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14 RECREATION
Link Centre Promotions A Karate Club based inToothill is Club set for international match
Officer Anya Kent has a proving itself to be one of the best
in Britain and will be competing
couple of Ideas to get you
abroad later this year.
fit In the last 31 tournaments the
We've got a suite that Toothill Plus One Higashi Karate
club has won 205 trophies in all
won't make you fat! age categories from eight year
Here's a suite you can try as many olds through to adults.
times as you like, and all you will The club is led by3rd DanTerry
gain are benefits! Smalley, from Chepstow Close,
After the excesses of Christmas Toothill, who claims the club is
join us at the Link Centre Health the most successful in the country.
Suite, where we have the facilities "1 think it's because we go in for
to cleanse, soothe, invigorate and lots of competitions. It gives the
refreshen your body. youngsters good attitude and
Our unbeatable combination of fighting spirit. Brendan Nolan
light exercise (including recently won the British Open
computerised rowing machine Championships against 60 others
and exercise bike), sauna, jacuzzi in the under-five foot, under 16
and sunbeds will prepare you to category. Laura Dredge from
meet any challenge that the 1990's Shaw and Donna-Marie McGarry Terry Smalley, at the rear, with his successful band of Higashi Karate
may hold. from Toothill have both earned followers
high placings." age get in his way he took first One Higashi club, visit one of
Aqua Fitness Recently Terry himself took place.
their training evenings at Oliver
part in the first Wessex Open During 1990 the club plans to Tomkins Junior School,
Try this new keep fit session with
a difference - you don't even need Karate Championships, his first take 20 members to Sweden to Beaumaris Road on a Tuesday or

Thursday between 5.45p.m. and
to be able to swim. Tone-up your competion in nine years. He was compete against another club.
entered by mistake, but not letting To find out more about the Plus 7.30p.m.
muscles and improve both your
strength and stamina whilst
supported by water. High flying Club Runners from the Link
You'll find that your body
experiences less stress than when students Steve Milsom , Press Officer of the Swindon Road Runners, writes
about the club and invites new members to join
exercising on land. Come along A team of students from Have you ever wondered who are the group of runners rushing
to the Link Centre swimmingpool Greendown Community School
and enjoy this fun new say to stay will be participating in the South around the West Swindon locality on Friday evenings during the
in shape. of England schools trampoline last year or so?
The Swindon Roadrunners (SRR) track races at all the regular distances.
Mondays 12noon to 1p.m. Cost championships later this month. established its training runs from the
Our first ever club triathlon,
El .20/60p Pictured below is Lucy Knock from Link Centre in December 1988, in covering a 200 metre swim, 12 mile
Freshbrook going through her paces. order to have a change from running bike ride and four mile run, was held
around the busy streets of Swindon. at Dorcan pool in December. We
We try to organise a route of some 6 to have had two 'hash' runs from the
Smiles distance, with a short cut for Link Centre: this involves trying to
inexperienced runners, and finishing follow a 'flour' trail laid around a five
in the Link bar afterwards.
mile (unknown) circuit without
The training runs give members getting lost and losing the trail!
the opportunity to exchange views
Cross countryrunning can be hard
with like-minded colleagues, to find work but is great fun! From October
someone of a similar standard and to March each year we participate in
pace with whom to run in the early two races each month, normally on
weeks, and to identify those runners the second and third Sundays.
Anyone who undertakes the cross
who are too fast now, but ought to be
overtaken with a little more practice! country season reaps the benefits the
SRR was formed in May 1983 to following season. It's an excellent
encourage and develop running as a way of developing strength and
sport, a leisureactivity and as ameans stamina for the road running months.
From March to October there are a
of staying fit. It aims to cater for all
abilities, from the serious runner to many road races in which to take
absolute beginners. The club part, over a wide range of distances.
currently has 100 members, men and The commonest distances for the
women, and an active youth section establishedracesarelOKm (6.2miles),
of nearly 30 young athletes. As its ten miles, half marathon (13.1 miles)
name implies, the dub has been and the full marathon (26.2 miles).
principally interested in roadrunning Some of the best races include the so-
but, it has come along way since the called 'fun runs', often over five miles,
early days. Itnowhas an involvement and organised as fund-raising
in track and field events in the activities at school fetes and carnivals.
summer, winter cross country runs The dub keeps a folder of race
application forms for events all over
and triathlon.
It became affiliated to the Amateur Wiltshire and the neighbouring
Athletics Association in 1983, the counties, and we also have forms for
Wessex Cross Country League in 1984 those hardy members who like to run
and theAvalon Cross Country League marathons. In September 1989 a
in 1988. Members involve themselves group ran the Berlin marathon. For
in both the Wiltshire and Avon Track those members no accepted for the
and Field Championships, and many London marathon, we intend to visit
do well in such diverse activities as the Brussels race in April 1990.
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long and high jump, relay racing and