The club has been offered one free place in the Scottish Half Marathon in Edinburgh on the 18th of September 2016.
If anyone is interested please let Richard Allen know and he will sort out the place. If more than one paid up club member wants the place, names will go into a draw. 

http://www.scottishhalfmarathon.com

Race 9 of 12 in the Hampshire Road Race League was held at the Hendy Ford Eastleigh 10K. Another good weather day for spring running and a flat course made for some fast times and many PB's for Hedgie runners.

Another great showing by Hedge End Running Club members ensured that that once again the club had full Men's and Ladies A, B & C teams in the HRRL with several members featuring in the teams for the first time. 

Provisional Results...
Ladies A Team
Kelly Wickens
Kirsty Cartwright
Michele Jacobs

Ladies B Team
Marie Droniou-Bordry
Jo Labram
Sandra Hook

Ladies C Team
Vanessa Brabazon
Sarah Butler
Claire Powell

Men's A Team
Matt Risden
Alex Johnson
Will Baggs
Steve Whitehead

Men's B Team
Gareth Byres
Paul Toms
Mike Dally
Mark Smallwood

Men's C Team
Nathon Palmer
David Rich
Peter Ingason
James Kinley

Well done also to the many other club members that ran in the race and a special mention to the graduates from the January Beginners Course that were set running in this race as their goal and rose magnificently to the challenge, many stepping massively outside of their comfort zone.. 

Race 10 in the series is the Alton 10 on Sunday the 8th of May 2016. 

League positions after race 8 - the Salisbury 10 Mile....

The Ladies A team were 4th in the race and are in 4th place in Division 1 of the A league behind Winchester, Lordshill and Stubbington.

The Ladies B team were 4th team in the B League and are in 4th place in Division 1 of the B League behind Winchester B and C and Stubbington B.

The Ladies C team were 2nd team in Division 2 of the B League and are in 4th place in Division 2 behind Pompey Joggers B, Totton B and Gosport B.

The Men's A team were 2nd team in Division 2 of the A League and are in 4th place in Division 2 behind Farnham, Pompey Joggers and Fareham. 

The Men's B team were 8th team in Division 1 of the B League and are in 9th place in Division 1.

The Men's C team were 7th team in Division 2 of the B League and are in 7th place in Division 2.

People who form part of the ‘athletics family’ are entitled to priority ticketing access for London 2017. The last reminder will shortly be sent so people who are not yet signed up should act now.
London 2017 will see both the IAAF and IPC World Athletics Championships being staged at the former Olympic Stadium in the biggest sporting event to be held there since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Three sets of people are eligible for Priority Ticketing access as individuals - registered athletes, coaches, and officials (the latter needing to have a qualification and up to date DBS). Emails were sent to these people on 18 December, 26 January and 1 March. People who have received these mails but are not yet registered for the priority ticketing can use link they were sent in one of these emails.
A final email giving sign-up details will be sent to these people shortly.
If you believe you are eligible for priority ticketing but have not received an email it is likely that:
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If you have not received a mailing but would like to receive the final email about priority ticketing you should log in at www.englandathletics.org/myprofile. You can use the forgotten password functionality if needed. Once logged in check your email address is correct on your ‘Personal Details’ section and that you have opted to receive information from us in the Subscription Preferences section.
Athletes should also check their registration is up to date, officials and coaches should check their DBS is up to date (if not a DBS can now be renewed online – see the link in the Personal Details section). 
If you have not seen the emails but are registered/ licensed, opted in and your email details are correct you should check their junk/ spam folder. You may also want to add the send addresses to your safe senders list/ address book. For coaches and officials this is coaches&officials@britishathletics.sportmailer.com. For athletes this is 
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In addition to this there was an email sent to club secretaries (or whoever is named as such on the club’s portal) on 11 February, with another scheduled for 18 March. giving clubs the chance to register 10 volunteers (including any who are not coaches or officials) for the pre-registration window.
Given the Priority Ticketing is ‘closed’ to these specific groups links to register for it are not available on the website as this would mean them becoming open to everyone.

Race 8 of 12 in the Hampshire Road Race League moved on to Salisbury for the City of Salisbury A & RC's 10 Mile road race. Perfect running weather conditions around a very scenic course made for a lovely morning's running. 

A great showing by Hedge End Running Club members ensured that that the club had full Men's and Ladies A, B & C teams in the HRRL.

Provisional Results...
Ladies A Team
Kirsty Cartwright
Michele Jacobs
Jo Labram

Ladies B Team
Marie Droniou-Bordry
Sarah Butler
Tracey Shepperd

Ladies C Team
Lucy Kemp
Yvonne Coxhill
Maria Sparks

Well done also to Pauline Nicholson and Tracy Heath

Men's A Team
Matt Risden
Will Baggs
Mike Dally
Gareth Byres

Men's B Team
Mark Smallwood
Robson Trendell
Chris Chester
Mark Maslin

Men's C Team
Will Anthes
James Edge
Chris Winbourne
Cliff Manton

Well done also to Rob Jones, Jason Sellwood and Martyn Judd. 

Race 9 in the series is the Eastleigh 10K on Sunday the 20th of March 2016. 

A great final placing for Hedge End Running Club of 8th place overall for the 2015/16 season. As this league, and cross country racing in general, grow in popularity within the club, we hope to improve on this position next year. Special recognition goes to our lady runners, who achieved some wonderful results and certainly improved the overall combined Men's and Ladies Team results. Many thanks to Keith Sheppard for organising the teams and coordinating the results. Results of all 6 races and final league placings as below...

The final race in the 2015/16 Southern Cross Country League was held on Sunday the 28th of February at the Royal School in Haslemere. Thanks to all runners and supporters that came along to this race.

The ladies came 6th, the men were 13th, with the team coming 8th out of 23 clubs overall.

For the whole season, the team achieved a very respectable 8th place in the league over the six races this Winter. Well done to all who took part and represented the club in this, our third season in this league.

Individual results were as follows.....
Ladies:
16th - Kelly Wickens
23rd - Claire Powell
33rd - Kirsty Cartwright
104th -  Helen Borrett

Men:
41st - Steve Whitehead
76th - Nick Borrett
89th - Chris Brooks
99th - Mark Maslin
113rd - Keith Sheppard
162nd - Cliff Manton
202nd - Martyn Judd

In the pre-race briefing, they said there was only one hill...

All HERC members are invited to the club's Annual General Meeting.

This will commence at 20.00 on Thursday the 24th of March 2016 and is expected to take one hour. The meeting will be held in the Arthur Holt Pavilion at the Ageas Bowl. 
 
Proposed Agenda
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of previous AGM
3. Chair's Report
4. Secretary's Report
5. Financial Report
6. Election of Officers
7. 2016/17 Membership Fees
 
In accordance with the Club Constitution, the following Ordinary Committee Members will be elected at the meeting:
Men's Captain
Ladies Captain
Merchandising Secretary
Social Secretary
Media Secretary
Membership Secretary
Director of Community Running
 
Any Member may be nominated by any other two Members, with his/her approval, as a candidate for any of the posts of Ordinary Committee Member by notice in writing (including email) to the Secretary at least two weeks before the date of the Annual General Meeting. Emails should be addressed to secretary@hedgeendrunningclub.com and received on or before the 10th of March 2016.
 
Any resolutions proposed for consideration by a General Meeting shall be submitted in writing (including email) to the Secretary at least two weeks before the date of the meeting. Emails should be addressed to secretary@hedgeendrunningclub.com and received on or before the 10th of March 2016.