Milburn Harriers

Meet 6:30 at the club or for a 6:45 start at the bottom of lower Stoneymollan Road

Made it into the Helensburgh Advertiser!  

Dear  Patrick

I’m contacting you regarding the proposed upgrade of the Athletics track at Posties Park in Dumbarton. West Dunbartonshire Council (in partnership with WD Leisure) will shortly be submitting their final application to sportscotland for funding that will contribute towards the total cost of the new Athletics facility.  We are hopeful that the application will make a strong case for the project and that it will have a positive outcome, however it is imperative that the application is supported by the community and most importantly those who take part or may take part in athletics at this facility.  This is where you come in.

Please find the attached link to a Survey Monkey – https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N386NRD

We received some great feedback from a similar questionnaire in 2012 when the project was first proposed and we now hope to supplement that with some up to date information.

There are only a few questions and the survey should take no longer than a couple of minutes to complete.

I would be grateful if you could forward this email to you members and ask them all to respond by Friday 15^th April. The more responses we get – the more potential we have to evidence the positive impact that the facility could have for you and your groups/clubs.

Kind regards,

Angus MacDonald

Further to Paul’s message please note fees are due for payment now, (£30.00) or £15 for discounted memberships. Should you wish to transfer direct from your own account to Milburn’s account then please PM me for the account details. Other than that please pay cash/cheques to self, Emma or Paul. Would appreciate if payments can be made asap, please note as per club protocol if your fees are not paid then you will not accrue any GP Points from club races nor be eligible for a winners trophy on the one off races such as Stoneymollan, Pappert Well or Handicaps if not paid prior to the race.

Well we did something right!! I have received the official email from the 401 Challenge asking us to help support Ben again!
Please put 10th July in your calendar! It’s a Sunday so hopefully more people can run with him. I can’t run as I’m flying back from France that day but I’ll happily organise again.
Any input with route, coffee stops, lunches etc gratefully received! It’s the Luss area this time so should be easy enough to map out. No crazy hills please, he’s a road runner remember! 

Thanks,

Emma

Frazer 28:46, Lorna 30:02, Steph 32:15, Ally 32:28, (5 seconds improvement Frazer!).

Well, the Millie’s did Ben proud today. We had a great turnout and support given we are a small club.  Thanks to Captain Pat for running the full route and Jim R for cycling whole route and keeping spirits up! Thanks to Paul M for taking a half day and running 16.5 miles to support Ben on the post lunch leg.  And thanks to Paul W for supporting us with teas & coffee on the first leg. (Rumours are you learned how to make coffee today! If true, well done, it was perfect!😂)

Thanks also to Sarah and Lorna for their support. Cafe Zest at Lomond Shores provided excellent and complimentary sustenance for the lads to keep their energy levels up and also provided drinks for the other members of the party who were visiting Ben on his lunch stop. We are extremely grateful for their generosity!

Dumbarton Reporter photographer arrived at Lomond Shores for a group photo. Will post when in newspaper.

We maybe asked to support Ben on a further run later in the year (July) where he will be running around the Luss area and it’ll be on a Saturday. I’ll keep everyone posted and hopefully be able to provide even more support next time!

Well Done Millies!!

Is there any one free on Wednesday to assist with coffee on Ben’s marathon with the Millies? I was planning on having coffee waiting for him on the horseshoe but my original plan has fallen through. Any helpers? (I’m not pampering him, he requested this as its part of his routine. He cannot preload diet wise since he is running a marathon everyday)

If you can help, please contact me on 07739863883. Thanks! 

Emma

The club fees are now due for the following year, £30 with concessions available. Contact any committee member to pay or for bank details / more info.