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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 391 14 December 2012
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Estelle Damant leads our team to 10th place in Surrey Ladies League race 2
* Serpentine regains the Dysart Cup women's team race
* Becky Hall wins the Hugh Jones Salver club women's championship
* Sandra Prosser wins over 40s champs (Trish's Trophy), Sonia Rowland the
over 50s and Livvy Ricketts the handicap
* Milocarians win the Ellis Cup men's team race
* Carl Selya-Hammer leads our team to third place
* parkrun placings for Cathy Jones, Michelle Davies, Jane Craigie-Payne,
Mark Herbert and Paul Rider
* Phil Aiken completes the M25 parkrun tour
* All needed for home mob match v SLH on December 22nd
ATTENTION PLEASE
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR COACHES - LIGHTS and ID
Please wear them for Tuesday sessions! Particularly in the park in the dark
or if running on roads. For lights, head torches, or lit armbands are good
options. For ID, shoe tags, or the ROAD ID wristband product from the USA
(Google it!) - please include an emergency phone number just in case.
Coaches make sessions as safe as they can, but ultimate responsibility rests
for health and safety with individuals. Please act on this message."
STUBBS CUP MOB MATCH v SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS 7.7 miles Saturday 22nd
December in Richmond Park
Our third mob match this season is probably our best chance of making sure
we register at least one mob victory. We are at home to South London
Harriers on Saturday 22nd December - not an ideal date for those on
Christmas shopping duty but our hand was forced this year if we were to fit
everything into our fixtures list. It's the usual two lap course making up
about 7.7 miles altogether and the start time is 2.30pm. The chorus is
familiar - we need everyone we can get to run and the more we have, the
better our chance of victory. There's an extra interest for our faster types
because the race is also our club championship for the magnificent Wynne
Cup. There is also a sealed handicap. Be there if you can and help us make
sure that our visitors return to Coulsdon empty-handed. Register and collect
your number on the day at the clubhouse or at the start.
HENTY RELAY Saturday 29th December in Richmond Park starting at 12 noon
The ideal way to recover from Christmas excesses! The Henty Relay is our
Christmas fun relay, open to all members, friends and family. Anyone who can
run a mile and a bit, in fact. It's for teams of three (which are drawn on
the day). Each team consists of one "fast" runner, one "medium" and one
"slow". The relay is over six 2km laps of Sidmouth Wood - the "fast" runs
three laps, the "medium" two and the "slow" one lap, in any order. The race
starts at 12 noon, but you MUST come to the clubhouse to register by
11.30am, in order to be allocated to a team.
PERSEVERANCE PHYSIOTHERAPY
New! at The Perseverance Clinic, Sun Alley, Richmond on Thursdays from
January:
Reflexology & Holistic Massage Therapy
Special Introductory Prices: 1/3r off normal treatment rates Reflexology
£30*, Holistic Massage £33* (50 mins therapy + free initial 20 min
consultation) (*Offer limited to January 2013 and 1 per client).
Call Nina on 07938557934 to book an appointment.
Christmas Present time. What are you buying for your loved ones this year?
We have a huge range of treatments that would suit everyone in the family.
Buy them a Gift Voucher, experiences are always more fondly remembered.
Imagine opening your present to find that you have been given an 1hr
Massage, and or several free Yoga or Pilates classes or a winter Chiropody
treatment 'Ohhh! you've made my Christmas - best pressie ever.' Would of
course be your reaction : )
Our opening hours will be the following:
Normal hours until Friday 21st Dec
Saturday 22nd clinic open 9-1 & Open Yoga class 10-11.15am
December 24th -26th & 28th CLOSED
Thursday 27th- Physio/massage available with Richard
Saturday 29th - Open YOGA class 10-11.15am
Mon 31st- CLOSED
Tues 1st - HAPPY NEW YEAR - CLOSED
Wed 2nd - Yoga 5.15 & 6.30 and Chiropody appointments available
Thursday 3rd Jan onwards into 2013 Business as usual.
FRANCKEISS CUP RUNNERS' SKIFF RACE
After dangerous conditions on the river forced postponement from the
original date, Paul Gregory has decided to try again in February.
Paul writes:
"We have now reset the heats and race to start at 1.00PM on SUNDAY 17th
FEBRUARY.
Here is the opportunity to learn sculling - and if experienced, to rehearse
that skill in a skiff. There are men's and ladies' crews from four running
clubs entering for the Franckeiss Cup Trophy and for The Skiff Club Ladies'
Cup - these are held by the winning club for a year, until the next race.
There are no entry or training fees. River conditions are now improving and
we can commence training as follows:-
Saturday mornings at 8.30 am first - we could then offer Sunday mornings by
exception. There is a possibility of some training during the daytime
during the week over the Christmas holiday period, depending on availability
of instructors.
We currently have one men's and one women's pair from Ranelagh but more
would be welcome. Please let us have names and Saturday availability
confirmed by year-end, although we can train before, and then we can set out
a proper plan for the New Year weekends, and bring along supporters to watch
the racing." Please contact Paul p_gregory@talktalk.net if you're
interested.
APOLOGIES...
...to Jessica Mary Woodhouse, who protests that she arrived to proud parents
Kate and Andy on Sunday 25th November and not the 27th as reported in the
last e-news.
CARL NARGANG
Bill Bird sends news of our oldest member Carl Nargang who is still going
strong in Eastbourne at the age of 98 and has clocked up a club record 79
years of membership.
SWLAN NEWS
Circuit Training for Runners Fitter, Stronger, Faster! Part Two - Indoors!
Thursday 3rd January 2013 7pm - 8pm at the SMRAC Track, St Mary's
University College, Twickenham TW1 4SX
Free Class - to book contact: Kate Brook kate.brook@swlan.org.uk
For a free boost to your New Year training join Karen Weir for indoor
circuit training session - experience new exercises and structures for your
training to gain strength, fitness and faster running. Coaches and athletes
should attend to take part or just observe and absorb ideas.
Lead by Ranelaghl S&C guru and endurance coach Karen Weir In association
with www.runwithkaren.com.
To book contact: Kate Brook kate.brook@swlan.org.uk
Also upcoming at St Mary's University College TW1 4SX:
Sat/Sun 19th and 20th January 9am to 5pm Assistant Coach Course
To book contact Kate Brook kate.brook@swlan.org.uk .
Follow Ranelagh on Facebook.
WHAT'S COMING
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More details of the following from Marc Snaith (07717 213035 / e-mail Marc and Chris
ranelagh.men@gmail.com or e-mail Estelle and Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com
Saturday 15th December South of the Thames 7.5 miles championship
2pm start in Richmond Park (Kingston Gate)
Saturday 22nd December Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers
7.5 miles incl Wynne Cup Club Championship 2.30pm start in Richmond Park
Saturday 5th January Surrey County Championships men and women
at Lloyd Park, Croydon
Saturday 12th January Surrey League - men at Ham Lands, women at
Mitcham Common
parkruns every Saturday at 9am
Bushy Park Diana Fountain car park
Richmond Park Richmond Gate
Wimbledon Common Windmill car park
Banstead Woods Car park off B2219 Park Lane, Chipstead
Bedfont Lakes Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Ashford,
Middlesex
Kingston The Hawker Centre
Old Deer Park Pools in the Park on the A316
Crane Park Near the Hospital Bridge Roundabout
on the A316 in Twickenham
Other venues, more details and registration at www.parkrun.com
2km junior parkruns for under 14s take place on the first Sunday of each
month from Bushy Park's Teddington Gate (11am start) and from Savill Garden
car park, Windsor Great Park (9.30am start).
WHAT'S HAPPENED
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SURREY LADIES LEAGUE Saturday 1st December at Nonsuch Park, Ewell
The League visited Nonsuch Park for the first time for many years to find a
rather muddy rolling course, with few real hills but a lot of steady uphill
drags. Our team was stronger than in the first League race but not strong
enough to lift us out of relegation danger. Amongst 'A' teams on the day we
finished in 10th place (11th overall, behind one 'B' team) but only managed
to pull up to 13th overall. The bottom three of the fifteen Division 1 clubs
are relegated at the end of the season and we have over a hundred points to
make up to overhaul 12th placed Ful-on-Tri.
The big difference this time was the presence of our women's Captain Estelle
Damant who missed the first League race to run the Amsterdam Marathon.
Estelle felt that she was a little short of speed but the marathon training
stood her in good stead as she steamed past four runners in the final half
mile to finish in 11th place. Becky Hall ran well in her first League race
and at the finish was only a little over two minutes behind Estelle in 33rd
place. Marie Synnott-Wells was not far behind and Sandra Prosser and Kate
Brook completed the 'A' team. An incomplete 'B' team consisting of Sonia
Rowland, Heather Martingell and Sharon Dooley finished 30th.
MABAC LEAGUE 5 miles Sunday 2nd December at Wisley Common
There was a larger than usual Ranelagh turnout at a muddy Wisley Common, led
by 7th-placed Mark Herbert who was backed up by MABAC regulars the Barber
family and half a dozen others. As usual in MABAC races, the advertised 5
miles was something of an understatement!
1 D Cairnie (Runnymede) 33.31
7 Mark Herbert 36.03
61 James Barber 46.11
77 Oliver Bheemul 48.23
91 Tom Reay 50.46
92 Lynne Barber 50.50
130 Stacey Barber 60.10
137 Christine David 61.51
138 Deirdre Inman 61.53
145 Cindy Croucher 67.03
1 lap
1 R Winslade (Dorking) 24.57
18 Tanya Allen 32.08
DYSART CUP WOMEN'S 4.12 MILES TEAM RACE including CLUB WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 8th December in Richmond Park
There was again a fairly small home turnout and this was echoed in the race
as a whole with a total of only 18 runners. Apart from Ranelagh only
Serpentine fielded a complete team of five and they packed in well enough to
recapture the Cup by a clear 11 points. Serpentine couldn't snatch the
individual honours though - they went to Becky Hall who has been improving
rapidly in her first cross-country season and became the popular winner of
the Hugh Jones Salver club women's championship. Becky went out hard and
established a lead of some 20 metres on the first short lap around Sidmouth
Wood. However, Serpentine's Jennifer Bradley doggedly refused to allow the
gap to grow any larger and as they climbed up the final hill it was still
anyone's race. Becky wasn't about to falter and she ran in strongly to win a
race for the first time in her running career.
Our second finisher in 8th place was Sandra Prosser and she will be rewarded
with Trish's Trophy for the leading over 40. Kate Brook, Katherine Mercer
and Sonia Rowland completed the team and Sonia won the club over 50s
championship. Behind Sonia came Hannah Doyle, Livvy Ricketts and Sharon
Dooley. Livvy won the sealed handicap.
ELLIS CUP MEN'S 5.5 MILES TEAM RACE Saturday 8th December in Richmond Park
Five clubs were represented in the field of 63 runners for the Ellis Cup,
four of whom closed in complete teams of ten. The inter-services club
Milocarians came in strength and led by individual winner Frazer Alexander
they turned over holders Serpentine to win the Cup by 15 points. Ranelagh
finished third and Stragglers fourth.
Carl Selya-Hammer ran well to take individual 4th place almost a minute
clear of Darryl McDonald who finished 7th. Ted Mockett and John Shaw also
made the top twenty and the counting team of ten was completed by Chris
Owens, Ben Shore, Trevor Maguire, Stewart Anderson, John Ricketts and Rob
Curtis.
FRANKFURT MARATHON 28th October
Apart from Carl Selya-Hammer, whose result was reported in an earlier
e-news, there was another Ranelagh Harrier in Frankfurt in the shape of Lara
Werrett who finished 223rd in the women's race in a gun time of 3:32.29,
chip time 3:30.40. Lara writes:
"I've been battling with my shins and probable stress fractures so as much
as I would have liked to have achieved a PB, I had to revise my race
strategy and decided on the day, as much as I wanted to go out and run a
race it wasn't going to happen. I used it as a training run, and just took
it easy and enjoyed the course. It's amazing what you can do when you just
enjoy the race not having to watch the clock all the time. I highly
recommend Frankfurt, the organisation was fantastic to the high known
German standard."
NONSUCH PARK 10km Sunday 4th November
The cumulative age of our quartet was 282 years!
1 R Knight (Coll) 36.42
101 Wally Garrod 60.30
105 Alan Meaden 61.56
112 David Meaden 67.06
117 John Hanscomb 73.10
THAMES TURBO MARATHON & HALF MARATHON Sunday 25th November in Richmond Park
In addition to those listed in the last e-news, Ally Salisbury also took
part and completed the Half Marathon in 33rd place in 2:03.32.
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 30th November in Hyde Park
1 R Weston (Serp) 15.57
171 Alan Davidson 23.33
KINGSTON 10km Sunday 2nd December
1 D Clutterbuck (Bas) 32.34 (chip time 32.33)
15 James Whistler 38.21 (38.18)
22 Dan Wilson 39.15 (39.12)
47 Alberto Esguevillas 41.16 (41.11)
PERIVALE 5 miles Sunday 2nd December
1 R Thompson (Hill) 26.11
65 Rob Curtis 34.17
121 Heather Martingell 38.04
HOG'S BACK 7.5 miles Sunday 2nd December at Guildford
1 T Robertson (unatt) 40.52
432 Alan Meaden 77.06
441 David Meaden 79.18
GRIM CHALLENGE 8 miles Sunday 2nd December at Aldershot
Michelle Davies was just outside the top thirty women in a total field of
over 2,000 for the aptly-named Grim Challenge
1 S Wurr (West Sch) 47.38
394 Michelle Davies 73.46
KINGFIELD CANTER 2.85 miles handicap Wednesday 5th December at Woking
1 M Knowles (unatt) 25.38 (actual time 20.08)
10 Sonia Rowland 27.06 (21.51)
17 Steve Rowland 27.37 (21.22)
25 Alan Davidson 29.32 (24.17)
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 Unknown 17.02
9 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 19.37
12 Matt Copp 19.44
13 Alberto Esguevillas 19.46
19 Peter Weir 20.05
22 Peter Faull 20.11
25 Stewart Anderson 20.18
72 Eugenio Carmo 22.37
73 Amrut Sharma 22.43
104 Rob Kitchen 23.58
112 Polly White 24.28
124 Karen Weir 24.52
172 Lorraine Clifton 27.17
178 Michael Sikora 27.28
209 Bronwen Northmore 30.07
219 Val Lowman 31.07
244 Pat Hewlett 39.36
250 Tony Clark 40.33
252 Peter Lowman 45.06
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 I Johnson (Strag) 17.26
39 Stacey Barber 29.20
40 Mike White 29.29
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 J Stokes (SMU) 16.01
200 Ian Grange 23.03
521 Wally Garrod 28.46
672 John Hanscomb 34.03
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
Paul Rider finished third.
1 R Maddams (Belgrave) 18.16
3 Paul Rider 19.48
4 Simon Burrell 19.51
22 Mel Hunter 25.43
27 Deborah Blakemore 30.52
LITTLE STOKE parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 G McCaugherty (BART) 18.39
36 Sharon Rowe 30.51
37 David Rowe 30.52
KINGSTON parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 D Fry (Bas & MH) 17.07
15 Chris Camacho 21.03
55 Annemarie Goodridge 29.53
NONSUCH parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 K Quinn (AFD) 18.17
32 Phil Aiken 22.26
GUNNERSBURY parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 R Berry (West 4) 16.56
5 James Whistler 18.21
BANSTEAD WOODS parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 T Tuohy (Dulwich R) 17.39
42 Tom Reay 24.18
CARDIFF parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 O Walpole (Exeter) 15.36
93 Wyn Williams 22.01
BEDFONT LAKES parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 J Harris (Woking) 17.49
17 Chris Spink 23.37
GUNPOWDER parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
Cathy Jones was the leading woman.
1 G Day (Orion) 19.56
10 Cathy Jones 22.38
HAMPSTEAD HEATH parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 D Lane (unatt) 19.05
18 Andres Arana Garcia 22.22
WOODLEY parkrun 5km Saturday 1st December
1 R Brookling (unatt) 17.22
111 Louise Atkinson 32.20
BUSHY JUNIORS parkrun 2km Sunday 2nd December
1 B Taylor (unatt) 7.34
17 Euan Sinclair 9.08
28 Luke Maguire 9.47
46 Finlay Sinclair 10.29
115 Eilidh Sinclair 12.59
153 Henry Maguire 19.04
SAVILL GARDEN JUNIORS parkrun 2km Sunday 2nd December
1 D Blake (unatt) 8.48
11 Juliet Ricketts 10.10
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 R Carol (Clapham) 17.56
12 Matt Copp 19.40
23 Alberto Esguevillas 20.22
65 Duncan Brown 22.14
82 Tomas Sterner 22.51
83 Gemma Cory 22.53
93 Amrut Sharma 23.16
112 Polly White 24.11
115 Simon Taylor 24.16
145 Philippa Kitchen 25.45
220 Bronwen Northmore 30.50
251 Pat Hewlett 36.05
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
Michelle Davies and Jane Craigie-Payne placed 2nd and 3rd in the women's
section.
1 G Brook (Strag) 18.45
5 Michelle Davies 21.14
8 Jane Craigie-Payne 22.41
26 Lynne Barber 26.00
31 Mike White 26.43
37 Stacey Barber 30.32
38 Cindy Croucher 31.46
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 A Jackson (Sitting) 16.34
20 James Whistler 18.37
178 Ian Grange 22.50
234 David Rowe 23.52
508 Wally Garrod 28.44
558 Sharon Rowe 30.06
619 John Hanscomb 33.28
KINGSTON parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 D Etheridge (unatt) 18.31
12 Chris Camacho 20.49
37 Tom Reay 23.40
43 Wiebke Kortum 24.08
71 Annemarie Goodridge 29.28
BEDFONT LAKES parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
Mark Herbert finished third.
1 B Kennard (WSEH) 17.16
3 Mark Herbert 20.01
17 Chris Spink 23.13
32 Lee Davies 24.55
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 R Young (unatt) 21.10
4 Wyn Williams 23.00
21 Deborah Blakemore 31.10
22 Paula Maguire 31.15
GUNNERSBURY parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 J Schumacher (Eal E) 16.49
31 Phil Jackson 21.45
127 Waldron Slaughter 30.45
140 Lexi Slaughter 38.06
St ALBANS parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 K Skinner (N&EB) 15.12
5 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 18.58
VALENTINES parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
Phil Aiken writes:
"Way back in January - and it does feel a very long time ago now - put off
by the very large field at Bushy Park and the comparatively slow times I was
running, I decided to make my 9am, Saturday morning, 5k fix a bit more
interesting by going 'on tour'. More specifically, I challenged myself to
visit all parkruns found within the M25 (I'd originally called them London
parkruns but, strictly speaking, Banstead Woods and Gunpowder Park do not
lie within a London borough). Back in January that meant 30 and, if I did a
different one each week, I would have finished by the time the cross country
season started in the autumn.
The quest didn't start particularly auspiciously - only Bushy Park, Richmond
Park and Kingston had been visited by the end of February. From March,
though I wasn't venturing particularly far - Gunnersbury, Bedfont Lakes and
Old Deer Park - at least I was running every week. Gradually I got used to
leaving home at 7 or 7:15 on a Saturday morning to travel around London but,
by April, came the first indication that my target was no longer fixed.
Dulwich parkrun appeared on the scene. Then it was Beckton, Crane and
Gladstone parkruns in June, Barking in July and, in three
back-to-back-to-back weeks in September, Hilly Fields, Orpington and Burgess
parkruns, which took the total up to 38. At least that's where it would
stay, but I would not now finish before the cross country season began and
so would have to double up on certain Saturdays.
Over recent weeks it became hard to remember where in north or east London I
was or had been. But the number left to visit was coming down and, finally,
by the end of November, I only had Valentine's Park in Ilford to visit. A
combination of me being late and the train from Norbiton being late meant I
had to abort that attempt. And so it was that last Saturday, I arrived at
Valentine's Park at five to nine for my 38th and final different "London"
parkrun. And by half past nine my quest was over.
I have been asked what my challenge for 2013 will be. A couple spring to
mind - return to Pymmes Park on a day when there isn't a fast runner so I
win (it's never happened to me before, ever) and concentrate on breaking 20
minutes again. Though where that will be is another matter..."
1 K Wotton (Barking) 18.28
8 Phil Aiken 20.50
GUILDFORD parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 B Evans (G&G) 17.47
41 Alan Davidson 25.03
WOODLEY parkrun 5km Saturday 8th December
1 M Worringham (Reading) 17.29
113 Louise Atkinson 31.49
FINALLY...
A name for the future? Sydney Holden from Los Angeles was named USA Track &
Field's Youth Athlete of the Year after setting an age-group record for 400m
of 70.69. She is eight ... and has also run 1500m in 5:37.57! Video: