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VMC ROAD RUNNERS "'NT^VOL.19 n\9ilNO. 2 JUNE 1987 NEWSLETTER Price $2.00 ISSN 0813-7870 I H i i ULTRA-DISTANCE RUNNERS1 SOCIAL EVENT OF 1986 - THE LOGAN WEDDING. Left to right: COLIN BROWNE,DOT BROWNE,GERRY RILEY(obscured),KEN EMERY, TERRY VALLENCE,GOEFF HOOK,PETER LOGAN,JOAN L0GAN(nee Cameron),MAUREEN RILEY(peeping through between the pair),JIM CRAWFORD,MICK WHITEOAK. Registered by Australia Post Publication No. VBH 0488. RUNNING GROUPS Any regular local running groups are invited to join the list. Please send details to: VMC Office, 598 High St., East Kew. 3102. The VMC gets numerous requests from our members for training advice and running contacts. In order to provide this service to our members, Fred Lester, VMC General Secretary and an AFTCA Coach Grade 2, is available from 10.00am on Sundays ( o-ther than race days) at the Stradbroke Park Athletic Track, Cnr. Burke & Harp Roads, East Kew. Club members wishing to assist are welcome to come along and run with groups of varying stan dards, to encourage beginners and establish a ’Helping Hand* group, and foster a greater club spirit. BBQ and tot's playground nearby. GREENSBOROUGH REGULA RUNNERS Women's Running Group - all ages & abilities. Group meets on Wednesdays at 9.30am at Willinda Park, Greensborough. Beg inners welcome, child minding provided. Distances and routes vary weekly. A Thursday group meets at 9.00am at the rear of Sports Fair in Greens- borough to run for 1 - li hours. For other runs at various times, please ring the VMC Office, 817-1033, for information. WATTLE PARK Women's Over-AO Group. Contact Marg Anderson, 288-1894. The group meets on Mondays 10.00am near the chalet and clock tower, top of Wattle Park driveway. YARRA VALLEY RAMBLERS Men and Women, mixed standards, contact David Bland, (B) 509-1952. This group meets on Sundays at 8.30am at Kew-Camb- erwell Athletic Track, Stradbroke Park, Cnr. Burke & Harp Rds., East Kew. Yarra Valley courses, Eastern parkland rambles. COBURG FUN RUNNERS train at Harold Stevens Athletic Track (Melways Map 18-A9/10) every Tuesday and Thursday night at 6.15pm. Contact mail to 55 Woodlands Avenue, Pascoe Vale, 3044. Phone: 386-9251. PENINSULA ROAD RUNNERS For runs of various distances in the Mornington Peninsula area, contact: Kon Butko 787-1309; Ray & Mark Lewis 789-6109; Gordon Loughnan (059)77—4892; Tony McMahon 786—5154. BALLARAT Mount Helen Fitness Trail Runs start at 9.30am at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education, 8km from Ballarat on the Midland Highway to Geelong. For information ring Laurie Prosser, BCAE, (053) 30-1800, or Newell Barrett, Shire of Buninyong, (053) 41-3501. FERNY CREEK Meet at the Cafe in Ferny Creek, near corner of Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road and Mast Gully Road (Melways Map 75-C4), Sunday mornings from 8.00-9.00am for a long run (8, 15, 17, 21 mile circouts) in mag nificent bush surroundings, a combination of road running and Sherbrooke Forest tracks. Back to the Cafe after, for breakfast. Dozens of other runners for company. * A WORD OF ADVICE * If you decide to run with any of these groups, please spend a minute or two of your time BEFORE YOU START to find out the DISTANCE and PACE of any group of runners. There is probably nothing worse for a beginner than to be left behind after the first 500 metres, or to struggle to run beyond what is sensible for your present level of training. If in doubt, start by running with the slowest group available. You can always graduate to longer/faster runs as your fitness improves. VMC ROAD RUNNERS T-SHIRTS AND SINGLETS One of the most popular 'swappable' garments on the running scene, these are always available at $8.00 each, plus $1 postage and packing. Colours are white with navy logo. Order by mail from the VMC Office, 598 High St. East Kew, 3102 (phone 817-1033). Also available at any of our runs. ^SPECIAL* There are still a few special Zatopek T-shirts available for sale at only $6.00, plus P & P as above. Sizes are limited so be quick! .V - -V . -x- - X - - x - # -x- -55- -j;- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -x- -X- -X- -II- -X- -x- -x- * # # -H- •)!- -A- -x- -x- * -x- -SI- * * -X- -X- -X- * ■£ -X- -x- * * -x- # -cut here------------------- 1---- cut here------------------------- cut here- RACE ENTRY FORM -VMC ROAD RUNNERS-598 High St.,E.KEW 3102.(ONLY for races giving actual closing dates oh Fixture List BLOCK LETTERS,PI ease! Please enter me for the following race .................................. on Date.../.../..., SURNAME ............................................ I N I TI A L S ........CALL N A M E .................. A D D R E S S . ............................................ ..................... POST C O D E ............. PHONE (Home) ...................................... ( W o r k ) ......................................... BEST TIME OVER THIS OR NEAREST D I S T A N C E . .......................DATE OF S A M E . / ____ /. (last 2 years,if available) PLACE WHERE H E L D ................................NAME OF R A C E ................................. DATE OF BIRTH ............... ..................... MALE/FEMALE(Cross out inapplicable) CORRECT AMOUNT ENCLOSED $ ........... SIGNATURE OF E N T R A N T ................................D A T E . / . / ____ NOW TURN FORM OVER AND SIGN DECLARATION AT BACK after checking the correctness of your information.Don't forget to enclose the SSAE and RACE FEE for return of race information, NOTErAny additional copies of this form must also carry copies of the Declaration on the reverse side or cannot be accepted. Please make out all entry details in BLOCK LETTERS and enclose a SSAE(_Stamped,Self- Addressed EnveIope),preferabIy size 235mm x 120mm,for return of information on the appropriate event.ALWAYS check closing dates on the fixture list on page 23. --------- cut h e r e --------------------- cut here---------------------- cut here------------------ DECLARATI ON 1. I,the undersigned,in consideration of and as a condition of acceptance of my entry in the VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB & ROAD RUNNERS event, named on this Entry Form,for myself,my heirs,executors and administrators hereby waive all and any claim,right or cause of action which I or they might otherwise have for or arising out of loss of my life or injury damage or loss of any description whatsoever which I may suffer of sustain in the course of or consequent upon my entry or participation in the said event. 2. This waiver,re I ease and discharge shall be and operate separately in favour of all persons,corporations and bodies involved and otherwise engaged in promoting or staging the event and the servants,agents,representatives and officers of any of them,and includes but is not limited to Commonwealth and State Departments and Instrumentalities,medical and paramedical prac titioners and personnel,and shall so operate whether or not the loss,injury or damage is attributable to the act or neglect of any or more of them. 3. I have read the rules and conditions of the event as stated in the declara tion above and upon literature and other material distributed in connection with the event and agree to abide by them. S I G N E D ............................................................... DATE. *l certify that I am the parent/guardian of ..................... and that he/she has my consent to participate in this event. S I G N E D ............................................................... DATE. (♦Complete if applicable) THE COST OF YOUR SPORT IS LARGELY IN YOUR HANDS ! If anyone suggested that in a community of ever increasing costs sport can be exempted, that person would be greeted with hollow Iaughter,caI Ied a fool or probably declared insane. However,habits being rather strong,many people take a long time to re-adjust to this fact of life,as various increases in the cost of living creep up most unevenly over the many items we have to come regard as necessities of life,our life as sportsmen and women anyway. In larger clubs and organisations such as ours,we need - NO , DEPEND ! - on input by un-paid and under-paid administrators and officials as well asvoluntary assistance of many kinds from the bulk of the general membership to maintain our activities in a way which will satisfy the aims of the Club. Our Club has over the years,based on experience of over 40 years,developed various means and systems to cope with this problem and changes as they took pi ace.Unless we,and that is the whole of our membership,are conscious of staying cost-effective it will be no use of complaining about about increasing costs.Let's have a look at some of the factors applying to a club of 720 members. Let us assume that Administrative Secretarial Services - pIanning,costing,records, banking,public relations,etc.,etc.- are charged at a bare minmum of $10 per hour. Let us also assume that we are efficient enough to keep the multitude of expenses at a bare minimum.Our basis are such costs in early 1987. ... .nr, 1 p.100 p.100 ITEM SERVICE TIME COST TIME COST EXTENSION Processing per enveIope(address) 3 mins -.50 5 Hrs 50.- Processing address labels 6 " 1.00 10 " 100.- Yearly cost address labels -.05 5.- Mailing per envelope(plus postage) -.40 40.- The above items are things that every member is involved with at least once during a full year,pi us entry procedures for various special events. Over one third of the membership fail to renew on time and are sent a reminder letter, another cost to the whole Club.Close to 200 do not fill in labels.Hundreds send in requests for information,entry forms and other items WITHOUT INCLUDING a Stamped Self Addressed Envelope.