-chairman Bob Sperring have both stepped down from their positions on the committee, hence the reason you have seen various committee members doing the announcements over the last couple of weeks.

Following this, the committee has decided to elect an interim Chairman (Bill Graham) and Vice Chairman (James Wade) until the next AGM. Which will take place at the club on Thursday 4th September 2008.

In anticipation of the member’s full support, the committee would like to thank everybody for their patience and understanding during this interim period.

May we also take this opportunity, on behalf of the committee and the membership, to thank both Gordon and Bob for all their hard work and commitment over the past years. It is with great appreciation that we recognise how both have contributed to the evolution of Bitton Road Runners from a small collection of like minded friends to all that it represents today. [Edited by Ira on 06/06/2008]

Congratulations go to Vanessa Hawkins for setting a new female vet 50 club record for the marathon. Vanessa ran a time of 03:36:20 in the Edinburgh Marathon, taking the record from Toni Britton. [Edited by Ira on 02/06/2008]

A new section has been added to this website, one for articles written by members. There are currently two published articles and more will no doubt be added shortly. The idea behind this section is to give club members a voice on their website.

The content of the articles is wide open, although obviously related in some way to running. If you want to write a report about an event you've been to; a race you've ran; a short piece about something your care passionately about; or even dole out some advice that you think people should hear, then send it in. All content will need to be checked, moderated, and possibly edited by myself before being published.

If you would like to submit an article for publication then simply email it to articles@bittonroadrunners.co.uk.

All articles can be found at http://www.bittonroadrunners.co.uk/articles/ or simply via the menu on the left. [Edited by Ira on 06/05/2008]

Some changes have been made to the 2007/08 race of eight series. Previously the last race of the season was planned to be the Chippenham Half Marathon on Sunday 14th September. This has now been changed, mostly as it fell outside of the season cutoff date of 31st August.

If you have already entered this race, don't worry as it will now be the first race in the 2008/09 series.

Two races have been selected as an alternative, The Conkwell Killer and the Oldbury-on-Severn 10 Mile Road Race. Details for both races are before, and in the events diary.

One further change is that all Bitton 5KM races are now race of eight eligible, rather than just the June race. After each race the times for all club members will be amalgamated taking the best time for each runner from one race. This will form a final set of results from which the scores will be based.

The complete list of events are as follows:

Oldbury-on-Severn 10M	10 Miles	Sun 7 October 2007
Wyvern Christmas Cracker	10 KM	Sun 9 December 2007
Lliswerry 8	8 Miles	Sun 27 January 2008
Tough Ten	10 Miles	Sun 17 February 2008
Gloucester 20	20 Miles	Sun 2 March 2008
Chedworth Roman Trail 10	10 Miles	Sun 6 April 2008
Frenchay 10K	10 KM	Sun 20 April 2008
Keynsham 10K	10 KM	Sun 18 May 2008
Nailsea Festival 10K	10 KM	Weds 25 June 2008
New Forest 10	10 Miles	Sun 13 July 2008
Kymin Dash	7 Miles	Sun 27 July 2008
The Conkwell Killer	8 Miles	Sun 17 August 2008
Vale of Pewsey Half Marathon	13.1 Miles	Sun 24 August 2008
Oldbury Power Station 10 Miles	10 Miles	Sun 31 August 2008

Any of the Easy Runner Bitton 5K Series	5 KM	May/June/July/August 2008

[Posted by Ira on 06/05/2008]

Congratulations go to Karen Dawkins for setting a new female vet 50 club record for the half marathon. Karen ran a time of 01:42:24 in the White Horse Half Marathon, taking the record from Alison Lucas. [Posted by Ira on 28/04/2008]

At the recent EGM it was agreed every member would pay the £5 membership to UKA/EA, irrespective as to whether the members is competing in races or not.

Therefore the membership fee for the year 2007 /2008 should have been £13. (not £11)

The membership for 2008 /2009 will be £13 (subject to AGM in September) but we may have to levy an additional charge to alow for the underpayment in this membership year. [Posted by Ira on 15/04/2008]

Well done to Mike Blackmore and Toni Britton who both set new club records for the marathon distance in London this weekend. Mike beat his own previous record from last year with a new time of 02:33:11 for the senior male category, and Toni also beat her own female vet 50 record with a new time of 03:51:00. [Posted by Ira on 14/04/2008]

Congratulations go to Mike Blackmore for setting a new senior male club record for the half marathon. Mike ran a time of 01:12:02 in the Bath Half Marathon, taking the record from Paul Sperrin who had held the title since 2001. [Edited by Ira on 20/03/2008]

Congratulations go to Paul Sperrin for setting a new male vet 50 club record for the half marathon. Paul ran a time of 01:16:46 in the Malta Half Marathon at the end of February, taking the record from Bill Graham who had held the title since 2005. [Posted by Ira on 29/02/2008]

Following another successful year with the Sodbury Slog the club once again donated a bumper cheque to charity, this year to the tune of £2200 which will be going to BRACE, through the Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury.

As well as the money donated by the club to charity, the race also helped raise £2100 for Macmillan Cancer Care through the bond places supplied to them, and Alan Chappell also raised over £100 for charity through the sale of poppies on race day. Well done to everyone who helped make this happen. [Edited by Ira on 10/03/2008]

Do you know any club members who are doing particularly well during training or racing? Let the captains know They could be awarded Athlete of the Month. The Athlete of the Month is now listed on the website under the members section. [Posted by Ira on 15/12/2007]

After my appeal for somebody to assist me with the events diary on the website, Mike Blackmore and Ron Shannon stepped up and are now responsible for maintaining this area of the website. A big thanks goes to out to Mike and Ron for their help going forward. Any events you would like listed in the online diary simply send an email to them at events@bittonroadrunners.co.uk. [Posted by Ira on 15/12/2007]