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BA Athletics Club News Digest 16th October 2023
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy - for the 2023 title. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] [parkrun run by club members updated 4th October 2023] 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. Monthly Mile (please submit your October Mile performance by the end of the month):Run one mile and send me your time or add the details to the prompt in Facebook. The mile can be somebody else's formal event or even one mile within a longer run. I'll then produce a fancy graph showing your time this month compared to those of other people and previous runs over the last year: [no need to submit if your best mile is one of the Arethusa miles, I'll check the tables].
Weekly Athletic Achievement (by Sunday evening) or use the Facebook group prompt:
Events UpdateA couple of new events posted in the last week: The Nepal Run (10km) at Northala Fields on the 5th November. Santosh wanted it promoted at Stockley Country parkrun, so he ran there from Northala (6 to 8km), promoted the event, ran the parkrun and was first finisher, then ran back to Northala Fields to join his friends in the parkrun cafe. It must be something in the Nepalese curries, or a consequence of altitude. Event Info - Nepal Run. Winners get free entry into the Annapurna Marathon 2024 in Nepal. And talking of altitude - this one is at sea level. KLM Road Runners Club Championship on 16th December (10k run or 6k run or 4k walk, optional Dutch parkrun beforehand). All BAAC members are welcome at this, and the run/walk is free, let me know if you enter so that I can coordinate arrangements > Roderick Hoffman.
Further ahead, the 2024 Green Belt Relay has also been added for the 18th and 19th May. For this we need a team of 11 runners plus logistics supports and back-ups to run a 220 mile relay around the green bits outside London. We are usually one or two runners short so perhaps this is your opportunity to step up to the starting line to run two legs over the two days and have a great time. For details contact > Chris Kelly. Your favourite event not listed in the diary? Provided it doesn't clash with a club event (such as the Cross Countries) put it in there, or let me know the details. Next WeekThe Winter Wednesday Handicap returns to Bedfont on 25th October. The format involves running 5 miles (2 laps) from the Bedfont FC car park aiming to finish at 7 p.m. Please email > Steve Newell on snewell.1944@hotmail.com if you are planning to come along. The scoring system rewards modest improvement over the winter the most generously. Steve Newell [and please note the new email address for future use for Steve - he is no longer using the blueyonder address. Surrey League Cross Country Match 1 Epsom Downs ResultsLadies (Division 3) #
Thank you to Emma and Monica for turning out and running consistently, and well done to Emma for achieving 2nd in age group in Division 3, and 10th overall. With 5 to score per team, only having 3 runners was disappointing and it would be good to see a bigger turnout for the rest of the season. We are currently in 21st place out of 26 teams [Ed: But that does mean that we are ahead of five other teams!]. The next match is on 11th November at 2.30pm in Oxted.
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| Pos | Points | Num | Name | Age group | Club | Time |
| 1 | 1 | 29:02:00 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 547 | Adam Moquet | V35 | BAW BAW | 30:51:00 |
| 14 | 14 | 548 | Paul Knechtl | V50 | BAW BAW | 32:04:00 |
| 16 | 16 | 546 | Adrian Haines (2C) | V55 | BAW BAW | 32:18:00 |
| 65 | 60 | 550 | Mark Taylor | V60 | BAW BAW | 38:18:00 |
| 75 | 67 | 556 | Tom Smith | SEN | BAW BAW | 39:04:00 |
| 87 | 76 | 554 | Colin Haylock | V50 | BAW BAW | 40:07:00 |
| 90 | 78 | 553 | Ben Kelly | SEN | BAW BAW | 40:33:00 |
| 96 | 83 | 552 | Chris Kelly | V55 | BAW BAW | 40:50:00 |
| 142 | 106 | 557 | Denis Foxley | V70 | BAW BAW | 52:07:00 |
| 149 | 108 | 551 | Graham Taylor | V60 | BAW BAW | 56:36:00 |
| 150 | 109 | 64:20:00 |
Team result (10 to score) - 5th of 14
The cross-countries, the recent WARR event and two Club Featured parkruns means that there has been a flurry of activity in the club points table. Congratulations to Amanda Coombs, Mark Taylor and both John and Benita Scaife who have achieved the ten point position, so there are now 13 of us. It remains tight at the top with me now edging Steve Hillier and with Steve Newell a few points behind. At the moment I expect there to be another ten points scoring events this calendar year, but more may be added if someone proposed a Club Featured parkrun or a November Run-of-the-Month.
The ten are three 5-Mile Handicaps, 2 Surrey League matches (one ladies, one men), the Milocarian Cross-country event, the Perivale Five, the KLM Beach Run, our Xmas Mile event and the Round Heathrow Run between Christmas and New Year.
Please see how many of these you can participate in. Although this is dressed up as a bit of fun it is important to the club that we have groups at featured events. This may encourage others to enquire and join the club, and also provides a confidence boost to the other club participants and the club's officials.
Roderick Hoffman
The club held its Annual General Meeting in July. We reviewed another successful year, and we saw a significant change to our committee for 2023/4. Please take a moment to read these minutes, with apologies for their late publication.
http://www.barunner.org.uk/attachments/BAAC AGM2023 minutes.docx
Steve Hillier
10 members' achievements were communicated to me.
| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | When | Duration | Comments |
| Emma Moreton | Race | 6km | Surrey League Cross Country | Sat | 00:28:57 | First XC of the season at Epsom. 3rd in age group (V40). Thanks to the supporters, and Amanda for organising |
| Jasvir Singh Modaher | Race | Half-M | Luton | |||
| Janet Smith | Race | 10miles | Great South Race | Sun | 01:59:00 | Finishing the Great South Run was a big achievement especially as I did it in just under 2hrs♀️ |
| Julie Barclay | Race | 10miles | Great South Race | Sun | 01:20:06 | We are both very pleased with our performances at a very busy and competitive event… |
| Paul Watt | Race | 10miles | Great South Race | Sun | 01:08:25 | This was a focus race for us and we both achieved our targets after a tough training program and a strict diet! |
| Michael Ball | Sprints | x3 | Back in training. Tue 6x30 mtrs 20 sec between runs then 5 min rest repeat 3 times. Thurs 30 sec fast 30 sec slow for 15 min then 10 min break and repeat. Sun 4k run. | |||
| Neil Frediani | Race | 14km | Ullswater, Lake District | 01:48:00 | Up and down, on ankle breaking terrain. 1:48 and just in the top half of the field. Furthest run since February! Had to catch a boat to the start. | |
| Piers Keenleyside | Race | 10miles | Cabbage Patch 10 | Sun | 01:20:34 | A bit faster than of late and managed 1:20:34 - my best 10 mile result since running the Harlow 10 in 2017 (1:18:07). As usual finishers got a long sleeved technical t-shirt and a medal (now in wood). |
| Roderick Hoffman | Running | 17.01km | To, around and home from Stockley Country Park | Thur | 02:04:20 | To, around and home from Stockley Country parkrun course as a pre-weekend check prior to Saturday's RD role (photo). I'm not claiming to have been first finisher since I only did one lap. |
| Stephen Taylor | Running | 11miles | To, round and from Northala Fields parkrun | Sat am | A parkrun sandwich, 3 miles + Northalla fields in 27:41 + 5 miles home again. |
32 activities are recorded below for Saturday. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Run# | Pos | Time | Age Grade | Comment / TUE Comment |
| Benita SCAIFE | Basingstoke | 750 | 271 | 0:33:11 | 64.94% | first run at Basingstoke, park #108 |
| John SCAIFE | Basingstoke | 750 | 272 | 0:33:13 | 52.48% | first run at Basingstoke, park #116 |
| David John BIRD | Bedfont Lakes | 662 | 12 | 0:22:41 | 70.10% | 101st run at Bedfont Lakes |
| Scott DAVISON | Bedfont Lakes | 662 | 40 | 0:27:27 | 54.58% | 283rd run at Bedfont Lakes |
| Bob BANNISTER | Bedfont Lakes | 662 | Marshal at Bedfont Lakes | |||
| Anne Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 662 | Marshal at Bedfont Lakes | |||
| Joe NOLAN | Black Park | 681 | 301 | 0:32:28 | 53.13% | run #438, 391st at Black Park |
| Paul WATT | Burgess | 487 | 48 | 0:20:05 | 78.51% | BA fastest male (from Richard R), park #164 |
| Julie BARCLAY | Burgess | 487 | 139 | 0:23:13 | 82.41% | BA fastest lady (from Caroline C) and best age grade, park #167 |
| Ian Haylock | Bushy Park | 952 | 53 | 0:19:49 | 75.61% | best age grade for four years |
| Diana Smith | Bushy Park | 952 | 1289 | 0:53:01 | 44.92% | 43rd parkrun. Has still never finished with place number lower than event number. |
| Maria JOVANI | Church Mead | 79 | 7 | 0:23:25 | 69.18% | F1. 1st run at Church Mead. Park #70. BA fastest lady (from Julie B, but also faster than Paul W) and best age grade (from Paul W) |
| Harjit Jhooti | Colchester Castle | 478 | 226 | 0:32:42 | 54.64% | BA fastest lady (from Janet S) |
| Ben CHAYTOW | Crane Park | 527 | 38 | 0:24:55 | 57.79% | run #350, 290th at Crane Park |
| Alastair HESLOP | Cranleigh | 322 | Marshal at Cranleigh | |||
| Denis FOXLEY | Harrow | 369 | Run Director at Harrow | |||
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 369 | Barcode Scanning at Harrow | |||
| Fiona Bishop | Harrow Lodge | 472 | 47 | 0:26:31 | 76.43% | BA fastest lady (from Julie) and best age grade (from Richard R). |
| Keith Johnson | Houghton Hall | 230 | 46 | 0:23:45 | 63.65% | run #121, 62nd at Houghton Hall |
| Christopher T KELLY | Isabel Trail | 158 | 33 | 0:23:16 | 67.77% | first run at Isabel Trail (Stafford), park #81 |
| Piers KEENLEYSIDE | Jersey Farm | 179 | 133 | 0:28:50 | 58.73% | first run at Jersey Farm, park #69, already had a "J" |
| Melanie Miller | Linford Wood | 313 | 221 | 0:40:19 | 44.89% | first run at Linford Wood (Milton Keynes), park #138 ( John Wright funnel manager) |
| Jacqueline MUSSELWHITE | Littlehampton Prom | 161 | 113 | 0:26:54 | 66.42% | first run at Littlehampton Prom, run #145, park #20 |
| Stephen K TAYLOR | Northala Fields | 415 | 124 | 0:27:41 | 57.92% | 106th run at Northala Fields |
| Mike DENNISON | Old Deer Park | 602 | 5 | 0:20:46 | 80.74% | tenth run at Old Deer Park, P-Index is 8 |
| Trish MCCABE | Osterley | 445 | 77 | 0:26:22 | 60.81% | one second quicker than last week |
| Alan ANDERSON | Osterley | 445 | 307 | 0:45:25 | 60.00% | run #679, 127th at Osterley |
| Steve NEWELL | Richmond Park | 777 | 575 | 0:46:37 | 44.05% | Richmond parkrun anniversary, "777" run. |
| David DUGGAN | Stockley Country | 39 | 51 | 0:35:18 | 46.65% | Despite the timekeeper being AWOL when David crossed the line. |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Stockley Country | 38 | Run Director at Stockley Country | |||
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | University Parks | 87 | 181 | 0:25:15 | 64.09% | first run at University Parks (Oxford), park #66 |
| Janet Smith | Winchester | 456 | 366 | 0:35:42 | 52.85% | first run at Winchester, park #66 |
This week saw the first round of the Surrey League Cross Country matches at Epsom Downs (reported elsewhere) and some members chose to avoid their usual Saturday morning parkrun ritual or put in a volunteer shift. parkrun numbers are down but only by a small fraction.
Steve Newell (46:37) attended the 16th anniversary run at Richmond parkrun (3 years younger than Bushy), 14 years to the week since his first parkrun in 2009. Bill Byrne (24:55) and Claire Byrne (29:37) were spotted at a very crowded start on a beautiful fresh sunny morning.
Paul Watt (20:05) and Julie Barclay (23:13) were at Burgess Park (Camberwell) which has a mostly flat course and set new club records. They are closing in on the “Londone” completion now with just half a dozen parkruns to visit – including the totally flat Hackney Marshes which many find fast. Dave Dixon once did it in 17:10.
Maria Jovani (23:25) was first lady across the line at Church Mead (Amersham) which is seriously hilly!
Not a single new parkrun to report this week – the first time for a while.
The fascination with the Fibonacci sequence may be faltering, following its removal from the 5k app challenges list. Yesterday Maidenhead parkrun was hosting event #377 but the attendance was actually lower than in recent weeks.
Former member Richard Ruffell, who still holds a few club parkrun records, has joined the Cowell Club. His 100th park was Bicester (23:57) on 7th October and he followed that up with a 5th place at Bury Field this week in 22:31. He has joined Shires Tri-ers. Natalie Scott (nee Ruffell) also runs occasionally (for Clapham Chasers), her most recent parkrun was at Hartlepool (F3, 20:42) in June. [also see below]
Former member David Tyas, who rarely misses a week, has recently passed the 700 parkrun landmark - most of them at Bushy Park (PB 18:45). He is part of a select group of fewer than 20 parkrunners who have logged 700 finishes but there are over 100 more now over the 600 mark with many of them running at least(!) once a week so we can expect steady growth in the coming months. Alan Anderson is our senior member on 679 with Chris Kelly a further 100 runs behind on 579. The 500 club is still quite select but is likely to reach 1000 members sometime in 2024.
Steve Newell
Club members have run at 774 different parkruns and at 426 of those we have had runs from at least one man and one lady. Of these there are 56 cases where the ladies' time is faster than the men's time. Many of these are around the Sydney area (should try harder John?) but there are also a number of cases where, for instance, I've run and one of the faster women in the club has also run and easily beaten my time. But there are other cases where the competition has been much tougher. Maria's time at Church Mead on Saturday is the fastest by any club member, beating Paul Watt's men's record by 1 second. There have been 17 runs at Church Mead by 14 different club runners so I'm flagging that as an achievement. Others of note are:
In both of the Daughter / Father cases quoted above, the best times were set on different dates - so no politeness involved.
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
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A cold crisp start to the first match of the season at Epsom Downs, hosted by
26.2RRC / Epsom & Ewell Harriers. The 2-lap course totalling 6K around the
racecourse, consisted of a long uphill into the woods and a nice downhill finish
to each lap. The sun came out making for perfect running weather, then shortly
after we had finished the rain came down!
Men (Div 4)