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President's profile 1
Your President for 2016-17…
Bill Foster
I was born in Leeds in 1958 Coles was our best cross ran a reasonable 10 miles time
and my parents owned country runner at that time of 50.01 in the Chas Kendal
a dairy farm at Weeton, and I heard quite a lot about road race.
a small village near Blackheath Harriers from
Harrogate in Yorkshire. him. In September 1979, after
I’m an identical twin and finishing at Newcastle, I
have an older sister and a In 1979, my last year at started a job at the Milk
younger sister. My brother University, I became more Marketing Board Head
and I had a very active serious about my athletics and Office at Thames Ditton in
childhood on the farm shared a flat in Gateshead Surrey. Running was now
and also at school, playing with Kevin Forster (who an important part in my life
many sports including went on to run a 2.10 and it was Richard Coles
rugby, hockey and cricket. Marathon and finish 2nd in who persuaded me that
I always enjoyed running London). I was the Newcastle Blackheath was the ideal club
in school competitions, University Athletics’ Club for an 800/1500 runner like
although we didn’t train captain and finished second me – at that time the club was
very hard as other sports at 1500m in the Universities’ in Division 5 of the British
were the main priority. Championships. It was a League.
My best time was 4.11 for good time to be a runner
1500m when I was 16 years in the North East with so Blackheath gained promotion
old. many fantastic athletes every year for the next four
around, including Brendan years to join Division 1 and
In 1976 I went to Newcastle Foster, Mike McLeod and a it was a great time for the
University to study promising young Steve Cram. club! We had a fantastic
Agriculture and joined My 1500m PB improved from team atmosphere – the track
the Cross Country and 4.01 to 3.49 in 1979 and I also athletes supported the field
Athletics Club. We had a
strong squad at Newcastle Bill running in the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki
and often challenged the
bigger Universities. Richard
