News Release 10th February 2013
TODD WINS BRYAN MOORE SHIELD
Lisa Wins Five Mile Race * Genk & Another Enigma
55 Spartans braved Sunday morning’s cold and miserable weather to take part in the Bryan Moore Shield Handicap 10 mile and associated five mile events.
TODD GRAY won the shield by smashing his ten mile personal best (PB) by almost 3 minutes to cross the line in an excellent 64 minutes 49 seconds, almost 10 minutes quicker than handicap! Newcomer JORDAN MILLER was second in his first 10 miles with the club in 86:43, 8:47 ahead of handicap, and the ever improving VISHAL SHAH third man in a new PB time of 77:36.
DEBBIE WESTMORE was the winning female, also in her first race with the club, in 99:10, 7 minutes 50 seconds better than handicap. TRACY BULLOT was second, just 16 seconds behind Debbie, in 82:26, 7:34 faster than handicap. KERRY SETTERFIELD came third just another 7 seconds further back, in a new season’s best time of 1:49:33.
Todd was also the fastest 10 mile runner on the day with LIAM HERBERT second quickest in 65:39, and Graham Blackburn third fastest with 68:10.
The fastest female was NATALIE BARNARD, just 1 week after her half marathon in Malaga, finishing in 69:11. NIKKI ANDREWS was second quickest in 75:30 and KATY JINKS 3rd fastest in 78:09.
LISA GRAY won the 5 mile handicap in her first 5 mile race in 41 minutes 13 seconds. SARAH HUKIN was second in a new season’s best 46:39, with CLAIRE COKER third in 37:40, just ahead of the fourth placed finisher JACKIE MORRISON taking 46 seconds off her PB to 51:08.
The winning man was LES BUTLER in a season’s best time of 48:56, with ANTHONY WHITE second, just 24 seconds behind in 40:20, and PAUL PICKARD third man in 39:35.
BERNIE BARNABY was the fastest 5 mile runner of the day in 34:51, with Paul Pickard 2nd quickest man and Anthony White 3rd fastest. RHIANNON GRIFFIN was fastest woman in 34:57, with LISA BURGESS second by just eight seconds in 35:05. MADDIE PRITCHARD was third fastest with 37:07.
There were also 10 mile PBs for NICK WITCOMBE +12:58 to 89:34; MARK CHEADLE +8:28 to 83:10; ISABEL GREEN +2:33 to 91:26; ROBERT EVANS +0:49 to 80:41; LEE LAWRENCE +0:37 to 77:00 and TONY BRADFORD +0:05 to 70:55.
SARAH PIKE +1:08 to 41:31 and MARIA RUSHTON +0:27 to 49:00 achieved new five mile personal bests.
In handicap races the slowest runners start first with others following at times based on recent performances until the fastest start last. If everyone ran exactly according to their handicap everyone would finish together. Thus the event winners are the best improvers.
Ten Mile Result
|
Position |
Name |
Time |
Time Position |
Comments |
|
1 |
TODD GRAY |
1:04:49 |
1 |
Event winner. Fastest man. PB (2:57) |
|
2 |
JORDAN MILLER |
1:26:43 |
22 |
Second overall |
|
3 |
DEBBIE WESTMORE |
1:39:10 |
34 |
First woman. |
|
4 |
TRACY BULLOT |
1:22:26 |
17 |
Second woman |
|
5 |
KERRY SETTERFIELD |
1:49:33 |
37 |
Third woman (SB) |
|
6 |
VISHAL SHAH |
1:17:36 |
12 |
Third man. PB (3:20) |
|
7 |
ANDREW JORDAN |
1:26:02 |
19 |
|
|
8 |
STEVE MAYFIELD |
1:13:45 |
7 |
|
|
9 |
LORRAINE THOMAS |
1:37:20 |
30 |
SB (1:32) |
|
10 |
CHRISTINE HARDMAN |
1:37:20 |
31 |
SB (1:53) |
|
11 |
CHRIS LEIGH |
1:37:20 |
32 |
|
|
12 |
DAWN ANDREWS |
1:40:26 |
35 |
|
|
13 |
SUZY HAWKINS |
1:20:03 |
14 |
|
|
14 |
MARK CHEADLE |
1:23:10 |
18 |
PB (8:28) |
|
15 |
ROGER HARDMAN |
1:31:21 |
26 |
SB (1:42) |
|
16 |
ISABEL GREEN |
1:31:26 |
27 |
PB (2:33) |
|
17 |
NICK WITCOMBE |
1:29:34 |
24 |
PB (12:58) |
|
18 |
ANDY PRIOR |
1:29:44 |
25 |
|
|
19 |
GRAHAM BLACKBURN |
1:08:10 |
3 |
Third fastest man |
|
20 |
NATALIE BARNARD |
1:09:11 |
4 |
Fastest woman )of 14) |
|
21 |
TONY BRADFORD |
1:10:55 |
6 |
PB (0:04) |
|
22 |
LIAM HERBERT |
1:05:39 |
2 |
Second fastest man |
|
23 |
DEAN CARPENTER |
1:09:53 |
5 |
|
|
24 |
NIKKI ANDREWS |
1:15:30 |
9 |
Second fastest woman |
|
25 |
PETE SMITH |
1:14:22 |
8 |
|
|
26 |
LEE LAWRENCE |
1:17:00 |
11 |
PB (0:37) |
|
27 |
DYFED THOMPSON-SMITH |
1:27:06 |
23 |
SB |
|
28 |
KATY JINKS |
1:18:09 |
13 |
Third fastest woman |
|
29 |
MARK GOODWIN |
1:15:56 |
10 |
|
|
30 |
MARIA THORNE |
1:31:48 |
28 |
|
|
31 |
TRACY STILES |
1:45:00 |
36 |
SB |
|
32 |
ROBERT EVANS |
1:20:41 |
15 |
PB (0:49) |
|
33 |
KAREN PALMER |
1:32:20 |
29 |
|
|
34 |
DARREN WILBY |
1:21:30 |
16 |
SB |
|
35 |
SELVAN NAICKER |
1:26:35 |
21 |
|
|
36 |
CHARLIE PATERSON |
1:26:27 |
20 |
|
|
37 |
PAUL HOLGATE |
1:37:59 |
33 |
Five Mile Result
|
Event Position |
Name |
Time |
Time Position |
Comments |
|
1 |
LISA GRAY |
41:13 |
9 |
Event Winner |
|
2 |
SARAH HUKIN |
46:39 |
12 |
Second Overall |
|
3 |
CLAIRE COKER |
37:40 |
5 |
Third Overall |
|
4 |
JACKIE MORRISON |
51:08 |
16 |
PB (0:46) |
|
5 |
LES BUTLER |
48:56 |
13 |
First Man (SB) |
|
6 |
MARIA RUSHTON |
49:00 |
14 |
PB (0:27) |
|
7 |
ANTHONY WHITE |
40:20 |
8 |
Second Man |
|
8 |
RHIANNON GRIFFIN |
34:57 |
2 |
Fastest Woman |
|
9 |
PAUL PICKARD |
39:35 |
6 |
|
|
10 |
MADDIE PRITCHARD |
37:07 |
4 |
Third Fastest Woman |
|
11 |
SARAH PIKE |
41:31 |
10 |
PB (1:08) |
|
12 |
LISA BURGESS |
35:05 |
3 |
Second Fastest Woman |
|
13 |
STEVE PIKE |
42:11 |
11 |
|
|
14 |
BERNIE BARNABY |
34:51 |
1 |
Fastest Man |
|
15 |
ANDREA WESTCOTT |
50:20 |
15 |
SB |
|
16 |
TRACY PEZ |
40:00 |
7 |
|
|
17 |
SAIVESHEN NAIDOO |
52:49 |
17 |
|
|
18 |
SHARON CROWLEY |
55:14 |
18 |
Enigma Marathon
ROGER BIGGS and PAUL HOLGATE ran the Enigma Marathon around Caldecote Lake in Milton Keynes on Thursday. Roger finished in 4 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds and Paul in 5:30:49.
Genk Marathon
Three Spartans ran the Genk Marathon near Maastrich, Belgium on Sunday. This was a seven lap course on the outskirts of Genk, with a mixture of quiet residential roads and forest trails (hard surface). Despite the temperature being around zero, the hazy sunshine made it reasonable running conditions. 4:17:13 – Roger Biggs finished in 4 hours 17 minutes 13 seconds; CAROL PAUL in 4:43:02 and MIKE NEWBITT in 5:11:30.
Move Up In Cross Country
Fairlands Valley Spartans go into this Sunday’s Cross Country League race with the club’s women in seventh place out of seventeen and the men ninth equal on points. Both have opportunities to move up this weekend.
Coming Events
Many Spartans will be enjoying a busy programme of races, social and training events over the next few weeks including the:
– Cross Country League in Watford on Sunday 17th February.
– County Veterans Cross Country Championships at Willian, Letchworth on Sunday 17th March 2013.
– Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 21st April.
– Fairlands Valley Challenge on Sunday 21st July.
– Relays in the Park on Thursday 25th July.
– Stevenage Half Marathon on Sunday 3rd November.