What a Busy Week

Dave Richardson Trophy 

Friday Night at the Track was the Dave Richardson Trophy 3k handicap. With most of the work being done before hand by Tim Hawkins. Dave won the Men's and Denise the ladies.

The two Club Winners

From Denise:

Dave Stanfield Who won first place for the David Richardson's memorial race .I know Dave would of been so pleased for you Dave that you had won this.

A big thank you to all that took part and to Tim, Adrian and Pete for the organisation. 

Taunton Triathlon

Jo Henley and Debbie Keeble travelled to Taunton for the Triathlon, Jo managed 1:42 and Debbie 2:19. There was also a Debbie Jones down as a YTRRC with a 1:51. The full results can be seen here

Happy to say both Debbie Keeble & I made it safely around Taunton Triathlon. Great event, well organised & marshalled. Pleased to be home now with my feet up!!

Liverpool Rock n Roll Marathon

Well done to Lynne for completing the Liverpool Marathon on a nice warm day, great running as always. 4:56 and the result can be seen here.

Lynne said:

V v hot Liverpool marathon, route took us all through city parks, support from locals brilliant on closed roads, a lot of water, drinks gels. Suffered last few miles, due to hat, think 4.53 ish , sorry if this posted twice. And beer at end cold and alcoholic!

Dragon Boat Racing

From Louise:

To all those doing the Dragon Boat Racing on Monday, these are the arrangements. Please meet at the pay gate near the car park entrances which is nearest to the lake between 9.45 and 10am and I will hand out the tickets. (Roads will be very busy so allow some extra time). Fez will go on in with a couple of others to put the gazebo up which we can use to put bags in. Best to wear running clothes which dry quickly and bring a towel. No one is likely to fall in and life jackets are provided but you will get splashed so best to bring a change or two of clothes and maybe a towel. Waterproof mascara is also advisable! If anyone is not able to make it or running late please text me on 07792956524 to let me know as I won't be able to go in until I've handed all the tickets out. Race briefing is at 10.15. Hope you're all looking forward to the day!

More on this for an extra Blog tomorrow

Wells 10k

We had a few Green and Whites at the Wells 10k today with Nick Brooke first male over the line for the Club and Karin Zueger was our first lady. Well done to all runners.  Full results can be seen here.

From Louise:

Wells 10k fun run. I think they all enjoyed the heat and the course, especially running the big hill twice. Well done to Karin Züger, 2nd lady and Brian and Nick Brooke for their age category wins

Egdon Easy 10k

A Club Championship race so a few Green and Whites at this race down in Weymouth.

The first Yeovil Vest over the line was Fez Parker with Melanie Denham taking the first lady place. Well done to all runners and the full results can be seen here. 

St Margarets Colour Run

Some of the Club helped out marshalling this Colour Run for St Margaret's:

Linda Membury:

OMG that was ace! St Margarets Colour Run. Was let loose on this paint station with the lovely Lindsay Saunders, Kristian, Freya, Abigail, Katie Brooks, Kimberly Lonsdale, Melanie Ditch, Alex Harrington and Steve Membury. Thank you guys for helping out. We looked something from Shrek, Star Wars baddies and smurf and me Mrs Tomato!! We ran out of paint but made sure that all 1300 runners were covered! Lindsay is still traumatised! Thanks guys x 

Club Awards Night

From Antita:

As many of you may be aware there was recently a vote to give the club members the choice to change venue for the club annual awards night. The result of this was announced at the club AGM on May 10th.

That being:
YTFC (venue A) which had 12 votes 
Haselbury Mill (venue B) which had 51 votes. 

The date remains the same as in previous years, the last Friday in November - this year it's Friday 25th November.  The new venue can accommodate 200+ diners.
At the next club committee meeting, Weds 1st June, I hope we can discuss some of the thoughts that have been raised:
Discounted places for club members, ?full price for guests.
A minibus/coach arranged from/to around Yeovil.
Staged payment available if needed. Etc.

LAST CALL for BRISTOL HALF MARATHON 2016 places
I plan to be at club on Tuesday night so if you have any money for me then pop it in an envelope with your name and email address on it. 

The Queens 40th

Just like the Queen Katie Brooks seemed to have the week for her Birthday but the one party she did not know about was at the Yess Club on Friday. A great night and a big thank you to all that helped set this up and for the food.

Ash Tall Tree Trail Race

Wednesday saw the Clubs TTTR, with loads of the Club running and also a Fun run for the Kids. It was a lovely Summers evening and the kids were off first at 6 pm. 

The Results of the Fun Run are on the website and can be found here. Thanks to all who helped out. Kids Fun run photographs can be seen here.

Next race was the main one with 97 runners starting from Ash School. The YTRRC running team were ready for the off.

Well done to Richard Bateson who won the race and was well out in front, although running under the RAF he is a Club member but Paul Card was the first YTRRC runner in a Club vest and Nikki Guiver was the Club's first lady.

The full results can be seen here and the photographs can be seen here. 

Notices

The minutes to the AGM will be added to the website over the next few weeks, at the AGM is was mention to discus the Tuesday Club Night and to get feedback from Club members. We have received a couple of emails but would like more views on how the Club is to manage Tuesday nights. This also means all other Club activities that you may wish to add your views or ways to improve YOUR Club. The Committee meeting is this week if you wish to attend.

Montacute Park Run on the Saturday before our Yeovil Marathon would like the Club to marshal. We will set up the Club gazebo and promote the Club and hopefully get some new members. More to follow on this but please help if you can. 

From Nathan Gardiner:

‪#‎hilltalk‬ Lot's of excellent hilling?!? done last night. Who is interested in joining future sessions? Not always the evil pyramids and we try to change hills to. I gather more people could come if it was at 6:30? And we've tended to float between Wednesdays and Thursdays which I'm not sure if would make much difference either? Do have a whatsapp group for it where the details get discussed before they go on facebook, let me know if you want to be added.

Club Events

1. Tuesday Club Night is at YTFC 6:30pm 31st May

2. Wednesday at 6:30 is the Committee Meeting at St Johns, all Club members are welcome to attended.

3. The Pub Run this week is Sod knows

4. The next Championship Race is Sun 5th 10k Crewkerne (SS) 11.00 am

5.  The Sunday Long Runs will be at Sherborne Station at 9:00 am