WERRINGTON JOGGERS – JUNIOR SECTION UPDATE

Dear Parent/Carer and Junior member

We hope you are all well and enjoying the summer break.  We are starting to look at and are planning the reopening of our Junior section but we are unable to give an exact return date due to the continued closure of the Werrington Sports Centre.  Peterborough City Council have said that it will be sometime in September and we believe that for Juniors to resume we must have access to the centre to allow us to discharge our duty of care to your children.  As soon as that date is confirmed then we will contact you again about the resumption of Werrington Joggers Juniors.The lockdown and coronavirus will have affected us all differently,  some individuals may have exercised more/less or hardly at all during lockdown and this is fine and is expected as we all have coped with this pandemic in our own way.   

With this in mind,we as a coaching team thought it might be useful to give a generalised exercise plan to help increase your child’s fitness levels.  This is not mandatory and is only provided as guidance.

Building a strong core is a key part to all exercise but especially running.

Introducing the Lockdown handicap!

Between now and 23:59 on Tuesday 2nd June, your task is to complete a timed 1.5 mile. Anywhere you like, but obviously not on a mile and a half downwards stretch 😂. When completed, submit that time to me either through strava if I follow you, FB messenger, or add on the event page I’m about to create or on here. Email also fine. Although I am on Fetch I need to work out how to get back onto it again, but will let you know if I get that sorted. One submission only during this period.

Club Activities Suspended

England Athletics advises that all face-to-face activity such as club training sessions, events, competitions, club committee and face-to-face meetings, athlete camps, running groups and social events should be suspended until at least the end of April.

https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/coronavirus-statement/

Consequently Werrington Joggers have suspended all Junior and Senior club nights and formal Sunday Runs.

Those actvities listed in the Club Diary that are known to be cancelled are marked as such, but all activities until the end of April should be presumed to be cancelled even if they are still in the diary.

In the mean time please continue to take care of yourself and keep washing your hands!!

Due to the coronavirus situation the Key Theatre has closed for the time being.

'Made in Dagenham' has now been postponed until September 2020 - the WJ members can use their tickets for the performance on Friday 25 September instead.

Please come to the rearranged event on 25  September if you can: if you can't make it please let Rod know at club night and he'll liaise with Key Theatre regarding a refund.

- Rod McDonald

Following the latest advice regarding Covid19 (Coronavirus) I have sought the views of others within the club and also spoken to the Vivacity staff at the leisure centre about what Werrington Joggers should do. As at 7pm on Monday evening the centre was still open, albeit with a heightened cleaning regime and there was no suggestion that it might be closed in the forceable future

Fixtures updated.

Congratulations to Jude Thomas on setting a new LV60 half marathon record at Cambridge Half in a time of 1:50:06

Congratualtions to Erin Walker for setting a new U13 Girls 5k record on 21:53 at Rutland Parkrun

Congratualtions also to Olivia Walker for setting a new U15 Girls 5k record on 21:54 also at Rutland Parkrun

Results from the latest Junior Timed Mile are now available

The dates for the Cambs Road League are now available

Standings after race 2 are now available.

Standings after round 1 are now available.

An updated 2020/2021 new runners rota is now available.

Latest Junior club championship results are now available on the website.

Fixtures for the 2020 Champs are now available.

Congratulations to Roger Sayer who completes the clean sweap of MV65 club records with a time of 44:00 at the Cambridge Town & Gown 10k.

Updated standings are now available

Senior club champs results are updated after Race 6 (Fen 10)

Tickets for the presentation evening go on sale from next Tuesday. More information here

Werrington Joggers are saddened to announce the death of Jane Brown on Wednesday 30th October after a courageous battle with cancer

Jane currently holds every lady vet club record on the road for LV65, setting the most recent at Blackpool marathon in April 2018. She was also presented with the Ron Dodson Cup at our presentation evening in January

To quote Sarah she may have ultimately lost her battle but she gave it a good kicking first

To Sarah and her wider family the club extends its deepest sympathies

RIP Jane

Its that time again. No.... not for another election, but time for the annual Werrington Joggers green ballot box for nominations for;

Newcomer of the Year

Oscar for Athletic Performance

Congratulations to Ken Popple on setting a new club MV80 10 mile record at the Fen 10 in a time of 1:46:25

Congratualtions to Jude Thomas on setting a new LV60 10 mile record at the Fen 10 in a time of 1:24:50

Congratulations to Roger Sayer who set a new MV65 10 mile record at the Fen 10 in a time of 1:13:45

Results for the latest Junior Timed Mile are now available

Latest Junior Champs Results are now available.

Congratulatons to Mike Connor on setting a new MV70 Marathon Record at the Yorkshire Marathon in a time of 4:43:48

Congratulations to Tony King on setting a new MV80 5k record in a time of 36:19 at Rutland Parkrun.

Congratulations to Jeff Lucas on setting the following new Track and Field records 

• 200m 34.0
• Shot 5.38m
• Javelin 16.67m

Congratulations to Ken Popple for setting the club MV80 5k record at Peterborough Parkrun in a time of 49:47