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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 530 27th July 2018
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* James Whistler and Suzy Whatmough lead our teams in the Elmore 7m
* Nick Impey and Fanny Vein lead our teams in the Elmbridge 10k
* One Road League race to go – Ranelagh currently 4th (women) and 2nd (men)
* Potential individual Road League podium places for Seiko Angelo and Fiona
Ford
* Nick Twomey wins the Bracknell 10k
* Chris Owens wins the World 65-69 Duathlon Championship
* 40% off club kit – buy now!
ATTENTION PLEASE
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ROAD GRAND PRIX
Here are the leading scores after eight events (i.e. before the Wedding Day
race). For race details and the full scoreboard go to here:.
Open Nick Impey 60, Seiko Angelo 55, Martin Halvey 45, Neil Rae 29, James
Whistler 28, Nick Twomey 27, Ted Mockett 23, Michael Everard 22, Carl
Assmundson and Carl Selya-Hammer 21, Stewart Anderson and James Riley 20,
Kris Davidson and Peter Haarer 19, Marc Leyshon, Ed Perry and Stephen Logue
18
Men Over 40 Neil Rae, Stewart Anderson and Michael Everard 18, James Riley
16, Kris Davidson 12, Duncan Mallison and Jonathan Moore 10, Daniel Chiechi
9
Men Over 50 Martin Halvey 40, Seiko Angelo 34, Stephen Logue 14, Bill Neely
and Peter Haarer 12, Steve Aikin 9, Mick Lane 7, Alan Meaden 6
Women Fiona Ford 22, Suzy Whatmough 15, Marie Synnott-Wells 14, Cordelia
Parker 12, Lara Werrett 11, Adrienne Baddeley and Fanny Vein 10, Bronwen
Northmore and Carol Aikin 9, Wiebke Kortum 8, Rebecca Northmore, Annemarie
Goodridge and Alice Littler 7
Women Over 40 Fiona Ford 36, Rachel Revett 20, Lara Werrett 11, Melanie
Davison 6, Karen Campbell and Niamh Holt 5
Women Over 50 Marie Synnott-Wells 30, Carol Aikin 18, 18, Bronwen
Northmore16, Wiebke Kortum and Anna Reichwald 15, Deborah Blakemore and
Annemarie Goodridge 11
120 members have completed at least one race so far.
SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
After six races Ranelagh’s women are in fourth place and our men in second.
Individually, Seiko Angelo leads the M50 class but with the same number of
points as his nearest rival. Martin Halvey is fourth M50. Fiona Ford is in
2nd place in the W45s. Results and current tables:.
FINAL GRAND PRIX AND SURREY ROAD LEAGUE RACE
Perseverance Wimbledon Dash 5km: Sunday 12th August at 9.30am.
Final event in our 2018 Road Grand Prix and the Surrey Road League, and also
serves as the Surrey 5km championship, Starts and finishes at the athletics
stadium in Wimbledon Park. The rest of the course is hilly and on road.
Details and entry.
HANDICAPPER
Angus Cater is the man who frames the start list for our handicap races. He
has being doing the job for five or six years and wonders whether anyone
else would like to take a stab at it. If you have a statistical bent and
would like a bit more info about what the job entails, please reply to this
message.
CLUB KIT – BUY NOW!
We’re changing kit suppliers and we have a lot of kit to move. Many items
are on offer at 40% discount. Treat yourself! It may not be the weather for
fleeces and log-sleeved tops right now, but take advantage of these prices!
Order direct from the AlleyCatz website here:.
CALLING ALL JUNIORS
The annual joint Stragglers and Ranelagh junior handicap series has been
taking place again this year, and the first five events have been completed.
The last one is on Thursday 30th August at the Hawker Centre. Registration
7pm, start time 7.30pm For more details:.
RALPH STREET
We made mention of Ralph’s Orienteering activities in the last edition, but
here is some more detail from Ralph’s mum Sarah Brown:
“Ralph has been picked to represent Great Britain at the World Orienteering
Championships (WOC) in Latvia from 4th - 11th August. Ralph is selected for
two disciplines: the middle distance race and also for the forest relay
where he has had some great results: 4th in both 2015 and 2016 at WOC, and
5th in 2018 at the European Championships.
With Ralph's dad, I have set up ontheredline.org.uk to help make it easier
to follow the British Orienteering Team as we feel this is a good way to
promote orienteering as the challenging sport it is. As the GB team get very
little help financially we have also set up a funding appeal for Ralph and
the GB team with money donated going via the charity The Orienteering
Foundation. This has the benefit of including gift aid (and also for those
who are in the higher tax bracket, there is the possibility of claiming 20%
back.) The Orienteering Foundation report annually on the distribution of
their funds.
If anyone from Ranelagh would like to send Ralph a message of support, that
would be great:
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/orienteeringfoundationwoc. And of course
please follow Ralph and the team at the World Championships at
https://www.ontheredline.org.uk/.”
RIVER THAMES HALF MARATHON Sunday 28th October
Roy Reeder writes:
"I'm once again organising the River Thames Half Marathon. The start is in
Walton-on-Thames and a fair bit of the route is along the towpath, so it's
flat, scenic and mostly traffic free – ideal if you are looking for a PB.
Full details here: I'm offering £5 off the
entry fee to Ranelagh runners till 30th September. Use the entry code RANHAR
at the Sport Systems store."
LONDON DUATHLON Sunday 16th September in Richmond Park
Rick Jenner writes:
“The London Duathlon is held on closed roads in Richmond Park every autumn.
This year it is on Sunday 16th September and incorporates a new Club
Championships to find out who is the best sports club in London and beyond.
Lots of Ranelagh people have taken part before and are again this year, so
it would be great to put in a team. If you’re interested there are more
details here: and you can enter
here: and receive £10 off with
the code CB_RANELAGHHARRIERS. Please note this is the day after the Surrey
Road Relays so anyone targeting that may want to steer clear, and I must
declare my interest as the event is put on by my company.”
TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIALS
Don’t forget that we meet for a casual drink after training on the first
Tuesday of each month. Venue is upstairs at the Roebuck on Richmond Hill.
All welcome.
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 ranelagh.men@gmail.com
or the women's Captain / Team Manager ranelagh.women@gmail.com
Friday 27th July Wedding Day 7km **Grand Prix** event.
7.30pm start in Bushy Park. Entries closed.
Sunday 12th August Perseverance Wimbledon Dash 5km ** Grand
Prix** and **Surrey Road League** final event. See above.
Saturday 8th September TBC Opening Run and Thomas Cup 3.8m handicap in
Richmond Park
Saturday 15th September Surrey County Road Relays at Wimbledon Park.
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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ELMORE 7 miles Saturday 14th July
It goes without saying that this was yet another stiflingly hot day which
made it hard going for those racing. The Elmore is on quiet country lanes
(quiet, that is, but for odd irate motorists held up for a minute or two on
their life and death missions). But it offers little shade. Consequently the
St John Ambulance people had some customers at the finish – none from
Ranelagh I believe, though Seiko Angelo was looking a bit wobbly as he
approached the finish.
For some the problems started before the race. A significant number were
under the impression that the race was due to start at 2pm. It wasn’t.
1.30pm was the correct time and ten or a dozen missed the start by anything
between 2 and 20 minutes. Sadly two of those were ours – Liam Griffin and
Fiona Ford - frustrating but they may have enjoyed charging through the
tail-enders. it’s to be hoped that Fiona’s chances of a podium place in the
Road League haven’t been spoiled.
While Epsom’s Ollie Garrod was a very clear race winner, it was James
Whistler in 13th place who was our leading finisher, ahead of Seiko, Duncan
Mallison and Martin Halvey all in the top fifty. Seiko and Martin placed 6th
and 7th in the M50s. SLH’s diminutive Steph McCall was the first woman home
by an even larger margin than Ollie. Suzy Whatmough in 17th place was our
leading woman ahead of Marie Synnott-Wells, Wiebke Kortum and the chasing
Fiona Ford, 4th, 7th and 9th respectively in the W45 category.
1 Ollie Garrod (Epsom & E) 36.57
2 Joe Croft (SLH) 38.20
3 Ben Goddard (Woking) 38.37
13 James Whistler (Ranelagh) 42.04
18 Steph McCall (SLH) 42.34 (1st woman)
34 Eleanor Harrison (G&G) 44.17 (2nd woman)
41 Debbie Jackson (Coll) 45.26 (3rd woman)
43 Seiko Angelo 45.44
47 Duncan Mallison 46.14
50 Martin Halvey 46.31
70 Eliott Wells 48.25
92 Suzy Whatmough 50.10
109 Marie Synnott-Wells 51.37
110 Stephen Aikin 52.01
111 Daniel Chiechi 52.03
126 Wiebke Kortum 53.40
127 Stephen Logue 53.44
138 William Griffin 51.10 (Started 3.22 late)
150 Rebecca Northmore 55.48
157 Fiona Ford 52.04 (Started 4.15 late)
158 Rachel Revett 56.27
161 Marianne Malam 56.31
192 Anna Reichwald 59.48
210 Chris Read 64.12
228 Carol Aikin 68.51
266 Alan Meaden 82.14
ELMBRIDGE 10km Sunday 22nd July
Pheidippides reports:
“’Water is best!’ Looking back at Ken's stats, the last time that I had run
at Elmbridge had been some eleven years ago (let's not mention that it is
also the graveyard of my 10k personal worst). My memories were of a first
half in which the course scorched along a stretch of hot tarmac, followed by
a sharp turn and a gravelly run beside the Thames back to the race
finish. This year's course had been changed and missed out most of the road
for the very good reason of avoiding an otherwise nasty clash with another
major event. In addition, the revised route made the most of a brand new and
most impressive athletics stadium complete with ample changing facilities
and a lovely springy track. Air Products had sponsored the event and had
provided a generous list of cash prizes which duly drew quality athletes in
all categories to the race (including one Olympian). We set off on time,
and I must say that the start was organised very well with pens clearly
marked for athletes of different abilities (as well as well-behaved
athletes): I don't recall any pinch points anywhere, or much shuffling of
position beyond the first kilometre. We wound our way around the new
complex, down to the river, and along a stretch of sure-footed asphalt until
we met the traditional gravel path, at which point a noticeable cloud of
dust arose. We turned away from the river and emerged on to a section of
road before turning back for home at the 5k mark. So far, so good, but most
of the second half was run on that gravelly track (passing a bemused
regatta) and the speed-sapping heat combined with the dust was all the talk
at the finish by parched and exhausted runners (thankfully rather less
sun-blasted than we might have been due to a morning covering of light
cloud). Ranelagh had strode to the start with aspirations of team wins and
successes in the individual categories. We were disappointed that these
remained unfulfilled but a second for the men's team and a third for women's
were perhaps rather respectable after all. Thirty-one of our runners
completed the course, led home by Nick Impey for the men and Fanny Vein for
the women. Hats off (should that be timing chips?) to Elmbridge Road Runners
for organising a splendid event.
Many will remember the late Stephen Instone as a keen runner with Ranelagh
but fewer may have encountered him as a Classical scholar. It was a pleasure
to spend last week teaching on a course in London that he used to organise
and to have one of his commentaries to hand to help with some fiendishly
difficult Greek by Pindar (which infamously makes even less sense when
translated). Not only is Stephen's commentary erudite and informative, but
it is witty and uncompromising in pointing up the centrality of athletics in
the modern as much as the ancient world (I can think of no other classicists
who would enthuse so unashamedly in print about the major modern
championships). Pindar wrote enigmatically at the start of one of his odes
for a victor at the Olympic Games that ‘Water is best’ - something of which
I was reminded acutely at the finish line as we all slaked our thirst with
water by the gallon.”
1 Scott Overall (B&B) 30.53
2 Kevin Quinn (SLH) 31.19
3 Ollie Garrod (E&E) 31.58
10 Nick Impey (Ranelagh) 33.44
25 Peter Haarer 35.41
28 Nick Twomey 36.07
34 James Whistler 36.44
42 Eleanor Harrison (G&G) 37.27 (1st woman)
60 Seiko Angelo 38.15
71 Michael Everard 38.59
75 Lisa Rooney (Coll) 39.13 (2nd woman)
82 Debbie Jackson (Coll) 39.40 (3rd woman)
89 Martin Halvey 39.51
96 Jonathan Smith 40.11
124 Fanny Vein 41.07
128 Chris Owens 41.21
133 Suzy Whatmough 41.40
135 Fiona Ford 41.45
136 Alex Ring 41.49
151 Becky Curtis-Hall 42.29
178 Tom Cameron 43.30
188 Stewart Anderson 43.55
200 William Griffin 44.18
212 Marie Synnott-Wells 44.50
228 Daniel Chiechi 45.28
230 Alice Littler 45.31
243 Stephen Logue 46.20
246 Richard Gurd 46.32
285 Rachel Revett 48.10
329 Rob Curtis 49.48
355 Anna Reichwald 51.02
360 Paul Wapshott 51.31
385 Carol Aikin 52.33
394 Chris Read 53.08
421 Michael Sikora 54.45
551 Bronwen Northmore 68.00
553 Alan Meaden 68.42
563 Annemarie Goodridge 71.43
SAMARITANS BRACKNELL 10km Saturday 30th June
Nick Twomey won by over a minute and a half.
1 Nick Twomey 37.22
LONDON HEATHSIDE FINSBURY PARK 5,000s Thursday 5th July
There were seven graded 5,000m track races in all. In race 6, Carl
Selya-Hammer finished 3rd in 16:27.33, while in the final race Carl
Assmundson placed 15th in 16:00.33.
MULTI-SPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday 5th – Saturday 14th July in
Odense, Denmark
Chris Owens reports:
"I had the pleasure of travelling to Odense, the fourth city of Denmark in
early July to compete in a duathlon (10k run, 40k bike, 5k run),
representing ‘Team GB’. To my surprise, as lots of age groups compete
together, I discovered about 10mins after finishing that I had won my age
group, and so was Duathlon World Champion (for old geezers). This adds to my
previous success this year in winning the British Championships in the same
event way back in March, when the weather was cool and chilly. A good
adventure in the Land of Hygge!”
M65 category
1 Chris Owens 2:04.12 (Run1 37.01, T1 1.42, Bike 60.24, T2
2.19, Run2 22.16)
2 B Warren (NZ) 2:10.48 (38.26, 2.27, 62.26, 2.55, 24.34)
GIBBETT HILL 10km Wednesday 11th July
Nick Twomey writes:
“Crazy climb, finished 5th but should have got on the podium! Finished with
a 4.53 min mile!”
1 J Baker (Chich) 35.35
5 Nick Twomey 38.53
BRITISH 10k Sunday 15th July at Westminster
1 D Griffiths (Swansea) 29.41
3458 Siobhan Sharp 56.31
6232 Mel Davison 64.11
SRI CHINMOY KANGAROO HOP 5km Monday 16th July in Battersea Park
1 J Poole (Serp) 15.24
11 Carl Selya-Hammer 16.51
115 Alan Davidson 27.55
OREGON SUMMER MARATHON Saturday 21st July Vernonia, Oregon, USA
Tom Reay reports:
“A 26 mile continuous trail from Vernonia to Banks in Oregon USA. It runs
through shady forests and rolling farmland. I was good to 20 miles then the
usual slomo last 6. Good plan, no probs except tired.”
1 M Tanner (USA) 2:56.24
171 Tom Reay 6:16.03
SRI CHINMOY SILVER STARLING 5km Monday 23rd July in Battersea Park
Almost a re-run of the previous week!
1 R Weston (Serp) 15.37
11 Carl Selya-Hammer 16.31
135 Alan Davidson 27.56
parkrun results...
Follow this link for the latest Ranelagh results:
Then follow the “Previously” link at the bottom of the parkrun screen
to access previous weeks’ results.
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