Welcome to the Avon Valley Runners Website
Avon Valley Runners is a running club based in West Wiltshire. We cater for runners of all abilities and experience. Our members enjoy and compete in Road Running, Cross Country and Fell Running as well as other multi-sport activities like Triathlon.
We were formed in 1986 from the road running section of Trowbridge and District Athletic Club and have grown to a membership of over six hundred runners.
Avon Valley Runners are affiliated to England Athletics, Association of Running Clubs and Wiltshire Athletic Association.
Membership renewal
Due to Covid-19, we have decided to extend the renewal date to the end of August
Club Activity update
We can confirm that competition activities have been suspended until 31st July 2020 as per England Athletics guidelines. Guidance now says that people can exercise in groups of up to 6 as long as they are following the social distance guidelines. We are currently reviewing what this means for AVR and looking into ways to bring more training opportunities to you. As soon as the situation changes, we will of course confirm this across all our communication channels.
TRFC are currently unable to reopen as they are being led by Government and Public Health England advice and information. When they do reopen changing rooms and toilets, there will be a lot of risk assessments and health & safety advice to manage. Currently they do not have enough information to allow this. AVR members are welcome to use the outdoor space as other users have been doing throughout lockdown during the closure. If you do decide to do this it will be your own responsibility to ensure social distancing measures are being followed and all necessary safety precautions are taken - neither AVR or TRFC can accept responsibility for any loss or damages, or illness. Currently, there is no issue with using the areas around the pitches (please do not run ON the pitches).
Therefore we are unable to resume training at this point. Please do reach out to other members to go on social distance runs at your own risk. We will update you once we have further information.
Message from England Athletics
As per our update dated 15 May, current guidance from England Athletics is following the government’s guidelines as they are rolled out. It is a very fluid situation and we can confirm that our previously stated deadline of 31 May as the deadline for the suspension of all athletics activity in England is now no longer valid. However, the only permitted activity is stated under our latest guidance update (for a restricted return to training). This will remain the case until we are able to update the guidance further based on any new announcements from UK government. As soon as the situation changes, we will of course confirm this across all our communication channels. The separate suspension of competitions activity, currently to 30 June 2020, remains in place. Please see below for our guidance documents for athletes and runners, coaches and leaders and athletic venues.
TRFC is closed
As we will be closing this means that the gates will of course also be closed. Someone will be on site occasionally during this period however there will be no set hours so access will not be guaranteed – though members are welcome to park outside the gates. From a health and safety perspective there will not necessarily be anyone on site should any users have an accident and we cannot accept any responsibility for this.
Staff will also not necessarily be able to wait for runners to return to vehicles if they are parked within the car park should the gates be open, so they must always make themselves known to the staff member on site or risk being locked in.
We will keep everyone as up to date as possible via the website and social media channels during this uncertain period, please feel free to email me – emails will continue to be monitored Monday to Friday 9am-4pm.
5k improvers' course - on hold
Returners Groups - on hold
Summary of current regular training Sessions are suspended
for more detailed information see here
Bath University Sports Village (Athletics track)
Avon Valley Runners host a number of events throughout the year including
Avon Valley Triathletes (AVT) is a separately financially accountable section of Avon Valley Runners that is responsible for all multi-sport involvement within AVR. AVT is a community of Triathletes who communicate through their closed facebook group called "Avon Valley Triathletes" there training sessions are on a casual basis to get involved you will need to join AVR and ask to join the AVT facebook page. To ask for further information email our multi sports Secretary. avt@avonvalleyrunners.org.uk
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