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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 73 3 SEPTEMBER 2002
Web site: www.ranelaghstats.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rharriers
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STOP PRESS
Ken Powley reports:
"Ranelagh's web site - Surreyweb.net/rharriers no longer exists. Web
hosting on the Surreyweb.org.uk site ceased as of the 31st August.
Until such time as we are able to get our own domain name, members can
access the Ranelagh web site via my own Ranelagh Statistics web site at:
www.ranelaghstats.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rharriers
Please bookmark this as one of your favourites".
STOP STOP PRESS
(What press? This is e-mail, you idiot).
Milos has also put a re-direction onto the surreyweb.net address so if you
use that you should be taken direct to the main Ranelagh site.
OPENING RUN AND THOMAS CUP
A last reminder that this Saturday (September 7th) will see the Opening
Run of our 122nd season. There will be a club photo at about 2.30pm
followed by the Thomas Cup 3.8 miles handicap starting at 3pm. Try to make
it for the mug shot even if you don't want to run - though all members are
welcome and encouraged to take part. It's one of the shortest races on the
calendar so we'll hope to see a good crowd there. If you haven't yet paid
your subs for 2002 - 2003 please bring them with you - they were due in
April!
POTTED RESULTS
Only a hardened few regulars made the trip to Coutainville for the Enduro
Pedestre des Sables this year. Clare Nicolson reports:
"I was 27th woman overall in a time of 52:09. The quality and the depth of
the women's field is not as good as the men's. It was warm but not
sweltering and they'd laid on more water than usual. I thought it was a
fab race. It was bizarre finishing with legs feeling like they'd been
through the mangle but cardio-vascularly like I'd done nothing at all. I
definitely will be going again next year and am going to try to rustle up
some more interest, especially from women as I think we could comfortably
take the women's team prize".
1 A Mesbah (Morocco) 46.12
358 John Keep 65.20
431 Auguste Lespinas 66.54
704 Dave Rowntree 72.41
868 John Hanscomb 76.59
936 Brian Chard 78.32
1096 Jean-Paul Mounier 86.15
Women's Race 10km
27 Clare Nicholson 52.09
En route to Coutainville, Clare and PG ran the Neuenkirchen 10km in
Germany on August 17th. Here's Clare again: "The course was flat, one
small loop of just under a kilometre then three larger loops. It was 17.30
in the afternoon and a reminder of how it felt running the Dysart Dash at
10.00 on a June morning i.e. sweltering at 33 degrees in the sun. The
Germans were ready with the sponges and water though ...434 ran, 433
finished and 1 was disqualified (for what one wonders ...????)".
1 J Bischoff (Germany) 31.57
115 Paul Graham 41.41
222 Clare Nicholson 45.47
Lizzie Clifford finished 3rd in the multi-terrain Henfield Half Marathon
in West Sussex on 25th August in 94.14. Lizzie was one place and two
minutes (all but a second) behind Marlene Pautard who on this occasion was
in the colours of her second-claim club, Lingfield Runners. Winner was
SLH's Gill O'Connor in 87.59 and 7th was Sue Ashley, also representing
SLH, in 99.44.
Also on August 25th, not far away in Portsmouth, was the Havant Summer 5
miles:
1 P Buckley (Soton RC) 25.59
35 Steve Rowland 32.11
38 Alan Davidson 32.21
47 Allan Lang 33.29
89 Sonia Rowland 37.51
Margaret Auerback finished 4th in the Over 55s 1500 metres at the European
Vets Championships at Potsdam on August 19th. Margaret recorded 5.32.36,
with fellow Brit Pat Gallagher, whom Margaret had unexpectedly beaten in
the British Championship, 2nd in 5:20.44.
Mike McDowell writes:
"At the age of 74 I won my first Gloucestershire championship in the 5km
road race on 15th August. In humid conditions on an undulating course I
did 24.34. No, I wasn't last! I beat four people and lost to two more on
the run in".
Paul Doyle reports from trackside:
"Conditions were ideal for the Surrey county 10,000m Championship: warm,
sunny and still. Defending champion Roger Alsop of Belgrave commented
before the race that it was the best quality field since '93! And so it
proved.
A fine run from Jason Simpson SLH stole the title in 30.33 by a large
margin, followed by a Belgrave trio, with Alsop just missing out on the
medals".
1 J Simpson (SLH) 30.33.0
6 Paul Doyle 34.04.0
In her SLH colours Sue Ashley was the first woman home and was credited
with an impressive 41.30.8, just over a minute behind Clive Beauvais. Sue
explains: "Actually it was more like 43.12 - they miscounted my laps and
refused to believe me when I said I had one more to go!"
KIT
It's all Clare Nicholson this week! This time she's in her wardrobe
mistress hat:
"For the next couple of weeks please direct all requests for kit directly
to me on (020) 8783 0594 or at clarenicholson@hotmail.com . "
Price List and Order Form
NIKE 10KM
Colin Gostelow comments on the Nike 10km to be held in Richmond Park on
September 22nd:
"It's interesting to note that (a) it is being promoted as a fun run, not
race, and will not have a UKA permit; (b) participants are being told to
leave their cars at home, use public transport and then walk!
I am intrigued to know where the buses and trains are coming from, and to
see 20,000 participants and spectators walking up the hill from Richmond -
or have I missed something?
I aim to turn up to see how it's done!!".
The elite field is likely to include Paula Radcliffe, Jo Pavey, Sonia
O'Sullivan, Elana Meyer, Mohamed El Mouaziz, Hendrick Ramaala, Jon Brown
and Karl Keska. Not to mention Paul Doyle. The start is at 10am near Sheen
Cross Roads and the course comprises an almost complete loop of the Park's
road circuit.
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 September 7th Thomas Cup Handicap at Richmond Park. See above.
Race at 3pm, club photo at 2.30pm. Do try to be there!
Saturday September 14th Surrey Road Relays at Wimbledon, from 1pm. Races
for men and women, including veterans categories.
Saturday September 28th Southern Road Relays at Aldershot
Saturday October 5th Page Cup 5 miles handicap in Richmond Park, 3pm
start.
Steve Rowland
Telephone: 01926 318734
Fax: 0870 4006901
e-mail: srowland@calorgas.co.uk