4th Birthday Bash - The Archie 11th November 2011

The club's 4th birthday was celebrated in fine style at the Archibald Worthington Club in Whitchurch. Some 72 members and partners enjoyed an excellent food, a quiz, the presentation of club awards and a raffle! We were honoured to have Liz Wilbraham present to present our magnificent new "Don Wilbraham Handicap trophy". Liz also commented on how much Don enjoyed his time with the club. Sadly the winner, James Rainbow, was ill in bed and unable to receive the trophy. Apart from James, a great night was had by all!

We were also treated to a birthday cake in club colours in the shape of the Number 4 - and very nice it was too!. All thanks to Rob Sharam. And no, he didn't get a Marathon place just because he baked a cake!



Jon Morgan, Fiona Challinor and Rob Sharam were the winners in the draw for club places in the London Marathon. Good luck to them all.

Our Award winners were:

Most improved beginner: Laurence Evans
Most improved male: Daren Peacock
Most improved female: Gillian Fowles
Male who has best represented the club: Dave Wilson
Female who has best represented the club: Sarah Rogers
Special Achievement: Colin Jones for his solo run in the 24hr Thunder run

Club Summer Handicap Presentation
Winner: James Rainbow
2nd Place: Gillian Fowles
3rd Place: Jo Meadocroft

Club Awards Evening 2011 Nominations

Most improved beginner NOMINEES: Elaine Homer Laurence Evans	Most improved male runner NOMINEES: Daren Peacock Graham Jones James Rainbow	Most improved female runner NOMINEES: Fiona Challinor Gillian Fowles Jo Meadowcroft Vicky Leese
Male who has best represented the club NOMINEES: Brian Hickson Dave Wilson Dean Richards	Female who has best represented the club NOMINEES: Adele Minshall Kate Waterhouse Laura Fisher Sara Rogers

3rd Birthday Bash - Hannah's 12th November 2010

The club's 3rd birthday was celebrated at Hannah's Indian Restaurant in Whitchurch. Some 68 members and partners enjoyed an excellent Indian Buffet. As well as the presentation of club awards there was also a fun quiz by Simon Phillips and a prize raffle - thanks to all who contributed!

We were also treated to a yummy birthday cake courtesy of Jean Bancroft. Thanks, Jean.

Andy English, Hannah Rigby and Bob Wilson were the delighted winners in the draw for club places in the London Marathon. Someone will have to patiently explain to me why anyone wants to put themselves through the torture that is Marathon training!! But good luck to them all. Our Award winners were:

Most improved beginner: Christina Trevanion
Most improved male: Dave and Bob Wilson (joint award)
Most improved female:Maureen Whyte
Male who has best represented the club:Richard Stewart
Female who has best represented the club: Helen Robbins
Special Achievement: Andrew Corbett for his Ironman performance

Club Summer Handicap Presentation
Winner: Graham Jones
2nd Place:Brian Hickson
3rd Place: Maureen Whyte

I think we were finally kicked out of Hannahs by the chef at around one in the morning! A good night indeed.

Club Awards Evening 2010 Nominations and Winners

Most improved beginner WINNER Christina Trevannion NOMINEES: Annabel Fearnall Christina Trevanion Danielle Connolly Fiona Dillon Laura Turner	Most improved male runner WINNER Bob and Dave Wilson NOMINEES: David Wilson Dean Richards Graham Jones Kevin Smith Robert Wilson	Most improved female runner WINNER Maureen Whyte NOMINEES: Adele Minshall Juliet Salem Laura Fisher Maureen Whyte Sarah Wilson
Male who has best represented the club WINNER Richard Stewart NOMINEES: David Wilson Dean Richards Keith Cotton Ken Robbins Richard Stewart	Female who has best represented the club WINNER Helen Robbins NOMINEES: Adele Minshall Elaine Dines Heather Stewart Helen Robbins Sarah Wilson	Special Achievement Award WINNER Andrew Corbett For completing the Ironman

2nd Birthday Bash - Dodington Lodge 13th November 2009

Around forty-five sat down for a hotpot and apple pie supper to celebrate the club's second birthday. The meal was followed by the presentation of our annual awards. The nominees and winners are detailed below. Fortunately there were no embarrassing Hollywood style thank-you speeches so we were all able to get back to the important stuff without too much delay. Even the Chairman kept his welcome speech short.

As well as the award presentations the draw for 2 club places in the London Marathon took place. The lucky(?) winners were Daren Peacock and Andrew Corbett.

Andrew was doubly unlucky because he also won a copy of my novel in the raffle that followed - thanks to all the committee members who contributed prizes. Wisely Andrew had me sign the book to Maureen. I fully expect to see it re-appear in next year's raffle!

The formal proceedings were rounded off by Jon Morgan presenting Alison and Adele with flowers as a thank-you for their work in organising the do.

Sadly, no one disgraced themselves enough to warrant a special mention - unless you count Sean's holiday pictures. Fortunately they were the sanitised ones!

Club Awards Evening 2009 Nominations and Winners

Summer Handicap 3rd place: Rob Lewis 2nd place: Christine Henderson 1st Place: Sara Rogers	Most improved beginner Nominees: Jilly Hunt Julie Corbett Hannah Rigby Winner: Jilly Hunt	Most improved male runner Nominees: Jon Morgan Mark Gregory Robert Wilson Winner: Mark Gregory
Most improved female runner Nominees: Alison Birch Kate Waterhouse Sara Rogers Winner: Kate Waterhouse	Male who has best represented the club Nominees: Dean Richards John Rowlands Jon Morgan Simon Phillips Winner: Simon Phillips	Female who has best represented the club Nominees: Elaine Dines Helen Robbins Kate Waterhouse Sara Rogers Winner: Kate Waterhouse