JUST ONE POINT IN IT

Fairlands Valley Spartans are ahead on score and just need one extra race point to secure promotion in the Mid Week League.  They are way ahead of all the other clubs in participation but after three out of the four evening races just need that one more competitive point.

Going into the third Mid Week League race the tussle for the vital second place was really tight.

And then on Thursday evening an amazing 77 Spartans, 30 women and 47 men, made the journey to Ware to run and finish in race three. 

That meant FVS had three complete women’s teams of eight and three complete men’s teams of twelve finish the multi-terrain and undulating 9.5 kilometre race.

On the night ADRIAN BUSOLINI, sixth overall in 34:21 and SIMON FRASER, seventh overall in 34:30 led in the Spartans with SIMON JACKSON close to top ten at 14^th in 34:56.  Even the FVS “A” teams twelfth counter, PAUL SHELLEY was well under 40 minutes with 38:53.

They helped the team to second place

In the age group tussles RALPH DADSWELL was second 60 plus in 39:33; BRIAN WHITE first 70 plus in 52:39 and JIM BROWN third 70 plus in 56:18.

There were some high category places for Spartans in the women’s race.  OLIVIA LACIGOVA was tenth overall but won the 35 plus category with 43:57; GEORGIE HOOPER was second with 44 minutes exactly.  MARIE COLUCCI was second in the 45 plus contest with 46:12.  All eight team “A” women squeaked under 54 minutes to put them in third place.

All this means that after three out of the four races Fairlands Valley Spartans are just short of the vital second spot with 33 points compared with Royston’s 34.  However the FVS score is 144 so one point in the last races would be enough.

Race one 609 runners from divisions two and three – 87 Spartans

Race two 515 runners from divisions two and three – 62 Spartans

Race three 385 runners from division two only– 77 Spartans.

16 clubs took part in races one and two and seven in race three so that’s fantastic participation by FVS.  More Spartans ran in race three than from any other club.

After three races Fairlands Valley Spartans will not be relegated but it would be great to win that promotion.

The fourth and final counting race will be in Royston on Wednesday evening 25^th June.

Spartan Men’s Results

Race	Time	Name	Surname	Cat.
6	34:21	Adrian	Busolini	S
7	34:30	Simon	Fraser	S
14	34:56	Simon	Jackson	V 40
25	36:06	Kirk	Ndugu	S
33	36:39	Mike	Jeffs	V 40
37	36:51	David	Harris-Cherguit	V 40
39	37:02	Michael	Fisher	S
42	37:20	Nathan	Kirley	S
48	37:56	Steffan	Ford	V 40
52	38:20	Ross	Gallagher	V 40
58	38:45	Richard	Bate	V 40
60	38:53	Paul	Shelley	V 50
66	39:11	Perri	Gentry	S
72	39:33	Ralph	Dadswell*	V 60
85	40:59	Terry	Sawyer	V 40
87	41:08	Stuart	Archer	V 40
91	41:39	Paul	Mould	V 40
94	41:56	Mark	Collins	V 40
108	42:55	David	Riddell	V 60
112	43:14	Alexey	Zherdev	V 40
114	43:35	Jay	Papa	S
119	43:53	Charlie	Arnold	V 60
120	43:55	Nick	Gill	S
123	44:00	Tony	Randfield	V 60
136	45:59	Craig	Bacon	V 50
141	46:12	Keith	Hooker	V 40
189	49:22	Simon	Haigh	V 50
199	50:25	Martin	Wood	V 60
209	51:03	Martin	Dudley	V 60
222	52:16	Martin	Jacob	V 40
227	52:37	Alex	Scofield	S
228	52:39	Brian	White	V 70
232	52:56	Darren	Emmerson	V 50
235	53:09	Tony	Vickers	V 50
246	53:34	Joseph	Wasnock	S
260	54:24	Pete	Cook	V 50
271	55:14	Lloyd	Dias	S
281	56:07	Patrick	Anyadi	S
283	56:18	Jim	Brown	V 70
285	56:23	Simon	Sypula	V 50
294	57:10	Paul	Maguire	V 50
304	58:13	Ryan	Riddell	S
313	58:43	Tim	Robinson	V 50
316	59:14	Karl	Shreeve	V 50
329	1:01:26	David	Ackerley	S
350	1:04:38	Nick	Kleanthous	V 60
352	1:04:50	Paul	Holgate	V 60

Spartan Women’s Results

Race	Time	Name	Surname	Cat.
122	43:57	Olivia	Lacigova	V 35
124	44:00	Georgie	Hooper	V 35
142	46:12	Marie	Colucci	V 45
170	48:18	Annabelle	White	S
205	50:54	Vicky	Archer	V 35
206	50:55	Tracy	Pez	V 45
212	51:15	Jayne	Riddell	V 55
252	53:55	Sally	Reeve	V 45
263	54:35	Olivia	Nation	S
273	55:24	Jessica	Clarke	S
275	55:30	Linda	George	V 35
277	55:39	Megan	Sutton	S
299	57:48	Sophie	Parsons	S
300	57:52	Linda	Nolan	V 55
312	58:39	Jo	Cooksley	V 35
332	1:01:47	Claire	Emmerson	V 45
333	1:01:48	Hannah	Manton	S
342	1:02:43	Sharon	Crowley	V 65
351	1:04:40	Sam	Gentry	V 45
357	1:05:41	Ada	Janusiene	V 35
358	1:05:44	Callie	Chapman	V 35
360	1:05:52	Liz	Carvell	V 65
365	1:07:36	Hazel	Smith	V 45
366	1:07:37	Penny	Schenkel	V 55
367	1:07:38	Elizabeth	Crowley	V 35
370	1:08:46	Samantha	Sutton	V 45
376	1:10:14	Sally	Phillips	V 55
377	1:11:50	Amanda	Vickers	V 45
383	1:18:40	Jane	Wadey	V 55
384	1:22:34	Marleen	Van Zwieten	V 55

Prifysgol Abertawe Hanner Marathon

The Swansea Half Marathon was also a representative international masters race and Spartan ASHLEY JOHNSON was running for England.  Ashley had a fall during the race but got up and finished in 1 hour 27 minutes 16 seconds (1:27:16).

MARIE COLUCCI also ran the Swansea half marathon.  Despite a fuelling error she was pleased with her time of 1.45.40 on tired legs.  She said there were beautiful views along the course!

There were 5,730 finishers.  Ashley was 295^th overall, easily top 10%, and Marie 1,358^th.

Ten Times Up Death Hill

Spartan JIM BROWN completed his birthday weekend – and Father’s Day – by running up “Death Hill” ten times.  Yes the Finsbury Park Half Marathon consists of nine complete laps but with the lead in and lead out that means runners have to climb what the organisers call death hill ten times. 

It was tough and warm.  Jim was happy to win his category with 2:06:46 which he noted was almost 24 minutes faster than the age group below him.

Hyrox Harris

John Harris was at the HYROX World Champs in Chicago on Friday 13th June.  He qualified to represent England at the World Champs back in April at the Warsaw Hyrox event.

A tough but wonderful occasion and he was so proud to represent his country

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 14^th June.

Spartan SIMON JACKSON won the Stevenage parkrun by a big margin with his 17 minutes 57 seconds in his 70^th parkrun.

GRANT RAMSAY was top ten with 19:46.

Other mini-milestones included TOBY ECCLESHALL running his 180^th parkrun in 24:06; DARREN EMMERSON his 230^th in 25:29 and ANNBALLE WHITE her 180^th in 30:32.

LORRAINE HILL was the fastest female from Fairlands in27:26.

Birthday Boy JIM BROWN finished in 28:07 beating the next runner in his category by more than 16 minutes.

47 Spartans ran in parkruns on Saturday.