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SPARTAN JONATHAN TO REPRESENT HERTS

Fairlands Valley Spartan Jonathan Parr to Represent Hertfordshire! 

As a result of doing so well in the County Cross Country race, speedy Spartan Jonathan has been selected to represent Hertfordshire Senior Men at the Inter Counties Cross Country race in Loughborough on the 12th March! 

Subsequent to his selection he scored another top ten place in Sunday’s cross country league race on Therfield Heath. 

Up, Down and Around Therfield for the Cross Country League 

The final race in this season’s cross country league took place on Sunday and 32 Spartans were on Therfield Heath for the encounter.  JONATHAN PARR and ADRIAN BUSOLINI were both in the top twenty with Jonathan tenth with 36:31 and Adrian 15th with 37:36. 

Spartans in action!

CHRISTINE LATHWELL had a fantastic run.  She was third Spartan to finish and fifth woman in the whole race with 39 minutes 56 seconds. 

In this the last race the Spartan men were sixth out of 19 and their masters (or veterans) team eighth.  The club’s women were mid-table at 10th out of 19. 

It was a windy and very hilly course

Over the whole series the men were also sixth and the women tenth.  In the combined scores, women and men, the Spartans were sixth. 

Sprinting to the finish!

Love Welwyn 10K 

Not quite the 14th February but fourteen Spartans enjoyed the Love Welwyn 10K and six were under 50 minutes.  MIKE JEFFS and ANDREW VAUGHAN were pretty much locked together for the last couple of kilometres but Mike got away by just seven seconds at the very end to be 22nd overall in 41 minutes 35 seconds with Andrew 23rd in 41:42.  NICK GILL was also in the top thirty at 27th in 42:30. 

MARK GOOWIN just missed out on a podium place with fourth in the 60 plus category with 47 minutes 53 seconds. 

CAROLE SHELDRICK was the fastest woman from Fairlands with 53 minutes 46 seconds. 

The Spartans loved this race!

The other Spartans were CRAIG BACON 46:10; DAVID KENNEDY 48:34; CHRIS SAUNDERS 56:06; JIM BROWN 56:18; SUE HAMER 57:38; ERICA GRAYSON 58:43; MONICA SMITHSON 63:04; JONATHAN JONES 67:15 and DZENANA TOPIC in 68:40. 

Happy and smiling!

Stamford 30K – Yuko 

YUKO GORDON went to one of her annual fixtures.  The Stamford 30K.  

This was a very very hilly road race and one of the toughest road races in the region.  The only positive was the beauty of the course.  Yuko said she had often run poorly in this event in the past and Sunday was no exception.  The wet and gusty condition over the uphills made her really think ‘why am I running?’  Still she was glad that she didn’t drop out but was 10 minutes slower than two years ago with 2 hours 30 minutes 7 seconds – still wining the 70 plus category. 

41st Fat Choi 

The 41st Fat Choi run celebrates the year of the tiger and YUKO GORDON ran this with CATHY CRAIG at Fairlands Valley Park. 

It was a virtual 8k run and you could run between the 1st and 15th February. Yuko came in with a time of 52.51 and Cathy 53.23. Yuko used to belong to the Hong Kong Ladies Road Runners Club and it was a race that they did annually. Yuko has kept up the tradition. 

Cathy and Yuko in their custom t-shirts

Parkrun Highlights 12th February. 

There were only four venues covered this week but lots of Spartans were out getting their parkrun fix in Stevenage on Saturday. 

GRANT RAMSAY was second in Stevenage in 19:10 and Alison Wood was first woman with 21:47.  MARIAN MORLEY got a new PB of 25:47 on her 43rd parkrun.  SAMANTHA SUTTON completed her 99th parkrun in 36:23.  Former Chair and recently returned to the Club, TONY WILLSON, ran his first parkrun in 34:57. 

Our colourful parkrunners at Stevenage

Further afield DARRYL STEVENS was at Brockenhurst (39:03).   

A Spartan trio of PAUL SHELLEY, GEORGIE HOOPER and NICK GILL made a trip to Letchworth.  Paul was 3rd overall in 21:46.  Georgie and Nick finished in 28:55. 

There were 29 Spartans at the Stevenage parkrun where there was a total of 303. 

Our four legged Spartans also like to take part in Parkruns!

Tables 

All 32 Spartans at Sunday’s Cross Country League Fixture: 

Position Name Time Cat Comments Pace 
10 Jonathan Parr 36:28 SM MA 6:40 
15 Adrian Busolini 37:39 SM MA 6:53 
37 Christine Lathwell 39:56 FV45 5th woman.  FA 7:18 
40 Paul Hewett 40:17 SM MA 7:22 
46 Grant Ramsay 40:32 V40 MA 7:25 
87 Danny Scanlon 43:21 V40 MA 7:56 
105 John Harris 44:43 V50 MA 8:11 
112 Stuart Archer 45:07 SM MA 8:15 
113 Steve Wells 45:13 V50 MA 8:16 
137 Tony Randfield 47:12 V60  8:38 
151 Thomas Sauka 48:21 V45  8:50 
192 Daniel Bates 51:20 SM  9:23 
199 Tracy Pez 52:15 FV45 FA 9:33 
222 Luke Gurney 53:51 SM  9:51 
234 Andy Jay 55:03 V50  10:04 
260 Nick Kleanthous 58:33 V50  10:42 
265 Karen Ellis 59:20 FV45 FA 10:51 
275 Tim Robinson 1:00:27 V50  11:03 
277 Mark Freeman 1:00:52 V60  11:08 
278 Nicola Andersson 1:00:55 FV45 FA 11:08 
280 Simon Sypula 1:01:27 V40  11:14 
288 Linda Nolan 1:02:48 FV60 FA 11:29 
305 Marian Morley 1:07:00 FV55  12:15 
306 Vicky Archer 1:07:32 FV35  12:21 
307 Jenny Garrett 1:07:35 FV45  12:21 
311 Sharon Crowley 1:08:54 FV60  12:36 
313 Claire Emmerson 1:09:44 FV45  12:45 
314 Christine Zverev 1:09:45 FV35  12:45 
319 Taher Tharani 1:12:14 V50  13:12 
322 Callie Chapman 1:13:33 FV35  13:27 
325 Judy King 1:16:13 FV55  13:56 
326 Nicola Hatherly 1:16:14 FV45  13:56 

FA = women’s “A” team.  MA = men’s “A” team. 

All 14 Spartans at the Love Welwyn 10K: 

Pos BIB Name Time Category Cat Pos Gender Gen Pos Percent Pace 
22 160 Mike JEFFS 41:35 Ages 20 – 39 13 Male 21 64.89 4:09 min/km 
23 10 Andrew VAUGHAN 41:42 Ages 50 – 59 5 Male 22 71.14 4:10 min/km 
27 40 Nick GILL 42:30 Ages 20 – 39 14 Male 26 62.19 4:15 min/km 
62 103 Craig BACON 46:10 Ages 50 – 59 13 Male 56 64.72 4:37 min/km 
77 245 Mark GOODWIN 47:53 Ages 60 – 69 4 Male 70 70.20 4:47 min/km 
85 131 David KENNEDY 48:34 Ages 20 – 39 31 Male 77 54.92 4:52 min/km 
151 132 Carole SHELDRICK 53:46 Ages 45 – 54 15 Female 35 61.01 5:24 min/km 
185 37 Chris SAUNDERS 56:06 Ages 20 – 39 55 Male 138 47.94 5:38 min/km 
188 260 Jim BROWN 56:18 Ages 60 – 69 12 Male 141 62.55 5:39 min/km 
202 242 Sue HAMER 57:38 Ages 45 – 54 19 Female 57 58.61 5:48 min/km 
215 241 Erica GRAYSON 58:43 Ages 45 – 54 21 Female 67 58.19 5:55 min/km 
255 75 Monica SMITHSON 1:03:04 Ages 55 – 64 15 Female 97 56.96 6:20 min/km 
287 167 Jonathan Clive JONES 1:07:15 Ages 50 – 59 37 Male 170 46.33 6:45 min/km 
291 207 Dzenana TOPIC 1:08:40 Ages 55 – 64 17 Female 120 51.73 6:54 min/km 

Spartans at parkruns Saturday 12th February 

Spartans 29 out of 303 finishers. 

  

Position Gender Position parkrunner Run Time 
2 2 Grant RAMSAY 00:19:10 
14 14 Tony RANDFIELD 00:21:13 
20 1 Alison WOOD 00:21:47 
28 26 Matt CLARKE 00:22:43 
43 39 David PATTMAN 00:23:52 
46 42 Ryan DUNNING 00:23:58 
61 53 Luke SILVER 00:24:42 
62 54 Danik BATES 00:24:45 
68 58 Callum BEASLEY 00:24:55 
87 72 Sam SIMMONS 00:25:38 
92 13 Marian MORLEY 00:25:47 
102 18 Alison SHELLEY 00:26:14 
113 89 Mark BEASLEY 00:26:44 
127 98 Nick KLEANTHOUS 00:27:20 
166 127 Karl SHREEVE 00:29:17 
170 34 Debbie BLANTERN 00:29:24 
191 136 Steven DOBNER 00:30:47 
203 54 Erica GRAYSON 00:31:33 
204 55 Caroline CROFT 00:31:36 
215 62 Chloe CHAPMAN 00:32:23 
216 63 Fiona CLARKE 00:32:27 
223 68 Mo WARRILLOW 00:32:56 
238 77 Jane WADEY 00:34:27 
245 156 Stephen SMITHSON 00:34:49 
247 158 Tony WILLSON 00:34:57 
263 91 Samantha SUTTON 00:36:23 
285 104 Helen HARRIS 00:39:33 
291 107 Callie CHAPMAN 00:41:41 
302 178 Roger BIGGS 00:49:40