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Andy Morgan Lee was also at Birmingham on the weekend having been selected as a reserve for the England Mens O40 cross country team. Although he didn't get a run in the main international race, he did win the accompanying open race in an excellent time that would have seen him place well in the main race. [Peter Costley 16/11/09] 
So look out for the names of Dave Blackman, Andy Morgan-Lee, Graham Bungay, Jon Grainger, Paul Johnson, John O'Shea, Scott Augur, and Howard Long at future Vets events. We're looking for an A and a B team in the top 10 at the 4 stage relays at Aldershot on Sun 27th September!! PS well done to the SRC MV50's who yet again successfully completed the National 6 stage earlier in the day, with a 28th place. Apologies for the lack of photos, but I didn't quite get there to see you running! [From Dave Blackman] "Well done, a slick race, well organised." Roger T (Race Secretary Fareham Crusaders) [From Richie Pearson] On another note I have got the marathon bug and am about to do the Boston marathon on 20th April which I am really looking forward to. It is apparently quite hilly which I am worried about but hopefully I'll run a personal best time as I have been training pretty hard. Is anyone from SotonRC running Boston? I will be back in August so hoping to do the RR10 at Hursley.  Ultimately, we are aiming at the SCVAC track and field league, which takes place on four Monday evenings through the summer. Again, these events have a fantastic atmosphere, and with much more time to mooch about and chat to friends than at your average 10k or half marathon. Dates will be released soon. Results from SCVAC Indoor Championships 2009 (for those signed up for the SRC SCVAC league team)
I believe that as a club we can step up to the mark. Like Stubbington Green did 2 weeks ago. But it will need your help on the day. Stubbington did a fantastic job with a marshal at every junction. It will be a big task, but we need to match that. Please mark down Sunday 29th March on your calendars, and email Malcolm at mc123456@tiscali.co.uk so that he can add you to the list of marshals. The committee has decided that the Eastleigh 10k should still be open to SRC members. Many local clubs now forbid members from entering their races, but the committee supports the view that we can arrange cover in other ways. Therefore, if you are wanting to run in the event, then we require that you ask a family member or friend to fill your place on the marshals list. Your representative must be over 18, be able to communicate with runners and road users, and have a basic understanding of what it's like to have 2000 mad runners careering past! Please mail Malcolm at mc123456@tiscali.co.uk to let him know the name of your representative, and an address where we can send them some short instructions. Thanks for your help - without it the Eastleigh 10k would no longer exist. [From David Blackman 28/01/09] [From Ian Richardson 6/2/09] Charlie White also ran in the Inter Counties and was 22nd in the Under 15 race. On Saturday February 7 he represents Hampshire Schools in the South East counties event hoping to qualify for a place in the County team for the English Schools Championships in March. 
Tuesday training group
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Jan 29 - Boscombe 5K Winter Series Jan 24 - Romsey 5 Miles
Dec 6 - Duck Pond Waddle Nov 29 - Hayling 10 Nov 27 - Boscombe 5K Winter Series Nov 22 - Boscombe 10K Nov 21 - London/Inter Counties XC Championships Nov 15 - Gosport Half Marathon Nov 7 - Hampshire XC League, Goodwood Nov 1 - Lordshill 10 Oct 25 - Great South Run Oct 25 - Milford and Keyhaven 5 Oct 18 - Denmead 10K Oct 17 - National Road Relays Oct 16 - Boscombe 5K Winter Series Oct 11 - Solent Half Marathon Oct 10 - Hampshire XC League, Farley Mount Sep 27 - New Forest Marathon/Half Marathon Sep 26/27 - SEAA Road Relays Sep 20 - Victory 5 Sep 5 - Overton 5 Aug 9 - Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 Series Aug 5 - Portsmouth Promenade 5K Aug 2 - Milland Valley Trail Half Marathon Jul 19 - BMAF 10K Championships Jul 16 - Winchester City Centre 5K Jul 12 - New Forest 10 Jul 4 - BMAF Track and Field Championships Jul 1 - Portsmouth Promenade 5K Jun 28 - Lordshill 10K Jun 24 - Chichester 5 Jun 14 - Alresford 10K Jun 7 - Poole 10K Jun 3 - D-Day 10K May 18 - SCVAC Track and Field League May 16 - BMAF Relays, Sutton Park May 10 - Lymington 10K May 6 - Portsmouth Promenade 5K Apr 27 - SCVAC League Apr 18 - National 6/12 Stage Road Relays Apr 5 - Southern Road Relays Apr 5 - Paris Marathon Apr 5 - Bournemouth Bay Half/10K Mar 29 - Reading Half Mar 29 - Eastleigh 10K Mar 22 - Marwell 10K Mar 15 - Exbury Gardens 10K Mar 8 - Grizzly Mar 8 - Salisbury 10 Mar 6 - Boscombe 5K Series Mar 1 - Meon Valley Plod Feb 22 - Winchester 10K Feb 21 - National XC Championships Feb 15 - Bramley 20/10 Miles Feb 14 - Hampshire League XC, Salisbury Feb 8 - David Lloyd 5K Southampton Feb 1 - Ryde 10 Jan 24 - South of England XC Championships Jan 18 - Stubbington 10K Jan 17 - Thames Towpath Ultra Marathon Jan 16 - Boscombe 5K series Jan 11 - Romsey 5 Jan 10 - Hampshire XC Championships Jan 4 - CC6 Badger Farm Jan 3 - Hampshire League XC, Reading Results from previous years |
2010 JAN 30: SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to everyone who ran over this demanding course with a
lot of mud and demanding hills. In particular Amy, Jonty, and Tim who
had brilliant runs.This was the last time that our team will run under
Southampton Running Club colours but we look forward to next year when
the team will be strenghtened by our Team Southampton friends. We missed
out to Aldershot in the Hampshire Cup 12 to score team event; an event we
have won on several occasions and I think we can look back with a
considerable amount of pride at our performances over the years at
Parliament Hill. We now look forward to the National Cross Country at
Leeds. [From Richie Pearson]
LADIES 13 Amy Campbell 67 Nicci Blandford 98 Hannah Coombs 242 Sally Diaper MEN 61 Jonty Hiley 81 Tim Spencer 87 Matt Missen 176 Matt Hibberd 192 Paul Fotherby 247 Demetrius Onoufriou 261 Liam Richardson 429 Howard Long 449 Rod Johnson 469 Keith Hollis 530 Ian Richardson 559 Nick Willson (missed start)
2010 JAN 29: BOSCOMBE 5K WINTER SERIES
Cold and windy and it only attempted to snow on the way down, but it didn't stop the curry club! There were some good runs especially James Starling.
6 James Starling 16:22 11 Jim Bennett 17:29 pb 12 Jez Curtis 17:29 pb (2nd in a week) 16 Mike Read 17:49 23 Tim Sherman 18:06 65 Graeme Martin 20:23 70 Gordon Whelan 20:32[From Jim Bennett]
15 Jeremy Curtis 28:19 20 David Blackman 28:50 30 Michael Read 29:41 44 John Compton 30:49 63 Neil Hotson 31:49 72 Sidney DeLara 32:45 75 David Carter 32:58 77 Paul Unsted 33:06 80 Alan Tulip 33:20 90 Steve Torrance 33:51 94 Graeme Martin 34:04 127 Jonathan Mace 36:16 136 Peter Haynes 36:47 345 Ray Gee 47:51
2009 DEC 18: BOSCOMBE 5K WINTER SERIES
Race in Arctic conditions (Minus 2ish) or Christmas shopping. No option really. Numbers were surprisingly low, only a 100+ lunatics were let out to race,
conditions were pretty darn good if you could ignore the sheer cold. I didn't see any SRC runners and I looked hard. Felt a right loner!
[From Jim Bennett]
16th Jim Bennett 17.43
2009 DEC 6: DUCK POND WADDLE
A 15k off-road race that was very wet and muddy which is what we like, but it was very muddy this year! [From Martin Nobbs]
1:08:15 John Withey 1:09:21 Martin Nobbs 1:11:08 Keith Hollis 1:13:45 Richard Dance 1:22:05 Debbie Hallett 1:22:16 Tom Herne 1:29:20 Steve Bulpitt 1:30:09 Paul Harvey 1:49:47 Ken Hawkins 1:54:10 Christopher Taylor 1:59:59 John Cork
2009 NOV 29: HAYLING 10
A welcome return to the race calendar. In nice weather a flat PB course, unfortunately on this occasion, wind more wind, rain more rain, puddles and more puddles.
Congrats to Karen Rushton Female 1st. The older Rushton managing Male V60 3rd. Lots of competition in Male Vet Categories saw David Blackman finishing 11th overall and Vet 40 4th.
[From Sidney DeLara]
11 1:01:16 David Blackman Male Vet40 31 1:04:30 Karen Rushton Female Vet35 52 1:08:02 Paul Johnson Male Vet40 58 1:08:59 Martin Nobbs Male Vet50 61 1:09:32 Pete Staunton Male Vet50 70 1:10:25 Sidney Delara Male Vet50 78 1:11:11 Graham Cotterell Male Vet50 99 1:13:09 Alan Rushton Male Vet60 120 1:14:51 Rachel Walklate Female Snr 144 1:17:17 Paul Harvey Male Vet50 237 1:25:22 Debbie Hallett Female Vet45 286 1:29:21 Gillian Neufville Female Vet35
2009 NOV 27: BOSCOMBE 5K WINTER SERIES
Difficult conditions. Strong headwind for second half of race and sand covering much of the route.
3 Iain Cross 16.47 10 Paul Fotherby 17.42 15 Jeremy Curtis 17.57 20 Jim Bennett 18.09 26 Mike Read 18.32 47 Steve Axon 19.02 116 Gordon Whelan 21.25[From Gordon Whelan]
2009 NOV 22: BOSCOMBE 10K
Terrible weather, wind, rain, especially at start, so a just get round and dry out situation. Start finish in Athletics stadium, run on grass, pavements,
road and up a big hill at 6k. 436 runners completed the course. [From Sidney DeLara]
1 Jon Starkey Bournemouth AC 33:57 47 Sidney DeLara Southampton RC 41:20 54 John Compton Southampton RC 41:48 66 Dave Carter Southampton RC 42:24
2009 NOV 21: LONDON/INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
51st 24.24 Nicci Blandford 365 90th 25.51 Hannah Coombs 369 92nd 25.55 Marie Stokes 368
2009 NOV 15: GOSPORT HALF MARATHON
90 Dave Blackman 1:23:41 97 Richard Price 1:24:06 99 Scott Augur 1:24:10 107 Jeremy Curtis 1:24:44 140 Rod Johnstone 1:26:23 158 Michael Read 1:27:32 171 Tim Sherman 1:28:08 196 Ross Stanton 1:29:33 201 Steve Marcer 1:29:38 229 Paul Johnson 1:30:37 276 Graham Cotterell 1:32:18 303 Richie Pearson 1:33:17 340 Gordon Whelan 1:35:00 743 Sam Roberts 1:51:40 889 Mirella Spalluto 1:57:42 921 Jane Hibbert 1:59:09 944 Carol Townsend 2:00:02 964 Gillian Neufville 2:01:06
2009 NOV 7: HAMPSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE, GOODWOOD
WOMEN 17 4 Nicci Blandford Vet 22:47 23 Rhiannon Shepherd 23:32 72 Lucy Rae 27:42 95 42 Lynne Massey Vet 30:41 MEN 13 1 A Morgan-Lee M40 28:55 26 J Hiley 30:13 29 M Missen 30:23 40 I Cross 30:59 54 L Delderfield 31:37 57 P Fotherby 31:46 59 M Hibberd 31:54 65 P Collins 32:04 72 P Davis 32:29 85 B Isaacs 33:12 89 T Spencer 33:18 99 20 D Blackman M40 33:57 123 R Johnson 34:46 134 W Ganley 35:09 138 J Bennett 35:20 149 47 I Richardson M50 35:59 153 S Underwood 36:08 156 51 H Long M40 36:19 176 61 J Withey M40 37:18 180 K Hollis 37:31 215 C Armstrong 40:50 219 95 R Pearson M60 41:36
2009 NOV 1: LORDSHILL 10 MILES
A very wet and windy day was not conducive to fast times, but many thanks to the marshalls for doing their job so well in such bad conditions. Thomas Payn of Winchester won the race with a time of
51:45, nearly five minutes ahead of the next man! [From Alan Tulip]
54 Michael Read 1:04:41 73 Helen Wallington 1:06:43 F35 1 83 Richard Price 1:08:05 90 Paul Johnson 1:08:23 100 Mark West 1:09:28 119 Alan Tulip 1:10:28 126 Jonathan Bean 1:10:57 130 Richie Pearson 1:11:17 M60 2 139 Graham Cotterell 1:11:59 235 Thomas Hearn 1:20:20 244 Paul Harvey 1:20:53 281 Kim Batten 1:24:33
2009 OCT 25: GREAT SOUTH RUN
A sunny but very windy day. The last 2 miles caused the usual problems.... not being able to stand up straight and run :) instead it was a battle to the end. This affected the overall times.
One day the conditions well be good for this 10mile flat fast course :) [From Nicci Blandford]
Age Age Group
Overall Group Gender and Gender
Pos Pos Pos Pos
Graham Bungay 74 6 74 6 1:00:51
Peter Collins 75 58 75 58 1:00:54
Matthew Jobson 138 96 136 94 1:04:35
Nicci Blandford 140 14 3 1 1:04:36
Richard price 151 103 147 101 1:04:55
Graham Cottrell 315 14 300 13 1:09:03
Tim Street 423 233 401 220 1:10:22
Tim Allen 444 246 420 232 1:10:43
Simon Lynall 509 277 481 262 1:11:25
Jordana Abraham 562 299 33 19 1:12:02
John McKenzie 777 48 721 44 1:13:57
Roger Howard 2303 25 2030 25 1:22:09
Chris Matthews 2547 1249 2221 1085 1:23:15
Gareth Watkins 2606 237 2266 215 1:23:28
Paul Sidhu 2685 1301 2327 1121 1:23:43
Gillian Neufville 3909 586 637 98 1:28:05
Carol-Ann Donaldson 4815 2230 929 448 1:31:03
Nicola Broster 4840 2238 935 451 1:31:08
Roz Brawn 5553 990 1181 249 1:33:21
John Elkins 6675 103 5034 94 1:36:56
Victoria Knorz 6949 3142 1771 832 1:37:41
Wendy Jenks 11680 1780 4426 670 1:56:56
Ros Bradbury 12249 1266 4817 450 2:01:08
2009 OCT 25: MILFORD AND KEYHAVEN 5 MILES
Event 4 of the Running Tree Series of 5 road races.
254 runners completed the course. Pleasant sunny conditions bit windy. Scott Augur just missing out V40 1st by 3 seconds. [From Sidney DeLara]
1st Matt King Snr (unattached) 26mins 45secs 5th Scott Augur V40 2nd 29mins 38secs 25th Sidney DeLara V50 3rd 32mins 40secs
34.01 1st 'Rockin' Robin Ward (2nd Victory in 2 weeks) 40.11 23 Paul Johnson 40.20 25 Peter Staunton 41.47 40 Sidney Delara 284 participantsIn the 1980's we had Coe, Cram and Ovett. Now we have Delara, Staunton and Johnson, 3 runners who genuinely hate losing to each other (albeit at a very much lower level) so the scene was set for an epic encounter at the Denmead 10k. In fact they were SRC's sole representatives as many runners were participating in the CC6. After a blistering first half by Paul that left Pete and Sid trailing in his wake, Pete showing immense reserves of courage, managed to close to 10m at 7K, only to find the last 10m a bridge too far. Nevertheless a brilliant performance by Pete who has been hindered by work commitments and injury and the 40minute barrier beckons. The refreshments were 1st class (and cheap) and I can recommend the moist fruitcake with pineapple at 20p a slice. [From Paul Johnson]
2009 OCT 17: NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS
Saturday 17th October, National Road Relays in Birmingham. Tony Fern and Nicci Blandford sent a ladies team up to Birmingham for this years 4 stage National road relays.
The famous four returned: Amy Campbell, Nicci Blandford, Marie Stokes and Hannah Coombs. Finishing in a very respectable 36th out of 88 teams, especially as there where a very
strong field of international runners this year.
1. Amy Campbell 15.10
2. Nicci Blandford 16.12
3. Marie Stokes 17.41
4. Hannah Coombs 17.44
Nicci B would like to say a big thankyou to Tony Fern for helping to get the team there and Richie Pearson for his support and amazing photography and to the girlies who ran. xx
[From Nicci Blandford]
2009 OCT 16: BOSCOMBE 5K WINTER SERIES
Good conditions lead to a big field for a Friday night, 300 runners crammed into a tight start before unleashing themselves on to the course.
A good night was finished off with the statutory curry and kingfisher energy drink.
20th - 17.41 Jim Bennett (pb) 21st - 17.42 Mike Read (pb) 28th - 17.52 Tim Sherman 99th - 20.24 Graeme Martin 111th - 20.43 Gordon Whelan[From Jim Bennett]
2009 OCT 11: SOLENT HALF MARATHON
WOMEN Overall Category 1:24:42 Karen Rushton F40 1 1 1:26:50 Helen Wallington F40 4 2 1:30:37 Fi Macintosh fsnr 8 3 1:36:43 Hannah Coombs fsnr 16 6 1:54:52 Cosma Spalluto F40 65 14 1:58:19 Carol Townsend F40 75 16 1:58:26 Jane Hibbert F35 76 16 MEN 1:19:58 David Blackman M40 16 3 1:21:44 Scott Augur M40 20 6 1:27:53 Edward O'Gara msnr 47 22 1:29:29 Paul Johnson M45 63 14 1:30:59 Martyn West m55 77 2 1:36:06 Gordon Whelan M50 122 17 1:39:45 Paul Harvey M50 150 23
2009 OCT 10: HAMPSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE, FARLEY MOUNT
WOMEN 20 23:30 Nicci Blandford 31 24:28 Natalie Burke 73 27:49 Elaine Goode 77 28:39 Naomi Chetland 97 31:56 Sarah Arts 114 41:10 Nancy Haddaden MEN 8 29:30 Andy Morgan-Lee v/40 29 31:20 James Starling v/40 34 31:42 Matt Missen 42 32:09 Luke Delderfield 57 32:55 Pete Davis 59 33:03 Paul Fotherby 74 33:52 Matt Hibberd 75 33:56 Peter Collins 92 34:42 Billy Isaacs 100 35:04 David Currie 105 35:27 Peter Merritt 107 35:31 Tim Spencer 117 35:55 Michael Read 118 36:00 Rod Johnson 121 36:09 Steve Axon 134 36:28 Adam Bridge v/40 138 36:30 Tim Sherman 144 36:49 Howard Long v/40 147 36:53 Matthew Jobson 151 37:18 Jim Bennett 168 38:18 Ian Richardson v/50 202 40:05 Steven Underwood 205 40:16 Dave Carter v/50 246 43:31 Charles Armstrong 266 47:02 Sam Snutch
2009 SEP 27: NEW FOREST MARATHON/HALF MARATHON
An unseasonably hot and sunny day saw the New Forest Half and Full marathons, the full marathon also incorporating the Hampshire County Championships:
Men's team placed 1st (I have mugs for the other 3 scorers if you'd like to claim them).
I was very happy on debut marathon to place 3rd senior man and 2nd in the County Champs. Scott Augur also placed 7th in the County and 4th V40 in the County. John McKenzie was 2nd V50 in the County.
[From Tony Rickman]
HALF MARATHON Pos No Name Team Chiptime Guntime ==== ==== =========================== = == =================================== ======== ======= 173 2671 Tim Allen M 33 Southampton RC 1:37:12 1:37:20 623 2003 Roger Howard M 64 Southampton RC 1:50:42 1:51:11 745 2112 David Franklin M 43 Southampton RC 1:53:02 1:53:49 749 3782 David Conradson M 37 Southampton RC 1:53:52 1:53:52 1038 4543 Cosma Spalluto F 41 Southampton RC 2:00:05 2:00:57 1310 2956 Kerry Bond F 42 Southampton RC 2:07:46 2:09:14 1366 2077 John Elkins M 61 Southampton RC 2:10:42 2:11:11 Men's team placed 14th FULL MARATHON Pos No Name Team Chiptime Guntime ==== ==== =========================== = == =================================== ======== ======= 5 789 Tony Rickman M 35 Southampton RC 2:56:07 2:56:09 19 717 Scott Augur M 43 Southampton RC 3:10:08 3:10:13 90 34 John McKenzie M 53 Southampton RC 3:36:48 3:37:18 137 582 Bobby Peoples M 40 Southampton RC 3:45:48 3:45:59 382 277 David Tulip M 25 Southampton RC 4:31:55 4:32:18 494 782 Tony Havill M 44 Southampton RC 5:17:13 5:17:56
2009 SEP 26/27: SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS, RUSHMOOR
Bright sunny conditions for another weekend of relay action. Special congratulations to Andy Morgan-Lee for equal second fastest time of the day in the Vets.
M40 4 Southampton Running Club - A Team 1:21:50 Mike Twomey 20:33 6 5 Andy Morgan-Lee 19:17 1 1 Rod Finch 21:11 3 3 James Starling 20:49 4 4 14 Southampton Running Club - B Team 1:27:54 John Grainger 21:36 22 18 Dave Blackman 21:03 12 12 Graham Bungay 21:35 11 11 Martyn West 23:40 17 14 M50 8 Southampton Running Club - A Team 1:34:45 Ian Richardson 23:09 46 11 Martyn West 23:37 40 11 Peter Staunton 23:48 35 10 Sydney De Lara 24:11 31 8 13 Southampton Running Club - B Team 1:38:28 Neil Hotson 23:44 50 12 Alan Tulip 25:16 52 14 Graham Cotterell25:07 48 13 Martin Nobbs 24:21 45 13 SENIOR MEN 68 Southampton Running Club - A Team 2:12:45 Pete Davis 21:10 65 63 Phil Fotherby 21:21 64 55 Jeremy Curits 22:06 66 66 Jim Bennett 22:38 65 64 Tim Sherman 22:45 66 61 Steve Axon 22:45 68 61 78 Southampton Running Club - B Team 2:25:37 Steve Marcer 22:53 84 76 Eddie Ogara 24:09 83 78 Mark West 24:33 84 77 Graeme Martin 26:10 85 77 Nick Willson 22:45 80 61 Tim Spencer 25:07 78 77 SENIOR WOMEN 34 Southampton Running Club 1:05:31 Nicci Blandford 14:13 25 17 Marie Stokes 15:22 26 21 Hannah Coombes 15:40 27 23 Mirella Spalluto20:16 42 34
2009 SEP 20: VICTORY 5
[From Alan Tulip] Second Hampshire Road League race of the season. Road Grand Prix standings. Congratulations to Richie Pearson for winning the age-graded race again.
WOMEN 3 Amy Campbell SW 3 29.08 11 Nicola Blandford SW 11 30.55 131 Becky Llewellyn SW 66 45.32 MEN 33 Peter Costley M45 1 28.26 38 Paul Fotherby SM 28 28.33 47 Jeremy Curtis SM 34 29.09 66 Stephen Axon SM 42 29.44 67 Jim Bennett SM 43 29.46 69 Tim Sherman SM 45 29.49 89 Nicholas Willson SM 53 30.51 98 Martyn West M55 5 31.13 119 Paul Johnson M45 19 32.16 133 Richard Pearson M60 6 32.45 141 Mark West SM 77 33.10 150 Graham Cotterell M50 12 33.26 155 Alan Tulip M50 14 33.42 166 Stephen Torrance M45 24 34.12 192 James Dunlop M45 31 34.58
[From Dave Blackman] Perfect running conditions somewhat made up for the gruelling hill on the Overton 5 mile race this year. The first race of the Hampshire Road Race League saw a decent SRC turnout from the men (come on girls, we missed you!). Strong turn out from WADAC, AFD and Stubbington meant that we didn't feature in the top three teams on the day, but nonetheless we feature in the prize giving - we were presented with a silver cup - the 3rd place division 1 series prize from last season. Thanks to Eryl and Malcolm for the support as usual, and to anyone else that was there (that's the trouble with being called "Dave" - you never know if people are cheering you on, or one of the other 100 runners of that name).
2009 AUG 9: SALISBURY 5-4-3-2-1 SERIES
Sunday morning saw me making a mad dash to Salisbury to enter the 30km event of the 5-4-3-2-1 series. However the British rail system being what it is I arrived with
only ten minutes to enter, change and stretch so I opted for the 20 which started 30 minutes later. I lined up with the other 160 entrants planning on hitting an easy
ten minutes a mile in order to practise my pacing for an upcoming ultra-marathon but quickly tagged onto some runners from Totton and before I knew it was haring along
at 8 minutes a mile up the side of Sarum Hill. This pace soon dropped off as I hit the second hill and I was back on track for a two hour run. Despite the increasing heat
I continued at this pace up until the 9 mile mark where I was given the chance to gorge on jelly babies and refill my water bottle. After this my legs seemed to have had
enough and I slowed down considerably over the last couple of miles and missed my two hour aim considerably to see me finish 24th in my age category.
This was an enjoyable run, very well organised, for a good cause (The Fire Fighters Charity) and some of the scenery was pretty impressive, running past Salisbury Cathedral
was a particular highlight. I later learned that some of the tracks used for the route were opened specially.
The name of the run, in case anyone was wondering is based on the 5 rivers, four hills, 3 county estates, 2 castles and 1 cathedral that the route encompasses. To give you some
idea of the terrain, the winning time was 1:41:27, so some pretty hard going in parts.
[From Sam Morton]
2009 AUG 5: PORTSMOUTH PROMENADE SERIES RACE 3
Pleasant weather conditions. 187 runners managed to complete the distance. The race was won by Thomas Payn (Winchester & District)who blew the rest of the field away
finishing in 14mins 36secs. Nicola Blandford picked up SW 2nd for the series award.
[From Sidney DeLara]
1st T.Payn 14:36 (WADAC) 23rd Mike Read 17:58 SM 13th 25th Tim Sherman 18:04 SM 14th 31st Jim Bennett 18:27 SM 19th 32nd Nicola Blanford 18:28 SW 2nd 46th Aiya Abe 19:24 JW 2nd 53rd Sidney DeLara 19:40 VM50 2nd 61st Mark West 20:18 SM 32nd 63rd Neil Pittock 20:26 SM 34th 68th Hannah Coombes 20:42 SW 6th 102nd Rachel Walklate 22:26 SW 10th
2009 AUG 2: MILLAND VALLEY TRAIL HALF MARATHON
Adam Bridge 1.45.35 Heather Buckingham 1.48.24 Steven Harris 1.49.39 Dave Conradson 1.50.30 Richard Pearson 1.51.46 Martyn West 1.52.55 Mirella Spalluto 2.21.58 Usual tough course but very muddy in places. Well done to everyone but in particular to Martyn, first long race since injury.[From Richie Pearson]
2009 JUL 19: BMAF 10K CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Sunday July 19th Karen Rushton travelled to Magor in South Wales to contest the BMAF 10k Championships. Although it was a fine morning in Southampton the weather
deteriorated as she neared Wales arriving in squally conditions. The race itself was hotly contested, Sarah Gee from Reading gradually pulling away to take the overall
title with Karen in the group covering 2nd to 5th place. The places chopped and changed over the last couple of miles and in the last mile during a particularly heavy
downpour Karen managed to sprint past Liz Hartney also of Reading to clinch the over 40 BMAF title in a time of 37:27 mins.
[From Peter Costley]
2009 JUL 16: WINCHESTER CITY CENTRE 5K
Lots of pbs from the club at Winchester - notably Amy Campbell , Hannah Coombs, Tim Sherman and others who turned out and went to the pub in the rain to celebrate. WOMEN 1 CAMPBELL Amy Snr 1 17:12 (pb) 5 COOMBS Hannah Snr 4 19:53 (pb) MEN 4 MISSEN Matthew Snr 4 15:29 10 TWOMEY Michael M40 1 16:30 11 DAVIS Peter Snr 10 16:41 17 BLACKMAN David M40 4 16:57 26 RICHARDSON Liam Snr 17 17:08 29 BUNGAY Graham M40 6 17:32 32 SHERMAN Timothy Snr 20 17:42 (pb) 39 READ Michael Snr 26 17:56 42 WILLSON Nick Snr 29 18:07 45 ISAACS Billy Snr 31 18:21 53 LONG Howard M40 9 18:40 56 DELARA Sidney M50 6 18:41 83 WALLINGTON Steve M45 9 19:59 88 TORRANCE Stephen M45 11 20:06 89 MARTIN Graeme Snr 48 20:07 99 BEAN Jonathan Snr 53 20:37 102 WEST Mark Snr 55 20:54 1st Men's team
Chip Gun
Time Time
13 Peter Collins M27 1:01:13 1:01:14
19 Tony Rickman M35 1:01:59 1:02:02
23 Paul Fotherby M35 1:02:42 1:02:45
25 Scott Augur M43 1:03:03 1:03:06
38 Stephen Axon M38 1:04:46 1:04:50
52 John Withey M44 1:06:51 1:06:54
152 Gordon Whelan M50 1:13:33 1:13:45
177 Edward O'Gara M30 1:13:49 1:14:32
221 Bobby Peoples M40 1:16:12 1:16:33
347 John Keenan M55 1:21:01 1:21:38
535 Paul Harvey M54 1:29:28 1:30:15
555 Jane Hibbert F36 1:30:30 1:31:09
617 Carol Townsend F40 1:33:44 1:34:22
652 Ken Hawkins M66 1:35:34 1:36:19
698 John Elkins M61 1:37:29 1:38:42
821 Ian Gray M42 1:47:38 1:48:48
1st Men's team
2009 JUL 4/5: BMAF TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results from a sunny two days in Birmingham for the BMAF Track and Field Champs on 4th/5th July 2009:
W40 5000m 1st Karen Rushton 18:15.10
M40 800m 4th Dave Blackman 2:07.30
M40 3000m Steeplechase 3rd Pete Costley 10:53.00
M45 400m 1st Jon Tilt 53.62
M45 400m hurdles 2nd Jon Tilt 59.34
M45 1500m 3rd Jon Grainger 4:24.88
Apologies to anyone I may have missed as club names are not mentioned in the results - thanks Jon Grainger.
Full results available at: www.bvaf.org.uk/results/bmaf2009tf.asp
[From Jon Grainger]
2009 JUL 1: PORTSMOUTH PROMENADE SERIES RACE 2
The 2nd of the 3 run series Portsmouth Promenade 5k was held on a hot Wednesday evening July 1st. Jonathan Hiley in his first ever SRC outing at this distance put in an awesome performance to
finish 2nd in 15mins 51secs. Nicola Blandford having to race all the way to the finish line to gain SW 2. Sally Diaper gaining first place in age category. A number of PBs were achieved.
169 runners completed the course. Final race in series will be on Wednesday August 5th.
[From Sidney DeLara]
1 James Baker 15:36 Chichester Runners 2 Jonathan Hiley 15:51 SM 2nd 15 Pete Davis 17:14 SM 10th 19 Pete Fotherby 17:24 SM 13th 30 Tim Sherman 18:07 SM 18th 40 Nicola Blandford 18:37 SW 2nd 50 Sidney DeLara 18:57 VM 50 4th 65 Richie Pearson 20:05 VM60 2nd 75 Sally Diaper 21:09 VW 45 1st
WOMEN 2 41:33 Helen Wallington 9 46:26 Siobhan Mitchell 13 49:08 Joanne Smith 18 51:51 Cosma Spalluto 40 57:25 Fiona Walbridge 74 64:27 Joy Richardson Women's team 1st MEN 7 37:17 Peter Collins 10 38:23 Steve Axon 12 38:34 Scott Augur 18 39:43 Steve Marcer 24 40:38 Tim Sherman 35 41:51 Sidney DeLara 39 42:23 David Conradson 58 43:56 Alan Tulip (PW) 125 50:55 Tom Hearn 130 51:25 Kim Batten 139 52:41 Jason Barkes Men's team 1st
2009 JUN 24: CHICHESTER MIDSUMMER 5
The three amigos rode into Chichester on Wednesday 24th June and together with a posse of 98 attempted to apprehend James Baker.
They failed and contented themselves with the free drinks (including beer on tap) and huddled around a camp fire (barbecue to be exact) and partook of unlimited free burgers.
Fortunately no beans were provided. At least Sid walked away with the male vet 50 prize. [From Paul Johnson]
James Baker 1 25.40 (8th consecutive victory) Sidney Delara 19 31.47 Paul Johnson 28 32.52 Graham Cotterell 69 35.52
2009 JUN 14: ALRESFORD 10K
Combine the hills of the Marwell and Ropley 10k and you have got a similar course to the Alresford 10k. Definitely not a PB course. Being an out and back course, the relief of
a long downhill section was somewhat tempered by the thought of having to run up it about 10 minutes later. Plus a hot sunny morning added to the torture.
Only the 2nd year of this meet. It is very well organised, plenty of marshalls, baggage storage, showers etc and as much free fruit (apples, bannas and oranges) as you could eat.
The website results are not showing club attachment so
I have identified the runners below as SRC members. (about 250 runners completing the course)
Demetrius, son of Geoff, SRC coach , putting in impressive performance.
[From Sidney DeLara]
1st J. Manning (Denmead) 34.25 MS 1 5th Demetrius Onoufriou 37.21 MS 5 12th Howard Long 40.48 M(40) 3rd 25th Sidney DeLara 42.54 M(50) 1st 37th Stephen Torrance 44.25 M(40) 12th
2009 JUN 7: POOLE 10K
Horrible weather, shame as a whole tent village had been erected, clothing refreshment, fun rides etc. Over 900 runners of which 115 sub 40 mins, excellent runs by Pete and Tim.
[From Sidney DeLara]
22 35:40 Peter Collins SNR Male 17 26 36:14 Tim Spencer SNR Male 21 116 40:00 John O'shea V45 Male 13 137 40:39 Paul Johnson V45 Male 17 147 41:12 Sidney Delara V50 Male 11 165 41:42 Hannah Coombs SNR Female 12
2009 JUN 3: D-DAY 10K
Seven Soton RC runners were at the City of Portsmouth AC, D-Day 10k on Weds. Thankfully the weather cooled considerably for the evening,
so pleasant running conditions for the 340 runners who completed the 2 lap course.
The winner in a course record time of 30mins and 6secs Thomas Payn of Winchester and District AC.
The ladies race won by Nicola Blandford of Soton RC Finishing 34 secs ahead of her nearest competitor.
[From Sidney DeLara]
14th Paul Fotherby 36mins 25secs SM 10th 36th Nicola Blandford 39mins 01secs SW 1st 51st Sidney DeLara 40mins 29secs M50 2nd 71st Paul Johnston 41mins 47secs M45 10th 146th Sam Morton 46mins 48secs SM 72nd 315th Ian Gray 61mins 30secs M40 38th 326th Ros Bradbury 64mins 03secs W45 5th
2009 MAY 18: SCVAC TRACK AND FIELD LEAGUE
Southampton Vets on the up!
On a blustery Basingstoke track, in conditions that even Usain Bolt would have winced at, the newly formed Southampton RC vets team stormed to their best placing so far in a Southern Vets Athletics League match.
The field squad, team captain Derek Warn, boosted by the help of Team Southampton's Michael Coker, lead the way with several great performances. Both athletes picking up vital points in the pole vault, triple jump, discus and Javelin. Multi-event specialist Warn was particularly pleased with a new personal best in the triple jump.
This week's track event were the 200m, 800m, 3000 steeple chase and the 4x400m relay.
The sprinters, Jon Tilt and Jim Bennett got Southampton off to a great start with a pair of wins in the 200. Michele Wakefield raced to a season's best and a useful second place in the women's event.
Less than half an hour later Bennett paired up with Andy Morgan-Lee to record 2nd and 3rd in the 800.
Howard Long and Morgan-Lee then braved the elements in the steeple chase. Morgan-Lee showing he'd not lost any of his renowned hurdling ability, eased to victory in the final lap, with Long adding a creditable 3rd place in the 'B' string.
The final event pitched Long, Bennett, Morgan-Lee and Tilt together in the 4x400 relay. Southampton triumphed, finishing first by just over half a second to clinch a well deserved second place in the match.
The team are still looking for new members. If you are interested in joining, please contact Derek Warn.
[From Jon Tilt]
Results: 200m Jon Tilt 25.0, Jim Bennett 27.7 1st and 1st 800m Andy Morgan-Lee 2.16.7 Jim Bennett 2.23.1 3rd and 2nd 3000 SC Andy Morgan-Lee L 10.54.8, Howard Long 12.38.6 1st and 3rd 4x400 relay 4:03.3 Long (67.4), Bennett (59.9), Morgan-Lee (61.3), Tilt (54.7) 1st Pole Vault Derek Warn 2.10 3rd, Michael Coker 1.80 4th Triple Jump Derek Warn 8.77 4th, Michael Coker 10.06 1st Discus Derek Warn 20.21 4th, Michael Coker 22.89 4th Javelin Derek Warn 25.07 5th, Michael Coker 18.72 6th Match Result Basingstoke 207pts SRC 161 Fleet and Cro. 158 Havant 158 Portsmouth 140 AFD 128 Winchester 123 Woking 52
2009 MAY 16: BMAF RELAYS, SUTTON PARK
May 16th, Sutton Park, Birmingham. For only the second time this century, the SRC Vet 40 men had a full team at the British Masters Road Relay National Championship,
complimenting the much more regular appearance of the SRC V50's. It is no mean feat to get 8 fit, uninjured veterans to commit to travelling 300 miles to Sutton Park
and back in a day, but after meeting up at Flemming park, we all piled into 2 cars, which all added to the team spirit that was to shape the day. Building a squad like
ours is testament to the breadth of talent we have in the club, and should be a good foundation for the future. Of course having Andy recently qualify for the age group
helped persuade fellow runners that we were serious, and brought some class to the team! But a team is only a team if everyone turns up, and despite some better offers
(if that could be possible!) and niggling strains, every man counted for a solid 17th place (from 53 clubs that took part on the day) (or, as I prefer to quote, 17th
from 1673 English clubs, most of which could not even muster a team!!).
So look out for the names of Dave Blackman, Andy Morgan-Lee, Graham Bungay, Jon Grainger, Paul Johnson, John O'Shea, Scott Augur, and Howard Long at future Vets events.
We're looking for an A and a B team in the top 10 at the 4 stage relays at Aldershot on Sat 26th September!!
PS well done to the SRC MV50's who yet again successfully completed the National 6 stage earlier in the day, with a 28th place. Apologies for the lack of photos, but I
didn't quite get there to see you running! [From Dave Blackman]
2009 MAY 10: LYMINGTON 10K
Lymington multi terrain 10k. The terrain being road, grass and a lot of gravel path. Definitely the run to do if you like running on gravel. Nice view across to Isle of Wight for a couple of kilometers. Pleasant weather conditions. 764 runners.
[From Sidney DeLara]
1st Aaron Burgess SM 34:38 Oxford City AC 8th Tony Rickman SM 6th 36:51 (PB) 12th Russel Kober SM 8th 38:35 22nd Nicola Blandford SF 3rd 39:39 31st Rhiannon Sheperd JF 1st 40:56 (PB) 32nd Steve Wallington M45 1st 41:06 33rd Sidney DeLara M50 2nd 41:07 216th Sam Morton 49:14 351st Caroline Townsend 53:37 481st Jane Hibbert 57:38
2009 MAY 6: PORTSMOUTH PROMENADE SERIES RACE 1
Wednesday May 6th saw 143 runners take part in the first of the series of 3 Portsmouth Promenade 5k road runs. A strong in your face wind for about one and a half Kilometers put paid to most participants hopes of a PB. Next race Wednesday 1st July.
[From Sidney DeLara]
1st James Baker 15:39 Chichester Runners 25th Tim Sherman 18:56 SM 15 28th Nicola Blandford 19:14 SW 3 33rd Sidney DeLara 19:30 VM50 3 38th Paul Johnson 20:03 VM45 5 39th Neil Pittock 20:05 SM 20 51st Hannah Coombs 20:53 SW 6 52nd Graham Cotterell 20:54 VM50 4
2009 APR 27: SCVAC LEAGUE
Well done, to everyone who turned up in Portsmouth for the 1st vets league match last night, where we finished in 4th place. We had a great time and produced some
fine performances. We only failed to fill 3 events in the mens team which is very good, hopefully we can have a full house next time. The ladies team was sadly very
thin on the ground. Lynn Massey was our only competitor but still performed at her best. Thanks also to everyone who helped me to organise the team. A good start as a track and field club.
[From Derek Warn]
2009 APR 18: NATIONAL 6/12 STAGE ROAD RELAYS
Sun shining, slight breeze and a killer hill! Southampton ladies headed to Sutton Park, Birmingham to compete in the 6 stage relays.
Big thank you to Sue and Lynda without you both there would have been no team. Outstanding performances as always, finishing a very respectable 27th overall.
[From Nicci B]
31 N Blandford 18:30 30 Marie Stokes 18:55 30 Hannah Coombs 20:26 28 Sue Orr 20:21 30 Lynda Massey 23:14 27 Natalie Burke 19:16
2009 APR 5: SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS
The 2009 Saucony MK Relays (incorporating the Men's 12- and Women's 6-stage Southern Road Relay Championships).
On Sunday 5th April six ladies embarked on the journey to Milton Keynes with their team support in tow (Tony, John, Richie and Ian).
The weather was perfect-sunny, slight breeze. The scenic course was a slightly undulating 5.5k. All the ladies ran extremely well
finishing an excellent 11th overall in light of the team being plagued with injuries and illness. A big thank you to Karen Rushton,
Hannah Coombs, Marie Stokes, Carly Donaldson and Angie Habgood.
[From Nicci B]
11 Southampton RC 2:11:25 1 Karen Rushton 20:03 8 2 Marie Stokes 21:29 8 3 Nicci B 21:04 7 4 Hannah Coombs 23:04 10 5 Carly Donaldson 22:47 11 6 Angie Hapgood 22:58 11
2009 APR 5: PARIS MARATHON
Two Southampton club members ran the Paris Marathon on Sunday 5th April (only 2 as far as I know). Here are the results.
The first time is the chip time and the second time is the gun time. Nice event but a few too many good standard club runners meant that too many runners were in the way for the first few miles.
Steve Harris (SM) 3:21:59 3:26:40
Paul Carter (V50) 3:27:51 3:28:53
[From Paul Carter]
2009 APR 5: BOURNEMOUTH BAY RUNS
The Fitness First Bournemouth Bay 1/2 marathon, 10 and 5k, Sunday April 5th is now one of Dorset's most popular running events,
although not particularly popular with SRC members. A pleasant sunny day saw 1,288 runners complete the 1/2 marathon and 1,076 opting for the 10k. A few hundred doing the 5k fun run.
[From Sidney DeLara]
HALF MARATHON RESULTS
Pos Name Gun Time Chip Time Pos Cat Pos
1 Peter Grist 01:13:52 01:13:51 1 M 1
97 Paul Johnson 01:30:02 01:29:54 101 M40 31
220 Graham Cottrell 01:36:32 01:36:10 220 M50 21
308 Paul Harvey 01:40:22 01:40:01 311 M50 27
Gillian Neufville 01:49:31
Just names provided in 1/2 marathon results no info about which club people running for, the winner had Cardiff written on his vest, so Cardiff AC maybe?
10K RESULTS
37th Sidney DeLara 41:24 guntime 41:21 chip time.
No info was provided for position in age category for 10k results.
2009 APR 29: READING HALF MARATHON
Gun Pos. Gun Time Chip Pos. Chip Time Category
Paul Unsted 861 1:33:29 794 1:31:37 M45
Jonathan Bean 1918 1:41:58 1583 1:37:49 M
Jane Hibbert 5640 2:02:40 5624 1:55:25 F35
Carol Townsend 6098 2:05:11 6297 1:57:55 F35
Tony Havill 7096 2:10:11 6410 1:58:19 M40
Wendy Jenks 7994 2:15:45 8031 2:05:32 F40
[From Jonathan Bean]
Pos No Name Chiptime Guntime
27 372 Nick Buis M 28 0:32:52 0:32:54 H
41 2006 Matthew Missen M 22 0:33:29 0:33:32
53 813 Iain Cross M 27 0:34:12 0:34:14 H
56 1254 Jonathan Hiley M 22 0:34:13 0:34:18 H
58 397 Tim Spencer M 27 0:34:17 0:34:21 H
61 1265 Peter Davies M 34 0:34:25 0:34:29 H
71 383 Matt Hibberd M 29 0:34:52 0:34:54 H
74 373 Graham Bungay M 43 0:34:58 0:35:02
77 394 Liam Richardson M 22 0:35:16 0:35:19 H
83 1955 Jon Grainger M 46 0:35:32 0:35:36 H
129 1476 Karen Rushton F 41 0:36:55 0:36:59 H
130 398 Ross Stanton M 31 0:36:56 0:37:01 H
137 393 Michael Read M 31 0:37:08 0:37:13 H
153 384 Stuart Hicks M 33 0:37:45 0:37:45
184 1477 Marie Stokes F 31 0:38:46 0:38:52 H
188 392 Richard Price M 30 0:38:52 0:38:59 H
195 376 John Compton M 38 0:39:06 0:39:13
201 390 John O'Shea M 46 0:39:17 0:39:23 H
222 387 Paul Johnson M 46 0:39:35 0:39:42
239 391 Robert Parkinson M 44 0:40:09 0:40:17 H
241 378 Sidney Delara M 53 0:40:11 0:40:19 H
256 374 David Carter M 56 0:40:47 0:40:52
295 1469 Hannah Coombs F 28 0:41:13 0:41:32 H
299 375 Paul Carter M 50 0:41:35 0:41:39 H
329 395 Mark Roberts M 49 0:41:48 0:42:14
331 377 Graham John Cotterell M 50 0:42:09 0:42:16
365 400 Mark West M 34 0:43:00 0:43:09 H
395 1262 Martyn West M 56 0:43:33 0:43:49 H
475 388 Graeme Martin M 26 0:44:47 0:45:11
501 399 Richard Strudwick M 21 0:44:04 0:45:45
619 380 David Franklin M 42 0:47:03 0:47:32 H
842 1475 Gillian Neufville F 40 0:49:12 0:50:53
1100 381 Raymond Gee M 79 0:54:46 0:55:39 H
1174 1474 Helen Mundy F 31 0:55:49 0:57:15
1239 382 Ian Gray M 42 0:57:37 0:58:38
1520 1472 Vanessa Gray F 47 1:07:33 1:09:06
MEN'S TEAM
2. Southampton RC
27 41 52 55 = 175
372 N Buis, 2006 M Missen, 813 I Cross, 1254 J Hiley
WOMEN'S TEAM
4. Southampton RC
8 13 29 150 = 200
1476 K Rushton, 1477 M Stokes, 1469 H Coombs, 1475 G Neufville
MEN'S VET TEAM
4. Southampton RC
13 17 73 = 103
373 G Bungay, 1955 J Grainger, 390 J O'Shea
WOMEN'S VET TEAM
17. Southampton RC
1 88 315 = 404
1476 K Rushton, 1475 G Neufville, 1472 V Gray
[From Alan Tulip]
2009 MAR 22: MARWELL 10K
Nice sunny day, hilly course. 437 men and 255 women managed to get around. A variety of running styles akin to the natives of Marwell were on show. Some running with the grace of a Gazelle others adopting the donkey plod.
Congrats to Mark Campbell finishing 3rd and John Hiley 5th in his first ever 10k. Mens team 4 to score coming 1st. [From Sidney DeLara]
MEN 1 BAKER James Chichester AC Snr 1 33.00 3 CAMPBELL Mark Southampton RC Snr 3 34.45 5 HILEY Jonathan Southampton RC Snr 5 35.32 30 LONG Howard Southampton RC V40 7 39.32 31 PRICE Richard Southampton RC Snr 19 39.33 48 HARRIS Steven Southampton RC Snr 32 41.40 50 DELARA Sidney Southampton RC V50 6 41.50 51 UNSTED Paul Southampton RC V40 12 41.52 52 BURNETT Andrew Southampton RC Snr 34 41.55 86 TORRANCE Stephen Southampton RC V40 21 44.13 130 HARVEY Paul Southampton RC V50 19 46.38 151 ARMSTRONG Charles Southampton RC Snr 85 47.51 247 BURNETT Rob Southampton RC V50 30 52.09 337 GEE Raymond Southampton RC V70 3 57.15 WOMEN 1 ELLIOTT Rachael Team Kennet Snr 1 37.44 19 KINGSLEY Amanda Southampton RC Snr 14 46.47 107 JENKS Wendy Southampton RC V35 40 57.14 168 BOND Kerry Southampton RC V35 64 1.02.47 MEN'S TEAMS 1 Southampton RC 69 5 Southampton RC 'B' 201 10 Southampton RC 'C' 614 WOMEN'S TEAMS 1 Runnymede Runners 36 5 Southampton RC 294
2009 MAR 21: BMAF CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Following on from Karen's win in the Romsey 5 in January, she has competed in a number of other early season races. These have included 1st Lady in the Lytchett Manor 10 on 15th Feb
in a time of 62:17 (13th overall), 1st Lady in the Terminator at Pewsey on 22nd Feb in a time of 1:30:53, and 2nd Lady in the Devizes 10k on 8th March in a time of 38:00 (13th overall).
The Lytchett Manor was an impressive performance due to the course being very undulating and race winner Willard Chinhanhu of Poole being restricted to 52:50, much slower than he normally
does (48:37 in the 2007 Great South). The Terminator was also a good performance and the nominal 10 mile distance which is often closer to 11 was this year lengthened again to incorporate an
additional lung bursting climb. Karen's winning margin was also close to 5 minutes. The Devizes 10k was run on a particularly windy day and it was no disgrace to come 2nd to Amy Chalk from
Bristol who finished a fine 26th in the National at Parliament Hill. Karen's times this year put her in the current top 5 in her age group at 5m, 10km and 10m.
All of these races were used as stepping stone towards the BMAF cross country at Ruthin in North Wales on 21st March. After a long trek up the day before and an overnight stay in Wrexham,
race day dawned clear but cool with a strong breeze blowing which continued through the day. The ladies race (plus O/70 men) was first off at midday. New vet and former UK steeplechase
record holder Tara Krzywicki from Charnwood took the lead immediately with the other favoured runners including Karen settling into their stride behind. At the end of the first lap Karen
was running with O/45's Jane Clarke and European indoor 800m, 1,500m (and world record holder), and 3,000m champion Clare Elms, and only a short distance behind O/40 leader Nicki Nealon.
The order stayed much the same over the second lap although Karen did overtake O/35 Clare McKittrick also from Charnwood and pulled away from Jane Clarke to finish 6th overall and 2nd in
her age group. The race was of an excellent standard and Karen put in a great run to finish where she did. She is now looking forward to the rest of the season and to running even quicker times.
[From Peter Costley]
2009 MAR 15: EXBURY GARDENS 10K
The 2nd running of the Exbury Gardens 10K on Sunday March 15th saw perfect running weather for the field of 304 runners. Yet again the event was very well organised and marshalled by Hardley Running Club.
The race was won by former Southampton Running Club member Matt West who now runs for Winchester in a time of 36.07.
First 3 men and women home gained a prize, so congrats to Carol Ann Donaldson of SRC, female 3rd (missing 2nd by 3 seconds). [From Sidney DeLara]
11 Sidney DeLara 40:40 (V50 3rd) 12 Paul Johnston 40:52 (v40 4th) 22 Carol A Donaldson 42:09 (F 3rd) 28 Graham Cotterell 42:55 (V50 7th) 60 Siobham Mitchell 46:26 (F 7th v45 2nd) 62 James Dunlop 46:37 (V40 16th) 80 Gareth Watkins 48:42 (V40 20th) 133 Karl Skelton 53:03 (v40 27th)
Grizzly (20 miles) 3:02:06 Adam Bridge 104 & 6th v50 3:12:20 John Withey 178 & 49th v40 3:17:07 Hannah Coombs 15 & 11th snr lady 3:18:23 Tim Spencer 219 & 95th snr man 3:24:03 Keith Hollis 272 & 116th snr man 3:49:33 Dave Roots 533 & 25th v55 3:58:52 Debbie Hallett 118 & 19th Fv45 3:58:54 Richie Pearson 657 & 15th v60 4:12:49 Paul Marks 780 & 183rd v40 4:16:06 Paul Harvey 807 & 99th v50 4:19:23 Steve Bulpitt 838 & 1st v70 4:30:27 Ken Hawkins 907 & 7th v65 4:31:26 John Elkins 916 & 33rd v60 4:40:17 Mirella Spalluto 246 & 66th Fv40 4:51:48 Chris Taylor 1003 & 42nd v60 Cub Run (9 miles) 1:12:24 Heather Buckingham 9th out of men & women & 2nd snr lady 1:23:46 Sally Diaper 7th woman & 2nd Fv40 1:40:06 Dave Adams 55th man & 12th v40[From Hannah Coombs]
CHIP GUN
22 Graham Bungay M 43 1:00:16 1:00:18
23 Paul Fotherby M 34 1:00:33 1:00:35
37 Tony Rickman M 35 1:02:35 1:02:41
50 Timothy Sherman M 27 1:04:17 1:04:17
51 Nicola Blandford F 34 1:04:22 1:04:25
66 Peter Wilkes M 31 1:05:13 1:05:19
84 Tim Street M 20 1:06:44 1:06:57
98 Paul Johnson M 46 1:07:33 1:07:39
169 Mark West M 33 1:12:13 1:12:27
175 Sidney DeLara M 53 1:12:50 1:12:54
422 Jenny Doyle F 23 1:28:55 1:29:00
423 Jane Hibbert F 36 1:28:26 1:29:00
527 Tony Havill M 44 1:43:38 1:44:24
2009 MAR 6: BOSCOMBE 5K SERIES
Congratulations: At the final race of the winter series Tim Spencer ran a brilliant race in 16.53, a new PB. Matt Hibberd won overall in his age group for SRC. [From Nicci Blandford]
Mark Campbell 2.24.48 Ross Stanton 2.45.20 Rob Parkinson 3.02.17 Paul Unstead 3.04.20 Richie Pearson 3.21.53 Roderick Johnston 3.26.21 Nick Austin 3.36.00 Tony Havill 4.12.59 Susan Hoare 4.13.05Congratulations to Mark Campbell finishing in overall 5th Place on a day when the weather and conditions were kind for the competitors. Cakes and refreshments were of the usual high standard. [From Richie Pearson]
MEN 16 GRAINGER Jon M40 3 36.40 50 NOBBS Martin M50 4 39.28 73 DELARA Sidney M50 5 41.12 191 BEAN Jonathan Snr 122 46.12 WOMEN 7 SHEPHERD Rhiannon Snr 5 42.15 33 SEMERARO Hannah Snr 19 47.51The Concept Sport Winchester 10K this year saw a field of 579 men and 317 women but only six Southampton RC members. First 3 in each age group and first 3 teams awarded a prize, meant Jon Grainger picked up one M40 3rd. Martin Nobbs missing out by seconds in the M50 category. Mens team (3 to score) coming 4th. A good showing by the two girls also who ran for SRC. Pleasant weather conditions,an undulating course. [From Sidney DeLara]
2009 FEB 21: NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men 128 Matt Missen 180 Oliver Keppel 416 Tim Spencer 475 Liam Richardson 512 Dave Blackman 801 Mike Read 961 Keith Hollis 1050 John O'Shea 1067 Ian Richardson 1276 Dave Roots 1371 Richie Pearson 1434 Dave Adams Ladies 83 Nicci Blandford 213 Hannah Coombs 300 Sally Diaper 458 Sue ReadA good club performance with the mens team finishing 38th overall (ahead of Winchester) and the ladies finishing 43rd closing a club team for the first time. Conditions were, as expected, very muddy and everyone enjoyed the very special atmosphere associated with the National Cross Country. Well done to everyone who took part and the after run drinkies and curry were well deserved . [From Richie Pearson]
2009 FEB 15: BRAMLEY 20 AND 10 MILES
GunTime ChipPos ChipTime
2009 Bramley 20 Mile
37 Graham Bungay M 40 2:03:17 37 2:03:12
90 Tony Rickman M 2:14:11 91 2:13:53
157 Steven Harris M 2:20:42 154 2:20:10
206 Nick Austin M 2:25:00 205 2:24:29
232 John Mckenzie M 50 2:27:03 229 2:26:27
242 John Compton M 2:28:11 241 2:27:38
243 Hannah Coombs F 2:28:18 247 2:27:48
255 Marie Stokes F 2:28:53 256 2:28:23
320 Lucy Buis F 35 2:35:02 323 2:34:16
698 Susan Hoare F 3:09:28 694 3:07:23
742 Cosma Spalluto F 40 3:16:07 740 3:14:02
745 David Franklin M 40 3:16:34 746 3:15:08
804 Tony Havill M 40 3:37:19 803 3:35:15
2009 Bramley 10 Mile
81 Mark West M 1:10:40 83 1:10:33
[From Paul Carter]
2009 FEB 14: HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE CROSS COUNTRY, SALISBURY
Final match, great result
Women : 15 Nicci Blandford, 16 Natalie Burke, 23 Marie Stokes, 60 Lynn Massey (v40). Ladies team 4th
Men : 15 Matt Missen , 20 Ollie Keppel ; 42 Dave Blackman (V40); 44 Matt Jobson, 49 Paul Fotherby, 88 Howard Long (v40), 99 Billy Isaacs, 101 Rod Johnstone,
117 Paul Unsted, 157 Charles Armstrong.
Men team 4th on the day and 5th in Div1 of the League (Winchester 1st, AFD 2nd).
Men's Vets 3rd on the day and 3rd in the Div 1 Vets League. A very good result for all.
[From Malcolm Price]
2009 FEB 8: DAVID LLOYD 5K SOUTHAMPTON
MEN
2 Nick Buis 16:01
5 Oliver Keppel 16:41
9 Iain Cross 17:22
10 Tim Spencer 17:24
16 Antony Rickman 18:15
25 Tim Street 18:56
30 Sidney Delara 19:55 (M50 2nd)
38 Stephen Torrance 20:32 (M45 2nd)
97 John Compton 30:27
WOMEN
2 Nicci Blandford 18:16
3 Marie Stokes 19:41
56 Vanessa Gray 32:31 (W45 5th)
[From Alan Tulip]
2009 FEB 1: RYDE 10 MILES
[From Steve Harris 2/2/09] The wind was beating me back, my new trainers were biting my heels and the hill wasn't doing me any favours, but I thought to myself "Yes!! 2 miles down, only 8 more to go...".
Bad jokes were my respite to the awful running conditions. In hindsight, at least it didn't snow. That said, there were some strong performances from Nicci Blandford and the
ever present Richie Pearson both picking up prizes for their efforts. Hannah Coombs didn't let the weather phase her on the way to running a new PB.
Also well done to the other club runners who braved the weather to compete.
[From Richie Pearson 2/2/09] Rarely can a road race have been run in such inclement conditions, with
a strong freezing easterly wind blowing sand into the face, along a very
exposed Ryde sea front. However some respectable times were achieved
despite the conditions in particular by Nicci Blandford and Hannah
Coombs both fresh from representating Hampshire in the Inter Counties
Cross Country Championships the previous day.
WOMEN Overall SW V35
1:05:19 BLANDFORD, Nicci 2 1 (2 races inside 24hrs)
1:11:40 COOMBS, Hannah 8 2 (2 races inside 24hrs)
1:33:37 SPALLUTO, Cosma 84 34
MEN Overall SM V40 V50 V60
1:08:32 HARRIS, Steven 72 39
1:09:28 JOHNSON, Paul 84 31
1:11:15 PEARSON, Richard 103 3
1:12:28 CARTER, Paul 118 12
1:15:53 COTTERELL, Graham 163 24
2009 JAN 24: SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
WOMEN 46 36:30 Nicci Blandford 86 38:20 Hannah Coombs 100 39:02 Marie Stokes 125 40:31 Sally Diaper 235 46:11 Lynne Massey 254 47:39 Eleanor Kirk MEN 71 57:46 Matt Missen 103 59:29 Oliver Keppel 167 1:02:12 Matthew Hibberd 214 1:04:02 Dave Blackman 223 1:04:46 Tim Spencer 230 1:05:03 Liam Richardson 239 1:05:19 Paul Fotherby 284 1:07:10 Howard Long 315 1:08:45 Matt Bracher 434 1:14:14 John O'Shea 466 1:15:35 Ian Richardson 475 1:16:01 John Keenan 487 1:16:31 Dave Carter 504 1:17:07 Keith Hollis 590 1:23:41 David Roots 592 1:23:50 Sidney DeLara 646 1:31:46 Richard Pearson 659 1:36:54 David Adams MEN'S TEAMS 18 Southampton RC ( 71 103 167 214 223 230 ) Team of 12: 10 Southampton RC ( 71 103 167 214 223 230 239 284 315 434 466 475 ) WOMEN'S TEAMS 13 Southampton RC ( 46 86 100 125 )[From Malcolm Price]
MEN 4 BUIS Nick, 32.48 21 DELDERFIELD Luke, 35.45 24 BUNGAY Graham (M40,3rd), 36.04 27 GRAINGER Jon (M40,4th), 36.28 38 AUGUR Scott (M40,9th), 37.01 41 FOTHERBY Paul, 37.02 65 BRIDGE Adam (M50,8th), 38.14 66 READ Michael, 38.20 100 SHERMAN Timothy, 39.30 101 BENNETT Jim, 39.32 109 AUSTIN Nick, 39.44 113 WILKES Peter, 39.50 144 JOHNSON Paul (M40,48th), 41.15 163 CARTER Paul (M50,24th), 41.50 166 UNSTED Paul (M40,54th), 41.54 179 DELARA Sidney (M50,27th), 42.18 226 COTTERELL Graham (M50,41st), 43.32 230 WEST Mark, 43.37 243 WEST Martyn (M50,46th), 43.59 356 HARVEY Paul (M50,63rd), 47.19 446 FRANKLIN David (M40,163rd), 49.30 568 LICKFOLD Glenn (M40,203rd), 53.45 WOMEN 3 BLANDFORD Nicola, 38.26 23 MITCHELL Siobhan (W45,3rd), 43.02 75 BRAWN Rosalind (W35,25th), 47.33 79 SMITH Joanne, 47.53 94 FOTHERBY Pascale, 48.50 122 MASSEY Lynda (W45,33rd), 50.25 130 MITCHELL Siobhan (W45,35th), 50.55 181 JENKS Wendy (W35,69th), 54.08 214 WALBRIDGE Fiona (W35,81st), 55.50 241 SPALLUTO Cosma (W35,90th), 56.50 425 LUCAS Sally (W45,110th), 1.08.59 MEN'S TEAMS 3 Southampton RC, 76 VETERAN MEN'S TEAMS 1 Southampton RC, 43 points WOMEN'S TEAMS 4 Southampton RC, 101[From Malcolm Price]
2009 JAN 17: THAMES TOWPATH ULTRA MARATHON
Sam Morton sent the following report on this 50 mile race to Ian Burgess and Malcolm Price:
"I just thought I'd drop you both a line to let you know that I
represented the club at the recent Thames Towpath Ultra Marathon (17th
January). I'm not sure if this is of any interest to the club as I
don't know of anyone else who ran it, and to be honest I kind of missed
club training for several months so that I could get the miles in.
Anyhow, I managed to finish, sadly I didn't bring any silverware home
as the winner completed in 6hrs 12mins which was about twice as quick
as I was able but I survived the high attrition rate (123 finished of
the 210 entered).
Just having an easy couple of weeks to let the swelling go down and
the ITB pain to subside and I'll be at training (work permitting).
Sam Morton (probably the least present club member at training in the
clubs history)."
[From Alan Tulip]
2009 JAN 16: BOSCOMBE 5K SERIES
4 Matthew Hibberd M 20-39 16:01 4 5 Matthew Missen M 20-39 16:07 5 13 David Blackman M 40-44 17:28 1 21 Michael Read M 20-39 18:06 14 23 Jeremy Curtis M 20-39 18:15 15 30 Nicola Blandford F 20-39 18:40 2 61 Sidney DeLara M 50-54 20:18 6 99 Louise Gould F 20-39 21:44 9The Boscombe seafront seems to have its own micro climate. Didn't notice any wind until arrival at the venue, fortunately more of a cross wind, than in the face. A fast time by Willard Chinanhu of Poole Runners, only 7 seconds slower than that achieved by Andy Morgan-Lee of Southampton RC here in 2007. Mat H and Mat M again just missing out on sub 16mins. Well done to David Blackman 1st home in the 40-44 age group and a credible second place F 20-39 for Nikki Blandford. 208 runners finished the course. Next Boscombe 5k Friday Feb 6th 7:30pm [From Sidney DeLara]
WOMEN 1 RUSHTON Karen (W40,1st) 30.26 50 HIBBERT Jane (W35,5th) 43.44 74 VALLENDER Christine (W45,12th) 46.48 79 TOWNSEND Carol (W35,11th) 47.35 MEN 16 RICKMAN Tony, 31.10 30 TAYLOR Keith (M50,5th) 32.36 39 ROBERTS Mark (M45,2nd) 33.29 44 DELARA Sidney (M50,6th) 34.05 47 TORRANCE Stephen (M45,5th) 34.36 112 BURNETT Rob (M55,2nd) 39.23 159 GODBER Paul 43.09 203 GRAY Ian (M40,35th) 50.34[From Alan Tulip]
2009 JAN 10: HAMPSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, DIBDEN
WOMEN
6 Nicola Blandford SW 4 32:17
17 Hannah Coombs SW 13 34:47
21 Christine Currie SW 14 35:48
22 Sally Diaper W40 5 35:59
41 Elaine Goode SW 20 40:40
43 Lynn Massey W50 4 41:57
45 Pascale Fotherby SW 22 42:21
MEN
18 Nick Buis SM 18 41:00
20 Matt Hibberd SM 20 41:12
21 Ollie Keppel SM 21 41:22
38 Graham Bungay M40 4 43:07
42 Luke Delderfield SM 36 43:50
43 Iain Cross SM 37 44:07
49 Paul Fotherby SM 40 44:22
50 David Blackman M40 6 44:29
51 Jon Grainger M40 7 44:35
55 David Currie SM 42 45:04
56 Scott Augur M40 8 45:20
64 Tim Spencer SM 45 46:09
67 Mike Reed SM 47 46:26
68 Peter Costley M40 12 46:44
70 Rod Johnstone SM 49 47:09
72 Jeremy Curtis SM 50 47:15
73 Ross Stanton SM 51 47:17
78 Ian Richardson M55 1 47:40
79 Richard Price SM 53 47:43
80 Tim Sherman SM 54 47:53
83 Howard Long M40 15 48:06
86 Dave Conradson SM 56 48:17
99 Jim Bennett SM 61 49:58
108 Paul Carter M50 9 50:56
111 John Withey M40 18 51:11
112 Neil Puttock SM 63 51:12
114 Neil Hotson M50 10 51:31
118 Keith Hollis SM 65 51:45
119 Tim Hatch M50 11 52:01
130 Mark West SM 67 53:04
134 Steve Wallington M45 22 54:27
135 Richie Pearson M60 6 54:53
U15 BOYS
10 Charlie White 12:03
TEAMS: Women 3rd, Men 4th, Veteran men 1st.
[From Alan Tulip]
2009 JAN 4: CC6 BADGER FARM
CC6 at Badgers Farm (in minus 3C)
Men: 1 Mike Read ; 9 Tim Sherman , 13 Jez Curtis ; 21 Jim Bennett
(after we waited for him at the start);
24 Paul Unsted ; 25 Andy Burnett ; 41 Mark West ; 52 James Dunlop ;
65 Rob Burnett
Women: 11 Jenny Roberts ; 16 Elaine Goode ; 18 Lynn Massey
[From Malcolm Price]
2009 JAN 3: HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE XC, READING
Men: 13 Ollie Keppel ; 50 Paul Fotherby ; 54 Dave Blackman (v40) ;
75 Pete Costley (v40); 83 Howard Long (v40);
89 Matt Jobson ; 98 Rod Johnstone; 111 Tim Spencer ; 147 John O'Shea
(v40); 149 Paul Unsted (v40); 157 Dave Carter (v50) ; 162 Ian Whitcher (v40) ; 166 Richie Pearson (v60).
Women: 15 Nicci Blandford; 25 Hannah Coombs; 27 Heather Buckingham; 64 Lynne Massey (wv45); 67 Pascale Fotherby
Teams: men senior 7th in Div 1 , vets 2nd in Div 1 , women 5th in the
league at Reading
[From Malcolm Price]
HOW TO GET INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE OR CONTACT ME
Please send any news or information to me at webmaster@southamptonrc.org.uk.
[From Alan Tulip]
