Today, the Olympic Flame came through Tamworth and a day-long festival was organised to celebrate it’s visit. Chasers had a stand to show people what we do. The main activity of the day was the maze, which proved really popular – around 200 competitors (yes, really!) had a go, so we were kept busy all day. Just… Read More »Tamworth Olympic Festival – The Maze Is A Big Hit!
WMOC 2012 kicks off for the week in earnest tomorrow with the sprint qualifiers, & 2 Chasers are out in Germany flying the flag for Britain. Good luck to Jonathan Howell & Bob Dredge who are running in M60. You can follow their progress at www.wmoc2012.de
This Saturday, WCH will have a stand at the Tamworth Olympic Festival. The day starts around 10:30am with the Olympic Torch arriving at the Castle Grounds and then a day of fun and games is planned (including It’s A Knockout). WCH will have the maze set up for everyone to have a go and we… Read More »Chasers at Tamworth Olympic Festival
Following the success of hiring out Holmbury St Mary Youth Hostel for the Jubilee Weekend, we’ve managed to get in quick & hire it again for next years British Champs. It’s so close to the events, we are (possibly) on the map for the relays! The hostel is booked from Friday to Monday (3 nights)… Read More »British Champs Weekend, 2013
UPDATED 19/06 Sorry for the late arrival of the teams however there’s been a LOT of last minute changes with people booking holidays, getting injured, working at the other end of the country plus a variety of other reasons! Just to remind you I need you there at 7pm at the latest please because although its… Read More »Shugborough Relay Teams
Saturday saw the annual footpath relay in the Peak’s. This year was based by Carsington Reservoir near Ashbourne and a team of 11 runners completing 10 legs did us proud. Overall we were in 5th position (only 30 seconds down on 4th) and we placed 3rd in the handicap race. An overall time of just… Read More »Peak District Footpath Relay
A fun night was has by all who attended the event last night. The rain didn’t appear to dampen spirits, however it did dilute my beer 🙂 [nggallery id=29]
The publicity committee is hard at work at present distributing out new fliers which include a special ‘no ordinary run’ one to hand out at the Shugborough Relays. If you would like to help by distributing any, either at your school, workplace or have some ideas about where else they could be displayed please get in touch with Tracy… Read More »Advertising the Club!
