By Andy Provost
An update on the goings on in the club, celebrating achievements among members over the previous month, promoting upcoming events and races, and updates from the committee.
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Kicking off the month, Clare Gallagher took on Brighton Marathon. You can read her race report on the link below.
Brighton Marathon Race Report
Records tumbled at this month’s handicap run. The lighter April evening certainly put smiles on faces and a spring in the step. We had 22 runners and welcomed Lewis Beavon to the handicap after hits first club run in. 18 runners improved their handicap time and one other missed out by only a second. Jane Bannister was our most improved runner taking home the Handicap Cup for this month.
SJ’s on tour for Leicester 10k in Abbey Park. Great location.
Well done to Fredric, Vicki and Louise for completing Maidenhead 10 on Sun 18th April.
We had a little bit of Parkrun tourism on Sat 25th April with members heading over to Newbury. A similar trip will be held on 7th June with members heading to Southsea.
London Marathon
Well done to all SJ members who took part one what proved to be a hot day.
A particular shout out to Phil Beard who completed the marathon after winning the ballot draw for the clubs 1 allocated place.
On the same day as London we had members taking part in Manchester marathon. Another great race with plenty of support. Well done all!
Pure Beginners kicked off on Tuesday 29th April. Many congratulations to all the new runners who started week 1 on the course. The club looks forward to seeing you all progress.
London Marathon Volunteers
SJ members showed up in good numbers as volunteers at London Marathon. Well done to all who offered their time and support on the day.
Track
May’s Track Schedule is below. With the lighter evenings and favourable weather, why not give it a try? It’s open to all abilities.
Membership
The club membership runs from 1st April to 31st March. If you have forgotten to do so, please renew urgently by logging into your Membermojo account to do so. Any issues, please reach out to Dave (membership@sandhurstjoggers.org.uk)
Committee News
We held our first committee meeting for the next year on 10th April. We discussed a number of points such as:
- Planned out our summer events
- Agreed the races we would subsidise over the period to encourage a strong club turnout.
- Social events / opportunities to be explored further
- LIRF qualifications for the newer run leaders
- Club account budgeting
- Membership for 16-18 year olds in light of EA safe-guarding requirements
If you have any thoughts or improvements you would like to see in the club, please share them with Andy (chairman@sandhurstjoggers.org.uk) or reach out to him on Facebook and he will bring it up at the new committee meeting
Upcoming Events
- Thu 15th May – Windlesham Pairs Relay
- Mon 2nd June – Monday Evening Pub Run
- Sat 7th to Sun 8th June – Endure24 Trail Relay (race fee subsidised)
- Thu 12th June – Intra-Club Relay and Awards
- Tue 8th July – Tuesday Evening Pub Run
- Sun 13th July – Runnymede Relays (race fee subsidised)
- Wed 6th August – Wednesday Evening Pub Run
- Sun 10th August – Hart 4 Trail Relay (race fee subsidised)
- Sat 16th August – Annual Pub Crawl
- Sun 1st September – Stragglers River Relay
- TBC (approx. September) – Bracknell Route Relay
If you have an exciting race coming up during May be sure to share photos and medals on the club facebook page for inclusion in the monthly newsletter.
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