BA Athletics Club News Digest 19th November 2018
Events:
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Wednesday 21st November - Five Mile Handicap # followed by the annual
Club Quiz - at the Bedfont Club at 18:00 and 19:30 respectively.
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Saturday 1st December Club Featured parkrun at Fulham Palace at 09:00 #.
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Sunday 2nd December - Run of the Month the Perivale Five #.
See
perivale_5 but note that this event is already sold-out. It may be
possible to get a late entry as a club favour but you might have to offer
to transport the club clock to or from the event to earn this!
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: First week of October.
* Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps]
(parkrun details updated 2nd week of October) /
# Club Points event.
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On my travels again
I'm travelling again for the next two Mondays so can't guarantee to get
digests out on time or with memory-hungry pictures. But you can help by sending
me prepared copy by the end of Sunday each week.
Roderick Hoffman
BAAC Quiz: THIS Wednesday 21st November 2018, Bedfont Club -
PLEASE RESPOND
It’s time for our annual quiz, to be held this year at our new home, Bedfont & Feltham Football & Social Club, close to Hatton Cross. It
is on the east side of Hatton Road and the entrance to its large car park is
opposite the Duke of Wellington pub. The postcode is TW14 9QT.
The quiz will start at 8pm, following our Five Mile handicap run (see
below). Food
will be provided before or during the quiz. Please contact Steve
beforehand if you have specific dietary requirements.
As usual the quiz will be run by Steve and Linda Hillier, and will be
raising funds for our White Lodge charity. As last year, we will be
recommending a minimum donation of £5 each (remember, you are getting fed!).
The team size will be between four and six – come as a team, or join up with
some others on the night. No-one will be left out.
Steve would appreciate an indication of numbers.
Steve Hillier
{stevehillier@msn.com}
Winter Five-Mile Handicap at the Bedfont
Club - second run 21st November #
This Wednesday we have the November leg of the 5 mile Bedfont and Feltham
five-mile handicap.
We plan to have the club clock ticking in the football club car park in
Hatton Road with the first runners setting off at 6 p.m.
Everyone should be mindful of the cooler temperatures this week and also
wear lighter colours or a Hi-Viz top.
On this occasion runners may wear a watch and be prepared to self time
their run. Ideally runners should set off with the expectation of
finishing a couple of minutes either side of 7 p.m.
Nearest to their predicted time is likely to win a prize of a goblet or
tankard. Winners from the first three months will be given these at
the Club Christmas event on 19th December or at an appropriate opportunity
soon after that date.
Steve Newell
Concorde Five - help and advice needed -
PLEASE RESPOND (just one of you did last time this
was printed)
For most of the life of the club we have organised an annual open
"Concorde" race around the streets of Cranford and Harlington or Heston.
This used to be a 10k race but in more recent years has been over a five
mile distance.
The committee need to decide at the next Committee Meeting on Wednesday
5th December if, and if so how, we would have an event in 2019.
Your views on this are wanted - particularly if you are prepared to step
forward into the Race Director's shoes because I have made it clear that I
do not want to continue in that role next year. Without one or more
volunteers to take on more responsibility it is difficult to see how we can
have an event next year. But this is perhaps a good time to suggest a
different location for this road race, or even a different event altogether
to take the club forward.
Some positives about the current event:
- The course is registered and valid until 2022.
- Use of the Cranford Community College as Race HQ works and is
affordable.
- The Concorde Brass medals may be expensive but they are very popular
with those who run the event.
- We've been supported in recent years by a big and growing team
called "Sikh in the City". They contacted me after last year's
event and said how pleased they are that this event exists so close to
where they are based (Southall) and how they would like to help it grow
next year.
- The previous year, 2017, the event had its recent maximum entry and
111 finishers thanks to being named as "Run-of-the-Month" by the large
"London Frontrunners" team.
Roderick
Hoffman {roderick@rhoff.org.uk}
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Gunnersbury NOW run Wednesday 14th November - Report
The "Non Office Workers" run at Gunnersbury Park was attended by seven
members and supported by quiz-mistress and club chaplain Linda Hiller who
recalled happy childhood memories of the park and the boating pond. The
group ran a lap of the current parkrun course in glorious midday sunshine, and
also explored other paths around the mansions and Princess Amelia's bathhouse
and grotto before retiring to the café to enjoy a light lunch. The newly
time-rich Hilliers and Steve Newell then visited the museum and several floors
of the refurbished large mansion. Steve Newell was on his way out when he
met a class of schoolchildren on their way in. The group included his
seven year old grandson. No doubt his exercise book/diary will have
recorded : "This afternoon we visited the museum at Gunnersbury Park and I saw
grandpa". The stuff of legends.
Steve Newell
London Marathon 2019 applicants
We have a (long) list of applicants for BAAC places for next year's marathon.
I've just chased everyone to confirm continued interest, ahead of our draw for
places which will take place early in December. If you want a place in
next April's run, please contact me before the end of November to confirm you
want a place.
Steve Hillier
The geese are getting fat...
This year's Club Christmas event will be on Wednesday 19th December so please
put this date aside in your diaries. The venue will be the Bedfont Club,
food will be provided (but we don't yet know what) and there will be the
traditional mile event beforehand - though on a new course outside the Bedfont
Club.
More details on a subsequent week.
Club parkrun results for Saturday 17th November 2018
| 17th November | parkrunner |
Time |
parkrun |
Comment |
Age Grade |
| Maria |
Jovani |
21:00 |
Woking |
F-1, run #249, 1st at Woking |
74% |
| Ben |
Chaytow |
21:56 |
Crane Park |
run #211, 182nd at Crane Park |
63% |
| Julie |
Barclay |
22:23 |
Frimley Lodge |
F-3, 29th run at Frimley Lodge |
80% |
| Ian |
Cockram |
22:38 |
Beckenham Place |
1st at Beckenham Place, club record |
66% |
| Bob |
Bannister |
23:18 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #334, 279th at Bedfont Lakes |
70% |
| Chris |
Evans |
23:22 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #218, 211th at Bedfont Lakes |
65% |
| Jacqui |
Musselwhite |
23:31 |
Frimley Lodge |
1st run at Frimley Lodge |
71% |
| Chris |
Kelly |
23:33 |
Mount Edgcumbe |
first parkrun in Cornwall, BApark #453 |
64% |
| Paul |
Watt |
23:38 |
Frimley Lodge |
run #91, 21st Frimley Lodge |
64% |
| James |
Glover |
24:18 |
Guildford |
run #27, best so far in 2018 |
62% |
| Michael |
Ball |
24:32 |
Brooklands |
inaugural, club record |
63% |
| Paul |
Timms |
24:46 |
Cirencester |
run #23, 13th at Cirencester |
62% |
| Steve |
Taylor |
24:56 |
Northala Fields |
run #104, 69th at Northala Fields |
62% |
| Caroline |
Cockram |
25:33 |
Beckenham Place |
1st at Beckenham Place, club record (F) |
65% |
| Piers |
Keenleyside |
25:40 |
Osterley Park |
first run round the new course at Osterley |
63% |
| Neil |
Frediani |
26:16 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #208, 136th at Bedfont Lakes |
62% |
| Leslie |
Chamberlin |
26:40 |
Bushy Park |
run #181, 54th at Bushy |
72% |
| David |
Duggan |
26:45 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #278,190th at Bedfont Lakes |
59% |
| John |
Coffey |
26:58 |
Bushy Park |
run #305, 236th at Bushy Park |
72% |
| Trish |
McCabe |
27:04 |
Bedfont Lakes |
run #259, 158th at Bedfont Lakes |
57% |
| Eddie |
Giles |
27:59 |
Rutland Water |
1st run at Rutland Water |
63% |
| Roderick |
Hoffman |
29:23 |
Mernda VIC |
park #251, BApark #452 |
54% |
| Denis |
Foxley |
29:35 |
Harrow |
run #116, 98th at Harrow |
59% |
| Benita |
Scaife |
31:45 |
Maidenhead |
run #135, 69th at Maidenhead |
63% |
| John |
Scaife |
31:46 |
Maidenhead |
run #152, 69th at Maidenhead |
52% |
| Monica |
Alonso |
31:58 |
Bushy Park |
run #81, 5th at Bushy Park |
53% |
| Sarah |
Gordon |
32:45 |
Leicester Victoria |
run #210, 24th at Leicester Victoria |
59% |
| Petra |
Otto |
32:54 |
Manor Field Whittlesey |
run #66, 3rd at Whittlesey |
64% |
| Janet |
Smith |
34:40 |
Black Park |
run #93, 42nd at Black Park |
51% |
| Steve |
Newell |
35:33 |
Finsbury Park |
2nd run at Finsbury Park |
52% |
| Alan |
Anderson |
37:38 |
Osterley Park |
run #533, 8th at Osterley |
61% |
| Joan |
Foxley |
40:41 |
Harrow |
run #120, 102nd at Harrow |
55% |
| Alice |
Banks |
42:23 |
Higginson Marlow |
tail walker and token sorter |
46% |
| Kevin |
Holland |
42:35 |
Woking |
run #100 |
41% |
| Paul |
Davis |
44:13 |
Hazelwood |
running with daughter (JW10) |
30% |
| Charlotte |
Habgood |
48:10 |
Mernda VIC |
run #34, 1st at Mernda |
46% |
| Zoe |
Ostley |
volunteer |
Bedfont Lakes |
run director |
| Alastair |
Heslop |
volunteer |
Guildford |
timekeeper |
Our quickest runner this week was Maria Jovan (21:00, 74%) on her first ever
visit to Woking parkrun. Kay Trinder retains the female club female record
there with 20:49. Also at Woking, Kevin Holland (42:35) spun out the minutes as
he celebrated his 100th parkrun finish.
Other age grade scores over 70% were
achieved by Julie Barclay (22:23) and Jacqui Musselwhite (23:31) at Frimley
Lodge, Bob Bannister (23:18) at Bedfont Lakes and John Coffey (26:58) who
returned to Bushy Park after spending spring, summer and autumn at Hazelwood and
never quite went under 27 minutes. His 27:08 at Hazelwood set on 23rd June
is proving to be an enduring age category record.
Ian Cockram (22:38) and
Caroline Cockram (25:33) went to Beckenham Place in SE London for the first time
and set new club records. The two lap course is very flat and mostly on
grass.
Chris Kelly (23:33) ran a parkrun in Cornwall for the first time and made
a pioneering visit on behalf of the club to Mount Edgcumbe. One way to get
there is on the 8-minute Cremyll ferry across the River Tamar from Plymouth.
It has been judged to be the fourth hilliest parkrun course in UK.
Roderick Hoffman (29:23) and his sister Charlotte Habgood paid a groundbreaking
visit to Mernda in northern Melbourne. Michael Ball (24:32) was first out
of the blocks for us at the inaugural run at Brooklands where the course is
partly on the runway used by freshly manufactured then VC10’s in the 1960’s.
The location may prove popular with several of our members. That trio take the
club total up to 454 different parkruns.
Steve Newell
Updated parkrun stats -
club parkrun stats
Mount Edgcumbe parkrun
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Plymouth this weekend visiting youngest daughter for wife's birthday,
and snuck out first thing to catch the Cremyll Ferry across to Cornwall
for the not to be underestimated Mount Edgcumbe parkrun (clue in the
name). Met some real first timers at the briefing - I hope I didn't put
them off with over enthusiasm, especially as it was contrasted so
swiftly by the awesome climb up the Mount. After a tough couple of
uphill miles, we were rewarded with a good view of the Tamar and
Devonport (if a bit misty) from the top near the church, then it was
mainly back down again, before a cheeky upturn to the finish in front of
the house.
Something of a baptism of fire for the first timers, as Edgcumbe is
in fact the fourth hilliest parkrun in the UK {top 4 pictured - from:
parkrun Elevation Rankings UK}, but they seemed chipper enough. I
can only say that my legs are still unusually sore, for after a parkrun.
But with the ferry ride, and the usual friendly parkrun folks, it's
one I would recommend, for the experience.
Cheers
Chris Kelly
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For the potential interest of individuals...
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The Guildford parkrun team are helping to start a parkrun at
Hatchlands Park National Trust. Would you like to be part of this?
You’d be making history, and getting a new event going so that loads
more people can enjoy parkrun. We're going to need an Equipment Manager,
a Volunteer Coordinator and a few Run Directors. You don’t need any
particular experience, just an understanding of parkrun values and a
willingness to get stuck in. There is an Event Director in post and our
local parkrun Ambassador is helping too. We all started out as beginner
organisers and there will be plenty of support to prepare you for a role
in this new team.
If you live East of Guildford – Horsley, Effingham, Bookham,
Leatherhead, Cobham, Dorking etc. - this will be a convenient new
parkrun for you. Please share this message with your running friends and
local running clubs and raise awareness. There will be runners out there
who would love to get involved.
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact me via
guildfordoffice@parkrun.com
. I look forward to hearing from you and getting another local parkrun
going.
Linda Cairns Founder Guildford parkrun and Guildford
junior parkrun
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Teddington Street-O Result - "Should of gone to spec savers"
Last Tuesday had Christine Munden, Simon Turton and myself running around the
streets around Teddington. This included visiting one control in Bushy
Park which was a water fountain away from the road. Why do I point that out?
Well, you try finding a small concrete water fountain under trees in a pitch
black field. Better spectacles wouldn't have helped us there - though the
use of head torches did. However better eyesight would have helped both
Simon and I particularly reading the names of house alarm manufacturers off from
the alarms themselves high up on house walls - again in the pitch black. And as
for Christine…well (and forgive me for telling the world this) the cat she
spotted and tried to get to fuss over turned out to be an urban fox. It was
puzzled, but ignored her approach before disappearing into the night.
The winner on the night managed to score 480 points from the 820 available.
Of the three of us Simon did the best with 370 points (15th place), I scored 268
points (including my 2 time penalties for being five seconds late…mainly because
I forgot that the timing device I needed to use to stop the clock hadn't been
put safely into my pocket but was still attached to my finger) (55th place) and
Christine 170 points (73rd place from 82 participants).
In the series table I am currently leading Simon (157 points to Simon's 134
with Christine on 101). This is due to me having competed at all three of
the series events so far but over the series only the best five scores count so
Simon can be expected to catch me up.
The fourth race of the
2018-19 season of
evening street orienteering races around London will be held in West Hampstead,
north-west London on Tuesday 11th December. A great opportunity to visit a new
part of London you might not have been to!
Roderick Hoffman
Running shorts...
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Quick correction - the date for the next Surrey League Cross-Country matches
(men and women) is Saturday 12th January.
- Dear Ed. First jog since 1914-1918 Battlefield Tour: =37.14. Having been
in the trenches as it were the conditions of mud, etc. for me were
incidental. However, very pleasing! Andy Rayner.
Want to see someone else's performances here? Send them in...
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