We are fast approaching the AGM of the Constituted Club. This will take place after the Luton Marathon at 3.30PM in Lea Manor Recreation Centre. It would be very helpful to the Committee for members to give their views on how the Club is doing whether positive or negative, as well as telling us how things can be improved.

If you wish to have your views formally discussed please send any relevant resolutions to the Club Secretary who will add them to the Agenda. It does not matter if you are unable to come to the AGM but we would be glad to have your views heard. Your views need to be sent no later than 4^th November 2005.

Regarding the membership year the Committee will be proposing that the new membership year be extended to the 31^st December 2006 and that subsequent membership years will run 12 months from 1^st January. To this effect a motion to amend paragraph 8 of the constitution will be put to the members. Regarding the membership subscription the committee will be proposing that those members who joined part way during the year will be credited with a proportion of their subscription.

Paul Watts, a blind runner, requires assistance! He lives in Waltham Cross, Herts. If there is any member who is willing and able to act as his guide and take Paul round marathons or other races Paul would like to hear from you. His home telephone number is 01992 634900. Paul will often make his own way to events if a lift is not possible or practicable.

If any member who receives the newsletter by email wishes to be sent a hard copy, please let me know.

Peter Graham
Editor

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2. Chairman’s Comments

Opening Gambit

As we get ever closer to the end of the first year under the new regime, we need to think what we have achieved so far, and perhaps what we could have done better. My first point would however be that you are only as good as your members. Yes, there are things that are just down to the committee, but we need the members to get involved, whether it be articles, photos or just advising about races.

Ok, what has/is going well? Certainly the kit is now getting out to a lot of members. I started this off, but now Dave Major has taken up the cudgels, with a 3^rd order plus some new samples already in the pipeline. More info is shown below, but the vetting process is going pretty well, with just a handful of races thrown out. Hopefully you have seen a recent improvement in the website, and we have more people than ever joining us on trips around the world.

I think we could have done better on membership cards, but we are already taking action to improve this. I don’t mean this as criticism, as we are new to this. I think we are not yet 100% on newsletters and other communications. Trouble is, it is so easy to send an email, but we must make sure that all members get the regular newsletter, if nothing else. It will be the intention that non-PC users get all communications, but there is likely to be a delay, and sometimes, several communications might be batched. Obviously, if you could find a friend or relation who is prepared to pass on emails etc, that would be great!

Part of the AGM agenda will be to decide Subs for 2006. We will make proposals for next year; what constitutes a membership year; and how we allow for those that join during the year, especially late on. Those on email will already have received a communication from me, concerning the movement of the current membership year from the end of September to the end of the calendar year. In practical terms we have realised that we cannot ask for subs in October when the level of subs is not decided until the AGM in December. Hope this makes sense.

1^st Claim/2^nd Claim

I just wanted to clarify something I said in the last newsletter. I quote:

“The normally accepted rule is that you should run for your 1^st claim club, unless including you, they cannot make up a team. In this scenario you can then run for your 2^nd claim club, and wear the kit of that club.”

The strict rule is that you can’t run for the 2^nd claim club, but as you would have to approach the race organiser anyway, they may be happy to let you do this. Again, what I said about running outside the UK still applies. As there is no jurisdiction, then you may choose to run for the 100 Marathon Club. I think this is what most of us intend to do on our foreign trips!

If you are a 1^st claim member, then of course this doesn’t apply.

Vetting & Statistics

At the time of going to press I had received lists from 74 members. That leaves another 50 current members who have not yet supplied their list. We have said it’s not compulsory for previous members, but of course we would prefer that you did. We want to be the UK encyclopaedia of marathon running, and be able to say without contradiction that the figures quoted are correct, so if you can find your way to producing a list, that would be great!

Website

Our website has now been upgraded twice. The first upgrade was to allow sufficient space to have a reasonable number of photos and other information, but this didn’t allow for the use of databases that is necessary for us to have our own ‘Forum’.

Hopefully by the time you read this I will have tidied up the buttons, and added one for the forum. To get into the forum simply click on the ‘Forum’ button. You will need to key a user-id and passport. To start with this will be the same for all. This is intended to be a members’ only section, so please do not pass on the details to non members.

User id: 100Clubber, password: Alaska - both are case sensitive!!

Obviously we would appreciate if comments are appropriate, non-offensive and clean!

I’m going to change the way I display the Foreign Marathon links. Rather than have one list in alphabetical and one in date order, I’m going to split the marathons geographically, displaying them all in date order. You will also find that a lot of the 2006 dates have now been added. Let me know if you prefer them this way.

I’m sure you will agree that the photos look really good, and for that I have to thank ‘wannabe/wannabe’ Dave Farthing, who has been helping me. Dave is also responsible for the work on the forum.

Contacts

Don’t forget that all the contact email addresses have a purpose, so do use them. Using the addresses below gives you a better chance of getting through to the correct person, especially when I’m not around.

As previously stated, in most cases the recipient will reply from his/her personal email, but that’s fine, as you have now made contact with the appropriate person.

Use "contact us" link to obtain email addresses:

General Enquiries -
Members Broadcast Messages -
Members race results -
Order Club Kit -
Interested in a trip! -
Photos for the Photo gallery -

Roger Biggs
Chairman 100 Marathon Club

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3. Minutes of Meetings

Minutes of the100 Marathon Club Committee meeting

Held on 27^th June 2005 at the Crosse Keys, London EC3V 0DR

1) Apologies for Absence: All Committee Members were present.

2) Approval of last Minutes. The minutes of the meeting held on 4^th April were approved.

3) Action points for the committee were:

Obtaining trophies for the club competition.

Obtaining samples of different items of Club kit such as rain jackets.

Obtaining quotes for 100/200/300 etc marathon pins.

Progressing the design our own 100 Marathon Club Medal and obtaining cost quotes.

4) Financial Report: Presented by Tad Lancucki

See appendix 1 for Income & Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet at 26 June.

5) Membership is increasing. We continue to try to find contact details of runners who have run over 100 marathons to advise them of the constituted Club and encourage them to join. The new Membership Cards will be sent out with the latest Newsletter.

6) The best offer of travel insurance that we could recommend members consider is “Insure and Go” (www.insureandgo.com) as they are not expensive and cover marathon running as standard. No insurance company offered any discount.

7) It was agreed that UK & I races that do not appear on the 100 Marathon Club website events section should not count towards members’ lists. For example the Daventry Dawdle advertised as 26.2 but is known to be well short so will not be included.

8) The webmaster has upgraded the website. Plans for the website include:

Race application forms online.

A discussion forum.

A photo gallery. It was proposed to have a picture of the month and picture of the year on a marathon theme.

9) It was proposed that runners who joined the Club within six months of the year end should receive an extended membership. The committee discussed putting a proposal to the members at the AGM for a reduced membership fee, say £5, for the second and subsequent years of membership.

10) Club kit was in high demand at the Halstead Marathon and Roger had placed another order so we should have more stock for sale shortly.

11) The next meeting date will be either 12^th or 19^th of September.

12) The meeting closed at 9.45PM.

Peter Graham
Secretary 100 Marathon Club

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Appendix 1

INCOME & EXPENDITURE
		Income	Expenditure	Net

Subscriptions	- Full	£842.00		£842.00
	- Associate	£52.50		£52.50
Donations		£10.00		£10.00
Profit on sales to members		£128.88		£128.88


SEAA - Affiliation Fee			-£60.00	-£60.00
Sample kit			-£23.15	-£23.15
Post & packing			-£37.78	-£37.78
Newsletter			-£45.00	-£45.00
Website			-£25.00	-£25.00


Total		£1,033.38	-£190.93	£842.45


BALANCE SHEET	at 26th July 2005

Accumulated surplus				£842.45

Represented by:	Current assets:	Stock of kit - at cost		£364.77
		Stock of medals - at cost		£79.26
		Sundry debtors		£75.00
		Cash at bank		£1,373.92

	Less:	Sundry creditors		-£94.50
		Kit advances		-£71.00
		Loans		-£885.00

Net Assets				£842.45

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4. List of Club Members / Membership Form

Paid up members at 30.09.2005

1	Adams	Paul	58	John		Gil
2	Adams	Susan	59	Kainth		Inderjit
3	Akerbergs	Gunars	60	Kay		Allan
4	Alsworth	Michael	61	Kay	Danny
5	Appleton	Derek	62	Lancucki		Tad
6	Avery	Joe	63	Lawlor		Kevin
7	Avis	Chas	64	Lewis		Dave
8	Bailey	Howard	65	Little		Gina
9	Barker	Ernie	66	Longworth		Colin
10	Barnes	Roy	67	Macon		Larry
11	Biggs	Roger	68	Major		Dave
12	Boone *	Paula	69	McFarlane		John
13	Boone *	Steve	70	McDonald		John
14	Borland	Jack	71	Mills		Brian
15	Brisland	Ian	72	Moles		David
16	Brooks	Jack	73	Morris		Peter
17	Brown	Michael	74	Morton		Alan
18	Bulger	Martin	75	New		Steve
19	Burgess *	Cliff	76	Newbitt		Mike
20	Burns	Peter	77	Nimmo		Allan
21	Bush	Martin	78	Nutburn		Merv
22	Champoux*	Jean	79	Nutburn		Fiona
23	Clegg	Peter	80	Oakes		Wally
24	Cobby	Janet	81	O'Hagen		Collette
25	Cotton	Tony	82	Ottley		Ken
26	Crowley	Sharon	83	Paul		Carol
27	Da Silva	Selina	84	Phillips		Dave
28	Dawson	John	85	Pickard		Mark
29	Dolphin *	Bob	86	Poidevin		John
30	D'Rozario	Warren	87	Poole		Colin
31	Duffy	Phil	88	Reed		Moira
32	Edwards	Steve	89	Reed		Peter
33	Faraday	Mike	90	Robbins		Keith
34	Fazackerley	Darren	91	Ryder		Dave
35	Fenelon	Liam	92	Salkeld		Bill
36	Fennel	Niel	93	Seabrook		Patricia
37	Ferris	Peter	94	Seeney		Chris
38	Field	Ivan	95	Sargeant		Peter
39	Gaunt	Mike	96	Sill		David
40	Gibson	John	97	Simpson		Peter
41	Glover	Brian	98	Storey		Michael
42	Good	Eric	99	Szlachetka*		Basia
43	Goodreid	Ted	100	Tinnyunt		Robert
44	Graham	Peter	101	Van Es*		Dick
45	Green	Allan	102	Vaughan		David
46	Green	Dave	103	Wallace		John (Superman)
47	Griffin	Richard	104	Wallace *		John (Maddog)
48	Gurd	Richard	105	Walshaw		John
49	Hardy	Robert	106	Waters		James
50	Holmes	Adam	107	Watts		Paul
51	Horgan	John	108	Webster		Bob
52	Hottas*	Christian	109	Wheeler		Syd
53	Hoyle	Ray	110	Williams		John
54	Iddles	Brent	111	Wilmot		Andy
55	Ilott	Martin	112	Wilson		Robin
56	Inskip	Bill	113	Wing		Julie
57	Johnson	Chris	114	Zeleznikow		John
				* overseas member
	Wannabes
1	Day	Kevin	7	Smith		Brian
2	Hiscox	John	8	Storey		Pam
3	King	Dave	9	Taylor		Don
4	Lewis	Dave	10	Terjesen		Siri
5	Major	Linda	11	Wade		Gary
6	Oakes	Ann	12	Waye		Osy

Membership Application Form - Full / Associate

Full Name:
Date of Birth:
Address:
Telephone Number:
E-mail:
First Claim Club:

Do you wish to join the 100 Marathon Club as a first claim member? Yes / No

I declare that I am an amateur as defined by UK Athletics rules and am eligible to join the 100 Marathon Club. I enclose a cheque in the sum of £............. made payable to 100 Marathon Club.

Fees for 2005 are £10 (Full) & £7.50 (Associate **)
** - Known as ‘Wannabe’, for those who have completed at least 50 marathons/ultras

Signed: ...................................................................... Date: .........................................................................

Please send this form to the Club Sec. Peter Graham, 2 Trinity Court, Trinity Road, London N2 8JH.

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5. Club Statistics

The Stats so Far! by Roger Biggs:

Below are those members who have submitted their races for scrutiny. This is updated to the last point I was advised by you, which in most cases is the original list.

I will continue to gather results from the Internet etc, however, I will only advance marathon totals when specifically advised by the member. It has to be your responsibility, as spelling mistakes and duplicates (we now have 2 ‘David Lewis’), mean I can’t guarantee I have these correct. Of course, you never run in someone else’s name, do you?

(For the record, I’m going to refer to the Blackheath David as ‘Dave’, and the Eltham David as ‘David’)

The debate will always go on about what is and what isn’t a marathon. If you disagree or would like the opportunity to mention other events outside of the rules, we would welcome linking an article to your race history online. Going forward this could be achievements and include a photograph. I’ve a couple of members who have said they would welcome this opportunity, so I wait to see if they send me anything.

Apologies go to Adam Holmes and Alan Morton. At the time of going to press, or to be more exact, me disappearing off on my latest escapade, I know they had submitted lists, but had not found their way to me.

(**) – Incomplete record, vetting in progress.

Country	100+	Name	No of Road Marathons	No of Trail Marathons	No of Ultras	TOTAL	Up to & Incl.	Event	Year of 100th Marathon
Latvia	Y	Gunars Akerbergs	261	0	14	275	03Sep05	Drammen	1990
UK	Y	Derek Appleton	100	0	0	100	27Oct91	Maidstone	1991
UK	Y	Chas Avis	12	65	27	104	07Nov04	Steppingley ORM	2004
UK	Y	Howard Bailey	60	8	32	100	04Jun05	Dartmoor Dis 32m	2005
UK	Y	Roger Biggs	200	139	14	353	11Sep05	Cape Town	1996
USA	Y	Paula Boone	129	??	10	139	19Feb05	Myrtle Beach	2003
USA	Y	Steve Boone	252	??	18	270	19Feb05	Myrtle Beach	1997
UK	Y	Jack Brooks	109	28	1	138	31Jul05	Boddington 50k	2003
UK	Y	Martin Bulger	70	57	7	134	14Aug05	Salisbury ORM	1999
UK	Y	Peter Burns	166	3	0	169	20Mar05	Mediterrani	1999
UK	Y	Martin Bush	367	17	1	385	08May05	Dusseldorf	1995
Canada	Y	Jean Champoux	153	2	??	155	26Oct97	Niagara Falls	1993
UK	Y	Janet Cobby	41	39	20	100	28May05	Grand Union 145	2005
UK	Y	Tony Cotton	118	14	132	132	17Apr05	London	1994
UK	Y	Selina Da Silva	89	20	29	138	19Jun05	Dartmoor Vale	2003
UK	Y	John Dawson	121	20	2	143	14Aug05	Isle of Man	2003
UK	N	Kevin Day	47	10	4	61	27Aug05	Two Bridges	-
USA	Y	Bob Dolphin	318	1	44	363	13Aug05	Crater Lake, OR	1991
UK	Y	Warren D'Rozario	112	4	1	117	14Aug05	Isle of Man	2004
UK	Y	Steve Edwards	383	14	11	408	18Sep05	New Forest	1990
UK	Y	Ivan Field	181	28	16	225	05Mar05	FinDelMundo	1993
UK	Y	Mike Gaunt	68	31	7	106	23Oct04	Beachy Head	2004
UK	Y	John Gibson	104	4	1	109	19Sep04	Warsaw	2002
UK	Y	Brian Glover	16	35	49	100	07Nov04	Steppingley ORM	2004
UK	Y	Eric Good	141	7	??	148	11Apr99	Bungay	1992
UK	Y	Ted Goodreid	120	9	??	129	13Jun04	Caen, France	1997
UK	Y	Richard Griffin	86	22	10	118	05Jun05	Stockholm	2004
UK	Y	Richard Gurd	77	33	4	114	18Sep05	New Forest	2004
UK	N	John Hiscox	51	0	??	51	21Sep05	??	-
UK	Y	John Horgan	90	11	0	101	12Dec04	Calvia, Majorca	2004
UK	Y	Brent Iddles	190	12	3	205	19Jun05	Blackpool	1993
UK	Y	Gilbert John	189	43	37	269	01May05	Three Forts	1993
UK	Y	Chris Johnson	41	16	54	111	28May05	Chiltern 100	2003
UK	Y	Danny Kay	251	19	0	270	15May05	Halstead	1994
UK	N	Dave King	51	22	5	78	17Jul05	F.V. Chall ORM	-
UK	Y	Tad Lancucki	205	32	21	258	03Jul05	North Sea Bed	1999
UK	Y	Dave Lewis (**)	86	96	20	202	04Sep05	Kent Coastal	?
UK	N	David Lewis	37	16	0	53	04Sep05	Kent Coastal	-
UK	Y	Gina Little	95	65	27	186	07May05	Krakow	1999
USA	Y	Larry Macon	165	0	??	165	26Mar05	Tri State, UT	2004
UK	Y	Dave Major	113	25	5	143	25Sep05	Berlin	2004
UK	N	Linda Major	44	19	0	63	25Sep05	Berlin	-
UK	Y	John McFarlane	116	2	2	120	12Jun05	Edinburgh	1992
UK	Y	Brian Mills	480	53	6	539	10Apr05	Rotterdam	1993
UK	Y	David Moles	106	36	4	146	12Dec04	Calvia, Majorca	2003
UK	Y	Mike Newbitt	216	249	48	513	09Apr05	Charnwood ORM	1992
UAE	Y	Allan Nimmo	96	0	9	105	03Apr05	Zurich	2004
UK	Y	Fiona Nutburn	50	60	32	142	17Oct04	Founders ORM	2003
UK	Y	Merv Nutburn	169	107	87	363	07Nov04	Stevenage	1996
Eire	Y	Collette O'Hagan	111	0	8	119	05Dec04	Barbados	2003
UK	N	Anne Oakes	91	0	0	91	30Jan05	Apeldoorn	-
UK	Y	Wally Oakes	267	0	??	267	12Dec04	Calvia, Majorca	1994
UK	N	Ken Ottley	12	66	20	98	26Feb05	Belvoir ORM	-
UK	Y	Carol Paul	58	57	1	116	25Sep05	Anglesey	2004
UK	Y	John Poidevin	116	17	4	137	10Jul05	Rottingdean ORM	2000
UK	Y	Colin Poole	104	30	15	149	30Jan05	Elb Tunnel	2001
UK	Y	Moira Reed	83	36	7	126	17Jul05	F.V. Chall ORM	2004
UK	Y	Peter Reed	75	35	8	118	17Jul05	F.V. Chall ORM	2004
UK	Y	Keith Robbins	55	10	36	101	01May05	Three Forts	2005
UK	Y	Dave Ryder	108	0	0	108	24Apr05	Shakespeare	2004
UK	Y	Bill Salkeld	50	44	6	100	17Jul05	F.V. Chall ORM	2005
UK	Y	Peter Sargeant	136	34	53	223	03Oct99	London to Brighton	1991
UK	Y	Chris Seeney	56	51	??	107	10Jul05	Rottingdean ORM	2005
UK	Y	David Sill	35	15	71	121	03Apr05	Daff Dawdle ORM	2003
UK	Y	Peter Simpson	49	1	70	120	28May05	Chiltern 100	2002
UK	N	Don Taylor	65	4	2	71	30Jan05	Ocala, FL	-
UK	N	Siri Terjesen	42	16	14	72	10Jul05	Rottingdean ORM	-
NL	Y	Dick Van Es	84		18	102	05May05	Biltse, NL	2005
UK	N	Gary Wade	59	6	0	65	25Sep05	Anglesey	-
USA	Y	John Wallace	236	6	0	242	07May05	Krakow	1996
UK	Y	John Walshaw	102	0	0	102	19Jun05	Blackpool	2004
UK	N	Osy Waye	90	5	1	96	31Jul05	San Francisco	-
UK	Y	Andy Wilmot	255	74	29	358	01May05	Heritage Coast	1994
UK	Y	Robin Wilson	216	23	30	269	01May05	Three Forts	1992

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6. Members’ News

Michael Faraday has been awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honour’s List.

Michael, a founder member of the 100 Marathon Club will pick up his award, which is to acknowledge his services to charity, on the 18th October at Buckingham Palace. The award came as a complete surprise to him, having received a letter from the Prime Minister informing him that he had recommended him to her Majesty the Queen for the honour.

Through out his running career, Michael has raised many hundreds of thousands of pounds for charities, ranging from his local Children’s Hospital to the Chest, Heart and Stroke foundation. He has been approached by many charities who, having heard of his sterling work, vie for his services.

Michael has been an active member of the club since 1984, he says that he has seen “a lot of changes within the club and is happy to see many new members from all over the world. If this award puts the club on a higher level that would be great for all members.” He hopes to meet all of you in the future and is looking forward to competing in many more marathons.

Congratulations to Brian Mills, shown receiving his medal for Welcome to “Convict” Warren D’Rozario
completing 500 road marathons. Longford, August 2005. pictured completing his 100^th marathon.

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7. Club Competitions

by Roger Biggs

The 100MC UK & Ireland Road Marathon Shield

In simple terms the person that completes the most UK & Irish marathons of the exact distance during 2005 will be the first holder of this prestigious trophy.

Because members cannot guarantee entry into London, then the competition was extended to include 1, and only 1 of the following marathons.

06Mar05	Steyning Stinger (Trail)
17Apr05	London Marathon
17Apr05	Tresco Marathon
17Jul05	Fairlands Valley Challenge (Trail)
29Oct05	Beachy Head Marathon (Trail)

As this is about numbers, not strength or speed, the committee felt that both sexes have an equal chance. As such the top five irrespective of sex will receive an award, although as a concession, if all five are won by the same sex, then an extra award will be made to the first person of the other sex.

Below is the situation and to and including Longford, as best as I know it. While I tend to pick up the results, it is your responsibility to make sure I have your race finish details. Of course, September is a busy month, so it may change, although someone might need to do a job on Colin!

Leading Contenders - As at 28Aug05 (incl Longford)
No	Name	No	Name	No	Name
12	Colin Longworth	8	Brent Iddles	8	Warren D’Rozario
7	John Dawson	7	Steve Edwards	6	Martin Bush
6	Selina Da Silva	6	Danny Kay	6	Brian Mills
6	Andy Wilmot	6	Robin Wilson

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Photo of the Year

A selection of the photos sent in are displayed in the ‘Photo Gallery’ on the website. Each month a photo is selected to go towards the ‘Photo of the Year’ competition.

At year end a ‘Photo of the Year’ will be chosen. The winner will receive a framed copy of the winning photo.

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8. Forthcoming Events by Roger Biggs

News

1) ENTRIES CLOSED! Abingdon Marathon on 16^th October has reached it’s entry limit!

2) ENTRIES CLOSED! Chris Seeney’s Broadmeadow Off-Road Marathon on 19^th November is now full.

3) The latest on the Dundee Marathon is September 2006

4) Mablethorpe, a coastal town North of Skegness, is planning a marathon on 10th September 2006

5) The Fairlands Valley Challenge will next be held on 23rd July 2006

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UK & Ireland Marathons Hyperlink may be website or email

All those in CAPITALS are eligible for the Challenge Competition

For those marked ‘#’, just one of these may count for the Challenge Competition

2006 Challenge to be confirmed at AGM.

Oct.8	Waltham Winder (OR/F,Leics),
Oct.9	CARDIFF.
Oct.16	ABINGDON. ENTRIES CLOSED!
Oct.22	Blackwater (OR/F),
Oct.23	Founders Challenge (OR/Ldwa,Surrey).
Oct.29	Beachy Head (#, TR).
Oct.30	SNOWDONIA (F).
Oct.31	DUBLIN (Ireland).
Nov.6	Steppingley Step (OR/F).
Nov.19	Broadmeadow (OR/(F)) ENTRIES CLOSED!
Dec.4	LUTON (F).
*2006*	Note: Competition rules for 2006 have yet to be discussed
Feb.26	New Forest (OR/ldwa).
Mar.5	Wendover Gap (OR/ldwa).
Mar.26	Connemara (Ireland), Daffodil Dawdle (OR/ldwa),
Apr.23	London.
Apr.30	Neolithic (MT), Three Forts (MT/F).
Jun.4	Blackpool
Sep.10	Mablethorpe (Link not yet live!)
Sep.17	Dundee (Prov Date)

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UK, Ireland & Foreign Ultras Hyperlink may be website or email

Oct.8	Tooting Bec 24hr (Track).
Oct.16	Palermo 50k (Sicily, Italy)
Nov.27	Gatliff 50km (OR).
*2006*
Mar.8	100km Del Sahara (F/Tunisia).
May. 6	Ridgeway 40m (TR/ldwa)

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Big City Marathons

Amsterdam Marathon 16Oct05	Athens Marathon 06Nov05
Barcelona Marathon 20Mar05	Beijing Marathon 16Oct05 (China)
Berlin Marathon 25Sep05	Big Sur Marathon 24Apr05 (California,USA)
Boston Marathon 18Apr05	Brussels Marathon 28Aug05
Chicago Marathon 09Oct05	Comrades Marathon 16Jun05 Ultra - 89km (South Africa)
Copenhagen Marathon 22May05	Dublin Marathon 31Oct05
Hamburg Marathon 24Apr05	Helsinki Marathon 06Aug05
Honolulu Marathon 11Dec05	Las Vegas Marathon 30Jan05
Lisbon Marathon 04Dec05	London Marathon 17Apr05
Los Angeles Marathon 6Mar05	Madrid Marathon 4Apr05
Marine Corps Marathon 30Oct05 (Washington DC)	Mardi Gras Marathon 27Feb05 New Orleans, USA)
New York Marathon 06Nov05	Niagara Marathon 23Oct05
Ottawa Marathon 29May05	Paris Marathon 09Apr06
Portland Marathon 09Oct05	Prague Marathon 22May05
Quebec City Marathon 28Aug05	Rio De Janeiro Marathon 26Jun05
Rome Marathon 26Mar06	Rotterdam Marathon 10Apr05
San Francisco Marathon 31Jul05	Seattle Marathon 27Nov05
Stockholm Marathon 04Jun05	Toronto Marathon 16Oct05 (Canada)
Toronto Waterfront Marathon 25Sep05	Turin Marathon (Italy) 17Apr05
Vancouver Marathon 01May05	Vienna Marathon 22May05
Walt Disney World Marathon 08Jan06 (Florida)

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9. 100MC Overseas Travel Club by Roger Biggs & Dave Major

The contact in club terms is the co-ordinator only, and cannot be held responsible for race cancellations or travel problems.

Personal insurance is advised.

All communications should commence to "trips", although subsequent emails will be to/from the individual co-ordinator.

a) Sunday, 13Nov05 – Marathon Kasterlee (Belgium) http://www.marathonkasterlee.be/

Departing by Eurostar from Waterloo on Saturday Nov 12^th at 08:39 to Brussels and onward train to Geel:

Returning approx 22:00 on Sunday Nov 13^th.

Entries now closed! Contact: Dave Major on "trips"

b) Sunday, 11Dec05 – Calvia Marathon (Mallorca)

I am in contact with a Running Crazy (Malcolm), who organises things in Majorca. Last year I personally booked 90 people, hence I am able to get a discount on his prices. The Company arranges transfers, hotel and race entry, you book your flights. Basically the deal is as per 2004. The prices below are the standard prices charged by the contact in Spain.

If you wanted to book direct, this is what you would pay.

Runner	No of Nights	Supporter
120	1	95
155	2	130
190	3	165
220	4	195
255	5	230

All prices in Euros!! This includes airport transfers & hotel, plus race entry for runners.

Single room supplement is 20 euros per night. Triples can also be arranged.

This is the normal rate, please take off the discount below from this figure.

If you stay for 1 or 2 nights you will receive a discount of 5% For 3 nights or more, the discount is 10%.

The normal period is Thursday to Tuesday. If you want dates outside of this, I'm sure this can be arranged, but as this is a package, you may have to get yourself to/from the airport and I cannot guarantee a refund.

So what do you do next: (in date order)

1) Let me know if you are interested, and how many?

2) Book your flights

As at Sep.23, flights were still available with Easyjet, from £50 depending on departure airport.

3) Let me have all the flight details and names

4) If you are runner, I need all the usual entry details including marathon or half

(If you came last year, and nothing has changed, then this is not needed)

5) Send me a £50 deposit for each person (cheques to Roger Biggs)

I've been for the last 3 years, and the weather has been very pleasant in the 60's F. It's a quiet time of the year in Magalluf, but there are enough bars open, and enough of us, to have a great time, and believe me, we do!

Contact: Roger Biggs on "trips"

c) Sunday, 15Jan06 Louis Peerson Memorial Marathon (Genk, Belgium) http://www.lpm-marathon.be/

Departing by Eurostar from Waterloo on Saturday Jan 14^th at approx 08:30 to Brussels and onward train to Genk.

Returning approx 22:00 on Sunday Jan 15^th.

Staying in a Sports Centre just outside Genk, including breakfast. You can see the finish line from your bedroom.

Course is 7 laps of 6km plus 195 metres.

Total Cost: £98

As at Sep.26 we had 15 people signed up. This trip has a strict 20 limit!!

Contact: Dave Major on "trips"

d) Sunday, 30Apr06 Madrid Marathon (Spain) http://www.maratonmadrid.org/

Details to follow

Contact: Dave Major on "trips"

e) Friday, 16Jun06 – Night of Flanders Marathon (Torhout, Belgium) http://www.nvv.be/

Sunday, 18Jun06 - MittelRhein Marathon (Koblenz, Germany) http://www.mittelrhein-marathon.de/

As per 2005, options to do 1 or 2 events. This year 18 travelled to both events in 2 Minibuses, while 3 made their own way by car for Torhout only.

June 16th is Mike (Badger) Newbitt’s 60th birthday, and he intends to make it his 500th Marathon!

Further details and costs in early 2006

Contact: Roger Biggs on "trips"

f) Saturday, 24Jun06 (Prov) - White Nights Marathon (St Petersburg, Russia) http://flaspb.narod.ru/wnwn.html

Date to be confirmed

Not too much information yet, and not likely to be cheap!

Rumoured that the marathon starts at 22:00hrs on a Saturday night. Still, should be pretty light!

Further details and costs to follow

Contact: Tad Lancucki on "trips"

g) Other Possible Trips,

At this stage they are not considered to be co-ordinated events. Interest may dictate otherwise

(? – date yet to be confirmed)

19Feb06 – Valencia - http://www.correcaminos.org/

26Feb06 – Seville - http://marasevi.interbook.net/

26Feb06? – Malta - http://www.maltamarathon.com

05Mar06? – Treviso, Italy – http://www.trevisomarathon.com

09Apr06 – Rotterdam - http://www.rotterdammarathon.nl/

17Apr06 – Utrecht - http://www.marathonutrecht.nl/2005/

14May06 – Prague - http://www.praguemarathon.com/

16Jul06 – Torshavn, Faroe Islands – http://www.torshavnmarathon.com

01Oct06? – Kosice, Slovakia - http://www.mmm.sk/

08Oct06? – Munich, Germany - http://www.medienmarathon.de/

15Oct06? – Echternach, Luxembourg - http://www.marathon-echternach.lu/

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10. Race Results / Reports

Race Results by Roger Biggs

Results are only being shown for current members, including events completed before they signed up. Results carry on from where I left off in the last newsletter, up to the end of August.

As per the last newsletter, there would be too many results to include them all, so I will limit inclusion to marathons in the competition, and those marathons considered organised trips. However, all results will be shown in the results section on the website. (again, members only)

As per the website results, for ease of adding in members, I try to collect times for all 2004 members. If they have not joined in 2005, then I simply blank them out, hence the spaces in the results below. The good news is that the great majority of old members still running have joined up in 2005! I’ve decided to do away with the ‘Wannabe’ tag in the results, mainly as I needed a tag for old members.

Name

Actual

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Actual

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Aug.28

Brussels Marathon (Belgium)

+++ 780 finishers +++

Ivan Field

3:12:57