Club X-Country - CANCELLED

Unfortunately due to lack of interest the club x-country race planned for this Saturday is now cancelled.

Sorry for anyone who was planning to take part.

Shaun

Beer Festival

For anyone who is interested there is a beer festival on at the welfare club soon, see advert below

Astley & Tyldesley Miners Welfare Club

“BEER FESTIVAL”

Friday 17^th and Saturday 18^th February

3pm till Midnight each day

Admission £4.00 per session

12 Real Ales and Assorted Ciders & Lagers

Ellenbrook & Boothstown Brass Band appearing Friday evening

Irish Ceilagh Band “The Bog Trotters” appearing Saturday evening

Subscriptions

Just a reminder to you all that Annual Subscriptions are now due for payment. For renewals the fee for 2012 will be £30. For new members the fee will be £35.

Payment can be made online by PayPal via the blog. Alternatively you pay by cheque or cash to any Committee member.

Payment must be made by the 29th of February to qualify for the renewal fee.

If you have already submitted your payment, thank you and please disregard this notice.

Regards

Garry Baines

Membership Secretary

Warrington Dolphins 1500m Challenge - Sat 4th Feb

For those who are doing the Warrington Swim on Saturday. Just a reminder that EVERYONE needs to be there by 3.30pm to register. First wave goes off at 4.05pm, but you need to be poolside by 4pm.

If you'd like to go in convoy, some of us will be meeting at The Toby Cavery on the East Lancs at 3pm.

See you all there

Clare

Northern Cross-Country Championships Saturday 28/01/12 – by Mark Riches

Lewis Eccleston finished a fantastic 37^th against the best U20 men in the North & beat a couple of the Greater Manchester lads who beat him at Woodbank Park earlier this month

This excellent run should have secured his selection to represent Greater Manchester at the Inter-counties cross country in Birmingham on 10/03/12

He covered the 8K Pontefract Park course in 30.38

Well done Lewis!

Link to full results http://www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk/Pages/Article.aspx?id=262

Blackpool Triathlon 10 June 2012

We have had an email from the organiser of Blackpool Triathlon, offering us a free place in the triathlon and £10 off entry for anyone else who would like to do it. It looks a good course (but includes a sea swim so I'm out!). It's a good option if you can't make any of the Fylde Trilogy dates and cheap too!  If anyone fancies doing it, let me know and I'll book you in!



Some course details below:
We have an open Water Sea swim, closed course for the Bike around the lower


pier and the Run goes along the prom front and finishes in front of the


Tower, it should be a great course.

All the details are on the website www.BlackpoolTriathlon.co.uk


We are also supporting Local Charity Donnas Dream house and any volunteers


to marshal would be greatly appreciated too.

Clare

A&T CONISTON WEEKEND- 26/27 May by Alex Foster

A&T CONISTON WEEKEND- 26/27 May

There will be a few people entering the Coniston open water swim which takes place on the 27th May. This weekend is a bank holiday and a few of us have discussed camping over and going up on the morning of the 26th May to do a day of cycling on the Coniston Old Man triathlon route which is a very testing course with inclines of up to 30%.

The campsite is positioned at the swim registration so would save getting up early that morning to travel and i am sure the bike ride will get you nicely warmed up for the cold swim in the crystal clear water of coniston. I will attach some photo's of the ride and a link to a video just to give you a idea of the challenge ahead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PKbLIr-2Oo&feature=player_detailpage

 cheers, Alex Foster