Carolyn Park
Chair
Has overall responsibility for the relationship between the club and its members and for handling new enquiries. Flew to France to take part in the Bordeaux marathon and injured herself getting onto the airport bus.
Charli Briggs
Secretary and Welfare Officer
Responsible for the administration of the club and for the welfare of the Dragons. Attended circus school as a child.
Dan Babington
Treasurer
Responsible for all things financial. Avoids running uphill whenever possible. Nearly missed the flight home from a Dragons’ day out in Dublin after one too many in Temple Bar.
Graham Orbell
Membership Secretary
Responsible for managing club membership and affiliation to England Athletics. Finished the Great North Run alongside someone who stopped in the last mile for a cigarette.
Louise Johnson
Ladies’ Captain
Alongside Rob, helps members get the most out of training and promotes participation in club events. Nearly lost a trainer for good in her first Chevin Chase.
Rob Harrison
Men’s Captain
Alongside Louise, helps members get the most out of training and promotes participation in club events. Rob is 1/3 of a set of triplets. You might recognise his feet from a 1980s Clarks Shoes TV advert.
Emma Porter
Run Leader Co-ordinator
Responsible for co-ordination of club runs. Ran for Yorkshire in a 200m race when she was at school – she didn’t win.
Kim Beale
Communications Coordinator
Looks after communications to both members and non-members on behalf of Dragons. Recently achieved a PB at her local parkrun after 5 years running with Dragons – narrowly being beaten by a 6-year-old in a photo finish.
Gill Brown
Club Race League Representative
Looks after the club’s membership of race leagues. Is scared of geese. Her runs on the canal are only limited by how far she can get before she meets one on the towpath.
Paul Crabtree
Social Secretary
Responsible for social events. Only got into running after entering the ballot for the Great North Run and getting in. He didn’t even own running shoes.
Alice Denby
Committee Member
Works with the wider committee to ensure that the views of all members are being fairly represented. Crossed the finish line ahead of Mo Farah in the 2013 London Marathon (to be fair – he used it as a training run and only completed the first half, but it still counts right?!)
Iain Denby
Committee Member
Works with the wider committee to ensure that the views of all members are being fairly represented. Was so tired at the end of his first London Marathon that he thought the finish line was a giant cardboard cutout of a London Bus.