Do they know it's GoodGym time! GGSocialxNewham

Well, that was one hell of a social! Thank you to all that came and thank you to the amazing GG Newham for going all out in hosting!

Breaking with tradition I feel we need to mention the guest speech from GG Newham which really words cannot do justice. As they say roll the tape:

Now on to the report:

Heroes

• Huge congratulations to Michael Kidd who smashed the good deeds in October with a huge 22! Congratulations! As we are on tour shout outs to Sharon Prince who topped Newham's good deed table with 8 good deeds!

• For the rest of the results check the attached pic and this link until the end of November and Newham's results here!

• October was a big month - an incredible 21 got their black t-shirts and 4 (Alex (Bristol), Fiona (Bristol), Rosie (Bath), Leanne (York) got their wings with a huge 100 Good Deeds! For a second month a massive shout out to a Lambeth stalwart for hitting 200 good deeds: Marie-Noelle!

• Finally our area awards. This month GG Bristol had the most attendances with 233 and GG Hackney smashed the most new runners in October with 28! Congrats to those areas!

News

• We had our 39th area open and the first university based GoodGym at King's College London on the 24th Oct - they run on Tuesday and everyone is welcome!

• GoodGym Sheffield, Bath and Newham had birthdays turning one, two and three respectively - Happy Birthday!

• We had the last Big 6 race of the year at the Oxford Half marathon, congratulations to the many runners, especially those getting PBs and to Ben Annear who was an official pacer. Looking forwards please check out the Big 6 and Euro Trip for next year:

• Colchester Half marathon - 25th March - Road

• Llanelli marathon and half - 15th April - Road

• GG Euro Trip - Bucharest (HM, 10k, HM-Relay, 3k) - 13th May Road

• Lakeland Trials (M, HM, 10k) - 3rd June - Trail

• White Star Running East Farm (M, HM, 10k + more) - 25 - 27 August - Trail

• Rutland Marathon (M, HM, M-Relay) - 16th September - Trail

• Yorkshire Marathon (M, 10m) - 14th October - Road Make sure you check the event page for discounted entry before 20th December

• Last but not least Steph from GG Bath has made up a GoodGym Calendar consisting of GoodGym-ers abroad in their tshirts! They're selling for £10 and the money is being split between GoodGym and Forever Friends fund for a new cancer center at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Check out the calendar here, and if you want to get a copy please let me know via email. I'll be bringing them to the GoodGym Christmas Party.

Right, before we announce the penultimate winner of the International Pun of the Month it just goes for me to say THANK YOU to all of you that have attended and been part of the socials this year! It's been an amazing year and going on tour has been wonderful too - so many new faces and stories to hear. You really are what makes GoodGym what it is - so here's to every one of you!

Right... here we go... with 28 from 63 votes (thanks to the 32 offline voters) the winner of the International Pun of the Month for October is...

"We Lacquer Pun - Let's Gloss Over That" from GoodGym Newham

Next month we have the Christmas party where the theme is Red and Black (or Red or Black). The date is Friday 8th December and we'll be at the Battersea Arts Centre, home of GG Wandsworth!

Next month we'll have an online only vote for the final International Pun of the Month competition so make sure you have joined the Facebook group or follow me on twitter and vote away. We'll do it first Thursday of the month as always - 7th December. Also this will be the first month where the shortlist will be compiled by Ros who has kindly agreed to assist me with the puns going forwards! Anyone else who wants to get involved with the socials please do let me know - I can't do it forever and it'd be great to get more people on board!

Next social will be on tour in Haringey, see you all again on 11th January 2018! Thanks again everyone! And please get in touch if you want your area to host the social (that includes you Camden, Islington and Westminster too!)

Till 2018!

p.s. Please do join the facebook group here remember to add your area!