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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 539 18th December 2018
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS
HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh wins the Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers
* Ben Anderson and Holly McGuigan lead our mob
* Ben Anderson also wins the Wynne Cup club championship
* Alex Fordham wins the sealed handicap
* Southern county vests for Suzy Whatmough, Alice Patterson and Izzy Atkins
* 2.39 marathon by Tom Fairbrother
* Nick Impey wins the Singapore Half Marathon
* Joe Gomes finishes 2nd in the Osterley Park 10km
* Adrienne Baddeley finishes 3rd in the Bushy Park Christmas 10k
* Result of London Marathon guaranteed places ballot
* All welcome for the Henty Relay on Saturday 29th December
* Date change for women’s Surrey League
ATTENTION PLEASE
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HENTY RELAY Saturday 29th December 12 noon start in Richmond Park
This is our Christmas relay around Sidmouth Wood. It’s teams of three, drawn
/ allocated on the day. All members and friends welcome, start time is 12
noon – but you must register at the clubhouse by 11.30am to be assigned to a
team.
SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES Race 3 - note change of date and venue for the
women’s race
The next Surrey Cross-Country League races were due to take place on January
12th, the women at Happy Valley, Coulsdon and the men on Mitcham Common. The
men’s race will go ahead as planned, but unfortunately the scheduled venue
for the women’s race is unavailable and it has been necessary to shift the
race to March 2nd at Lloyd Park, Croydon. The remaining races are therefore:
Men
Saturday January 12th on Mitcham Common 2.30pm start for seniors, 2pm for
juniors (note earlier than usual start times)
Saturday February 9th at Lloyd Park, Croydon 3pm start for seniors, 2.30pm
for juniors
Women
Saturday February 9th in Richmond Park (Kingston Gate) 11am start for
seniors, 12 noon for Under 15s and Under 17s, 12.30pm for Under 13s
Saturday March 2nd at Lloyd Park Croydon 1pm start for seniors, 12 noon
for Under 15s and Under 17s, 12.30pm for Under 13s
SURREY and MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Both take place on Saturday 5th January, the Surreys at Lloyd Park, Croydon
and the Middlesex at Horsenden Hill. There are races for all age groups but
entry in advance is required. Contact the Captains / Team Managers if you
want to run.
CHRISTMAS PARTY and LONDON MARATHON 2019 CLUB GUARANTEED PLACES
Many thanks go to Lexi Godfrey assisted by Michele and Andy for an enjoyable
Christmas do. The draw for our three guaranteed entry spots for the 2019
London Marathon was won by William Griffin, Ian Grange and Ed Perry.
Congratulations to them…get training boys!
CLUB KIT
We now have a new supplier for our club singlets, men’s and women’s. This is
iProsports. Visit their website here:.
Coats, fleeces and long and short sleeved T-shirts are still available from
our former supplier AlleyCatz, and most items are still offered at a 40%
discount to clear. Take a look here:.
ANTHROPOMETRY – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Fiona Ford writes:
“I'm currently studying a Masters in Applied Sports Nutrition and part of
our Anthropometry module requires assessing body composition using a range
of measures, including skinfolds. I require another seven volunteers to be
measured this week to gain an ISAK Level 2 qualification. The International
Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) has developed
international standards for anthropometric assessment and an international
anthropometry accreditation scheme.
The process that volunteers are required to undertake involves different
sites of the body being measured with skinfold callipers - triceps,
subscapular, biceps, abdominal, thigh, calf, iliac crest. Knowing your body
composition can also help if you want to see the effect of different types
of training, nutritional interventions or lifestyle factors on body fat and
muscle mass levels.
Volunteers are required to wear swim or gym wear while having the skinfolds
measurements taken, shorts or trunks for men and shorts and running top for
women. The process takes 30 minutes and subjects receive their body
composition assessment report after the assessment.
I will be at St Mary's University in Twickenham this week conducting body
composition measuring on Friday 21/12 alternatively we could arrange a body
composition skinfold measurement session in the evening at a convenient
time. Please contact me to arrange an individual time this week. Email:
fiona@triathloneurope.com.
I look forward to hearing from you if you would like to be involved!”
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
Saturday 29th December Henty Relay – our Christmas fun relay, all welcome.
12 noon start, register at the clubhouse by 11.30am.
Saturday 5th January Surrey County XC Championships at Lloyd Park
and Middlesex County XC
Championships at Horsenden Hill
All age groups. Pre-entry
required. Contact the Captains if you want to run.
Saturday 12th January Surrey XC League (men) on Mitcham Common. All
junior age groups at 2pm, seniors at 2.30pm
Saturday 19th January Bank of England inter-club in Richmond Park
(Roehampton Gate) incl Hec Petersen Trophy v Ealing SM. 2.30pm start,
register on the day
Saturday 26th January South of England XC Championships at Parliament
Hill. Women at 2.05pm (includes club women’s champs), men at 2.50pm
All age groups. Pre-entry
required. Contact the Captains if you want to run
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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STUBBS CUP MOB MATCH v SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS 7.67 miles Saturday 8th
December in Richmond Park
Including Wynne Cup club championship
Ben Anderson was in a class of his own, running away from the field and
coming home almost two and a half minutes clear of SLH’s Gary Laybourne.
Phil Killingley writes: “ Ben reigned supreme with a time of 41:51, coming
back to the kind of form with which he graced the Surrey League the year we
came third.”
In third and fourth places today Pat Wright and Marc Leyshon ran sub-45 and
Graham Brook made it four of the first five home for Ranelagh. M50 Peter
Haarer was next in, the first vet of any description, then came James Graham
and the second vet Jonathan Moore. Leading woman in 17th place was Holly
McGuigan, chased by Peter Haarer’s niece Natalie who was, however, competing
as a guest. Squeezed between those two there was another great run by M60
David Wright, completing his 175th mob match. Fanny Vein and Adrienne
Baddeley also finished before the leading SLH woman, and new member Jessica
Busen-Smith was not far behind.
Phil adds: “The match was mercifully far less close than against Thames a
few weeks earlier, with the blue and amber winning by 340 to SLH's 693.
Great effort! We outnumbered them easily, with around 60 to their 24. Hobble
gobble!”
The race incorporated the club championship for the magnificent Wynne Cup
and of course the trophy will go to Ben Anderson. Pat Wright and Marc
Leyshon will take the silver and bronze medals.
Very comfortable winner of the sealed handicap was Alex Fordham with a net
time of 33.53. He was some two and a half minutes ahead of Dave Powell,
with Graham Brook in third place.
FULHAM 10km Sunday 18th November
A course advertised as the flattest in London helped Joe Gomes and Tom
Fairbrother to duck inside 35 minutes – and in Joe’s case to go close to 34.
1 M Lonsdale (Crook) 32.22
10 Joe Gomes 34.05
18 Tom Fairbrother 34.58
BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE Saturday 24th November at Liverpool
Senior Women
1 C Arter (Cardiff) 26.10
99 Becky Curtis-Hall 32.56
NICE WORK BUSHY PARK CHRISTMAS 10km Sunday 25th November
Adrienne Baddeley took third place in the women’s race.
1 T Haughian (Stragglers 33.45
13 C Heriot (unatt) 40.11 (1st woman)
20 Adrienne Baddeley 41.22
48 Rachel Revett 47.23
61 Jon Lear 49.28
217 Sue Lear 67.41
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 30th November in Hyde Park
1 T Bowerman (AFD) 15.56
13 Ian Kenton 16.50
137 Steve Aikin 21.06
201 Matt Aikin 23.29
221 Carol Aikin 24.50
SELF-TRANSCENDENCE GRIZZLY BEAR 10km Saturday 1st December in Battersea
Park
1 J Earl (Herc Wimb) 31.52
138 Steve Butcher 54.21
VALENCIA MARATHON Sunday 2nd December at Valencia, Italy
Sub 2:40 for Tom Fairbrother.
1 L Aleme (Ethiopia) 2:04.31 (chip time 2:04.31)
268 Tom Fairbrother 2:39.13 (2:39.04)
PUTNEY RIVERSIDE 10km Sunday 2nd December
1 L Tharme (QPH) 38.41 (chip time 38.38)
270 Victoria Orme 65.05 (64.34)
HOG’S BACK 11.4km Sunday 2nd December at Guildford
1 G Dollner (G&G) 39.03
12 E Harrison (G&G) 44.13 (1st woman)
138 Alun Thomas 52.09
394 Melanie Thomas 61.11
439 Carol Aikin 62.43
656 Colette Doran 69.28
880 David Meaden 69.56
899 Alan Meaden 81.28
PERIVALE 5 miles Sunday 2nd December
1 J Poole (Serp) 24.58
51 Alex Ring 32.33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 8th December at
Horspath, Oxford
Suzy Whatmough, Alice Patterson and Izzy Atkins earned county vests.
Senior Women
1 H Viner (Middx) 22.27
38 Suzy Whatmough (Surrey) 24.58
Under 20 Women
1 K O’Neill (Essex) 23.02
27 Alice Patterson (Middx) 26.16
Under 17 Women
1 T Wilson (Beds) 17.38
38 Izzy Atkins (Middx) 24.58
SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 8th December at Horspath,
Oxford
Men 55-59
1 A Howey (Tunbridge W) 34.26
35 Marcus Atkins 42.30
SINGAPORE HALF MARATHON Saturday 8th December
Nick Impey, now resident in Singapore, won the local Half Marathon by the
margin of 100 metres.
1 Nick Impey 1:14.17
OSTERLEY PARK 10km Saturday 8th December
Joe Gomes took 2nd place.
1 S Farmer (Fulham) 34.27 (chip time 34.27)
2 Joe Gomes 34.41 (34.41)
34 Alex Ring 41.32 (41.30)
122 Richard Pender 46.55 (46.50)
123 Richard Gurd 47.00 (46.50)
247 Louise Piears 52.16 (51.53)
389 John Herriott 57.51 (56.40)
390 Nadia Khaldoune 57.51 (56.41)
SECOND SUNDAY 5 miles Sunday 9th December on Wimbledon Common
1 M Gallagher (Wim W) 30.59
13 L Thompson (Fulham) 33.31 (1st woman)
40 Suzy Whatmough 38.10
SOUTH OF THE THAMES 7.5 MILES CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 15th December at
Beckenham Place Park.
Women
1 L Reid (Ton) 41.42
48 Marie Synnott-Wells 55.00
5KS OF CHRISTMAS Saturday 15th December at Battersea Park
Race C
1 J McBride (Lon H) 19.49
3 Matthew Roberts 20.07
Race F
1 P Green (Clapham) 17.37
18 Vaughan Ramsay 19.02
Race G
1 D Hall (London C) 16.56
12 David Ready 17.47
Race H
1 C Mason (West 4) 16.28
6 James Riley 16.52
14 Dave Lawley 17.18
HOLLY RUNS Sunday 16th December at Reigate
Senior Men
1 A Masson (Dorking & MV) 33.37
7 Pat Wright 36.12
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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