Oakley 20

Big London Half

Several Spartans ran the Big Half Marathon in London on Sunday.

Among them were TONY RANDFIELD and ROB WRIGHT who ran together. Tony finished in 1:52:13 and Rob in 1:52:19. They said it was a good race, fairly flat and it’s always great running across Tower Bridge.

There were nearly 12,400 finishers.

EMAC Ladies

The Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team won BRONZE in the East of England final for track and field athletes aged over 35 (EMAC). The team included CAROLYN LINSELL, NICKY WILBY, CALLIE CHAPMAN, MARIAN MORLEY, CHRISTINE LATHWELL, FIONA CLARKE, KAREN DODSWORTH, JOYLYN SAUNDERS-MULLINS, YUKO GORDON, ANDREA WESTCOTT and SHARON CROWLEY.

Andrea Westcott said, “The FVS Women were in the medals at the Eastern Masters final in Bedford on Sunday, finishing third behind Peterborough and Chelmsford in a hotly contested match. The medal positions changed frequently throughout the day, but the Spartans fought bravely and finished strong.”

Yuko Gordon won Woman of the Meeting 2022!

Oakley 20

There were two Spartans running 20 mile races on Sunday. JOHN HARRIS was second man 60 plus at the Oakley 20 with 2 hours 30 minutes 39 seconds and 36^th overall.

JIM BROWN took advantage of a late transfer to run the Bedford Festival 20. He was third man over 70 and 208^th out of the 393 finishers in 3 hours 22 minutes 46 seconds.

Bedford Festival

ROSS GALLAGHER ran the Half Marathon at the Bedford Festival. He ran it in 1:32:50. It was a good race on mixed terrain which he used for some marathon pace training ahead of his run in Chicago on 9^th October.

THOMAS SAUKA ran the Bedford Festival 5K in 21 minutes 49 seconds and was 19^th out of 319. CHRIS WATLING was 49^th in 24:24.

Meanwhile FIONA and MATT CLARKE ran the Festival 10K. Fiona was 184^th in 56 minutes 1 second and Matt 95^th in 48:44. There were 655 finishers. Fiona said she was very keen to get one of the pink finisher T shirts.

Fiona and Matt with their medals and Matt modelling the pink t-shirt!

Baldock Rat Run

The Baldock 5 kilometre Rat Run is a multi terrain run around Baldock, including steps, a low tree to climb under and a dark tunnel to navigate. It is held in aid of the Garden House Hospice and is a regular event for Spartan Tim Robinson. The Rat Run is a very friendly, family orientated fun race with many children taking part and loads of activities for the younger children to do while waiting for the runners to finish.

MATT TUTTON was 68^th with a gun time of 31 minutes 6 seconds and TIM ROBINSON 71^st with 31:10. Their chip times were 30:57 and 30:56.

FVS Club 5K Handicap

Hazel (Smith), Abbie (Pez), Mark (Freeman) and Charlie (White) were winners in Thursday’s club 5K at twilight.

There were 39 finishers in Thursday evening’s Handicap 5k and thank you to Mike Crowley and Jim Brown for their assistance with the start and finish. The winner on the night was Hazel Smith recovering superbly from her recent injury with an impressive 26:12. Caroline Zverev finished 2nd lady (3rd overall), 2:32 better than handicap in 37:28 and Penny Schenkel was 3rd lady, 2:28 quicker than her July Handicap 5K time in 31:52.

Spartans after finishing their handicap 5k runs.

Mark Freeman was first man (2nd overall), 2:14 quicker than July in 25:30, with Chris Watling second man in a new PB time of 23:12, 42 seconds quicker than July, and Steve Tinsley third man in a new PB time 25:48. Charlie White was quickest runner on the night in 20:03, with Paul Shelley 2nd quickest in a year best time of 20:41, and David Pattman third quickest with 21:34.

There were only six seconds between the three fastest females. Abbie Pez was quickest female in 24:05, with Marie Colucci 2nd quickest just 1 second behind in 24:06 and Paula Dunne 3rd quickest with 24:11.

There were also new PBs for Grant Murphy (28:21), Luke Gurney (23:02) and Derek Cornelius (23:38), while Simon Sypula improved his season best time by 2:45 to 28:18, and Karen Ellis, Tracy Pez, Craig Bacon, Jane Wadey & Martin Dudley were all others to improve on their July 5k times. Total time difference between 4th – 32nd position was just 2:14 and 32 finishers were within 2 minutes of their calculated handicap time. Full results are attached. The next Handicap 5k will be on the 22nd September.

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 3^rd September

First Saturday of the month is Stripey Saturday, and twenty four Fairlands Valley Spartan members travelled to 6 different Parkrun venues across the country wearing the Club Stripey vest with pride.

Congratulations and well done to Grant RAMSAY who claimed top spot at Stevenage with a time of 18:46, 12 years and 8 months since his first ever Parkrun win at Finsbury Park. Top spots were achieved through his 30s, 40s and now 50s!

The fastest female Spartan was Gail MACKIE with a time of 22:34, third female at Stevenage. Adrian DONNELLY achieved a personal best (PB) at Letchworth (3^rd, 19:51) completing the Spartans line-up of top ten finishers this week.

Luke GURNEY also achieved a PB, finishing with a time of 23:00 at Stevenage.

Tables

FVS Handicap 5K on Thursday 1^st September.

Own

Finish

Comp

Pos

NAME

SURNAME

Time

H’CAP

Time

H’cap

Impr

HAZEL

SMITH

26:12

12:30

38:42

6:18

MARK

FREEMAN

25:30

16:00

41:30

3:30

2:14

CAROLINE

ZVEREV

37:28

5:00

42:28

2:32

New

PENNY

SCHENKEL

31:52

11:00

42:52

2:08

2:28

JANE

WHITROW

35:49

7:03

42:52

2:11

CHRIS

WATLING

23:12

20:00

43:12

1:48

0:42

DAVID

KENNEDY

23:33

19:45

43:18

1:42

STEVE

TINSLEY

25:48

17:30

43:18

1:42

0:20

ALISON

SHELLEY

26:28

17:00

43:28

1:32

GRANT

MURPHY

28:21

15:00

43:21

1:39

1:19

PAUL

SHELLEY

20:41

22:45

43:26

1:34

0:03

JUDY

KING

36:44

6:45

43:29

1:16

SALLY

PICKLES

36:50

6:45

43:35

1:10

CRAIG

BACON

22:54

20:45

43:39

1:21

0:08

KAREN

ELLIS

24:55

18:45

43:40

1:20

0:16

ANNA

SWANEPOEL

27:56

15:45

43:41

1:19

LUKE

GURNEY

23:02

20:40

43:42

1:28

0:39

DARREN

EMMERSON

25:17

18:30

43:47

1:13

JANE

WADEY

31:48

12:00

43:48

1:12

0:57

ABIGAIL

PEZ

24:05

19:45

43:50

1:10

TRACY

PEZ

24:14

19:45

43:59

1:01

0:01

MARK

GOODWIN

23:44

20:15

43:59

1:01

DAVID

PATTMAN

21:34

22:30

44:04

0:56

YUKO

GORDON

24:24

19:45

44:09

0:51

NICK

KLEANTHOUS

25:36

18:45

44:21

0:39

SIMON

SYPULA

28:18

16:03

44:21

0:42

2:45

DEREK

CORNELIUS

23:38

20:45

44:23

1:07

3:35

PAULA

DUNN

24:11

20:15

44:26

0:34

New

STEVEN

DOBNER

22:36

22:10

44:46

0:09

CHARLIE

WHITE

20:03

24:43

44:46

0:12

MARTIN

DUDLEY

24:46

20:00

44:46

0:14

0:20

MARIE

COLUCCI

24:06

21:00

45:06

(0:06)

MONICA

SMITHSON

31:18

14:15

45:33

(0:33)

DZENANA

TOPIC

34:30

12:00

46:30

(1:30)

JONATHAN

JONES

32:51

13:40

46:31

(1:21)

SUSAN

MURPHY

46:45

0:00

46:45

(1:45)

SHARON

CROWLEY

46:45

0:00

46:45

(1:45)

CHRISTINE

ZVEREV

32:45

15:30

48:15

(3:15)

ROGER

BIGGS

50:11

1:15

51:26

(6:26)

Spartans at parkrun on Saturday 3^rd September

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Run Time
Stevenage parkrun
1	1	Grant RAMSAY	18:46	Winner
16	15	Tony RANDFIELD	21:18	1^st VM60
31	3	Gail MACKIE	22:34	3^rd woman
36	33	Luke GURNEY	23:00	PB
46	41	Toby ECCLESHALL	24:26
55	50	Danik BATES	25:03
65	59	Darren EMMERSON	25:37
67	61	Sam SIMMONS	25:47
68	62	Steven DOBNER	25:48
82	73	Jim BROWN	26:51	1^st VM70
104	16	Alison SHELLEY	27:57
120	22	Claire EMMERSON	29:20
121	97	David PATTMAN	29:21
122	23	Mo WARRILLOW	29:21
128	25	Debbie BLANTERN	29:44
156	41	Monica SMITHSON	31:41
163	45	Fiona CLARKE	32:27
221	81	Helen HARRIS	52:11
Ferry Meadows parkrun
46	39	Steve WELLS	22:33
Brockenhurst parkrun
122	67	Darryl STEVENS	45:54
Rutland Water parkrun
136	94	Chris HOLLAND	32:43
Letchworth parkrun
3	3	Adrian DONNELLY	19:51	PB
16	16	Nick GILL	23:13
Squerryes Winery parkrun
154	87	Peter CARPENTER	41:49

Big London Half

EMAC Ladies

Oakley 20

Bedford Festival

Baldock Rat Run

FVS Club 5K Handicap

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 3rd September

Tables

Parkrun Highlights Saturday 3^rd September