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NEWS RELEASE: GREAT TURNOUT FOR XC AND PRESENTATION EVENING ON THE 25TH

Fairlands Valley Spartans Annual Presentation Evening and Disco will be on Friday 25th January at Knebworth Barns. Tickets are £25.00 which includes a hot buffet and disco. The evening starts at 7.30a.m. and continues until midnight. Presentations will be made to Club Champions and of course to the Spartan of the Year. Book as soon as possible to be sure of a place. Spartans and their friends will be warmly welcomed to help make this a great celebration of ‘The UK’s Best Running Club.’ More details on www.fvspartans.org.uk

News Release                                                                                                 13th January 2013

 

PRESENTATIONS ON THE 25th

Great Turnout for Cross Country

Fairlands Valley Spartans Annual Presentation Evening and Disco will be on Friday 25th January at Knebworth Barns.  Tickets are £25.00 which includes a hot buffet and disco.  The evening starts at 7.30a.m. and continues until midnight.

Presentations will be made to Club Champions and of course to the Spartan of the Year.  Book as soon as possible to be sure of a place.

Spartans and their friends will be warmly welcomed to help make this a great celebration of ‘The UK’s Best Running Club.’  More details on www.fvspartans.org.uk

Huge Turnout for Cross Country League

Fairlands Valley Spartans fielded three women’s teams and two men’s teams, a total of 41 runners, in Sunday’s Cross Country league race on Therfield Heath, Royston.

It was cold, hard and hilly but there were many excellent Spartan performances.  Six men finished in the top 50 — SIMON JACKSON was sixth in 34 minutes 16 seconds; ANDREW PATTERSON 17th in 35:45; CRAIG HALSEY 26th in 36:38; LEE REYNOLDS 37th in 37:55; LIAM HERBERT 39th in 38:09 and TODD GRAY 46th in 39:02.

For the women the first six were RHIANNON GRIFFIN, 123rd overall in 43 minutes 4 seconds; KATY JINKS 173rd in 46:51; NIKKI ANDREWS 179th in 47:06; TRACY PEZ 192nd in 48:10; JULIE SIMMONDS 206th in 49:45 and ROSIE CANHAM 212th in 49:45.

Results for all 41 Spartans follow.

Men:

 

Position Name Time
11 SIMON   JACKSON 34:16
17 ANDREW   PATTERSON 35:45
26 CRAIG   HALSEY 36:38
37 LEE   REYNOLDS 37:55*
39 LIAM   HERBERT 38:09
46 TODD   GRAY 39:02
63 ADRIAN   DONNELLY 40:10
72 DAVIE STAFFORD 40:21
109 DEAN   CARPENTER 42:20
126 STEVE   MAYFIELD 43:26
128 MARTIN   WOOD 43:38
178 MARK   CHEADLE 46:57
187 MATTHEW   PALARIO 47:28
205 VISHAL   SHAH 50:00*
214 DEL WOOD 50:06
221 STEVE   PIKE 50:56
228 ANTHONY   WHITE 51:31”
232 ANDY   INGRAM-TED 51:53
256 DAVID   CADOGAN 53:55
257 ANDY   JAY 54:05
273 PHIL   RUSHTON 56:07
294 NICK   WITCOMBE 58:27

 

Women:

 

Position Name Time
123 RHIANNON   GRIFFIN 43:04
173 KATY   JINKS 46:51
179 NIKKI   ANDREWS 47:06
192 TRACY   PEZ 48:10*
206 JULIE   SIMMONDS 49:15
212 ROSIE   CANHAM 49:45*
218 SARAH   PIKE 50:17
219 CLAIRE   COKER 50:19*
233 KAREN   ELLIS 52:02
235 ANN   TRYSSESOONE 52:05
244 HANNAH   DAVIDSON 53:31
248 KAREN   LIDDLE 53:04
270 TRICIA   HOPPER 56:01
280 MARIA   THORNE 56:50*
283 KAREN   PALMER 57:05
291 JEANETTE   COLLINS 58:05                                                                                                                                                                     
298 SHARON CROWLEY 59:15
308 LORRAINE THOMAS 1:01:17
309 LIZ   CROWLEY 1:01:24

The next and final cross country league race will be in Watford on 17th February.  The County Cross Country Championships for veterans are on 17th March.

Mystery MK 10K

On Sunday STEPHEN BLOCK ran in the Race Timing Systems ‘Mystery’ 10K around Willen Lake in Milton Keynes.  The mystery was that the course was a secret until the day before the race!   He achieved a new personal best with his first sub-50 minute 10K with a time of 49:45.

Half Marathon Update

This year’s Stevenage Half Marathon will be on Sunday 3rd November.

Coming Events

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

  • Fred Hughes Ten, including County Championships, on Sunday 20th January.
  • Spartans Presentation Evening and Dance on Friday 25th January.
  • Spartans Handicap 5 and 10 mile races on Sunday 27th January.
  • Cross Country League in Watford on Sunday 17th February.
  • County Veterans Cross Country Championships on Sunday 17th March 2013.
  • Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 21st April.
  • Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd November.

 

 

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