Witham Running Club was formed in 1983 to support those who want to train, race and run for fun, on and off road. We are based at Bramston Sports Centre in Witham and we now have over 200 members. We have a thriving juniors section and our ratio of ladies to men is about 45:55.
More information is in the "About Us" section in the menu on the left.
In most road races, whilst you are representing the club, you will be running as an individual competing against your PB or the person who is just in front of you near the finish!. However with team relay races, you also get camaraderie and team spirit. It’s also a good social opportunity, since there’s only one person running from the team at any one time!. And if you need a final incentive, they are free because the club covers the costs.
Aside from the Essex Way race in September, there are two team relay races that we try to enter teams for. We wanted to give you some advance notice of them, as we would like to put out as many teams as possible for each event.
Essex Road Relays – Saturday 17th March pm, from Melbourne Stadium in Chelmsford.
The men’s teams are made up of four people, whilst the ladies are made up of three. The route is a flat loop of approximately 3.5 miles.
Ekiden Relay – July(tbc), St Joseph’s College, Ipswich
OK, so this is not strictly a road race as it’s mainly on grass, but as it’s the height of summer the surface should be almost as responsive as tarmac! It needs teams of six that between them run the marathon distance (1st leg 7.2 Km, with 3 legs of 5km, and 2 of 10km).
There will be announcements in the build up to each race. In the meantime, it would great if you could mark the first date in your diary and let us know if you are willing to take part. Please let either Claire or myself know at a club night, or by contacting us via the links on the left (when they are updated).
Cycling this Saturday 28 January - Greenstead Green
davidjobling writes "Destination for 1100 pitstop for cycling this Saturday is Greenstead Green.
0900 departure from Morrisons for one of our usual routes EITHER the Gosfield/Sible Hedingham/Beazley End loop OR the Earls Colne/Pebmarsh/Halstead loop and back to Greenstead Green from whichever of these we choose - we can decide on morning at Morrisions or as we head out via Rivenhall, Silver End, Perry Green and over A120 to Stisted where it will be decision time which route to take?
These routes and possible variations on the day are well known to our regular riders and becoming more familiar to newer cycling participants but please contact me directly if you need any further route information - if you do not have my email address please contact me using the Contact Us link to the left of here.
Shorter options would be from Witham or Angel Kelvedon at 1000ish to get you there for 1100 - via Rivenhall, Silver End, Perry Green and Stisted to Greenstead Green - again this shorter route should be known to both regular and newer cyclists but please contact me if you would like any further information.
Look forward to seeing you Saturday either at Morrisons, en route or at GG or all of these.
theresamontgomery writes "Thank you to those of you who attended the AGM this evening, other than the issues that were discussed here are the names of the committee for the coming year:
Chairman - Stewart Waller Vice Chairman - Colin Short Secretary and Press - Lorraine Gold Membership Secretary - Rita Chalkley Treasurer - Liz Stuckey Head Coach - Rachel O'Connor Junior Coach - Dave Smith Mens Captain - Marc Underdown Ladies Captain - Claire Gordon Club Kit - Claire Blake Webmaster & Fixtures - Peter Gold Welfare - Dave Jobling Tri Welfare - James Montgomery
Thank you to the above members for volunteering to take on these roles on behalf of the club.
"
Posted by Matadmin on Monday, January 23 @ 23:55:48 CET (25 reads)
(Read More... | Score: 0)
Junior Results from Benfleet
davesmith writes "The club had three juniors running at Benfleet this weekend in the 3k race, first home was 12 year old Joel Farren who had finished an outstanding 9th over all and 6th in the under 15's, and 12 year old Alex Waring came 13th an 9th in the under 15's, also running was Jasmine Kenny who also had an outstanding race finishing 28th and 4th in the under 11's.
Well done to all three juniors who all finish in the top ten in their age groups.
Dave
"
Posted by Matadmin on Monday, January 23 @ 20:03:05 CET (10 reads)
(Read More... | Score: 0)
Dinner Dance Photos!!
lorraine writes "After a couple of false starts and a bit of trial and error, the photos from Saturday evening's do are now available for viewing on The Gallery.
The table decorations (i.e. the mirrors) provided some unexpected results (don't worry - you really don't look like that)!
If anybody would like a high quality copy of any photo, please see either me or Peter (or email either Press or Fixtures on the Contact Us page)"
Posted by Matadmin on Monday, January 23 @ 20:02:25 CET (28 reads)
(Read More... | Score: 0)
2011 SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL POSITIONS
petegold writes "Now that the awards have been announced I can reveal the final positions.
MEN
Position
Name
Final Total
1
Alan Reade
3750
2
Leo Cole
3676
3
Jon Booty
3665
4
James Farren
3643
5
Martyn Byford
3557
6
Peter Gold
3373
7
Mick Poulter
3325
8
Marc Underdown
3287
9
Stewart Waller
3251
10
Seb Gwyn-Williams
3238
11
David Jobling
3234
12
Lee Pembroke
3230
13
Kristian Fulljames
3188
14
Alex Stuckey
3114
15
Wayne Hazell
3108
16
James Montgomery
3064
17
David Payne
2877
18
Tony Wallen
2703
19
Colin Short
2675
20
Mark Williams
2658
21
Ross Silverton
2572
22
Dave Enders
2523
23
David Smith
2507
24
John Kerr
2467
25
Paul Hedger
2240
26
Chris Feasey
2102
27
David Emerick
1916
28
Mathew Faires
1892
29
Ian Stobirski
1801
30
Adam Hocken
1727
31
Mark Lynch
1681
32
Gary Levey
1546
33
Kevin Harper
1450
34
Tom Beard
1405
35
Samuel Ogunwuyi
1389
36
Chris Martin
1284
37
Stuart Mills
1217
38
Mark Jearey
1212
39
Ian Mclaughlin
1206
40
Paul Gansbuehler
1007
41
Mark Allsop
1003
42
Trevor Johnson
744
43
Jonathan Hocken
699
44
Keith Taylor
697
45
Ian Foskew
692
46
Tom Duhrsen
682
47
Daniel Beckerleg
670
48
Rodney Madzivanzira
659
49
Dan Beckerleg
654
50
Phillip Martin
640
51
Robert Hughes
638
52
Les Leeds
635
53
Michael McKeown
635
54
David Beckerleg
633
55
Simon Scott
629
56
Alex Waring
629
57
Jack Dawson
623
58
Jason Bridge
619
59
Ryan Mold
616
60
Mike Struthers
611
61
Nick Manley
606
62
Kevin Atwill
604
63
Richard Gillert
601
64
Roger Smith
583
65
Shawn Beckerleg
580
66
Mark Newry
577
67
Graham Crouchman
556
68
Dan Crush
549
69
Robert Hodges
548
70
James Hopegood
519
71
Robert Hodges
498
72
Peter Burns
465
73
Gordon Cartwright
437
74
Jason Dick
404
LADIES
Position
Name
Final Total
1
Brigid Wallen
3765
2
Lorraine Gold
3444
3
Shelley Wray
3267
4
Rachel O'Connor
3252
5
Sally King
3215
6
Claire Gordon
3204
7
Liz Stuckey
3155
8
Naomi Emerick
2746
9
Tracey Denby
2681
10
Sue Mold
2550
11
Lyn Williams
2246
12
Kerry Manning
2208
13
Jane Noble
2200
14
Becky Barnes
2196
15
Sarah Khan
2073
16
Penelope Clarke
2056
17
Debbie Lewis
1948
18
Rowan Prig
1912
19
Paula Edwards
1892
20
Clare Blake
1751
21
Rita Chalkley
1652
22
Amber Bird
1567
23
Gemma Baker
1563
24
Sarah Dale
1483
25
Jenny Abel
1465
26
Laura Harrison
1294
27
Diane Knights
1279
28
Wendy Martin
1267
29
Michelle Burton
1218
30
Amanda Martin
1163
31
Annabelle Reed
1090
32
Ann Johnson
969
33
Courtney Gordon
759
34
Danielle Robins
657
35
Tracy Bromboszcz
653
36
Jasamine Kenny
648
37
Marion May
593
38
Michelle Leeding
571
39
Angela Manley
555
40
Lois Gordon
546
41
Georgina Haskey Jones
543
42
Hayley Ellen
495
43
Theresa Montgomery
485
44
Cherryl Silverton
481
45
Leowe West
478
46
Lynne Lewis
475
47
Abbey Weaver
412
Well done to everyone and good luck in 2012.
Pete (fixtures)
"
Posted by Matadmin on Monday, January 23 @ 12:04:00 CET (21 reads)
(Read More... | Score: 5)
What's on this week
theresamontgomery writes "Monday 23 Jan – Witham Football Club 7.30pm
AGM 8pm - NO CLUB RUN
Tuesday 24 Jan – Bramston Sport Centre (Car Park) 7.30pm Route and groups decided on the night, suitable for all.
Wednesday 25 Jan - Eastways 7.30pm
Structured training with Jonny, meeting at Eastways Industrial Estate.
Thursday 26 Jan – Bramston, 7.30pm
The option of 2 sessions either;
Hill Reps Honeysuckle/Brambles with Rach
Or Fartlek with Ian
If you don't fancy the above there is the option of a Tempo Run
Saturday 28 Jan – Morrison’s Car Park 09:00
Cycling – Destination this week TBC, details will be posted on WRC website and will be followed up by email. Open to all club members. If you want to be put on the email list contact DJ using the 'contact us' link on the left.
Juniors Training
Discovery Centre
For further details, please contact Dave Smith using the "Contact Us" link.
Sunday 29 Jan - 53-12 XC at Ipswich
Morrison car park for the long run distances anything from 6 - 20.
liz writes "The penultimate fixture in the 53-12 X-Country League takes place on Sunday 29th January at Martlesham, Ipswich.
As usual the junior race starts at 10am and the senior race at 10.45am and club kit must be worn
The race headquarters are at Martlesham Community Hall, IP12 4PB
Martlesham Community Hall is situated on Felixstowe Road very close to the Tesco superstore. Turn off the A12 into Anson Road. Go past the left turn to Tesco and take next left into Felixstowe Road. The Hall is on your left within 200 metres.
It is 3/4 mile walk to the start of the race so please bear this in mind when arriving at the Headquarters.
If anyone wants to car share I would suggest meeting at Bramston at 9am. As usual I will be at the race, but not at Bramston
We want to maintain our position at the top of Pool B so please make every effort to try and turn out to run.
Don't have an account yet? You can create one. As a registered user you have some advantages like theme manager, comments configuration and post comments with your name.
