Evening all,
Hope you’ve enjoyed celebrating an English football team that can actually win a trophy today, or if you’re not bothered about football, I hope you’ve had a good start to the week! Here are this week’s key Alchester updates for you.
🏅 Medal Monday 🏅
As far as I’m aware, there was only the one member competing this weekend, but he made up for it by competing in 3 different events! However, if I missed you, do let me know and share your pics with me!
John Gardiner came 4th in his age group at the English Aquathlon Championships then 5th in his age group in the 1km race and 7th in his age group in the 3km race at the English Nationals Open Water Swimming Championships in Rotherham. Well done John 👏👏
☀️ 🍻 🏃♂️ Next summer social run
The next summer social run will be on Thursday 14th August and will be in Duns Tew, with food and drinks afterwards at The White Horse Inn.
The pub have said that their menu changes each week and they’ll let us know what will be on it soon, so watch this space for details of a menu.
We’d love to get an idea of the numbers of people who are thinking about eating at the pub, so if you might order food (there’s no commitment at this stage), please put your name on this document by Monday 4th August.
🏃♂️🏁 Alchester 5k
The Alchester 5k is just over a week away and I for one can’t wait! Look out for more details into your email inbox before the race whether you’re running or marshalling. I’m excited to showcase Alchester to the local running community once again – and a big shoutout must go to the 5k team who have done a brilliant job in making it happen! 👏 💪
♣️🏁 Club Championship Races
Here’s a reminder of the races left in the Club Championship for this season:
31st July – Mota-vation – Combe II
17th August – Headington 5 – enter here
29th August – Mota-vation – Stratfield Brake
6th September – Cotswold Classic – enter here
12th October – Buckingham 10k – entries now open here
This week’s Club Night Details
In terms of what’s going on at club nights this week, the details are as follows:
Tuesday 29th July
⏰ 18:55 meet for a 19:00 start at the car park
📍 Whitelands
🏃🏃♀️ Pairs relay. All will be explained on the night if you’re not sure!
Thursday 31st July
🏃♂️ Mota-vation #4 – Combe II
📍 Combe Recreation Ground, Park Road, Combe, OX29 8NA
⏰ 19:30 start
📸 We’ll look to get a club photo at ~19:15 on the field by the car park
🎽 Remember to wear your club vest or T-shirt
🅿️ Parking is available on the recreation ground, however the carpark gets very crowded so please car-share where possible
🗺️ The route is a 2 lap course which takes in a descent to start, a long hill and a section across the top, twice! More details here.
That’s all for now! Hope to see you sometime this week.
Gleds
On behalf of the Alchester Committee