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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 413 21 November 2013
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh men finish 8th in the second Surrey League race
* Eirin McDaid and Jackson Creegan lead our team
* Ranelagh women win the Dysart Cup
* Megan De Silva wins the Hugh Jones Salver
* Stragglers win the Ellis Cup, Ranelagh men second
* Road PBs at Brighton, Gosport and Epsom
* 2:49 marathon by Lauren Stewart
* parkrun placings for Elin Berstad Mortensen, Michelle Davies, Nick
Twomey, David Lawley and Jane Craigie-Payne
* All needed for mob match v Thames Hare & Hounds on Saturday 30th November
* London Marathon guaranteed places
* Last chance to book for the Christmas Party on Saturday 7th December
* Charity auction of a Ranelagh vest signed by David Weir
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Just a final reminder to those of you who haven't yet paid your subs for
2013-14. The England Athletics registration fee has been doubled to £10 per
active member this year, and the club has for the time being absorbed this
increase. However, we obviously can not afford to pay the fee for anyone who
has not paid their dues.
Our rates are unchanged at £40 for seniors, £20 for second-claim members and
those who are retired and over 60, £10 for under 20s and students and
non-running members. There is also a £70 family membership. Post your
cheque to Membership Secretary, Ranelagh Harriers, 135a Petersham Road,
Richmond, Surrey TW10 7AA or leave it in an envelope at the clubhouse. A
Standing Order form is available from our website here: For Bank Transfers, our
account is at HSBC, sort code 40-23-29, account number 81109847; please add
a message, for example SubscriptionJSmith. For any queries, e-mail the
Membership Secretary achrisowens@yahoo.co.uk .
CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday 7th December
There is still room for one or two more at our Christmas Party 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 . Please indicate your choice of food -
see the menu on PAGE FOUR 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 four.
Cindy Croucher adds:
Ranelagh vest signed by David Weir
"This Christmas I will be auctioning a Ranelagh Harriers vest to raise money
for CLIC Sargent. CLIC Sargent is a charity which supports children and
young people with cancer. The Chief Executive of CLIC Sargent is a Ranelagh
member, Lorraine Clifton. A colleague of mine, Lee Marsh, was recently
supported by CLIC Sargent. His son Toby fell ill days after his first
birthday and following tests was diagnosed with a brain tumour. After ten
hours of surgery at St George's to remove the tumour Toby went to America
for radiotherapy. This involved daily treatments of radiotherapy for thirty
days and each day Toby had to be anaesthetised. Toby is now home and has had
his first MRI scan check-up (he has them every three months) and it is all
clear! CLIC Sargent supported Toby's family by funding them to travel and
live in the States whilst Toby was treated. A lady from CLIC Sargent called
Maureen helped with the all the paperwork required for funding and
organised accommodation whilst they lived at St George's and the Royal
Marsden hospitals.
After accosting him whilst he was eating his breakfast, David Weir, holder
of six gold Paralympic medals and six-time winner of the London Marathon has
signed a Ranelagh vest to be auctioned at the Christmas party. David is
reluctant to sign things since his autograph appeared on E-bay but when he
heard Toby's story he agreed on one condition - it raises more money than
Mo's did last year!
The lovely Michelle Davies and Mike White will be the auctioneers on the
night so please come and bid for this unique, one-off piece of history and
dig deep for an amazing cause!"
LONDON MARATHON PLACES
We have been allotted four guaranteed places for the 2014 London Marathon.
The draw for these will take place at the Christmas Party on 7th December.
To be eligible you need to have taken part in at least two mob matches in
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past twelve months, or else to have run one mob match and also helped as a
volunteer at two club events. If you qualify send your name in to Wyn
Williams wynandlin@btinternet.com before the Christmas Party.
MOB MATCH v THAMES HARE and HOUNDS Saturday 30th November 7.5 miles on
Wimbledon Common
Our second mob match this season takes place on Saturday 30th November
starting at 2.30pm. As ever, we need as many runners on the starting line as
we can get. Thames are strong, but if we outnumber them we can beat them.
The race HQ is at the pavilion off Roehampton Vale, here:.
After the race we will be Thames's guests at supper at the Telegraph pub on
Putney Heath.
SOUTH OF THE THAMES 5 miles CHAMPIONSHIP
We have a women's team at the South of Thames this Saturday (November 23rd),
starting at 2pm on Streatham Common, plus one or two men running as
individuals. More details:.
RUNNERS' ROWING RACE
Last winter Paul Gregory attempted to resurrect the running clubs' rowing
race, which used to be held annually between crews from Ranelagh and some of
the other mob match clubs. As the winners last time the event was held, we
are the holders of the race trophy, the Franckeiss Cup which dates back to
1929. Unfortunately Paul was thwarted last year by continuing bad river
conditions, so he's trying again this year. The format would be the same as
that proposed last winter, i.e. coxed double skiffs (skiffing involves two
blades per person rather than the one in rowing) over a downstream course on
the Thames of approx 3 - 3 ½ minutes.
He's hoping to stage the race on Sunday 1st December with practice/coaching
available on Sundays during November at the Skiff Club, Trowlock Way,
Teddington. More info about skiffing here:.
Crews can be male, female or mixed and no experience is necessary. If you're
interested in having a go, please contact Paul at p_gregory@talktalk.net.
RANELAGH HARRIERS GAZETTE
Somewhat belatedly - owing to circumstances beyond our control - the
Ranelagh Gazette covering the year up to spring 2013 has been published.
Help yourself to a copy at the clubhouse, or if you'd prefer to have one
sent to you, please reply to this e-mail with your postal address.
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 23rd November South of the Thames 5 miles men's and women's
championship. 2pm start at Streatham Common.
Saturday 30th November Mob Match v Thames Hare and Hounds 7.5 miles on
Wimbledon Common (Kingston Vale) 2.30pm, following which Thames will host us
at a supper at the Telegraph pub on Putney Heath.
Saturday 7th December Surrey Ladies League 6km. 12 noon start
(followed by junior races) at Coulsdon.
Saturday 14th December Stubbs Cup mob match 7.5 miles v South London
Harriers at Coulsdon. 2.30pm start
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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2XU SURREY LEAGUE 5 miles Saturday 9th November at Mitcham Common
In the opening League fixture we had finished in 8th place, well clear of
Walton in the basement and just five points behind 7th-placed South London.
With two clubs to be relegated at the end of the season it already looked
likely that the fight to avoid accompanying Walton down to Division 2 would
be between ourselves and South London. The second race was hosted by Clapham
Chasers on Mitcham Common, the first Division 1 League race there for many
years. It was a three-lap course and although the morning's heavy rain had
abated, the running surface was greasy. Each circuit featured several short
rises.
We had high hopes of a markedly stronger team than in the first race, but
this weekend our luck was out. First Chris Illman and then Captain
Killingley succumbed to bugs, and we also had a couple of key runners on the
injured list. On the credit side, Eirin McDaid made the journey back from
Northern Ireland, but overall our team strength was just about the same as
in the first race. SLH seemed to be in the same boat, and the team result
was almost a repeat of the first race - SLH beating us by just a handful of
points. This time the margin was 14 and instead of building up a small lead
on our rivals we instead trail them by 19. Of course, in the context of the
League this is nothing at all and there's everything to run for in the final
two races in the New Year.
Jackson Creegan set out to give us a repeat performance of his great 16th
place in the opening race, but the course didn't suit him quite so well.
Nevertheless Jackson held on to finish an excellent 24th. Run of the day
this time came from Eirin McDaid, who started steadily and then enjoyed
himself fighting his way through the field and into the top twenty. Richard
Gregory and Sam Perkins were never far apart as our third and fourth
runners, then came a couple of strong runs from Nick Twomey and Mark
Herbert. Marc Snaith was next, then Carl Selya-Hammer, who clearly still had
the Frankfurt Marathon in his legs. Trevor Maguire was our ninth man, the
only veteran in the scoring ten, and then James Whistler won the Anchor Man
trophy just ahead of Peter Faull. We had twenty runners altogether.
Kent AC were the winners on the day and overall they hold a near-hundred
points advantage over Thames Hare and Hounds and Herne Hill.
DYSART CUP and ELLIS CUP INTER-CLUB RACES Saturday 16th November in
Richmond Park
Fixtures congestion has prevented us from sticking to a regular date for our
Dysart and Ellis Cup races, and the result has been steadily diminishing
fields. The Dysart Cup women's race saw only thirteen runners on the
starting line this year, eight of them from Ranelagh, The men's Ellis Cup
was slightly better but a field of thirty-three hardly made for a memorable
race on a sunny but chilly afternoon.
The Dysart Cup race incorporated our club women's championship for the Hugh
Jones Salver and it was two new members who contested both the trophy an
the overall race. Megan De Silva led most of the way, but Gwen McCormack was
never far behind. At the finish there were only 18 seconds separating them
but it was Megan whose name will go onto the trophy. Dee Smale of Stragglers
was the third finisher and then came Marie Synnott-Wells who will take
Trish's Trophy for the leading Ranelagh over 40. The team race was reduced
to three runners per side in order to allow Stragglers to complete a team,
but of course it was Ranelagh with 1st, 2nd and 4th who won the trophy. The
sealed handicap went to Helen Nance ahead of Sonia Rowland and Marie
Synnott-Wells.
The team result might have been different, however, if all but one of the
Milocarians women's team had not been delayed by traffic. They arrived too
late for the Dysart Cup race and ran instead in the Ellis Cup, where their
first finisher Hannah Jarvis finished 6th, suggesting that they would have
given Ranelagh a run for their money in the women's team race.
Milocarians' bad luck did not end there. Most of their men's team -
travelling over from Sandhurst - were also caught in traffic and did not
arrive until the bulk of the Ellis Cup field had already completed their
first lap. They ran one lap but for the team race the Milos had to depend
mostly on their women's squad. Stragglers had brought over quite a strong
team and in the absence of serious competition from either Ranelagh or Milos
they were the runaway winners of the Ellis Cup trophy. Paul Lowe of the
Stragglers was the individual winner by over a minute from Carl Selya-Hammer
with three more Stragglers third, fourth and fifth. Dave Powell was the next
Ranelagh finisher in 14th place, ahead of William Griffin. Team scoring was
eight a side and our team was completed by Alberto Esguevillas, Stewart
Anderson, Michael Osbourne, Chris Camacho and Andy Woodhouse. We finished
second in the team race just ahead of Milocarians.
LOSELEY 10km Sunday 3rd November at Guildford
Wiebke Kortum was 7th woman home.
1 D Chapman (unatt) 41.12
23 S Aird (unatt) 48.33 (1st woman)
53 Wiebke Kortum 52.25
TRACK AND FIELD TOURS ALGARVE CHALLENGE Wednesday 6th - Sunday 10th
November
Alan Davidson reports:
"An unexpected obstacle en route to the Algarve was the road closed due to
flooding under the railway bridge just short of my local station but whereas
some desperate late commuters took off shoes and socks, rolled up their
trouser legs and waded through, I took the drier twenty minutes detour
option instead. There was the usual friendly bunch at Monte Gordo (thirteen
Brits and three Dutch) for the four races in five days of the Algarve
Running Challenge (a good test for my knee straps I employed to try and ease
knee discomfort) organised to our gratitude by Steve Smythe of Athletics
Weekly. The weather was consistent (windy but sunny 20-22C) whereas my
racing wasn't! On handicap I started first on the three lap 5k,sandhills and
sandy trails in the pine forest at Vila Real - very taxing on adductors and
groin. I was somewhat bemused that only the very fast trio overtook me until
at the finish I noted a gathering of six runners who had got lost! 24.09 was
respectable for me.
The one mile track time trial at Vila Real had a very strong wind to run
into in the back straight but I did at least manage to beat the 7.04 I had
run in wintry conditions in Portsmouth back in April with 6.43.6. The 10k
handicap trail race in the pine forest at Monte Gordo had a sting in the
tail for me as in the latter stages I suddenly felt dizzy and lightheaded
with no obvious reason and eventually staggered across the line a distant
last in 58.05.Finally we all joined the X Millas del Guadiana open race
(17.3km) which alternates Portugal-Spain/Spain-Portugal - this year Vila
Real (Portugal) - Ayamonte (Spain). It was a slightly different route from
last time as the Portuguese - to make the pain more similar to the Spanish
route - added in an extra hill and more cobbles/tiles. I set off very
conservatively unsure whether I would get another odd turn and kept into the
strong wind in a group near the back of the field until we hit the last 7k
or so to be blown to the finish where I felt that I was O.K. to push on -
although the cobbled section in Ayamonte wasn't a lot of fun to run on!.
However 1.27.39 was only a minute slower than when I ran the same distance
two years ago so I was happy with that. A very enjoyable trip as always."
LEATHERHEAD FIRE STATION 10km Sunday 10th November
1 P Lowe (unatt) 33.35 (chip time 33.35)
13 L Custance (Clapham) 38.26 (38.26 - 1st woman)
72 Simon Burrell 45.08 (44.49)
150 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 50.46 (50.32)
163 Hannah Doyle 51.33 (51.16)
245 Lorna Smith 57.24 (57.08)
285 Deborah Blakemore 63.39 (63.23)
GRAND UNION CANAL HALF MARATHON Sunday 10th November
Marie Synnott-Wells finished 8th in the women's race, 3rd vet over 40.
1 S Blanshard (Hill) 78.59 (chip time 78.58)
15 K Morgan (Clapham) 85.55 (85.53 - 1st woman)
90 Marie Synnott-Wells 98.09 (98.06)
BRIGHTON 10km Sunday 17th November
Peter Faull reports:
"I ran the Brighton 10k yesterday, as did Kirsty Bangham, Heather Martingell
and Janet Turnes. Great performances all round (I managed a PB - finally got
under the 37 minute mark!) and great cheerleading from Ranelagh's #1
cheerleader Daniela Mingham. As we wandered round Brighton afterwards, we
spotted the name of a pub - The Ranelagh!"
1 M Buckingham (Holm) 30.48 (chip time 30.46)
46 G Turtle (Gloucs) 34.43 (34.41 - 1st woman)
114 Peter Faull 36.59 (36.57)
1256 Kirsty Bangham 52.12 (50.40)
1370 Heather Martingell 53.33 (52.01)
2064 Janet Turnes 61.16 (58.51)
GOSPORT HALF MARATHON Sunday 17th November
Personal bests by Marc Snaith, Rick Jenner and Rob Curtis.
1 A Wall-Clarke (Soton) 67.20 (chip time 67.20)
40 L Locks (Hart) 77.57 (77.56 - 1st woman)
61 Marc Snaith 80.35 (80.30)
71 Rick Jenner 81.47 (81.41)
86 Mark Herbert 82.22 (82.16)
150 Vaughan Ramsay 86.48 (86.43)
294 Rob Curtis 92.20 (91.51)
EPSOM 10 miles Sunday 17th November
A PB for Duncan Mallison on a "lumpy" course.
1 S Winder (Epsom & E) 58.08
11 Duncan Mallison 63.47
27 V Carter (Serp) 65.41 (1st woman)
VALENCIA MARATHON Sunday 17th November
Second-claimer Lauren Stewart had a great run, taking almost two minutes off
her personal best despite a stitch in the last couple of miles.
1 F Keny (Kenya) 2:07.14 (chip time 2:07.11)
19 A Masrecha (Ethiopia) 2:27.01 (2:26.59 - 1st woman)
222 Lauren Stewart 2:49.19 (2:49.00)
BUSHY PARK 10km Sunday 17th November
1 K Jack (Nene V) 36.04
11 I Rea (West 4) 39.23 (1st woman)
69 Lloyd Camp 45.52
OLD DEER PARK 10km Sunday 17th November
1 A Milne (Enf & Har) 32.32 (chip time 32.29)
36 C Steptoe (VoA) 40.14 (40.07)
574 Katie Walton 69.13 (68.22)
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
1 S Shaw (unatt) 17.31
11 R Bunting (London H) 19.21 (1st woman)
39 Steve Aikin 21.04
66 Gemma Cory 22.09
73 Stewart Anderson 22.31
110 Alberto Esguevillas 24.17
308 Pat Hewlett 38.24
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
1 P Lowe (unatt) 16.13
5 A McGhee (VP Glasgow) 17.35 (1st woman)
58 David Rowe 19.54
103 Simon Rothwell 21.01
438 Nick Fordham 25.39
455 Peter Fordham 25.54
716 Jackie Dunkley 29.58
771 Waldron Slaughter 31.18
877 Lexi Slaughter 36.37
886 John Hanscomb 37.09
904 Wally Garrod 41.36
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
Michelle Davies was second woman, just five seconds behind the winner.
1 A Keane (unatt) 18.57
17 Tom Kearey 21.56
24 K Coombes (unat) 23.02 (1st woman)
25 Michelle Davies 23.07
26 Lee Davies 23.13
42 Kevin Kearey 25.39
43 Emily Kearey 25.39
59 Josie Kearey 27.43
65 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 29.26
66 Ally Salisbury 29.27
OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
1 W Atkins (unatt) 21.09
11 B Farr (unatt) 23.17 (1st woman)
38 Leeanne Bryce 27.51
44 Mel Hunter 28.54
54 Katie Walton 32.40
55 Michelle Martinez 33.41
BLACK PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
1 J Lawler (Gade V) 18.03
41 J Sloan (unatt) 21.50 (1st woman)
184 Lynne Barber 26.53
240 Rachel Allen 28.50
280 Christine David 30.47
311 Stacey Barber 32.00
312 Cindy Croucher 32.02
322 Tanya Allen 32.28
325 Deirdre Inman 32.46
359 Sally Spaull 34.59
361 Tracey Small 35.00
GUNNERSBURY parkrun 5km Saturday 9th November
Elin Berstad Mortensen on a visit from Norway was the fastest woman.
1 T Corbett (Ealing E) 18.28
18 Elin Berstad Mortensen 20.01 (1st woman)
34 Eugenio Carmo 21.25
45 Wiebke Kortum 21.54
62 Amrut Sharma 22.45
81 Rob Kitchen 23.25
148 John Herriott 26.22
162 Tony Clark 27.08
168 Sue Camp 27.29
249 Philippa Kitchen 33.33
OTHER parkruns (Saturday 9th November)...
Ashton Court: 49 Christopher Parsons 23.16
Bedfont Lakes: 146 Danny Hobbs 37.59
Fulham Palace: 57 Phil Aiken 23.02
Kingston: 17 Chris Camacho 22.55
Guildford: 24 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 21.29
Osterley: 57 Andrew Brown 45.36
Winchester: 66 Mike White 26.33
CRANE PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th November
A win this week for Michelle Davies, and Jane Craigie-Payne was third..
1 G Brook (Strag) 18.03
9 Lee Davies 21.32
11 Michelle Davies 21.41 (1st woman)
15 Tom Kearey 21.52
16 Kevin Kearey 22.01
25 Jane Craigie-Payne 23.24
34 Mike White 25.21
42 Nick Fordham 26.23
55 Janet Russell 28.12
63 Waldron Slaughter 29.17
66 Josie Kearey 29.33
69 Ann Kearey 29.47
83 Tamsin Burland 34.14
RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th November
Nick Twomey finished in second place.
1 O Parsons (StM UC) 18.06
2 Nick Twomey 18.11
11 R Bunting (London H) 19.22 (1st woman)
41 Steve Aikin 21.22
47 Eugenio Carmo 21.34
49 Gemma Cory 21.38
63 Christopher Parsons 22.25
90 Amrut Sharma 23.47
100 Simon Taylor 24.01
129 Tomas Sterner 25.34
146 Colin Rogal 26.17
190 Tony Clark 27.46
191 Michael Sikora 27.47
192 Jenny Rogal 28.03
229 Deepa Sharma 30.05
251 Michelle Martinez 32.08
252 Katie Walton 32.15
264 Penny Merrett 34.35
291 Bev Ali 42.23
292 Pat Hewlett 42.25
BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km Saturday 16th November
1 A Jackson (Sitt) 16.34
9 Nick Wright 17.34
57 C Saunders (TH&H) 19.54 (1st woman)
58 David Rowe 19.54
71 David Ready 20.15
114 Simon Rothwell 21.14
177 Ian Grange 22.17
197 Adam Wright 22.35
538 Kirsty Bangham 27.15
568 Nigel Coombes 27.35
692 Jackie Dunkley 29.35
805 Sharon Rowe 33.14
CONKERS parkrun 5km Saturday 16th November
David Lawley placed second.
1 M Slade (Hatton D) 18.09
2 David Lawley 18.17
26 R Hallam (Ivanhoe) 20.50 (1st woman)
OTHER parkruns (Saturday 16th November)...
Gunnersbury: 94 John Herriott 25.54, 182 Tracey Small 33.37, 183 Juliette
Chan 33.37
Malahide: 162 Leeanne Bryce 26.42
Nonsuch: 59 Chris Read 22.47
Kingston: 12 Bruce McLaren 21.07, 19 Chris Camacho 22.07, 55 Mary Hickson
28.36
Old Deer Park: 6 Stephen Hurton 21.08, 16 Phil Roberts 23.01
Brueton: 98 Andrew Brown 25.52
FINALLY...
We have featured him before, but here's Japanese Kenichi Ito again breaking
his own world record for 100 metres with a time of 16.87 seconds...running
on all fours. Video:.