Fairlands Valley SpartansResults from the final Division 2 race of the season can be found on the link below. Congratulations to the promoted teams. Minor amendments made on 5th July – one spelling correction and minor amendments to a handful of the men’s times.
Div 2 Race 4 – Royston Results
The Mob Match will take place in Welwyn Garden City on Thurs 14th July.
Ninety six Fairlands Valley Spartans raced round Fairlands Valley Park in the fourth Mid Week League 10K race of the season. Others helped organise the event so well over a hundred club members were involved.
An improved turnout of forty helped the Spartan women beat Orion Harriers and Trent Park Running Club. They were boosted by NATALIE LAWRENCE who won the women’s race in 38 minutes 57 seconds. SAM PRETTY finished in 41:45; MICHELLE REEVES with a 2 minute 37 seconds improvement on her personal best (PB) in 42:55; SUZY HAWKINS in 44:30, an improvement of 36 seconds; TRACY PEZ in 46:33; ANN TRYSSESOONE in 46:47; CLAIRE COX in 48:07; and ANGELA ARMITAGE with a 37 second improvement to 49:01.
MARIE COLUCCI led in the women’s “B” team with 49:41. The team was completed by LISA GRAY, 49:59; JULIE SIMMONS, 50:31; JANE MacFARLANE, 50:48; KAREN ELLIS, 51:22; SOPHIE COWAN, 51:24; OLWEN BATTY, 52:23; and NIKKI TOUT 52:51.
With a dramatic 8 minutes 3 seconds improvement since the 10K league race in St Albans PENNY SCHENKEL was first for the “C” team in 53:48. She was chased in by TRICIA HOPPER, 54:11; KAREN PALMER 54:32 and SUE HARMER, 55:01. Then there was a rush of other Spartan women ADA JANUSIENNE, 55:22; CAROLINE CROFT, 56:11; JENNY GARRETT, 56:14 and JULIE SHADBOLT, 56:14 completed the “C” team and were followed in by KERSTON WEINER also 56:14; VICTORIA BRETT with a 2:57 improvement to finish in 56:17; KATHERINE HYDE, also 56:17; SARAH PIKE 58:06 and MARIA THORNE, 58:34.
SIMON JACKSON was fastest man for the Spartans. He was 19th out of the 400 plus runners in 35:59; ANDREW PATTERSON was 26th in 36:34 and STEFFAN FORD 41st in 37:18. PAUL HEWETT improved his personal best by nine seconds to be 43rd in 37:25 and IAIN McKEAN was 44th in his first 10K with a time of 37:26. GRANT RAMSAY was in the top fifty at 49th with 37:38.
| Race | Name | Surname | Cat. | M/F | Time | Comments |
| 19 | Simon | Jackson | V 40 | M | 35:59 | 4MV40 |
| 26 | Andrew | Patterson | S | M | 36:34 | YB |
| 41 | Steffan | Ford | S | M | 37:18 | YB |
| 43 | Paul | Hewett | S | M | 37:25 | PB (0:09) |
| 44 | Iain | McKean | S | M | 37:26 | 1st 10K |
| 49 | Grant | Ramsay | V 40 | M | 37:38 | |
| 58 | Brian | Brackstone | V 40 | M | 38:13 | |
| 71 | Natalie | Lawrence | S | F | 38:57 | First woman |
| 73 | Keith | Coughlin | S | M | 39:11 | |
| 79 | Danny | Hukin | S | M | 39:27 | YB |
| 93 | John | Harris | V 50 | M | 40:29 | YB |
| 100 | David | Riddell | V 50 | M | 40:44 | |
| 111 | Karl | Clark | V 40 | M | 41:22 | PB (1:24) |
| 118 | Todd | Gray | S | M | 41:32 | YB |
| 124 | Sam | Pretty | S | F | 41:45 | YB |
| 127 | Liam | Herbert | S | M | 41:57 | YB |
| 142 | Michelle | Reeves | S | F | 42:55 | PB (2:37) |
| 148 | Kevin | Smart | V 40 | M | 43:05 | |
| 149 | Kieran | Feetham | S | M | 43:08 | PB (0:14) |
| 153 | Liam | Errington | S | M | 43:44 | 1st 10K |
| 156 | Tim | Saban | V 40 | M | 43:57 | |
| 158 | Paul | Batterbee | S | M | 43:58 | PB 1:06) |
| 162 | Stuart | Haycroft | S | M | 44:20 | 1st 10K |
| 164 | Thomas | Sauka | V 40 | M | 44:26 | |
| 168 | Dean | Carpenter | V 40 | M | 44:33 | YB |
| 172 | Suzy | Hawkins | V 35 | F | 44:30 | 6FV35. PB (0:36) |
| 176 | Paul | Whyte | S | M | 44:43 | YB |
| 186 | Paul | Carter | V 40 | M | 45:21 | SB |
| 187 | Claire | Pullen | V 45 | F | 45:20 | YB |
| 188 | Mark | Goodwin | V 50 | M | 45:25 | YB |
| 189 | Chris | Manning | S | M | 45:26 | 1st 10K |
| 192 | Mark | Beasley | V 50 | M | 45:42 | |
| 196 | David | Hodbod | S | M | 46:08 | YB |
| 204 | Tracy | Pez | V 35 | F | 46:33 | YB |
| 207 | James | Kilroy | S | M | 46:40 | PB (0:05) |
| 209 | Ann | Tryssesoone | V 45 | F | 46:47 | |
| 215 | Martin | Dudley | V 50 | M | 47:10 | PB (0:49) |
| 218 | Greg | Kelly | V 40 | M | 47:10 | PB |
| 226 | Darren | Emmerson | V 40 | M | 47:40 | PB (0:54) |
| 232 | Robert | Evans | V 40 | M | 48:17 | |
| 233 | Claire | Cox | V 35 | F | 48:07 | |
| 235 | Gareth | Powell | V 40 | M | 48:15 | 1st 10K |
| 240 | Paul | Maguire | V 50 | M | 48:45 | PB (0:13) |
| 252 | Selvan | Naicker | V 40 | M | 49:18 | YB |
| 256 | Angela | Armitage | V 35 | F | 49:01 | PB (0:37) |
| 264 | Marie | Colucci | V 35 | F | 49:41 | |
| 267 | Lisa | Gray | V 45 | F | 49:59 | YB |
| 268 | Jon | Sypula | V 40 | M | 49:51 | |
| 270 | Andy | Jay | V 50 | M | 50:02 | |
| 277 | Julie | Simmons | V 55 | F | 50:31 | 5FV55 YB |
| 279 | Martin | Nicholas | V 40 | M | 50:29 | PB (3:04) |
| 281 | Jane | McFarlane | V 35 | F | 50:48 | |
| 286 | Sophie | Cowan | V 35 | F | 51:24 | |
| 289 | Karen | Ellis | V 45 | F | 51:22 | |
| 297 | Vishal | Shah | S | M | 52:05 | |
| 299 | Steve | Pike | V 50 | M | 52:06 | |
| 300 | Olwen | Batty | S | F | 52:23 | |
| 308 | Nikki | Tout | V 35 | F | 52:51 | |
| 313 | Callum | Beasley | S | M | 53:04 | |
| 317 | Tim | Robinson | V 40 | M | 53:26 | |
| 321 | Lee | Pickersgill | S | M | 53:27 | |
| 322 | James | South | S | M | 53:45 | 1st 10K |
| 324 | Roger | Biggs | V 60 | M | 53:41 | YB |
| 325 | Jim | Brown | V 60 | M | 53:45 | |
| 326 | Rob | Shaw | V 60 | M | 53:45 | |
| 327 | Penny | Schenkel | V 45 | F | 53:48 | PB (8:03) |
| 333 | Tricia | Hopper | V 45 | F | 54:11 | YB |
| 337 | Karen | Palmer | V 45 | F | 54:32 | |
| 343 | Sue | Hamer | V 45 | F | 55:01 | PB (1:13) |
| 344 | Mark | West | V 40 | M | 55:10 | 1st 10K |
| 345 | Simon | Sypula | V 40 | M | 55:15 | |
| 347 | Andy | Prior | V 40 | M | 55:16 | |
| 348 | Ada | Janusiene | S | F | 55:22 | |
| 356 | Caroline | Croft | V 45 | F | 56:11 | 1st 10K |
| 357 | Jenny | Garrett | V 45 | F | 56:14 | |
| 358 | Julie | Shadbolt | V 45 | F | 56:14 | YB |
| 359 | Kerstin | Weiner | V 45 | F | 56:14 | YB |
| 362 | Victoria | Brett | V 35 | F | 56:17 | PB (2:57) |
| 363 | Katherine | Hyde | V 35 | F | 56:17 | 1st 10K |
| 373 | Sarah | Pike | S | F | 58:06 | |
| 375 | Maria | Thorne | V 45 | F | 58:34 | |
| 377 | Anton | McCalla | S | M | 58:59 | |
| 378 | Heather | Moloney | V 45 | F | 59:02 | 1st 10K |
| 379 | Beverley | Harlow | V 55 | F | 59:11 | YB |
| 380 | Karl | Shreeve | V 40 | M | 59:13 | PB (7:35) |
| 382 | Stephanie | Mayfield | V 35 | F | 59:14 | YB |
| 386 | Paul | Holgate | V 50 | M | 59:48 | YB |
| 387 | Sarah | Sapstead | S | F | 1:00:13 | PB (3:55) |
| 399 | Claire | Bell | S | F | 1:01:12 | |
| 401 | Sharon | Crowley | V 55 | F | 1:02:18 | YB |
| 407 | Tracy | Stiles | V 45 | F | 1:04:06 | |
| 409 | Steve | Gough | V 40 | M | 1:04:22 | YB |
| 414 | Chloe | Emmerson | S | F | 1:05:08 | 1st 10K |
| 416 | Hannah | Sypula | V 35 | F | 1:05:24 | YB |
| 420 | Peter | Carpenter | V 70 | M | 1:06:42 | 7MV70 |
| 427 | Emma | Martin | V 35 | F | 1:11:00 | 1st 10K |
The relays in the park will be on Thursday 28th July. See www.fvspartans.org.uk for details.
Craig and Jim Win Prizes At Welwyn 10K
CRAIG HALSEY was third overall in Sunday’s Welwyn 10K in a fantastic time of 35 minutes 20 seconds. The race included the Hertfordshire Championships for seniors (18 plus) in which he will win at least a BRONZE medal. There were about 800 runners.
JIM BROWN won the trophy for third veteran (60 plus) in the race with 52 minutes 59 seconds. Despite tough hills at four and nine kilometres PENNY SCHENKEL took another 41 seconds off her personal best when she finished in 53:07.
Two more sub 50 times were recorded by TIM SABAN and MARK GOODWIN, Tim with 46:37 and Mark on 47:15.
KEN JUDE was very pleased to record 52 minutes 33 seconds at this stage in his recovery from injury.
OLWEN BATTY had other Spartans in her sights for most of the race and finished in 53:40. She was followed in by LEE PICKERSGILL (55:32) and CLAIRE HYDE (57:00).
The County Track 10K is on Thursday evening 7th July.
Herts Hobble
KAREN LIDDLE, BARRY KING and CAROL PAUL ran the Herts Hobble on Sunday. It was on a new tough course. Carol completed the 26.2 miles in 5 hours 35 minutes 39 seconds while Karen and Barry took 7 hours 36 minutes. The event was based in Buntingford and included Great Hormead, Anstey, Barley, Reed and Wyddial.
Mike and Liz CROWLEY covered the 17.4 miles option in 5 hours 59 minutes 30 seconds.
Springfield Friday 5 – Friday, 24th June 2016
The Springfield Five is a Friday evening race on quiet roads in and around the Village of Pleshey in Essex. ROGER BIGGS run a consistent race over an undulating course, in almost perfect running weather, to finish with a time of 42:31.
Parkrun Report
Spartan women dominated the first six finishing positions at Stevenage on Saturday.
ALISON WOOD was first to cross the line in 19:42, going almost half a minute faster that last week for a new course personal best (PB). NICOLA HABERLAND was second in 22:53 on her first visit, MARIE COLUCCI 3rd in 22:59, also a new course PB, TRACY PEZ 4th in 23:00 and CLAIRE COX 5th in a new course PB of 23:23. CLAIRE PULLEN completed the sextet of Spartan women at the head of the field.
For the men DANNY HUKIN was 5th male in a new PB of 19:43, despite pushing a buggy that had mechanical difficulties, THOMAS SAUKA was 10th in 20:34 (course PB), MARTIN WOOD 12th in 20:45 (course PB), RICHARD KENNEDY 22nd in 21:55 and DARREN EMMERSON was 30th in 22:32.
There were also parkrun course PBs this weekend for JON SYPULA, VERITY FISHER, CAROLE SHELDRICK, KERSTIN WEINER, CLAIRE COKER and JANET COX, all at Stevenage.
The full list of Spartans in parkrun action at Stevenage and elsewhere this weekend was as follows:
STEVENAGE
| Pos | Gender Pos | parkrunner | Time | Notes |
| 5 | 1 | Alison WOOD | 00:19:42 | New PB! |
| 6 | 5 | Danny HUKIN | 00:19:43 | New PB! |
| 11 | 10 | Thomas SAUKA | 00:20:34 | New PB! |
| 13 | 12 | Martin WOOD | 00:20:45 | New PB! |
| 23 | 22 | Richard KENNEDY | 00:21:55 | First Timer! |
| 31 | 30 | Darren EMMERSON | 00:22:32 | PB stays at 00:22:26 |
| 33 | 2 | Nicola HABERLAND | 00:22:53 | First Timer! |
| 34 | 3 | Marie COLUCCI | 00:22:59 | New PB! |
| 35 | 4 | Tracy PEZ | 00:23:00 | PB stays at 00:22:45 |
| 39 | 35 | Martin DUDLEY | 00:23:06 | PB stays at 00:22:30 |
| 44 | 5 | Claire COX | 00:23:23 | New PB! |
| 45 | 6 | Claire PULLEN | 00:23:28 | PB stays at 00:22:03 |
| 48 | 41 | James KILROY | 00:23:37 | First Timer! |
| 65 | 55 | Jon SYPULA | 00:24:39 | New PB! |
| 74 | 64 | Daniel SUTTON | 00:25:21 | PB stays at 00:25:21 |
| 75 | 11 | Carol PAUL | 00:25:22 | PB stays at 00:25:18 |
| 85 | 71 | Simon SYPULA | 00:25:48 | First Timer! |
| 94 | 18 | Verity FISHER | 00:26:45 | New PB! |
| 96 | 20 | Carole SHELDRICK | 00:27:01 | New PB! |
| 97 | 21 | Kerstin WEINER | 00:27:24 | New PB! |
| 126 | 31 | Theresa KEAST | 00:29:14 | PB stays at 00:28:45 |
| 142 | 41 | Beverley HARLOW | 00:29:57 | PB stays at 00:29:24 |
| 149 | 44 | Hannah SYPULA | 00:30:28 | PB stays at 00:29:14 |
| 169 | 61 | Liz MORGAN | 00:32:40 | First Timer! |
| 179 | 111 | Ian ALEXANDER | 00:33:34 | PB stays at 00:32:06 |
| 189 | 76 | Claire COKER | 00:34:15 | New PB! |
| 202 | 118 | John NELMS | 00:35:32 | PB stays at 00:19:58 |
| 225 | 100 | Janet COX | 00:39:49 | New PB! |
| 226 | 101 | Caren THAIN | 00:40:09 | PB stays at 00:38:04 |
| 242 | 115 | Claire DRAKE | 00:50:44 | PB stays at 00:31:08 |
GRAHAM HILL ran the Milton Keynes parkrun in 34:22; DAVE SMITH Wimpole Estate in 23:50; ANDY JAY Panshanger in 24:08 and TIM ROBINSON Ellenbrook Fields in 34:22.
Swansea Half Marathon
Rob Evans and Karl Clark travelled to South Wales for the Swansea Half Marathon. With near-perfect weather conditions, Karl completed the flat and fast course in 1:30:41 and Rob in 1:48:20.
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Milton Keynes 10K on Tuesday 28th June.
EMAC (Veterans Track & Field) event in Milton Keynes on Wednesday 6th July.
County Track 10K on Sandy on Thursday 7th July.
Midweek Mob Match at Welwyn Garden City on Thursday 14th July.
Fairlands Valley Challenge on Sunday 17th July.
Bedford 5K on Wednesday 27th July.
Relays in the Park, our 3K Relays in Fairlands Valley on Thursday 28th July.
EMAC (Veterans Track & Field) event in Stevenage on Wednesday 3rd August.
Harlow 10 on Sunday 4th September.
FVS Handicap 5 / 10 in Stevenage on Sunday 25th September.
Standalone 10K including County Vets Championships on Sunday 2nd October.
Peterborough Half Marathon on Sunday 9th October.
Abingdon Marathon on Sunday 23rd October.
Stevenage Half Marathon, a Stevenage 70 event, on Sunday 6th November.
St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday 20th November.
County Five Miles Open Championship in Hatfield on 27th November.
Spartans Christmas Social on Saturday 10th December.
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has hundreds of members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to the new sports centre at Marriotts School – a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 8UT) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights – there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome – those who have not yet done very much running might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £37 per year, £25 without UKA affiliation. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy. You can also join online.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (0793 968 7509), Andy Neatham 0777 197 5499 and 01438 816889; or Karen Palmer (07734678566) or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
Results from the fourth race of Division 1 of the Scott’s Midweek Road Race League, jointly hosted by the Spartans and North Herts Road Runners, can be found at the link below:
Results have been tidied up including correction to the Orion position in the men’s table.
MONICA BROWN is the new British Masters Pentathlon Champion in the W50 age group. She won her hurdles race and cleared 1m 36cm in the high jump on her way to winning gold in Oxford.
TESSA STEPHENSON also brought home a medal, winning bronze in the W55 age group. STEVE MAYFIELD was a creditable 6th in his men’s category including a brilliant finish in his 1500m race. All three athletes finished with age-group PB scores for the outdoor Pentathlon.
Full event results will be available next week.
Spartans in the Triffic Trail 10k
Five Spartans headed to the beautiful surroundings of Trent Park on Sunday for the multi-terrain Triffic Trail 10k race.
KARL CLARK was first of the five to finish, crossing the line in 42nd place in 45 mins 13 secs. ANDREW JORDAN was 65th in a new course best of 47:09 and TIM SABAN was 133rd in 50:23.  DEAN CARPENTER (172nd, 53:37) and TIM ROBINSON (173rd, 53:38) were the other finishers.
South Downs Marathon – Saturday, 18th June 2016
ROGER BIGGS ran in The South Downs Marathon, the course for which leaves Slindon College in West Sussex and climbs North up into the South Downs to join the South Downs Way at 5.5 miles. The course then heads West, all the way to the finish at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park, adjacent to the A3 and just in Hampshire.
With significant climbs at 4, 8, 14, 18, 20 & 24 miles, an overall ascent of 3300ft and some very stony trails, this has to be one of the toughest marathons in the country. Biggs decided it was a day to survive and finished near the back of the field in 6:24:35.
Macmillan Runathon 10k
Robert Clark was proud to have run his first ever 10k race on Sunday. He competed in the Macmillan Runathon, a new festival of running taking place in Regent’s Park. He completed the 10k route in 57:03.
parkrun Report
Spartans continued to support the Stevenage parkrun in numbers this week, and again had the first finishers for both men and women.
For the women, NATALIE LAWRENCE was running with a buggy again and knocked over half a minute off last week’s time to cross the line in 20 mins 04 secs. ALISON WOOD was second woman finisher in 20:11 and CLAIRE PULLEN 3rd woman in a new course PB of 22:03.
CRAIG HALSEY was first male finisher in 16:59 (a new course PB), IAIN MCKEAN was 5th man in 18:45 and DAVID RIDDELL was 7th man in 19:17.
There were additional course PBs for LIAM ERRINGTON, DARREN EMMERSON, MARTIN DUDLEY, CALLUM BEASLEY, CAROL PAUL, OLWEN BATTY, KAREN PALMER, LESLEY AITKINS, VICTORIA BRETT, NICK WHITCOMBE, HAZEL SMITH, CLAIRE DRAKE and EMMA MARTIN.
The full list of 36 Spartan finishers was as follows:
| Pos | Gender Pos | parkrunner | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Craig HALSEY | 00:16:59 | New PB! |
| 5 | 5 | Iain MCKEAN | 00:18:45 | First Timer! |
| 7 | 7 | David RIDDELL | 00:19:17 | First Timer! |
| 10 | 1 | Natalie LAWRENCE | 00:20:04 | PB stays at 00:18:47 |
| 12 | 2 | Alison WOOD | 00:20:11 | First Timer! |
| 23 | 21 | Liam ERRINGTON | 00:20:55 | New PB! |
| 25 | 23 | Martin WOOD | 00:21:07 | First Timer! |
| 32 | 30 | Tim SABAN | 00:21:49 | First Timer! |
| 36 | 34 | Mark BEASLEY | 00:22:01 | PB stays at 00:21:56 |
| 37 | 3 | Claire PULLEN | 00:22:03 | New PB! |
| 40 | 37 | Darren EMMERSON | 00:22:26 | New PB! |
| 42 | 39 | Martin DUDLEY | 00:22:30 | New PB! |
| 50 | 45 | Paul MAGUIRE | 00:23:04 | First Timer! |
| 51 | 46 | Callum BEASLEY | 00:23:06 | New PB! |
| 85 | 14 | Carol PAUL | 00:25:18 | New PB! |
| 90 | 17 | Olwen BATTY | 00:25:39 | New PB! |
| 109 | 89 | Lee PICKERSGILL | 00:26:34 | First Timer! |
| 110 | 21 | Karen PALMER | 00:26:36 | New PB! |
| 117 | 24 | Sue HAMER | 00:26:48 | First Timer! |
| 123 | 27 | Lesley AITKINS | 00:27:24 | New PB! |
| 135 | 32 | Victoria BRETT | 00:28:11 | New PB! |
| 143 | 108 | John WALSH | 00:28:29 | PB stays at 00:27:45 |
| 145 | 37 | Lauren HARNETT | 00:28:34 | First Timer! |
| 152 | 111 | Nick WITCOMBE | 00:29:25 | New PB! |
| 171 | 56 | Tracy PEZ | 00:30:41 | PB stays at 00:22:45 |
| 173 | 58 | Hazel SMITH | 00:30:45 | New PB! |
| 182 | 63 | Claire DRAKE | 00:31:08 | New PB! |
| 184 | 121 | Andrew SMITH | 00:31:18 | First Timer! |
| 191 | 124 | Andy PRIOR | 00:31:46 | PB stays at 00:24:05 |
| 208 | 132 | Ian ALEXANDER | 00:33:04 | PB stays at 00:32:06 |
| 228 | 89 | Vikki MEREDITH | 00:35:07 | PB stays at 00:34:46 |
| 242 | 100 | Emma MARTIN | 00:36:37 | New PB! |
| 252 | 109 | Claire COX | 00:37:09 | PB stays at 00:23:33 |
| 253 | 110 | Chloe EMMERSON | 00:37:10 | PB stays at 00:30:09 |
| 259 | 113 | Caren THAIN | 00:38:56 | PB stays at 00:38:04 |
| 265 | 117 | Janet COX | 00:43:16 | First Timer! |
Elsewhere, DARRYL STEVENS ran 39:28 at Brockenhurst to finish as 71st male, JAMES SOUTH was 12th man to finish at Pymmes parkrun in North London in 24:36.
Finally, DANIEL SUTTON was 35th male finisher at Feel Foot in the Lake District in a time of 24:40 and VERITY FISHER was 41st woman there in 30:14.
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has hundreds of members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to the new sports centre at Marriotts School – a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 8UT) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights – there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome – those who have not yet done very much running might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £37 per year, £25 without UKA affiliation. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy. You can also join online.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (0793 968 7509), Andy Neatham 0777 197 5499 and 01438 816889; or Karen Palmer (07734678566) or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
Results from Race 3 of Division 2 of the Scott’s Midweek Road Race League, held at Harlow on 15th June, can be found on the link below.
More than sixty Fairlands Valley Spartans tackled a tough course in Trent Park, North London for the third race in this season’s Mid Week League series of evening races. Racing over 9.8 undulating and largely off road kilometres the outstanding Spartan performance was by NATALIE LAWRENCE who was second woman, beating the winner of the previous race, with a superb time of 37 minutes 38 seconds. An accelerating MICHELLE REEVES was 14th woman in 41:54.
GRANT RAMSAY was fastest from the Spartans. He was 21st overall out of more than 400 runners and third veteran (40 plus) in 35:07. SIMON JACKSON was also under 36 minutes at 26th in 35:41. The others in the twelve man “A” team were KEITH COUGHLIN, 46th in 37:17; IAIN McKEAN, 60th in 38:05; DAVID RIDDELL, 79th in 39:19;   BRIAN WHITE who won the 60 plus category with 40 minutes 24 seconds, he was 94th overall; KARL CLARK, 105th in 40:52; LIAM HERBERT, 114th in 41:39; TODD GRAY, 121st in 41:58; DEAN CARPENTER, 132nd in 42:28; THOMAS SAUKA, 138th in 42:50 and PETE SMITH, 141st in 43:02.
Meanwhile the women’s “A” team of eight runners were putting in some good performance. In addition to Natalie and Michelle there was SUZY HAWKINS, 23rd woman in 43:35; MARIE COLUCCI, 43rd in 46:29; NICOLA HABERLAND, 47th in 47:04; CLAIRE COX and ISABEL GREEN, 51st and 52nd both in 47:47; and LISA GRAY, 62nd in 49:07.
JULIE SIMMONS led in the “B” team. She was 66th in 49 minutes 39 seconds. She was supported by JANE McFARLANE, 79th in 51:31; NIKKI TOUT, 83rd in 51:55; KAREN ELLIS, 84th in 51:58; SOPHIE COWAN, 86th in 52:03; OLWEN BATTY, 88th in 52:36; ADA JANUSIENE, 90th in 52:43 and SARAH PIKE, 96th in 53:34.
And the club are very proud of KAREN PALMER, 108th in 55:59; 109th in 56:01; JULIE SHADBOLT, 113th in 56:43; MARIA THORNE, 120th in 58:15; KATHERINE HYDE, 121st in 58:27; TRACY STILES, 138th in 1:02:38; SHARON CROWLEY, 143rd in 1:03:39 and KAREN BROOM, 153rd in 1:08:05 who made up a “C” team and EMMA MARTIN who finished in 1:15:06. Altogether 25 Spartan women finished the race and there will be more at the Stevenage race on 21st June.
The Spartan men also fielded full “B” and “C” teams each with twelve runners. Something few other clubs can do.
Spartan Women At Trent Park (25)
| Race | Women Pos | Name | Surname | Time | Cat. | Comments |
| 51 | 2 | Natalie | Lawrence | 37:38 | S | Second woman |
| 120 | 14 | Michelle | Reeves | 41:54 | S | |
| 154 | 23 | Suzy | Hawkins | 43:35 | V 35 | 7th FV35 |
| 203 | 43 | Marie | Colucci | 46:29 | V 35 | |
| 211 | 47 | Nicola | Haberland | 47:04 | V 35 | |
| 226 | 51 | Claire | Cox | 47:47 | V 35 | |
| 227 | 52 | Isabel | Green | 47:47 | V 35 | |
| 251 | 62 | Lisa | Gray | 49:07 | V 45 | |
| 258 | 66 | Julie | Simmons | 49:39 | V 55 | 4th FV55 |
| 286 | 79 | Jane | McFarlane | 51:31 | V 35 | |
| 291 | 83 | Nikki | Tout | 51:55 | V 35 | |
| 292 | 84 | Karen | Ellis | 51:58 | V 45 | |
| 296 | 86 | Sophie | Cowan | 52:03 | V 35 | |
| 302 | 88 | Olwen | Batty | 52:36 | S | |
| 304 | 90 | Ada | Janusiene | 52:43 | S | |
| 314 | 96 | Sarah | Pike | 53:34 | S | |
| 336 | 108 | Karen | Palmer | 55:59 | V 45 | |
| 337 | 109 | Ann | Tryssesoone | 56:01 | V 45 | |
| 342 | 113 | Julie | Shadbolt | 56:43 | V 45 | |
| 350 | 120 | Maria | Thorne | 58:15 | V 45 | |
| 351 | 121 | Katherine | Hyde | 58:27 | V 35 | |
| 371 | 138 | Tracy | Stiles | 1:02:38 | V 45 | |
| 377 | 143 | Sharon | Crowley | 1:03:39 | V 55 | |
| 395 | 153 | Karen | Broom | 1:08:05 | V 45 | |
| 402 | 159 | Emma | Martin | 1:15:06 | V 35 |
Spartan Men At Trent Park (36)
| Race | Male Pos | Name | Surname | Time | Cat. | Comments |
| 21 | 21 | Grant | Ramsay | 35:07 | V 40 | 3rd Veteran |
| 26 | 26 | Simon | Jackson | 35:41 | V 40 | 5MV40 |
| 46 | 45 | Keith | Coughlin | 37:17 | S | |
| 60 | 57 | Iain | McKean | 38:05 | S | |
| 78 | 71 | David | Riddell | 39:19 | V 50 | |
| 94 | 84 | Brian | White | 40:24 | V 60 | First V60 |
| 105 | 94 | Karl | Clark | 40:52 | V 40 | |
| 114 | 102 | Liam | Herbert | 41:39 | S | |
| 121 | 107 | Todd | Gray | 41:58 | S | |
| 132 | 116 | Dean | Carpenter | 42:28 | V 40 | |
| 138 | 121 | Thomas | Sauka | 42:50 | V 40 | |
| 141 | 123 | Pete | Smith | 43:02 | V 50 | |
| 147 | 126 | Tim | Saban | 43:17 | V 40 | |
| 148 | 127 | Paul | Batterbee | 43:20 | S | |
| 165 | 136 | Liam | Errington | 44:13 | S | |
| 170 | 139 | Mark | Goodwin | 44:32 | V 50 | |
| 177 | 144 | Paul | Harris | 44:52 | S | |
| 180 | 147 | James | Kilroy | 45:17 | S | |
| 216 | 169 | Darren | Emmerson | 47:26 | V 40 | |
| 220 | 171 | Paul | Maguire | 47:37 | V 50 | |
| 222 | 172 | Mark | Beasley | 47:42 | V 50 | |
| 229 | 177 | Martin | Dudley | 47:55 | V 50 | |
| 252 | 190 | Andy | Jay | 49:10 | V 50 | |
| 263 | 195 | Callum | Beasley | 50:00 | S | |
| 269 | 199 | Clive | Cannon | 50:34 | V 50 | |
| 276 | 202 | Mark | Cheadle | 50:47 | S | |
| 278 | 204 | Tim | Robinson | 50:58 | V 40 | |
| 281 | 206 | Jim | Brown | 51:10 | V 60 | |
| 293 | 209 | Steve | Pike | 51:59 | V 50 | |
| 295 | 210 | Andy | Prior | 52:01 | V 40 | |
| 300 | 213 | Rob | Shaw | 52:30 | V 60 | |
| 329 | 226 | Lee | Pickersgill | 55:15 | S | |
| 353 | 231 | Anton | McCalla | 58:41 | S | |
| 379 | 235 | Steve | Gough | 1:04:13 | V 40 | |
| 386 | 238 | Peter | Carpenter | 1:06:07 | V 70 | 8MV70 |
| 404 | 244 | Ian | Alexander | 1:16:33 | V 50 |
The next league race will be organised by Fairlands Valley Spartans in Stevenage on Tuesday evening 21 June.
St Albans Half
It rained consistently for Sunday’s St Albans Half Marathon and it was a really hilly course but all six Spartans that ran enjoyed it and crossed the line smiling. JOHN NELMS ran a new personal best (PB) of 1 hour 34 minutes 34 seconds; THOMAS SAUKA finished in 1:36:28; JAMES KILROY in 1:47:35 and KAREN ELLIS in 1:55:22. Two others were running their first ever half marathon. VICTORIA MACK BRETT came in with 2:07:36 and JULIE SHADBOLT 2:06:36.
Wexford Marathon – Sunday, 12th June 2016
Finishing the Wexford Marathon means that ROGER BIGGS has completed marathons in 92 Counties, of the 109 recognised in the UK & Ireland. It was a warm day in the South East corner of Ireland, as Roger took on a hilly circular marathon course in the countryside in County Wexford. With the course generally up for most of the opening seven miles, then a later hill that was entirely up for nearly three miles, Roger was happy just to finish with a time of 5:18:31.
Poppyline
On Sunday CAROL PAUL ran the Poppyline off road marathon from Sheringham, Norfolk in 5:17:20. Â MIKE NEWBITT completed the same event in 6:33:30.
Parkrun Report
Thirty-eight Spartans took part in the Stevenage parkrun this week in which 266 runners ran in total.
For the second week running Spartans were first male and female finishers. For the men, ANDREW PATTERSON was first finisher and clocked 17 mins 18 seconds. KEITH COUGHLIN was 4th in 18:35, JOHN HARRIS was 7th (19:27) and LIAM HERBERT 12th (20:07). All four were making their debut at the venue, and for Keith Coughlin it was a first ever parkrun.
For the women, NATALIE LAWRENCE has yet to be headed in Stevenage parkruns and today ran pushing a buggy. Â Despite this she still finished in a superb time of 20:39. CLAIRE PULLEN was second Spartan woman, 3rd woman overall, in a new course PBÂ of 22:22, TRACY PEZ was 4th overall in 22:45 on her debut here and MARIE COLUCCI achieved a new course PB of 23:18 in finishing 7th.
CAROL PAUL was third in her age group with 25:25.
There were also course personal bests (PBs) for ANDY JAY, JAMES SOUTH, MEGAN TAYLOR, VERITY FISHER, KERSTIN WEINER, JACKIE DOWNES, CAROLINE CROFT, CHLOE EMMERSON, HAZEL SMITH, and CLAIRE ENNEVER-DORMER.
The full list of Spartan finishers was as follows:
| Pos | Gen Pos | Name | Time | Note | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Andrew PATTERSON | 17:18 | First Timer! | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Keith COUGHLIN | 18:35 | First Timer! | ||||
| 7 | 7 | John HARRIS | 19:27 | First Timer! | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Liam HERBERT | 20:07 | First Timer! | ||||
| 15 | 1 | Natalie LAWRENCE | 20:39 | PB stays at 00:18:47 | ||||
| 19 | 18 | Dave SMITH | 21:12 | PB stays at 00:21:05 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | Claire PULLEN | 22:22 | New PB! | ||||
| 40 | 37 | John NELMS | 22:43 | PB stays at 00:19:58 | ||||
| 42 | 4 | Tracy PEZ | 22:45 | First Timer! | ||||
| 43 | 39 | Mark BEASLEY | 22:46 | PB stays at 00:21:56 | ||||
| 53 | 7 | Marie COLUCCI | 23:18 | New PB! | ||||
| 62 | 53 | Andy JAY | 23:52 | New PB! | ||||
| 64 | 55 | Martin NICHOLAS | 24:03 | First Timer! | ||||
| 69 | 60 | Adam RANDS | 24:15 | PB stays at 00:23:20 | ||||
| 78 | 11 | Claire COX | 24:45 | PB stays at 00:23:33 | ||||
| 79 | 68 | Darren EMMERSON | 24:45 | PB stays at 00:23:19 | ||||
| 88 | 75 | James SOUTH | 25:19 | New PB! | ||||
| 89 | 14 | Carol PAUL | 25:24 | First Timer! | ||||
| 100 | 21 | Megan TAYLOR | 26:18 | New PB! | ||||
| 102 | 22 | Olwen BATTY | 26:20 | PB stays at 00:26:06 | ||||
| 112 | 25 | Verity FISHER | 26:50 | New PB! | ||||
| 113 | 26 | Jenny GARRETT | 26:57 | First Timer! | ||||
| 128 | 33 | Kerstin WEINER | 28:10 | New PB! | ||||
| 134 | 37 | Jackie DOWNES | 28:33 | New PB! | ||||
| 137 | 40 | Caroline CROFT | 28:39 | New PB! | ||||
| 143 | 43 | Theresa KEAST | 28:50 | PB stays at 00:28:45 | ||||
| 158 | 105 | John WALSH | 30:02 | PB stays at 00:27:45 | ||||
| 161 | 56 | Chloe EMMERSON | 30:09 | New PB! | ||||
| 177 | 69 | Hazel SMITH | 30:55 | New PB! | ||||
| 179 | 109 | Nick WITCOMBE | 30:58 | PB stays at 00:29:31 | ||||
| 201 | 117 | Ian ALEXANDER | 32:46 | PB stays at 00:32:06 | ||||
| 211 | 92 | Claire DRAKE | 33:50 | First Timer! | ||||
| 218 | 98 | Karen BROOM | 34:35 | PB stays at 00:33:26 | ||||
| 228 | 107 | Claire COKER | 35:45 | First Timer! | ||||
| 245 | 120 | Emma MARTIN | 38:12 | First Timer! | ||||
| 249 | 124 | Claire ENNEVER-DORMER | 38:12 | New PB! | ||||
| 253 | 126 | Caren THAIN | 39:03 | PB stays at 00:38:04 | ||||
| 255 | 128 | Andy PRIOR | 40:03 | PB stays at 00:24:05 | ||||
At Panshanger Park JOHN ROXBOROUGH was 26th finisher in 22:17 while DARRYL STEVENS was back at Brockenhurst this week and 103rd in a time of 39:05.
Finally ROGER HARDMAN was 297th in a massive field of 531 at Newcastle, stopping the watch at 27:03.
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has hundreds of members and encourages participation by all.  The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to the new sports centre at Marriotts School – a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 8UT) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights – there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome – those who have not yet done very much running might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £37 per year, £25 without UKA affiliation. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy. You can also join online.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (0793 968 7509), Andy Neatham 0777 197 5499 and 01438 816889; or Karen Palmer (07734678566) or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk
The results from Race 3 of Division 1 of the Scott’s Midweek Road Race League, held at Trent Park on Thursday 9th June, can be found on the link below.
These results incorporate requested changes and Vet scores and positions, Charlie Crump now recorded as a guest, correction to Gerry Randel’s name and cumulative team scores corrected.
The next race is in Stevenage on 21st June.
Fairlands Valley Spartans’ CAROLINE BARTER is a county medallist. She won BRONZE in the Hertfordshire County Marathon Championships with her time of 4 hours 40 minutes 49 seconds. The championships were incorporated in the undulating Halstead Marathon.
Track and Field
Wednesday evening proved to be a really cold, wet and windy evening at Bedford for the second meeting of the Eastern Masters Athletics Club track and field league. The weather was so bad, part of a tree on the back straight of the track broke off and fell to the ground!
The Spartan women continued their good form by finishing second to Marshall Milton Keynes by 4 points.  Their team consisted of Monica Brown, Hazel Clark, Kathy Craig, Sharon Crowley, Yuko Gordon, Iris Hornsey, Christine Lathwell, Tessa Stephenson, Andrea Westcott and Peta Wilson, The men’s team of Anton McCalla, Mark Freeman, Mark Glading, Craig Halsey, James Kilroy, Steve Mayfield, Barry Osborne and Dave Stephenson were third behind Bedford and County Athletics Club and Milton Keynes Athletics Club.
Highlights were wins for men’s team Captain Mark Freeman who commenced his new age group competition as a 60 year old by winning the B string 1500 metre walk. Dave Stephenson won the mens 50 to 59 age group high jump in 1 metre 35cm.
Monica Brown was in great form winning several events (80 Metre Hurdles, 200 metres, High Jump and Triple Jump), Iris Hornsey (200 Metres 60+) Cathy Craig (women’s 60+ High Jump), Yuko Gordon (Women 60+ 1500 Metres). The women’s 50+years team (Tessa Stephenson, Sharon Crowley, Yuko Gordon and Monica Brown) then finished off the evening by winning their age group relay in a League record of 2 minutes 23.8 seconds.
The women’s team are looking strong to qualify as one of the two teams for the final in September.
Viking Carol
CAROL PAUL ran her best marathon in over 10 years on Sunday. Â She took part in the Viking Coastal marathon at Birchington in Kent. Â On a four lap flat course along the coast which started at 7am Carol completed the 26.2 miles in 4:08:09.
Faster in Hertford
Recently ANDREW MARTIN ran the Hertford 5K in a new personal best (PB) of 24 minutes 10 seconds.
Parkrun Reports
At least 30 Spartans* turned out for the second Stevenage parkrun at the weekend, making up over 10% of the healthy field of 272.
It was a Spartans first place double as CRAIG HALSEY made it six parkrun first places on the trot (previously three at St Albans and two at Luton in February through to April) with his time of 17 minutes 16 seconds and NATALIE LAWRENCE followed up last week’s first place with more of the same, officially two seconds outside last week’s time at 18:49.
For the men, JOHN NELMS was second Spartan home, breaking 20 minutes for the first time, while KEIRAN FEETHAM and DAVE SMITH also notched new course PBs in being third and fourth male Spartans across the line.
For the women, CLAIRE COX was second Spartan finisher in a new course PB (personal best), fourth woman overall, and CAROLE SHELDRICK and LESLIE AITKINS were third and fourth Spartan women.
There were additional course PBs for PAUL BATTERBEE, DARREN EMMERSON, and ANDY PRIOR.
The published list of Spartan finishers was as follows:
| Pos | Gender Pos | Name | Time | Note | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Craig HALSEY | 17:16 | First Timer! | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Natalie LAWRENCE | 18:49 | PB stays at 00:18:47 | ||||
| 14 | 13 | John NELMS | 19:58 | New PB! | ||||
| 17 | 16 | Kieran FEETHAM | 20:20 | New PB! | ||||
| 25 | 24 | Dave SMITH | 21:05 | New PB! | ||||
| 28 | 27 | Liam ERRINGTON | 21:18 | PB stays at 00:21:17 | ||||
| 31 | 29 | Paul BATTERBEE | 21:37 | New PB! | ||||
| 54 | 51 | Mark BEASLEY | 22:58 | PB stays at 00:21:56 | ||||
| 56 | 53 | Darren EMMERSON | 23:19 | New PB! | ||||
| 57 | 54 | Adam RANDS | 23:20 | First Timer! | ||||
| 58 | 55 | Martin DUDLEY | 23:21 | First Timer! | ||||
| 61 | 4 | Claire COX | 23:33 | New PB! | ||||
| 73 | 67 | Andy PRIOR | 24:05 | New PB! | ||||
| 77 | 71 | Callum BEASLEY | 24:20 | PB stays at 00:23:53 | ||||
| 127 | 113 | John MCCALL | 27:20 | First Timer! | ||||
| 130 | 16 | Carole SHELDRICK | 27:26 | First Timer! | ||||
| 138 | 18 | Lesley AITKINS | 28:17 | First Timer! | ||||
| 143 | 20 | Caroline CROFT | 28:45 | First Timer! | ||||
| 144 | 21 | Theresa KEAST | 28:45 | First Timer! | ||||
| 154 | 23 | Beverley HARLOW | 29:24 | First Timer! | ||||
| 173 | 34 | Chloe EMMERSON | 31:10 | PB stays at 00:30:38 | ||||
| 179 | 37 | Hazel SMITH | 31:43 | First Timer! | ||||
| 184* | 39* | Liz MORGAN | 32:00 | Missed by scanner | ||||
| 198 | 156 | Ian ALEXANDER | 32:50 | PB stays at 00:32:06 | ||||
| 202 | 44 | Hilary DAVIES | 33:03 | First Timer! | ||||
| 237 | 55 | Emma POULTER | 37:07 | First Timer! | ||||
| 250 | 64 | Caren THAIN | 38:53 | PB stays at 00:38:04 | ||||
| 251 | 65 | Claire ENNEVER-DORMER | 38:53 | First Timer! | ||||
| 265 | 70 | Hayley PEACH | 41:36 | PB stays at 00:39:46 | ||||
| 272 | 76 | Verity FISHER | 55:30 | Tail-runner | ||||
Note: there may be missing Spartans as there was a scanner fault on the day.
In other Hertfordshire events, TRACY STILES ran at Panshanger and achieved a new course PB of 30:03 knocking an impressive 79 seconds off her previous attempt there. Â In his first visit to Cassiobury Park in Watford JOHN ROXBOROUGH was 38th finisher in 21:52 while TIM ROBINSON accompanied his son round Ellenbrook Fields in 39:29.
Finally DARRYL STEVENS was 227th finisher at Lloyd parkrun in Croydon in a time of 55:24 on his first visit there.
League Campaign
Fairlands Valley Spartans are hoping for a big turnout of club members at the next midweek league race which will be in Trent Park this Thursday evening, 9th June.
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
Join The Spartans
Live in or near Stevenage? Like running? Fairlands Valley Spartans is your local running club and is on the up! The club was voted the UK’s Best Running Club in 2010. It now has hundreds of members and encourages participation by all. The Spartans have a varied training programme to suit those who want to run 5 kilometres through to full marathons.
The Spartans weekday training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Go along to the new sports centre at Marriotts School – a Sports College, Telford Avenue, Stevenage (SG2 8UT) at 7p.m. Up to five running groups go out on training nights – there will be one to suit you!
The Spartan Starter group starts from Marriotts at 7.30p.m. every Monday (except public holidays) and 7p.m. every Thursday.
Most long Sunday morning training sessions start 9a.m. sharp. Spartan track training sessions are held at Ridlins Athletics Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage most Saturdays from 9.15a.m. There are events to enter every Sunday. Newcomers are very welcome – those who have not yet done very much running might prefer to start with a Thursday, Saturday or Monday session.
Try a few sessions before joining. Membership is only £37 per year, £25 without UKA affiliation. Concessions are available. Membership forms are available on the Spartans website www.fvspartans.org.uk Please ask if you would like a paper copy. You can also join online.
If you want to know more about the Spartans please contact Jim Brown (0793 968 7509), Andy Neatham 0777 197 5499 and 01438 816889; or Karen Palmer (07734678566) or visit their website www.fvspartans.org.uk