Welcome to the blog of Christchurch Avon Athletic Club. This contains the latest news for the club. The Junior blogs can be viewed at the links below ..... CLUB RUNS: Mondays- 4.45 pm from the clubrooms on Greers Rd .... Weds- 5.45pm from the Harewood Tavern clocktower .... Saturdays- racing or club run ....Sundays- Sign of the Takahe 8.30 am. Blog is written by Mike V .Send photos /stories /comments to miximac@ihug.co.nz .... COMMENTS panel at the end of each post if you want to agree ,disagree or add information ... Club always accepting new runners .

Monday, 11 July 2011

Club of the Year ~latest standings.

Following Canterbury Road Champs on aug 6 th , we maintained a slender lead over Sumner Club . Once
again it was maximum 20 points to us with Sumner gaining 18. We lead by a mere 8 points ,with Takahe to Akaroa the final contributing event .

Following Riverside Relay on July 30 th  , we are still leading this .
July 9th 2011.
Some questions have arisen from the wider running community as to how CHCH Avon is so prominent in this competition . Reference was made to the charter or whatever document governs C.O.T.Y and it was found that points have been allocated entirely in keeping with the guidelines . The guidelines seem to favour clubs with broad memberships and enthusiastic participation in the qualifying races . Our club is  strong in the childrens , teens and vets sections , but slightly less so in the seniors. We regularly field enough  runners in various grades to get good teams of four over the line  .
This award was instituted by Phil Costley to promote running across all age groups, and at present our club  happens to be meeting that criterion the most well .
But things can change -Uni and Port Hills are not far behind .latest COTY standings

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