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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 562 21st December 2019
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: sandsrowland@btinternet.com
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
GOOD RUNNING!
HEADLINE NEWS
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* Ranelagh wins the Stubbs Cup mob match v South London Harriers
* Our mob led by Pat Wright and Natalie Haarer
* Surrey county vest for Megan de Silva
* Joe Gomes finishes 2nd in the Osterley Park 10k
* Ryan Hogan finishes 3rd in the Milton Keynes Half Marathon
* Pat Wright wins the Second Sunday 5 miles
* Amelie Hunton wins the Tadley 5 miles
* Henty Relay on December 28th
* County championships on 4th and 5th January
* Surrey Leagues on 11th January
* Strava Christmas Challenge
* Entries now open for our Half Marathon and 10k
* Bill Harvey tribute
ATTENTION PLEASE
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BILL HARVEY TRIBUTE
Clive Beauvais writes:
“On Wednesday December 18th over sixty of the late Bill Harvey’s family,
friends, work colleagues, and members of Ranelagh Harriers packed into the
first floor reception room of The Lansdowne, one of Bill’s favourite
“watering holes”, close to his North London home, to pay tribute to him.
Many of the tributes were very moving, and presented a picture of a highly
successful academic, a loving husband and father, and, of course, an
extremely talented athlete.
A browse through Ken’s wonderful stats section on the web site will remind
all the club’s members of just how good a runner Bill was.
I personally find it quite remarkable that a man who reached such heights in
his professional career could, nevertheless, find both the time and the
ambition to also run the sort of race times that he did. His outstanding
road race achievement was probably his 2.25 marathon way back in 1974. Forty
years later he was still showing a clean pair of heels to runners in his age
group, as well as to many half his age.
A number of his old Ranelagh friends were present at the gathering. Bill’s
old training buddy, Dave Wright, was in France, and unable to make the
event, but sent a fine tribute which was read out by Paul Keen, who also
gave a name check to some of Bill’s old club mates who were present,
including John Pratt, Ned Sullivan, and Clive Naish.
Bill’s wife, Michelle, laid on an afternoon of both laughter and tears – a
great tribute to ‘The Prof.’”
HENTY RELAY Saturday 28th December 12 noon start in Richmond Park
This is our Christmas relay around Sidmouth Wood. Fun but a hard interval
session! It’s teams of three, drawn / allocated on the day. “Fast” runners
run three laps, “mediums” run two and “slows” run one. 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 LEAGUES
The third Surrey League races of the season take place on Saturday 11th
January. The men are at an unfamiliar venue, Chobham Common. The women, on
the other hand, are on the very familiar ground of Wimbledon Common. Start
times are early - 11am for women and 2.30pm for men. More details nearer the
time.
BANK OF ENGLAND RACE
As usual the Bank have invited us to take part in their annual inter-club 5
miles race. It’s on Saturday 18th January in Richmond Park, but starting
over at Roehampton Gate. Half a dozen clubs normally take part and the start
time is 2.30pm. HQ is the Bank sports ground in Bank Lane half a mile from
the Park. The race incorporates the Hec Petersen Trophy between ourselves
and Ealing, Southall and Middlesex AC. All are welcome, register on the day.
NEXT JOB FOR THE MOB
Our victory over SLH at Coulsdon last week was our third mob match win this
season. There’s just one to go to give us the Grand Slam – that’s the race
with Blackheath Harriers and Bromley AC at home in Richmond Park on Saturday
March 7th. Start time is 11am. Everybody needed - reserve the date!
RANELAGH RICHMOND 10k Sunday 21st June
Race Director Ed Perry writes:
“Our 10k on June 21st 2020 is now open for registrations. It’s a fabulous,
fast event, perfect for a PB in mid-summer. It’s also one of the biggest
money raisers for the club so please do either consider running or
volunteering. It’s sold out in the last few years so even if summer seems a
long way away when you’re just trying to get to Christmas I can ensure you
there’s no better time to register than now! ranelagh-10k.co.uk”
RANELAGH RICHMOND HALF MARATHON Sunday 10th May
And of course entries are already coming in for our Half Marathon on 10th
May. Details:.
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
James Ritchie writes:
“To get you in the Christmas spirit, your Strava Rundown team are laying on
a special festive challenge. The winner will receive free entry into either
the 2020 Ranelagh half-marathon or Ranelagh 10k! This is open to everyone,
whether part of the Ranelagh Strava group or not.
Competitors should try to collect as many Days from the ‘12 Days of
Christmas’ song as possible. Days may be collected by following the rules
below:
When out running, Days may be collected by taking a selfie with a street
sign containing one of the words relating to the gifts given on one of the
days of the song.
On many days there will be a choice of name that can be collected. E.g. on
day one any of Partridge Lane, Pear Street or Oak Tree Avenue would be
acceptable. There are no bonus marks for claiming more than one (though
don’t let that stop you) – each Day can only be claimed once.
Reasonable variations on the words will be accepted, so e.g. Drum Street
would be acceptable for day 12 and Milk Lane on day eight.
Singular versions of the name are also acceptable, e.g. Goose Street or
Geese Lane would both be acceptable on day ten.
The name can be part of a longer word, so MAIDen Lane would be acceptable on
day eight.
A given adjective of the gift is allowed, so Gold Street would be acceptable
on day five.
You can’t claim the Day just by collecting the number – so a visit to Fourth
Cross Road would be in vain on day four.
The Rundown team’s decision on eligibility of street names / signs is final
– although the more humorous the better!
Photos should be either added to your run on Strava or uploaded to the
Ranelagh community page on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371472447/). To assist the team you
should use an appropriate run title on Strava or accompanying text on
Facebook, e.g. “Ranelagh Challenge Day 7: Swan Lane”. Note – Days may be
collected throughout December, there is no necessity to try to claim a
specific Day on the correct day of the song (though no harm in trying).
Once the competition is complete, all competitors will be entered into a
draw for the prize, with one entry for each Day collected. So the more Days
you collect, the greater your chances of winning; but even if you collect
only one Day you are still in with a chance.
So dig out your A-Z and get planning. And sing along now – here‘s what you
need to collect:
Day 1: A partridge in a pear tree
Day 2: Two turtle doves
Day 3: Three French hens
Day 4: Four calling birds
Day 5: Five golden rings
Day 6: Six geese a-laying
Day 7: Seven swans a-swimming
Day 8: Eight maids a-milking
Day 9: Nine ladies dancing
Day 10: Ten lords a-leaping
Day 11: Eleven pipers piping
Day 12: Twelve drummers drumming
Good luck, have fun collecting your Days – we look forward to seeing all the
pictures!”
CLUB KIT
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WHAT’S COMING
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Our provisional winter fixture list is now up on our website here:.
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 28th December Henty Relay 12 noon start. See above.
Saturday 4th January Middlesex Championships at Wormwood Scrubs. Men and
women, all age groups
Sunday 5th January Surrey Championships at Denbies, Dorking. Men and women,
all age groups
Saturday 11th January Surrey Leagues – women at Wimbledon Common (11am),
men at Chobham Common (2.30pm)
Saturday 18th January Bank of England inter-club 5 miles. 2.30pm start. See
above.
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 Saturday 14th December at
Coulsdon
A respectable 36 blue vests assembled at the start up on Farthing Downs,
against 34 of our hosts in white. Then just as the field began to disappear
over the hill Mike Peace rolled up to make it 37 from Ranelagh. Scoring was
set at 31 a side.
When we last visited SLH in 2017 the result was a close run thing. We
collected the Stubbs Cup by the slender margin of 126 points. Would this
year’s tussle follow similar lines? Well, in the end the answer was yes it
would. But to begin with the outcome looked quite clear cut in our favour.
Although SLH provided the winner in Gary Laybourne the preliminary blue wave
saw us take 13 of the first 18 home. Was it going to be a pushover? No, it
wasn’t. The SLH white tide brought in 13 of the next 18 places. And so it
went on, white and blue, white and blue. It seemed impossible that we should
hang on to that lead we had built up at the front of the race. Every place
counted and back at the SLH HQ it was finally confirmed that we had indeed
held on to our lead – by a mere 69 points!
The indefatigable Pat Wright was our leading finisher in a very isolated 2nd
place. Ian Kenton was 3rd and supervet Peter Haarer led in a Ranelagh group
in 5th place. Natalie Haarer was the leading woman with Suzy Whatmough 4th.
Late starter Mike Peace was our final scorer in his 148th mob match. David
Wright made it home in his 179th!
There are photos of the race on the SLH website here:. Follow the link at the bottom of the
race report.
Pos Name Club Time Cat.
1 Gary Laybourne SLH 46.41 SM
2 Pat Wright RAN 47.57 SM
3 Ian Kenton RAN 49.17 SM
4 Billy Casserly SLH 49.37 SM
5 Peter Haarer RAN 51.09 M50+
6 David Lawley RAN 51.23 SM
7 Ted Mockett RAN 51.47 M40+
8 Edward Forbes RAN 52.02 M40+
9 David Ready RAN 52.24 SM
10 Neill Reissland SLH 52.49 M50+
11 Alex Lyne SLH 52.53 SM
12 Mark Herbert RAN 52.58 SM
13 Sergio Stillacci RAN 53.19 M45+
14 Rick Jenner RAN 53.25 M40+
15 Jonathan Smith RAN 53.31 SM
16 Jono Wood SLH 54.14 SM
17 James Whistler RAN 54.25 SM
18 Ross Clayton RAN 54.42 SM
19 David Ogden SLH 55.35 M60+
20 Hedley Humphrey SLH 57.19 SM
21 Glenn Quarton SLH 57.35 M60+
22 Chris Phelan SLH 57.42 M50+
23 Paul Ramsier SLH 58.01 M50+
24 Natalie Haarer RAN 58.13 SL
25 Jamie Freeland SLH 58.42 M40+
26 Shaun Cooney SLH 58.48 M40+
27 Stewart Anderson RAN 59.23 M50+
28 Amy Billups SLH 60.05 SL
29 Lewis Tonks SLH 60.29 SM
30 Ruth Hutton SLH 60.31 L45+
31 Alex Ring RAN 61.10 M45+
32 Richard Willoughby RAN 61.23 M50+
33 Paul Mitchell SLH 61.28 M50+
34 Mark Dudgeon SLH 61.30 M40+
35 Toby Kent SLH 61.43 M50+
36 Suzy Whatmough RAN 62.23 SL
37 Alice Smith SLH 62.24 L45+
38 Mick Steele SLH 62.47 M50+
39 Peter Brown SLH 63.45 M60+
40 Barry Attwell SLH 64.43 M60+
41 Ian Kitching SLH 65.55 M60+
42 Mark Cawood SLH 66.10 M50+
43 Dave Wright RAN 66.21 M60+
44 Rebecca Northmore RAN 66.28 SL
45 Neil Walford RAN 66.32 M55+
46 Marie Synnott-Wells RAN 66.35 L55+
47 Tim Miller RAN 66.50 M50+
48 Rory Gaywood SLH 67.05 M40+
49 Angela Wilson SLH 68.20 L35+
50 Phil Roberts RAN 68.32 M50+
51 Marianne Malam RAN 69.15 L45+
52 Mellissa Oliver SLH 69.22 SL
53 Simon Hedger RAN 69.25 M55+
54 Felicity Carr SLH 69.48 SL
55 Paul Wapshott RAN 70.24 M50+
56 Stephen Aikin RAN 70.32 M50+
57 Hadi Khatamizadeh RAN 70.45 M40+
58 John Tovell RAN 71.38 M65+
59 Heidi Dann SLH 71.45 L35+
60 Mike Peace RAN 71.52 M70+
61 Susan Ritchie RAN 71.57 L50+
62 Chris Read RAN 72.09 M55+
63 Peter Emery SLH 72.18 M60+
64 Matthew Saunders SLH 73.03 M60+
65 Pippa Major SLH 73.16 L45+
66 Anna Reichwald RAN 75.17 L55+
67 Michael Osborne RAN 75.54 M55+
68 Anna Jenkinson SLH 76.48 L45+
69 Gina Coulson SLH 77.24 L55+
70 Carol Aikin RAN 82.56 L55+
71 Chris Camacho RAN 92.40 M45+
TEAMS: (Scoring 31 a side)
1. Ranelagh Harriers 944
2. South London Harriers 1013
SEAA INTER-COUNTIES CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 7th December at
Horspath, Oxford
Megan de Silva was third finisher for the Surrey B team which finished 5th.
Senior Women
1 E Davies (Essex) 22.28
29 Megan de Silva (Surrey) 24.36
SEAA MASTERS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday 7th December at Horspath,
Oxford
Marie Synnott-Wells was our only representative, finishing 6th in the W55
age group.
Women
1 J Briggs (Arena 80) 24.25
39 Marie Synnott-Wells 29.36
OSTERLEY PARK WINTER 10k Saturday 7th December
Joe Gomes lost out on a victory by just three seconds.
1 T Lawrence (Kent) 34.23
2 Joe Gomes 34.26
74 Richard Gurd 44.11
91 Richard Pender 45.05
253 Sally Bamford 52.53
397 John Herriott 57.21
438 Collette Doran 59.14
HOG’S BACK 10k Sunday 8th December at Guildford
1 J Sanderson (G&G) 35.53
538 Tamsin Burland 76.47
600 Susan Clark 89.03
601 Katie Walton 89.03
602 Cindy Croucher 89.03
MILTON KEYNES WINTER HALF MARATHON Sunday 8th December
The rapidly improving Ryan Hogan ran another big PB to take third place.
1 S Jamaal (London Hth) 1:06.05
3 Ryan Hogan 1:14.17
29 Dave Lawley 1:23.52
30 Mark Herbert 1:23.52
798 Eirin McDaid 1:55.52
803 Keeley Phillips 1:56.04
SECOND SUNDAY 5 miles Sunday 8th December on Wimbledon Common
Pat Wright scored a runaway victory.
1 Pat Wright (Ranelagh) 29.20
47 Martin Harris 39.26
57 Jarryd Hillhouse 40.35
59 Jordan Mungovan 40.51
96 Carol Aikin 47.48
102 Dave Kew 50.47
GOODWOOD FESTIVAL MARATHON Sunday 8th December
Paul Doyle was the first over 50 home with a time inside three hours. This
places him 11th on our all-time M50 list.
Paul writes: “It was a bit windy, but I had two local lads to run with all
the way, which helped enormously.”
We omitted to mention earlier that Jonathan Moore’s 2:47.13 in Reykjavik
back in August puts him in 6th place on our M50 list.
1 G Petts (Witney) 2:42.18
8 Paul Doyle 2:56.22
TADLEY 5.3 miles Sunday 8th December
Chris Hunton reports:
“As a start to the festivities, Amelie and I always try and do a Christmas X
Country race each year down in Hampshire, organised by Tadley Runners. It's
a proper stream and mud race. Amelie won the ladies race this year, whilst I
did my usual plod around.”
1 A Hamilton (Basing) 35.41
8 Amelie Hunton 42.00
25 Chris Hunton 47.38
RUNTHROUGH CHASE THE MOON 10km Wednesday 11th December at Olympic Park
1 A Chambers (Highgate) 32.52
204 Roger Wallace 54.32
RUNTHROUGH OLYMPIC PARK 10km Saturday 14th December
1 S Cornforth (VP & TH) 33.54
164 Roger Wallace 53.00
WINDSOR & ETON AUTUMN CLASSIC HALF MARATHON Saturday 14th December at
Dorney Lake
1 R Elmore (Leighton B) 73.55
5 Nick Twomey 81.41
RUNTHROUGH VICTORIA PARK 10km Sunday 15th December
1 P O’Hare (Camb & Col) 33.36
284 Roger Wallace 54.34
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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