The Barnes Bugle, news from...
April 2008
There
are still a few T-shirts, mainly long-sleeve, for sale at a bargain price
of £10. Contact David Cornock to buy one.
CLUB
KIT
This
special offer that arrived in the BR inbox from www.stridestravel.co.uk
“We are an independent travel agent based in Sunbury-on-Thames
and work with a company in Marrakech to organise high altitude (up to
3500m) training holidays in Morocco’s stunning High Atlas Mountains.
Places are available on our 9 day training holidays starting on Saturdays
between April and October 2008 and we wondered if any of your club members
would be interested.
For Barnes Runners members we can offer the following discounted prices:
£379 per person for group bookings of 2 to 4
£359 per person for group bookings of 5 or more
Prices include 6 nights’ full board in the Bougamez Valley and 2 nights’ bed and breakfast in the exotic city of Marrakech, all transfers and the services of an experienced, English-speaking, local Berber running guide.
We can arrange flights to Marrakech with full service scheduled airlines such as Royal Air Maroc or members can book their own budget flights.
We also offer short running breaks to Morocco for the Casablanca Half Marathon, the Marrakech Marathon and Half Marathon and the Extreme Marathon de Zagora
For further information please contact Ian at Strides
Travel on 01932 770530 or at info@stridestravel.co.uk.”
ALTITUDE
TRAINING
This
race on May 26 is full but BR have been approached with an offer of charity
places:
“Action Against Hunger still have a few guaranteed
places left for the BUPA London 10K. If there are any members at Barnes
running club who would be interested in taking part, we would be delighted
to welcome them to the team.
The run will take place on the bank holiday Monday, May 26th 2008 at
10.00am and over 12,500 entrants will participate in what will be the
race’s first year. The course, based on the 2012 Olympic Marathon
circuit will start on Birdcage Walk and follow an anti-clockwise route
around the City of Westminster and City of London.
If you would like to sign up for one of Action Against Hunger’s
guaranteed places, please complete the attached priority entry form
and return to Action Against Hunger at the below address with your £25
entry fee. Hurry because we only have a few places remaining!
We will then
send you:
Running Pack full of fundraising ides and training tips
Action Against Hunger t-shirt
Direct email and telephone support
Information on creating your own sponsorship page using www.justgiving.com
- Setting up your page is simple and takes just 5 minutes. Just email
the link to everyone you know at home or abroad and money is automatically
transferred to Action Against Hunger’s bank account- you don’t
have to chase any cash or cheques!
Sponsor forms
For more information please see www.london10000.co.uk/charities/aah
To be part of the Action Against Hunger team all we ask is that you raise £500 in sponsorship. If you have any queries or require more information, please do not hesitate to contact Amy on 020 8293 6138.
Please can you circulate this information to all of your members at Barnes Running Club.
Kind regards,
Amy O’Donnell
Action Against Hunger UK
Registered Charity No. 1047501
Tel: 0208 293 6138
Mob: 07956826895
Add: First Floor, Rear Premises, 161-163 Greenwich High Road, London
SE10 8JA
www.aahuk.org "
BUPA
LONDON 10K
Congratulations
to all the Barnes Runners who took part in the Thames Towpath 10 on a
snowy April 6, especially Suzanne Gill, who thought she’d entered
a 10k and was slightly surprised to discover that the Towpath 10 pre-dates
the metric age …..
Deven Ghelani was the first Barnes Runner home, followed by Dave Kelly, David Cornock, Stewart Binnie, Elton Ellis, Jonathan Henton, Sophia Turner and Celeste (although not necessarily in that order).
The official results should be on www.west4harriers.org shortly.
Club members continue to run time trials in Richmond
Park and Wimbledon Common. See www.parkrun.com
for details – entry is free.
BARNES
RUNNERS RACING
LONDON
MARATHON TRIP
Barnes
Runners Sam Allpass, Mark Weight and David Cornock are running the London
Marathon this Sunday (April 13) – it’s Sam’s second
marathon inside a month after his fast time in Rome.
Ella Allpass – ella.allpass@googlemail.com - is leading the search party/fan club for supporters to watch the marathon, travelling either on bike or on foot.
The expedition worked well last year, supporting club members at several points en route.
David is running to raise funds for NCH, the children’s charity. There’s a post-race reception near the finish line for sponsors. You can find out more and donate at www.justgiving.com/davidcornock.
Many thanks to those of you who have already given generously.
The
world of running has been rocked to its foundations. A Barnes Runner has
won a race.
Congratulations
to Dylan Grimes (left) who came home first in our contest with Fulham
Running Club on April 2.
Not since Ian Stroud won the fathers’ race at his daughter’s school has a Barnes Runner emerged triumphant in any sort of competition.
Dylan’s victory over the 4.2 mile course does threaten our reputation as a breakfast and drinking club where running is optional. The committee may have to investigate to discover what went wrong.
Dylan attributes his success to an anti-dehydration strategy successfully employed over lunch on the day of the race.
Dave Kelly, Deven Ghelani, David Cornock and Rob Katschmaryk also took part in the race, which we entered in response to an invitation from our new friends at Fulham RC.
They’re keen to repeat the experience - it could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
SPORTING
SHOCK AS BARNES RUNNER WINS