Club Notices

Notices

The Striders and Purbeck Runners met at Furzebrook Village Hall for grouped runs in the beautiful Purbeck Hills. Afterwards everyone returned for tea and homemade cakes. Purbeck Runners’ Chair Hamish Murray said, “It was a simply superb event. It was lovely to see members of both Clubs enjoying each others company and sharing best practice”. The Club would like to thank Purbeck Runners for organising a very enjoyable and successful event. Here are some PHOTOS of the event.

The 2010 Club Championship has been amended as the Lytchett Dinner/Dance took place the evening before the Blackmore Vale Half. The Bournemouth Half and Sturminster Half have now replaced the Blackmore Vale race making 12 races in all with your best 7 to count. The 2009 Club Champonship are now complete: Nigel Rogerson is the mens' champion and Judith Vlaarkamp the ladies champion. More information can be found on the 2009 Club Championship website. Many thanks to Heather Brain for organising the championship.

Jeff Yeoman is organising a Weymouth Night Out by train on Saturday 10^th April 2010. He has kindly produced a train TIMETABLE but please contact Jeff direct for further information.

Dave Rabjohns and Tony Scott are organising their annual walk in the Purbecks on Sunday 18^th April 2010. Further details are HERE or by direct contact with Dave or Tony.

The Christchurch Christmas Pudding 10K for 2010 ENTRY FORM is now available. This will be the 20^th running of the race so please enter ASAP as it will fill up very quickly indeed! The Christchurch Runners website can be found at http://www.christchurch-runners.org.uk/

Palma ½ Marathon 17^th October 2010

Flight Information - Ryanair from Bournemouth to Palma

Out         Sat.    16th Oct. 09:55 – 13:05 £39.99 pp.
Return    Tues. 19th Oct. 15:09 – 16:15 £29.99 pp.
              Thurs. 21st Oct. 13:40 – 14:55 £21:99 pp.

Web Check in £5pp, 1st Checked Bags £15pp, Handling fee £5pp. All each way.

Total cost Sat and Tues = £39.99+£29.99+£10+£30+£10=£119.98 say £120pp.

Hotel details to follow

Further information - see Tony Peach

Next year's Awards Dinner will take place at the Canford Magna Golf Club on Saturday 5^th February 2011 - further information available later this year.

Next year's Lytchett 10 will take place on Sunday 20^th February 2011 - further information available later this year.

It is vitally important that, if you are participating in races for Lytchett Manor Striders, you ensure that you are a currently paid-up Club member and have a valid EA license. Membership forms and payments can be sent to the address at the bottom of the Club's Membership Application Form.

PLEASE NOTE: UK Athletics Rules for Competition Rule 216 Entries contains 3 specific clauses relevant to the issue of number swapping :

(1) Every entry for a race shall be made to the Race Secretary on the official entry form, or the Universal entry form (if acceptable to the Promoter), as approved by the appropriate Association.

(2) Entries shall be made in the competitor’s true name as legally registered and must be completed with the correct age/date of birth and other details.

(3) Numbers are issued to the individual athlete completing the application form and are non-transferable except with the specific authority of the Race Secretary.

General Rule 14 (which applies to all disciplines) amplifies these rules requiring in 14(6) the intending competitor to sign the entry form and in 14(10) the entry has to be accompanied by the full amount of the stipulated entry fee.

In addition to the Rules for Competition, there are additional issues:

a) There is a significant Health and Safety issue of the need to know that the competitor wearing a particular number is who the entry details say that person is. It is unlikely that a runner wearing someone else’s number is still covered by the insurance cover available under the permit.

b) In addition the need to have accurate results avoids the difficulties for organisers have at times with getting prizes to the correct runners – men running in female numbers; age group prizes going to the wrong persons etc.