Sent: 17 November 2010 00:32
Subject: V S Update - Xmas, WYXC, GP2011, Calderdale, Brass, London,
Subs, Leos, VSFC, Peco, AOM, Jedburgh, Baildon, adverts
This has
got to be the most varied V S Update we’ve ever had!
Xmas Meal and
Presentation Night – Friday 17 December
Bookings
are now being taken, price is £9.50 per person for an all-you-can-eat buffet
meal.
There will
be a selection of hot and cold meats, meat and vegetarian pasta dishes,
potatoes, salads and followed by various seasonal desserts.
As usual,
when booking say whether you’d like carnivore or vegetarian. If you’re
going to sample the vegetarian section, please book “half-and-half” otherwise
(from previous experience) the veg. dishes will run out.
Please book
by emailing [email protected]
. You will receive an auto-reply stating
how to make payment. Payment must be made by Tuesday 14 December.
A few weeks
ago I said this race would be at Bramley Falls Woods. I was wrong!
It’s at
Grand Prix 2011
meeting – Tuesday 30 November
We’ll be
holding a meeting to decide which races are in the 2011 Grand Prix on Tuesday
30 November, 8:45pm at Leos.
If you
would like your favourite race to be included, come along. Or if you
can’t be there, email Alan Hutchinson [email protected] and
let him know.
Good news,
we’ve got our 3 teams. Risky news, we’re short of reserves. If
you’re available on 12 December, please email [email protected]
For those
who did put their names down, you’ll find out which team you are in (or whether
you are a reserve) before the end of the week.
Brass Monkey
Did you get
in? If so, please email [email protected]
and we’ll see how many will be there on 23 January.
We have
FOUR club entries for the London Marathon. There will be a ballot which
will be drawn on Friday 17 December. If you want a chance of a place, go
to our website www.valleystriders.org.uk/vslondon.htm
for more details.
Membership Subs
If you
haven’t yet renewed your subs, you’re now in the MINORITY. As at
yesterday 145 members had paid for 2010/11 and 116 hadn’t. If you’re one
of those who haven’t, please send a cheque for £20, payable to “Valley
Striders” to
Leo’s Committee
We are
looking for a Strider to represent V S on the Leo’s club committee. They
meet monthly, usually on the third Thursday in the month and the meetings last
about an hour. You don’t need to be a V S committee member, just to be
able to keep the rest of the committee up-to-date. Don’t worry if you can
only attend half of the meetings, someone on the V S committee will sub for
you. Please reply to this email if you’re interested. The next
meeting is on Thursday 9 December and
By the way,
Tracey’s picture (first Brtish woman at
V S Fell Championship
(from Steve Webb)
Results of
the final nominated race in the league are now in, the Shepherds Skyline at
Stoodley Pike.
Six VS
runners were led home by Holly who was third lady in the race.
The league
is updated as attached and with that result Holly leaps into the lead in the
Ladies' Champs ahead of Xanthe and Sara, with Myra completing a second fell
race to move 4th.
No change
at the top of the Mens' Champs with none of the leading trio of Steve, Eirik
and Ian being in action.
Bob says
“The last qualifying race was the Tour of Pendle from Barley Village Hall last
Saturday, but Steve and Holly had such commanding leads that they were unlikely
to be overtaken”
Race
Report from Holly
It was a
fab day for a run out - vest and t-shirt weather. Even John Marsham who
apparently didn’t run but was definitely at the end and brought a friend (new
prospective runner Bob?!), turned out for his first fell race despite knee
problems.
Results
(as shown on the Tod website):
Holly
Williams 104th 56.53
Tom
Burton (!) 143rd 60.00
(again, new strider for Bob!)
Keith
Brewster 160th 61.47
Stephen
Dixon 207th 66.40
Geoff
Webster 246th 70.56
Fab effort
by all Sriders over a very rocky and muddy course (maybe not so
much for Geoff, who did not get out of breath or sweat at any stage of the
course, which included 1150ft of ascent).
Special
big up to
More
importantly there was a strong representation of Striders at the pub
afterwards.
Well
done!!!
Holly
Peco XC at Pontefract
Results
(showing G P points)
Women
9 Laura Clark
91
18
37 Sarah
Smith
81
Despite
incurring a 140 point penalty for being one runner short, the team finished
third (in the second division). We stand a good chance of winning the
league this year (and being promoted to the first division) if we put our best
team out for the remaining races.
Men
8 Gwil Thomas
100
13
16 Dan Murray
98
17
29 Jeremy Ladyman
95
35 Alan
Brydon
94
67 John Batchelor
93
94 Malcolm Coles
90
101 Bob
Jackson
89
109 John
Wallace
88
120 Tony Haygarth
85
125 Graham
Ford
84
128 John
Shanks
83
140
The team
finished third, 11 points behind Abbey who were 1 point ahead of
Horsforth. We stand a good chance of winning the league this year if we
put our best team out for the remaining races.
Next race
Sunday 19 December at South Leeds Stadium (John Charles Centre).
V S Grand Prix “Any
Other
Two recent
results -
Snowdonia - Sara Dyer 4:34:14