Encouraging results recently came through for the 4th fixture of the Arkwright/Turners Summer 5k League, held at Carver Barracks, near Saffron Walden on July 3rd. Newmarket Joggers moved back up to 4th of the 8 running clubs in the League, having slipped from 2nd position to 5th position during the first 3 fixtures at Histon & Impington (April), Ely (May) and Newmarket (June). The Joggers achieved a high total turnout of 52 club members (23 women and 29 men) with many of their fastest runners competing. Both the women’s team and the men’s team independently achieved 4th position in the League, with the combined women’s and men’s team also in 4th. Cambridge & Coleridge AC are currently League leaders from Ely Runners 2nd and Cambridge Tri Club 3rd.
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Note: The first 5 women and first 5 men of each club scored points according to their finishing positions within gender, while the total number of female or male club runners was deducted from these points to give a final points total; the lower the points, the higher the team position. Thus, every runner contributed to the final score, whether by speed or participation.
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First 5 women to finish for Newmarket Joggers were: Lilian Corbett 19:22, 10th F of 160; Helen Hilario 21:58YB! 31st F; Ellie Bithell 21:59YB! 32nd F; Olivia Carter 22:16YB! 37th F; Hannah Pollard 22:40, 41st F.
For the men it was: Hugh Tawell 16:32YB! 13th M of 258; Dan Hutchison 16:35YB! 15th M; Jonathan Pye 16:43YB! 18th M; Neil Pollard 16:59YB! 26th M; James Smith 17:19, 35th M.
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Also putting in big efforts for the women’s team were: Rebecca Oettle 22:58, Hanneli Stevenson 23:16, Cerys Bithell 23:57, Helen Wass 25:58, Belinda Schofield 26:31, Bridget Wallwin 26:40, Angela Brennan 26:44YB! Francine Dasseville 27:54, Emma Burns 28:20, Svitlana Zinchenko 28:27YB! Angela Drury 28:30, Sianie Painter 28:50YB! Sarah Kinston 29:19, Jan Holmes 29:55, Caroline Mcintosh 31:41YB! Jo Bouttell 34:17, Pearl Fay 34:28, Cheryl Thomas 34:40.
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…and for the men’s team: Barley Woodcock 18:54YB! Marc Drury 19:37YB! Chris Underwood 19:46, Andy Fryatt 19:49YB! Stephen Edwards 20:05YB! Shane Mcandrew 20:14, Richard Eddershaw 20:21YB! Paul Holley 20:41, Jonathan Ollington 20:57, Neville Clarke 21:41YB! Phil Blundell 21:42YB! Tom Elton 22:16YB! Liam Elvidge 22:24YB! Steve Oglesby 23:16, Martin Smith 23:29YB! Steve Cousins 23:40YB! Ian Butcher 24:35, Jeremy Reader 24:43, Rob Hawkins 24:46YB! Alan Thornhill 27:48YB! Chris Burns 28:22, Wayne Hargreaves 28:43YB! Jim Withers 29:34, Chris Aylmer 32:47.
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Round up of other news:
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On Sunday 14th July, Sarah Last (1:09:44, 9,964th overall, 4,199th F of 6,237, 244th of 374 in F50-54) took part in the Saucony London 10K, among a huge field of 12,922 participants. She was close to her best time this year of 1:08:04.
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Meanwhile, Olivia Carter was at the Love Trails Festival on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales, which culminated in a 26.5km trail run on Sunday. She completed the scenic course in 3:21:56, which included 3,045ft of climb, and enjoyed a great weekend of music and running with friend and former NJ Danielle Jones.
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On the same day at Gosfield Lake, near Braintree in Essex, Martin Smith took on the Gosfield Sprint Triathlon (750m lake swim, 20km bike ride, 5km run), doing well to finish in 1:27:16, 13th of 66 overall and 6th of 23 in M40-49.
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On Saturday 13th July in East Devon, Suzanne Bailey (1:04:52, 146th of 230 overall, 65th F of 125, 15th of 27 in F55-64) enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the Otter Valley Rail & River Trail 10K.
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On Thursday evening 11th July at Little Downham, Phil Blundell (47:35) posted his best 10k time of the year in the Ely Runners 10K Handicap, which was run over the same course as the popular Ely New Year’s Eve 10K. Also on Thursday evening, Chris Aylmer (1:11:53, 105th of 146 overall, 54th M of 62, no age groups) enjoyed the Coombe Abbey Trail 10K on the eastern edge of Coventry, which included wooded trails and open meadows.
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On Saturday 6th July in Essex, Christopher Underwood and Jimmy Smith ran together and had fun in the navigational Ridley Round, over a trail course of ~14.8 miles. The route passed a number of old Ridley pubs along the way, with 10 minutes deducted off times for each pub visited. Before deductions, their joint elapsed time was 3:16:56; after 50 minutes deductions for 5 pubs visited, it improved to 2:26:56…well worth the bother. For the record, Chris and Jimmy finished =41st of 156 participants overall and =26th of 93 male runners, but nobody was counting. Paul Holley also started this run with Chris and Jimmy but unfortunately took a tumble early on and had to retire hurt. We wish him a speedy recovery.
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