BA Athletics Club News Digest 22nd July 2013
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Forthcoming Events
Don't forget the following priority club events:
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Thursday 25th July - BA Little Legs (16:30) and 5k Fun Run (17:30) -
Harmondsworth Moor. More marshals welcome
Roderick Hoffman
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Saturday 3rd August - Club Featured parkrun - Upton Court, Slough
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Wednesday 21st August - Cranford Park Relay followed by social with food -
18:00 from the Concorde Centre
New members and non-members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome
at all of these events.
The full events diary is on the club website at:
http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml.
British Airways BA Fun Run Event Details - Thursday July 25th Harmondsworth
Moor
All is set for this year's BA Fun Run in aid of Cancer Research UK - and the
weather looks like holding although there is a chance of a refreshing light
shower to keep the temperature down. There is still chance to pre-enter (but
only to Tuesday lunchtime) or you can enter on the night. More marshals
are also welcome - contact me. And if you are doing neither then come
along anyway for the Carnival!
Entries:
http://regonline.activeeurope.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1212356
Marshals: Roderick
Hoffman
Timetable:
- Set up: From first thing - the course from 13:00
- Park opens: 15:00
- Little Legs race: 16:30
- Fun Run: 17:30
- Entertainments: Amelia Lily, Taryn Charles, Rylan and
more from 18:45.
- Awards: 19:30
- Close: 21:00
parkrun results for Saturday 20th July 2013
| parkrunner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
| Chris |
Kelly |
19:52 |
Reading |
canine assistance? |
| Barry |
Walters |
20:11 |
Reading |
20th parkrun |
| Richard |
Ruffell |
20:45 |
St Albans |
pb and club record at St Albans |
| Ian |
Cunningham |
20:54 |
Bushy Park |
97th run at Bushy |
| Tony |
Hird |
24:23 |
Gunpowder |
30th parkrun |
| Alan |
Friar |
25:42 |
Reading |
98th run at Reading |
| Kerstin |
Luksch |
25:44 |
Gunnersbury |
Leads female points table |
| Alan |
Anderson |
27:32 |
Gunnersbury |
275th parkrun |
| Ian |
White |
27:49 |
Bedfont Lakes |
First run for a year - welcome back! |
| Steve |
Newell |
28:40 |
Burgess Park |
new venue for BA runners (in Southwark) |
First run for a year by Ian White at Bedfont! Richard Ruffell must like
St Albans - he went there on his own and beat Natalie's best time. With
Steve adding Burgess Park BA runners have now completed 65 different parkruns
worldwide. Roderick was marshalling at Wycombe to keep himself fresh for
the Olympics.
Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman
Steve's parkrun stats
Next Club Featured parkrun - Saturday 3rd August Upton Court, Slough 08:40 for 09:00
Results National Lottery Anniversary {of the London 2012 Olympics} Run 21st July
| Place |
Runner |
Team |
Time |
| 1st Male |
Alex Cornwell |
... |
25:40 |
| 1st Lady |
Josephine Stone |
... |
28:14 |
| 19th Lady |
Paula Radcliffe |
... |
32:27 |
| 841st |
Gary Rushmer |
BAAC |
35:30 |
| 1132 |
Gareth Snook |
BAAC |
36:35 |
| 2383 |
Gary C Rushmer |
|
40:01 |
| 4226 |
Joe Nolan |
DatchetD |
44:13 |
| 4535 |
Roderick Hoffman |
BAAC |
44:48 |
| 7369 |
Natalie Lang |
|
50:44 |
| 11123 |
Mark Lang |
|
64:59 |
A wonderful day for a wonderful run. The course wound around the
Olympic Park between and around Olympic venues such as the Velodrome that are
still there and some that are now only holes in the ground. There were two
or three bands playing, or at least drumming, along the way and lots of
encouraging marshals. There were 12,500 runners in all and we were managed into
five waves with starts between 10:00 and 10:30 (fast to slow). Sir Chris
Hoy started each wave - though his motivational speech included the honest "I
don't know anything about running". Since the timing was chip timing from start
line to finish line the time taken to cross the start line didn't matter though
I know that I lost about 90 seconds in the first mile due to congestion on the
narrow course. I made up some time with a very impressive 300 metre sprint
in the Stadium buoyed up by the motivational recordings of historic finish
commentaries and the inevitable "chariots of fire" playing in the previous 500
metres of the course which ran around the underground corridor of the stadium.
My finish was also inspired by my memory of seeing Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah
sprinting up the very same straight.
I saw Joe on the run at one of the double backs (this was just as I decided
to look for him), then after the run I met Gareth by going to the front of his
baggage queue (where I thought he would be). Gareth had seen Gary on the
course and finally as I queued in my baggage queue I happened to spot Natalie
walking by. There could of been other colleagues/former colleagues there
too but those are the ones I knew of - results above.
Roderick Hoffman
Vet's Track&Field
| I'll give it 5!! Yes, Steve Hillier glanced at the events programme at the Vets T&F 4th event
at Battersea Park on Monday 14th July and was off to do 5 events.
Warming up in the High Jump area, cleared the jump and went next door to the
Javelin event. After his rounds of throws , he was off to the Long Jump with a
couple of jumps to get the points. Sprinted over to the MV50 200m where he came
a credible 3rd , holding off a late surge from the 4th sprinter, then off to the
Hammer event. 2 throws rattled the framework but 2 good throws won him the
event.
Steve had won the MV50 Hammer at the 2nd Vets event at Uxbridge so a
fantastic clean sweep in that event. The results of all the events will be here
in a week or so.
This was the last Vets event in the series and a very good one to belong too.
Here's to next year. Thanks you to everyone who came to support us at the 3
events at Battersea and 1 at Uxbridge. I only managed to do 50m in a 100m race
on the 1st event before I fell over but hopefully I will be back to race again
next season.
Regards,
Eddie Giles
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and another view...
| The final league match of the season at sunny Battersea saw BAAC
represented by two officials (Harry and Eddie), one male competitor (Steve
Hillier), one coach (Tom) and one female member of staff (Julie Barclay).
Julie had a storming night, winning her age group at 200m (35.1) and 800m
(2:51.3), out-running all of her scoring opponents in both events as well.
(Tom, sign her up!!)
Steve started badly, but gradually improved. An exhibition of how not to
High Jump (1.00, 3rd) and Javelin Throw (19.95, 5th) was followed by a
moderate Long Jump (3.51, 4th), a battling 200m (33.1, 3rd) and a win in the
Hammer (31.04).
BAAC's men's team came fifth on the night, but Ealing, Southall and
Middlesex had done enough in a previous match to ensure we finished 6th
overall.
This competition is a revelation. It is really friendly, competitive and
enjoyable. Come and join the fun next summer!
Steve Hillier |
2013 ASCA Cross Country Saturday 9th November Madrid
Iberia have assumed the organization of the 2013 ASCA Cross Country
event in Madrid on Nov. 9th.
We are thinking to change the awards dinner for a lunch after the races.
This will allow the participants to have plenty of time to enjoy the
Saturday evening in the downtown or even to go back home in the evening and
save a hotel night. What do you think about this change? Would you check it
with your runners to know their opinion in case the date may suit them?
Best regards,
Paco (Iberia) |
Note that this event clashes with the Men's Surrey League fixture and the
Surrey League is the clubs priority. However anyone who is interested in
joining in this event in Madrid is welcome and it could well appeal to the
Ladies who do not have a Surrey League fixture in November.
Please contact Clara Halket if you are interested. Note that Clara's home
email address needs to be used from now on -
clarapn@aol.com.
Marathon Achievements
|
"Jagjit has well and truly beaten me to the 100 marathons! And 25 done this
year!
I did my 65th at the weekend (14th July) - the Mauritius Marathon where I
clocked a time of 3:31:27. I also came away with an extra 'silver' medal for
being 2nd in the men's veteran 2 category (50-59)"
Piers Keenleyside |
BA Club Kit
Dear Section member,
As you know, we launched the new BA Clubs shop in 2012. We are hoping that
you can help to support this initiative by buying your sports clothing from
the club shop. We would be grateful if you could also encourage new members
to join the club, all this will help with our success. Here are some
details:
Wear your Club logo with pride!
Support your Club with this fantastic range of merchandise and clothing. All
proceeds go back into the club and help with the purchase of sporting
equipment.
Team Wear Tracksuits
Dress like a team, Play like a team, Win like a team! If you are part of a
BA Clubs sports team, through the BA Clubs shop you can order team wear
tracksuits or team hoodies. That’s not all, by ordering 10 team items, we
will give you a 10% discount. For more information please email
baclubshop@baclubs.com
It's easy to order
Simply visit
www.baclubshop.co.uk and you’ll find a range of sports and leisure
clothing for both men and women, as well as a number of other items from the
BA Clubs Merchandise catalogue. Payment will be required when your order is
delivered.
All the goods offered here have been selected by the team at BA Clubs for
quality and value for money.
Altitude Rewards Club
Just as a reminder, anyone can join the Altitude Rewards Club, just click on
the membership link of the website and you'll be taken to the online
enrolment page.
So come on in and see what’s on offer!Lee Evans
lee.evans@baclubs.com |
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