Calendar of 2005 WCRC Club Events
WCRC runs at 4:00PM every Thursday from the club's locker rooms at the Winner's Circle
Sports Bar, 371 Elm Street (Rt. 110), Salisbury, MA 01952. Runners of all abilities are
invited to participate. Club "social hours" occur each Thursday following the
run. General club meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM.
This calendar contains listings of events sponsored, organized or assisted by the
Winner's Circle Running Club. Most of these events are open to the public. Club events
intended for WCRC members only are specifically indicated as such. If you would like to
participate in these, join the club! The calendar also contains
listings for races/events not related to WCRC but which are (or should be) of particular
interest to WCRC club members. Finally, the calendar contains listings of races/events
which have found favor with the keeper of the calendar. A more general listing of races
throughout New England can be found in Cool
Running's Race Calendar.
January - '05
- 1 - The 24th
Annual
New Years Day Classic 10K and 5K Road Races
will be run at 11:00 AM on January 1, 2005. New
location at Salisbury Beach!!! Cash and merchandise awards, long sleeve
tee-shirts, classic mugs, and more. Participate in "A New Years Day
Tradition". Organized by WCRC. For more information click on the link
above or email
hangover@xenia.unh.edu.
- 13 - The January WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM at the Circle.
February - '05
- 6 - The
12th Annual Newburyport Rotary Frigid Fiver
5 mile road race will be held on Sunday, February 6, 2005.
12PM 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 Geri Dorr
at
(978) 462-8251 or email
TPI5496@aol.com.
- 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 2005 WCRC officers, and winter
pizza party. 6:00PM upstairs at the Circle.
March - '05
- 10 - The March WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM
at the Circle.
- 20 - 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 20, 2005 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
yogurt, and no race directors to bitch to! For more info please contact Dave
LaBrode at 978-373-3408 or icky@mva.net.
April - '05
- 3 - The 24 1/2th
annual spring classic
April Fool's Four-Mile Road Race will be held on Sunday,
April 3, 2005. 11AM start
at the Winner's Circle Sports Bar, Rte. 110, Salisbury, MA. Walkers welcome.
Cash and merchandise awards, raffles. T-shirts to the first
200 entrants. Organized by WCRC. Proceeds
to benefit the Red Cross. For more information
email
robrobertsoniii@comcast.net.
- 14 - The April WCRC club meeting, 6:30PM
at the Circle.
- 18 - WCRC is once again
organizing a bus trip to the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18,
2005. The bus will provide transportation from the
Circle to the start in Hopkinton, and from the finish in Boston back to the
Circle.
Details and bus application forms are
available here. Space is limited so don't
miss the bus!
May - '05
- 11 - The 16th
annual Run for the Roses 5K Women's Road Race
and non-competitive walk will be held on Wednesday, May 11,
2005. 6:30 PM start at the Winner's Circle Sports
Bar, Route 110, Salisbury, MA. Custom singlets available to all preregistered
entrants, a rose to all finishers. Overall, age group and team awards. Net
proceeds to benefit the Women's Crisis Center (Newburyport, MA) and A Safe
Place Inc. (Portsmouth, NH). Organized by WCRC.
- 12 - The May WCRC club meeting
will be delayed one week due to the Roses Race on the 11th.
- 19 - The May WCRC club meeting,
6:30PM at the Circle.
- 29 -
Trav's Trail Run 3.1 Mile X-Country Run
will be held on Sunday May
29, 2005 @ 10:30 AM in
MAUDSLAY STATE PARK, NEWBURYPORT, MA. This event is to benefit the Travis
Eliot Landreth Memorial Scholarship Fund. Come experience this beautiful and
popular cross-country course in Maudslay State Park. Organized by WCRC.
June - '05
- 9 - The June meeting of the Winner's
Circle Running Club will be held on
Thursday, June 9, upstairs at the Winner's Circle. The meeting will be
preceded by the annual "Fugawi Run". Runners will be divided into two
teams by the judges, blind-folded and driven to a
point more or less 7 miles from the Circle, where
they will be dumped on the street en masse (you could also
say "in MA", except that 7 miles might make it "in NH"). In any case,
everyone has to find their way back to the Circle by the shortest route.
The team with all members back to the
Circle first wins!!! This is a club wide
event - any WCRC member can participate. Fugawi runners should be at the
Circle, ready to run by 5 PM. The general club
meeting will commence shortly after the final Fugawi
runners return, or shortly after we give up on ever seeing them again! This
will probably be about 7PM, rather than the usual 6:30PM.
- 18 - 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.
July - '05
August - '05
- 7 - The 15th
annual Newburyport Yankee Homecoming High Street Mile one mile road
race will be run on Sunday, August 7, 2005.
"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. Over $3000 in cash and prizes.
For more information call Chris Kealey at (978)
270-6854 or email
Chris.Kealey@Thermo.com. Organized by WCRC.
- 11 - The August WCRC club meeting,
6:30PM at the Circle.
- 13 - The
Merrimac Lions Club 4th Annual 2M Run/Walk For Charity
will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, August
13, 2005. Come and run/walk with us through beautiful Merrimac, and help the
Lions Club local charities. Registration at Destiny Publishing, 43 Grove
Street, Merrimac, MA. Race day registration 9:15 AM - 10:15AM. Refreshments -
Beer - Awards - Food - Raffle - Music by Ron St. Jean. Age categories: 14-19,
20-29, 30-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+. Pre-registration
prior to 8/8 - $10, first 100 receive a long sleeve T-shirt courtesy of race
sponsors. For more information contact Doug Lay @ (978) 346-9311.
September - '05
- 8 - The September WCRC club meeting,
6:30PM at the Circle.
- 11 -
The SEPTEMBER
STAMPEDE 5K road race
will be run on Sunday, September
11, 2005. 5K walk/run and Kids Race: ¼ mile for 0-6
yrs, ½ mile for 7-10 yrs. 5K @ 9am. Kids Race begins @ 8:30am. Come to the
Sanford-Springvale YMCA for a fun family event! Sanford-Springvale YMCA, 1
Emile Levasseur Drive, Sanford, ME. All proceeds benefit YMCA youth programs.
For more information call the YMCA (207)324-4942 or Bob Randall (207)490-1386.
- 13 - The
Annual Governor Dummer Academy (GDA) vs. WCRC
Cross-Country Race will be held at GDA on Tues., 9/13 @ 4:45 PM sharp.
This is a NO COST invitational event for WCRC members. It's also the chance
for aging WCRCers to show they can still beat-up on high-school athletes!
Actually, its a great course and a fun time for all ... fast, or not so fast.
The usual giant muffins and drinks will be yours for the consuming provided
you've EARNED them by racing hard on the GDA challenging 5k!
For more information contact David Abusamra at 978.499.3270 or at
dabusamra@gda.org.
October - '05
-
9 -
The
19th Annual
Bobby Bell 5-Mile Road Race/Walk
will be
run on Sunday October 9, 2005 in Haverhill, MA. 10:30AM start time for the
walk, 11:00 AM start time for the race. Numerous awards in various age,
weight, and specialty categories. NEW this year
“Gender Graded
Scoring”. Huge buffet to follow. DJ, raffle prizes, fun! No
gender divisions, women and men compete as equals. Benefits two local
scholarships, the Haverhill DARE, Haverhill Police Auxiliaries, and the Andover
Striders. For more information contact Dave
LaBrode at 978-373-3408 or
icky@mva.net.
- 13 - The October WCRC club meeting,
6:30PM at the Circle.
- 30 - The Trick or Treat Trot 5K Road Race
will be run on Sunday, October 30, 2005.
Assisted by WCRC. For more information contact Stella
McCormick at (978) 462-0117
or email
stellamccormick@comcast.net.
November - '05
- 5 - The 17th
annual Bruce Ellis Memorial 5K Road Race will
be run on Saturday, November 5, 2005
in Exeter, New Hampshire. Unique certified 5K course over roads and maintained
trails. Great age-group awards and raffle prizes. Proceeds to benefit the
Bruce Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund. For additional information contact
Richard Evans at 603-580-7034
or revans@ehr.org.
Timed by WCRC.
- 10 - The November WCRC club meeting,
6:30PM at the Circle.
- 19 - The annual WCRC predict your time Turkey Raffle will be held
on Saturday, November 19, at 4PM at the Winner's Circle. Predict your own
time, run a 5k in your predicted time without a watch, win a turkey if you
prediction is the closest. What could be easier. For those of us who are
elapsed time challenged, there is a multi-turkey raffle as well.
- 24 - The 16th
Annual Turkey Trot 3.1 Mile X-Country Run/Walk will be held on
Thursday, November 24, 2005
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!
For more information email
turkeytrot@xenia.unh.edu.
Organized by WCRC.
December - '05
- 1 - The
December club meeting will be held a week early to help with last minute
arrangements for the Mill Cities Relay.
- 4 -
The Mill Cities Relay
will be run on Sunday December 4, 2005. The Club Championship of the
Merrimac Valley. Relay team race open to invited "mill cities" clubs only
(including WCRC). For more information contact John Webber
at jweb1041@msn.com or
987-388-1041. All WCRC club members are encouraged to participate.
There is no limit to the number of WCRC relay teams. EVERYONE has a good time!
- 11 - 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 11,
2005. 1:00 PM start in Merrimac, MA.
Proceeds to Benefit TOYS FOR TOTS and HOLIDAY HELPERS. Age group awards plus
raffles. For more information call Sharon Yu at (978) 521-9389,
or email shly17@msn.com.
Organized by WCRC.
- 17 - The annual WCRC Christmas Party will be
held on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 6PM. All new location at
Saunders at Rye Harbor
(owned and operated by WCRC member and Saunders 10K race director Doug Zechel).
$20 per person for WCRC members and guests, includes dinner and dancing (D.J.
Shaun Harrington). Cash bar. Optional Yankee swap: $10 gifts. RSVP
Vicki Miller, 603-828-7203, vickim@xenia.unh.edu.
Historians take note: The following calendars are still available for your
viewing pleasure:
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