V
S Update - 15 September 2017
- V S return to Leos
- Tuesday training and food
- England Athletics coach at 19 and 26 September sessions
- West Yorkshire XC League entry information NB deadline 19 September
- Peco XC provisional dates
- 2 percent
- Membership renewals
- Results from VS mile (course record for Leon Jones), VS handicap, WYT&F
(gold for Leon Jones), Leeds Country Way, Country Trails Series (1st
for Amanda, joint 2nd for Rachel and Sarah)
V
S Return to Leos (message from Steph)
After discussion with the committee it was
felt that our trial at Far Moss was not successful. Since Josh left it has been
difficult to access changing facilities, arrange food etc.
Over the last few weeks we have been in
discussions with Leo's and they have unanimously agreed for us to return.
As part of the new agreement we will host
three races a year from Leo's. The Meanwood Valley Trail, Yorkshire Vets race
and the Juniors summer trail race.
We have also agreed to partake in fundraising
activities for the club to pay for improvements to the car park, road and
pitches.
The contract will start on 19th September
with intermediates and advanced based at Leo's from the 19th and
juniors/beginners/improvers from the 26th.
Tuesday
training and food
19 September - juniors/beginners/improvers
6pm at GSAL, intermediates/advanced 6:45pm at Leos see more details below.
26 September - juniors/beginners/improvers
6pm at Leos, intermediates/advanced 6:45pm at Leos see more details below.
Food will be available to everyone on the
26th. On the menu is lasagne. To order, please email
- [email protected]
(for food after the early session)
- [email protected]
(for food after the later session)
before 10pm on Sunday 24th, saying whether you want a full portion (£4) or a
half portion (£2) and whether you want meat or veggie lasagne.
Coached
sessions Tuesday 19 and 26 September (from Myra)
The sessions for
advanced and intermediate runners on these dates will be 6:45pm from Leos and
will be led by David Lowes.
David is a level 4
coach specialising in endurance events.
He has coached a number of England & GB athletes and regularly
writes articles for running magazines, including Athletics Weekly. His PB for a
marathon is 2:15.
The sessions are
designed to support us in improving our half and full marathon times. The sessions will be suitable for those who
already attend the main Tuesday sessions (advanced and faster intermediates).
There will be a third
session later in the year.
On 19 September he
will do a short introductory talk. Please get to Leos for 6:45 so we set off
running at 7
It sounds like the
first session will be to confirm ability and a mixture of warm up, drills,
tempo and shorter reps. He's going to adapt the next sessions to cater for
individual needs. It will last longer than our normal session.
This is a great
opportunity for some more varied and challenging coaching so we urge as many of
you to attend as possible, even if you don't normally train with us on a
Tuesday.
NB please wear hi-vis
and please arrive on time (i.e. 6:45pm)!
West
Yorkshire Cross Country League (from Myra)
Here are
the dates and venues for the WYXC league:
- Saturday 14th October- Wakefield (Thornes Park)
- Sunday 29th October - Nunroyd
Park
- Sunday 19th November - Spenborough
- Saturday 9th December - Keighley.
Please email [email protected]
if you'd like to run;.
We have to post the entries so please let us know at the latest by
19th September.
Please check www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsteams.htm to check that your entry has been read
The series costs £15 (£8 for juniors) so please transfer this to
"AC payments", Sort Code 53-70-00, A/c number 72143851, Reference to
include your name and "WYXC"
2nd claim members who have 1st claim club outside of West
Yorkshire can represent us in these races.
Juniors must be aged 9 or more on 14 October 2017.
We normally do very well in this series so it would be good to
make sure we get a good turnout at each race.
Peco
Cross Country
Provisional
dates are Sundays 26 November, 10 or 17 December, 7 January, 21 January, 11
February. Nothing to do yet other than
put them in your diaries.
2
per cent (from Steph)
There is lots to do in a sports club to
ensure it is successful, we have lots of great volunteers on the committee and
helping out at races, parkruns etc.
Some of these volunteers would like a break
or some help so we are looking for some new helpers. This will be helping out
with the social side, communications, training and coaching, race organising
and much more. It shouldn't take up too much of your time and the more the
better.
If you'd like to volunteer please email [email protected]
And remember, doing your 2% improves your
chances of being successful in the London Marathon Ballot.
(for newcomers to Valley Striders, let me
explain that a year or so ago we came up with the idea that if we had 50 people
involved in some voluntary role within the club, then each would only be doing
2% of the total club workload).
Membership
renewals
The new
V S year started on 1 September. There
will be information about renewals in the next V S Update. No need to pay yet!
RACE
RESULTS
VS
Junior 1 mile, school years 1 to 5
Many thanks to the 10 parents who helped,
either marshalling the route or recording at the finish
Pos |
Name |
Time |
M/F |
SchYr |
1 |
Sam Preston |
06:34 |
M |
5 |
2 |
Felix Linley |
06:35 |
M |
5 |
3 |
Luke Mackreth |
06:52 |
M |
4 |
4 |
Gus Cawcutt |
06:57 |
M |
5 |
5 |
Ben Shenderey |
07:04 |
M |
4 |
6 |
Jessica Baxter |
07:07 |
F |
4 |
7 |
Joe McLaren |
07:12 |
M |
5 |
8 |
Max Worrall |
07:21 |
M |
4 |
9 |
Daniel Fotherby |
07:22 |
M |
5 |
10 |
James Lingham |
07:24 |
M |
5 |
11 |
Oliver Lubiecki |
07:32 |
M |
4 |
12 |
Lewis James |
07:35 |
M |
5 |
13 |
Joseph Whitehouse |
07:39 |
M |
4 |
14 |
William Barton |
08:02 |
M |
3 |
15 |
Emily Thomson |
08:04 |
F |
5 |
16 |
Marcus Johnstone |
08:06 |
M |
5 |
17 |
Henry Pell |
08:20 |
M |
3 |
18 |
Martha O'Shea |
08:29 |
F |
5 |
19 |
Alfie Young |
08:36 |
M |
4 |
20 |
Ellie Turner |
08:38 |
F |
4 |
21 |
Katy Irvine |
08:47 |
F |
5 |
22 |
Conor Moriarty |
08:54 |
M |
2 |
23 |
Lily Sadler |
08:55 |
F |
3 |
24 |
Darcey Mollitt |
08:56 |
F |
3 |
25 |
Jorgie
Hartley |
09:07 |
F |
3 |
26 |
Archie Smith |
09:09 |
M |
2 |
27 |
Sammy Whitehouse |
09:16 |
M |
1 |
28 |
Nicholas Robins |
09:24 |
M |
2 |
29 |
Marco Teoli |
09:25 |
M |
5 |
30 |
Sam Hilton |
09:41 |
M |
4 |
31 |
Caitlyn Hartley |
09:42 |
F |
2 |
32 |
Josephine Robins |
10:35 |
F |
1 |
33 |
Amelie McLaren |
10:48 |
F |
2 |
34 |
Elsie O'Shea |
10:59 |
F |
2 |
35 |
Andrea Robottom |
11:16 |
F |
4 |
VS Junior 1 mile, school years 6 and above, adults too
Leon Jones set a course record (for all age
groups)
Pos |
Name |
Time |
M/F |
SchYr |
1 |
Leon Jones |
05:51 |
M |
6 |
2 |
Jack Woodeson |
06:26 |
M |
8 |
3 |
Tom Mackreth |
06:34 |
M |
8 |
4 |
Sophie Turner |
06:39 |
F |
11 |
5 |
Aidan Moriarty |
06:40 |
M |
9 |
6 |
James Preston |
06:40 |
M |
9 |
7 |
Joe Irvine |
06:41 |
M |
11 |
8 |
Josephine Pawley |
06:42 |
F |
7 |
9 |
Noah Philpott |
06:43 |
M |
11 |
10 |
Sofia Robottom |
06:49 |
F |
9 |
11 |
Stefan Robottom |
07:03 |
M |
6 |
12 |
Flo Pell |
07:20 |
F |
6 |
13 |
Julie Hagerty |
07:33 |
F |
adult |
14 |
Emily Hilton |
07:46 |
F |
7 |
15 |
Paul Mackreth |
07:56 |
M |
adult |
16 |
Darragh
Moriarty |
08:10 |
M |
6 |
17 |
Ben Williams-Dustan |
08:13 |
M |
7 |
18 |
Nuala Hagerty |
08:15 |
F |
6 |
19 |
James Worrall |
08:25 |
M |
9 |
20 |
Anne Worrall |
08:25 |
F |
adult |
21 |
Heather Pawley |
08:35 |
F |
adult |
22 |
Jordan Marshall |
09:15 |
M |
adult |
VS
Autumn Handicap 5 miles
Pos |
Name |
Gun time |
Hcap |
Chip
Time |
Chip Pos |
GP Pts |
1 |
Richard Irvine |
0:52:58 |
0:20:00 |
0:32:58 |
9 |
93 |
2 |
Anne
Jones |
0:53:27 |
0:07:45 |
0:45:42 |
29 |
74 |
3 |
Robin Dearden (guest) |
0:54:41 |
0:14:30 |
0:40:11 |
23 |
|
4 |
Andrew
Bennett |
0:55:41 |
0:25:15 |
0:30:26 |
5 |
97 |
5 |
Amanda Spencer |
0:55:48 |
0:16:45 |
0:39:03 |
22 |
80 |
6 |
Alisdair Burns |
0:56:07 |
0:28:00 |
0:28:07 |
3 |
99 |
7 |
Mick Loftus |
0:56:08 |
0:23:45 |
0:32:23 |
8 |
94 |
8 |
Ian
Rosser |
0:56:09 |
0:20:30 |
0:35:39 |
18 |
84 |
9 |
Bob Jackson |
0:56:15 |
0:14:15 |
0:42:00 |
25 |
78 |
10 |
Rob
Marsh |
0:56:21 |
0:22:00 |
0:34:21 |
16 |
86 |
11 |
Alex Irvine |
0:56:26 |
0:19:45 |
0:36:41 |
19 |
83 |
12 |
Gary
Mann |
0:56:33 |
0:24:45 |
0:31:48 |
7 |
95 |
13 |
Simon Vallance |
0:56:46 |
0:23:30 |
0:33:16 |
10 |
92 |
14 |
Rav
Panesar |
0:56:54 |
0:27:15 |
0:29:39 |
4 |
98 |
15 |
Matt Chadwick |
0:56:56 |
0:25:45 |
0:31:11 |
6 |
96 |
16 |
Callum
Elson (guest) |
0:56:59 |
0:29:00 |
0:27:59 |
1 |
|
17 |
John Hobbs |
0:57:04 |
0:29:00 |
0:28:04 |
2 |
100 |
18 |
Roy
Huggins |
0:57:20 |
0:23:30 |
0:33:50 |
14 |
88 |
19 |
Myra Jones |
0:57:26 |
0:23:15 |
0:34:11 |
15 |
87 |
20 |
Liz
Wood |
0:57:40 |
0:19:00 |
0:38:40 |
20 |
82 |
21 |
Priyanka Misra |
0:57:41 |
0:13:00 |
0:44:41 |
27 |
76 |
22 |
Anthony
Fryer |
0:57:42 |
0:24:15 |
0:33:27 |
12 |
90 |
23 |
Liz Reddington |
0:57:48 |
0:17:15 |
0:40:33 |
24 |
79 |
24 |
Nicola
Hartley |
0:57:53 |
0:14:45 |
0:43:08 |
26 |
77 |
25 |
Dan Robins |
0:57:54 |
0:24:15 |
0:33:39 |
13 |
89 |
26 |
Steph
Gledhill |
0:58:17 |
0:19:15 |
0:39:02 |
21 |
81 |
27 |
Joel Giddings |
0:58:18 |
0:23:45 |
0:34:33 |
17 |
85 |
28 |
Martin
Sutcliffe |
0:59:12 |
0:14:30 |
0:44:42 |
28 |
75 |
29 |
Maureen Coffey |
0:59:42 |
0:07:45 |
0:51:57 |
30 |
73 |
30 |
Leroy
Sutton |
1:03:03 |
0:29:45 |
0:33:18 |
11 |
91 |
West
Yorkshire Track and Field Championships at Cleckheaton
This was the first time any V S athletes had
entered these championships. Of our 4 entries, Alfie Jones and Toby Walker were
injured, so it was left to Jack Woodeson and Leon Jones to represent Valley
Striders.
U11 Boys 75 metres heats Leon Jones
12.20secs, 7th fastest of 14, did not start in final
U13 Boys 80 Metres heats Jack Woodeson 13.56secs, 10th of 12
U11 Boys 600 metres Leon Jones 1min 52.34secs, 1st of 8, GOLD MEDAL
U13 Boys 800 metres Jack Woodeson did not start (injured heel)
U11 Boys Long Jump Leon Jones 3.29 metres, 5th of 12, NB event was
abandoned after 2 jumps because of heavy rain
U13 Boys Discus Jack Woodeson 12.30metres, 7th of 9
Leeds Country Way
Summary
- Men's team 2nd - runners up to Saltaire
- Ladies team 2nd (and 27th overall) - runners-up to
Horsforth
- Vets team 1st (and 7th overall) - ahead of St Theresa's
- "B" (or "D") team 49th overall - unfortunately
on leg 3 Paul Sanderson got cramp and was unable to continue, so 49th
was an OK result considering the penalty for only having
- there were 54 teams in the race (a record)
- Interesting fact - the 1-2 positions in all categories were an exact reverse
of last year
- Fastest leg trophies were won by John Hobbs & Daz
Hibberd, Sarah Grant & Rachel Mackie and Hannah Corne
& Sarah Graham.
|
VS A Team |
|
|
|
1 |
John Hobbs |
L |
1:08:55 |
1 |
|
Daryl Hibberd |
T |
1:08:55 |
1 |
2 |
Matt Chadwick |
L |
1:17:52 |
4 |
|
Jon Pownall |
T |
2:26:47 |
1 |
3 |
Tom Venning |
L |
1:17:02 |
10 |
|
David Herdsman |
T |
3:43:49 |
2 |
4 |
Dan Fisher |
L |
1:21:00 |
4 |
|
Gwil Thomas |
T |
5:04:49 |
3 |
5 |
Gary Mann |
L |
1:04:31 |
2 |
|
Jeremy Ladyman |
T |
6:09:20 |
2 |
6 |
Andy May |
L |
1:00:08 |
2 |
|
Rav Panesar |
T |
7:09:28 |
2 |
|
VS Ladies |
|
|
|
1 |
Liz Wood |
L |
1:34:16 |
27 |
|
Sue Sunderland |
T |
1:34:16 |
27 |
2 |
Camilla West |
L |
1:44:55 |
32 |
|
Fiona Robins |
T |
3:19:11 |
33 |
3 |
Sarah Smith |
L |
1:37:18 |
38 |
|
Rachel Bentley |
T |
4:56:29 |
32 |
4 |
Rachel Mackie |
L |
1:34:00 |
17 |
|
Sarah Grant |
T |
6:30:29 |
30 |
5 |
Liz Reddington |
L |
1:28:49 |
32 |
|
Steph Gledhill |
T |
7:59:18 |
30 |
6 |
Hannah Corne |
L |
1:18:23 |
18 |
|
Sarah Graham |
T |
9:17:41 |
27 |
|
VS Vets |
|
|
|
1 |
Roy Huggins |
L |
1:23:00 |
14 |
|
Tony Mills |
T |
1:23:00 |
14 |
2 |
John Batchelor |
L |
1:25:57 |
10 |
|
Richard Irvine |
T |
2:48:57 |
9 |
3 |
Joel Giddings |
L |
1:15:53 |
9 |
|
Ian Sanderson |
T |
4:04:50 |
10 |
4 |
Anthony Fryer |
L |
1:24:16 |
8 |
|
Rob Hamilton |
T |
5:29:06 |
9 |
5 |
Simon Vallance |
L |
1:11:03 |
9 |
|
Mick Loftus |
T |
6:40:09 |
8 |
6 |
James Tarran |
L |
1:09:36 |
7 |
|
Kevin Mcmullan |
T |
7:49:45 |
7 |
|
VS "B" team |
|
|
|
1 |
Bob Jackson |
L |
1:44:02 |
45 |
|
Mick Tinker |
T |
1:44:02 |
45 |
2 |
Sean Cook |
L |
1:40:40 |
29 |
|
Mike Robins |
T |
3:24:42 |
35 |
3 |
Paul Sanderson |
L |
3:00:00 |
54 |
|
Steve Dixon |
T |
6:24:42 |
53 |
4 |
Tom Button |
L |
1:38:06 |
23 |
|
Tahir Akhtar |
T |
8:02:48 |
52 |
5 |
Ken Fox |
L |
1:17:37 |
16 |
|
Andy Pagdin |
T |
9:20:25 |
48 |
6 |
Abi Frankland |
L |
1:39:27 |
45 |
|
John Wallace |
T |
10:59:52 |
49 |
Country Trails Race Series (from Amanda Seims)
These are the final results for the series.
You had to run three races to count for prizes but everyone gets a place in the
final rankings even if they only ran one race. Becky and Anne got a good place
considering they only did 2 events (this should encourage them to do three next
year!).
Females
1st
Place - Amanda Seims with 296.74 points
Joint 2nd Rachel Mackie
295.84
Joint 2nd Sarah Grant 295.84
6. Hannah Corne 220.76
9. Elaine Craiggs 202.06
16. Jean Hussey 169.49
35. Becky Murray 132.88 (two races)
44. Anne Jones 112.04 (two races)
18 females ran at least 3 races (Sarah and Rachel managed to do all four!) and
150 females participated in at least one race.
Males
22. John
Hussey 150.96
112. Richard Clough 57.75 (one race)
22 males ran all three races and 129 men participated in at least one race so
for a change it seems like this navigational challenge series was better
attended by females!