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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 411 24 October 2013
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Jackson Creegan leads the Ranelagh men's team to 8th place in the opening
Surrey League Div 1 race
* Megan Evans leads the Ranelagh women to 2nd place in Div 2
* Chris Owens wins M60 gold in Surrey Vets Championships
* M45 silver for Trevor Maguire, W55 bronze for Sonia Rowland and M60 team
bronzes for Chris Owens, Phil Jackson and Mike Peace
* Nick Twomey and Becky Hall are our leading finishers in the Cabbage Patch
10
* David Rowe completes the Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona,
Hawaii
* Ed Whitlock runs age 82 world Marathon record of 3:41
* Vets category wins in the Kingston Run Challenge
* Estelle Damant runs 3:07 in the Amsterdam Marathon
* Peter Faull, Lars Lundqvist and Alan Meaden are the winners of the
Captain's 10km Challenge
* parkrun placings for Polly White, Claire Donnelly, Becky Hall, Tarek
Mouganie, Colin Brett and Mark Herbert
* Possible traffic problems reaching Richmond or Wimbledon
* Book for the Quiz Night on Saturday 26th October...
* ...and for the Christmas Party on Saturday 7th December
ATTENTION PLEASE
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HAROLD LEE CUP MOB MATCH v ORION HARRIERS Saturday 26th October in Richmond
Park
All able-bodied Ranelagh Harriers needed to see off the marauders from
Orion! 7.67 miles, 2.30pm start in the Park. Everyone counts towards the
final result so the more runners we have the better our chances. Be there if
you can! Register at the clubhouse or at the start. More details on our
website here:.
QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 26th October in the clubhouse
There's still time to book for the quiz on Saturday evening after the Orion
mob match. It's £10 a head to include a supper of fish and chips (or veggie
alternative). Start time 6.30pm. Please contact Andy Hayward
andrewhayward@catalinare.com to book your place.
JUNIORS MOB MATCH Sunday 3rd November
Colin Brett writes:
"Our Juniors have a mob match arranged against Runnymede Runners at the
Savill Gardens 2k Junior park run on Sunday 3rd of November. Start time is
9.30am. Any members with children 4-14 would be very welcome to join our
regulars. I have put details up in the club house. We are also competing in
the World Marathon Challenge on Saturday 26th October in which we hope to
get up to 21 children completing the Marathon distance in 200m sprints in
Richmond Park."
CAPTAIN'S 10km CHALLENGE
Congratulations to winners Peter Faull, Lars Lundqvist and Alan Meaden who
showed the biggest improvements in their 10km times. Here are the leaders in
each category
Category A
Peter Faull 1:21
Ian Kenton 1:07
Trevor Maguire 0:47
Category B
Lars Lundqvist 3:10
David Lawley 2:23
Simon Martin 1:40
Hannah Doyle 1:39
Category C
Alan Meaden 1:17
Anne-Marie Goodridge -0:45
David Meaden -2:50
COOMBE HILL BRIDGE
Note that the bridge across the A3 at the bottom of Coombe Hill is set to be
closed each weekend for about the next month. Allow extra time if you're
making for Richmond or Wimbledon from that direction.
CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday 7th December
Our Christmas Party will take place at the Richmond Hill Hotel on Saturday
7th December starting at 7pm. It will include a three-course meal plus wine,
followed by a DJ and (optional!) dancing. The price is £50. To reserve your
place contact Michele Gibson micheleagibson@hotmail.com or put
your name on the list at the clubhouse. Please indicate your choice of food
- see the menu at the clubhouse or PAGE 4 of the brochure here:.
Please ensure you choose from the right menu - there are several in the
brochure but we are using the one on page 4.
SPORTING FEET...
Dominic Stead of Sporting Feet in King St Richmond writes:
"We have a special offer in October. If anyone buys a running shoe at
Sporting Feet, they can have any item of running clothing for half price!
So Ranelagh members will get their 10% discount on the shoes plus a half
price item of clothing if they want!"
RANELAGH RICHMOND HALF MARATHON Sunday May 4th 2014.
Lindsey Simmonds has joined the organising team to replace Philippa Kitchen.
Entries are now open - over 150 are already in and remember it usually fills
up well before the closing date.
Follow Ranelagh on Facebook.
WHAT'S COMING
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More details of the following from the men's Captains ( e-mail Phil, Duncan
or Trevor ranelagh.men@gmail.com or the women's Captains
( e-mail Estelle, Becky or Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com )
Saturday 26th October Lee Cup mob match v Orion Harriers, 7.67
miles in Richmond Park. 2.30pm start. Incorporates club veterans'
championships. Followed by Quiz Night.
Saturday 9th November 2XU Surrey League Division 1 (men). 3pm start
on Mitcham Common
Saturday 16th November Dysart Cup women's 6km (1.45pm start) and Ellis
Cup men's 8km (2.30pm) inter-club races including Hugh Jones Salver club
women's championships
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 VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 12th October in Richmond Park
We have been hosting these championships on behalf of the county for so long
that when we started some of today's venerable competitors must have been
running boys' championships as mere slips of lads. Still, it seems to be a
popular venue and because at the end of the proceedings so many people have
medals of some kind to collect, it guarantees that a hungry horde will
descend on the clubhouse to partake of Carol's sumptuous teas while the
results are being computed.
The combined men over 60 and women's 6km race came first and here we had
some interest at the front. Our new world M60 Triathlon champion Chris Owens
couldn't stay with the leading woman Becky McNicholas of Epsom Oddballs but
he led the rest of the field home to take the M60 title. He was made to work
for it though, as Thames's Turner and Farmery were hot on his heels. Wiebke
Kortum was our leading woman, taking 5th place in the W45 category, but our
other individual medal came from Sonia Rowland who was 3rd W55. That seemed
to be it as far as medals were concerned as our W45 team was sixth (though
only five points from third) and our M60 team was initially placed fourth.
But following a bit of work with the abacus and much head scratching Chris,
Phil Jackson and Mike Peace were declared bronze medallists.
The men over 40 / over 50 race over 10km came next. While Stuart Major of
SLH strode away to retain his M40 title easily, our best bets for a medal
seemed to be Trevor Maguire and Paul Doyle. Trevor proved the speedier today
and took second place in the M45 category, just six seconds behind the gold
medallist. Paul was less than half a minute down on Trevor but another M45
intervened and Paul had to settle for fourth. These two plus Vaughan Ramsay
made up our M40 team which closed in just outside the medals in fourth
place. Our leading over 50 was Paul Rider, 9th M50, and he together with
Dave Powell and Stephen Logue comprised the M50 team which also took fourth
place.
2XU SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Saturday 19th October on
Wimbledon Common
It may seem topsy-turvy but let's get the bottom line out of the way first.
We finished eighth in the opening Division 1 fixture out of nine competing
clubs so we are currently occupying one of the two relegation spots. Newly
promoted Walton found it tough going and are already tailed off, but their
fellow climbers Clapham Chasers put out an impressive team to finish 6th
just over a hundred points ahead of us. Our nearest rivals turned out to be
South London Harriers, who finished only 6 points ahead. It seems likely
that they and Clapham will be our main targets for the season. It must be
many years since SLH competed in Division 2 so I am sure they will make
every effort to avoid the drop.
Skipper Phil Killingley writes:
"A sterling effort from the Ranelagh men. Congratulations to Jackson Creegan
who led us home in 16th and to Rick Jenner who ran excellently to make our
10th scoring place, winning the anchor man trophy. Thanks to everyone else
who turned out to run and support. With some unfit and others missing
through injury/illness, we didn't have our strongest team out by a long way.
We placed 8th out of 9 teams, but opened a comfortable 161 point gap on
Walton at the bottom and we are only 6 points behind South London Harriers
in 7th. Clapham Chasers had a good one, they are a team on the rise, and
are 103 points ahead of us in 6th. Their top runner Andy Maud came 3rd.
Given the quality of Ranelagh runners missing, whom we expect to appear (or
in my case be significantly fitter!) in three weeks time, I remain confident
that not only can we easily climb above the relegation zone, but also in
time overhaul Clapham and maybe others. Well done again - this is a strong
start given circumstances and we can build on it."
As ever it was a classy race, with Kent AC dominating the proceedings led by
Irish Olympian Paul Pollock. 16th place for Jackson certainly represented a
huge step up in class for him. His best League result last season was 47th.
Alex Harrison, James Whistler and Rick Jenner all featured in the scoring
ten for the first time. We had 19 runners in all, matching or bettering all
the other clubs albeit well down on the 30+ of last season. But this was
largely owing to the very popular Cabbage Patch 10 taking place the
following day - an unfortunate clash which was outside of our control. The
next men's League race is hosted by Clapham Chasers on Mitcham Common on
Saturday 9th November.
There are some photos by Steve Rowland on our website and in addition these
on Flickr from Stephen Logue here:.
SURREY LADIES LEAGUE DIVISION 2 Saturday 19th October at Lightwater Country
Park
After last season's struggles we find ourselves competing in Division 2 of
the Surrey Ladies League this winter. Not that it makes much practical
difference - both divisions still run together resulting in fields in excess
of 300 runners of all speeds from Olympian downwards. Nevertheless we would
of course like to return to the top rank as quickly as possible and Saturday
represented a big step in the right direction. For starters, we had fourteen
runners in the senior race, which was most encouraging. There was an
intriguing mixture of old hands, returnees and new faces, and it was
perhaps the new faces who made the biggest impact. Of our leading five
runners who made up our A team, three were running their first League race.
But it was "old hand" Marie Synnott-Wells who led the blue vests on the
first short lap of the stony and flattish Lightwater Country Park. Hot on
her heels was Anna Scally in her first League race since 2009, then we saw
newcomers Megan Evans, Gwen McCormack and Julia Bailey plus Victoria
Elbourne whose last appearance for Ranelagh had been as a schoolgirl five or
six years ago. Anna surprised herself by passing Marie during the two longer
laps but both were then overhauled by Megan who ran on strongly to be our
first finisher in 11th place in Division 2. Anna was just six seconds behind
then came Marie, Gwen and Julia who moved through strongly in the closing
stages to close in our A team in 20th place.
Guildford and Godalming packed four runners into the top ten and won the
team race with an excellent score of just 40 points but we placed a clear
second on 74. Overall race winner by almost a minute was 2012 Olympian Julia
Bleasdale representing Thames H&H in Division 1 with a time of 21.04.
Our B team was headed by Wiebke Kortum, ahead of Becky Hall - who was taking
it easy with an eye to the 10 miles tomorrow - Sonia Rowland, Victoria and
Louise Piears. They placed 10th overall, ahead of several A teams and well
clear of the nearest B. We were technically one runner short of a C team (a
"ghost" back marker is counted) but Ali Kennedy (another League novice),
Katherine Mercer, Rachel Revett and Hannah Doyle did enough to finish 18th
overall and first C team. Late note: the above was based on the official
result which however seems to be incorrect in that Katherine is believed to
have finished ahead of both Louise and Ali.
After their mums had run the senior race it was great to see three girls
representing Ranelagh in the Under 13s event. Sacha Kennedy led home her
twin sister Leonie and Livvy Ricketts, and though one short of a full team
they placed 10th.
CABBAGE PATCH 10 miles Sunday 20th October at Twickenham
The Cabbage Patch as ever was a very popular event and Ranelagh provided 56
of a field approaching 1,600. The Callis Cup was on offer to the first
Ranelagh runner home.
Trevor Maguire writes:
"Congratulations to Nick Twomey as our new 10 mile champion who ran really
well on the day and was pushed hard by Paul Doyle, who had a very impressive
run. Obviously both forgot about even-pacing as they ran the first two miles
at 5k pace - 11 mins!! - but were tough enough to hang on for another
eight!. Peter Faull also ran well and picked up a big PB."
Nick finished in 58.39, almost half a minute clear of Paul who placed third
in the M45 category (with Trevor also well up in 5th). Nick Wright was just
behind Trevor, both a few seconds over 61 minutes. Then came Ted Mockett,
Peter Weir, Bill Neely and Paul Rider all inside 70 minutes. Also just a few
ticks of the clock inside the 7 minute miling barrier was Becky Hall who
despite running a PB was disappointed not to have gone a little faster.
Michelle Davies and Daniela Mingham joined Becky in the PB club, running
70.43 and 71.21 respectively. Karen Weir, Wiebke Kortum, Jane Craigie-Payne
and Sally Dell followed on inside 77 minutes. No doubt there were more PBs!
REGENTS PARK 10km Sunday 6th October
Rick Jenner took more than a minute off his PB.
1 G Creagh (Walton) 35.03 (chip time 35.02)
5 Rick Jenner 37.25 (37.24)
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IRONMAN TRIATHLON Sunday 13th October at Kona, Hawaii
David Rowe completed the course in 10:29.27 - 1:04.50 for the swim, 5:23.24
bike and 3:54.31 marathon run. Full report to follow!
KINGSTON RUN CHALLENGE Sunday 13th October
8 miles (actually 7.85m)
Sally Dell was the first over 40 and John Hanscomb was the first - not to
mention only - over 75!
1 W Brewin (unatt) 45.25 (chip time 45.24)
8 G Rutherford (unatt) 48.11 (48.06 - 1st woman)
48 Sally Dell 56.09 (56.02)
324 Sally Bamford 70.31 (70.22)
677 John Hanscomb 100.03 (99.50)
16 miles (actually 15.7m)
Martin Halvey was first over 50 and Marie Synnott-Wells first over 45.
1 P Wicks (Belgrave) 1:20.45 (chip time 1:20.45)
3 E Wicks (AFD) 1:34.41 (1:34.38 - 1st woman)
9 Martin Halvey 1:41.19 (1:41.15)
10 Paul Nicoll 1:41.25 (1:41.21)
40 Colin Brett 1:52.04 (1:51.59)
58 Marie Synnott-Wells 1:57.12 (1:57.08)
CHICAGO MARATHON Sunday 13th October
Chris Read reports:
"On Sunday 13th October I ran the Chicago Marathon. Also there from
Ranelagh were Ian Grange and Heather Martingell. We were joined by former
Ranelagh member Carola Richter and two friends of Heather (Jill Day and Sue
Callan) to make a team of six. For me the race started well. The weather
was perfect. It was sunny but not too hot and the course was flat. The
crowd support was good throughout, with many holding up signs. There was
one lady holding a sign saying: 'My boyfriend runs faster than yours.' I
hope the young man in question achieved the expected time and was not dumped
at the finish line. As the first half progressed I started to wonder why I
only run a marathon every two years.
The second half was tougher as an endless stream of people poured past me.
I started to remember why I do not run marathons very often. However the
crowd support continued to be outstanding. At 25 miles a 3.40 pacer who had
started some distance behind me came past and said to his followers: 'There
are only 1.2 miles left. What are you going to do with them?' I was
fortunately too tired to inform him of my somewhat unambitious plan to
finish at any speed. I was quite relieved to cross the finish line in a
time of 3.42.51, which was roughly what I had expected.
I recommend the Chicago Marathon. The course is flat and fast. There is a
strict system of corrals based on times runners can prove they have done in
the recent past. As a result I was not held up at all by slower runners in
front of me. There was a total of just under 40 000 finishers."
1 D Kimetto (Kenya) 2:03.45
28 R Jeptoo (Kenya) 2:19.57 (1st woman)
6803 Chris Read 3:42.51
9655 Carola Richter 3:53.25
10472 Ian Grange 3:56.10
15521 Heather Martingell 4:13.17
AMSTERDAM MARATHON Sunday 20th October
1 W Chebet (Kenya) 2:05.36
23 V Kipketer (Kenya) 2:23.02 (1st woman)
954 Estelle Damant 3:07.22
BIRMINGHAM HALF-MARATHON Sunday 20th October
1 T Ayeko (Uganda) 62.32
14 R Siggers (Kenilworth) 72.37 (1st woman)
413 Sean Paynter 89.35
TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON Sunday 20th October
Despite suffering from a cold 82 year-old Ed Whitlock was a little
disappointed to record "only" 3:41.58, more than ten minutes down on last
year's time - but still a world age 82 record. Ed writes: "I was in a sorry
state over the last 5k. A disgrace to the Ranelagh vest as runner after
runner passed me!" Here's the story in Runner's World:
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/ed-whitlock-runs-341-marathon-at-a
ge-82.
John Atkinson adds on Facebook:
"All-in-all, 2:50:39 and an almost six-minute PB in today's Marathon is a
terrific morning's work. My BLT team-mate Phil Large and I ran most of the
race together ~ until at 30k he realized he was going to be late for a
wedding (not his own) and found an extra gear for the latter stages. It was
also around this point that my legs turned to cement, rendering the final
run-for-home slightly more challenging than it might have been. Thankfully
Mr. Hosaka and his 60-64 WR-setting (?) roadshow arrived on cue at 41k,
stirring me from my slumber and ensuring I finished like Steve Ovett in his
prime, retaking Mr H on the line. I threw everything I had at the sub-2:50
goal, and came up just short. But it was a huge ball of fun trying. Ten
years ago I was ecstatic to run 3:19:42 in Chicago, so I guess I've come a
long way. Here's to the next ten years ~ and more proof that we're all just
like fine wines: getting better with age."
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
Tarek Mouganie finished second.
1 J Cornish (White H) 16.32
2 Tarek Mouganie 18.25
16 Bill Neely 19.39
27 Peter Faull 20.14
45 Steve Aikin 21.18
56 L Fletcher (K&P) 21.46 (1st woman)
67 Gary Aston 22.18
70 Eugenio Carmo 22.30
80 Amrut Sharma 22.44
81 Stewart Anderson 22.49
90 Simon Taylor 23.23
101 Steven Mountain 23.47
141 Colin Rogal 25.17
150 Tomas Sterner 25.36
173 Rob Kitchen 26.20
190 Andrew Brown 27.01
221 Jenny Rogal 28.36
223 Peter Lowman 28.37
229 Val Lowman 28.59
240 Deepa Sharma 30.03
256 Tony Clark 31.36
304 Pat Hewlett 37.51
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
1 A Lee (unatt) 19.40
14 Kevin Kearey 21.46
15 Tom Kearey 21.46
24 K Acharya (unatt) 23.46 (1st woman)
51 Janet Russell 28.20
58 Josie Kearey 29.18
60 Ann Kearey 29.30
61 Rachel Allen 29.39
65 Tanya Allen 30.44
71 Deirdre Inman 32.27
72 Tamsin Burland 32.38
76 Meredith Bell 37.12
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
1 M Trees (Belgrave) 16.05
21 Marc Snaith 17.56
84 P Adams (unatt) 20.36 (1st woman)
117 Simon Rothwell 21.15
177 Christine Palmer 22.28
308 Neil Surtees 24.13
567 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 27.52
586 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 28.01
606 Kirsty Bangham 28.22
661 Ed Josey 29.40
815 John Hanscomb 36.07
850 Wally Garrod 55.59
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
Colin Brett and Polly White were both runners-up.
1 P Jelly (unatt) 18.29
2 Colin Brett 19.06
5 S Weiland (Sheen) 19.39 (1st woman)
18 Polly White 22.13
44 Mel Hunter 27.41
46 Paula Maguire 28.29
60 Katie Walton 32.54
61 Michelle Martinez 33.04
NONSUCH parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
Mark Herbert finished second.
1 S Bates (unatt) 17.24
2 Mark Herbert 17.49
18 A Jones (Epsom & E) 20.15 (1st woman)
40 Michelle Davies 21.16
114 Mike White 24.27
278 Jar O'Brien 34.04
CLAIR parkrun 5km Saturday 12th October
Becky Hall was 2nd woman.
1 R Mullen (Hay H) 17.54
5 E Martin (Phoenix) 19.53
11 Becky Hall 21.17
15 Rob Curtis 22.02
OTHER parkruns (Saturday 12th October)...
Southwick: 123 Lexi Slaughter 37.50, 124 Waldron Slaughter 37.50
Osterley: 28 Lynne Barber 26.51, 38 Christine David 31.22
Barrow: 60 Aiah Songu-Mbriwa 29.02
Kingston: 21 Chris Camacho 21.46, 38 Tom Reay 23.49, 90 Jackie Dunkley
29.47
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
1 Unknown 18.04
8 Peter Weir 19.26
17 R Bunting (London H) 19.53 (1st woman)
19 Peter Faull 20.02
53 Amrut Sharma 22.37
60 Karen Weir 22.57
66 Eugenio Carmo 23.26
122 Sally Yau 26.34
144 Alberto Esguevillas 27.26
161 Jenny Rogal 28.11
185 Claire-Louise French 29.54
192 Andrew Brown 30.34
193 Rob Kitchen 30.42
198 Deepa Sharma 30.47
200 Jar O'Brien 30.53
223 Philippa Kitchen 32.44
238 Katie Walton 34.34
244 Penny Merrett 35.05
257 Pat Hewlett 42.38
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
1 Unknown 15.40
68 M Horne (unatt) 20.37 (1st woman)
212 Ian Grange 23.10
239 Adam Wright 23.36
609 Ed Josey 29.10
646 Jackie Dunkley 30.06
777 John Hanscomb 36.26
834 Wally Garrod 50.20
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
1 I Johnson (Strag) 17.23
10 Kevin Kearey 21.49
12 Tom Kearey 21.57
26 Duncan Mallison 24.43
30 A Loughlin (unatt) 25.16 (1st woman)
43 Lynne Barber 27.00
45 Emily Kearey 27.33
55 Stacey Barber 28.47
56 Janet Russell 28.47
57 Rachel Allen 28.47
58 Josie Kearey 29.16
61 Ann Kearey 29.23
65 Christine David 30.29
77 Tracey Small 35.02
FULHAM PALACE parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
Another new member of the parkrun family.
1 E O'Neill (Fulham) 17.17
30 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 20.32
35 S Kirk (Imp C) 20.52 (1st woman)
57 Lee Davies 22.21
73 Phil Jackson 23.00
82 Mike White 23.23
93 Tomas Sterner 23.42
104 Kirsty Bangham 24.17
123 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 26.02
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
Polly White stepped up this week to first place in the women's section.
1 T Thornhill (Ful-On T) 19.45
7 Polly White 22.12 (1st woman)
39 Paula Maguire 28.14
51 Deborah Blakemore 31.14
FOREST REC parkrun 5km Saturday 19th October
Claie Donnelly was the leading woman.
1 E Ward (Centurion) 18.25
8 Claire Donnelly 21.13 (1st woman)
OTHER parkruns (Saturday 19th October)...
Ashton Court: 49 Christopher Parsons 22.52
Southsea: 58 Alan Davidson 23.35
Greenpoint: 15 Peter Fordham 22.16
Kingston: 20 Chris Camacho 22.25, 68 Janet Turnes 29.39
St Annes: 43 Chris Spink 22.54
FINALLY...
Another new Olympics event? London 2012 hurdles gold medallist Sally Pearson
hacked three seconds off the world record in Sydney last month...for the 100
metres egg and spoon race! Sally recorded 16.59 seconds, easily beating the
previous mark of 19.39. Full story: