Suffolk Runner


Takes on Twelve Marathon Challenge for Meningitis


Beccles & Bungay Harriers


DECEMBER has been a very busy month for the club with the run up to Christmas, there have been Parkruns, Cross Country events, Sportshall competitions, various Christmas themed races and club events, including our annual Christmas Parties for our juniors and adults! We’ve had a great month and we’re ready to face the challenges of 2019, starting with RED January, raising money and awareness for mental health and wellbeing with the charity, Mind. Here is a round-up of events


MULTIPLE marathon runner John Fensom will be running an incredible twelve marathons– all to raise money in memory of a family friend’s son who sadly died of meningitis. John, from Halesworth


decided to run the races in the space of a year after his childhood friend Bryan Hall and wife Georgie’s six- year-old, Ollie died from Meningitis B in October 2017. The marathons, which take place all over the country including Ipswich, Edinburgh, and Richmond, will culminate with the London Marathon in April. “After seeing the devastation


to Bryan and Georgie and his younger brother Charlie by Oliver’s tragically sudden death from meningitis I knew I wanted to do something,” John said. “I’ve never seen such loss and sadness.” Although John will be


running to raise money for Meningitis Now in memory of Ollie, he will also have his father in his heart on the day. “I’m grateful that my twelfth and final marathon of the


challenge will be at London 2019. It’s a special event for me not only because it was my first ever marathon but also because my father was dying of cancer at the time. “I had to make the hard


decision to run it as I knew that’s what he wanted. Luckily, I was able to get back to him to show him my finishers medal – but he died four days later. “London 2019 will not


only be a special end to the challenge, it’ll also be two years to the day since his passing. I’ll be running with both dad and Oliver in my heart – it’ll be emotional, that’s for sure!”. John only started running


seriously four years ago after going through what he called a “pretty bad mental and emotional breakdown”. He said he fell in love with the sport, finding it to be very meditative as well as a way to gain space for his thoughts. “It’s not that I stop thinking as I run,” he said, “but it helps untangle my thoughts and create space”.


in December: The club has ran a total of 3,130 miles and collectively have ran a total of 115 Parkrun events, gaining 25 personal bests at these free weekly 5k run, jog or walk events (results taken from athletes registered on the club’s Strava account); School Cross Country trials – Isabelle Last and Sam Bullen qualifying for the next round; Suffolk Junior Sportshall Individual Championships


bringing


home a haul of medals; 24 runners at the second Suffolk Winter League XC race at Woodbridge; 17 runners at the Beccles Turkey Trot – a 10 mile race around Ringsfield and surrounding villages; 11 juniors at the Inter-club Sportshall Competition in conjunction with Waveney Valley Athletics Club, Great Yarmouth & District Athletics Club, Bungay Black Dogs and Framlingham Flyers - Individual awards: U11 girls - Tamiya Thurston 2nd; U13 girls - Kyla Butcher 3rd and U15 girls - Kaitlin Sinden 3rd; Festive Forest Challenge 10k George Shiplee 43:19 - 3rd position overall; 28 runners at the East Coast Santa Dash with 5k personal best times for Lindsay Black (22:44), Laura Button (25:12) and Louise Peck (36:25); Two track meets at Wellesley Road Athletics Track, Great Yarmouth; 25 runners at the annual Groggy Doggy Cross Country race at Bungay Common on Boxing Day. We hold twice weekly training sessions for adults and


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juniors, at the same time and the same venue meaning that all the family can come along and run, and parents are safe in the knowledge that their children are being looked after and within eyesight! The first session is free and just £1.50 per week thereafter. Sessions are adaptable for all abilities, from beginners to competitive runners, we have many coaches and run leaders able to accommodate everybody – come along and try us out!


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ON October 1st 2018 I started working at Waveney Enterprises Craft Workshop in Beccles. From the start I was made to feel welcome by the dedicated team of staff and volunteers and our lovely service users. The workshop is a non-


profit making day service for adults with a mild to moderate learning disability. We provide our service users with opportunities to develop their life and social skills and promote their independence in a safe and supportive environment. We teach and support with


arts, crafts and social skills. We work with our service users to produce a range of high quality, hand-crafted, locally made goods which we sell from our shop on Smallgate in Beccles. We recycle and up- cycle all of the materials which are generously donated to us by the public. Our staff members have a


Juniors John Groom "A True Bungay Man"


JOHN Groom passed away suddenly this week surrounded by his family and friends aged 70.


A dedicated businessman,


John was also a Town Councillor, Town Reeve and had been Mayor of Bungay on three separate occasions. Well known for his butchers shop which he ran for 35 years as well as his popular Catering company which he ran with his


wife Jayne. John and Jayne are well


known for their passion for Suffolk Punch horses and have enjoyed great success over the past year showing them with wins at the Norfolk and Suffolk Shows. John was an important member of the Community and will be very missed, our thoughts are with Jayne and Johns family.


wealth of knowledge, talents and experience in the Arts and Social Care sectors. Through the range of activities on offer, we aim to empower our service users to reach their potential and draw out their individual talents. Our service users work in our shop serving customers and also help to run our canteen including shopping and developing domestic skills. In addition we offer external activities including outings and drama, dance and music classes. The aim of our activities is to enable our service users to develop self- esteem, independence and a sense of achievement. Looking to the future the team are developing


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