Collingwood Athletic Club

Last update
31 Jul 2010

Banstead Woods parkrun points table 2009/10 - Gill Stalley was a close 2nd in the Ladies, with Steve Cooney 2nd, Shaun Cooney 3rd, and Andy Stalley 4th in the men's.

Beginners course: Contact Collingwood AC now if you are interested in starting running. Our next beginners running course "From Couch to 5k" commences 15th September 2010 (7.15pm); this course will take you from not even daring to run for a bus to running one of our local parkrun 5k free time trials in 10 weeks! If you are interested, send an email to beginners@collingwoodac.org.uk for full details, or download the application form. Places are limited - first come first served (maximum 10 participants).

We have a new Chairman, Membership Secretary and XC Sec. At our recent AGM Andy Stalley was elected as Chair and Richard Fox as Membership Sec. Keith Dunning was elected as XC Sec. Also, trophies for the season were awarded - trophy winners...

Congratulations to the newest member of the 100 Marathon Club, Tom Wilkie, who today (18/04/10) completed the Brighton Marathon. Results

Gill Stalley has now joined Andy, both as parkrunner of the week, and also now becoming a co-director of the Banstead Woods parkrun. And a pb today (17/04/10) as well.

Well done to Andy Stalley, this week named as parkrunner of the week. Andy has run and volunteered numerous times at Banstead Woods and has latterly been a co-director of the event.

A brilliant achievement by Allan Rumbles last weekend, running the Oner 78.6 mile ultra on the Jurassic Coast. Read his epic report on an epic race.

London Marathon bus - Collingwood will be running a coach from Wallington Town Hall to the start. Contact Mel Johnstone for details or to book a place.

Congratulations to Mel Johnstone - Guinness have now confirmed her as setting a world record for the youngest female to run 100 marathons.

Congratulations to Steve and Allan who both completed their 100th marathon in the past couple of days.

Well done to Nicola who was 1st equal Senior Lady in last season's East Surrey League.

Congratulations to Gill Stalley who was awarded the monthly most improved runner award at Banstead for August.

The new Roundshaw Downs Parkrun started today (18/07/09) and will take place every Sat at 9am. Results

Banstead Woods Time Trial - congrats to Andy Stalley who has become a co-director of the event.

Well done to Andy Stalley who completed a milestone 100th marathon at The Picnic on Sat 20 Jun 09. Results and photos.

AGM 2009: we held our AGM on 5 May 09. For a report, prizewinners and photos see here.

Congratulations to Dave Ross, who placed 2nd in the Coastal Trail Series, a collection of off-road marathons in various locations around the coast of England.

Well done to Steve Cooney and Andy Stalley who were 1st and 2nd respectively in the 2008/9 Banstead Woods points competition.

We have a new Press Officer and committee member, Alison Fox. Thank you to John Ivers for his many years of hard work in the role and welcome to Alison. She'll be resurrecting a monthly newsletter so if you have race reports or other material for this, contact Alison.

For info on the Club Championships, Handicaps and Age-Graded competitions, go to the new "Competitions" page from the link in the menu above. A nominated race list for 2009/10 can be found on this page. The final results for 2008-9 have now been posted.

Last week (05/10/08) saw 4 Collingwood runners complete the all new London to Brighton multi-terrain race. Read their individual stories of tears and tantrums, joy and heartbreak here.

Rob Wilson completed his 300th marathon at Maui last weekend (14/09/08), so congratulations to him for that and on winning the M70 age group. Results

We sadly have to report that Collingwood member Colin Wilkie was killed in a car crash on 20/03/08. Colin will be missed by all his club colleagues and our sincere condolences go to his brother Tom who was also involved in the crash and is now recuperating at home... more

England Athletics took over governance of athletics in England as of Apr 1. A regional council will be elected to run the South East region, which is split into 2 sub-regions. Surrey is part of SSK (Surrey, Sussex, Kent).

Banstead Woods Parkrun
31 Jul

Near As Damn It 10k
29 Jul

Downland Running Festival
25 Jul

Elmbridge 10k
25 Jul

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
24 Jul

Banstead Woods Parkrun
24 Jul

Fairlands Valley Challenge
18 Jul

Elmore 7
17 Jul

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
17 Jul

Banstead Woods Parkrun
17 Jul

Reigate Priory 10k
14 Jul

Heart Of The Weald Challenge
11 Jul

Chichester Marathon
11 Jul

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
10 Jul

Banstead Woods Parkrun
10 Jul

Mob Match v Sutton R
8 Jul

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Croygas Sports & Social Club
Mollison Drive
Wallington
Surrey   SM6 9BY

If you're a teeny bit interested, why not try before you buy - come along to our HQ on a training evening (Tue/Thur 6:30pm for a 6:45pm start) and check us out.
Or you'll find us meeting for long runs on Sundays when we're not racing, on Stafford Rd., Wallington at Mellows Park car park (8:30am).
Runners of all standards welcome - this means you.

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26 Sep 10

Croydon 10k
10 Oct 10

Oxshott 10k
31 Oct 10

Nonsuch 10k
7 Nov 10

Horton Ctry Pk 10k
19 Dec 10

club nominated races in bold

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Quiz night at Croygas: the next quiz is Fri 24 Sep, £12 for a team of 6 (max). There is also a curry night and quiz once a month - £5 for a meal, quiz and a drink.

This site is for members and non-members alike. Hopefully you'll find some useful information within these pages whether you're with or without us. Although most of the results listed in the right hand pane are focussed on members' performances, there are many links to the full results of races as well.
If you're not a member - have you thought about joining a club? It can offer you some benefits:

training advice
cheaper race entries - save £2 or more on road race entry fees when you're a member of an affiliated club. Entry to league and most of the championship cross-country events is even cheaper - we pay your entry fee!
discounts in some of the better sports shops - 5 to 10% on production of your membership card
like-minded people to train with on those cold, wet nights, and even the warm and dry ones as well