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TROPHIES AT HATFIELD THREE

Spartans SHARON CROWLEY and GEORGIE HOOPER were trophy winners at the end of the three race Hatfield 5K series.

It was a bit damp and getting a bit dark for the third race but SAM GENTRY and other Spartans still ran new personal bests.

Sam managed to get another PB of 26:57 in the last race.  Overall she made a 1 minute 48 second improvement over the three races.

She said, “It’s been amazing seeing everybody’s progress over the last three weeks and all the praise and encouragement to each other

HAZEL SMITH ran all three of the Hatfield 5K series, gradually improving her time.  Her last race chip time was 25:19, a season’s best.

Perri Gentry got another PB this week (17:10), which is 8 seconds quicker than last week!

Andy Prior hit a PB of 21.54.  He said he was very fortunate to have Mike Jeffsand Michael Fisher pacing him – although at times it felt like an assassination attempt – we got the job done.

What was amazing was how the group grew with runners from other clubs also using our unofficial pacers to help support them to PBs as well – at least two non-Spartans thanked us afterwards and the results show we were a tight group – a very proud Spartan moment.  Andy  (12 seconds).

JAY PAPA ran a PB again!!! – This time it was 18:36.  Five seconds quicker than the previous week.

BECKY RAYNER’s time at race 3 of the Hatfield 5km was 37:47, which is a season’s best

She said that following injury the 5km series were her first runs back.  She took the first one easy (41:09), the second she started easy then pushed on a little (40:16).  Before the third race she had in my head that she would like to get under 40 minutes so was thrilled to come in well under that and over three minutes quicker than race 1

8 Spartan women, 11 men ran all three races.

PosMFAGNameCatGunChip
141310Charlie WHITEMS17:0417:03
171611Perri GENTRYMS17:1117:10
252413Nathan KIRLEYMS17:3617:34
343318Nick GILLMS18:0217:59
464322Jay PAPAMS18:3718:36
646022Kris JEROMEMV4019:1519:13
787026Mark COLLINSMV4019:4519:33
817328Matthew JACKSONMS19:5119:45
827427Simon JACKSONMV4019:5119:45
97878Tony RANDFIELDMV6020:1820:17
11410111Charles ARNOLDMV6021:0720:58
11610337Matthew COOKEMS21:1321:05
13011035Mike JEFFSMV4022:0321:53
13111124Andy PRIORMV5022:0421:54
132215Georgie HOOPERFV3522:0421:53
13311240Michael FISHERMS22:0421:54
1543610Jo COOKSLEYFV3524:0423:47
1664117Megan SUTTONFS25:0924:54
173449Hazel SMITHFV4525:3525:19
1835112Sam GENTRYFV4527:1526:57
188532Sharon CROWLEYFV6528:0627:50
1895413Samantha SUTTONFV4528:5128:35
1986019Rose SUTTONFS31:2831:11
200626Liz CARVELLFV6532:0031:42
2036413Rebecca RAYNERFV3538:0437:47
2056611Jane WADEYFV5538:4738:29

Spartans at Stevenage 10K and 5K

Spartan DAVID HARRIS-CHERGUIT won the age percentage competition in the Stevenage 5K and 10K races on Sunday morning.  He scored 83.2% in the 5K with his time of 17:08 then 80.0% in the 10K with 36:10.

David and MIKE JEFF (17:33) were second and third overall, and first and second men 40 plus, in the 5K.

CAROLE SHELDRICK said it was a great event.  She wanted to go out and just run the 5k and see what she could do and couldn’t have been happier coming in at 26.39, her body was then ready to go home but with the support of her fellow Spartans she then took on the 10k and did it in 59.36. 

She said, “At the start of the year I couldn’t even run a mile after being out injured for 14 months, but thanks to the Spartans Sunday 6 milers, Tuesday interval sessions every week and a few park runs every month my running has started to progress brilliantly.”

Alice Welch:

My 5k time was 27:52 (chip time)
My 10k time was 1:01:24 (chip time)

Both are PBs and the 5k was my first sub 30 5k

Jane Wadey would like to thank everyone who took part in the Stevenage parkrun headline event on 13 September. Gary, the race director, was very pleased with so many volunteers and the pacers were great too. Jane’s daughter Olivia Hopkinson who joined the club earlier this year took part in her first park run as a park walker in 55:18 minutes. Jane also took part in the Menzies 5k and 10k races on 14 September which was a challenge after the Big Half and the third Hatfield 5k last week. She decided to run / walk in order to concentrate on her running form but was determined to finish and ran as much as possible.  One thing that really helped was that with her name on her vest, lots of people were encouraging her all along the way.

5K
PosMFAGNameCatGun TimeChip Time
221David HARRIS-CHERGUITMV4017:0917:08
332Mike JEFFSMV4017:3417:33
171710Nick GILLMS21:0120:58
242314Matthew COOKEMS21:4921:44
34315Lee PICKERSGILLMV4022:2422:20
4142Jess CLARKEFS23:1123:07
99207Carole SHELDRICKFV4526:5926:39
117921Jim BROWNMV70+28:0527:55
1202710Alice WELCHFS28:1127:52
13410316Andy PRIORMV5028:4928:13
13510426Keith HOOKERMV4028:4928:13
1491107Nick KLEANTHOUSMV6029:4529:22
1926119Callie CHAPMANFV3531:5531:19
23214315Paul HOLGATEMV6035:5135:28
23714661Lloyd DIASMS36:1535:35
2399322Jo COOKFV4536:3135:41
2459723Jayne DYMOKEFV4537:0736:16
25110212Jane WADEYFV5538:3737:59
26811633Emma CHAPMAN.FV3545:0944:30
10K
PosMFAGNameCatGun TimeChip Time
553David HARRIS-CHERGUITMV4036:1236:10
885Michael FISHERMS37:4937:47
11117Nick GILLMS38:1638:14
12124Mike JEFFSMV4038:2038:18
15159Jay PAPAMS39:0639:04
353310Danny SCANLONMV4044:2044:16
373512Keith HOOKERMV4044:2544:18
444221Matthew COOKEMS44:4244:38
464423Simon FRASERMS44:4944:45
494725Melvin AUBURNMS45:2645:18
595610Andy PRIORMV5046:5346:46
6443Annabelle WHITEFS47:3047:23
696417Lee PICKERSGILLMV4047:5247:45
12910825Pete COOKMV5054:3054:22
14211651Lloyd DIASMS55:2955:07
1561251Jim BROWNMV70+56:4556:28
160339Kelly EVANSFV3557:0456:47
198491Sharon CROWLEYFV65+59:3459:12
2125515Carole SHELDRICKFV451:00:1859:36
2225916Alice WELCHFS1:01:511:01:24
258848Monica SMITHSONFV551:05:151:04:36
34119419Paul HOLGATEMV601:21:391:20:53
34214820Jane WADEYFV551:22:231:21:48
34515053Emma CHAPMANFV351:33:031:32:40

Kelly Raised Thousands

Kelly McHale ran The Great North Run recently.  Tyron, her brother, and Kelly would like to thank all those who donated.  They raised nearly £3,000 for The British Heart Foundation.  Kelly’s hard work was rewarded with a 1:50:31 finish.

I had a wonderful day. Was an amazing experience. It was a tough run, I didn’t get the time I wanted 1hour 45. I got 1 hour 50. I should have practiced running and drinking at the same time as I chocked at mile 9. I made a few silly mistakes that cost me a few minutes. Lesson learnt for my next half marathon. Thank you you all for your support and well wishes.

Harvathon

Five Spartans – Claire Emmerson, Hazel Smith, Sam Sutton, Matt Tutton and Nichola Durent enjoyed the Harvathon trail event.

Today I completed 6 loops at Harvathon, a brilliant local race comprising of trail loops.  Support, good, drink and music was a plenty! Lovely medal and goodie bag at the end too.

HAZEL SMITH managed 6 loops, covering 20.8 miles.  Second Lady she was told as she finished (can’t find results to confirm) as one lady did 7 laps

Matt Tutton five laps.  27.44 km in 3 hours 34 minutes moving time.

Sam Sutton completed 5 laps with a total distance of 27.63km in 3 hours 40 minutes.

NICHOLA DURENT said I took part in a great local event in Offley, The Harvathon.

It’s a trail event of 5 k loops and you can do as many as you want in an allocated time.  It was a lovely route but did have one harsh hill that was hard work.  I did three laps which was my goal. It was such a lovely relaxed atmosphere with lots of support from others runners, marshals and those in the event village.

Sue at Copenhagen Half Marathon

Spartan SUE HAMER ran the Copenhagen half marathon in 2 hours 8 minutes and 17 seconds.

She said, “The 3rd of my superhalfs, in a couple of weeks’ time I have Cardiff, which will be my 4th.

We started off in rain, so wet and cold, by the time I finished the sun had come out.  It was a lovely course, with amazing support on route.”

Langdale Half Marathon

SAM TOPHILL ran the Langdale Half Marathon in 2 hours 22 minutes 51 seconds.

Takeover – Parkrun Highlights, Saturday 13th September 2025

There was a Spartan takeover at Stevenage parkrun on Saturday morning.  Fairlands Valley Spartans took on many of the volunteer roles in the event in Fairlands Valley Park.

For example FVS provided all the pacers – Simon Fraser 20; Jay Papa 22; Charlie White 24; Nick Gill 26; Matthew Cooke 28; Jess Clarke 30; Jim Brown 32; Annabelle White 34 and Nick Kleanthous 36 minutes.

576 ran the 5K with large numbers achieving new personal bests.

Hayley Peach enjoyed some parkrun tourism in Aberystwyth with a 37:35 while TRACY HAYGARTH took in the fabulous Mura di Lucca parkrun around the city walls in Lucca, Italy.  She finished in 45:03.  CHRIS HOLLAND headed north, far north.  He ran the Thurso parkrun in 26:01.  Altogether 68 Spartans ran a parkrun on Saturday.

PositionGender PositionparkrunnerTime
22Simon JACKSON17:46
66Perri GENTRY19:36
1212Simon FRASER20:04
2222Grant RAMSAY20:56
3331David RIDDELL21:25
4139Jay PAPA21:50
4644Mike JEFFS22:03
5451Martin JACOB22:31
6864Steve WELLS23:02
7671Daniel VILJOEN23:25
9184Craig BACON23:55
9587Charlie WHITE23:59
9890Wayne SIMMONS24:08
10898Martin DUDLEY24:25
139125Tony RANDFIELD25:10
146130Pete COOK25:27
149133Chris WATLING25:31
164144Nick GILL25:55
180155Mark BEASLEY26:16
238196Matthew COOKE27:54
25345Suzy HAWKINS28:17
263210Keith HOOKER28:32
26649Ada JANUSIENE28:36
295233David ACKERY29:36
30058Jessica CLARKE29:43
36095Pamela VILJOEN31:42
371266Jim BROWN32:02
425128Annabelle WHITE34:05
426290Michael O’KEEFE34:06
465146Lindsay PATEMAN35:50
470306Nick KLEANTHOUS36:00
482310Lloyd DIAS36:53
502173Beverley HARLOW38:13
525321Andy PRIOR40:13
526191Kerstin WEINER40:14
535198Emma CHAPMAN42:54
561211Debbie BLANTERN49:52
567340Roger BIGGS53:14
568214Sharon CROWLEY53:15
572218Olivia HOPKINSON55:18
575220Niki PLUMB58:13
576221Sally PICKLES58:13

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