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June and July Newsletters

Herewith July newsletter.  Also June, as I forgot to post that.

June 05 (Word 524k), June 05 (pdf 213k)

July 05 (Word 456k), July 05 (pdf 154k)

Andy

TRAINING TUESDAY 26th JULY

Training next Tuesday will be at Alderley Edge , meeting at the Festival Hall car park ( behind Running Bear ) same place as last time.Meet is 6.50 for 7.00 start.

Nick.

Group 4/5 Summer Challenge (9)

Gun Run (race 9)

A late change of race and date brought the promise of a thinner field and easy points. There was a lowish Group 4/5 turn-out but groups 1, 2 and 3 were there in strength and a hot night and a tough run reaped a poor points reward for nine who braved it. Nicky registered her second 4/5 win of the season and led the Ladies who again stretched their lead. Bill’s steady improvement race by race took him into second place with Sally, also getting better week by week, in third. Kate was fourth and Penny, who is steadily moving through the field, relegated Peter, Roy and Trevor to the minor places. With nine races gone the Ladies now lead by 30 points but can they keep it up? Five of them have completed six races, extra points will be hard to win and the Men have five races to haul them in.

LADIES... 243 points
Sally (12th. in Summer Series table, 39 points), Nicky (39 points), Julie (37), Kate (36), Penny (35), Tracy (34), Susan (13), Angela (10)
MEN… ….213 points
Ian (41), Paul (40), Trevor (34), Bill (27), Roy (26), Peter (16), Don (15), Sean (14), Rod (11), Gareth (10).
(eight to count)

Shuttlingsloe Fell

Thursday July 7th.

Eighth race in Summer Series

5 Stuart Parrott 26.06
11 Tony Hulme 27.35
24 Peter Carne 29.03
25 Mike Cooper 29.08
45 Gavin Mendham 30.31
48 Jane Clarke 30.56
50 Steve Smith 31.21
52 Steve Russell 31.37
80 Don Bullough 33.31
83 Ian Ashcroft 33.46
90 Katy Green 34.08
91 Gareth Trimble 34.10
106 Bill Staniard 35.41
116 Sally Maddock 36.05
119 Kate Sutton 36.47
122 Tracy Alderson 37.18
136 Julie Lucas 39.33
138 Penny Hinke 39.51
148 Trevor Faulkner 40.53
171 finishers

Warrington 10k (corrected)

Thursday June 23rd.

Seventh Race in Summer Series

1 Mike Halman 32.54
5 Rob Downs 34.59 1st. M40
6 Jim Pendrill 35.50
20 Tony Hulme 38.28
24 Richard Parris 38.56
29 Peter Carne 39.09 PB
30 Ian Smallwood 39.25
34 Gavin Mendhall 40.02
35 Kate Ayres 40.06 1st. F40
38 Mike Cooper 40.18
39 Andy Watts 40.22
40 Jane Clarke 40.25 1st. F35
46 Steve Smith 41.17
47 Steve Russell 41.30
63 Shaun Barry 43.06
64 Paul Ayres 43.11 PB
69 Nicky Mowat 43.29 1st. F45
91 Don Bullough 45.10
98 Sally Maddock 45.45 PB
99 Bill Staniard 45.47 PB
113 Peter Watson 47.06
133 Penny Hinke 49.12
169 Trevor Faulkner 54.25
204 finishers

Group 4/5 Summer Challenge (8)

Shuttlingsloe Fell

Don registered his first Group 4/5 win of the season; the fifth different winner in eight races (the others are Paul, Nicky, Ian and Sean). The Men demonstrated their strength with Ian, Gareth and Bill taking 2nd., 3rd. and 4th. The Ladies, however, countered with depth; Sally, Kate, Tracy, Julie and Penny filling the next five places. Trevor completing the scoring for the Men. Of the virgins, Penny found Shuttlingsloe more to her liking than Tracy, who struggled with the drop more than the climb. Gareth made a strong start to the Summer Series despite losing two Wilmslow places on the descent. The Ladies carry a 39 point lead to the Gun Run according to the Summer Series table but Don was not credited to Wilmslow in the official results so the Men have more points to come.

after the eighth race, Shuttlingsloe

LADIES... 244 points
Sally (8th. in Summer Series table, 43 points), Nicky (35 points), Julie (42), Tracy (34), Kate (33),
Penny (32), Susan(15), Angela (10)
MEN… ….205 points
Paul (44), Ian (45), Roy (25), Trevor (31), Bill (25), Sean (16), Don (13), Rod (14), Peter (13),
Gareth (11). (Eight to count)

The Gun Run Tuesday 12th July

Life is full of choices , sometimes you get them right , other times not . The choice that Tony made was to change the Sale 5k to the Gun Run for this weeks Summer Series race.

One was a race around part of Wythenshawe Park , the other a 9.3k (5.8 mile) trail race over stunning and undulating countryside a couple of miles south of Wincle .

Tony most certainly got the choice right !!

The Gun Run has been around for close to twenty years and is organized by the local community to help raise funds for the village hall which turns itself into race HQ.There was even a bar !For a variety of reasons the Gun Run lost its way a couple of years ago but was resurrected last year (45 runners) and with the aid of a new local who also runs got close to the target of 100 runners this year with 94 runners.  Another near record turn out for WRC with 26 runners.The high turnouts for races seems to be the result of the increasing success of club individuals at all levels thus creating some real ' in club tussles ' but also the lively banter from which no one is exempt after the race and usually continued  in the pub.Those not running missed a treat .

In line with its tradition , the trophies to be won were magnificent twelve inch high shields on which each winner has their name engraved,but are returned annually . The widow of the race founder was there to present the trophies . Each runner received a burger from the barbecue and there was also a fine selection of cakes all home baked.

Before giving the race detail , I must award this event the rarity of 5* for the quality of loos , not often that prior to the race , individuals collectively pass ( ouch !!) comment on their quality .

So for the absentees , you get the scene !?

The race itself started from the village hall and climbed initially on country lane for a few hundred metres before continuing the ascent to 'The Gun' ,over moorland and rocky paths . From there it descended on similar terrain before the push to the finish with a mile of up and down , with the final half mile being most definitely up !!Finishers were warmly welcomed by the locals and on a hot night

Group 4/5 Summer Challenge (7)

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after the seventh race, Warrington

LADIES... 228 points
Sally (5th. in Summer Series table, 46 points), Nicky (37 points), Julie (36), Tracy (29), Kate (27), Penny (26), Susan(16), Angela (11)
MEN… ….205 points
Paul (47), Ian (38), Roy (28), Trevor (25), Bill (21), Sean (17), Don (17), Rod (15), Peter (13).

Ian