Collingwood Athletic Club

Last update
20 Mar 2010

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

Croygas have a newsletter showing forthcoming events at the venue. Download

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).

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
20 Mar

Bedford Clanger
14 Mar

East Sy Lge Box Hill Relay
13 Mar

Banstead Woods Parkrun
13 Mar

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
13 Mar

Wellingborough Multi-Terrain Series
7 Mar

Leith Hill Half
7 Mar

Steyning Stinger
7 Mar

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
6 Mar

Banstead Woods Parkrun
6 Mar

Recurring Handicap
4 Mar

Wellingborough Multi-Terrain Series
28 Feb

Sth Devon Coastal Marathon
27 Feb

Roundshaw Downs Parkrun
27 Feb

Banstead Woods Parkrun
27 Feb

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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 opposite Hannibal Way (8:30am).
Runners of all standards welcome - this means you.

Cranleigh 15/21
28 Mar 10

Kingston 8.2/16
11 Apr 10

East Surrey League
6 Apr 10

club nominated races in bold

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Quiz night at Croygas: the next quiz is Fri 19 Feb, £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