Dame Kelly wanted to say thank you for the warm welcome you gave her on Tuesday night. As a follow up she wanted to share this video with the club that captures some of the great advice and information Dame Kelly Holmes shared with the club.
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Team. We are on a tight deadline so please get your Club Person of the Year nominations in to kdrunningclub@gmail.com. You have ONE week to get them to Chairman Dazza for consideration. If you think someone has shown K&D spirit, or dedication or bleeds Green & Gold nominate them now. Deadline: 9pm 22nd Feb.
We’re breaking with tradition and bringing our Annual K&D Awards Dinner forward. It’s for a very good reason though.
Our guest of honour will be…
Olympic Gold Medallist at 800m & 1500m (2004)
Olympic Bronze Medallist at 800m (2000)
Double Commonwealth Gold Medallist at 1500m (1994/2002)
Double World Championship Silver Medallist at 1500m and 800m (1995/2003)
World Indoor Silver Medallist at 1500m (2003)
European Silver Medallist at 1500m (1994)
World Championships Bronze Medallist at 800m (1995)
European Championships Bronze Medallist at 800m (2002)
12x National Champion
Marathon PB of 3:11
Dame Kelly Holmes
Partners are welcome, tickets strictly limited to 160.
Kelly has kindly waived an speakers fee for the night so we’ll be asking attendee’s to consider a charitable donation to The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust – Kelly’s charity that uses the power of sport and sports people to transform lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in the UK.
The Forest will be hosting our Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday 20th March. Vegetarian options are available.
Shiver me timbers, me hearties, its time to announce details of this years annual club dinner and awards night. The event will be held on the poop deck of the magnificent Forest Hotel, which will be docked in Dorridge for the evening of Friday 13th May and, as last year, will be themed….garrrr! The party starts at 7 and a half bells (that’s 7:30 pm) and the cost is a 7 pieces of eight (that’s £22.00 in your native coin) which includes dinner.
The theme this year (if you haven’t already guessed!) is pirates. It would be great if you could come in fancy dress, although this is not compulsory. If you don’t fancy dressing like Captain Jack Sparrow or Captain Pugwash, it would be great if you could accessorise your outfit pirate style…maybe with an eye patch, a parrot (not a real one) or a scabbard.
This is the club’s main social event of the year so it would be awesome to have lots of members attend. Partners are welcome to join the revelry. Tickets are available from Sally or Flick who an be contacted by the club email or on Wednesday club nights.
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