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SPARTANS STAY UP

74 Fairlands Valley Spartans made absolutely sure the club stayed in division two of the Mid Week League when they raced 10K near Buntingford on Wednesday evening.  This was the fourth and final counting race in the series and 28 FVS women and 46 FVS men took part.  In fact over the series they did so well they came close to promotion to division one.

More than 600 tackled the undulating and sometimes quite narrow course with a brute of a climb from 9K to the finish.

That did not seem to worry two Spartan Olivias too much.  OLIVIA HAMILTON and OLIVIA LACIGOVA were ninth and 18th women in the race with 44:30 and 46:13.  In between came GEORGIE HOOPER tenth woman with 44:47 and second in her age category.  In fact there were THREE Olivias in the Spartans “A” team of eight runners.  OLIVIA NATION finished her first 10K race in 54:31.  The others in the top Spartan eight were MARIE COLUCCI, third in her age category with 47 minutes exactly; JAYNE RIDDELL 53:08; JO COOKSLEY in 53:25 and JESSICA CLARKE in 54:06. 

Just outside the “A” team there was an impressive 54:51 by MEGAN SUTTON and YUKO GORDON was second woman 65 plus with 55 minutes exactly.  LINDA NOLAN finished in a personal best (PB) 56:28 and LINDA GEORGE in a PB 57:24 with CLAIRE EMMERSON chasing down runners from other clubs to give herself 58:36, her best time this year.

HANNAH MANTON improved by 11 minutes 10 seconds from the Stevenage race to finish in 1:01:31.

The Spartan men got ten runners under 40 minutes with SIMON FRASER showing the way at fifth overall with 34:48.  ANDREW PATTERSON was 12th man with 36:04 and ADRIAN BUSOLINI 22nd in 37:16.

PAUL SHELLEY was third man 50 plus with 38:59; RALPH DADSWELL first man 60 plus with 40:55 and JIM BROWN third man 70 plus in 59:01.

PERRI GENTRY 39:25 and MARTIN JACOB 47:37 both ran new personal bests.

On the night the Spartan men were third out of the seven division two clubs racing.  Altogether there were 16 clubs in the event.  The FVS women were fourth.  Overall Fairlands Valley Spartans were third in the series with 42 points which compares with Royston second on 47 and Ware winners with 51 but well ahead of Bishops Stortford who were fourth with 28.  Stevenage Striders and Harlow were relegated.

Another amazing turnout meant the Spartans had three complete men’s teams, three complete women’s teams and 14 other runners!

Now the Spartans can look forward to the “mob match” which will be in Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 9th July and to the Relays in the Park which the Spartans are hosting on Thursday evening 17th July.

RaceWomenFirst NameLast NameTimeCat.
1599OliviaHamilton44:30S
16710GeorgieHooper44:47V 35
21318OliviaLacigova46:13V 35
22821MarieColucci47:00V 45
36951JayneRiddell53:08V 55
37353JoCooksley53:25V 35
39260JessicaClarke54:06S
40063OliviaNation54:31S
40967MeganSutton54:51S
41569YukoGordon55:00V 65
43674SallyReeve56:08V 45
44577LindaNolan56:28V 55
45080AlisonShelley56:41V 55
46382LindaGeorge57:24V 35
49093ClaireEmmerson58:36V 45
505101CaroleSheldrick59:46V 45
507103AnnabelleWhite59:50S
523110HannahManton1:01:31S
539118JudyKing1:02:45V 55
568130SharonCrowley1:06:31V 65
576134LizCarvell1:08:32V 65
579136SamanthaSutton1:09:19V 45
592141AmandaVickers1:11:03V 45
595142AdaJanusiene1:11:32V 35
597143CallieChapman1:12:07V 35
598144PennySchenkel1:12:08V 55
599145HazelSmith1:12:09V 45
601146SallyPhillips1:15:21V 55
RaceMenFirst NameLast NameTimeCat.
54SimonFraser34:48S
1412AndrewPatterson36:04V 40
2822AdrianBusolini37:16S
4935SteffanFord38:55V 40
5237PaulShelley38:59V 50
6043MichaelFisher39:17S
6244NickGill39:22S
6345PerriGentry39:25S
6446NathanKirley39:28S
7049RossGallagher39:56V 40
8359JayPapa40:45S
8460KirkNdugu40:46S
8861RalphDadswell*40:55V 60
10672TerrySawyer41:44V 40
14091PeteGentle43:46V 40
168102StuartArcher44:48V 40
173104PaulMould44:57V 40
198113CharlieArnold45:45V 60
203116AlexeyZherdev45:53V 40
222125KeithHooker46:38V 40
226127PeterOrton46:56V 60
227128CraigBacon46:57V 50
241136MatthewCooke47:36S
242137MartinJacob47:37V 40
244139TonyRandfield47:42V 60
272148MelvinAuburn48:49S
291152LeePickersgill49:28V 40
316161SimonHaigh50:51V 50
349171MattTutton52:33V 40
351172DarrenEmmerson52:39V 50
354174AlexScofield52:43S
357176MartinWood52:47V 60
364178JosephWasnock52:55S
370181MartinDudley53:11V 60
372182TonyVickers53:23V 50
387186JohnNelms53:53V 50
439199LloydDias56:14S
452204SimonSypula56:43V 50
453205PeteCook56:46V 50
496210JimBrown59:01V 70
504211KarlShreeve59:44V 50
524217TimRobinson1:01:32V 50
527218DavidAckerley1:01:35S
552224SteveTinsley1:04:04V 40
583232PaulHolgate1:10:00V 60
588233NickKleanthous1:10:32V 60

Eastern Masters!

The Eastern Masters Athletic Club held its Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Sandy on Saturday.  Temperatures were up to 34C with a very blustery wind.  Five Spartan athletes were competing in their FVS Stripes across a range of age groups, with many medals being won.

On the track, Gold Medals were won by Roger Head in the 400 metres for men over 80 (in 1:51.0) and Sharon Crowley for 1500 metres and 2km Race Walk (7:58.5 & 16:42.4) meanwhile Tessa Stephenson was happy with her season best times in the 100m & 200m (18.9s & 38.7s) as she continued her return to competition after two years off through injury.

In the field events Joylyn & Tim Saunders-Mullins led the way in the over 70 age group.  Tim won Gold in the Hammer (29.36m), Bronze in the Shot Putt (8.03m) and was fourth in the Discus (14.28m), whilst Joylyn also won Golds in the Shot Putt (6.32m) and Javelin (19.45m).

Fairlands Valley Spartans masters athletes next head out to Corby for the third meeting in the Eastern Masters League on Wednesday evening (2nd July).

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 28th June.

Not quite as hot as last week but another warm parkrun in Stevenage.  At 9a.m. Saturday morning it was about 21 degrees but this time numbers jumped back up to beyond 500 with 517.  There were 26 Spartans and three of them including the fastest runner were in the top five.

SIMON FRASER was first with 17:17; KIRK NDUGU third with 17:31 and SIMON JACKSON fourth with 17:40.

TONY VICKERS ran his tenth parkrun in a new parkrun personal best (PPB) of 25:50.  Running her 130th parkrun GAIL MACKIE was the fastest female from Fairlands with 26:42 and HAZEL SMITH ran her 60th parkrun in 29:12.

Altogether 49 Spartans ran parkruns.  Those elsewhere included CHARLIE WHITE coming sixth with 17:48 at Heslington; JAY PAPA 18:51, KEITH HOOKER 21:46, ANNABELLE WHITE 22:26 and JESSICA CLARKE 23:59 at Storeys Field; MATTHEW COOKE 22:20 at Jubilee, Bedford; MATT GIFFORD 22:58, CHARLES ARNOLD 25:55 and CAROLINE BARTER 26:46 at Henlow Bridge Lakes; PAUL SHELLEY 23:38 and ALISON SHELLEY 32:54 at Lanhydrock; SUZY HAWKINS 24:51 and NICK GILL 28:24 at Letchworth; DARREN EMMERSON 25:44 and CLAIRE EMMERSON 28:28 at Pocket; JANE McFARLANE 28:43 at Hafan Pwllheli; KEITH ABRAHAMS 29:10 at Salisbury; MATTHEW NEWTON 31:06 at Gunpowder and ROGER BIGGS 50:49 at Medina, Isle of Wight.

PositionGender PositionFVS parkrunnerTime
11Simon FRASER17:17
33Kirk NDUGU17:31
44Simon JACKSON17:40
1111Ciaran MCANENY19:15
1616Grant RAMSAY19:38
8579Thomas SAUKA24:20
9790Pete COOK24:49
130118Tony VICKERS25:50
153135Toby ECCLESHALL26:42
15412Gail MACKIE26:42
177150Ryan DUNNING27:11
19623Susan MCANENY27:39
213174Jim BROWN28:06
24142Fiona CLARKE29:12
24243Hazel SMITH29:12
269205Maurice BALLARD30:02
30968Debbie BLANTERN31:37
315231Nick KLEANTHOUS31:45
36195Monica SMITHSON33:18
387109Carole SHELDRICK34:12
388110Caroline CROFT34:14
409126Chloe CHAPMAN35:33
410264Paul JENNINGS35:35
436141Hilary DAVIES36:49
497300Lloyd DIAS48:11
504304Tony RANDFIELD50:44

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