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RANELAGH HARRIERS E-NEWS # 220 6 July 2006
Editor: Steve Rowland
mailto: steverowland@ranelagh-harriers.com
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HEADLINE NEWS
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* Nathan Mills and Mandy Westlake lead Ranelagh at the Harry Hawkes
* Coad Cup 5 miles handicap and AGM on Tuesday 11th July
* Tickets for the 125th Anniversary Dinner on sale next week
SEE HERE
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 11th July starting at 8.30pm in the
clubhouse
Reports and accounts have been distributed by e-mail but some people have
been unable to access the attachments. We think we have identified the
problem, so if you have not successfully received them please let me know
and I will try again.
The meeting follows...
COAD CUP SUMMER HANDICAP 5 miles Tuesday 11th July in Richmond Park. 7.15pm
start.
Our summer 5 miles canter in the Park. All members are invited and
encouraged to attend both!
RANELAGH 125th ANNIVERSARY DINNER Friday 29th September at York House
Marina Quayle writes:
"The tickets for the 125th anniversary dinner will be on sale from next
week. The price per head is £45 and includes a three course dinner followed
by guest speakers. The dress code is black tie and the venue is York House
in Twickenham on Friday 29th September. There are only 100 tickets for sale
and they will be on a first come first served basis". Contact Marina for
more info: mailto:marina_quayle@hotmail.com.
WANTED #1
St Mary's Richmond AC are desperate to find another 5000m runner for this
Saturday's (July 8th) Southern League fixture at the Walton track. If you
are interested, please contact Bob Sly (mailto:bob4news@tiscali.co.uk or
01753 542545).
WANTED #2
We are still looking for someone to look after the beginners / improvers
group on Tuesday evenings. Male or female, no coaching experience needed,
just enthusiasm! Please see Frances Ratchford at the clubhouse..
SUBSCRIPTIONS...
...for 2006-2007 were due in April, so if you haven't paid anything in the
last few weeks you are probably now overdue. If you're not sure, please
e-mail Membership Secretary Chris Owens at mailto:aachrisowens@yahoo.co.uk.
Rates are:
Adult £30, under 20 or Student £6, Family £60, over 60 AND retired £5,
Country (Non-regular runner) £10.
Please send or leave a cheque payable to Ranelagh Harriers, with a note of
your name to:
Membership Secretary
Ranelagh Harriers
135a Petersham Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 7AA
RANELAGH ROAD GRAND PRIX
The Harry Hawkes race on Sunday was the sixth event in our own summer Grand
Prix series. The remaining ones are the Elmbridge 10km (July 23rd), the
Wedding Day 7km (July 28th) and the Belgrave 5km (August 13th). 104 members
already appear on the scoreboard, a full version of which can be seen on our
website together with details of the races. Current leaders are:
Open Trevor Maguire 42, Nathan Mills 36, Paul Doyle 34, Mick Lane 32,
Phil Killingley 24, Tim Woods 24
M40 Trevor Maguire 27, Mick Lane 18, Marcus Gohar 11, Peter Weir 10,
Colin Frew 9, Simon Burrell 7, Roger Wilson 7
M50 Tim Woods 15, Tom Reay 12, Alan Davidson 12, Mike Peace 10, John
Hanscomb 8, Stephen Instone 8, Alan Craig 8
Women Marie Synnott-Wells 17, Mandy Westlake 14, Karen Broadbent 9,
Deborah Blakemore 7, four runners on 6 points
W40 Marie Synnott-Wells 18, Michele Gibson 14, Deborah Blakemore 12,
Anje Lanting 6, Jo Turner 5, Lynne Barber 5
W50 Jane Wyatt 6, Sonia Rowland 6, Beverley Ali 5, Julie Naismith 5,
Corinne Bishop 4, Beverly Walsh 3
SURREY ROAD LEAGUE
The Dysart Dash was the third of the five League fixtures. In the men's
competition the winning team scores 25 points, second 24 and so on. In the
women's it is 22, 21 etc.
The current standings are:
Men
1= Stragglers 73 (25 + 24 + 24)
1= Ranelagh 73 (23 + 25 + 25)
3 South London 66 (24 + 22 + 20)
4 Dorking & MV 65 (21 + 23 + 24)
Women
1 Stragglers 62 (19 + 22 + 21)
2 South London 59 (20 + 21 + 18)
3 Sutton R 58 (22 + 19 + 17)
8 Ranelagh 42 (0 + 20 + 22)
Only the best four scores from the five races count. So our women can
discard the zero scored at Sutton and still be right in contention if we
score well at the remaining two races: the Elmbridge 10km on 23rd July and
the Belgrave 5km on 13th August. The men are already in contention and will
also be able to drop their weakest result.
CLODAGH FAHY...
...writes:
"In September I am leaving to work as a VSO volunteer (voluntary service
overseas) in Malawi for one or possibly two years. I will be working with
schools and related parties trying to improve education standards. I am
trying to raise sponsorship for VSO before I go and I have created a 'just
giving' website - www.justgiving.com/clodaghfahy."
RUNNING THROUGH FRANCE AND SPAIN
Neil Walford writes:
"A few of us in Brighton are trying to organise a two week run next year
through the length of France and Spain, with people joining either for part
or all the run. We are keen to get some more participants - we need about 15
people in total.
We start off in France with the daily mileage a bit higher as we have more
daylight hours and also the terrain is flatter. We have a few mountain
ranges to climb in Spain! I have based it on 8 minute miling as an average
although this may be rather ambitious through Spain. Three runners will go
off in the first vehicle starting at 06.30 and they will run 80 minutes
each. They will be finished at 10.30 and will have the rest of the day free.
The middle leg is 4 runners, starting at 10.30 and finishing at 15.50 and
the last 3 runners start at 15.50 and finish at 20.30. We will mix runners
up each day so that runners run different legs each day and will be running
with different people each day if they so wish. This also means that we all
get a chance to run in the 100 degree heat up a mountain at midday!
The consensus of opinion is that people prefer hotels over camping. France
shouldn't be too much of a problem as we finish in towns where there should
be accommodation. However, in Spain we finish in some remote places so we
may need to camp a few nights.
The proposed dates are to start Saturday 12 May and finish Friday 25 May.
Monday 28 May is a bank holiday which will allow 3 days rest at the end".
If you are interested, contact Neil at mailto:neil.walford@icr.ac.uk.
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WHAT'S COMING...
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More details of the following from
Andy Bickerstaff ( mailto: andy@norris-hobs.co.uk ) or
Phil Aiken (07739 035189 / mailto: phil.aiken@rnid.org.uk ) or
Anna McLaughlin (07971 606521 / mailto: anna.mclaughlin@talk21.com ).
Tuesday 11th July Coad Cup 5 miles summer handicap in Richmond Park
(7.15pm start) followed by AGM at the clubhouse.
Sunday 23rd July Elmbridge 10km at Walton. 10.30am start. Details:
www.elmbridgeroadrunners.co.uk.
Surrey Slog Half Marathon. 10am start at
Peaslake. Details: www.mabac.org.uk.
Friday 28th July Wedding Day 7km. 7.30pm start in Bushy Park.
Details: http://www.sportsystems.net/weddingday/Scripts/default.asp. This is
always a popular event and there will most probably be no entries available
on the day.
Sunday 13th August Belgrave 5km. 10am start in Wimbledon. Details:
www.surreyaaa.org.uk/forms/5k_2006.pdf.
Every Saturday Bushy Park Time Trial. 9am start at the Diana
Fountain car park. See www.bptt.net for details.
WHAT'S HAPPENED...
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HARRY HAWKES 8 miles Sunday 2nd July at Thames Ditton
Anna McLaughlin reports:
"The Ranelagh contingent was not as numerous as in previous years, possible
due to the heat, but that should not take away from the great racing by
those that did brave the scorching sun! My first sighting (and for some my
only sighting) was just after Kingston Bridge at approx 2 miles into the
race... first through from Ranelagh was Nathan, looking strong and leading
the chasing pack (the first three runners having already been strung out and
gone racing ahead)... and then it was a steady stream of the infamous blue
vest of Richmond! Some were looking good and some looked to be suffering
already, but all of them managed either a smile, a wave or both!
My support was mainly based around the middle of the field (where John was
putting in his final race strategy practice before Ironman Germany in a
couple of weeks), so sadly I didn't get a chance to see everyone finish, but
there was a great camaraderie from all the runners which made my
disappointment at not running a little easier!"
Thames Hare and Hounds were out in force as usual for this race which
doubles as their club road running championship. But Nathan Mills put in
another solid run to get up amongst them in 8th place, and with Trevor
Maguire 14th and Peter Weir 22nd we filled third team place. Our leading
woman - 11th overall - was Mandy Westlake.
BUSHY PARK TIME TRIAL 5km Saturday 1st July
It was already hot at 9am but there were PBs from Andy Morris and Phil
Aiken.
1 J Kiptanui (Kenya) 16.39
22 Andy Morris 19.46
26 Darren Wood 19.58
38 Chris Wright 20.45
41 Roger Wilson 20.54
48 Phil Aiken 21.13
59 Adam Wright 21.59
71 Alfie Purdue 22.49
79 Martin Clark 23.20
112 Steve McClune 25.45
115 Gill Wilson 26.32
129 John Hanscomb 27.17
DORNEY DASH 10km Saturday 1st July
It was even hotter by 10am and there is no spot of shade on the Dorney Lake
course. Graham Quick and Pete Warren finished 4th in the over 40 and over 60
categories.
1 P Gregory (V of Ayls) 33.21
14 Graham Quick 37.31
148 Pete Warren 44.07
153 Steve Rowland 44.21
252 Clive Naish 47.44
259 Sonia Rowland 47.51
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km Friday 30th June in Hyde Park
1 R Cousens (London H) 15.23
65 Alan Davidson 20.08
139 Mike Rowland 24.56
164 John Hanscomb 27.22
LONDON RUN 10km Sunday 2nd July
1 P Makau (Kenya) 29.52
143 Kevin Jacques 42.08
KINGFIELD CANTER 2.85 miles Handicap Wednesday 5th July at Woking
1 A Eady (Thames H&H) 25.43 (actual time 24.28)
7 Alan Davidson 26.47 (actual time 18.17)
16 Steve Rowland 27.22 (actual time 17.52)
21 Sonia Rowland 27.31 (actual time 20.46)
FINALLY...
'Athletics Weekly' reports on a survey carried out by Cancer Research UK to
ascertain the UK's favourite song to run to. 'Eye of the Tiger' comes out on
top, followed by 'Don't Stop Me Now'. 'Keep on Running' is down in 5th place
just ahead of the ubiquitous 'Chariots of Fire'.