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Club Awards

In 2005 Quakers Running Club was 'Highly Commended' by Cancer Research UK for its continued support of Darlington's Race for Life. Click here to view the award.

 

 Enter the Darlington Race for Life

The club is also recognised by the Flora London Marathon for its dedication and support given to beginners and has been designated a Flora London Marathon Running Club Partner, the only club in County Durham to receive this accolade.

London Marathon Partner Club Site

 

About the Club

The club's main training base is at Queen Elizabeth 6th Form College Playing Fields, Abbey Road, Darlington, DL3 8LR. We train on a Tuesday and Thursday evenings (meeting at the school at 6:30pm). Formed in May 1995 with a membership of just six. The club was formed to promote the participation of all disciplines of athletics and has quickly established itself as one of the regions more active promoters of running events.

At present the club boasts a coaching staff of twenty qualified coaches specialising in a wide range of disciplines from sprints to ultra distance running, including field events, as well as more diverse disciplines such as fell running, strength & conditioning and orienteering. We cater for all types of runners and boast a varied membership, accomodating for all ability ranges. No one is ever left behind! We consider ourselves to be the most friendly and active running club in the area.

If you are interested in joining, you might find our membership introduction pack useful. Click here to download the file as a PDF.


The Quakers celebrate 200 Members!!! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Wayne Bramley   
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 10:22
 
I think I’d be correct in saying that anyone who’s been member of Quakers RC for any length of time can’t fail to have noticed the continued growth of the club over the last year or so, it’s not an unusual occurrence to see 70 plus individuals pounding the streets and fields around our base during our training sessions, similarly the numbers regularly turning out at races has also been an impressive sight (as you probably know, we broke our all time record number of entrants at this years Darlington 10k with 73 members standing on the start line ready to go)
 
The clubs success can be attributed to a number of things, the work put in developing and promoting the club championship by Anthony Corbett, Stuart Hardcastle and Richard Payne, the 10k leagues by Jeff Marriott, circuit training with Michael Joyeux, the continued and much appreciated devotion to duty of the clubs coaches and it’s officers and last but certainly not least the friendliness of it’s members.

Why am I bringing this to your attention? Well, I’m really pleased to be able to report that the club has just enlisted it’s 200th fully paid up senior member, a fantastic achievement I’m sure you’ll agree and a testament to the welcoming nature of the club and the efforts of all concerned. Keep up the good work and maybe our 300th member won’t be so far away.
 
Here's to 2010
Wayne
 
 

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