Distance League Newsletter 162 October 2011

WAKEFIELD DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 26^th October 2011

Ron Needham 01924 829495 email: rodillianrunners@yahoo.co.uk

Celestial Applause for Runners?

Foreboding flashes of sheet lightening lit up the sky in Carlton last night as 13 runners started the second event of our 14^th league “season.” Five minutes into the run a huge flash of lightening and crash of thunder heralded a downpour that had most competitors, having come prepared for a mild evening, shivering with cold (and possibly terror since the Unicorn pub was very spookily decorated for Halloween). Further crashes celebrated former champion Steve Tibbs’ return to league activity (after more than a couple of years’ absence) with a clear win in 18-24 over the 3 miles course, some 36 seconds ahead of second place Tony White. In the ladies’ event, Denise Tibbs, also a former champion, also made a welcome return but couldn’t outpace a very much in-form Clare Peckett, who completed in 24-19.

Injuries and illness to a number of regulars, as well as our usual autumn dip kept down the numbers turning out . What was very pleasing was welcoming Steve and Denise after a fairly long absence - it’s a great feature of the league that former stalwarts are able to drop in for a run when they are able and are made to feel very welcome by everyone when they do. On the other side of the coin, we also continue to make newcomers very welcome (newcomer Yvonne Raynor made her first run last night, completing in 29-19; we hope she enjoyed the experience and will have a long and pleasant association with the league).

In the leagues, Clare’s win makes her a clear early leader, with a 7 point lead in the ladies’ table, but things are much tighter in the men’s with Tony and John now sharing the top spot, with Steven Pilling only 3 points adrift in third.

A good night was had at the Unicorn. As always, we were made very welcome and the Halloween decor and beer both were good. We’ve been back there several times over the years and will be back again in the future, always assuming it doesn’t suffer the usual curse of one of our pub venues (and we sincerely hope it doesn’t, good quiet, welcoming pubs are hard to find these days).

Vets

As reported in previous newsletters, instead of having a separate Vets’ table this year, the O35 (male or female) with the most points in their general table will take the O35 prize, and the same for the O50 prize. Note there is only ONE prize per age group, won by whichever athlete, whether a man or woman, has most points. This means Vets’ points will no longer be awarded on the basis of where you finish in relationship to other Vets in your gender group and there will be no separate Vet’s table produced. As previously, the rule will be one prize per athlete, so if the winner of the men’s prize is a Vet 35, he can’t also win the Vets’ 35 prize, and it would default to the next Vet 35, etc. Also, if the first Vet is, say, 55, he/she will take the Vet 35 prize and the Vets’ 50 prize will default to the next O50, etc.. The date for counting as a Vet is age on1^st September 2011 (so if you are 40 on 2^nd September, you will have to wait till next year). I’ll need to know your age on 1^st September, so please don’t be put out when I ask you your age when you enter for the first time in the year. To fund the extra prizes, the entry fee will be £2.50 (which surely must still be a bargain).

Next Events

The next event will be on Tuesday 22^nd November and will be a relay format, based at the College Inn, Northgate, Wakefield. We’re trying to hold a relay at least every second event. The idea being to give runners who don’t normally have a good chance of being with the leaders the opportunity of taking a prize home, and encouraging people to get to know each other a little better (relays are also good fun). Entry will be £2.50 each runner, start time is 7-30 but please arrive as early as possible (or let me know in advance that you’ll definitely be coming) so I can sort out teams.

Future events will, for the time being at least, be held on Tuesdays. Start time will remain at 7-25/7-30. Please note that the third Tuesday of the month is NOT the “norm” (it just happens that the first three events this year have fallen like that).

Results of second meeting

	Ladies
1	Clare Peckett	24-19
2	Denise Tibbs	25-04
3	Sharon Richman	27-32
4	Sue Needham	27-59
5	Yvonne Raynor	29-19

	Men
1	Steve Tibbs	18-24
2	Tony White	19-00
3	John McCarthy	19-17
4	Steven Pilling	20-09
5	Dan Limb	20-55
6	Richard Mann	21-56
7	David Shaw	25-28
8	Darren Duckworth	26-39

Tables

LADIES’ LEAGUE TABLE

1	Clare Peckett (V35)	20
2	Sue Needham (V50)	13
3=	Emma Hawthorne (V35)	09
3=	Denise Tibbs (V35)	09
5	Charlotte Sommerville (V35)	08
6	Sharon Richman (V35)	07
7	Alice Froggett	06
8	Yvonne Raynor (V35)	05

MEN’S LEAGUE TABLE

1=	John McCarthy V50)	18
1=	Tony White (V35)	18
3	Steven Pilling (V35)	15
4	Dan Limb	13
5	Richard Mann (V50)	11
6	Steve Tibbs (V35)	10
7	Darren Duckworth	06
8	Adam Mills	05
9=	Gerard Coyle (V35)	04
9=	David Shaw (V50)	04

Rodillian Runners and the Distance League

Rodillian Runners is a running club affiliated to NoEAA and UK Athletics. Our headquarters are Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club and we meet there on Tuesday nights for training runs. Most everyone is very welcome to run with us on a Tuesday night but we have to be aware that we are using the rugby club premises and facilities and to be fair to our hosts. For that reason, we ask that all who use the facility on Tuesday training nights either join us as first or second claim members (which in effect means joining the rugby club and gaining all the benefits of membership) or pay a £1-50 per session training fee (this is still 50p cheaper than other clubs in the area). First or second claim membership costs £32 per year. For this, members get full membership of the rugby club and are able to use the facilities free and also to book the clubhouse for private parties for free. First claim members are also able to vote at Rodillian Runners’ meetings and to compete in open events under the banner of “Rodillian Runners.” First and second claim members will also be able to have other advantages such as making use of club places in the London Marathon.

Distance League Newsletter 161 September 2011

WAKEFIELD DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 28^th September 2011

Ron Needham 01924 829495 email: rodillianrunners@yahoo.co.uk

New season starts

The 14^th League “season” made a good start on Tuesday evening, with a 2 stage relay format over a one lap from the Bay Horse at Wrenthorpe. Thirteen entrants posed the usual problem of what to do with the uneven numbers, so Gerard counted twice (but only ran once with his two partners setting off at the change-over). There was a real turn-up for the books on the first stage when fast improving John McCarthy came through with a full 26 seconds lead over champion Tony White - things bode well for what could be the most competitive season for a long time this year. In the ladies event, Clare impressed once more with a time of 10-32, but this was only 35 seconds ahead of newcomer Emma, who had an excellent run. We had three newcomers last night: Emma, Alice and Adam - hope you enjoyed the entire experience guys, and that you’ll go on to have a long and enjoyable distance league career.

The idea behind relays in our events is to give runners who don’t normally have a good chance of being with the leaders the opportunity of taking a prize home, and it certainly worked last night, with Richard and Gerard arriving first home, Charlotte and John second and Darren and Dan taking third prizes. We shall be having more of these wherever the venue and course prove favourable. Speaking of venues, the Bay Horse made us very welcome last night, it was quiet, welcoming and had two very good guest beers to boot. We’ll be back there before too long.

Vets

As reported in last month’s newsletter and in follow-up emails, we’re changing the nature of the Vets’ competition for this year. Instead of having a separate Vets’ table, the O35 (male or female) with the most points in their general table will take the O35 prize, and the same for the O50 prize. Note there is only ONE prize per age group, won by whichever athlete, whether a man or woman, has most points. This means Vets’ points will no longer be awarded on the basis of where you finish in relationship to other Vets in your gender group and there will be no separate Vet’s table produced. As previously, the rule will be one prize per athlete, so if the winner of the men’s prize is a Vet 35, he can’t also win the Vets’ 35 prize, and it would default to the next Vet 35, etc. Also, if the first Vet is, say, 55, he/she will take the Vet 35 prize and the Vets’ 50 prize will default to the next O50, etc.. The date for counting as a Vet is age on1^st September 2011 (so if you are 40 on 2^nd September, you will have to wait till next year). I’ll need to know your age on 1^st September, so please don’t be put out when I ask you your age when you enter for the first time in the year. To fund the extra prizes, we’ll be putting the entry fee up to £2.50 (which surely must still be a bargain).

Next Events

The next event will be on Tuesday 25^th October and will be based at the Unicorn at Carlton. The course will be same as last time we were there, about 3 miles on road. This will not be a relay event. Entry is £2.50. Slower runners start at 7-25, everyone else at 7-30.

Future events will, for the time being at least, be held on Tuesdays. Start time will remain at 7-25/7-30. Please note that the third Tuesday of the month is NOT the “norm” (it just happens that the first three events this year have fallen like that).

Results of first meeting

Relay Teams

1	Gerard Coyle	9-36	Richard Mann	18-56
2	John Mccarthy	8-03	Charlotte Sommerville	19-45
3	Dan Limb	9-01	Darren Duckworth	20-05
4	Gerard Coyle	9-36	Clare Peckett	20-08
5	Adam Mills	9-29	Emma Hawthorne	20-36
6	Tony White	8-29	Sue Needham	20-44
7	Alice Froggett	13-04	Steven Pilling	22-00

Individual Times

	Ladies
1	Clare Peckett	10-32
2	Emma Hawthorne	11-07
3	Charlotte Sommerville	11-42
4	Sue Needham	12-25
5	Alice Froggett	13-04

	Men
1	John McCarthy	8-03
2	Tony White	8-29
3	Steven Pilling	8-56
4	Dan Limb	9-01
5	Richard Mann	9-20
6	Adam Mills	9-29
7	Gerard Coyle	9-36
8	Darren Duckworth	11-04

Tables

LADIES’ LEAGUE TABLE

1	Clare Peckett (V35)	10
2	Emma Hawthorne (V35)	09
3	Charlotte Sommerville (V35)	08
4	Sue Needham (V50)	07
5	Alice Froggett	06

MEN’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	John McCarthy V50)	10
2	Tony White (V35)	09
3	Steven Pilling (V35)	08
4	Dan Limb	07
5	Richard Mann (V50)	06
6	Adam Mills	05
7	Gerard Coyle (V35)	04
8	Darren Duckworth	03

Rodillian Runners and the Distance League

Rodillian Runners is a running club affiliated to NoEAA and UK Athletics. Our headquarters are Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club and we meet there on Tuesday nights for training runs. Most everyone is very welcome to run with us on a Tuesday night but we have to be aware that we are using the rugby club premises and facilities and to be fair to our hosts. For that reason, we ask that all who use the facility on Tuesday training nights either join us as first or second claim members (which in effect means joining the rugby club and gaining all the benefits of membership) or pay a £1-50 per session training fee (this is still 50p cheaper than other clubs in the area). First or second claim membership costs £32 per year. For this, members get full membership of the rugby club and are able to use the facilities free and also to book the clubhouse for private parties for free. First claim members are also able to vote at Rodillian Runners’ meetings and to compete in open events under the banner of “Rodillian Runners.” First and second claim members will also be able to have other advantages such as making use of club places in the London Marathon.

The distance league was started to provide a fun and not too serious monthly run out for members and friends of Rodillian Runners and a social occasion afterwards. There is a general open invitation for anyone in the area to take part – the more the merrier. The Committee of Rodillian runners, however, reserves the right at any time to decide who may and may not participate.

Next Event

Tuesday 25^th October

The Unicorn, Carlton

Take the A61 from Wakefield. Turn right at traffic lights at Half-Way House at Robin Hood. Take first right (about 300 metres) and continue past the Rose Bud to end of this road. Turn left, The Unicorn is on the right in about 200 metres (car parking opposite)

2 lap course, approximately 2.5 miles total

Start at 7-25, slower runners, 7-30 faster runners

Entry - £2.50

FUTURE DATES

.

22^nd November

20^th December

All Tuesday, venues of all to be confirmed (except 20^th December which will be the traditional Christmas Handicaps from the Stanley Rodillian club house)

Distance League Newsletter 160 August 2011

WAKEFIELD DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 26^th August 2011

Ron Needham 01924 829495 email: rodillianrunners@yahoo.co.uk

Last event of the 2010/11 season

The last event of the 13^th “season” of the league took place last Tuesday, followed by the traditional celebratory buffet and presentation. Before the event (taking place on our now also traditional course) only one of the league titles (men’s) was decided, so it was all to run for on the night in the ladies’ and vets’. As if to make things absolutely clear, men’s champion Tony White produced a first rate performance to be first home in 19-20, with John McCarthy 19 seconds adrift, followed by Steven Pilling in 20-48. First lady home was Clare in 25-13, an excellent performance, with Gill second in 25-32, followed by Louise in 26-21. Steven’s performance brought him 8 points in the Vets’ table, enough to give him second place in the Vet’s table and, therefore, the Vets’ trophy, whilst the 8 points Louise gained and the 10 points gained by Clare resulted in a tie in the Ladies’ league table and a sharing of the championship.

All in all, our 13^th year has been an exciting one, and one in which we have seen a rise in average numbers again, after a dip in participation over the last 3 years or so. We’ve run new courses, been in different pubs (some of which managed to stay open even after our kiss of death visit). We’ve met new members and continued to provide challenges for those who have been around from the start. We’ve seen some performances improve considerably.

Our second cake competition was also a huge success, with 8 entries. Our thanks to everyone for joining in so enthusiastically with some very imaginative designs and wonderful tasting contributions. Our very grateful thanks to our panel of judges (Jane, Alan and Wendy) who had the really difficult job of making the decision. In the end, only one point separated first (Sue) from second (Louise).

We also owe grateful thanks to Sue for preparing the buffet and to Pete and dot for their help in doing so.

Start Times

Last month, I asked members to let me know their preferences for start times (possibly to bring forward the time to 7-00). I had some replies from members, some of whom have supported the league for a good number of years, telling me bringing it forward would make it difficult for them to get from work to the start on time. It wouldn’t be such a problem were all events to take place at one venue (i.e. the Rodillian clubhouse), but as our policy is to move around the area, it makes it more difficult. Because of this, therefore, we’ll be sticking to the 7-30 start at least for the time being.

Vets

We’re changing the nature of the Vets’ competition for next year. As our members are tending to get a bit older (as you do), we’ll be having three separate Vet’s prizes, over 40, over 50 and over 60. But, instead of having a separate Vets’ table, the O40 with the most points in their general table will take the O40 prize, and the same for the O50 and O60 prizes. Note there is only ONE prize per age group, won by whichever athlete, whether a man or woman, has most points. This means Vets’ points will no longer be awarded on the basis of where you finish in relationship to other Vets in your gender group and there will be no separate Vet’s table produced. As previously, the rule will be one prize per athlete, so if the first Man is a Vet 40, he can’t also win the Vets’ 40 prize and it would default to the next Vet 40, etc. Also, if the first Vet is, say, 55, he/she will take the Vet 40 prize and the Vets’ 50 prize will default to the next O50, etc.. The date for counting as a Vet is age on1^st September 2011 (so if you are 40 on 2^nd September, you will have to wait till next year). I’ll need to know your age on 1^st September, so please don’t be put out when I ask you your age when you enter at next month’s event. To fund the extra prizes, we’ll be putting the entry fee up to £2.50 (which surely must still be a bargain).

Next Event

The next event will be on Tuesday 27^th September and will be based at the Bay Horse at Wrenthorpe and will be two laps of the circuit around the old Bradford Road and across and past the Vine at Newton Bar (about 2.5 miles all told). Entry is £2.50. We’ve been made extremely welcome at this venue in the past.

Result of 12th Meeting (approximately 2.9 miles road from Rodillian Club House)

	Ladies
1	Clare Peckett	25-13
2	Gill Day	25-32
3	Louise Walker	26-21
4	Charlotte Sommerville	26-48
5	Sharon Richman	27-30
6	Sue Needham	28-05

	Men
1	Tony White	19-20
2	John McCarthy	19-39
3	Steven Pilling	20-48
4	Dan Limb	21-34
5	Richard Mann	21-59
6	Gerard Coyle	24-03
7	Mark Hannett	25-35
8	Dave Shaw	26-50

Tables

LADIES’ LEAGUE TABLE

1=	Louise Walker	91
1=	Clare Peckett	91
3	Charlotte Sommerville	83
4	Helen Mann	70
5	Sharon Richman	52
6	Gill Day	52
7	Sue Needham	51
8	Dot Hand	40
9	Debbie Mann	25
10	Jo Hodgson	06

VET’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	106
2	Steven Pilling	92
3	Louise Walker	91
4	Clare Peckett	91
5	John McCarthy	87
6	Charlotte Sommerville	81
7	Gerard Coyle	79
8	Helen Mann	70
9	Richard Mann	62
10	Sharon Richman	60
12	Gill Day	52
11	Sue Needham	50
13	Dave Shaw	46
14	Dot Hand	40
15	Mark Hannett	37
16	Stuart Anderson	32
17	Adam Cooper	20
18=	Steve Wilkinson	09
18=	Alan Stainer	09
20	Mick Coyle	07
21	Jo Hodgson	06
22	Ron Needham	05

MEN’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	106
2	Steven Pilling	87
3	John McCarthy	86
4	Gerard Coyle	69
5	Richard Mann	59
6	Dave Shaw	38
7	Mark Hannett	34
8	Dan Limb	31
9	Stuart Anderson	26
10	Darren Duckworth	25
11	Adam Cooper	20
12	Steve Wilkinson	09
13	Jonathan Wootton	09
14	Mick Coyle	07
15	Patrick McTigue	06
16	Ron Needham	05
17	Alan Stainer	05
18	Todd Hignett	04

Rodillian Runners and the Distance League

Rodillian Runners is a running club affiliated to NoEAA and UK Athletics. Our headquarters are Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club and we meet there on Tuesday nights for training runs. Most everyone is very welcome to run with us on a Tuesday night but we have to be aware that we are using the rugby club premises and facilities and to be fair to our hosts. For that reason, we ask that all who use the facility on Tuesday training nights either join us as first or second claim members (which in effect means joining the rugby club and gaining all the benefits of membership) or pay a £1-50 per session training fee (this is still 50p cheaper than other clubs in the area). First or second claim membership costs £32 per year. For this, members get full membership of the rugby club and are able to use the facilities free and also to book the clubhouse for private parties for free. First claim members are also able to vote at Rodillian Runners’ meetings and to compete in open events under the banner of “Rodillian Runners.” First and second claim members will also be able to have other advantages such as making use of club places in the London Marathon.

The distance league was started to provide a fun and not too serious monthly run out for members and friends of Rodillian Runners and a social occasion afterwards. There is a general open invitation for anyone in the area to take part – the more the merrier. The Committee of Rodillian runners, however, reserves the right at any time to decide who may and may not participate.

Next Event

Tuesday 27^th September

Bay Horse, Wrenthorpe

187 Bradford Road, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2AT

2 lap course, approximately 2.5 miles total

Start at 7-25, slower runners, 7-30 faster runners

Entry - £2.50

FUTURE DATES

.

25^th October

22^nd November

20^th December

All Tuesday, venues of all to be confirmed (except 20^th December which will be the traditional Christmas Handicaps from the Stanley Rodillian club house)

Distance League Newsletter 159 July 2011

WAKEFIELD DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 19^th July 2011

Ron Needham 01924 829495 email: rodillianrunners@yahoo.co.uk

If you go down in the woods today...........

.........be prepared to get lost. How it happened isn’t quite a mystery, but a number of runners managed to lose themselves on their first lap of the relays in the woods around Calder Grove last night. It seems “someone” went the wrong way and those in sight of him simply followed. The really great mystery is how did “someone else” manage to get lost on his second lap after running the first lap correctly? Ah well, it didn’t stop everyone having a good time both on the run and in the bar afterwards.

In the run itself, the “getting lost” phenomenon actually helped to spread the prizes out a bit more. The team made up of newcomer, and football referee, Patrick McTigue and Steven Pilling (despite getting lost) taking the first prize. Steven’s second lap run of 6-00 shows just what he is capable of doing, whilst Paddy’s 6-12 on the first lap shows he hasn’t lost much speed from the days when he was a junior cross country runner. Second home were Gerard and Sharon, with Clare and Dave coming in third. It was good to have Jonny Wootton making a return appearance (he last ran in the distance league about 4 years ago), his 5-46 first lap also showing the quality from his starring junior days.

The event actually did make things a little clearer in the leagues, with Tony going 12 points clear of Steven and making certain of the men’s championship. The ladies league though has an intriguing finish in prospect, with only two points separating Clare and Louise and with Charlotte in with an outside chance, and the vets title is even more enigmatic, with a possible 4 winners to sort out on the last night.

Start Times

As I mentioned last night, there is a suggestion that we don’t need to delay the starts of the events until 7-30, and that we could start at 7-00. The original reason for starting at 7-30 was to give everyone time to get to different venue after finishing work. The key question is - would a 7-00 start mean it would be less likely you would run? Please email me with any views on this. If we don’t have objections, we could perhaps try out a 7-00 start for the first run of the new “season” (i.e. September’s event).

Vets

Please let me know if you are a vet and haven’t been included in the Vets tables. As in the last few years, we shall be running a combined vets league - ladies will also be given vets points but depending on where they finish amongst other lady vets, as will men, and the tables combined (so, if you finish first lady vet, you get 10 points, and if you finish first man vet, you get 10 points - all go in same table and winner will be one with most points, male or female). For our purposes, male vets start at 40, female at 35.

Next Event

The next event will be on Tuesday 23^rd August and will be based at the Rodillian runners club house. It’s the presentation night, using the traditional road course of just under 5k. As it’s presentation night, the usual salubrious buffet grub will be on offer, the bar will be open and we’ll be presenting the league prizes for this, our 13^th “season.” Entry is £4 (non-runners will be £2 for food).

Result of 8th Meeting

Off road between 0.8 mile and 1.5 miles per lap (depends on how much you got lost)

Team results

	1st/3rd lap runner	2nd /4th lap runner	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4
1	Patrick McTigue	Steven Pilling	6-12	15-10	21-42	27-42
2	Sharon Richman	Gerard Coyle	7-26	13-40	21-37	27-58
3	Dave Shaw	Clare Peckett	7-04	13-55	21-24	28-24
4	Dot Hand	Dan Limb	7-14	15-07	22-15	28-45
5	Tony White	Charlotte Sommerville	5-17	15-52	21-18	28-53
6	Jonathan Wootton	Louise Walker	5-46	15-57	22-04	29-29
7	John McCarthy	Sue Needham	5-07	16-11	23-16	31-25

Individual Times

	Ladies	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total
1	Clare Peckett	6-51	7-00	13-51
2	Dot Hand	7-14	7-08	14-22
3	Sharon Richman	7-26	7-57	15-23
4	Louise Walker	10-11	7-25	17—36
5	Charlotte Sommerville	10-35	7-35	18-10
6	Sue Needham	11-04	8-09	19-13

	Men	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total
1	Tony White	5-17	5-26	10-43
2	Jonathan Wootton	5-46	6-07	11-53
3	John McCarthy	5-07	7-05	12-12
4	Gerard Coyle	6-14	6-21	12-35
5	Patrick McTigue	6-12	6-32	12-44
6	Dan Limb	7-53	6-30	14-23
7	Dave Shaw	7-04	7-29	14-34
8	Steven Pilling	8-58	6-00	14-58
9	Stuart Anderson	9-51	8-09	18-00

Tables

LADIES’ LEAGUE TABLE

1	Louise Walker	83
2	Clare Peckett	81
3	Charlotte Sommerville	76
4	Helen Mann	70
5	Sharon Richman	46
6	Sue Needham	46
7	Gill Day	43
8	Dot Hand	40
9	Debbie Mann	25
10	Jo Hodgson	06

VET’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	96
2	Steven Pilling	84
3	Louise Walker	83
4	Clare Peckett	81
5	John McCarthy	78
6	Charlotte Sommerville	74
7	Gerard Coyle	73
8	Helen Mann	70
9	Richard Mann	55
10	Sharon Richman	54
11	Sue Needham	45
12	Gill Day	43
13	Dave Shaw	42
14	Dot Hand	40
15	Mark Hannett	32
16	Stuart Anderson	32
17	Adam Cooper	20
18=	Steve Wilkinson	09
18=	Alan Stainer	09
20	Mick Coyle	07
21	Jo Hodgson	06
22	Ron Needham	05

MEN’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	96
2	Steven Pilling	79
3	John McCarthy	77
4	Gerard Coyle	64
5	Richard Mann	53
6	Dave Shaw	35
7	Mark Hannett	30
8	Stuart Anderson	26
9	Darren Duckworth	25
10	Dan Limb	24
11	Adam Cooper	20
12	Steve Wilkinson	09
13	Jonathan Wootton	09
14	Mick Coyle	07
15	Patrick McTigue	06
16	Ron Needham	05
17	Alan Stainer	05
18	Todd Hignett	04

Rodillian Runners and the Distance League

Rodillian Runners is a running club affiliated to NoEAA and UK Athletics. Our headquarters are Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club and we meet there on Tuesday nights for training runs. Most everyone is very welcome to run with us on a Tuesday night but we have to be aware that we are using the rugby club premises and facilities and to be fair to our hosts. For that reason, we ask that all who use the facility on Tuesday training nights either join us as first or second claim members (which in effect means joining the rugby club and gaining all the benefits of membership) or pay a £1-50 per session training fee (this is still 50p cheaper than other clubs in the area). First or second claim membership costs £32 per year. For this, members get full membership of the rugby club and are able to use the facilities free and also to book the clubhouse for private parties for free. First claim members are also able to vote at Rodillian Runners’ meetings and to compete in open events under the banner of “Rodillian Runners.” First and second claim members will also be able to have other advantages such as making use of club places in the London Marathon.

The distance league was started to provide a fun and not too serious monthly run out for members and friends of Rodillian Runners and a social occasion afterwards. There is a general open invitation for anyone in the area to take part – the more the merrier. The Committee of Rodillian runners, however, reserves the right at any time to decide who may and may not participate.

Next Event

Tuesday 23^rd August

GRAND PRESENTATION NIGHT

Stanley Rodillian RUFC club house

Traditional 5k course on road

Bar, Buffet Food

Start at 7-25

Entry - £4-00 (non-runners please pay £2 for food)

FUTURE DATES

.

27^th September

25^th October

22^nd November

20^th December

All Tuesday, venues of all to be confirmed (except 20^th December which will be the traditional Christmas Handicaps from the Stanley Rodillian club house)

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