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EVENTS Last Updated:
22 April 2008
In this section of this web page, we will bring you club events that are in the process of being organised - dates and details being arranged. If any events take your fancy, please contact a committee member, or contact us at the web site to register for the event. December 18th Christmas Mystery Quiz 2008 - EVENTS BEING PLANNED TBC (Spring) Archery, paintball, ten pin bowling April 16th Annual General Meeting and Presentation night June 7th Wine Tasting at Waddesden Manor July 5th/6th Club 25th Anniversary Relay and Barbeque; + Sunday breakfast run *********************************************************** PREVIOUS EVENTS IN 2008
16th April 2008 - Annual General Meeting and Presentation
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February 2008 - Valentine's Ball 19th January
2008 - 70's Disco PREVIOUS EVENTS IN 20 19th December 2007 - Christmas Drinks The annual celebration of Christmas took place at the British Legion. This is the annual opportunity to meet up with other runners and their partners and celebrate the happy season with a few drinks! Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. 18th December 2007 - Club Mystery Christmas Run Now becoming a regular Christmas challenge, a running treasure hunt was held that weaved around the streets of Leighton. Armed with torches, pens, and a set of questions, teams jogged around the course, with the final leg involving drinking in a local bar. This year the added challenge of failing pens meant many an "etched" question sheet by the end of the quiz. Congratulations to APaul Hills and Jon Green for applying their brains and getting to think like our weird captain, who set the questions, based on a Disney theme.. Congratulations also to the other prize winners. Thanks to everyone - a total of 15 teams of twos and threes, including one frozen trio of "lads" who managed to find the clues but found solving them much tougher! Photos here of some of the "quizzers"
29th October 2007 - Brains of Leighton Linslade Quiz As the result of a special invite from the Rotary Club (who helped on the bypass race event), 3 teams of Leighton fun runners took part in a local quiz. The three teams showed their skills across a number of subjects, with finishing positions of 11th, 17th and 41st out of 49 teams. The highlight of the evening was the meal which was much more enjoyable than some of the questions. Next year we are proposing to enter more teams, to see if we can win the sport team trophy. 13th October 2007 - Club Trip to Brussels Once more the club trip was organised by the very capable Bob Dunham, with a trip via Eurostar to Brussels. The choice of hotel was excellent, perfectly placed for the various races on offer, namely 5k, half marathon and full marathon. As one might expect, plenty of Belgian beer was sampled which meant no-one has volunteered their finishing times for the races. Never mind, our press agent has kindly forwarded all the results to our scorer. Home of the European Parliament, Brussels race day weather was warm and sunny, almost too warm for those running the marathon. Fortunately, there were plenty of trees providing shade as the runners ran along the wide boulevards and past some famous landmarks. It was a surprise to most of the Fun Runners that Brussels was quite hilly and the course included a particularly stiff climb just two miles from the finish. However, once the hill was conquered it was a downhill sprint to the finish line in the magnificent Grand Place. There were some excellent performances by our Club Members, particularly, Simon Warner and Doug Lamont who finished the marathon in 3½ hours and Lisa Dethick who was 5th Lady to finish the half marathon. Thanks to Bob Dunham for superb organisation and picking a perfect hotel. Photos here. 19th August 2007 - Family Picnic Choosing a mid August date for a family picnic seemed like a safe option - except that this year the event was accompanied by fog and then rain, making visibility something of a lottery. Those who braved the elements were able to let their kids run off a bit of steam, whilst they steamed over the barbeque. Let's hope for better weather next year and thanks to Donna for organising the event. 08th July 2007 - Club Duathlon This event appears to be attracting larger crowds and glorious weather - for the third year in a row. There were 4 teams, 25 runners and 21 cyclists entering the run and bike sections of the club duathlon. Two latecomers who decided to start the race behind everyone else still completed the 5 mile race and bike section - grand show of perseverance from Donna Savic and Gary Reid. The main event was won by Paul Douglas who doubled last year's win margin to more than 6 minutes clear with his combined race times. Congratulations go to all participants who enjoyed heat to compete; also many thanks to the helpers - Helen Dunham, Bob Dunham, Anne Hully, Hazel Stiles and Emily - who manned marshal points and timed the events. After the race, stories were swapped in the new watering hole - the Stag at Mentmore. 23rd June 2007 - Greensand Ridge Relay run Leighton Fun Runners entered three teams and a combined Fun Runners and Leighton Athletic team in this year’s Greensand Ridge Relay held last weekend. The race organised by the South Midlands Orienteering Club follows 33 miles of the Greensand Ridge walk starting at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre and finishing in the village of Northill, South East of Bedford. The six members of each team ran legs of around 6 miles along the trail, passing the baton at Stockgrove Park, Woburn, Millbrook, Deadman’s Hill and Deadman’s Cross. The event is set up by handicap against age and gender for each leg, so that theoretically all teams finish at 5:00pm in Northill. The Fun Runners teams competing in the event for the second time took on the challenge along with twenty other teams from the area. All four teams set off at blistering pace along familiar paths and made significant progress against the handicap times. The forecasted rain held off and despite a couple of minor navigational errors the teams finished strongly either side of the 5:00pm target finish time. It was a good social occasion with three team buses shuttling runners to changeover points and a well deserved pint or two at the finish line (the Northill village pub!). The team and individual results were LFR Team Daniels finished 4th overall and 10th on handicap with Leg 1 Tam Quinn 41m 53s, Leg 2 Gary Reid 30m 45s, Leg 3 Paul Douglas 1h 02m 21s, Leg 4 Steve Harrison 40m 16s, Leg 5 Chris Taylor 39m 41s and Leg 6 Steve Ellerton 32m 16s. LFR Team Dunhams finishing 19th overall and 21st on handicap with the following time splits: Leg 1 Andy Hully 43m 31s, Leg 2 Margaret Chew 35m 48s, Leg 3 John Kirwan 1h 09m 04s, Leg 4 Bob Dunham 55m 16s, Leg 5 Pete Bolton 1h 04m 02s and Leg 6 Helen Dunham 54m 53s. LFR Team Hully finished 20th overall, 20th on handicap and were the 3rd ladies team with Leg 1 Tracy Dodd 55m 32s, Leg 2 Karen Kirwan 48m 03s, Leg 3 Karrie Archer 1h 08m 50s, Leg 4 Donna Savic 55m 35s, Leg 5 Anne Hully 57m 54s and Leg 6 Pam O’Connell 49m 19s. The combined Fun Runners and Leighton Athletic team ‘Leighton United’ finished 8th overall and 7th on handicap with the following time splits: Leg 1 Andrew Thompson 42m 55s, Leg 2 Dave Stevinson 28m 40s, Leg 3 David Throssell 1h 04 31s, Leg 4 Fred Watt 46m 49s, Joe Hurley 39m 12s and Leg 6 Richard Inchley 38m 14s. Photos are here
25th April 2007 - Annual General Meeting and Presentation
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