Are you a Member?

It has come to our attention that some athletes using the track have forgotten to join this year.  If you are using the track with the Club, you should by now be a member of Biggleswade Athletic Club, and you can find a membership form here.  This is very important for club insurance and the safety and wellbeing of all athletes.

Biggleswade Athletic Club are always pleased to welcome new members, whether you are a beginner or an experienced athlete.  We have several coaches and our training programme ensures that all abilities are catered for, allowing everyone to join in together.  Annual Subscriptions become due on 1st January each year.  The fees (excluding Track Fees) are currently:

• £20 for Seniors
• £12 for Juniors
• £7 for Second Claim Seniors (competition will be limited unless the member has affiliated to England Athletics through their first claim club)
• £5 for Second Claim Juniors (competition will be limited unless the member has affiliated to England Athletics through their first claim club - if not, it is advisable to join us first claim)

However, during the first period of membership the following charges apply, depending on the month of election:

	Senior	Junior	Second Claim Senior
Jan - Mar	£20	£12	£7
Apr - Jun	£15	£9	£5
Jul - Sept	£10	£6	£3
Oct - Dec	£5	£3	£2

If you have any queries on membership, please contact Stuart Galloway on 01767 223942

 

 

Summer BBQ - Sun 20 JULY

A summer BBQ for club members and family is planned for Sunday 20th July.  Sue and David Sutton (and Damo) have kindly offered their beautiful garden as the venue, in Bedford Road Sandy.

The event will start at approx 3pm, with the BBQ at 5pm.  It will be FREE as it is being funded by money donated from the Sandy 10 race this year, as a THANK YOU to all the members and friends who supported the event.  Please add your name to the Forum thread, or contact Nigel, if you plan to come along, so that we can organise food and drink.

For those who feel they would like to work up an appetite before the BBQ, we will also be holding the Summer Edition of the Kingfisher Way Run on the same day.

 

 

Kingfisher Way Run - Sun 20 July

This Summer's Kingfisher Way Run is taking place on Sunday 20th July, starting at 09:00 in Baldock.  Transport to Baldock will leave Tempsford near the Wheatsheaf Pub at 08:30.  Contact Nigel if you plan to run, or wish to join in the run along the way.

 

 

Annual "Senior V Junior" Rounders and BBQ - Tue 13 Aug

The challenge is on!  The biggest Rounders Match of the year is to be played.  Who will win this years competition?  The juniors narrowly won last year so the seniors will be looking for revenge.

 

 

Grafham Relay - Sat 13 Sep

Get your teams ready.  Take each leg steady.  And off we GO!  The date is set for this years Grafham Relay.  This event is for Juniors as well as Seniors.  Teams of 8 required.  Application forms will be available shortly (entry is FREE to all Biggleswade AC members).  More information to appear on the forum nearer the time.

 

 

Junior Disco and Presentation evening - Sat 13 Sep

A "Summer End" Junior Disco and Presentation evening is planned for Saturday 13th September in the Sandy Upper School main hall.  Tickets soon to go on sale.  Its going to be a fun packed evening full of music and dance, and awards.  Details will be available soon.

 

 

Coaching by Graham Bufton

The Club coaching team has been joined by the very experienced Graham "Buffy" Bufton.  To read more about his training sessions check out the senior training page of the website, or Buffys speed sessions on the message board.

The sessions for July are

Tues 1st	12 x 1mins hills - Jog Recovery
Tues 8th	Pace Judgement & Other stuff
Tues 15th	6 x 2 mins - 1 min Jog recovery
Tues 22nd	Buffy not there
Tues 29th	3 x 4 mins hard - 2 mins recovery

All session will start from Sandy track car park at 7.00 prompt.

It would be helpful when planning these sessions if you could let Graham know if you are interested and prepared to commit to attending on a regular basis.

 

 

Club Website

The club website is already a marvellous resource used by many members and kept up to date thanks to the data that is regularly provided by a large number of contributors and thanks to the continuing hard work of our webmaster, Tim Huxtable.

However, it is felt that there is a need to make the website more interesting to junior members and the club coaches and officials are currently addressing this issue, and if you have any ideas on what you feel would be of interest to the younger members of the club, then please get in contact with any committee member or coach with your views.

 

 

Club Championship Races in 2008

The Club Championship races yet to be run in 2008 are:

5 Km	Doug Anderson 5km Bedford	Wed 23rd Jul
10 Mile	Swineshead 10 Mile	Sun 7th Sep
Half Marathon	Beds Harriers Half Wootton	Sun 14th Dec

 

 

New Members

Welcome to the following athletes who have recently joined the Club:

Jon Balaam	who lives in Sandy
Paula Downing	who lives in Lower Stondon
John Kenyon	who lives in Sandy
David Lawson	who lives in Arlesey
David Lindsay	who lives in Potton and has re-joined us
Elizabeth McLaughlin	who lives in Northill
Christopher Miles	a second-claim member who lives in Potton
Mark Wood	who lives in Potton

Welcome also to the following new junior members

Jasmin Clive

Tegan Clive

Adrian Clive

James Cornish

Claire Cornish

Troy Fawcett

Bruce Harrison

Hannah Hutchinson

Amy Lyons

Adam Murphy

Sam Smith

Daniel Steele

Stephanie Stubbs

Beccy Whittle

Claire Woods

We wish you all the very best of luck in all your athletic endeavours

There are now 87 paid up senior, and 46 paid up junior, members of the club; very definitely an all-time record for this time of year.  We have unfortunately lost 23 athletes who have not re-joined the club since last year, but even this is a lower number than in previous years.

 

 

Affiliation to England Athletics

The names and contact details of all current, paid-up, competing, members of the club over the age of 11 have been added to the England Athletic Club Portal.  This totalled 116 persons, so the sum of £580 has been paid over to EA and acknowledgement has been received.  Hopefully, Competition Licences will be received by members within the next month or so, along with individual passwords, allowing each member to access/modify his/her record.

 

 

Club Tour - Derbyshire Peak District 10-13 Oct

The club tour will return to the Derbyshire Peak District this year, to Darwin Lakes, just outside Matlock, for a long weekend starting Friday 10th October, and returning on Monday 13th October.  We stay in very well appointed cottages, each sleeping 6.

The cottages at Dawin Lakes have now been booked, and to date we have 37 club members and partners going, compared to 24 last year!  All participants will be contacted in in a few weeks time with a suggested itinerary for the weekend.  Details for Darwin Lakes can be found at www.darwin-lakes.co.uk

 

 

The Seniors Tuesday Night Programme

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

	1st	Jul	Black Barn
	8th	Jul	Hills are fun - "honest"
	15th	Jul	Annual 1hr BAC Track run (Organised by Ken + Gav) 7.10pm-8.10pm
	22nd	Jul	Speedwork with coach Zoe (Doug Anderson pre race strides) & Lucozade Visit
	29th	Jul	Blunham Loop
	5th	Aug	Route 51
	12th	Aug	AWAY DAY - Rowney Warren lead by Gav
	19th	Aug	Seniors v Juniors Rounders Match and BBQ  changed from before
	26th	Aug	Speedwork with coach Zoe & Lucozade Visit
	2nd	Sep	AWAY DAY - Cockayne Hatley lead by Nigel
	9th	Sep	Everton Donkey Hill
	16th	Sep	Hills are fun
	23rd	Sep	RSPB loop
	30th	Sep	Speedwork with coach Zoe
	7th	Oct	AWAY DAY - Dunton lead by Rich
***	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 2008, or a run on your favourite training route, please let Gavin or one of the committee know.

 

 

Leagues, Series, and Other Events

 

• Round Norfolk Relay 20/21 Sep

   

• St Neots Half Marathon 16 Nov This race is now full, but you can still add your name to the waiting list at half.riverside-runners.com

   

• Southern Womens League
  All dates are on Saturdays in 2008

  26 Jul	Mile End Stadium
  30 Aug	Braintree Leisure Centre

   

• Southern Mens League
  All dates are on Saturdays in 2008
  We are in Division 4, which currently has 11 teams

  12 Jul	Luton	host Luton (5 teams)
  2 Aug	Ridlins (Stevenage)	host Biggleswade (5 teams)

   

• National Junior Athletic League
  All dates are on Sundays in 2008

  27th	July
  7th	Sep	- Promotion matchs
  14th	Sep	- Finals

   

• Eastern Young Athletes League
  All dates are on Sundays in 2008

  13th July,	3rd Aug
  14th Sept (Finals)

   

• UK Women Athletes League
  All dates in 2008 are on Saturdays

  5th July,

  2nd August,

  16th August

   

• Some International Events in 2008

  Tue 8 to Sun 13 Jul	World Juniors	Poland
  Wed 23 Jul to Sun 3 Aug	Euro Masters
  Fri 15 to Sun 24 Aug	Olympics	China
  Sat 6 to Wed 17 Sep	Para Olympics	China
  Sat 13 to Sun 14 Sep	World Athletics	Germany

   

• Some Domestic Events in 2008

  Fri 11 to Sun 13 Jul	Olympic Trials	Birmingham
  Sat 26 to Sun 27 Jul	London Grand Prix	Crystal Palace
  Sun 10 Aug	Hibbard (Eastern Inter-Counties)	Essex
  Sun 24 Aug	SEAA Intercounties (U15/20)
  Sat 30 Aug	U20 Inter-territories
  Sun 31 Aug	British Grand Prix	Gateshead

 

 

News of Members...

Katie Bland will be representing Bedfordshire in the Intermediate girls hammer at the English Schools in Gateshead over 9-12th July - good luck Katie.  Katie and her parents will write their experiences of this for next month's newsletter

Has anybody adopted Gavin Elliott's stray cat?   On the message board, Gavin described it: "... about 6 months old, we called it "Milton"- but you can change that, black and white in colour- you can't change that!!  Oh, and its female......leg at each corner, two ears and all the usual other cat stuff"