Club Meeting 25th October 2009

Club Meeting 25th October 2009


Attendees (Committee) - Garry Baines (GB) Terry Gardiner (TG) Paul Jackson (PJ) Peter Mulleady (PM) Mark Riches (MR) & Bob Stevens (BS)

Gill Pimblott race – reminder that the race takes place on 15th November & we want as many runners as possible as well as helpers (especially car park attendants) TG has spoken to the chairman of the homeowners association about alternative places to park to avoid the problems we faced at GP5 & has a possible solution. As the race is for charity there will be no official prizes so as in previous years we would be grateful if each member could donate a prize (bottle of wine / chocolates etc.) Bob will encourage his girls to race & GB will get something in the local papers. Finally Ron Hill OBE has agreed to present the prizes; he is also racing

GP5 – A big thank you to TG as this month’s GP5 was his first as race director & he did a great job

Lady Captain – Brenda has decided that she no longer wants to be on the Committee & it has been decided to ‘shelf’ this position for now

Coaching courses - BS / Dave Pritchard & Simon Ford will do the Level 1 course on 5th December

Halloween Spooktacular – reminder that this takes place on Saturday 31st October starting at 18:00 / children do not have to leave at 21:00 & adult fancy dress is optional but encouraged

Fell league – we have been accepted in to ‘run the moors’ GP which includes quite a few established fell clubs. This should raise our profile in the fell community. Fixtures not yet published but usually mid-week so unlikely to clash with road champs but PJ & GB will liaise with each other over dates

Xmas presentation – voting forms will be circulated towards the end of November with a deadline for return of 12th December

Central Lancs GP – Lostock have withdrawn from the GP & the Lostock 6 has been cancelled (after 26 years!) GB has offered to help with staging the race on behalf of CLGP. If all else fails then Swinton may be able to fill the gap with a new 5.2 mile race. CLGP now has only 8 members, which means 8 races next year

London Marathon places – the Club has received 3 guaranteed places for the 2010 race. If you applied for a place, were officially rejected & would like to apply for a Club place please email MR mark.riches@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk  Priority will be given to those who have not had a Club place in the past & if there are more than 3 applicants it will be ‘names in a hat’ (Denise Babynec & Mark Ruscoe both put their names forward at the meeting) Deadline for applying is Friday 20th November

Duathlon – the first race in the series was a great success & the message from BS is “if you have a bike give it a try.” Apparently you can even do it with a mountain bike!

Performance of the Month – this is a new feature; coaches & captains will each nominate a stand-out performance
• Peter Chan nominated Simon Ford - Natterjack 10K (35.24) & GP5 (28.58)

• GB nominated Scott Christey - Natterjack 10K (37.32)

• BS nominated a group of runners who could not run 100m when they started & are now running 5 – 6 miles – Chris Mulroney, Kelly Drysdale, Lynn Carter, Andrea Goodwin and Hannah Bowring.

• MR nominated Rufus Bennett - GP5 (30.24)