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GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE AT STANDALONE

Gold, silvers, bronzes and five new personal bests were among the rewards for the 34 Fairlands Valley Spartans who ran Sunday’s Standalone 10K in Letchworth. 

Spartan SIMON JACKSON was the fastest from FVS.  He was the quickest man 40 plus, won GOLD in the County veteran championships and was 14th overall out of 1294 finishers in 35 minutes 20 seconds.  Suzy won silver as SUZY HAWKINS was second woman 45 plus in 43:06 and CLAIRE PULLEN took bronze in the same category with 49:11.

There were two bronze teams – Simon; ADRIAN DONNELLY (40:54); MATT GIFFORD (43:36) and DANNY SCANLON (44:07) for the men (teams of four) and Suzy, Claire and TRACY PEZ (52:25) for the women (teams of three).

SALLY REEVE was first of the brand new personal bests with 51:28, an improvement of 29 seconds.  Then came PETE COOK 53:11; ANDREA WESTCOTT 54:22; MEGAN SUTTON 60:24 and ROSE SUTTON 69:49.

Birthday girl PENNY SCHENKEL enjoyed lots of birthday greetings around the course and a good 10K run taking 64:42, her best this year.

PosNameCat5K time10K time*AG%Comments
14Simon JACKSONMV4017:2135:2083.5%GOLD & Bronze Team
16Simon FRASERMS18:0235:3576.8%YB
82Adrian DONNELLYMV4020:2140:5470.8%Bronze Team.  SB
143Suzy HAWKINSFV4521:1943:0677.4%SILVER Bronze Team.  SB
155Matt GIFFORDMV5021:5943:3671.0%Bronze Team
171Danny SCANLONMV4022:1244:0764.0%Bronze Team.  YB
219Brian WHITEMV6022:4745:5077.9% 
243Charles ARNOLDMV6023:4846:2475.6%YB
343Claire PULLENFV5525:1849:1176.1%BRONZE Bronze Team.  YB
356John HARRISMV6025:1349:3066.9% 
357Paul SHELLEYMV5025:1349:3062.7% 
360Nick GILLMS25:1849:3154.1% 
452Sally REEVEFV4526:3351:2868.0%PB (0:29)
463Martin DUDLEYMV6026:3651:3463.1%YB
488Tracy PEZFV4526:2352:2565.4%Bronze Team
489Hazel SMITHFV4526:2352:2665.4%SB
521Nikki WILBYFV3526:4052:5758.2% 
531Pete COOKMV5026:5153:1159.4%PB (0:47)
567Jon SYPULAMV4028:0654:0453.9%SB
595Andrea WESTCOTTFV4528:2654:2264.3%PB (0:51)
645Ann TRYSSESOONEFV5528:3755:3067.3%SB
660Marie COLUCCIFV4528:0256:0058.5% 
871Megan SUTTONFS29:121:00:2449.6%PB (2:05)
968Alison SHELLEYFV5532:011:03:1157.1% 
990Jo COOKSLEYFV3533:261:03:0148.0% 
1050Monica SMITHSONFV5532:001:05:3457.8% 
1052Jim BROWNMV70+34:511:04:4155.7% 
1053Penny SCHENKELFV5534:521:04:4254.8%Birthday.  YB
1147Rose SUTTONFU2035:041:09:4943.0%PB (39:25)
1172Callie CHAPMANFV3536:351:10:1143.6%SB
1186Samantha SUTTONFV4535:071:12:1346.3%SB
1225Paul HOLGATEMV6038:141:14:2745.9% 
1248Jan FRYFV6539:511:17:2159.8%SB
1249Hannah SYPULAFV4539:511:17:2242.5%SB

20 Years of Parkrun – Parkrun Highlights 5th October

Parkrun celebrated its 20th birthday on Saturday and 44 Spartans joined in the celebrations.

There were 465 finishers at Stevenage parkrun and 31 of them were Spartans.  They included GRANT RAMSAY fourth in 18:55 and KAREN ELLIS fastest from Fairlands in 26:08.

Spartans running other parkruns included GAIL MACKIE 21:37 at Storeys Field; PETE SMITH 22:59 at North Yorkshire Water Park; KELLY McHALE third woman and only missing her PB by five seconds with 23:34 and MIKE REYNOLDS 30:18 at Panshanger; CHLOE CHAPMAN 33:13 and ANNABELLE WHITE 33:14 at Castle Park (Bishops Stortford).

From a start with just 13 runners and five volunteers in Bushy Park on 2 October 2004 there are now more than 10 million parkrunners around the world.

PositionGender PositionparkrunnerTimeComments
44Grant RAMSAY18:55Top Ten
1716Simon JACKSON20:40 
4644Martin JACOB22:45parkrun PB
4846Paul SHELLEY22:59 
6259Daniel VILJOEN23:39 
8477Martin DUDLEY24:41 
8679Matt CLARKE24:51 
11299Toby ECCLESHALL26:01 
11610Karen ELLIS26:08Fastest FVS female
117103Ryan DUNNING26:10 
15017Fiona CLARKE27:04 
200160Paul JENNINGS28:51 
203163Nick KLEANTHOUS28:56 
218169Jim BROWN29:15 
224173Ryan RIDDELL29:28 
23149Sophie PARSONS29:41 
23250Pamela VILJOEN29:42 
246183Maurice BALLARD30:05 
25960Alison SHELLEY30:27 
31185Debbie BLANTERN32:53 
318218Paul HOLGATE33:14 
32995Megan SUTTON34:01 
336101Samantha SUTTON34:37 
343106Linda GEORGE35:02 
365119Tracy HAYGARTH36:27140 parkruns
385240Lloyd DIAS38:10 
443261Roger BIGGS48:28 
454266James SOUTH53:13 
455173Helen HARRIS53:39 
458268Tony RANDFIELD56:47 
460176Carolyn LINSELL60:48 
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SPARTANS RUN AT THE STANDALONE 10K

Fairlands Valley Spartans women’s team, GEORGIE HOOPER 45:08; SUZY HAWKINS 46:43 and CLAIRE PULLEN 47:17 were second, SILVER medals, in the county championships at the Standalone 10K on Sunday morning. 

In the open race they were third with MARIE COLUCCI 48:08 joining them to make up the team of four in that event.  Claire was also first woman 55 plus in the race. 

Photo Credits – Keith Fenwick, Charlie Arnold, Jon Sypula and Jane Wadey

23 Spartans ran.  The fastest was SIMON FRASER who finished ninth out of more than 1100 finishers.  Next came NICK GILL 36th in 38:38; MIKE JEFFS 48th in 39:36 and GRANT RAMSAY 51st in 39:47. 

PENNY SCHENKEL wanted to beat one hour which she did by four seconds (59:56).  An excellently paced run. 

Photo Credits – Keith Fenwick, Charlie Arnold, Jon Sypula and Jane Wadey

The other Spartans enjoying the 6.2 miles road event in Letchworth; Stotfold and Fairfield Park were MARTIN DUDLEY 51:24; MATT TUTTON 54:23: WENDY THARANI 55:17; ANDY JAY 56:55; NICK KLEANTHOUS 57:49; JO COOKSLEY 58:26; TRICIA HOPPER 59:01; CLAIRE EMMERSON 59:02; JIM BROWN 59:37; KAREN LIDDLE 1:00:04; SHARON CROWLEY 1:02:58; MONICA SMITHSON 1:07:11; SAMANTHA SUTTON 1:18:26 and ROGER BIGGS 1:32:58. 

Pos Cat Gen Name Cat 5K Split Gun Chip Age Gd Com 
9 7 9 Simon FRASER MS 17:50 35:27 35:27 76.7%  
36 22 35 Nick GILL MS 18:58 38:40 38:38 69.7%  
48 26 47 Mike JEFFS MS 18:58 39:36 39:33 69.5%  
51 3 50 Grant RAMSAY MV50 19:25 39:47 39:46 76.1%  
130 5 11 Georgie HOOPER FV35 22:02 45:18 45:08 67.9% ST 
179 5 20 Suzy HAWKINS FV45 23:15 47:00 46:43 70.4% ST 
199 1 27 Claire PULLEN FV55 23:53 47:32 47:17 78.6% ST 
239 10 32 Marie COLUCCI FV45 23:21 48:23 48:08 67.7% OT 
363 20 299 Martin DUDLEY MV60 26:02 51:55 51:24 63.1%  
497 144 384 Matt TUTTON MS 27:29 55:12 54:23 49.8%  
548 35 138 Wendy THARANI FV45 28:47 56:05 55:17 61.8%  
598 81 432 Andy JAY MV50 27:56 57:22 56:55 56.6%  
646 47 462 Nick KLEANTHOUS MV60 29:34 58:35 57:49 56.5%  
675 71 205 Jo COOKSLEY FV35 31:36 59:22 58:26 51.8%  
695 30 219 Tricia HOPPER FV55 29:40 59:43 59:01 61.7%  
701 61 225 Claire EMMERSON FV45 30:17 59:50 59:02 58.6%  
726 9 486 Jim BROWN MV70+ 30:17 1:00:44 59:37 60.2%  
727 65 241 Penny SCHENKEL FV45 30:17 1:00:44 59:56 58.5%  
730 7 243 Karen LIDDLE FV65+ 29:58 1:00:52 1:00:04 68.5&  
822 11 308 Sharon CROWLEY FV65+ 33:00 1:04:14 1:02:58 64.9%  
920 50 376 Monica SMITHSON FV55 31:31 1:07:59 1:07:11 55.7%  
1071 135 493 Samantha SUTTON FV45 39:25 1:19:43 1:18:26 42.0%  
1099 17 585 Roger BIGGS MV70+ 45:43 1:34:29 1:32:58 41.0%  

Serpentine 5K 

JIM BROWN enjoyed wonderful sun and a tailwind on the back straight for Friday’s Serpentine 5K in Hyde Park.  He finished in 28:45. 

Parkrun – Saturday 30th September 

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SPARTANS AT STANDALONE

Women Win EMAC * Here Comes London 

Twenty two Spartans raced around the Standalone 10K in Letchworth on Sunday and their women won prizes at opposite ends of the age spectrum.  ABBIE PEZ was first junior lady (under 20) with 50 minutes 2 seconds and YUKO GORDON was first woman over 65 with 45 minutes 53 seconds.  CLAIRE PULLEN was first woman over 55 with 47:12. 

The Standalone 10K included the Hertfordshire County Championships for veteran runners and the Fairlands Valley Spartans first team of four consisted of DEAN CARPENTER 100th out of 747 overall (including seniors) in 44 minutes 10 seconds; JON FILBY 110th in 45:06; MARK GOODWIN 157th in 47:19 and ANDY JAY 227th in 50:21. 

Yuko Gordon led in the Spartan women in 120th in 45:53 with Claire Pullen 153rd in 47:12; TRACY PEZ 171st in 47:47.  It was teams of three for the women’s event.  A second women’s team was brought in by KAREN ELLIS and NICOLA ANDERSSON 326th and 327th in 53 minutes 31 seconds and completed by CAROL PAUL 401st in 56:29. 

(All the Fairlands Valley Spartan times can be found in a table towards the end of this release). 

Spartan Women Win In The East 

The ladies track and field team saw off competition from the best athletics clubs across the East of England to regain the masters (veterans) championship trophy they last won in 2017.  The team dominated from start to finish, cruising to victory with 255 points.  Second placed Peterborough/Nene Valley AC scored 235.5 points, and Marshal Milton Keynes AC placed third with 232.5 points. 

The team were out in force, fourteen Spartan women, and really enjoyed the competition and great conditions. 

Wins came from JOYLYN SAUNDERS-MULLINS (once again dropping down an age group) – W50 (women aged 50 plus) 100 metres and W50 javelin throw (also finishing a very close second in the W50 200m).  TESSA STEPHENSON – W60 200 metres (also finished 2nd placed W60 100m and W60 shot put).  ALISON WOOD – W50 800m (also 2nd placed W50 in the 1500m).  CHRISTINE LATHWELL – winning both W35 1500m and W35 3k.  NIKKI WILBY – W35 high jump (also 2nd W35 pole vault, 2nd W35 triple jump, and 2nd W35 400mH).  ANDREA WESTCOTT – W50 triple jump (also 4th place W50 high jump and 6th place W50 long jump). 

YUKO GORDON won an additional trophy having clocked an amazing age graded 99.5% in the W60 3km and also easily won the W60 800m. 

The team’s strength in depth meant that all events were covered, earning vital points.  

Team members bolstering the tally were CALLIE ‘Cocktail’ CHAPMAN – third place W35 long jump, 5th placed W35 100m, and 6th place W35 200m.  SUZY HAWKINS – 3rd place in both W35 400m and W35 800m.  KAREN DODSWORTH – dropping down an age group to cover W50 400m and finishing 5th, also placed 5th in W60 discus throw and W60 long jump, and 4th place in W60 triple jump.  SHERYL HANN – also dropped down to cover W50 3km and placed 7th.  SHARON CROWLEY – first place B string 2km walk and 6th placed W60 hammer throw.  CATHY CRAIG – fourth place in the A string 2km walk (also bravely covered the W50 300mH, finishing in 5th place).  STEPHANIE BIGGAR – 2nd place W35 hammer throw, 3rd place W35 shot put, 4th place W35 javelin throw, and 5th place W35 discus throw.  MARIAN MORLEY – 2nd place in both W50 shot put and discus throw, and 4th place W50 hammer throw. 

A full day of events, which started at 10:30 am, finished with the (usually) all important relay races.  In reality, victory had already been sealed!  The W35 team (Suzy Hawkins, Cocktail Chapman, Nikki Wilby, and Christine Lathwell) still battled well and finished second.  The W50 team (Joylyn Saunders-Mullins, Sharon Crowley, Karen Dodsworth, and Tessa Stephenson) finished third. 

It was a truly excellent day, with great team spirit and support throughout.  Mike Crowley and Chris Westcott should also get a mention for their help and support during a very long day. 

Jonathan Second In Surrey 

JONATHAN PARR finished 2nd in the Mercer Surrey 5k at Woking on Sunday morning with a time of 16 minutes 18 seconds. 

Happy Spartan at Bedford Autodrome 

CAROLE SHELDRICK was the solo Spartan at the Bedford Autodrome 10K on Sunday. 

She said, “What an amazing event they put on.  I have got to say, I wasn’t too sure how this run would go for me.  I felt under trained, so was just hoping I’d manage to get round in one piece so I was very happy with my time of 56:28.  One happy Spartan.” 

Running Through The Glen 

ZOE JACKSON was celebrating in the sun after completing the Robin Hood Half Marathon.  Pacing someone with a target time of 125 minutes she finished, on target, in 2 hours 3 minutes 16 seconds.  Zoe said it was a great course with fantastic support the whole way round the city, and we were very lucky with the weather!  

Serpentine 5K 

Sunny, warm, light breeze, the odd parakeet and a cafe near the finish.  “What’s not to like?” said JIM BROWN after finishing the second of the revived Last Friday of the Month 5Ks – the Serpentine 5K? 

Jim achieved a marginal improvement on last month in this lunch-time race in Hyde Park. 

His official time was 26:53 and 123rd.  Last month was 26:58.  Both on the two lap version of the Serpentine course. 

Jim commented it was very enjoyable, more should try it, but I seem to be the wrong sort of consistent at the moment. 

Parkrun Highlights 25th September 2021  

Members of Fairlands Valley Spartans took part across 10 different UK parkruns this week.  There were PBs for ANTON McCALLA on his second appearance at Market Harborough (26:30).  It was PB o’clock for ED HARE at Lee-on-the-Solent (23:03) in his fourth run at that venue. 

 In Stevenage ADRIAN DONNELLY clocked a new PB of 20:26.  Eighteen Spartans were running in Stevenage while several others were helping this week. 

 (The full list of Spartan parkrun times will be near the end). 

The 72nd Fly 5K – Saturday 25th September. 

Lots of “real” races going on including the London Marathon this Sunday (3rd) but the virtual Fly 5K races continue and two Spartans were in the action.  NICOLA ANDERSSON was 65th in 28:34 and PAUL HOLGATE 78th in 30:27.  He was third veteran man 60 plus and this was his 70th Fly 5K. 

Fly 5K was one of the stars of lockdown keeping runners moving and in touch during the restrictions.  The first of the free virtual races was in June 2020. 

Entries Open for the Stevenage Half Marathon 

With only eight weeks to go to the Stevenage Half Marathon it’s time to start getting ready and entered.  This year the race will be on Sunday 21st November (a couple of weeks later than usual). 

Entries for the Stevenage Half Marathon are open.  You can enter by following this link:  Stevenage Half Marathon 

Tables 

Full results for all Spartans when there are a lot at an event will be listed below.   

Spartans at Standalone: 

       
Place Gun Time Name Chip Time Category Number Comments 
       
100 00:44:28 DEAN CARPENTER 44:10 Vet Men 40-49 781  
110 00:45:24 JON FILBY 45:06 Vet Men 40-49 68  
120 00:45:56 YUKO GORDON 45:53 Vet Ladies 65+ 379 1st 65+ 
153 00:47:30 CLAIRE PULLEN 47:12 Vet Ladies 55-64 677 1st 55+ 
157 00:47:37 MARK GOODWIN 47:19 Vet Men 60-69 58  
171 00:48:06 TRACY PEZ 47:47 Vet Ladies 45-54 864  
219 00:50:21 ABBIE PEZ 50:02 Junior Ladies U20 872 1st U20 
227 00:50:40 ANDY JAY 50:21 Vet Men 50-59 767  
291 00:52:57 MARTIN DUDLEY 52:06 Vet Men 50-59 782  
326 00:54:26 KAREN ELLIS 53:31 Vet Ladies 45-54 512  
327 00:54:26 NICOLA ANDERSSON 53:31 Vet Ladies 45-54 403  
401 00:57:12 CAROL PAUL 56:29 Vet Ladies 55-64 432  
443 00:58:18 JIM BROWN 57:27 Vet Men 60-69 111  
473 00:59:36 BARRY KING 58:36 Vet Men 50-59 139  
483 00:59:56 ERICA GRAYSON 57:49 Vet Ladies 45-54 106  
501 01:00:43 MICHAEL O’KEEFE 60:02 Vet Men 50-59 67  
539 01:02:59 SELVAN NAICKER 62:17 Vet Men 50-59 717  
549 01:03:43 PAUL HOLGATE 63:01 Vet Men 60-69 735  
620 01:08:01 MARIAN MORLEY 66:45 Vet Ladies 55-64 333  
744 01:33:15 HAYLEY PEACH 90:58 Vet Ladies 35-44 127  
745 1:34:24 NICHOLA DURENT 92:07 VL 35-44 104  
746 1:34:24 SHARON CROWLEY 92:08 VL 55-64 661  

  

Other Spartans ran but did not count in the county veteran championships (e.g. too young or do not live in Hertfordshire). 

Spartan Parkrun Results: 

Stevenage parkrun 

A total of 307 runners took part. 

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
     
6 6 Steve WELLS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:19:43 
10 10 Adrian DONNELLY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:20:26 
51 47 Barry OSBORNE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:23:07 
67 58 Sam SIMMONS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:24:13 
116 96 Danik BATES Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:26:33 
118 98 Nick KLEANTHOUS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:26:41 
121 17 Julie SIMMONS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:26:52 
155 29 Nicola ANDERSSON Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:28:32 
170 131 Matt CLARKE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:29:01 
185 40 Natalie WHITE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:29:33 
197 45 Debbie BLANTERN Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:30:14 
202 148 Paul JENNINGS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:30:38 
233 61 Carole SHELDRICK Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:32:14 
236 63 Dzenana TOPIC Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:32:22 
239 66 Caroline CROFT Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:32:37 
257 75 Beth FOLEY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:33:47 
270 80 Fiona CLARKE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:34:37 
274 83 Theresa KEAST Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:35:23 

Houghton Hall parkrun 

A total of 158 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
73 49 Michael O’KEEFE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:28:43 

Brockenhurst parkrun 

A total of 141 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
141 77 Darryl STEVENS Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 01:02:16 

  

Market Harborough parkrun 

A total of 276 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
108 80 Anton MCCALLA Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:26:30 

Wimpole Estate parkrun 

A total of 276 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
99 17 Trudie MOLLOY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:28:13 
258 147 Barry KING Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:42:47 

Lee-on-the-Solent parkrun 

A total of 383 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
61 51 Edward HARE Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:23:03 

Letchworth parkrun 

A total of 101 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
87 22 Caren THAIN Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:37:21 

  

Littleport parkrun 

A total of 115 runners took part. 

  

Position   Gender Position   parkrunner   Club   Run Time   
19 17 James MCSWEENEY Fairlands Valley Spartans RC 00:23:38