Subject:                          V S Update - Hi-vis; Lasagne; WYXC and Peco XC; Harewood Trail, Membership; Results from Rombalds, adult and junior 1 mile, club handicap, Leeds Triathlon; Massage offer; Water story

 

Sent: 18 September 2015 00:47

Hi Vis

 

Firstly to remind/advise you that for all Valley Striders evening sessions (except Tuesday 6pm) from now until next Spring it is club policy that everyone must wear a hi-vis top.  Our group leaders will be instructed to turn anyone away not wearing hi-vis.

 

Sports Direct have hi-vis bibs at £3 see http://www.sportsdirect.com/karrimor-run-vest-765246 .  I’m sure other retailers also stock similar items.

 

Lasagne - Tuesday 22 September

 

Normal training sessions at 6pm and 7pm followed by lasagne

 

For food at 7:15pm book at earlyfood@valleystriders.org.uk , for food at 8:30pm, book at food@valleystriders.org.uk

 

In each case, choose meat or veggie lasagne (£3.50). NB ice creams will be available afterwards.  Please book before 10pm Sunday 20 September.

 

West Yorkshire Cross Country – closing date 30 September

 

All Valley Striders running members (aged 9 or over on 17th October) are eligible to run in the West Yorkshire XC League.

 

There will be 4 events - Sunday 18 October at Wakefield, Saturday 31 October at Huddersfield, 14 or 15 November at Keighley, and Sunday 6 December at Yeadon.

 

Email teams@valleystriders.org.uk  if you wish to be entered - click www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm to check list of entries. (I will update this over the weekend)

 

If you want to run in the first race, names must be in by 30 September.

 

Fees for whole series are £12 for adults, £6 for juniors, please pay account “AC Payments” Sort Code: 53-70-00 A/c Number: 72143851, include your name and “WYXC” in the reference

 

Peco Cross Country

 

Dates and venues have been announced for the Peco XC league.   Junior races are for school years 4 to 12, adult races for ages 17 and above.  If you are aged 16 or 17 please email me for advice.

 

All dates are Sundays - Nov 22nd at Temple Newsam, Dec 13th at West Park (organised by VS), Jan 3rd at Middleton Park, Jan 24th at Golden Acre (tbc), Feb 14th at Meanwood (tbc)

 

Email teams@valleystriders.org.uk if you wish to be entered - click www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm to check list of entries.

 

There is a new payment scheme for adults that it is £3 to enter the series, payable IN ADVANCE, plus £3 per race payable on the day.  Please pay the £3 advance fee to account “AC Payments” Sort Code: 53-70-00 A/c Number: 72143851, include your name and “PecoXC” in the reference.  Closing date for the first race is likely to be around 1 November.

 

No need for juniors to enter in advance; just pay £1 per race on the day

 

Annual Running Meeting – Tuesday 6 October

 

Please put this date in your diaries, this corresponds to the AGM but only to discuss running activities (and a half of duathlons and a third of triathlons)

 

More information in the next V S Update.  NB there will be food that night!

 

Harewood Trail Races – Sunday 8 November

 

Race entries are now online at www.racebest.com , please tell your friends.  We have 50 entries so far.  VS juniors please enter now! 

 

VS adults if you want to run, please let us know at help@valleystriders.org.uk – we need to ensure we have sufficient marshals before we can “allow” our members to run.

 

If you’d like to help on the day, please email help@valleystriders.org.uk or “join” the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/451741091665235/ .  List of marshals will be at www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmarshals.htm (but may be a few days behind)

 

Membership

 

Thank you to everyone who had paid so far – we already have 53 adult renewals and 12 juniors renewals. 

 

If you are in doubt whether you need to renew, please check www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsmemreg.htm .  This page also has your England Athletics number, and the page can also be accessed from the “For Club Members” tab on the website.

 

For how to renew, click on http://www.valleystriders.org.uk/renewal2015-6.htm .  For running payments please pay account “AC Membership” Sort Code: 53-70-00 A/c Number: 72143878 (THIS IS A NEW ACCOUNT), include your name in the reference    Note that if also cycling, you’ll need to make a separate payment to the British Cycling website (see www.valleystriders.org.uk/cycling )

 

Leeds Country Way

 

Runners please pay £10 ASAP please pay account “AC Payments” Sort Code: 53-70-00 A/c Number: 72143851, include your name and “LCW” in the reference

 

RESULTS

 

Rombolds Romp (VSGP and VSFC)

.                                                                

  13  Ross Bibby          00:50:53      100                    

  26  Paul Smith          00:56:04       96                    

  42  Graham Pawley       01:00:54       92                    

  44  Rob Marsh           01:02:22       88                    

  72  Malcolm Coles       01:10:04       84                    

  90  Jeremy Richardson   01:21:17       80                    

 

Club races Tuesday 15 September

 

Adult 1 mile race

 

    1  Jonathan Philpott       6.58

    2  Eamon O'Brien           7.01

    3  Peter Spence            7.03

    4  Iain Robb               7.07

    5  Gareth Chambers         7.18

    6  Aydin Dogan             7.50

    7  Fergus McLellan         7.51

    8  Maisie Boyes            8.05

    9  Nick Boyes              8.07

   10  Michael Stone           8.16

   11  Heather Pawley          8.19

   12  Anne Jones              8.24

   13  Ian Hobson              8.35

   14  Stuart Dustan           9.14

 

This was a new race, previously adults have run with the juniors, so this was to reduce congestion in the junior race. 

 

Congratulations to Jonathan, and coincidentally his son, Noah, ran exactly the same time in the junior race!

 

Junior 1 mile

                                        School yr

    1  Alvie O'Brien           6.06    M    6  

    2  Sophie Turner           6.09    F    9  

    3  Tally Diamond           6.28    F    6  

    4  Joe Irvine              6.38    M    9  

    5  Alfie Jones             6.39    M    5  

    6  Jason Twigg             6.45    M   10  

    7  Isaac Spence Brown      6.46    M    6  

    8  Imogen Idle             6.50    F    6  

    9  Callum Chambers         6.57    M    9  

   10  Noah Philpott           6.58    M    9  

   11  Max Vine                6.58    M    9  

   12  Laurie O'Brien          7.01    M    8  

   13  Keira Jones             7.06    F    6  

   14  Sam Chambers            7.08    M    4  

   15  Thomas Steel            7.10    M    5  

   16  Max Mauborgne           7.15    M    5  

   17  Felix Linley            7.40    M    3  

   18  Cleo Vine               7.50    F    7  

   19  Ella Hollis             7.51    F    5  

   20  Josephine Pawley        7.51    F    5  

   21  Elliot Spence Brown     7.56    M    3  

   22  Sarah Brady             8.21    F    7  

   23  Ben Williams-Dustan     8.27    M    5  

   24  Zak Reisman             8.31    M    3  

   25  Jude Gordon             8.40    M    3

   26  Alessia Teoli           8.46    F    8  

   27  Joshua Birkin           8.53    M    5  

   28  Lucie Cliff             8.58    F    5  

   29  Jesse Gordon            9.01    M    3

   30  Zach Marsh              9.02    M    2  

   31  Jessica Baxter          9.05    F    2  

   32  Rebecca Noad            9.07    F    7  

   33  Rabia Dogan             9.08    F    7  

   34  Isaac Brash             9.29    M    ?

   35  Joe Robb                9.40    M    6  

   36  Eleanor Robb            9.40    F    3  

   37  Cameron Carrington-H    9.46    M    3  

   38  Alec Twigg              9.47    M    5  

   39  Joey Stone              9.48    M    5  

   40  Charlotte Clark         9.51    F    5  

   41  Alexander Boyes         9.57    M    3  

   42  Lucy Harris            10.07    F    ?

   43  Thomas Harris          10.07    M    4  

   44  Jak Stone              10.13    M    6  

   45  Isabella Marsh         10.14    F    5  

   46  Isabelle Wood          10.19    F    0  

   47  Louis Casper           10.25    M   -1  

   48  Chloe McDougall        10.43    F    5  

   49  Marco Teoli            10.58    M    3  

   50  Edie Souter            10.59    F    3  

   51  Martha O'Shea          10.59    F    3  

   52  Anna McLellan          11.08    F    6  

   53  Sophie Clark           11.30    F    3  

   54  Ellie Casper           11.37    F    4

   55  Callum McDougall       11.41    M    5  

   56  Ava Linley             12.04    F    3  

   57  Chloe Carrington-H     12.15    F   -1  

 

Congratulations to Alvie O’Brien and Sophie Turner, and well done to the other 55 who ran despite some muddy and wet underfoot conditions.  This was the most juniors we’ve ever had for our 1 mile club race.

 

Thanks to Mary Egan, Ken Kaiser, Sarah Ord, Kathy Kaiser, Sarah Brown, Jonathan Philpott, Emma Steel for marshalling and recording (and apologies to anyone I’ve missed)

 

Autumn Handicap  (5 Miles)

                          Gun time    Hcap   Act time   Act   GP

                                                        Pos   Pts

   1  George Theophilou   0:52:22    11:00  0:41:22     39    62

   2  Jonathan O'Grady    0:52:28    11:00  0:41:28     40    61

   3  David Howe          0:52:42    07:00  0:45:42     45    56

   4  Carole Schofield    0:53:29    13:00  0:40:29     37    64

   5  John Wallace        0:54:58    16:45  0:38:13     31    70

   6  Tori Carr           0:55:11    16:00  0:39:11     35    66

   7  Graham Pawley       0:55:27    18:00  0:37:27     30    71

   8  Gareth Barns        0:55:32    24:00  0:31:32      6    95

   9  Joel Giddings       0:55:38    23:00  0:32:38     10    91

  10  Kevin Mcmullan      0:55:56    24:00  0:31:56      8    93

  11  Ian Sanderson       0:55:58    22:30  0:33:28     15    86

  12  David Merritt       0:56:01    21:45  0:34:16     20    81

  13  Daryl Hibberd       0:56:12    26:00  0:30:12      4    97

  14  Sean Fitzgerald     0:56:14    23:15  0:32:59     11    90

  15  Tom Button          0:56:16    21:00  0:35:16     22    79

  16  John Batchelor      0:56:18    23:15  0:33:03     12    89

  17  Gemma Merritt       0:56:25    16:30  0:39:55     36    65

  18  Sue Sunderland      0:56:27    18:00  0:38:27     33    68

  19  Alan Hutchinson     0:56:28    19:45  0:36:43     27    74

  20  Graham Jones        0:56:29    23:15  0:33:14     13    88

  21  Rob Marsh           0:56:35    22:45  0:33:50     16    85

  22  Ross Bibby          0:56:42    24:15  0:32:27      9    92

  23  Louise Cazan        0:56:48    19:30  0:37:18     29    72

  24  Vernon Long         0:56:49    21:30  0:35:19     23    78

  25  Simon Midwood       0:56:54    26:45  0:30:09      3    98

  26  Matthew Hallam      0:56:57    27:45  0:29:12      2    99

  27  Leroy Sutton        0:57:05    20:35  0:36:30     26    75

  28  James Tarran        0:57:07    25:30  0:31:37      7    94

  29  Mike Powell         0:57:15    19:00  0:38:15     32    69

  30  Dan Fisher          0:57:18    28:45  0:28:33      1   100

  31  Myra Jones          0:57:30    23:30  0:34:00     18    83

  32  Mick Loftus         0:57:44    24:30  0:33:14     13    88

  33  John Marsham        0:57:47    23:45  0:34:02     19    82

  34  Pam Lomoro          0:57:51    21:00  0:36:51     28    73

  35  Joe Irvine          0:57:52    14:45  0:43:07     42    59

  36  Richard Irvine      0:57:53    14:45  0:43:08     43    58

  37  Roy Huggins         0:57:55    24:00  0:33:55     17    84

  38  Paul Fotherby       0:57:56    27:00  0:30:56      5    96

  39  Sarah Smith         0:58:01    15:45  0:42:16     41    60

  40  Sarah Ord           0:58:04    07:45  0:50:19     47    54

  41  Maureen Coffey      0:58:11    09:30  0:48:41     46    55

  42  Paul Smith          0:58:30    23:30  0:35:00     21    80

  43  Pascale Fotherby    0:58:35    17:30  0:41:05     38    63

  44  Mike Furby          0:58:40    23:00  0:35:40     24    77

  45  Sean Cook           0:58:52    19:45  0:39:07     34    67

  46  Paul Sanderson      0:59:23    23:00  0:36:23     25    76

  47  Stephen Diamond     1:05:27    22:00  0:43:27     44    57

 

Thanks to Kathy Kaiser, Ken Kaiser, John Umpleby, Mike Crosfill, Eileen Crosfill, Tally Diamond, Joshua Birkin and Pat Umpleby for marshalling and recording.  And particular thanks to Liz Reddington who managed to get all of the 50 runners off on time.  (We had 3 DNFs, hope you are OK, Brian, Joe and Paul).

 

There were 5 new runners with no “form” in the computer for whom we had to estimate their handicaps, for 4 of them either my ready-reckoner was wrong or they submitted pessimistic times as they finished in the top 10.  The 5th was Sean and Myra ensured he had a tough handicap. 

 

So as has been the custom for the last few years, these new runners aren’t allowed to claim the trophy, so congratulations to David Howe, one of Ken and Kathy’s group.  Also congratulations to Dan Fisher for fastest time of the night.

 

Regarding the Trophy, some of you will be aware that it has been missing since December.  I’m very pleased (and very relieved) to report that it was returned in time for the race (and just to let you know it wasn’t at my house, John’s house or Leos), so we were able to present it to David.

 

When it has been engraved we are arranging a photo shoot for the 4 winners this year with the Trophy.

 

Leeds Triathlon – Sunday 13th September – Roundhay Park (report from Mike Furby)

 

Valley striders Triathlon Club showed our presence again on the local scene at the Leeds Triathlon with 13 (+2) members racing in both the Sprint and Standard distance events across a wide range of categories.

 

The start of the day was overcast and a little chilly, with the ground wet from the previous day’s downpour. Good news was that the roads were dry and there was only small southerly breeze to help us on the 1st half of the bike.

 

The various categories were split into waves of about 50 people and each wave set off at 10 minute intervals. The Standard Distance event kicked off first with a 1500m swim in Waterloo lake comprising 2 laps.

 

The swim over and a fairly long run up to transition to collect bikes for the 27 mile ride out to Walshford on the very fast Wetherby Road route and back again on the undulating and tough East Keswick-Wike road back to Roundhay Park. Great to see plenty of Striders during the race and some good team motivation going on especially between myself, Dan Price, Howard King and Mark Metcalf at one point as we were all within a few yards of each other. Later on through East Keswick as I caught Liz Ball, I saw she was waving and then I saw why, yes it was the VSCC Sunday Social coming the other way – Go Striders!

 

Finally back into the park, rack the bike and out for the 3 lap, 9km run in the park grounds including 3x ascent of Hill60 (ouch). The sprint distance event covered much the same course with a single lap swim of 750m, a shortened bike lap, turning towards East Keswick at Collingham and a shorter run of 2 laps.

 

What was clear at the end as we gathered for a post-race chat was that we’d done well overall, stories and age group wins and overall high placings began to emerge. Indeed for the standard distance event 6 of our men finished in the top 35 with Ben Hall taking 11th place overall and 1st place in the 30-34 age group. For the ladies we had 2 in the top 10 with Michaela Laxton in 5th overall and also winning the 30-34 age group. For the sprint distance even more success with Liz Ball winning her age category and result of the day going to Anna Hobbs with her 2nd place lady overall. Valley Striders finished as 2nd team overall, just pipped to the win and so still a very good result and a sign of things to come. Quick mention for John who completed the fastest 9km walk I’ve ever seen and crossing the line further bolstering our overall result. Good work team!

 

Standard Distance

1 1st M 02:09:24

11 Benjamin HALL VSTC 02:24:33 – 1st place M30-34

15 Mark METCALFE VSTC 02:26:13

18 Howard KING VSTC 02:27:15

19 Mike FURBY VSTC 02:27:24

32 Daniel PRICE VSTC 02:33:53

34 Vernon LONG VSTC 02:34:34

36 1st F 02:35:11

55 Neil HOLLOWAY (LBT) 02:39:41

100 Michaela LAXTON VSTC 02:52:01 – 1st place F30-34

113 Alison CAMPBELL VSTC 02:55:33

210 John BUCKTROUT VSTC 03:26:36

Sprint Distance

1 1st M 01:17:22

11 1st F 01:31:21

29 Anna HOBBS VSTC 01:38:49 – 2nd Place Lady + 1st place F35-39

77 Liz Ball VSTC 01:56:48 – 1st place F60-64

80 Erica HIORNS (LBT) 01:57:52

100 Georgios THEOPHILOU VSTC 02:09:46

107 Sue CARR VSTC 02:17:21

 

30 years ago (from Terry Lonergan)

 

SEPTEMBER 15 1985....I hope current members will take inspiration from this race result 30 years ago today. HUMBER MARATHON, we finished 4 in the first 12. MARTYN HOPSON 8TH 2.27.04 STEVE O'CALLAGHAN 9TH 2.27.15, TERRY BEAN 10TH 2.27.32 and TERRY LONERGAN 11TH 2.30.41. With just one team prize and prizes for the first 6 we came away with nothing. But a memorable day for the club nonetheless....just one of many.

 

Massage Offer

 

As the Autumn marathon season is approaching, I'm offering 10% off massages for all VS members throughout October. You can have 45 mins for £28 or 60 mins for £36. Perfect for pre- or post-race, although you don't have to be doing a race (of any distance) to get this offer!  I'm away until 28th September, but get in touch and I'll reply to you once I get back. The slots got booked up quite quickly when I did this in April, so don't miss out. Me and my pointy elbows look forward to ironing out those knots.  More details at www.downdogdays.com, please get in touch if you have any other questions.

 

Water Story (from this week’s VSCC email)

 

Our very own Neil Holloway made the national cycling press this week with a story given to him by someone (who will remain unnamed) – although road.cc accredited it to Neil anyway. As the story goes, a woman in Huby (on the way to Almscliffe Crag)  wanted to charge a rider £3 to fill up his water bottle, and actually tipped out the water when he only had £1 on him. Amazing what people will do. Here’s the full story.

http://road.cc/content/news/163848-woman-charges-cyclist-3-after-filling-water-bottle-then-tips-it-out-when-he-cant