Subject: V S Update - Happy new year,
diary and things you need to do by Sunday, More help wanted, First Aid,
Membership, Results from Chevin and VS Winter races
Sent: 03 January 2014 15:40
Happy New Year
What are
your plans for 2014?
In team
events, Striders men will be hoping to retain their Peco title, women will be
hoping to climb the table. We have the three main XC events in January
and February – Yorkshires (this Saturday), and Northerns and The (English)
National (closing dates this Sunday, see below). We made good efforts in
Calderdale Way Relay and Bradford Millennium Way in 2013, can we do better in
2014? Can we retain all 3 team titles (men, women and vets) at the Leeds
Country Way Relay? And can we get a record 6 teams for LCW? Please
try to keep these dates free!
As
individuals, you’ll all have your own key events that you’re targeting, whether
it be to achieve a particular time (a PB for some or an Age Best for others)
and/or to be placed in the category prizes.
But while
training for “your” events, there’s no better training than racing, and when
racing there’s nothing better than racing with/against other Striders! So
next Tuesday we’re getting together, over pie and peas, to decide the Grand
Prix races for 2014. And I know that there is an email discussion in
progress to decide the Fell Championship races for 2014. And hopefully
many of these will fit in with your training/racing schedules. And the
VSCC grand prix format has already been decided – email [email protected] if you
aren’t on the cycling mailing list.
You may
also be interested in entering the Leeds Race Series 2014. This is a
grand prix style series containing all the “local” races in Leeds, most of
which are £10 or less to enter and have low travel costs (nil if you go by
bike!). In the 2013 Series John Shanks and Sarah Harper both finished in bronze
medal position. See www.leedsathletics.net for
details.
So on to
the diary for the 10 days …
Diary and things you need
to do by Sunday
Saturday
4 January – 17 Striders running Yorkshire XC championships at Lightwater Valley
– good luck!
Sunday 5
January - Meanwood Resolution Rush Trail Race
·
Country Trail Races are organising a trail race at The Bay Horse
PH, Parkside Road, LS6 4NB over approx 6 miles following written route
instructions.
·
Run solo, in pairs or small groups, on footpaths, tracks and
road.
·
Entry on the day £4 attached / £6 unattached, receive a £2 drinks
voucher to use in the pub on your return.
·
Start when you like between 11am and noon. All runs timed.
·
Pub serving from noon, food available, open for toilets at 11am.
·
Held under UKA rules. Minimum age for runners is 16 years
·
http://www.countrytrailraces.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/countrytrailraces
Sunday 5
January – 10pm deadlines for
·
Junior
pie and peas 7:15pm on 7 January email [email protected] note new email
address – you will get a confirmation email
·
Pie and peas 8:30pm on 7 January email [email protected] normal
address – you will get a confirmation email
·
For the pie and peas, please say whether you want meat or veggie
pie, whether you want peas or baked beans and whether you want apple pie
Sunday 5
January – 10pm deadlines also for
·
Entries
for Northern XC Championships on Saturday 25 January at Knowsley Safari Park to
[email protected]
·
Entries
for English XC Championships (“the National”) on Saturday 22 February at
Wollaton Park Nottingham to [email protected]
·
Registration
for Peco XC race 3 (if you’re not already registered) to [email protected]
·
Check
your entry for all the above at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm
Tuesday 7
January – normal training sessions - and pie and peas – booking details above –
note new email address for early sitting. Also meeting to decide VS GP
races for 2014.
Sunday 12
January – PECO race 3 at Middleton Park (near John Charles Stadium) – these
will be VSJGP and VSGP races. Seniors - if you’ve not already registered,
see details above, if you have already registered, don’t forget your race
number! www.pecoxc.co.uk for race
details. www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm for list
of names
Help wanted in February
and April
On Sunday
16 February we’re organising Peco Race 4, probably at Danefield on Otley Chevin
but possibly somewhere else (if we can find somewhere to allow more runners and
better parking). Wherever it is, we need about 12 people to help set up
the course, help with car parking and do the race admin (accepting entries) –
these people will be able to run. And we will need about 12 marshals
including recorders and timekeepers. Please email [email protected] if you
know you’re available on that date and say whether you will do pre-race,
during-race or both).
On
Saturday 12 April we’re organising the Meanwood Trail and Junior Races from
Leos. Please keep the date free (and please email [email protected] if you
know you’re available on that date).
First aid course
There is
a first aid course being held at the Postal Social Club (just across the road
from Kirkstall Leisure Centre) on Tuesday 28 January either from 6pm-10pm or
6:30pm-10:30pm (to be decided). The course is being arranged by (and
subsidised) by Leeds Athletics Network and we are expecting it to be
accentuated towards likely athletics injuries. The cost (after subsidy)
is £15, but Valley Striders will pay this if you are a regular volunteer at our
events. Contact me if you are interested.
Membership renewals
Regarding
the Striders year from 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2014 we now have 331 who
have paid and 91 who are now overdue.
Please
click www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm and
check whether you are “Paid” or “Due”.
If “Due”,
your fee to renew is £25 (juniors £10) and can be paid by internet
·
Sort Code: xx-xx-xx
·
Account Number: aaaaaaaa
·
Please include your name and “Subs” in the Reference
If you
want to pay by cash or cheque or have any queries (or wish to resign), please
email our new email address for membership [email protected] (tom
stands for “treasurer of memberships”).
And many
thanks to Tom Button for volunteering for the Membership Secretary role
advertised in the previous V S Update.
Results
You Muddy
Fools
An
interesting concept, the clock started at 0:00, you could start at any time you
wanted, but if you finished after 50:00 you were disqualified. The winner
was therefore whoever started latest but finished within the 50 mins.
Will Kerr
from Saltaire started last and finished within the 50 mins so won.
Congratulations to Franco Pardini who started second last and finished within
the 50 mins so was runner-up.
Of the 27
runners, 7 were Striders, but you’ll have to go to http://www.evensplits.co.uk/images/Muddy%20Fools%203%20Results%20Spreadsheet.pdf for the
full results and see who was inside the 50 mins and who didn’t make it!
Chevin
Chase (first race in VS Grand Prix 2014)
21 Gwil Thomas
0:44:28 0:44:22 100
39 Paul Kaiser
0:46:03
0:46:01 99
45 Mick Loftus
0:46:35 0:46:30 98
56 Mick Wrench
0:47:23 0:47:17 97
69 Joel Giddings 0:48:06
0:47:59 96
77 James Tarran 0:48:32
0:48:26 95
83 Ian Sampson
0:48:47 0:48:38 94
100 Jonathan Smyth 0:49:34
0:49:21 93
109 Kevin McMullan 0:49:58
0:49:49 92
145 Dan Murray
0:51:21 0:51:09 91
147 Ian Sanderson 0:51:33
0:51:19 90
150 Andy Stoneman 0:51:43
0:51:29 89
159 Ollie Cheyne 0:52:11
0:51:54 88
187 Gary Mann
0:53:20 0:53:06 87
196 Graham Pawley 0:53:35
0:53:20 86
217 Simon Redshaw 0:54:06
0:54:00 85
243 Alistair Smyth 0:55:45
0:55:34 84
293 Greg Skerrett 0:57:16
0:56:46 83
310 Mick Tinker
0:57:52 0:57:38 82
328 Ged
Coll
0:58:27 0:58:13 81
354 Sharon Kaiser 0:59:20
0:59:20 80
381 Iain Currie
1:00:02 1:00:02 79
450 Mike Robins
1:02:07 1:01:37 78
474 Bob Jackson
1:02:43 1:02:28 77
615 Franco Pardini 1:07:35
1:07:30 76
639 Tony Haygarth 1:08:22
1:07:55 75
686 Sarah Howell 1:10:08
1:09:31 74
753 Caroline Tolan 1:13:24
1:12:30 73
914 Becky Murray 1:25:21
1:24:44 72
also
400 Andy Dodman
1:00:32 1:00:07 78
472 Mike Mansfield 1:02:37
1:01:48 77 Roundhay R
512 Damian Holmes 1:03:47
1:03:47 76
710 Ken Kaiser
1:11:05 1:10:31 73 Horsforth H
808 Graham Fisher 1:15:43
1:14:41 72 Kirkstall H
Valley
Striders Junior Mile (part of VS Junior Grand Prix 2013/4)
1
Callum Chambers 0:06:46
2
Sam Hollis 0:07:22
3
Tally Diamond 0:07:33
4
Georgina Pettit 0:07:34
5
Imogen Idle 0:07:36
6
Sam Chambers 0:07:58
7
Ben Hollis 0:08:12
8
Sarah Brady 0:08:23
9
Amy Parton 0:08:34
10
Josephine Pawley 0:08:44
11
Amelia Pettit 0:09:11
12
Ella Hollis 0:09:30
13
Jordan Diamond 0:09:50
14
Sarah Ord 0:09:53
(senior)
15
Daniel Fotherby 0:10:51
16
Michael Fotherby 0:12:24
NB next
race in VSJGP is Peco at Middleton Park on 12 January
Valley
Striders Winter Handicap 5 miles (second race in VS Grand Prix 2014)
Pos
Time icap
Time Pos
1 Mike Brown
0:51:14 0:05:00
0:46:14 35 66
2 Claire Senior 0:51:16
0:10:45 0:40:31 28
73
3 Andrew Bell
0:51:32 0:19:15 0:32:17
8 93
4 John Hussey
0:54:12 0:16:00 0:38:12
24 77
5 Joel Giddings 0:54:47
0:23:30 0:31:17
6 95
6 Joanna Chambers 0:55:11 0:13:45
0:41:26 31 70
7 Esther Hollis 0:55:15
0:13:30 0:41:45 32
69
8 Chloe Hudson 0:55:23
0:17:15 0:38:08
23 78
9 Rav Panesar
0:55:41 0:25:45 0:29:56
4 97
10 Paul Sanderson 0:55:45
0:22:00 0:33:45 13
88
11 Steve Webb
0:55:52 0:25:45 0:30:07
5 96
12 Sarah Harper 0:55:54
0:18:00 0:37:54 22
79
13 Mark Woodhead 0:56:00
0:23:30 0:32:30
9 92
14 Graham Pawley 0:56:03
0:21:45 0:34:18 15
86
15 Simon Midwood 0:56:14
0:27:30 0:28:44 1
100
16 Dawn Parton
0:56:18 0:15:45 0:40:33
29 72
17 Malcolm Coles 0:56:20
0:18:30 0:37:50 21
80
18 Paul Fotherby 0:56:24
0:26:30 0:29:54
3 98
19 Jeremy Ladyman 0:56:32
0:27:00 0:29:32 2
99
20 Paul White
0:56:43 0:19:15 0:37:28
20 81
21 Alex Watson-Usher 0:56:48 0:18:15
0:38:33 25 76
22 Bob Jackson
0:57:02 0:17:45 0:39:17
26 75
23 Ross Bibby 0:57:05
0:23:45 0:33:20 12
89
24 Tom Button
0:57:11 0:23:10 0:34:01
14 87
25 Stephanie Gledhill 0:57:12 0:16:30
0:40:42 30 71
26 Sara Dyer
0:57:13 0:11:10 0:46:03
34 67
27 Paul Smith
0:57:21 0:23:00 0:34:21
16 85
28 Ian Sanderson 0:57:49
0:25:00 0:32:49 11
90
29 John Shanks
0:58:15 0:25:30 0:32:45
10 91
30 Adam Parton
0:58:27 0:22:15 0:36:12
18 83
31 Roy Huggins
0:58:31 0:26:30 0:32:01
7 94
32 Pascale Fotherby 0:58:48 0:18:45
0:40:03 27 74
33 Callum Parton 0:59:25
0:23:45 0:35:40 17
84
34 John Hallas
1:01:50 0:19:45 0:42:05
33 68
35 Holly Williams 1:01:51
0:24:45 0:37:06 19
82
Best
fancy dress was awarded to Dennis the Menace (Sarah Harper)
NB next
race in VSGP is Peco at Middleton Park on 12 January