AMAZING FEET RC : LATEST NEWS ARCHIVE ~ OCTOBER 2007
| October 31 ~ Congratulations to ANITA JONES who completed Monday's Adidas Dublin Marathon (October 29th) in 3:49.27 (chip time 3:48.27). Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 27 ~ Our men also took part in todays Birmingham & District Invitation league opener at Senneleys Park, posting a brilliant 10th place finish in the newly extended Division 3 (18 teams were registered). Captain SHAW PYE had one of his best ever cross country finishes to take 14th position within the Division. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE (nb - positions shown are within Division 3) |
| October 27 ~ Our three intrepid ladies - RACHEL WARD, HELEN PARISH & ELLIE HOOPER - all completed today's Midland Womens League Cross Country opener at Senneleys Park. Times and overall positions are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 27 ~ Congratulations to SARAH ARMSTRONG who completed today's Snowdon Marathon, finishing as 10th F40. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 27 ~ Last night's QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT at Aggborough proved to be another great success with an evening of fun competition intersected with a wonderful hot supper of chicken curry, chilli con carne, chips, rice and curried vegetables. Many went back for seconds, and as always with our hosts at Kidderminster Harriers FC, there was loads of food left. SARAH & CRAIG LEWIS and DAVID PYE finished up as the 2007 Champions, albeit due to them sneaking in a long distance lorry driver to blitz the opposition in the Motorways Round. A brief report is on the CLUB NEWS PAGE with the full story to come in FEET FIRST 68 |
| October 26 ~ Don't forget the first races in the 2007/2008 Cross Country season are tomorrow (Saturday 27th) at Senneleys park in Birmingham. Contact SHAW PYE or SARAH LEWIS if you have suddenly decided at the last moment that you want to represent your club |
| October 26 ~ Don't forget the QUIZ & CURRY NIGHT tonight at Aggborough. If you have only just found out about it, come along and we'll fit you in. £5 for members, £7.50 for guests. Curry, chilli, chips & rice for all, plus a great fun quiz evening |
| October 25 ~ Congratulations to MARK BAILEY who completed the Amsterdam half marathon on Sunday 21st. Full details on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 23 ~ Our website receives it's 70,000th visitor since October 7th 2004 - that's an unbelievable average of 63 per day ! |
| October 22 ~ KEVIN DRAPER now has his time & position from yesterday's Coventry Godiva half marathon - seems he was originally third in the wheelchair race !! You all know how much I like race chips - good to see that they too need humans to sort them out afterwards !! Details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 22 ~ Race reports from yesterday's Stroud Half and Wellcombe Wobbler have been added to the RACE REPORTS PAGE |
| October 21 ~ Entry forms picked up today for the Not The Roman IX 12km race on January 20th 2008. This will probably be the first race of the 2008 Race League and fills well up before race day. Forms are in the CLUB FILE |
| October 21 ~ HELEN PARISH is second lady at the Wellcombe Wobbler multi-terrain hill race at Stratford-upon-Avon. STEVEN HAWKES and a sick RICHARD BAKER also take part. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 21 ~ JULIE DRAPER nets a three-year PB at the Coventry Godiva half marathon today. KEVIN DRAPER also takes part, but we cannot find him on the results - ah, the "perfect" chip system seems to have cocked up again. Details as we have them are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 21 ~ Just two at today's Stroud Half Marathon, with RACHEL WARD finishing as 10th F45. CHRIS CATCHPOLE also takes part - full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 19 ~ 2008 FLORA LONDON MARATHON ENTRIES CLOSE TODAY |
| October 19 ~ The rest of the club magazines have now been posted; everyone should have received theirs by the weekend |
| October 19 ~ Results from the Bells of Pattingham Run are now published - see our RESULTS PAGE |
| October 18 ~ The first batch of FEET FIRST No. 67 magazines are posted out today to those not at Pattingham or training last night |
| October 18 ~ Your absolute final chance to enter the ballot for 2008 Flora London marathon places - entry closes tomorrow October 19th ! |
| October 18 ~ Ooops ! Those who have already received their copy of FEET FIRST No. 67 will spot a printing error on the Dates for Your Diary section on the back cover. The Christmas dinner is of course on FRIDAY December 14th. Thanks to JEAN LUCAS for letting us know |
| October 16 ~ At last night's committee meeting, a proposal from John Amos was unanimously approved to elect MARTIN CHILDE and RICHARD BAKER as honorary life members of AMAZING FEET RC. This was recognition of their unselfish hard work and time given to the club for over a decade, during a period when the club has grown from 28 members to the current 99. |
| October 16 ~ We welcome three more new members to the club after being unanimously approved at last night's committee meeting. LOUISE MASSEY, ROBERT KILGOUR and CHRISTOPHER MIKOLAJCZYK take the current membership total up to (we believe - still checking to make sure) 99. We hope all three enjoy their time with AMAZING FEET RC |
| October 15 ~ The latest club committee meeting takes place at the Land Oak with everyone present. With Corin's resignation we are now one short - if anyone is interested in joining us in our monthly get togethers to keep everything running smoothly, please let RICHARD BAKER or MARTIN CHILDE know |
| October 15 ~ One more finisher in Saturday's Worcestershire Beacon Race - SHONA CUTLER who was entered under Malvern Hash. Sorry we missed you - details are now on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 15 ~ The ups and downs after yesterday's Bells of Pattingham 7 have now been sorted, and can be checked out on the RACE LEAGUE PAGE. Any queries, please shout |
| October 15 ~ Congratulations to DAVID WHYMANT who finished as second M60 in yesterday's Leicester Marathon. David was just 57 seconds behind the category winner. details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 14 ~ Times from yesterday's Bent-Clees 20 mile walk/run have been received from SHAW PYE, who finished SECOND, just 43 seconds behind the winner. Details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 14 ~ Times from Pattingham today are now up on the RESULTS PAGE. Thanks to JANE PYE for standing at the finish recording everyone's time |
| October 14 ~ The latest club magazine will be available for collection by club members at training on Monday & Wednesday next week. Those still not collected after Wednesday will be posted out before the weekend |
| SITE MANAGEMENT NOTICE (October 14) ~ All Archived items on the LATEST NEWS PAGE that have appeared in FEET FIRST up to issue 66 have now been deleted |
| SITE MANAGEMENT NOTICE (October 14) ~ The earliest results on the RESULTS PAGE have now been moved across to the Results Archives. Follow the links at the bottom of the table on the left hand side |
| October 14 ~ The FOOT OF THE MONTH PAGE has been updated. Any more nominations should be in to Richard Baker by tomorrow afternoon |
| October 14 ~ Entry forms collected over the weekend and now in the Club File from the following : 25th anniversary Wolverhampton Turkey Trot 5 on December 16th (this year, this clashes with both the Mortimer Forest AND the Telford Christmas 10km - very clever race organisers !), Staffs Moorlands Xmas Cracker 8 M/T also on December 16th, May Hill Massacre 8.5 M/T on January 20th 2008, Weston-super-Mare Tough 10 Challenge on February 17th 2008 (avoiding our own ROC 8 for a change next year) and the Ennstone 7 at Telford Town park also on February 17th 2008. |
| October 14 ~ Full details from yesterday's Worcestershire Beacon Race are now available - see the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 14 ~ 21 club members take part in the latest Club League race at the Bells of Pattingham run. RACHEL WARD scoops the F40 prize. Not content with a 20 miler yesterday, SHAW PYE is first home for the club. Results to follow ... |
| October 13 ~ DAVID & SHAW PYE take part in the first Bent-Clees 20 mile challenge. Details to follow .... |
| October 13 ~ First copies of FEET FIRST No. 67 are handed out at the Worcs Beacon Race today. Catch up with RICHARD BAKER in the foyer of race HQ at Pattingham tomorrow to collect your copy |
| October 13 ~ Four club members run in the Worcs Beacon Race, seven miles up, over, around and down the Malverns. Great to see PETE WALL back racing again after injury, as indeed GORDON SIMS who completed his first comeback race. New member PHILIP WEBER completes his first race for the club and RICHARD BAKER completes his seventh Beacon race. Details on the RESULTS PAGE ~ awaiting results |
| October 13 ~ ROC Fencing Wyre Forest 8 entry forms are now available, and were distributed for the first time at today's Worcs Beacon race in Malvern |
| October 12 ~ FEET FIRST No. 67 is complete and copied. If you are running at Malvern or Pattingham this weekend, be sure to keep an eye out for RICHARD BAKER who will be handing out your copies |
| October 12 ~ 'Early Bird' discounted entries are now available for the Lakeland Trails series until January 31st 2008. Early Bird series entries cost £57 instead of the usual £69. The four races making up the series are Hawkshead 15kms on April 19th, Garburn 23kms on May 31st, Derwentwater 14kms on September 14th and Coniston 15kms on October 4th. Visit www.lakelandtrails.org for more info & photos of all the courses |
| October 9 ~ Report from the Coniston Trails 15km has been added to the RACE REPORTS PAGE |
| October 9 ~ Photos from the Coniston Trails 15km last Saturday (6th) have now been added to the FEET IMAGES PAGE |
| SITE MANAGEMENT NOTICE (October 9) ~ D-day is here for the earliest archives of the LATEST NEWS PAGE. All these that have been included in FEET FIRST up to issue no. 66 will be deleted tomorrow |
| October 9 ~ Results from the Pitchcroft 10km and New Forest half marathon on September 16th have been added to the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 9 ~ DON'T FORGET : FLORA LONDON MARATHON 2008 ENTRIES CLOSE ON OCTOBER 19th - you have only 10 days left to enter the ballot. If anyone needs the entry magazine, please contact RICHARD BAKER who has a spare copy |
| October 9 ~ We have received a number of copies of UK:Athletics latest magazine Inspire (number 3 for this year). If anyone would like to have a copy, please let RICHARD BAKER know. Otherwise, they will be available for members to take away at future training nights and events |
| October 8 ~ Sadly CORIN ELLIOTT has resigned from the committee, as he is finding it difficult to give the position the time & commitment he feels it deserves. We are sorry to lose Corin from the committee - he has been a valuable member of it since joining in February, and he will be greatly missed |
| October 8 ~ We hear via the grapevine that CRAIG and SARAH LEWIS completed the Jersey Marathon on Sunday. This was a PB for Sarah, and a marathon debut for Craig. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 8 ~ Following Sunday's North Worcs 8, the League table has been updated and can be viewed on the RACE LEAGUE PAGE |
| October 7 ~ And yet another Great North Runner amongst us. TRACEY SNOW has returned from holiday to confirm that she also took part in the event - details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 7 ~ The latest event in the 2007 Race League sees 14 FEET tackle the North Worcs 8 mile hill race. RICHARD DILWORTH is first home for the club, while DAVID WHYMANT, RACHEL WARD, AMANDA POWELL and ANITA JONES all finish third in their categories. A strange team results system sees the men & women together - our first three finishers come 6th, while we have the first all-female team to finish. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 6 ~ RICHARD BAKER completed his 55th race of the year at to-day's 15km Coniston Trail Race in the Lakes. Details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 3 ~ We are delighted to confirm that our Honorary Member TONY FLETCHER has agreed to sponsor the Wyre Forest 8 once again through his company ROC Fencing. This will be the tenth year of ROC Fencing's sole sponsorship of the event, and once again we are grateful to Tony for his fantastic support over the years |
| October 3 ~ Wonder what had happened to it ? Wonder no more. The RACE LEAGUE page has now been updated to include points from the Shuttle/Mercer 10km on September 23rd |
| October 2 ~ Ah - we have another Great North Runner in our midst ! MARK BAILEY has been in touch to confirm his participation in Europe's largest road race - details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 2 ~ We have received entry forms for the English Road Running Association Senior Women's 4-stage road relay Championships at Sutton park on Saturday October 20th. If anyone is interested, please let Richard Baker know asap - closing date is OCTOBER 8th. Each stage is 4.314kms in length |
| October 1 ~ Just located results from yesterday's Kinver Rotary 10km, with three FEET completing this new event, and all three recording top five category positions. KEVIN DRAPER was 5th M40, JULIE DRAPER 3rd F45, and JAN FLAVELL-RAYBONE was 5th F35. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |
| October 1 ~ We have added Sarah's report from the Swansea Bay 10km to the RACE REPORT PAGE |
| October 1 ~ We have added entry forms to the Club File for the Welcombe Wobbler 10km and Welcombe Trembler 5km at Stratford-upon-Avon on October 21st, and also for the Hogweed Hilly half marathon on March 30th 2008, which was recommended to us at the GNR |
| October 1 ~ Apologies to SARAH ARMSTRONG for not flagging up her run in the Swansea Bay 10km last Sunday (23rd). Not only did Sarah finish as 6th F40, but she knocked 107 seconds off Racheal Moss's Club F40 Record that she set at Dudley-Kingswinford in may this year. Full details are on the RESULTS PAGE |