Calendar of 2000 WCRC Club Events

NOTE: These are the WCRC calendar entries from the year 2000. Most of the links are probably no longer valid. Try them at your own risk!

January - '00

1 - Check out WCRC's 19th Annual Bud Light Hangover Classic 10K and 5K Road Races and special Millennium Post Race Party, to be held one time only at the Beach Club and Cafe at Salisbury Beach. Spacious accommodations, live band, dancing, raffles, race video, ocean plunge, and MORE!!!
13 - The January WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
23 - The 7th Annual Newburyport Rotary Frigid Fiver 5 mile road race will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2000. 1PM start at the Bresnahan School, 333 High St., Newburyport, MA. Long sleeve T-shirts. Inside (guaranteed to be warm) pre-race registration and post-race food and awards. Assisted by WCRC. For more information contact Bob Manning at (978) 462-1073.

February - '00

10 - The February WCRC club meeting will not be held, since the annual meeting is only 2 days later. The usual Thursday run and social session will still take place.
12 - The WCRC annual meeting, election of the year 2000 WCRC officers (who will lead us into the millenium!!!), and winter party. 6:30PM upstairs at the Circle.

March - '00

1 - Applications to the Mt. Washington Road Race will be sent out on March 1st. You must send a request for an application, including a S.A.S.E., to Mt Washington Road Race, P.O. Box 990, Newport, NH, 03773. Send your request for an application in early February!
9 - The March WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
20 - The Mt. Washington Road Race lottery. Good luck!
19 - The Andover Striders in association with the Winner's Circle Running Club will be presenting the Annual Run to the Beach 30K on Sunday, March 19, 2000 at 10:00AM. Point-to-point course starts at the North Andover VFW and finishes at the Winners' Circle Sports Bar in Salisbury. Miles accurately marked, water and/or beer at 5,10, and 15 miles. No timing, no awards, no entry fee, no numbers, no TAC, no yogurt, and no race directors to bitch to! For more info please contact Dave LaBrode at 978-373-3408 or david.labrode@state.ma.us.

April - '00

2 - The 19th annual spring classic April Fool's Four-Mile Road Race will be held on Sunday, April 2, 2000. 11AM start at the Winner's Circle Sports Bar, Rte. 110, Salisbury, MA. Walkers welcome. Cash and merchandise awards, team awards, raffles. Portion of the proceeds to benefit the Greater Newburyport Chapter of the American Red Cross. Organized by WCRC.
13 - The April WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
17 - WCRC is once again organizing a bus trip to the Boston Marathon. The bus will provide transportation from the Circle to Hopkinton and from Boston back to the Circle. Space is limited so don't miss the bus!

May - '00

11 - The May WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
17 - The 11th annual Run for the Roses 5K Women's Road Race and non-competitive walk will be held on Wednesday, May 17, 2000. 6:30 PM start at the Winner's Circle Sports Bar, Route 110, Salisbury, MA. This is the first race in the 2000 "Twilight Tetrad" women's series. Custom T-shirts to first 200 entrants, a rose to all finishers. Overall, age group and team awards. All proceeds to benefit the Women's Crisis Center (Newburyport, MA) and A Safe Place Inc. (Portsmouth, NH). Organized by WCRC. For more information contact Susie Galvin at (978) 465-9924.

June - '00

8 - The June WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
17 - The Mt. Washington Road Race. This is a lottery controlled event, so if you didn't get in through the lottery in March, you can't run. However, volunteers are needed to help at the WCRC managed water stop or to ferry WCRC vehicles to the top before the race. If you are interested in helping out, and joining us for the gala post-race cookout and party, contact any of the WCRC board members or send email to wcrc@xenia.unh.edu.
29 - The annual Heart-Beat Five-Mile Road Race/Walk, will be run in Amesbury, MA, on Thursday, June 29 at 6:30PM. Start/finish and post race party at The Mill Restaurant. To benefit the Amesbury High Scool Cross-Country Team. Assisted by WCRC. For more information call Mike Farmer at (978) 388-3881.

July - '00

13 - The July WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.

August - '00

6 - The 10th annual Newburyport Yankee Homecoming High Street Mile one mile road race will be run on Sunday, August 6, 2000. "The way racing used to be." 10AM start at Atkinson Common in Newburyport, MA. Fast/flat USATF certified straight line course. Separate start times based on age division and sex. For more information call Ted Jones at (978) 465-2228. Organized by WCRC.
10 - The August WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
11 - The Merrimac Old Home Days 2 Mile Road Race, fitness walk and 1/2 mile fun run (ages 1-8) will be run on Friday, August 11, 2000. 6:15 PM start on Church Street in Merrimac, MA. Sponsored by Economy Co-Operative Bank & Journeay Insurance Agency. Assisted by WCRC. Pre-registration $0 (What ... free??? Yes! Check it out).

September - '00

4 - Around Cape Ann 25K, 9:00 AM, O’Maley School, Gloucester, (508) 283-0470, Teams formed race day.
14 - The September WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
17 - Fred Brown Lake Winnipesaukee Relay. Weirs Beach, NH.

October - '00

8 - The Bobby Bell 5 Mile Road Race, 11AM, Lasting Room, Haverhill, MA. For more information call Dave LaBrode at (978) 373-3408. Awards by time and age category only, no men/women’s divisions.
12 - The October WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
29 - The Trick or Treat Trot 5K Road Race will be run on Sunday, October 29, 2000. 12 PM start at the Nock Middle School, Newburyport, MA. To Benefit NHS Class of 2004. Organized by Newburyport High School Class of 2004. Assisted by WCRC. For more information contact Sue Galvin at (978) 465-9924.

November - '00

4 - The 12th annual Bruce Ellis Memorial 5K Road Race will be run on Saturday, November 4, 2000 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Unique certified 5K course over roads and maintained trails. T-shirts to first 200 registrants. Great age-group awards and raffle prizes. All proceeds to benefit the Bruce Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund. Organized by WCRC. For more information contact: Kevin Oleary, 603-778-9114, kjoleary@mediaone.net.
9 - The November WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
23 - The 10th Annual Turkey Trot 3.1 Mile X-Country Run/Walk will be held on November 23, 2000 at 8:20 AM in Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, MA. Enjoy Hassle-free, Traffic-Free Running in one of Massachusetts’s most picturesque State Parks! Organized by WCRC. For more information contact John Wile at (978) 462-4620.

December - '00

3 - The Mill Cities Relay. The Club Championship of the Merrimac Valley. Relay team race open to invited "mill cities" clubs only (including WCRC). For more information contact Mike McCormick at 978-462-0117. All WCRC club members are encouraged to participate. There is no limit to the number of WCRC relay teams. EVERYONE has a good time!
10 - The Santa's Toy Trot 2 Mile, 4 Mile and 6 Mile Road Races Plus Non-Competitive Walk and 1/2 Mile SANTA'S ELVES FUN RUN for Kids will be held on Sunday, December 10, 2000. 1:00 PM start in Merrimac, MA. Register with a toy!!! Proceeds to Benefit TOYS FOR TOTS and HOLIDAY HELPERS. 1st 100 entrants in road race or walk receive long sleeve T-shirts. Age group awards plus raffles. Organized by WCRC. For more information call Sharon Yu @ (978) 521-9389.
14 - The December WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.

January - '01

1 - The 20th Annual Bud Light Hangover Classic 10K and 5K Road Races will be run at 11:00 AM on January 1, 2001 at the Winner's Circle Sports Bar, Route 110 (near Rte. 95), Salisbury, MA. Cash and merchandise awards, long sleeve tee-shirts, classic mugs, raffles and more. Participate in "A New Years Day Tradition". Organized by WCRC. For more information contact Bob Manning at (978) 462-1073.

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