Chris Brooks was Member of the Month for December 2016.

Chris has worked incredibly hard in his training and made tremendous improvements in his running. He's represented the club in many road race and cross countries and following successfully completing his Leadership in Running Fitness course, has got involved on the coaching side, giving up his time for the benefit of other club members.    

Change of club - new online process available

From  today (11 January 2017) registered athletes moving their first claim membership between England Athletics affiliated clubs must perform this through an online process. (This online process is for changing clubs within England only. If you are transferring to a club elsewhere in the United Kingdom you will need to complete the paper applications from the respective Home Nations Governing bodies).

The online process has replaced the current paper-based process and is a follows:

1. Log in to your athlete portal www.englandathletics.org/myprofile using your own URN (England Athletics Number) and password. If you have forgotten your password, you can use the request function found under the password box.
2. Once logged in to the athlete portal, click on the “Club Transfer” tab found on the left-hand side of the screen. This will bring up the “First claim club transfer” screen. This will show any existing or previous club transfers.
3. To start the change of club application, click on the “start new transfer” button.
4. Enter the name of the new club you are transferring to in the relevant space and enter any comments you wish to send to your club you are wishing to leave. Once both boxes are completed, click the box in the bottom left-hand corner once you have read and agreed with the terms and conditions for the transfer. If exempt from payment (U15s and those returning after 3 years) you will be taken to the transfer complete screen.
5. Billing Information. Please complete the marked boxes for the address your payment card is registered to and then click the “review and pay” button.
6. Review your details are correct on the next screen and check the confirmation box in the bottom left-hand of the screen and then click on the “go to payment” button to proceed to the next screen.
7. Select your payment method and enter the request card details. Once entered click on the “Pay £10.00 now” button and complete your change of club transfer.

A club transfer complete screen will appear giving details of the next stage of the process and contact details for England Athletics. You will be kept informed on the progress of your application by email.

Well done to all the Hedgies that travelled to Lord Wandsworth College near Hook for round 4 of the Southern Cross Country League on Monday the 2nd of January 2017. This was the largest HERC turnout of the season for this league with several first-timers.

The results were as follows...
Men: 
Will Baggs - 40
Peter O'Donnell - 41
Kevin Martin - 42
Carlo van Leeuwen - 46
Keith Sheppard - 124
Keith Spiers - 126
Tim Ford - 178
Gavin Kinley - 215
Rob Jones - 267
Martyn Judd - 278

Ladies:
Claire Powell - 33
Kirsty Cartwright - 37
Melanie Ford - 92
Linda Cooper - 123
Tracy Puttock - 165

Both Men's and Ladies teams finished in 10th place, with Hedge End Running Club placed 9th overall of 23 clubs. 

Congratulations everyone!