A friendly running club, based in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.
Well done to everyone who took part in the inaugural Norfolk XC League (team runner info to follow).
Class results:
Women’s A – 3rd place
Women’s B – 1st place
Women’s C – 4th place
Men’s A – 6th place
Men’s B – 4th place
Men’s C – 6th place
Unofficial Time (Strava):
Amanda – 32:54
Official Times:
Daniel – 40:29
Ambie – 54:04 – 2nd in class
Katie – 53:57
Congratulations to Cam Raven for being selected by Athletics Norfolk for the British Inter Counties Cross Country under 20s Male team. Competing on 7th March, we wish Cam an enjoyable event and one to remember.
Cam is the first member of Runners-next-the-Sea to be selected as a County Runner. Well done Cam.
Last race in the series and the first in the 2020 club year.
Official Times:
Ladies (approx 7.2km):
Amanda – 47:21 – 1st in class
Hayley M – 50:47
Susie – 52:09 – 2nd in class
Allison – 53:48
Lorraine – 54:03 – 2nd in class
Paula – 57:11
Nita – 58:34
Libby – 60:19
Men (approx 9.6km):
Ant – 54:04 – 3rd in class
Glyn – 59:07
Rob – 1:01:09
Steve – 1:02:28
Cam – 1:02:44
Keith – 1:23:23 – 2nd in class
Official Time:
Paula – 1:20:41
OK. So its cold (icy), wet (two river crossings), and muddy (a 25mtr mud bath and a couple of mud filled trenches to jump). It shouldn’t be fun.
But it is!
Once again, RntS put up a good showing at the Reepham Cross Country today. The first frosty and icy day of the year typically! It’s surprising how many comments were made about us running in white tops (although they weren’t when we finished).
Definitely an event worth doing. A very friendly event, well organised and a good laugh. In fact, Lorraine said that even she would consider doing it next year!
Thank you to the hardy support team who cheered us on whilst standing in the cold.
Official Times:
Shane – 46:43.3
Glyn – 47:51.4
Cam – 51:10.0
Mark – 1:02:55.3
Allison – 1:05:37.6
Susie – 1:14:46.2
Keith – 1:14:46.9
Vikki (1 lap) – 42:14.5
Mucky photos ahead…..
Official Time:
Hayley W – 27:14
Thetford Cross Country. Perfect weather for racing today and a challenging course. Very little flat, it all seemed to be up or down, with mole hills, on firm ground. Marshals were excellent with encouragement at every turn. There was a good turnout of runners but the field soon became spread out so there were no bottlenecks or hold ups. RntS members enjoyed the event and Amanda our Captain was pleased with our efforts.
Kevin S.
Official Times (Strava):
8k:
Cam – 35.21
10k:
Ant – 42:07
Shane – 45:15
Kevin S – 46:54
Amanda – 48:23
Rob J – 48:28
Paul – 48:32
Lorraine – 49.05
Paula – 50:41
Susie – 56:04
Nita – 1:02:30
Kirsty – 1:02:34
Keith – 1:06:10
From Facebook:
AGM Meeting Announcement- 30th January 2020 (members only)
Our annual general meeting will be on 30th Jan at 7pm at the Gordon Barrett Memorial Hall in Wells (same place as last year).
There’ll be a formal meeting to begin (we’ll keep this as brief as possible) and then food, music, a quiz and raffle.
At the end of the formal section of the meeting, all the committee must stand down from their posts and be re-elected if they wish to. If any member is interested in becoming a member of the committee please click on the following link to see a description of the roles
https://www.rnts.co.uk/committee-roles/
As the club has expanded significantly since last year, we have added a new role of events coordinator which we are looking to fill. This is someone who can help coordinate social and running events in the future, together with volunteers and you wouldn’t need to be on the committee for this! We’re also asking for friends of the committee, people who are willing to volunteer to help with future events.
This year, for the first time we are asking members for their nominations for an award we are giving to the ‘runners runner of the year’. This is for someone in the club who you feel is perhaps the most inspirational or supportive or helpful throughout the year or has been a great example of the clubs ethos. Can you personal message me with your nominations by middle of January please?
As you guys are so generous and we had an overwhelming response last year with gifts for the raffle, we are asking for food bank donations which will be given to St Nicholas church in Wells for distribution to food banks in Fakenham and Cromer. We are still having a raffle but Angie Barker has kindly offered to organise prizes for this, if you’d still like to give something for this please liaise with her.
Allison and I will coordinate food contributions for the meeting. We’ll put a separate post on here about this and to ask for help – thank you!
Thanks everyone for helping make 2019 a great year for the club and look forward to seeing you at the meeting and in 2020. Happy new year ?
Paula.x
Annual General Meeting Agenda
1. Greetings/ introductions and receive apologies for absence.
2. Chairman’s report (including welfare) for 2019 (Kevin).
3. Membership secretary’s report for 2019 (Ceri).
4. Treasurer’s report for 2019 (Claire).
5. Club kit (Lucy).
6. Club race statistics for 2019 (Mark).
7. Membership fees for 2020 – members to vote on this.
8. Club nominated races.
9. Future events (including hosting events).
10. AOB.
11. Awards presentation.
12. Committee representation – voting in of committee members for 2020 (Paula).
We are seeking an Event Coordinator that needs a volunteer and a non-committee role of Athletics Norfolk Club Representative. Paula will be standing down from the role of Club Secretary and has volunteered for the role of Athletics Norfolk Club Representative. Chris Palmer has volunteered to take over the role of Club Secretary, other nominations are welcome for both of these roles.
13. Thanks to all members for attendance and help with meeting organisation and close.