BA Athletics Club News Digest 23rd August 2021
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This Week's Events
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These allow the posting of a single image and some text and make it easy to flip
through everyone's entries.
Track-on-Field (by 5pm on Saturday 4th September, to be reported on in the
following digest):
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Weekly Athletic Achievement (by midnight on Sunday) or use the Facebook
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NOW This Wednesday - Stockley Park
Stockley Park - trying out a new 5k route, being planned for a series of 5k
runs. I also have a 3km walk route in mind.
Meet at, or soon after, 12:00 in the carpark in front of the Travelodge Hotel
to run round from about 12:20. Postcode UB11 1FL.
Parking is free for up to three hours for users of the hotel or cafes so
ensure you have a drink after the run. There is a choice of Costa, Greggs and
Subway outlets or we may choose to go to the hotel bar. Both Costa and the Hotel
have toilets.
Let me know to wait for you at the meeting place - a short distance from the
start for the run.
Roderick
Hoffman
40th Anniversary Event
A quick reminder that we will be celebrating the club's 40 year history at
the Bedfont Club on 22nd September. Thanks to the generosity of a club member we
will be funding both food the drinks that evening. All current and former club
members are welcome as are friends of the club. Please let us know to expect
you. Unlike for our previous 35 year celebration we are not sending out search
teams to find historic members but please pass the message on to those you know
through email or word of mouth.
The evening will have an Equinox 5k event at Bedfont Lakes from 18:00 and the
celebration itself will be from 19:30 at the club.
Roderick
Hoffman
Only One Tom Rowley
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Whilst a sad occasion, it was good to meet up today with many club
members, too many to list, at Tom's funeral. Thank you to everyone who
made the effort to be there, and those who were there in spirit as well.
Roderick Hoffman obo the whole club
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London Marathon Events 2021 and 2022
FINAL CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: London Marathon; 03 Oct 2021
I’ve had a good response for helpers but am a little down on numbers due in
part to people catching on activities they weren’t able to do during lockdown
and some taking the opportunity to run the marathon virtually. If you are able
to help please contact me ASAP as the organisers want to finalise by WED. 25
AUG. Please email
SimonT@barunner.org.uk. Thank you for your continued support.
Regards,
Simon Turton
2022 TCS London Marathon
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Hi,
I hope you are keeping well and life is returning to something approaching
normal. We are deep into planning for the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon on
Sunday 3 October.
As a vital member of our workforce for the event, we wanted to share the
proposed date for next year's TCS London Marathon. Pending final sign-off from
local authority stakeholders, the date for 2022 will be Sunday 2 October. We
hope to return to our traditional April date in 2023.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Corinna
Workforce Coordinator
London Marathon Events
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The Big Half is back!
 After
a gap of eighteen months for COVID, this East London half marathon returned with
a bang on Sunday. More than 10,000 runners took part. The race forms
part of the London Marathon portfolio, and includes a relay and a mile.
Sadly, a recovery from a bout of COVID slowed (but didn’t stop) Harjit Jhooti
in the relay event. She visited our crossing, proudly wearing her medal.
Injury has curtailed Jain Reid’s training, so she kindly switched to join our
marshalling team at the Cutty Sark crossing point. Under the expert
leadership of Eddie Ketterick, nearly thirty BAAC members, friends and new
volunteers kept the races flowing and the pavements free from log jams.
The weather was mostly kind to the athletes and marshals, with just the odd
shower and reasonable temperatures. It was certainly warmer than the first
time we marshalled this race, during the thaw of the “Beast from the East”.
It’s a great event, and I’d encourage you to either enter, or join our
marshalling team for the next running in 2022.
Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help.
Steve Hillier
...and Melanie for the photograph.
 Club Awards
for 2020 (continued)
The Awards for performances across 2020 were presented on the awards evening. All those presented on the night are
listed here: baRUNNER
News Trophies page. Here are some more details on four of the awards given
out on the night:
Alamo Trophy 2019
The Alamo trophy is presented each year to the team member with the most
notable achievement at WARR, not necessarily involving running. There wasn’t
a 2020 WARR, but as 2019’s winners weren’t able to collect their trophy last
time, their story bears repetition.
Our winners had caught a train from their Amsterdam hotel to the WARR
celebration. However, on leaving the station they were attracted to a
venue they could see across the way, which had large crowds outside and a
queue to get inside. By this time other WARR airline members, looking for
the WARR event, had followed them to this venue too.
It seems that most BA runners had chosen to head elsewhere. It was
only when they were apprehended by the bouncers, that our heroes realised
that everything wasn’t quite as it seemed. They failed to get into the
rave, at 4 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon, so instead chose to find their way
to the WARR event.
The winners of the Alamo trophy are Clara Halket
and Trish McCabe.
Men’s Cross Country Challenge Trophy
This trophy is presented to the man who had most success last year with
our cross-country team. The calculation of this award winner takes
account of age, appearances and placings during the winter season 2019/20.
Neil Frediani and Gary Rushmer worked hard to encourage good
participation. As a result, competition for this award was fierce,
with 23 runners competing in at least one race. As well as the four Surrey
League events, the men competed in the extremely hilly Sandhurst event, and
the somewhat flatter Cranford Park race.
Everyone put in a big effort in tough conditions, with Simon Turton and
Michael Ball turning out five of the events. The team sometimes ran in
a complete deluge. Paul Knechtl consistently led us home in Surrey League
matches.
The winner of the trophy was first BA runner on the treacherous Sandhurst
course, he was never out of the top four BA runners, and just pipped PK to
the title.
Our top male cross country runner is ………………Mike
Dennison.
Ladies Cross Country Challenge Trophy
We had fifteen lady runners during the 2019/20 season, and the six events
saw three different lady winners. This represented a bigger team than
the previous winter, and our results in the league reflected this
enthusiasm.
There were good cameos by Jacqui Musselwhite and Emma Moreton, each
taking a win in the tough conditions. However, three sisters led the
way, and they have even introduced the next generation of lady runners to
our club.
Our trophy winner led the ladies through the mud at Priory Park, Mitcham,
Wimbledon and Cranford.
This year, the winner of the Ladies Cross country trophy is ….Julie
Barclay.
BA Cross Country Championship 2020
Each year we present a trophy to the winners of our annual cross country
in Cranford Park. As we haven’t been together for such a long time, we
haven’t been able to celebrate the 2020 winners until today.
On a mild February morning, a couple of weeks before the world was turned
upside down by COVID, a determined field of ladies and men set off to lap
Cranford Park. Our lady winner completed her two laps, but didn’t hang
around to bask in the glory. She set off to chase the leading men
around a third lap, finishing overall fourth on the day. She just
failed to pip Paul Watt and Simon Turton for second.
Meanwhile, our men’s leader cruised to victory.
The trophy is shared by the first lady and man BA finishers, who were….
2020: Julie Barclay &
Gary Rushmer
Note that the 2021 trophy will be presented at
the next awards evening, for 2021.
Thanks to Steve Hillier for the words and Paul Brandon for taking the photographs.
My job, remembering to smile, should have been the easier one.
Roderick Hoffman
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Rosenheim League Track & Field – Kingston, August 18th
 The third Rosenheim League match of the season took place at Kingston last
week. The events have become “open” meetings this year, which takes away
the inter-club competition, but encourages people to try different events and
perhaps surprise themselves! Our BA squad of five competed
enthusiastically, establishing three new club records,
while enjoying a good social evening.
Michael, Paul and Julie sprinted well on the firm Kingston track.
Michael’s son, Kenny, sprinting for Woking AC, achieved the best graded
men's performance in any event during the evening, running 11.8 in the 100m and 23.8
in the 200m. The 100m was rated as 83% compared to the world record.
Unusually, the organisers decided to include a mile rather than a 1500m race.
Undaunted by the additional 109metres, Julie and Paul established new age group
club records for the mile. Julie’s run was highlighted by the timekeepers
as one of the best age graded performances in any event on the night, at 85%.
The field events were popular, with a large number of men and ladies tackling
hammer and discus. Janet competed in a particularly strong ladies hammer
competition, finishing first Lady Vet.
In gathering gloom, Janet and Steve managed to conceal their best Javelin
efforts.
We have one meeting left this summer. Please take this last opportunity
to have a go at a track or field event in a no pressure environment:
Wednesday 1st
September, Rosenheim match at Walton track. Let me know if you would
like to take part. Thanks!
Steve Hillier
Rosenheim League
Track & Field |
Kingston |
18th August |
2021 |
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| Event |
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BAAC Athlete |
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Time / Distance |
Place |
| 100m |
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Michael Ball |
M55 |
16.3 |
2nd |
M55 |
| 200m |
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Paul Watt |
M55 |
32.4 |
1st |
M55 |
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Michael Ball |
M55 |
34.8 |
2nd |
M55 |
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Julie Barclay |
W55 |
38.1 |
1st |
Vet |
| Mile |
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Paul Watt |
M55 |
05:50.1 |
1st |
M55 |
CR |
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Julie Barclay |
W55 |
06:31.6 |
2nd |
W55 |
CR |
| Javelin |
600g |
Steve Hillier |
M65 |
13.65 |
1st |
M60 |
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500g |
Janet Smith |
W55 |
13.09 |
1st |
Vet |
| Hammer |
3kg |
Janet Smith |
W55 |
36.38 |
1st |
Vet |
CR |
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5kg |
Steve Hillier |
M65 |
19.92 |
1st |
M50 |
Activity Achievements for the week 16th to 22nd August 2021
23 activities recorded - and in addition Joan Foxley reported her
and Denis' parkruns as their best
activity of the week.
| Colleague |
Activity |
Distance |
Course |
Start Time |
Duration |
Comments |
| Andy Rayner |
Walking |
4miles |
XC |
Sat |
01:00:00 |
Muddy - Plus Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri= 1 Mile walk/ 3 Mile cycle
each day, no times. |
| Barry Walters |
Running |
8km |
Swinley Forest |
Fri am |
00:53:34 |
Felt tired after a hard week and managed to successfully
avoid a herd of cows on my route. |
| Ben Cooper |
Walking |
72.5km |
Westminster |
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Whole week |
I took my family to Westminster for our "summer holiday"
this week, did a lot of walking for an 8y/o, my feet are killing
now |
| Benita Scaife |
Running |
4miles |
Dinton Pastures Country Park |
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00:45:33 |
two laps of Black Swan lake at Dinton Pastures country
park. Approx. 4 miles 45:33. I walked one lap and finished about
5 minutes before her. |
| Clara Halket |
Running |
48miles |
Local |
Sun/Mon |
48hours |
Run jog walk 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours. My 4th
#4x4x48 #gogginschallenge completed, 2nd one this year. Now to
foam roll and feet up |
| Emma Moreton |
Running |
18miles |
Thames path |
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02:40:00 |
For VLM. These long runs require a lot of mental prep
but I only have 2 more long ones to go! |
| Harjit Jhooti |
Race |
4.7miles |
Big Half Relay |
Sun am |
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Post covid race! Isolation finished yesterday after a rough
time with covid. Did legs 1 and 2 of the Big Relay. It felt like
I had done 100 miles not 4.7 miles |
| Janet Smith |
Throwing |
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BMAF Championships, Derby |
Sat |
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Happy girl . 8 weeks off training due to Tokyo and moving
house must have done me good - golds in Hammer, Discus and
Weight throw. HT 40.51m, DT 27.73 , WT 12.20m. |
| John Scaife |
Walking |
2miles |
Dinton Pastures Country Park |
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00:40:00 |
| Julie Barclay |
Running |
9miles |
Aylsham |
Thu |
01:25:00 |
Bure Valley Run |
| Keith Johnson |
Duathlon |
5k/22k/2.5k |
Dorney Lake |
Fri |
01:20:00 |
5k run, 22k bike followed by 2.5k run. I came 29th out of
170 finishers. |
| Kelly Davis |
Running |
18.1km |
Round Heathrow Airport |
Sat |
02:25:00 |
Ran round the Airport on the Perimeter Road and it felt so
great. Took it slower and barely walked. Just over 11 miles and
still smiling. After the week I had I just needed to get out of
my head. |
| Maria Jovani |
Race |
13.1km |
Big Half |
Sun am |
01:45:14 |
Running under alias. |
| Melanie Miller |
Running |
14.1km |
Walton |
Thur am |
01:57:16 |
VVLM Long Run ♀️ prep |
| Michael Ball |
Race |
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Rosenheim @ Kingston |
Wed evening |
100m and 200m races. |
| Mike Dennison |
Race |
13.1km |
Big Half |
Sun am |
01:28:27 |
4th in category. New PB. |
| Neil Frediani |
Running |
13.15miles |
Staines-upon-Thames |
Sat |
02:33:06 |
Could have run more. After a poor 9.6miles on Thursday.
Manchester Marathon (in 6 weeks) here I come. |
| Paul Watt |
Running |
9miles |
Aylsham |
Thu |
01:25:00 |
Bure Valley Run |
| Piers Keenleyside |
Running |
16miles |
Grand Union Canal |
Thur |
02:51:15 |
Trying to average 11 minute miles and keep my heart rate at
120 bpm - was slightly over at 123 bpm. |
| Roderick Hoffman |
Running |
15km |
Paddington to Greenford |
Fri lunch |
01:50:00 |
On the canal from Paddington (reached via a visit to the
Marble Arch Mound, flattering picture below) to Greenford.
Harder work than it should have been. |
| Simon Turton |
Orienteering |
10.46km |
Crown Wood, Bracknell |
Wed pm |
00:59:18 |
Street-O in an area I lived in 25 years ago. It didn’t go
according to plan…. visited two controls twice and got cut to
pieces ploughing through vegetation in an area marked as open
running . |
| Stephen Taylor |
Running |
15miles |
Loop centred on Greenford |
Sun am |
02:29:02 |
No interesting destinations this weekend, just plodding out
a 15 mile run as part of the marathon training schedule. |
| Steve Newell |
Walking |
5km |
Local |
Wed |
00:54:57 |
...and the good news is that the Fullers Brewery shop is
open for business again. |
Roderick Hoffman
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parkrun results for Saturday 21st August 2021
28 runners and volunteers below - get in touch if your result is missing.
Mike Dennison (19:25, 84.81%) is finding the Kingston parkrun increasingly to
his liking these days, improving on each of his last five visits and lowering
the club record yet again. He is now 6th out 329 in his age group at
Kingston His time and age grade were identical to his performance at
Chippenham two weeks ago. At Chippenham he is top of his tree with a 22
second advantage of his nearest challenger. [Ed: And his and Maria's runs
were only done as warm-ups for the next day's half!]
Maarten Stenham (38:10) is introducing his young family to parkrun and this
week Francesca (38:07,JW10) made her debut over 5km at Bedfont Lakes,
graduating after 86 junior 2km parkruns, mainly at Hanworth and Osterley. Big
Brother Jakob (26:53, JM10) was up ahead and had enough energy to be first boy
home at Osterley junior parkrun (8:43) on Sunday was well.
Sarah Gordon (37:57) ran at Wollaton Hall (Nottingham) for the first time. It
was a new one for the club and the 119th for her personally.
Paul Watt
(21:34) and Julie Barclay (23:39, 200th run) set new club records at Blickling in Norfolk.
Denis Foxley (28:18) ran at Harrow, his first parkrun since lockdown, similarly
John Scaife at Abingdon (see below) while
Monica Alonso (29:53, Guildford) was at a parkrun for the first time in over two
years. Emma Moreton (24:16) ran at Medina, IOW for the first time. Her 21st park
and a new club female record.
Ben Chaytow (29:44) accompanied his daughter Megan (29:41) round at Porthcawl,
it was the first run there for both of them. Megan has a couple of dozen junior
parkruns at Bushy and Moormead to her name. The club records at Porthcawl are
held by Gareth Snook (21:01) and Daniela Mayerova recorded a 28:54, though she
may not have been a club member at the time.
Steve Newell (46:06) got round Hanworth (run number 51) and his Wilson Index
has moved up to 80. The next progress report is not likely until late
Autumn and will be weather dependent!
Steve Newell
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John Scaife says...
Abingdon today was my second run of any kind since my fractured
metatarsal, and the foot felt OK although I have been shocked at how
much fitness I have lost in 6/7 weeks of no exercise at all. 5k suddenly
feels like a very long way. In contrast Benita is running well and
achieved an age grade of over 67% today despite the long tufty (and wet)
grass which comprises much of the course. The start/finish is adjacent
to Abingdon bridge, across which we found a nice independent cafe with
excellent coffee and pain au raisin. The large council car park right
next to the start offers 2 hours free parking, so overall a very
satisfactory experience.
John Scaife
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Bure Valley
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Thursday morning Julie and I drove to the Blickling Estate in Norfolk to visit
this wonderful Tudor mansion which is the birthplace of Anne Boleyn. Coupled
with our interest of Tudor England, it accommodates a second interest, namely
parkrun.
On the Thursday of our arrival we drove the two short miles to Aylsham where
we boarded a narrow-gauge steam train to Wroxham. The very picturesque 9 mile
journey took a leisurely 45 minutes which was most enjoyable and took me back to
my plane-spotting past as it trundled past the now closed RAF Coltishall. We
bought one-way tickets as we had read that there was a walking/cycle path along
the tracks entirety and yes, we ran back. The track was never more than a metre
wide and we only stopped twice to allow cyclists past and apart from the train
also passing us on its return to Aylsham we saw no other signs of human
activity: just fields, woods and streams. It took us 1:25 to return but a lot
longer to recover from….
On Saturday we ran the Blickling parkrun which was 200m from our hotel, the
lovely Buckinghamshire Arms. Again a beautiful rural setting that makes running
a fantastic activity, yet this course does contain the only hill in Norfolk
which on lap two told me that the nine-miler was still having an effect on me!
Numbers scanned and back to the hotel for breakfast - perfect.
If in East Anglia this is a must-do run, the train is a must-do experience
and Blickling Hall has to be visited.
Paul Watt and Julie Barclay
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