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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 511 10th October 2017
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Andy Woodhouse wins the Page Cup handicap
* Fastest times by Marc Leyshon and Becky Curtis-Hall
* Ranelagh women finish 62nd in the National road relays
* Ted Mockett wins the Alcester 10k
* Opening Surrey League races at Reigate this Saturday 14th October.
* Closing date approaching fast for entries to the Surrey Masters
(Veterans) Championships
* Book now for our Christmas Party
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES BEGIN
The opening Surrey League races for our men’s and women’s teams both take
place on Saturday 14th October in Priory Park, Reigate. It’s unusual
nowadays for both teams to be at the same venue, and this is the only time
this season that we’ll have that luxury, so make the most of it! Mind, it’ll
be a long day. Not before time the decision has been made to split the
women’s race – which has been attracting fields in excess of 400 - into
separate division 1 and division 2 races. The first senior race will start
at 11am, the under 17 / under 15 girls will run at 12 noon, the under 13
girls at 12.30pm and the second senior race at 1pm. The divisions will
alternate as to which races first. At Reigate, our race – Division 1 – will
be at 11am. Then, following on from the second women’s race will come the
boys race (all age groups together) at 2.30pm and finally the men’s Division
1 senior race at 3pm.
Men’s Captain Phil Killingley writes:
“The Surrey League is a big focus for the men's team in the winter racing
calendar. Previously the preserve of sub 36min 10km runners, so hot was our
top ten, we're now posting both an A team and a B team for this series of
four races. The A team will do very well to get anywhere near last season's
awesome third place in the league. But can the B team be the best?
Ranelagh's strength in depth, if converted into race attendance, makes this
emphatically possible.“
Here's Women’s Captain Becky Curtis-Hall:
“Surrey League is a great way to getting into cross country racing for those
who have never done it before. The first two fixtures are 6k, so just a
little longer than a parkrun. The scoring works like this: the position of
the first five runners from each team is added up to give the team score.
The lower the better. Everybody helps the team - even if you are not in the
first five, you push other runners from other teams down so give their teams
higher team scores. The more runners who turn out for us the better. As if
that wasn't enough to persuade you, the vice captains and I bake cakes to
enjoy afterwards!”
Reigate’s Priory Park has toilets and a café. There are several pay car
parks in the vicinity and Reigate railway station is a short walk away –
though rail services may be restricted.
SURREY MASTERS (aka VETERANS) CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 21st October in
Richmond Park.
As usual we are hosting the Surrey Masters, and the closing date for entries
is noon on the 14th October. NOTE LATE RACE START TIMES. There are two
races: the first, at 3.30pm, is for men over 60 and all women 35 and above
over a 6km course. Then at 4.15pm men 40-59 run 10km. There are championship
medals in 5 year age groups and team awards in 10 year age groups. You must
be Surrey / SW London qualified by birth or residence to take part. Entries
must be made in advance – men contact Trevor Maguire
trevor.maguire@bt.com , women contact Becky or Phil
ranelagh.women@gmail.com. Entries will be accepted on the day at £8
but will be ineligible for the team competition.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND XC RELAYS Saturday 21st October at Wormwood Scrubs
Wormwood Scrubs is the venue for the South of England Cross-Country Relays,
but note it is the same day as the Surrey Masters. Contact the Captains /
Team Managers if you want to run.
CABBAGE PATCH 10 miles Sunday 15th October at Twickenham.
Good luck to our 42 entries in the Cabbage Patch 10. It’s the day after the
opening Surrey League races but some are believed to be doubling up!
A HAPPY ACCIDENT
As we reach the 13th anniversary of the very first parkrun, Karen Weir
writes about her memories and involvement here:.
CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday 9th December
Oh, I know it’s only October but Christmas will be upon us before we know
where we are. The club Christmas bash will be at the Lass O’Richmond Hill
pub in Queen’s Road, Richmond on Saturday 9th December at 7pm. It’s £40 per
head to include a three course dinner and wine, dancing and a disc jockey.
We’re limited to 80 places and nearly half have already been taken. So
reserve your place without delay! E-mail Michele Gibson
(mailto:micheleagibson@hotmail.com) or put your name on the list at the
clubhouse. There’s also a menu at the clubhouse. Cheques should be payable
to Ranelagh Harriers and left in an envelope at the clubhouse or posted to
Michele Gibson, 79 Thames Side, Staines upon Thames, Middx TW18 2HF. For
BACS payments it’s Ranelagh Harriers, sort code 401310, account 12154501,
reference Club Xmas and your Name.
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
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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 14th October Women’s and Men’s Surrey Cross-Country League,
both at Reigate. Women at 11am, men at 3pm.
Sunday 15th October Cabbage Patch 10 miles at Twickenham. Entries
already closed
Saturday 21st October Surrey Vets Championships in Richmond Park.
Start 3.30pm for M60s and women, 4.15pm for M40s and M50s
Also South of England XC Relays at
Wormwood Scrubs, women 11.15am start
Saturday 28th October Surrey Junior Cross-Country Relays at Stoke
Park, Guildford. 1pm start
Saturday 4th November Mob Match v Thames H&H at Kingston Vale. 2.30pm
start.
Also National XC Relays at Berry
Hill Park, Mansfield, women 14:05 start
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 ENGLAND ROAD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday 24th September at Crystal
Palace
Results were in the last e-news. After initial hope and uncertainty it was
finally confirmed that our men’s team narrowly missed qualifying for the
National Road Relays. Results have been updated several times but according
to the latest version it looks like we were pushed out by a matter of
seconds.
PAGE CUP 5 miles HANDICAP Saturday 30th September in Richmond Park
As usual the race for the Page Cup attracted a smaller field than for the
Thomas Cup earlier in the month but in the end 36 members took part.
Thankfully it was a fairly bright and dry afternoon and we had none of the
chaos that ensued for our previous two handicaps which were both hit by
torrential downpours. Instead we had to contend with rutting stags, and one
particularly noisy animal in the woods just before the climb up to the
finish. Fortunately he kept to his path and we kept to ours, but his
alarming bellows may well have added a little to the pace of the more timid
types.
To Clive Naish fell the honour of being the first starter, followed one
minute later by Hilary Thomson. Clive has we believe never been the “limit”
runner before, and nor has he ever won an open club handicap trophy. The
former had been thrust upon him…perhaps he could add the latter by his own
efforts?
Clive kept up a good pace, but Hilary inexorably closed in. Would the race
finally be decided between the two of them, or would the chasing crowd
suddenly appear and sweep past leaving them floundering? Into the woods with
a mile to go they were side by side, and no-one else in sight. Surely they
would hang on? Who would be the stronger? Did Hilary have anything left or
would Clive’s experience tell? Little did Clive know that Hilary was running
as a guest and was ineligible for the trophy anyway. He would go for it.
Round the final turn and it was Clive still in front. Then a few metres
behind came another figure, and it wasn’t Hilary. No, it was Andy Woodhouse
who had started some fifteen minutes behind Clive. He too had never won a
club trophy and this was his chance. He speedily ate up the ground between
himself and Clive and forged into the lead. Clive hung on grimly but it was
not to be. Andy crossed the line three seconds to the good, and Clive will
have to wait a little longer for that elusive trophy.
Rob Curtis slipped into the bronze medal position followed across the line
by Hilary and another guest Niamh Holt. In official 4th place was Chris
Hunton who seems to make a speciality of this race, having won the Cup in
both 2011 and 2016.
Fastest time was an impressive 27.53 by newcomer Marc Leyshon. Mark Herbert
was the only other runner inside the half hour – 29.49 – and George Howard’s
30.05 was third. Fastest woman was Becky Curtis-Hall whose 32.34 was an 84
seconds course PB. Suzy Whatmough’s 33.31 was also a course PB, though she’d
only run it once before. Bonnie Morgan’s 36.28 was third fastest.
NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS Saturday 7th October at Sutton Park, Birmingham
As noted above, our men’s team narrowly failed to qualify for the National
Relay. Our women faced no such hurdles, as their race is still open to all.
Consequently we had one team flying the Ranelagh flag, and of the four
runners in the team, two were making their club debuts in this type of
event. We wound up in a respectable 62nd place out of 85 finishers.
Senior Women
1 Aldershot F&D AC 58.26
62 Ranelagh H 74.07
Becky Curtis-Hall 56 16.27
Charlotte Hyde 68 19.25
Marianne Malam 71 20.21
Ria Woodfield 62 17.54
RICHMOND RUNFEST MARATHON Sunday 17th September
Additional to the results shown in the last e-news. This was Ian Grange’s
75th marathon.
99 Bruce McLaren 3:27.08
595 Ian Grange 4:29.06
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 29th September in Hyde Park
1 Z Randall (Shaft B) 16.00
4 Ian Kenton 17.15
190 Alan Davidson 27.36
ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON HALF MARATHON Sunday 1st October
1 M Welsh (Belgrave) 1:13.38 (chip time 1:13.38)
25 Paul Nicoll 1:24.20 (1:24.20)
30 A Germana’ (Sutton R) 1:24.55 (1:24.53 – 1st woman)
105 Martin Halvey 1:31.58 (1:31.49)
125 Richard Gurd 1:33.45 (1:33.34)
138 James Ritchie 1:34.48 (1:34.44)
284 Kate Woodhouse 1:44.03 (1:43.25)
366 Kirsty Steel 1:48.19 (1:47.28)
370 Ben Shore 1:48.38 (1:47.45)
429 Toby Cooper 1:50.12 (1:49.21)
449 Victoria Rinck 1:51.15 (1:50.45)
859 Colette Doran 2:17.48 (2:15.52)
902 Roger Wallace 2:21.30 (2:19.39)
CARDIFF HALF MARATHON Sunday 1st October
1 J Lotiang (Kenya) 1:00.42
215 David Ready 1:24.14
MIDDLESEX 10km Sunday 1st October at Victoria Park
1 A Abdulle (Hillingdon) 31.15
26 Carl Selya-Hammer 34.21
36 Carl Assmundson 35.01
ALCESTER 10km Sunday 8th October
Ted Mockett finished 2nd in this race last year but went one better this
time to secure a clear victory.
Ted writes on Facebook:
“Very pleased with 1st place at the Alcester 10k this morning. The prize
money just about covered the second train ticket I had to buy on Friday
after leaving my original ticket at work!”
1 Ted Mockett 35.09
ROYAL PARKS HALF MARATHON Sunday 8th October in London
As is often the case with these big races, club names are not included in
the results. This makes finding Ranelagh details a tad tricky, but it was
good to see two RH home in the top eleven.
1 J Hoad (Bedford) 1:08.51
9 Marc Leyshon 1:16.13
11 Carl Assmundson 1:16.41
15 S Davis (Clapham) 1:17.25 (1st woman)
238 Dan Little 1:27.45
5707 Verka Lafeuille 1:57.09
13572 John Scally 2:29.49
BOURNEMOUTH MARATHON Sunday 8th October
1 J Cieluszecki (Bourn) 2:31.59
37 Paul Nicoll 3:09.06
557 Rebecca Northmore 3:58.11
CHICAGO MARATHON Sunday 8th October
1 Galen Rupp (USA) 2:09.20
3332 Paul Doyle 3:24.40
SECOND SUNDAY 5 miles Sunday 8th October on Wimbledon Common
1 T Greenwood (TH&H) 29.47
30 Steve Aikin 38.34
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 30th September
Bushy Park
Ted MOCKETT 17:08, Mark HERBERT 17:40, Nick WRIGHT 17:42, Richard KIMBER
18:00, Sam NESBITT (jnr) 19:21, Finlay SINCLAIR (jnr) 21:20, Rebecca
NORTHMORE 21:23, Emily COULSON 21:48, Charlie BROOK (jnr) 24:02, Kate BROOK
24:03, Michael MORRIS 24:03, James WHISTLER 24:49, Wally GARROD 38:52, John
HANSCOMB 52:08
Richmond Park
Jordan Mungovan was 2nd overall and Gill Sanders was the leading woman.
Jordan MUNGOVAN 17:17, Gillian SANDERS 18:32, Tom BRADLEY (jnr) 19:07, Bill
NEELY 19:50, Adrienne BADDELEY 20:37, Elisa FERRUA 22:31, Jarryd HILLHOUSE
22:51, Jeremy DAY 23:02, Jess HARBERT (jnr) 23:19, Karl GARVEY 23:30, Sam
RUSHBY (jnr) 23:51, Hadi KHATAMIZADEH 24:15, Margie MARSHALL 24:38, Daniel
RUSHBY (jnr) 24:42, Aoife KILPATRICK 26:16, Ian HARRISON 26:28, Clare DAY
26:31, Emilie BROWN 26:48, Michael SIKORA 27:46, Karen HARBERT 28:24 Sue
CAMP 28:20, Gavin HILLHOUSE 28:21, Ben RUSHBY (jnr) 29:10, Annemarie
GOODRIDGE 34:15, Andrew BROWN 34:35, Penny MERRETT 36:26, Pat HEWLETT 43:48,
Beverley ALI 52:13
Cardiff
Jackie DUNKLEY 28:56
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Dan CHIECHI 22:33, Evelyn JOSLIN 27:49, Ian BINGHAM 27:50
Old Deer Park
Paula MAGUIRE 28:59, Katie WALTON 35:23
Southampton
Linda HONEY 29:14, Aiah SONGU-MBRIWA 36:53
Kingston
Marie Synnott-Wells was first woman.
Marie SYNNOTT-WELLS 20:21, Philip ANDREWS 21:58, Wiebke KORTUM 21:59, Chris
CATO 23:13, Amrut SHARMA 23:48, Chris CAMACHO 24:08, Julia BAILEY 24:34,
Kevin KEAREY 25:13, Ann KEAREY 25:14, Geoffrey FISHER 26:08, Tom REAY 26:20,
Josie KEAREY (jnr) 27:15, Rachel REVETT 27:31, Heather MARTINGELL 27:32,
Ellen VAN KEULEN 30:53, Deepa SHARMA 30:58, Leeanne BRYCE 31:38, Fiona PUGH
31:39, Colette DORAN 31:40, Theo DOYLE (jnr) 42:01, Sam DOYLE (jnr) 43:22,
Hannah DOYLE 43:52
Oxford
Tomas STERNER 30:29
Southsea
Alan DAVIDSON 28:03
St Helens
Kevin JACQUES 24:54
Newbury
Henry MAGUIRE 47:19
Crane Park
Richard GURD 19:58, Eliott WELLS 21:37, Marianne MALAM 23:42, Louise
WAPSHOTT 30:00, Christine DAVID 31:45, Tracey SMALL 33:09, Wyn WILLIAMS
35:02, Cindy CROUCHER 35:18, Lexi SLAUGHTER 38:16, Sally SPAULL 39:16
East Grinstead
Claire WARNER 29:23
Osterley Park
Clare FOWLER 21:13, Gordon WHITSON 21:39, Michael OSBORNE 23:25
Pomphrey Hill
Emma WELLHAM 27:49
Reigate Priory
Nick TWOMEY 19:27, Duncan MALLISON 19:54
Maidenhead
Michael WHITE 28:43
Bois de Bologne, Paris, France
Paul SINTON-HEWITT 20:25, Peter WEIR 20:56, Gary LEE 21:41, Karen WEIR
24:14, Joanne SINTON-HEWITT 26:05, Tony APPLEBY 26:31, Lorna SMITH 30:59, Su
CLARK 35:23, Tamsin BURLAND 38:14
Firenze, Italy
Peter FORDHAM 27:32
Junior parkruns 2km Sunday 1st October
Savill Gardens
James RICKETTS 11:50, Aaron SCALLY 18:49, Connor SCALLY 22:43
parkruns 5km Saturday 7th October
Bushy Park
This was the 13th birthday of parkrun, attracting a field of nearly 1500
runners.
Chris OWENS 20:00, Nick WRIGHT 20:12, Emily COULSON 20:33, Finlay SINCLAIR
(jnr) 21:08, Fiona FORD 21:24, Philip ANDREWS 21:28, Adam WRIGHT 22:00,
Rachel REVETT 23:11, Simon LAWRENCE 24:34, Ian GRANGE 25:29, Amy COOPER
26:04, Toby COOPER 26:04, Julie DRUMMOND 27:33, Joanne SINTON-HEWITT 27:58,
Lorna SMITH 28:17, Jackie DUNKLEY 29:31, Verka LAFEUILLE 30:27, Wally GARROD
40:36, John HANSCOMB 51:23
Banstead Woods
Jonathan Smith finished 3rd
Jonathan SMITH 18:11
Richmond Park
Elisa Ferrua was third woman.
James RITCHIE 20:12, Elisa FERRUA 21:54, Mia BROOKS (jnr) 22:27, Stephen
AIKIN 22:39, Karl GARVEY 22:47, Jeremy DAY 22:58, Sam RUSHBY (jnr) 23:13,
Hadi KHATAMIZADEH 23:49, Amrut SHARMA 24:13, Anna REICHWALD 24:14,
Christopher READ 24:23, Carol AIKIN 25:06, Tony APPLEBY 26:44, Clare DAY
26:55, Michael SIKORA 27:10, Ben RUSHBY (jnr) 29:21, Maia RUSHBY 29:25,
Linda HONEY 29:48, Andrew BROWN 30:29, Margie MARSHALL 30:37, Ian HARRISON
30:38, Deepa SHARMA 32:23, Bronwen NORTHMORE 32:34, Wendy FISHER 33:46,
Annemarie GOODRIDGE 34:40, Wiebke KORTUM 34:41, Aiah SONGU-MBRIWA 36:33,
Martin CLARK 40:27, Beverley ALI 45:52, Pat HEWLETT 46:09
Bedfont Lakes
Rob CURTIS 23:00
Old Deer Park
Jonathan Moore finished 2nd.
Jonathan MOORE 18:23, Vaughan RAMSAY 19:42, Kevin KNOWLES 23:17, Michael
BEVERLY 25:50, Paula MAGUIRE 28:29, Katrina ROCHE 31:39
Andover
Colette DORAN 32:48
Kingston
Sam NESBITT (jnr) 19:24, Marcus ATKINS 20:33, Jarryd HILLHOUSE 21:11, Chris
CAMACHO 23:49, Tom REAY 25:47, Aoife KILPATRICK 27:58
Leamington
Ted MOCKETT 21:54, Ellen Van Keulen 28:33
Oxford
Tomas STERNER 30:01
Southsea
Alan DAVIDSON 35:47
Moors Valley
Deborah BLAKEMORE 37:42
Poole
Marie Synnott-Wells was the second woman home.
Marie SYNNOTT-WELLS 20:46
Henley-on-Thames
Peter FORDHAM 30:35
Upton House
Paul SINTON-HEWITT 24:21, Ally PICKARD 26:31
Dulwich
Mark HERBERT 17:42
Bryn Bach
Clare Fowler was the leading woman.
Clare FOWLER 20:23
Crane Park
Nicholas TWOMEY 18:20, Richard GURD 19:36, Eric PLUE 21:34, Eliott WELLS
21:51, Philip ROBERTS 22:11, Daniel CHIECHI 23:02, Ann KEAREY 23:21, Rue
TURNER 25:08, Hannah MALAM (jnr) 25:37, Josie KEAREY (jnr) 27:22, Heather
MARTINGELL 28:23, Michael WHITE 28:27, Hilary THOMSON 32:03, Louise WAPSHOTT
32:50, Cindy CROUCHER 35:03, Su CLARK 35:10
Homewood
David Ready finished third.
David READY 19:15
Osterley
Michael OSBORNE 24:55
Yeovil Montacute
Junior Lexi Keech was the third female.
Lexi KEECH (jnr) 21.53
Fulham Palace
Tanya ALLEN 34:49
Reigate Priory
Duncan MALLISON 19:46
Comber
Victoria ORME 30:29
Barclay
Dawn BATES 30:51
Lac de Divonne, France
Alastair RITCHIE 25:21
Nuriootpa, Australia
Evelyn Joslin was the leading woman in this South Australia event.
Evelyn JOSLIN 25:43, Ian BINGHAM 27:29
Junior parkruns 2km Sunday 8th October
Surbiton
Sam Nesbitt was first home in one of the fastest times recorded on this
course.
Sam NESBITT 7:20, Nathaniel BOND 9:06
FINALLY...
Running on a hilly course in Oslo last month, Japanese “Citizen Runner” 30
year-old Yuki Kawauchi completed his 70th sub 2:20 marathon. Kawauchi’s
fascinating back story can be found in Runner’s World from a couple of years
ago here:.