Club Champs Update 24 November 2022

Well we're half way through the club champs season now and there's been lots of fantastic racing so far.

There's not much change in the leaders after Wormwood Scrubs on 12th Nov. Yvette Burton and Niall Gilchrist are still overall frontrunners but with half a season to go it's not a foregone conclusion, especially when Kat Revill Warsop and Ben Smith are so close behind them!

In the women's competition Suha Lagu reached 5 qualifying races and is now in 2nd place behind Yvette in F3 and in F2 Alicja sneaks into the lead but as no-one in that category has qualified yet it's all to play for. There's is also no qualifiers in F5 & F7 yet so the prize is there for the taking. Current leaders in other categories are F0=Molly Deely, F1=Kat Revill Warsop, F4=Liz RA, F6=Kim Bobsin.

In the men's competition we saw 4 club champs season debuts in the M0 category and with only Niall qualifying so far it's still wide open. In M3 we had 3 people reach 5 qualifying races but Jerry Ngai maintains his lead. Other category leaders are M1=Greg, M2=Ben, M4=Simon James, M7=Rob Willin. No qualifiers yet in M5 or M6.

The complete results can be found here.

Next races are Uxbridge Met League on Saturday 3rd December followed by Perivale 5 on Sunday 4th December. Some additional races for early 2023 will be announced shortly.

Stuart Pugh - officially an Inspiring Official

Massive congratulations to Stuart Pugh who was joint winner at the England Athletics London region Volunteer Awards in the Inspiring Officials category this November.

This award is in addition to his other awards this year:

• Ealing Eagles Club Person of the Year

• shortlisted for the Adult Volunteer of the Year at the Ealing Sports Awards

Those putting together the video to be shown at the awards - and everyone who took part - were able to keep the making of the video a secret so that Stuart assumed he hadn’t won. Have a look at it here.

England Athletics blurb about Stuart

After a start in field officiating in 2019 and a COVID enforced break, Stuart Pugh took the level 1 track judging and endurance officials’ courses in 2021, progressing to level 2 by the end of the season. This year he submitted his application for Level 3. He is always well prepared and pays careful attention to detail, even if he is not the track referee. He explains things clearly, so even the newest officials know what they are doing. At the local Young Athletes League, His duty sheets always ensure that trainees are buddied up with people to support them. Stuart is a great advocate of officiating; he has taken on the role of officials’ secretary for his club and has actively recruited new officials.

Your England Athletics Profile

Have you recently moved? When was the last time you reviewed your emergency contacts?

If the answer to the first question is yes and you’ve been scratching your head to answer the second question, let me ask you another one!

Have you ever updated your Profile on England Athletics (EA)?

EA is our source of contact information so it’s really important that you keep your details up to date.

So, go on, log onto England Athletics and under MyMembership/My Profile, double check that all of your information is up to date!

Thank you! Membership Team

Ph.D. research study into nutrition for Masters (40+) endurance athletes

The club has been contacted by a Ph.D. candidate at St Mary's University looking for Masters athletes (aged 40+, by the terms of his research) to take part in an enjoyable and interactive study. There is no requirement to change any lifestyle or dietary habits, and no invasive procedures are entailed. Endurance athletes are deemed in this study to be those who run for an hour, 3 times a week.

Whilst there is no financial or materialistic reward for participating, all volunteers will be offered the following:

· An individualised report on their diet assessment outcomes.

· Nutrition knowledge questionnaire score.

· A summary of the overall findings of the study

Participating in the study would involve:

· Dietary intakes being assessed through two different electronic methods, over three days (participants log all food and calorie containing drinks).

· Nutrition knowledge measurement through questionnaire (completion of a validated sports nutrition knowledge questionnaire).

· Reporting of training over three days.

· Completion of a questionnaire to ascertain nutrition supplement usage.

· Completion of a questionnaire for the researcher to understand basic demographic and sociodemographic information.

If you would like to participate or would like further information, please email info@ealingeagles.com

Race Discount for Eagles: races of distance 10k to Ultra Marathon

The committee has been contacted by representatives of endurancelife.com, a trail running event organiser.

They would like to offer our club a 10% discount code for race entry and they would also be happy to provide a 20% discount code if 6 or more members from the club come along to one event.

Also, they are looking for good event crew who are familiar with outdoor activities to crew at events, no experience is necessary.

Crewing for the day can earn a free entry for you or our club or a £60 expenses payment for your time.

They do events ranging between 10k - Ultramarathon. Have a look at the website and email membership@ealingeagles.com if this looks like something you are interested in.

www.endurancelife.com

Documentary Opportunity

The Eagles have been contacted by a 3rd year student at the University Centre of Football Businesses (UCFB) in Wembley, studying Sports Business and Sports Broadcasting. Instead of doing a traditional final year dissertation, they are looking to produce a documentary and are asking for a willing volunteer.

So if you are someone who is aiming to complete an endurance event, such as an ultra-marathon in the first quarter of 2023 read on....

The producer of the documentary will be following you as you train for the event and be there on event day as the journey comes to an end. For the participant, the finished documentary will be a unique memory they can look back upon each year, who can say they've had a documentary made after them? Ideally this person will be completing this event as a novice to endurance sport, however people who have done 1 or 2 endurance events before will be considered. The candidate can identify as any gender, be any age (as long as they are over the age of 18) and be willing to be recorded/interviewed as part of the documentary. The candidate may still be looking for an endurance event or have already signed up for one, either is okay.

If this sounds like an opportunity you would be interested in exploring, please email info@ealingeagles.com for further details.

Free heart screening programme for 14-35 year olds in Ealing

The Eagles have been contacted by The Tom Clabburn and Claire Prosser Memorial Fund (https://tomclabburnfund.co.uk), a fund that supports the registered charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), to offer free heart screenings for 14-35 year olds.

This year's screenings will take place on Sunday Nov 13th at Trailfinders Sports Club in Ealing.

Some screening slots will be password protected until Friday, October 28. It will then be made open to all. If you are under 35 and wish to access the password, or wish to book for a junior Eagle over the age of 14, please email info@ealingeagles.com and full details will be provided.

Please feel free to let friends and family know about the screenings, but the fund have stated they would be grateful if the password is not shared via social media, it will defeat the object.

Kingston Half Marathon 2022 - Results

Congratulations to the 24 Eagles who got very wet taking part in the club champs race Royal Borough of Kingston Half Marathon on Sunday 23 October 2022. Full results are available here and results for Eagles are set out below.

Name Gender Net Time

Ka Hei Ngai Male 01:21:10

Tom James Male 01:22:35 PB

Massimo Biava Male 01:23:12

Greg Fernandes-Lawes Male 01:28:43

Ronan Hughes Male 01:28:43

Joseph Williams Male 01:28:29

HARRY PEARSON Male 01:31:52

RAFAL MACHNIK Male 01:33:12

Robert Willin Male 01:35:22 first V60

Alex Cook Male 01:35:38 PB

Magdalene Lagu Female 01:36:20 (second claim)

Vicky Chan Female 01:38:31

Katharine Warsop Female 01:39:05

Alicja Kordowska Female 01:32:55

Molly Deely Female 01:40:46 PB

Malgorzata Kucharska Female 01:44:30

Suha Lagu Female 01:47:57

Piers Keenleyside Male 01:52:46

Wei Sui 01:55:37

Jack Wright Male 01:57:30

Cam Large Male 02:08:00

Valerie Fougeres Female 02:15:38 PB

Chris Young Male 02:17:11

Craig Batterham Male 02:17:14

Met League Cross Country - Claybury

Molly Deely writes:

The Met League season began as ever with a long trek to the other end of the Central Line at Claybury Park on Saturday 15th October 2022. Conditions were firm underfoot which gave a gentle baptism of fire to cross country debutants and veterans alike. However, the hills remain very hilly! Though a few calendar clashes deprived us of some runners, a healthy flock of 11 women and 24 men represented the Eagles, in addition to our ever-dedicated duo Helen and Stuart Pugh who were there as league officials.

After this first fixture, our women’s team is holding its own in mid-table Division One in 9th place, and our men are sitting pretty in Division Two in 2nd place. I won’t jinx anything by mentioning the ‘P’ word!

We’re raring to build on this at our next fixture on 12th November on almost home turf at Wormwood Scrubs. Autumn will have well and truly set in, so there may be some of the muddy conditions that we’re all craving!

Here are some quotes from our happy Eagles:

XC season is back! After being teased with some rain before the start the bloody sun comes out for the run- boo! -Liz

First XC in 3 years. Was too hot and ripped my heels open, but apart from that it was great!- Charlotte

XC is back and humbling as ever. I was over a minute quicker than at Claybury 2021 and still couldn’t break my curse of being 2nd eagle in every met league. Now to put in a good performance at the pub! - Niall

My first XC it was pretty tough and hilly but I really enjoyed it! - Talia

Had a great time at my first cross country! Nice to meet lots of new eagles, and looking forward to many more! - Michael

Brutal, ballsy, brilliant so a typical XC race. Super turnout for the mens team. Roll on wormwood scrubs and who knows maybe promotion this year. - Kieran

Very much enjoyed the trip and team vibe of the cross country. The first time running Claybury- tough course and not a fan of the steep incline followed by decline. My strategy was to leave some in reserve for the final lap but struggled to make any significant places up. Slight mistiming on the finish- with one extra 50m could have made a place. All in all a great eagles day out! - Joseph

Warmer than expected. Glad I didn’t walk on the uphill bits. Annoyed to have been overtaken by two eagles at the end and to have been beaten by Greg by 2 mins. - Harry

Really enjoyed that for a first outing as an eagle doing x country. Pleased with my pacing and running and enjoyed the team atmosphere travelling together etc puts into the right mindset. Loved it and can’t wait for the next! -Raj

I was one of many eagles making their cross country debut and was keen to put in a solid run. One key piece of advice I was given was to take it steady for the first lap to make sure I had enough left for a sprint finish. Naturally I completely ignored this advice and went out as fast as I could. Safe to say my legs were like jelly by the second lap! - Molly

Cabbage Patch 10 Results 2022

Congratulations to the 72 Eagles who took part in the Cabbage Patch 10 race today which was a club champs race. Results can be found on this link and results for Eagles are set out below.

*A number of Eagles ran with their numbers but omitted to wear their chips and so were ghost runners without an official time. For the sake of completeness, their times are mentioned below (as they would have been seen by other Eagles taking part in the race) but have no official (or club champs) standing. The moral of the story - make sure you are wearing both number and chip when you race.

Place Name Chip

27 Ben Smith 00:58:16

58 Ka Hei Ngai 01:01:31

71 Tom James 01:02:51 first timer

78 Kunal Madub 01:02:49

79 Alan Phillips 01:03:11

133 Simon James 01:06:15

154 Nils-Kristian Liborg 01:06:59

156 Ralph Dadswell 01:07:00

168 Jose Manuel Pabon 01:07:04

179 Greg Fernandes-Lawes 01:07:40

194 Rafal Machnik 01:08:19

206 Harry Claxton 01:09:06

211 Sam Jamieson 01:08:46 first timer

223 Alicja Kordowska 01:09:22

234 Raj Patadia 01:10:11 first timer

249 Robert Willin 01:10:46

265 Alex Cook 01:11:01 PB

268 Yvette Burton 01:11:38 PB

288 Philip Duncan 01:11:04 PB

353 Phil Cairns 01:14:00

429 Bill McKimm 01:17:07 first timer

450 Ben Cale 01:17:17

456 Caroline Crehan 01:15:45 first timer

483 Dominic Duroux 01:18:26

484 Jonathan Bramley 01:18:02

528 Ian Wimsett 01:19:14

564 Hannah Smith 01:20:33

629 Piers Woolston 01:22:23

639 Simon Croyden 01:22:47

643 Paul Roberts 01:22:53

649 Charlie Gilbert 01:21:39

653 Jenny Baker 01:23:24

*Ghost runner David Bone 01:23:33

670 Lisa Watson 01:23:54

*Ghost runner Godfrey Rust 01:24:30

692 Jonathan Golub 01:25:01

704 Lucy Witcomb 01:23:20

712 Gary Hobbs 01:25:50

745 Janet Wimsett 01:26:29 PB

799 Suzanne Allen 01:28:30

813 Piers Jenkins 01:27:24

827 Anne Sampson 01:29:05

859 Caroline Harris 01:30:13 first timer

867 Zita McKimm 01:31:32 first timer

897 Holly Trueman 01:30:15

901 Sonja Knoll 01:31:26 PB

931 Leon Markham 01:32:23

948 Paul McGoey 01:32:03

966 Aj Small 01:32:37 first timer

1027 Pamela Wiggins 01:36:00

1033 Mark Worrall 01:37:19

1054 Dineke Diana Austin 01:36:37

1076 Craig Batterham 01:37:22 first timer

1106 Baljit Dhanda 01:37:25

1143 Liz Ainsworth 01:40:20

1152 Helen Pugh 01:41:02

1191 Veerle Heyvaert 01:42:53

1204 Caroline Wilkinson 01:44:21 first timer

1225 Trevor Pask 01:45:29

1235 Nicola Miller 01:48:47

1236 Sylvia Cordell 01:45:44

1241 Susan Hinton 01:45:40

1245 Teresa Anderson 01:46:14

1255 Kim Bobsin 01:47:22

1278 Jane Marland 01:49:28

1279 Annemarie Graham 01:49:21

1318 Roy Witcomb 01:51:09

1320 Louis Brady 01:51:48

1328 Barbara (Babs) Pinheiro 01:52:14 first timer

1334 Lauren Wiggins 01:52:53

1346 Stephen Brooks 01:54:04 PB

1352 Hong Zhou 01:54:38

1394 Caroline Rush 01:58:24

1405 Jackie Moorhouse 02:01:51

1418 Lynn Hall 02:04:57

Ealing Half Marathon

Trevor Richardson writes

Race day finally arrives. It's a bright but cold start, just 8.5 degrees, when I leave home to drive to Ealing Broadway. It's not yet 8am so I make it to the multi-storey car park before the road closures kick in. From here it's a 15 minute walk through Walpole Park to Lammas Park where the race starts. I'm worried about a niggle I felt in my left hip after my final training run a few days ago and as a precaution take two paracetamol with 45 minutes to go. There's already a lot of runners here, many with family and friends and there's a real buzz in the air. I browse the various refreshment stalls and retail outlets, buy a last minute pair of ergonomically designed running socks and deposit my bag at the baggage drop.

This is my second Ealing Half marathon, and third half marathon in total, having finished last year in 1hr 51 mins and 6 seconds. I beat last year's time by 5 minutes at a race in Richmond Park in May this year and am hoping to make it three personal bests in a row. A trifle ambitious a little voice whispers. A man asks me if I have a target finish time in mind and I say 'Yes, 1 hr 40 mins'. No backing down now. The great thing about this race is that it is so well organised. It's a big event that takes over half of Ealing borough for half a day and is only possible due to the commitment of hundreds of volunteers. Among the volunteers are the pacers, experienced runners who are there to help people achieve their target finish times. I spot a couple of 1.40 pacers and follow them with the drift of people towards the starting area.

There's a slight delay to the start due to a few cars obstructing the route that have to be moved. Meanwhile I'm feeling some apprehension – should I retreat to the 1.45 or 1.50 pacer? While the thoughts circle in my mind the man who founded the Ealing half marathon 10 years ago (this is the 10th anniversary) gives a funny but motivating talk. Then, suddenly the all clear is given and we're into the 10 second countdown. The mass of runners surges forward and we're away. I'm thinking that I'll stick with my pacer for the first mile or two and see how I feel. By mile two I'm breathing easily, no issues with my hip, all good so far. Then comes Park View Road, the first real challenge on the route. Now, hills are not my strong point. Walking up them is a breeze, but running them in a competitive race is another matter. However, this is early in the race and although breathing hard I manage to stick with the pacer all the way to the top.

As is always the case, thousands of local residents line the whole 13.1 mile route to wave, clap and cheer the runners along. As we all have our names emblazoned on our running vests, I'm hearing shouts of 'Come on Trevor, well done, keep going'. I'm wondering where all these friends have come from! Approaching the mid way point I'm still with the 1.40 pacer. On a stretch where the route bends back upon itself we see the lead athletes, the 'Olympic' runnners heading back on the return leg. Three men with around a 20-metre gap between them, running like gazelles, around half an hour ahead of us.

The mid point of this race is the real test and potential turning point. After around 6 miles the mountain of Greenford Avenue rises like a sheer wall of tarmac. I remember this well from last year, it could be make or break. Running, competitively or just for personal pleasure, is a learnt activity like most other things in life. Running 13.1 miles is not something you can just do. Everyone who finishes this race today, regardless of their time, has worked hard to achieve their goal. But it's not just about fitness and endurance. Race wisdom is also key. I know I could expend everything on this hill and have little left for the remaining 5-6 miles. So, I decide to let the pacer go and drop back, with my breathing still under control. Finally at the top, I see the two 1.40 pacers about a hundred metres ahead. Can I catch up? Sadly not. They remain in sight for another couple of miles only then never to be seen again. However, I am given some encouragement after hearing another runner say the 1.40 pacers were running at least 30 seconds ahead of time. I might just hit my target after all.

After the ordeal of Greenford Avenue the rest of the course is flat, although the occasional road bridge over railway lines still feel mountainous. For me, the second serious challenge of the race is the final quarter. It's when fatigue sets in. Although I've not increased my pace, in fact it feels like I'm slowing down, I'm breathing hard and it's becoming a real struggle. People are passing me and I'm thinking I must be the slowest person on the course. This is when it becomes mind over matter. Your body is telling you to stop, but you know you can't. I think of my sponsors, of the cause I'm running for, 'Friends of Puerto Morazan', and know I have to finish. The final mile is perhaps the most cruel. People along the route are shouting 'Well done, you're almost there'. I think the entrance to Lammas Park will be around the next corner, but then there's another corner, then another and another long stretch of road. Finally, we enter the park and it's just under a kilometre around the perimeter path to the finish. Now, I am on my last legs. People are sprinting past me but I don't care. Just to keep going is a major mental effort. At last the finish line approaches and I hear a final shout of 'Well done Trevor!'.

• I finished in 1 hr, 40 minutes and 51 seconds.

• I came 395 out of 2326 runners

• I was 8th in my age category out of 79 runners

• I was 10 minutes, 15 seconds faster than my time last year.

Snowdon Ultra 50

Congratulations to Melinda Marchal who came joint first femaie in the Snowdon Ultra 50 in September.

Melinda Marchal writes

Just wanting to share my latest news! After winning the Chester Ultra 50 miler in March, I thought I’d try my hand at a mountain ultra so toed the line at the Snowdon Ultra 50 this weekend… for another win!!

76km - 3,512m - 12h23!
Joint 1st female, joint 8th overall, and a women’s course record to boot!

It was a pleasure to cross the finish with Josie Nye; she was ahead of me for the first mountain (Tryfan), then we tackled Snowden ascent and descent together, chatting the whole way! I took the lead for the next 5hrs over the Glyders and round the lakes, but Josie valiantly caught me up in the last 10k and left me for dust! I finally chased her down with just 1 kilometre to go, so it seemed fitting that after so much back and forth we go in together

London Marathon 2022

Congratulations to everyone who ran in the London Marathon on 2 October 2022.

This page was originally set up because the results for London 2022 weren’t searchable by club on the day of the race (often, names appearing in the “club” column appear to be charity names) though the club search function did improve (thanks Ralph). We have also included times for names that were on the original spreadsheet. If your name is not listed and you did run (or you were a first timer or got a PB), please let us know.

Niall Gilchrist 2:40:53

Firas Alhawat 2:43:23

James Ward 2:43:58 (first time under 3 hours as an Eagle so OBE)

Tom Green 2 :46:41 PB

Ben Lynch 2:57:05

Sam Royle 2:49:25

James Sawyer 2:57:30 (first time under 3 hours so OBE)

Massimo Biava 2:58:36

Ralph Dadswell 3:05:23

Colin Clifford 3:09:13

Melinda Marchal 3:15:08 PB (first time under 3:20 so OBE)

Marcus Bull 3:18:12

Andrew Guy 3:29:21

Caroline Crehan 3:32:06 PB

Jacob Murtagh 3:32:26 first marathon

Katrina Davison 3:35:30

Yvette Burton 3:37:03

Emmet O’Reilly 3:45:03

Oliver Ward 3:40:33

Malgorzata Kucharska 3:50:43

Suha Lagu 3:54:01

Paul Robinson 4:14:51

Ed Laughton 4:16:59

Mark Hannell 4:19:28

Mary Rehman 4:26:13

Norio Suzuki 4:30:59 PB

Gareth Peers 4:33:02

Emma Morrissey 4:34:50

Connor Lyons 4:37:30

Rachel Job 4:45:21

Hector Nemoto 4:47:14

Caroline Humphrey (Caz) 4:53:40 PB

Andrea Hendy 05:22:29

Laura Smallbone 5:25:10

Andrew Hollens 5:34:34

Linda Deverson 5:42:26

Peter Mizzi 5:51:40

Che Odlum- de Vivenot 5:57:52

Claudia Aviles 6:22:30

Peter Macdermid 6:25:58

Marjolein van Deurzen 6:30:15

Ealing Half Marathon 2022 (Results)

Results for the 2022 Ealing Half Marathon can be found on this link

Results for members of the club (both those listed as Ealing Eagles and others) are set out below.

Pos Name Chip Time

14 Alice BRAHAM 01:18:21 First woman as well as first Eagle

28 Ka Hei NGAI 01:22:05

32 Bali MURALIDHAR 01:22:16

33 Henry DADSWELL 01:22:24

42 Kevin MURRAY 1:23:09 (second claim Eagle) first V60

52 David PACK 01:24:10

53 Thomas JAMES 01:24:18

56 Gregory GEORGE 01:24:30

65 William BENNETT 01:25:21

69 Alan PHILLIPS 01:25:37

75 Andrew GREEN 01:26:07

77 Dankrad FEIST 01:26:10

90 Aleem NASSER 01:27:00 PB

98 Ralph DADSWELL 01:27:15

104 Harry CLAXTON 01:27:48

105 Ronan HUGHES 01:27:55

106 Jose Manuel PABON 01:27:54

139 Neil JOHNSON 01:29:30

141 James COOPER 01:29:34

144 Nils-Kristian LIBORG 01:29:45

149 Jay KAYE 01:30:05 PB

157 Neil ATTWOOD 01:30:32

164 Jozsef KALMAN 01:31:00

166 Macca SHERIFI 01:31:02

167 Joseph WILLIAMS 01:31:07

188 Harry PEARSON 01:32:09

196 Alicja KORDOWSKA 01:32:41

209 Yvette BURTON 01:33:22

211 Mike DUFF 01:33:32

219 Raj PATADIA 01:33:52 first timer

220 Gerbrand ALKEMA 01:33:48

223 Ben SMITH 01:34:19

224 Rafal MACHNIK 01:34:20

231 Robert WILLIN 01:34:48

241 Damian COFFEY 01:35:22

250 Alex COOK 01:35:49

254 Phil DUNCAN 01:35:47 PB

259 Jonathan OWENS 01:36:09

262 Richard GODDARD 01:36:10

268 Lucile BURLOT 01:36:35

269 Tom GREEN 01:36:36

278 Sam JAMIESON 01:36:32

292 Thomas EGERTON 01:37:02

301 Neil BASS 01:37:38

314 Se+ýn CONLON 01:37:58

316 Phil CAIRNS 01:38:10

320 Oliver SAVAGE 01:37:55

322 Magdalene LAGU 1:38:26 (second claim Eagle) PB

324 Paul DIXON 01:38:18

349 Katharine REVILL 01:38:56 PB

351 Talia CASPI 01:39:13 PB

368 Rafal DESKA 01:39:36

370 Simon MOORE 01:39:16 PB

371 Nick DAVIES 01:39:58 PB

374 Robin MUNRO 01:39:28

376 Joseph WOOD 01:40:14

383 James BAILEY 01:39:54

395 Trevor RICHARDSON 01:40:51 PB

412 Ewan FRANCES 01:41:32

416 Laura EGERTON 01:41:46 PB

432 Gary HOBBS 01:41:58

435 Oliver HUMPHREYS 01:42:04

436 Michael LEESE 01:42:22 PB

455 Matthew MORTIMER-RYAN 01:42:30

459 Stephen PRICE 01:42:40

465 Charlotte JOHNSON 01:43:08

467 Werner SCHUTZ 01:42:35

468 James JURKIEWICZ 01:43:10

479 Molly DEELY 01:43:18

482 Simon SMITH 01:43:29

498 Phillip TURNER 01:44:11

499 Glenn MATTHEWS 01:44:11

504 Simon CROYDEN 01:44:21

510 Peter BROWN 01:44:31

515 Dominic WALLACE 01:44:19

520 Ian KWAN 01:44:43

525 Lara Bencini (second claim Eagle) 1:44:48 first timer

528 Melinda MARCHAL 01:45:02

536 Bill MCKIMM 01:44:31

537 David GOULT 01:44:56

552 Andrew CLIFTON 01:45:23

558 Howard WILLIAMS 01:45:41

564 Tom MCDERMOTT 01:45:56

571 Piers KEENLEYSIDE 01:46:06

579 Jenny BUSHELL 01:44:52

580 Chris SODEN 01:46:11

590 Andrew BENNETT 01:46:10

603 Matthew BENSON 01:46:27

661 Titus THOMSON 01:48:27

678 Jonathan MARTIN 01:47:54

683 Violetta REFOLO 01:49:02

690 Veronica COLYER 01:48:57

704 Ian WIMSETT 01:49:01

707 Suha LAGU 01:49:46

714 Jonathan BRAMLEY 01:48:58

734 Kamil KONIOR 01:49:33

740 Maria KOLAWOLE 01:49:06

750 Lisa WATSON 01:50:21

752 Garry CURTIS 01:50:11

757 Emma TURTON 01:50:28

759 Charlie GILBERT 01:50:28

761 Alan BROWN 01:50:50

769 Sacha SYED 01:49:46 first timer

775 Declan POLLARD 01:50:17

777 Conrad BAILEY 01:50:32

779 Maria HAZZARD 01:50:51

780 Louise BYRNE 01:51:00

783 Nicola MILLER 01:50:37 PB at EHM

787 Ben CALE 01:50:47

789 Michelle TANNER 01:50:48

790 Ronan MORIARTY 01:50:47

796 John KENNY 01:51:17

804 Godfrey RUST 01:51:13

810 Nicola PHELAN 01:51:12

812 Hannah SMITH 01:52:01

827 Paul ROBERTS 01:51:38

830 Steve SANTOS 01:52:13 PB

835 Norio SUZUKI 1:51:12

841 Al JOHNSON 01:52:16

843 Neringa MINEIKYTE-PRICE 01:52:45

860 Vincent FILLOL 01:52:16 Pacer

874 Nicola NUGENT 01:53:17

929 Mark THOMAS 01:54:10

952 Richard DODD 01:52:10

954 Vanessa GIBBS 01:54:24

955 Louise WINSTANLEY 01:54:41

959 Simon STANNARD 01:54:59

980 Liz AINSWORTH 01:54:25

983 Nova MAGNESS 01:54:26 PB

986 Donna WARDE 01:55:46

1032 Agnieszka CHODZBA 01:57:17 PB

1034 Jonathan GOLUB 01:55:36

1036 Piers JENKINS 01:57:28

1061 Jenny COLE 01:56:37

1063 Jack WRIGHT 01:56:27 PB

1073 Jez HEMANS 01:56:36

1085 Gerry GOONAN 01:56:43

1096 Ryan BROWN 01:56:29

1098 Anika HARGIE 01:57:49

1102 Jason JOHNSON 01:57:31

1103 Keith ROSCOE 01:57:23

1122 Kayvan HOSSEINI 01:57:32

1136 Paul MCGOEY 01:57:33

1158 Miranda TRAEGER 1:58:57

1170 Adrian WALKER 01:59:12

1180 Deborah DICKEY 01:59:40

1192 Elizabeth SHERIDAN 1:59:38 (not originally listed as an Eagle)

1200 Soledad MUNOZ 01:59:37

1208 Francisco VENTURA 02:00:34

1226 Vola WALKER 02:00:18

1228 Gina GOUVINHAS 01:59:54

1234 Emily DOWDEN 01:59:29

1241 Alison MCCULLOCH 02:01:00

1252 Paul BARRY 02:01:29

1253 Emily BARMAN 02:00:38

1263 Stephane MOUILLERON 02:01:08

1279 Kevin RINGUET 02:02:04

1288 David HUNTER 02:03:00

1296 Rebecca WELSH 02:02:48

1306 John ONEILL 02:03:26

1312 Jenny BAKER 02:02:56

1313 Elizabeth ADAMS 02:02:56

1317 Jonas STONE 02:04:22

1325 Barbara (Babs) PINHEIRO 02:03:20 PB at EHM

1346 Anne SAMPSON 02:03:47 Pacer

1347 Anna SHIERSON 02:03:48 Pacer

1355 Holly TRUEMAN 02:04:09

1363 Mary REHMAN 02:02:47 (not originally listed as an Eagle)

1383 Natasha PHILLIPS 02:04:53

1402 Kaya JENNER 02:05:34

1409 Hareesh REDDY 02:06:29

1419 Zita MCKIMM 02:06:12 PB at EHM

1425 Dineke AUSTIN 02:06:28

1434 Marie DE GREEF 02:07:15

1441 Sarah THI 02:06:41

1464 Valerie LORAIN BROCA 02:07:06

1465 Olivia PARKER-SCOTT 02:06:37

1475 Jean-Marc BOULO 02:07:55

1482 Rachael KOCZAN 02:08:33

1487 Wim DE GREEF 02:10:24

1488 Sonja KNOLL 02:07:36

1492 Caroline HARRIS 02:08:19

1509 Marisa DUNN 02:07:04

1534 Sandeep MESTRY 02:08:02

1543 Pamela WIGGINS 02:09:27

1545 Tanith GALER 02:08:19

1551 Bernie MORAN 02:10:47

1570 Alix BURGE 02:10:08

1571 Alan KRISCIUNAS 02:10:10

1612 Andrew RUSSELL 02:11:36

1617 Ingvild LIBORG 02:12:00

1653 David CARLIN 02:12:15

1658 Grainne DEVERY 02:12:37

1659 Rachel JOB 02:12:37

1687 Kitty DABIR-ALAI 02:13:13 PB at EHM

1699 Kelli JURGS 02:13:37

1717 Terena DE ABAITUA-HIND 02:14:14

1724 Trevor PASK 02:15:35

1728 Jessica FOAD 02:13:55

1747 Amber ELLIOTT 02:15:18 first timer

1748 Craig BATTERHAM 2:14:26 (not originally listed as an Eagle)

1749 Lucy SLATFORD 02:17:16

1762 Veerle HEYVAERT 02:16:14

1763 Karolina KONDZIELEWSKA 02:16:24

1767 Sadia AFSAR 02:16:58

1776 Amelia BRAME 02:18:39

1792 Valerie FOUGERES 02:17:16

1797 Michael SMYTH 02:16:40

1813 Meryl DODD 02:18:11

1825 Catherine RUSSELL 02:18:34 PB

1829 Sarah LOVERSIDGE 02:17:19

1846 Emer PATEMAN 02:20:55

1856 Krystal EVANS 02:19:50 first timer

1881 Gillian MORONEY 02:22:06

1896 Susanna WOODROOFE 02:21:01

1913 Annemarie GRAHAM 02:21:45

1931 Teresa ANDERSON 02:23:16

1936 Richard HAYLER 02:22:27

1944 Kim BOBSIN 02:23:27

1957 Marta SIEKIERKA 02:25:26

1958 Vidya KRISHNAMURTHY 02:23:56

1961 Penelope VARGAS 02:23:18

1963 Rhiannon LLOYD 02:23:18

1965 Andrea MA 02:22:28

1975 Peter KNOWLES 02:24:21

1977 Jessica HOOD 02:24:33 Pacer

1979 Cliona DOYLE 02:24:34 Pacer

2009 Moira BROOKFIELD 02:26:11

2020 Lauren WIGGINS 02:26:44

2033 Mathew HYDE 02:29:06

2040 Dean UPCRAFT 02:27:38

2078 Roy WITCOMB 02:32:07

2081 Louis BRADY 02:29:47

2122 Paul LANG 02:33:42

2125 Angela DUFF 02:32:44

2127 Kelvin WALKER 02:32:45

2128 Caroline WILKINSON 02:32:45

2129 Lisa EMERSON 02:32:45

2130 Andrea HENDY 02:32:45

2131 Allie COLLINS 02:32:45

2132 Anna GALLAGHER 02:32:45

2134 Justina GILBERT 02:33:57

2149 Sada AL-JANABI 02:34:12 PB

2150 Anuradha SRINIVASAN 02:34:04

2152 Abi BARBER 02:34:44 Pacer

2153 Arlene GALLAGHER 02:34:45 Pacer

2172 Jolanta LEWICKA 02:38:16

2179 Helen HIRACHAND 02:38:16

2182 Andrew ROBERTS 02:37:38

2236 Anne KEATING 02:44:37

2241 Mandy COMBES 02:48:51

2255 Lynn HALL 02:49:52

2267 Paula KIRBY 02:53:24

2290 Natasha JULIEN 03:06:51

2294 Becky FENNELLY 03:05:07

2313 Susy DAND 03:18:34

2318 Gary LEIGHTON 03:30:21

Ealing Sports Club of the Year 2022

Ealing Eagles was named “Sports Club of the Year” 2022 at the Ealing Sports Awards 2022 evening supported by Everyone Active and held at William Perkins School on Tuesday 12 July 2022.

Photos above show (left) the award; (right) some of the Eagles who attended the ceremony.

Our nomination spoke of us as:

The club, run by volunteers, provides a friendly, welcoming and inclusive environment for anyone wanting to start or improve their running, there are sections for all ages including a children’s club. The club also encourages social events and during lockdown, the club’s social platform kept everyone going and many competitions and challenges were arranged in Ealing’s parks…

Photos below show 1-6 coaches responsible for setting challenges and encouraging Eagles to take part during lockdown and also for leading sessions under Covid restrictions when this became possible: Michael Limpert, Wei Hei Kipling, Angela Duff; Dineke Austin, Rachel Job, Rhiannon Williams; 7 Robert Kipling responsible for co-ordinating internal and external virtual summer league events in 2020; and 8 Piers Keenleyside who also put together some virtual challenges.

Photos below show volunteers responsible for encouraging Eagles juniors to continue exercising during lockdown: Ann Gallagher, Lisa Dumais, Jen Watt, Ali Mullaley, Nils-Kristian Liborg, Caroline Rush, Abi Barber

…. The club also works well with local partners and regularly champions local community venues and businesses. Its activities for all abilities has allowed a huge number of residents to find a safe place to start and continue their running life.

A response from the club was printed in the Awards booklet:

We want to thank all our of our members who, in addition to being runners, are also the volunteers who help to organise races, coach sessions, provide training plans, arrange events for the club and so much more. Without them, we would not be entering our 13th year as a running club.

Photos above show meetings coincidentally taking place in w/c 11 July 2022: left coaches, right Eagles 10k committee.

We also want to thank everyone who nominated us, we are very proud to run around the streets of Ealing and be able to provide a friendly and inclusive club for all abilities of runners in the community. Give us a wave next time you see an Eagle and we look forward to celebrating with all of the nominees at the Ealing Sports Awards.

A shout-out must also go to Stuart Pugh who was on the shortlist for the Adult Volunteer of the Year - fresh from his award as Ealing Eagles Club Person of the Year at our own Awards Evening on Saturday 25 June.

Berlin and London Marathon charity place opportunities

The club have been approached by a couple of charities offering places in two of the major marathons for 2022.

The Royal Osteoporosis Society have 2x London Marathon spaces this year. They were asking for £2k as a fundraising target but given the time frame will hope for £1200, but are realistic that it may be lower. You would need to pay the entry fee and any travel costs incurred (you would be welcome to join the Eagle bus on the day)

The Literacy Society have 2 spots in this year's Berlin Marathon and are asking for £1k in fundraising. You would need to pay for entry and travel costs incurred. There is no Eagle bus for Berlin!

It is important to note that these are opportunities provided TO the club, not BY the club and so you will need to liaise with the charities (after we do the introductions of course) for logistical matters. Additionally, the usual rules around charity links on the Facebook group apply - any that you post WILL be removed. Marathons run in charity vests ARE permitted under club champs scoring rules - if you get a London place let us know in advance what you will be wearing so that Mile 23 can keep an eye out for you!

You may apply for both of the marathons - if you do so, please state an order of preference. In the event we have more names than places, we will do a "names out of the hat" draw after the deadline, which will be two weeks from today, midday on the 17th of July.

All 4 spaces are not guaranteed as they are reaching out to other clubs as well but if this sounds like a possible route into the major marathons that interests, or you have further questions, please email in to membership@ealingeagles.com.

The offer is open to all club members with no qualifying criteria.

Good luck

Focus on Hills

Craig Batterham writes:

Hills are hard, they are often seen as the enemy by a runner, an obstacle to overcome and endure, an energy-sapping, speed-killing strain on the legs. They can break your rhythm and ruin any chance you had of setting a new PB but, included as a consistent element of your training, they can help bring a marked improvement in your runs and races.

Personally, when I joined the Ealing Eagles I went a little overboard for someone new to running and joined in both the track and hills sessions. In the first four months I saw a 5% improvement in my 5k and 10k times with each new race yielding a new PB which in retrospect I would credit hills training. This personal improvement lines up with the scientific research carried out by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Following a small hip injury in January I have not been to many at all and my performances and my perceived fitness reflects this, my times have tanked and I do not feel as fit and able as before.

Consistent hill training improves leg muscle strength, develops your cardio-vascular system and your running economy effectively enabling you to go further for longer all for less energy expenditure. It also helps develop a quicker cadence which studies suggest improves your overall speed. Everything you need to get off that plateau or out of those doldrums and start hitting new PBs across all of your distances can be found in hill training and results can be seen in as little as six weeks of consistent training.

If you are not one for including regular strength sessions into your weekly routine, and I’ll admit here I am one of those people, then hills can help fill that void. Running up and down an incline stretches and strengthens tendons, ligaments and muscles in ways running on the flat does not. It can actually provide a more rounded form of strength training by working multiple tendons, ligaments and muscles at once rather than some of the more isolated strength work done at home or in the gym which target smaller muscle groups.

Hills Sessions offered by Ealing Eagles

The club regularly offers hills training sessions every Thursday. In the darker months this is usually at West Walk under the street lights and away from traffic, but right now the sessions are on tour and rotating through Ealing’s local parks. Keep an eye out on the list of weekly training sessions or on Facebook to see where they are heading next. Quite likely one near you. So if you haven’t tried them yet this is a great time to get out and give them a go. Include them in your weekly programme and use then to build a base for the autumn race season.

Warm-ups and cool-downs offered by club coaches are specific to the workout and the session content will have been drawn from a whole range of exercises kept on a coaching database. At times, when there is a specific race coming up like the Ealing Half Marathon, the sessions will be tailored to provide the greatest benefit. The sessions are very inclusive - regardless of individual ability, the coaches set out various intensities, distances or durations for you to select from based on how you’re feeling that particular evening. The nature of the sessions means you will be passing runners on the other side either going up or down and it’s very common to shout words of encouragement to each other.

All you have to do is turn up and run, the easy part. If you can’t make the seasons and want to include hills into your routine but don’t know what to do, then feel free to speak with one of the coaches who should be able to help you with some set-piece exercise suggestions.

Running uphill

Running up hills effectively and efficiently requires different things from you than what you would do on your nice flat long or tempo runs.

• When you start uphill shorten your stride length. Don’t try to maintain pace but do try to maintain cadence and rhythm.

• If the incline increases take baby steps if necessary whilst maintaining that same cadence and keep the feet close to the ground, don’t try to bound up the hill.

• If your breathing quickens too much then you are likely going too fast, too high or striding out too far. Try to bring those under control and your breath will follow.

• Keep upright, don’t lean into the hill or lean too far back. Imagine that helium balloon everyone tells you is attached to your head.

• Keep the shoulders relaxed, not bunched up around the neck, and use the arms as pendulums to help propel you forward. Pull the elbow back behind you and let the arm swing forward by its self to add extra forward momentum.

• Run through the crest of the hill, don’t immediately slow down. Maintain that cadence and rhythm and start to increase the stride length. You’ll soon be accelerating off the top of the hills.

Running downhill

Downhill running is a different animal all together and is a skill that runners should learn unless you are one of the lucky ones who can already run down them with a childlike abandonment and remain injury free.

• Keep your feet close to the ground and land lightly whilst maintaining a high cadence rather than increasing stride length which can lead to breaking.

• Use your arms for balance, relax the shoulders and maybe hold the arms out slightly to the sides, let gravity pull you down, you dove need the pendulum moving of the arms to drive you anymore.

• Stay in control. If you feel you are losing control of your forward momentum shorten the strides and increase the cadence. Once you have control back you can start to open up that stride length.

Taking on the hills in training in a consistent way will also help build mental resistance to running those hills in your other runs or races. Once you realise you can control your pace and breathing to tackle any hill you’ll start to see these inclines in the same way as any other part of the route or course and your confidence in your running will skyrocket.

As the weeks tick by you’ll almost certainly notice that your legs are less sore following a run and that recovery, especially for muscle groups like the quads, is improved. If you race you’ll start to see that you’re passing people on the hills that just overtook you on the flat, and for me at least this leaves a big grin on my face knowing how strong I have become in my own running. If you can do the same downhill then you will, without doubt, start seeing those PBs come rolling in. I hope to see you all at a session in the near future.

Summer Arrangements 2022

There will be opportunities over the next few months to do different types of training. With evening sessions on Mondays to Thursdays, sessions during the day midweek, and various training runs at the weekend, hopefully there will be something for all members of the club to join. A summary of the sessions is set out below but please keep an eye on the list of sessions for the week (link also sent to you with email newsletter News from the Nest) for more details and for any changes or updates.

The club aims to cater for all abilities – if you are interested in the run / walk programme (as a volunteer or returning from injury) or in increasing your endurance from 5k to 10k, please scroll down this article for information of specific interest to you.

• New training sessions (Wednesdays at 7pm)

• Monday and Wednesday 7.30pm club runs

• First Wednesday of the Month (May, June, July, August and probably September)

• Tuesday 7.30pm Intervals (Lammas / Osterley track)

• Thursday 7.30pm Hills (Cleveland Park, Hanger Hill Park, Bunny Park)

• Daytime sessions

• Weekend Long Runs

• Ealing Eagles 10k (tbc 13August)

• Ealing Half Marathon (12 week training plans start Monday 4 July)

• Next Step Improvers (people at the 5k -10k level)

• Run / Walk (Beginners’) Programme

NEW TRAINING SESSIONS (Wednesdays 7pm)

** 5-10k group (Wednesday evening)

A new group aimed primarily at Eagles currently at the 5k level wanting to progress to 10k by June (including for Osterley 10k). The group will meet at 7pm at Ealing Green from 20 April to June and sessions will include a warm-up at the start.

** Wednesday self-led 7pm **

A self-led training option aimed at:

·       people who would like to start running earlier than 7.30pm on Wednesdays

·       people who would like to make use of the lighter evenings to run further afield

Do discuss options on Facebook in the days before the Wednesday. Alternatively, if you know your plans a week in advance and are happy to offer them to all club members (including those not on Facebook), please email start time, meeting place, route, distance and pace to coaching@ealingeagles.com and we may be able to advertise the run on the club website.

CLUB TRAINING SESSIONS

** Monday and Wednesday 7.30pm club runs **

We have put together redesigned routes for the summer which take in more of Walpole and Lammas Parks and also avoid going alongside the north circular. Please see the club run route page for the route details. These routes will be used by the 7.30pm club runs from the beginning of May. Please note that both routes use the stretch from Gunnersbury Park along Elderberry Road, around to Ealing Common and back to Ealing Green - as faster runners on the long club run will overtake other runners on the short club run, please could short club runners use the left side pavement and long club runners the right side pavement after Gunnersbury Park.

HOWEVER, please note that the offer of these sessions requires the availability of volunteers to be leaders and tail runners. The intervals / hills sessions require input from qualified coaches / leaders or experienced runners but anyone who is willing to help out and run at a gentle pace can tail a run (and make use of the time to have a recovery run, to work on your running form and to get to know other people in the club). If you have made use of the club training sessions, please play your part in making the club training sessions possible.

If you would like to lead club runs on a regular basis and you are not already on the leaders email group list, please email coaching@ealingeagles.com

** First Wednesday of the Month**

For the first Wednesday of the month before each social over the summer (May, June, July, August and probably September), we hope to organise something a bit different before each club social and the following options are already being considered

·       parkrun handicap

·       club champs 5k time trial

·       bleep test

Please contact coaching@ealingeagles.com if you are happy to be involved in the organisation of any of these events for a Wednesday or if you have any other ideas for sessions that might be of interest to others.

** Interval Sessions on Tuesdays 7:30pm Lammas Park / Osterley Track **

Varied paced interval sessions ranging from 1 mile to tempo (half marathon) pace

Steady pace or easy training runs are done at an aerobic pace, i.e. not too out of breath. This builds up the heart, lungs and legs but will not adapt the body fully to run at a faster race pace. Interval training trains up the different energy systems used in racing at different distances. These energy systems range from anaerobic running at mile pace or faster to ½ marathon training run at around threshold pace using the Frank Horwill 5 pace system (used by Seb Coe etc).

To race at any distance you need to do intervals at race pace and faster and slower than race pace sessions. Also most club runners do a variety of distances and need sessions to train for these. All abilities of runners are catered for from post-beginner to park runner to seasoned runners chasing faster times.

Watercooler fact:  an interval is actually the recovery part of the session not the fast bit!

To allow Eagles to experience the advantages of a good surface at Osterley track and running in the parks in Lammas Park, the Tuesday sessions will alternate between the two venues over the summer.

For sessions at Osterley, the club has booked exclusive use of track so you do not need to go to reception – please come straight to track (the exclusive booking of track by the club is an alternative to members booking and paying track fees individually in advance, so the committee would strongly encourage those attending to make a donation of £3.50 to club funds to assist with paying for the club track booking: bank details Ealing Eagles Running Club – Metro Bank - Ac: 15332379 S/c: 23-05-80 - please quote ref “track”).

Sessions at Lammas are often done according to time which means that everyone gets to rest at the same time.

** Hills sessions on Thursdays 7.30pm**

Training on hills

·       prepare you for the hills in a race, such as Ealing Half Marathon;

·       build muscle (improve leg strength while still working aerobically – strength = speed); and

·       teach your body to run fast when you’re struggling for oxygen (if you did that type of speed work in winter on track – short reps – you would pull a muscle).

All standards are welcome – everyone stays in the same place for the session

We will be visiting different parks over the summer:

·       May – Cleveland Park - Meet at the north east corner of Cleveland Park - near the junction of Scotch Common W13 8DL with Kent Avenue W13 8BH

·       June – Hanger Hill Park – Meet at entrance to Hanger Hill Park on Hillcrest Road W5 1HW (opposite Park View Road W5 2JB)

·       July – Hanwell (Bunny Park) to prepare for Eagles 10k – meeting point tbc

** Daytime sessions **

The morning sessions on Mondays will be intervals or hills sessions moving to different locations each week.

The morning slot on Thursdays will include:

·       A run / walk programme for nine weeks starting on 5 May.

·       A 5-10k group - aimed primarily at Eagles currently at the 5k level wanting to progress to 10k by June (including for Osterley 10k). The group will meet at 10am at Ealing Green from 21 April to June and sessions will include a warm-up at the start.

·       Other sessions may be offered after the completion of the run / walk programme.

Tuesdays and Fridays 10k at 10am –self-led runs - please check the relevant Facebook group for arrangements.

** Weekend long runs **

The route of the self-led Sunday ten mile run is through the parks to the river, along to Richmond Lock and back via Syon Park. Please shout up on Facebook if you are planning to do this and would like company. The footbridge which crosses the Grand Union Canal at Boston Manor Park has been closed since late 2021 because of safety concerns around the support structure of the bridge. Please see the club run route page for a suggested diversion.

From June 2022, there will also be 5mile or 10k races taking place on some weekends

·       (Provisional) Harrow summer league (5miles) on Sunday 19 June

·       (Provisional) Perivale summer league (5miles) on Sunday 3 July

·       (Provisional) Dulwich summer league (5miles) on Sunday 17 July

·       (Provisional) Regents Park summer league (10k) on Sunday 31 July

·       (Provisional) Ealing Eagles 10k on Saturday 13 August http://www.ealingeagles.com/10k/

·       Battersea summer league (10k) on Sunday 21 August

** Ealing Eagles 10k **

The club’s own Ealing Eagles 10k is planned to take place on Saturday 13 August.

In expectation of this race taking place, the following training sessions are being organised:

·      Recce runs on Wednesdays 15 June and 13 July at 7.30pm (meeting point tbc)

·      Hills sessions on Thursdays at 7.30pm in July in Hanwell (Bunny Park) – meeting point tbc

** Ealing Half Marathon **

12 week training plans for Ealing Half Marathon on Sunday 25 September will start on Monday 4 July. More details of Eagles training for this award-winning race will be published before July.

** Next Step Improvers **

Next Step Improvers is for people who are able to run 5k and want to continue running, in particular for those wanting to increase their distance above 5k and possibly to 10k. Possible targets for Improvers, depending on your current level of endurance are include the weekend races mentioned in the section on weekend long runs above and also:

·       (sold out) Osterley 10k on Saturday 11 June https://osterleypark10k.co.uk/ 

·       Wedding Day 7k on Friday 29 July (evening race)

There will be groups aiming to progress to 10k by the middle of June (in time for Osterley 10k) meeting as follows:

·       Wednesdays at 7pm meeting at Ealing Green starting on 20 April

·       Thursdays at 10am meeting at Ealing Green starting on 21 April

** Run / Walk programme **

The club offers a run / walk (beginners’) programme free to the local community to progress people from not running very much to running 5k or more without walking breaks (so that they can join the evening club runs). The next run / walk programme will be for nine weeks starting Wednesday 4 May at 6.30pm or Thursday 5 May at 10am.

Healing Eagles are very welcome to join for part or all of the run / walk programme if they have been advised to do some run / walking and would like some company. Please email beginners@ealingeagles.com to check the level at which the programme is operating when you are thinking of joining.

The run / walk programme attributes its success (In the year October 2018 to July 2019, the last full year for which we have statistics, 145 people completed the programme.) to the support and encouragement provided by the volunteers. If you are happy to run at a relatively gentle pace (7 to 8min/k or 11 to 13min/miles though some people will be faster and a few may not be so fast) and encourage beginners while doing so, then please think about contributing to the club and the running community in this way. Running at a more gentle pace is also a good way of working on your own running form (running gently does not mean running lazily or sloppily). For more information, please join the volunteers facebook group or email beginners@ealingeagles.com

Membership renewal 2022 FAQs

Q. When will the renewal date be?

A. From the 1st of April 2022.

Q. What is the renewal process?

A. England Athletics (EA), not the Ealing Eagles, send payment request emails so keep an eye out for an email from noreply@englandathletics.org - it may well go to your spam folder.

EA will send it to the address in your EA profile - we encourage athletes to log in to the EA website to check that is an email account they still use. If your email address matches, you have checked your junk/spam folder and still can't find the renewal email after 1st April 2022, email membership@ealingeagles.com with your name and Unique Registration Number (URN) so that we can contact EA on your behalf.

Q. When is the deadline for renewal?

A. June the 30th 2022.

If you don't renew by 30th June 2022 you will no longer be affiliated with the club (and EA generally, unless you pay for 1st claim status elsewhere and were 2nd claim with us). Don't worry, we will send regular reminders but we obviously encourage everyone to renew from April onwards.

Q. Is it cheaper if I join later in the year?

A. Neither the club nor EA offer Pro Rata membership, so there is no financial benefit to joining later in the year and indeed after the 30th of June you would no longer be eligible to enter events for EA discount prices in races that follow UKA rules, use of Eagles coach led sessions or access to the club's Facebook account, until such time as you rejoin where you would be asked to pay the full price.

Q. If I want to enter a race taking place soon after the 1st of April, do I need to renew immediately?

A. No - if you are affiliated with the club in the current racing year (April 2021- March 2022) you can sign up for races (that take place before June the 30th 2022) before renewing if you so wish.

Q. Will my Athlete Registration Pack be posted out to me?

A. No - these are now sent digitally. This will include your digital registration card with your personal URN. Your England Athletics digital registration pack/card should be received no later than 48 hours after your registration payment has been received. Your URN will be the same as previous years.

Q. I don't wish to renew - what should I do?

A. If you are sure that you don't want to renew, please send an email to membership@ealingeagles.com to confirm and then depending on whether you are transferring to another club or declining to renew for 2022-23 we can process your request.

Ealing Eagles Running Club – Annual General Meeting (AGM)

(Circulated via weekly newsletter, Facebook and Eagles website)

Date: 26th April 2022
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: The Forester, 2 Leighton Rd., London W13 9EP

Committee:

Chair: David Carlin
Coaching: Wei Hei Kipling
Communications: Maggie Roxburgh & Anna Shierson
Membership: Terena De Abaitua-Hind & Nick Davies
Race: Nils Liborg
Social: Claudia Aviles
Treasurer: Greg Fernandes-Lawes

Index - Item by

Welcome - Chair
Chairperson’s Report - Chair
Annual Accounts - Treasurer
Election of Committee - Chair

Welcome: by Chair

Chairperson’s Report by Chair

Great to see the club has returned to ‘open as normal’ activities.

Over the pandemic, the committee hopes that we managed to look after your safety via following a COVID-19 plan, measured return to full coaching and, during this time, keeping you informed of current government guidelines and our transition back into an open club.

A big thank you to Gerb and Catherine for assisting us with COVID Risk assessments to re-commence coaching at hills and track. Hopefully, we have seen the last of the restrictions and lockdowns.

The club has now successfully returned to all the main sessions, and we have noticed that although we have struggled with volunteers for our Monday and Wednesday's club runs, Kieran, in particular, is raising the profile of our Sunday 10-mile club run.

The pandemic did mean a lot of club members re-evaluated their lifestyle and many left London for pastures new. This, and the fact that we decided to close our membership until we could open fully meant that we dropped from around 900 members to c610 when we came to renew all club member’s England Athletics memberships in April 2021. The committee had great feedback for this gesture, but this did mean we have less funds in the bank than previous years, however, we budgeted for this and expect our finances to improve again next year.

On the positive side we opened the club to new members in April 2021 and now have over 900 members again. A big thank you to Nick who has managed the new membership applications.

Membership fees will remain at £30 for renewals and new memberships and £15 for Second Claim members. England Athletics have put their fees up by £1, this year however, the committee agreed we would only take £14 back into club funds instead of £15 as before. Juniors will also now register via EA and their subscriptions will vary between £30 and £46 dependent on the level they enter. In previous years, the Juniors have ‘paid as you go’ which meant they were paying around £7-£90 per year.

A new kit supplier was agreed and although there have been delays to delivery from them, Piers continues to deliver the kit to members as soon as it is received. Nils is working with Kukri to try and find a solution to the delays. The quality of the kit is much better so he will persevere with this on our behalf.

With club events about to start rolling out e.g. Summer League, Green Belt Relay and our own 10K, we recommend you get your kit orders in as soon as you can so you can wear your club shirt!

As usual, there are lots of club members to thank for their time and energy especially the coaching team and those club members that have started Coaching accreditation. From the committee and our membership, a big thank you!

I hope we can all have a great running and social Spring and Summer and look forward to the monthly socials, summer party and Summer League.

The Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting will take place on 26th April 2022.

Last year we declared that the majority of the committee wanted to stand again, however, this year many of us have served our time and wish to stand down.

Last year both Race (Nils) and 1x Membership role (Nick) were filled successfully. This year for the vacant roles we would like you to put your name forward for one or more of the roles. You can contact me as the Chair about these or the current members about their roles. You need to devote 2 hours per month to a committee meeting and then the work for the role. It is not onerous and it’s enjoyable. The other committee members are incredibly supportive too.

If you are interested in any position, please contact membership@ealingeagles.com initially or myself at chair@ealingeagles.com.

Further information on the election of the committee members is at the end of this document.

Financials by Greg

We have a cash balance of £13,400. In year we had a loss of £11,400 due to the club paying c£9,000 in membership fees. We do also hold kit stock of c£6,000 which will come back into the club funds as it sells. We are holding a retained surplus of £14,300.

We will present the actual accounts at the AGM. Please be assured that Greg reports to the committee at each Committee meeting. The Annual Accounts will be reviewed by two other financially qualified members of the club.

Last year the independent reviewers were happy with the administration of the accounts and from their review commented “there is a good audit for our financial processes, and we were compliant.” The current financial report is attached. If you have any questions about the accounts, please email treasurer@ealingeagles.com or chair@ealingeagles.com


Election of the Committee by David
Firstly, I have enjoyed another year as Club Chairperson, I think I have been in the role for four years! I am now stepping down as Chairperson but will support in other ways.

Terena (Membership) has also been on the committee for four years, Claudia (Social) for three years and Maggie and Anna (Communications) has been on the committee for two years, and are all also stepping down. Therefore, these posts need to be filled at the AGM.

You can find the description of committee roles on our website and if you are interested in one of the vacant roles, Chairperson, Membership, Social, and Communications, or any other role please please email membership@ealingeagles.com.

Committee members have a one-year term, so each role must be elected/re-elected at the AGM.

Proposed Chairperson: Vacant by David
by New Chair
Proposed Coaching: Wei Hei Kipling
Proposed Communications: Vacant
Proposed Membership: Nick Davies and Vacant
Proposed Race: Nils Liborg
Proposed Social: Vacant
Proposed Treasurer: Greg Fernandes-Lawes

If you are interested in any of the positions, please follow the timeline below.

11th March 2022 Letter sent to the membership.

15th April 2021 Nominations for the Committee places to be sent to membership@ealingeagles.com
(Please supply your name and which role you want to be elected for). If only one application is made, the applicant will be moved to ‘Proposed status’ at the AGM.

18th April 2021 If more than one member applies you will be requested to send a short personal statement to membership@ealingeagles.com in the near future.

20th April 2021 Vote for candidates will start.

23rd April 2021 Vote counted if there is competition for the role(s).

26th April 2021 Chairperson’s report, Financial accounts to date and election of the committee.

If you want to speak to me about the roles and expectations of committee posts please do contact me at chair@ealingeagles.com.

David Carlin
Chairperson, Ealing Eagles Running Club