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

AGM Minutes by Gary Stevens

AGM – Sunday 29^th January 2012

Annual Reports

Fell – Thank you to Paul Jackson for all his hard work over the past few years as Fell Captain

The club will be in the “Run the Moors” grand prix league again.

All fixtures are now on the blog under “fell section”

Road – GB reported that numbers in road races have been good during 2011 and thanked the members for their support.

In 2011 A&T won the ladies team prize and the vet’s team prize in the CLGP

GB made special mentions to Simon Ford for a very strong year in 2011 and to Lewis Eccleston and Alex Foster who showed great potential in their first year with the club

X-Country – MR reported strong numbers in the 2011/2012 x-country races.

A record 35 numbers at Leigh, even 19 at the dreaded Marls Pitts race!

He would like to ask the male members to try and get out in force at Barrow 10/2 and Skemersdale 3/3 as currently we are top of Division 3

Treasurer Report

The club had made a very small loss during 2011. 

This was mainly down to rising numbers attending the track during the second half of 2011.

Any member wishing to see the accounts can contact Malcolm Collins

2012 Fees

The club unanimously decided to raise subs by £5.00 for 2012

Renewals will be at £30.00 and New Members £35.00

Subs must be paid within 28 days

If subs are not paid within 28 days you will become a non-member

Payment can be taken online (see blog) using PayPal or you can pay any committee member direct.

Election of Officials

Committee Roles

Mark Riches – Club Sec

Malc Collins – Treasurer

Paul Basnett – Road Captain

Gary Stevens – Race Organiser

Garry Baines – Membership Sec

Clare Unsworth – Tri Captain

Non Committee Roles

Shaun Moran – Head Coach

Terry Gardiner – I.T Manager

Gary Stevens – Blog Admin

Michelle Fuller – Fell Captain

Mark Riches – X-Country Captain

VACANT – Social Sec

AOB

We now have 3 club sponsors for 2012 that have all paid a fee for a blog/website link

N Digital (Neil Hodgson)

Thomas Smith Fasteners (Gary Stevens & John Lee)

Leigh Road Physio

Leigh Road Physio (Leigh Road, Worsley) are now doing discounted fees for all A&T members

London Grand Prix 10k – The club still have 6 free places – see Paul Basnett

Manchester Marathon – We now have 19 registered volunteers for the A&T water station. 

We would like another 3 or 4 volunteers. 

Full details are on the blog

Club X-Country – This Saturday 4^th Feb we will be hosting our own X-Country for club members only.

Full details are on the blog

Malc’s Marathon – Malc is looking for volunteers for his double marathon on 24^th & 25^th March

If you can help please contact Malcolm

Bent & Bongs 10k – The club is hosting the Bent & Bongs 10k on Sunday 1^st April

Vacant roles are now on the blog and help is required.

If you want to race you can enter now using the entry form or the online link on the blog.

All finishers get a race branded drinks bottle.

2012 Awards Night – This 2012 Xmas DO / Awards Night is on Saturday 22^nd December

We will give the 2011/2012 x-country trophies out at the awards night.

2012 Membership

Your 2012 membership is now due and you have 28 days to pay.

You can do it online using paypal (see links to the right) or pay a committee person direct.

The fees have been set at £30.00 for renewals and £35.00 for all new members.

When using paypal new members must use the drop down box and select "new members"

Spin Class Anyone?

This Monday 30th January a few of us are doing a spinning bike workout at Fitness Exchage Gym (formerly Cosgroves) next to Atherton Train Station.

It will just be A&T'ers only (max 6 people) doing a 45 min class to a DVD.

Great low impact workout and ideal for people who are currently injured.

We are meeting at 5.30pm inside the gym but plan to do some core exercises first so will probably start the class at 5.45pm.

Bring a towel and plenty of water!

If you would like to come please email me so i can keep a note of numbers.

The cost is £6.00 payable on the door but you are free to use the full gym facilities and showers during your visit

Gary S
stevensgary@hotmail.com

Curry Night - Friday 27th January

For those attending the Curry Night tonight we are meeting at Rema, Elliott Street, Tyldesley at 8pm.

A&T CLUB KIT

I will be attending the AGM on Sunday so if you want any club kit i'm happy to bring it.

Please email me your requirements.

Suzanne
soozyg@hotmail.co.uk

Parkrun Volunteers Needed

Hi all,

We are very short of volunteers for parkrun in February so if anyone can help at all please see the attached link for dates and contact Bill Bradley on PenningtonFlashHelpers@parkrun.com

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pennington-flash/volunteer

The event has been a great success over the past year and it would be a great shame to have to cancel an event.

Many Thanks

Lizzie

Lizzie Hendley

Club Sports Development Manager

Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust

Sports Development Unit

Robin Park Arena, Loire Drive

Wigan, WN5 0UH

Tel - 01942 404995; Fax - 01942 404980

Email - l.hendley@wlct.org

www.wlct.org; www.wbsc.org.uk

A&T cross-country – by Mark Riches

In an earlier posting in October I put forward revised ‘provisional’ dates for the series of 3 races on the Gin Pit x-country course, as below:

·       22/01/12  

·       05/02/12

·       19/02/12

It as now be decided, in view of the very congressed timetable, that we will have a one-off race on Saturday 04/02/12

The race, which will start at 13:30, will be 5K for ladies & 10K for men

Great turnout at training last night with 23 runners tackling the various routes. We welcomed 4 new-comers and all of them found someone who they could comfortably run with. Great to see some old faces on the comeback trail as well.
Let's keep the numbers up because the steady runs are just as important as the track and stamina sessions.

 Garry Baines

AGM Sunday 29th January

A final reminder that this Sunday is our club AGM at the Gin Pit starting at 8pm.

Lots of items on the agenda and a chance for everyone to pay their subs for the year once we have agreed the fee.

It would be great to see as many people as possible.

Tri Hoodies - would you like one?

If anyone in the club would like a tri hoody, I will be ordering some in the next 2 weeks. The cost will be £12.50 (thanks to Neil Hodgson for printing!) I will be buying these personally from the supplier so won't be using the club accounts. Therefore, I will need money off anyone who would like one by Fri 10th Feb. If you would like one please let me know. I will be at the AGM on Sunday night if you would like to pay me then.



(Hoodies are available to any club member, not just tri team.)

The hoodies are royal blue and come in sizes S,M,L,XL - they are quite big sizes so go down a size if you are unsure or ask one of the tri team if you can try theirs on!

Thanks, Clare

claroj@hotmail.com

text: 07753 618809

To all Bent & Bongs 10k finishers - a race branded 500ml drinks bottle.

Calling all Manchester Marathon Volunteers

I have again been speaking to the organiser

So far 17 A&T'ers have registered to be a water station volunteer.   We need 20 volunteers to fill the water station requirement so i need 3 more names.

Please make sure you put your correct t-shirt size on as well.

There is also a training day which we are asked to attend on Saturday 7th April (please make sure you tick the correct day) .. not everyone needs to attend but i'd suggest most of us do.

Please follow the link below.

I have set up a code for all your members to use when they register online.

The code is: ""AandT2012""

When registering go to the link below and select the Drink station marshal option, you will then be prompted to enter the code.

http://regonline.activeeurope.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1031300

Any questions please let me know.

Gary S

Volunteers so far

1	0	AandT2012	Clare Unsworth
2	0	AandT2012	Steve Underwood
3	0	AandT2012	Catherine Hodgetts
4	0	AandT2012	Garry Baines
5	0	AandT2012	Christine Farnworth
6	0	AandT2012	Michaela Shaw
7	0	AandT2012	Michelle Fuller
8	0	AandT2012	Ashleigh Fuller
9	0	AandT2012	Kellyanne Towns
10	0	AandT2012	Carole Baines
11	0	AandT2012	Cerys Baines
12	0	AandT2012	Mark Riches
13	0	AandT2012	Barry Allman
14	0	AandT2012	Mark Lysycia
15	0	AandT2012	Vanessa Marsden
16	0	AandT2012	Gary Walker
17	0	AandT2012	Gary Stevens

Club Open Evening - Tuesday 24th January 2012

Don't forget it's our "open evening" on Tuesday 24th January.
There were articles in this week's local papers so hopefully we can attract some new faces to the club.
If you know any family or friends who might want to join us then invite them down.
Would also be great to see a big turn out from current members.

Meeting at Atherton Train Station at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm prompt start

Leigh Sports Village Cross Country‏ by Paul Basnett

On Saturday the Baron and Bacon Mon decided to race the LSV cross country as it was local. After registering we sheltered from the wind and rain whereupon another A&T member came to register armed with a fistful of silver coins, it was Lewis Eccleston. This week we dispensed with the tent and the changing area was the boot of my car. We left this until the last minute as the wind chilled you to the bone standing around in shorts and vest.

At 2.30 the race was off. This entailed a small lap followed by 3 large laps totalling approximately 10k. Lewis was quickly off in the distance not to be seen by me again. Bacon Mon was a little way in front of me after the small loop and I set about keeping in sight of him with some encouragement on the way from Brenda, Mark and Jo Riches and a little further into the course by Suzanne and Dave. Suzanne's words of encouragement had been pinched, I believe, from a rather encouraging marshall at the Pennington Flash park run she had done that morning, only 2 laps to go! They'd picked a vantage point so they could get us twice on the same lap without moving.

At the end of the first lap I started to get a stitch probably as a result of the pursuit of Bacon Mon so backed off the pace a bit and took some advice of Pops, who was also supporting, upon how to run it out. This meant on lap 2 Bacon Mon got out of sight and I was passed by a few older runners but by the end of the 2nd lap the stitch had gone and I set off in pursuit of them. I was quickly closing in on them by the time we finished but alas didn't quite manage to catch them. Lewis was first home for A&T with another good run in a time of 37.15 and taking 12th overall. Ian "Bacon Mon" Hamilton came in next with a time of 48.32 and the Baron closely followed him home, well closer than normal, in a time of 50.48. It was then time for Barry Allman to take our picture, along with some of our support, but unfortunately without Lewis being on it as he was probably at home in the bath by the time I had finished.

Sunday Run

The Baron and Bacon Mon are planning on doing a long run of at least 10 mile from Gin Pit at 2pm Sunday afternoon.

Bent & Bongs 10k Volunteer List

We are now looking for volunteers for the vacant roles below to help out at the Bent & Bongs 10k on Sunday 1th April 2012

Race Organiser - Gary Stevens

3 x Registration - Gary Stevens, Clare Unsworth, Terry Gardiner

2 x Kitchen Staff - Emma Stevens, Michelle Fuller, Anne McCarthy (after the race)

2 x Spot Prize / Bottles Presenters -Caitlin and Ciara

4 x Car Park Attendants - Jane Eccleston, Kim O'Neil, Paul Basnett, John Lee

4 x Time Keepers - Carole Baines, Mark Riches, Michaela Shaw, Terry Gardiner

2 x Course Signage / Setting Course - Garry Baines, Malc Collins


1 x Cyclist -John Lee

1 x Water Station Attendant - Bottles to be left at bottom of hill for runners to collect


1 x Cameraman - Mark Lysycia


1 x Chief Marshall - Craig Bradbury

12 x Course Marshalls - Craig Bradbury, Cath Hodgetts, Emma Higgins, Christine Farnworth, Joan Cooke, Alix Gilmore, Debbie Laverick, andrea and david goodwin, Louise Dobson, Jane Eccleston, Shaun Moran


1 x Presentation - Mark Riches / Garry Baines

Note : Registration & Car Park Attendants will be free to race.

Fell news by Michelle Fuller

If anyone wants to enter Studmarks from the summit, the first race from run the moors, their is a limit to entries, been informed it is filling up quite fast

UK 10k Road Championships‏

As part of the UK 10k Road Championships A&T have been offered free entry for 6 male and 6 female runners in the Bupa London 10,000 race.

The race takes place on Sunday 27th May 2012 with the first 3 runners back in each team counting toward team prizes via a cumulative time.

Could anyone interested let me know before Monday 6th February via email at p_basnett@hotmail.com

Tri Team Meeting Report by Clare Unsworth

The Tri Team had a meeting last night to get a league up and running , sort out fixtures and discuss training plans. Thanks to all that attended.

The following was decided by those at the meeting:

Present at meeting: Clare, Alex, Dan, Mike, Terry H, Helen, Neil H, Paul, Colin, John Lee, Jon Hyde


1. League 

 After some discussion we decided to keep things very simple for our first season as a tri club and our first club league.

• The league will consist of 4 triathlons. We decided it would be better if we could get as many members as possible to do the same events to create a bit of team spirit and competition.

• Members have to complete 3 of these triathlons to qualify for an award. The best 3 results will count towards the final points total.

• Points will be allocated in the same way as the road and x country club leagues work. Eg: first place A&Ter receives 30 points, 2nd place receives 29 points etc etc

• There will be seperate male/female leagues

• 1 bonus point will be awarded to members doing all 4 triathlons

 

The triathlons we selected are:
22 April  - Ribby Hall (sprint)
20 May  - St Annes Tri (sprint)
1 July  - Chester Tri (Olympic)
25 Sept  - Fleetwood Tri (sprint)

(these races were selected as they appeared to be most popular and most people were going to enter them anyway. To be fair we decided to go with the majority vote)

• Mike Reason will take charge of  the league table and allocating points

For any more Tri Info you can contact me claroj@hotmail.com

A&T cross-country Hyndburn 14/01/12 – by Mark Riches

Despite the ground frost, 10 brave A&T runners made the 2^nd trip of this cross-country season to Hyndburn (there was a Red Rose fixture here in October) This time it was a Mid Lancs fixture & as such the quality of the competition is slightly higher but despite this the A&T men are ‘holding their own’ & are currently top of Division 3

Only 2 A&T ladies this time Anne Garvey & Emma Higgins; both in different age categories so both gain maximum points; Anne covered the 6K course in 34.52 to Emma’s 39.16

Next it was the turn of the men (10k this time) Simon Ford said just before the start that he was just going to jog round as he had a bit of a cold. As soon as the gun went Alex Foster & Alan Hilton disappeared into the distance pursued by Troy Topping. I found myself running with Simon for the first lap until he decided that his jogging pace was much quicker than my flat out pace & set off after Troy. Alex was first A&T finisher in 53^rd place (38.19) with the new favourite to take the vets title Alan next in 39.29. Simon did catch Troy just 40.40 to 40.54. Yours truly finished just over 1 ½ minutes later (42.35) followed by Craig Bradbury (48.43) & Ian Hamilton, who had another great run finishing in 48.52. Paul Basnett (52.08) completed the line up

There was no Brenda’s cafe so we were soon on our way back to our warm cars!

Only 2 Club races left Barrow (11/02/12) & Leyland (03/03/12) – see you all there

Club "Open Evening" - Tuesday 24th January 2012

We are hosting an 'open evening' on Tuesday 24th January which will incorporate our usual Tuesday run from Atherton Train Station.

The main aim is to attract local joggers / runners to the club who feel they would love to run with other people but maybe scared of joining a running club.

We would like as many of our members to support the evening and show potential members what A&T is all about.

If you know any friends who fancy coming down then feel free to invite them.

On that evening we have choices of 3.5, 5.5 and 8.5 mile runs.

Haigh Hall Relays - Saturday 10th March

This year the Haigh Hall relays are back on the calender.

We would like to put in 2 male teams and 1 ladies team to compete against the top teams in the area over 4 legs x 3.75 miles on a very undulating course .. similar to Haigh Hall 4

There are prizes available for 1st 3 male teams, 1st 2 ladies teams, 1st 2 vets teams and 1 mixed team.

Ideally we need our fastest runners in the event to make us competitive but i would not put anyone off putting their name forward .. if we get lots of volunteers we would be willing to put in an extra team.

If you would like to take part please could you email me on stevensgary@hotmail.com

The event takes place on Saturday 10th March start time 12 noon.

Volunteers so far

Gary Stevens
Mark Riches

Xmas Do 2012 - Change of Date

The date for the 2012 Xmas Do / Awards night is Saturday 22nd December not the 15th December as advertised last week.

Please put the date in your diary.

A&T cross-country – by Mark Riches

The next race in this year’s cross-country champs is this Saturday (14th) at Wilson Playing Fields, Hyndburn

Sat Nav: BB5 5SB

This is a Mid Lancs race so wear the same number you wore at Townley Park & Astley Park. If you didn’t race at either Townley Park or Astley Park then I will let you have a number on Saturday just look out for the A&T flag!

Start times - ladies 2:00 pm & men 2:30 pm

If you want to travel in convoy then we will meet at Atherton Train Station at 12:45

Further details on the website www.midlancs.org.uk/

If you need clarification on anything before Saturday, I can be contacted on mark.riches@talk21.com

A&T CLUB KIT

Below is the current A&T Club kit we've got in stock.
If you would like anything please contact me by email
soozyg@hotmail.co.uk

Regards Suzanne

Womens Vests Total Quantity  Price SIZE 8  7 £12.50 SIZE 10  8 £12.50 SIZE 12  4 £12.50 SIZE 14  7 £12.50 SIZE XL 3 £12.50   Mens Vests     S 11 £12.50 M 10 £12.50 L  8 £12.50 XL  5 £12.50 Pink SS     SIZE 8  1 £8.50 SIZE 10  7 £8.50 SIZE 12  7 £8.50 SIZE 14  1 £8.50 Womens Blue SS     SIZE 8  0 £8.50 SIZE 10  1 £8.50 SIZE 12  1 £8.50 SIZE 14  0 £8.50 Mens Blue SS     S  8 £8.50 M  2 £8.50 L  2 £8.50 XL  3 £8.50 Blue LS     XS  4 £10.00 S  1 £10.00 M  0 £10.00 L  6 £10.00 XL 1 £10.00   Hi-Viz SS     S  4 £8.50 M  8 £8.50 L  8 £8.50 XL  3 £8.50 Hi-Viz LS     XS  0 £10.00 S  5 £10.00 M  1 £10.00 L  0 £10.00 XL 7 £10.00 Trousers     XS  1 £18.50 S  1 £18.50 M  2 £18.50 L  0 £18.50 XL  0 £18.50 Club Jackets     XS 0 £26.50 S 0 £26.50 M 0 £26.50 L 1 £26.50 Lightweight Jackets     Ladies 12 1 £15.00 Mens S 1 £15.00 Mens M 4 £15.00 Mens L 2 £15.00 Mens Anniversary Tops     S 0 £10.00 M 0 £10.00 L 6 £10.00 Ladies Anniversary Tops     Blue 12 2 £10.00 Red 12 2 £10.00 Total Stock