February 2010 Newsletter
Annual Dinner and Prize Giving.
This years Thame Runners Annual Dinner and Prize Giving evening is going up market and will be held at the award winning pub The Green Dragon, Haddenham on 27th March. The evening will start with social drinks at the bar followed by a meal of 3 courses (a choice of 3 plus veggie options for each course) and then a fairly swift award ceremony for club championship, cross country, club handicap and club champions during the 2009/2010 season. We hope to finish the prize giving early enough to allow people to get back home to babysitters and pets or to continue to enjoy the evening in the comfortable surroundings of the Green Dragon.
The ticket price is a very reasonable £25 a head and the area of the pub we will be seated at can accomodate 40 diners, so if you would like to attend please don't hesitate to contact Pete White to book your ticket ASAP. Late bookings may find themselves in a different room !!
The menus will be available in the next 10 days.
Call up for the Teddy Hall Relays
Any Thame Runners who would like to take part in the Teddy Hall Relays, an Historic event, orgaised by St. Edmond Hall, The University of Oxford on Wednesday 10th March from 12:30, please contact Andy Byerley. The event is a highly competitive 4 leg relay attracting Oxford University college teams, local clubs and other universities. Each leg is around 5k, starting from the Ifley Road sports track where Sir Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile, proceeding down the Isis towpath to Iffley Lock and looping back heading into the stadium for the finish. We realise that not everyone can take an afternoon off work, but we hope to muster 2 or more teams. Interestingly, Howard Papworth our very own Dapper Don, is a Teddy Hall veteran. He was part of the organising committee of the event in 1976 and has already put his name into the hat for 2010. So let's make his comeback a very special day.
Coaching
At a recent Thame Runners committee meeting the subject of Coaching was discussed and we would like to hear from any experienced runners in the club that would be willing to help others by structuring some training sessions for the club. This is not meant to be an elite super-human squad building excercise. Rather, we would like to start informally, see how well it goes and build our coaching capability slowly over the next few years. To start we envisage an informal but regular session where we can all learn from experience and set about the task of running improvement, no matter the start point, slow or fast. Please contact Andy Byerley to volunteer or for suggestions.
2010 Club Championship - Update
Please note that there has been a change to the August Championship race from The Burnham Beeches 10k (no such event in August !!) to the Bearbrook 10k with date to be advised.
Also, well done to the 7 or so thame Runners who took part in the Watford Half Marathon today and who kicked of the season in style. Results and points to follow.
Andy Byerley, Chairman
Chiltern Cross Country League
Well here we are at the tail end of another cross country season so if you haven't done any races, this is your very last chance! We are currently 5th overall in the league with only a measly 62 points between us and 4th place Wycombe Phoenix. A really good turnout for this race would probably be enough to get us up to 4th place.
The final race will be on Saturday 13th Feb at Cottesloe School in Wing. Instructions for the race are on the Chiltern League website.
A couple of things to take note of:
- The revised race times. The men's race is at 2:30pm and the ladies race is at 3:15pm.
- Car parking can get a bit tricky, so leave enough time for parking. Car share if possible- meet up at the Thame leisure centre at 1pm.
For those who've raced at Wing before, the course has been modified to reduce the number of times that competitors have to go through the gates and the mud. (Hurrah I say!). As per usual, please drop Richard Slater or Hayley a quick email to let us know if are planning on running.
Richard Slater, Team Captain
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