Posts from — February 2014

Following a successful Grand Prix in 2013, with Martin Bateman and Donna Nash winning the men’s and ladies championships respectively, here are the first two races of the 2014 Grand Prix.

First is the 5km training race on Thursday 10th April at 6.40pm. Enter at the Clubhouse in Bury Street, Ruislip by 6.30pm.

The second race is the Beaconsfield 5 mile trail run which takes place at 10.00 am on Easter Monday 21st April 2014. This is a rare opportunity to run the quiet country trails of the private Barn  Hall Estate.

The full fixture list will follow shortly. The rules have changed slightly this year and can be found here Scoring Rules

You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of Hillingdon Athletic Club to be held at the clubhouse, 206, Bury Street, Ruislip on Tuesday 4th March 2014 at 8.15pm. A question and answer session will immediately follow the formal meeting at which you are invited to raise questions, make suggestions and generally contribute to help the committee to run the club as effectively as possible.

A stunning 51^st place from Robert Thompson in the National Cross Country Championships helped secure 31^st place for Hillingdon AC’s senior men’s team in the six to score competition and 20^th place in the nine to score competition on a (mostly) dry but undulating course at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.

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The bad weather has claimed another cross country race. The North of the Thames 2 race, which was due to take place this Saturday 15h Feb, has been cancelled due to the wet conditions.

Hillingdon senior women’s cross country team secured once again their sixth position in the ATW Metropolitan League Division Two with the regular two seniors finishing near the top of the field and stalwart veteran support in the bottom half.

The veteran’s team although finishing ninth of the ten teams in this race, finish the season in eighth position in their Division One, which means they stay in Division One, justifying their promotion last year. [Read more →]

A strong turnout of the club’s better runners at the final Met League race of the season at Wormwood Scrubs ensured that Hillingdon AC’s Senior Men’s A team will once again compete in Division One of the Met League next season but with many of the middle order athletes missing, the B team missed out on promotion from Division Three.

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Well done to everyone that competed for a place in the  2014 Hillingdon Mini Marathon team on Saturday 1 February at Ruislip Lido.  Those athletes that are selected will take part in the Virgin Mini London Marathon on 13 April 2014.

The Hillingdon Athletic Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4^th March 2014 at 8.15pm. All members are invited to attend. If you wish to place an item on the agenda or make a resolution please notify the Interim Club Secretary, Lynda Copson, by 4^th February at the latest. All resolutions require a proposer and seconder.

Elections for the following positions will be held at the AGM. If you wish to be nominated for any position please notify the Club Secretary by 4th February at the latest with details of your proposer and seconder.

–          Chairperson

–          Secretary

–          Treasurer

Chairs of the following sub-committees:

–          Seniors and Veterans

–          Juniors

–          Road Race

–          Clubhouse

–          Communications

The Club Secretary may be contacted via englandlynda@hotmail.com

The Formal Notice for the AGM will be sent out in week commencing February 17^th 2014.

Lynda Copson

Interim Club Secretary