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Dear AVOHK Members

On 9th August 2020, we said our final farewell to Club Member John McKinven. A viewing was held at Hung Hom followed by a service and cremation at Cape Collinson. A number of us from AVOHK were there to pay our respects. John was also a long standing Hasher and a big shoutout to the Hash community who did so much in helping to organise both services and they certainly gave John a fitting send-off. A big thank you to AVOHK members for their donations to John’s daughter’s education fund. Donations were made directly to The Nesbitt Centre who are managing the setup of this fund with Clifford Chance and I can report that AVOHK members raised over HKD110,000. A really heartwarming and generous response. Thank you also to Kay Rawbone, the COO of The Nesbitt Centre, who personally replied to all the AVOHK members who made donations.

Most members are aware by now that the 2021 Hong Kong Marathon has been postponed from January to a date yet to be confirmed and likewise the 2020 Trailwalker date has been postponed from November to the end of January 2021. The AVOHK Committee have yet to make a decision about our own 2021 AVOHK China Coast Marathon due to be held on Sunday, 10th January 2021, and will carefully consider options over the next month and hope to report back to members in the next newsletter. The same with the 2020 Round-the-Island Time Trial currently scheduled for Sunday, 11th October 2020.

As regards the 2020/21 AVOHK Reservoir Series, there is little we can do at the moment until the Covid-19 situation improves and there is clear direction from the Hong Kong government.

Some good news to report from the RUN refugee group. Mum Louise and her daughter Laura and son Ian have been relocated with the assistance of the UNHCR to start a new life in Maine, Portland, USA. All three were active members of RUN and they flew out from Hong Kong to JFK, New York, on 25th August 2020. Louise is looking for work, whilst Laura and Ian will resume their studies. A wonderful life-changing event for this family and AVOHK wish them well. A good time to remind everyone that there are still many refugees in Hong Kong desperate for this type of opportunity. RUN hope to resume their training sessions now that the LCSD running tracks are open. For further RUN info and for volunteer opportunities, please go to www.run.org.

Well done to all those AVOHK members that competed as part of the Hong Kong Team in the Toronto Masters Athletics Virtual competition. There is a write-up on this event by Bill Purves in this month’s newsletter. There are also a collection of other wonderful articles, including one on the first sub-3:50 mile in 1975 by Sir John Walker. Please take time to read.

Wishing all AVOHK members and their families continued good health and fitness as we all do our bit to fight the Covid-19 virus and try and live a normal a life as possible.

There will be no social run in September but we are hoping to resume in October if Covid-19 conditions continue to improve and restrictions are relaxed.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

July has not been a great month for good news. We need some good news.

This month saw the passing of Club member John McKinven. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Josephine his wife and Elisha their 7-year-old daughter. Thank you to all the Club members for the wonderful response for donations to the Nesbitt Centre to assist with the future education of Elisha. For those members that would still like to donate, the details are in this month’s newsletter. Please give what you can afford. John’s funeral will be held on Sunday, 9th August. A viewing at Hung Hom followed by a cremation service at Cape Collison. AVOHK will be represented. Due to COVID-19, numbers to attend will be extremely restricted and at this time it is looking unlikely a wake can be held. For any further details, do not hesitate to contact me: chair@avohk.org.

A few weeks ago, the Committee decided, due to the impact of COVID-19, it would not be possible to hold the 2020 AVOHK Comprador 5K Series. This is not only a big disappointment for AVOHK but also the Hong Kong running community who supported this very popular series. A big thank you to our sponsor Comprador who understands the reasons for cancelling and to Freeman Lee the Race Director. Subject to all restrictions being lifted, AVOHK will be back with the 5K Series in 2021.

This month’s newsletter is a very interesting read with articles on a new Athletic Association, “Heard at the Track” has a good selection of snippets of global athletic information. Articles also on the Toronto virtual meet, 26.2m Bear Crawl, power of sleep and running twins with severe autism.

Good luck to those AVOHK athletes competing in virtual events. Please do let us know how you get on and maybe write a few words on your experience for the newsletter.

On the admin front, AVOHK has renewed the lease on our Godown at Wong Chuk Hang for a further 3 years and the landlord has given the Godown a fresh lick of paint.

Not surprisingly there will be no social run in August.

The current situation is tough on us all, but I am sure if we comply with the COVID-19 restrictions we can get through this together. There will be better days ahead.

To all members and their families, Stay safe and stay healthy.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

Thank you to those members that attended the 2020 AVOHK AGM held at Café 8 on Wednesday, 24 June 2020. Thank you also to those that submitted proxy votes and to those that sent in their apologies. The committee from the previous year enjoyed themselves so much that we all stood for re-election and were duly voted in. Myself as Chairman and Phil Booth as Vice Chairman will be standing down in 12 months’ time as we will have both served the maximum 5 years allowed in the AVOHK constitution. Any volunteers willing to be AVOHK Chair or Vice Chair please let me know at chairman@avohk.org. The latest AVOHK Committee is posted on the AVOHK website: https://www.avohk.org/about-us/avohk-committee/.

At the AGM, I thanked the committee for their support and service to the Club over the last 12 months. I also made a special thank you to those members of AVOHK who are not on the committee but contribute a lot to the Club. Like Vicent Ang who does an outstanding job of compiling the monthly newsletter and is always on hand with his registration and medals team at our races. A special mention to Bill Purves aka The Railbird “Heard at the Track” for providing valuable content for the newsletter and his unrelenting efforts in getting Hong Kong masters teams to international events.

The Treasurer Peter Wong reported that the Club finances are in a strong position and the Membership Secretary Frank Riehm also reported that Membership is in good shape with 130 new members joining during the year and with current membership of 630. I thanked Gammon for sponsoring the 2020 Gammon China Coast Marathon and Comprador for sponsoring the 2019 AVOHK Comprador 5K series.

At the AGM, I announced the very worthy winners of the 2019/20 AVOHK Athlete of the Year and presented them with their respective awards. The Male Winner was Ken Greer and their joint Female Winners were Janine Canham and Virginie Goethals. Further details with pictures in the newsletter.

After a sumptuous buffet we were enthralled by Janine Canham who gave a wonderful talk on her experience in taking part in the 2020 World Marathon Challenge. Seven marathons in 7 days on 7 different continents and raising substantial funds for the RUN refugee charity that support refugees in our Hong Kong community. Thank you, Janine, an amazing effort and a great way to end the evening. Hats off to Melody and the Café 8 Staff who looked after us so well and made sure we had plenty to eat and drink.

There is a provisional date of Saturday, 15 August, to kick off the 2020 AVOHK Comprador 5K Series. Realistically, due to the current Covid-19 restrictions (max group size of 50) this is looking less likely to happen. Although we are hopeful at some point restrictions might be further relaxed. Online registration will only be launched once the government Covid-19 restrictions allow us and it is safe to hold the series. Further updates to all members as they happen.

Rod Dixon, one of our AVOHK Honorary Life Members, turns 70 on 13 July 2020. All at AVOHK wish Rod a Happy Birthday and many more to come. Rod, as many of you know, won a bronze medal at the 1,500m in the 1972 Olympics at the age of 22 and won the 1973 New York City marathon in dramatic style amongst his many achievements. Rod is a great ambassador for our sport and for New Zealand. In celebration of turning 70, Rod is raising funds for his Rod Dixon Kids Marathon foundation. Further details can be found here: https://www.kidsmarathonfoundation.org/donate/.

In this month’s newsletter there is an announcement about the 2020 Worldwide Virtual Masters Challenge. Deadline to register is 15 July 2020. Articles on World Athletic finances, safe to swim during Covid-19?, effects of high mileage and is it now safe to run in groups? Some very interesting articles and information. Please do take time to read.

The AVOHK monthly Social Run, will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, 8 July 2020. Meet by HSBC ATM at Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai. For further details, contact Frank Riehm. Note: They often go for a beer afterwards.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

Since the last newsletter, some of the COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and running tracks and some swimming pools have re-opened. This is good news, especially for the coaches who provide such a valuable service and who need to get back to earning a living. Good news at the pool, Johnny Cheng (AVOHK swimming coordinator) has informed me that the AVOHK swimming group will be back in the Wan Chai Pool from Mon 1st June 2020.

The 2020 AVOHK Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled to 7pm, Wednesday, 24th June, at Café 8. As per my recent email, this rescheduling was done in the hope that further COVID-19 restrictions would be lifted so that we can enjoy a post-AGM drink and some food in a very social setting. Current restrictions for AGM’s limit size up to 50 people. Food and drink not permitted. Further updates on the AGM in due course.

Planning is underway for the 2020 AVOHK Comprador 5K Series. Race Director Freeman Lee will be supported by the AVOHK Committee and other Club volunteers to ensure the series is a success. The following dates and venues have been confirmed (subject to the necessary COVID-19 restrictions being lifted). We are hoping to launch online entry by early-July at the latest:

Race 1 – Wan Chai Gap – 8am Sat 15th Aug 2020
Race 2 – Tai Tam Tuk – 8am Sat 29th Aug 2020
Race 3 – Bowen Road – 8am Sat 12th Sep 2020
Race 4 – South Bay – 8am Sat 19th Sep 2020 

Planning has also started for the 2020 AVOHK Round-The-Island “Time Trial” which will be held on Sunday, 11th October 2020. We are working closely with the AFCD to ensure we can secure the best route possible. Watch this space. The committee have also recently started discussions around suitable race dates for the 2020/21 AVOHK Reservoir Series and hope to have a further update in June’s newsletter. When further COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, we do hope to have some news on the date of the 2020 Malcolm Phillips 5K Race.

AVOHK giving back. In recent years AVOHK have welcomed the refugees from the RUN (Rebuild, Unite, Nurture) group to our races and provided RUN with complimentary entries. The MD of RUN is Virginie Goethals, an AVOHK Club member. Catherine Leonard recently updated the AVOHK committee of the considerable transport costs in getting the RUN group to our races. In these very tough times, the AVOHK Committee proposed and approved a donation of HKD5,000 to RUN as a contribution towards their transport costs in getting the RUN group to our AVOHK-organized races in the coming 2020/21 season. I have received a very big thank you from Virginie who really appreciates AVOHK’s generosity and continuous support to RUN. On a personal note, it has been very encouraging to see some of the runners from the RUN group progress from novice runners a few years ago to now where they are challenging for podium places.

In this month’s newsletter, there is again some good reading, including an article by Bill Purves on redesigning athletics, plus the usual from “The Railbird” in Heard at the Track (even though they have only recently reopened). If you do happen to have some athletic related stories for the newsletter, please do forward them on with photo’s if possible.

I can announce the return of the AVOHK monthly Social Run, which will resume at 7pm on Wednesday, 3rd June 2020 (Max Group Size 8). Meet by HSBC ATM at Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai. For further details, contact Frank Riehm.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

Breaking news. Date for your diary. The 2021 AVOHK China Coast Marathon and Half Marathon will be held on Sunday, 10th January 2021. Well done to Race Directors Dave Smith and Catherine Leonard in securing this date.

I am sure we are all fed up of hearing about COVID-19 or Corona Virus, which has put large parts of our life on hold. Some good progress made by the people of Hong Kong and some restrictions are being lifted shortly. There is light at the end of this dark tunnel. Globally, virtually all major sporting events have been either cancelled or postponed. The annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival Race being the latest victim. What has shone through is the amazing challenges that people have set themselves and often benefitting charities. Captain Tom Moore in UK did 100 laps of his garden prior to his recent 100th birthday and raised an amazing amount of over GBP 30m for the UK’s NHS and became a global celebrity. Captain Tom has since been promoted to Colonel and now heading towards 200 laps. This positive news really keeps our spirits up.

The immediate impact to AVOHK has been to delay the 2020 Malcolm Phillips 5km race. The Club do hope to put this event on at the earliest opportunity, possibly early June. The monthly social runs have also been cancelled but plan to resume in June.

Given the lack of activity, the AVOHK performance of the month goes to Peter Wong, the AVOHK Treasurer who has been busy processing the refunds from the 2020 Standard Chartered Marathon back to the AVOHK Club members that entered. Peter has processed over 60 individual refunds to date. Great job, Peter.

The Club are still planning on holding the 2020 AGM on Thursday, 11th June at Café 8. Starting at 7pm. Details will be out shortly, but it would be appreciated if you could make time to attend this annual event where the business of the day is reviewed and discussed and the Club officials voted in for the next 12 months.

In this month’s newsletter, there is the usual from The Railbird in Heard at the Track and the mention of two local athletes still battling to get Olympic qualifying times, Vet’s Vade Mecum status has been updated and unsurprisingly not looking too good, a very detailed article from Track & Field on “who is the greatest” by event, history reviewed in why UK never boycotted the 1980 Olympics. The 2003 London Marathon and the amazing performance by Paula Radcliffe and an interesting article on runners social distancing, do they need more space? There is also an article “Blast from the Past” which looks at Ron Hill’s visit to Hong Kong in 2003 and details on the Chan Kwok-leung memorial relay which was so popular in the 1980s/90s.

Just a reminder, May’s social run is cancelled.

On a final note to all AVOHK Club members, do stay fit, stay healthy and stay safe. Here is hoping for a brighter future.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

We are all battling to keep our spirits up during these very difficult days. I hope you and your family, whatever location you are in, are the best you can be and managing to stay fit and staying safe. We are all praying that at some point the Coronavirus will let up and we can all lead a more normal active life. Here’s hoping.

It probably won’t come as much surprise that the 2020 Malcolm Phillips 5K memorial race scheduled to take place on Saturday, 9th May, has been postponed. We had not launched race entry, so not too much to unwind. This is an important event for the Club and an alternative date will be found in 2020 once we have a clear pathway.

For the time being, the AGM date of Thursday, 11th June 2020, to be held at Café 8 remains. Hopefully, the AGM can go ahead. This will be a good opportunity to get together, discuss the Club’s business and renew friendships.

Some very good news. Comprador have kindly offered to continue their sponsorship for the 2020 AVOHK 5K Series. AVOHK very much appreciate the generosity of Comprador and Comprador’s Managing Director and Club member Tony Steains. This really does allow AVOHK to keep race entry fees reasonable and put more financial resources into this very popular series. It is very early in the year but Race Director Freeman Lee and the AVOHK Committee have already been working on dates and can confirm the following schedule:

Race 1 – Wan Chai Gap – 8am Sat 15th Aug
Race 2 – Tai Tam Tuk – 8am Sat 29th Aug
Race 3 – Bowen Road – 8am Sat 12th Sept
Race 4 – South Bay – 8am Sat 19th Sept

The next time you are sat at home practicing your social distancing and having a drink, please do raise a glass for one of AVOHK’s most enduring committee members, our current Vice Chair Phil Booth who turned 70 recently. Phil has dedicated many years to ensure that the Club, formed in 1982, continues to be active and give back to Hong Kong’s running community. Phil was one of the Club’s driving forces behind AVOHK’s 25-year winning stretch in the Sedan Chair Race, amongst his other achievements as a Club member. Happy 70th Birthday, Phil.

In this month’s newsletter, AVOHK are promoting a wonderful cookbook put together by our Hong Kong refugees in the RUN Group. Forty-nine (49) recipes from 12 different countries. Excellent value at HKD350 and a great opportunity to give back to a wonderful organization. Click Here for further information: https://www.runhk.org/cookbook/.

In “Heard at the Track,” Railbird brings us some snippets of athletic information. One interesting fact that stands out, Jake Smith (22), ex-KGV and now based in Cardiff, has burst on the UK running scene with a 3rd place in the London half marathon in 62 minutes dead, breaking the UK under-23 half marathon record. A talent to watch out for. Railbird’s beloved World Masters Athletic Championships due to be held in his home country of Canada has been cancelled, another victim of the Coronavirus. Wonderful article by Bill Purves on how to qualify for the Olympics. Bill continues to try and sneak in the “W” word without success. Lots of articles offering plenty of advice this month on race cancelled now what?, dietary tips for boosting immune system, plan your own adventure, going uphill, feeling down and mental health, State of Running in 2019 Part II and Ritz on Running. Not certified by AIMS but in these crazy times, a Frenchman in quarantine completed a marathon on his balcony!!!

Just a reminder, April’s social run is cancelled.

On a final note, do stay fit, stay healthy and stay safe. Here’s hoping for a brighter future.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

I do hope all club members are keeping their spirits up and keeping fit whilst we all battle the social effects that the Corona Virus has put on our lives. AVOHK did their part by lifting spirits and being able to hold the 4th and final race of the AVOHK Reservoir Series on Saturday, 15th February 2020, at Shing Mun Reservoir. We had a good turnout considering the current circumstances and good quality runners in both the men’s and ladies’ fields. Harry Loasby, the recent winner of the China Coast Marathon, led the runners home in a very fast time of 31 min 20 sec over the 8.1km undulating course with Wong Mei-yan the first lady home in a time of 39 min 42 sec. A big thank you to the runners that turned out and supported this race and also to the many volunteers that came along and provided that vital on-course assistance. Especially Champion Chip and also to Sam and his FIRST AID team. A more detailed report is in the newsletter on the 4th race and also the overall series results.

Two club members that have complete extraordinary running achievements in the last month. Virginie Goethals completed the grueling 268 Km 4 trails (organized by Andre Blumberg). Virginie completed the course in a time of 68 hours (yes 68 hours on the move covering 268 Km) and raising a lot of well-needed funds for the RUN group supporting refugees in our Hong Kong community. Outstanding effort. The second extraordinary achievement was by Janine Canham who took part in the global 7 marathons in 7 days, also raising large sums of money for the RUN group. Janine has written a wonderful report which is in this month’s newsletter. Please do take time to read it. An exhausting effort just making it from one marathon to the next on a different continent. Janine, great effort.

This week the running community in Hong Kong received some very sad news that Nic Tinworth had finally succumbed to Brain Cancer at the age of 44. Nic had been battling the disease for nearly 2 years and even competing in the odd race during that time. Nic was not an AVOHK club member but contributed so much to the running community of Hong Kong through the races that he organized with Racebase and also supporting the legendary Team Green in many Trailwalkers. His partner Nia Cooper has been completing the 4 x 100km classics trails (The Grand Slam) in the last few months and raising money for Brain Cancer research. If you would like to contribute to this very worthy cause please go to this web page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nia-cooper.

Nia, all of AVOHK wish you a safe journey as you complete your challenge. You and your family are very much in our thoughts.

2020 Round-the-Island Time Trial will be held on Sunday, 11th October 2020. We have provisional approval from AFCD to hold the event and expect full approval shortly. Entry details will be out around July timeframe. A big thank you to Dave Smith for again volunteering as Race Director. This is an event that requires quite a few volunteers to man and resource checkpoints. There will be the customary RTI buffet dinner and prize giving and we are in the process of looking for a suitable venue.

Malcolm Phillips 5K race is still scheduled for 4pm on Saturday, 9th May 2020 starting at the pagoda on Bowen Road. This is a great way to remember our dear friend Malcolm who left us in 2006. Malcolm was long standing member of both AVOHK and the HKLRRC. This is an age-graded race, so not necessarily the first runner home wins. A big thank you to Race Directors Elaine Hall and Derek Irwin for again taking up the challenge. Entry details out shortly.

A reminder and a date for your diary that the 2020 AVOHK Annual General Meeting will be held at Café 8 at 7pm on Thursday, 11th June 2020. It would be appreciated if members can make a special effort to attend this important meeting where AVOHK’s business of the day will be discussed and also the AVOHK Male and Female Athlete of the Year awards are presented. It is great opportunity to meet Club members in a social setting and what better venue than Café 8.

In this month’s newsletter, there is a nice reminder of one of the Club’s longest serving member John Wakefield, there is an article about “Natto” and its health benefits, Railbird has his useful contribution of global athletic information although a bit shorter this month as most of the tracks are closed in Hong Kong but does point out the achievements of Billie Kwok in setting at the age of 45 – a Hong Kong record in the 50K walk, a very in-depth article about why runners need to be more aware of trees, seven marathons in seven days by AVOHK’s own Janine Canham, another couple of articles about “the shoe,” including one about World Athletics changing the rules, an article on the state of UK athletics and one about the “State of Running in 2019”.

March’s Social Run will take place on Wednesday, 4th March 2020, starting at 7pm. Further details inside the newsletter. The organizer is Frank Riehm. They always go for a beer afterwards. Even better reason to turn up.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman

Dear AVOHK Members

I do hope you all had an enjoyable Chinese New Year. AVOHK wish you and your families good health and good fortune in the year of the Rat. With the coronavirus causing concern this is not a great start to the New Year but as the song goes “Things can only get better”.

AVOHK’s biggest event of the year, the 2020 AVOHK Gammon China Coast Marathon and Half Marathon, was held on Sunday, 19th January 2020, in Sai Kung Country Park. There is a race report in this month’s newsletter but here is a short summary. Approximately 400 runners toed the starting line in the marathon and 600 in the Half Marathon. We were blessed with glorious fresh weather at the start, almost ideal running conditions. Harry Loasby, I believe competing in his first marathon, led the runners home in a fast time of 2 hr 42 min 57 sec with Amy Mumford, the first lady, in 3 hr 32 min. In the Half marathon, first home was Ed Gumbley in 1 hr 17 min with Caitriona Jennings leading the ladies home in 1 hr 22 min. Caitriona competed for Ireland at the 2012 Olympics and has a personal best marathon time of 2 hr 36 min. The day was made even more special by our 2 Rats (Big Rat Mike Featherstone and Baby Rat Cecil, both kept the runners entertained and we received no complaints from the AFCD. The full results are on the AVOHK website www.avohk.org. A short video of the event is on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYdFZxAG7tc.

The 4th and final race of the 2019/20 AVOHK Reservoir Series is due to take place at Shing Mun Reservoir on Saturday, 15th February 2020. Given the current situation with the coronavirus, we will review the situation on Monday, 10th February 2020. It would be great if we can stick with the schedule and wrap the series up per the original date but we will have to wait and see. This information has gone out to all runners who have entered for the 4th Race.

2020 Round-the-Island Time Trial will be held on Sunday, 11th October 2020. We have provisional approval from AFCD to hold the event and expect full approval shortly. Entry details will be out around July timeframe. A big thank you to Dave Smith for again volunteering as Race Director. This is an event that requires quite a few volunteers to man and resource checkpoints. There will be the customary RTI buffet dinner and prize giving and we are in the process of looking for a suitable venue.

Malcolm Phillips 5K race will be held at 4pm on Sat 9th May 2020 starting at the Pagoda on Bowen Road. This is a great way to remember our dear friend Malcolm who left us in 2006. Malcolm was long standing member of both AVOHK and the HKLRRC. This is an age-graded race, so not necessarily the first runner home wins. A big thank you to Race Directors Elaine Hall and Derek Irwin for again taking up the challenge. Entry details out shortly.

A very early notice and a date for your diary that the AVOHK Annual General Meeting will be held at Café 8 at 7pm on Thursday, 11th June 2020. It would be appreciated if members can make a special effort to attend this important meeting where AVOHK’s business of the day will be discussed and also the AVOHK Male and Female Athlete of the Year awards are presented. It is great opportunity to meet Club members in a social setting and what better venue than Café 8.

In this month’s newsletter, please do take note of the overseas calendar (Vets Vade Mecum). There are some wonderful Masters meets to attend, including the World Masters in Toronto in July. Mention is made of Yuko Gordon who represented Hong Kong at the 1984 Olympics. Yuko is based in UK these days and last year ran a 3 hr 19 min marathon at the age of 68. As usual there a few tacky and difficult to understand remarks from Railbird but he does dig out some interesting athletic information from the cyberworld. There is a report (again) on that shoe (Vaporfly), Bill Purves writes about “The First Walks”, articles on shooting at the Commonwealth games, the health benefits of going to the Cinema and something called plogging(!!!), the cancellation of the Hong Kong Marathon and supportive comments from the running community. Club member Bhoovarahan Desikan was due to complete his 100th marathon. There is a very fitting article on the passing of Sir Peter Snell – a Kiwi and an athletic legend. AVOHK Honorary Life Member Rod Dixon and fellow Olympian spoke at his memorial.

February’s Social run will take place on Wednesday, 5th February 2020, starting at 7pm. Further details inside the newsletter. The organizer is Frank Riehm, 9423 5422.

Special mention to Club member Rex Whittle who turned 80 recently and joins John Fowler in a unique club. Rex was 2nd in his age group at the 2020 AVOHK Gammon ½ marathon.

Yours in Running

Colin Whittington
Chairman