Awards Night!

Don't forget that Saturday, February 10th is Awards Night!

The evening begins at 7:00pm with cocktails and will be held at:

Riccardo's
21-01 24th Avenue
Astoria, NY 11102
Map

Tickets are $50.00 and checks should be made payable to:
"Hellgate Road Runners Inc."

See you there!

Manhattan Half Marathon 2007

On Sunday, January 21st members of the Hellgate Road Runners ran the Manhattan Half Marathon in Central Park. It was just 21 degrees at the start. Brrrrr...!

January 2007 Club Meeting

Hellgate Road Runners
Team Meeting Minutes

At 5:00PM on January 20th, 2007 the Hellgate Road Runners Club commenced a Team Meeting at the home of Jared and LuAnn Mestre, the sitting Club President and Vice President, respectively. What follows are the meeting minutes.

In Attendance were:

Yvonne Damm, Suzanne Hughes, Beverly Paulis, Tony Victorio, Josh Morphew, Mary Bogle, Andrei Volik, Adrian Longo, Jared Mestre, LuAnn Mestre, Jessica Moeller, Eamonn Keane, Levi Satcher, Alan Wagman, Jeff Leiter and Ximena Rosas.

First Order of business – Elections:

• Jared Mestre will continue to serve as Club President
• LuAnn Mestre will continue to serve as Club Vice President & Treasurer
• Josh Morphew will serve as Secretary
  

Second Order of business – Women’s Team Captain:

Regrettably, after successfully serving as 2006 Women’s Team Captain Ximena Rosas will step down due to competing interests and a shortage of time.

Janine Leveque and Suzannne Hughes were nominated and appointed to serve as co-Women’s Team Captains

Third Order of business – Men’s Team Captain:

• Tony Victorio will continue to serve as Men’s Team Captain

Fourth Order of business – Races:

Saturday, February 24th – Al Gordon Snowflake 4M (Club Points Race)
Sunday, April 29th – Thomas G. Labrecque 4M (Club Points Race)

Non-NYRR Races of interest:

• Ocean to Sound Relay (Team TBD)
• Need For Speed Relay (Team TBD)
• Long Beach 10M
• Cherry Tree 10K (DON’T BE LATE AGAIN!)
• Long Island Marathon
• Flying Pig Marathon (Cincinnati) Andre
• Boston Marathon (Alan, others?)
• Las Vegas Marathon (Suzanne, Others?)
• Chicago Marathon (Levi, Others?)
• Leatherman’s Loop
  

Triathlon’s of interest:

• Tupper Lake
• Tobay
  

Fifth Order of business – Membership Fee’s:

Due to increased costs of insurance it was determined that Membership Fee’s would increase to $20 or $25 in 2008. 2007’s Membership Fee’s will continue to be $10.

Sixth Order of business – Uniforms:

The inventory of Women’s uniforms has been exhausted. A group of Club members will visit Urban Athletics to choose a new singlet style manufacturer. Comfortable technical material is of utmost importance

To reduce the costs of production Men’s Uniforms will also be updated

It was proposed that a “competition” be held to design a Hellgate Logo. The winning design would be incorporated into the new uniforms.

It was proposed that the uniforms have some “Identifier” on the back. Suggestions:

• “What the Hell?”
• “Go To Hellgate”
• “HRR”
  

The following items are also available for purchase:

• Hellgate Hats (Blue with white lettering, white with blue lettering)
• Men’s Singlets
• Club Jackets
• For pricing see Luann
  

Seventh Order of business – Team Meeting Schedule:

It was determined that Club Meetings should commence on a Quarterly basis.
The next meeting will take place in late March or early April.

Meeting Adjourned – 6:45pm