Subject: V S Update - Peco, Lasagne, Xmas, Dates, Subs, Abbey Dash,
Leeds Half and more
Sent: 23 November 2011 09:42
Subject: V S Update - Peco, Lasagne, Xmas, Dates, Subs, Abbey Dash,
Leeds Half and more
Peco League this
Sunday (27th)
Sunday 27 November -
Peco XC League at Fitzwilliam Park www.pecoxc.co.uk . Last year
our men’s team were runners-up in the premier division and our women’s team
promoted to the premier division – we are hoping for even greater things this
year. Any number can run, just £2.50 to enter, pay on the day, the more
the merrier. The race will be about 5 miles, starting 11:00, but suggest
you arrive for 10:15 latest as there is usually a long queue to register for
the first race. NB there are also junior races at 10:00 and 10:20.
Even if you aren’t
counting in the top 8 men or top 5 women, just by running you can influence the
results, as I mentioned in last week’s VS Update. This is how it
works. If another team doesn’t have sufficient runners to count for each
runner missing they add the number of points of the last runner. So if 5
extra Striders run, that missing runner from the other team will score 5 extra
points. I should also explain that the winning team is the team with
least points.
For those with
SatNavs the location is WF9 5AA. For those without cars who need a lift (or
those with cars who can offer lifts / want to share petrol expenses), then go
on to the Forum where there is already a thread started by Sarah Smith (thank
you!).
Pyramids, lasagne and
GP meeting next Tuesday (29th)
Yes I know it’s the 5th
Tuesday of the month but we’ve brought lasagne forward a week so as not to
clash with the Xmas do. Book to [email protected] by 10pm Sunday 27th
saying whether you want meat or veggie lasagne and whether you want apple pie.
Also meeting to agree Grand Prix races for 2012 – your chance to get your
favourite race included – everyone welcome! And the session will be a
pyramid session at High Ashes (meet Leos as usual).
Xmas Meal and
Presentation Night Friday 9 December
Friday 9 December -
Striders Xmas Meal & Presentation Night 7:30pm at Leos. Email [email protected] by Sunday 4 December
saying whether you want carnivore, veggie or half'n'half (cost is £10).
Please pay Paul White before the night so that he can enjoy his meal rather
than having to spend the whole evening collecting money. Bring along any
race T-shirts – unworn or only worn once or twice – charity collection for
Africa. To check your booking go to www.valleystriders.org.uk, click “For Club
Members” and “London & Xmas”
Other dates
Sunday 4 December –
final WYXC at Thornes Park Wakefield.
Monday 26 December –
Chevin Chase – are you in?
Monday 2 January –
Club Winter Handicap 5 miles
For the following
cross country races email Drew at [email protected]
Saturday 4 February - Rombalds Stride - entry form here
Sunday 5 February –
Dewsbury 10k – as fast as the Abbey Dash, chip timed, an opportunity for a PB –
this is the next destination for Kathy’s Tuesday group
Sunday 1 April -
Baildon Boundary Way - entries open at www.runbritain.com and likely to
sell out very fast
Saturday 14 April – amended
probable date for Meanwood Valley Trail – if anyone knows a reason for not
having it on this day, please let me know.
Saturday 28 April –
Three Peaks Race, entries open on Monday 9 January.
Sunday 13 May – Leeds
Half AND Calderdale Way Relay AND River Moy half. Next year the Leeds
Half is being organised by Run For All – see the announcement below. You
won’t need to worry about the quality or the organisation of the race – the two
main organisers of the race for the last 5+ years have just left Leeds City
Council and joined Run For All!
Membership Fees
Membership fees for
2011/12 to be £20 for first claim members. It would be great if you could
pay by the end of the month. Please send a cheque for £20, payable to
Valley Striders, to Paul White at 17 Whinmoor Court, Redhall, Leeds LS14
1NX. If you don’t have a cheque account, then please email Paul on [email protected] for details of how
to make payment via internet banking. If you’re still owing for Leeds
Country Way, West Yorks XC, Xmas meal etc, please pay for these at the same
time. You can check your membership status at www.valleystriders.org.uk, click “For Club
Members” and “Membership List”
Grand Prix and Fell
Championship 2011
With Abbey Dash and
Shipley XC results both in (and published on the website) there is just one
race to go (this weekend’s Peco) in the Grand Prix. If you’ve run 8 races
you’ll have had an email from Paul White inviting you to purchased a limited
edition VS GP 2011 technical T-shirt. If you’ve not had that email or
you’re now on 7 races and will run the Peco then please email Paul [email protected]
The Fell Championship
is now complete but we’re waiting for the Tour of Pendle results to appear on
the Clayton-le-Moors website before we can confirm the final positions in the
Fell Championship. I’ll put a link on the VS Home page just as soon as Steve
has calculated them.
Abbey Dash - report from Yorkshire Evening Post website
By Katie Baldwin - Published on Monday 21
November 2011 10:47
Record-breaking runners braved a misty morning to
pound the pavements of Leeds in the Abbey Dash.
All 8,000 places in the 10km race had been snapped
up prior to the event, which took runners from the city centre out to Kirkstall
Abbey and back.
The notoriously fast and virtually flat course saw
many participants strive to beat their personal best times.
For the first time, speedy youngsters also got in
on the act with 125 taking part in a 2km sprint.
It is hoped their efforts will help raise over
£200,000 for Age UK – breaking the record set last year.
Tom Galliano, events fundraiser at Age UK, said: “It’s
been incredible to see 8,000 people of all ages and running abilities come
together to help support older people and we were delighted to see the sports
stars of the future setting the pace in our first ever junior race. Every
single runner who took part in the event has helped Age UK to continue to fund
local services for people in later life across the Leeds area, as well as
supporting national projects.”
Leeds-born glamour girl Nell McAndrew got pulses
racing before the start as she led a mass warm-up in Victoria Gardens.
The 38-year-old told the YEP she’d lost count of
the number of times she’d done the Abbey Dash, which she finished this time in
just over 38 minutes.
“It’s great to bring everybody together,” she said.
“The event has been going for 27 years and for anything to be around that long
is pretty good going.”
Leeds’s own Olympian Tracey Morris put the runners
under starter’s orders as she returned to the race which led her to fame after
she met running coach Bud Baldaro at the 2003 event.
Mr Baldaro commentated on yesterday’s race, which
saw a close battle for the top spot. Jonathan Taylor sneaked ahead of fellow
Morpeth Harriers member Nick McCormick on the line and was first with a time of
29:20.
The 24-year-old from Middlesbrough said: “It was
really close and I got a personal best. It’s a great event and one of the best
10ks in the country.”
The first woman back, for the second year running,
was Leeds City AC member Susan Partridge in 33:48.
Another participant was completing a marathon week
as Margaret Ehrenberg set off from her home in Birmingham last Monday and ran
to Leeds in time for the race. The 57-year-old former member of Abbey Runners
completed the mammoth feat in memory of Colin Morath, founder of the Abbey
Dash, who died earlier this year from a brain tumour. She was raising cash for
Leeds-based Brain Tumour Research and Support and the city’s St Gemma’s
Hospice.
And among the family teams taking part were
41-year-old Nicola Schofield and her 63-year-old father Phil Bailey from
Pudsey.
Here’s a video – spot the Striders coming through the start and also look out for a photo finish in the men’s race
Striders Results
Chip
Chip G.P
Gun Gun
Pos
Time
Pts Pos Time
84 Andy
May
0:33:44 100 84
0:33:48
91 Dan
Fisher
0:33:53 99 91
0:33:57
102 Gwil
Thomas
0:34:17 98 102
0:34:22
106 Simon
Midwood 0:34:23 97
105 0:34:28
114 Paul
Kaiser
0:34:51 96 115
0:34:57
123 Richard
Balshaw 0:35:06
95 128 0:35:17
183 Joel
Giddings
0:36:23 95 178
0:36:34
187 Dave
Penman
0:36:26 94 184
0:36:38
197 Rob
Hamilton
0:36:36 93 189
0:36:40
244 Kevin
Mcmullan 0:37:20
92 243
0:37:31
285 Roy
Huggins
0:37:46 91 272
0:37:57
307 Ian
Sanderson
0:38:01 90 294
0:38:13
325 James
Tarran
0:38:13 89 325
0:38:35
404 Andy
Thorpe
0:39:05 88 457
0:40:12
422 Andy
Stoneman
0:39:14 87 406
0:39:44
455 Greg
Skerrett
0:39:32 86 454
0:40:10
529 Alan
Brydon
0:40:06 85 570
0:41:07
530 Dan
Murray
0:40:06 84 469
0:40:18
565 Simon
Redshaw 0:40:19
83 522 0:40:42
624 Alistair
Smyth 0:40:51
82 562
0:41:02
634 Tim
Towler
0:40:56 81 576
0:41:09
688 Myra
Jones
0:41:18 80 701
0:42:24
703 Liz
Wood 0:41:23
79 636
0:41:54
728 Paul
Sanderson 0:41:33
78 719
0:42:31
784 John
Marsham
0:41:57 77 856
0:43:42
804 John
Shanks
0:42:03 76 931
0:44:22
830 Andy
Settle
0:42:12 75 806
0:43:16
950 Rob
Marsh
0:42:56 74 813
0:43:20
971 Laura
Goodson
0:43:03 73 1510
0:48:40
989 Sharon
Tansley 0:43:07
72 982 0:44:41
997 Sue
Sunderland 0:43:09
71 984
0:44:42
1033 Leroy
Sutton
0:43:24 70 1356
0:47:33
1063 Keith
Sexton
0:43:34 69 909
0:44:11
1076 Richard
Irvine 0:43:40
68 979
0:44:41
1088 Patrick
Barrett 0:43:43
67 879
0:43:56
1096 Nick
Wallhead
0:43:45 66 1019
0:45:01
1211 Paul
Gill
0:44:17 65 1088
0:45:33
1264 Mick
Tinker
0:44:33 64 1184
0:46:20
1294 Joe
Hanney
0:44:45 63 1158
0:46:06
1318 Mike
Higgins
0:44:50 62 1343
0:47:28
1474 Sarah
Oldroyd
0:45:36 61 1223
0:46:34
1515 Chloe
Hudson
0:45:48 60 1324
0:47:22
1537 Ged
Coll
0:45:54 59 2051
0:52:16
1757 Keith
Brewster 0:46:48
58 1368
0:47:39
2140 Rachael
Nevins 0:48:19
57 1723
0:50:18
2230 Ian
Place
0:48:43 56 1545
0:48:59
2412 Carole
Towler
0:49:22 55 1680
0:49:58
3068 Caroline
Tolan 0:51:54
54 2372
0:54:10
3253 Paul
Holloway
0:52:35 53 2863
0:56:55
3376 Liz
Reddington 0:53:04
52 2722
0:56:04
3879 Alexa
Hannant
0:55:05 51 3205
0:58:50
3903 Julie
Mcgurk
0:55:10 50 3083
0:58:10
3945 Meryll
Cripps
0:55:19 49 2862
0:56:55
3956 Jake
Towler
0:55:22 48 3615
1:01:11
4248 Jane
Mansfield 0:56:25
47 4307 1:05:19
4392 James
Forbes 0:57:02
46 4505
1:06:29
4516 Helen
Gill
0:57:34 45 4727
1:08:00
4747 Natalie
Milner 0:58:35
44 4046
1:03:50
4857 Jenni
Sword-willia 0:59:09 44
4870
1:08:46
4887 John
Whitehead 0:59:17
43 4974
1:09:25
4957 Elaine
Craiggs 0:59:38
42 4945
1:09:15
5127 Alice
Kniveton 1:00:33
41 5150
1:10:38
5436 Helen
Moore
1:02:38 40
5684 1:15:25
5555 Victoria
Pace 1:03:31
39 5581
1:14:21
5559 Grace
Thomas
1:03:34 38 4599
1:07:10
5732 Emma
Johnson
1:04:58 37 5788
1:16:37
On the official results
there were 59 Striders which was the second biggest club just one behind Hyde
Park, but I’ve boosted the numbers to 66 by adding some of our Tuesday group
members, a corporate entry and a second claimer.
Please feed back your
comments (and your PBs) and I’ll publish in the next VS Update. I’m
wondering whether the fog made the race easier mentally as for a change you
wouldn’t have seen the full length of Kirkstall Road stretching ahead on the
way back.
West Yorks Cross Country at Shipley
Women
35 Laura
Clark
0:29:49
90
50 Hayley
Nancolas 0:30:56
88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYaJ10w9On0
Men
47 Steve
Webb
0:35:40
100
48 Jerry
Watson
0:35:44 98
2
79 Simon
Vallance 0:37:51
98
96 Tahir
Akhtar
0:39:30
95
100 Rob
Bumstead
0:39:53
93
138 Malcolm
Coles 0:45:19
85
142 Bob
Jackson
0:46:22
83
155 Dave
Jones
0:52:44 80
Team
placed 9th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_9Kl5RzwNU
Shepherd’s Skyline
Fell Pts
Steve Webb
0:52:42 80.5
John Marsham
0:52:53 80.2
Martin Oddy
1:04:18 65.9
Clive Bandy
1:06:57 63.3
Alun Davies
1:08:48 61.6
Up & Running
Leeds
Would you be kind enough to forward the following to your members please.
As some of you may already know, Up and Running Leeds Central is relocating to
Boar Lane Leeds. Our Grand Opening is on the Saturday 3rd December, so do
come down and see us.
When our New Store opens Up & Running will have some brilliant presents for
runners, and we're offering many of them at 3 for the price of 2, there's a
selection in our online Christmas 3 for 2 Brochure
Plus we have a special offer on Mizuno Wave Rider and Wave Inspire - the RRP is
£90, for a limited period they're available in most Up & Running stores at
£70.
Happy Running
Gilly
Bike Ad
Bike for sale:
Gary Fisher Wahoo bike with a 16in frame and an RSR front fork. Three years
old but only ridden twice!!
£175ono.
Thanks, John Bottomley
Olympic Torch Route
From Richard Adcock
on the VS Forum
For those wanting to see it, below is the route of the Olympic Torch in
our area
Tuesday 19 June
Hull, Brough, Goole, Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash ,
Tadcaster, Boston Spa, Wetherby, Harewood, Knaresborough, Harrogate, Ripon,
York (Evening celebration)
Wednesday 20 June
York, Thirsk, Northallerton, Aiskew, Bedale, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Richmond
Sunday 24 June
Marsh, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Halifax, Bradford, Keighley, Skipton, Ilkley,
Headingley, Potternewton, Harehills, Richmond Hill, Leeds (Evening celebration)
Leeds Half
Marathon 2012 – report from Yorkshire Evening Post website
(Photo is
captioned “PASSING BATON: Relaunching the new Jane Tomlinson Leeds Half Marathon
are Leeds runner Tracey Morris and Councillor Adam Ogilvie.”)
By Paul
Robinson - Published on Wednesday 16 November 2011 06:30
A key date in
the Leeds sporting calendar is sprinting into a new era with support from one
of the city’s best-loved charity campaigns.
The annual
Leeds Half Marathon has been organised by the city council since the 1980s.
Today, though,
it was announced that management of the race has been transferred to Jane
Tomlinson’s For All Events in a 10-year deal.
It will join
the not-for-profit organisation’s existing stable of Run For All, Swim For All
and Walk For All sporting fundraisers.
News of the
deal was welcomed today by Leeds-based Olympic athlete Tracey Morris, a patron
of the Jane Tomlinson Appeal. She said: “Knowing that the race will thrive for
the next 10 years is fantastic and For All Events has proved itself more than
able to put on a great race year after year.”
Leeds City
Council’s executive member for leisure, Coun Adam Ogilvie, said: “Working with
the For All Events team, who have already put forward some really exciting
ideas for the future, will enable the event to flourish and develop in the
coming years into one of the leading mass-participation activities in the
region.
“We are very
confident this will be a great success and we are looking forward to a
fantastic event in 2012 and beyond.”
The first Leeds
Half Marathon under the new management structure will take place on May 13 next
year.
Its backers
will include the Yorkshire Evening Post.
For details on
how to enter the race, visit the www.forallevents.co.uk website.
People taking
part will be encouraged to raise sponsorship cash for their local hospice.
Profits from
Run For All, Swim for All and Walk For All events, meanwhile, will continue to
go to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal.
Launched by
fundraising heroine and Rothwell mum Jane before her death in 2007, the appeal
supports a number of children’s and cancer charities.
Next year’s Run
For All Leeds 10K will take place on July 8.