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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 490 6th December 2016
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Nic Jackson wins the South of the Thames women's championship, and the
Ranelagh team places second
* Gill Sanders leads our team to second place in the Surrey Ladies League
* Good results at San Sebastian
* Michelle Beaumont and Verka Lafeuille complete Teddington - Shoreham 58
miles ultra
* All needed for the Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers in
Richmond Park on Saturday 10th December
* An evening with Ed Whitlock on Saturday 10th December at the Roebuck
* Results of the draw for 2017 London Marathon places
* Deadline is this week for entries to the South of England Championships
at Parliament Hill on 28th January
* An extra person is needed for the Richmond Half Marathon organising team
ATTENTION PLEASE
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NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB and AN EVENING WITH ED WHITLOCK Saturday 10th December
Ranelagh's Blue Wave lines up again on Saturday 10th December in Richmond
Park to mob against South London Harriers for the Stubbs Cup. Win and we
will more firmly cement ourselves into mob history with a 14th consecutive
mob match victory, though SLH have the firepower to bring down if they
decide to target this - they were first team in both the men's and women's
Surrey League fixture 1. Let's mob them! It's our usual 7.5 miles mob match
route, starting at 2.30pm. The more runners we have, the better our chances
of success. All are welcome - men, women, young, old, fast, slow - and all
count towards the final result. The race incorporates our club championship
for the magnificent Wynne Cup and a sealed handicap. Register preferably at
the clubhouse but if you can't get there register at the start beside
Sidmouth Wood opposite Pembroke Lodge. More details and a course map here:.
This is also your chance to line up alongside multiple world-record-holding
super-vet Ed Whitlock, who is visiting from Canada. You may beat his time
but you won't beat his age-graded score! In the evening up at the Roebuck
on Richmond Hill Ed has agreed to give us a short talk about his running
career and his connection with Ranelagh, following which we'll have a
question and answer session. We'll be aiming to start at about 7.30pm
upstairs at the Roebuck, which should give people time to get something to
eat there first if they wish. All are welcome, there's no charge, but please
let Andy Hayward a-hayward4@sky.com know if you're planning to
come.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 10th December
Good luck to those who are competing in the SEAA Masters Championships at
Horspath, Oxford on Saturday.
CHRISTMAS PARTY and DRAW FOR LONDON MARATHON GUARANTEED PLACES Saturday 3rd
December at the Lass O'Richmond Hill
Many thanks to Michele Gibson and Andy Hayward for all their work in
organising another successful Christmas Party. Thanks also to Cindy Croucher
for organising the raffle. In the draw for guaranteed places in the 2017
London Marathon, we had nine applications for the three places that we were
allocated this year. The lucky trio whose names were pulled out of the hat
were Dave Lawley, Ann Kearey and Chris Cato. Congratulations, our Hon Sec
Wyn Williams will be in touch with you shortly.
SOUTH OF THE THAMES 7.5 miles CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 17th December at
Beckenham Place Park
All members are eligible to take part, but entries must be submitted in
advance. Closing date is December 10th. Contact the Captains / Team Managers
if you wish to be entered. Start time 2pm. More details about the race here:.
LOOKING AHEAD...
...to other championship races in the New Year for which entries have to be
made in advance - in many cases a long time in advance! In each case contact
the Captains / Team Managers if you want to be entered (see What's Coming
below for e-mails). All events include junior as well as senior races.
Sat 7 Jan 2017 Surrey Cross-Country Champs at Lloyd Park, Croydon.
Must be Surrey qualified, first and second claim members eligible. Deadline
31 Dec.
Sat 7 Jan 2017 Middlesex Cross-Country Champs at Hillingdon. Must
be Middlesex qualified, first and second claim members eligible. Deadline 31
Dec.
Sat 28 Jan 2017 South of England Cross-Country Champs at Parliament Hill,
Hampstead Heath. First claim only, DEADLINE 11 Dec!!
Sat 25 Feb 2017 National Cross-Country Championships at Nottingham. First
claim only, deadline 31 Dec
HENTY RELAY Saturday 31st December in Richmond Park 12 noon start
A festive fun relay with teams of three racing laps of Sidmouth Wood. All
members and guests welcome, all ages. The race starts at 12 noon but
register at the clubhouse by 11.30am to be allocated to a team.
RANELAGH RICHMOND HALF MARATHON
It's taking place on Sunday 30th April 2017 but organisation under Race
Director Sandra Forrest is already under way. In particular, one of the
organising team, Tamsin Burland, wishes to step down after the 2017 race.
Tamsin is the volunteer co-ordinator and would very much like someone to
join the team now and shadow her for this year's race in order to learn the
ropes. Also it's not too early to volunteer as a marshal for the 2017 race!
We realise a definite commitment may not be possible this far ahead, but if
you think you might be able to help please let Tamsin know. Contact Tamsin
ranelaghhalfhelpers@hotmail.co.uk .
FROM THE FRIENDS OF RICHMOND PARK NEWSLETTER
"Sign the petition to help us halt construction of a skyscraper destroying
the 300 year old view of St Paul's from Richmond Park. We are campaigning to
halt construction of Manhattan Loft Gardens temporarily and urgently
investigate how the destruction of the historic protected 300 year old view
from Richmond Park to St Paul's was allowed to happen, and what actions can
be taken to mitigate the impact of the building.
The view from King Henry's Mound in Richmond Park to St Paul's was created
in 1711 by the planting of an avenue of trees. It is one of the ten
protected views in London. The protection stops high-rise buildings
encroaching on the sightline, either between the Mound and St Paul's or
behind St Paul's. The view is now threatened by the construction of
Manhattan Loft Gardens at Stratford. Already the building compromises the
profile of the whole of the dome of St Paul's, in contravention of the
Mayor's planning guidance that requires a 'clear sky background'. The
building was given planning permission with GLA acquiescence, without
reference to the protected view. The development undermines the whole system
of protected views, questions the competence of the GLA planners and
destroys a view that has been cherished by Londoners for 300 years.
To sign the petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-destruction-of-historic-st-paul-
s-view.
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.
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 10th December Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers
in Richmond Park. 7.5 miles, start time 2.30pm
Followed by An Evening With Ed Whitlock
Saturday 10th December SEAA Masters Championships at Horspath,
Oxford
Saturday 17th December South of the Thames 7.5 miles championships at
Beckenham Place Park
Saturday 31st December Henty Relay in Richmond Park at 12 noon. A fun
Christmas event, all members and guests welcome.
5km parkruns every Saturday at 9am and 2km junior parkruns weekly or monthly
on Sundays.
Venues, more details and registration at www.parkrun.com or
www.parkrun.org.uk/events/juniorevents/.
WHAT'S HAPPENED
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SOUTH OF THE THAMES 5 miles CHAMPIONSHIPS including RANELAGH WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 26th November at Polesden Lacey near Dorking
This race was originally due to take place close to home on Ham Lands. When
permission was withdrawn, Dorking kindly stepped into the breach with an
offer to repeat last year's course at the National Trust property of
Polesden Lacey near Dorking in the Surrey Hills. The contrast could hardly
have been greater. Where Ham Lands would have been virtually flat, the
Surrey Hills are...well, hilly. Not to mention spectacular. The view south
from the great house to Ranmore Common and the North Downs is stupendous.
And the course is ...memorable. It begins with a helter skelter charge down
a stony track to the bottom of the valley below the house, before crossing a
couple of rolling fields and then entering the woods for a mile-long
unrelenting slog uphill to the top of Ranmore Common. No sooner is the
summit reached than it's a hold-on-to-your-hat descent down to the little
Tanners Hatch Youth Hostel tucked away in the valley. Then it's a couple of
short sharp pimples, a bit of respite along the valley floor and the final
coup-de-grace: any feature calling itself Cardiac Hill obviously has
pretensions towards fell-dom. In this case it's a murderous climb back out
of the valley to rejoin the stony track for a last uphill quarter mile to
the finish at the house.
Serious fell runners claim we don't have real fells down here in the effete
south, notwithstanding that there is an annual Box Hill Fell Race (21st Jan
if you're interested - http://slow.org.uk/events/boxhill2017/ ). They
probably have a point, but this course may be as close as we can get. All
hearts seemed to survive Cardiac Hill, but the same couldn't be said for the
legs, many of which were seen to be buckling and wobbling long before the
top. No such trouble for overall winner Phil Wicks of Belgrave, nor for the
leading woman, Ranelagh's new recruit Nic Jackson. As runner-up in the 2016
English Fell Running Championship Nic could hardly have hoped for a course
better suited to her talents. She was in her element here, leading pretty
much from the start. Belgrave's Zoe Smith tried to keep in touch and never
allowed the gap to extend too far - but never looked like catching Nic
either. At the finish there was nineteen seconds in it, and the individual
winner's trophy was Nic's reward - the first Ranelagh name on the winner's
trophy since Marie Synnott-Wells's victory at Lloyd Park in 2005.
On that occasion Marie also led the Ranelagh team to top spot and gold
medals all round. We were within an ace of repeating that feat today - Megan
de Silva was a strong but isolated 4th, Estelle Damant a battling 8th and
Suzy Whatmough anchored the team in 25th, grimly clinging on to her position
just a few strides clear of Marie. But when the maths was done it was Kent
AC who came out on top by a mere three points and so it was splendid silvers
rather than glorious golds for the Ranelagh squad.
Clare Fowler and Becky Northmore both had Marie in sight most of the way,
then came Becky Curtis-Hall closing in our 'B' team in 6th place, the
leading 'B' team. Anna Scally, who had been second Ranelagh scorer in 4th
place in that race back in 2005, led our 'C' team of herself, Sonia Rowland,
Tamsin Burland and Carol Aikin into 19th spot, the leading 'C' team out of
only two that closed in. Sally Bamford was a one-woman 'D' team!
This race incorporated Ranelagh's women's club championships, and the name
of Nic Jackson will go onto the Hugh Jones Salver as club champion. Trish's
Trophy for the leading over 40 goes to Marie Synnott-Wells. Thanks to Ellen
Clague we now also have a trophy for the leading Over 50. This was in fact
Marie, but as she won the Over 40 title the new Petersham Trophy will go to
the second over 50 to finish, Sonia Rowland.
Men and women run together in this race and Belgrave, with four men in the
top thirteen, easily took the title. Ranelagh's men by and large elected to
give the race a miss, which was a shame - they missed a good day out and a
course the like of which you don't see every day. Steve Whitehead was our
first finisher in 41st place, and he seems to have been third over 40,
albeit behind the top two over 50s. Vaughan Ramsay and Rob Curtis completed
our line-up and both enjoyed the day.
SURREY LADIES LEAGUE Saturday 3rd December on Mitcham Common
We had a great turnout of 25 runners including four under 20s and three over
60s, and a great result in finishing 2nd on the day behind SLH. Due to
editorial deadlines the full report will follow next time. Results shown
below are still provisional at the time of writing.
Seniors
1 Alex Brown (HHH) 21.11
2 Steph McCall (SLH) 21.12
3 Gill Sanders (Rane) 21.14
5 Nic Jackson 21.57
11 Megan de Silva 22.32
27 Jessica Wenlock 23.33
46 Suzy Whatmough 24.23
68 Marie Synnott-Wells 25.16
69 Bonnie Morgan 25.22
77 Jessica Harbert 25.22
83 Rebecca Northmore 25.51
84 Becky Curtis-Hall 25.54
92 Julia Bailey 26.23
104 Emma Wellham 27.01
116 Victoria Elbourne 27.35
125 Lara Werrett 27.46
126 Jodie Gray 27.50
127 Cecily Day 27.57
130 Rachel Revett 28.09
132 Ellie Luxmoore 28.13
137 Sonia Rowland 28.27
161 Heather Martingell 29.59
165 Louise Piears 30.26
171 Tamsin Burland 30.46
195 Annemarie Goodridge 38.38
196 Bronwen Northmore 39.07
198 Wendy Fisher 42.21
TEAMS (5 to score)
1 South London H 76
2 Ranelagh H 92
3 Herne Hill H 107
4 Clapham Chasers 132
5 Belgrave H 136
6 Thames H&H 143
7 Kent AC 227
8 Hercules Wimbledon AC 233
9 Ful-On-Tri 239
10 Reigate Priory AC 261
11 West 4 H 291
12 Epsom & Ewell AC 298
13 Clapham Chasers B 333
14 Dulwich Runners 371
15 Ranelagh H B 381
20 Wimbledon Windmilers 497
21 Dorking & Mole Valley AC 499
Under 17 / Under 15
1 C Alexander (HHH) 14.00
9 Izzy Atkins (Rane) 15.05
13 Lexi Keech 15.30
TEAMS (4 to score)
1 Reigate Priory AC 38
2 Herne Hill H 40
3 Walton AC 45
5 Ranelagh H 101
WINDSOR and ETON HALF MARATHON Sunday 19th November
1 M Costley (Soton) 1:12.34 (chip time 1:12.33)
24 S Harrison (Leam) 1:24.05 (1:24.04 - 1st woman)
148 Jarryd Hillhouse 1:44.36 (1:44.22)
234 Robbie Hillhouse 1:52.41 (1:52.26)
396 Gavin Hillhouse 2:16.05 (2:15.50)
397 Ewa Soltys 2:16.05 (2:15.50)
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 25th November in Hyde Park
1 E Hind (Leighton B) 16.18
11 Ian Kenton 16.55
28 C Elms (Dulwich R) 17.51 (1st woman)
192 Carol Aikin 24.23
224 Pete Warren 26.11
SAN SEBASTIAN MARATHON / HALF MARATHON / 10km Sunday 27th November
Half the club seems to have decamped to Spain for the weekend! Sue Camp
writes on Facebook:
"A great race in perfect conditions - cool, clear and flat! Really well
organised and a very pretty city. San Sebastian comes highly recommended!
Thanks to all for a fun weekend!"
Phil Killingley highlights some standout performances:
"Richard Gregory - 1:13 half. A stitch prevented him from going much faster.
Nick Impey - 2:45 marathon - still a pb by six minutes despite a hamstring
cramp which pulled him away from 2:37 pace.
Laura Blazey - a six minute pb for the half in 1:29 - metronomic pacing
between 6:42s and 6:51s, with a 5:43 pace for the last 200m!
Mark Herbert - 2:58 and a new marathon pb (though I think the second time
under 3h)"
Marathon
1 H Maiyo (Kenya) 2:11.51 (chip time 2:11.50)
18 M Casanueva (Spain) 2:35.32 (2:35.30 - 1st woman)
73 Nick Impey 2:46.03 (2:45.46)
287 Mark Herbert 2:59.13 (2:58.56)
1110 Lee Davies 3:29.31 (3:25.10)
1501 Matt Sowton 3:41.56 (3:39.30)
1610 Rachel Revett 3:46.41 (3:42.16)
1635 Heather Martingell 3:47.35 (3:43.10)
1707 Lloyd Camp 3:50.10 (3:44.58)
2363 Tania Sherry 4:26.01 (4:21.37)
2465 Ian Grange 4:42.19 (4:37.54)
Half Marathon
1 F Urhbom (Germany) 1:07.40 (chip time 1:07.39)
13 Richard Gregory 1:13.34 (1:13.32)
36 C Norrbom (Sweden) 1:16.15 (1:16.13 - 1st woman)
292 Laura Blazey 1:30.03 (1:29.11)
404 Peter Weir 1:33.48 (1:32.39)
834 Ian Keith 1:43.58 (1:42.18)
864 Karen Weir 1:44.35 (1:43.25)
970 Amrut Sharma 1:47.04 (1:42.42)
983 Elisa Ferrua 1:47.14 (1:45.34)
1638 Claire Warner 2:02.48 (1:58.23)
1643 Sue Camp 2:03.00 (1:57.48)
1829 Ian Wilson 2:09.36 (2:04.16)
1893 Deepa Sharma 2:11.59 (2:07.34)
10km
1 J Wallden (Sweden) 31.30 (chip time 31.30)
226 Chris Read 46.16 (46.00)
364 Ashleigh Ferris 50.47 (50.32)
810 Cindy Croucher 70.34 (70.20)
TEDDINGTON - SHOREHAM 58.5 miles Sunday 27th November
Michelle Beaumont reports:
"Ranelagh goes Ultra...
On Sunday 27th November two crazy Harriers completed their first Ultra.
Michelle Beaumont and Verka Lafeuille completed a 58.5 mile run, just for
the fun of it! The run, organised by Stuart Levett of Foundry Fitness in
Teddington, started at 7am in Teddington and finished on the seafront at
Shoreham over nine hours later. Our ladies were joined by six other runners,
several cyclists and an excellent group of friends and family (who manned
the four check points and provided food, water and spare clothes!). The
route was spectacular, largely following the Downs Link footpath, most of it
was mildly undulating and very pretty.
I was surprised at how easy I found the run, I had previously only run 27
miles so to manage 58.5 was a great personal achievement for me. I may be
tempted to do another! I would also like to say how lovely the route was and
how great the team were. I have known Stuart since secondary school and
would recommend that fellow Harriers check out his Facebook page here: , where you can also view
pictures and videos from Sunday. Stuart was also the main organiser and
captain of the world record run that Verka and I took part in over Easter.
Lastly - I was doing it for charity so here's my justgiving link:.
Verka adds:
"The checkpoints provided hugs as well (I needed them!) and I found it very
hard pretty much as soon as I went over the marathon distance and had a
mental battle with my body until about 40 miles (walking bits and making
myself run with various distractions and mantras as I was running solo for
several hours at this point), then at the last checkpoint I had nothing left
but couldn't let the others run further than me so had a cry, then ran a few
more miles :-)"
BUSHY PARK 10km Sunday 27th November
1 A Vince (unatt) 36.40 (chip time 36.38)
17 N Poole (unatt) 43.04 (43.03 - 1st woman)
128 Ellen Van Keulen 58.07 (57.44)
187 David Meaden 64.45 (64.23)
210 Alan Meaden 68.31 (68.09)
KINGSTON 10km Sunday 27th November
John Shaw was the second M50.
1 A Milne (Enf & Har) 32.01 (chip time 32.01)
17 John Shaw 38.16 (38.14)
20 Ivo Prochazka 38.56 (38.54)
34 Bill Neely 41.15 (41.12)
JIGSAW RUN 10km Sunday 27th November at Dunsfold
1 D Hull (Waverley) 34.23 (chip time 34.23)
74 Phil Roberts 44.34
HOG'S BACK 11.7km Sunday 4th December at Guildford
1 J Sanderson (G&G) 37.14
10 G Bruinvels (AFD) 42.15 (1st woman)
440 Carol Aikin 62.07
496 Simon Burrell 63.40
629 Colette Doran 69.41
759 David Meaden 79.20
777 Alan Meaden 80.35
parkrun results...
...showing all PBs, all performances with an age-graded percentage of 65%
and above, and all junior results. For this week's full Ranelagh results
follow this link:. From this
screen you can also access the previous week's Ranelagh results.
parkruns 5km Saturday 26th November
Bushy Park
Ted Mockett 17.35 (76.49%), Dave Lawley 17.37 (75.31% and PB), James
Whistler 17.47 (72.54%), Jonathan Smith 17.50 (72.71%), Jackie Dunkley 29.05
(66.70%)
Richmond Park
Tom Bradley 18.19 (72.79% and jnr), Bill Neely 19.58 (78.30%), Stewart
Anderson 20.24 (71.16%), James Ritchie 20.46 (71.16%), Jess Harbert 21.38
(69.88% and jnr), Steve Aikin 22.16 (66.77%), Cecily Day 23.09 (65.30% and
jnr), Sam Rushby 23.28 (72.51% and jnr), Ellie Luxmoore 24.02 (jnr), Karen
Harbert 26.20 (66.96%), Daniel Rushby 26.23 (jnr), Aoife Kilpatrick 26.29
(PB), Ben Rushby 29.57 (66.00% and jnr), Bronwen Northmore 33.10 (63.02%),
Pat Hewlett 43.09 (61.76%)
Canons Park
Paul Sinton-Hewitt 19.54 (77.89%), Jo Sinton-Hewitt 25.32 (67.30%)
Old Deer Park
Kris Davidson 18.11 (76.17%), Rick Jenner 18.57 (71.50%), Allan Whatmough
19.01 (67.92%), Jodie Gray 22.34 (65.66%), Paula Maguire 26.48 (63.31%)
Crane Park
Louis Sartori 18.57 (73.44% and jnr and PB), Danny Little 19.12 (70.51%),
Kevin Kearey 21.01 (69.63%), Ann Kearey 24.29 (66.85%), Josie Kearey 25.03
(jnr)
Kingston
Chris Camacho 22.46 (62.74%), Wiebke Kortum 22.50 (71.68%)
Osterley Park
Michael Osborne 23.00 (65.72%), Phil Jackson 25.05 (67.51%)
Parke
Mike Peace 25.18 (67.52%)
Tilgate
Duncan Mallison 19.34 (68.94%)
Wycombe Rye
Nick Wright 18.31 (73.72%)
Chipping Sodbury
Jake Waldron 16.37 (77.63%), Julia Bailey 20.36 (71.84%)
Swansea Bay
Nick Fordham 22.21 (jnr)
Richmond Olympic (Canada)
Lauryn Clague 35.57 (jnr)
parkruns 5km Saturday 3rd December
Bushy Park
Nick Wright 17.53 (76.33%), David Ready 18.02 (71.53%), Clare Fowler 21.00
(71.67%), Noel Simpson 27.20 (PB)
Richmond Park
Peter Faull 20.29 (63.71%), James Ritchie 20.33 (68.45%), Alberto
Esguevillas 20.47 (67.68%), Julian Sampson 20.49 (68.13%), Steve Aikin 22.11
(67.02%), Elisa Ferrua 23.25 (64.27%), Carol Aikin 24.13 (70.96%), Daniel
Rushby 24.55 (jnr), Maia Rushby 25.13 (62.99%), Sam Rushby 31.33 (jnr), Ben
Rushby 31.45 (jnr), Phil Rushby 31.50, Penny Merrett 33.06 (60.32%), Pat
Hewlett 42.02 (63.40%)
Wimbledon Common
Ben Shore 20.44 (65.35%), Laura Blazey 21.10 (70.08%), Gordon Whitson 21.53
(75.25%)
Bedfont Lakes
Colette Doran 32.41 (PB)
Old Deer Park
Kris Davidson 17.53 (77.45%), Vaughan Ramsay 20.04 (69.60%), Paul Maguire
26.34 (63.86%)
Wormwood Scrubs
Pete Warren 27.56 (69.03%)
Crane Park
Ted Mockett 17.49 (75.49%), Danny Little 19.57 (66.92%), Kevin Kearey 20.33
(71.21%), Daniel Chiechi 21.31 (63.90%), Phil Roberts 21.42 (68.51%), Afrah
Sait 33.00 (jnr)
Upton Court
Sean Paynter 18.19 (70.43%)
Chelmsford
Peter Fordham 26.42 (62.23%)
Osterley Park
Dave Lawley 17.55 (74.05%), Michael Osborne 23.01 (65.68%), Phil Jackson
24.50 (68.19%)
Parke
Mike Peace 24.46 (68.98%)
Stratford-upon-Avon
Paul Hodges 21.35 (73.05%)
BUSHY PARK JUNIORS parkrun 2km Sunday 4th December
1 B Dibley (Thames T) 7.01
10 Finlay Sinclair 8.29
87 Isla Sinclair 12.06
SAVILL GARDENS JUNIORS parkrun 2km Sunday 4th December
1 H Hudson (unatt) 8.13
89 James Ricketts 12.58
143 Connor Scally 16.33
168 Aaron Scally 27.14
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