Welsh Castles Relay - calling all WADAC runners...

Welcome to the first news regarding the Welsh Castles 2012. Please read the information carefully as it contains important details regarding your registration.

The great news is that we have requested an entry for two teams again this year: one ladies' team and one mixed team. In the past we have always been successful with our applications, but they are always subject to confirmation as the event is consistently over-subscribed. 

This means we are looking for a lot of enthusiastic participants to come out and run across Wales on the weekend of 9/10 June. If you have never participated before then you really don't know what you have been missing! Imagine a non-stop carnival with dozens and runners and hundreds of supporters winding their way from Caernarfon Castle, all the way south across the splendor of Welsh scenery, to finish at Cardiff Castle. Both days contain ten stages, each of 8-13 mile distance. The WADAC theme has always been to leave our Welsh hosts with the impression that we are the friendliest and happiest club in Britain. We've succeeded every year in that goal, and this year will be even better! 

The teams will be made up entirely of WADAC members who are enthusiastic about the event - that is the only criteria required to make the team!!! Absolutely any standard of runner can run although you need to be confident of running 10 miles.

Only WADAC first-claim members can be entered in our team. Runners must be at least 16 years old on race day (on any of the six stages that are under 10 miles) or at least 17 years old (on stages over 10 miles). Both rules are strictly enforced. 

Here's the good bit... this is how you can guarantee your place on the team! 

This year we'll be processing all entries online, via our membership system. Entries are open now:
http://membership.wadac.org.uk/events?eventId=435290&EventViewMode=EventDetails  

Places in the teams will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If you really want to do the event then there is no other way to guarantee your entry than to get in early! We will need more than forty runners signed up as there are always drop-outs preceding the event. Should you need to withdraw you will receive a full refund (until two weeks prior to the event). In the highly unlikely event that we have more runners than places then you will receive a full refund. 

Entries will cost £25 per runner, which will be payable at time of entry. 

Please feel free to ask any questions to:  wcr2012@wadac.org.uk 

Ian J Berry, Michaela McCallum & Janet Littlewood

Calling all vets

Just wanted to highlight some up and coming vets races, something for
everyone hopefully!!

1. 17-18th March BMAF Indoor Championships, Lee Valley
Entries close 4th March

2. 25th March BMAF National Cross Country
Championships, Bath University Entries close 20th March

http://www.bmaf.org.uk/fix/bmaf2012xc-entry.pdf


3. 12th May BMAF Road Relays, Sutton Park,
Birmingham Entries close 14th April

http://www.bmaf.org.uk/fix/bmaf2012relay-details.pdf


Please enter yourselves for the indoors and XC if interested and let me or
Franklyn know if you would like to do the relays.

25 Hour Charity Relay!

On Saturday 29th October - Sunday 30th October 2011 Southampton Athletics Club are hosting a 25 Hour (due to clocks changing) Charity Relay in aid of Naomi House and Active Nation.

Prizes will be awarded for:

• The person who runs the furthest in an hour
• The person in each age group (U13, U15, U17, U20, Senior, Vets35, Vets 50, Vets 65) who runs the furthest
• The family, employer, school and running club who runs the furthest (exc. Southampton AC)

Make a donation to enter and you can run for as long as you can at anytime during the 25 hour period to see if you can run the furthest in your age group.  Your laps will be added to the WADAC team total!

Let's get as many WADAC members there as possible and see how many laps we can manage!

 For further information please see the attached poster.

25 Hour Charity Relay Poster

SEAA Aldershot Road Relays - Dates confirmed

Women and Juniors will be on Saturday 24th September

Men (and men vets) will be on Sunday 25th September

This years team managers are Stella for the Juniors, Lorna for the women and Nathan for the men.  Contact them directly if you want to run.  We are trying to get as many teams out as possible

Test Way Relay 10th September 2011

The Test Way Realy Teams are as below.

leg	from	grid  ref	to	km	men	women	mixed
1	inkpen beacon	369621	Linkenholt	7.1	Steve Goodwin	Georgia McNicholl	Cameron Cumming
2	Linkenholt	363573	Stoke Hill	8.5	Simon Stevens	Kat Bonham	Marie Evans
3	Stoke Hill	397512	Middleton Farm	10	Paul Stoodley	Karen Hazlitt	Susie Bush
4	Middleton Farm	419448	Wherwell	7.8	Malcolm Green	Madelaine Vosser	Daniel Wilks
5	Wherwell	389410	Stockbridge	7.5	Mark Lyne	Sarah Holiday	Steve Torrance
6	Stockbridge	358350	Mottisfont	9.1	Mike Davies	Cleo Oliver?	Jackie Ducker
7	Mottisfont	325273	Romsey	9.1	Paul Brittenden	Lucy Elliot	Tony Britten
8	Romsey	349206	Salmon Leap	11.2	Ian Berry	Sandra Bowers	Anna Goldsmith
			361140
reserves	timekeeper?
Shirley D-L
Jo Jefferies
Jan Rigden
Joy Radford
Edd Lee

Please let Jo Jeffries know if you are not able to run, or if you would like to run or timekeep and have not yet let her know.

Contact her via her email address or testwayrelay@wadac.org.uk