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The Paddock Wood AC Newsletter March 2014 The Stopwatch Times For copy e-mail [email protected] Please put Stopwatch Times in the Subject Box Deadline for the Next Edition is the last Friday of the Month www.paddockwoodac.co.uk CHAIRMAN’S CORNER FEBRUARY 2014 The New Year has started with a vengeance with floods affecting large parts of the country and with local areas like Tonbridge and Yalding being seriously flooded. I hope your running and training is not being disturbed by the relentless rain. Progress at our new track is being slowed due to the water logged ground at Putlands but the floodlighting is still being progressed in accordance with Sport England’s completion programme for the end of March 2014. The floodlighting for our new track has been installed and is due to be commissioned in early March. UK Power Networks have installed the new power supply to the track for the floodlights and you may have noticed the slight disruption to traffic on the Maidstone Road as they brought the cable under the road from the substation. Photographs of progress at our track are on the website: www.paddockwoodtrainingtrack.co.uk The latest Kent Fitness Cross Country League match at Meopham was cancelled due to the heavy rain but an alternative date of Sunday 16th March at Swanley Park has been included to replace this cancelled event. The relays scheduled to be held at the same venue / date have been cancelled. Sunday 30th March 2014 will be the 25th anniversary of our Half Marathon, and members are reminded to put this date in their diary as help will be required to ensure we remain one of the most popular half marathon’s in the country. I am sure that club runners will not need to be reminded that the clocks go forward on Saturday 29th March so they must ensure they are not late for the 9.30am start on the Sunday morning! Marshals will be required to attend a marshals briefing at 7.30am at the BCA canteen by the traffic management company and by the chief marshall. If you would like to volunteer to marshal then please contact me at [email protected] or phone me on 01892 833601. We also need 3 more ladies to volunteer to man the cakes and tea stand in the BCA canteen. The list of club entries into the London Marathon is included else ware in the Stopwatch Times. Chuck Wan is running London Marathon with Cancer Research as his nominated charity and Ian Bailey is running with PWAC as his nominated charity. Please contact both runners at club training evenings to sponsor them running the marathon. Mike Ridger - Chairman of PWAC NEW MEMBERS I would like to welcome to the club the following new members. Trevor Crysel Sophie Hollands Maisie Hollyer Alfie Hartley Abigail Hollands Toby Emm Finn Hartley Emily Wright Eloise Emmerson Archie Wright William Haywood Pippa Wright Abigail Exall Hannah Tilston Keith Hollands Claire Holly Membership for 2014 is now OVERDUE, for those of you who have not yet renewed please do so ASAP. You will find a membership form and EA form attached at the end of this Newsletter Penny Roberts - Membership Secretary. PAGE 1 The Paddock Wood AC Newsletter March 2014 FEBRUARY 100 CLUB DRAW RESULTS 1st Prize £25.00 Richard Harris 2nd Prize £15.00 Mark Woods 3rd Prize £10.00 Robert Weighell 25 TH PADDOCK WOOD AC HALF MARATHON SUNDAY 30 TH MARCH 2014, The Paddock Wood Half Marathon is the clubs biggest fund raiser of the year. This year we are expecting a record 2750 entries. We require your help to ensure this event is a success once again for your club. We need volunteers for the following days- Saturday 22ndth March 9.30am- 1pm. We need 25-30 people to assist packing 2300 goody bags on the Eldon Way estate, Unit 11. Saturday 29th March 9am- 1pm. Again on the Eldon Way estate we need help putting up pre race warning signs, crowd barriers and setting up the baggage areas. Sunday 30th March RACE DAY Please contact Mike Ridger on 01892 833601 or [email protected] to assist with marshalling. We need over 50 marshals around the course and at the finish area. We will again be having a refreshment stand as in previous years. This will be organised by my sister Katharine. Could you please get your baking tins out and make some splendid cakes for us to sell! On the day please hand these to my sister inside the Car Auction Hall or drop them off to 1 Goldfinch Close, Paddock Wood on the Saturday. Please make sure you collect your tins/cake containers from the Auction Hall at the end of the day. 1-3pm Once the race is complete we need assistance taking down the crowd barriers and signage. Loading the lorries with the race equipment to take back to Mascalls and tidying up the Eldon Way estate of race rubbish etc. Please note all volunteers will need to be 16 years old or over (those under 16 to have parental supervision). Please speak to one of the following people at training if you can help- James Ridger Pete and Fiona Buckingham Mick Duffin Richard Bidois Gill Tree Carol Emery I thank you in advance for your help. Please remember we cannot put this event on without your help! James Ridger - Race Director - [email protected] or 07714 181 787 CLUB ENTRIES INTO LONDON MARATHON 2014 The following is a list of club runners in the London Marathon on Sunday 13th April 2014 Miriam Dorrity, Andy Exall, Elise Rendall, Tim Versey-Smith, Stella Beard, Nick Brown, Julian Seal, Ian Bailey, Carol Emery, Pete Buckingham, Fiona Buckingham, Caroline Richards, Leanne Bartlett, James Ridger, Maria Heslop, Andrew Day, Claire Day, Stephen Sutton, Sue Chivers, John Tilston, Denise Searle, Chuck Wan, Martin Taylor. Wayne Apps Harry Abrahim An impressive 25 entries including two husband and wife teams. PAGE 2 The Paddock Wood AC Newsletter March 2014 VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON - 22 MILE WATER STATION - SUNDAY 13th APRIL 2014 Yet again, PWAC will be manning the 22-mile water station for the London Marathon, which is going to be in The Highway as in previous years, directly opposite the 13 mile halfway point, making it an ideal location for watching the race. In past years we have had over 120 volunteers travelling to London to help at the water station and play their part on this fantastic occasion. Our group is made up of Club members and their friends and family - a special request goes out to those of you who have taken up the guaranteed Club places for the Marathon to get your friends and family involved (after all, we only get the number of entries we do because of our support at the water station). Since this request appeared in the February Stop Watch Times ONLY 27 people have volunteered so we still need a lot more to do so! This day is hard work and over the years we have had to contend with all the different types of weather imaginable, but above all else it is thoroughly enjoyable and a good day out - you might see more of the actual race by sitting at home watching it on the tv, but you certainly don’t get the atmosphere you experience by being in amongst the action (and you can always set the video or watch the highlights later anyway!). Free coach travel is provided (paid for by the London Marathon organisers) but an early start is needed, so be prepared to leave Paddock Wood at about 7.30 am (returning late afternoon) - more details to follow nearer the day. If you haven’t been before, it is not a day for young, small children, but if you need more details please telephone me. As usual an advance party of “strong young men” (and women!) will be needed to travel up at about 5.30am to deal with the delivery of the water and equipment. YOUR HELP IS NEEDED - PLEASE CALL ME AT HOME ( 01892 836483 ) OR MOBILE (07771 612380) OR PREFERABLY BY E-MAIL [email protected] STRAIGHT AWAY. It is ESSENTIAL that you let me know the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the volunteers as this is a requirement imposed on the organisers by the Metropolitan Police for your security and safety . Thanks Peter Cockcroft KENT FITNESS LEAGUE - FINAL RACE Following the cancellation of the race at Meopham, it is planned to cancel the planned relay event on 16th March and In its place hold Race 7 of the series at Swanley Park. This will incorporate the normal 3 lap route for the seniors - an 11am start - (although probably in reverse from what we did in November) and the 1 lap route for juniors starting at 10.20am. It is hoped that there will be a reasonable turnout for this fixture which will enable the final team and individual placings to be sorted out. The aim is to present most of the awards afterwards at Five Wents Hall where refreshments will be provided. SOUTHERN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2014 We have now had the dates and venues confirmed for this season, this league is open to all girls 11 years old and all women in the club. We will be handing out details to you all shortly, but if you feel like having a go at track and field competition, in a very friendly and low key environment then please let us know.