Details of forthcoming events in which some Dragons are participating are listed in the club calendar.

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Club Membership 2009/10

Individual club memberships are now due for 2009/10.  The annual fee costs just £10 and provides you with many 

great benefits, it could even SAVE you money!? See the Contacts/Membership page for more information.

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Dragons News and Events 2009

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Christmas Party (11th December 2009) and Santa Run (19th December 2009)

Pete is organising the club Christmas party and Santa Run, the meal/party will be held at Sokrates in Sale on 11th December.  Please ask Pete for more information and to pay a deposit.

 

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Munich Marathon and Relay (Sunday 11th October)

The latest running club holiday was a great success with two marathon relay teams and five full marathon runners. The relay was great fun and runners were then able to support team mates further round the course!  More info. and photos on the club holidays page.

It's a shame we just missed the October Beer Festival !!

We'll be planning another trip next year so any suggestions on location are welcome!

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The North West Triathlon (Sunday 20th September)

Quite a large number of Dragons are took part in this triathlon, with quite a few will be first timers!! It turned out to be a great, long and sunny day with Barrie starting the swim at 08:30 and the last start at around 13:00.  Full details and results on the Triathlon page!

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Race the Train ! (Saturday 15th August)

A handful of Dragons travelled to Wales to Race the Train again this year.  With better weather and conditions there was a little less moaning about it being too slippy!?  Rob was on-hand to take some great photo's, click here to see them.

"Race the Train takes place alongside as far as practicable the route taken by the Talyllyn Railway on its journey to Abergynolwyn and back. In order to do this all courses use a mixture of public roads, lanes, un-metalled roads, tracks, agricultural land, and rough grazing pastures." *from the official website*

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Sale Sizzlers (Thursday(s) June/July/August)

We've had a lot of runners taking part in the Reebok Manchester 5k Sale Sizzlers this year.  The picture on the left was taken after the 25th June race (Laura's last race with the club before moving to Oz - good luck).  In a more recent race Barrie finally achieved the PB he's been after for quite a long time now!!  The last race in the series is on 6th August. Form more information on entry click here.  For photographs take at various events follow this link to Rob's website.

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Dragons Social (Friday 26th June)

Fifty people attended the social at Thai E Sarn (Crazy Wendy's) in West Didsbury, on Friday 26th June, it was a great success!  Pete made a surprise leaving announcement and there was a goodbye cake for Anita (away for two years to Doha) and Mandy (7.5 weeks touring Asia and Indonesia).  

Thanks to everybody for attending a really great night out, a great start for the new runners who were there in force, well worth another visit.

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Club Handicap Race (Sunday 14th June)

The club held the 3rd handicap race on Sunday 14th June with 13 runners.  The winner was Monica who received a bottle of wine for her success.  Thanks to Tris for organising this and everyone else involved.  The race took in a loop of Chorlton water park from Jackson's Bridge (4.6km approx). In a very similar way the the triathlon we celebrated with more cold beers at Jackson's Boat.  For more pictures click here (thanks Rob).

Position	Runner	Time	Handicap	Actual Time
1	Monica	25:22	01:53	23:29
2	Lisa	26:01	01:53	24:08
3	Andrea	26:18	04:42	21:36

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The Chorlton Triathlon Controversy (Saturday 13th June)

Dragons had three individuals and one relay team (of 3) competing in the Chorlton X Sprint Triathlon on a gloriously sunny weekend.  This consisted of 750m swim, 12.5km bike and 5k run in and around Chorlton water park.  The picture show's us proudly clutching our medals; Nicole (3rd Female) and Tri-Paul (1st relay team).  During the presentation ceremony there were already mumblings that something was not right.  The official (provisional) results now show Nicole as 4th and Tri-Paul as second, discussions with the organisers are ongoing as they have not release any split times.

Regardless of the results, a great day was had by everyone who competed, supported and celebrated with a cold beer at Jackson's Boat afterwards!  For more pictures click here (thanks Rob).

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Flora London Marathon (Sunday 26th April)

"Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru smashed Martin Lel's one-year-old course record to win the 2009 Flora London Marathon in a personal best of 2:05:10 after a gripping battle with Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede who finished just 10 seconds behind".  Hot on the heels of the leaders were four Dragons from Sale, (this is probably why they were running so fast!?).  Barrie Ainscow, Cat Dodsworth, Jo Healy and Paul Watson all completed the last Flora London Marathon on a particularly hot day with support of other Dragons, family and friends.  Many thanks to all our supporters for cheering us on during those hard miles. The ballot for next years Virgin London Marathon is already full!!

Click here for the results.   Follow this link for some photo's taken by Rob.

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Wilmslow Half Marathon (Sunday 29th March)

Conditions were near perfect for the Wilmslow Half Marathon with plenty of sunshine to keep us warm after the frosty start.  This year the event had been chosen to host the English Half Marathon Championships so there was a fast field and of course plenty of Dragons!   A good number of Dragons obtained PB's and some celebrated with a pint or two in Sale later on.  It must be mentioned that a certain Dragons runner also stopped in the Church Inn for a drink and chat with the local before continuing to complete in 2 hours!  

Full results and/or Wilmslow Half website

Congratulations to everyone and also for those who ran the Coniston 14.

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Running Injuries - How to prevent them and how to treat them (Tuesday 21st April, 8.30 - 9.30pm): 

A talk by Dr Patrick Milroy M.B., Ch.B. (Fellow of the Institute of Sports Medicine)

Dr Milroy is a senior partner in general practice at the Knoll Surgery, Frodsham. He has been a medical adviser to numerous GB Commonwealth Games teams, and chief medical officer to several British athletics teams. He is currently chief medical officer to the Road Runners Club, the UK’s leading national running club and is a regular contributor to running magazines and author of a running guide and sports injuries book. A keen runner himself, Dr Milroy has been a winner at the world medical games and has a personal best of 2 hrs 26 mins for a marathon!

There will be time at the end of the talk for Dr Milroy to answer any of your medical related running questions. 

View in Calendar or download poster.  [Many thanks to Sarah B. for organising this.]

Location: Presidents room, next to the bar (free entry and all welcome).

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New Dragons Kit for 2009 (great value!!!)

Now that the club has a new logo we've decided to order some new kit as well.  The vests, t-shirts, shorts etc are all made from wicking fabric.  More vests and t-shirts featuring a large scale logo (see vest image opposite) will also be available very soon. More information on the Club Kit page.

  

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New Dragons Logo: 

The club has a new logo designed by Hayley Leaf and agreed by the committee.  Hayley and Eddie created a number of great designs for a new club logo for running vests/t-shirts etc.  The committee chose a mix of two designs to create the image, left (and poorly displayed at the top of the website, I'll try to change that later!).   We're also requesting costs for the vests, t-shirts etc and hope them make then available on sale to all a.s.a.p.

 

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Munich Marathon, Marathon Relay and 10k (and holiday!)

The next club holiday is in Germany for the Munich Marathon on 11th October 2009. There is a full marathon, marathon relay (teams of 5) and 10k.  More details will be posted on the Club Holidays page soon.

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Greek night (28th February) "Bouzouki by night"

A note from Pete on the Greek Night:

"Another excellent night with 45 runners & non runners attending. Many new members attending their first runnning club social event. All seemed to enjoy the night, and were not put off by the compulsary greek dancing, or the greek fancy dress party that joined us later. Thanks to Mark & Ruth for joining me on the dace floor for the cabaret ( sorry about that ). Also thanks to all who gave me cards and presents ( for my birthday ). Next social event in the planning stage !!! Regards Pete"

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Committee Minutes (Feb 2009) available on the Committee page.

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March "Run of the Month" - The Trafford 10K (15th March)

The Dragons run of the month for March will be the Trafford 10k so we hope to get as many runners there are possible.  Barrie may also arrange a "Pasta Party" on the day before, more details to follow...

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Helsby Half Marathon (18th January)

There was a great turn-out for the Helsby (Four Villages) Half Marathon, with eight club members running.  Well done Jo and Barrie for your PB's.  Most of us celebrated with a Sunday lunch and pint at the local White Lion pub.

 

Name	Chip Time
Paul Watson	01:25:53 *
Joanne Healy	01:36:40
Barrie Ainscow	01:37:14
Alastair Rough	01:36:42
Nicole Van der Wittenboer	01:54:34
Hayley Leaf	02:01:20
Graham Kitchen	02:04:37
Sarah Bundock	??:??

Click here for full results

* No official chip time, forgot to attach chip to trainers - muppet!  ;o)

London BUPA 10K (26th May 2008)

Not as many runners took part as anticipated, maybe due to horrendous weather conditions.  It rained throughout the whole race, start and finish Parks were like swamps. For further details of the event and results go to London 10000. All the Dragons finished in under an hour: left to right Sarah Bundock, Barrie Ainscow, Sarah Jones and Pete Bedford.

Knowsley Active Challenge 5K Winners (18th May 2008)

The Dragons Team successfully defended the trophy we won last year in the Knowsley Corporate Cup (now called Active Challenge 5K).  The runners pictured below were presented with the trophy and cheque by the mayor. Left to right: Grahame Alexander, Steve Watts, John Terry, The Mayor, Becy Walls.  Well done everyone!!

The BUPA Great Manchester Run (18th May 2008)

It was a great morning for running on Sunday, cool, but with some sunshine to keep us warm while waiting at the start.  Seven "Dragons" completed the 10K, all within an hour!

All the results and further news and informaton on the Great Manchester Run website.  Apologies if I've missed anyone off the list.

The Flora London Marathon (14th April 2008)

We had four runners in London this year, Mark Anderson, Laura Pilley, Matthew Townson (with the Dragons RC place) and myself, Paul Watson.  It was a great weekend and everyone met up at the end for a well deserved pint of Guiness!!  The results were: