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 RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 459             2 October 2015
 Editor: Steve Rowland
 mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com  
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 HEADLINE NEWS
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 *  Ranelagh women finish 26th in the SEAA road relays and the M50 team
     finishes 6th
 *  Philippa Kitchen wins the Page Cup
 *  Fastest times by Nick Twomey and Wiebke Kortum
 *  Good road performances by Richard Gregory
 *  2:50 marathon from Ian Kenton
 *  Lydia Louw wins Middlesex under 11 1500m road championship 
 *  parkrun placings for Sacha Kennedy, Kris Davidson, Nick Wright, Ed
     Barker, Jon Smith, Becky Hall, Grace Munro, Trevor Maguire, Jonathan Moore,
     Wiebke Kortum, Nick Twomey and Niall O'Connor  
 *  Cross-Country League campaigns start on October 10th at Roundshaw Common
     (women) and Wimbledon Common (men)
 *  Surrey vets championships on October 17th
 *  Everyone needed for the first mob match of the season in Richmond Park on
     October 24th. 

 ATTENTION PLEASE
 ****************    
 NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
 Our first mob match of the season will be at home to Orion Harriers on
 Saturday 24th October. Orion, above all the other mob match clubs, will be
 out to avenge our defeat of them last year. We can expect large numbers of
 Orion men and women  to make the trip over from their Epping Forest home,
 and we'll have to meet them with equally large numbers to stand a chance. If
 we can outnumber them, so much the better. The more of us there are, the
 better our chances. We need absolutely everyone to turn out if you possibly
 can.  

 MOB MATCH COMMEMORATIVE T-SHIRTS
 Many of the pre-ordered t-shirts were collected and paid for at the Thomas
 Cup or Page Cup races, but if you haven't picked yours up yet please try to
 catch Michele Gibson or Andy Hayward at the clubhouse. Please pay on receipt
 or send a cheque for £20 payable to Ranelagh Harriers to 79 Thames Side,
 Staines, TW18 2HF. Unclaimed t-shirts will shortly be sold off.   

 SURREY LEAGUES
 Our men's and women's teams both start their Surrey League Division 1
 campaigns on Saturday 10th October. The men are on Wimbledon Common, though
 the start and finish is in a relatively rarely-visited part of the common at
 Caesar's Well close to the end of Sunset Road (SW19 4UL). Car parking close
 to the start is limited. Juniors run first at 2.30pm (4km), followed by
 seniors at 3pm (8km). Everyone is welcome to run, register with our team
 manager on the day. Note that there is a Division 2 race taking place at
 1.30pm. Course map:. 
 The women are at Roundshaw Common, Wallington, organised by Collingwood AC.
 Their HQ is at Croygas Sports and Social Club, Mollison Drive, Wallington
 SM6 9BY - approximately 2 minutes walk from the start. There is no parking
 at Croygas, but plenty is available in local side roads. Senior women start
 at 12 noon (6km), under 17s and under 15s run at 1pm (4km) and under 13s are
 at 1.30pm (3km). All are welcome, register on the day. Details:. 

 SURREY VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS - ENTRY DEADLINE NEXT WEEK
 We are once again hosting the Surrey Veterans (aka Masters) championships in
 the Park on Saturday 17th October. This is open to all Surrey qualified over
 40s (men) and over 35s (women). All the women plus the over 60 men run first
 over a 6km course starting at 2.15pm. The men 40-59 follow on at 3pm,
 running 10km. Individual medals are awarded in 5 year age groups and team
 medals in 10 year age groups. Entries must be made in advance - on the day
 entries will be accepted in our clubhouse at £8 but are not eligible for the
 team awards. Marie Synnott-Wells nandmwells@aol.com  is collecting
 women's entries and Trevor Maguire trevor.maguire@bt.com  is
 dealing with the men's. Please provide your dob, address and EA number if
 known. Deadline is Friday 9th October. 

 SUBSCRIPTIONS...
 ...for 2015-16 are well overdue but there are still quite a few active
 members who have not yet paid. The club is unable to register you with
 England Athletics unless your subs are paid up. Despite the increase in the
 EA registration fee to £12, we are keeping our subscription rates unchanged
 for at least another year. That's £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 aachrisowens@yahoo.co.uk. 

 RANELAGH HARRIERS GAZETTE
 Copies of the latest annual club Gazette, covering the year up to Spring
 2015, are in the clubhouse. Please help yourself. If you'd prefer one to be
 sent to you, please reply to this e-news giving your postal address.

 LONDON MARATHON
 For the ninth successive year the London Marathon has set a new world record
 for an annual single day charity fundraising event. Runners in the 2015
 event raised £54.1 million for charity, the total since the race was founded
 in 1981 now standing at more than £770 million. A record number of 247,069
 (42% of them women) applied for the 2016 race on April 24.

 FUNDING FOR JUNIOR HANDICAP
 Roy Reeder writes:
 "The Stragglers host a junior handicap each month in the summer which is
 enjoyed by 60-80 children, a large number of whom are members of Ranelagh
 Harriers. Stragglers have applied to the Skipton Building Society for a £500
 Grassroots Giving grant. They've made it through the first stage and it's
 now down to a public vote!   
 To vote, all you need to do is click here:
 and enter your email address at the bottom of the page. It takes less than
 one minute, so please vote now! Thanks." 

 CHRISTMAS PARTY
 All right, I know Christmas is a long way away still, but it will as usual
 be upon us before we know where we are. So our Social Secretaries Michele
 and Andy have already reserved the venue for our Christmas Party and are
 taking bookings. We're trying a new venue this year, the Lass O'Richmond
 Hill at the top of Queen's Road.  It's less expensive than our previous
 venue - the cost is £40 to include a three-course dinner, wine, a disc
 jockey and dancing. There is a limit of 80 people, so get your booking in
 early. E-mail Michele Gibson micheleagibson@hotmail.com  or add
 your name to the list in the clubhouse, where you will also find a menu. 

 THURSDAY NIGHT TRACK TRAINING AT OSTERLEY
 The club is continuing to subsidise track sessions on Thursday evenings at
 the Osterley track. All groups and all abilities are welcome. The sessions
 are  every Thursday 7.30-8.30pm.  Link to the map is here:.

 FACEBOOK
 Follow Ranelagh on Facebook. 

 RANELAGH JUNIORS
 Check out what's happening in our junior section at ranelagh-harriers-juniors.com/.  

WHAT'S COMING
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More details of the following from the men's Captains ( e-mail Phil
or Trevor ) ranelagh.men@gmail.com
 or the women's Captain / Team Manager ( e-mail Becky or Phil ranelagh.women@gmail.com  )      

 Saturday 3rd October         ERRA National Road Relays at Sutton Park,
 Sutton Coldfield. 12 noon start.

 Saturday 10th October       Surrey Ladies Cross-Country League at Roundshaw
 Park Wallington. 12 noon start for seniors, followed by junior races. See
 above.
                                       Men's Surrey Cross-Country League at
 Caesar's Well (Wimbledon Common). Juniors at 2.30pm, seniors at 3pm. See
 above.

 Saturday 17th October       Surrey Veterans Cross-Country Championships in
 Richmond Park. See above
 Saturday 17th October       SEAA XC Relays at Wormwood Scrubs. 2pm start.

 Sunday 18th October         MABAC League 5 miles in Nonsuch Park. 11am
 start.     Details:.  

 Saturday 24th October       Lee Cup mob match v Orion Harriers in Richmond
 Park. 7.5 miles, 2.30pm start. All welcome, all needed, all count! Don't
 miss it! 

 Saturday 31st October       ECCA National XC Relays at Berry Hill Park,
 Mansfield. 2.05pm start.

 parkruns every Saturday at 9am
 Bushy Park                            Diana Fountain car park
 Richmond Park                      Richmond Gate
 Wimbledon Common             Windmill car park
 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 and at 9am at Moormead Rec, Twickenham. 

 WHAT'S HAPPENED
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 SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS  Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th
 September at Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot.
 The site of the former Army display ground at Rushmoor has been the venue
 for the SEAA Road Relays for many years and also hosted the Fleet Half
 Marathon for a while. In many ways, it is a perfect venue - easily
 accessible from the motorway network, plenty of parking and a good testing
 traffic-free course which allows active spectators to see the runners
 several times per lap. Sadly, since the venue has been more or less
 abandoned by the Army it crumbles away a little more each year. I'm told
 that the Aldershot club often puts together a work party on the Friday prior
 to the races in order to effect emergency repairs to the worst potholes, but
 by the next year the holes are back again. With so much history attached to
 this course it would be a shame to move the race to another venue - if
 indeed one can be found - but I wonder how long it will remain tenable. 

 The senior women's event and all the junior races take place on Saturday
 with the veteran and senior men following on Sunday. We started two senior
 women's teams but on the men's side we entered only the M50 race this year. 

 The first surprise in the women's race was that the leader rounding the
 first corner was a young man. The vest he was wearing was that of the City
 of Norwich club. I don't know the back story to this, but my original guess
 was that one of the Norwich junior teams missed their race and were given
 special dispensation to run with the women. Fortunately the lad in question
 didn't stay ahead too long -his team might have affected the unfolding of
 the women's race. 

 The second surprise, after Master Norwich had fallen back, was that no
 Aldershot team could be seen in the sizeable leading group. After nine
 straight wins in this championship, and with a B team more often than not
 well placed too, you could not have got good odds against them making it ten
 in a row. But as it turned out, minus any of their real star names, they
 never got into contention for the win, though they did fight their way up to
 third place on the podium. It was the largely unheralded Cambridge and
 Coleridge team who held on to secure their first win in this event.

 Becky Hall took on the tough opening stage for Ranelagh and ran well to
 finish just inside the top half of the 78 teams who set out. Julia Bailey
 then took the metaphorical baton and set a time just a couple of seconds
 faster than Becky, gaining four places in the process. Michelle Davies ran
 strongly on stage three and though losing a couple of places she set up
 Megan de Silva nicely for a storming anchor leg. Megan's 14.22 gained ten
 places for the team and brought us home 26th. That time places her 11th on
 Ranelagh's all-time ranking list for this circuit (see seaa_best for the full list). 

 Our B team of Lara Werrett, Karen Weir, Victoria Elbourne and Ellen Clague
 stayed in much the same position throughout the race and finished in 62nd
 place, promoted to 61st after the disqualification of the City of Norwich B
 team ahead of them. The plot thickens...was this in fact the boys team
 running under their female team-mates' names? Did they think no-one would
 notice? 

 On Sunday the weather was still dry but a little cooler than on the
 Saturday. All the vets teams ran together, but amongst the M50s Richard
 Holme completed the first leg in a solid 12th place. Trevor Maguire gained a
 couple and then Paul Sinton-Hewitt took us into the top ten. Finally, an
 eye-opening anchor leg from Colin Brett swept us into an excellent sixth
 place.         
                                                
 PAGE CUP 5 miles handicap  Saturday 26th September in Richmond Park
 There was a surprisingly small field for the Page Cup this year, only 30
 runners toeing the line. It was a fine day, most un-cross-country-like, and
 perhaps that encouraged people to make alternative plans for what remains of
 our Indian summer. That, and the traffic chaos expected in Twickenham for
 Saturday evening's England v Wales rugby world cup match! A small field
 increases your chances of winning, of course, and though there was no
 outstanding favourite, the marshals out on the course could clearly see that
 one or two in particular fancied their chances.   

 Corinne Bishop had been first away and she held on to the lead for quite
 some time. Indeed, she was still ahead when she reached Sidmouth Wood on the
 way home, but that's a long drag from there to the finish. Philippa Kitchen
 was one of those who were really going for it and she swept past Corinne
 with half a mile still to run. Anna Reichwald was next in line but she was
 overhauled first by Andy Bickerstaff and then by Mark Herbert. Andy and Mark
 had Philippa in their sights but she was too far away to be caught. This was
 Philippa's first handicap win, though the Page Cup has previously resided in
 the Kitchen household - hubby Rob won it in 2012. 

 In typical all-action style Mark passed Andy on the run-in to take the
 silver medal, leaving Andy with the bronze. Mark's time of 31.03 was
 officially the second fastest of the day behind Nick Twomey's 29.15.
 However, it's possible that Nick, who missed his official start time by 5
 minutes, may have inadvertently run off course. Third fastest was Bruce
 McLaren on 33.06. Fastest woman was Wiebke Kortum who recorded a course
 personal best of 35.14. Second and third were Karen Weir on 37.44 and Verka
 Lafeuille on 40.34.        
                                                                   
 ASHTEAD 10km  Sunday 6th September
 1   S Winder (E&E)         36.03
 156 David Meaden           67.18 

 FARNHAM PILGRIM HALF MARATHON  Sunday 13th September
 1   S Newton (unatt)       1:26.23  (chip time 1:26.23)
 10  L Locks (Hart)         1:34.24  (1:34.23 - 1st woman)
 67  Peter Weir             1:47.18  (1:46.57)
 90  Liam Griffin           1:48.36  (1:48.30)
 148 Chris Read             1:54.01  (1:53.42)
 187 Karen Weir             1:59.02  (1:58.42)
 441 Wiebke Kortum          2:53.03  (2:52.48)
 442 Annemarie Goodridge    2:53.03  (2:52.48)   
  
 FARNHAM PILGRIM MARATHON  Sunday 13th September
 1   M Davy (Sud)           3:02.59  (chip time 3:02.58)
 3   S Hill (Farn R)        3:11.54  (3:11.53 - 1st woman)
 10  Richard Kimber         3:27.14  (3:27.11) 

 GREAT NORTH RUN HALF MARATHON  Sunday 13th September at Gateshead
 1     M Farah (N&EB)         59.23
 19    M Keitany (Kenya)      67.32  (1st woman)
 6932  Paul Hodges          1:51.53
 13950 Lindsey Simmonds     2:04.30
 17130 David Fuller         2:09.49
 26658 Katrina Roche        2:27.29 
  
 MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES RELAYS  Sunday 13th September at Hayes
 The under 11 girls event was held as a straight race rather than a relay.
 Lydia Louw - fresh from an impressive track 1500 metres clocking of 5:23.5
 last month - was an equally impressive winner in 5:32, 9 seconds clear of
 her nearest pursuer. Lydia's time equalled the course record for her age
 group. 

 COTSWOLD CLASSIC 10 miles  Sunday 20th September at Witney
 Richard Gregory looks to have had a lonely run, finishing 4th about a minute
 behind third and the same interval ahead of fifth.

 1   S Naylor (Bedford)     53.17
 4   Richard Gregory        56.09
 23  W Nicholls (Ciren)     62.42  (1st woman)

 LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km  Friday 25th September in Hyde Park
 1   D Henderson (unatt)    15.50
 16  C Oldfield (VofA)      18.06  (1st woman)
 28  Michael Everard        19.00
 164 Alan Davidson          25.16
     
 EALING HALF MARATHON  Sunday 27th September
 The Ealing Half is rapidly growing in stature and is becoming a top quality
 race, graced on this occasion by the presence of a couple of Kenyans.
 Richard Gregory ran well for 7th place.  

 1    C Cheruiyot (Kenya)   1:05.41  (chip time 1:05.400
 7    Richard Gregory       1:13.37  (1:13.35)
 19   T Omosa (Kenya)       1:16.33  (1:16.31 - 1st woman)
 60   Rick Jenner           1:20.18  (1:20.14)
 424  Lee Davies            1:34.00  (1:33.05)
 625  Michelle Davies       1:37.44  (1:36.49)
 862  Matt Sowton           1:41.28  (1:40.48)
 1288 Rebecca Northmore     1:48.15  (1:46.38)
 1751 Chris Cato            1:54.25  (1:51.14)
 2131 Ann Kearey            1:59.37  (1:55.43)
 2425 John Herriott         2:03.03  (1:55.58)
 3415 Lynne Barber          2:18.24  (2:10.48)
 4122 Bronwen Northmore     2:33.41  (2:22.41)
 4278 Cindy Croucher        2:39.21  (2:31.45)     

 CHELTENHAM HALF MARATHON  Sunday 27th September
 1   I Williams (Tipton)    1:10.27  (chip time 1:10.27)
 29  A Granger (B&W)        1:21.11  (1:21.10 - 1st woman)
 159 Simon Burrell          1:31.19  (1:31.02)

 ROBIN HOOD MARATHON  Sunday 27th September at Nottingham
 1   C Zablocki (USA)       2:24.22
 17  Ian Kenton             2:50.28
 52  S Davis-Foxon (North)  3:04.10  (1st woman) 

 BERLIN MARATHON  Sunday 27th September
 1    E Kipchoge (Kenya)    2:04.00  (chip time 2:04.00)
 48   G Cherono (Kenya)     2:19.25  (2:19.25 - 1st woman)
 5395 Anne Philpott         4:58.03  (4:34.44)  

 RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 1   S Shaw (unatt)         17.20
 4   Jon Smith              18.18
 6   Peter Faull            18.35
 25  Simon Beal             19.58
 39  N Cox (unatt)          21.08  (1st woman)
 54  Steve Aikin            21.48
 82  Matt Aikin             23.13
 88  Elisa Ferrua           23.29  
 97  Alberto Esguevillas    23.49
 102 Amrut Sharma           23.57    
 121 Simon Taylor           24.54
 130 Steven Mountain        25.04 
 145 Michael Sikora         25.50
 177 Matt Sowton            27.20
 185 Deepa Sharma           27.27
 245 Lorna Smith            30.50
 252 Katie Walton           30.56   
 150 Andrew Brown           27.03
 264 Wendy Fisher           32.09
 276 Penny Merrett          33.59 

 CRANE PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 1   T Bagnall (unatt)      18.25
 14  E Fryer (unatt)        22.37  (1st woman)
 17  Phil Roberts           22.45
 39  Josie Kearey           24.50
 40  Ann Kearey             24.51
 80  Claire Warner          29.43
 84  James Barber           30.28
 92  Tanya Allen            32.04
 93  Hilary Thomson         32.42
 100 Su Clark               34.54

 BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 1   J Cornish (Herc W)     15.56
 4   George Howard          16.52
 6   Ted Mockett            17.11
 7   Steve Whitehead        17.18
 12  Nick Wright            17.44 
 21  J Harvey (Exeter)      18.08  (1st woman)
 31  David Ready            18.50
 60  Llewellyn Davies       19.46
 107 James Whistler         20.35 
 306 Ali Kennedy            23.32
 345 Sarah-Kim Holland      24.07
 361 Ian Grange             24.17
 609 Kirsty Bangham         27.35
 706 Jackie Dunkley         28.54
 900 Martin Clark           33.25
 985 Wally Garrod           38.06 

 OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 Kris Davidson and Jonathan Moore were first and third while Grace Munro was
 runner-up in the women's section for the second week in a row.

 1   Kris Davidson          18.21
 3   Jonathan Moore         19.40
 12  S Hutton (unatt),      21.42  (1st woman)
 13  Grace Munro            23.55
 21  Luke Maguire           25.10 
 25  Julian Holden          25.58
 29  Mel Davison            26.38
 40  Oliver Beal            31.34
 41  Louise Beal            31.35        
 48  Wyn Williams           44.34

 WIMBLEDON COMMON parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 Nick Twomey was third, a couple of strides ahead of Mark Herbert.

 1   B Toomer (Herc W)      17.48 
 3   Nick Twomey            18.02
 4   Mark Herbert           18.05 
 10  J Zakrzewski (Dumf)    18.46  (1st woman)

 WOKING parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 Ed Barker placed third.

 1   B Goddard (unatt)      17.06
 3   Ed Barker              17.30
 8   K Hassall (Folkes)     19.40  (1st woman) 

 KINGSTON parkrun 5km  Saturday 19th September
 Wiebke Kortum was third in the women's section.

 1   C Rawcliffe (Sheen)    18.09
 11  L Lascelles (M Newton) 19.47  (1st woman)
 13  Bill Neely             20.00
 28  Chris Camacho          21.31
 32  Wiebke Kortum          21.54
 92  Tom Reay               26.33
 105 Nathaniel Bond         28.28
 130 Mike White             30.32
 132 Jar O'Brien            30.44  

 OTHER parkruns  (Saturday 19th September)
 Plymvalley: 113 Mark Hickson 29.59
 Dulwich: 40 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 20.51
 Frimley Lodge:  93 Sonia Rowland 24.16,  211 Steve Rowland 29.07
 Colchester Castle: 6 David Lawley 18.26
 Bournemouth: 195 Eugenio Carmo 27.00
 Nonsuch: 363 Jackie Dunkley 29.46
 Southwark: 74 Alan Davidson 24.57
 Durham: 101 Andrew Brown 25.01
 Oxford: 121 Evelyn Joslin 28.52
 Bracknell: 180 Deirdre Inman 34.50 
 Porthcawl: 57 Nick Fordham 22.39,  110 Peter Fordham 25.37
 Osterley: 21 Phil Jackson 23.08
 Fulham Palace: 267 Colette Doran 39.21 
 Reigate Priory: 26 Duncan Mallison 22.58
 Bognor Regis: 25 David Rowe 22.26,  135 Sharon Rowe 36.19 

 MOORMEAD JUNIORS parkrun 2km  Sunday 20th September
 1   L Paskin (L Welsh RFC)  8.26
 3   I King (unatt)          8.31 (1st girl)
 12  Oliver Beal            10.08
 17  Campbell McLaren       10.58 

 RICHMOND PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 1   S O'Connor (Sydney)    16.30
 12  John Shaw              19.06
 31  Bill Neely             20.39
 36  Richard Kennedy        21.00
 47  A Casey (Herc W)       21.21  (1st woman)
 61  Ellen Clague           22.19
 83  Elisa Ferrua           23.00
 86  Hadi Khatamizadeh      23.03
 87  Matt Aikin             23.05
 125 Tomas Sterner          24.34       
 134 Simon Taylor           24.49
 148 Matt Sowton            25.11
 150 Ali Kennedy            25.15
 153 Kevin Knowles          25.29
 165 Michael Sikora         25.56
 166 Alberto Esguevillas    25.59     
 178 Andrew Brown           26.26
 197 Rob Kitchen            27.15
 225 Deepa Sharma           28.10
 245 Val Lowman             29.22
 322 Martin Clark           34.30 

 OLD DEER PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 There was a Ranelagh 1-2-3 from Jon Smith, Trevor Maguire and Jonathan
 Moore.

 1   Jon Smith              18.44
 2   Trevor Maguire         19.31 
 3   Jonathan Moore         19.49
 5   Tom Bradley            20.57
 12  S Hutton (unatt)       22.03  (1st woman)
 17  Colin Brett            22.36
 23  Luke Maguire           24.42 
 33  Julian Holden          25.48
 37  Francesca Baty-Symes   26.00
 40  Paula Maguire          26.51 
 65  Wyn Williams           41.48

 BUSHY PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 Izzy Atkins, who has just celebrated her 14th birthday, narrowly missed
 making the top three in the women's section.

 1    T Telkovsky (Bel)     16.01
 15   Peter Faull           18.01
 60   A Chase (TH&H)        19.39  (1st woman)
 79   Izzy Atkins           20.13
 644  Kirsty Bangham        27.46
 690  Leeanne Bryce         28.18
 691  Ashleigh Ferris       28.18 
 756  Jackie Dunkley        29.02
 1016 Wally Garrod          38.16
 1046 John Hanscomb         44.30 

 CRANE PARK parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 1   M Robinson (unatt)     18.37
 7   Kevin Kearey           20.32
 18  E Gray (Strag)         21.40  (1st woman)
 48  James Barber           24.22
 56  Ann Kearey             25.06
 66  Paul Wapshott          25.55
 92  Mary Hickson           28.40
 100 Christine David        30.17
 103 Stacey Barber          30.39
 104 Lynne Barber           30.40
 105 David Meaden           30.41
 118 Hilary Thomson         33.10
 119 Su Clark               33.38

 WYCOMBE RYE parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 First place for Nick Wright....  

 1   Nick Wright           18.04
 13  L Durman (Stroud)     20.17  (1st woman)

 WOKING parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 ...and for Ed Barker..  

 1   Ed Barker             17.52
 13  J Peters (Woking)     20.12  (1st woman)

 SALISBURY parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 Becky Hall was second woman to finish.  

 1   J Presley (unatt)     17.58
 17  L Lascelles (M Newt)  19.57  (1st woman)
 23  Becky Hall            20.18
 51  Rob Curtis            22.13

 OSTERLEY parkrun 5km  Saturday 26th September
 Niall O'Connor finished third.  

 1   M Nagi (unatt)        20.01
 3   Niall O'Connor        20.20
 27  M Whittaker (unatt)   25.46  (1st woman)

 OTHER parkruns  (Saturday 26th September)
 Pollok: 22 Peter Weir 20.01
 Kingston: 19 Chris Camacho 21.52
 Cheltenham:  19 Simon Burrell,  302 Deborah Blakemore 35.04
 Black Park: 80 Lee Davies 23.14
 Bournemouth: 140 Eugenio Carmo 26.22
 Wimbledon Common: 4 Nick Twomey 18.08
 Gunnersbury: 272 Lexi Slaughter 37.38
 Chipping Sodbury: 89 Mike White 26.47
 Oxford: 151 Evelyn Joslin 30.34
 Jersey: 59 Peter Fordham 26.14
 Tramore Valley: 12 Paul Sinton-Hewitt 19.10,  109 Jo Sinton-Hewitt 24.54,
 129 Ally Salisbury 26.15
 Nonsuch: 518 Colette Doran 41.35 
 Darlington South: 209 Nigel Coombes 32.24
 Reigate Priory: 20 Duncan Mallison 22.06  

 MOORMEAD JUNIORS parkrun 2km  Sunday 27th September
 Sacha Kennedy was the outright winner and, of course, first girl. It was
 good to see sister Léonie back in action. 

 1   Sacha Kennedy           8.11  (1st girl)
 14  Campbell McLaren       10.58
 18  Léonie Kennedy         11.35 

 FINALLY...
 From Athletics International:
 "A new 100m world record was set in Poland on June 28   ... but Usain Bolt
 won't be too dismayed as it was 34.50 by 105 year-old Stanislaw Kowalski (b.
 14.4.1910)!"