Bournville Harriers

Starts tomorrow, don’t miss out! 🎽

The Bournville Harriers Beginners' Running Course starts next Thursday, 9th May. Whether you've always wanted to try running, or you've been inspired more recently, this is a fantastic opportunity to start your running journey in a safe, fun and supportive environment.

Registration for the Bournville Harriers Beginners Course is open. Many of our club runners started their journey on our beginners course and their running is now an important part of their life, where might it lead you?

Our annual Beginners’ Running Course is open for registration! https://www.facebook.com/586871974802402/ posts/1257320464424213?sfns=mo

In our recent BvH Awards, Lorna Al-Ani was nominated for the Female Merit and Athlete of the Year awards, a joint Winner of the Teal Targets competition and was awarded Female Team Member of the Year by our women’s team managers. Many of Lorna’s club mates were even more impressed by her amazing running performances when we read the full story of the physical challenges she has overcome, in this article published in yesterday’s Metro. She’s also a thoroughly nice person who encourages her Team Teal club mates along the way! A true inspiration; we’re very proud that she represents BvH. https://metro.co.uk/…/strong-women-i-we nt-from-a-fit-activ…/

The Bournville Harriers Awards Evening, 'The Tealies', took place on Friday 1st March 2019.
Many thanks to Dave Powner, who hosted the presentations; to everyone who presented an award; and to Rachel Part Ridge, Miriam Stevens and Laura Gale for helping to make it a great event. Thanks also to Chris Hughes, Emma Wickham-Clews and students from Halesowen College Catering Department for the wonderful food and service.
The Tealies were awarded to:... Beginner of the Year - Kerry Louise Volunteer of the Year - Emma Hopkins Male Newcomer (The John Enright Award) - Stewart Crowton Female Newcomer - Heather Tyrie Female Merit - Alison Price Male Merit - Tom Bunn Club Achievement Award - Nicola Sykes (Great Birmingham Run) Lynne Gossage Award for Endeavour - Monica Baptista (returning to the 'A' team following injury) Teal Targets Overall 3rd Place - Guy Marston Teal Targets Overall Joint Winners - Lorna Al-Ani and Tom Bunn Race Report of the Year - Simon Newman (Outlaw Triathlon) Coach of the Year - David Mountford Male Athlete of the Year - Henry Brocklehurst Female Athlete of the Year - Nicola Sykes Team of the Year - Men's Cross Country Division 2 Champions Male Team Member of the Year - Kevin Morris Female Team Member of the Year - Lorna Al-Ani Club Members’ Award - Jude Glynn Chairperson's Award (The John Ward Trophy) - Stacey Marston
The 2018-19 Teal Targets winners were: Midlands Road Relays - Tom Bunn John Enright parkrun - Lorna Al-Ani Great Birmingham 10k - Conor Murphy Arden 9 - Guy Marston Wyre Forest Half Marathon - Alison Price Badgers Atherstone 10k - Rebecca Jones Worcester City Half Marathon/10k - Suzanne Bunn Great Birmingham Run (Half) - Fiona Barker NICE 10k - Stewart Crowton Sneyd Pudding Run - Kerry Oliver Fladbury Festive 5 - Mike Woodall Stourbridge Stagger - Jaeda Goodman
Congratulations to all the winners!
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BvH Men’s Cross Country team earned promotion to Division 1 of the Birmingham & District XC League in the final league race at the weekend finishing top with another great win. Congratulations on a successful season!

Ahead of #TimetoTalkDay on 7th February and the next Run and Talk Cannon Hill Park on Saturday, one of our Mental Health Champions, Clare Mullin, shares her running and mental health story here: http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/from -non-runner-to-ment…/

The BvH Committee is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2018 Bournville Harriers Awards. The awards will be presented at the club’s annual Awards Night. 'The Tealies', held at Rowheath Pavilion on Friday 1st March 2019. The nominations are as follows:
Volunteer of the Year: Anna McManus Barrie Roberts... Emma Hopkins Lynda Bachelor Martin Foster Stacey Marston
Beginner of the Year: Ian Forman Jon Dunn Kerry Oliver Kristy Mabbett Michelle Burgess Ruth Williams
Lynne Gossage Endeavour Award: Lisa Thompson (Grand to Grand Ultra Marathon) Monica Baptista (recovery from injury) Nicola Mann (5 Ultras in 4 months) Steve Doswell (Running: Me Running EU)
The BvH Achievement Award: Alison Price (parkrun hattrick) Barrie Roberts (Welsh XC Team Gold in British & Irish Masters) Nicola Sykes (Birmingham Half Marathon win) Paul Thompson (Midland Masters XC Championships Silver)
Female Newcomer: Claire Daniels Heather Tyrie Jess Bond Jo Green Margaux Joetzjer Sara Hewison
Female Merit Award: Alison Price Heather Tyrie Laura Gale Lorna Al-Ani Sara Hewison
Female Athlete of the Year: Alison Price Jess Bond Lorna Al-Ani Monica Baptista Nicola Sykes
Male Newcomer (The John Enright Award): Harry Thorpe Ian Mackenzie Kevin Morris Stewart Crowton Timo Voegtle Tom Bunn
Male Merit Award: Barrie Roberts Harry Thorpe James Ashley Jonathan Stanforth Paul Anderson Paul Coughlan Tom Bunn
Male Athlete of the Year: Harry Thorpe Henry Brocklehurst James Drakeford Kevin Morris Paul Thompson Richard Bayliss
Race Report of the Year: Barrie Roberts, British & Irish Masters Lesley Pymm, Grizzly Miriam Stevens, Liverpool 10k Simon Newman, Outlaw Ironman Suzanne Bunn, Race to The Stones
Coach of the Year: Áine Garvey Dave Powner David Mountford Ian Mackenzie James Gittins Jon Seadon Jo Whiting Mike Scotney Nicola Cumley Suz West
Club Members Award Barrie Roberts (Nominated by Richard Shearing, Tom Bunn) David Mountford (Nominated by Stewart Crowton) Jude Glynn (Nominated by Clare Mullin, Nicola Mann, Stacey Marston, Suzanne Bunn, Anna McManus, Linda Goulding) Linda Goulding (Nominated by Myriam Chimen) Martin Foster (Nominated by Mark Cooper) Nicola Sykes (Nominated by Laura Gale, Mathilde Housley) Rhian Littlewood (Nominated by Áine Garvey) Stewart Crowton (Nominated by Claire Daniels) Suz West (Nominated by Sara Hewison)
The following awards will also be presented: Teal Targets Awards (for each race and First, Second and Third place overall) Team Member Award – Men (selected by the XC and Road Relays Team Managers) Team Member Award – Women (selected by the XC and Road Relays Team Managers) Team of the Year The John Ward Trophy (Chairperson’s Award)
Congratulations to all the nominees!
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Nominations part 2!
The following three awards will be voted for by the club membership, so please look out for an email with a link to the voting form shortly!
... Race Report of the Year: Barrie Roberts, British & Irish Masters http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/brit ish-irish-masters-x…/
Lesley Pymm, Grizzly http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/griz zly-18-march-2018-m…/
Miriam Stevens, Liverpool 10k http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/race-rep orts/liverpool10k/
Simon Newman, Outlaw Ironman http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/the- outlaw-ironman-jour…/
Suzanne Bunn, Race to The Stones http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/race -to-the-stones-2018…/
Coach of the Year: All coaches with at least 6 months active official club coaching are eligible for your vote: Aine Running Dave Powner David Mountford Ian Mackenzie James Gittins Jon Seadon Jo Whiting Mike Scotney Nicola Cumley Suz Runner
Club Members Award: - Barrie Roberts (Nominated by Richard Shearing, Tom Bunn) - David Mountford (Nominated by Stewart Crowton) - Jude Glynn (Nominated by Clare Mullin, Nicola Mann, Stacey Marston, Suzanne Bunn, Anna McManus, Linda Goulding) - Linda Goulding (Nominated by Myriam Chimen) - Martin Foster (Nominated by Mark Cooper) - Nicola Sykes (Nominated by Laura Gale, Mathilde Housley) - Rhian Littlewood (Nominated by Aine Garvey) - Stewart Crowton (Nominated by Claire Daniels) - Suz Runner (Nominated by Sara Hewison)
Congratulations to all the nominees! So many of you very narrowly missed out being nominated
The following awards will also be presented:
- Teal Targets Awards (for each race and First, Second and Third place overall) - Team Member Award – Men (selected by the XC and Road Relays Team Managers) - Team Member Award – Women (selected by the XC and Road Relays Team Managers)​ - Team of the Year - The John Ward Trophy (Chairperson’s Award)
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The Committee is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2018 Bournville Harriers Awards. The awards will be presented at the club’s annual Tealies Awards Night, held at Rowheath Pavilion on Friday 1st March 2019 at 7:30pm. Tickets will be on sale shortly, available to all members and adult friends and family. We hope as many of you as possible will join us for a night of celebration and fun!
The nominations are as follows:
... Beginner of the Year: Ian Forman Jon Dunn Kerry Louise Kristy Mabbett Michelle Burgess Ruth Williams
Female Newcomer: Claire Daniels Heather Tyrie Jess Bond Jo Green Margaux Jtzjer Sara Hewison
Male Newcomer (The John Enright Award): Harry Thorpe Ian Mackenzie Kevin Morris Stewart Crowton Timo Vögtle Tom Bunn
Female Merit Award: Alison Price Heather Tyrie Laura Gale Lorna Al-Ani Sara Hewison
Male Merit Award: Barrie Roberts Harry Thorpe James Ashley Jonathan Stanforth Paul Anderson Paul Coughlan Tom Bunn
Female Athlete of the Year: Alison Price Jess Bond Lorna Al-Ani Monica Baptista Nicola Sykes
Male Athlete of the Year: Harry Thorpe Henry Brocklehurst James Drakeford Kevin Morris Paul Thompson Richard Bayliss
Volunteer of the Year: Anna McManus Barrie Roberts Emma Hopkins Lynda Batchelor Martin Foster Stacey Marston
Lynne Gossage Endeavour Award: Lisa Thompson (Grand to Grand Ultra Marathon) Monica Baptista (recovery from injury) Nicola Mann (5 Ultras in 4 months) Steve Doswell (Running: Me Running EU)
The BvH Achievement Award: Alison Price (parkrun hatrick) Barrie Roberts (Welsh XC Team Gold in British & Irish Masters) Nicola Sykes (Birmingham Half Marathon win) Paul Thompson (Midland Masters XC Championships Silver)
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It's not all that often we have a Gold Medal to celebrate, let alone two... Congratulations to Barrie Roberts winning Gold in both the 800m and 1500m at the Welsh Masters Indoor Championships in Cardiff this past weekend. Of course, this means Barrie's is the Performance of the Week! http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/card iff-met-grand-prix-…/

Bournville Harriers Men's XC team were Silver medallists at the 2018 5 & 7 mile Midland Counties Cross Country Championships which took place at Bulwell Hall Park, Nottingham on 17th November and four of the team also made up the successful Silver medallists in the Inter-Counties Championships for Warwickshire. The Women's team also had a successful day out finishing in a very respectable 7th place. Well done to all who took part and congratulations to our podium finishers.
4... Henry Brocklehurst 37:19 6 James Drakeford 37:26 16 Paul Thompson 39:01 24 Jonathan Stanforth 42:13 26 Stuart Pearson 42:35 43 Tom Bunn 44:07
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Congratulations to the proud new owner of a BvH Member of the Month badge, Paul Coughlan! You can read Paul’s MotM profile on the club website now.

Another impressive performance from Nicola Sykes winning today’s Great Birmingham Run. Well done Coach! 🏆🎽

A little bit late in sharing this... Congratulations to September’s Member of the Month, Alison Price #motm 🏃🏽‍♀️ Ali will be among the many runners in Teal at this weekend’s Great Birmingham Run and all will be supported by the BvH Cheering Station. Look out for us (or listen out for the unmistakeable sound of cowbells) at around Mile 9 on Sunday! 🎽 #TeamTeal http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/ali- price-september18-m…/

Congratulations to Nicola Sykes on winning the Worcester City Run Half Marathon! Six minutes ahead of her nearest contender, and our latest #PerformanceOfTheWeek 🎽

Our members often share their Race Reports, which are entertaining and informative and can all be found on the BvH website. Over the years they’ve covered the breadth of racing opportunities from 5ks to ultra-marathons, on roads to mountains, local and international. The latest report comes from Nicki Mann and tells the story of her epic journey from Bournville Harriers Beginners Course to 5 Ultra-Marathons in 4 months 🎽 #readallaboutit http://bournvilleharriers.org.uk/…/4-ul tras-correction-5-u…/