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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 551 25th June 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Successful Ranelagh Richmond 10k – thanks to Michael Morris and team
* George Howard and Kathy Henry lead our runners
* Men’s team places 2nd
* Our men’s vets team wins their category in the Parkland Relay
* Gill Sanders wins the African Triathlon championship
* Bruce McLaren completes the South Downs Way 100 miles
* Fanny Vein wins the Second Sunday 5 miles
* Mini-Mob Match v The Stragglers at the Bushy parkrun on Saturday 29th
June
* Club AGM on Tuesday 2nd July in the clubhouse
* Coad Cup Handicap on Tuesday 9th July – please pre-register
ATTENTION PLEASE
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MINI MOB MATCH v THE STRAGGLERS – THIS SATURDAY 29th JUNE
Our annual min-mob match against The Stragglers takes place this year on
Saturday morning 29th June. It will be incorporated with the Bushy parkrun,
starting at 9am. We need every runner we can get. If you’re running a
parkrun that day, try to make it the Bushy one. Coffee and croissant on
Stragglers afterwards at the Tiltyard Cafe. In case you haven’t taken part
in a Bushy parkrun before, here are the details:. Make sure you are registered as Ranelagh
or you won’t count.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Ranelagh Harriers AGM will take place in the clubhouse after training on
Tuesday 2nd July. All members are encouraged to attend.
2019 STRAGGLERS / RANELAGH JUNIOR HANDICAP SERIES
All under-18s are welcome. The first three events have already taken place,
the next is on June 27th at the Hawker Centre. Remaining 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 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
The Richmond 10km was the sixth club Grand Prix event. There’s a break now
until the Elmbridge 10k on 21st July - here:.
There are currently about 30 entries from Ranelagh and at the time of
writing there are plenty of places left, but don’t delay too long!
More details about the Grand Prix, including current full scoreboard and the
list of races here:. Leading scores after six events:
Open: Ted Mockett 31, Jordan Mungovan 30, Neil Rae 26, Stewart Anderson 25,
Mick Lane 25, Ian Kenton 21, Jonathan Smith 20, George Howard 18, James
Riley 18, Richard Willoughby 17, Phil Roberts 16, Nick Twomey 15, Chris
Bundhun 15, Kris Davidson 13, Carol Aikin 12, David Criniti 12, Szymon
Chojnacki 12, Kathy Henry 11, Nick Impey 11
Men Over 40: Ted Mockett 17, Neil Rae 15, George Howard 10, James Riley 9,
Kris Davidson 8, Sergio Stillacci 7, David Criniti 6, John Rose 6, Andy
Starr 6, Dan Chiechi 5
Men Over 50: Mick Lane 18, Stewart Anderson 16, Richard Willoughby 12,
Jonathan Moore 11, Marcus Atkins 10, Phil Roberts 8, Stephen Logue 7, Martin
Harris 6, Peter Haarer 6
Women: Kathy Henry 14, Laura Blazey 12, Carol Aikin 12, Marie Synnott-Wells
11, Anna Reichwald 10, Becky Northmore 10, Wiebke Kortum 9, Sally Bamford 7,
Rachel Smith 6, Rebecca Bissell 6, Fiona Pugh 6, Claire Warner 6
Women Over 40: Kathy Henry 16, Rebecca Bissell 10, Fiona Pugh 9, Colette
Doran 8, Rachel Smith 6, Clare Fowler 6, Keeley Philips 5
Women over 50: Carol Aikin 22, Marie Synnott-Wells 18, Anna Reichwald 16,
Wiebke Kortum 11, Sally Bamford 9, Tamsin Burland 6, Bronwen Northmore 4,
Susan Ritchie 4
SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
The Richmond 10k was the fourth race in the Surrey Road League. Our men’s
team has moved up to 4th place while the women are 8th. Individually our
best positions are Carol Aikin, who still leads the W55 category, Anna
Reichwald 3rd W55, Neil Rae 4th M40, Richard Willoughby 10th M50 and Stephen
Logue 7th M60. The next League event is the Elmbridge 10k on the 21st July -
here:.
COAD CUP 5miles SUMMER HANDICAP Tuesday 9th July in Richmond Park starting
at 7.15pm
For one week only you are excused normal Tuesday night training in favour of
the 5 miles summer handicap in the Park! Of course it’s not compulsory but
we hope most Tuesday nighters will give it a go. It’s free! To help your
hard-working officials get everybody registered in a timely manner you can
help in two ways.
First – arrive at the clubhouse a little earlier than usual.
Second – pre-register here:. If you
think you will run it will help enormously if you pre-register. It doesn’t
commit you to run, and you can still take part even if you haven’t
pre-registered, but we hope it will speed things up and enable us to get the
race underway more quickly.
WIMBLEDON COMMON TRAIL RUNS
These are Andy Bickerstaff’s annual promotions on Wimbledon Common. The
first two have been run, the remaining race is an 8-miler taking place on
Wednesday 3rd July, It starts from the Windmill at 7pm. Details and entries:.
EASY NUTRITION FOR HEALTHY RUNNERS
Elisa Ferrua writes:
“Join us so you can Maximise your Energy, Optimise Body Composition, Prevent
Injury and Enjoy Peak Running Performance
14-day Programme (FaceBook Group hosted) includes: daily videos (only 15-20
minutes), five Face Book Lives for Q&A's, Essential Handouts, Recipes and
Resources (downloadable), access to private Facebook page. For beginners to
experienced runners.
WHEN: Beginning Saturday 29th June
REGISTRATION: Eventbrite (Title: Easy Nutrition For Healthy Runners) PRICE:
£39
BOOK at.”
GUILDFORD 10k Sunday 13th October
We have been given a 20% discount code – p36jb315m7 – valid until 19th July.
www.guildford10km.co.uk/.
CLUB KIT
Our supplier for club singlets, men’s and women’s,. is iProsports. Details and orders:
CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS and REGISTRATION WITH ENGLAND ATHLETICS
Please note the deadline for us to register you with England Athletics is
30th June. We will only pay your £15 registration fee if you have paid your
Ranelagh subs.
The club 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.
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.
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 June Mini-Mob Match v The Stragglers at the Bushy
parkrun. 9am start.
Tuesday 2nd July Club AGM in the clubhouse after training. All
welcome.
Tuesday 9th July Coad Cup 5 miles handicap in Richmond Park.
7.15pm start. See above.
Sunday 21st July Elmbridge 10km *GP race 7* Details:. 9am start.
Friday 26th July Wedding Day 7km in Bushy Park *GP race
8*. Entries already closed. 7.30pm 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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RICHMOND 10km Sunday 16th June
Congratulations to Race Director Michael Morris and his team for another
successful 10k. Overall winner by some margin was last year’s champion Ollie
Garrod of South London Harriers in a time of 32.24, followed by the first
veteran Simon Baines of Thames. Women’s winner was Emily Wicks of Aldershot
n 36.23 over a minute clear of Australian Alice McGushin of Clapham and
South London’s W35 Jo Vickers.
Phil Killingley writes:
“It was great to see this race selling out a few days before race day. And,
from the relative safety of the T-shirt stall this morning, to see so many
Ranelites storming round. While we didn't dominate the leaders' board,
George Howard sneaked into the top ten with a cheeky 34:17, and was chased
down by Ted Mockett, Ian Kenton, and James Riley, who as a four must surely
have secured our second win in the Surrey Road League (four to score). We
dominated the fixture. With two races to go, at Elmbridge on 21st July and
Wimbledon on 11th August, the League title is within reach. Some great
photos: - we
dominated the start line :). Special mention to James Whistler and Mark
Herbert, both wearing Mike Peace-like Amber shorts, for being 1st and 3rd
early on in the race.”
Peter Haarer was the third over 50 to finish and also won the Whitlock-Welch
Trophy for the club’s best age-graded performance on 83.9%. Club 10k champs
were George Howard and Kathy Henry. We did indeed win the men’s League team
fixture (four to score) and placed second to Fulham in the open team event
(three to score). Kathy Henry was the leading Ranelagh woman ahead of Becky
Northmore and the women’s team races went to Clapham with Ranelagh in 8th
place. A new innovation this year was an under 18 category. This was not
well supported but Ranelagh’s Emily Coulson and Tor Heron-Brett took second
place in the girls and boys respectively.
Volunteers Co-ordinator Steve Whitehead adds: “Thank you very much for the
role you played in making today's 10k a huge success once more. We had 56
volunteers covering a range of roles and while I managed to speak to a good
number of you, there were still some volunteers that I did not thank in
person. It was great to see many of our 'regular' marshals, the family
groups of marshals, and all those who were new to the role of race
marshal. Feedback from the finish line was overwhelmingly positive, but if
you have any thoughts on how we could make the event even better next year,
then please let Michael Morris (Race Director) or me know, no matter how
small the change.”
1 Ollie Garrod South London H 32.24 SM
2 Simon Baines Thames H&H 32.46 M40+
3 Nick Marriage Fulham RC 33.34 SM
10 George Howard Ranelagh H 34.17 M40+
14 Ted Mockett 34.32 M40+
18 Ian Kenton 34.40 SM
20 James Riley 34.49 M40+
23 Jordan Mungovan 35.18 SM
24 Peter Haarer 35.24 M50+
30 Graham Brook 35.49 SM
31 Richard Kimber 35.52 SM
39 Mark Herbert 36.12 SM
44 Emily Wicks Aldershot F&D 36.23 SL (1st woman)
49 Jonathan Moore 36.35 M50+
51 Sergio Stillacci 36.37 M45+
52 Andy Starr 36.40 M40+
60 David Benton 37.06 M50+
63 David Ready 37.14 SM
73 Alice McGushin Clapham C 37.32 SL (2nd woman)
74 Jo Vickers South London H 37.33 L35+ (3rd woman)
76 Dave Lawley 37.38 SM
77 James Whistler 37.40 SM
89 Neil Rae 38.21 M45+
121 Dan Little 39.32 M40+
136 James Ritchie 40.12 M45+
141 Phil Beausang 40.25 SM +
149 Mick Lane 40.38 M55+
166 Richard Gurd 41.28 M45+
176 Ben Shore 41.46 M40+
194 Richard Willoughby 42.16 M50+
217 Colin Brett 42.56 M55+
220 Kathy Henry 43.03 L40+
225 Ben Johnson 43.14 SM
240 Rebecca Northmore 43.52 SL
245 Marcus Atkins 43.59 M55+
258 Stephen Logue 44.40 M60+
288 Phil Roberts 46.05 M50+
293 Emily Coulson 46.11 U18G
294 Tor Heron-Brett 46.11 U18B
297 Jon Lear 46.18 M40+
331 Alberto Esguevillas 47.47 M45+
335 Simon Taylor 47.55 M55+
338 Chris Read 48.02 M55+
351 Marie Synnott-Wells 48.36 L50+
364 Anna Reichwald 49.05 L55+
373 Claire Warner 49.33 L35+
381 Susan Ritchie 50.02 L50+
392 Carol Aikin 50.52 L55+
412 Keeley Philips 51.57 L40+
418 Fiona Pugh 52.12 L45+
420 Sally Bamford 52.21 L55+
425 Felix von Schubert 52.49 M45+
437 Dave Kew 53.39 M75+
452 Paul Seddon 54.45 M55+
466 Melanie Davison 55.52 L45+
471 Eleanor Smith 56.23 SL
505 Andrew Ritchie 59.36 U18
519 Clive Naish 60.58 M60+
534 Fiona Ford 62.38 L45+
544 Tamsin Burland 62.14 L50+
554 Sue Lear 66.41 L55+
562 Katrina Roche 70.59 L60+
572 Anne Childs 76.29 L60+
PARKLAND RELAY Wednesday 12th June in Richmond Park
Phil Killingley reports:
“A highly successful night out in Richmond Park. Our men's A team matched
their best in 5th place, only 23sec off 2nd, with Nick Twomey's superb first
leg 15:21 just being pipped by the flying Eirin McDaid in 15:19 on the
anchor. Our vet M40 team – led off by James Riley’s 15.31 - appears to have
won in that category, 8th overall, and our B team was not far behind in
12th. Well done also to the Vet B team and the ladies A team - the latter
14th in their competition led off by Laura Blazey. Honorary mention to Kris
Davidson's son Sam with an excellent time on his first appearance - a star
of the future. Thank you as ever to Peter Fordham for putting these teams
together.”
Men
1 Thames H&H 59.37
2 Ful-On Tri 61.52
3 Clapham Chasers 62.02
4 West 4 Harriers 62.10
5 Ranelagh Harriers A 62.15
Nick Twomey 15.21
Mark Herbert 15.56
Richard Kimber 15.39
Eirin McDaid 15.19
8 Ranelagh H Vets A 64.34
James Riley 15.31
Kris Davidson 15.43
Vaughan Ramsay 17.52
Ted Mockett 15.28
12 Ranelagh Harriers B 67.04
Dave Lawley 15.30
Rick Jenner 17.25
Sam Davidson 17.55
James Whistler 16.14
50 Ranelagh H Vets B 82.04
Marcus Atkins 19.23
Andy Bickerstaff 20.29
Simon Martin 17.57
Stephen Logue 20.15
Women
1 Thames H&H 51.11
14 Ranelagh Harriers 58.51
Laura Blazey 18.09
Wiebke Kortum 20.26
Marie Synnott-Wells 20.16
AFRICAN TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 1st June on Mauritius
Gill Sanders, representing South Africa, writes:
“A successful trip to Mauritius for the African Champs! Delighted to come
away with my 7th African title and bag some Olympic qualification points.”
SOUTH DOWNS WAY 100 miles Saturday 8th June Winchester to Eastbourne
Bruce McLaren reports:
“To run the length of the South Downs Way non-stop is perhaps not on every
bucket list but it has been on mine for a while. I therefore found myself
in Matterley Bowl, just outside Winchester, at 6am on an overcast and
slightly damp Saturday morning at the start of the Centurion Running’s South
Downs Way 100 with the ambition of running to Eastbourne before 6am on
Sunday to receive the ‘100 miles - One Day’ belt buckle.
The forecast was great for running, not too warm, pretty much dry and with a
decent wind from the South West promising to blow me all the way there. I
hadn’t done much on the South Downs before but would certainly recommend it.
Once up on the ridge the views were pretty amazing and whilst it is a
12,000ft climb overall it is generally rolling terrain with only a few
short, sharp climbs.
The first 100km or so went pretty smoothly with a decent and steady pace and
feeling comfortably inside my endurance limits. I was joined by fellow
Ranelite, James Ritchie, to pace me from mile 56 (a navigational error not
on my part having put paid to the target meeting point at mile 51, but
that’s another story!) to Clayton Windmills at mile 70. The company was
very welcome as I was getting the first indications of a tiring body but
this stretch, which takes in Devil’s Dyke, is particularly beautiful and the
weather was holding out with clear skies to the South, clouds over us and
rain north of the Downs. It felt like no time before we reached mile 70
where a grinning Simon Martin was ready to take over the pacing baton.
I was 13 hours in by then but with only 30 miles to go was flirting with
being able to break 20 hours, something I would not have contemplated
pre-race. However, just as rapidly as that thought arrived my body started
telling me that it had run 70 miles and frankly wasn’t that enamoured with
carrying on. By mile 80, and despite Simon’s gentle encouragement, anything
other than a shallow decline was a walk and even these declines produced
nothing more than a shuffle.
It was dark now and then my knee became rather painful so I took some
painkillers which did the trick and as side effect seemed to loosen my quads
so we were back to shuffling more often and increasingly the finish line
became a reality. Entering the last mile I was 51st overall but Coach
Simon, with the night vision of an owl, spotted prey ahead. Entering the
Eastbourne track having passed two runners and with only a lap of the track
to the finish, another target was identified. Putting my Thursday night
track training to good use (always knew these speed sessions would come in
handy but hadn’t visualised deploying them at the end of a 100 miler before)
I set off in pursuit passing my victim on the back straight to claim a 48th
place overall finish in a time of 20:46.
A huge thanks to my pacers, James and Simon, who helped me in my darker
moments and reminded me the values of being part of a great club.”
1 P Maskell (St Austell) 14:28.53
48 Bruce McLaren 20:46 25
305 finished, 156 inside 24 hours
SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 5 miles Sunday 9th June on Wimbledon Common
Fanny Vein was the leading woman and Gordon Whitson was top over 60.
1 P Burke (unatt) 31.10
8 Fanny Vein 35.24
14 Gordon Whitson 37.12
17 Martin Harris 37.40
31 Steve Aikin 39.39
52 Carol Aikin 43.52
SRI CHINMOY DASHING DEER 5k Monday 10th June in Battersea Park
1 N Buckle (Belgrave) 15.35
86 Ben Johnson 20.07
RUN THROUGH CHASE THE SUN 10k Wednesday 12th June at Victoria Park
1 E Font (VP&TH) 34.36
175 Roger Wallace 54.39
RUN THROUGH REGENTS PARK 10k Saturday 15th June
1 G Ramsey (Warn) 36.55
100 Roger Wallace 53.40
HARRY HAWKES 10 miles Sunday 23rd June at Thames Ditton
1 A Dunbar (Norwich) 52.44
43 Chris Bundhun 65.43
128 Martin Harris 75.02
347 Ian Harrison 92.36
402 Colette Doran 97.09
518 Janet Turnes 114.50
WEYBRIDGE 10km Sunday 23rd June
1 S Overall (B&B) 30.13
165 Jon Lear 47.47
200 Kirsty Steel 48.48
812 Edward Josey 65.14
941 Sue Lear 70.21
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
Convicts quick on their feet in the world's first ever prison marathon.
Michael Burke broke free from the chasing pack to win the first ever Prison
Marathon on Sunday 16th June. Aptly named 'The Green Mile', Shepton Mallet
Prison - which was the oldest working prison in the UK up until it was
closed in March 2013 - provided the venue for the race. Runners passed
through 'A' wing and 'B' wing, upstairs, along prison corridors and through
exercise yards with each of the 78 laps including 70 steps - a total of
nearly 5500 per competitor. Burke proved himself to be a capable escapee,
negotiating the gruelling course in just four hours and 13 minutes.”
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