Club Places for the Virgin London Marathon 2010 

Congratulations to the following members who have been drawn to represent the club at the Virgin London Marathon. The annual draw was conducted at the Fox & Hounds under the adjudication of the Chairman and this year’s assistant Claire Botwright, who also celebrated her first achievement award. 

ANDREW MASON 
BRIAN COX 
FIONA McNELIS 
Reserve: DEENA ROBINSON 

To all those drawn the club would like to wish you every success with your training, and hopefully do yourself and the club proud on the day.

Cross Country

The 2009/2010 Today’s Runner Cross Country League has its opening event on Sunday 8th November.
This first race is hosted by Portsmouth Joggers and is set in the beautiful venue of Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
The race starts at 11.00am. There is ample parking available and please allow about 5 minutes to walk from the car park to the start. Some people prefer to car share to the event, watch out nearer the time for details of when and where to meet.

An important part of these races is the tea, sandwiches and cake provided afterwards by the host club (some say it is the best reason to take part!) so remember to bring a couple of pounds for this.

It is hoped that everybody can come along and join in. There is no need for registration, please just turn up on the day and wear your club vest/tee shirt. Last season when we had the biggest turn out at these events, we had our best results. So please come along, support your club and have a very enjoyable morning. If you need any more information about this race or the XC series please catch Carol or Ged on a Tuesday or Thursday evening.

We look forward to seeing you all there.
Carol and Ged

Park location
Queen Elizabeth Country Park is located in South East Hampshire 4 miles south of Petersfield on the A3, a distance of 32 mile from Hart Leisure Centre.
For sat nav users the park address is:
Gravel Hill,
Horndean,
Hampshire
PO8 0QE

For your diary:
We are pleased to announce that we are holding a HRR Children’s Christmas Party on Saturday December 5th from 3.30 to 5.50pm at Zebon Copse Community Centre. Bring along your children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces for an afternoon of fun and games and of course a visit from Santa. More details will be available soon or for up to the minute information visit the thread on the forum.

A plea: If anybody has, or can borrow, a Santa Suit that we could use on the 5th please let me know – thanks, Carol

Races: Fleet 10K October 18th, Stubbington 10K January 10th

One of our local and MRC races, the Fleet 10K is fast approaching. Along with the Fleet Half in March and our own handicap race, it also forms part of the HRR Club Championship. Don’t miss out, make sure that you get your entry in NOW.

Another race in the MRC and on the HRRL calendar is the Stubbington 10K which always reaches the race limit very quickly. Entries are now open and it is filling up fast. There is also a fun run of approximately a mile for 7 – 14 yr olds. Entries for these races are available from Fleet and Crookham AC and Stubbington Green AC websites or you can enter online via Runners World.

More details about the MRC and HRR Club Championship are available on our website.

Club Gazebo and Banner

Anybody at Windle Valley or the Alice Holt 10K will have seen that the club now owns a gazebo and that the club banner has been found! Nicky and I will look after these items on behalf of the club and will take them to appropriate races/events as required. However if you are attending an event for the club where either item could be used, please contact either of us to arrange collection.