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BA Athletics Club News Digest 1st July 2019Events:
We meet at 18:00 at the Bedfont Club on most Wednesdays throughout the year including this Wednesday - but numbers will be low so let me know to expect you. New members and potential members of all fitness levels and abilities are welcome at most of our events. The full diary of club featured events is on the club website at: http://www.barunner.org.uk/Event Diary.shtml. Last updated: 4th April. * Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] (parkrun details updated 24th June) / # 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. Sad News - Brian BennettOn Saturday we lost long-term member and friend Brian Bennett. Many joiners over the last ten years may not have had an opportunity to meet Brian though he may well have cheered you on - for instances at the Staines 10k each year. As well as his wonderful personality he will be remembered for his contribution to the club - and as evidence I'll point out the frequency with which Brian's name appears in the club records: http://www.barunner.org.uk/News_Records.shtml . A short long extract:
Now, we don't have a record record for recording records so it may be that some of those records have been broken since, or will be shortly - but Brian would be delighted if he can continue to contribute to the club by getting people to exceed his marks [re records: Paul Brandon]. Please let me know if you would like details of the funeral arrangements. Club Survey - results part two24 survey respondees said that they are likely to attend the AGM (or at least have food provided for them) and 7 said that they may attend. Also 13 said that they would be running the mile beforehand with another 7 possibles (and we can expect others who didn't respond to the survey). Steve Newell is busy investigating a specific venue for a measured mile. Only 9 said they would be going to this year's WARR event...which is interesting since we now have 32 signed up for it. 10 would be interested in more Track&Field, 13 in attending Run-of-the-Months and 16 our Club In-house Events. It would be good to get those numbers at the events we are already operating, though in truth the Run-of-the-Months haven't been well promoted recently. We have a proposed 100k relay at Waterside in September. 19 of the 43 respondees said that they will see if they can be free and 14 expressed more interest than that. Expect us to cover this idea at the AGM and to publicise it thereafter. Who would be interested in helping run the club? 21 responded that you are OK marshalling but unable to help in other ways. 6 said you could help informally and 5 would be interested in a formal role. I hope that only five members of the current committee responded! Next week - your ideas on what the club should do more of (or less of) and how to attract new members. Roderick Hoffman
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| Event | Event Cat. | Club Team Member | Ind. Cat. | Time / Distance | Position |
| 100m | W35A | Julie Barclay | W55 | 16.7 | 5th |
| 100m | W50 | Jacqui Musselwhite | W50 | 15.6 | 1st |
| 100m | M50 | Michael Ball | M55 | 15.7 | 4th |
| 100m | M60 | Steve Hillier | M65 | 18.2 | 6th |
| 400m | W35 | Julie Barclay | W55 | 77.7 | 5th |
| 400m | W50 | Jacqui Musselwhite | W50 | 73.4 | 2nd |
| 400m | M50 | Michael Ball | M55 | 83.1 | 5th |
| 1500m | W35A | Jacqui Musselwhite | W50 | 06:04.4 | 5th |
| 1500m | W50 | Julie Barclay | W55 | 05:50.8 | 2nd |
| 1500m | M50 | Paul Watt | M50 | 05:44.7 | 4th |
| Discus | M60 | Steve Hillier | M65 | 25.12 | 2nd |
The 4th of this season’s 5 Rosenheim league mtgs takes place on Wednesday at
Kingsmeadow in Kingston. It would be great to see some newcomers. I can give a
lift from the airport/Staines/Ashford area. Please contact me if you think you
might come or want more information.
Events this week are:
| 6.45 | Pole Vault | W & M |
| 6.45 | Discus | W |
| 7.00 | 100m Hurdles | W |
| 7.00 | 110m Hurdles | M |
| 7.10 | 800m | W & M |
| 7.15 | Hammer | M |
| 7.20 | 100m | W & M |
| 7.30 | Shot | W |
| 7.40 | 400m | W & M |
| 7.45 | Triple Jump | W & M |
| 7.50 | 1500m | W & M |
| 8.00 | 200m | W & M |
| 8.00 | Shot | M |
| 8.15 | 3000m | W & M |
| 8.35 | 4 x 200m Relay | W & M |
| Member | 29th June 2019 | parkrun ↓ | Pos ↓ | Time ↓ | Grade↓ | PB? ↓ | Comment |
| TRUE | David Duggan | McAllister | 4 | 00:28:07 | 56.55% | Indiana, USA - Event 6, 20 finishers. Park #66, age Cat record. | |
| TRUE | Paul WATT | Brooklands | 50 | 00:23:31 | 64.78% | PB | 31 second improvement on Nov run |
| TRUE | Julie BARCLAY | Brooklands | 27 | 00:21:44 | 83.28% | PB | 32 second improvement on Nov run |
| TRUE | Kay Trinder | Brooklands | 13 | 00:20:22 | 85.52% | F-2, run #126, 6th at Brooklands | |
| #N/A | Paul SINTON-HEWITT | Brooklands | 8 | 00:20:05 | 78.51% | PB | Paul SH is still getting faster! |
| TRUE | Petra OTTO | Manor Field, Whittlesey | 100 | 00:45:29 | 45.95% | ||
| TRUE | Neil FREDIANI | Mura di Lucca | 22 | 00:30:55 | 52.78% | Park #49, "Walls of Lucca parkrun is one turn anticlockwise over the city walls" | |
| TRUE | Steve NEWELL | Hazelwood | 90 | 00:40:27 | 46.85% | run #361, 4th at Hazelwood | |
| TRUE | John COFFEY | Hazelwood | 59 | 00:30:17 | 64.94% | run #334, 54th at Hazelwood | |
| TRUE | Paul TIMMS | Cirencester | 59 | 00:25:58 | 59.69% | ||
| TRUE | Denis Foxley | Harrow | 122 | 00:30:38 | 57.56% | ||
| TRUE | John Scaife | Maidenhead | 101 | 00:26:25 | 63.47% | ||
| TRUE | Sarah GORDON | Daventry | 229 | 00:34:21 | 57.30% | ||
| TRUE | Stephen K TAYLOR | Northala Fields | 132 | 00:28:00 | 55.36% | ||
| TRUE | Roderick HOFFMAN | Osterley | 133 | 00:29:27 | 53.54% | Fourth run at Osterley and over three different courses! | |
| Checking | James Glover | Guildford | 66 | 00:22:59 | 66.28% | PB | 3 second improvement |
| TRUE | Scott DAVISON | Crane Park | 43 | 00:25:05 | 57.87% | ||
| TRUE | Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Gunnersbury | 512 | 00:54:28 | 29.96% | Tail Walker | |
| TRUE | Mike Dennison | Bedfont Lakes | 11 | 00:21:58 | 73.67% | 22 minute pacer and token sorter | |
| TRUE | Bob Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 93 | 00:30:24 | 53.67% | ||
| TRUE | Ian Cockram | Bedfont Lakes | 47 | 00:26:01 | 57.59% | 26 minute pacer and carpark marshal | |
| TRUE | Caroline Cockram | Bedfont Lakes | 80 | 00:29:34 | 56.71% | ||
| TRUE | Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 304 | 00:30:26 | 54.60% | ||
| TRUE | Jain Reid | Richmond Park | 354 | 00:35:59 | 48.40% | run #50, 48th at Richmond | |
| TRUE | Ben Chaytow | Bushy Park | 184 | 00:21:30 | 64.42% | run #384, 308th at Bushy | |
| TRUE | Ian CUNNINGHAM | Bushy Park | 391 | 00:24:08 | 64.23% | run #236, 19th at Bushy, best age grade% | |
| TRUE | Oliver MATHAI | Bushy Park | 501 | 00:25:27 | 65.88% | run #65, 26th at Bushy |
Other volunteers include...
| 29th June 2019 | parkrun | Volunteer role |
| Alastair Heslop | Guildford | Number Checker |
| Maddie Heslop | Guildford | Run Director |
| Maria Jovani | Bedfont Lakes | Run Director |
| Zoe Ostley | Bedfont Lakes | Timekeeper |
| Anne Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | Marshal |
Looking ahead to next week some of our local parkruns have been cancelled because the courses are being used for other activities - Guildford - Model Engineering Society Gala; Maidenhead – Boys and Girls football; Prospect – Berkshire Motor Show; Woking – Party in the Park. Every week now there are several parkruns cancelled across the UK so it is worth checking www.parkrun.org.uk/cancellations which includes a list of ones known about up to three weeks ahead. Last Saturday’s run at Rushmoor was cancelled at short notice when formal permission for an alternative course failed to come through in time. A Geoffrey Boycott moment – stuck on 249 for another week!
The weather in the southeast of England was hot this Saturday and many people were a minute or two slower than usual but there were exceptions. Kay Trinder (20:22) had a good run at Brooklands where Julie Barclay (21:44) and Paul Watt (23:31) both ran half a minute faster than last time out over the same course.
Jain Reid (35:59 at Richmond) finally recorded her 50th run to qualify for her red vest with an unprecedented third run in the month of June. Jain has a parkrun record going back to 2013 and also has a volunteer record of 70 shifts over a wide variety of tasks. {Ed: if you haven't met Jain then look out for her at Hanworth - she is the timekeeper}.
There were two new foreign parkruns logged this week with Neil Frediani (30:55) running around the walls of Mura di Lucca near Pisa and David Duggan (28:07) claiming an age category record at McAllister Park in Lafayette, Indiana. Lafayette proudly boasts launching the first airmail service as early as 1859 when 123 letters were taken downwind by balloon to Crawfordsville, about 30 miles away in 6 or 7 hours. A commemorative centenary airmail stamp (7c) was issued in 1959. The ancient Greeks had highly trained runners to do this kind of thing.
Steve's parkrun stats - club parkrun stats - UPDATED
NEW club parkrun database - {read access to new club parkrun database} - UP TO DATE - Download and explore.
Steve Newell / Roderick Hoffman
Our
volunteer takeover is this coming Saturday. The roster is near enough full but
you are welcome to turn-up to be an extra marshal (but please register for
parkrun, and let me know in advance, since parkrun need to know for their
insurance) OR to hand out cake and chat about the club (memo to self - don't
forget the cake) OR to run the parkrun - there will be quite a few club members
present so it will be an opportunity to meet many of us. If you are a volunteer
please be there at the latest by 08:30 so that Maria (RD) and I (Volunteer
Coordinator) don't need to panic. We will be parking around 07:30 at the carpark
off the Hounslow Road - near the eastern most point of the course. Why so early?
So that we can run round on a course check! Either meet us near that
carpark at 7:30 and join us or just after eight and help us carry or later at
the finish area where we'll be planting our stuff for the event.
Not being one to miss up an extra opportunity David Duggan has run a parkrun TODAY, Monday 1st July, at River Oaks in Toronto, Canada. Whereas in the UK we have an extra parkrun opportunity on December 26th, Canada has their extra parkrun opportunity on Canada Day, which is today, 1st July. David was one of 66 runners who took part and finished 36th in 29:04. However, please note that David has not achieved the club record at River Oaks - Zara Thorn ran there in June of last year in a faster time (though a lower age grade).
The Great River Swim in the tidal Thames at Chiswick has attracted several members in the past. The race has been suspended since 2015 but could be about to be revived.
It is hoped to stage the race in the morning on the August Bank Holiday (Monday 26th August). Distances on offer will be 1km and 1 mile (more or less concurrently - you have to choose one or the other).
Wetsuits optional.
If you might be interested then contact Steve Newell
PS And for those interested in triathlon Steve recommends getting on the circulation list for former member John Levison's "weekly" newsletter:
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