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QuadKids
See new Quadkids Records Page.


Juniors - New Year 4 Session
See Juniors News for information about a new Thursday training session for Year 4s starting in September.


RR10 Race Result
The WADAC men's team finally climbed out of the shadow of the women's team winning the latest race at Janesmoor Pond with a fine run from Matt West winning the individual race and leading the team of Chris Powner (5th), Paul Stoodley (12th), Ian Berry (18th) and Ben Stannard (20th) home to win. The Ladies Team again dominated the race with 8 out of the first 11 home. Louise Damen won the race  with Olivia Burn (2nd) and Barbara Hosack (3rd) making up the A team, Kath Bailey (4th), Rebecca Knapton (6th) and Janet Littlewood (7th) made up the B team giving another 1-2 in the Ladies team event.

Test Way Relay – Call for names – Sat 11 Sept Ladies/mixed Start 10:30 – Men’s 11:30
The Test Way Relay is a 9 stage Relay from Ink Pen to Eling Quay. Winchester Ladies hold the Ladies Record of 05:22:00 (2007) and came 1st last year. Winchester Men were 2nd last year. Winchester Mixed hold the mixed Record of 05:06:49 (2006) and came 3rd  last year

Runners of all abilities contribute to the teams so, if you have not done this event before please put yourself forward, it’ is a great team event! (I would encourage you all to come down to the end in the afternoon and enjoy the atmosphere and a drink)

The route follows the Test Way Path and is marked by the foot path signs only, so you will need to run your leg before the race so you don’t get lost. There are only marshals where needed for safety, not to show you the way. If anyone wants help route finding, just let me know, there are always people willing to run the route with you if needed during the weeks before the race.

I am happy to do the organisation but I need 2-3 people to put them-selves forward to head up the Men’s, Ladies and/or Mixed teams so that there is one person that the team members contact either on the day or the week before if there are any last minute hitches, these people will also help to decide who goes in which team if we have excess people (if you don’t think you’re going to run but are happy to take on this role please still put your name forward) .

At the moment we should be allowed to enter 2 teams but we hope to enter a 3rd if the organisers let us and we have enough people.

Please email me with your: Full Name, the leg(s) that you have done in the past or would like to do, a contact mobile number and your email address (+ just in case we have too many people a recent 10k or similar distance time) by Fri 13th August, after this date please still send your name in but you are likely to be a reserve if we already have enough people (even if you are fast!) so please get your details in ASAP .

Happy Running, Janet Littlewood

Juniors
See Juniors News page for important information about the summer holiday break and other news.

Track & Field
Basingstoke Open Meeting Wednesday 21st July. Click here for further details.

RR10 Next Race
The next race is to be held at Fleming Park, 7th July, with a 7.30pm start. We need a strong turn out from the Ladies again to continue the excellent run of results and hopefully take a step closer to the title. If you have never tried a RR10 yet then come along - it's a nice 4.5mile course around the old golf course - just turn up in your Club Vest, no pre-registration or entry fee required.

RR10 Race Result
Yet another outstanding display from the WADAC Ladies winning the latest race at the Manor Farm Country Park. Barbara Hosack came in 1st with Michaela McCallum (4th) and Janet Littlewood (6th) making up the winning team. Special mention for Kaye Mansbridge (9th) whose performance would have been good enough to get into any of the other competing A teams showing the good depth in the team.

The men's team finished a solid 7th with a team of Paul Stoodley (12th), Alan Doney (16th), Nathan Risby (27th), Andrew Robinson (46th) and Will Harding (50th).

Save The Date - Test Way Relay - Saturday 11th September
A nine stage relay from Inkpen Beacon to Eling Quay. In past years we have had three teams: Mens, Ladies and Mixed, so please put the date in your diary (more information to follow soon).

RR10 Next Race
The next race is to held at Manor Farm Country Park, 23rd June, with a 7.30pm start. We need a strong turn out from the Ladies again to continue the excellent run of results and hopefully take a step closer to the title. Don't forget your towel for the post race dip in the sea. Everybody is welcome and it will be more fun than watching the football!

RR10 Race Result
Yet another outstanding result for the WADAC Ladies winning the latest race at Blackfield thanks to excellent performances from Barbara Hosack (2nd), Janet Littlewood (6th) and Emma Patel (10th). Hopefully we can keep up this level of performance and secure the RR10 series win. The Men produced another good performance finishing 7th with an excellent run from Mike Davies (7th) followed by Ian Berry (22nd), Alan Doney (27th), David Vosser (41st) and Melvyn Vayle (43rd).

WADAC Open Meeting
See the results from the Open meeting hosted by WADAC on 23rd May (now with club details)

Southern Women’s Track & Field League
Never have so few travelled so far in such heat - this was not the day to have black club strip!! See Match 2 Report from Braunton thanks to Moyna Lee and photos thanks to Sue and Dave True.

RR10 – Blackfield – WADAC ladies we need you!
We are level 1st with Southampton AC. Unlike the individual results the team competition is based on all runs (9/10) so if we do badly one week it does not get dropped.
With the Welsh Castles this coming weekend many regulars may be considering not attending (especially as it is a long way to travel and last year it all went a bit wrong ;-).
Thanks to Louise Damen’s 1st place and Fennella Langridge’s 7th  along with Janet Littlewood in 8th we managed another win this last Wednesday with Southampton 2nd with equal points.

Janet has decided to run the RR10 rather than do the Portsmouth 5K to increase our chances and we could do with a few more to support our chances of winning this league.

PS: The RR10s are great fun J so if you’ve never run one come and have a go.
Thanks, Dave

RR10
Another excellent result for the Winchester Ladies winning the latest race held at Ashurst with a strong performance from Louise Damen winning the individual race as well. The team was as follows Louise Damen (1st), Fennella Langridge (7th) and Janet Littlewood (8th). Winchester and Southampton were tied on 16pts but we won due to Janet finishing 1 place in front of the 3rd member of the Southampton team. The men also had another consistent performance finishing 5th with a team of Mike Davies (10th), Ben Stannard (25th), Alan Doney (30th), Nathan Risby (42nd) and Ian Berry (48th).

There is a quick turnaround with Race 5 being held next week (9th June) at the Blackfield Recreation Ground and full details can be found on the RR10 website (www.rr10.org.uk). Hopefully this year everyone will run the same course!
Marwell 10K and Junior Races
Well done to Elliot Wright, who won the boys' event on Sunday for 5 - 11 yr olds at the Marwell 10K.

Road Running
The Hampshire Road Race League 09/10 is complete. Congratulations to the following winners of the 2009 / 2010 Grand Prix Awards:

See the road running grand prix pages for full details. Many thanks to Andy Carton for running and collating the grand prix.

RR10 Race Result
Well done to the Winchester Ladies for coming an excellent 2nd with a team of Michaela MaCallum (3rd), Karen Hazlitt (5th) and Fenella Langridge (8th). Unfortunately Southampton AC were just too strong this time - hopefully next time the tables will be reversed. The Men produced another strong performance finishing 4th with a team of Mike Davies (13th), Matt Revier (19th), Paul Stoodley (20th), David Vosser (36th) and Will Clarkson (37th). Again the new combined Southampton AC are proving very strong.
New and Second Hand WADAC Kit
Michele Spelman will be at the track with WADAC running kit on the following Thursday evenings: 20th May, 3rd June, 17th June, 1st July and 22nd July.

Supplies of new WADAC kit:
- Running jackets £35
- Running vests £18.50
- Running T shirts £16.50
- Kit bags £7.50
- Water bottles £5
Available from michele.spelman@wadac.org.uk (01962) 841711. Please email order requests direct to Michele and she will arrange delivery and collection of payment.

Michele also keeps a stock of second running kit. Should you wish to purchase/sell second hand kit (30% donation of sale price to the club) contact Michele direct.

Road Running
We had two photographers at the Netley 10K: see the photos from Dave True and Richard Herrington.
Congratulations to WADAC Road Race Teams
Congratulations to WADAC mens' and women's road runners for winning the 2010/11 Hampshire Road Race A leagues, and to the women for winning their B league as well.  Well done as well to the men's B team on a fine second, and the women's C team on 3rd.
RR10
The next race in the RR10 Series is on Wednesday 19th May and is to held at the Wilverley Inclosure near Sway starting at 7.30pm. Full details of the race can be found on the RR10 Website. Hopefully the Women's team will make it three wins in a row so lets have a good turn out to support them and also to boost the men's chances of a top three finish.
Track and Field
A record 32 athletes represented Winchester at this years Hampshire Track and Field Championships stage at Portsmouth’s Mountbatten Centre which resulted in a record haul of 16 medals – 8 Golds, 5 Silvers and 5 Bronze. Read the race report from David Vosser See results for all WADAC athletes from Neville Semple.
Road Running
Andy Carton has updated the road running grand prix after the Alton 10.
See Dave and Sue True's photos from the Alton 10.
RR10 Race Update
Congratulations to the Winchester Ladies team for winning the 2nd race of the RR10 series at Ashurst and also to Barbara Hosack for winning the individual category. The winning team consisted of Barbara Hosack (1st), Janet Littlewood (5th), and Emma Patel (6th). A good turn out for the women also resulted in the B team Fennella Langridge (8th), Katherine Jones (14th) and Victoria Stoodley (17th in her first RR10 race) finishing 5th overall.

The men also had a good result with Matt West (2nd), Mike Davies(15th), Alan Doney (28th), Ben Stannard (31st) and Sean Davies (38th) taking 4th place in the men's team event.

Track & Field -National Young Athlete League Meeting - Winchester
Sunday 2nd May saw the first match of the National Young Athletes League took place at Winchester Sports Stadium where this season Winchester are competing in Division 1.  Seven teams took part (double header match) in difficult weather conditions for both athletes and a loyal group of parents and supporters.  Read more...

Road Running / Endurance - Three Forts Challenge Marathon
 Having decided that three weeks without running a marathon was too long, Steve Goodwin travelled to Worthing to take part in the Three Forts Challenge Marathon. This mainly off-road trail race, known as "The Tough One", is actually just over 27 miles long with climbs of 3450 feet taking in the Cissbury Ring, Devils Dyke & Chanctonbury Ring. In ideal weather conditions, this race would have offered spectacular views of the South Downs and beyond.....however with torrential rain, low cloud and the absence of that red circular thingee in the sky, conditions were less than perfect, although Steve was pleased to cross the finish line in 19th position overall out of 158 finishers & 3rd Male Vet 50  in a time of 4:02:41, having run with the leading lady Lucy, for several miles towards the finish. Two aspects of this race involved new experiences for Steve. The first was finishing with not just one or two "white fingers" due the cold & wet but both hands going totally white. The second was the first public showing (albeit in the men's showers), of his new tattoo!

Track and Field
Basingstoke and Mid Hants AC are holding a an Open Meeting on
Wednesday Evening 9th June. Click here for detials.
Membership
Membership discount ends 30th April. Sign up now.
Track & Field
Good early season results were the reward for the 6 athletes that travelled to Oxford for the SWL Match on Saturday 24th.

Wins:  
India Lee              800mA
Jade Bowling      800mB
Georgia Morris  800m U15A* 7.7 sec PB

2nd places:
Rosie Upton       800m U15B
Sue True              400mH
Hannah Vosser 3000mB

Full results here.

RR10
The next race in the RR10 league is at the Longdown Inclosure, Ashurst on Wednesday 5th May starting at 7.15pm. The Car Parking is at the Otter and Owl Sanctuary just off the A35 and is well signposted. Full details can be found on the RR10 website.

Congratulations to the Winchester Ladies winning the first race of the season - a great team result from Sue True (2nd), Janet Littlewood (3rd) and Mhairi Crawford (5th - on her first RR10 race). Also special mentions for other "Newbies", Sandra Bowers (10th), Debora Iglesias-Rodrigues (46th) and an excellent first time performance from 15 year old Tamsin Moran (20th). Unfortunately the Men's result wasn't as good as the Women's finishing 8th with a team of Ian Berry (20th), Alan Doney (26th), Sean Davies (36th), Malcolm Green (41st) and Brian Minard (44th). Steven Lowy (128th) was running in his first RR10 race at Netley.

Virgin London Marathon 2011 Ballot
2011 Virgin London Marathon public ballot entry system for next year’s Virgin London Marathon will open to all applicants on Tuesday 4th May. The ballot entry system will close when they have received a total of 125,000 applications. Click here for full details of the Virgin London Marathon public ballot system
Sportshall
See the Sportshall Results page for reports from coach Ewan Simmonds from the Hampshire Individual Sportshall Championships, the Aviva Sportshall Under 11 Competition at Burgess Hill and the Aviva UK Sportshall Finals, Birmingham, 18th April 2010 and season performance records. Also see photos from Individual Champs, U11 Competition and UK Finals. Coach Ewan Simmonds is stepping down this year after several years. Ending with a trip to the UK finals can only be described as finishing on a high. See this farewell and thankyou message from Ewan. WADAC is extremely grateful for Ewan's dedication and diligence over the years and as shown at the awards ceremony he is highly appreciated by the Sportshall athletes. Thank you Ewan!
Monthly Mileage Competition
The monthly mileage competition is hotting up, with six new athletes joining and several runners clocking up over 100 miles in their WADAC vests in the first quarter of the year.Thanks to Lou Walker for managing this and collating the statistics.
Virgin London Marathon 2010
Congratulations to all Winchester and District AC runners who took part in today's Virgin London Marathon in humid conditions. The club was once again well represented. Phil Killingley and Andrew Greenleaf had superb runs both coming in under 2:30. Joy Radford had a great run, coming 9th in her category in 2:37:50 as did Simon Stevens (15th in category at 3:37:50) and Jonathan Kane (14th in category). Justin Corrie, Ian Berry and Neil Beacher all came in well under 3 hours. It was truly moving to see the spirit of the club shining through as the runners dug so deeply into their reserves along the Embankment. Well done to all club members who completed the race: Phil Killingley, Andrew Greenleaf, Simon Stevens, Justin Corrie, Ian Berry, Neil Beacher, Matthew Taylor, Mike Davies, Michaela Mccallum, Karen Hazlitt, Joy Radford, Jonathan Kane, Sarah Reid, Rachel Byers, Jackie Ducker, Tony Britten, Charlotte Sharman, James Price, Robert Bowler, Esme Ireland, Tina Tremaine, Malcolm Gumbrell and Sue Davies. Full club results here.
London Mini Marathon
Good luck to the WADAC Juniors who will be representing their regions in the London Mini Marathon:
RR10 New Season - First Race
 The new RR10 season starts on Wednesday 21st April at The Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley Abbey with a start time of 7.00pm. All speeds are welcome - more important to have a good time a good, in good weather, in a nice scenic setting. The more the merrier - just turn up on the evening wearing your club vest. Further details of the RR10 series of races can be found in this month's Chatterbox and also on the road running / endurance fixture page and on the WADAC Calendar. Dave Walker - RR10 team manager.
Track & Field
Southampton Open meeting 21st April - timetable and entry form now available.
Road Running and Endurance
In almost perfect running conditions, five WADAC members took part in this enjoyable and well organised off-road race with a civilised start time of 2:00pm at the Coombe Gibbet to Overton 16..

Juniors- Easter Break
Juniors Thursday training resumes on 22nd April. Have a great break!
PLEASE NOTE TRACK AND FIELD DATES FOR COMING SEASON IN DIARIES - see noticeboard at training and Fixtures page.

Road Running and Endurance

Road Running Grand Prix Awards
Please see the Chatterbox notice on the Grand Prix awards and 2009/10 road race league celebration on 3 June. These award our best performers for the club in the Hampshire Road Race League in senior and veteran categories as well as the most improved performers. We will know the results of the league for the year by then as well so can all celebrate our teams' performances. The location is of course the Pub of the Month the Queens Inn in Kingsgate Street, unlike the names I put on everything in Chatterbox. Food will be available and we will aim to start at round 9pm. Please let me know if you intend to come so I can get an idea of numbers. Simon Road Race League Team Manager
Chatterbox April Edition
The bumper April edition of Chatterbox is now available online.
2010 Junior Selection Policy
The 2010 Junior team selection policy is now available on the Admin Forms page.
WADAC AGM
The WADAC AGM is on Monday 19th APRIL 2010 at the Discovery Centre from 7:30 to 9:30. This is your opportunity to have a say in how the club is run and vote for next year's committee.
Membership
April 2010 - Annual membership renewals are now due. Please use the new online membership system to apply for or renew your membership. The system allows for payment using credit cards or Paypal or offline if you prefer. To receive a discount for prompt renewal in April, use the promotion code "April". Note: you must be a paid up member to compete for the club or receive the club's 15% discount with club sponsor Alton Sports.

Road Running
- See Updated road running grand prix results, updated by Andy Carton after the Eastleigh 10K.
- See club runners' results from Cranleigh 21 and Eastleigh 10K and pictures from the Eastleigh 10K and 2k fun run thanks to Dave True and Warren Wright.

DK Blog Update 28 March
See Dave Kennedy's Blog for:
- Usual weekly training for the various Groups
- Ladies, Please indicate your availability for the National 6 Stage Women's Road Relays, at present I have 7 available to run and am therefore much more confident we will take a team to Sutton Coldfield on 17th April. If you have not done so already, please can you let me know if you would like to run (if selected). It would be great to end the winter season on a "high".

Photo of a trophy Annual Awards Evening
The awards evening on 27th March was enjoyed by all. Well done to all those who put in lots of work to organise it and all those who received awards. To see Ian Berry's excellent 2010 awards brochure click here.

Road Runinng
Fleet Half marathon results online.

WADAC Open Meeting 23rd May 2010----Helpers Required!!!
The Club will be holding its inaugural open meeting at our athletics track on Sunday 23rd May 2010 between 11am and 3pm. We desperately need helpers for the day for a number of tasks:

Lunch will be provided. If you can help in any way, please register your interest with Pete Spelman at pete.spelman@wadac.org.uk or call on 07786 960459.

Track & Field - Open Meeting at Basingstoke - Sat 3rd April 2010.
WADAC is usually well represented at this meeting, but unusually at present other clubs' entries are overtaking ours! Entries close Mon 29th March. Form: Timetable

Road Running
Fleet Half results now on results page.

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