Birtley Athletics Club bidding for Wish money
November 15th, 2011
Stop press….. click here for Birtley AC’s Make a Wish write up
Tags: Charity, fund raising, promotion
Posted in development
Charity man Chris does the triple
October 6th, 2011
One of our senior members has been using his love of running as a money spinner to raise some cash for charity.
Chris Tiffen ran for Birtley throughout his teens and like many, after a break, he couldn’t resist the lure of the sport. His comeback race was at the North Run after a 10 year absence. He then raced two very different events over the following two Sundays.
Supporting the Fire Fighters Charity , which is the UK’s leading provider of services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families.
This is a charity close to Chris’s heart as he serves as a part time Fire Man based at the fire station in Pelton.
He completed the Worlds biggest half marathon event, the Great north run in 1hr 37mins 40 seconds on Sunday the 18th.
A couple of days later he jumped on a plane for a cross Atlantic flight to take part in the Tunnel to Towers run in New York. Ran in memory of Stephen Siller.
On September 11th, 2001, Stephen a New York City firefighter was on his way to play golf with his brothers after working an overnight shift in Brooklyn. He heard the first reports of a plane flying into the World Trade Center and returned to his firehouse to gather his gear. Driving towards the Trade Center he found the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel blocked by traffic, the 34 year old father of five abandoned his truck and ran through the tunnel with 35 kg’s of gear on his back looking for his colleagues. Stephen along with the rest of his squad perished that day.
The 5k retraces the steps Stephen took on that fatefull day. Starting near to where he left his truck it runs through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel into Manhatan, finishing near the sight of the World Trade Center.
To pay homage to Stephen, Chris wore his over trousers, tunic and helmet. Fire fighting gear that’s not designed for running, especially in the 70 degrees heat of the Battery Tunnel.
Chris said it was an overwhelming experience feeling so accepted by New Yorkers while representing the UK fire fighters.
A week later on Sunday 2nd of October Chris completed his fundraising trio of races by running the Loch Ness marathon.
No sign of Nessy Chris completed the challenging 26.2 mile course in a time of 3 hours 39 minutes 10 seconds.
After the race he said it was the hardest thing he has ever done. He felt strong all the way and was happy not have hit the “wall” putting his strength down to coach Tommy’s sessions.
Brilliant effort
The sponsor page is still open as there’s still time to sponsor at Virgin money giving or catch him on a club night.
Tags: fund raising, Great North Run, Senior
Posted in races
Chronicle “Wish” tokens are back
October 6th, 2011
Great news for Birtley Athletics Club.
We have again been accepted for the Evening Chronicle make a wish giveaway.
From Thursday 6th October through to January the Evening Chronicle will print tokens in their weekday paper.
The” Wish ’11 cash giveaway” is a pot of £50,000 cash that will be divided by the number of tokens collected.
It’s simple. The more tokens we can collect, the bigger the slice of the £50,000 we get.
Last year we collected 33,523 tokens, giving us extra cash towards our development fund which we aim to build an athletic track at Lord Lawson School with.
So if you buy or know anyone who reads the Chronicle, tear the tokens out and pass them our way.
We are collecting them club nights or through the post to Katy Wilson, 29 Fell Close, Birtley, County Durham, DH3 2LS.
Let’s beat last year’s total.
Thank You
Tags: Charity, fund raising, Make a wish
Posted in development
E2B Relay 24th – 25th July 2010
June 13th, 2010
A continuous relay from Edinburgh to Birtley has been organised to raise money for the Birtley Athletics Club Development Fund for the development of a Club House and training facility.
The route from Edinburgh Castle to Lord Lawson School Birtley following a coastal Cycle Path and will consist of relay legs run by Club members.
The idea of the relay is to encourage all Club members to participate in promoting the Club and to actively seek publicity for the event and therefore the Club.
We are asking members/parents/friends to raise funds through sponsorship for the Birtley Athletics Club Development Fund.
The relay will start at 1:00pm on Saturday 24th July and continue through the night until the finish at Birtley before (hopefully) 1:00pm Sunday 25th July. There will be 30 legs on route, plus short legs at Lord Lawson, with distances ranging from 11 miles to 3 miles with shorter legs within the Lord Lawson School grounds.
Check out the following links to see the route and change over points
- Phase 1
- Phase 2
- Phase 3
If you would like to support Birtley Athletics Club why don’t you download the sponsorship form and collect some sponsorship.
Tags: fund raising, relay
Posted in development, events
