Good Morning all.
Not here to keep you as long as I usually do, I promise. Mainly here to share some wonderful news about the club 💜⚡️

Last week, I was lounging in the sun by the pool when my phone pinged. A little of the hotels WiFi had squeezed its way into my phone and there it said I had a new email from England Athletics. 📰

𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱

The email in question, was informing me that Storm Plymouth had been shortlisted (in the top 2) for the South West of England’s Running Club Of The Year!! My thoughts immediately went to all of our members and of how brilliant every single one of you is who make our club what it is. You all deserve that recognition whether we win the award or not. The fact we have been shortlisted is testament to all of you. 👏🏻🙌🏻💜⚡️

In September, we will be sending a small contingent from Storm up to the South West EA Volunteer awards held in Exeter and we shall see how we get on. Exciting times I’m sure you’ll all agree!

I shared this with our committee immediately last week who were over the moon as you can imagine. They all work so hard for this club, so it feels like a little confirmation we are doing a good job. ✅💜✅

A moment or two later we found out we had some more great news on top….

𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱

Our amazing Coach – Bee Grunow 🐝 has also been shortlisted in the category of Coach Of The Year at the regional awards. Personally, I can’t think of anyone more deserving than our Bee!! Watching her do her thing whilst on crutches and in a wheelchair back in the freezing dark winter months was truly awe inspiring. Shout out to the Conditon Fit Circuiteers for making their nominations count alongside mine and I’m sure you will all join me in wishing Bee the very best of luck when it comes to the awards night!🤞🏻🍀

A very proud chairman receiving that news on holiday may or may not have had one/six too many cocktails celebrating that evening, I’ll let you be the judge! 🍹🍾😍🎉🥳🤪

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀

This club continues to amaze me. I’ve been off for about three weeks now, and just watching from afar, it’s clear to see what a fantastic community we have. Events over the past few months have been mega successful, with Storm turning up en masse pretty much everywhere. You’ve all helped save some local races from pulling the plug and cancelling which our neighbouring clubs having been very thankful for.

We’ve again had prize winners and age category awards, who are too many for me to mention but certainly have been noticed. 👏🏻🏆🥇🥈🥉

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀

We are continuing to see new faces join the club. I’d like to take a moment to welcome you all to storm. If you are new to the club please comment below and let us know what you think of it! The main reason people decide to come for a run with storm is because they see what our members do at local events, parkruns or just out on the streets and want to be part of it. Credit again goes to all of you for creating such a supportive environment! 👏🏻💜⚡️🙌🏻

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝗸

Next up, I need to acknowledge the outstanding work going on behind the scenes by the Storm The Fort 10K team. I’ve been blown away by the level of commitment and effort shown by those involved. The big day is fast approaching (Sep 14th) so be on alert for any calls to arms in the coming weeks. I feel we will need all hands on deck to make the first Storm event in 5 years a real success. Thank you to all involved so far, led by our club secretary Mike Todd, for all you have done so far!! 🏁👏🏻

Despite it only being 3 weeks since my last club run, I feel like I haven’t seen you guys for months. I can’t wait to get back amongst it next week, to catch up with friends and meet some of the new members of the club. I’m aiming to emulate our captains and do a bit of chair on tour to get around all the groups again, as it’s been far too long since I’ve caught up with some of you legends.

Until then, Be proud Storm Plymouth. You’re all bloody fantastic! Cheers 🎉🍻💜

Regards
Dave Mac
Storm Chair 👨🏻‍💼💜⚡️