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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 224 24 August 2006
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Opening Run and party on September 2nd
* Ranelagh women's team declared winners of the Surrey 5km and the Surrey
Road League
* Jo Ronaldson wins the Thorney 5 miles
* Men's team wins the Tywyn Race the Train
* 125th Anniversary events
SEE HERE
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OPENING RUN Saturday 2nd September
Our winter season kicks off as usual with the Thomas Cup 3.8 miles (6km)
handicap on Saturday 2nd September. The afternoon begins with the annual
club photograph at 2.30pm and the race itself will begin as soon as possible
afterwards. All members are more than welcome to take part - young and old,
fast and slow. Just come along to the clubhouse before 2.30pm to register.
There's no entry fee, but if you haven't yet paid your subs for the season,
please bring them along with you!
There will be the usual tea after the race and then at 7pm a barbecue and
party in a marquee in front of the clubhouse. Carol Barnshaw writes:
"Everyone is welcome including friends and relatives. The 'entry ticket' is
a contribution to the feast. This could be something to cook on the BBQ, a
salad, bread, a pudding etc etc. If possible could you ring or e-mail me to
tell me what you are bringing or to ask for a suggestion what to bring. We
also need half a dozen people to bring along their BBQ (the bigger the
better)and some volunteers willing to do a session of burning the food".
Contact Carol at mailto:c_barnshaw@yahoo.com or 8898 9285 (evening) / 8547
6600 (office).
SURREY ROAD RELAYS Saturday 9th September at Wimbledon Park
There are separate events for senior men, over 40s and over 50s, senior
women and over 35s. We can enter as many teams as we want, so if you'd like
to run, please contact Andy or Anna (contact details in What's Coming
below).
125th ANNIVERSARY
The Opening Run party begins a few weeks of celebrations commemorating
Ranelagh's 125th birthday. Here's the full list of events:
Anniversary Dinner Friday 29th September at York House
Tickets are available from Marina Quayle at the clubhouse or at 101 Sheen
Road, Richmond TW9 1YJ. The price per head is £45 (payable to Ranelagh
Harriers) and includes a three course dinner and wine, followed by guest
speakers. Contact Marina for more info: mailto:marina_quayle@hotmail.com.
Please specify if you will require a vegetarian meal. Black tie or lounge
suits.
Junior Anniversary Run Saturday 30th September in Richmond Park
A short cross-country race for under 18s, which will also count as the first
of the winter junior points prize races. Either register at the clubhouse
before 2pm or at Sidmouth Wood before 2:30. The race starts promptly at 2:30
and there will be tea for all in the clubhouse afterwards. A special
anniversary medal will be awarded to all participants.
Birthday Run Sunday 29th October from the Green Man on Putney Heath.
29th October is our actual 125th birthday. Our home in 1881 was the Green
Man and the club's first run was to the Windmill on Wimbledon Common and
back - about two miles. Back in 1981 in our Centenary year we re-created
that run, with most particiapnts dressing up in some approximation of 1881
running kit - long shorts, short-sleeved shirts and so on. Now we are going
to do it again! Dress up if you can - whiskers too, if you can manage them
(women excused!). The run will be in the afternoon (exact start time to be
advised) and there will be a tea in the pub afterwards. All are welcome to
come - the more the merrier.
Mass Mob Match Saturday 4th November in Richmond Park
We will be playing host to all our mob match opponents on one day! It will
be a huge field of runners, and it would be nice if a good proportion of
them were in Ranelagh vests. All participants will receive a memento of the
occasion. Put the date in your diary and do come along to run the 7½ miles
if you can. Of course we will also need officials and marshals. There will
be a supper in the evening.
CABBAGE PATCH 10
The Cabbage Patch 10 miles road race on Sunday 15th October has already
reached its stated entry limit of 1500, though at the time of writing the
website does appear still to be accepting entries. There are 54 RH in the
entry list so far. If anyone else wants to run, act immediately!
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WHAT'S COMING...
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More details of the following from
Andy Bickerstaff ( 07772 111491 / 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@talk21.com ).
Saturday 2nd September Thomas Cup 3.8 miles Handicap in Richmond Park. See
above.
Saturday 9th September Surrey County Road Relay Championships at Wimbledon
Park.
Sunday 10th September River Relay Windsor to Ham
St Mary's Richmond Open and Veterans'
track meeting at the St Mary's track. Entry details:
http://uk.geocities.com/gutchclare/Vets26ampOpen2006.pdf.
Saturday 23rd September Southern Road Relay Championships at Rushmoor
Arena, Aldershot (senior men, including vets' races)
Sunday 24th September Southern Road Relay Championships at Rushmoor Arena,
Aldershot (juniors and women)
Saturday 30th September Page Cup 5 miles handicap, preceded by Junior
Anniversary run (see above), both in Richmond Park
Saturday 7th October The Surrey League gets underway! Men at Brockwell
Park, women at Epsom Downs.
Every Saturday Bushy Park Time Trial. 9am start at the Diana
Fountain car park. See www.bptt.net for details.
WHAT'S HAPPENED...
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BELGRAVE 5km including Surrey County Championship Sunday 13th August at
Wimbledon
After some re-scrutiny of the results, our women's team were declared
winners of the county championship after all. Jo, Marie and Mandy's bronze
medals will accordingly be swopped for golds. And there was more good news
when the result of the Surrey Road League was recalculated: our women were
promoted to the top spot and thus retained the League title for another
year.
RACE THE TRAIN 14.75 miles Saturday 19th August at Tywyn
David Wright reports:
"I took up the challenge flagged up in the newsletter to complete, with
Duncan Bell & the captain, a Ranelagh team for the Race the Train. I'd heard
about this famous race, held over 14.75 miles in Tywyn on the edge of
Snowdonia, over the years and decided that it just had to be done. I chose
the wrong year! Having once run that other famous and crazy Welsh race, the
Man v Horse '22', in a deluge I was fully aware of what the principality
could offer in terms of precipitation and sure enough we got a repeat dose.
What presumably were bone dry footpaths a few days earlier were now
quagmires. The rain hammered down all morning and throughout the race. Thus
beating the train became more problematical than usual: the race winner,
Gareth Raven, retained his title but ran five minutes slower than in 2005
because of the conditions; the train, however, would take 1.47 come sunshine
or rain.
The captain and one of his predecessors therefore had a problem on their
hands. The result was a bit like the wacky races with Bickerstaff fearlessly
bounding down the treacherous muddy slopes in his fell shoes and climbing
the hills like the fell runner he believes he is, whilst Wrighty made up
ground on the flatter stages through meadows and on the roads. The two of us
swopped places numerous times, including when I slipped and fell (I swear AB
pushed me back down again as he ran past chuckling, Dick Dastardly style, at
my misfortune) before the captain ran out of puff in the latter stages. Both
of us, thankfully, beat the train as did Duncan who got us into this mess in
the first place. He finished third in the race last year but unfortunately
went off course this time around and lost about a minute (and possibly fifth
place). The good news was to come much later when at the evening's prize
presentation Duncan had to go up and collect the first team prize on behalf
of Ranelagh Harriers (by this time Bickerstaff & Wright were safely
ensconced in a pub many miles away)".
1 G Raven (Sale) 1.24.05
11 Duncan Bell 1.34.23
37 David Wright 1.41.16
47 Andy Bickerstaff 1.42.32
65 The Train 1.47.00
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 19th August
Kenyan Simon Arusei ran the second fastest time yet recorded at the BPTT.
Jonny Rowan set the only Ranelagh PB, ducking well inside 20 minutes for the
first time.
1 S Arusei (Kenya) 14.35
5 Mark Middleston 16.48
36 Stewart Ward 19.01
45 Jonny Rowan 19.32
74 Mandy Westlake 20.58
79 Stephen Logue 21.07
84 Alan Davidson 21.12
95 Chris Wright 21.47
104 Carola Richter 22.32
125 Alan Craig 24.08
145 Gill Wilson 25.39
157 Steve McClune 26.25
163 Wally Garrod 26.35
167 John Hanscomb 26.48
196 Paul Bisping 31.22
THORNEY 5 miles Sunday 20th August
Jo Ronaldson won the women's race by a clear two and a half minutes in
29.53.
MABAC 10km PAARLAUF Sunday 20th August at Leatherhead
1 J McGill and D Cairne (Runnymede) 34.15
13 Sonia and Steve Rowland 38.47
34 Juliette Chan and Lorna Smith 46.48
37 Alan Davidson and S Butler 49.16
42 Bev Ali and Pat Hewlett 58.30
BURNHAM BEECHES HALF MARATHON Sunday 20th August
1 T Lambert (Alton) 66.43
162 Chris Spink 96.33
223 Pete Warren 100.00
299 Sophie Spink 103.55
598 John Hanscomb 125.21
HARLOW 10 miles Sunday 6th August
1 N Thatcher (Harlow) 56.44
107 Phil Aiken 73.32
RIVERSIDE 3.3 miles handicap Wednesday 26th July at Hammersmith
Alan Davidson was the fastest over 55 with 22.30 and Alan Howard was the
leading over 65 with 23.18.
FINALLY...
Rinaldo Inäbnit won a 7 miles race up the Stanserhorn in the Swiss Alps on
Sunday in a time of 2 hours 43 minutes. What took him so long? The six
competitors all had to run backwards. It was apparently the climax of the
world reverse running championships, which had attracted competitors from as
far afield as Finland and Taiwan.