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20th Anniversary Bash!

Thu, 02/07/2009 - 13:55 — Big Al

Friday's the day team!!

The Disco and Buffet is at the Downshire Golf Club, Easthampstead Park, RG40 3DH.  Starts at 7:00PM.  Buffet is included and the disco is very kindly being supplied by Gilley.  There is a licensed bar so please don't bring your own drinks.

There is training at 6:00PM as usual for anyone who wants to build an apetite!!  I'm running in the morning though, you may view this as a plus point Smiling

Forest Five Photos

Thu, 25/06/2009 - 09:05 — Big Al

You may have noticed a young lady taking photos during the Forest 5.  She was actually only doing this as a hobby, however a number of people have asked if they can obtain copies.  We hope to be making the photos available shortly on a free of charge basis,  the photographer, Katy, did say if anyone wanted to they could make a donation to the Berkshire Air-Ambulance.  The air ambulance is apparently entirely funded by voluntary donations.

The photographs are now available here. Note that there are lots of them - and even though they've been split into 9 galleries, you may need to be patient whilst each gallery loads.

There does appear to be a problem if you're using Firefox as a browser that not all photo's are shown in the gallery - everything seems fine with Internet Explorer.

London to Brighton

Mon, 22/06/2009 - 13:54 — johnr

Might not be running, but congratulations to our Chair, Alan Street for completing London to Brighton bike ride.

Congratulations for Marathon Finish

Mon, 22/06/2009 - 08:20 — johnr

Well done to Leslie Lyons and Chantelle on completing the MIDNIGHT SUN Marathon in Tromsø Norway  (Venue)

Buy NONE get TWO free

Sat, 20/06/2009 - 17:02 — Big Al

The club has two relay events coming up for which entry is free to club runners.

The first is the Runnymede Relay to be held on Saturday July 4.  This is a six person relay with a total distance of 26.2 miles.  There are 3 legs of just under 3 miles and 3 of just under 6 miles.  All legs start and finish at the same spot within Windsor Great Park with the first leg starting at 12 noon.  I already have 10 members taking part so there will be plenty of BFR friends there.  Please contact me if your want to join in.

The second is our own Bounders Relay to be held on Tuesday July 7.  This is a 4 person relay each leg being around 2.5 miles each.  All legs start and finish at the same spot in the woods just alongside the lower car park at Broadmoor with the first leg at 7:00PM.  You can either make up your own team or turn up and we'll make the teams up on the night.  The event is also open to other clubs, companies or other organisations at a fee of just £8 per team.

Club Handicap Race1

Thu, 18/06/2009 - 20:25 — mike

Thank you all for turning out for the first handicap race, celebrating 20 years of running in Bracknell. I hope you all enjoyed it despite a few wrong turns and a few 'inaccurate' handicap times. I have posted the first dozen results below but I think the official race team were enjoying the flapjack too much to record any further down the list! The next race will be on the 15th July - same time, same course, better handicap. For those who raced last night, I will automatically put you down for the next race but if anyone else wants to enter then just let me know your details. Thanks - Mike Brock.

Handicap Race 1 - June 17th 2009
Position Name Handicap time Started @ Actual time
1 George MacDonald 48.52 +12.30 36.22
2 Mark Tannan 49.23 +14.15 35.08
3 Mike Crowder 49.26 +12.45 36.41
4 Gary Gibbons 49.54 +11.30 38.24
5 Nigel Jackson 50.09 +14.30 35.39
6 Graham Carr 50.12 +11.45 38.27
7 Libby Farmer 50.22 +7.45 42.37
8 Fiona Hobbs 50.33 +13.00 37.33
9 Dave Green 50.40 +17.00 33.40
10 Paul Herbert 50.43 +20.00 30.43
11 Dave Bayle 50.43 +14.15 36.28
12 Rob Walker 50.43 +11.00 39.43
13 Nina Cardrict 50.45 +5.15 45.30
14 John Roberts 50.46 +15.45 35.01

20th Anniversary Handicap

Mon, 15/06/2009 - 09:14 — Big Al

We had a really great turnout for the first 20th anniversary handicap.

The eventual winner was George MacDonald who took the wise decision not to follow Peter Smith, Emma Flower and Hayley Fourie!!!

The second handicap will be on 8 July so make sure it's in your diaries.

Very many thanks to Mike Brock for organising the night and all those who took part and made it such an enjoyable evening.

Forest 5

Thu, 11/06/2009 - 09:28 — Big Al

Despite a couple of hitches due to the water mains burst, the film crew and the memento supplier the 19th Forest 5 went off very well.

Many, many thanks to all the helpers - marshals, late entries finish area for all your hard work.  Many entrants commented on the excellent way you all did your bit and for the support given as they went round the course.

Results are now available here.

It's the Nineteenth Forest 5

Mon, 08/06/2009 - 09:29 — Big Al

Wednesday will see the nineteenth running of the Forest 5.  We will be accepting entries on the night between 6:00PM and 7:00PM at the late entries desk inside the Heritage Centre.

There was a water main burst on the course last week.  This has been repaired and should not disrupt the race.

The Harry Potter crew will be rehearsing and filming so watch out you may get buzzed by a witch or hobgoblin.

Bracknell Half Photos

Sun, 07/06/2009 - 13:16 — mike

Ahem - better late than never there are now photographs from the 2009 Bracknell Half here.

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