How did you do?

If you were racing at the weekend, don’t forget to send in your results to the website and for the Gazette report. (If there were several club members at one event, it’s a good idea to nominate one person to collect and send them). Running:  john.grimsey@sword-apak.com Triathlon/aquathlon/duathlon:  adriansavery@yahoo.co.uk Gazette report: graham.carole@virgin.net (by Sunday for the following week’s paper) Photos for the website: halesquad@gmail.com [...]

Cotswold Way Relay update

All four TRC teams for the Cotswold Way Relay on June 26th are now complete. However, we still need a couple of reserves in case of injury – contact Garry Slater Garry.Slater@Birse.co.uk if you can help. Don’t forget to recce your leg in advance – vital minutes can be lost by taking wrong turnings. Each stage is clearly mapped [...]

Call for carnival help

Volunteers are needed to give two hours of their time at the Thornbury Carnival on Saturday July 3rd, some time between 10.30 am and 7.30 pm. Proceeds of the Carnival, as you know, go to charity, so this is an opportunity both for our members  to make a personal contribution by giving some of their time, [...]

Club night May 27th

This week it’s the first of our Summer Handicap races. Meet at Turnberrrie’s as usual. Handicap route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3725568 . The walking group meets as normal, but there will be NO coached efforts session. Don’t forget that next Thursday (June 3rd) we’re meeting at Blaise Castle for an Awayday organised by Jan Burke – not Turnberries. For [...]

Sign up for the relay!

There are just three places left in our entry for the Cotswold Way Relay. Team manager Garry Slater needs runners for: Leg 2 (8.15am start, Stanway House to Cleeve Common, 11.6 miles) Leg 3 (9.35am start, Cleeve Common to Seven Springs, 8.2 miles) and Leg 10 (5.20pm start, Cold Ashton to Bath Abbey, 9.8 miles) It [...]

Caption competition

A photo has been posted on the website Gallery showing Arthur Renshaw at Clevedon Lake giving instructions to three women in wetsuits (Sandra Webber, Caroline Lansdown and Clare Watt). Richard Phillips calls the picture ‘Arthur and his ducks’. The questions is, what is Arthur saying? Have look at the photo and send your captions to me [...]

Club night May 20th

Each Thursday we have: Four Pace Groups, a Coached Interval Session, and a Walking Group. Run Route: this week it’s a recce of the Summer Handicap route in preparation for the first race next Thursday: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3725568 . All Thursday routes are now being plotted on aerial photos (thanks to Jim Turton for the idea) to [...]

Relay teams named

The Cotswold Way Relay teams are now up on the CWR page. We need another 6 runners to complete our mixed open team, including one female. Your club needs you! If you’re involved, please read the following instructions: You need to recce your stage, which should be marked (not guaranteed, hence the need for a recce). [...]

Party time

The club is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a big open-air party at Rockhampton on July 10th. Here’s the invitation with all the details. Make sure the date’s in your diary.

Committee news

News from May’s committee meeting: £1500 has been set aside for TRC’s 25th anniversary party in July. The budget will cover a band, marquee, dance floor, and drinks. The event is being held at Rob and Cathy Watkins’ farm at Rockhampton. Chip timing has just been ordered for this October’s Oldbury Power Station 10 – [...]