St Albans Athletics Club

The biggest race of the season will take place this Saturday 25th Feb at Parliament hill. All details with links on our fixture page.
Under 13 girls - Jess B, Caitlin, Tabitha, Alex, Jess E, Ellen B, Emily Hack, Olivia, Sinead, Eleanor, Lizzie
Under 13 Boys - Ben C, Ben M, Andrew S, Hugh, Adam
Under15's - James, Sam, Robin, Pippa, Alice, Naomi, Abbie, Lauren, Laura, Madeleine
Under 17's - Megan, Hannah, Abbie, Sophie, James, Oli, Ryan and Jack
If you are unable to run please let me know asap.
We will have our flag or tent up in the tent village!!
Make sure you have an easy week with plenty of rest and good nutrition !
Deborah
deborah_steer@staac.org.uk

Tuesday 14th February 2012 Track Now Open 

In any future adverse weather conditions please check the website if you are in any doubt on a nightly basis. 

Please see Results for the results of the round 5 at Wing. The race report can be found in Match Reports. As with all the cross country events there are photos taken by the club and/or professional photographers. Details can be found in Photos.

We have been out on the course this afternoon preparing the parts that we are able to before tomorrow.
There is a thin covering of snow on most of the course which has had the effect of slightly softening the ground, so will now take a spike (not too long though). There are two gateways where extra care should be taken but we will guide the runners through these as safely as we can by narrowing the entrance and exits as appropriate.
We are due a very hard frost tonight, but are hopeful that the snow covering will protect the ground a little. It will not be icy but probably a bit "crunchy" first thing tomorrow.
Whilst runners should take care, I see no reason not to have the meeting tomorrow unless there is a great deterioration overnight.
Should this happen I will inform Dennis by 9am otherwise no news is good news and it will be on.
Individual runners must make their own assessment of the conditions as human nature decrees that some will be more confident than others. the moment the fixture is going ahead.  

CHILTERN LEAGUE MOB MATCH
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th 2012

Venue: The Cottesloe School, Wing, near Leighton Buzzard. Situated on the western edge of Wing, in Church Street.

Wing is one of the best fixtures with a real challenging course and great school hospitality. Could you please e-mail me if you haven't competed in a cross country before so that we can allocate you a race number. If you aim to get here 1 hour before your race and look out for the St Albans Flag. 

Please see Fixtures for a one pager which includes all the details (location, parking, timings, etc.) of the match. 

Any questions please e-mail me.

Deborah
deborah_steer@staac.org.uk

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