General

Whittington Cricket Club Quiz 2011

Hello All,

Once again, I have produced a quiz to help raise some very much needed to funds for a second ground for my local cricket club.  Having bought the land, levelled it, seeded it and laid the square, we are now in the process of building a pavilion and, although we will be receving some grants and will be taking out a loan with the ECB, we will still be about £120,000 short, which we have to find somehow.  As they say at Tesco, however, “every little helps” and by purchasing a quiz, you could help us realise our dream.  It would also help if you tell your friends, colleagues, etc about it.

As in years before, all the answers are the names of places in Great Britain.  There are 100 questions and the closing date is 31st October.  Whoever gets the most correct answers will win £50.  Quiz sheets cost £1 each and may be obtained by sending a SAE and £1 (coin or cheque payable to Whittington Cricket Club) to me, Barrie Taylor, 23 The Spires, Lichfield, Staffs, WS14 9RP

Thank you,

Barrie

Charity Fund Raising

One of our members, David Phillips from Massey Ferguson RC, has written to ask if anyone can support him in his fund raising efforts……..

Hello everyone,

It’s that time of year again when I start my annual charity fund-raising.  Please see the link attached and see if you can help me help others.

Thanks,

David Phillips.

http://www.justgiving.com/David-Phillips3

For The Over 60’s

Or contact Debbie Shearing – email: dhs899@bham.ac.uk

Report on recent Social Evening

Adrian has written a report on the social evening held recently at the Solihull Indoor Bowls Centre. He has also produced a questionnaire that he would very much like all members to fill in and email back to him.

Please take time to have a look on the “Social Events” Page at http://wp.me/PDLtv-dq

MMAC XC Champs

Just back from Droitwich where the XC Champs took place this morning. I will post results as soon as I receive the scrutinised electronic version.

Anyone who has any photos, please email me an I will add them to the post.

Thanks to everyone who attended especially Martin Smith of Droitwich AC who layed out most of the course.

Tom

Earn Money for your Club

A new way of accessing funds…

England Athletics are pleased to be able to tell you about a new partnership with Athletics Weekly which will help our club to access funds. The partnership means that if club members subscribe to Athletics Weekly money can be paid back into the sport. This money, £5 per subscription, is paid to the club that the athlete is a member of. To find out the terms and conditions associated with this offer as well as the details of how you can access the offer please go to www.athletics-weekly.com/cluboffer.php

Our 1st Claim Members can help MMAC enormously by subscribing to AW. A downloadable form to subscribe is available here… http://www.athletics-weekly.com/images/clubofferform.pdf

Please take advantage of this offer and help your Club.

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members.

I hope all your aims for 2011 will be fullfilled.

Marathon Talk

Paula Radcliffe - New York Marathon 2007

Dear runner/triathlete,

We thought you might like to know that Marathon Talk (the UK’s number 1 running podcast) has recently interviewed legendary global leader in running research and author of the ‘The Lore of Running’ Professor Tim Noakes.  The podcast is available to listen to for free via itunes or directly from the web and is a great resource for runners & triathletes.

Website is HERE http://www.marathontalk.com/

iTunes page is HERE http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/marathon-talk/id350035346

Facebook page is HERE http://www.facebook.com/marathontalk

Marathon Talk is a weekly online magazine style radio show by Martin Yelling & Tom Williams. Each week they interview a wide range of guests, including the fastest female marathoner of all time, Paula Radcliffe, the current men’s Olympic Champion, Sammy Wanjiru, the fastest American born runner of all time, Ryan Hall, the British Paralympian and gold medalist at five Paralympic games, Noel Thatcher, and some of the Worlds greatest ultra runners including Bruce Fordyce and Scott Jurek.

It would be great if you could share the latest interview and links within your running club and wider running network.

Regards

Martin & Tom
www.marathontalk.com

London Mini Marathon 2011

WEST MIDLANDS REGION

2011 LONDON MINI MARATHON

(Incorporating UKA Age Group Road Race Championships)

TRIALS

(Under UKA Rules)

(Licence applied for)

Saturday 12^th March 2011

First race 11.00am

Stourport Cycleway,

Kingsway, Stourport,

Worcestershire

DY13 8BQ

The races will be open to all West Midlands qualified athletes under UKA Rules.

Entry will be free and accepted on the day.

Timetable: – All races will be over 3 miles on traffic free roads.

11.00am Under 13 Girls             11.30am          Under 13 Boys

12.00noon   Under 15 Girls             12.30pm          Under 15 Boys

1.00pm        Under 17 Women           1.30pm          Under 17 Men

Date of the London Mini Marathon – Sunday 17^th April 2011

The first five finishers in each race will be automatically selected as the ‘Team’ the next four will be non-travelling reserves.  There will be one place in each team left for Team Management selection.  That athlete will be advised nearer to the date of the London Mini Marathon itself.

Team Manager Rebecca FREEMAN.  Emails to Becky to show intention to compete would be appreciated please, specifying age group.

For full details please contact: – Rebecca Freeman

Telephone:  07834 087834.           Email: westmidsminimarathon@hotmail.co.uk

Janis Gercs – Funeral

Dave Cowley, Rugby & Northampton AC writes…….