Newsletter for Desford Striders Running Club

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1 Volume 6 Issue 6 Newsletter for Desford Striders Running Club Aug & Sept 200 Leicestershire Road Running League. Strider s men achieve promotion at the double! oth the Strider s senior and veterans teams achieved their season long ambition, by gaining promotion back to Division 1 after a two year absence. The vets. were first to secure their return to the top flight, when they were placed second behind Owls at the Hungarton 7, which turned out to be the only Summer race they didn t win. However they finished the season in style by comfortably winning the last race at Huncote. The seniors had a much closer tussle on their hands., with Roadhoggs running away with the title, leaving Striders and Beaumont fighting it out for second spot. Following the Winter races, it didn t look as though they were in with a great chance, with teams ahead of them in the table. However along came the Summer and an improvement in the results, starting with a first win at the Hinckley half. Thanks to the man at the front Dave Lawrie, this was not an uncommon scene during the 200 LRRL season. Strider s out in force! Going into the last two races we were equal with Beaumont on 136 points, fortunately a two point gap was opened when they achieved a second at Hungarton, and promotion was secured with a win at Huncote. This left poor old Beaumont to finish third place in both the seniors and vets. division 2. Congratulations to both teams and many thanks to everybody who ran, but in particular Mr. Dave Lawrie. At the start of the season he declared that he wanted the men to make it back into the first division. And over the last 8/ months he has used persuasion, bribery and coercion, to ensure we had as many Striders out competing, as we could possibly get for each race. This resulted in an average turnout of 22 Striders per race for the season, with two race topping over of our members running. Phenomenal! Well done Dave and thanks. Our ladies have found it a tough season in terms of the league, with them finishing in 13th place. Out of a membership of 74 we unfortunately only have 1 ladies. From these 14 of them took part in at least one of the LRRL races, ensuring that (except for out own race, when we required marshals etc.), we had a ladies team out and competing. Many thanks to them. LRRL 100% The 200 season saw 2 Striders run in at least one of the LRRL races. Of these only Clive Coulson and Dave Lawrie ran in every single race. Many congratulations to them. The will be receiving a nice little award form the LRRL for their achievement.

2 Page 2 The final League positions LRRL 200 Men Vets Div. 2 Striders 206 OWLS 182 Beaumont 163 Whetstone 140 Hermitage 126 Charnwood 120 Harborough 106. South Derbys. 4. Leics. Cori. 78 Huncote Men LRRL Time Pos Nigel Stirk Steve Humber Mick Strange.3 34 Alistair Richards.3 3 Duncan Percy.32 2 Gwyn Morgan.38 Simon Shuttlewood Dave Lawrie Mike Percy Lee Barber Clive Coulson Matt Taylor Ady Cave Paul Goddard Carl Rutt Francis Breen Michael Amos Steph Pandit Phil Lord Henry Long Steff Wittering Richard Greenlees Jim Wallace Steve Bailey Sean Tebbutt John Greenlees Steve Hibben Ladies Liz Cave Gwyneth Reed Valda Holmes Eula Lawrie Pam Lord June Morris LRRL 200 Men Div. 2 Roadhoggs 13 Striders 173 Beaumont 168 Whetstone 138 Charnwood 136 Hermitage 12 Harborough 124 Leics. Cori. 2 South Derbys. 88 LRRL 200 Ladies Div Beaumont 261. Huncote 216 Birstall 213 Barrow 208 Nuneaton 10. Owls 180 Wreake 170 Hinckley 161. Harborough 136 West End 134. Roadhoggs 134 Stilton 11 Striders 118 Shepshed 117 Hermitage 100 Charnwood 86 South Derbys. 2 Whetstone 3 Gwyn Morgan shows the sort of form at The West End 8, which brought him a third place in the LRRL s V0 category. He was the only Strider to win such an award and is deserving of our praise and congratulations. You can see Gwyn pick up his award at the LRRL presentation evening on Friday October 14th. Details below. Hungarton 7 Men LRRL Time Pos Steve Humber Gwyn Morgan Duncan Percy Dave Lawrie Clive Coulson Ady Cave Matt Taylor Carl Rutt Lee Barber Dave Playford Paul Goddard Francis Breen. 17 Michael Amos. 180 Steph Pandit Steve Bailey Steve Hibben Ladies Marie Playford Liz Cave Gwyneth Reed Eula Lawrie Valda Holmes LRRL Presentation Evening. On Friday 14th October 200 the LRRL are holding their awards presentation evening. We are hoping to take a larger contingent of Striders, particularly as the men have the Vets. Division 2 trophy to collect. But also Clive Coulson, Dave Lawrie and Gwyn Morgan will be presented with awards as well. It s not often we are in a position to collect awards, so let s get as many there as possible and make it a night to remember! The venue is Newfoundpool WMC, tickets are available from Phil Lord ( ) and the cost, which is to be confirmed, is usually around the mark. See you there!

3 Page 3 R.A.C.E.S. Challenge Handicap Trophy Steve sets early Handicap Trophy pace Here they are at long last! Sorry for the delay, but as mentioned in the last newsletter, events have conspired against those involved in trying to do the necessary work on the times. I know it s going to look a little bit bamboozling, but I have listed the results from the five summer races included in the handicap series, together with the up-to-date table. As you will see, the Strider on top at the moment is Steve Hibben, who has picked up three wins from the races run so far. The two other race winners were Sean Tebbutt at the West End 8 and Steve Humber at the sweltering Church Langton 7.. As there are so many races I m not going to attempt a resume on them all, I ll leave that to yourselves to work out from the results. I would like to thank Francis Breen and Richard McBean for their hard work in allocating the times. West End. Tebbutt, Sean 0 Hibben, Steve 4 Cave, Liz 48 Messenger, Julie 47 Greenlees, John 46 Humber, Caroline 4 Percy, Duncan 44 Strange, Mick 44 Humber, Steve 42 Morgan, Gwyn 42 Cave, Adrian 40 Hobbs, Graham 3 Playford, Marie 38 Shuttlewood, Simon 37 Cole, Andrew 36 Lawrie, Dave 3 Marvin, Emma 34 Houghton, Jim 33 Lawrie, Eula 32 Bailey, Steve 31 Cox, Sue Goddard, Paul Playford, Dave 28 Trotman, Nigel Barber, Lee 26 Wallace, Jim 2 Holmes, Valda 24 Coulson, Clive 23 Swithland. Hibben, Steve 0 Houghton, Jim 4 Cave, Liz 48 Rutt, Carl 47 Holmes, Valda 46 Goddard, Paul 4 Pandit, Steph 44 Playford, Dave 43 Humber, Steve 42 Bailey, Steve 41 Percy, Duncan 40 Cave, Adrian 3 Lawrie, Dave 38 Playford, Marie 37 Coulson, Clive 36 Tebbutt, Sean 3 Strange, Mick 34 Hobbs, Marie 33 Eckersley, Dawn 32 Trotman, Nigel 31 Shuttlewood, Simon Reed, Gwyneth Cole, Andrew 28 Barber, Lee Breen, Francis 26 Hobbs, Graham 2 Holmes, Andy 24 Taylor, Matt 23 McCartney, Dave 22 Lawrie, Eula 21 Lord, Phil 20 How does it work? Church Langton. Humber, Steve 0 Coulson, Clive 4 Lawrie, Dave 48 Richards, Alistair 47 Playford, Marie 46 Morgan, Gwyn 4 Hibben, Steve 44 Cave, Liz 43 Cole, Andrew 42 Taylor, Matt 41 Percy, Duncan 40 Ball, Andy 3 Lawrie, Eula 38 McBean, Richard 37 Hobbs, Marie 36 Playford, Dave 3 Trotman, Nigel 34 Wallace, Jim 33 Cave, Adrian 32 Bailey, Steve 31 Goddard, Paul Shuttlewood, Simon Lord, Pam 28 Hobbs, Graham Breen, Francis 26 Tebbutt, Sean 2 Hungarton. Hibben, Steve 0 Rutt, Carl 4 Pandit, Steph 48 Playford, Marie 47 Playford, Dave 46 Humber, Steve 4 Goddard, Paul 44 Cave, Adrian 43 Coulson, Clive 42 Lawrie, Dave 41 Taylor, Matt 40 Percy, Duncan 3 Morgan, Gwyn 38 Lawrie, Eula 37 Bailey, Steve 36 Reed, Gwyneth 3 Cave, Liz 34 Breen, Francis 33 Amos, Michael 32 Barber, Lee 31 Ball, Andy Holmes, Valda Huncote. Hibben, Steve 0 Richards, Alistair 4 Goddard, Paul 48 Greenlees, John 47 Cave, Liz 46 Stirk, Nigel 4 Pandit, Steph 44 Long, Henry 43 Holmes, Valda 42 Breen, Francis 41 Wittering, Steffan 40 Rutt, Carl 3 Cave, Adrian 38 Taylor, Matt 38 Bailey, Steve 36 Shuttlewood, Simon 3 Coulson, Clive 34 Percy, Duncan 34 Humber, Steve 32 Reed, Gwyneth 32 Lawrie, Dave Morris, June Barber, Lee 28 Strange, Mick Lawrie, Eula 26 Wallace, Jim 2 Amos, Michael 24 Morgan, Gwyn 23 Ball, Andy 22 Greenlees, Richard 21 Percy, Mike 20 Tebbutt, Sean 1 Lord, Phil 18 Lord, Pam 17 Before turning over, be warned! I ve attempted to explain the handicap system overleaf! You may wish to read it if you suffer from insomnia!!

4 Page 4 R.A.C.E.S. Challenge Handicap Trophy So, how does it work? description of how it works. For those new members who have not come across the Handicap trophy before, here s a brief 1. Each Strider it allocated a time that they are expected to be able to achieve, for example 8 minutes per mile. 2. This time is set by calculating the average time per mile achieved, over each of the previous year s LRRL (2004) road races. 3. They are then checked against people s performances in the current (200) Winter LRRL road races. If there is a serious discrepancy, then the individuals times is amended. 4. Next each person s time is deducted from that of the slowest runner and this is the handicap time given to that person for each mile run in the Trophy races. Their actual race time is added to this, giving an overall race time. mile. Sylvia runs at 8.00 milling. Fred, the slowest runner runs at per Sylvia s handicap time per mile is 3.00 minutes. Fred s is 0 minutes per mile. They both run a mile race, Sylvia s has a steady run and finishes in 3.4. Fred runs well and finishes in 4.00 The combined times are: Sylvia x = 1 minutes then add 3.4 = combined time is 4.4. Fred x = 0 minutes, add.00 = combined time of 4.00 In this case Fred has won the race, points are then awarded for each person s finishing position. I hope this gives you an inkling of how it works. If you need anymore explanation, please feel free to ask me anytime. Following the success of last year s format for the club handicap race, I can confirm that the run on Sun 16th October will be run in the same way. Runners will go off at staggered times, depending on their handicap time, with the first runner going off at 1000 hrs. Desford Striders R.A.C.E.S. Challenge Handicap Trophy Position after races. Hibben, Steve 243 Cave, Liz 21 Humber, Steve 211 Percy, Duncan 17 Goddard, Paul 16 Cave, Adrian 12 Lawrie, Dave 12 Coulson, Clive 184 Bailey, Steve 17 Playford, Marie 168 Lawrie, Eula 14 Playford, Dave 12 Morgan, Gwyn 148 Taylor, Matt 142 Holmes, Valda 141 Pandit, Steph 136 Rutt, Carl 13 Shuttlewood, Simon 131 Tebbutt, Sean 1 Breen, Francis 126 Cole, Andrew 106 Strange, Mick 10 Reed, Gwyneth 6 Richards, Alistair 6 Greenlees, John 3 Trotman, Nigel 2 Ball, Andy 1 Hobbs, Graham 1 Wallace, Jim 83 Houghton, Jim 82 Hobbs, Marie 6 Amos, Michael 6 Messenger, Julie 47 Humber, Caroline 4 Lord, Pam 4 Stirk, Nigel 4 Long, Henry 43 Lord, Phil 38 McBean, Richard 37 Marvin, Emma 34 Eckersley, Dawn 32 Cox, Sue Morris, June Holmes, Andy 24 McCartney, Dave 22 Greenlees, Richard 21 Percy, Mike 20 * CLUB RUN FROM SID SUN 16TH OCTOBER * * CLUB RUN DATE TO BE ARRANGED * * TWO CROSS-COUNTRY RACES * (DATES TO BE CONFIRMED, SHOULD BE FIRST TWO OF THE SEASON IN NOV/DEC) You may think you aren t in with a chance if you are half way down the table, but remember, after the last fixture each runner s two worst results, are deducted from their total. Also not everybody can make every race, so the more you run in, the more chance you have.

5 Page For the first time The Striders fielded two teams in this year s running of the Round Leicester Relay. This was very largely due to the marvellous effort put in by Dave Lawrie in rounding up candidates to run the 13 stages. We needed 26 people to run the 13 legs for each team, a seemingly impossible task. But with his charming wit and personality (and promise of brown envelopes laden with cash which failed to materialise!) he succeeded in signing up 2 runners, just one short. This is where we now say a big thank you to Steve Humber, who after running the 4th keg for the men s team in the morning, had a nap, probably not having taken his running shoes off, and then flew around leg 11 for the mixed team, to ensure we got two complete teams out. The mass line-up for the start of the 200 Round Leicester Relay, which saw the Strider s Mick Strange and Henry long lead off our two teams. The day kicked of when most of us were still rolling out of bed, with Mick Strange and Henry Long lining up at 08 hours, to run the first leg from Mowmacre Hill to Ratcliffe. The weather, whilst warm, was a lot more pleasant than the last couple of year s, when runners have been packed off to hospital with heat exhaustion. Our two team s results are listed along with the final table, which shows the men finishing th and the mixed team th. Excellent effort by everybody, well done! Desford Strider s Round Leicester Relay Results Round Leicester Relay Final Table Men's Team Leg Time Overall Mick Strange 4:10 4:10 Gwyn Morgan 37:4 1:22: Adrian Cave 4:08 2:08:03 Steve Humber 33:26 2:41: Duncan Percy 41:24 3:22:3 Simon Shuttlewood 1:02:1 4:2:08 Dave Lawrie 4:40 :14:48 Carl Rutt 0:11 6:04: Paul Goddard 43:41 6:48:40 Graham Hobbs 1:00:44 7:4:24 Alistair Richards 1:3 8:41:03 Lee Barber 3:07 :34:10 Clive Coulson 0:13 10:24:23 Position Leg Overall Mixed Team Henry Long Steph Pandit Steve Bailey Liz Cave Pam Lord Phil Lord Eula Lawrie Marie Hobbs June Morris John Beadman Steve Humber Mike Amos Valda Holmes 1:00:24 48:24 :3 43:3 7:23 1:11:48 1:10:3 1:03:33 8:3 1:1:23 4:8 :43 1:07:8 1:00:24 1:48:48 2:44:41 3:28:34 4:2:7 :37:4 6:48:38 7:2:11 8:0:0 10:10:13 11:00:11 11::4 13:07:2 31 teams HUNCOTE MEN :0: HARBOROUGH MEN A :18:3 LEICS CORITANIAN MEN :23:11 WREAKE MEN A :44:46 OWLS MEN A ::33 HINCKLEY MEN :7:08 BARROW MIXED A 10:07:4 BIRSTALL MIXED 10:10:14 DESFORD MEN 10:24:23 HUNCOTE MIXED A 10:2:4 WEST END MIXED A 10:44:40 BEAUMONT MEN 10:47:3 WREAKE MEN B 10:4:21 BIRSTALL MEN 10::3 HINCKLEY MIXED A 11:00:2 HARBOROUGH MEN B 11:01:0 ROADHOGGS MIXED 11:10:02 OWLS MEN B 11:47:03 BIRSTALL ODDS&SODS 11:0:01 HUNCOTE MIXED B 12:00:23 BARROW MIXED B 12:02:4 BARROW MIXED C 12:04:23 WREAKE LADIES 12:12:20 HARBOROUGH LADIES 12:17:44 WEST END MIXED B 12:2:23 OWLS LADIES 12:31:14 WREAKE MIXED 12:46:4 BEAUMONT LADIES 12:6:32 DESFORD MIXED 13:07:2 HINCKLEY MIXED B 13::1 WEST END MIXED C 14:01:1

6 Page 6 It s always great to receive other Strider s input into your Newsletter. It gives another view point, more tales and I don t have to write as much of my own drivel. So it s with many thanks to Phil Lord for providing his drivel, sorry I mean reminiscences!!!!, from leg 7 of the relay. Over to you Phil... Many thanks to everybody who ran and also to the supporters who turned out to give a cheer, it was much appreciated. Round Leicester Relay Leg 6 Slawston to Foxton - 7 miles (yeah right)! Seven miles my Aunt Fanny, it turned out to be 8.6 as measured by someone else's GPS! I only agreed to run at the last minute because Dave Lawrie 'made me an offer I couldn't refuse'! Pam and I ran leg and 6 respectively. Comparing the two legs on paper I chose the latter because it was only supposed to be marginally longer (7 against 6.6 miles). Still, at least it was relatively flat. The start. In keeping with previous years, I got to the start area in plenty of time but then totally lost the plot.. I was just chatting to someone saying that "I'll go up to the change over area in a minute, stand in the shade and wait for..." I didn't finish the sentence because Pam came flying round the corner with the baton. "Oh dear (or something like that), I'd better go" I said sprinting up hill 0m to the change over area. I was out of breath before I started! The rest of the leg went without incident but it was very long and very hot, two of my least favourite factors in a race. Approximately three of the last four miles were along the canal tow path. At one stage I got so hot I nearly jumped in. However, common sense prevailed and I just plodded along. At about 3, 4 and 7 miles I manage to overtake other runners making up 3 places, but by the time I got to the end I was running on empty. Thanks to Karen, Dunc and the boys for cheering me in, it really helped. It also helped that Pam poured the contents of a water bottle over my head and shoulders! How surreal is this: I was standing on the grass verge. soaking wet and exhausted, holding on to the village post box to stop me keeling over, eating a sandwich. A car stopped in the middle of the road and a bloke held out a large envelope. Is this a spot prize I thought? Unfortunately not. "Put this through the post box will you mate" he said driving off into the distance! By the evening I'd recovered enough to go to the pub for the traditional post-relay meal with a load of other Striders and their families. We had whole room to ourselves in The Gate at Osbaston. The food was good and the service great especially as 32 people descended on them and all ordered at the same time. Whoever choose the pub and booked the room deserves a pint or two... Leicester Marathon Sunday 2nd October 200 The Leicester Marathon and Half Marathon organisers, Birstall R.C. are again looking for volunteers to help on the day e.g. to marshal, be at water stations etc. A you can imagine, an event of this scale is a nightmare to organise and relies very much on volunteers from all the clubs. Having been a marshal myself in 2003 it felt really good to be part of the event and 'give something back' to running. The organising of the marshals is very professional with section leaders from Birstall and nothing is left to chance. The race is based as last year, at the Caterpillar site with the course remaining the same. With us being the local club, it would be good if we could have plenty of volunteers from those who are not running. If you are available, contact Mick Newton (from Birstall R.C.) on or or e mail him on mick.newton@bt.com Phil A big THANK YOU to all Striders who contributed towards my fundraising for the Lymphoma Association. As at 1th Sept. the web site lycralads had registered 13,10.22 (including offline donations), a sum which has exceeded all our expectations. Thanks again, Phil. Hello to Rob Steele and Jan Bisiker who have joined us since the last Newsletter. We look forward to seeing you run in a Striders vest soon. Just a quick note to let you know, that for the first time the club will be taking part in the MCAA Road Relays at Sutton Park in Birmingham on September 24th. We will be sending both ladies and men s teams and hopefully, somebody will do a report for you for next month s NewStrider.

7 Page 7 Race The Train 200 Once again a large contingent of Strider s members, family and friends descended upon Tywyn, for the annual, Let s get whipped by the Train Again Race (unless of course you re a whippet called Gwyn Morgan! Who was on his second cup of tea before the steaming locomotive got home!). Weather conditions were an improvement on that of the previous two year s, although the jokes produced by Dave Lawrie and Peter Hobbs (son of Graham), around the campfire, showed no improvement whatsoever! A few of our party were trying the event for the first time and after they recovered sufficiently, proclaimed it a success! The results are listed on the next page for you to look at. As you will see the 10K is becoming as popular with our members as the full race. Anyway enough waffle...here are a few piccies. Possibly a few more next month. Sean Tebbutt during the return section of his race the Train de- Karen Fairall and Julie Messenger smiling, must be at the start of the race John Beadman finds the going warm! June knocks up an energy supplying post race breakfast! After the 10K little did the ladies know what was in store! A scenes from the campfire, brilliantly controlled by Lawrie the Log. Striders Ladies away win in Wales Congratulations to Liz Cave, Marie Hobbs, Pam Lord, Eula Lawrie and June Morris; the Striders ladies team who took first place in the annual 10k Race The Train in Tywyn, Wales, on Saturday 20th August. All who went had a good time, and the annual campsite revelry was something to behold with Dave 'I'm a fire starter' Lawrie in great form keeping the fire roaring until 1. am on the Saturday night!

8 Page 8 Race The Train Results 10K Pos Dave Lawrie Liz Cave Phil Lord Marie Hobbs Pam Lord Eula Lawrie June Morris finishers 14.7 mile Gwyn Morgan Clive Coulson Graham Hobbs Karen Fairall Julie Messenger John Beadman Steve Bailey Sean Tebbutt finishers Male vets Dave Lawrie 160 Duncan Percy 14 Gwyn Morgan 133 Clive Coulson 12 Simon Shuttlewood 100 Graham Hobbs Paul Goddard 4 Francis Breen 74 Richard McBean 67 Jim Wallace 60 Mick Percy Andrew Cole 8 Steve Bailey 6 Nigel Trotman Mick Strange 1 Dave Playford 41 Steph Pandit 40 John Cooper Steff Wittering 23 Steve Hibben 1 Henry Long 14 Phil Lord 11 Norman Gould 7 Jim Houghton 6 Andy Holmes 6 John Greenlees Female seniors Liz Cave 2 Caroline Humber 11 Emma Marvin 6 LRRL Individual Club Standings Lawrie and Lawrie clean up the veteran s titles For the second year running the two vets. Titles have been won by a husband and wife team. Following on from Phil & Pam Lord s success in 2004, Dave and Eula Lawrie have won their respective titles. Going into the last two races Dave had a 10 point lead over Duncan Percy and it would have taken a disaster or not running at all, to allow himself to be overhauled by him. As it was he did enough to take the title by 6 points, leaving Duncan to finish in the runner-up spot for the second year running. Third place was taken by Gwyn Morgan, who has come back from illness running a strong as ever. The ladies vets. category was a lot closer when everybody lined up for the last race at Huncote. Eula held a two point advantage over Gwyneth Reed. As it was Eula finished two places behind her challenger, which left them equal on 37 points. Her victory has come from the fact that she ran in 10 of the races, as opposed to Gwyneth s 7. I don t think we will see many narrower winning margins. The Huncote saw a record 10 senior men run for The Strider s. Whilst this was excellent news (and long may it continue), it meant that all the scores had to be recalculated. It didn t however affect the overall result, with Lee Barber finish second, as he did last year, and Ady Cave taking third place in his first season. No real change either to the senior ladies table. With Liz being the only senior female to run at the last four races, Caroline and Emma stay in second and third respectively. Congratulations to this year s winner s and indeed to the incredible 2 Strider s, who took part in at least one of either the winter or summer league races in 200. This surpasses the previous best of 43 achieved last year. Well done and many thanks to all of those who represented the club. Male seniors Steve Humber 8 Lee Barber 67 Adrian Cave 6 Matt Taylor 3 Sean Tebbutt 3 Michael Amos Carl Rutt Alistair Richards 26 Nigel Stirk 20 Dave McCartney 6 Andy Richardson 6 Richard Greenlees 2 Female vets Eula Lawrie 37 Gwyneth Reed 37 Marie Playford 28 Pam Lord 22 Valda Holmes 1 Marie Hobbs 8 Karen Fairall 6 Dawn Eckersley 6 Julie Messenger Sue Cox 4 June Morris 2 Striders open their account at Alliance & Leicester No we're not playing the stock market but we are continuing to win team prizes at races. Congratulations to Duncan Percy, Paul Goddard, Steph Pandit and Sean Tebbut who collectively made up a Striders vets team and came third overall in the A&L k road races on Sunday 4th September. Each received a bottle of wine. Being finely tuned athletes they probably didn't drink them but gave them away instead! They also won a highly polished dish that will go into the Striders award cabinet in SiD. MIDLANDS CROSS- COUNTRY RELAYS Being run on 8th October at Aston University Playing Fields, Walsall, we need people to run in the event. Each lap is 6K and we are after 3 ladies and 4 men per team. Interested then let Phil Lord ( ) know at the very latest by Wed. 21st September at the latest.

9 Page Thursday night club running an announcement Nothing dramatic. Historically the time set for meeting has been 18 hrs, to set off by 184 hrs. This over the recent months/years has slipped to starting the run nearer to 100 hrs. We have had feedback from a number of members who find this inconvenient, for various reasons, and have requested that we try and get back to the originals times. So if you do come up on Thursdays (and hopefully you will, because the more the merrier), please can you ensure you re ready to go by 184 hrs. Many thanks.