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BA Athletics Club News Digest 21st March 2022
Events marked "#" are points scoring for the club's participation trophy - for the 2022 title. Club Event Map: [Clickable link to Google Maps] For future weeks: inclusions, with photos, please to Roderick Hoffman at news@barunner.org.uk. This Week's EventsPlease 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 late Sunday) or use the Facebook group prompt:
Concorde PromotionThis is an A5 size leaflet for the Concorde One Hour Race (2 copies on an A4 sheet) - please consider how you could use this to promote the event: pdf attachment Awards Evening Reminder - This Wednesday [tell us to expect you ASAP]This year's awards have crept up on us but are now this Wednesday. The plan for the evening is:
Tell Steve Hillier to expect you, and any food preferences: > Steve Hillier (msn)
Roderick Hoffman
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BAAC Tom Rowley Cross Country 20th March Report #
The sun shone down on the runners and marshals in Cranford Park on Sunday morning. One day’s heavy rain in the previous week had left two or three muddy sections of the course, but it was mostly soft, dry going. The previous month’s storm had left a small tree across the course in the wooded area, adding to the challenge. Nearly thirty runners set out to enjoy the conditions, and celebrate Tom Rowley’s contribution to all our lives. Tom had coached, or ran with, just about everyone present at some stage in the last forty years. A strong field of lady runners tackled two laps, about three miles in distance. BA’s Maria Jovani led them home, chased home by Ramona Thevent from Stragglers RC and Charlotte Watson from Woking AC. Maria then decided to continue her race for a third lap with the men, and would probably have finished in the top six overall, if she hadn’t had to divert through the ladies' finish. Connor Trerise of Woking AC led the men home, and a battle for second place was decided with Stragglers’ Richard Baggott just heading BA’s Paul Knechtl. First junior home was Jakob Stenham, who completed his three laps in an impressive time. We were joined in the park by the London Borough of Hillingdon. Their man, Paul, entertained us with tales of the history of the park and Cranford House….it seems likely that the park will one day see redevelopments to provide a café, toilets and museum. www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/7909/Cranford-Park-project Thank you to all the runners who took part, and special thanks to the marshals, timekeepers and supporters for their efforts. Steve Hillier Thanks to volunteers including Roderick Hoffman, Paul Brandon, Helen Smith, Steve Newell, Laura Stenham, Francesca Stenham, Clara Halket, Peter Collins and Anne Coffey. Start photo by Paul Brandon. |
| Number | Runner | Club | Male Finish | Female Finish | Notes |
| 28 | Maria Jovani | British Airways AC | 00:23:09 | 3 Laps in 35:54 / First BA Lady | |
| 24 | Ramona Thevenet | Stragglers RC | 00:24:56 | ||
| 5 | Charlotte Watson | Woking AC | 00:25:51 | ||
| 11 | Jacqui Musselwhite | British Airways AC | 00:26:38 | ||
| 22 | Alice Banks | British Airways AC | 00:28:14 | ||
| 8 | Fiona Bishop | British Airways AC | 00:29:47 | ||
| 3 | Amanda Coombs | British Airways AC | 00:30:04 | ||
| 27 | Jo Wells | British Airways AC | 00:33:38 | First run with us for many years | |
| 4 | Benita Scaife | British Airways AC | 00:34:37 | ||
| 23 | Nita Bhanot | 00:48:28 | Time estimated. 3 laps in 1:12:41 | ||
| 7 | Connor Trerise | Woking AC | 00:28:24 | ||
| 25 | Richard Baggott | Stragglers RC | 00:30:12 | ||
| 30 | Paul Knechtl | British Airways AC | 00:30:27 | First BA man | |
| 2 | Adrian Brookes | Woking AC | 00:30:40 | ||
| 16 | John Taylor | British Airways AC | 00:33:48 | ||
| 26 | Zachary Watson | 00:34:21 | |||
| 19 | Mark Taylor | British Airways AC | 00:34:39 | ||
| 21 | Mike Waine | Windle Valley AC | 00:34:44 | ||
| 6 | Colin Haylock | British Airways AC | 00:36:06 | ||
| 10 | Ian Cunningham | British Airways AC | 00:36:31 | ||
| 17 | Maarten Stenham | British Airways AC | 00:37:19 | ||
| 12 | Jakob Stenham | British Airways AC | 00:40:27 | ||
| 29 | Denis Foxley | British Airways AC | 00:46:21 | ||
| 9 | Graham Taylor | British Airways AC | 00:47:15 | ||
| 15 | John Scaife | British Airways AC | 00:49:54 | ||
| 18 | Malcolm Vaughan | Woking AC | 01:12:41 | ||
| 14 | John Coffey | British Airways AC | dnf | Two laps in about 0:52:28 |
I picked up on 16 club members and friends reporting recent activity achievements - but I could have included more from yesterday's cross-country.
| Colleague | Activity | Distance | Course | When | Duration | Comments |
| Andy Rayner | Running | 4miles | XC | Sat | 00:56:59 | Plus two 2.2mile cycles on Mon and Thurs in 18:05 & 17:50. |
| Barry Walters | Running | 11km | Swinley Forest | Sun am | 01:16:39 | Ran over at Swinley Forest on an undulating route and reached halfway in around 37 minutes. Slowed slightly as I began to tire on the return journey. Conditions were cool and sunny. |
| Ben Cooper | Running | Mile | BAMC | Thur lunch | 00:06:55 | Twice attempted a timed mile from BAMC this week. This was the faster mile (6:55 vs 7:08) but ironically slower over the full distance (4.37km) |
| Benita Scaife | Running | 6km | Dinton Pastures Country Park | Mon | 00:43:58 | Our activity on Monday was 2 laps of Black Swan Lake at Dinton Pastures Country Park nr. Wokingham… |
| John Scaife | Running | 6km | Dinton Pastures Country Park | Mon | 00:43:58 | ...Simpler and a bit longer (if you start from the car park) than the parkrun route. Followed by coffee and lemon drizzle cake at the cafe. |
| Jain Reid | parkrun | 5km | Richmond Park | Sat am | 00:30:36 | Richmond Park parkrun for me in the glorious ☀️ |
| Jasvir Singh Modaher | Race | Marathon | Limassol, Cyprus | Sun | 05:32:20 | Noted on Facebook. Photo from Ricky Aggarwal. |
| Julie Barclay | Race | 10km | Eastleigh | Sun | 00:51:21 | The Eastleigh 10k was a well organised event but ran with sore knee! |
| Keith Johnson | Running | 10miles | Villages round Markyate in Hertfordshire | Sun am | 01:25:00 | Longest reported distance for over a year |
| Maria Jovani | parkrun | 5km | Bushy | Sat am | 00:22:52 | On pacing duties yesterday pacing 23 minutes. Pacing is my favourite volunteer role at parkrun. It’s so rewarding to get runners feedback at the finish. Yesterday I had a few happy “customers”. |
| Michael Ball | Race | 100m | Woking Track | Sun | 100 mtres at Woking | |
| Mike Dennison | Race | Half-M | Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon | Sun am | 01:40:41 | Due to a cold most of the week and with no running until parkrun I had low expectations. The conditions were excellent and I was happy with the time and to be first in my age group! |
| Paul Watt | Race | 10km | Eastleigh | Sun | 00:40:30 | 10k PB |
| Petra Otto | parkrun | 5km | Manor Field, Whittlesey | Sat am | More of the same ie gym, plus tailwalker at the Manor Field Parkrun. And I entered the Virtual London Marathon again, in order to give me a long-term goal. | |
| Roderick Hoffman | parkrun | 5km | Southall | Sat am | 00:29:59 | My parkrun target is always to beat 30 minutes. Very pleased to achieve that this week despite still recovering from C19. Succeeded not due to a final sprint, more that I didn't quite slow enough to fail. |
| Steve Hillier | Mixed Walk/Run | 4.5miles | Cranford Park | Sun am | 04:30:00 | Plus weights work getting equipment out of and back into cars! |
(some photos from last week and some from the cross country).
Roderick Hoffman
35 activities are recorded this week. Please get in touch if your activity is missing.
| Club parkrunner | parkrun | Run# | Pos | Time | Age Grade | PB? | Comment |
| Barry WALTERS | Homewood | 215 | 47 | 0:29:41 | 57.05% | cfp, first finisher | |
| Ian CUNNINGHAM | Homewood | 215 | 57 | 0:31:42 | 50.16% | cfp | |
| Janet CUNNINGHAM | Homewood | 215 | 68 | 0:34:56 | 54.77% | [non-member] With Kiki. I wonder what she'll be like on a short handheld lead? | |
| Benita SCAIFE | Homewood | 215 | 81 | 0:39:35 | 52.80% | first run at Homewood, park #76 | |
| John SCAIFE | Homewood | 215 | 82 | 0:39:35 | 43.58% | first run at Homewood, park #85 | |
| Steve NEWELL | Homewood | 215 | 92 | 0:49:19 | 39.88% | first time round the Ottershaw course at "Homewood" | |
| Maarten STENHAM | Bedfont Lakes | 585 | 24 | 0:23:50 | 59.02% | ||
| Anne Bannister | Bedfont Lakes | 585 | 66 | 0:30:05 | 68.42% | Also her run at Osterley on 5th March may have been missed | |
| Sarah GORDON | Braunstone | 522 | 214 | 0:32:26 | 63.46% | ||
| Michael Dennison | Bushy Park | 868 | 81 | 0:20:20 | 81.72% | Run #444, 286th at Bushy / "Celebrating my 11th anniversary of starting parkrun - and indeed running at all" | |
| Ian Haylock | Bushy Park | 868 | 99 | 0:20:58 | 70.91% | Run #300, 321st at Bushy | |
| Maria JOVANI | Bushy Park | 868 | 222 | 0:22:52 | 70.12% | Run #343, 16th at Bushy / 23minute pacer | |
| Diana Smith | Bushy Park | 868 | 1112 | 0:56:49 | 40.51% | Tail walker at Bushy Park. 11th clocked finish | |
| Ben CHAYTOW | Crane Park | 447 | 16 | 0:23:25 | 60.57% | 243rd run at Crane Park | |
| Alastair HESLOP | Guildford | 422 | Timekeeper at Guildford (248th volunteer occasion) | ||||
| David DUGGAN | Hanworth | 78 | 39 | 0:31:56 | 51.10% | run #395, 15th at Hanworth | |
| Joan FOXLEY | Harrow | 288 | 146 | 0:36:58 | 63.35% | 179th run at Harrow | |
| Denis FOXLEY | Harrow | 288 | Finish Token Support at Harrow | ||||
| Alice BANKS | Higginson, Marlow | 97 | 53 | 0:27:49 | 74.00% | Higginson hundred due in 3 weeks | |
| Petra OTTO | Manor Field, Whittlesey | 116 | 59 | 0:52:36 | 41.63% | Tail walker at Manor Field | |
| Trish MCCABE | Osterley | 367 | 109 | 0:28:39 | 55.44% | ||
| Jeremy SHORT | Osterley | 367 | 231 | 0:36:53 | 43.47% | That time looks like a run rather than a walk! | |
| Neil FREDIANI | Prudhoe Riverside | 202 | 114 | 0:50:19 | 33.32% | Keeping in company with the tail walker | |
| Murray Hogge | Reading | 544 | 22 | 0:22:41 | 71.34% | run #311, 291st at Reading | |
| Jain REID | Richmond Park | 693 | 264 | 0:31:04 | 58.26% | 6th run at Richmond Park this year | |
| Eddie GILES | Salisbury | 284 | 135 | 0:28:08 | 65.23% | run #149, 67th at Salisbury - 5secs quicker than last month | |
| Roderick HOFFMAN | Southall | 11 | 54 | 0:29:59 | 53.97% | Recovering from C19. Target sub 30 mins. | |
| Paul TIMMS | St Mary’s, Bridport (Dorset) | 72 | 20 | 0:23:20 | 67.57% | New BA parkrun - #634 | |
| Paul WATT | The Great Field, Dorchester | 20 | 9 | 0:20:27 | 76.45% | New BA parkrun - #633, park #75 | |
| Julie BARCLAY | The Great Field, Dorchester | 20 | 40 | 0:24:26 | 76.13% | run #229, park #79 | |
| Christopher T KELLY | University Parks, Oxford | 6 | 209 | 0:26:39 | 58.16% | New BA parkrun - #635, park #61, Wilson Index 6 | |
| Harjit Jhooti | University Parks, Oxford | 6 | 317 | 0:30:40 | 57.50% | park #40 | |
| Melanie Miller | University Parks, Oxford | 6 | 393 | 0:37:39 | 46.83% | park #60 | |
| Adam MOQUET | Wimbledon Common | 730 | 3 | 0:19:09 | 68.84% | Recently rejoined. Fastest BA male (from Gary Rushmer) | |
| Alan FRIAR | Woodley | 421 | 190 | 0:31:45 | 61.94% | four weeks in a row at Woodley, all 61% + |
Adam Moquet has enjoyed a successful season with our cross country team in the Surrey League and ran this week at Wimbledon Common parkrun for the fourth time this year. He was third across the line in 19:09. He was also 3rd on 29th January when he set his pb of 18:28. The club record was previously held by Gary Rushmer with 20:07 on New Year’s Eve 2016. Adam’s favourite parkrun has been Fulham Palace but runs there have been suspended for a few months* while the tarmac paths are refurbished.
*until the end of April, at least.
The club featured parkrun at Homewood (Ottershaw) attracted five members plus Janet Cunningham who was towed round by her dog. It was a lovely sunny spring morning to tackle the challenging three lap undulating woodland trail course which featured prolific tree roots almost throughout. Barry Walters (29:41) coped the best. The next club featured parkrun will be at Guildford on 9th April where it is anticipated that Alastair Heslop will be volunteering for the 250th time and actually go round the course for the 6th time as tailwalker.
Three more parkrun courses, two of them in Dorset, were added to the club collection this week. Paul Watt (20:27) and Julie Barclay (24:26) were at The Great Field (Dorchester), Paul Timms (24:20) was at St Mary’s, Bridport and Chris Kelly (26:39), Harjit Jhooti (30:40) and Melanie Miller (37:39) were at University Parks, Oxford which started last month. This one of several now in or near Oxford, probably nearest the centre and only about a mile from the Iffley Road track where Roger Bannister ran the first four minute mile in 1954. {Ed: There are still no shortage of parkruns to be run by the club - including a new one in Dorset at Durlston Country Park parkrun, next to Swanage which started on Saturday. I was staying in that area last July and covered 90% of the parkrun course on one of my walks. I won't be in a hurry to run it since running up and down the cliffs will be brutal}.
Steve Newell
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group of six (including Janet Cunningham who took the photo) participated in the
club featured parkrun on 19th March.
The course had been the subject of some modification from its previous norm but the excellent course marking and marshalling ensured that there were no navigation issues for the field of 97 runners and walkers. It’s a 3 lap undulating trail run through woodland and conditions were close to ideal in the spring sunshine, with just a few patches of soft mud which were easily circumvented.
Barry led the team home, 2 seconds ahead of Paul Killick who was running his 721st parkrun.
Sadly there is no cafe or coffee van, so the group dispersed after the team photo (there may also be a shot of us in the run report as a member of the volunteer team realised we were a BA group and took a group photo at the start {Ed: There is, and they lead their "News" with it, but Janet was also missing from that photo!}).
I would guess that if a random selection of Homewood parkrunners were asked what was their abiding memory of the course, the most popular answer would be “tree roots”.
John Scaife
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Roderick Hoffman
It was inevitable that last week's early digest would catch people out and Paul and Julie were caught. But since I was sending out the digest whilst in the midst of having caught what turned out to be Covid-19, last week's digest was somewhat of a miracle. But this is what Paul had to say about their latest football club run...
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We let the Monday morning rush hour pass and set off to Sutton. We parked the car in a street opposite West Sutton station which is adjacent to the ground and travelled into London. As you would expect, very busy streets, but the weather was kind. We crossed the Thames to follow quite a direct route along the A3 from Vauxhall and then the A24. So direct at one point that we actually passed nine Northern Line stations between Stockwell and South Wimbledon - they proved to be handy navigation aids. This, our longest football run, was 12 miles and took 2 hours making the collective totals of the thirteen grounds being 89.5 miles in 14hours 34minutes. The second part of the challenge is to add Wembley Stadium to the list by FA Cup final day. Not sure when this will be done but if we were to run on the day of Sutton’s cup final {Sunday 3rd April}, it certainly would tie everything together and round it all off nicely. Paul Watt and Julie Barclay |
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NOW Syon Park Report
Last
Monday was the day that Julie and I completed the first part of our
football challenge. We ran from Trafalgar Square to Sutton United’s VBS
Community Stadium to complete the set of thirteen London clubs that are
in the top four divisions of the Football League and are within a London
Borough. Leyton Orient (last week) and Sutton United were not chosen
last because of their low league position of the thirteen clubs but
purely because Sutton is the furthest away from Trafalgar Square and we
wanted to get used to running through busy streets before attempting the
longest distance. You may also say that thirteen has to be unlucky for
somebody, but no; we are at home tired but unscathed and Sutton reached
the Papa John Trophy final by beating Wigan Athletic last week to book a
place at Wembley. They are also in the playoff positions of division two
and currently, bad luck is not with them.