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ORC 18th Annual Awards Banquet All ORC members are invited to attend the 18th Annual ORC Awards Banquet on July 24, 2010. The banquet will be held at the Wedgewood Tennis Villas Clubhouse, 1401 Forest Hills Drive in Winter Springs. Join us for happy hour at 6:30pm, followed by a buffet dinner catered by Macaroni Grill. Water and tea will be provided with dinner. Please bring your own beverages if you would like beer/wine. Awards will be presented to the Challenge Series and Race to Win winners. There will also be special announcements, prizes, entertainment and a chance to socialize and network with fellow ORC members. The 2010 - 2011 Board of Directors will also be elected at the meeting. Watch for more details and registration forms to be mailed soon. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 the night of event. If you do not receive a mailer, please contact Michele for more details and to RSVP. Charles M. Rowson, Jr. 2010 Scholarship Recipients The Orlando Runners Club is proud to announce the recipients of the 2010 Rowson scholarships. These four student athletess each received checks in the amount of $1,000 to assist them with their college expenses. The winners are selected by the Club based on the academic achievements, athletic abilities, school and community involvement and financial need. The following students received their awards at a luncheon held in their honor in June:
Congratulations to all four and best wishes for a successful college career. For more information on these four students or the ORC scholarship program, visit our scholarship page. ORC Race Into Summer 5K Thank you and congratulations to the runners who successfully completed the 5th annual ORC Race Into Summer 5K on June 5, 2010. Congratulations to our overall winners. Full results are available here. Photos from the race are available in our Photo Gallery.
Special thanks to our sponsors and local businesses who contributed to our annual race. Please support the businesses that support the ORC: Track Shack Events, Billy Kovaly/Pepperidge Farms, Einstein Bagels, Mellow Mushroom, Tolla’s, Brio’s, Keke’s, Mix1 Sports Drink, Fleet Feet Sports Orlando, Honeybaked Ham, Publix and Walmart, and thanks to Club members Dutch & Martha Johnson for the PA system. WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE A GREAT BIG ROUND OF THANKS TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU. Urayasu Runners Exchange The ORC will be announcing the selection process for runners to participate in the Tokyo Bay Urayasu City Half Marathon in February 2011 as part of our annual cultural exchange. Watch for additional details to be posted soon.
For more information on our cultural exchange program with Urayasu, Japan, click here. The URC created a blog to help ORC and URC members keep in touch. To post a message or read what others are talking about, check it out at http://orcandurc.blogspot.com/. We have completed the 2009 - 2010 Challenge Series race events, and preliminary results have been tallied. If you have any questions or corrections on the below results, please contact Bob. For more information on this fun club competition, click here. Challenge Series - Overall / Age Group The Race to Win competition will end on June 30. Don't forget to send your race information to our scorekeeper Seth Elsheimer. This is a fun club competition and all results must be self reported. Race to Win - Overall (Competition ends June 30) Sunday Morning Long Runs The Sunday morning group continues to grow. Each week we welcome new faces and regulars. To check on the progress of the Sunday runners, check out the ORC Sunday blog, with periodic updates on our group runs. Also, read Dylan's weekly chronicle "Adventures in the Thin Trade" with regular updates on the Sunday group. Two of our runners have recently been in the news, check out articles on Jen and Wendy. Come join this unique group of runners which meets every Sunday morning at 7am on Park Avenue at Welbourne. Distances and paces vary, but range from 5 to 11 or more miles. For more information, please contact Jack Gallagher. ORC Group Runs ORC Group Runs are held on the 1st Tuesday, 3rd Thursday and 2nd & 4th Mondays of each month. The first Tuesday is looking for a new location to meet. The 3rd Thursday run will rotate to different venues around Orlando. The 2nd/4th Monday runs from Mellow Mushroom in Winter Park. We meet at 7pm at the Mellow Mushroom in Winter Park (2015 Aloma Ave) for a group run, pizza (20% off) and drinks (happy hour pricing). Volunteers are needed to host third Thursday runs throughout Orlando. If you'd like to help coordinate a Thursday run in your area, please contact Michele by email. Watch the Upcoming Events section or the Calendar for details each month. Support these businesses that support the ORC:
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Upcoming ORC Events
Ready to Join? To join the ORC, simply complete and mail in your Membership Application or click here to register online. Suggestions/Events? If you have suggestions for the website or events you would like included, please email the webmaster. Have news to share? Check out the ORC Footnotes page for interesting information about the Club and its members. If you have news to share, please email the webmaster. Going somewhere? If you are planning to run in an out of town race - let us know! We encourage members to post (here) out of town races they will be participating in. If you'd like to find out places to get a great pre-race pasta dinner, course info, or travel with other members of the Club, this is the place to start. Email the webmaster with the race name, location, who will be attending and the date. "Runners' Corner" If you are an ORC member, send a note to the e-Letter editor to post or find a neighborhood run. We'll publish your scheduled run in the next newsletter, or post a notice you are looking for a running partner. Be sure to include the day/time of your run, location, distance and a way to contact you. Regular neighborhood runs will also be posted on the Training Partners page of the website. Donations The Orlando Runners Club is a non-profit corporation under the laws of Florida. To make a tax deductible contribution, please click here. ORC on Facebook Check out the ORC group on Facebook. This is an open group for ORC members and others in the Orlando running community. We will post group events, initiate dialog about topics of interest to runners, discuss ideas for upcoming group runs and races, and provide social networking for members, friends and visitors. |
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Road Runners Club of America
ClubRunning The Spring 2010 issue of Club Running magazine is in the mail and online. Club Running is a complimentary publication for the household members of the RRCA. Club Running is made possible by the support of our advertisers and through a partnership between the RRCA and the Running Network LLC. RRCA News
RRCA Blog Check out the RRCA North Florida blog site for upcoming events, RRCA information and other interesting running news and websites. "It's everything you, an individual runner, or a prospective club might have wanted to know about the North Florida district, RRCA, or the myriad of events we have in Florida." |
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