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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 546 11th April 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh win the Ellis Cup men’s team race, and finish 2nd in the Dysart
Cup women’s team race
* George Howard wins overall, Fanny Vein is our leading woman
* Tor Heron Brett and Ciara McLaren win our junior championships
* Allan Lang wins the Baker Cup 3 miles road handicap
* Fastest times by Eirin McDaid and Becky Northmore & Marianne Malam
(behind guesting Natalie Haarer)
* Good road results, including a successful return by Megan de Silva
* Subscriptions are due
ATTENTION PLEASE
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CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS and REGISTRATION WITH ENGLAND ATHLETICS
Hon Sec Gordon Whitson writes:
“Ranelagh Harriers club membership subscriptions for the year from 1 April
2019 until 31 March 2020 are now due. You are encouraged to check the new
subscription rates that were approved at the last AGM and are listed below.
If you are a first claim member, an amount of £15 is allocated from your
subscription to cover your annual registration fee with England Athletics
and paid on your behalf by the Club. England Athletics have imposed a
deadline of 30 June 2019 for the payment of their 2019/20 registration fee
which was also due on 1 April 2019. Any athletes not registered with England
Athletics by 30 June 2019 become ineligible to compete in EA licenced events
until their registration fees are paid.
To ensure that no Ranelagh members find themselves inadvertently ineligible
and therefore unable to enter EA licenced races, we would strongly encourage
all members to make sure their subscription is paid as soon as possible and
in any event no later than 30 June 2019.”
The new subscription rates are as follows:.
Seniors £50
Under 20 or Student £20
Family Membership £90
Retired and Over 60 £25
Second Claim £20
Non-Running Member £10
Payment may be made by Standing Order or Bank Transfer to:
HSBC
Sort code: 40-23-29
Account number: 81109847
Reference: your initial and name and SUBS – e.g. J SMITH SUBS
Those of you who pay by standing order will have to contact your bank to
change the amount. The club cannot do this for you.
Alternatively you can leave a cheque for the Membership Secretary in a
sealed envelope in the clubhouse or give cash to the Treasurer Chris Read or
either of the Assistant Treasurers Deepa Sharma and John Herriott.
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. A new
website has been set up for each race - ranelagh-half-marathon and ranelagh-10k.co.uk/.
Entries are coming in steadily so if you’re planning to run don’t wait too
long.
MARSHALS
As ever, plenty of marshals are needed for the two road races above. If you
helped last year we’ll be happy if you can take on the same job again. But
in any case if you can help in any capacity please contact
ranelaghhalfhelpers@hotmail.co.uk.
MARATHONS
Good luck to all those taking part in the forthcoming Spring Marathons –
London, Brighton, Boston and others.
2019 STRAGGLERS / RANELAGH JUNIOR HANDICAP SERIES
All under-18s are welcome. Dates and venues are shown below. Registration
opens at 6.50pm for a 7.25pm start.
Pre-registration is necessary and a parental consent form must be completed
for any child taking part for the first time.
Thursday 25th April at the Hawker Centre
Thursday 16th May at the Ranelagh Clubhouse
Thursday 6th June at the Russell School, Petersham
Thursday 27th June at the Hawker Centre
Thursday 11th July at the Ranelagh Clubhouse
Thursday 29th August at the Hawker Centre
For registration and more details:
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX – THAMES TOWPATH 10m
Our Grand Prix is to include only nine events this year, instead of the
usual ten. This is because the Elmore 7m and the Elmbridge 10k are on the
same weekend. The Elmore has consequently been dropped for this year both
from our GP and from the Surrey Road League. The first event in the Grand
Prix is the Thames Towpath 10 miles on Sunday 14th April. Unfortunately the
entry limit of 750 has been reached and no further entries will be accepted.
32 Ranelagh are amongst the crowd. More details about the Grand Prix,
including the list of races here:.
LADIES BEGINNERS COURSE
Deborah Blakemore writes:
“Our annual Ladies Beginners Course starts again on Tuesday 14th May, 7 -
8pm at the clubhouse. Couch to 5k in 8 weeks for the bargain price of only
£10. Further details and an application form can be found here:.
Any queries, please contact Deborah Blakemore at deboraheblakemore@yahoo.co.uk
or you can find me at the clubhouse on a Tuesday evening.
WIMBLEDON COMMON TRAIL RUNS
These are Andy Bickerstaff’s annual promotions on Wimbledon Common. I can
think of many less pleasant ways of spending a summer Wednesday evening.
Andy writes:
“It’s back for the 6th year and yet another iconic mug featuring a part of
the course is to be had. It would be nice to see a few more of my team mates
from Ranelagh giving it a go this year for five fun filled and challenging
Wednesday night miles! There is a series team trophy which has Ranelagh’s
name on from 2014 but sadly since then it’s been all Clapham and Fulham.
First race is 1st May and the other two dates are 5th June and 3th July.
Enter the series here: or follow links
to individual races.”
SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS RACES
Steve Vincent of SLH writes:
“I am writing to inform your members about our popular three race series of
cross country 10K races, which are held annually on the last Thursday of
May, June and July. This year the dates are 30th May, 27th June and 25th
July. As the name suggests these are open and informal races held over the
countryside at Farthing Downs and Happy Valley in Coulsdon (south of
Croydon). Our clubhouse is located close to two stations, Coulsdon Town &
Coulsdon South, and has changing and shower facilities and a very reasonably
priced bar for post-race refreshment - each runner will be entitled to their
first drink at half price. The clubhouse is secure and someone will be on
site whilst the race is happening. Each race costs £4, or there is the
option to enter all three for £10. Entries on the day are accepted at no
extra cost and I would suggest any interested runners should report to the
clubhouse no later than 7 p.m. to register / collect numbers etc. before
making their way to the start, which is approximately 10 - 15 minutes
jog/walk away.
Entry form here:.”
TRAILS AND VINES
Stragglers’ Chris Coates writes:
“I’m reaching out to you as I am part of The Stragglers Running Club in
Kingston, and my partner and I are starting a new business offering running
holidays with a difference, which I thought your members may be interested
in.
As two very keen runners, but also wine lovers, we are offering running
holidays in wine regions where participants can improve their running with
over 100kms of guided sessions (over the 7 days), whilst also relaxing and
enjoying the food and wine the region has to offer. We are both certified
through England Athletics, and on top of this we have significant wine
knowledge having spent 6 months on a vineyard in Chile to add to Level 2 & 3
qualifications in Wine from the International Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
We have several holidays planned for this year in Kent, France and Spain. We
are offering £50 off all of our holidays for UK running clubs with the
coupon code RUNNING50. All upcoming holidays are on our website, please
shout if you have any questions
- trailsandvines.co.uk/our-holidays/,
email holidays@trailsandvines.co.uk, tel 07805 034369.”
RANELAGH SOCIAL MEDIA
Ed Perry writes:
“We are looking to build our presence on Social Media to help build
community within the club, raise awareness of who we are for those
interested, and promote races. I'm looking to pull together a team from
across the club to help moderate and produce content that represents
everything we do. If you'd like to help please drop me an email on
mailto:ranelaghharriersonline@gmail.com.
In the meantime do give us a like or a follow:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Instagram: @ranelaghharriers
NEW CLUB KIT
Our new supplier for club singlets, men’s and women’s. is iProsports.
Details and orders:
TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIALS
Don’t forget that we meet for a casual drink after training on the first
Tuesday of each month. Venue is 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: http://www.facebook.com/ranelaghharriers.
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
Sunday 14th April Thames Towpath 10 miles *GP race 1* Details:.
Entries closed.
Sunday 28th April London Marathon *GP race 2*
Sunday 5th May Ranelagh Richmond Half Marathon. See above. *GP
race 3*
Sunday 19th May Sutton 10k *GP race 4* Details:. 9.30am start. This race often
fills up before its closing date.
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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DYSART and ELLIS CUPS plus CLUB JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 30th March in
Richmond Park
Phil Killingley reports:
“Cracking spring weather for the inter club race and a superb, gripping
spectacle thanks to a fierce battle for the individual men’s win and a very
very close team result.
The men’s race was two laps. After one, a grimacing George Howard was neck,
neck and neck in a trio of front runners. One of them dropped off during the
second lap but at the final corner it was still a two horse race with
George’s grimace turning into a rictus. But no-one is going to beat George
on that uphill finish with the gold medal in sight. And so it proved, as he
surged ahead and took the gold.
No blue waves today but Ranelagh did just enough to stay ahead of Stragglers
on a ten to score basis - with a one point victory of 149-150 in the
Inter-Club fixture for the Ellis Cup. There was a particularly strong
performance from the fast improving Ed Forbes in tenth.
Stragglers got their revenge by taking the Dysart Cup women’s event with
five to score. Fanny Vein in 6th place was our leading finisher.
Meanwhile the junior lap and championships had concluded. Hercules runners
won the day but there were some excellent performances not far behind for
Ranelagh. Tor Heron-Brett, who is looking to focus on 800m this summer, won
the U17 champs in a speedy time of 17:44. Meanwhile the U15 and U13 champs
were sewn up by Finlay Sinclair and Josh Harwood-Wright, both 18:08, with
Bertie Thomas the first U11 home a few seconds after in 18:11. Ciara McLaren
was the first girl home, in the U13 category, and Alexandra Bramwell the
first U11. Well done to all - some very promising runs and great to see so
many juniors out competing for silverware!”
1 George Howard V RAN 31.40
2 Rory Jordan MILO 31.50
3 Oli Garner STRG 32.24
4 Graham Brook RAN 32.39
7 Ted Mockett V RAN 33.46
10 Edward Forbes V RAN 34.22
11 Leigh Schvartz RAN 34.26
16 John Shaw V RAN 35.39
17 Kelly Haniver V MILO 36.01 (1st W)
20 Sarah Kinsella STRG 36.09 (2nd W)
22 Sophie Biggs V STRG 36.57 (3rd W)
24 Alex Ring RAN 37.17
30 Fanny Vein V RAN 38.18 (6th W)
38 Becky Northmore RAN 40.46 (9th W)
40 Eliott Wells RAN 41.12
41 Marianne Malam V RAN 42.14 (10th W)
45 Duncan Brown V RAN 43.18
51 Becky Taberner RAN 44.33 (13th W)
52 Ellie Smith RAN 46.38 (14th W)
53 Anna Reichwald V RAN 47.03 (15th W)
56 Alastair Sinclair V RAN 48.57
59 Dave Kew V RAN 50.29
61 Paula Maguire V RAN 55.01 (20th W)
ELLIS CUP (Men) (Scoring 10 a side)
1 Ranelagh H 149
2 The Stragglers RC 150
3 Milocarians 166
Hercules Wimbledon AC did not close in
DYSART CUP (Women) (Scoring 5 a side)
1 The Stragglers RC 21
2 Ranelagh H 34
Milocarians, Hercules Wimbledon AC and Ealing, Southall and Middlesex AC did
not close in
JUNIORS
1 Morgan Rennie U15 HERC 15.35
2 Tommaso Forni U17 HERC 15.59
3 Hector Revill U17 HERC 16.24
6 Tor Heron-Brett U17 RAN 17.44
7 Finlay Sinclair U15 RAN 18.08
8 Joshua Harwood-Wright U13 RAN 18.08
10 Bertie Thomas U11 RAN 18.10
12 Ewan Lorimor U15 RAN 18.29
14 Ned Thomas U13 RAN 19.23
15 Euan Sinclair U15 RAN 21.53
16 Ciara McLaren U13 RAN 22.50
17 Eilidh Sinclair U13 RAN 24.24
18 Alexandra Bramwell U11 RAN 24.56
19 Ben Rushby U11 RAN 24.56
20 James Ricketts U11 RAN 26.34
BAKER CUP 3 miles road handicap Saturday 6th April in Richmond Park
Allan Lang nearly got away with a flyer by starting a minute too soon.
Fortunately he was called back just in time to retrace his steps, line up
for the second time and go. Allan, who will celebrate his 80th birthday in a
few weeks, must have had the adrenaline splashing around the blood system
for he soon took the lead and was never headed. The Baker Cup has been a
happy hunting ground for Allan in recent years as he finished 3rd in both
2016 and 2017. 2019 was a close-run thing though. As Allan dragged himself
up the last hill Ellie Lawley was bearing down on him fast - but to no
avail. Alan crossed the line seven seconds to the good. Ellie was a clear
second, while third across the line was guesting Sarah Moran. Sarah didn’t
qualify for a medal so the bronze went to Carol Aikin.
There were only thirty starters which was a little disappointing. But there
was some fast running done, headed by Eirin McDaid on 16.30. Ted Mockett was
just one second slower, with Marc Leyshon a further seven seconds back.
Fastest woman was Peter Haarer’s niece Natalie who ran 18.53 but as a guest.
Fastest otherwise were Becky Northmore and Marianne Malam who both recorded
21.15, and third was Ann Kearey on 22.18.
H'cap H'cap Actual Speed
Time Allow Time Order
1 Allan Lang 12.44 19.30 32.14 27
2 Ellie Lawley (L) 12.51 14.30 27.21 25
Sarah Moran (L)(G) 13.17 19.30 32.47 28
3 Carol Aikin (L) 13.56 10.30 24.26 19
Emily Lawson (L)(G) 14.01 19.30 33.31 29
4 Deborah Blakemore (L) 14.15 15.50 30.05 26
5 Ben Shore 14.19 5.40 19.59 12
6 Mike Peace 14.46 7.20 22.06 16
7 Ted Mockett 14.51 1.40 16.31 2
8 Dave Lawley 14.57 2.40 17.37 6
9 Ann Kearey (L) 14.58 7.20 22.18 17
Rebecca Ireland (L)(G) 15.07 20.30 35.37 30
10 Marc Leyshon 15.08 1.30 16.38 3
11 Verka Lafeuille (L) 15.10 11.40 26.50 24
12 Eirin McDaid 15.10 1.20 16.30 1
13 Marianne Malam (L) 15.15 6.00 21.15 14
14 Vaughan Ramsay 15.17 3.20 18.37 8
15 James Whistler 15.21 2.00 17.21 4
Natalie Haarer (L)(G) 15.23 3.30 18.53 9
16 James Ritchie 15.26 3.00 18.26 7
17 Stephen Aikin 15.30 5.20 20.50 13
Matt Aikin (G) 15.34 7.00 22.34 18
18 Simon Martin 15.39 3.40 19.19 11
19 Peter Haarer 16.01 1.20 17.21 4
20 Tom Reay 16.13 10.20 26.33 23
21 Chris Camacho 16.32 9.40 26.12 22
22 Rebecca Northmore (L) 16.45 4.30 21.15 14
23 Rob Curtis 17.20 8.10 25.30 21
24 Becky Curtis-Hall (L) 17.20 7.20 24.40 20
25 Mark Herbert 22.02 2.30* 19.32 10
* Started late
BAKER CUP SUPPER AND PRIZE PRESENTATIONS Saturday 6th April at the Roebuck.
Just as for the afternoon’s race, numbers were down a little for the
evening’s celebrations. It was a pity that a significant number of trophy
winners were nor present. Our President Becky Curtis-Hall gave us a review
of the club’s activities in the past twelve months and joined with Trophies
Steward Ted Mockett to distribute such trophies as they could. The three
winter-long points competitions were secured by Peter Haarer (McLeod Cup),
Marianne Malam (Women’s Performance Award) and Ben Shore (Points Prize). The
President’s Award went jointly to Steve and Sonia Rowland in recognition of
their work for the club over many years. Thanks go to Michele Gibson for
organising the evening.
BEDGEBURY FOREST 10 miles Sunday 3rd March
Fiona Ford was the leading woman.
1 A Taylor (Eton Manor) 62.29 (chip time 62.25)
12 Fiona Ford 71.13 (71.06)
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 29th March
It was good to see Megan de Silva finishing 3rd in her first open race for
more than two years.
1 N Besson (Serp) 15.24
48 K Rowland (Kent) 17.44 (1st woman)
67 Megan de Silva 18.34
150 Steve Aikin 21.14
228 Carol Aikin 24.53
158 Alan Davidson 27.49
RUNTHROUGH LEE VALLEY VELO PARK 10km Saturday 30th March
1 T Verheyden (Serp) 35.53
72 Roger Wallace 56.26
ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON SPRING RACE DAY Sunday 31st March
In the 8 miler Martin Halvey won the M60 category by some eight minutes,
while James Whistler missed the overall podium by just 20 seconds. In the 16
miles race Fiona Ford was 3rd W45.
8 miles
1 M Jiggins (unatt) 46.00 (chip time 46.00)
4 James Whistler 49.58 (49.56)
17 R Hurford (Clapham) 54.51 (54.48 – 1st woman)
18 John Rose 54.53 (54.43)
22 Martin Halvey 55.27 (55.21)
42 Ben Johnson 58.12 (57.57)
54 Bill Neely 59.55 (59.40)
57 Daniel Chiechi 60.48 (60.370
141 Karen Campbell 69.05 (66.06)
291 Nadia Khadoune 78.33 (72.26)
499 David Meaden 89.48 (84.23)
510 Claire Warner 90.37 (84.30)
531 Prelini Chiechi 91.53 (88.39)
554 Alan Meaden 93.10 (87.44)
652 Janet Turnes 104.32 (99.15)
16 miles
1 P Whittaker (RRC) 1:23.33 (chip time 1:23.33)
19 H Pullen (Waverley) 1:41.50 (1:41.47 – 1st woman)
26 Ed Perry 1:44.27 (1:44.24)
28 Gareth Williams 1:45.34 (1:45.31)
74 Laura Blazey 1:54.50 (1:54.34)
95 Fiona Ford 1:58.58 (1:58.41)
120 Richard Willoughby 2:02.37 (2:02.01)
264 Jon Lear 2:19.58 (2:17.14)
410 Jarryd Hillhouse 2:40.09 (2:34.03)
411 Gavin Hillhouse 2:40.09 (2:34.03)
CRANLEIGH 15m and 21m Sunday 31st March
Marie Synnott-Wells was aiming to run the full 21 miles but a muscle niggle
decided her to call it a day when the course temptingly passes the 15 miles
finish line. That proved to be a profitable move as she won the W50 class in
the 15 miler.
15 miles
1 S Renfer (Highgate) 1:27.05 (chip time 1:27.03)
57 Bruce McLaren 2:01.51 (2:01.34)
58 Marie Synnott-Wells 2:01.58 (2:01.41)
21 miles
1 T Dudden (Bath) 2:05.47 (2:05.45)
97 William Griffin 2:49.45 (2:49.27)
290 Colette Doran 3:41.20 (3:40.45)
BEDGEBURY FOREST 10km Sunday 31st March
Eirirn McDaid ran well to finish 3rd with Mark Herbert and Vaughan Ramsay
not far behind in 4th and 7th.
1 A Uren (Westbury) 36.51
3 Eirin McDaid 37.30
4 Mark Herbert 39.00
7 Vaughan Ramsay 41.17
DORSET OOSER HALF MARATHON Sunday 31st March at Turners Puddle
Nick Twomey finished second.
1 S Edwards (Lytchett) 1:28.06
2 Nick Twomey 1:30.53
CROYDON HALF MARATHON Sunday 31st March
1 A Aitken (SoC) 1:18.48
54 Paul Doyle 1:32.54
331 Roger Wallace 2:12.17
SELF TRANSENDENCE FOOL’S PARADISE 10km Saturday 6th April in Battersea Park
Megan de Silva finished 3rd in the women’s race and Marie Synnott-Wells was
the second over 50.
1 B MacCronan (Bels) 31.09
24 J Vongvorachoti (Bels) 36.55 (1st woman)
41 Megan de Silva 38.46
63 Marie Synnott-Wells 44.41
RUNTHROUGH WIMBLEDON COMMON HALF MARATHON Sunday 7th April
Two races in two days for Marie Synnott-Wells and the top over 50 this time.
1 R Collins (TVH) 1:14.37 (chip time 1:14.33)
38 J Donovan (Wimb W) 1:33.19 (1:33.14 - 1st woman)
133 Marie Synnott-Wells 1:46.27 (1:46.18)
589 Roger Wallace 2:24.42 (2:18.21)
GREATER MANCHESTER MARATHON Sunday 7th April
There were several PBs including sub-3 for David Ready.
1 A Richmond (Bideford) 2:21.34
522 David Ready 2:57.24
3113 John Rose 3:38.02
3618 Alice Littler 3:36.37
4178 Jarryd Hillhouse 3:43.18
7882 Ian Grange 4:15.40
VICTORIA PARK 5 miles Sunday 7th April
1 A Abdulle (WG&EL) 25.18
53 Richard Gurd 33.45
parkrun results...
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the “Previously” link at the bottom of the parkrun screen to access previous
weeks’ results.
FINALLY...
Spaniard Kilian Jornet sets a new record for the Bob Graham Round in the
Lake District: Video:.
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