Croft Castle Cross Country Results

178 runners from all over the county and beyond packed out the second race in the winter series at Croft Castle this morning.

Over the classic tough course Tim Davis from Maldwyn Harriers stormed home in an incredible 46.40 in the men's race and Heulwen Gilbert of Ludlow only pipped Laura Tootel to pole position by 39 seconds - well done Laura!

Steven Flowers continues to take huge chunks off his PBs with a great time of 55.25 finishing in 9th place to finish 2 minutes ahead of Jeremy with Rob taking third.

Laura's pace meant she was almost 4 minutes ahead of her team mates Alex and an improving Danca.

We continue to turn up in great numbers - with 23 men and 13 women ensuring the Wye Valley colours were strong today. CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS. Next up, Dinedor on Dec 7th

London Marathon Draw 2020

London Marathon draw

The club has been allocated one slot for next year’s London Marathon.

London Marathon is on 26th April 2020

Rules to be in the first draw

1.   Must be a member of Wye Valley Runners for more than 12 months.

2.   Have applied for London Marathon 2020 and have been unsuccessful and have proof.

3.   Have not run in the London Marathon previously.

 If no one applies who fits this category a second draw as below will take place

Rules to be in the second draw

1. Must be a member of Wye Valley Runners for more than 12 months.

Please email club secretary Peter Smith if you want to be included - you will need to provide evidence of application and rejection or let him know you are applying only for draw two.

smith.peter148@btinternet.com

Draw will take place at the AGm in December 13th

AGM Tonight ; Friday 7th November

AGM Tonight at Hereford Rowing Club starts at 7.30pm followed by supper. This is your opportunity to elect the 2014/15 Committee and have your say about the running of the club. Super 8 and Most Improved Runner awards will be made at the AGM.
Membership Fees are due at the meeting and it will be a great help to Dave if you can renew your membership on the night.
We look forward to another good attendance.

New Years Day 10k 2015

New Years Day 10k 2015 entries will be both on-line www.entrycentral.com and by traditional paper entry forms. You can now enter the race on-line it's all set-up, we will shortly download race entry forms onto the club web site.

Advance entries will be £8/10 affiliated/unaffiliated.  Entries will be accepted on the day £12/14 . On-line entries will close on 30th December. 

This will be the 31st running of the event, all finishers will receive a race momento and there will be prizes in all the usual age categories.  

AGM - Mighty Oak Votes

The Mighty Oak award is given annually to one female and one male club member in recognition of anything that they may have achieved or done throughout the year i.e. returned from injury, raised a great amount for charity or been a great all round member of the club.

Committee Nominations 

Male:

Bill Griffiths; good all round long term member, runs, marshals and sponsors races.

Chris Walden: good all round member, club committee, runs, marshals and raises money for charity of year.

Antony Evans: runs in many races and raised an exceptional amount  of money for Marches Family Network.

Female:

Sally Ware : good all round member, club committee, runs and marshals at many races, helped start a beginners group.

Laura Tootell : Outstanding race performances this year winning the Muddy Woody 6 , Hereford Marathon and Super 8 series.

Kelly Rose : runs in many club races and promotes Wye Valley Runners. Organised run & meal events from Burghill golf course.

Voting Forms will be available at the AGM alternatively you can email your vote to mikelynn8@btinternet.com.

The awards will be presented at the Christmas Party on Saturday 13th December 2014.

AGM Friday 7th November

WVR AGM Friday 7th November at Hereford Rowing Club starts at 7.30pm followed by supper. This is your opportunity to elect the 2014/15 Committee and have your say about the running of the club. Super 8 and Most Improved Runner awards will be made at the AGM.
Membership Fees are due at the meeting and it will be a great help to Dave if you can renew your membership on the night.
We look forward to another good attendance.

Message from Sheridan and Dale

 

Well done Wye Valley Runners I am so sorry Dale and I missed the presentation you all have done an amazing job I know Marches will use the money raised to support a lot of families locally I hope you all get to see the smiles on the children's faces when they access Marches activities I know first hand how much families depend on Marches support. I am so pleased to see you all looking so well. Miss you all x

Message from Marches Family Network

Just wanted to say thank you on behalf of Marches Family Network ( March Mfn Iss ) for the amazing fundraising effort, friendship and support Wye Valley Runners have given us this year. £3,700 has been raised for our local charity supporting children with special needs and their families in Herefordshire and Shropshire which is a fantastic amount. THANK YOU for the cake baking (Anthony) flapjack (Sarah) making not to mention the running! Particularly thanks to Mike who has b...een our main point of contact and a friend and supporter of our work. Thanks also to Tom's mum and family for their kind donation too. I met them at Breinton race in September and the essence of Tom shone through his family and friends that day. Something I will always remember. The very best of luck with your new charity Air Ambulance for 2015. What a year 2014 has been for us culminating with Christopher Walden running the New York Marathon at the weekend in aid of our charity. Im sure we all wish him the best of luck x

Vicky

Croft Castle Cross Country - Sun Nov 9th.

Click here for the course and map details for the 2nd race in the 2014/15 Herefordshire XC League to be held at Croft Castle on Sunday 9th November.
 
Please also note the car parking charges imposed by the National Trust. Car sharing makes sense. Meet at Rowing Club at 9.00 to share lifts
 
This year will be the 30th year that this race has been held over the same course at this historic venue and, to commemorate this special occasion, there will be a ceremonial tree planting ceremony on the traditional start line prior to the start of the race. Hopefully, the weather will be kind to us so that we can also observe the time-honoured minute’s silence on Remembrance Sunday without inconveniencing the runners

 

Wye Valley Runners