WAKEFIELD DISTRICT HARRIERS & AC

MID-WEEK DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 63          9^th May 2003

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

Holidays and a slightly less accessible venue reduced the entry to the penultimate event of the season but 16 athletes found their way around a largely off-road course of approximately two and three quarter miles.  How times have changed  -  only a couple of years ago we would have been celebrating an entry of 16.  Mark Ridgway demonstrated fine pace, heading the field in a time of 14-30, with Steve Tibbs and Dave Brailsford trailing about a minute behind.  In the ladies’ event, Jane Senior now recovered from her London Marathon led Denise Green by 31 seconds.  Welcome to newcomer Maria Dodge, by the way  -  all the way from New Zealand.  We hope you enjoyed both the run and the after event craic. 

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the on night organisation.  The course was being tried out for the Yorkshire Vets event to be held on 1^st June  -  more details of that later in this newsletter.

The event just about settled all but one of the league tables.  With a maximum of only ten points available in the last race, Steve Tibbs now cannot be bettered at the top of the men’s division 1 with Denise Green and Steve Wilkinson  enjoying similar positions in the ladies and men’s division  2 tables.  The Vets’ table is all but won by Tony Audsley as he now leads Stuart Anderson by 21 points.  Should Stuart finish no lower than 4^th vet at the next event and Tony not show up at all, Stuart would finish level on points (remember that a vet over 60 scores treble his points in the Vet’s league).  Division 3 has only 4 points separating Richard West and David Dawson  -  an interesting situation if both turn up for the final fixture.

Accounts

We had £186-00 in the kitty.  We took £24-00 in entry fees.  Prizes cost £12-00, leaving us with a balance of £198-00.

Next Event

The final event of the season will take place at Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club on June 5^th (the last Thursday in May falls during Spring Bank Holiday week).  Dave Brooks has kindly offered to cater once again.  This venue has been chosen as it offers both showers and a kitchen for Dave to use (essential if the weather is bad) as well as a licensed bar.  Don’t forget that presentations will also take place after this event.

Future of the league

As discussed previously, I am considering affiliating the league to the North of England and am currently investigating the implications of this.  This would give us the opportunity to open up participation to members of any affiliated club without the worries of whether or not we are insured and without having to apply for permits for each and every event.  The affiliation fee is £20 per annum and the affiliation process is very straightforward.  I’d like to discuss the future of the league in detail after the next event, please.  If we do decide to go down the affiliation route, the discussion will form the inaugural general meeting of the new league and a draft constitution will be available for agreement.

 

Vets League Event in Wakefield  -  Sunday June 1st
The club is hosting a round of the Yorkshire Veterans Grand Prix series, and we have decided to use Haw Park woods and the old Wakefield-Barnsley canal towpath for the route. Registration and race headquarters will be at the Walton Sports & Social Club, where we held the last Distance League race. We need marshals and other helpers on the day to make the event a success, so can as many of the Distance League runners as possible please help out on that Sunday morning. Obviously we need some of the veterans to actually run in the race, as we need league points for the club, and some individuals may be in the running for individual honours in the league. All we ask is that vets who wish to compete in the race provide one or more family or friends as helpers. All those able to offer their services on June 1st please let Peter Young know as soon as possible.

 

Result of March meeting (approx two and three quarter miles on road)

		Time	Vets position
1	Mark Ridgway (V40)	14-30	1
2	Steve Tibbs	15-25
3	Dave Brailsford (V40)	15-31	2
4	Tony White	15-34
5	Dave Brooks	16-03
6	Steve Wilkinson	16-04
7	Mark Domaille (V40)	16-21	3
8	Tony Audsley (V50)	16-52	4
9	David Dawson	17-09
10	Mike Logan (V40)	17-19	5
11	Neil Devlin (V50)	19-27	6

 

Ladies

1	Jane Senior	19-04
2	Denise Green	19-35
B 3	Dot Hand	22-20
4	Maria Dodge	25-19
5	Sue Needham	25-20

 

 

MENS’ LEAGUE TABLE  Division 1

1	S Tibbs	96
2	T White	84
3	R Parfrey	77
4	D Brooke	74
5	M Logan	53
6	A Audsley	49
7	M Domaille	41
8	S Anderson	39
9	C Heppenstall	20
10	D Needham	00

 

Division 2

1	S Wilkinson	77
2	P Farr	63
3	G Whitworth	62
4	P Young	61
5	D Brailsford	48
6	P Sanderson	46
7	A Cooper	20
8	B Horsefall	19
9=	S Butler	00
9=	S Faulkner	00

 

Division 3

1	D Dawson	62
2	R West	58
3	M Box	48
4	P Campbell	34
5	A Stainer	31
6	B Cooper	27
7	M Ridgeway	20
8	N Devlin	17
9	P McNamara	16
10	P Croft	10
11=	P Walker	08
11=	K Singleton	08
11=	M Dodsworth	08
14	A Gelder	04

VETS LEAGUE TABLE

1	T Audsley	M50	102
2	S Anderson	M60	81
3	P Farr	M50	64
4	M Logan	M40	62
5	S Wilkinson	M40	57
6	P Young	M40	55
7	R West	M40	54
8	M Domaille	M40	45
9	D Brailsford	M40	44
10	G Whitworth	M50	34
11	M Ridgeway	M40	30
12	P Sanderson	M40	28
13	A Stainer	M50	26
14=	A Cooper	M40	19
14=	M Box	M40	19
16	B Cooper	M60	15
17	P McNamara	M40	12
18	N Devlin	M50	12
19	K Singleton	M40	06
20	P Walker	M40	03