Steve Hull • May 10, 2021

Introducing our new Club President

My name is Caroline Woodford, as I am sure many of you already know. I was very honoured and surprised to be asked to represent the New Forest Runners as President.


I joined the New Forest Runners around 13 years ago and since then it has become a massive part of my life, which I thoroughly enjoy.


For over 30 years I enjoyed horse riding, competing in local shows and taking part in the New Forest Boxing Day point to point races, which I was fortunate to have won on three occasions.


A few of my other pursuits are paddle boarding, kayaking, cycling and swimming.


I enjoy competing in the CC6 and RR10 Cross Country with members of the club. The encouragement from our runners along with the club atmosphere gives me a real buzz.


I travelled to New York in 2018 with a group of the New Forest Runners to compete in my first ever marathon; which was a truly amazing experience.


For many years I worked on the markets as a trader, there I enjoyed meeting lots of people and loved the banter with my fellow traders. Until recently I have along with my brother and daughter been a director of the local newspaper; which had been owned by my late father Charles Curry.


Since retiring from the markets running has allowed me to continue meeting people and making new friends.

I would like to take this opportunity in thanking Mike McCabe for doing a fantastic job as President; I know it will be a hard act to follow. Thank you again.


Let’s hope we will all be able to meet up and run together again very soon.


Best wishes to you all.


Caroline

NEW CHAIR APPOINTED AT NEW FOREST RUNNERS

By Peter Reilly • 21 Mar, 2024
It’s all change at the top of New Milton based New Forest Runners with Steve Hull and Caroline Woodford stepping down as Chair and Honorary President respectively at the expiry of their terms of office. Jim Edgar has been appointed Chair and Charles Fox has accepted the position of Honorary President. Paying tribute to Steve and Caroline, Jim Edgar commented that Steve had taken over as Chair just as the pandemic hit and had the tricky task of guiding the club through and beyond that difficult time. He leaves the club well positioned for the future. Caroline’s role as Honorary President was to ooze positivity and encouragement at every opportunity, a task that she undertook with relish participating with and cheering club members at training sessions, parkruns and races alike. Jim Edgar has been a member of the club for a number of years and joined the committee in 2023. He has benefited from the myriad training sessions the club provides regularly setting new personal bests. Jim completed his first marathon last year and is looking forward to his second marathon in April. Charles Fox has been involved in all aspects of the club from club committees to organising our active Mudlarks group to entering races and picking up personal bests and age category awards. Like Caroline before him Charles will continue to bring positive vibes and encouragement to all involved in the club. Like many New Forest Runners Jim and Charles are supporters of running in the community and regularly volunteer at Lymington Woodside and Brockenhurst parkruns. Jim Edgar commented: "I am grateful to Steve and Caroline for getting the club safely through the pandemic years. Along with my fellow committee members I am looking forward to addressing the future challenges and opportunities for this great club. New Forest Runners is a welcoming club to belong to and I hope will go from strength to strength over the coming years.”

JUNIORS UPDATE

By Steve Hull (chairman) • 31 Mar, 2023
It is with regret to announce that New Forest Runners will not be running a Junior section starting the new membership year for 2023, starting 1 st April. Even with the restructuring of the group after the pandemic, it has become even more difficult to sustain numbers, acquire adult assistance and meet the England Athletics criteria to maintain Junior Safeguarding. If, in the future, we are able to comply and implement a sustainable process, the Club will be more than happy to resurrect the Junior section, which has been a great inspiration since the Club was started.  I am sure you would like to join me and the Club in extending our sincere thanks to all that have been involved over the years and now to Nick Marshall and Gavin Hawkins, for all the commitment that has been put into running the Juniors.
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