Hi there
Not quite sure where January went!
Couch to 5K
Welcome to everyone who has started our C25K programme. I hope you are enjoying it. We are looking forward to helping you celebrate your graduation on the 12th March at Newent parkrun.
Cross Country
We managed to put out both a Women’s and Men’s team out at Rotherwas in January and had 3 Age Category wins! Well done everyone. The final race of the winter season is on 6th February at Presteigne. Keep an eye out on the Facebook page for more details and speak to Neil Grinnell if you would like to take part. Be good to get two teams out again.
The summer cross country league is now in it’s planning phase. We would really like to try and get as many people out as possible to these. They are held on a Wednesday evening and the July one will be part of the league this year. We hope to hold some training events for these once the lighter nights arrive. Keep an eye out in the newsletter for more details.
AGM
The AGM was held on 13th Jan. Thank you to everyone who came and contributed.
The Committee for 2022 is:-
Helen Keegan – Chair
Sally Smart – Treasurer
Jayne Cresswell – Secretary
Chris Law – Race Director
Jo Taylor-Greig – Social Secretary
Neil Grinnell – Cross Country Rep and Kit
Publicity – Rachel Bannister
Website – David Bannister
Membership Secretary – Mark Lister
Health and Safety Co-ordinator – vacant however Mark Lister and Sue Kirk will review the current policies that we have in place.
The minutes from the AGM can be found here:- Minutes 13th Jan 2022 – AGM
Magnificent Eastnor Castle 7 – 3rd April 2022
This is our club race. We will be looking for volunteers to set up, marshall etc nearer the time. Right now though we need runners to take part. Please do share the Facebook posts as far as possible so that we can attract runners to our event .https://www.facebook.com/MagnificentEastnorCastle7
Website
David Bannister is currently working on the website, updating it and adding in new features – such as which club runners have taken part in a parkrun this weekend – https://ledburyharriers.org.uk/running/ Keep checking back regularly to see what has changed. If there is something that you would like to see on the website, please do let me know. info@ledburyharriers.org.uk
We also have a new Race Reports section so please do write the reports and send in the photos to keep this as full as possible.
League 2022
The first race was held at the Kymin Fell Race in January. Well done to those who took part in a very tough race. Details of the races in the championship can be found here:- https://ledburyharriers.org.uk/local-races/ldh-champions-league-2022/
Thursday Night Sessions
These are held at 6:30 pm on Thursdays at the junction of Prince Rupert Raod and New Mills Road (2nd turning on the left as you come up from Homebase). Currently, they are geared towards the 5K parkrun on 12th March. Once the nights start getting lighter, Kate will put on her popular hill sessions again. More information on those to follow….
Dates for your diary
5th and 6th Feb – Mayhill Massacre https://www.ypbevents.co.uk/mayhill-massacre
6th February – Stourbridge Stagger http://www.srclub.co.uk
6th February – Herefordshire Cross-country League race at Presteigne
11th February – Rogue Runs night race at Beech House Forest of Dean race details
13th February – Muddy Woody – Haugh Wood Wye Valley Runners
20th Feb 2022 Hereford 10 Mile Race https://www.entrycentral.com/hereford10mile
27th March 2022 – Pendock Chicken Run https://www.runpendock.co.uk/
6th April 2022 – Hereford Couriers 5K Series https://herefordcouriers.com/club-races/5kseries2022/
15th April 2022 – Leominster 5K https://www.entrycentral.com/LeominsterRunners5k
7th May 2022 – Wye Valley Trail Running Challenge https://trailevents.co/events/wye-valley-trail-running-challenge/
29th May 2022 – City of Gloucester Triathlon https://clubs.britishtriathlon.org/TriTeamGlos/Races/CityofGlos
11th June 2022 – Offa’s Dyke 15 https://www.tempoevents.co.uk/events/offas-dyke-15/
Kit
If you would like a club vest, please speak to Neil Grinnell and he will try and sort you out with one.
If you would like training kit with Ledbury Harriers on, please follow this link http://www.yournameonitshop.co.uk/ledbury_harriers.html
I think that it is all for now. Look forward to seeing you all out running. The lighter nights are on their way!
Helen