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A BUSY SPARTAN WEEK!

There has been lots of wins for our members over the last week as lots of medals and prizes have been won. 

All these Spartans won gold, silver, bronze county medals or other prizes – JIM BROWN, CATHY CRAIG, PAULA DUNNE, JOHN HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT, GEORGIE HOOPER, SAM PRETTY, GRANT RAMSAY, TONY RANDFIELD and JANE WADEY.   

The medal haul started at the Hatfield 5K on Wednesday evening which included the county championships for veterans and continued into the Stevenage 10K on Sunday. 

Stevenage 10K 

Fourteen Spartans tackled the undulating Stevenage 10K and they won lots of medals.  The event included the Hertfordshire 10K championship for veterans and the team of David Harris-Cherguit (36:48); Grant Ramsay (39:42); John Harris (41:56) and Tony Randfield (42:17) won the team event and GOLD medals. 

Helped by Jane Wadey improving her personal best (PB) by two minutes to 64:41 the Spartan women BRONZE medals with Georgie Hooper (49:27) and Paula Dunne (50:21) also in the team.   

Georgie, Paula and Jane proudly showing off their medals.

Jim Brown won the 70 plus trophy in the open event and the County GOLD medal with 58 minutes exactly.   

SIMON FRASER was the fastest Spartan in the open race.  He was fourth overall and second senior with 35:06. 

Happy Spartans.

Hatfield 5K 

Spartan participation in the second race of the Hatfield 5K series was high and members managed to bring home some medals! 

A selection of Spartan runners before the race.

The fastest Spartan was SIMON JACKSON who came seventh overall in 16 minutes 38 seconds and the fastest female was PAULA DUNNE in 23:15. 

The race included the Hertfordshire County Championships for veterans in which JIM BROWN won the GOLD medal for men 70 plus with 27 minutes 17 seconds and CATHY CRAIG the BRONZE medal for women 65 plus with 28:29. 

NIKKI NATION ran a new season’s best of 28:11, a minute quicker than the previous week.  

Spartans in action!

New Forest Half Marathon 

DARRYL STEVENS went for a run in the New Forest the New Forest Half Marathon, and finished in 2 hours 48 minutes 39 seconds. 

Darryl completing his half marathon.

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 17th September 

 Congratulations to Nigel Strongitharm running a new PB of 24:59 at Bolberry Down parkun in Devon.   

Yuko Gordon ran a new PB of 24:01 coming 21st on her 21st parkrun at Henlow.   

For the full Parkrun results please go to their website by clicking the following link – Parkrun Results 17th September 

Tables 

Hatfield 5K (race 2 in a series of 3). 

Pos Name Ca M/F Cat Pos Time Chip Age Gd Comments 
7. Simon JACKSON MV40 16:38 16:38 85.1%  
62. Grant RAMSAY MV50 54 19 19:47 19:44 73.8 %   
67. Danny SCANLON MV40 58 19 19:54 19:49 68.4 %   
71. Tony RANDFIELD MV60 62 20:02 19:55 82.0 %   
98. Peter SMITH MV60 82 21:26 21:20 74.0 %   
107. Brian WHITE MV60 86 10 22:10 22:08 76.2 %   
121. Mark GOODWIN MV60 96 12 22:43 22:35 72.3 %   
126. Marcus RIDLEY MS 98 23 23:02 22:51 56.1 %   
134. Paula DUNNE FV35 32 23:24 23:15 63.5 %   
146. Susan MCANENY FV45 39 15 23:46 23:37 65.9 %   
154. Nick KLEANTHOUS MV60 110 16 24:17 24:05 65.3 %   
190. Andrea WESTCOTT FV45 68 22 26:51 26:33 62.0 %   
198. Jim BROWN MV70 125 27:29 27:17 63.4 % Gold 
205. Nikki NATION FV55 79 18 28:17 28:11 63.0 % SB  
209. Cathy CRAIG FV65 81 28:51 28:29 72.0 % Bronze 
221. Sharon CROWLEY FV55 90 22 30:00 29:39 64.8 %   
227. Jane WADEY FV55 94 24 32:12 31:51 54.7 %   
232. Paul HOLGATE MV60 135 27 35:01 34:39 47.3 %   
237. Roger BIGGS MV70 136 43:30 43:07 42.3 %   

Stevenage 10K 

Pos Name Cat 5K Time Age Gd Comments 
4. Simon FRASER MS 17:23 35:06 76.2 % 2nd senior 
9. David HARRIS-CHERGUIT MV40 18:06 36:48 76.8 % Team 
18. Grant RAMSAY MV50 19:18 39:42 74.8 % Team + 4th MV50 
26. John HARRIS MV60 20:25 41:56 77.3 % Silver + Team 
29. Tony RANDFIELD MV60 20:16 42:17 79.6 % Bronze + Team 
50. Brian WHITE MV60 22:25 45:38 75.9 %   
75. Mark GOODWIN MV60 22:56 47:37 70.6 %   
82. Nick GILL MS 24:47 48:34 54.5 %   
84. Marcus RIDLEY MS 23:07 48:48 54.2 %   
89. Georgie HOOPER FV35 24:09 49:27 61.0 % Team + 4th FV35 
94. Paula DUNNE FV35 24:23 50:21 60.0 % Team + 5th FV35 
175. Jim BROWN MV70+ 28:13 58:00 61.4 % Gold 
195 Michael O’KEEFE MV50 27:55 1:00:16   
235 Jane WADEY FV55 31:10 1:04:41 55.7% Team & PB (2 min) 

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