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Please see the Fixtures area for information updates on the South of England Cross Country Championships to be held at Brighton on Saturday 28th Jan:
- Timetable and other info
- Listing of entries from the club
- Buses and Trains travel details
- Parking - NOTE that there is parking issues due to
  a football match later in the afternoon
 
 
Click Here to see the 2011 - 2012 updated Club Fixtures or see the Fixtures, Track & Field 2011-2012 season area.

As you can see most of the venues have been agreed now, although I am still to hear about the NJAL.

Sue
 
 
A big thank you to all the athletes, parents, friends, coaches, officials and members who attended the presentation evening last Friday at Verulam School.  A record number of medals, certificates and trophies were handed out to athletes - congratulations to you all for your endeavours on the track and field and in cross country. A presentation was also made to Terry Davies and his wife Lynne.  Terry had been the Club's Treasurer for more than 12 years and he stood down at the AGM last year.  A brief resume of his work as Treasurer over the years was delivered and a vote of thanks given.

As well as thanks to all the Club's coaches, officials and volunteers, mention was given to Colin Hull who has taken on the reins of Treasurer, Ian Markwell our new minutes secretary and Kathy McMurray our membership secretary.  Special thanks to Martin Evans for all his hard work in putting together the slide show and photos for the presentation - which makes life so much easier for the presenters!

Congratulations were also given to Sue Smith who has been selected to officiate at the Olympics and Paralympics - not only a great honour for her but for the club also - and to Debbie Steer who was selected in her capacity as a middle distance coach, to train at high altitude with the National Coaching Squad in France earlier this year.

With all the thanks being given out, I forgot to thank Andrew Ellis - our website manager - who took over this role at the AGM and has even managed to bring me into the 21st century with the advances in technology which are of great benefit to the communication within the Club itself.  So let me put that right here and now......Thank You Andrew for all your hard work!!

I hope you all enjoyed the evening and look forward to seeing you all again very soon.

Lynne Milner
Chairman

 
 
URGENT REMINDER

PRESENTATION AWARDS EVENING

2011 Season

Friday 13th January 2012 7:30pm till 10:30pm
Verulam School (Main Hall)
Brampton Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 4PR

PLEASE TRY AND BOOK IN ADVANCE

Adults £4.00
Children (Members) £2.00
Family Ticket £10.00 

Light Refreshment Included in Ticket Price
DRINKS - Please bring your own

PARKING - In School Car Park

Please book your place with Sue on Thursday Night’s or alternatively by email  :  sue_smith_51@hotmail.com or 01727 833308 / 07989 970104
 
 
For listings of the entries from the club for this event please see the Cross Country section of the Fixtures area.
Please let Deborah know urgently if any information is incorrect.
 
 
For those entered into this event, you will some one pagers in the Cross country area of the Fixtures giving all the details of events, timings, course map, and location of Fairlands Valley Park. Please print out as required.

Also, a very happy new year from the committee to all club members. We all hope that you perform well in 2012 and enjoy yourself in the process!!
 
 
Just to wish you all a happy christmas  and to let you know that the track is closed at dusk from Saturday 24th -Tuesday 3rd Jan so there will be no club sessions.
For those of you eager to maintain your fitness for the Herts X country on the 8th January we have arranged 4 sessions.
9.30am Saturday 24th and 31st December at the swings in the park
10am -Tuesday 27th and Thursday 29th December in the car park at the track and jog over to the same area .
 
Normal service will resume on Tuesday 3
 
 
I need to enter anyone who would like to take part in the County,Southern and National Championships.
- County Champs - 8th Jan 2012 - Stevenage cost £4
- Southerns 28th Jan 2012 - Brighton cost £6
- Nationals 25th Feb 2012 Hampstead Cost £6
(Links to websites for the above are on the Fixtures page)

Any questions let me know if not put entry fees in an envelope asap as cut off date approaching fast.

All of these events are great fun and suitable for a large range of abilities. Under 11 can only do the County champs.

Deborah
deborah_steer@staac.org.uk
 
 
Many of you will not know that while we were running in St Albans, 6 of our under 13 girls were taking part in the national final of the English Schools Cup. This is a team event and St Albans Girls school junior had qualified for the final in Rugby.
They were rewarded by aiming high and came away with a national bronze medal.
The team was Tabitha Weddell, Alex Bentley, Georgia Robin, Jess Barnes, Lucy Day, Susie Williams.
Well done all
 
 
Many thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make our first home fixture with St Albans Striders so successful. The officiating,marshalling,organisation and the refreshments were perfect.
Excellent results and well done to all our debutants!!
Remember to get your envelopes with race entry money in to me next week.
We all missed Jack Gentle so get well soon.
The results have been posted in the Results area and there is a match report on the Match Reports page