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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 58 20 MARCH 2002
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A final reminder that this Saturday March 23rd will be the Baker Cup 3
miles road handicap in Richmond Park. It's only three miles and it's road
so let's see a good crowd out. Start is 3pm but allow time to get to the
centre of the Park (the start is near White Lodge)...
...and another final reminder that in the evening at the Rose of York,
Petersham Road, will be the annual Baker Cup supper and prize
presentation. It will be dedicated to the memory of Bill Day and it will
be FREE of charge to all club members, a fiver for guests. Book with Bev
Ali mailto:bev.ali@fluor.com or Mike Peace
mailto:admin@frimley.surrey.sch.uk. stating your menu choice. They are:
(Starter) Eggs Mayonnaise or Pate and Toast or Prawn Cocktail or Mixed
Salad; (Main Course) Roast Chicken or Roast Beef or Lasagne or Vegetarian
(tba).
Ranelagh's 2002 Road Grand Prix kicked off on Sunday with the Thames
Towpath Ten at Chiswick, and for the second time in a fortnight Paul Doyle
was forced to watch Hercules Wimbledon's Richard Xerri disappear into the
distance. Heavy overnight rain had left the towpath in a bit of a state
but Paul splashed on for an excellent second place, three quarters of a
minute clear of Marcus Gohar who was 4th overall but first vet. Giles
Marshall was 9th and Mike Peace 15th (and 1st over 50) giving the Ranelagh
boys the top place in the four-to-score team race.
Our next finisher after President Mike was Liz Kipling who echoed Paul's
performance with 2nd place in her first ever 10; and together with Sue
Healey (3rd over 35) and Rachel Dixon she also completed a brace of team
wins for Ranelagh. Further back Martin Clark and Pat Hewlett completed a
successful day for us by winning the over 60 and over 55 categories
respectively.
Official results haven't appeared yet but Computer Ken had the provisional
results up on our website by Sunday lunchtime!
Alastair Sinclair was the only RH to complete the Cranleigh 21 miles on
Sunday, Lucy Facer and John Hanscomb opting for the 15 miles alternative:
21m
1 I Johnson (Stragglers) 2.01.32
71 Alastair Sinclair 2.36.41
15m
1 D McGlennon (Serp) 1.29.13
55 Lucy Facer 2.10.41
66 John Hanscomb 2.14.13
Allan Lang was 4th over 60 in the Eastleigh 10km on Sunday in a time of
40.57.
Full results have now materialised for the Camberley Half Marathon on
March 3rd, though the Surrey championship results have still to be sorted
out:
1 A Brewer (Bracknell) 71.45
4 Paul Doyle 76.01
12 Mike Peace 82.05
71 Bridget Cuthbert 97.50
Alberto Simon writes to report that Stephen Stuart is running the Rome
Marathon on Sunday (24th March) and to wish him the best of luck:
"I work with Stephen and he targeted Rome to enable him to train with me
and keep encouraging me in my pursuit of running London. He also didn't
want to run London because a) we would be asking many of the same people
for charitable donations (Make-a-Wish Foundation) and b) he'd done it
already.
The Bramley 20 was fantastic. I surprised myself by running with the sub
2.35 pacer, but although I 'blew up' with 3.5 miles to go, I hung on and
managed a very creditable time. My London original target time of 3.45 is
looking achievable to say the least. But despite the good time, I was
unable to carry on training properly for quite a few days after.
I got back on track at the Reading Half on March 10th. This was the
largest field I'd run in so far. Good practise. I guess I won't start
running at London until at least the first mile. My official time at
Reading was 1.36.15. Stephen finished three minutes ahead. The only
other Ranelagh Harrier I know of was Clare Gutch whose official time was
1.36.42 but she took at least a minute to get to the starting line. She
is also running London and is hoping to finish inside 3h30m on her watch".
1 M Rotich (Kenya) 63.23
624 Stephen Stuart 93.14
841 Alberto Simon 96.15
884 Clare Gutch 96.42
COMMITTEE
Bev Ali would like all commitee members to note that the next meeting has
been switched from Wednesday 10th April to Tuesday 23rd April. It will
take place in the clubhouse at 8.30pm.
NEXT...
More details of the following from Andy Bickerstaff (07966 552302 /
mailto:norris.hobs@ndirect.co.uk) or Sarah Seal (020 8995 2380 /
mailto:sarahs@walker.co.uk).
Saturday March 23rd Baker Cup 3 miles road handicap in Richmond Park.
3pm start for the shortest handicap race of the year. In the evening will
be the club supper and prize-giving. See above for details.
Sunday April 14th London Marathon
Sunday April 28th 1900 Stafetten Relay in Aarhus, Denmark
Saturday May 11th / Sunday May 12th Green Belt Relay
Sunday May 19th Ranelagh Richmond Half Marathon at Old Deer Park, 8am
start.
Steve Rowland
Telephone: 01926 318734
Fax: 0870 4006901
e-mail: srowland@calorgas.co.uk