BIGGLESWADE ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER

SEPTEMBER 2017

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News and events for September 2017:

 Annual Open – 23 Sep  Preparing for the Open – 16 Sep  Biggleswade AC Current Vacancies  Free Community Defibrillator Training - 14 Sep  Indoor and Sportshall Athletics  Round Norfolk Relay - 16 & 17 Sep  Quiz Night – 13 Oct  Club Records on track  Your performance on the web  New Members  Hibbard Trophy – 10 Sep  Training...

Annual Open – 23 Sep Entries are rapidly filling especially on the fields events which are almost full. This is also our club track championships. We will also need plenty of helpers to make this its usual success, no previous experience necessary. If you are able to help please update the forum page.

Preparing for the Open – 16 Sep Maintenance morning 9 to 12 - grease the hurdles, oil the winding mechanisms, tidy the store and generally prep for the Open. Many hands will make light work - 130 hurdles to grease and tighten up with 4 people can take an hour. Volunteers are needed to dig a sandpit, pull a tape measure, move hurdles – all will be welcome. Free hot food and drinks will be supplied.

Quiz Night – 13 Oct Our next quiz will be at Sandy Sports Centre Friday 13th October from 7:30pm, proceeds to be shared with a cancer charity. £10-00 including supper

New Members Welcome to the following members that joined us recently: Lewis Parkins, Nick Lester, Sophie Lester, Sharon Jenkins, Ionela Grisic Morgan Jukes, Ethan Sinclair, Alice Middleton Biggleswade AC Current Vacancies Your club needs you! Biggleswade Athletic Club relies on the passion and commitment of members to support it, enabling us to thrive, grow and compete. It is volunteers who regularly give their time as coaches or in club management who ensure we have the membership offer you all value. Whatever your skills and interests are, we have roles where you can give time regularly. We are looking for members who are interested in helping the club in formal roles as committee members. Current vacancies are:  Treasurer – managing the club accounts  Events Diary Manager – taking bookings for Sandy Track  Track Manager – ensuring Sandy Track is maintained Aside from the committee, we also need support with club catering from either one person or a group:  Catering role Members of all ages and abilities are encouraged to think about how you can help. Please see the Forum on the Biggleswade AC website for more details on the roles, and contact the club chairman (Damien Pitts) to discuss these roles.

Free Community Defibrillator Training - 14 Sep Chris Robson, Sandy Town Clerk, has written about free defibrillator training. The Club Secretary has put his letter on the forum: The Community Heartbeat trust will be demonstrating the use of defibrillators and explaining how the equipment works and its benefits to the community in saving precious minutes in the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. The more people that know how to use the portable defibrillators installed in our community, the more chance there is of saving the life of a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. Sandy Town Council has arranged for training to take place on Thursday 14 September 2017 at 7.30pm at the Jenkins Pavilion, Sunderland Road, Sandy. And would like to invite you and members of your group to attend. Everybody is welcome and no special skills are required, just your willingness to play an important role in the event of a medical emergency. To book a place on the training course please contact the council office on 01767 681491 or email [email protected] with the names and contact details of those who will be attending. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Indoor and Sportshall Athletics On Monday 16th October we start our indoor athletics and core sessions, from 6pm to 7pm at Stratton School sports hall, £2.50 a session. Core sessions for all juniors and seniors, Sportshall Athletics for mini bees, and little bees. List of competitions are being compiled for Sportshall Athletics and regional finals, cross country and indoor athletics seasons, more details next month

Round Norfolk Relay - 16 & 17 Sep The BAC RNR Committee have been working out the cycle and night car support roles, following the announcement of this years team. Confirmation of the team, which now includes the cycle and night car support roles, can be seen on the RNR page of the Biggleswade AC website. Where there are two names for one of the roles, this is because we will leave it up to the two individuals to discuss who wants to do the role. The RNR Team Briefing is on Tuesday 5th September at 8:15pm, at Sandy Upper School. This is for all members of the team and for anyone from the club to find out what RNR is all about. More information about the RNR at www.roundnorfolkrelay.com.

Club Records on track David Brown has provided a list of Club record performances from this year's track season. There may be others in the U11 age group, they will be reported after the Open where hopefully many more records may go. U13 Girls Shot Sophie Steele 9.08m Bedford 13/8/17 Javelin Natasha Ryall 21.20m Kingston 28/7/17 Discus Sophie Steele 24.15m Bedford 13/8/17 U15 Boys 100m Cameron Rayner 11.7 secs Colchester 29/7/17 U15 Girls High Jump Leonie Brunning 1.67m Bedford 25/6.17 Pentathlon Chloe Emery U17 Men Shot (6 kg) Nathan Dodds 12.80m Chelmsford 25/6/17 Discus (1.5 kg) Nathan Dodds 37.80m Colchester 29/7/17 Shot (7.26 kg) Nathan Dodds 9.92m 19/8/17 Javelin (800g) Nathan Dodds 44.22m Luton 18/4/17 Sen Men 110m Hurdles Euan Dickson Earle 14.42 secs Loughborough 21/5/17 Discus Ethan Sinclair 39.68m Peterborough 19/8/17 Sen Women 3000m Elaine Livera 10 mins 57.5 secs Peterborough 19/8/17 4 x 400m Hannah Ridley, Elaine 4 mins 25.8 secs Livera, Katie Miles, Alice Middleton V35 Men Shot (7.26 kg) Jon Fediw 8.04m Milton Keynes 5/7/17 V45 Women Pole Vault Kathryn Juty 1.50m Peterborough 19/8/17 Triple Jump Kathryn Juty 6.54m Peterborough 19/8/17 V55 Women 100m Sandra Ingham 22.0 secs (=CR) 400m Helen Kapur 113.5 secs Bedford 3/5/17 1500m Helen Kapur 8 mins 25.4 secs Cambridge 7/6/17

Your performance on the web We have a page on our website that records and displays individual runners best performances (Runner's PBs)**. At the moment it is largely populated by the older (and very old) members but it is open to all. If you want to have your presence on the world wide web then send Ken Prior your best performances from 5Km to ultra marathon. You can see the format on the existing page. This is YOUR page so there is no verification required, we just ask that it was a race over a reasonably accurate distance, Park Runs are fine. Ken needs a recognisable photo of you and a list of times/distances/ venues/dates. If there are just a couple to add then email the information, if you have lots to add then email for a mini spreadsheet that Ken can auto-upload. You can update these as often as you want, just me an email. Ken is looking forward to adding lots of new members and their performances, email him at [email protected]. ** yes, it should be Runners' PBs, blame your webmaster for that

Hibbard Trophy – 10 Sep The Hibbard Trophy is an Eastern Athletic Assoc. intercounty event at Stevenage on 10 Sep. Selected from our club to represent Bedfordshire at the Hibbard trophy are Sen men Jamie Hall 5000 m Josh Watson High Jump, 110m Hurdles Euan Dickson Earle 110m hurdles Alex Ingham Javelin, Triple Jump Sen women Elaine Ivre 3000m Sarah Ridley 100m, Shot, Discus U17 Men Nathan Dodds Discus, Shot, Javelin There could be others between now and the 10 September. The match at Stevenage is between Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambs, Herts and ourselves Bedfordshire.

Training...

The weekly training schedule is outlined below, see the Training page of the website to see what the sessions involve, and the Club calendar for the latest information

Monday 18:00 Senior Road Running Wednesday 17:30 Mini Bees 19:00 Senior Running 19:00 Senior Session 20:30 Core Conditioning 19:00 Senior Structured Training

Tuesday 17:30 Sprint Session Thursday 17:30 Sprint Session 18:00 Track Session - 800 to 1500m 18:00 Track Session - 800 to 1500m 18:00 Track Session - over 800m 18:30 Field Event Session 18:30 Field Event Session 18:30 Junior Sessions 18:30 Junior Sessions 19:00 Senior Distance Running 18:30 Road Running Session 19:00 Senior Road Running 19:00 Senior Distance Running Session 19:00 Senior Road Running Session Sunday Coffee & Cake Run

Sunday Morning Coffee and Cake Runs See the schedule of runs on the club calendar; you should also check the message board for more details in the week leading up to each run. Route maps are on the web site here or go to "Events" then "Coffee and Cake". Core Conditioning Core Conditioning Sessions will run on Monday nights at 8.30pm on the grass at the track. The cost will be £2.50 per session, and you won't need a track pass. The sessions are being run by Simon Desborough who runs Triumph Wellbeing in Potton with a view to continue all year round. These sessions are for over 18s. Core Conditioning is about strengthening the multiple muscle groups in the centre (core) of the body, including the abdominal and low back muscles, diaphragm, pelvic floor muscles, latissimus dorsi, hip flexors and the gluteal muscles. All these muscles work in concert to stabilize the spine while moving your limbs. Senior Road Training The group mainly meet at the front of Sandy Sports Centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, but also take part in occasional away days. The away days and specific session themes as currently known are listed here, check the calendar for updates (deselect everything except "Training" on the drop-down Agenda list and look for "Senior Road Running" on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Tue Sep 5 Hillwork led by Gary Biggleswade loop led by Juliet Thu Sep 7 from Runners Need, Biggleswade A1 Shopping Park, SG18 8NE Biggleswade Away Day led by Nick Haworth. Tue Sep 12 from Crown Hotel (Wetherspoons), Biggleswade SG18 0JE Thu Sep 14 Route 51 ledy by Gary Tue Sep 19 Fartlek led by Gary Thu Sep 21 Sandy Loop led by Damien Pitts Tue Sep 26 Starbursts led by Gary Thu Sep 28 RSPB Loop led by Juliet Tue Oct 3 Speedwork led by Gary Thu Oct 5 Biggleswade Loop led by Juliet Tue Oct 10 Gamlingay Away Day led by Jan Blake Thu Oct 12 Sandy Loop led by Gary Tue Oct 17 Hillwork led by Gary Thu Oct 19 Route 51 with torches led by Damien Pitts Tue Oct 24 Fartlek led by Gary Thu Oct 26 RSPB Loop with torches led by Juliet Tue Oct 31 Halloween led by Gary

Mini Bees For children between the ages of 6 to 8 years old, Wednesdays 5:30pm to 6:30pm, from 12 July to 27 Sep The sessions will be held at the athletics track in Sandy (within the grounds of Sandy Upper School) and will take place every Wednesday from 12th July until the 27th September. Sessions start at 5.30pm and finish at 6.30pm. The programme will cost £25 for 12 sessions, or £2.50 per session. The proposed training schedule is: Week 1 – Short Sprints Week 2 – Long Jump Week 3 – Endurance (no longer than 400m) Week 4 – High Jump Week 5 – Small Hurdles Week 6 – Throws (Soft Shot and Discus) All sessions will start with simple athletic drills and finish with a warm down. It is a six week programme that will be repeated, so that they have the opportunity to do everything twice. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because the children are under 8 years old, parents/guardians will be required to be in attendance for the full hour. Any questions, speak to Sonia or Mandie. RACE LISTINGS For a complete schedule of races, look at the Club calendar - if you want to see a list, click "Agenda" at the top right, and use the drop-down menu to pick out the type of event you want; click on the event to see if there's any more details. Club Championships Sun 10 Sep Swineshead 10 mile - online entry links, 350 places Sun 1 Oct Standalone 10k, Letchworth Garden City – entries nearly 2/3 full Sun 19 Nov St Neots - entries now full Fixtures for 2017 David Brown has provided a list of events (since updated) SAL Southern Athletics League, Division 3 North ESAA English Schools Athletic Association ERRA English Road Running Association CAU UK Counties Athletic Union Track, Field, and Indoor events 2-3 Sep Youth Develop, League Finals, Birmingham 2-3 Sep Masters Combined Events Sheffield 16-17 Sep ESAA Combined Events and Walks Boston Cross Country events 7 Oct ERRA 6/4 Stage Relays 4 Nov English Cross Country Ass. Relays Mansfld 25 Nov ESAA Cross Country Cup Sevenoaks 2 Dec ESAA CE International Glasgow Road Running: Stu has considerably updated his list of upcoming events that are either (vaguely) local or which feature club members on the entry list. If you are entering a race not on the list, either close to home or further afield, you can let us know on the forum. Races entered by members are marked "*" Sat 2 Sep * Bedford Half Marathon Sat 2 Sep The Beer Chase, London (5k & 10k) Sat 2 Sep Olympic Park 10k summer series finale, London Sat 2 Sep Run Richmond Park 5k & 10k, London Sat 2 Sep Shoreham Woods 10k trail run, Sevenoaks Sat 2 Sep * Stanwick Glorun 5k, Northamptonshire Sat 2 Sep St Albans Stampede (12 hour race running on 4 mile loop) Sun 3 Sep Dunstable Downs Challenge (Marathon, half marathon, 20 mile) Sun 3 Sep Overton 5 mile Sun 3 Sep Parallel London, Olympic Park (inc 5k & 10k) Sun 3 Sep Regents Park 10k summer series finale, London Sat 9 Sep Clapham Common 10k, London Sat 9 Sep Wimbledon Common 10k, London Sun 10 Sep * half marathon, Newcastle upon Tyne Sun 10 Sep Leighton 10 mile, Leighton Buzzard Sun 10 Sep * Swineshead 10 mile (Club Championship) Sun 10 Sep Two Arms On Two Legs half marathon & 10k, Aylesbury Sun 10 Sep Woodland Zombie Run, Norwich Sat 16 Sep Olympic Park 5k & 10k, London Sun 17 Sep Cransley 10k and half marathon, Kettering Sun 17 Sep * The Famous Canadian Beer Run, Toronto, Canada Sun 17 Sep Manuden 5k & 10k, Bishop's Stortford Sun 17 Sep Harvest Trail Half Marathon, Royston Sun 17 Sep Ouse Valley Way Marathon, St Neots Sun 17 Sep Richmond Marathon, London (inc half) Sun 17 Sep Run Reigate 10k & half marathon Sun 17 Sep Shardeloes 10k, Amersham Sun 17 Sep Shelford 5k, Cambridgeshire Sat 23 Sep Guts Ultra (58km) and half marathon, Barnes, London Sun 24 Sep Sun 24 Sep * Global Energy Race 10k, Torono, Canada Sun 24 Sep Jolly Jaguars 10k, Coltishall, Norfolk Sun 24 Sep St Paul's Waldon Bury Run 10k, Hitchin Sun 24 Sep Sandringham 10k, Kings Lynn Sun 1 Oct Graham Taylor Abbots Langley 5k & Tough 10k, Abbots Langley Sun 1 Oct Ley Hill Challenge 5k & 10k, Chesham Sun 1 Oct Middlesex 10k, Hackney Sun 1 Oct South Bucks 5k & 10k, Slough Sun 1 Oct * Standalone 10k, Letchworth Garden City (Club Championship) Sun 1 Oct * Willow 10k, Hatfield Mon-Wed 2-4 Oct Three days of six-hour timed races, Hayes: Another Run Bites The Dust / Don't Stop Me (Running) Now I Want To Break Three Sat 7 Oct CALM 10k, London Sat 7 Oct Richmond Park 5k & 10k, London Sun 8 Oct Big Charity 10k, Greenwich, London Sun 8 Oct * half marathon, Peterborough Sun 8 Oct Herts 10k, Harpenden Sun 8 Oct Putney & Fulham Riverside Half Marathon, London Sun 8 Oct Royal Parks Half Marathon, London Sun 8 Oct Wimpole Hoohaah Half Marathon & 10 mile Sun 8 Oct Women's Running Race Series 5k & 10k, Haringey, London Sat 14 Oct Shoreditch Park Relay (4 x 2.5km legs), London Sun 15 Oct Ampthill Trophy 10k Sun 15 Oct Cambourne 5k Sun 15 Oct Clissold Park Relay (4 x 2.5km), London Sun 15 Oct Great Yarmouth East Coast 10k Sun 22 Oct Richmond Park 5k & 10k Sun 22 Oct * Stevenage Half Marathon Sun 22 Oct Water Of Life half marathon & 10k, Marlow Mon 23 Oct Holt 10k, Norfolk Fri-Sun 27-29 Oct Run For Your Life! Ghost Tour & 8k run, London Sun 29 Oct Emer Casey 10k, Herne Hill, London Sun 29 Oct Greenthumb Fenland 10 miles, Wisbech Sun 29 Oct Luton Half Marathon (plus 10k) Sun 29 Oct Ricky Road Run 10 mile, Rickmansworth Sun 29 Oct Wimbledon Half Marathon (plus 10k), London Sun 5 Nov Lode Half Marathon Sun 5 Nov Marlow Half Marathon and Marlow 7 mile race Sun 5 Nov Richmond Riverside Half Marathon, London Sat 11 Nov Chiltern Hills Challenge, Tring (36 miles) Wed 15 Nov Run In The Dark 5k & 10k, Battersea, London Sun 19 Nov Croxley Park 10k, Watford Sun 19 Nov Richmond 10k, London Sun 19 Nov * St Neots Half Marathon (Club Championship) Sat 25 Nov Discover Run The Wild, Tring (approx 13 miles) Sun 26 Nov Bass Belle 10 mile, Bassingbourn Sun 26 Nov Breckland Forest 10k, nr Thetford Sun 26 Nov Hatfield 5 (5 mile) Sun 26 Nov Kingston Riverside 10k, London Sun 26 Nov Watford Autumn 10k Sat 2 Dec Olympic Park 10k winter series opener, London Sun 3 Dec Bedford Harriers Half Marathon Sun 3 Dec Putney Riverside 10k, London Sun 3 Dec Winter Wonderland 5k Santa Run, Thetford Sun 3 Dec Watford Santa Dash 5k Sat 9 Dec Richmond Park 5k & 10k, London Sat 16 Dec Valentines Park Santa Dash 5k, Ilford RESULTS The Club website has a "Results" page at www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/results.html with links to various places where you can find records of our activities. Press reports of more recent activities are in the Chat|BAC Club blog (at biggleswadeacnews.wordpress.com). Some older race results are at: - www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/results_2016.html for 2016 early results - www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/results_2015.html for 2015 results - www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/results_2014.html for 2014 results

The Chat|BAC Club blog has extensive reports (with many photos) on recent events:  Southern Athletics League, Peterbrough, 19 Aug  Eastern Young Athletes League, Bedford, 13 Aug  Kennet & Avon Canal Race, 28 Jul – a 145-mile race  Riverside Runners 30th Anniversary 10k, St Neots, 39 Jul  Bedfordshire AAA 10k  U13 Intercounties, Kingston-upon-Thames, 29 Jul  EYAL fixture in Colchester, 30 Jul  Eastern Masters league series at Stevenage, 26 Jul  Doug Anderson 5k, Bedford, 26 Jul

Biggleswade Athletic Club contacts Most contacts can found on the Club website, together with a map of where the club meets Club Secretary: Hannah Broom [email protected] Web site the club www.BiggleswadeAC.org.uk 6 Mallard Walk, Biggleswade, BEDS SG18 8DY Newsletter Editor: David Hindle [email protected]