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Thanks must go to Liz and everyone who helped organise the Christmas bash on Saturday – a great time was had by all at The Fountain, despite the violent weather that had the temerity to

see off my burger – blown away by a gust while the waiting staff scurried between the pub and the skittle alley! The free coach home was very welcome, after the winning skittle team had shared the chocolatey gains! And there was even a visit from not one but TWO sugarplum fairy runners, fresh from the panto………..

Some photographs from the night are here.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Too good not to share, here are two of our brave Joggers treading the boards, oh yes they are, in the Ashurst Village Pantomime…..Brian Turrell and Rob Thornton……never will you see (please God) them in their underwear again!! Enjoy, ladies, enjoy!

Merry Christmas everybody!!

The notes from the Annual General Meeting held on 11th December are now available and can be accessed here.

Tonight is our annual “Festive Fun Run (aka The Mince Pie Five)”  – wear something jingly and Christmassy – whatever route you run is fine, just end up at Brian & Jackie’s house (refer to EMail for address), however should you be interested then Hugh has selected this special route, covering about 4.5 miles, ending at Brian and Jackie’s house from where you find your own way back to the Leisure Centre. It could be wet, but hopefully not too muddy! Whatever you do, have fun and see you later!

Ahead of the minutes from the AGM, which will be sent as soon as they are ‘approved’ congratulations must go to the following:

Grace Wells Handicap: Liz Pamment

Most successful runner in 2013: Andy Massingale

Runners runner: Michele Longmore

Best ‘Beginner’ in 2013: Nikki Hargrave

London Marathon Draw: Hugh Martin

Brighton Marathon Draw: Jackie Parsons & Natasha Heasman

Life Membership: Granted to Lesley Besson as she steps down from the Committee, for services rendered to the Club over many years

And of course the 2014 Committee was elected, as detailed here:

It was a rather cold run, I think the ford was unusually popular for once, as there wasn’t too much water flowing and the muddy track to the bridge at the side looked pretty uninviting! I’m not too quick at the moment, but I was happy with my time in the circumstances.

Dave English – 54:18

Hi Everyone!

This message was received into HJ Central Command earlier this evening. Girls just wanna have fun eh!

We just want to let you know that Kay, Jackie and Debbie were not skiving last Wednesday evening………we were at the 1st St Lucia triathlon! Ok we didnt actually take part but we did complete the fun run with Daley Thomson. Hope to be there this Wednesday evening for more tales of the Caribbean!

Debbie, Caribbean Queen

They’re in! You can find the November results here, and what a close call this is going to be. One month to go, and the final positions and presentation revealed at the AGM. Who has the current form, who has the overall pace? You’ll have to wait and see – its a nail-biter!

Fight for Sight are looking to fill my places in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 6 April 2014, and want to know whether anyone would be interested in taking part in this run and raise money for Charity.

Fight for Sight is the leading UK Charity that funds medical research in to a variety of eye diseases. Money that is raised through events goes directly to medical research in the hope that we will create a future where everyone can see. They don’t have a registration fee and ask for a minimum sponsorship pledge of £500 per runner.

Anyone interested should email: luan@fightforsight.org.uk

www.fightforsight.org.uk

It seems like a long time since the Hangover 5 on January 1st, but finally the last race is over and the Club rankings can be announced.

Sadly, Henfield Joggers finished 17th out of 17 Clubs, as you can see from the table below. Despite the finest efforts of Mick Dee, whom I’d like to highlight here as the most regular participant, thanks Mick!!, we simply didn’t have enough people taking part to make a difference. I’ll make a proper report at the AGM but lets look to next year and see if we can move away from propping everyone up!

There is another way of looking at this, in terms of year on year improvements. The Table below shows that while we didn’t ‘improve’ on our 2012 performance, we didn’t slip back as much as some other Clubs, so we’re not ‘quite’ bottom! Lets turn this around in 2014. There are some changes being discussed at the WSFRL AGM soon which I will report on as soon as I am able to, most likely at our AGM.