TROPHIES AT HATFIELD THREE

Spartans SHARON CROWLEY and GEORGIE HOOPER were trophy winners at the end of the three race Hatfield 5K series.

It was a bit damp and getting a bit dark for the third race but SAM GENTRY and other Spartans still ran new personal bests.

Sam managed to get another PB of 26:57 in the last race.  Overall she made a 1 minute 48 second improvement over the three races.

She said, “It’s been amazing seeing everybody’s progress over the last three weeks and all the praise and encouragement to each other

HAZEL SMITH ran all three of the Hatfield 5K series, gradually improving her time.  Her last race chip time was 25:19, a season’s best.

Perri Gentry got another PB this week (17:10), which is 8 seconds quicker than last week!

Andy Prior hit a PB of 21.54.  He said he was very fortunate to have Mike Jeffsand Michael Fisher pacing him – although at times it felt like an assassination attempt – we got the job done.

What was amazing was how the group grew with runners from other clubs also using our unofficial pacers to help support them to PBs as well – at least two non-Spartans thanked us afterwards and the results show we were a tight group – a very proud Spartan moment.  Andy  (12 seconds).

JAY PAPA ran a PB again!!! – This time it was 18:36.  Five seconds quicker than the previous week.

BECKY RAYNER’s time at race 3 of the Hatfield 5km was 37:47, which is a season’s best

She said that following injury the 5km series were her first runs back.  She took the first one easy (41:09), the second she started easy then pushed on a little (40:16).  Before the third race she had in my head that she would like to get under 40 minutes so was thrilled to come in well under that and over three minutes quicker than race 1

8 Spartan women, 11 men ran all three races.

Pos	MF	AG	Name	Cat	Gun	Chip
14	13	10	Charlie WHITE	MS	17:04	17:03
17	16	11	Perri GENTRY	MS	17:11	17:10
25	24	13	Nathan KIRLEY	MS	17:36	17:34
34	33	18	Nick GILL	MS	18:02	17:59
46	43	22	Jay PAPA	MS	18:37	18:36
64	60	22	Kris JEROME	MV40	19:15	19:13
78	70	26	Mark COLLINS	MV40	19:45	19:33
81	73	28	Matthew JACKSON	MS	19:51	19:45
82	74	27	Simon JACKSON	MV40	19:51	19:45
97	87	8	Tony RANDFIELD	MV60	20:18	20:17
114	101	11	Charles ARNOLD	MV60	21:07	20:58
116	103	37	Matthew COOKE	MS	21:13	21:05
130	110	35	Mike JEFFS	MV40	22:03	21:53
131	111	24	Andy PRIOR	MV50	22:04	21:54
132	21	5	Georgie HOOPER	FV35	22:04	21:53
133	112	40	Michael FISHER	MS	22:04	21:54
154	36	10	Jo COOKSLEY	FV35	24:04	23:47
166	41	17	Megan SUTTON	FS	25:09	24:54
173	44	9	Hazel SMITH	FV45	25:35	25:19
183	51	12	Sam GENTRY	FV45	27:15	26:57
188	53	2	Sharon CROWLEY	FV65	28:06	27:50
189	54	13	Samantha SUTTON	FV45	28:51	28:35
198	60	19	Rose SUTTON	FS	31:28	31:11
200	62	6	Liz CARVELL	FV65	32:00	31:42
203	64	13	Rebecca RAYNER	FV35	38:04	37:47
205	66	11	Jane WADEY	FV55	38:47	38:29

Spartans at Stevenage 10K and 5K

Spartan DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT won the age percentage competition in the Stevenage 5K and 10K races on Sunday morning.  He scored 83.2% in the 5K with his time of 17:08 then 80.0% in the 10K with 36:10.

David and MIKE JEFF (17:33) were second and third overall, and first and second men 40 plus, in the 5K.

CAROLE SHELDRICK said it was a great event.  She wanted to go out and just run the 5k and see what she could do and couldn’t have been happier coming in at 26.39, her body was then ready to go home but with the support of her fellow Spartans she then took on the 10k and did it in 59.36. 

She said, “At the start of the year I couldn’t even run a mile after being out injured for 14 months, but thanks to the Spartans Sunday 6 milers, Tuesday interval sessions every week and a few park runs every month my running has started to progress brilliantly.”

Alice Welch:

My 5k time was 27:52 (chip time)
My 10k time was 1:01:24 (chip time)

Both are PBs and the 5k was my first sub 30 5k

Jane Wadey would like to thank everyone who took part in the Stevenage parkrun headline event on 13 September. Gary, the race director, was very pleased with so many volunteers and the pacers were great too. Jane’s daughter Olivia Hopkinson who joined the club earlier this year took part in her first park run as a park walker in 55:18 minutes. Jane also took part in the Menzies 5k and 10k races on 14 September which was a challenge after the Big Half and the third Hatfield 5k last week. She decided to run / walk in order to concentrate on her running form but was determined to finish and ran as much as possible.  One thing that really helped was that with her name on her vest, lots of people were encouraging her all along the way.

5K

Pos	MF	AG	Name	Cat	Gun Time	Chip Time
2	2	1	David HARRIS-CHERGUIT	MV40	17:09	17:08
3	3	2	Mike JEFFS	MV40	17:34	17:33
17	17	10	Nick GILL	MS	21:01	20:58
24	23	14	Matthew COOKE	MS	21:49	21:44
34	31	5	Lee PICKERSGILL	MV40	22:24	22:20
41	4	2	Jess CLARKE	FS	23:11	23:07
99	20	7	Carole SHELDRICK	FV45	26:59	26:39
117	92	1	Jim BROWN	MV70+	28:05	27:55
120	27	10	Alice WELCH	FS	28:11	27:52
134	103	16	Andy PRIOR	MV50	28:49	28:13
135	104	26	Keith HOOKER	MV40	28:49	28:13
149	110	7	Nick KLEANTHOUS	MV60	29:45	29:22
192	61	19	Callie CHAPMAN	FV35	31:55	31:19
232	143	15	Paul HOLGATE	MV60	35:51	35:28
237	146	61	Lloyd DIAS	MS	36:15	35:35
239	93	22	Jo COOK	FV45	36:31	35:41
245	97	23	Jayne DYMOKE	FV45	37:07	36:16
251	102	12	Jane WADEY	FV55	38:37	37:59
268	116	33	Emma CHAPMAN.	FV35	45:09	44:30

10K

Pos	MF	AG	Name	Cat	Gun Time	Chip Time
5	5	3	David HARRIS-CHERGUIT	MV40	36:12	36:10
8	8	5	Michael FISHER	MS	37:49	37:47
11	11	7	Nick GILL	MS	38:16	38:14
12	12	4	Mike JEFFS	MV40	38:20	38:18
15	15	9	Jay PAPA	MS	39:06	39:04
35	33	10	Danny SCANLON	MV40	44:20	44:16
37	35	12	Keith HOOKER	MV40	44:25	44:18
44	42	21	Matthew COOKE	MS	44:42	44:38
46	44	23	Simon FRASER	MS	44:49	44:45
49	47	25	Melvin AUBURN	MS	45:26	45:18
59	56	10	Andy PRIOR	MV50	46:53	46:46
64	4	3	Annabelle WHITE	FS	47:30	47:23
69	64	17	Lee PICKERSGILL	MV40	47:52	47:45
129	108	25	Pete COOK	MV50	54:30	54:22
142	116	51	Lloyd DIAS	MS	55:29	55:07
156	125	1	Jim BROWN	MV70+	56:45	56:28
160	33	9	Kelly EVANS	FV35	57:04	56:47
198	49	1	Sharon CROWLEY	FV65+	59:34	59:12
212	55	15	Carole SHELDRICK	FV45	1:00:18	59:36
222	59	16	Alice WELCH	FS	1:01:51	1:01:24
258	84	8	Monica SMITHSON	FV55	1:05:15	1:04:36
341	194	19	Paul HOLGATE	MV60	1:21:39	1:20:53
342	148	20	Jane WADEY	FV55	1:22:23	1:21:48
345	150	53	Emma CHAPMAN	FV35	1:33:03	1:32:40

Kelly Raised Thousands

Kelly McHale ran The Great North Run recently.  Tyron, her brother, and Kelly would like to thank all those who donated.  They raised nearly £3,000 for The British Heart Foundation.  Kelly’s hard work was rewarded with a 1:50:31 finish.

I had a wonderful day. Was an amazing experience. It was a tough run, I didn’t get the time I wanted 1hour 45. I got 1 hour 50. I should have practiced running and drinking at the same time as I chocked at mile 9. I made a few silly mistakes that cost me a few minutes. Lesson learnt for my next half marathon. Thank you you all for your support and well wishes.

Harvathon

Five Spartans – Claire Emmerson, Hazel Smith, Sam Sutton, Matt Tutton and Nichola Durent enjoyed the Harvathon trail event.

Today I completed 6 loops at Harvathon, a brilliant local race comprising of trail loops.  Support, good, drink and music was a plenty! Lovely medal and goodie bag at the end too.

HAZEL SMITH managed 6 loops, covering 20.8 miles.  Second Lady she was told as she finished (can’t find results to confirm) as one lady did 7 laps

Matt Tutton five laps.  27.44 km in 3 hours 34 minutes moving time.

Sam Sutton completed 5 laps with a total distance of 27.63km in 3 hours 40 minutes.

NICHOLA DURENT said I took part in a great local event in Offley, The Harvathon.

It’s a trail event of 5 k loops and you can do as many as you want in an allocated time.  It was a lovely route but did have one harsh hill that was hard work.  I did three laps which was my goal. It was such a lovely relaxed atmosphere with lots of support from others runners, marshals and those in the event village.

Sue at Copenhagen Half Marathon

Spartan SUE HAMER ran the Copenhagen half marathon in 2 hours 8 minutes and 17 seconds.

She said, “The 3rd of my superhalfs, in a couple of weeks’ time I have Cardiff, which will be my 4th.

We started off in rain, so wet and cold, by the time I finished the sun had come out.  It was a lovely course, with amazing support on route.”

Langdale Half Marathon

SAM TOPHILL ran the Langdale Half Marathon in 2 hours 22 minutes 51 seconds.

Takeover – Parkrun Highlights, Saturday 13^th September 2025

There was a Spartan takeover at Stevenage parkrun on Saturday morning.  Fairlands Valley Spartans took on many of the volunteer roles in the event in Fairlands Valley Park.

For example FVS provided all the pacers – Simon Fraser 20; Jay Papa 22; Charlie White 24; Nick Gill 26; Matthew Cooke 28; Jess Clarke 30; Jim Brown 32; Annabelle White 34 and Nick Kleanthous 36 minutes.

576 ran the 5K with large numbers achieving new personal bests.

Hayley Peach enjoyed some parkrun tourism in Aberystwyth with a 37:35 while TRACY HAYGARTH took in the fabulous Mura di Lucca parkrun around the city walls in Lucca, Italy.  She finished in 45:03.  CHRIS HOLLAND headed north, far north.  He ran the Thurso parkrun in 26:01.  Altogether 68 Spartans ran a parkrun on Saturday.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
2	2	Simon JACKSON	17:46
6	6	Perri GENTRY	19:36
12	12	Simon FRASER	20:04
22	22	Grant RAMSAY	20:56
33	31	David RIDDELL	21:25
41	39	Jay PAPA	21:50
46	44	Mike JEFFS	22:03
54	51	Martin JACOB	22:31
68	64	Steve WELLS	23:02
76	71	Daniel VILJOEN	23:25
91	84	Craig BACON	23:55
95	87	Charlie WHITE	23:59
98	90	Wayne SIMMONS	24:08
108	98	Martin DUDLEY	24:25
139	125	Tony RANDFIELD	25:10
146	130	Pete COOK	25:27
149	133	Chris WATLING	25:31
164	144	Nick GILL	25:55
180	155	Mark BEASLEY	26:16
238	196	Matthew COOKE	27:54
253	45	Suzy HAWKINS	28:17
263	210	Keith HOOKER	28:32
266	49	Ada JANUSIENE	28:36
295	233	David ACKERY	29:36
300	58	Jessica CLARKE	29:43
360	95	Pamela VILJOEN	31:42
371	266	Jim BROWN	32:02
425	128	Annabelle WHITE	34:05
426	290	Michael O’KEEFE	34:06
465	146	Lindsay PATEMAN	35:50
470	306	Nick KLEANTHOUS	36:00
482	310	Lloyd DIAS	36:53
502	173	Beverley HARLOW	38:13
525	321	Andy PRIOR	40:13
526	191	Kerstin WEINER	40:14
535	198	Emma CHAPMAN	42:54
561	211	Debbie BLANTERN	49:52
567	340	Roger BIGGS	53:14
568	214	Sharon CROWLEY	53:15
572	218	Olivia HOPKINSON	55:18
575	220	Niki PLUMB	58:13
576	221	Sally PICKLES	58:13