Club Contacts
Below are the kind people that volunteer their time to ensure that Petts Wood Runners is a thriving, successful and sociable club. Please feel free to contact any of them with any questions or find them at the club on a Tuesday evening.
Karen Barritt - Chairperson
e-mail: [email protected]g
Karen is like everybody's big sis. She is always making sure everybody is okay and is always looking out for others. Karen is well known for rustling up a cake or two at PWR events.
Chairperson's responsibilities:
The Chairperson is responsible for major club decisions & disciplinary matters. Committee
Ethos and Direction - Chair meetings - Reside over the committee positions - Important Decision - Club spokesperson - Club representative at prize giving and major events
Other club roles:
Tuesday night group organiser - Petts Wood 10k Chief Marshal - Group leader - Events organiser
Chairperson's responsibilities:
The Chairperson is responsible for major club decisions & disciplinary matters. Committee
Ethos and Direction - Chair meetings - Reside over the committee positions - Important Decision - Club spokesperson - Club representative at prize giving and major events
Other club roles:
Tuesday night group organiser - Petts Wood 10k Chief Marshal - Group leader - Events organiser
John O'Toole - Club Secretary
e-mail: [email protected]
As Club Secretary, John is responsible for major club decisions & disciplinary matters.
Legal & administration - Organise and set committee agenda- Administrate with sports affiliations - Provide support for captains and committee
Other club roles:
KCAA & EA administrator - Club records editor - Web editor - Fixtures - Group leader - Race events organiser - Captain's assistant. General club contact.
John joined PWR early in 2014 and has progressed from group 2 to group 8, although can often be found leading groups 3 or 4. These days John prefers to make friends within the PWR post race social environment rather than the enemies he used to make as a football referee!
Legal & administration - Organise and set committee agenda- Administrate with sports affiliations - Provide support for captains and committee
Other club roles:
KCAA & EA administrator - Club records editor - Web editor - Fixtures - Group leader - Race events organiser - Captain's assistant. General club contact.
John joined PWR early in 2014 and has progressed from group 2 to group 8, although can often be found leading groups 3 or 4. These days John prefers to make friends within the PWR post race social environment rather than the enemies he used to make as a football referee!
Laura Stables - Treasurer
e-mail: [email protected]
As Treasurer, Laura takes responsibility for the club's major financial decisions, budgeting and reporting. She also approves payments for club purchases, liaises with HM Revenue & Customs and presents the club's annual accounts at the annual general meeting.
Other club roles:
- Group leader.
Other club roles:
- Group leader.
Richard Dunstan - Club Coach
If there is a local race that Richard hasn't run, it is probably because it hasn't been organised yet! Richard was also at the first ever PWR Tuesday night meet and has been returning every Tuesday since then. Richard has run over 50 Marathons all over the world. He became the PWR coaching secretary in 2008 and enjoys his role in helping members achieve their running aspirations. He quotes "I hope to continue to play a part in making Petts Wood Runners one of the best running clubs in the country"
Committee responsibilities Deal with all aspects of club coaching. Other club roles: - Send weekly news mailshot; - Summer fitness trainer; - Group leader; - Assistant PW 10k race director; - Mob match organiser; and - Kent London Athletics Network liaison. e-mail: [email protected] Ellie Bowley - Women's Captain
Committee responsibilities:
- Point of contact for events; - Promote organise club teams; and - Register club teams. Other club roles: - Group leader. e-mail: [email protected] Stephen Pond - Men's captain
Committee responsibilities:
- Point of contact for events; - Promote and organise club teams; and - Register club teams. Other club roles: - Group leader. e-mail: [email protected] Tim Springett - Health and Safety Officer
Having hated running at school and given it up as soon as he could, Tim resumed in 2007 in order to keep fit for playing football. With his new found enthusiasm he entered the 2010 London Marathon, attended parkrun for the first time in 2011 and joined PWR at the beginning of 2013. He then hung up his football boots to concentrate on running. Tim is one of the run directors' team at Bromley parkrun and an England Athletics leader in running fitness.
The Health and Safety Officer is responsible for making vexatious teach-grandma-to-suck-eggs rules about everything, demanding risk assessments from all and sundry, spoiling everybody's enjoyment and being a right pain in the backside. So it comes pretty naturally. Other club roles: - Group leader. e-mail: [email protected] |
Stephen Robson - Race Director
Stephen joined PWR in 2012. He is an all-round sportsman and as well as running, exercises on two wheels and in the water when competing in triathlons. Stephen, along with his wife Siggy got the Hilly Fields parkrun in Ladywell up and running. (pun intended).
Other club roles:
- League captain;
- Kent Fitness League & Assembly League Contact; and
- Group leader.
e-mail: [email protected]
Other club roles:
- League captain;
- Kent Fitness League & Assembly League Contact; and
- Group leader.
e-mail: [email protected]
Nicola Moore - Social Secretary
The social scene is important to the club as it is one of the ways that we all to get to know each other better. Whether it is on the coach to a race or at the 'PWR Race HQ Tea-Bar', there will always be time for socialising. Nicola's role as Social Secretary is to co-ordinate our social expeditions. She is always looking for new ideas so please let her know if you want to arrange something for our members!
Other club roles:
- Group leader.
e-mail: [email protected]
Other club roles:
- Group leader.
e-mail: [email protected]
Emma Doyle - Minutes Secretary
Emma is proof that women are better at multi-tasking than men. She can run, listen and write things down all at the same time!
Committee responsibilities:
Minute committee meetings and contribute to committee discussion.
Other club roles:
- Petts Wood 10K - Children's Race Director;
- Group leader; and
- Beginner group coordinator.
e-mail: [email protected]
Committee responsibilities:
Minute committee meetings and contribute to committee discussion.
Other club roles:
- Petts Wood 10K - Children's Race Director;
- Group leader; and
- Beginner group coordinator.
e-mail: [email protected]
Helen Hart - Membership and Kit Secretary
Helen joined PWR at the beginning of 2013. She says what she loves most is the amount of brilliant running friends she has made via the club. She is a regular at Bromley parkrun and her favourite distance is 10k. She has completed 2 half marathons and runs with group 4. Being injured in 2014 and not being able to run is the worst thing to have happened in her running career. Helen loves the fact that doing lots of running means she can eat lots of cake!
Committee responsibilities:
- Manage membership; and
- Organise and promote club kit.
Other club roles:
- Group leader;
- Thursday night track coach; and
- Beginner group coach
e-mail: [email protected]
Committee responsibilities:
- Manage membership; and
- Organise and promote club kit.
Other club roles:
- Group leader;
- Thursday night track coach; and
- Beginner group coach
e-mail: [email protected]
Diane Winch - Group Liaison Officer
Committee responsibilities:
Feedback views of all members to committee and ensure responses where required; General support/liaison point for all club members. Support for club captains in promotion of event participation across all members.
Diane joined PWR in 2013 after completing the couch to 5K course and can usually be found running in group 5.. Her most memorable race to date was the Weald St. George 10K where she met Dame Kelly Holmes, although strangely she doesn’t mention of the uphill finish! She will also be looking to complete her first half marathon at Paddock Wood in April 2017, hopefully the first of many.
e-mail: l[email protected]
Feedback views of all members to committee and ensure responses where required; General support/liaison point for all club members. Support for club captains in promotion of event participation across all members.
Diane joined PWR in 2013 after completing the couch to 5K course and can usually be found running in group 5.. Her most memorable race to date was the Weald St. George 10K where she met Dame Kelly Holmes, although strangely she doesn’t mention of the uphill finish! She will also be looking to complete her first half marathon at Paddock Wood in April 2017, hopefully the first of many.
e-mail: l[email protected]
Track coach
Although no longer on the committee, Mike Reeves is still at the track on most Thursday evenings coaching club members.
Mike is a founder member of PWR being one of the twelve to join in on the first night. He first competed in athletics in 1975 for Bexley AC and after 25 years service to the club was made a life member in 2000. His PBs include a 1:12:56 Half Marathon and a 2:58:06 Marathon. In 1984 Mike was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis and was told he may never run again!. Mike achieved his first coaching badge in 1986. Mike was proud to be selected as a masseur for the 2012 London Olympics and worked in the Olympic Stadium with the athletics and the basketball arena with the Paralympians.
Mike is a founder member of PWR being one of the twelve to join in on the first night. He first competed in athletics in 1975 for Bexley AC and after 25 years service to the club was made a life member in 2000. His PBs include a 1:12:56 Half Marathon and a 2:58:06 Marathon. In 1984 Mike was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis and was told he may never run again!. Mike achieved his first coaching badge in 1986. Mike was proud to be selected as a masseur for the 2012 London Olympics and worked in the Olympic Stadium with the athletics and the basketball arena with the Paralympians.
Webmaster
Webmaster is a non-committee role involving development of online strategy, maintaining the club website, email and forums with the aim to provide a quality of experience for all club members. Please contact Helen Hart should you have any suggestions.