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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 541 23rd January 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh men finish 8th in the third Surrey League race and remain 8th
overall.
* Ben Anderson leads our team.
* Ranelagh wins at the Bank of England inter-club and retains the Hec
Petersen Trophy.
* Ted Mockett leads our team.
* South of England Championships this Saturday
* Grand Kit Sale
ATTENTION PLEASE
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SURREY CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUES
The next Surrey Cross-Country League races will take place on February 9th,
the women in Richmond Park (Broomfield Hill) and the men at Lloyd Park,
Croydon. For the men, this is the final League fixture, but for the women
there is one more race to come – on March 2nd also at Lloyd Park, Croydon.
The remaining races are therefore:
Men
Saturday February 9th at Lloyd Park, Croydon 3pm start for seniors, 2.30pm
for juniors
Women
Saturday February 9th in Richmond Park (Broomfield Hill) 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
SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 26th January at
Parliament Hill.
The “Southern” returns to its spiritual home at Parliament Hill on Hampstead
Heath. The action starts at 11.00 with the U15 boys and continues with U13
girls at 11.20, U13 Boys at 11.35, U15 girls at 11,50, U17 men at 12.10, U20
women at 12.40, U17 women at 13.05, U20 men at 13.30, Senior women at 14.05
and Senior men at 14.50. The senior women’s race includes our club women’s
championship. Good luck to all those taking part.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
Our final mob match of this season is away to Blackheath and Bromley H&AC on
their 7.5 miles course at Hayes, Kent. At our opponents’ request it will be
held on Sunday morning 3rd March starting at 11am, rather than the usual
Saturday afternoon.. Unfortunately this is the day after the rescheduled
final women’s Surrey League race.
The Blackheath course is multi-terrain with a few sections of road near the
end, so trail shoes are preferable to spikes. As ever, we need all the
runners we can get. Watch this space for travelling details – we’ll probably
organise a car pool nearer the time.
RANELAGH’S ROAD RACES
Looking forward to our two road races – the Ranelagh Richmond Half Marathon
on Sunday 5th May and the Ranelagh Richmond 10km on Sunday 16th June.
Entries for the Half Marathon are already coming in here:. We’ll
need plenty of marshals as well as runners, so make a note of the dates.
CLUB KIT BARGAIN SALE
Here’s a message from Marianne Malam and Gordon Whitson.
We now have a new supplier for our club singlets, men’s and women’s. This is
iProsports. Details and orders:.
Following the termination of our Supply Agreement with AlleyCatz, the Club
has acquired a large quantity of Ranelagh logo running kit that needs to be
sold now. A Bargain Sale of this kit will be held at the Clubhouse starting
on club-night Tuesday 22 January and continuing the following Tuesday 29
January. All items in the sale will be priced at £10 except boys’, men’s and
ladies’ running vests which will be on sale for just £5. These prices
represent exceptional value.
Items in the sale are:
Boys’ and Ladies’ Vests All Sizes
Men’s Vest One Item only XSmall
Men’s and Ladies’ Micro Fleeces All Sizes
Men’s and Ladies’ Long Sleeve Running Tops All Sizes
Men’s and Ladies’ Short Sleeve Running Tops All Sizes
One Ranelagh Coat Size 38
Payment by cash or cheque in favour of Ranelagh Harriers. Please come along
to the clubhouse, try on the kit and buy at least one item for yourself, a
family member or a friend. Marianne Malam and Gordon Whitson will be
delighted to show you what is available. If you can’t make it to the
clubhouse, either give a tenner to a friend to buy something on your behalf
or email Marianne at marianne.malam.flp@gmail.com and reserve an
item. Please get yourself a real bargain and support the club at the same
time by buying one or more of the items in the sale.
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 26th January South of England XC Championships at Parliament
Hill. Juniors from 11am, Women at 2.05pm (includes club women’s champs), men
at 2.50pm
All age groups. Entries closed.
Saturday 9th February Surrey Leagues – women in Richmond Park
(Broomfield Hill) at 11am, men at Lloyd Park, Croydon at 3pm.
Saturday 23rd February National Cross-Country Championships at Leeds.
Saturday 2nd March Surrey Ladies League Division 1 at Lloyd Park,
Croydon. Juniors from 12 noon, senior women at 1pm.
Sunday 3rd March Mob Match v Blackheath & Bromley HAC for the
Pelling Ratcliff Cup at Hayes, Kent. 11am start.
Saturday 9th March Ranelagh Cup Schools Race in Richmond Park.
2.30pm 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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MEN’S SURREY LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Saturday 12th January on Mitcham Common
Phil Killingley reports:
“It wasn't dusty but it was bone dry. In fact Mitcham Common has perhaps
never been drier in January, and as such it was a fast-paced burn-up round
what is normally a waterlogged, slippery slog. And the talent of Surrey
League Division One was out in full force yet again. Ben Anderson saw our
team home in 12th place, but his captain in 60th was the next home in a
result that more likely than not will see us relegated to Division 2. In
February's final fixture we would need to make up 23 places per scoring
runner on 7th place SLH - not impossible but not far off. Of course we'll
give it a jolly good go! On the plus side, if we do go down, we might have a
year's respite from Ikea-overlooked Mitcham Common!
James Riley provided the brightest run of the day, in an excellent 86th and
making him the most improved runner of the season, seizing 5th scoring place
in a strong team. Eirin McDaid also starred - with only 4 miles run since
the beginning of December he somehow managed to come 13th scorer only 2
minutes behind his captain. Ten seconds ahead, Nick Twomey was relieved not
to be caught... (Nick knows what I mean!). Ted Mockett picked up another
anchorman trophy and John Shaw was 17th home, last for Ranelagh, so by
default picked up the B team gong.
At the top of the table Hercules look invincible and Kent will be beaten for
the first time since reaching Division 1, probably in second place, with a
resurgent Thames in third. At the other end, Striders of Croydon look set
to descend with us, and will be replaced by Clapham Chasers, plus one
other.
It was excellent to see Eli Okuefuna and Finlay Sinclair slogging it out in
the junior race. They exchanged places a number of times, both with strong
runs and Finlay coming in victorious by just a second and a single place:
83rd and 84th. Well done in what is a fiercely fought event.”
1 Jamie Parkinson (TH&H) 26.33
2 Max Nicholls (Kent) 26.55
3 Andrew Penney (Herc Wimb) 27.01
12 Ben Anderson (Rane) 27.37
60 Phil Killingley 29.33
73 Marc Leyshon 29.53
82 Ross Macdonald 30.13
86 James Riley 30.26
91 Ian Kenton 30.32
95 Graham Brook 30.38
99 Oliver Murphy 30.48
101 Peter Haarer 30.51
111 Ted Mockett 31.16
115 Richard Kimber 31.26
119 Nick Twomey 31.38
121 Eirin McDaid 31.48
135 Mark Herbert 32.10
146 Dave Lawley 32.42
160 Marc Snaith 33.17
177 John Shaw 34.37
A Teams (10 to score)
Overall (after three races)
1 Hercules Wimbledon AC 165 1 Hercules Wimbledon AC 496
2 Thames H&H 247 2 Kent AC 720
3 Kent AC 248 3 Thames H&H 965
4 Guildford & Godalming AC 465 4 Guildford & Godalming AC 1288
5 Belgrave H 508 5 Herne Hill H 1492
6 Herne Hill H 512 6 Belgrave H 1499
7 South London H 517 7 South London H 1557
8 Ranelagh H 594 8 Ranelagh H 1777
9 Striders of Croydon 839 9 Striders of Croydon 2491
B teams (10 to score)
Leading B Teams (after three races)
1 Kent AC 114 1 Hercules Wimbledon AC 374
2 Hercules Wimbledon AC 154 2 Kent AC 383
3 Thames H&H 256 3 Thames H&H 1114
4 Herne Hill H 379 4 Herne Hill H 1213
5 Ranelagh H 547 5 Ranelagh H 1499
6 South London H 572 6 Guildford & Godalming AC 1663
7 Guildford & Godalming AC 635
8 Striders of Croydon 684
9 Belgrave H 749
Young Athletes (U15 / U17)
1 Ben Fitzpatrick (Walton) 12.26
83 Finlay Sinclair (Rane) 15.30
84 Eli Okuefuna 15.31
BANK OF ENGLAND INTER-CLUB Saturday 19th January in Richmond Park
(Roehampton Gate)
Pheidippides reports:
“An excellent turnout of twenty-three members of Ranelagh lined up as the
'B' Team to take on the might of the Bank of England and other teams in the
neighbourhood of Richmond Park. The weather was a little raw for spectators
but otherwise this was a very pleasant low-key fixture with a course that
made a change from our usual routes. Up at the front there was quite a
tussle between two of our runners for third place, settled only in the last
mile by a resurgent Ted Mockett who ran a well-paced race with a well-timed
surge towards the finish. There were strong supporting performances from
Rory Atkins, Mark Herbert and Jonathan Moore to give us five runners in the
top ten with Edward Forbes completing the team in fifteenth place and
allowing us to retain the trophy for another year. It has been a while
since I last had a go at this fixture and I looked up the report in the
Gazette for the occasion to discover that Messrs Peace and Naish had
finished comfortably ahead of me and that the stand-out feature of the day
then as now was "the legend of Bank hospitality" - a glorious spread of
luxurious sandwiches, cake and scones. Veterans of like vintage to me will
join in the lament that the ‘help yourself’ watering cans full of beer
ceased to be a feature of the "après race" some time ago (strangely the only
detail that I remember from that day in January 1987).”
1 James Meikeljohn (TH&H) 26.26
2 Rory Jordan (Milos) 26.38
3 Ted Mockett (Rane) 26.47
4 Peter Haarer 26.54
6 Rory Atkins 27.20
8 Mark Herbert 28.23
9 Jonathan Moore 28.42
15 Edward Forbes 29.31
21 John Shaw 30.27
23 Marco Perinelli 30.56
28 Richard Willoughby 31.47
29 Phil Beausang 31.59
39 William Griffin 34.02
41 Marcus Atkins 34.25
43 Phil Roberts 35.03
44 Andrew Kew 35.15
48 Simon Hedger 37.01
51 John Ricketts 37.15
54 Andy Bickerstaff 37.54
56 Michael Osborne 38.54
57 Chris Read 39.01
59 Alastair Sinclair 39.39
61 Carol Aikin 40.41
64 Sally Bamford 41.26
66 Dave Kew 41.58
70 Paula Maguire 46.01
Teams (6 to score side)
1 Ranelagh H 45
2 Milocarians 67
3 Thames H&H 102
4 Hercules Wim. 156
5 Ealing S & Middx 208
6 Bank of England 220
Hec Petersen Trophy contested between Ranelagh and Ealing, Southall and
Middlesex AC
1 Ranelagh H
2 Ealing, Southall and Middlesex AC
RUNTHROUGH CHASE THE MOON OLYMPIC PARK 10km Wednesday 9th January
1 E Cameron (VP&TH) 33.42
198 Roger Wallace 58.56
RUNTHROUGH OLYMPIC PARK 10km Saturday 12th January
1 D Prosser (unatt) 36.38
163 Roger Wallace 56.01
RUNTHROUGH CRYSTAL PALACE 10km Sunday 13th January
1 D Carter (unatt) 35.36
163 Roger Wallace 56.01
SLOUGH NEW YEAR 10km Sunday 20th January
1 A Hunt (unatt) 38.20
140 Peter Warren 62.07
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.
FINALLY...
Pennine Way “record”:
Video:.
Jasmin Paris’s 83h 12m 23s was an amazing run and set a new course record
for this race, but she’s well behind the overall record of 65h 20m 15 s.
One difference is that competitors in this race had to rely on feeding
stations. Other record runs have had the benefit of support teams.
Back in 1971 Ranelagh beat the existing relay record (teams of 24 runners)
with 33hr 41 min. Ranelagh’s Bill Bird then set a new best time for a solo
run with 104 hr 8 min. Both records were subsequently improved by clear
margins, but when making comparisons it should be remembered that the route
is much easier to follow now, and luck with weather and underfoot conditions
makes a huge difference.
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