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BA Athletics Club News Digest 11th September 2023
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy - for the 2023 title. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk.
Results for Next WeekPlease help me by sending in your results, for instance by filling in the tables below and forwarding to News@barunner.org.uk. Some events will have "Prompts" set up in Facebook. These allow the posting of a single image and some text and make it easy to flip through everyone's entries. Weekly Athletic Achievement (by Sunday evening) or use the Facebook group prompt:
Surrey Cross-Country Leagues #The new season is almost upon us! Our ladies and men’s teams will be running at the same location again, men in Division 4 and ladies in the newly formed Division 3. Details of the first fixture have been announced:
Cross-country is a team effort and we would encourage all runners to take part. Each fixture is between 6 and 8km, is free to take part in for members, and is a great opportunity to meet up with club mates and possibly enjoy some fabulous cake afterwards! Fixtures for the remainder of the season:
Please contact us to join the dedicated WhatsApp groups to keep up-to-date on all things cross-country, even if you are only a “maybe…”. Amanda Coombs and Paul Knecthl Equinox 5km Results #This year we held the earliest (5th September) and hottest (29 deg C) ever Equinox 5km in club history at Bedfont Lakes Country Park. Chris Kelly (23:14) was fastest overall over the two lap course with Julie Barclay (26:00) judging the pace perfectly and finishing on the nail at 7pm. A dozen very visible arrows round the course ensured nobody got lost. Thanks to Roderick Hoffman and Alan Anderson for the course build and to Alan Anderson (again), Chris Kelly and Paul Watt for clearing up all the signs. Alan had been on a 30 mile bike ride earlier in the day [hence he declined the race option]! The sudden onset of twilight and the threat of the Bedfont Road carpark gates being locked at 7.30pm added urgency to the clear-up but all was accomplished with minutes to spare and we regrouped at the Bedfont FC in Hatton Road (BA Clubs HQ) for a delicious selection of sandwiches and other tasty morsels with the staff anxious for us to try "air fried" sausages (the new toy in the kitchen!)
Results
Thanks:Course Build: Steve Newell, Roderick Hoffman, Alan Anderson Course clear up: Paul Watt, Chris Kelly, Alan Anderson Timekeeper: Steve Newell Clubhouse Refreshments: Steve Hillier
The next club in-house event planned at Bedfont is the first leg of the winter 5 mile handicap on Wednesday 25th October. The prize for the 2022/23 competition was belatedly presented to Paul Watt. Steve Newell # Club Participation ThanksAs we enter autumn it's time to take a first look at this year's club participation points table. Each year anyone accumulating ten points on the table gets a credit in the digest and the person top of the table at the end of the calendar year gets awarded the Tom Rowley Participation Trophy. Points are scored for participation at club events which are listed in the calendar and publicity with a "#". Each finisher at each event scores one point, someone helping on the day and not running scores two points and organisers of in-house events score four points. There have been 33 events so far this year including Club In-house events (such as last week's Equinox 5k and the 5 Mile Handicap events), Run-of-the Month external events (such as July's club mile at the Arethusa Mile), the marshalling events we support (such as last month's Big Half), the Track & Field matches and the Cross-Country matches. There are probably around 15 events yet to come this year. A total of 648 points have been awarded to 201 individuals (including non-members). Many of those are due to our London Marathon Marshalling but 66 people have been awarded points in two or more events. Nine club members have already reached the ten point total so a huge thank you to:
The top three has a familiar look to it with Steve Hillier currently leading the way with 28 points from 18 events, then the current holder of the award, Roderick Hoffman, with 25 points from 15 events and Steve Newell with 22 from 11. But it wouldn't be impossible for any of the next three, Chris Kelly, Stephen Taylor or Graham Taylor to break into the top three by the end of the year. Roderick Hoffman London Marathon Places 2024We’ve already received several applications from prospective runners who have been unlucky in the main ballot. Do you want to add your name to the list? BAAC will receive a small number of guaranteed entries, as a thank you for our annual marshalling efforts. We may also receive one entry by virtue of our membership of England Athletics. As our number of EA affiliated athletes has just dropped below 40, we will have to enter a ballot with other similar sized clubs to see whether we can win that extra place. Your committee will look at the entries when the number of places is
confirmed in the autumn. We will consider a number of factors, including
confirmation of your main ballot rejection, your marshalling record, your number
of previous entries and your club participation record. Thanks, Recent Activity Achievements12 members' achievements were communicated to me.
Not many reports this week - perhaps there wasn't much running because of the heat. Piers mentions the Richmond Marathon. It would appear that the organisers made the decision that Piers' assessment was right and downgraded all of the marathon runners to the half marathon distance. No pictures due to the lack of a picture-editor. parkrun Results for Saturday 9th September32 activities are recorded below. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
parkrun Review 9th September 2023A short report this week because Steve is on a boat and I'm out of the normal office. One PB on one of the hottest parkrun Saturdays ever, well done Paul. At Stockley Country I reported 13 PBs by the 46 repeat runners but we are still a relatively new parkrun (and the course does have quite a bit of shade). But the water I provided at the end was fully consumed! Three new parkruns added bringing the club total up to 760. Finally, another addition to my home parkruns table:
Full club parkrun database - {read access to club parkrun database} - Download or save a copy, and explore at your leisure. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] Roderick Hoffman Next Digest - Results, news, pictures, feedback, jokes, stories - send them to the editor, Roderick Hoffman, at news@barunner.org.uk. Not for you, no longer interested? remove me please. Difficulty viewing this? Read it from the website:- http://www.barunner.org.uk/News Latest.shtml. Club website: www.barunner.org.uk.
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