NEWS
THIS WEEK (23 - 29 Aug 2010)

Normal training sessions this week. Thursday Chase run is from the Seven Springs Car Park.

NEXT WEEK (30 Aug - 5 Sep 2010)

Normal training sessions this week. Thursday Chase run is from the White House Car Park.
Races on Sunday include the Little Aston 5ml and the Wolverhampton Marathon (or Half).
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NSRRA
In the team tables up to and including the Staffs. Knot 5 race, the Harriers are placed 1st from 8 in the Mens competition and 1st from 6 in the Ladies competition.

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PIE AND PINT NIGHT - 21/10/2010
Craig Baxter has organised a night for all Harriers (except Juniors - sorry!) to enjoy and get a chance to meet other members they didn't know existed. See the Social News page for more details.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EVENT !

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Sports Injury Presentation and Clinic
Thursday 9th September 7 - 9pm
by Philip and Laura Dutton at their shop, Running Form and Physio Form in Burton-On-Trent.
(Address - 116 Station Street, Burton-On-Trent DE 14 1BX). FREE
This follows on from a recent successful presentation at Tamworth AC.
The evening will start by covering some key areas of common injuries, and
discuss prevention, as this is always easier to achieve than trying to repair
the damage!  The prevention will also cover core training; another
key area we see day in day out which runners, triathletes etc appear to
greatly overlook.  The talk will then move onto treatments of injuries and
any self treatments for mild injuries. Then some Questions and Answers.
Contact Cath Pendlebury at SSAN to reserve a place.

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YOUTH ENDURANCE WORKSHOP
Sunday 13 September - Birmingham
This conference focuses specifically on some of the problems facing coaches of developing young endurance athletes. It looks at understanding the physiology of young athletes, biomechanical problems that can manifest themselves with puberty, training modifications that may be required, and the support needed to be given to young athletes to motivate and inspire them.
Cost only £15 incl. Lunch See here for full details.

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England Athletics Hall of Fame / National Awards
Saturday 30th October
Hilton Metropole, NEC Birmingham
 £35.00 per ticket Includes champagne reception! and three-course meal - with wine on the table.
 
Hall of fame nominees include Kelly Holmes, Denise Lewis, Linford Christie and Brendan Foster.
Celebrity athletics speakers. Commonwealth Games Celebration - greet our returning hereos.
 
Don't miss this opportunity to mingle with some of the top names in the sport! 
 
Anyone can get tickets for this event but book early they are selling out quickly! See PDF.

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AN INTERESTING RACE FOR YOUR CALENDAR

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RACE REPORTS
Come on Harriers (and Harriettes), email me your race reports. Tell us about your performance and feelings about the race route, the crowd support, the weather, whatever. Yes, if it's a local race I will probably pick up everyone's actual times - but I don't know if you were happy or sad about your personal run / PB / great to beat so & so / niggles about the organisation or officials etc. Email me !!!

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GOING TO THE DOGS - 18 September

Places for the first 25 to have reserved their place have now been booked. If you have said you want to go but haven't paid yet, PLEASE PAY NOW - to Liz, Caroline or Andy. Still a few places on the bus, so it's not TOO late to join the trip. But please book & pay soon.

See the Social News page for full details of what promises to be a great night out.
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NSRRA
In the team tables up to and including the Berryhill race, the Harriers are placed 2nd from 8 in the Mens competition and 1st from 6 in the Ladies competition.

Up to 27 June, 24 of our men and 13 of our Ladies have run at least 1 counting race, with the following as particular successes so far:
Paul Douglas 3rd in Group B & 1st in Age group
Chris Owen 4th in Group C & 3rd in Age group
Rob Simpson 1st in Group D & 3rd in Age group
Bill Whitworth 1st in Group G & 1st in Age group
Tony Baker 2nd in Group G
Karen D Murray 1st in Group W & 3rd in Age group
Liz Stanyer 3rd in Group W & 3rd in Age group
Caroline Nichol 4th in Group W & 4th in Age group
Chris Skellern 4th in Group L & 2nd in Age group
Judith Colman 6th in Group X & 2nd in Age group
Well done to all Club members who are in the NSRRA competition & keep battling!

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HARRIERS BEST TIMES
The tables have just been updated for all of you. Any wrong or missing let me know.

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THE SOCIAL EVENT OF NOVEMBER
THE Stroke Ball. This yearly event will be taking place on November 6th at the Molineux in Wolverhampton. tickets £30 include dinner, band and disco. it always is a good night and raises money for stoke services so why not get your dinner suits / posh frocks out. A coach will be put on from Stafford so you can have a drink without worrying about driving.   For more info or tickets contact me Jane Bisiker on janebisiker@talktalk.net or 01785 711103.

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Berlin Half Marathon  3rd April 2011
Due to the success of the last two years visits to Prague for an early spring Half Marathon as part of training for London and other races it was decided to inflict the Harriers on another European country. So it Berlins turn.  We are looking at a four night long weekend leaving on Thursday evening 31st March 2011 and returning on Monday evening 4th April. The Berlin Half Marathon is on Sunday 3rd and is one of the fastest and flattest half marathon’s in the world. The cost cannot be fully confirmed yet as flights are not yet bookable but it is thought to be in the region of £300 to £350 per person in a 3 star hotel in central Berlin on a B&B basis. In order to see if the trip is viable let us know if you are interested. There is a list down at the club. This is not a commitment to go we just need to know the interest.

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