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MID-WEEK DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 48  23rd December 2001 

Ron Needham 01924 829495   email: wakefieldharriers@yahoo.co.uk

 

Pete Young Takes Christmas Handicaps Title


An above form run saw Peter Young take his first Christmas Handicap title last Thursday.  Peter, who has previously won the club cross country handicap and who previously has served as the handicapper himself, was running off a start of 3 minutes over scratch man Craig Heppenstall, admitted afterwards that he is currently in good form.  He completed the 4 miles course in a real time of 25-30, being 14 seconds ahead of second placed Tony White, himself running off 3 minutes start also. 

An excellent run by newcomer to the distance league Clare Sykes saw her take the ladies title.  I’d be grateful, by the way, if anyone can pinpoint the whereabouts of the ladies trophy which has been missing for a few years.  If it doesn’t turn up, we’ll try and get another from the club and present it to Clare.

The entry of 24 athletes many not be as good as during the hey days of the 1980s when 40 or so took part, but it represents an excellent turn out today.

A Good time was had by all in the Magnet afterwards (kindly arranged for us by Graham Whitworth), with a superb buffet prepared for us by Sue and Val (many thanks are owed to them) and paid for out of the profits so far.

Many thanks also, by the way, are owed to Mike Logan, Dave Needham and Moira Domaille for their assistance.

 

Silver Shoe Award

I’m not sure where this had its origin, but the silver shoe trophy (it’s actually a painted Hi Tec Silver Shadow mounted on a board)  is awarded annually for some reason or another, possibly for services to the club, but maybe for someone who does something silly or whatever.  The winner last year has to decide who should receive it the next.  This year, it was  presented by Dave Brailsford (last year’s winner) to Stuart Anderson for his persistence and consistency in turning up late for events.  This comes as no surprise to those who have known Stuart through the years (he once arrived an hour early for a race and still missed the start) and it is time that his contribution was duly and suitably recognised.  By the way, Dave, the answer as to what happened to Sue and I at the last year’s lunch was that the car broke down.

System for the Leagues

We have now divided the men’s league into different divisions.  From now, points will be awarded on the basis of where an athlete finishes in his division.  So, 1st home in each division will score 10 points and so on.  Points credited to each athlete up to the dividing stage have been divided by two and carried forward to the new structure  -  so if you had a score of 80 after six events, you have carried 40 into your new division (we have rounded up odd scores).  

At the end of the “season” the top of each division will receive awards (divisions 2 and 3 are likely to be medals).

The Ladies and Vets leagues will remain the same as before with the Vets points awarded on the basis of positions in relation to other vets (so 1st Vet gets 10, 2nd gets 9 and so on) with Vets over 50 having their score doubled and Vets over 60 trebled.

 

Accounts

There was no entry fee for the Christmas Handicaps and the buffet cost us £33, leaving £72 in the kitty.

 

Publish your results

If you want your road, fell or cross country results publishing in the newsletter and on the WEB page, then let me have details, preferably by email, and I’ll put them in the newsletter. 

 

Next Event

Next month’s league event will take place on Thursday 31st January.  It will take place from the Pot Oil pub in Wrenthorpe, on road (distance yet to be decided but should be around 3 miles).  Please be there at 7-00.

 


Other Future Events

The Yorkshire Vets Cross Country Championships in Thornes Park will now take place on 17th February 2002.

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Please note change of email address:

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London Marathon

We have given out the 5 places to:  Alix Jordanova, Maree Anderson (good to see a couple of younger members having a go), Jane Senior, Dave Brookes and Tony White.  Hope you all have a good run  -  enjoy it.

Please remember to wear your club vests in the race and that there is a substitution system in operation this year.  If you discover you cannot take part, you must inform me by 31st January, so the number can be reallocated.

 

 


 

Result of Christmas Handicaps 4 miles

 

 

Handicap Time

Real Time

Real position

Vets position

1

Peter Young   (V40)

38-00

25-30

4

1

2

Tony White

38-14

25-44

5

 

3

Paul Sanderson (V40)

38-34

27-14

11

6

4

Steve Butler (V40)

38-37

26-07

7

3

5

Keith Singleton (V40)

38-53

27-53

12

7

6

Dave Brookes

39-01

26-31

8

 

7

Clare Sykes (1st lady)

39-02

27-31

1st lady

 

8

Tony Audsley (V40)

39-11

27-11

10

5

9

Craig Heppenstall

39-14

23-44

1

 

10

Steve Tibbs

39-18

24-08

2

 

11

Mike Logan (V40)

39-19

26-49

9

4

12

Mark Domaille (V40)

39-22

25-52

6

2

13

Steve Faulkner

39-26

24-58

3

 

14

Peter Farr (V50)

39-39

30-39

15

9

15

David Dawson

39-45

30-45

16

 

16

Paul Walker

39-59

27-59

13

 

17

Stuart Anderson (V60)

40-47

32-07

17

10

18

Val Anderson (2nd lady)

41-15

41-15

6th lady

 

19

Sue Needham (3rd lady)

41-24

39-24

5th lady

 

20

Graham Whitworth (V50)

41-29

34-19

18

11

21

Dot Hand (4th lady)

41-32

35-32

2nd lady

 

22

Dave Brailsford (V40)

41-48

28-58

14

8

23

Maree Anderson (5th lady)

44-05

38-05

3rd lady

 

24

Alix Joradnova (6th lady)

44-06

38-06

4th lady

 

 

LADIES LEAGUE TABLE

1

D Hand

L55

57

2

M Anderson

L

52

3

S Needham

L45

50

4

V Anderson

L55

47

5

A Jordanova

L

24

6=

E Twigg

L

10

6=

C Sykes

L

10

8=

A Young

L45

09

8=

K Smith

L

09

10

L Marsh

SG

06


 

VETS LEAGUE TABLE

 

 

 

Vets Pts

1

M Domaille

M40

66

2

S Anderson

M60

63

3

P Young

M40

41

4

M Logan

M40

36

5

S Wilkinson

M40

34

6=

A Stainer

M50

28

6=

S Butler

M40

28

8

D Brailsford

M40

25

9

A Audsley

M40

24

10

P Farr

M50

23

11

G Whitworth

M50

18

12=

A Cooper

M40

17

12=

R West

M40

17

14

P Sanderson

M40

15

15

R Needham

M50

10

16

P McNamara

M40

08

17

D Price

M40

06

18

K Singleton

M40

04

19=

D Holden

M60

03

19=

J Turner

M40

03

21

J Senior

M50

02

 

MENS’ LEAGUE TABLE  Division 1

 

 

 

League pts

1

C Heppenstall

M

60

2

M Domaille

M40

57

3

S Tibbs

M

56

4

P Young

M40

38

5

M Logan

M40

35

6

S Wilkinson

M40

33

7

S Anderson

M60

31

8

D Brooke

M

30

9

T White

M

29

10

D Needham

M

27

 

Division 2

1=

D Brailsford

M40

29

1=

A Audsley

M40

29

3=

G Whitworth

M50

27

3=

S Butler

M40

27

5

P Farr

M50

24

6

P Sanderson

M

20

7=

A Cooper

M40

16

7=

A Stainer

M50

16

7=

R Parfrey

M

16

7=

R West

M40

16

 


Division 3

1=

D Wotton

M

10

1=

S Faulkner

M

10

3=

B Horsfall

M

09

3=

N Mannion

M

09

3=

K Singleton

M40

09

6=

R Needham

M50

08

6=

P Walker

M

08

8=

P McNamara

M40

07

8=

D Price

M40

07

8=

D Dawson

M

07

11

J Turner

M40

04

12

J Senior

M

03

13

D Holden

M60

02

 

 

Thoughts for next year  -  should we operate the leagues as this year (i.e. run one table to the half-way stage and then divide into divisions) or should we have promotion and relegation at the end of the “season” (say with the top three of each division promoted and the bottom three relegated)?  Have a think about it.

 

 

 

NEXT EVENT

31st January

From Pot-Oil at Wrenthorpe

Entry fee: £1-50

 

 

 

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MEMBERS


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