Results have recently been posted on Power of 10 (thepowerof10.info) for the third fixture of the Eastern Masters Athletics Club (EMAC) Track & Field League, which took place on Wednesday, 1st July at King’s Lynn. This monthly league is for senior women and men aged 35+, in which Newmarket Joggers (NJ) join forces with Saint Edmund Pacers (SEP) of Bury St Edmunds. They are doing very well in the league this year; generally in the top 3 teams of around 7 or 8 in this regional league, with monthly venues shared between Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Peterborough and King’s Lynn. The team scoring system is rather complex; this report concentrates on individual performances.
Above: Lynnsport Athletics Track, thanks to Lynnsport website.
In this fixture, the track focus was on 100m, 400m and One Mile distances, while the field events included High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put and Hammer Throw. A summary of the NJ individual results is shown below:
100m: Shane Mcandrew M35 12.9s, 78.91%; Phil Blundell M50 14.5s PB! 75.72%; Elke Hausler W60 17.0s PB! 81.88%; Malcolm Osbourn M75 20.3s PB! 68.92%.
400m: Shane Mcandrew M35 58.3s 78.63%; Richard Defries M50 62.5s PB! 81.38%; Carol Cienna Carter F55 83.6s 72.95%.
One Mile: Richard Defries: 5:57.3 PB! 73.61%; Andy Fryatt M55 6:11.8 PB! 73.80%; Carol Cienna Carter 6:19.2 SB! 84.18%; Elke Hausler W60 6:29.6 PB! 91.91%; Malcolm Osbourn M75 8:45.6 PB! 67.39%.
High Jump: Shane Mcandrew M35 1.45m PB! 64.73%.
Long Jump: Richard Defries M50 4.17m PB! 61.69%; Andy Fryatt M55 3.74m PB! 59.37%; Carol Cienna Carter 2.14m PB! 38.42%;
Shot Put: Andy Fryatt M55 6.91m PB! 41.75%.
Hammer Throw: Elke Hausler W60 13.79m PB! 23.98%
Note: the age grades for Newmarket Joggers have been derived from the Alan Jones Howard-Grubb 2015 table, which covers all ages from juniors upwards, for track & field, road running and race walking; not according to the official World Masters table, which is concerned solely with adults aged 35+. It is so useful to be able to compare our juniors, younger seniors (U35) and older seniors across all disciplines and types of running and walking. World Masters track & field age grades are likely to be significantly lower than those given below. There do exist updated Alan Jones Howard-Grubb tables for road running (2025, including juniors) and race walking (2020, including juniors), but none has been found for track & field. Since NJ juniors and U35s take part in the East Anglian T&F League, and also individually in other T&F open events and championships, we need to be able to include them in the age grading.
Great Barrow Challenge: option to enter 10 events in 10 days, from 5k to ultra marathon, Suffolk Running Centre, Barrow, near Bury St Edmunds, Thursday 23rd July to Saturday 1st August: Caroline Mcintosh (2:52:12, 10th of 19 overall, 8th F of 15) completed the Great Barrow Half Marathon on Thursday, 23rd July, the first day of the event. No doubt, she is in training for another marathon. Her best half marathon this year was 2:45:40 at Cambridge in March.
Above: Great Barrow Challenge, Day 3, thanks to event organisers Zig Zag Running
Layer Marney Tower 10K, near Colchester, Essex, Sunday July 26th: Sarah Last (1:11:41, 311th of 435 overall, 129th F of 226, 17th of 25 in F50) and Gillian Green (1:31:05, 220th F, 7th of 8 in F65) took part in this scenic 10k route around the beautiful grounds of Layer Marney Tower. They have both recorded considerably faster times this year over the distance. They enjoyed the scenery and atmosphere of this event, while the weather was bright, sunny and very warm.
Above: Gillian Green & Sarah Last at Layer Marney Tower 10K
Above: Sarah’s medal & bib;, view looking from Layer Marney Tower.
Phoenix Astro Dash, multi-lap running event, Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, Sunday July 26th: Ian McClements (1:27:43) attended this event, organised by his favourite Phoenix Running group. He was representing his first claim Stevenage Striders and running with a friend from the club; they decided on the two-lap route for a leisurely quarter marathon run (6..55 miles) alongside the River Nene.
Above: Ian McClements 2nd from left, with Stevenage Striders friend Russell 1st left.
Arkwright & Co/Turners 5K League fixture, 16th July: We were hoping the results of the Saffron Striders 5K League fixture would be available for this report, but the results had not been released at the time of writing. Newmarket Joggers take part in this league along with seven other local running clubs. The next fixture is due this week on Thursday, 30th July on Therwell Heath, Royston, organised by Royston Runners.
Ickworth Park 10K: below, a photo of Joggers at the free, monthly, Ickworth Park 10k run, on the last Sunday of every month. No official times are recorded at this event.
Many thanks for all the photos and posts on Strava,
Hoping to see you at the Fox Inn 10k on Wednesday evening and Royston Summer 5k on Thursday evening.
Good luck in your running!
Chris Aylmer