LWAC News January-March 2008

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News January - March 2008

Monday 31st March 2008: Dave Humberstone reports on LWAC performances in the schools races that supported yesterday's Lincoln 10k.

Monday 31st March 2008: Darrell Helas reports on some good early performances yesterday at Scunthorpe's Winter Warm Up meeting.

Sunday 30th March 2008: Results from today's Lincoln 10k are now available from the BBC Lincolnshire website. A list of performances by LWAC athletes is also available.

Thursday 27th March 2008: Congratulations to Dot Fraser, who came home from the World Masters Indoor Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, France with a clutch of medals and a new British W70 400m record of 83.99s.

Wednesday 26th March 2008: Details of this year's LWAC 5k race series are now available. There will also be 3k and 1k races for the younger runners. Age groups for 2008 are explained here.

Sunday 23rd March 2008: Congratulations to Les Ball, who won last weekend's Louth 10 race in a new club record time of 56m 38s.

Monday 17th March 2008: Rob Lewis reports on Hannah Dunderdale's fine perfomances in the English / Northern U17/U15 Indoor Combined Events Championships in Sheffield, and also on Saturday's Inter-Counties XC Championships in Nottingham.

Sunday 16th March 2008: Results from yesterday's Inter-Counties XC Championships in Nottingham are now available. A selection of photos from the Junior and Senior races is also available.

Wednesday 12th March 2008: Congratulations to Brian Fox, Steve Campion and Rob Butler, who took the mens team prize at last weekend's Newton's Fraction Half Marathon in Grantham.

Monday 10th March 2008: The timetable for next Saturday's Inter-Counties XC Championships is now available.

Monday 10th March 2008: Rob Lewis reports on Saturday's English Schools Cross Country Championships in Liverpool.

Saturday 8th March 2008: Results from today's English Schools Cross Country Championships in Liverpool are now available on the English Schools website.

Friday 7th March 2008: The funeral for Mike Bundy, who passed away on Wednesday, will be held at 2pm on Wednesday 19th March at St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham. In addition, the Grantham Journal now has a special web page for people to leave tributes to Mike.

Thursday 6th March 2008: 2007-2008 Subscription Reminder - Please see attached notice regarding 28th March deadline for membership subscriptions. Members who have not yet paid will also be reminded by post in the next few days.

Wednesday 5th March 2008: Rob Lewis reports on another successful LWAC visit to Lee Valley for the BMAF Indoor Championships.

Tuesday 4th March 2008: Dave Wells has kindly offered to collect all the entries from athletes for the county champs in Grantham on 10th/11th May. Please can all coaches brief their athletes that Dave will be available by the club hut most evenings. Just a reminder that entry is £1.50 per event. Athletes can fill their details in on this form. Please can all details be passed to Dave no later than 10th April, this is to give us time to complete the club entry by 18th April deadline.

Tuesday 4th March 2008: Lincs AA needs a Mens Team Manager. More information about what the manager is required to do is available here. If you are interested, or have any further questions about the position, contact chrisboneham@hotmail.com.

Wednesday 27th February 2008: Rob Lewis has asked for the following note on press reports to go on the website.
"Due to constraints on space the Echo have requested that club reports be limited as near as possible to a maximum of 500 words. With big events and the numbers of club athletes competing it is very difficult to give everyone a mention within the 500 word limit unless the report becomes just a list of results. With the recent National report I tried to mention all team scorers as priority and this still resulted in a 576 words report. I am aware that a few performances were not mentioned but to do this would have required around 700 words minimum with the risk that the Echo would simply curtail the report and maybe one of the more significant performances would therefore be missed.
I would give advance notice now that when meetings like Lincs League track and field are being reported it will be completely impossible to report all results in the space allowed. My philosophy will be to give priority to the most significant results but to mention as many athletes as possible in the 500 word space allowed."
Maybe we could find an Assistant Press Officer who could take the Echo report and add any missing performances to produce a website report with all names included. Please contact Rob if you would like to volunteer.

Sunday 24th February 2008: Rob Lewis reports on yesterday's National XC Championships at Alton Towers.

Sunday 24th February 2008: Nina Swaby reports on this weekend's England Athletics U20/U17/U15 Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

Saturday 23rd February 2008: Results from today's National XC Championships at Alton Towers are now available.

Monday 18th February 2008: Travel Arrangements for National Cross Country Championships - Those wishing to travel on the coach to Alton Towers this Saturday (23rd) are reminded to reserve their space(s) using the bus list in the club hut. Cost £5.00 per person to be collected on the day. Coach departs Yarborough at 8.00am.

Sunday 17th February 2008: Rob Lewis reports on a successful LWAC visit to Lee Valley for the BMAF Pentathlon & EVAC Indoor Championships.

Friday 15th February 2008: LWAC are hosting a Young Athletes League meeting on 18th May. This may be in Lincoln (depending on track certification) or at another venue. We are calling for volunteers to work with an organising committee on preparing and planning for this event and possibly helping out on the day. If you can spare some time (no experience necessary), please contact Barbara Dobson or Neil Campbell.

Friday 15th February 2008: LWAC will have a manned stand in or near the castle on the day of the Lincoln 10k (30th March). The objective is to promote the club and also advertise for volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to assist with manning the stand on the morning of the 10K, or to help prepare the stand on the Saturday, then please get in touch with Anne Gilroy or any member of the committee. We are also after contributions for the stand, photographs, memorabilia etc. which could be used to promote the club.

Tuesday 12th February 2008: An evening social drinks night has been planned for Friday 29th February from 7.30pm at the Cloud Bar, St. Peters Lane, Bailgate, Lincoln. All welcome.

Thursday 7th February 2008: Photos from last weekend's BUSA XC Championships in Swansea are now available.

Sunday 27th January 2008: Rob Lewis reports on yesterday's Northern XC Championships in Leeds. An individual first place and two team silver medals sealed a successful day for LWAC.

Sunday 27th January 2008: Results from yesterday's Northern XC Championships in Leeds are now available.

Thursday 24th January 2008: Information and entry forms for the Lincs Track & Field Championships on 10th/11th May in Grantham are now available.

Monday 21st January 2008: The team bus for the Northern XC Championships on Saturday 26th January will leave Yarborough at 8.30am on Saturday morning. Any athletes / parents wishing to travel on the bus can reserve spaces by adding their names to the bus list currently posted in the club hut.

Monday 21st January 2008: Rob Lewis reports on Saturday's Lincolnshire Schools XC Championships at Burghley Park in Stamford.

Tuesday 15th January 2008: Another report from Rob Lewis, this time on last Saturday's North Midlands XC Match in Nottingham.

Saturday 12th January 2008: Full results of last weekend's County XC Championships are now available.

Thursday 10th January 2008: More random photos from Sunday's County Cross Country Championships, mainly from the senior races, are now available.

Wednesday 9th January 2008: Results from the Lincoln & District Runners Christmas Cross Country are now available.

Wednesday 9th January 2008: Photos from Sunday's County Cross Country Championships are now available, courtesy of Adi Royle.

Tuesday 8th January 2008: Rob Lewis reports on a very successful day at Sunday's County Cross Country Championships in Louth.

Saturday 5th January 2008: Photos from last weekend's Millennium Runs On 10k at Caythorpe are now available.

Thursday 3rd January 2008: Please note that the final meeting in the North Midlands XC League on 12th January will now take place at Wollaton Park, Nottingham and not at Ashfield School.

Tuesday 1st January 2008: URGENT - Anybody wishing to enter the National XC Champs (23rd February at Alton Towers) should do so by Friday 4th January to enable us to meet the cut-off dates. Please provide your name and payment to Dave Humberstone for entries for Girls/Women or Mark Baddeley for entries for Boys/Men. Entry fee is £4.

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