WAKEFIELD DISTRICT HARRIERS & AC

MID-WEEK DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 56  28^th September 2002 

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

 

Return of the Crigglestone Kid

Craig Heppenstall marked his distance league comeback at Robin Hood on Thursday evening with a convincing lead of 16 seconds over the 2.5 miles course over league leader Steve Tibbs.  The position at the top of the table, however, remains unchanged and, in fact, rather perversely, Steve actually increased his lead since second in the table Dave Brook could manage only 6^th place on the night.  In the ladies table, Jane Senior took full advantage of Denise Green’s absence through injury with a superb run to close the gap to a couple of points and Val Anderson’s run brought her only one point adrift.  An interesting situation is also brewing up in the vets table, with Pete Farr closing down on Stuart Anderson’s dominance of the vets championship.

18 members tackled the hilly course based on the Half-way House, courtesy of Mark Domaille.  The leading handicap prizes were taken by Jane Senior (whose improvement goes on and on) and Alan Stainer, who made a remarkable improvement on last month’s performance.  Alan’s decision to choose the Kylie advent calendar was equally remarkable.  We hope you and Kylie have lots of fun together, Alan.  On the subject of handicaps, I was asked how scientific it all is  -  well, first I rank everyone running based upon their last two distance league performances, then I compare positions with those.  Anyone making an significant improvement on the ranking gets a prize.  Then I look at times and try and estimate where people should be on that basis (e.g. you Mike might have finished 20 seconds ahead of Dave last month but this month is 50 seconds ahead, but still in the same positions).  If all else fails, I throw in a few wild cards (which is sports speak for making it up).

Welcome, by the way, to Brian Cooper, a new member, over 60 vet.  Hope you enjoyed the outing Brian and that we see you at all the rest.

 

Accounts

We had £149-50 in the kitty.  18 members paid £27 and prizes cost us £14, leaving us with a balance of £162-50.

 

Next Event

The next event will take place on Thursday 31^st October from The Bedford Arms at East Ardsley (go on A650, over the M1 round-a-bout, take next major right hand turn in about 5 or 600 metres, Bedford Arms is on the right hand side before you start to go down the Falls).  Course is designed by Steve Tibbs and Denise Green.  It is approx 2.5 hilly miles. Enter on the night (£1-50).  Be there at 7-00 for a 7-30 start (ladies starting about 7-20).

 

London Marathon

I was asked last Thursday about London Marathon club entries and if the club is sending for them.  Having thought about it since, I’ve realised that the request has to be on club letter heading and has to come from a club official.  As I am no longer club chairman, or a member of the management committee, I do not fulfil the requirements.  The letter requesting places will have to come from one of the senior officers who will also be responsible for allocation of the places when they arrive.  I know from past experience that club committee members sometimes read this newsletter (at least they do when it suits them), so  ……  over to you guys.

 

Corrections

 Last months results unfortunately omitted Maree Anderson and failed to take into account the fact that Mark Box is a vet 40.  The league tables have been corrected to set things right.
Result of September meeting at Robin Hood                                                       Division

1	C Heppenstall	M	13-23	1
2	S Tibbs	M	13-39	1
3	R Parfrey	M	14-34	1
4	T White	M	14-35	1
5	M Domaille	M40	14-45	1
6	D Brooke	M	15-13	1
7	S Wilkinson	M40	15-20	2
8	M Logan	M40	15-59	1
9	D Dawson	M	17-35	3
10	P Farr	M50	17-59	2
11	A Stainer	M50	18-02	3
12	M Box	M40	18-06	3
13	S Anderson	M60	18-09	1
14	G Whitworth	M50	21-28	2
15	B Cooper	M60	22-24	3
1L	J Senior	L35	20-09	L
2L	S Needham	L45	23-35	L
3L	V Anderson	L55	24-27	L

 

 

LADIES LEAGUE TABLE

1	D Green	L35	30
2	V Anderson	L55	29
3	J Senior	L35	28
4	S Needham	L45	22
5	D Hand	L55	17
6	M Anderson	L	08

 

VETS LEAGUE TABLE

 

1	S Anderson	M60	39
2	P Farr	M50	38
3	S Wilkinson	M40	29
4	M Logan	M40	28
5	D Brailsford	M40	25
6	M Domaille	M40	20
7=	R West	M40	18
7=	P Young	M40	18
9=	G Whitworth	M50	16
9=	A Stainer	M50	16
11	T Audsley	M40	14
12	M Box	M40	09
13	B Cooper	M60	06
14	P Sanderson	M50	05
15	N Devlin	M50	02

 

MENS’ LEAGUE TABLE  Division 1

1	S Tibbs	39
2	D Brooke	28
3=	T White	24
3=	R Parfrey	24
5	M Logan	22
6	S Anderson	17
7	M Domaille	15
8	A Audsley	12
9	C Heppenstall	10
10	D Needham	00

 

Division 2

1	S Wilkinson	34
2	P Farr	29
3	D Brailsford	28
4	G Whitworth	25
5	P Young	18
6	B Horsefall	10
7	P Sanderson	06
8=	S Butler	00
8=	A Cooper	00
8=	S Faulkner	00

 

Division 3

1	R West	20
2	D Dawson	19
3=	M Box	16
3=	A Stainer	16
5	P Croft	10
6	P Campbell	09
7	N Devlin	08
8	B Cooper	07