Contacts

   

                  General Enquiries                                   secretary@runningclubs.org.uk

Michael White - Tel  01306 888886/07900504346
     

                  Chairman                 Dick Meredith        chairman@runningclubs.org.uk

Dick has been Chairman of Garden City Runners in Hertfordshire for 25 years and was Race Director of the Garden City 10 for ten years. He is a past Chairman of the British Association of Road Races (BARR) and also on the Board of ABAC as Road Running Secretary. Level 5 official.
 

             Vice Chairman            Gordon Robbins
Gordon has been an active member of Bitton Road Runners for many years.
Being an active runner and the race director of The Easy Runner Sodbury Slog ensures he is fully aware of runners' needs.
As permit and road running secretary for Avon Athletic Association, he also has an in depth knowledge of race organisation and standards.

         

                Secretary                  Michael White        secretary@runningclubs.org.uk
Michael, after military service with the Parachute Regiment, spent the remainder of his working life in the insurance business, latterly running his own insurance underwriting company at Lloyds of London. A keen runner, he joined the Dorking and Mole Valley club in 1976, serving them for 7 years as their secretary. He resigned as the club secretary in 2005 due to the club's support for the Foster Proposals. He became the Secretary of ABAC and now belongs to Cranleigh Tortoise and Hare Runners. He has run 30 marathons including 10 London Marathons and the South Downs 80.
 

                Treasurer                   Selina Da Silva

Selina has been a keen marathon and ultra runner since 1995 (having now completed more than 200 marathons) and a committee member of the 100 Marathon Club. She was Women's Running Network organiser for 3 years, coaching 80 runners. Currently employed as an accountant for a manufacturing company.
 

                 Webmaster               Rod Baron            webmaster@runningclubs.org.uk

Rod has been active in road running in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for a number of years, having maintained websites and produced results systems for several local running clubs and event organisations. He is currently appointed as the Technical Manager for the Round Norfolk Relay, concentrating on the technical aspects of the race such as online data, results and communications. Rod is a qualified Course Measurer.
 

Ian Champion


Ian has been involved in road race organisation since 1977.  He was connected with London to Brighton between 1980 and the last race in 2005 and also with all 29 London Marathons since 1981.  Qualified as a referee, he is president of the Road
Runners Club a national rather than local based club.    

 

John Turner
John, a competitive runner since 1957, was Chairman of Tonbridge AC in the 1960s, and more recently Secretary of Ely Runners from 1987 to 2011. He was Race Director of the Grunty Fen Half Marathon 14 times from 1991-2010, the Ely New Year's Eve 10k Road Race from 2000-2010, and the Turing Trail Relay 2006-2009. Currently i/c Training and Sponsorship for Ely Runners

Steve Crane

Steve has been a member of Bedford Harriers AC since 1999 and race director of the Bedford Half Marathon for 6 years. He is currently Bedford Harriers Race Management Secretary & committee member and is a Road Race Referee & Course measurer. Occupation - Company director. 

Richard Dajda

Richard has been involved in club administration for Royston Runners for over fifteen years and is a race director with experience of road, cross-country and trail race management. As a “bad for age” runner he runs for fitness rather than glory and by being on the committee he hopes that he can contribute towards ARC members staging safe and enjoyable races.

Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle

Ian’s former clubs include Belgrave Harriers, Sefton Harriers and Ryston Runners AC of which he was a founder member.  He directed the Round Norfolk Relay for 25 years before retiring in 2011.  During his running career, Ian competed over distances from the marathon to 800 metres.  He took part in the Veteran’s World Championships in Finland and Japan.  He has edited both the British Marathon Runners Club and the Eastern Vets magazine and has been a regular contributor to various running publications over the years.

 

Championships Secretary    Martin Monaghan

Martin joined Yeovil Town RRC in 1997 and became heavily involved in the club's races and first website and race director of the Martock 10k up until 2010. In 2006, he moved to East Anglia and joined Brandon Fern Hoppers, and in 2011 took up the post of Chairman and race director for BFH’s Wibbly Wobbly Log Jog. Martin has been a staunch and active supporter of what ARC has been achieving since their inception.

Debby Hewison

Debby has been gainfully employed in the insurance industry for over 25 years, specialising in the investigation and settlement of personal injury claims. Also a Justice of the Peace on the NE Hampshire Bench.
She was a latecomer to running, not starting until her early thirties. A member of Sandhurst Joggers since 2005, she regularly takes part in races of all distances and has run marathons in London, Paris & New York as well as local events.
 
The above named are all members of road running clubs. They are acting individually in response to what they see as the imposition of undemocratic, costly and bureaucratic solutions on the sport. They believe that road running (and related activities – cross country, fell and trail) should have separate governance and no longer be a cash generating adjunct to the sport of athletics. They have set up the Association of Running Clubs so these activities can have an option which the appointed bodies have not seen fit to give them.
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Most importantly, and in stark contrast to other structures which have been set up post Foster, none of these people has any vested interest in, nor earns any money from the sport