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About KADSWe are a small affiliated running club based in Kimberley near Nottingham with runners from the local area; Giltbrook, Selston, Eastwood, Awsworth, Nuthall, Kimberley and Watnall.
We take part in local league races as well as bigger national events but entering races is by no means compulsory to members. We are a friendly and inclusive club and welcome all runners, regardless of running ability. We train on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and have an active calendar with differing styles of running; hill training, interval training and longer distance runs. |
KADS History
The club was founded in March 1985 by a small group of ‘slow but steady’ running enthusiasts led by Bob Terry, working on advice from a former co-director of the Robin Hood Marathon, the late Mike Thornhill.
Other founder members were: Rob Bailey, Dave Hubbard, Steve McCormick, Ray Stone, Jane Terry, Gillian Thornhill and Paul Turville.
From these small beginnings, the club swelled to a membership of 50 within in a year, many of then attracted by its philosophy of participation and pleasure, rather than heavy competition.
In keeping with this outlook, the club was soon entering many events and organising its own handicap competitions, with runners setting off at different times according to ability. Friendly disputes over the fairness or otherwise of the handicapping still rage to this day!
Within two years, the membership was confident enough to organise the club’s own showcase running event, the 10k ‘Goose Fair Gallop’. The inaugural race was won by Eirik Hansen, a Norwegian athlete who had entered on the day. (It was discovered later that he had run for his country in the 1985 European Championships.) His time of 30.20 on a challenging course has never been bettered.
Now established with its own race, its excellent social events, its major contribution to the formation of ‘The Three Ponds League’, (a group of local running clubs named after a local pub), KADS went from strength to strength. By the mid-nineties, the membership total had broken the hundred barrier.
Moreover, by now some of the members were beginning to feature well up in local races: Vanessa Grant, Avril Allen and Colin Singleton all put the club’s name firmly on the map with outstanding performances in Nottingham’s Robin Hood Marathon. Mention should also be made of Ray Johnson, who ran in every London Marathon from 1981 to 2006. That’s 26 London Marathons, one for every mile of the race.
It’s also appropriate to recall that, sadly, three members have passed away while active with the club: Martin Speight, Jayne Tomlin and John Pymm.
Today, the club remains true to its roots: running for enjoyment through a positive social network. So, if you enjoy running and live in Kimberley, Eastwood or anywhere around west Nottingham, do come and join us.
Other founder members were: Rob Bailey, Dave Hubbard, Steve McCormick, Ray Stone, Jane Terry, Gillian Thornhill and Paul Turville.
From these small beginnings, the club swelled to a membership of 50 within in a year, many of then attracted by its philosophy of participation and pleasure, rather than heavy competition.
In keeping with this outlook, the club was soon entering many events and organising its own handicap competitions, with runners setting off at different times according to ability. Friendly disputes over the fairness or otherwise of the handicapping still rage to this day!
Within two years, the membership was confident enough to organise the club’s own showcase running event, the 10k ‘Goose Fair Gallop’. The inaugural race was won by Eirik Hansen, a Norwegian athlete who had entered on the day. (It was discovered later that he had run for his country in the 1985 European Championships.) His time of 30.20 on a challenging course has never been bettered.
Now established with its own race, its excellent social events, its major contribution to the formation of ‘The Three Ponds League’, (a group of local running clubs named after a local pub), KADS went from strength to strength. By the mid-nineties, the membership total had broken the hundred barrier.
Moreover, by now some of the members were beginning to feature well up in local races: Vanessa Grant, Avril Allen and Colin Singleton all put the club’s name firmly on the map with outstanding performances in Nottingham’s Robin Hood Marathon. Mention should also be made of Ray Johnson, who ran in every London Marathon from 1981 to 2006. That’s 26 London Marathons, one for every mile of the race.
It’s also appropriate to recall that, sadly, three members have passed away while active with the club: Martin Speight, Jayne Tomlin and John Pymm.
Today, the club remains true to its roots: running for enjoyment through a positive social network. So, if you enjoy running and live in Kimberley, Eastwood or anywhere around west Nottingham, do come and join us.
Affiliations: We are affiliated with ARC and England Athletics
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