InterTrust Inter Insular Track & Field

Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September, Footes Lane - Timetable to follow shortly.

HELP NEEDED on the day, please email the club or see Dale or Louise if you can lend a hand setting up &/or catering.

New Fixture - Intertrust Season Finale

Evening of Thursday 16th September, Footes Lane

Featuring Lee Merrien in a 3,000m tune up race for the Commonwealth Games, a domestic 1,500m and some fun relays.

FirstRand sponsor Winter Cross Country Series

We are pleased to announce that FirstRand Trustees have extended their sponsorship of the Junior Endurance Squad to also cover the clubs premium winter event which will be named the FirstRand Cross Country League.  the 5 fixture event will cover races for all ages from colts (under7) upwards.

Full details will be annouced soon - Fixture dates here

Track unavailable during September

The track is unavailable on the following date:-

Sun 26th Sept due to Football match

There will be changes to your usual training sessions on the following dates, please check with your coach for further details:-

Sat 4th & Sun 5th Sept due to Football matches

Sat 11th & Sun 12th Sept due to Inter Insular

British Athletes League 21st August

Congratulations to Sportingbet Channel Islands AC who won their home fixture at Footes Lane this weekend to gain promotion to National League Division 3.

CIAC won the 6 club fixture with 251.5 pts to Glasgow City's 226.  Glasgow's second place in the fixture was enough to land them the overall Div 4 title.

Dale Garland was named athlete of the match for his winning 400m Hurdles performance of 52.58. 

More info here. For photos click this link http://giraffe.photoshelter.com/gallery/Athletics-Public-Folder/G0000Bf6BSM_kPr0/

2010 OSA Recruitment All Terrain Challenge

Entries are now being accepted for this year's challenge.  Please use the link to find the details and entry form.

For those new to the ATC it is sevenraces on seven consecutive evenings over a range of terrains (road/cross-country/cliff paths/beaches) culminating in the final race and party in Herm.  If you have any questions, please contact Geoff King on 251348/07781 138738.  For those who have run before, the format is pretty much the same but with a couple of changes which might make it a little tougher! 

Collins Stewart Town Relay Wed 21st July

Please see entry form here.  Any questions email club@guernseyathletics.org.gg

Track unavailable during August

The track is unavailable on the following dates:-

Sat 7th Aug – Rugby

Fri 20th, Sat 21st & Sun 22nd BAL Match

 Fri 27th, Sat 28th & Sun 29th Marathon

A big Thankyou!

After a few hectic weeks down at the track an on the road this is a quick note to thank of all of our helpers for making the events that we have held so far this summer so successful.

Over the past week we have witnessed an exciting RG Falla/ Smokebusters junior schools athletics championships, a top-quality intertrust meeting and a record-breaking Spearpoint half marathon.

Over 800 competitors took part in the events.

Quite rightly all the focus will be on the performance of our athletes:

·         From 11 year old Elfie Penney winning the best overall athlete at the schools championships to Hywel, Dale, Tom, Nathan and Ross mixing it with the best over 400m

            From Lee Merrien romping to victory in the half marathon to the impressive, record-breaking performance of the girls under 17 4X100 relay team

They all deserve our praise and admiration. But so do all the volunteers and helpers who give up so much of their time to ensure events go off successfully and allow for our athletes to flourish.

As always there are too many to mention but they really are the backbone of the club.

On Saturday I was fortunate to introduce Jason Gardiner to GIAAC athletes and helpers. It was clear that he was impressed with the club and its achievements. He consistently commented on how the success of the club was shaped by quality and quantity of the coach and volunteer support.

So again, many thanks for all your help. We greatly appreciate the support and here’s to continuing our great summer with even more quality events .

Yours in sport

Alun Williams

Lee Merrien decimates field, Defending Champ Bronwyn McNeill-Rogers defeats Island Games HM Champ Martine Scholes.  

Separated from the main results (he started at a different time) is Andree Reece-Sheerin's new wheelchair record of 82 minutes 22 seconds. Taking 4 minutes off his own previous record for the course.

Results posted here.

Intertrust Golden Series Meeting 1
Saturday 19th June, 1pm til 6.30pm
Footes Lane

Results availble here.

Voluteers Needed

As we come up to the busiest part of the athletics season we would greatly appreciate some support in helping us ensure that our athletics events are really high quality.

Over the next few weeks we will be hosting the following events:

The Smokebusters/ RG Falla junior School championships - Wednesday 16th June

The Intertrust Golden Series - Saturday 19th June

The Spearpoint Father's day1/2 marathon amd street mile - Sunday 20th June

We need help in all sorts of areas - particularly marshalls/officials, volunteers to serve teas/coffees and food.

In the longer term we are looking for someone to help us with junior records and to help athletes record and track their achievements and we always need coaches/ helpers at the track.

London Marathon 2001-2010 Register

If you have run the London Marathon in the last 10 years you will automatically appear in this register.  by visiting www.aubreybooks.com, entrants have the opportunity to enhance their entry by submitting personal accounts of their London Marathon experience, mentioning their chosen charity and even uploading photographs from the race.  Sample is here. 

Hampshire Track & Field

Have a look at photos of our fantastic weekend in Hampshire.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45134931@N06/sets/72157623954374619/

New Fixtures

Please check out the new  fixture list for 2010 here.

Please note - the Cross Country League & Inter Insular Fixtures from Oct onwards are provisional at the current time & will be confirmed by Sept.

Gordon's getting better

We are glad to report that Gordon Mercier is recovering after being taken ill after the Easter Ferstival.  Gordon had a minor operation in St Thomas's hospital last week.  He is now on the mend and we hope to se him down at the track in the near future.  In Gordon's absence Pete Wickins and Sarah Mercier have been running the endurance sessions but it's just not the same.  Our best wishes to Gordon & Family.

Thanking Charlie Cottam

Many of you willknow that Charlie Cottam has stepped down as a club coach.  Charlie has been involved with the club for nearly thirty years and has been instrumental in club developments and suporting 100's of young athletes.  We will be hosting an endurance evening on Thursday 10th June - more details about the festival next week.  During the evening we will be making a presentation to Charlie to thank him for all his hard work so, hopefully, as many of Charlie's athletes as possible, can come along.

Celebrating Lee Merrien's London Marathon and seven decades of the Liberation Day race at the Muse Cafe immediately after the Liberation Day race

So was Lee's debut marathon the greatest Guernsey athletics performance ever?  No doubt the debate about that will go on and on but the GIAAC wants to mark such a tremendous achievement and we have decided to celebrate the event with a reception immediately after the Leberation Day race which starts at 11am.  We will be gathering for a drink at the Muse Cafe - on the old Savoy Hotel site at the end of the race at about midday.  Coincidentally the 2010 race will mark the seventh decade in which the Liberation day race has been won and we want to celebrate that landmark as well.  In particular it would be great if we could get together as many winners of the race as possible.

KPMG 29th Guernsey Easter Runs

Day	Race	Start Time	Results
Friday 2nd April 2010 (Good Friday)	10km Road Race	10:30am	R PDF
Saturday 3rd April	4.75mile Cross Country	11:00am	R PDF
Sunday 4th April (Easter Sunday)	Team Relay (4 x 2 miles XC)	10:30am	Team Indiv
Monday 5th April  (Easter Monday)	Half Marathon 13.1 miles	9:00am	R
Overall Ranking			Ranking

XC Photo Album  Half Marathon Photo Album Job King's photo album is here.  Guernsey Press Half Marathon Photo Album is here.

Press & TV Coverage

Channel TV Coverage here

Guernsey Press : http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2010/04/06/fantastic-twell-obliterates-old-record/

Full Course Cross Country -Left to right Steve Dawes – Guernsey (3rd), Jonathan Hay - Aldershot Farnham & District (1st), Sam Bradley - St Marys College / Tonbridge AC

Inter Counties XC - Birmingham 13th March 2010
Katie Rowe wins u13 girls title

Katie won the u13 girls race with a powerful sprint. Full report to follow. Finlay Wright also had an exceptional run in the u13 Boys to place 17th and help Hampshire to 2nd team.

Sarah Mercier placed 90th in the Senior Women's field.
A few photo's have been upload to the Flickr site here.

Summer 2010 Training Schedule

JP's Summer training schedule click here.

AGM 24th February

 Please click here for the minutes of the meeting, here for the end of year audited accounts, here for the Treasurer's report and here for the President's report.

Delancey Photos

We have posted a few photo's from the final race of the Fusion Systems XC Series at Delancey Park to the Flickr website. Click here.

Guernsey Athletics in 2010

Further to our meeting held in September where parents joined us in a meeting making plans for the future, please click here for Guernsey Athletics in 2010. Please click here for plans for the future and here for Guernsey Athletics golden future.

GIAAC Endurance Newsletter - Dec 2009

A copy of the Endurance Section newsletter can be downloaded here.

Mersey mud

Four of our athletes competed in the McCain Cross Country Series at Sefton Park, Liverpool 28th Nov 09. Lee Merrien was aiming for selection for the GB team for the forthcoming European Cross Country Championships but had to be content with 9th place on a very muddy, wet and heavy going course. Katie Rowe finished an amazing 2nd in the u13 girls, whilst Sarah Mercier placed 60th in the u17/u20 girls race and Louise Perrio finished 46th in the Senior Ladies race.

Some photo's have been posted to the new Guernsey Athletics flickr photo site here. 

 Val Sexton (Phillips)

The GIAAC is sad to report the death, at the age of 49, of one of Guernsey’s leading women distance Runners. Val (Phillips for much of her running career) regularly represented the club and island from the mid 1980’s onwards at cross country, track and road running events. Longer endurance events were her real forte and she gained her first of many Island Games medals in the Guernsey games of 1987, she added to this with more individual and team medals in 1997 and 1999. Val returned from serious illness in typically resolute fashion to compete in Guernsey’s next games in 2003 and will be remembered as a determined individual . Our thoughts go out to her husband Paul and son Sam. 

Fusion Systems Winter Cross Country Series

League positions have now been posted here.

Results of the second race are posted here.

Event Hoodies & T shirts featuring the above series logo on the chest will be some of the prizes awarded to division winning athletes, if you would like to purchase a T shirt (Grey or white £15.00) or grey hoodie (£22.00)then email the club and we will make the necessary arrangements to secure one for you. Ladies T shirts can be the fitted Skinni fit brand or regular - please specify.

This winter's XC Series, sponsored by information technology firm Fusion Systems, starts on Saturday 17th October at Delancey Park ( 2:00pm start ). As usual the series of 5 races will be split into Division's after the second race, enabling athletes of differing abilities to battle out for places in their own competition.  The junior and colts section of the club are also catered for with u17's, u15's & u13's competing in the same races albeit off shorter distances. u11's, u9's  & u 7's race after the main field have finished. More details are on the poster linked here. (pdf)

Training with the Endurance Section Newsletter

Please find linked here a newsletter about training with the Endurance section of the club.

Track & Field Inter Insular - Jersey
12th & 13th September

A photo album of some of the weekend action is here.

West Island Games XIII - Aland 2009

Keep up to date with the latest news from inside the Island Games team with the return of the Island Games Blog. http://gsyathleticsaland2009.blogspot.com/. Games website : here Games result service : here

Zakia Half Marathon 21st June 2009

Half Marathon Results are here.

Aindre Reece-Sheerin smashes Half Marathon Best

Aindre Reece-Sheerin took over an hour off his previous time to clock an impressive record of 1hr 26min 5seconds for the wheelchair category of the 2009 Zakia Half Marathon. Read Aindre's story here.

Missing results posted

5km results from 5th April & 24th May have been posted. I have lots of junior endurance results to post and will get to those next.

Ladies Running Group in Association with Healthchek

Please be advised that he start of these Wednesday sessions has been changed. Registration is at 6:00pm with the session starting by 6:15pm.

Results for most events are posted here (pdf).

Track Fees

If you wish to pay these by standing order, please download a standing order form here. Please return this to the GIAAC and we will pass it onto your bank.

Club Trips

The club has its own travel insurance which covers sickness in the UK following the end of the reciprocal agreement. What the insurance does not cover is athletes who do not travel for any reason other than serious illness. Athletes who decide not to travel for any other reason will be charged the full amount by the club.