Membership Renewals 2025/26

Renewals are due from April 1st 2025.
After agreement at the AGM the club subscriotion rates have been set at £15 (note concession and honorary rates). The EA affiliation fee has increased to £20. The process will be very similar to last year.
This document has further details and includes Step 1 (medical form - link now updated and ready for use)
Click here to go to the renewal document.

Welcome

Welcome to Wigston Phoenix Running Club. We are a friendly, sociable club who cater for all standards of runners in Wigston, Oadby and South West Leicestershire.
Our main training night is Tuesday, when we meet at The Wigston Liberal Club- arrive at 6:45 for a 7pm start

LRRL 2025

The road running league moves onto a resurrected Desford 6 on Sunday 6th April. The race starts at at 10:00 from the Caterpillar Site, Peckleton Lane, Desford. Parking please car share if possible. Club meet up: Liberal club car park at 08:40, leaving for Desford at 08:45. Have a great run team!! Click here to go to Desford's website for more information.

2025 parkrun Tour

As part of our 15th Anniversary celebrations, Wigston Phoenix RC members are invited to take part in a tour of local parkruns. This is free, running for fun, but with a competitive element! NOTE Beacon Hill date changed due to clash with Livingston Relays.
Click here for further details.

Car share for Watermead on the 5th April - the carpark does get very busy, so please carshare if possible. Club Meet, Liberal Club at 8:05, leaving for Watermead at 8:10. Thanks all.

Tuesday Club Night Runs

Club runs 7pm from the new venue Wigston Liberal Club (corner of Bull Head St and Kelmmarsh Ave). The clocks spring forward on Sunday 29th March and we move into the off-road season. The first few are hybrids, with some trail and some road running, so still worth wearing something bright and/or reflective: Be seen, be safe(r)!
15/04/25 Tuesday's Off-Road Routes Lock Keepers: Note diversion around Coombe Park
Click here to go to the 5.2 mile route.
Click here to go to the 7 mile route
Road runners: self-organise

Thursday Training

Thursday Summer training Sessions. Meeting points: Vicky Park (near the Health Centre: 203 Victoria Park Road, Leicester LE2 1XD) Brocks Hill (trails) top Carpark, Washbrook Lane, Oadby.LE2 5QG; and Knighton Park, nr 51 Brighton Avenue (near Kensington Drive/cycle path) Wigston. LE18 1JB.
17/04 Brocks Hill
24/04 Knighton Park

Club Awards Night Friday 21st March 7:00pm

2024 Awards evening at the Liberal Club, 7pm for 7:30 start to proceedings.
Awards, Buffet and Disco until late...cost a bargain £10! Fill in the online form and pay the club account to book your place! Click here to go to the sign-up form.

Club AGM Tuesday 25th March, 8:30pm

Tuesday 25th March The Club's AGM will be held after the Club Run [Linear Run as we did, for our Poppy Appeal Run] on Tuesday 25th March, approx 8:30 pm start. Proposals and motions to follow soon. If there are any items you wish to raise at the AGM, please contact a committee member, preferably by email. There will be samosas!!

Derby Runner Cross Country League

The Derby Runner League : The 2024/25 Season is here! The last race will be at Bosworth Battlefield on Sunday 9th March. Cost is £8 cash on the day. Please car share if possible. Club car share meet at the Liberal Club at 9:25, leaving at 9:30 for Sutton Cheney (Postcode CV13 0AD). See the Derby Runner website click here for further details

Boxing Day festive social run

9:30am run from the Liberal Club. Lock Keepers Route. Clear your head and burn off a few of those excess calories!
The Club will be open afterwards (from about 10:30) for post-run refreshment.

LRRL 2024

2024 LRRL the season flew by! The club's turnout for races was superb and we finished the season on a high! Vet men and mixed teams both winning division 2! Individual awards for Mika Mihell, Martin Hulbert, Dan Poultney, Rob Baser and Pete Meads.

2023 Club Awards

Well done to all those who received a 2023 award, and a big thank you to everyone who came along to the presentation night on Friday 23rd February.
Wigston Phoenix RC 2023 Awards
Best female newcomer-Shona Green
Best male newcomer-Alan Ablett
Team Member of the Year-Sarah Odom
Liz McCaffrey female merit award-Linda New
Norman Bennett male merit award-Mark Thorne
John Fraser outstanding vet award-Dan Poultney
Outstanding female performance-Jo Sanders
Outstanding male performance-Ian Murdey
Most improved half marathon-Tony Pollard
Most improved Marathon-Andy Mayes
Chairman's Award-Teresa Rizoyannis

Club's 15th Anniversary Dinner

Wigston Phoenix Running Club's 15th Anniversary Dinner on Saturday 9th November at 7pm. Venue: Devonshire Place, 78 London Road, Leicester, LE2 0RASee full details on the Social Events tab.

LRAA - 97th Cross Country Championships 2024

Sturday, 06 January 2024. Multi-terrain XC races, distances vary from 3k -10k (depending on the race gender/ age category)
Venue: Rotherby Lodge Farm, Rotherby, LE14 2LL
Congratulations to Jo Sanders Masters Lady County XC Champion!
We also had a men's masters team racing. Ian Murdey, Mark Thorne, Clive Jones and Rob Gregory came in 5th. Thanks Rob for stepping in at the last minute and helping us to record our first team ranking place since 2019.

2024 Club AGM

The Club Annual General Meeting will be held at the Liberal Club, on Tuesday 2nd April at 8:30pm after the club run. We need to ratify the club accounts and agree that club subscription rates will be unchanged for the coming season, £15 per annum (with 50% concessions for those eligible) note the individual EA registration fee has increased to £19. Both memberships run from the 1st April to 31st March. Once agreed subscriptions will be due for membership renewals. The renewal process will be as last season. The committee members have agreed to continue their roles next year. If you have any motions you wish to raise at the AGM or wish to stand for one of the committee positions, email the Club Secretary [Mick Jordan] by 26th March. Click here for full details

Livinston Relays

We had a superb club turnout with 5 ladies' teams and 4 men's teams competing. The weather was challenging, but everyone ran fantastically! Our vet A squad: Martin Hulbert, Mark Thorne, Ian Murdey, Dan Poultney won the vet men's race. Congratulations gents!

17/12/23 Christmas Blind Tempo Run – Peatling Parva Village Hall

Well done to all runners and volunteers! Special thanks to Carole for organizing the catering it was superb! Congratulations to Clive Jones on winning the event with an amazing 1 second difference!! 2nd Pete Meads (16s) 3rd Mick Jordan (27s)4th Jane Gorman (28s) 5th Sandra Long (30s) See you all next year!!

Club Kit

We are looking to set up a club kit shop with Bee Creative. Further details will follow shortly once it is up and running!!