BA Athletics Club News Digest 4th March 2019
Events:
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Thursday 7th March Dream Mile Bath Road from 12:45
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Sunday 17th March BA Cross Country Championships Cranford Park 10:30 (full
details next week) #*
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Wednesday 20th March NOW run at Brooklands near Weybridge from 12:00
(details next week) *
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.
Chairman's Editorial
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It was great to see around 35 members at the awards evening last
Wednesday. That number at our new venue proves that we have
arrived - having started 2018 at the Cranford Community College with
showers set up for kids and, critically, no bar.
I didn't like nagging, but when we have an evening event and we commit to feed everyone who attends, we do need a show of hands so that we order enough food without the risk
of having too much left over. Last week we got it just about right
- but only because around thirty of you did respond to my last minute
nag! I joked to one respondee that getting a response proved that
I was being listened to (or that you were still alive). Then again,
sadly, a large number of you still didn't respond!
The next internally organised events on the calendar include the BA
Cross Country Championships on 17th March and then the Speedbird Ladies
race on 8th May. There will also be a Watersplash 5k event though
we are yet to firm up on the course and date to be used.
Roderick Hoffman Chairman / Communications
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February Five-Mile Handicap results
After a day of record breaking (for February) temperatures in the
locality a good field of runners enjoyed excellent conditions for the
fifth leg of the winter five-mile handicap series.
Paul Knechtl (31:12) was running the course for the first time and
bettered the record previously held by Gary Rushmer. The
ever-present and consistent Maarten Stenham (36:49) was closest to
target on the night and scored maximum points. A steady run on the
final night (27th March) will ensure he gets his hands on the trophy but
there will be prizes for the runners up and third place in the final
table. The points table after five events will be included in the
digest ahead of the final run on 27th March. Only the best four
scores from a possible maximum of six runs will be counted so there is
still a lot to run for.
Times for run 5
- Paul Knechtl (31:12),
- Gary Rushmer (36:27),
- Maarten Stenham (36:49),
- Simon Turton (37:11),
- Julie Barclay (42:29),
- Jacqui Musselwhite (42:29),
- Neil Frediani (46:00),
- Roderick Hoffman (49:10),
- Piers Keenleyside (50:26),
- Steve Hillier (51:47).
Although Maarten was closest to the target he had already had a
monthly prize so this month's prize went to the next nearest which was
Steve Hillier.
Harry Wild, Christine Munden and Alan Anderson also completed a
shorter walking course walking.
Steve Newell {Steve-newell@blueyonder.co.uk}
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Ladies Surrey League
Match 4 2nd February Lloyd Park Results
 Christine Munden and I made it to the last match of season. The
course consisted of 2 laps over varying and hilly terrain. It was your
typical XC conditions with plenty of mud in parts.
Division 2 - results:
| 155 |
1010 |
Trish McCabe |
V40 |
BAW |
50:01 |
| 191 |
1021 |
Christine Munden |
V45 |
BAW |
56:03 |
Overall, after 4 matches the BA ladies team scored 4610 and finished
in 44th place out of 45 teams taking part. This means there will be
plenty of room for improvement next season. See all you ladies then.
Trish McCabe
Ed: Whilst our individual ladies did their best to
attend and compete it has proved difficult this year to field a
consistent team. For that reason, we are considering entering into
the transfer market to reinforce the existing team members. Stay tuned!
The British Airways Athletics Club Annual Awards
for 2018 (part 1)
The Chairman's Award: For many years now Simon Turton has been acting
as an interface with the London Marathon Group.
 That has gone so
smoothly it is easy to ignore the work Simon puts in. For instance, this
year Simon has lined up 140 marshals for our London Marathon marshalling
points before some marathon participants have done their first long run!
Why is the interface with the London Marathon Group so important to
the club? Well, in return they make a significant contribution to club
funds. Secondly, they provide the club with additional guaranteed
entries in the London Marathon (Gold Dust!). Thirdly, it enables us to
watch London’s key events from the front row – and guilt free since we
know we are contributing to the running of the event. Truly a
Win/Win/Win – thanks to Simon, this year’s Chairman’s Trophy recipient.
The Alamo Trophy: This is presented each year to the team member with
the most notable achievement at WARR, not necessarily involving running.
This year the achievement did involve running though not at the WARR
races themselves, but in the Clover Point parkrun that a group of us
attended immediately after. Without going into details of whys and
wherefores suffice to say that Piers Keenleyside was an embarrassment to
his waiting colleagues because he had doubled back on himself and
eventually finished AFTER the tail walker!
 Round the Block Trophy: This trophy can be captured by devising, marshalling and taking part in BA events throughout the year. In 2018,
there were 49 points scoring events and more
 than 250 individuals picked
up points with fifteen individuals scoring in ten or more events.
This year it came down to a competition between two club stalwarts.
While they both make it clear that they would be keen to see others in
the club winning this award, their hard work must be recognised. The
runner-up with 40 points from 21 events is Roderick Hoffman but the
winner of the Round-the-Block trophy, with 51 points from 24 events is
Steve Newell.
The Club parkrun Trophy: Awarded this year to David
Duggan. You may think that there are just 52 weeks in the year to
complete a parkrun, and that you can either run or volunteer.
David knows better. He clocked up 54 runs in 2018, including New
Year’s Day and Christmas extras. And it’s not all about his running.
He is also a serial volunteer, logging 104 parkrun volunteer activities
over the same twelve months! And that included several run reports
covering various parkruns around the world.
More next week.
Roderick Hoffman / Steve Hillier , with photos by
Paul Brandon
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Club parkrun results for Saturday 2nd March 2019
| 2nd March | Runner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
| Chris |
Evans |
23:12 |
Bedfont Lakes #499 |
run #230, 223rd at Bedfont |
65% |
| Ian |
Cockram |
25:33 |
Bedfont Lakes #499 |
run #470, 283rd at Bedfont |
58% |
| David |
Duggan |
29:41 |
Bedfont Lakes #499 |
run #297, 196th at Bedfont |
54% |
| Joe |
Nolan |
30:51 |
Black Park #509 |
run #319, 289th at Black Park |
53% |
| Sarah |
Gordon |
32:10 |
Braunstone #435 |
run #223, 71st at Braunstone |
61% |
| Ian |
Cunningham |
24:12 |
Bushy Park #778 |
400th finisher, 300th run at Bushy |
64% |
| Barry |
Walters |
23:44 |
California #2 |
1st run at California, park #33, BA park#475 |
69% |
| John |
Scaife |
25:59 |
Canons Park #128 |
run #164, 1st at Canons Park |
65% |
| Maria |
Jovani |
23:02 |
Crane Park #360 |
run #263, 60th at Crane Park |
68% |
| Scott |
Davison |
23:12 |
Crane Park #360 |
run #292, 33rd at Crane Park |
62% |
| Piers |
Keenleyside |
30:00 |
Gunnersbury #376 |
run #224, 149th at Gunnersbury |
54% |
| Joan |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow #199 |
barcode scanner |
| Denis |
Foxley |
volunteer |
Harrow #199 |
token sorting |
| Maarten |
Stenham |
21:05 |
Hazelwood #51 |
M-4, run #159, 20th at Hazelwood |
65% |
| Lesley |
Chamberlin |
28:29 |
Hazelwood #51 |
run #186, 12th at Hazelwood |
67% |
| John |
Coffey |
29:05 |
Hazelwood #51 |
run #319, 40th at Hazelwood |
68% |
| Neil |
Frediani |
36:58 |
Hazelwood #51 |
run #219. 2nd at Hazelwood |
44% |
| Paul |
Watt |
26:14 |
Hazelwood #51 |
run #99, 2nd at Hazelwood |
58% |
| Alice |
Banks |
26:53 |
Higginson #27 |
run #135, 7th at Higginson, course pb |
73% |
| Steve |
Newell |
36:22 |
Higginson #27 |
run #347, 2nd at Higginson Marlow |
51% |
| John |
Banks |
44:04 |
Higginson #27 |
run #7, parkrun pb + volunteer coordinator |
39% |
| Ben |
Chaytow |
25:12 |
Homewood #126 |
1st run at Homewood, park #16 |
55% |
| Trish |
McCabe |
30:17 |
Lloyd Park #450 |
1st run at Lloyd Park, park #35 |
51% |
| Steve |
Taylor |
27:51 |
Northala Fields #247 |
run #111, 74th at Northala Fields |
55% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
41:39 |
Osterley Park #282 |
run #543, 13th at Osterley |
55% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
25:25 |
Reading #473 |
run #423, 329th at Reading |
59% |
| Alan |
Friar |
32:19 |
Reading #473 |
run #271,173rd at Reading |
58% |
| Jain |
Reid |
29:08 |
Richmond #603 |
run #43, 41st at Richmond |
60% |
| Tony |
Barnwell |
41:29 |
Rickmansworth #105 |
run #183, 20th at Rickmansworth |
46% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
29:34 |
Roma Pineto #49 |
run #338, 1st at Roma Pineto, park #264 |
54% |
| Eddie |
Giles |
27:09 |
Salisbury #198 |
run #112, 34th at Salisbury |
65% |
| Janet |
Baglin (Rowley) |
35:53 |
Woking #226 |
run #1 |
52% |
| Tom |
Rowley |
volunteer |
Woking #226 |
marshal |
| Kevin |
Holland |
volunteer |
Woking #226 |
marshal |
The final ladies’ XC fixture at Croydon was a distraction for some but Trish
McCabe decided to get there early and try out the mud and the hills and got
round Lloyd Park in 30:17. Other members also visited a course for the
first time including Barry Walters (23:44) adding our name to the embryo list of
clubs at California (Finchampstead) which started last week, Ben Chaytow (25:12)
at Homewood, John Scaife (25:59) at Canons Park (Stanmore) and Roderick
Hoffman (29:34) at Roma Pineto. Roderick may have travelled the furthest
but Maria Jovani still holds the club record there with 23:12. There were
XXIX runners and XI volunteers.
Ian Cunningham (24:12) ran at Bushy Park for the 300th time and reached the
finish line in 400th place. There were still another 1000 behind him.
Paul Watt (26:14) was one of five members to run at Hazelwood which will be
celebrating a first anniversary any week now. Paul is now on 99 runs and
will complete his century next time out. John Coffey (29:05), our original
parkrunner was running there for the 41st time. Janet Smith has a four
digit barcode and completed her first run at Bushy way back in 2006 (almost a
year before Alan Anderson got started). She is also on 99 runs and has set
the date for her 100th as 16th March. Her chosen venue is Black Park {Ed:
Oh no it isn't....Janet now says "The Dashers have a club champs at
Maidenhead parkrun on the 16th so I will run my 100th there"}. She
is baking a big cake for the occasion and hopes lots of runners will join her.
Six new parkruns started in UK this week and there are now more than 600.
Seaford Beach will use the flat concrete promenade by the Sussex coast and the
turnaround point will be Splash Point. It might be worth checking the tide-tables before planning a visit. Post parkrun coffee at the sailing club.
This Saturday Bedfont Lakes will stage run #500 and Harrow will reach #200.
Let them eat cake.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun Stats -
club parkrun stats
Tom's Diary
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My daughter arrived on Thurs. from Chicago and she wanted to run the
Woking parkrun. She normally runs a mile 2/3 times a week and not that
many during their snow and yesterday was her first 5k since WARR so was
very pleased to run 35.53. I marshalled as did Kevin Holland - he
looked really well and hoping to try a run ASAP after his operations and
illnesses that really knocked the stuffing out of him. Today he did look
nice and fit and very cheerful.
Obviously I could not attend Lloyds Park with an 11:00 am start.
As well as the BA Team of Trish and Christine - Kay Trinder, Julie
Barclay and Jacqui Musselwhite ran for Woking. Kay was 21st in
35:25, Julie 70th in 40:57 and Jacqui 103rd in 43:31 (209 ran).
Tom Rowley
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Late Results - the Hillingdon Half from 1987
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 In
a moment of nostalgia, and that a friend ran in the Hillingdon Half last
weekend, I dug out some old results and then wondered who was still
around at BAAC. In skimming through the club website {http://www.barunner.org.uk/News_Records.shtml}
and looking to see if Barry still had all the club records I noticed
that the ladies half marathon time looked different from what I
remembered. I still have the Hillingdon Gazette and results for the 1987
Half Marathon and in there it shows Betty Green in a club vest running
in 50th place at 1.19.19, I remember it because she was just in front of
me {Ed: I'll ask Paul Brandon to check this}. It was
also the year that Team Taylor won the actual club event...
The BA Team in those results was, discounting Team Taylor with ringer
Barry running for them: In the top 100 places - Colin Bloomfield
1.13.34; Bob Brown 1.16.50; Bill Byrne 1.17.28; Bob Garner 1.17.36;
Betty Green 1.19.19; Denis Foxley 1.19.34; Mark Sims 1.19.50; Malcolm
Mowle 1.21.28; Chris Hardie 1.22.40. I can also see Malcolm Field in the
start picture but not in the results, he might have been running on Bob
Brown's number? that was the sort of time Malcolm would have done.
Below is another picture from the paper for those still around.
Should at least make Graham feel old...
Glad to see the club is still going, if anyone who remembers me is
down Bath way or doing one of our local Parkruns fell free to let me
know. Southwick Park (Trowbridge) is my local, indeed our club (Avon
Valley Runners) provide the support for it. I am now very slow,
but still dabble in Sprint Triathlons. Sad to see that Brian passed
away, a great chap.
regards,
Mark Sims
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Running shorts...
- Apologies for not being at the awards but some updates - on Sunday 24th
Feb. I did the Hillingdon 10k, (alongside the Hillingdon Half) in just over
42 mins, this was based at my old University Brunel, so got to see how much
it has changed. Natalie Ruffell was doing the Wokingham half, and was
back in 1hr 26mins. Next up for me is the Berkhamsted half this Sunday.
Richard Ruffell
- Berkhamsted Results - Richard Ruffell 1:38:06, Piers Keenleyside
2:06:15.
- Street-O visits Brentford on Tuesday 12th March. Details
http://slow.org.uk/category/streeto/
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- The club had three runners in the monthly Hammersmith Handicap run last
Tuesday lunchtime - Steve Newell, Christine Munden and Roderick Hoffman.
Results lag by one month, so in January Roderick ran in 29:43 and Steve in
38:16. Expect to see February's results after the next run on 26th March.
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