Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: V S Update - Showers, LCW and Results
Showers
You will remember in the emails a few weeks ago
that Valley Striders have been asked to contribute £1,000 towards the
refurbishment of the showers. I received nearly 20 replies - the almost
unanimous (but occasionally slightly reluctant) vote was in favour of raising
the subs by £5 and then looking to source the other approx. £400 by
alternative means.
Two weeks is a long time in Striders time.
There has been a significant change of circumstances. Just over a week ago, there came through the post a cheque for
£500 being a donation to the Showers Fund. With the comment that
raising the subs might cause many of our "social" members to desert.
I have already written the letter of
gratitude.
Bearing in mind the conditions of the donation, we
are now trying not to raise the subs. I have discussed this with Danny the
Treasurer and there is enough in club funds to provide the remaining £500.
However this does indirectly affect the subs as whatever is in club funds has
been raised from past subscriptions. Or to put it another way, we would be
more likely to have to raise the subs next year if we spend the funds this
year.
Therefore we have decided
to ask for donations (of much smaller
amounts than £500, of course) up to and including AGM day.
For example donations of 10 @ £20, 10 @ £10
and 10 @ £5 would give us £350 and leave only a deficit of £150.
And for example 12 @ £20, 16 @ £10 and 20 @ £5
would give us the £500 we need and in no way affect subscriptions.
And if we did raise a surplus, we could always put
it towards a contingency fund for refitting the cubicles in the ladies showers
(which, as Geoff will tell you, are not in a happy state)
Regarding the alternative means
- no-one volunteered to collect the money on
Tuesday nights (in fact several asked not to be included on the
rota)
- although taking some profit from one of our races
sounds a good idea, we receive a lot of extra donations (over £600 last year)
which I believe is only because the entry form says "All Profits to Lineham
Farm", so taking a cut for V.S. would be counter-productive.
- we are still looking at options such as a
sweepstake.
If you would like to make a donation to the
Showers Fund, please send a cheque, payable to Valley Striders, to Danny
Burnham, 3 Wyncroft Grove, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9DG
Leeds Country Way
We have 51 runners signed up for the Leeds Country
Way i.e. 4 teams of 12 plus 3 reserves. 46 runners have been allocated to
teams, the other 2 spaces are awaiting review of "form".
A team: (Vets) (1) Julian Bhowmick, Paul
Hunter, (2) Drew Taylor, Simon Vallance, (3) Roy Flesher, John Uttley, (4) Jerry
Watson, Steve Webb, (5) Andrew Cutts, Alan Hutchinson, (6) Tracey Morris, Tim
Towler
Ladies team: (1) Jules Barltrop, Sam Harris, (2)
Kay Duggleby, Mivvy Tekchandani, (3) Elika Tasker, AN Other, (4) Laura Clark,
Hayley Palmer, (5) Carmel Barker, Carole Scholfield, (6) Sam Guy, Erica
Hiorns
B team: (1) Mick Loftus, Mick Wrench, (2) Bob
Jackson, Adam Parton, (3) Eric Green, Mick Tinker, (4) Richard King, Ian
Sanderson, (5) Andy Thorpe, Paul White, (6) Joel Giddings, Dave
Middlemas
C team: (1) Patrick Barrett, Paul Sanderson, (2)
Paul Furness, John Laird, (3) Ian Place, Simon Redshaw, (4) Sylvia Watson, Geoff
Webster, (5) Stuart Rawnsley, Tracy Stewart, (6) Penny Sanders, AN
Other
Awaiting declaration of form - Vicky
Whitehead
Reserves: Rob Liddle, John Wallace, Maddy Illingworth, Sara Dyer, Mary
Egan
More reserves: Keith Cluderay, Steve
O'Callaghan
Possibles: Rob Bumstead, John Hallas, Niels
Laustsen, George Little
A list of contact phone numbers has now been sent
out for each leg so that recces can be arranged, ideally with partners but
otherwise with other Striders running the same leg. Race information is
on http://www.kippaxharriers.org.uk/
Note that some routes have changed!
If you're on this list but no longer available, let me know! If
you're not on this list and have already said you want to run, let me know
urgently. If you're not on this list but want to be put on the reserves
list, let me know.
Results
Eccup 10 mile incorporating Yorkshire
Vets championships and also a GP event
3 Tracey
Morris 0:56:22
100 1st W, YV W35 champ, 1st W team
33
John Uttley 1:04:07
99 PB
40 Ian Sanderson 1:04:48
98
41 Roy Flesher
1:04:50 97 YV M50
3rd
52 Howard
Jeffrey 1:05:57
96
57 Richard
King 1:06:25
96
60 Eric Green
1:07:09
95
85 Paul White
1:11:36
94
86 Jules Barltrop 1:11:50
93 7th W (prize!), 1st W
team
101 Mick
Tinker 1:12:16
92
105 George Little 1:12:49
91
141 Gary Sutherland 1:16:12
90
145
Carole Schofield 1:16:50 89 1st W
team
166 Patrick
Barrett 1:18:57
88
199 Simon Redshaw 1:20:55
87
244 Paul Sanderson 1:24:18
86
273 Lou Gilchrist 1:26:26
85 2nd W55, YV W70
champion
296 John
Bucktrout 1:28:07
84
344 Max Jones
1:36:57 83 YV M75
champion
Tracey did not
have an easy run, not only did she have to battle to the line to stay ahead of
Leeds City's Sean Cotter and take 3rd place overall (!), but just one minute
behind her was fellow Commonwealth Games marathon runner Sue Partridge who took
6th place overall.
Striders took home a good collection of four
Yorks Vets trophies, the women's team prize and a few more Up and Running
vouchers.
Settle Hill fell race (GP and Fell
Championship)
Did any Strider run?
Pudsey 10k
(GP)
3 Brian
Hanley 0:35:48
100 prize
29 Julian Bhowmick
0:41:29 99 3rd
M40
37 Roy Flesher
0:42:21 98 1st M50, bottle of
wine
58 Alison Bogie
0:44:20 97 2nd W,
prize
74 Mick Tinker
0:45:41 97 3rd M50
127
Simon Redshaw
0:49:44 96
130 Paul
Sanderson 0:49:56 95
162 Erica Hiorns
0:51:25 94
212 John
Laird
0:54:33 93
330 Sheila
Grant
1:04:29 92
Bishop Wilton Half Marathon
(GP)
Eric
Green
1:34 100
Peter
Stevenson 2:03 99
Yorkshire Vets
Relays
M40 Team
Eric
Green 15:51
Gary Sutherland
15:04
Drew
Taylor 14:19
Simon Vallance
14:44
TOTAL
59:58 9th/14
1.Rotherham 2.Holmfirth
3.Keighley
M50 Team
Paul
White 16:25
Bob
Jackson 15:47
Alan Hutchinson
15:47
TOTAL
47:59 10th/18
1.City of Sheffield 2.Holmfirth
3.Rotherham
Golden Acre Park
Relay
There were 51 teams this year, up 11 from last, and
Striders were represented in 5 of these, up 1 from last.
12 Valley
Vets Paul
Hunter 17:12
Andrew Cutts 17:08
Alan Hutchinson 17:57
TOTAL
52:17
25 Arcadia Striders Simon
Redshaw 19:22
Eric Green 19:31
Bob Jackson 18:35
TOTAL
57:28
27 Mixed
Valley Andy
Thorpe 18:09
Erica Hiorns 21:06
Steve Dixon 19:29
TOTAL
58:44
33 Abbey Valley
Jack Bobson 18:32
Mark Hetherington 18:11
Hetta Morath 24:41
TOTAL
61:24
36 Towler Striders Dan
Towler 19:39
Carole Towler 24:09
Tim Towler 19:41
TOTAL
63:29
Round Hill Fell Race (GP and Fell
Championship)
Striders finishing order
1 Steve
Webb
100 4th overall
2 Julian
Bhowmick
99
3 Andrew
Cutts
98
4 John
Hallas
97
5 Bob
Wilkes
96
6 Peter
Stevenson
95
7 Geoff
Webster
94
8 Sylvia
Watson
93
Full results awaited
Harrogate
10k
Bob
Jackson 42-ish minutes 2nd
M55 (prize)
Max
Jones 57-ish minutes
2nd M70 (no prize)
Forthcoming Events
Wed 2 Aug 1930 - Hyde Park 5k
Sat 12 Aug - Women's marathon at European
Championships at Gothenburg. Good luck to Tracey! My
information is that it starts at 12:10 and Gothenburg is 1 hour ahead of
UK. BBC transmissions from the championships are from 1100-1700 UK time so
they have no excuse not to cover the marathon.
Sun 3 Sep 0800 - LCW
Wed 6 Sep 1915 - Hyde Park 5k NB earlier start
time
Tue 12 Sep 1900 - Autumn Handicap 10k, 7pm prompt start,
pie and peas
Sun 17 Sep 0930 - Cancer Research 10k at Harewood, 10
volunteers required please
Sun 17 Sep 1400 - Wetherby 10k new race (not in
GP)
Tue 26 Sep 2030 - Provisional date for AGM, pie and
peas
Sun 8 Oct 1000 - Harewood Trail - 70 volunteers required
please