| Riverside Runners Summer Social |
11/07/2010 |
Your committee wishes to invite you to the 2010 Summer Social at St Neots Rowing Club on 31 July at 19.30hrs. The band 'Park Lane' will be playing.
Entry is free. Fish and chip supper can be ordered and there will be a bar. Juniors are not invited.
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| - Not Kenny's Relay - |
20/05/2010 |
The traditional Riverside Runner’s “Not Kenny’s Relay” will take place on Wednesday 16th June. This is a fun event for both senior and junior club members. Runners are put into teams of mixed abilities and compete in a relay race around the Riverside Park. Parent support would be great and you can spectate from the comfort of the rowing club or you are more than welcome to join the teams in the Riverside Park. The presentation to the winning team will take place at the rowing club. Pizzas can be ordered and paid for prior to the race and will be delivered in time for the presentation. Drinks will be available from the bar.
Interested? Here’s all you have to do!
• Meet at the rowing club between 6.15 and 6.30 pm where you will be placed in a team
• Order and pay for your pizza
• Run as fast as you can
• Sit back and enjoy your pizza, drink and some good company before the presentation to the winning team.
• If you are not going to run but could offer support marshalling this event it would be greatly appreciated.
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| May Club Meeting |
03/05/2010 |
This week's Club Meeting (Thurs 6 May) will be held at the Bowling Alley on Huntingdon Road, St Neots (adjacent to Priory Park) in one of the upstairs rooms. The room will be available from around 19.30hrs and the meeting will start at 20.00hrs. This is a "one-off" change to enable the refurbishment of the bar and room at the Rowing Club to happen more efficiently than if we start paddling about there.
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| Riverside Runners Championship 2010 |
03/05/2010 |
We are now into the second quarter of the Riverside Runners Championship and a record of the latest provisional scores for all entrants is published on the website in the document library. This covers results from January to April and will be updated every two months.
The championship recognises the best overall club performer taking into account their performance in a maximum of ten races over the year, based on a variety of factors including your age, the amount of miles you ran in each race, the variety of different distances you have covered and how much improvement you have made on your personal best times.
At the end of the year the person with the most points based on their best races up to a maximum of ten races, will win the championship. There will also be awards for the best runners in each age category.
All runner abilities are welcomed as the Championship is designed to take into account new starters, improvers and competitive runners. For details of how the rules operate please click ‘document library’ on the left hand side.
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| Beginners Sessions |
12/04/2010 |
Motivated by the London Marathon? Riverside Runners at St Neots are again offering free, friendly coaching sessions for beginners to running. These sessions over twelve weeks are aimed at absolute or near beginners. The objective of the sessions is to introduce prospective runners gradually to running so that they can reasonably contemplate taking up jogging or running as a regular component of a fitness routine. The sessions start on Monday 26 April 2009 at 18.30hrs meeting at the Rowing Club (beside Priory Centre, St Neots) and will continue for twelve weeks.
Anyone interested, feel free to ring Helen Liddle on 01480 217819 for details or encouragement - or just turn up on Monday evening with whatever kit that you already have for starting some exercise in.
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| Notice of AGM |
23/03/2010 |
The Annual General Meeting of the Riverside Runners will take place at 20:00hrs on Thursday 1 April 2010 at the St Neots Rowing Club.
The agenda is available in the Document Library under "Misc Papers". Please do try to attend this important meeting. It will be brief and followed by a club meeting with news, results, gossip fun and raffle. Plus the potential for a serious prize - just for turning up!
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| Riverside Relay |
03/03/2010 |
The (late!) latest version of Riverside Relay has been published. Access it from the "Relay" navigation button on the left.
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| Riverside Runners Annual Trip |
03/03/2010 |
Update - 24 Riversiders have made firm bookings. Very last chance to secure your place on this trip as final bookings are likely to be made on Monday 8 March. Having scanned the field for likely looking venues for the 2010 annual trip, Mark presented a shortlist to the members at the November meeting asking for feedback. Since then he has refined the options to Zagreb, Croatia for the weekend of 8 - 11 Oct 2010. Mark believes that the price is likely to be in the order of £375 but this is obviously dependent upon the number of people that come along.
What is needed now is for the firm bookings to come in. The itinerary will be along the lines of :
1. Fly to Croatia early on Fri 8th Oct, travel to and stay in a 3* hotel (B&B) close to the venue.
2. Sightseeing, drink, eat and be merry on Saturday 9th.
3. Small matter of a run (half or full Marathon) on Sunday 10th, Race entry NOT included.
4. Return home with lots of duty free, Monday 11th.
To secure a place(s) you need to pay a £35 non-refundable deposit. It is planned to put an instalment payment system in place for those that would like to take up that option. See Mark for more details and come along to the club meeting on 3 December to learn more.
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| TWELVE WEEKS OVERDUE Membership for 2010 |
24/02/2010 |
Still not paid your membership? Please do because we want to maintain and grow the club, but we also want our membership secretary to be able to close the file. It's now twelve weeks overdue. Don't get your name on our list of non-payers soon to be published, get your form and cheque to Norma this week. It's time to renew your membership. Will all existing members please complete a "Membership Renewal Form" and submit it by hand or post to Norma Leckie along with the subs please for the membership year starting Friday 1 Jan 2010. Membership Renewal Forms are available on this website in the "Document Library" (navigation tab on the left) or from Norma. The same form is appropriate for seniors and juniors.
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| Riverside Runners' Monthly Handicap Race |
18/01/2010 |
The club’s first regular Handicap Race will take place next Monday (25th Jan) and then routinely on every last Monday of the month. It is over the same 4.4m course every month and is open to all members. The Handicap Run is not a race in the conventional sense. You don't have to be super fit or super fast to take part. The aim is to provide you with a measure of your current form, whether you’re fit or unfit, a whippet or a tortoise, a new runner or a seasoned athlete. Points will be awarded based on finishing position (not time) and the person with the most points using their best seven months scores will win the annual competition. (I am sure that I will convince the Committee to award a decent looking silver cup for the winner with small trophies for second and third provided enough of you come along in the opening months.)
Great detail is provided for those that want to know how it works in a document lodged in the Document Library. It includes the course map. The simple version is :
1. The aim is to set people off so that they should all finish at 19.20hrs
2. Start and finish is in the Longsands College Playing Field near the top main gate
3. Set off at your handicap time (I will advise you of that each month) with a tally that you are given
4. Try your best over the fixed route
5. Slot your tally on the “Finish Bar” at the end
6. Watch out for your new starting time for the following month's race which will be calculated based on how well or badly you did in your last race.
To get things up and running this first month, you need a proxy handicap time. I will calculate that based on your known current performance. Send me an email to tell me that you are planning to turn up and I’ll calculate your start time this month. If you are generally an 11 min mile person it will be around 18.30hrs. If you are generally a 7 min mile person it will be nearer to 18.50hrs. You can still turn up even if you haven’t told me in advance, but you may get a disadvantaged handicap time because I will concentrate my efforts on getting others away first.
So if you are planning to run, email me now ( email to Maurice click here ) and then turn up ready to run at Longsands top gates at least five minutes before your allotted start time to ensure you can collect your personalised tally (no tally – no time!).
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| 2010 Championship |
17/11/2009 |
At the next committee meeting there will be a discussion about the type of championship that the club should run during 2010. Most clubs operate an annual championship and they take on many different forms. In the recent past, Riverside Runners has operated several including : 1. a point for racing and more points depending on how many people you beat
2. an age graded championship that required at least two results in each of three distance bands
3. this year Riverside Runners get points related to distance run and more points for performance based on the Star Award system
Most clubs use some sort of system that nominates that a runners best "x" number of results are used from a potential of "y" number of pre-nominated results. There are many variations on this theme and there are many other ways of running a championship. If you have any particular preference for style of championship, then use this opportunity to influence the committee in their decision. Hopefully there will be many suggestions made for the committee to consider. It is anticipated that the committee will short list perhaps three and then for a beauty parade of these to members at the December meeting to make the final decision.
If you have an idea, please email it to or talk to Maurice before lunchtime on Monday 23 November (next Monday) to enable him to assemble the complete list for the committee meeting. (Maurice's email address can be found on the "Contact Us" page of the website.)
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| St Neots Half Marathon & Fun Run |
10/11/2009 |
No doubt at all that this year's Half Marathon and Fun Run was a great success. Well done to the entire Half Committee who worked hard throughout the year and who with the help of additional volunteers from members, their families and friends put together another great event. Fantastic effort from a great team.
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| Tracey does Amsterdam |
18/10/2009 |
Tracey and Neil have run in Amsterdam this weekend (18 Oct). Neil completed the Half Marathon in just over 1h 30, so well done to him. However he has to let Tracey take the spotlight with her run in the marathon of 2h 59m 56s achieving 2FV40. Hope you both enjoyed the weekend. Certainly much to celebrate.
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| Riverside Relay |
29/09/2009 |
There's a new edition of Riverside Relay published - see it by clicking on "Relay" on the navigation bars on the left hand side of the screen.
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| Round Norfolk Relay - UPDATED 20 Sept |
07/09/2009 |
Riversiders had a great weekend in the Round Norfolk Relay. Well done to Tracey Patmore and Annie Furbank who were individual prize winners. Many thanks to to team captains / managers Kenny & Norma, Steve and Helen for their work in what is a significant period in preparation and then a weekend of effort and sleep deprivation so that the rest of us can have a great time, but especial congratulations to Kenny and Norma for organising, managing and motivating the winning Masters team in the 2009 competition. More detail in the next edition of Riverside Relay to be published next weekend.
The Masters Team is on the left and the Open Team on the right : 1 16.32m Tracey Patmore Alison Cooper
2 14.06m Phil Redden Tina Blackwell
3 5.69m Keith Richie Matt Nicholson
4 12.76m Neil Stevenson Adrian Jarvis
5 8.61m Keith Pritchard Mark Forster
6 7.86m Kevin Hickling Michaela Ridley
7 9.24m Mark Beagley Lucy Boothby
8 7.52m Andy Boast Michala Forster
9 11.30m Annie Furbank Kevin Hewitt
10 15.08m Paul Ridley Paul Meadows
11 19.60m Neil Adams James Bolm
12 19.67m Maurice Hemingway Steve Childerley
13 13.25m Steve Pledger Gavin Reynolds
14 8.80m Ian Cameron Simon Miller
15 7.20m Ruth Chamberlain Pam Hemingway
16 5.49m Simon Boothby Ollie McGlashan
17 11.73m Martyn Blackwell Diane Prout Details of the race, the results (analysed any number of ways), the teams, the rules and the routes with maps etc can be found RNR 2009 |
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| Social Runs |
26/08/2009 |
| Riversiders have had a great summer season of Social Runs. Many thanks to all who took the time and trouble to organise them for the club. The calender for this year went : Spaldwick - Dr. David and the Furbies
Offord - Paul Ridley
Abbotts Ripton - Mick & Barbara
Leighton Bromswold - Pete & Christine
Waresley - John & Ann S
Not Kenny's Relay - Kenny & Norma
Risely - Helen L
Eltisley - Ruth & Liz
Brampton Mill - Dianne & Jo
There's still just time if you want to organise another - let us know and we'll publicise it.
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| Family Fun Day |
26/08/2009 |
Saturday 26 Sept 2009 is set to be a packed day for Riversiders with three events being organised. All members are welcome at all. 1. Grafham Duathlon
2. Riverside Picnic and Games
3. Mr & Mrs Competition Grafham Duathlon
This is an early morning event (to avoid the other walkers and cyclists) that has 2.8m run / 8m cycle / 2.8m run. Run from near the cycle shop to the far end of the dam wall and back where pick up your bike and cycle anti-clockwise around the reservoir and then do the run to the far end of the dam and back. Meet in the Manders Car Park (Cycle Shop) with registration, warm up and safety check from 08.00hrs. The race will start at 08.30hrs. Prizes for first male and first female. Entrants must be over 15 years and helmets must be worn whilst cycling.
Riverside Picnic & Games
At 14.00hrs there will be the Riverside Picnic and Games being held in Riverside Park (rain or shine) opposite the Rowing Club. Do come along for the fun no matter the weather - we will adjorn to the Rowing Club in the event of foul weather after some games. Mr & Mrs Competition
Starting at 19.30hrs in the Rowing Club we are having a celebrity quiz game with you as the celebrities. Come along for more fun and games - Bar open.
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| Junior Championship for 2009 - Additions |
25/08/2009 |
The Junior Championship races for 2009 have been added to. The full programme for the Juniors is : Sun 1 Mar BRJ Frostbite
Sun 29 Mar Sandy 3k
Sun 3 May Titchmarsh 3k
Sun 10 May Eye 3k
Sun 14 Jun Ramsey 3k
Sat 11 Jul Everton 3 FR (Cancelled by Biggleswade AC)
Sun 19 Jul St Ives 3k
Sun 13 Sep Swineshead 3k
Sun 11 Oct Peterborough 4k
Sun 15 Nov St Neots Fun Run 3k
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| Improvers Course |
13/08/2009 |
| The Club is running an "Improvers Course" on Monday evenings from the Rowing Club at 18.30 starting on Mon 24th August. The only requirement is that you must be able to run / jog for a mile without having to stop to walk. All welcome incl non-members. Speak to Helen for more details and / or encouragement on 07971 217039 |
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| 5k Time Trial - Results |
03/08/2009 |
Many thanks to all those that turned out for our 5k Time Trial in Priory Park (Mon 10 Aug) and also many thanks to those that came along to help marshall etc. The course was two laps of Priory Park with an accurate measured distance of 5k. Paul Ridley 19.25
Phil Redden 19.28
Paul Veitch 19.49
Ian Cameron 19.53
Steve Childerley 20.53
Simon Boothby 21.29
Sarah Rollinson 22.25
James Bolm 22.25
Ruth Chamberlain 22.39
Andy Anderson 22.43
Vicki Thomas 23.16
Simon Bellwood 23.47
Karl Hiner 24.38
Junior Laciff 25.02
Naomi Goldsmith 25.15
John Wilcock 26.31
Jenny Dowling 26.55
Michaela Ridley 27.35
Dave Sellick 28.03
Norman King 29.31
Sarah Bates 29.35
Lucy Boothby 30.22
Liz Chamberlain 30.22
Felicity Fuller 31.07
Steve Deacon 32.53
Caroline Freeman 33.04
Becky Hull 34.07
Heather Savory 34.35
Barbara Reading 34.37
Spot prizes were won by Simon Boothby, Ian Cameron & Steve Childerley. We are contemplating a repeat in late September if there is interest shown at the September Club meeting (3 Sept). This would be the last for the adults of the year because of the darker evenings.
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