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The latest missive from Chairman Adi is out! Follow the link below to the Newsletter page and find out who the latest HOTM is, read this month’s Harrier profile and lots of other bits and bobs of information. If anybody fancies doing a race report and/or a member profile for next months Adi would appreciate it. Thanks to all those who contributed for this months.
If you’re registered and logged in you can always find the latest Newsletter on our Newsletter page here.
The new club shop is now open.
You can find the link via our dedicated website page
The sample vests will be brought to the next few sessions if you need to try on before you order.
Please note:
1. The shop is open until 11 March 22, after that date all orders will be consolidated and a collective order sent into production.
2. The Elite range has a 10% levy added (this will be refunded if more than 5 items of each item are ordered.
3. There will be an approximate lead time of 4-6 weeks for delivery.
4. Sizing of the garments is smaller than we were expecting, so Raceskin is sending larger samples to the club for us to try on, in addition to those we’d initially ordered. These should be available before the cut off.
5. The Black trim on the Elite Vest we are trying to change to Blue for the next round.
6. It is envisaged that we will submit an order bi-monthly, or sooner if demand exists, but also hold some stock for sizing and new members.
7. If you don’t have a top and need one for a race, please let us know your size and we will try and arrange a loan for you until your own top arrives.
Mid-February saw the welcome return of Kingstone Runners’ Wombwell five-mile race.
I was determined to do well, as I had set one of my best ever times here in 2020, so as Saturday Night turned into Sunday Morning I felt a little nervous excitement about my first race this year.
Alas, it was wet out. ‘It Always Rains On Sunday’, according that overlooked 1940s novel and film, and precursor to the kitchen-sink realism movement. And here at Wombwell Football Club, with its puddle-filled potholes and rickety stands next to the disused railway line it seemed particularly bleak.
We’re in Barnsley, setting for Barry Hines’ novel A Kestrel for a Knave. Me, Melissa and Simon, three trail running enthusiasts have turned up to this all-road race. It starts on a Go-Kart track, then feeds onto the road to Darfield, known as Snape Hill, a testing climb, the only one.
Or was it? Feeling pleased at making it up okay, me and the runners around me approached a marshall on a corner who assured us “it’s all downhill from here! Except…” I didn’t catch the last bit, but rounding the corner realised that comment was a cruel sort of assurance, as we had another hill to run up. Still, type 2 fun, as they call it, is A Kind of Loving.
Heart pounding by now, I did my best to keep up with the person in front, a Steel City Strider, easing away, but I didn’t mind having a little Room at the Top. Certainly no sense of Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, anyway.
From here I did my best to run fast downhill and hold on when it turned flat around the 4-mile point. A lap of the Go-Kart track and then a battle with another runner in a very fast sprint resulted in a three-way photo-finish and a satisfactory 35:04 chip time. I Looked Back, not so much in Anger, but in mutual respect for the other runner.
Simon was waiting to congratulate me, apparently already recovered, and it wasn’t long to wait to watch Melissa Come Home.
We have had confirmation that the South Yorkshire Road League is making a return for 2022. You can always find up to date information on this page here.
These are great Club only races for all abilities and it would be great to flood them with blue and yellow!
There are 4 x 5 mile races and they are all held on Wednesday evenings from 6 and 7 pm on the following dates:-
March 30th – 3 Merry Lads, Lodge Moor, Sheffield
6th April – tbc
20th April – tbc
25th May – tbc
The best part is the price – £10 for all 4 races so even if you can only make a couple, still cheap as chips!
We have been given a limited number but can get more if we respond quickly. It is a quick turnaround for entries so please let Mick know ASAP if you would like to take part. Hope to see lots of you there!
N.B – You need to be a 1st claim Harrier and must wear clubs colours (no training tops or cotton Harriers shirts!)
Given the news that the North Lincs half has been postponed and Burringham is no longer going ahead, we’ve added another very local and popular race, the Cusworth 10km ?
As soon as we have confirmation of the CC race for April we’ll let you know straight away.
Latest details for the Club Champs can always be found on it’s dedicated page here
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