Fairlands Valley Spartans were out in force on Sunday with 28 runners making the short trip to Ware, for the annual 10K and 10 mile events hosted by Ware Joggers. For July, the weather was ideal, warm but mostly overcast. 24 ran the ten miles and four the 10K.
There were five personal bests (PB) in the ten mile event. PAUL SHELLEY 69:37. STEVE DOBNER 1:27:31. ALISON SHELLEY down 4:56 to 1:29:15. ED HARE continuing his incredible form since joining FVS, securing PBs in every distance in a time of 1.21.08, a PB by 2 minutes 30 seconds. ROBERT WRIGHT also with a fine run, reducing his PB by three minutes, down to 1.24.09.
BRIAN WHITE enjoyed the very scenic course which took in two laps either side of the River Lee. He was second veteran 60 plus and 42nd overall with 1:12:48. MARK GOODWIN was third veteran 60 with 1:18:08. He was pleased with his run as he was three and a half minutes faster than last year.
FIONA and MATT CLARKE had a great run at the Ware 10. Fiona ran her first ever ten mile race in 1:28:50 and Matt finished in 1:24:48. They said it was a lovely route, with brilliant support from marshals and spectators, and well organised. Fiona would highly recommend this race for next time.
Another Spartan with a wonderful run was STEVE DOBNER. He said, “It was on an interesting two loop course with excellent marshals and numerous water stations. I felt pretty good after managing my pace at the beginning and decided to kick on at seven miles catching and passing the legend that is Andy Jay. I’m very pleased to have broken through the sub 1hr 30 and a chip finishing time of 1:27:31 gave me a whopping 7 minute 49 second personal best.”
ANTON McCALLA took part in the 10 mile race. He said it was quite tough in the heat, but a really well organised and supported event. He had a chip time of 1:36:06.
TIM SABAN was the second fastest Spartan with 1:11:26.
Erica GRAYSON said it was a cooler day than last year and there was an abundance of Spartan stripes. On her road to recovery she finished in 1:40:56.
ROGER BIGGS won the veterans aged 70 plus category with 2 hours 19 minutes 34 seconds. He said the hills started within the first mile.
In the 10K FIONA NOLAN ran a new personal best (PB) of 58:24. That’s her second PB in as many weeks.
(All 28 Spartan results can be found near the end of this release).
51 at Handicap 5K
There was a fantastic turnout of 51 Spartans for Thursday evening’s Handicap 5K in Stevenage.
Winner on the night as he continued his recovery from injury was Paul Maguire in 23:29, with Malcolm MacGregor second in a new personal best (PB) time 26:51 and Mark Collins third in a season best (SB) time of 19:17.
The first female was new member Rebecca Barrow in a new PB time of 30:28, 5 seconds ahead of Sarah Sapstead in a year best (YB) time 32:19 and with Sheryl Hann 3rd lady in a new YB time of her own of 28:30.
Fastest man was Grant Ramsay in a YB time of 18:04, with David Harris-Cherguit second quickest in a PB time of 18:37 and Mark Collins third fastest in his SB 19:17. Fastest female was Susan McAneny in 24:12, with Alison Shelley second quickest in a new PB time of 25:01, and Fiona Clarke third fastest in 25:25.
There were also PBs for Gemma Wood, Jordan Beasley, Natalie Frost and Gerry Rosen; SBs for Jon Sypula, Karl Shreeve, Brian White Jay Papa and Tricia Hopper; and, YBs for Aimee Andrews, Andrew Smith, Robert Evans, Amanda Vickers and Rachael Miller.
The next Handicap 5k (to be confirmed) is scheduled for Thursday 1st August.
Club Championships Half Time
At the half way point, 30th June YUKO GORDON, SUZY HAWKINS, ASHLEY KING, JOHN HARRIS, STUART HAYCROFT, JIM BROWN and PAUL HEWETT were all leaders in one of the Fairlands Valley Spartans club championships but with six months to go some of the leads are tiny and many quick runners have yet to record a full swet of qualifying times.
Paul Hewett (70.3352%) leads the men’s long distance championship with a lead of only 0.0607% over MARTIN BLACKBURN (70.2745%). STUART ARCHER is third with 64.6%.
In the age related long distance championship Jim Brown (71.1197%) leads TIM SABAN (71.0780%) by an even smaller margin of just 0.0417%. Paul Hewett is not far behind on 70.4%.
But in the women’s short distance age related championship Yuko Gordon leads with a score of 96%! In the open category Suzy Hawkins leads with 71.7% with Yuko on 66.0% and PENNY SCHENKEL on 54.2%.
Ashley King leads in both women’s long distance categories with GAIL MACKIE and ISABEL GREEN not far behind.
Barrow Marathon
On Tuesday JOHN NELMS travelled to Barrow in Suffolk to run in the great barrow challenge. This is a 10 marathons in 10 consecutive days event but john only ran 1 ( this year). A very hilly and almost all off road trail run in very high temperatures. John finished in just under 5 hours – using it as a training run for the 100k race to the stones next weekend.
Fairlands Valley Challenge
The Fairlands Valley Challenge off road events are coming up soon on Sunday 21st July. They start and finish in Stevenage. Have a look at www.fvspartans.org.uk The Relays in the Park will be on Thursday evening 25th July. The Stevenage Half Marathon will be on Sunday 3rd November.
Parkrun Highlights 6th July 2019
At Stevenage it was stripey Saturday with 25 Spartans running. Stuart Haycroft was second placed finisher (18:31) and Dean Carpenter came fifth in a new PB (19:19).
John Roxborough was in Roding Valley near Chigwell for the first time running 22:15.
There were PBs for Sheryl Hann at Haverfordwest (29:01) and Barry King at Pocket (25:41). Rob Shaw was in Aldershot and ran his 4th PR in 29:12. Toby Eccleshall was at Sizewell running 23:01.
(All the Spartan Parkrun results can be found in a table near the end of this release)
Tables
Ware 10 miles (23 Spartans)
| Position | Name | Category | Cat Pos | Time | Score | Comment |
| 29. | Paul SHELLEY | MV50 | 4. | 1:09:37 | 70.6% | 4th MV50. PB |
| 37. | Tim SABAN | MV50 | 6. | 1:11:26 | 70.0% | 6th MV60 |
| 41. | Brian WHITE | MV60 | 2. | 1:12:48 | 76.8% | 2nd MV60 |
| 68. | Mark GOODWIN | MV60 | 3. | 1:18:08 | 69.5% | 3rd MV60 |
| 86. | Edward HARE | MS | 36. | 1:21:08 | 54.6% | PB (2:30) |
| 123. | Robert WRIGHT | MS | 49. | 1:24:09 | 52.5% | PB (3 mins) |
| 125 | Matt CLARKE | MV40 | 36. | 1:24:48 | 56.4% | |
| 143. | Colin JENNINGS | MS | 52. | 1:26:35 | 50.9% | |
| 153. | Steven DOBNER | MV40 | 43. | 1:27:31 | 53.8% | PB (7:49 mins) |
| 163. | David PATTMAN | MV40 | 45. | 1:28:07 | 51.7% | |
| 173. | Fiona CLARKE | FV35 | 21. | 1:28:50 | 57.7% | First Ten. |
| 174. | Andy JAY | MV50 | 22. | 1:28:53 | 57.7% | |
| 177. | Alison SHELLEY | FV45 | 11. | 1:29:15 | 62.7% | PB (4:56) |
| 231. | Anton MCCALLA | MV40 | 61. | 1:36:06 | 47.7% | |
| 239. | Vishal SHAH | MS | 65. | 1:38:14 | 44.8% | |
| 242. | Debbie BLANTERN | FV45 | 20. | 1:38:30 | 56.1% | |
| 244. | Jonathan JONES | MV50 | 30. | 1:38:36 | 51.5% | |
| 254. | Jackie DOWNES | FV35 | 38. | 1:40:40 | 51.5% | |
| 255. | Erica GRAYSON | FV45 | 22. | 1:40:56 | 55.3% | |
| 313. | Sue HAMER | FV45 | 32. | 1:51:36 | 48.9% | |
| 318. | Tracy STILES | FV45 | 35. | 1:53:00 | 49.5% | |
| 341. | Angie KEELING | FV35 | 57. | 2:08:05 | 39.4% | |
| 355. | Roger BIGGS | MV70 | 1. | 2:19:34 | 42.9% | 1st MV70 |
| 356. | Emma MARTIN | FV35 | 64. | 2:28:17 | 35.3% |
Ware 10K (4 Spartans)
| Position | Name | Cat | Cat Pos | Time | Score | Comments |
| 32. | John ROXBOROUGH | MS | 13. | 0:45:25 | 60.4% | |
| 144. | Malcolm MACGREGOR | MV40 | 36. | 0:55:55 | 52.9% | |
| 171. | Linda NOLAN | FV55 | 5. | 0:58:24 | 64.4% | PB |
| 269. | Dzenana TOPIC | FV45 | 31. | 1:08:19 | 51.3% |
Handicap 5K – All 51 Spartans
| Pos | First Name | Last Name | Time | R | F | PB | Impr |
| 1 | PAUL | MAGUIRE | 23:29 | 14 | |||
| 2 | MALCOLM | MacGREGOR | 26:51 | 33 | PB | 6:52 | |
| 3 | MARK | COLLINS | 19:17 | 3 | SB | 0:46 | |
| 4 | STEVEN | DOBNER | 23:56 | 17 | |||
| 5 | RYAN | DUNNING | 24:17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | DAVID | HARRIS-CHERGUIT | 18:37 | 2 | 1st 5K | New | |
| 7 | JON | SYPULA | 25:13 | 27 | SB | 0:07 | |
| 8 | KARL | SHREEVE | 26:00 | 32 | SB | 0:30 | |
| 9 | GRANT | RAMSAY | 18:04 | 1 | YB | 0:13 | |
| 10 | ADRIAN | BUSOLINI | 20:07 | 4 | |||
| 11 | JAMES | NICHOLLS | 25:54 | 30 | |||
| 12 | NICK | KLEANTHOUS | 25:59 | 31 | |||
| 13 | BRIAN | WHITE | 21:29 | 9 | SB | 0:50 | |
| 14 | JAY | PAPA | 21:05 | 8 | SB | 2:11 | |
| 15 | DAVID | PATTMAN | 21:49 | 10 | |||
| 16 | TIM | SABAN | 20:21 | 5 | |||
| 17 | REBECCA | BARROW | 30:28 | 40 | 8 | PB | 2:21 |
| 18 | SARAH | SAPSTEAD | 32:19 | 42 | 10 | YB | New |
| 19 | ADRIAN | DONNELLY | 20:35 | 7 | |||
| 20 | JONATHAN | JONES | 24:22 | 22 | |||
| 21 | SHERYL | HANN | 28:30 | 35 | 4 | YB | 0:19 |
| 22 | DEBBIE | BLANTERN | 28:35 | 36 | 5 | ||
| 23 | AIMEE | ANDREWS | 33:51 | 45 | 11 | YB | 0:02 |
| 24 | TONY | VICKERS | 24:25 | 23 | |||
| 25 | LEE | PIROTH | 26:59 | 34 | |||
| 26 | ROGER | BIGGS | 33:16 | 44 | |||
| 27 | ALISON | SHELLEY | 25:01 | 26 | 2 | PB | 0:12 |
| 28 | GEMMA | WOOD | 31:47 | 41 | 9 | PB | 0:42 |
| 29 | ANDREW | SMITH | 24:20 | 21 | YB | 0:24 | |
| 30 | ROBERT | EVANS | 24:39 | 24 | YB | 0:09 | |
| 31 | TRICIA | HOPPER | 28:56 | 37 | 6 | SB | New |
| 32 | KAREN | PALMER | 28:57 | 38 | 7 | ||
| 33 | MICK | ANDREWS | 24:12 | 18 | |||
| 34 | AMANDA | VICKERS | 36:31 | 49 | 15 | YB | 1:00 |
| 35 | MARK | GOODWIN | 22:46 | 11 | |||
| 36 | TIM | ROBINSON | 23:50 | 16 | |||
| 37 | JORDAN | BEASLEY | 23:48 | 15 | 1st 5K | New | |
| 38 | RICHARD | KENNEDY | 20:31 | 6 | |||
| 39 | MATT | CLARKE | 23:25 | 13 | |||
| 40 | JIM | BROWN | 25:13 | 28 | |||
| 41 | RACHAEL | MILLER | 34:00 | 46 | 12 | YB | 1:55 |
| 42 | LEE | PICKERSGILL | 23:01 | 12 | |||
| 43 | SUSAN | McANENY | 24:12 | 19 | 1 | ||
| 44 | SOPHOCLES | GEORGIOU | 29:49 | 39 | |||
| 45 | NIKI | PLUMB | 35:55 | 48 | 14 | ||
| 46 | MARK | BEASLEY | 24:45 | 25 | |||
| 47 | FIONA | CLARKE | 25:25 | 29 | 3 | ||
| 48 | HAYLEY | PEACH | 38:50 | 50 | 16 | ||
| 49 | NICHOLA | DURENT | 40:34 | 51 | 17 | ||
| 50 | NATALIE | FROST | 34:41 | 47 | 13 | 1st 5K | New |
| 51 | GERRY | ROSEN | 32:20 | 43 | 1st 5K | New |
Parkrun Results Saturday 6th July
Stevenage parkrun
A total of 374 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 2 | 2 | Stuart HAYCROFT | 00:18:31 |
| 5 | 5 | Dean CARPENTER | 00:19:19 |
| 10 | 10 | Stuart ARCHER | 00:20:20 |
| 15 | 15 | Nick GILL | 00:20:43 |
| 53 | 50 | Lee PICKERSGILL | 00:23:25 |
| 75 | 69 | Darren EMMERSON | 00:24:09 |
| 85 | 79 | Ryan DUNNING | 00:24:27 |
| 90 | 84 | Jonathan JONES | 00:24:46 |
| 123 | 112 | Daniel SUTTON | 00:26:15 |
| 143 | 128 | Nick KLEANTHOUS | 00:26:58 |
| 159 | 137 | Craig BACON | 00:27:57 |
| 168 | 142 | David SCOTT | 00:28:34 |
| 182 | 32 | Jenny GARRETT | 00:29:01 |
| 185 | 33 | Kerstin WEINER | 00:29:08 |
| 205 | 42 | Verity FISHER | 00:29:48 |
| 207 | 165 | Tim ROBINSON | 00:29:51 |
| 213 | 45 | Fiona CLARKE | 00:30:27 |
| 232 | 181 | David ACKERY | 00:31:00 |
| 276 | 82 | Beverley HARLOW | 00:33:36 |
| 313 | 101 | Debbie BLANTERN | 00:35:51 |
| 331 | 221 | Paul HOLGATE | 00:37:22 |
| 333 | 112 | Melody BROWN | 00:37:24 |
| 337 | 223 | Roger BIGGS | 00:37:42 |
| 341 | 225 | Jim BROWN | 00:37:50 |
| 371 | 237 | Anthony OSBORNE | 00:47:42 |
Roding Valley parkrun
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 19 | 18 | John ROXBOROUGH | 00:22:15 |
A total of 154 runners took part.
Brockenhurst parkrun
A total of 131 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 115 | 66 | Darryl STEVENS | 00:34:44 |
Haverfordwest parkrun
A total of 81 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 49 | 16 | Sheryl HANN | 00:29:01 |
Rushmoor parkrun
A total of 462 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 251 | 202 | Robert SHAW | 00:29:12 |
Panshanger parkrun
A total of 338 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 24 | 23 | Danny SCANLON | 00:21:42 |
| 98 | 12 | Grace BROWN | 00:25:46 |
Ellenbrook Fields parkrun
A total of 290 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 14 | 14 | John HARRIS | 00:19:33 |
| 70 | 59 | Chris HOLLAND | 00:24:16 |
Letchworth parkrun
A total of 139 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 77 | 63 | Steven DOBNER | 00:30:28 |
| 78 | 64 | David PATTMAN | 00:30:29 |
| 79 | 65 | James NICHOLLS | 00:30:30 |
Pocket parkrun
A total of 259 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 76 | 65 | Barry KING | 00:25:41 |
| 174 | 119 | Nick WITCOMBE | 00:32:20 |
Sizewell parkrun
A total of 90 runners took part.
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Run Time |
| 13 | 13 | Toby ECCLESHALL | 00:23:01 |