WAKEFIELD DISTRICT HARRIERS & AC

MID-WEEK DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 53  1^st June 2002 

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

Huge turn-out for final event of season

A record turn out of 25 runners did full justice to a superb course for the last event of our season at the King’s Arms on Heath Common on Thursday evening.  It was a fitting end to a “season” full of interest with some excellent runs.  Adam Cooper led all the way on the two lap course of about 2.6 miles to come home in 14-26, leaving Steve Tibbs some 26 seconds in his wake.  In the ladies event, Jane Senior dominated in an excellent 19-07, from Denise Green’s 19-49.

The handicap prizes on the night were taken by Jane Senior (whose steady improvement over the year has been very good to see), Dave Brook, Alan Stainer, Paul Sanderson, Jonny Wootton and Dave Brailsford, all of whom managed to run significantly better than the time expected of them.

The league title was practically decided before the event, Mark Domaille being 10 points ahead of nearest rival Craig Heppenstall.  In the event, the Crigglestone kid’s decision not to turn out a few days prior to the Northern track and field championships meant that Mark had only to avoid being knocked down prior to crossing the line, but his 4^th place in 15-03 showed him to be a worthy champion.  Steward Anderson took the Vets and Dot Hand the Ladies, as expected, but there were a couple of surprises in divisions 2 and 3, with Rob Parfrey taking full advantage of Tony Audsley’s absence to take the division 2 medal by one point and Steve Faulkner claiming full 10 points in division 3 to tie at the top with Brian Horsefall.

Our grateful thanks to John Wootton, Joe Johnson and Jack Hewitt for their help in marshalling, and to Iris Johnson for helping me with the results.  A great big thanks from everyone to Dave Brook for arranging things with the pub, sorting a really good course and for putting on such a wonderful spread of food.

Accounts

We £115-50 in the kitty and took £37-50 on the night in entries.  The food cost us £47 and the handicap prizes were £12, so we have £94 left 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. 

Sandal Castle 10k

Another big thank you to all who helped in this event:  Alan Stainer, John Wootton, Jack Hewitt, Dot Hand, Sue Needham, Val Anderson, Moira Domaille, Jenny Domaille, Maree Anderson, John and Wendy Newsome.  Our entry broke all records this year and we were just 15 short of the 700 mark.   Good to see Adam Cooper doing so well again (2^nd over-all).  This event is now one of the premier off-road races in the country (as described by Running Magazine) and something of which those of us who care about the quality of the events we put on can be very proud.  The following is an email received the day after this year’s race:

“Having completed for the first time the 10K yesterday, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the experience. I have been racing since 1987 and with the amount of races I complete, it is rare that I enter a race that I have not done before. As yours has often clashed with the Leeds half in previous years, this time I had the chance to do both.

My assessment of your race is superb organisation from start to finish, excellent marshals full of praise and encouragement for the runners and a testing but extremely enjoyable course allowing runners the opportunity to get off the pavements for once. I cannot recall such a well organised event, everything very clear, and I having run at London and the GNR five times each, I also include those races in that statement. I have nothing but praise for your superb event and I very much look forward to returning next year as a veteran.

Many thanks and congratulations to all concerned with the event.  

Yours in sport,  Nick Varley”

I think that just about says it all  -  well done to everyone.

Next Event

The next event in the series is the first of the new season and is the Second Chance 5k based upon Pugneys (27^th June).  This is an open event we organise annually, raising money for the Second Chance Head Injuries Unit at Pinderfield’s Hospital.  By the way, it does have a permit. 

Entry can be made on the forms available at the track or on the night.  No separate entry fee for the league for this event, and no handicap prizes on the night.

 

Please note change of email address:

Please contact me in future for club matters at:  wakefieldharriers@yahoo.co.uk

 

Result of May meeting (2.6 miles at Heath Common)

 

				Div
1	Adam Cooper	M40	14-26	1
2	Steve Tibbs	M	14-52	1
3	Steve Faulkener	M	14-58	3
4	Mark Domaille	M40	15-03	1
5	Dave Brailsford	M40	15-15
6	Rob Parfrey	M	15-32	2
7	David Brooke	M	15-34
8	Tony White	M	15-41
9	Johnny Wootton	Guest	15-48	G
10	Paul Campbell	M	15-54
11	Paul Sanderson	M40	16-43
12	Mike Logan	M40	17-28
13	Dave Dawson	Guest	18-19	G
14	Alan Stainer	M50	18-26
15	Stuart Anderson	M60	18-30
16	John Faulkner	M50	18-40
17	Peter Farr	M50	18-56
18	Jane Senior	L	19-07	L
19	Kim Pilling	Guest	19-11	G
20	Graham Whitworth	M50	19-38	2
21	Denise Green	L	19-49	L
22	Neil Devlin	M50	20-12
23	Dot Hand	F55	20-33	L
24	Sue Needham	F45	24-58	L
25	Val Anderson	F55	25-08	L

 

 

 

 

LADIES LEAGUE TABLE

1	D Hand	L55	100
2	S Needham	L45	87
3	V Anderson	L55	79
4	M Anderson	L	55
5	J Senior	L	49
6	A Jordanova	L	24
7	D Green	L35	19
8=	E Twigg	L	10
8=	C Sykes	L	10
10	A Young	L45	09
11	S Millican	L55	08
12	L Marsh	SG	06
13	I Johnson	L45	05
14	C Hewitt	L55	04

 

VETS LEAGUE TABLE

			Vets Pts
1	S Anderson	M60	126
2	M Domaille	M40	112
3	P Farr	M50	69
4	M Logan	M40	63
5	A Audsley	M40	59
6	A Cooper	M40	57
7	P Young	M40	49
8	G Whitworth	M50	46
9	P Sanderson	M40	41
10	A Stainer	M50	38
11	S Wilkinson	M40	34
12	D Brailsford	M40	33
13	S Butler	M40	28
14	R West	M40	25
15	R Needham	M50	10
16	P McNamara	M40	08
17=	D Price	M40	06
17=	J Faulkner	M50	06
19	K Singleton	M40	04
20=	D Holden	M60	03
20=	J Turner	M40	03
22=	J Senior	M50	02
22=	N Devlin	M50	02

 

 

MENS’ LEAGUE TABLE  Division 1

1	M Domaille	M40	99
2	C Heppenstall	M	80
3	S Tibbs	M	76
4	T White	M	65
5	D Brooke	M	63
6	D Needham	M	60
7	M Logan	M40	57
8	S Anderson	M60	52
9	P Young	M40	45
10	S Wilkinson	M40	33

 

Division 2

1	R Parfrey	M	61
2	A Audsley	M40	60
3	A Cooper	M40	56
4	P Farr	M50	55
5	G Whitworth	M50	52
6	P Sanderson	M40	48
7	D Brailsford	M40	38
8	S Butler	M40	27
9	R West	M40	24
10	A Stainer	M50	22

 

Division 3

1=	B Horsfall	M	28
1=	S Faulkner	M	28
3	D Worton	M	20
4	P Lockwood	M	10
5=	N Mannion	M	09
5=	K Singleton	M40	09
5=	P Campbell	M	09
8=	R Needham	M50	08
8=	P Walker	M	08
8=	J Faulkner	M50	08
11=	P McNamara	M40	07
11=	D Price	M40	07
11=	D Dawson	M	07
11=	N Devlin	M50	07
15	J Turner	M40	04
16	J Senior	M	03
17	D Holden	M60	02