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Wilmslow RC technical training tops

Tony has details of the 24 orders received to date for the new pertex training tops in club colours and with the WRC club details.

Such was the positive response when seen on Thursday , any remaining will no doubt sell fast .

Tony will confirm order process .

Nick.

Wilmslow to organise more races

As briefly mentioned in last months newsletter. Tony and I have been looking at various options for midweek races later this summer.

As a club we compete in races hosted by other clubs throughout the year but apart from the Half Marathon don't host any other races ourselves. It is becoming quite noticable when you look at the midweek race fixture list just how many races there are in the Warrington, Altrincham, Buxton, North Staffs area and how there is nothing at all in our area.

To help redress the balance a couple of races have now been confirmed and entry forms are being circulated. We should be able to raise some money for local charities/organisations from these races.

Click on the race for the entry form (pdf format)

Wed 8th August 7.15pm  4 mile road race from the David Lewis centre , Mill Lane, Warford

Thurs 6th September 7pm  5 Mile Multi-Terrain Race from Railway Inn5 Mile Multi-Terrain Race from Railway Inn , Mobberley.

I have started with these races because both can be hosted without making big manpower demands on the club and no upfront costs such as hire of facilities etc.

For the first race, The David Lewis Centre are supplying helpers who will look after all car parking requirements, drinks at the finish, signing within their grounds, first aid and some of the marshalling for us. Our club just needs to assist with On The Day entries, finish recorders and a few marshals.

For the second race Ian Smallwood is arranging for a local scout group to assist with much of the marshalling of the bridleways and drinks at the finish. Running Club assistance will be required for Car Parking, On The Day entries, finish recorders and a few marshals.

With some of these jobs, eg Car Parking and On The Day Entries it will be possible to help and also race, but I could also do with knowing who would be available to help without wanting to race. So don't be shy, let me know if you are available to help and in what capacity?

Malcolm

Sandstone Trail 10k - Pictures

Thanks to Catriona and Don for pictures of the NSPCC Sandstone Trail 10k.  Don supplied the camera, and Catriona wielded it.  See Photo Album in the left hand margin.

Bolton 10K

wimped out of london this time due to other commitments so opted for the bolton 10k.sunday was a lovely warm and drizzly morning but little wind so ideal conditions!the race starts and finishes at leverhulme track and is fairly undulating with a couple 0f steady climbs especially at 7k and 9k so not ideal pb course even so i was happy with my time of 41.51 and a finish of 74 out of 565.

Paul Nichols

PS. The race was declared full by 8am denying Mike Halman the chance of a 3rd year of Bolton goodies.

Mow Cop Killer Mile

Stuart Triumphs in Killer Thriller

Great race just got better its organised !
Now with accurate timings PA system and even spread sheet results instantly in community centre
Glorious night and sunset
Second race James (10) running full mile in U13's club runners race ran tactical race to pick up bronze medal in 9' 27"
Veterans race i decided to go off fast for a change and had dropped the field by half way, next the steep bit lots of cheering got me past the pub then my legs disowned me , the early pace was now telling and the pain kicked in, the final 200M seemed to go on and on.
Result victory by quite a margin in 7' 27" over 30sec quicker than last year ,hill reps on the edge over winter pays dividends.
Tony did tell me a couple of years ago if i kept working at it one day i might win something. All i had to do was find a race for veterans only , uphill and on tarmac.(and hope the bash didn't show ,and malc distracted by hot pot)

Hot Pot Bash Thursday 26th April

Detail for Thursday :

Training @ 7.00 as normal

Into the bar for 8.30

Presentation of medals etc between circa 8.45 and 9.15.

Guest appearances from two club members

Eat drink and be merry from circa 9.15 onwards . Catering for four vegetarians .

No fixed agenda , fairly relaxed but a guideline for our two entertainers .

Jackets should also be available on the night . Advance orders of 22 @ £23 : After the night @ the retail price of £30.

Dont miss out on jackets or food .

Nick. 

London Marathon

Well Done to all who completed the event

            Name                  Pos, Group Pos, Group, Time

1. Andrew Penney      325     96     M35     02:48:57
2. Jim Pendrill           519    144    M35     02:54:32
3. Trevor Morris       785      75     M45      02:59:07
4. Steve Smith         2092   278     M45      03:18:06
5. Mike Cooper         2241   501    M40       03:19:54
6. Steve Russell        2322   304    M45       03:20:43
7. Paul Ayers            2592   184    M50       03:23:52
8. Peter Carne          2926   404    M45       03:26:59
9. Andy Watts          4134   111    M55       03:37:23
10. Nicky Mowat          646     57    W45       03:38:52
11. Angela Maziere    1508   154    W45       03:59:40
12. Catriona Marshall 2034   361    W40       04:10:38
13. Gareth Trimble  10056 1844    M30         04:15:12
14. Rosalind Reeves  3012   541    W40        04:25:45

NSPCC Sandstone Trail 10k

Obscure race, long way from home, early start, multi-terrain, Tony voicing fears about organisation.  Anyone who has lived through more than one Summer Series would have recognised the omens for a classic high turn out race. 

We’d overtaken him a couple of times and taken a cunning short cut through Lower Peover but it was no surprise that superior navigation put Trevor ahead of us in the queue for registration.  There was the usual Summer Series banter as more and more Wilmslow runners turned up, whittling away the points on offer.

With a cheery “well off you go then” the awfully nice NSPCC lady waved us away across the first field.  From the map and a quick recce the last few km looked like a mess of fields and stile-hopping.  I didn’t fancy my chances against Stuart and Tom on that terrain so I was hoping that I could tuck in behind Damien for a while to build up an advantage and avoid any close combat later on.  Damien had his own plan however and I ended up in front pushing the pace along the road for the first 2k.

As we left the road Damien relieved me of the lead and we hit the trails.  This began as a really pleasant run up through the woods in dappled sunshine.  Beeston Castle appeared above the trees providing picture postcard views.  It wasn’t steep even compared to Alderley Edge.  However the combination of pace and incline took it out of my legs and pretty soon I could hear Stuart’s gasping advance.  He caught me at what seemed like the top and I immediately skipped back in front as we crested the hill, thinking I could recover and stretch out down the hill.  Unfortunately the next sign was up again, and this time I was no match for Stuart as he powered on upwards.

Finally heading down again I tried to pick up the pace but if anything Stuart was still moving away, even gaining on Damien.  The last third of the course was a tour of farmers’ fields and tested our techniques for running variously planted and ploughed terrain.  I could still see Stuart and Damien up ahead although we were now spread out enough to each have our own field.

I lost sight of Stuart as I was directed into a field of chest high oil seed rape.  The bright yellow pollen was over powering.  I discovered that covering my eyes and holding my breath was not compatible with good running form.  My eyes were still streaming as I passed the next marshal who thought I was crying “Oh are you all right dear, well keep going, nearly there now …”.

Tom ran in after me having also enjoyed whole fields to himself in the latter section.  Steve Dempsey and Mark Bale both finished well up the field perhaps using strength hard earned in the winter cross-country campaign.  Jane and Kate completed a clean sweep of the positions for Wilmslow.

In the midst of the sea of Wilmslow vests packing most of the first 20 places Tony was heard to grumble “8^th overall, 6^th Wilmslow”.  Ah well, it was all in a good cause.

Rob Downs

URGENT BULLETIN : Read only : Action not required

Mick Fairs is to attend the hot pot evening : Upbringing prevents me from elaborating on the content of the email .

Needed : one person to show Mick the way to the bar .

Nick.

Hot Pot Supper XC night and training tops

Thursday 26th April : Running Club HQ aka WRC. After training !!

Numbers for both the end of season bash and training tops are exceeding all expectations !

Tony has numbers for the first batch of tops and is now outsourcing to a factory in Morocco .

A good number have confirmed by email about both tops and the hotpot : thanks .

Some told me verbally last night that they were coming :from memory : Bill Heaton , Steve Dempsey , Sally Price , Rob Dunkley , Simon Fenton , Peter Watson , Clare Rafferty and Jo Aves .

Any that I have missed , please do let me know for catering :

Chairman Roy has confirmed that the club will pay for the catering : you ran through the mud ...the club pays for the nosh !

All that have medals , please do return for Roy to present .

Lets have a good night ! Also a chance to hear from our FLM runners of their PB's etc !!

Nick.

Sanstone Trail 10k

1 D Nichols 37.08
3 R Downs 39.11
4 T McGaff 40.19
6 S Dempsey 42.06
8 T Hulme 42.23
11 M Bale 42.4
13 I Smallwood 43.1
14 M Cooper 43.16
17 J Clarke 44.44
19 G Mendham 45.1
22 S Smith 46.26
26 G Gilbert 47.54
28 D Bullough 48
31 P Ayres 48.22
33 K Sutton 48.31
50 J Porteous 52.33
54 O Ashcroft 53.19
59 I Ashcroft 54.21
66 C Rafferty 55.23
65 P Hinke 55.22
76 T Faulkner 57.18
82 R Coombs 58.32
92 J Lucas 1.01.02

The results do not designate club and the spelling of names is variable, could you please let Graham and myself know if your result is missing or incorrect. Ian

Sandstone 10K

The presentations

Team Wilmlsow @ the Sanstone 10K

A fantastic summery day for Race 2 in the summer series - official results awaited but Damien won overall and Jane was first lady overall.

Kate Sutton

Chester Spring Five

As supplied by Prof Coombs : Doubtless a report will follow from one of the many who raced .

Just found these results on the web from last Wednesday’s race: 

4 184 Michael P HALMAN Senior Men Wilmslow RC 00:26:07

5 183 Malcolm FOWLER Male Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:27:09

7 143 Stuart D PARROTT Male Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:27:17

22 292 Andrew David PENNEY Senior Men Wilmslow RC 00:28:19

51 346 Rob JOHNSTON Male Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:29:27

61 142 Tony HULME Male Vet 55 Wilmslow RC 00:29:58

65 27 Trevor Hugh MORRIS Male Vet 45 Wilmslow RC 00:30:10

73 173 Mick FAIRS Male Vet 55 Wilmslow RC 00:30:26

79 345 Peter CARNE Male Vet 45 Wilmslow RC 00:30:39

80 353 Michael COOPER Male Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:30:43

92 56 Jane Diane CLARKE Lady Vet 35 Wilmslow RC 00:31:04

109 207 Gavin MENDHAM Male Vet 55 Wilmslow RC 00:31:48

131 208 David QUINN Male Vet 45 Wilmslow RC 00:32:27

146 386 Geoff GILBERT Male Vet 55 Wilmslow RC 00:32:52

151 285 Paul AYRES Male Vet 50 Wilmslow RC 00:33:03

153 243 Sally F GILLIVER Lady Vet 45 Wilmslow RC 00:33:10

157 26 Kate J SUTTON Lady Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:33:24

196 238 Don BULLOUGH Male Vet 50 Wilmslow RC 00:35:02

204 239 David WHEABLE Male Vet 40 Wilmslow RC 00:35:28

209 175 Peter WATSON Male Vet 65 Wilmslow RC 00:35:51

222 262 Rod COOMBS Male Vet 55 Wilmslow RC 00:36:40

230 22 Ian S ASHCROFT Male Vet 60 Wilmslow RC 00:36:58

241 385 Louisa GILBERT Senior Ladies Wilmslow RC 00:37:40

285 247 Trevor FAULKNER Male Vet 60 Wilmslow RC 00:40:39

full results at: 

http://www.ukresults.net/2007/chespring5.html 

looks like we got age category winners in Male Vet 40 (Malcolm Fowler); lady vet 45 (Sally Gilliver); Male Vet 55 (Tony Hulme); and Male Vet 65 (Peter Watson). Congratulations due to all of them. 

Rod

End of season XC Hot Pot supper night

Thursday 26th April 8.30pm; Clubhouse

As previously mentioned , we intend holding an end of season XC supper night . Date as above .

Will all who have medals please bring down on the night for Roy to present . I have the Cheshire medals : Manchester & District medals need bringing for Roy to present .

The success over the season has already been well documented but March also saw Mike and Malcolm race for Cheshire in the Inter Counties cross country championships.

All are most welcome ( male or female ) , in fact the more the merrier : we are not sure of the cost but it will minimal.It will serve as a reminder for all those that did not get chance to run any of the xc races what they missed !!

Lets have a good bash and draw the winter season to a close as summer racing is now with us .

We have been looking to get some training tops made so that we look a "complete team".Tony has had the first batch made and they should be available on the night . Get in quick as the first batch will go fast and at a reduced price of circa £23. Top quality finish , in club colours with the Wilmslow name . Wind and light shower proof .

We need an idea of numbers for :

• XC hot pot
• Training tops

Numbers please to Nick (info@completeperformance.co.uk) or 0161 486 9577 , or Kate Sutton (katherinesutton@yahoo.co.uk).

In the absence of Kate ( ski-ing) , please direct enquiries to me . Tony can also handle enquiries for the tops but not the Hot Pot.

Nick.

Summer Series Evening

Congratulations to all who finished last years summer series, I hope you can all compete as enthusiastically this year. Its fun it's tough , but your standard will improve as you strive to keep your rivals at bay. The events are varied in terrain and distance , so something for everyone.

Provisionally i hope we can do the sandstone trail run on Sunday June 17th .

To prepare we shall have several training runs on thursday evenings , and also on a sunday.

More details soon.

Tony