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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 211 5 April 2006
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Luke Wilson wins the Baker Cup
* Dan Jermy wins the Lotinga Cup club junior championship
* Jim Forrest and Andy Hayward share the Points Prize
* Andy Bickerstaff and Corinne Bishop win the McLeod Cup and Performance
Award.
* Anna McLaughlin 2nd in the Coombe Gibbet to Overton 16
* Mick Lane first veteran in the Woking 10
* Sam Perkins and Nadia Fidler in the top 20 in the English Schools Champs
* 88.58 half marathon by Jenny Lloyd-Jones
* Presentation Supper this Friday
SEE HERE
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ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING SUPPER Friday 7th April at the Hawker Centre, Ham
Last call for tickets for this Friday's prize presentation do. The price is
£15 including a mixed buffet, and proceedings get under way at 7.30pm. If
you haven't yet booked your place, contact Jo Turner
(mailto:joturner_45@hotmail.com) or Marina Quayle
(mailto:marina_quayle@hotmail.com) TODAY! Cheques payable to Ranelagh
Harriers.
GREEN BELT RELAY Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st May
There's still room for more runners for the GBR, men and women, any speed.
See the race web site www.greenbeltrelay.org.uk for more info about the
event. If you are interested please contact me or Anna McLaughlin (contact
details below) or Clive Beauvais (01883 347410).
THAMES TURBO SPRING JUNIOR SERIES
The final race in the series has been postponed by a week to Saturday 6th
May at 9am from the Cricket Club near Hampton Hill Gate.
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX and SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
The full list of events in the Surrey Road League has yet to be finalised,
and hence we are unable yet to decide the races for our own Grand Prix.
Seven of the ten GP races have been set and you can see full details of
these on our website. The first Road League race is the Sutton 10km on
7th May. We have not included this in our GP because it clashes with the
Hogsmill Women's 5 miles.
SURREY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Our own Richmond Half Marathon on 14th May and Dysart Dash 10km on 25th June
have both been designated as county championships this year. Entry details
for both are on our website.
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WHAT'S COMING...
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More details of the following from
Andy Bickerstaff (07966 552302 / mailto: andy@norris-hobs.co.uk ) or
Phil Aiken (07739 035189 / mailto: phil.aiken@rnid.org.uk ) or
Anna McLaughlin (07971 606521 / mailto: anna.mclaughlin@itv.com ).
Friday 7th April Annual Supper and Prize Presentation at the
Hawker Centre, Ham.
Saturday 8th April Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am start
Sunday 9th April Thames Towpath 10 miles at Chiswick. Details:
http://west4harriers.org/TTT.htm.
Reading Half Marathon. Details:
http://racepayment.mirrorservers.co.uk/readinghalfmarathon/.
MABAC League 5 miles at Winterfold (on
the North Downs near Shere). 11am start. All members welcome. More details
at http://www.mabac.org.uk/
Friday 14th April Maidenhead 10 miles. Details:
http://www.maidenheadac.co.uk/.
Saturday 15th April Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am start
Saturday 22nd April Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am start
Sunday 23rd April London Marathon and Mini-Marathon
Saturday 29th April Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am start
Monday 1st May Barry Jones 5 miles. 11am start at Wimbledon
Park. Details: http://www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/.
Saturday 6th May Bushy Park Time Trial 5km. 9am start
Sunday 7th May Hogsmill Women's 5 miles. 10am at West Ewell.
Details: http://www.epsomallsorts.org.uk/html/hogsmill_2006.html.
Sutton 10km. 10.30am start. Surrey Road
League Race 1. Details: http://www.suttonrunners.org/.
WHAT'S HAPPENED...
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BAKER CUP 3 miles road handicap Saturday 1st April in Richmond Park
There was a good crowd of 56 for the 'Baker', on a bright day but with a
strong wind blowing across from the Pen Ponds. This made the long climb back
up to White Lodge even tougher than usual, particularly second time around!
There was an age range of nearly 50 years in the list of starters, but it
was two of the youngest, 12-year-olds Luke Wilson and George Inman, who
fought out the destiny of the Cup.
Luke had a 50 seconds start over George and both were soon carving their way
through the runners who had started ahead of them. George was closing down
steadily on Luke but rounding the final turn they still had one other
runner - Di Wilson - ahead of them. On the uphill run to the finish both
boys sprinted past Di and Luke held on by seven seconds to win the Cup.
George finished in the silver medal position and Di just held off Eliete
Nascimento for the bronze.
Back in 11th place 16-year-old Dan Jermy put in a strong run to set the
second best time of the day, 17.24. As the fastest junior, he will take the
Lotinga Cup. Younger juniors Morgan Evans and Taylor Nunn recorded good
mid-19 minute times. The only man faster than Dan - and only by fifteen
seconds - was Marcus Gohar, and third best was Captain Bix.
Anna McLaughlin on 18 minutes dead was the fastest woman, and Liz Kipling
and Clare Gutch were also inside 19 minutes. Juniors Georgia Miansarow and
Rachel Pryce both made it home inside 7 minute miling.
Ed Whitlock - now 75 - was an interested spectator on his way to the
Rotterdam Marathon, but nursing a sore Achilles he wisely decided not to
take part. Not to be outdone, 69-year-old Alan Howard's 21.16 was very
impressive.
POINTS PRIZE and McLEOD CUP
Our two season-long points competitions came to a conclusion with the Baker
Cup race. The Points Prize for consistency in handicap events was shared by
Jim Forrest and Andy Hayward with 18 points, just ahead of Corinne Bishop on
17. The McLeod Cup, based on men's performances in all club races through
the winter season, was a very tight finish with Andy Bickerstaff prevailing
by just four points over Marcus Gohar, 1233 to 1229. In third place was Mike
Peace with 1155. The women's version of the McLeod - no trophy yet for this
one - was won by Corinne Bishop on 1278, ahead of Sonia Rowland on 1136 and
Sandra Foot on 952. A total of 118 members scored points in one competition
or the other. Full scoresheets can be found in the Statistics section of our
website.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES MARATHON Sunday 19th March in Melbourne
Our man on the spot, Dave Locke, writes:
"Being one of the 73,600 in the MCG stadium cheering on Lauren Shelley and
the other two Aussies in the marathon, I have to say she shouldn't feel
disappointed in her time. The conditions for marathon running weren't good
at all. 'A little warm' is an understatement! Although the sun was behind
the clouds for the first hour or so, the sky was clear from then on and the
temperature in the full sun was a lot more than the 24 in the shade. To be
'only' 5 minutes slower than a race in Japan in November is a heck of a good
effort.
I have to say the excitement generated by the commentary and giant video
picture of the the two front runners swapping the lead over the last ten
minutes led to the most almighty hair-raising roar I've ever experienced
when they entered the stadium. Over the last lap the entire crowd was on its
feet screaming and shouting, with emotional tears streaming down many faces
as McCann just managed to pull ahead. The rest of the week was fairly tame
by comparison. It was probably in fact a bonus that Paula R had a 'stone
bruise' and didn't turn up!
Incidentally, many folk, including one of the Oz runners in the women's
4x400 relay were unhappy with the disqualification of the English team.
Especially ironic as the Oz men's and women's 4x100 relay teams managed to
really stuff up!"
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 25th March at
Mansfield
Sam Perkins and Nadia Fidler both ran well in high-quality fields to make
the top twenty in their respective events. Representing Middlesex Sam
finished 16th in the Senior Boys' 7km and Nadia and Rachel Pryce were 19th
and 297th respectively in the Junior Girls' 3km. Apologies if I have missed
anyone else!
COOMBE GIBBET TO OVERTON 16 miles Sunday 26th March
Anna McLaughlin was 2nd woman home, 90 seconds behind the winner.
1 T Owens (Unatt) 1.42.08
19 Anna McLaughlin 1.56.59
142 John Scally 2.51.23
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 1st April
There was some class at the front and the number of unattached competitors
seems to grow each week, but the Ranelagh contingent was small this time
owing to the afternoon's Baker Cup and other attractions over the weekend.
1 M Ashton (AFD) 15.35
26 Stewart Ward 19.05
90 Chris Hunton 23.19
107 Julie Drummond 25.18
118 John Hanscomb 26.53
127 Steve McClune 27.54
STRAMILANO HALF MARATHON Sunday 2nd April in Milan, Italy
Jenny Lloyd-Jones finished 17th in the women's race and just missed a spot
in our all-time top 20 list. But her official 10km split time of 38.48 - if
accurate - would rank her 18th! A good run too from Jo Turner.
1 P Kimugul (Kenya) 1.00.49 (chip time 1.00.49)
490 Jenny Lloyd-Jones 1.28.58 (chip time 1.28.49)
1651 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 1.44.01 (chip time 1.43.06)
1652 Jo Turner 1.44.02 (chip time 1.43.54)
KINGSTON BREAKFAST RUNS Sunday 2nd April
Niall O'Connor reports:
"The Kingston Breakfast Runs took place on Sunday morning. It was a chilly,
bright day which warmed up nicely. Bit like my running, in fact. It took me
35 minutes to get to the 4 mile mark and then, having warmed up, the next 12
miles passed in a steady 82 minutes.
The race is over a 2-loop flat riverside course that begins and finishes in
Kingston, passing Hampton Court Palace along the route. Each loop is 8 miles
of which large portions follow the towpath. Parts of the course were exposed
to a strong wind - definitely more than just refreshing! At about the 12
mile mark I caught up with Chris Wright and then encountered the
smooth-running Roger Wilson at 14. Neither really encouraged me to stop and
chat, so I headed on my way finishing a few minutes behind Kerry Anley and
Peter Wright, with whom I enjoyed some post-race analysis over the
complimentary Lucozade.
My slow start was due to my browsing some of the local estate agents'
windows when the hooter went, which meant that I missed getting into
position and so began from the back. Aptly enough the finishers' goody bag
contained a mug. Guess I deserved it after that!"
The official results do not include finishing positions.
16 miles
1 S Barrett (Serpentine) 1.29.45
35 Charlie Pedlar 1.42.59
Iain Wilson 1.47.18
Simon Rothwell 1.51.31
Peter Wright 1.55.12
Niall O'Connor 1.57.49
Roger Wilson 1.58.58
Kerry Anley 1.59.31
Chris Wright 2.02.12
Simon Tyler 2.17.00
Tony Appleby 2.17.02
John Hanscomb 2.33.23
Geoff Bell 2.33.31
8 miles
1 P Wicks (Belgrave) 40.15
14 Graham Quick 49.51
33 Adam Tapley 53.30
42 Steve Ellswood 54.36
47 Chris Brook 54.57
Layla Smith 59.46
Daphne Moynier 84.55
Oonagh Davies 92.13
Katharine Griffiths 92.18
WOKING 10 miles Sunday 2nd April
An excellent run from Mick Lane, who was the first veteran home. Chris Owens
was 3rd over 50.
1 D Wardle (Lon Irish) 49.45
8 Mick Lane 57.28
22 Chris Owens 62.21
47 Darren Wood 68.21
RON WHEELER 2.6 miles Wednesday 29th March at Wapping
1 S Roberts 13.17
8 Chris Read 15.24
11 Andy Hayward 16.15
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 31st March in Hyde Park
1 R Ward (Belgrave) 15.35
66 Alan Davidson 20.35
153 John Hanscomb 27.22
COMPTON CHALLENGE Saturday 1st April at Compton, Berkshire
Clive Beauvais was the leading over 60 in the 'Bare-Bones' 20 miler in a
time of 3.01.01. In the 'Full-Fat' 40, Sue Ashley, representing SLH, was the
second woman and first over 50 in 6.39.49.
KINGFIELD CANTER 2.85 miles handicap Wednesday 5th April at Woking
Sonia Rowland ran a PB to come within 20 seconds of the W50 course record.
1 D Claxton (Herne Hill) 23.41 (actual time 19.41)
13 Sonia Rowland 26.27 (actual time 19.57)
22 Steve Rowland 26.52 (actual time 17.22)
28 Alan Davidson 27.01 (actual time 18.31)
UK POLICE CHAMPIONSHIP Wednesday 22nd March at Perranporth, Cornwall
Mick Lane finished 16th and fourth scorer for the winning Met Police team.
FINALLY...
Visiting Rome? A new company called Sight Jogging will take you on a running
tour of the city. You can choose from nine routes between 2.7 and 5 miles in
length, with a running guide to show you the sights. They plan to expand the
service to other Italian cities and further afield. See
http://www.sightjogging.it/index_eng.html for more information.