25 years of twinning
Monday, November 16, 2009
25 Years of Twinning
2010 marks another mile stone for Horsham, they celebrate 25 years of twinning with our twin Town in Northern Germany, Lage.
The twinning started when Paul Bran, from the Brighton Road Baptist Church, took a football team from the church to Lage. From those early days, the twinning has really taken off with many school and, sporting exchanges and many life long friendships being formed.
Horsham Joggers received an invitation from the running club TG Lage back in 1988. We were invited by TG Lage to take part in their Horsterberg-lauf Half Marathon. Seven members from HJ took up the challenge and have never looked back!
The most memorable events have been the international relay runs. They are normally run over 6 days, covering around 700 Km. TG Lage invited runners from Horsham to join them in their relays to Cressier (Switzerland), St Johann (Austria), Prague (Czechoslovakia), and St. Maxient (France). The relay around Holland was a truly international event with 16 runners from Horsham, 12 from Deurne (Holland) and 4 from TG Lage . The last relay run was in 2005 when HJ, together with TG Lage, ran from Lage to Horsham to celebrate 21 years of twinning.
Over the years, HJ have travelled to Lage in many different ways; by coach, car, cycle, air and foot!
HJ have been invited to attend the Horsham and Lage’s 25 years of twinning celebrations, which will be in two parts. The official one with members of the Twinning Ass. (date TBA) and second which will be with TG lage and will take place over the week end 9th May 2010. This is the Horsterberg-lauf week end.
You can take part in either:-
• 10 km Walk,
• 10 km Run,
• ½ Marathon or full Marathon.
Or you can just sit back and enjoy the kuchen & Bier !!
Horsham Twinning Ass. are hoping to organise a coach for the visit to Lage, if you would like to take part in this celebration then please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for further details.
Posted by Alan G on 11/16 at 09:18 PM
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TG Lage celebration
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
As you may know Horsham Joggers is twinned with the running club TG Lage in Germay. They recently held a celebration there to which Dave Maurice was invited on behalf of Horsham Joggers.
The celebration was to commemorate 500 years of the Schutzenguild. To mark the occasion there was a parade of about 800 people made up from the shooting clubs in the area along with many other sporting clubs, Adventure Scouts Guides and Kinder Gardens. There were six marching bands, one of which was on horse back.
The story dates back to the 1500s when the villagers asked the hunting clubs to protect them from marauding outlaws and their animals. Since then every two years the town holds a Schutzenfest in which up to 300 members of the local shooting clubs walk around the town before returning to the market square where they are met by the Bergermeister. It goes without saying that a certain amount of drinking takes place both during and after the walk!
The picture above shows the newly appointed King Stefan-Olivar Strate and Queen Martina Widmar (no they are not married). Jochen Nitsche, chair of TG Lage and Dave Maurice for HJ.
The next big celebration between Horsham Lage, will take place in 2010 here in Horsham when we celebrate 25 years in partnership.
Posted by Alan G on 07/21 at 12:37 PM
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Why the Devil?
Monday, July 06, 2009
As the Devil logo has reappered on some of the club kit it may be time to remind members of the legend that surrounds it. The story goes that a man named Mick Mills, reputably a local smuggler, was approahing his last few hours. The Devil arrived to claim his soul but Mick was not prepared to go without a fight. As most of us will empathize with, Mick was a keen runner, but there, I suspect, the similarities end, for Mick gambled everything with the Devil for a chance to win back his soul. They agreed to race along a straight track through St Leonard’s Forest, with the winner being granted Mick’s soul.
There appears to be some debate over who actually won—something tells me that poor old MIck did not get to keep his soul indefinitely—but either way the fire from the Devil was so severe that nothing has ever grown on the path since. To this day it is known as Mick Mills Race. So be careful who you are challenging the next time you fancy a race!
Posted by Alan G on 07/06 at 12:19 PM
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Challenge Trophy
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Challenge Trophy - an internal competition open to all members of Horsham Joggers!
This is a new competition run internally for members of the club. There are 2 races for members to compete in.
The shorter race is the Worthing 10k to be run in June. The longer race is the Barns Green Half Marathon in November.
The fastest male and female Horsham Joggers will be awarded the Challenge Trophy and there will be medals for each age category winner (including the CT winners) for male and female.
The results of the 10K section of the Challenge Trophy are as follows:-
Men
Overall 10K champion for 2009 Pete O’Connell 35:22
Age Category Winners
Senior Gareth Leighton 36:58
V1 (40-44) Bryan Camfield 36:01
V2 (45-49) Pete O’Connell 35:22
V3 (50-54) Gordon Reay 43:30
V4 (55-59) John Dyckes 40:20
V5 (60-65) Andy Spriggs 48:02
Ladies
Overall 10K Champion for 2009 Marie Powell 43:20
Age Category Winners
Senior Catherine Cork 47:51
V1 (35-39) Marie Powell 43:20
V2 (40-44) Zoe Tetlow 46:25
V3 (45-49) Val Purnell 43:50
V4 (50-54) -
V5 (55-59) Ann Ellott 59:05
V6 (60-64) -
V7 (65-70) Judy Brucker 58:28
Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to all for the Barns Green Half Marathon later in the year.
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