Subject: V S Update - Training 26 Feb
& 5 Mar, Peco 3 Mar & 10 Mar, Peco race 4 results, Sarah Howell needs
you, Striders Autumn tour
Sent: 24 February 2013 21:02
Training – Tuesday 26
February
Note early start time
for Tuesday sessions next week, Holly and Grace’s session starts at 6:45pm, and
the “club” (not that everyone else isn’t in the club) hill session goes off at
7pm prompt (that’s 7pm not 7:05pm or 7:10pm), so that those attending Debbie’s
nutrition workshop are back in time.
Also note that the
6pm session will be split into two at opposite ends of the rugby pitch, Andy
& Richard leading the juniors and Kathy & Ken leading the adults.
Debbie’s Nutrition
workshop
There are still 4
places available on Debbie’s Nutrition workshop at 8:30pm on Tuesday.
Cost is just £3. If you want one of the places, please TEXT me on 0777 5898
558, and I will confirm whether you have secured one of the remaining places.
Final Peco race –
Sunday 3 March
A reminder that it’s
Peco Race 5 at Bodington / Adel next Sunday, juniors at 10:00 or 10:20 and
seniors at 11:00, enter and pay on the day (only £3) and you need not have
entered previous races in the series.
Details will be on
the website www.pecoxc.co.uk on Thursday 28
February.
I’m expecting it to
be from the sports pavilion in the Bodington Hall complex which is on the North
side of the Ring Road, you can definitely go up A660 Otley Road and then turn
right just as the dual carriageway ends (just before the crem), then bear right
as you go down the hill and right again at the first hall of residence.
You may also be able to get in by turning at the Ring Road / Adel traffic
lights, bear left and then first left into the Bodington Hall complex, it is a
one-way system (anti-clockwise!) and you need to go two-thirds of a lap.
The mens and ladies
leagues are both finely poised and this is what was in the Abbey Newsletter
this week
After everyone’s
sterling efforts in the mud of Barnbow Field yesterday, Abbey Runners go into
the final race of the PECO season topping both the Ladies’ and the Men’s tables.
BUT whilst the Ladies have established a four point cushion on the second place
Wetherby Runners, the Men are just one point ahead of Valley Striders.
So, please put 3rd March in your diary/smartphone/wall calendar and
come out and run for the Abbey team, whether you’re fast or less fast, new or
second hand, boy or girl. This last race is as local as local can be
(Bodington Fields) and it’s the first cross-country counter for
the Abbey Grand Prix, so at the same time as scoring points for the team you
can score points for yourself. Your club needs you!
OK, here’s the
Striders view. The men’s team is just one team point behind Abbey and equal
with Saltaire. Only by winning the last race are we guaranteed to win the
league. The ladies are currently positioned 4th. There’s
no chance of overtaking Abbey and Wetherby, but a 3rd place finish
next Sunday (which is what they achieved in race 2 and 4) would probably put
them 3rd
And it’s a VS Grand
Prix race.
Pie and Peas –
Tuesday 5 March
A week on Tuesday (5
March) is the first Tuesday in the month so it must be time for pie and
peas. Again there will be TWO SITTINGS, one at 7:15pm and the other at
8:30pm.
Book at [email protected] before 10pm Sunday 3rd
choosing meat or veggie pie, mushy peas or baked beans, and whether you want
apple pie, and which sitting you want to go to.
Peco XC Relays -
Sunday 10 March, 11:00 at Templenewsam
From Mark
Hetherington, league organiser
There will be a cross
country relay race to finish the season off in style. Teams of 3 will compete
round a 3.5 mile-ish lap at Temple Newsam.
To make it even more
interesting, the race will incorporate a ‘PECO v West Yorkshire Winter League’
Challenge Event. Each League will field 6 ‘select’teams (M & F ‘Open’, M
& F ‘Vets’ [40+], M & F ‘SuperVets’ [50+]).
The Club Team race
will be between a single team selected by each club. This team must contain at
least 1 Lady and at least 1 Vet (40+) and no more than 1 Male under 40. This
race is open to all PECO and WYWL clubs.
In addition, there
will be prizes for the first ‘other’ teams in each of the following categories:
M Open, M Vets (40+), F Open, F Vets (40+) and ‘Mixed’ (at least 1 F per team)
There will also be a
3 x 1 mile-ish relay for Juniors (aged 8 – 16). Teams must contain at least 1
U11 and at least 1 U13. Prizes for the first Boys, Girls and ‘Mixed’ teams.
I know that this all
sounds a bit complicated, but trust me, it’ll be loads of fun!
After the
presentation of prizes for this race, we will hold the PECO XC League
Presentations at a nearby venue (TBC) at 2.00pm (to allow for those who are
racing elsewhere on this date to get there in time).
Full and further
details will be posted here on PECO XC League web site as and when they are
confirmed.
From Me
Note that Sue
Sunderland has been selected for the Peco F50 league team – congratulations
Sue!
We’ll email in the
next couple of days to check availability for “Valley Striders A”
Everyone else,
including juniors, please make up your own teams of 3
Meanwood Valley Trail
and Junior Races – Saturday 20 April
Thanks to those who
have replied so far, we have 23 marshals now, need another 47. If you can
help, please email [email protected] .
I’m still looking for
more help with publicity – taking entry forms to local sports centres, running
shops and, in particular, schools.
Is anyone free to
hand out forms at the end of the Peco race next Sunday and the Peco relays the
following Sunday?
Race Results – Peco
Race 4 at Barnbow
Junior
1 mile (school years 4-6)
3
Joe Sherman
15 Callum Chambers (1st VS run)
29 Ben Hollis (1st
VS run)
31 Adam Mills
36 finished
If Joe runs the last race he is likely to finish in the top 4 in year
4-6 boys, and could possibly finish 2nd or 3rd.
Junior
2 miles (school years 7-12)
7 Callum Parton
19 Nathan Brady (1st VS run)
31 finished
If Callum runs the last race, he is likely to finish in the top 4 of
year 7-9 boys, and Alex Irvine (who was on holiday for this race) should finish
in the top 6 of year 7-9 boys.
Women
GP Points
7
Holly Williams 97
15
Myra Jones 93
26
Sharon Tansley 91
31
Sue Sunderland 87
38
Carole Schofield 86
62
Sarah Harper 84
64
Liz Reddington 82
71
Pascale Fotherby 81
91
Julie McGurk 80
142 finished
3rd ladies team, 7th= ladies vets team
Men
13
Paul Kaiser 100
32
Tony Mills 99
39
Gary Mann 98
48
John Shanks 96
56
Ian Sanderson 95
72
Adam Parton 94
94
Alistair Smyth 92
118
Leroy Sutton 89
125
Howard Jeffrey 88
154
Simon Barker 85
164
Bob Jackson 83
197 finished
7th mens team, 5th mens vets team
Here are the league
(leading) placings after 4 races
Race 1 2
3 4 Tot Points
Men's Premier Division
1 Abbey
Runners 2
1 4 3 10 1369
2 Valley
Striders 1 2
1 7 11 1158
3 Saltaire
Striders 3 4
2 2 11 1520
Our men need to beat
Abbey and Saltaire to guarantee finishing first (if we beat Abbey by 1 place we
have fewer runner points so are ahead).
Ladies Premier Division
1 Abbey
Runners 1
1 1 1 4
322
2 Wetherby
Runners 2 2
2 2 8 400
3 Horsforth
Harriers 5 4
3 6 18 664
4 Valley
Striders 8 3
5 3 19 747
Our women need to
beat Horsforth by 2 places to guarantee 3rd, if they beat Horsforth
by just 1 place it is likely Horsforth will have fewer runner points.
Men's Vets
1 St
Theresa's AC 1
1 4 1 7 1564
2 Saltaire
Striders 3 2
1 3 9 1740
3 Horsforth
Harriers 2 3
2 8 15 1954
4 Valley
Striders 4 4
5 5 18 2084
Ladies Vets
1
Horsforth Harriers 1 1
3 3 8 500
2 Wetherby
Runners 3 2
2 4 11 592
3 Abbey
Runners 6
4 1 2 13 527
4 Saltaire
Striders 2 11
4 1 18 642
5 St Theresa's
AC 4.5 5 5
11 25.5 730
6 Rothwell
Harriers 4.5 3 6 13.5
27 731
7 Valley
Striders 7 6
7 7.5 27.5 793
Results of …
National XC, Ilkley
Fell Race and Snake Lane 10 to follow next week, maybe with race reports?
(hint!)
Message from Sarah
Howell
I'm looking for some
volunteers to be filmed for a couple of minutes talking about why it is
important that they are able to write accurately for their job. The videos are
to show year 9 (14 year olds) as part of literacy week at my school. What I'd
need is for you to introduce yourselves, say what you do for a living and what
writing is involved in that job. If you had an anecdote about especially
good/poor writing even better. The last thing would be to set them a challenge,
(E.g. to write a letter to a nuisance tenant who has been too loud) and give
them about 5 tips for writing in that style. I'll be filming - in a very low
tech way - before the end of next week and can fit in to a time of your
choosing. I'd be really grateful if anyone can help. Thanks, Sarah: [email protected]
Striders Autumn Tour
– message from Patrick Barrett
Dear people of the VS
After the great success of last year’s trip to Eindhoven, I’ve been inundated
with requests for details of this year’s Valley Striders Autumn Marathon Tour.
Well after much research, deliberation, the Eindhoven posse have overwhelmingly
voted for the city of our beloved Euro leaders, Brussels! on Sunday 6th October
2013. They have a run to suit all, including Full and half marathon and 4K,
(yep, a 4K)
We had about 30 Valley Striders that went to Eindhoven last
October. We all had a fantastic time, both running and the local
hospitality, let’s try and beat that number this year. If you have any doubts,
just ask anybody who went to any of the previous tours, inc Dublin and
Amsterdam
So the provisional arrangements and costs are:
Sat 05th
·
Train to Manchester
airport, approx 7:30am, for as little as £15 return, book early
·
Flight: Manchester to
Brussels, dept 10:30am, arrv 13:00, approx £100 return
·
Bus to City centre,
approx 30 mins, few Euros
·
Central hotel, approx
£50/60 pppn, B&B based on 2 sharing
·
Marathon Expo, to
collect race number and goody bag. Race Entry, EUR 60, 25 and 15 respectively
·
Evening, meet for
pasta dinner and beer (to calm nerves, except Brownbill and Skerrett, who’ll
have a skin full, again)
Sun 06th
·
am, Early runners
breakfast
·
am, Run for all your
worth, whichever distance
·
After race, sweaty
beers
·
pm, rest and/or more
beers
·
Evening¸ all meet for
dinner and recovery party
Mon 07th
·
Late breakfast
·
Sights and bars of
Bars of Brussels
·
Sight seeing, if you
know what I mean?
·
Meet up for more
beers and partying
Tues 08th
·
Late, late breakfast
·
Explore the City or
bars, not both!
·
Early afternoon, bus
to airport
·
Flight: dept 16:25,
arr Manchester 16:45
·
Train to Leeds and
home to your families
If you’re interested, can you confirm by Fri 15th March at the latest,
by emailing: [email protected] after we have the final number, I will arrange hotel(s) and bus
transfers in Brussels, you will need to book your own train to/from Manchester,
flight and race entry
Cheers
Patrick Barrett
VS Director of Marathon Services plc