St. Bede's A.C. e-news



AGM

The Annual General Meeting for the club is being held this Tuesday 27th Nov. after training (8:30ish) at Esholt.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.

West Yorkshire Winter League

The 2nd race in the West Yorkshire Winter League is being held next Sunday 2nd December at Dewsbury.  This is a new venue - click on the link for directions   http://www.stbedesac.org.uk/wywldesbury.html

We got off to an O.K. start in the first race at Thackley with Will Kerr finishing 7th and Duncan Asquith 15th but there is room for improvement.  Hopefully for this race the mens team will be strengthened but with Louise McGechaen being injured and Diane Craven away we need a good turnout from ALL available ladies.

Calder Valley Fell rescue

On Tuesday 4th December Calder Valley fell rescue will be coming to Esholt to give us a talk on amongst other things recognising the symptoms of hypothermia and what to do - particularly important with Calderdale Way relay coming up.  This will be after the usual Tuesday training session as about 8:45. We will also be presenting them with a cheque for £250 from the proceeds of the John Carr 5k series as a thank you for their help when Will Kerr needed their assistance at last years Calderdale

Christmas Buffet


The Christmas buffet will be held on Tuesday 18th December after training, everyone is invited to come along - please bring along a plate of something to share.

Forthcoming Races/Events

Chevin Chase - 26th December

Chevin chase online entries are now closed but there are still places available for postal entries - so if you want to run on Boxing day get you entry in quick.   http://www.guiseley.co.uk/airecentre-pacers/CC_Entry_Form_2007.pdf

West Yorkshire Winter League races 2008

The remaining winter league races in 2008 are as follows:

6th January - Pudsey
27th January - Stainland
24th February - Skipton

Run with Eccleshill Road Runners

On Friday 1st February we will be having a run with Eccleshill and Bradford-Airedale from the Idle Cricket club with food and drinks afterwards - this is to help us get to know them better and to really get the partnership working.

Dewsbury 10k

Entries are also now open for the Dewsbury 10k on 3rd February with an earlier start time of 9:00. Entry forms can be downlaoded from http://www.dewsburyroadrunners.co.uk/Docs/10k2008.pdf or you can enter online at https://secure.sports-fitness.com/event/sf/uk/enter/dews10k

World Cross-Country Championships

These are being held in Edinburgh on 30th March 2008 - a chance to see the best cross-country runners in the world up close.

The plan is to go up to Edinburgh on the Saturday stay overnight (perhaps have a beer or 2) and watch the races on the Sunday returning Sunday evening.  There is also an optional 5k race on the Sunday morning.  If you are interested in going please let me know before Christmas as we need to get some accommodation booked.

Baildon Boundary Way

Entries are now open for this popular off-road half marathon to be held on 6th April.  The entries are limited to 400 runners and it will fill up fast so again if you want to do it get your entry in now.  Entry forms are available to download http://www.stbedesac.org.uk/bbw2008e.doc

Lakeland Trail Series

Fancy something a bit different - these are a great series of trail races which are very popular and really well organised with entertainment and post race meal.   Andy Hudson has done the Garburn trail and I've done the Coniston trail and was really enjoyable.  Probably half way between a trail race and a fell race,  they are very popular and always fill up before the closing date.  http:\\www.lakelandtrails.org