Annual Club Dinner and Senior Presentation evening - Fri 22 Jan

We have set the date for the annual Club Dinner and Senior Presentation evening for Friday 22nd January 2010 at the normal venue that we have used for many years now, The Green Man at Stanford.  It is always a very pleasurable evening with some good food at a very reasonable price, served in the conservatory of the pub, so we have the area to ourselves.  It is a time for meeting up with friends and other club members, having a good chat and enjoying a very pleasant evening in convivial company.  It also gives us the chance to celebrate the achievements of the club over the past year as well as the performances of our athletes.  Members' partners are very welcome.

You can find the menu details at www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/clubdinnermenujan10.pdf.  Please let Stuart Galloway (stuart.galloway@ntlworld.com) have your menu selection as soon as possible, but by no later than 12th January.  The cost is £21.50 per head and payment is requested by no later than 15th January, preferably by cheque (payable to "Biggleswade AC").

 

 

Annual Club Booklet

We are planning to publish the first of our Annual Club Booklets by the end of February 2010, so if you can write something about your running achievements or experiences, ideas on racing or training, favourite recipes for those cold winter days, or anything that you think might be suitable to do with athletics or our club, then we would love to hear from you.  Get some ideas down on paper or computer and submit them to Stuart Galloway, preferably by e-mail to stuart.galloway@ntlworld.com.  Closing date for any material will be Friday 15th January 2010.  Go on have a go and get writing!

 

 

Membership & Track Fees - 2010

Membership & Track Fees are due as usual from 1st January.  The committee has been considering for some time how to make fees for membership and use of the facilities at Sandy Sports Centre more equitable, whilst still addressing the need of paying for the hire of the track and facilities on club nights.  We have therefore decided that the following charges should apply for 2010:

Senior member	membership increased from £22 to £27 (includes £5 affiliation fee to EA)   but Annual Track Pass reduced from £56 to £50
Junior member 11+	membership increased from £12 to £15 (includes £5 affiliation fee to EA)   but Annual Track Pass reduced from £28 to £25
Junior member U/11	club membership free and Annual Track Pass reduced from £28 to £25
Social Member	club membership £8
Second Claim Member	membership fee remains at £9

Six Month Track Pass - Juniors	remains at £16
Six Month Track Pass - Seniors	remains at £30
Pay-as-you-Go/session - Juniors	remains at £1.50
Pay-as-you-Go/session - Seniors	remains at £2.50

Fees in the first year of membership will be adjusted as follows:

			Senior	Junior	2nd-Claim
Join in...	Jan - Mar		£27	£15	£9
	Apr - Jun		£22	£12	£7
	Jul - Sep		£16	£9	£5
	Oct - Dec		£10	£6	£3

We are continuing the scheme whereby members can pay their dues by electronic money transfer.  So if you are into internet or postal banking you can simply transfer the appropriate sum to the club bank account.  Account details are:

Bank Sort Code:	20-41-12
Account No.:	10889148
Account Name:	Biggleswade Athletic Club

However, please ensure that you include your name in the transfer Reference Box so we can tell who's paid.  Membership cards will be sent out at the end of each month.  Alternatively you could set up a Bankers Order and pay the amount automatically annually.  Again please include your name in the Reference Box.

 

 

Kingfisher Way Training Run - Winter edition - Mon 28 Dec

Meet at 08:30am at the Wheatsheaf pub in Tempsford, where we will share transport to Baldock, where we plan to start the run at 09:00.  For those not familiar with the Kingfisher Way, it is a 20 mile footpath that follows the River Ivel from its source in Baldock, to its confluence with the River Ouse at Tempsford, passing through Radwell, Stotfold, Arlesey, Henlow Grange, Langford, Broom, Biggleswade, Sandy and Blunham.  Those wishing to run part of the route can join or leave at points along the way.  Contact Nigel Bush for more details.

 

 

UK and County Rankings

The national rankings have been published and Biggleswade AC are proud to have 2 people in the top 20 UK rankings:

Euan Dickson Earle	19th in the U15 Boys 80m Hurdles
Katie Bland	20th in the U17 womens Hammer

Not surprisingly both athletes also have the status of No 1 in Bedfordshire for their efforts as well.

Other high profile results from the County top 10 rankings are as follows.

U13 Girls		Evie Mugridge and Megan Roberts both appear in the 100m and Evie also appears in the 200m in 2nd place, in the sprint hurdles Megan Roberts is 7th and just squeezes in at 10th in the High Jump.
U15 Girls		Chloe Litchfield is the county No 1 Triple Jumper and she also appears at 6th in the 200m and 4th in the Long Jump (only 3 cm separate 2nd - 4th).  Kim Stonebridge appears in the 300m at 10th.  Beth Harvey shows the strength of the club with being well out in front in the Hammer for this age group, with Biggleswade having the top in the U13 boys, U15 Girls, U17 women and 2nd and 3rd in the U20 Hammer.  In the senior ladies Biggleswade have 4 ladies in the top 10 for Hammer!!
U17 Women		Amelia Wood appears in the 300m as 10th 400m as 4th and 800m in 9th.  Not only was Katie Bland 1st in the Hammer she also is ranked 4th in the Discus.
U20 Women		Amy Lyons shows the overall talent she has with a range of disciplines in the county top 10 rankings: 3rd in the 800m, 2nd in the Pole Vault, 6th in the Triple Jump, 2nd in the Discus and well out in front in the senior and Junior Javelin, and 2nd in the Hammer.  Holly Robinson appears in the rankings with 3rd in the Hammer
Sen Women		Over an array of disciplines there has been success from Biggleswade AC with Rachel Baust in the 400m at 4th, Julia MacKay despite a master (mistress) veteran over 35 came in 6th in the senior ladies 800m.  Hannah Street doing very well with top ten places in the 1500m (7th) and 3000m (10th), with a long jump result at 3rd.  Sandra Ingham again one who has a number of disciplines under her portfolio, 100m Hurdles 3rd, Triple Jump 2nd, High Jump 6th, Long Jump 4th, Javelin 4th, and shot 7th.  Stacey Robinson with the No 4th in a very competitive event the Hammer, 5th in the Hammer and 7th in the Discus, Lisa Gaunt was well placed in the Shot with 10th and 5th in the High Jump and another 10th in the Long Jump.  Annie Lincoln appears in the county rankings in 3rd in the triple jump.  Angela King comes in at 6th in the Hammer - so we have 4 people in the senior hammer in the top ten a tremendous achievement..
		In the road running events Juliet Naylor in a very competitive 10k which is led in the county by 2 internationals comes in at 7th.  In the marathon Biggleswade AC have 2 in the top 10 Paula Downing at 5th and Julie Sutton in 2nd.  In the walks Helen Middleton a regular international is no 1 in Bedfordshire in the 5k 10k and 20k walks.
In the male categories the club is highly placed in the Hammer once again with 1st place in U13 boys and U20 Men.
U13 Boys		In the 800m Biggleswade have Connor Trudghill in 5th Ollie Harper Smith in 8th and Tom Pitman in 10th.  James Thomas is a multi talent with 4th in the 1500m and the sprint Hurdles, Ollie Harper Smith also appears in the hurdles in 8th place. In the field events Evan Cole is No 1 in the hammer and is also 3rd in the Javelin.  Callum Dickson despite being in the U11 age group but has represented Biggleswade AC in the U13 age groups is 4th in the Javelin and 9th in the Discus.
U15 Boys		Andrew Baldwin appears in both sprints with a county ranking of 6th in to 100m and 8th in the 200 m.  Sam Smith in the 1500m is 8th and in the 3000m is 3rd.  Euan Dickson Earle is No 1 in the sprint hurdles and in 8th place is James Vosper.  In the High Jump Euan Dickson Earle and Josh Watson are equal 4th.  In the Triple Jump Alex Ingham is 4th and in the Discus 7th is Josh Watson, Anthony Collins is 8th and 9th is Euan Dickson Earle.  Javelin there is Rhys Harvey 5th and Anthony Collins at 8th.
U17 Men		In this age group Daniel Steel is highly placed in the Triple Jump, High Jump and the Long Jump with 4th place in each event.  Alex Richards comes in at 9th in the Triple Jump
U20 Men		The star of the U20 men is Stuart West with rankings in all of the throws 1st in Hammer, 5th in Shot, 8th in Javelin and 5th in Discus.  Jordan Smith is 4th in the 100m and 5th in the 200m with Tom Worboys 10th in the 100m and 6th in the 200m but his usual event 2nd in the 400m and 9th in the Long Jump.
Sen Men		In the sprints the two Zacks appear, Zack Morrison with 6th in the 100m and 5th in the 200m, but his best event comes out at No 1 in the High Jump.  Zac Row is 7th in the 100m and 6th in the 200m.  In the 800m Biggleswade AC are 8th with Richard Bevan and veteran David Brown 9th.  In the 110mm hurdles David Brown is 5th and in the longer hurdles comes in at 4th, he also appears in the High Jump at 4th, and 5th in the Pole vault, Zac Row is 5th in the Long Jump.  In the Javelin Chris Watson is 5th, Vince Plosky is 6th and Zack Morrison is 8th.  In the Discus Steve Edmonds is 10th.

 

 

Club Championship Road Race

The remaining club championship road race for 2009 is:

Half Marathon

Sun 13 Dec

Beds Harriers Half Marathon, Wootton

 

 

New Members

Welcome to the following new senior members who have joined us recently:

Darren Sharp	who lives in Sandy
Mark Lowe	who lives in Sandy

May we wish you all the best in your sporting endeavours

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David Brown's New Year Hills

With the Sandy sports centre open from the 27th - 31st Dec on reduced hours 8am to 3pm, David Brown will be doing his normal seasonal sessions of hills at Rowney Warren on the 29th and 31st Dec at 10:30 am until 12 noon - all welcome.

 

 

The Seniors Tuesday Night Programme

You can find these and other training events in the training section of the Club website

		1st	Dec	Fartlek Games
		8th	Dec	POTTON AWAY DAY
		15th	Dec	Hills are Easy!
		22nd	Dec	Speed work with coach Zoe (followed by short talk by Ken 20-30 mins)
		5th	Jan	Fartlek for 2010
		12th	Jan	Star Bursts
		19th	Jan	Hills are a piece of "christmas" cake
		26th	Jan	Speed work with coach Zoe (Followed by talk by Rob and Shaz - Iron People!)
		2nd	Feb	AWAY DAY - Biggleswade
		9th	Feb	Ladders
		16th	Feb	Hills (it's not all up hill!!)
		23rd	Feb	Sandy Loop
		2nd	Mar	Speed work with coach Zoe (followed by talk on "The power of Ken")

***   A date for your diary - Tues 6th April - Buffy's talk on Nutrition!!!   ****

 you may need a track pass or to pay for a day pass when doing Speed or Track work

Thursday evenings will usually be "General Running", dictated by the race calendar, and are tailored on the night to the participants needs.  Runners are usually split into ability groups to ensure everyone has a good run. 

If anyone would like to organise an AWAY DAY in your village or town in 2009, or a run on your favourite training route, please let Gavin or one of the committee know.

 

 

Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile - 21 March

The Sandy Track Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, organised by Biggleswade AC, is taking place on Sunday 21st March 2010.  This event is one of about 150 similar events up and down the country, all of which are staged to encourage non-runners and runners alike to run, jog or walk a mile and raise money for charity.  There are also options to run 3 miles and 6 miles.

See www.sportrelief.com/the-mile/sandy-track-mile for details, and get your friends and family to enter.

 

 

"GetBackInto..." program - starting Tue 9 Feb

We have agreed with Team Beds & Luton to run a GetBackInto program at Sandy, starting on Tuesday 9th February, on successive Tuesdays for 6 weeks, culminating in the Sport Relief Mile on 21st March (see above).  The GetBackInto program is a way of encouraging adults (16+) to GET BACK INTO sport in a social and non competitive environment.

As the Team Beds and Luton GetBackInto web site www.teambedsandluton.co.uk/get-back-into says

"It might seem strange to hold Get Back Into Running sessions, because running is the sort of thing that you can do wherever, whenever.  But, let's be honest, sometimes it can be pretty hard to motivate yourself to go out running after a hard day at work and the sofa often wins over your joggers. So Get Back Into Running signs you up to one session a week for between 5-10 weeks and enables you to join others like yourself who can help to motivate and encourage you to enjoy your exercise, in a friendly and sociable environment."

We will need coaches and helpers to assist the newcomers on the 6 designated Tuesdays, so please contact a coach or committee member if you can help.  And please encourage friends and colleagues who are interested to come along and register for the program.

 

 

Sandy 10 Mile Race - 11 April

The date for next year's Sandy 10 race is Sunday 11th April 2010 and plans are already well underway.  As in previous years, we rely on the help and good nature of all our members to make this race such a roaring success. We therefore ask all our members who are available on race day to help with the many duties (e.g. course marshalling, drink station, finish line recording, etc) that are required.  In the 2009 race we had over 50 helpers on the day.  If any club member does specifically wish to run in the event, this will be permitted at the discretion of the Sandy 10 race committee, provided the person can find an adult non-member who can help with course marshal duties.

See www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/Sandy10entry.html for race history and details.

 

 

Leagues, Series, and Other Events

 

• SEAA Cross Country Championships - Sat 30 Jan
  At Parliament Hill Fields, a superb cross country course not to be missed

  u15 Boys	5.5Km	11.00am
  u13 Girls	3.0Km	11.20am
  u13 Boys	3.0Km	11.35am
  u15 Girls	4.0Km	11.50am
  u17 Men	6.0Km	12.10pm
  u20 Women	6.0Km	12.40pm
  u17 Women	5.0Km	1.05pm
  u20 Men	8.0Km	1.30pm
  Sen Women	8.0Km	2.05pm
  Sen Men	15.0Km	2.50pm

  If you would like to run this event please let Stuart Galloway know by no later than 2nd December. Since it is unlikely that we will get sufficient runners to make up any teams judging by the lack of response on the Forum last month, cost of entry will be £6 for seniors and £4 for all other age groups.  Money must be paid up front and club vests must be worn.  Club first-claim athletes only.

   

• National Cross Country Championships - Sat 27 Feb
  At Roundhay Park, Leeds, another very famous cross country course but somewhat farther away from home.

  u15 Boys	4.5Km	11.00am
  Junior Women	6.0Km	11.20am
  u17 Women	5.0Km	11.45am
  u13 Girls	3.0Km	12.10pm
  u17 Men	6.0Km	12.25pm
  u15 Girls	4.0Km	12.55pm
  Junior Men	10.0Km	1.15pm
  u13 Boys	3.0Km	2.00pm
  Senior Women	8.0Km	2.15pm
  Senior Men	12.0Km	3.00pm

  Anybody wishing to run must let Stuart Galloway know by 19th December.  Cost will be £5 per entrant.  Club vests must be worn - first claim members only.  Chip timing will be utilised and chips must be returned to the receptacle at the end of the race, otherwise the club has to pay a surcharge of £7 per chip.

   

• Chiltern Cross Country League
  Provisional dates, all on Saturdays

  Dec 5	Slough
  Jan 16	Shuttleworth
  Feb 13	Wing

   

• Three Counties Cross Country League
  Provisional dates, all on Sundays

  Dec 20	North Herts
  Jan 24	Wooton
  Feb 14	Ampthill
  Feb 28	Bedford