Sent: 22 January 2008 23:56
Subject: VS Update - Northern XC, Sport Direct XC, Yorkshire Vets XC,
and lots of other news and events
See below for details of the Northern XC this weekend.
There is a list of names, some of you may have
forgotten that you had entered, so check if you are on the list!
And remember it is this Saturday (not Sunday).
Don’t come a day late!
We need half a dozen men and half a dozen women to
marshal. Please can a few of you come early for 10:30. While the
women are running at 12:25, all the men will be needed to marshal and vice
versa at 14:00 when the men are running. Please contact me (by email or
0777 5898 558) or Geoff (266 6288) if you are able to stop longer than just for
your race. We will let you know the arrangements.
March 30 is the date and the organisers will already have
many entries from Valley Striders and Abbey Runners because the Abbey-Valley
Challenge Cup will be awarded on the results from the race.
Note that ALL runners will count in the
scoring, so get your entry in as soon as possible.
Local races such as Liversedge Half,
Details are on www.ukresults.net.
You can also enter online via www.ukresults.net
– it is only £1 extra at £9.50, you’ve no need to post a cheque, and they send
your race number and details – a bargain!
Pie and Peas or Lasagne?
Don’t worry, the next pie and peas night is still over
2 weeks away (5 February), but …
… would you like lasagne for a change? Tony can
do a vegetarian and a carnivore version.
A two-thirds majority of those replying will suffice
to switch the menu. Please let me know by next Sunday!
Subs
Great news! Another 6 of you have renewed your
membership, thank you. 155 paid and 58 to go now. If you’re not sure,
check the website http://valleystriders.org.uk/reg2007.htm
. If it says ‘06’, you’re overdue so please send £12, payable to Valley
Striders, to
Northern Cross Country at
Jerry and Madeleine Watson have very very kindly offered
to set up team HQ (changing, loos, tea and muffins) at their house, 65 Old Park
Road, which is on the corner of Old Park Road and Avenue Victoria, about a
third of the way between Roundhay School and Canal Gardens. This is only
two minutes’ jog from Soldiers’ Fields (and less than 5 minutes’ walk for
spectators).
If the weather is good we’ll also have the bright
yellow team tent pitched on Soldiers’ Fields. There will a section where
all the club tents will be erected, look out for the smallest yellowest one.
We’ll get the numbers picked up early and the numbers
will be in the tent if the weather is good, otherwise we’ll keep them at Jerry
and Madeleine’s house.
Jerry says that the streets round Roundhay can get
quite congested when there is an event on, and recommends approaching Roundhay
from Little Switzerland, then Jackson Avenue (by the BUPA hospital) then Davies
Avenue.
Here’s the Streetmap for Jerry & Madeleine http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=432377&y=437673&z=1&sv=432377,437673&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf
There are no special parking arrangements for
competitors, so you’ll have to battle with everyone else to find a space on the
streets of Roundhay. NB the Oakwood Lights might be a bottleneck so try
to avoid them.
Here’s the race website http://www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk/Pages/Event.aspx?id=160&EventID=34
. This includes course maps for all races. The start and finish for
all races is on the main area of Soldiers’ Fields. Please look at this website
later in the week for any changes to arrangements.
We have 39 entered which is 31 more last year
Under 17 - David Bass
Senior Women - Laura Clark, Sara Dyer, Mary Egan, Caz
Farrow, Hayley Nancolas, Carole Schofield, Sue Sunderland, Sharon Tansley,
Elika Tasker,
Under 15 - Eddy Robinson
Senior Men - Matt Allen, Patrick Barrett, Rob
Bumstead, Eran Gal-Or, Mark Greaves, Tony Haygarth, Paul Hunter, Bob Jackson,
Gary Mann, Kevin McMullen, Steve Morley, Gareth Moules, Dan Murray, Graham
Needham, Tom Ridgway, Ian Sanderson, Paul Sanderson, Greg Skerrett,
Please remember that you must run in a Valley Striders
vest! You will not get on the start line without a club vest. Let me know
if you’ve not got a vest. Could Striders bring spare vests if they have
them.
I’m also expecting to see some of our second claim
runners in their first claim colours, look out for Lyn Eden and
Race start times are
11:30 U17 Women 4.5k
11:55 U17
Men 6k
12:15 U13 Girls 3k
12:25 Senior Women 8k
13:10 U15 Boys 4k
13:30 U15 Girls 4k
13:50 U13 Boys 3k
14:00 Senior Men 12k
15:00 U20
Men 8k
15:20 U20 Women 6k
So Striders (first or second claim) will be in action
for the duration of the meeting.
I hope there will be many supporters. Training
will be given on the day by Joyce the voice.
Sport Direct Race 3 at John Smeaton (from Paul Hunter
and Bob Jackson)
Paul
says: “Thank you to everybody who ran last weekend. I can imagine it was a tad
slippy underfoot”.
Bob
says “a ‘tad’ is an understatement. Dyno-rod reported a record day
unblocking mud from showers and baths around
Women
1 Caz Farrow
6 Laura Clark
10 Sue Sunderland (V)
23
Nat Crossland
76 ran
Excellent
individual placings for all the Striders – Caz her second win, Laura just back
from her tour of Asia and altitude training in
Despite
being one runner short (again), the Women were 3rd (out of 6) in the
Premier Division, beating two teams who had 5 runners. If another Strider
had turned up and even finished last, the women would have been 2nd
on the day. Sue was the only vet, but on her own finished 9th
(out of 14) in the Vets Division
After
3 races, the women are in last place in the league, but if they can achieve 3rd
in each of the last two races, they will be safe from relegation. The
vets are currently 6th.
Individually,
Caz is the leading woman and just needs one more win to clinch the title.
Carole is 3rd V45 and Lyn 2nd V60.
Men
14 Alistair Kennis
22 Steve Morley
27 Drew Taylor (V)
29 Mark Greaves (V)
45
49 Howard Jeffrey (V)
76 Richard Adcock
78 Paul White (V)
84 John Wallace (V)
121 ran
The
men were 2nd (out of 8) in Division Two and 4th (out of 14) in the Vets
Division.
After
3 races, the men are leading the division two league, and only need two more
second places to guarantee promotion, a first and a second will guarantee the
title. The vets are 3rd and have an outside chance of 2nd.
Individually,
Drew is 1st V45 and Bob 3rd V55.
Next
Race in the series is on 17 Feb at Danefield Otley Chevin. This is a Grand Prix
event so points are up for grabs.
Congratulations to Maureen Coffey who won bronze medal
in her age-group in her first appearance in a V S vest
Women and Men over 70 race (5km approx)
NB don’t ask why the women run with the M70’s!
20 Carole
Schofield 25:27 (F45/7th)
64 Maureen
Coffey 30:22 (F55/3rd)
71
also
81 Lyn Eden (Nidd V)
34:47 (F60/6th)
Men 50-69 race (10km approx)
92 Geoff
Webster 49:40 (M65/8th)
97 Bob
Wilkes
52:33 (M65/10th)
also
80
Men 35-49 race (10km approx)
50 Jerry
Watson 38:30
(M45/20th)
88 Graham
120 Paul
Sanderson 48:57 (M40/45th)
also
59 Martin Horbury (K&C) 39:22
(M40/20th)
Brass Monkey Half
There were one or two or five number swaps so here are
the “actual” results
Congratulations to MARY EGAN, 1st W50! I’m
hoping Peter Lambert picked up her winnings!
I’m sure that there were one or two more PB’s,
conditions were pretty good, running into the wind on the way out and wind
behind on the way back, and the rain stayed away!
Ian now leads the Grand Prix, with Dan second and
Patrick third. Peter and Joyce Lambert lead the spectators’ section of
the GP with 3 out of 3.
Pos Forename
Surname
Time Pace
107
Ian
Sanderson 01:26:17 06:35.2
116 Howard
Jeffrey 01:26:41
06:37.0
122 Alison
Bogie
01:27:07 06:39.0
124
Dan
145 Richard
King
01:28:26 06:45.0
150 Patrick Barrett
01:28:41 06:46.2 PB by 3 minutes
170
171 Chris
Booker
01:30:07 06:52.7
172 Eric
Green
01:30:12 06:53.1
192 Paul
White
01:31:36 06:59.5 3rd M60, no prize
195 Eirik
Stangnes 01:31:46
07:00.3
205
Liz
Wood
01:32:32 07:03.8 PB
239 Jonathan
Brownbill 01:34:16
07:11.8
256 John
Wallace 01:35:16
07:16.3 PB by 13 minutes
326 Mary
Egan
01:38:16 07:30.1
345 Eran
Gal-Or
01:39:11 07:34.3
353 Simon
Redshaw 01:39:33
07:36.0
379
Sue
384 Jeremy
Ladyman 01:40:49
07:41.8
425 Nick
Barnes
01:42:46 07:50.7
452 Richard
Adcock
01:44:00 07:56.3 PB by 4 minutes
561 Xanthe
Hannah
01:48:56 08:18.9
682 Adela
Reperecki 01:55:00
08:46.7
739 Geoff
Webster 01:58:24
09:02.3
745
Kay
Duggleby 01:58:59
09:05.0
773
852 Debra
Wagman
02:06:25 09:39.0
867
Max Jones
02:07:38 09:44.6
Other Results
Pennine 10k
60 Eric
Green 43:28
158 Chloe
179 Peter
Stevenson 51:30
202 Lou
Gilchrist 53:25
Beamsley Beacon Owl Race
This was on a Wednesday night, so unless they’ve
installed street lighting on Beamsley Beacon, I’m assuming that head-torches
were part of the equipment
10 Anthony Fryer 48:00
29 ran
Rhiannon on World Tour …
… of
Rhiannon emailed me last week
Just to
update you with my news I have been selected to run for
I am also flying to
Hopefully I will be able to try and come to some more training sessions with
the club now the nights start to get lighter. I am still busy training as I am
competing in the Mid Lancs cross country league and have BUSA cross
country the first weekend of Feb. Also the other day I got a
confirmed entry to compete in the GNR again this year.
Hopefully see you soon
Some Special Offers
From John Hallas
email [email protected]
- Harvey Mazzle of the
- Set of LDWA Strider magazines going back to 1988 to
current day minus one, with some earlier ones. (offered on LDWA site as well)
From Peter Lambert
- Exercise bike in very good condition free
to anyone who can provide it a good home. Only 543 miles on the counter.
New owner to collect (Crossgates area). Ring Peter Lambert on 0113 260
2364.