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BIGGLESWADE ATHLETIC CLUB NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2017 BE SAFE – BE SEEN wear a fluorescent vest when running at night 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 Peterborough 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.