BA Athletics Club News Digest 11th February 2019
Events:
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Wednesday 20th February - Lunchtime NOW run at Northala Fields from 12:00
* {no evening meet up}
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Wednesday 27th February - Five Mile Handicap #
and Club Awards evening at The Bedfont Club (details below)
*
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Saturday 2nd March - Ladies Surrey League final match at Lloyd Park,
Croydon from 11:00 #
We meet at 18:00 at the
Bedfont Club
on most
Wednesdays throughout the year.
New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at all of these events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
Last updated: 11th February.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 5th February) /
# Club Points event.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BARunnerUK/ (formal
"front window" club page), BA Runner Facebook Group (informal
"back office" - ask to join).
Inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
Surrey Cross-Country Results - Ladies #
Match 3 – Richmond Park, Kingston, Saturday, 9th February 2019
Match 3 of the ladies XC completed and 3 of us turned up together to
run. It was great to have 2 newcomers Kelly Davis and Natalia Prescott
join us for their first XC run {pictured - and for the key to who is who
please see the table below}.
The race start and finish was about 100m from the entrance to
Isabella Plantation. It was a scenic course through the centre of
Richmond Park. The route comprised of mainly parkland and some wooded
trails.
A tough and challenging 2 lap course, not too muddy but on the second
lap we had a strong wind blowing in our faces. The middle of the course
had lots of tree roots and low hanging tree branches so care had to be
taken. I witnessed several ladies trip up and fall over. The last half a
mile on each lap had a steady incline, this made it difficult to finish
strongly. It was good to see Tom Rowley & Steve Newell on both laps and
receive their encouragement as we ran past.
Finishing order of runners:
Pos# |
Num |
Name |
Age |
Club |
Time |
1 |
1309 |
~~~ ~~~ |
V35 |
FOT FOT |
32:40:00 |
21 |
1866 |
Kay Trinder |
V50 |
WOK WOK |
37:25:00 |
142 |
1020 |
Natalia Prescott |
SEN |
BAW BAW |
47:18:00 |
184 |
1010 |
Trish Mccabe |
V40 |
BAW BAW |
53:17:00 |
220 |
1019 |
Kelly Davis |
V35 |
BAW BAW |
61:33:00 |
227 |
1158 |
~~~ ~~~ |
V50 |
DPR DPR |
73:15:00 |
We are currently standing in position 43 out of 44 teams. Your club
needs you ladies! With only one match remaining let’s hope we can get a
good turnout for our final match on 2nd March at Lloyd Park, Croydon and
try and move up a position rather than down thus preventing us finishing
last.
Trish McCabe
Surrey Cross-Country Results - Men #
We had a great performance today at muddy Lloyd Park ending in 8th
place, winning our 3 way rivalry with Barnes and Holland Sports. In fact
we were not far off 7th today and end the season in 9th place having
overtaken Barnes. Paul Prescott made an impressive debut being our 2nd
runner home after the ever dependable Paul Knechtl. Richard Ruffell and
Steve Hillier deserve a special mention having raced all 4 matches this
year. Thank you to all runners new and old. Looking forward to
introducing a few more new runners next year.
Neil Frediani
Neil's pictures of Mark Taylor reveals both sides of the Cross
Country.
Pos# |
Points |
Num |
Name |
Age |
Club |
Time |
1 |
1 |
1002 |
~~~ ~~~ |
SEN |
HOR HOR |
29:53:00 |
16 |
16 |
320 |
Paul Knechtl |
V45 |
BAW BAW |
32:28:00 |
53 |
53 |
321 |
Paul Prescott |
SEN |
BAW BAW |
36:27:00 |
56 |
56 |
305 |
Richard Ruffell |
V55 |
BAW BAW |
36:38:00 |
78 |
77 |
309 |
Mark Taylor |
V55 |
BAW BAW |
38:33:00 |
88 |
82 |
310 |
Maarten Stenham |
V40 |
BAW BAW |
39:17:00 |
89 |
83 |
327 |
Tim Bellars |
V50 |
BAW BAW |
39:21:00 |
99 |
89 |
303 |
Simon Turton |
V50 |
BAW BAW |
40:39:00 |
101 |
90 |
325 |
Matthew Stratful |
V40 |
BAW BAW |
40:42:00 |
110 |
93 |
349 |
Chris Kelly |
V50 |
BAW BAW |
41:26:00 |
138 |
103 |
323 |
Mark Murphy |
V50 |
BAW BAW |
49:36:00 |
140 |
35 |
330 |
Steve Hillier |
V60 |
BAW BAW |
56:51:00 |
142 |
37 |
1430 |
~~~ ~~~ |
V50 |
SUR SUR |
72:00:00 |
The
table shows the results of all four matches this season. We, BAW, were
reasonably consistent following a slightly slow start in Match 1.
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Awards Evening - Wednesday 27th February
The Oscars this year are on Sunday 24th
but three days later, on Wednesday 27th, we have our own theatre event in the
British Airways AC Awards evening. A dozen awards are handed out
to those members who have achieved the most over the 2018 year.
Please arrange to be there - don't be the person who wins two awards
whilst he's off skiing in the States (like me last year!).
The Awards Evening will be held at The Bedfont Club (http://www.barunner.org.uk/Background_Locations.shtml).
Timing are:
- 18:00 February Five Mile Handicap (runs to finish for 19:00)
#,
- 19:30 Food provided by the committee for members and guests,
cash bar,
- 20:00 Awards followed by social,
- 22:30 End
Please let us know to expect you, so that we can order the right amount
and variety of food. Either reply to me
Roderick
Hoffman or to the Facebook event at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/502213200303640/ . If you are a
regular, but don't expect to be able to make it, please also let us know
so that we don't cater for you.
February Dream Mile results
Jeremy Short |
00:06:32 |
Matthew Stratful |
00:06:52 |
Ian Cunningham |
00:07:07 |
Simon Ashford |
00:07:48 |
Roderick Hoffman |
00:08:57 |
February's dream mile saw five runners forcing their way down the
Bath Road against a very strong headwind. This is shown in the
results...but not for Jeremy Short who perhaps was running behind a
bus? Simon hasn't run regularly recently but also managed an
average result against the wind.
.
Roderick Hoffman
Concorde and Speedbird Races this year
The Speedbird Ladies race will be held this year on Wednesday 8th May
with the usual course around Harmondsworth Moor.
The club committee has decided not to host a Concorde Five event this
year. After being Event Director for the last six years I had
announced my intention to stand down. No one had indicated that they
would be prepared to become the Event Director AND as an event we have
struggled to get enough marshals each year AND the club has now moved
away from the Heston/Cranford area. We have not made a decision for a
Concorde event in 2020. We may revive the current event, we may launch
another event in a different location or we may continue to let the
event rest. Thank you to those who have supported this event over
many years particularly Jas Modaher and Tejinder Modaher and their team
of helpers.
Roderick Hoffman
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Club parkrun results for Saturday 9th February 2019
9th Feb | Runner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
Maria |
Jovani |
20:48 |
Richmond Park |
F-1, 6th consecutive pb at Richmond, club rec(F) |
75% |
Barry |
Walters |
22:48 |
Kingston |
run #65, 1st at Kingston, park #32 |
72% |
David |
Duggan |
29:20 |
Carisbrooke(Adelaide) |
1st run at Carisbrooke, BA park #469, park #58 |
54% |
Grant |
Strydom |
30:40 |
Bellville (Capetown) |
run #36, 1st at Bellville, 254th/1312 park #2 |
49% |
Janet |
Smith |
46:51 |
Prospect Park |
run #98, 1st at Prospect Park, park #33 |
38% |
Alice |
Banks |
28:26 |
Higginson, Marlow |
run #134, 6th at Marlow |
69% |
Anne |
Bannister |
32:07 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #189, 154th at Bedfont Lakes |
61% |
Bob |
Bannister |
26:38 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #347, 287th at Bedfont Lakes |
61% |
Chris |
Evans |
24:57 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #227, 220th art Bedfont Lakes |
61% |
Scott |
Davison |
24:18 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #289, 236th at Bedfont Lakes |
59% |
Ian |
Cockram |
26:38 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #468, 281st at Bedfont Lakes |
56% |
John |
Lennon |
34:27 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #286, 241st at Bedfont Lakes |
46% |
Joe |
Nolan |
34:20 |
Black Park |
run #316, 286th at Black Park |
48% |
Ian |
Cunningham |
23:07 |
Bushy Park |
run #366, 297th at Bushy, 218th/1317 |
67% |
Roderick |
Hoffman |
29:52 |
Bushy, Dublin |
run #355, park #261 |
53% |
Jonathan |
Cox |
27:41 |
Crane Park |
run #378, 83rd at Crane Park |
57% |
Zoe |
Ostley |
48:34 |
Crane Park |
run #221, 25th at Crane Park |
37% |
Oliver |
Mathai |
26:13 |
Gunnersbury |
run #57, 33rd at Gunnersbury |
64% |
Piers |
Keenleyside |
28:06 |
Gunnersbury |
run #222, 148th at Gunnersbury |
58% |
Joan |
Foxley |
53:59 |
Harrow |
tailwalker, run #131, 110th at Harrow |
41% |
John |
Coffey |
31:33 |
Hazelwood |
run #317, 38th at Hazelwood |
62% |
Petra |
Otto |
34:15 |
March |
run #77, 56th at March |
61% |
Trish |
McCabe |
28:15 |
Osterley |
run #273, 13th at Osterley, park #2, |
55% |
Chris |
Kelly |
26:41 |
Reading |
run #420, 326th at Reading |
57% |
Steve |
Newell |
39:16 |
Richmond Park |
Richmond parkrun#600 |
47% |
Emmanuel |
Brousse |
23:38 |
Southend |
run #54, 36th at Southend |
60% |
Alan |
Friar |
31:08 |
Woodley |
run #270, 87th at Woodley |
60% |
Caroline |
Cockram |
volunteer |
Bedfont Lakes |
run director |
Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
run director - cancelled !!! |
Denis |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow |
run director* |
* STOP PRESS - Prior to a (hopefully) successful knee operation on the
Monday.
The temperature had risen over the week but so had the strength of the wind
so some parkruns were cancelled again. With cross-country fixtures for
both men and women round the country along with new year resolutions becoming a
long-forgotten memory, UK attendances were below the record numbers seen a few
weeks ago.
Maria Jovani (20:48) returned to Richmond Park for a second attempt to run
the 600th installment and finished as the leading female and also achieved the
rare feat of a sixth consecutive pb over a course barely changed over the last
eleven plus years. So Maria takes over the female club record at Richmond where
Barry Walters holds the club record with 19:15. Nearer the back of
the pack Steve Newell (39:16) needed more than a minute just to reach the start
line as the starting pen now seems narrower and longer than ever!
Our fastest man this week was Barry Walters (22:48) who made his first visit
to Kingston parkrun where the men’s club record is still held by Gary Rushmer
(20:19). The outright club record stands to Maria Jovani with 20:49.
David Duggan (29:20) continued his trip to Australia moving westwards towards
Adelaide and running at Carisbrooke. Grant Strydom (30:40) who in the past
has only run intermittently at Bushy Park (UK) visited Bellville in Greater Cape
Town. In terms of numbers Bellville attracts a similar field (1300) to
Bushy but while he was in 254th place at Bellville that time would have placed
him 878th back home. The club parkruns total moved up to 470.
Roderick Hoffman (29:52) made his first visit to the other Bushy Park, the
one in Dublin, to retain his place in the top20 of parkrun tourists. Ian
Cunningham retains the club record with 23:01. Dublin Bushy is currently
attracting a mere 200-300 runners each week.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun Stats -
club parkrun stats
Inaugurals
UK Tourists complain that they are discouraged from attending inaugural runs
due to the risk of the new park getting swamped. In truth it is only UK
inaugurals that have this problem so all those tourists need to do is go abroad.
There was an inaugural in Rec Plex North in West Florida, USA, and they had a
massive (by US standards) inaugural with 226 finishers. Just six, yes six,
of those 226 had previously run a parkrun! They would have welcomed a few more
tourists to explain to the new runners at what point they needed to show their
barcodes. Only 38 of the 220 new runners didn't have barcodes - which is a
good ratio. There were two inaugurals in the UK at the weekend, both in
Scotland, and at Meadowmill (near Edinburgh) 53 of the 68 new runners didn't
have barcodes. That inaugural attracted 172 (my forecast for the host team was
179). The other Scottish inaugural was at Crathes Castle, near Aberdeen,
and that attracted 238 against my forecast of 113 but I suspect that they
promoted the parkrun to make a bigger splash. If anyone is desperate to run a UK
inaugural I am able to drop hints about a couple of events in Wales that are due
to launch over the next few weeks - with low inaugural forecasts of around 60
and 70.
Roderick
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