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45 HIT THE HEATH HILLS

Wins For Yuko and Brian * Masters Third

 

There were wins for Yuko and Brian and third place for the men’s masters team as 45 Fairlands Valley Spartans hit the Therfield Heath hills in the final race of this season’s cross country season on Sunday morning.

ANDREW PATTERSON led in the 23 Spartan men in sixth place and taking 35 minutes 48 seconds for the 5.5 undulating miles.

The men’s masters team (male veterans aged 40 plus) of GRANT RAMSAY 36:12; STEFFAN FORD 38:44; STEVE GREEN 43:02; THOMAS SAUKA 43:18; TIM SABAN 44:03; BRIAN WHITE 45:09; STEVE MAYFIELD 46:53 and PETE SMITH 49:24 consolidated some good results from the previous four races to finish in BRONZE position, third out of the twenty clubs in the league.  Brian was winning veteran 60 plus over the five races,

The fastest female from Fairlands was also sixth.  NATALIE LAWRENCE’s top ten place in the women’s contest was achieved in 43 minutes 14 seconds.  SUZY HAWKINS was next in at 12th with 46:04 and the amazing YUKO GORDON underlined her emphatic league win in the 65 plus category at 14th with 46 minutes 12 seconds.  MICHELLE REEVES, 46th in 51:41 and ISABEL GREEN 47th in 51:42 completed the women’s “A” team for Fairlands Valley who were third out of twenty on the day showing what could have been achieved with a bigger turnout in the race at Watford.  Women’s teams consist of five runners in the Sunday cross country league and FVS had four complete teams.

In the open team race the men’s team of eight included four seniors – Andrew Patterson; MIKE GREEN 77th in 42:49; DANNY SCANLON 92nd in 43:33 and NICK GILL running his first cross country 94th in 43:43.  The men’s open team were fourth on the day and fifth in the league.

ROS INGRAM led in the women’s “B” team, she was 54th woman in 52:50, which included CLAIRE EMMERSON 55th in 52:51; SOPHIE COWAN 75th in 54:33; SARAH PIKE 81st in 55:51and ANN TRYSSESOONE 91st in 58:05.

PENNY SCHENKEL and KELLY McHALE brought in the “Cs” with 58:50 and 60:05.

Full results for the 23 Spartan men:

Position Name Time Comments Category
6 ANDREW PATTERSON 35:48 Men’s “A” MSenior
11 GRANT RAMSAY 36:12 Men’s “A” M40
32 STEFFAN FORD 38:44 Men’s “A” M40
77 MIKE GREEN 42:49 Men’s “A” MSenior
82 STEVE GREEN 43:02 Men’s “A” M40
88 THOMAS SAUKA 43:18 Men’s “A” M40
92 DANNY SCANLON 43:33 Men’s “A” MSenior
94 NICK GILL 43:43 Men’s “A” MSenior
99 TIM SABAN 44:03 Men’s “B” M50
110 BRIAN WHITE 45:09 Men’s “B” M60
129 STEVE MAYFIELD 46:53 Men’s “B” M50
148 PETE SMITH 49:24 Men’s “B” M50
163 MARK GOODWIN 50:44 Men’s “B” M60
166 PAUL WHYTE 51:15 Men’s “B” M40
189 ANDY JAY 54:22 Men’s “B” M50
190 NEIL ROBINSON 54:41 Men’s “B” MSenior
191 ANDREW SMITH 55:09 MSenior
197 STEVE PIKE 56:17 M50
200 SIMON SYPULA 56:26 M40
203 JIM BROWN 57:43 M60
211 TIM ROBINSON 62:53 M40
215 MARK FREEMAN 67:30 M60
218 STEVE GOUGH 73:07 M40

 

And the 22 Spartan women:

Position Name Time Comments Category
6 NATALIE LAWRENCE 43:14 Women’s “A” WSenior
12 SUZY HAWKINS 46:04 Women’s “A” W35
14 YUKO GORDON 46:12 Women’s “A” W65
46 MICHELLE REEVES 51:41 Women’s “A” WSenior
47 ISABEL GREEN 51:42 Women’s “A” W35
54 ROS INGRAM 52:50 Women’s “B” W35
55 CLAIRE EMMERSON 52:51 Women’s “B” W45
75 SOPHIE COWAN 54:53 Women’s “B” W35
81 SARAH PIKE 55:51 Women’s “B” WSenior
91 ANN TRYSSESOONE 58:05 Women’s “B” W45
96 PENNY SCHENKEL 58:50 Women’s “C” W45
102 KELLY McHALE 60:05 Women’s “C” W35
110 SHARON CROWLEY 61:34 Women’s “C” W55
111 HAZEL SMITH 62:26 Women’s “C” W35
113 JULIE SHADBOLT 62:26 Women’s “C” W45
115 ERICA GRAYSON 62:26 Women’s “D” W45
117 NICOLA TOUT 64:13 Women’s “D” W45
118 VICKY COTTOM 65:07 Women’s “D” W35
121 PETA WILSON 67:30 Women’s “D” W45
122 ANGIE KEELING 68:28 Women’s “D” W35
123 TRACEY STILES 68:48 W45
125 SUE HAMER 68:52 W45

 

Fairlands Valley Spartans have fourteen runners in this Saturday’s National Cross Country Championships on Parliament Hill Fields.  The women’s race is at 2.20p.m. and the men’s at 3p.m.  Supporters will be very welcome.

 

Llanelli

This weekend TREVOR and KAREN BROOM went to Llanelli in South Wales.  On Saturday Trevor ran the Llanelli coastal park run and got a personal best (PB) of 31.51 on the lovely route along the coastal path.

Then on Sunday Karen ran the Llanelli Half Marathon in 2.21.26.  She says it was a hard run out from the parc y scarlets rugby stadium along the coastal path and back again along the coast.

 

SCVAC Indoor Championships

At the Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Club indoor championships DAVE BOWKER competed in the 3K walk.  He was fifth in 19 minutes 13 seconds for the 15 laps of the Lee Valley track.

 

Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon

GERRY ROSEN completed the Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon.  It was his first half marathon event and he finished with a time of 2 hours 16 minutes, so it’s a PB!!

 

Comet Congratulations

Congratulations to BRIAN WHITE and YUKO GORDON.  Brian won the veteran’s achievement prize in the Comet Sports Awards and Yuko was a finalist.  A picture by Penny Schenkel of Kelly McHale and Juliet Fullwood at the Relays in the Park was displayed at the event.

 

Coach to London

Do you have an entry to the London Marathon on 22nd April 2018?  Have you thought how you will get to London from Stevenage on the big day? Fairlands Valley Spartans have a coach from Stevenage and there are spare places.  The cost is just £10.  If you would like to join us, please contact Roger Biggs on roger@thebiggs.net.

 

Parkrun Highlights

At Stevenage ROSIE LYON-SMITH ran her first parkrun and was first woman over the line, finishing in 21:12. VERITY FISHER was 12th, and CLAIRE EMMERSON 13th (both in 26:00) and TRACY PEZ was 17th in 26:40.

For the men STUART HAYCROFT finished as first Spartan, 5th overall in a time of 19:27, just in front of DANNY SCANLON who was awarded the same time in 6th, a new course PB for Danny. MARK COLLINS made it three Spartans in the top 10, finishing 9th in 20:03. GARETH COWELL notched a new course PB of 21:28 in finishing 17th/

The other highlights at Stevenage were new course PBs for STEVEN DOBNER (28:54) and for HAZEL JONES (36:51).

Elsewhere TREVOR BROOM ran a new course PB of 31:51 at Llanelli Coast.

JAMES KILROY ran the Bournemouth parkrun in 26.46

 

Coming Events

Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including:

  • Fairlands Valley Spartans Champions Night in Old Stevenage on Friday 23rd February.
  • National Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill Fields, London on Saturday 24th February.
  • Baldock Beast on Sunday 25th February.
  • UKA Club Run at Fairlands Valley Spartans on Thursday 1st March.
  • Welwyn Half Marathon on Sunday 4th March.
  • Big London Half Marathon on Sunday 4th March.
  • Milton Keynes 5K, 10K, Half and 20 miles on Sunday 11th March.
  • Finchley 20 miles (including Herts County Champs) on Sunday 18th March.
  • Oakley 20 miles on Sunday 18th March.
  • Serpentine 5K on Friday 23rd March (please note change of date).
  • Orion 15 classic cross country at Chingford (Epping Forest) on Saturday 24th March.
  • County Cross Country Championships for Veterans at Royston on Sunday 25th March.
  • Maidenhead Easter Ten on Friday 30th March.
  • Sandy Ten on Sunday 8th April.
  • London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April.
  • Flitwick 10K on Sunday 29th April.
  • Stirling Marathon on Sunday 29th April.
  • EMAC track and field event one at Stevenage on Wednesday 2nd May.
  • County open 1500 and veteran track and field championships on Monday 7th May.
  • Pednor Five including county championships for veterans on Monday 7th May.
  • Mid Week Road Race League race one in Epping Forest on Thursday 10th May at 7.30p.m.
  • Mid Week Road Race League 10K in St. Albans on Thursday 24th May.
  • EMAC track and field event two at Bedford on Wednesday 6th June.
  • Welwyn 10K including senior county championships on Sunday 24th June.
  • EMAC track and field event three at Cambridge on Wednesday 4th July.
  • Fairlands Valley Challenge off road on Sunday 15th July.
  • EMAC track and field event four at Milton Keynes on Wednesday 1st August.
  • Standalone 10K on Sunday 7th October.
  • Peterborough Half Marathon (GER) on Sunday 14th October.
  • Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 4th November.
  • St Neots Half Marathon on Sunday 18th November.

 

Tables

Full parkrun results for Spartans for 17th February:

parkrun Pos Gen parkrunner Time Notes
Gorleston Cliffs 42 40 Ryan DUNNING 00:22:33
Llanelli Coast 66 48 Trevor BROOM 00:31:51 Course PB
Nobles 19 4 Nicola KENNEDY 00:25:27
Stevenage 5 5 Stuart HAYCROFT 00:19:27
Stevenage 6 6 Danny SCANLON 00:19:27 Course PB
Stevenage 9 9 Mark COLLLINS 00:20:03
Stevenage 17 1 Rosie LYON-SMITH 00:21:12
Stevenage 18 17 Gareth COWELL 00:21:28 Course PB
Stevenage 31 28 Martin DUDLEY 00:22:32
Stevenage 43 40 Chris HOLLAND 00:23:13
Stevenage 53 49 Lee PICKERSGILL 00:23:52
Stevenage 66 59 Wills JENNINGS 00:24:51
Stevenage 68 61 Darren EMMERSON 00:24:55
Stevenage 69 62 Jonathan JONES 00:24:56
Stevenage 72 64 David SCOTT 00:24:57
Stevenage 86 75 James SOUTH 00:25:55
Stevenage 92 12 Verity FISHER 00:26:00
Stevenage 93 13 Claire EMMERSON 00:26:00
Stevenage 110 17 Tracy PEZ 00:26:40
Stevenage 145 116 Daniel SUTTON 00:28:19
Stevenage 150 31 Monica SMITHSON 00:28:31
Stevenage 156 34 Dzenana TOPIC 00:28:47
Stevenage 158 124 Steven DOBNER 00:28:54 Course PB
Stevenage 203 146 Peter CARPENTER 00:32:01
Stevenage 251 88 Hazel JONES 00:36:51 Course PB
Tonbridge 482 306 Michael O’KEEFE 00:43:07
Letchworth 44 42 Neil ROBINSON 00:27:15
Bournemouth 164 James KILROY 00:26:46

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