ADMF Athlete Reports – 2024 This year, the Arthur Dagger Memorial Fund (ADMF) are proud to have supported 7 young athletes in their pursuit of running and track and field. We awarded grants from £50 to £300 to support everything from purchase of...
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The 2024 GWR AGM So, here we are, 1 year on after I was given the opportunity as chair of this club. It was always in my eyes, a mammoth task to continue what had gone on before. Kelly had done an amazing job in her tenure and with John, took...
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September 2024 By: Rosie Clarke and Mark Watts Welcome to September’s edition of the GWR monthly newsletter! This is the place where you can hear all about the latest club information including races, save-the-dates, ADMF good-news stories, kit...
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And just like that, the 2024 Towpath series draws to a close after another season of top running action! Race 4, the 5k, half the distance but just as fun and still the last-minute course obstructions to remove. Yes, believe it or not we had...
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Better late than never for the 3rd race in the GWR towpath series and the 3rd and final 10k successfully ticked off. There were no low hanging branches to report this time around as they were nicely trimmed, the course was good to go on a perfect...
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The difficult second album! After the highs of the mob match the team were back to work once again to deliver a successful race two. We had a few logistical issues to sort. Council works made one of the entrance paths unusable so a new route...
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Here we are! The series begins again, the kit dusted off and old whatsapp groups rekindled for another series throughout the summer. With mostly the same core team, with a few substitutions, one being the RD we looked to kick off the series with...
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March 2024 By Rosie Clarke Welcome to the March edition of the GWR monthly newsletter! This is the place where you can hear all about the latest club information including races, save-the-dates, ADMF good-news stories, kit updates, and more… all...
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Well, what a journey this has been, from someone who struggled around the 4-mile route 8 years ago to now sitting here writing this as the recently elected Chair of Great Western Runners. Imposter syndrome is rife, but I thank everyone who has...
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by Mike Campbell My GWR membership goes back to 1987 the year I competed in the unique & celebrated Bishops Castle tandem triathlons. In the 1988 event, my partner swam, we both cycled and I ran the final 10k stage. We finished in the top...
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by Rhian Bethell On 22nd July, Great Western Runners took over the volunteering roles at Bristol’s newest parkrun in Blaise Castle. Blaise Castle Parkrun started on 6th May 2023 and was on its 12th event when GWR took over. A nice two lap course...
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by Dan Jones, 12th May 2023 Spring has sprung and brought with it strange goings on at running clubs up and down the country. Stairs have become the equivalent of Mount Everest and Strava is a desolate wasteland, punctuated by the odd ‘back on...
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