Interested in the Malvern Buzzards Running club?
This page aims to provide enough information to help you decide on whether we are the club for you. Loosely formed in 2016, we became a club in October 2017 and were affiliated to England Athletics (EA) in January 2018. Our club number is 7693045. We welcome runners of all abilities over the age of eighteen.
Club runs are arranged through the running app, Strava. Run Leaders post a “club event” that shows the distance, pace, route, and meet up details (time, date and place) and members “click in” if they wish to join. This lets runners and leaders see who is turning up. If you can’t make it then please click out or text the run leader so the group are not waiting for you. You can find a guide here. Please email us first to show your interest before requesting to join our Strava club.
Most of our runs are on trails, but we do offer tarmac sessions. As we have grown there are now runs happening on most days (all details loaded on Strava). We have over fifteen volunteer Run Leaders so it means there is often an adventure on fresh trails!
MEMBERSHIP
Membership runs from 1st April to 31st March and costs £30 per year for first claim membership or £10 if you are already registered with England Athletics through another club .
Members will be automatically registered as an athlete with England Athletics (EA) (or as Second Claim if already registered with another club and ) and therefore able to access the relevant discount on race entries etc. and allows you to participate in club team events.
Email the Membership Team here for more information or select the button below and complete the form.
If you are transferring from another running club then EA charge a £10 transfer fee and you do this direct with them.
Subs are paid online via EA / Stripe once we process your application.
CLUB VESTS & KIT
We love our kit and the feedback we receive suggests others love it too! A number of members joined because they had seen Buzzards at events in the kit. Full details on how to buy is on the Merchandise page.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We have Facebook and Instagram accounts and loves to hear what you are upto. Please take time to like, follow and retweet as appropriate to maximise our reach. There is also a WhatsApp Community with a number of different groups within it that you can join, although it is recommended that you switch off notifications for the messages coming through!
RACES & EVENTS
Team Manager, Sarah Reeves, organises and manages our race league to encourage a bit of competition amongst members, try out some new and different races and build a bit of a "wake" (collective noun for Buzzards) at the events.
We compete in Herefordshire and Borders Cross Country league (both summer and winter events) and Team Manager, Andrew Elwood, musters the Buzzards for this as well as representing the club on the league committee.
Both Sarah R and Andrew are elected by our members and serves on the Committee and Andy Kenchington is a run leader and volunteer who provides support with team events.
If you find an event you think is really Buzzardy then please get in touch and let us know.
ANY QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions, then please send us an email by clicking here and the relevant Committee member will get back to you ASAP.
Please read all statements below, by returning this completed form and clicking Send, I am willing to abide by the club code of conduct for athletes and agree to always behave in the manner befitting a Malvern Buzzards’ athlete, when attending club events.
The member is aware that their data is being passed to the Athletics Governing Bodies and will be processed in accordance with the:
Privacy Policy - Athletics Portal (englandathletics.org)
The member is aware of and agrees to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and has agreed to sign up to the
Senior Athletes Code of Conduct.
DATA PROTECTION: I agree that my personal data may be held on computer by the club. I agree to the disclosure of such data to appropriate members of the Club including Team Managers and Coaches. When you become a member or renew your membership with Malvern Buzzards Running Club you will automatically be registered as a member of England Athletics. We will provide England Athletics with your personal data which they will use to enable access to an online portal for you (called MyAthletics). England Athletics will contact you to invite you to sign into and update your MyAthletics portal (which, amongst other things, allows you to set and amend your privacy settings. If you have any questions about the continuing privacy of your personal data when it is shared with England Athletics, please contact: dataprotection@englandathletics.org