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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 508 31st August 2017
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Wimbledon Dash 5k-– Jake Waldron and Laura Blazey lead our teams
* Ranelagh Road Grand Prix winners: Nick Impey, Michael Morris, Seiko
Angelo, Suzy Whatmough, Rachel Revett, Marie Synnott-Wells
* Surrey Road League-– Ranelagh me'’s and wome'’s team double victory, plus
six individual podium places
* Fast times at Hercules Wimbledon 5k Festival
* Surrey Road Relays this Saturday
* Thomas Cup handicap on Saturday 9th September
* Track sessions at Osterley suspended
* Bob Maslin
ATTENTION PLEASE
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OPENING RUN OF OUR 137th WINTER SEASON
As usual, this will be the 6km handicap race for the Thomas Cup on Saturday
9th September. The annual club photo will be taken at about 2.45pm in the
Park opposite the clubhouse, and the first starters in the race will be set
off as soon after 3pm as we can get everyone assembled at the start. The
start and finish are beside Sidmouth Wood opposite Pembroke Lodge. All
members welcome.
BOB MASLIN
I'm sorry to report that our oldest member Bob Maslin died on Wednesday 30th
August aged 101. Obituary to follow.
TRACK TRAINING AT OSTERLEY
Our Thursday night speed sessions on the track at Osterley have been put on
hold until the end of September while the track is resurfaced. If the work
goes to schedule our first session on the new surface will be Thursday
October 5th, though bad weather could further delay the work.
MEN'S VICE CAPTAINS
Phil Killingley writes:
"I'm very lucky that Jon Smith (road captain over the summer) and Dave
Lawley have jointly agreed to step into Trevor Maguire's extra-large
vice-captain shoes. They will both be helping me out with leading the men's
section. We're going to sit down over a pint or twain in the Roebuck to
thrash out the details next month. Thank you to them too - very excited to
have them on board "
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX
Final leading scores after all ten events (best eight scores to count):
(Open) Nick Impey 89, Ted Mockett 74, Jake Waldron 60, Seiko Angelo 44, Carl
Selya-Hammer 44, Jonathan Smith 37, Mark Herbert 29, Eirin McDaid 27, Allan
Whatmough 23, Suzy Whatmough 23, Laura Blazey 21, Michael Morris 21, Mick
Lane 20, Steve Whitehead 20, Stewart Anderson 20, Chris Bundhun 19
(Men over 40) Michael Morris 30, Stewart Anderson 25, Michael Everard 21,
Steve Whitehead 18, Duncan Mallison 17, Philip Andrews 16, Neil Rae 14,
Richard Gurd 12, Kris Davidson 11, Rob Curtis 10
(Men Over 50) Seiko Angelo 36, Mick Lane 27, Simon Hedger 22, Stephen Logue
19, Trevor Maguire 11, Martin Halvey 10, William Griffin 10, Alan Meaden 10,
Phil Roberts 10, Bruce McLaren 8, Bill Neely 8
(Women)Suzy Whatmough 37, Laura Blazey 36, Becky Curtis-Hall 25, Marie
Synnott-Wells 22, Wiebke Kortum 14, Fiona Ford 11, Rachel Revett 10, Becky
Northmore 10, Ria Woodfield 9, Elisa Ferrua 8
(Women Over 40) Rachel Revett 38, Wiebke Kortum 24, Fiona Ford 12, Ann
Kearey 7, Louise Wapshott 6, Niamh Holt 6, Prelini Chiechi 6, Louise
Wapshott 5, Lara Werrett 5, Fiona Pugh 5
(Women Over 50) Marie Synnott-Wells 42, Carol Aikin 15, Bronwen Northmore
13, Lorna Smith 12, Katrina Roche 10, Ally Pickard 10, Sally Bamford 9, Anna
Reichwald 5, Annemarie Goodridge 4, Fiona Hopwood 4, Deborah Blakemore 4
152 members completed at least one of the ten races.
Full scoreboard and race details are here:.
SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
As you’ll read below, we pulled off our first double team victory in the
Surrey Road League since 2002. Congratulations to all concerned! We didn’t
win any of the individual categories this year, but recorded a good bunch of
podium places: Jake Waldron and Nick Impey 2nd and 3rd senior men, Laura
Blazey and Suzy Whatmough 2nd and 3rd senior women, Seiko Angelo 2nd men
over 50, Marie Synnott-Wells 2nd women over 45. Full scoreboard:.
SURREY ROAD RELAYS Saturday 2nd September at Wimbledon Park. 12 noon start
from the stadium. All age groups run together but there are championships
for senior men and women, M40s, M50s, M60s, W35s and W45s. The lap is about
3 miles, and each race consists of four laps - excepting the senior men who
cover six laps and the M60s and W45s who cover only three. Contact the
captains if you would like to run.
WEE AND PEE 5km and 10km Saturday 2nd September in Staines
Andy Hayward writes,
“It clashes with the Surrey Road Relays, but for anyone preferring a low key
alternative fun run, the above event is this coming Saturday at 1pm at the
Wheatsheaf & Pigeon pub in Staines. Entry is £5 of which 100% goes to the
Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton. A free pint of Thames Side beer (4 to choose
from) to all participants and helpers. BBQ at the pub afterwards.”
ANDY’S WATER MARATHON
Andy Woodhouse writes:
“For those of you that know me from the running club, you may know that I've
always shied away from doing a marathon. Well, I'm about to do one. But not
on land…on the Thames. And I won't be running. The Thames Great River Race
is a 'marathon' for various shapes and sizes of rowing boat. Insanely, I'll
be in a big heavy boat, without those lovely slidey seats that are so
helpful to those more competitive rowing crews, and so it won't be easy. But
it's all for two very good causes:
- for Kingston Rotary Club, a great organisation that helps the Kingston
Local Community in many varied ways and
- Leander Sea Scouts who offer challenging activities for over a hundred
boys and girls from the local area.
The event is on Saturday 9th September. It'll be all day, though I hope to
be on the river from only 10am (near Millwall) till about 2.30pm (at the
finish line in Ham). It would be really good if you could come and show your
support; and/or, better still, give whatever you can at the following site:.”
RANELAGH JUNIORS
There is one race left in the joint Stragglers/Ranelagh junior handicap
series. This is on Thursday 31st August at the Hawker Centre in Ham.
Registration is from 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Full details:.
LONDON DUATHLON and 10k
Rick Jenner writes:
"The Descente London Duathlon, the world's biggest, takes place in Richmond
Park Sunday 17 September 2017. There’s a challenge for everyone – Half
Duathlon (5k run, 22k bike, 5k run), Duathlon (10k,44k,5k) and Ultra
Duathlon (20k,77k,10k). Entry includes a Descente race jersey. Descente
RUN10 is a 10k sharing the beautiful closed roads of Richmond Park with the
world's biggest duathlon on Sunday 17 September 2017. Entry includes a
Descente running T-shirt. There is £10 off any duathlon challenge with code
RANELAGH10 and £5 off RUN10 with code RANELAGH5."
RIVER THAMES HALF MARATHON Sunday 29th October
Race Director Roy Reeder writes:
“Now in its fourth year, this has become a popular local half marathon. I'm
offering Ranelagh Harriers a £5 discount off the entry price until 31
August. To claim the discount, enter the code 'RANHAR' at the Sport Systems
store. Website:.
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:. BUT see note above about temporary closure of the track.
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 )
Thursday 31st August Final race in the Junior Handicap series – see
above.
Saturday 2nd September Surrey County Road Relay Championships. 12 noon
start at Wimbledon Park. All senior age groups.
Tuesday 5th September Monthly post-training social upstairs at the
Roebuck. All welcome from 8.45-ish.
Saturday 9th September Opening Run and Thomas Cup 3.8 miles handicap
preceded by the annual club photo. 3pm start.
Saturday 24th September South of England Road Relays at Crystal Palace.
Men, women and vets races
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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PERSEVERANCE WIMBLEDON DASH 5km Sunday 13th August at Wimbledon Park incl
Surrey Road League and Surrey championships
We have become so accustomed to Phil Wicks running away with these League
races that when a competitor in a Croydon vest had the temerity to pursue
him out of the stadium the general refrain was - He'll never last - So it
came as quite a surprise when the Croydon man was seen to be still closely
tracking Wicks as they re-entered the stadium - and not only that, but also
sprinting past him in the finishing straight. The man in the Croydon vest
was Peter Chambers and he was rewarded with the county championship and a
course record on this hilly circuit. Penney of Hercules Wimbledon took third
spot, pushing our leading man Jake Waldron off the podium and into fourth
place.
For the men's League trophy the last ditch shoot-out between ourselves and
Reigate Priory failed to materialise as Reigate brought a weakened team
which finished no higher than eighth. Ranelagh placed third thanks to Jake,
Nick Impey and Eirin McDaid and that was good enough to bring the title our
way. It was a close-run thing, however, for we finished level on points with
Reigate and won only on count-back. We also placed third men's team in the
county championship with Seiko Angelo replacing the ineligible Eirin McDaid
as the third counter. Seiko also defeated his arch-rival Mark Rabbetts of
the Windmilers to win gold in the county championship M50 class.
Our wome'’s team does not care to leave things until the last minute and had
already secured the League trophy even before the final race had been
completed. Even so, it was another close contest with a single point
separating Ranelagh and second-placed Guildford and Godalming. The Gees
actually placed first on the day and won the county team championship with
Ranelagh - Laura Blazey, Becky Curtis-Hall and Suzy Whatmough - taking away
the silver medals. Becky also won a bronze in the W35 category while the
dependable Marie Synnott-Wells won W45 silver.
SRI CHINMOY RELAY Monday 24th July in Battersea Park
Alan Davidson writes:
"The winning 0/70 team in the Sri Chinmoy Battersea Park relays contained
two Ranelagh stalwarts John Pratt and Bill Harvey, easily beating the
horribly named 'Overaged teenagers' team I was languishing in "
WATFORD OPEN GRADED TRACK MEETING 3,000m Wednesday 26th July
Richard Gregory continued his summer on the track with a nifty 3k.
1 B Toomer (Herc Wimb) 8:46.97
5 Richard Gregory 8:51.75
THAMES MEANDER MARATHON Saturday 12th August
1 D Clark (unatt) 2:57.49
118 Verka Lafeuille 4:44.52
RUN DORNEY HALF MARATHON Sunday 13th August
Jonathan Moore finished 7th overall and first M45.
1 A Cumine (unatt) 75.28
7 Jonathan Moore 82.41
BURNHAM BEECHES 10km Sunday 13th August
1 L Jones (Dac & T) 36.12
156 Pete Warren 57.57
ROYAL PARKS SUMMER 10km Sunday 20th August in Hyde Park
1 J Ellis (TVH) 33.55
104 Elisa Ferrua 46.45
315 Paul Wapshott 56.25
444 Jon Sandapin 62.36
452 Louise Wapshott 63.05
HERCULES WIMBLEDON 5K FESTVAL NIGHT Wednesday 23rd August at Wimbledon
Park.
Marc Snaith reports:
"Great runs last night! Carl A in particular blitzed his race, running solo
and won by 13secs in 15:46! PBs also from Rich, Jon and Laura, whilst Ian,
Carl S-H and Jake were just outside their bests."
Race 1
1 A Lyne (SLH) 18:09.31
5 Laura Blazey 18:35.46 (1st woman)
Race 2
1 J Lyne (SLH) 16:58.43
2 Marc Snaith 17:15.74
Race 3
1 E Cameron (VP&TH) 16:18.83
11 Jonathan Smith 16:50.41
Race 4
1 Carl Assmundson 15:46.29
11 Ian Kenton 16:32.36
Race 5
1 A Hamilton (SLH) 15:26.52
11 Carl Selya-Hammer 16:10.82
Race 6
1 N Shreeve (CUH&H) 15:08.38
9 Jake Waldron (N&EB) 15:31.90
13 Richard Gregory 15:36.80
CANTERBURY HALF MARATHON Monday 27th August
1 P Hogben (Canterbury) 1:17.42
306 Roger Wallace 2:23.09
parkrun results...
For those of you who are not currently shown as Ranelagh in the parkrun
database, it would be very helpful if you could update your details. You can
also access Ranelagh results here:.
parkruns 5km Saturday 12th August
Bushy Park
Jonathan SMITH 17:24, James WHISTLER 19:20, Euan SINCLAIR (jnr) 20:24, Fiona
FORD 20:34, Finlay SINCLAIR (jnr) 23:01, Wally GARROD 40:13, John HANSCOMB
52:56
Richmond Park
Andrew FORTH 20:16, Eamonn O'DWYER 20:38, Alberto ESGUEVILLAS 21:38, Jeremy
DAY 22:38, Elisa FERRUA 22:45, Karl GARVEY 23:37, Hadi KHATAMIZADEH 23:43,
Matt SOWTON 23:52, Amrut SHARMA 24:34, Jess HARBERT (jnr) 25:53, Clare DAY
26:30, Ian HARRISON 26:42, Gavin HILLHOUSE 27:56, Andrew BROWN 31:16, Rob
KITCHEN 31:37, Wendy FISHER 33:45, Katie WALTON 35:16, Penny MERRETT 36:47,
Phil AIKEN 41:51, Pat HEWLETT 41:53
Bedfont Lakes
Daniel CHIECHI 22:25, Becky CURTIS-HALL 27:01, Rob CURTIS 27:03, Prelini
CHIECHI 28:16
Edinburgh
Ted MOCKETT 17:23
Hackney Marshes
Sue CAMP 26:35
Old Deer Park
Francesca BATY-SYMES (jnr) 24:30, Mark ROPER 27:06, Luke MAGUIRE (jnr)
27:15, Paula MAGUIRE 29:05, Katrina ROCHE 32:57, Louise ROPER 34:36
Kingston
Jo Billings was the second woman to finish.
Jo BILLINGS 20:06, Philip ANDREWS 21:27, Chris CAMACHO 24:15, Kirsty NOBLE
24:34, Chris CATO 25:54, Rachel REVETT 25:59, Fiona PUGH 27:16, Tom REAY
31:47
Southsea
Alan DAVIDSON 27:44
Abingdon
Evelyn JOSLIN 28:47
Southend
Su CLARK 36:16
Dulwich
Paul DOYLE 19:16
Crane Park
Lydia ESLER 20:14, Richard GURD 22:13, Ann KEAREY 23:33, Kevin KEAREY 23:36,
Tamsin BURLAND 25:38, Paul WAPSHOTT 26:06, Josie KEAREY (jnr) 26:26, Louise
WAPSHOTT 30:16, Michelle BEAUMONT 32:49, Heather MARTINGELL 32:49, Michael
WHITE 32:51
Newent, Forest of Dean
John ATKINSON 20:44
Ormeau
Colette DORAN 27:59
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Peter FAULL 19:20, Matthew WILLIAMS 19:47
Keswick
Annemarie GOODRIDGE 34:19
Swansea Bay
Claire WARNER 26:02
Bevendean Down
Ally PICKARD 33:48, Paul SINTON-HEWITT 33:49
Tooting Common
Simon OGLE 20:26
Stratford-upon-Avon
Edward FORBES 18:26
Worthing
Simon TAYLOR 25:26
parkruns 5km Saturday 19th August
Bushy Park
George HOWARD 17:54, Ed SMITH 19:01, James WHISTLER 19:01, Marcus ATKINS
20:52, Philip ANDREWS 21:50, Julie DRUMMOND 28:03, Jackie DUNKLEY 30:04,
Wally GARROD 39:31
Wimbledon Common
Marie SYNNOTT-WELLS 21:12
Richmond Park
Jordan MUNGOVAN 18:04, Richard KIMBER 18:14, Matthew WILLIAMS 19:48, Peter
FAULL 19:58, Adrienne BADDELEY 20:47, Eamonn O'DWYER 21:00, Wiebke KORTUM
22:17, Elisa FERRUA 22:29, John HOBSON 23:10, Christopher READ 23:23, Amrut
SHARMA 23:44, Simon TAYLOR 24:58, Margie MARSHALL 25:06, Ian HARRISON 27:15,
Gavin HILLHOUSE 28:12, Carol AIKIN 29:09, Alison DICKS 29:13, Sue CAMP
29:14, Andrew BROWN 29:39, Karolina KAFADAR 31:02, Philippa KITCHEN 37:18,
Martin CLARK 40:42, Pat HEWLETT 42:31, Phil AIKEN 43:03
Old Deer Park
There was a brace of Ranelagh wins from Allan and Suzy Whatmough and a
third place from Kris Davidson.
Allan WHATMOUGH 17:52, Kris DAVIDSON 19:21, Michael EVERARD 19:30, Bruce
MCLAREN 19:44 Si MARTIN 19:58, Suzy WHATMOUGH 21:06, Stewart ANDERSON 21:13,
Richard GURD 21:52, Kevin KNOWLES 21:56, Mark ROPER 26:31, Karima GRAHAM
27:56, Lorna SMITH 29:32, Wyn WILLIAMS 37:13
Hampstead Heath
Katie WALTON 35:57
Kingston
Chris CATO 23:03, Kirsty NOBLE 23:43, Chris CAMACHO 24:23, Tom REAY 28:18
Southsea
Alan DAVIDSON 27:32
Milton Keynes
Fiona PUGH 35:36
Nonsuch Park
Simon HEDGER 20:33
Cannon Hill, Birmingham
Jonathan SMITH 17:35
Gunnersbury Park
Colette DORAN 27:25, Penny MERRETT 34:39
Gloucester North
John ATKINSON 20:23
Wormwood Scrubs
Pete WARREN 28:15
Crane Park
Daniel LITTLE 18:44, Lydia ESLER 20:37, Kevin KEAREY 21:09, Philip ROBERTS
22:32, Ann KEAREY 24:33, Josie KEAREY (jnr) 26:21, Claire WARNER 27:25,
Christine DAVID 31:12, Tamsin BURLAND 32:07, Cindy CROUCHER 35:20, Su CLARK
36:08
Warszawa Praga, Poland
Rachel REVETT 23:26
Chipping Sodbury
Ashleigh FERRIS 35:22
Preston Park
John PRATT 27:38
Seaton
Jeremy DAY 23:18, Clare DAY 26:41
Lyme Park
Peter WEIR 23:55, Karen WEIR 28:43, Jo SINTON-HEWITT 31:18 Paul
SINTON-HEWITT 43:40
Reigate Priory
Eirin McDaid finished first and Mark Herbert was third..
Eirin McDAID 17:12, Mark HERBERT 18:20
Cabinteely, Ireland
Paula MAGUIRE 28:16
Hastings
Rob CURTIS 22:34
Donabate, Ireland
Leeanne BRYCE 29:19
Portsmouth Lakeside
Michael WHITE 27:13
Lac de Divonne, France
Alastair RITCHIE 25:18
Junior parkruns 2km
Sunday 13th August
Moormead
Nathaniel BOND 8:45
FINALLY...
National cross-country championships at Crewe, 1927.
Video: