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 RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 441              31 December 2014
 Editor: Steve Rowland
 mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com  
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 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 HEADLINE NEWS
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 *  Jordan Mungovan, Clive Naish and Mark Roper win the Henty Relay
 *  Jordan Mungovan runs the fastest lap
 *  Lydia and Arthur Louw and Paul Sinton-Hewitt are all in the prizes at the
     Boxing Day Cabbage Patch 4   
 *  parkrun placings for Wiebke Kortum, Becky Hall, Rick Jenner, Kris
     Davidson, Lydia Louw, Mark Herbert, Peter Faull, Nick Wright, Julia Bailey,   
     David Lawley and Marc Snaith
 *  Surrey Championships this Saturday, Surrey Leagues next week 
 *  Subsidised track sessions at Osterley start on Thursday 8th January 
 *  Quiz Night in the clubhouse on Saturday 7th February

 ATTENTION PLEASE
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 WEBSITE
 Apologies that our website was down over much of the Christmas period. This
 was due to server problems beyond our control. 

 SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS  Saturday 3rd January at Lloyd Park, Croydon.
 This Saturday, but entries have already closed. Timetable and maps:. 

 SURREY LEAGUES  Saturday 10th January
 Saturday week sees the third League fixture for both our men's and women's
 teams. We need, as ever, a strong turnout to make sure of maintaining our
 League position. The women's race starts at 12 noon on Wimbledon Common
 while the men are on Streatham Common at 2.30pm - note the earlier start
 time. Register on the day. Junior races follow the women's event and precede
 the men's. More details will follow and will be shown on our website.
 However, it's worth noting that for the women at the Roehampton Vale side of
 Wimbledon Common there will be no on-site parking owing to other events
 taking place there. It's suggested that we use the ASDA Roehampton
 Superstore (SW15 3DT). 

 THURSDAY NIGHT TRACK TRAINING AT OSTERLEY
 The club will be subsidising track sessions on Thursday evenings at the
 Osterley track. All groups and all abilities are welcome! The sessions will
 run for three months from 8th January 2015, every Thursday 7.30-8.30pm.
 Link to the map is here:.

 QUIZ NIGHT
 We'll be holding one of our popular quiz nights in the clubhouse on Saturday
 7th February, starting at 7pm. It's teams of four, make up your own team or
 just turn up on the night. Cost is £10 to include a fish and chip supper.
 Put the date in your diary and let Andy Hayward
 andrewhayward@catalinare.com  know if you're planning to come.

 RIVER THAMES SPRING HALF MARATHON
 Roy Reeder of Stragglers writes: 
 "I organised the River Thames Half Marathon in October and it went so well
 that I'm organising a Spring version on 15th March 2015. Start is in
 Walton-on-Thames and a fair bit of the route is along the towpath, so it's
 scenic. I'm offering £4 off the entry fee to Ranelagh runners till 15th
 January. Use the entry code RANonly4 at the Sport Systems store. Full
 details here:. 

 MARATHON FOCUS WINTER WORKSHOPS at St Mary's University Clinic.
 Wednesday 28th January 2015, 7pm - TBC       Warm Ups, Injury Prevention, &
 Recovery
 Wednesday 25th March 2015, 7pm - TBC          Race Day Preparation
 £10 per workshop. Both are to be held at St Mary's University on campus. To
 book your place please call 0208 240 4070 or email clinic@smuc.ac.uk.  

 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 Captain / Team Manager ( e-mail Becky or Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com  )

 Saturday 3rd January          Surrey County Championships at Lloyd Park,
 Croydon. See above.

 Saturday 10th January        Surrey Ladies League 8km on Wimbledon Common.
 12 noon start
                                         Men's Surrey League 8km on Streatham
 Common. 2.30pm start

 Saturday 17th January        v Bank of England and others 4.7m in Richmond
 Park (Roehampton Gate). Note start time is 2pm not 2.30pm as originally
 shown in our Fixture list   

 Saturday 24th January        South of England Cross-Country Championships at
 Stanmer Park, Brighton 

 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), and also every Sunday at 9.30am
 in Wimbledon Park. 

 WHAT'S HAPPENED
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 HENTY RELAY  Saturday 27th December in Richmond Park
 As the clock in the clubhouse ticked round to the advertised check-in
 deadline of 11.30am, it began to look as if the officials would outnumber
 the runners. However, over the next half hour, enough trickled in to make up
 eight teams - just enough for a decent race, though more teams would ramp up
 the excitement a bit. For those unfamiliar with the event, it's held over
 six laps of Sidmouth Wood, which is 1.38 miles round. Teams comprise three
 runners, one from each of three categories - laughingly referred to as
 "fast", "medium" and "slow", though the distinction between them is hazy to
 say the least. Ken's fiendish computer program then does its best to produce
 as balanced teams as possible. But of course, the poor thing is on to a
 loser from the start, with such a wide range of abilities between the
 fastest and the slowest in each category.   

 It's up to each team to marshal its resources as it sees fit. The
 traditional optimum running order is fast, medium, fast, slow, medium, fast,
 but this time only three of the teams opted for it. Two went for slow, fast,
 medium, fast, medium, fast, two decided on medium, fast, slow, fast, medium,
 fast, and the last one went for fast, slow, medium, fast, medium, fast. Two
 of the teams that eventually finished in the top three put their "slow"
 runner first, so maybe there's a lesson to be learnt there. 

 Jordan Mungovan was to be the fastest man on the day, but he didn't run the
 slightly shorter opening stage which was led home by Mark Herbert in 7.41.
 Over a minute passed before Chris Sinclair - not related to the main
 Sinclair clan who were also out in force today - handed over in second
 place, with young Euan Sinclair hot on his heels. Last two home were Mark
 and Louise Roper, but Mark handed over to Jordan Mungovan who lost no time
 in charging through to take the lead with the day's fastest time of 7.32. He
 beat Trevor Maguire to the line by a single second, but that was the closest
 any rival was to come to Jordan's team. Clive Naish on stage 3 consolidated
 their lead, Jordan put in two more laps almost as fast as his first with
 another solid stage from Clive in between.   

 Mark Herbert's team had never been lower than 4th and Mark finally brought
 them home 2nd exactly a minute behind Jordan. Michael Dorgan was the only
 other man besides Jordan and Mark to run a lap inside 8 minutes and his team
 placed 3rd. As already noted, Jordan ran the fastest time of the day. Best
 "medium" was Alistair Sinclair who ran 9.56 on the shorter opening stage,
 while the quickest "slow" - also on the first stage - was Jar O'Brien's
 10.11. Fastest woman was Sue Sinclair on 10.44.  It was good to see half a
 dozen juniors taking part - well done to Euan, Finlay and Eilidh Sinclair,
 Luke Maguire and Frida and Astrid Roper.     
 
                                  
 HOG'S BACK 7 miles  Sunday 7th December at Guildford
 1   G Grundy (G&G)         38.19
 28  F Love (Clapham)       46.27  (1st woman)
 486 Alan Meaden            75.20
 494 David Meaden           76.36

 BUXTED PARK REINDEER RUN 10km  Sunday 14th December
 John Pratt writes:
 "A recent modest triumph, first time I finished in the top ten in a decade
 or more!"

 1   P Sparta (unatt)       48.56
 7   John Pratt             57.33

 LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km  Friday 19th December in Hyde Park
 1   B Goater (WSEH)        15.20
 22  C Elms (Dul R)         18.10
 126 Carol Aikin            24.46
 128 Alan Davidson          24.53

 SOUTH OF THE THAMES 7.5 miles CHAMPIONSHIP  Saturday 20th December at
 Coulsdon
 After a series of tough races there wasn't a great deal of enthusiasm for
 another visit to Coulsdon on the Saturday before Christmas. In the end only
 Ted Mockett and Vaughan Ramsay flew the flag for us. 

 1   D Lacy (Camb H)        42.45
 77  M Wilkins (Begrave)    50.59  (1st woman)
 87  Ted Mockett            51.42
 137 Vaughan Ramsay         57.59  

 CABBAGE PATCH BOXING DAY 4 miles  Friday 26th December at Twickenham
 This Boxing Day bash always attracts a fair few from Ranelagh, along with a
 big crowd from organisers the Stragglers. Lydia and Arthur Louw both came
 away with prizes, Lydia as the first junior lady and her brother as the
 youngest competitor. Paul Sinton-Hewitt was the first over 50.

 1   C Allen (Strag)        22.44
 6   Peter Weir             24.44
 9   L Killip (Strag)       25.21  (1st woman)
 11  Paul Sinton-Hewitt     25.29
 20  Amelie Hunton          27.27
 22  Lydia Louw             27.31
 25  Chris Hunton           27.44
 37  Karen Weir             29.59
 41  Jo Sinton-Hewitt       30.44
 42  Carol Aikin            31.14
 45  Arthur Louw            32.24
 52  Paul Martingell        33.33
 63  Kirsty Bangham         35.22
 64  Heather Martingell     35.23
 78  Nigel Coombes          38.36
 80  Peter Martingell       39.45

 BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 Marc Snaith finished third.

 1   T Simmonds (unatt)     16.43
 2   J Hill (SMUC)          17.04  (1st woman)
 3   Marc Snaith            17.46
 9   Duncan Mallison        18.18    
 12  Nick Wright            18.40
 153 Paul Hodges            22.03
 243 Adam Wright            23.28
 283 Ali Kennedy            24.01
 299 Rachel Revett          24.11
 530 Kirsty Bangham         27.34
 657 Jackie Dunkley         29.28
 833 Wally Garrod           38.08
 847 John Hanscomb          45.53      

 RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 1   S Shaw (unatt)         17.03
 13  Tom Bradley            19.43   
 14  I Rea (West 4)         19.46  (1st woman)
 18  Bill Neely             20.02
 25  Stewart Anderson       20.23
 35  Steve Aikin            21.32
 79  Michael Beverly        24.00
 100 Colin Lloyd            24.57
 103 Carol Aikin            25.01
 120 Ally Salisbury         25.43
 127 Colin Rogal            26.01
 154 Rob Kitchen            26.58           
 193 Michael Sikora         28.41
 233 Val Lowman             30.12
 252 Claire-Louise French   31.58
 269 Peter Lowman           33.24
 290 Bev Ali                38.30 
 291 Pat Hewlett            40.26
 292 Andrew Brown           40.47 

 CRANE PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 Kris Davidson was today's winner.

 1   Kris Davidson          17.51
 28  Paul Wapshott          23.06
 31  K Coombes (Runnymede)  23.50  (1st woman)
 53  Tom Kearey             26.41
 54  Josie Kearey           26.41
 57  Colette Doran          27.21
 71  Cindy Croucher         30.12  
 72  Christine David        30.13
 80  Tracey Small           31.19
 84  Tanya Allen            32.28  
 96  Clare Hulacki          36.15 

 OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 1   J Smith (Strag)        18.46
 4   J Reynolds (B&B)       21.03  (1st woman)
 27  Julian Holden          26.47
 29  Luke Maguire           27.41
 31  Wyn Williams           27.57
 36  Sandy Clark            29.19
 51  Lorna Smith            33.16
 52  Katie Walton           33.17
 53  Deborah Blakemore      33.17        

 KINGSTON parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 1   A McGeoch-Williams (26)17.44
 19  K Wilson (26.2)        20.15  (1st woman)
 29  Chris Camacho          21.10
 70  Tom Reay               24.33
 71  Cathy Jones            24.35
 108 Jar O'Brien            32.00
 112 Alison Dicks           33.02
 113 Annemarie Goodridge    33.02
 114 Mike White             33.03

 BATH SKYLINE parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 David Lawley finished in third place.

 1   G Frost (Bath)         17.35
 3   David Lawley           19.13  
 16  E Sheridan (Wells C)   22.41  (1st woman)
 52  Cathy Holman           27.58 

 BANGOR parkrun 5km  Saturday 20th December
 Third place for Peter Faull.

 1   D Patton (Corstorph)   18.12
 3   Peter Faull            18.45  
 11  C Quigley (unatt)      21.19  (1st woman)

 OTHER parkruns  (Saturday 20th December)...
 York: 301 Phil Jackson 41.36
 Darlington South Park:  145 Nigel Coombes 28.59
 Southsea: 80 Alan Davidson 25.57
 Heaton: 248 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 29.23
 Pollok, Glasgow: 20 Peter Weir 20.10,  73 Karen Weir 24.24
 Woodley: 34 Nick Fordham 22.29,  90 Peter Fordham 25.44 
 Bournemouth:  73 Eugenio Carmo 24.30
 Bedfont Lakes: 41 Luke Wilson 25.08
 Reading: 151 Louise Atkinson 30.34  
 Preston Park, Brighton: 86 John Pratt 23.48
 Cranleigh: 23 Steve Rowland 31.40   
 Tring: 108 Lynne Barber 33.29   

 BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km  Thursday 25th  December
 1   Unknown
 4   C Purdue (AFD)         16.24  (1st woman)
 121 Richard Kennedy        20.42
 130 Chris Camacho          20.59
 164 Paul Hodges            21.33
 227 Euan Sinclair          22.22
 228 Sacha Kennedy          22.24
 289 Leonie Kennedy         23.13
 340 Ali Kennedy            25.16
 448 Alistair Sinclair      25.16
 452 Finlay Sinclair        25.20
 474 Neil Surtees           25.43
 810 Kirsty Bangham         29.48
 835 Jackie Dunkley         30.12
 849 Mary Hickson           30.20 

 RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km  Thursday 25th  December
 1   A Brooker (London H)   17.04
 5   Nick Twomey            17.48
 12  Richard Holme          19.05
 16  Peter Weir             19.22
 20  Tom Bradley            19.36
 26  E Palmer (DMV)         20.16  (1st woman)
 27  Bill Neely             20.20
 51  Steve Aikin            21.29
 59  Wiebke Kortum          22.12
 68  Paul Noel              22.44
 83  Michael Beverly        23.38
 105 Sally Yau              24.47
 111 Carol Aikin            25.11
 125 Colin Rogal            26.03
 128 Paul Sinton-Hewitt     26.15
 135 Karen Weir             26.29
 150 Sue Camp               27.20
 152 Clive Naish            27.21
 173 Jo Sinton-Hewitt       28.29
 174 Andrew Brown           28.30
 177 Ally Salisbury         28.49
 197 Claire-Louise French   29.46
 201 Val Lowman             29.50
 206 Michael Sikora         30.06
 234 Matthew Beal           33.09
 235 Louise Beal            33.12
 246 Deborah Blakemore      34.51
 249 Oliver Beal            35.28
 250 Simon Beal             35.29
 264 Pat Hewlett            38.27                                

 CRANE PARK parkrun  Thursday 25th December
 Ranelagh provided a quarter of the field as Mark Herbert finished second
 overall and Becky Hall was the leading woman.

 1   R Lloyd Smith (unatt)  17.59
 2   Mark Herbert           18.07
 4   Trevor Maguire         18.42
 6   Vaughan Ramsay         19.53
 9   Becky Hall             20.43  (1st woman)
 24  Rob Curtis             23.43
 25  Jane Craigie-Payne     23.47
 28  Lee Davies             24.07
 30  Michelle Davies        24.15
 43  Jonny Brook            25.11
 55  Kate Brook             26.00
 59  Paula Maguire          27.13
 70  Heather Martingell     29.13
 72  Rachel Allen           29.24
 75  Tamsin Burland         29.30
 76  Mike White             29.42
 80  Nigel Coombes          29.55
 81  Lynne Barber           30.04
 83  Christine David        30.35
 87  Tracey Small           31.04
 88  Cindy Croucher         31.14
 89  Danni Croucher         31.37
 90  Stephanie Croucher     31.37
 91  Stacey Barber          31.37
 95  Tanya Allen            31.55
 97  Bronwen Northmore      32.02
 103 Paul Wapshott          33.28                              

 BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 1   A Jaksevicius (Belg)   16.32
 20  James Whistler         19.10
 23  Duncan Mallison        19.35
 39  J Reynolds (B&B)       20.40  (1st woman)
 124 Lee Davies             22.41
 155 Michelle Davies        23.11
 439 Kirsty Bangham         28.38
 635 John Hanscomb          45.55      

 RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 Kris Davidson and Lydia Louw gave us a pair of second places.

 1   P Sheridan (Lynndale)  17.31
 2   Kris Davidson          17.36 
 13  Tom Bradley            19.44
 17  Bill Neely             19.59  
 25  E Horrocks (unatt)     20.51  (1st woman)
 42  Lydia Louw             22.10
 66  Karl Garvey            23.54
 101 James Rushby           26.12
 102 Arthur Louw            26.13
 105 Maia Rushby            26.22
 106 Daniel Rushby          26.23   
 126 Simon Taylor           27.23
 142 Michael Sikora         28.21
 162 Juliet Ricketts        29.39
 172 Val Lowman             30.26
 186 Peter Lowman           33.00
 187 Jenny Rogal            33.02
 199 Molly Smith            34.13
 201 Andrew Brown           34.27
 
 CRANE PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 1   M Kunwar (unatt)       18.51
 12  E Gray (Strag)         22.49  (1st woman)
 57  Tanya Allen            31.10
 59  Nigel Coombes          32.05
 60  Cindy Croucher         32.26
 66  Paul Wapshott          33.48
 67  Christine David        34.16
 68  Lynne Barber           34.16
 70  Michelle Meadows       35.16 
 72  Clare Hulacki          36.47 

 OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 First place for Rick Jenner.

 1   Rick Jenner            19.33
 4   S Hutton (unatt)       24.01  (1st woman)
 13  Julian Holden          27.11
 14  Paula Maguire          27.13
 20  Jessica Maguire        31.46 
 29  Katie Walton           34.20

 KINGSTON parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 Wiebke Kortum was the leading woman.

 1   S Stanton (Sutt R)     18.29
 10  Chris Camacho          20.49
 18  Wiebke Kortum          22.38  (1st woman)
 59  Alison Dicks           30.15
 60  Mike White             30.16

 BATH SKYLINE parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 Julia Bailey finished 3rd in the women's category.

 1   J Waldron (Exeter)     16.41
 18  D Whiston (unatt)      20.27  (1st woman)
 29  Julia Bailey           21.51

 CONKERS parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 David Lawley placed third.

 1   A Hawtin (S Derby)     18.11
 3   David Lawley           19.05
 17  R Hallam (Ivanhoe)     21.45  (1st woman)
 143 Ellie Lawley           31.09

 QUEEN'S BELFAST parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 Second place for Peter Faull.

 1   B Guiney (unatt)       18.01
 2   Peter Faull            18.36
 24  D Clift (Billing)      23.32  (1st woman)

 TRING parkrun 5km  Saturday 27th December
 Nick Wright finished 2nd.

 1   J Davis (V of A)       19.13
 2   Nick Wright            19.24
 15  A de Boom (unatt)      24.02  (1st woman) 

 OTHER parkruns  (Saturday 27th December)...
 York: 94 Phil Jackson 23.32
 Rushmoor: 9 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 21.08,  40 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 26.50
 Malahide:122 Leeanne Bryce 27.21
 Root 44: 45 Peter Fordham 25.26,  92 Nick Fordham 28.10 
 Bognor Regis: 9 David Rowe 20.48,  55 Ally Salisbury 25.57
 Cardiff: 210 Chris Wright 26.07,  335 Mary Hickson 32.52   
 Banbury: 21 Kevin Kearey 22.39,  22 Tom Kearey 23.12,  56 Josie Kearey 28.48


 FINALLY...
 If you can take it, here's a bit of American-style motivation for 2015: Video: