This page is designed to provide updates on club results, fixtures and other activities - to fill in the gaps between the appearance of the Club Magazine, which occurs at the begining of March, June, September and December each year.
This page is designed to provide updates on club results, fixtures
and other activities - to fill in the gaps between the appearance of the
Club Magazine, which occurs at the begining of March, June, September and
December each year.
| Summer 2000 Results | Winter 1999-00 Results |
| Summer 1999 Results | Winter 1998-99 Results |
| Summer 1998 Results | Winter 1997-98 Results |
| Summer 1997 Results | Winter 1996-97 Results |
| If you have some club news or an announcement send an email to STEVE8@mdx.ac.uk |
| 17th Mar | North West London League |
The final North West London League race took place at a waterlogged Wormwood
Scrubs (check the photos!). Performance of the day was by Philippa Horton
who had her best finish to overtake two in the run-in for 5th place. Newcomers
Emily and Patrick were still smiling afterwards, so hopefully they enjoyed
the experience. At the end of the season we were 2nd= in the BU11 team
result, and Ben Nagy (5th), Katherine Henderson (6th) and Sean Reid (6th)
picked up individual medals. GU11: 16 Emily Prati |
| 8-11th Mar | European Indoor Champs, Bordeaux | Dave Wilcock: 800m 1st 2-01.76; 1500m 2nd 2-12.03 |
| 6th Mar | Chingford League 5K Road Race. Eastway Cycle Circuit |
Ladies Team An outstanding season of individual performances by
Helen Hoyle and Kirsty Johnstone, was rounded off by two more excellent
runs at Eastway. Helen won the Ladies race for the 5th time in the series
and was duly awarded the overall “Woman of the Season” trophy. Kirsty,
who finished 5th on the night, ended in overall 3rd place in the League.
There was disappointment, however, as the expected full team did not materialise,
costing Barnet a team win on the night and overall 2nd place in the League.
As it was, they still managed a very creditable 4th place on the night
with Frances Palmer finishing 18th and 3rd placed team in the League overall.
They are hopeful of challenging for the League title next season, provided
they can muster a full team (4) turn out at each round. |
| 4th Mar | London Heathside 5 Mile Road Race. Finsbury Park | 19 Francis Robinson V40 32.02, 32 Ron Higgs V65 35.06, 42 Ted Kimber V60 36.15. 80 Finished |
| 24th Feb | National Cross Country Championships. Durham | Unfortunately we did not send a team but this did not deter Keith Turner, despite being unwell since New Years Day, from making the trip. This being his first race since that time and finished the 12K course in 1,108th position in a time of 57.30. |
| 17/18th Feb | BVAF Indoor Championships. Cardiff | Gold Rush in Cardiff Four golds and one
bronze was the total of medals won by our members who competed at the excellent
facilities offered by the University of Wales Institute. Men 45 In the words of Athletics Weekly, Dave Wilcock displayed his usual smooth striding style as he sped to an 800/1500 double when twice leading home former champion Kevin Archer. In the 800m Dave’s winning margin was by just over 4 seconds, recording 2.04.03 and in the longer event (in which he was fractionally faster than the O/40’s) he recorded 4.12.52. The 1500 was held on Saturday with the 800 on Sunday and later for good measure competed in the 3000 metres finishing 4th to Nigel Gates (8.46.71) in 9.24.74! Men 55 Terry Ryan made the trip although both his events were held on the Saturday. He just missed a medal in the 60 metres by one hundredth of a second, finishing 4th in 8.31s. In the 200m he finished 2nd in his heat in 29.90 but did not progress to the final. Men 70 Another gold for Jaroslav Hanus plus the prestige of equalling the British O/70 Indoor Record for the Shot when he putted a distance of 10.61 metres. He now shares the record with B Metcalfe who achieved this feat about twelve years ago. Incidentally, whilst on the subject of the Shot, ex-member Don Vanhegan still holds the British O/60 Indoor Record of 13.81 metres set up in 1983. Men 70 Only a bronze (!) on the Saturday for Laurie Forster in the 1500 when he recorded 6.10.17 but the following day he made up for it by winning the 800 Gold in 2.56.86. Congratulations to all above for putting the club into the “National” limelight and good luck to the members travelling to Bordeaux 8/11th March to compete in the European Indoor Championships. |
| 15th Feb | Middlesex Schools Champs, Harrow School | It was nice to see Tara Weaver back to form and
winning the U19s race, which was rearranged by one week as Parliament Hill
Fields was again deemed too wet for the youngsters to run on. Eileen Griffiths
ran herself into the Middx School team for the English Schools Champs at
Chelmsford on Mar 10th, and Sean Reid and Craig Goddard have been named
as reserves. Unfortunately, the English Schools Champs themselves eventually
fell victim to the foot and mouth disease cancellations. So Eileen had to
carry on with her school’s fieldcourse instead of coming back early to run
in the race. GU19 5 Eileen Griffiths GU15 23 Louise Fairhead BU19 13 Craig Goddard BU17 12 Sean Reid |
| 10th Feb | Club 7m Champs, Hadley Wood |
Actual Allowance Handicap H’cap Time Time Position 1 Dave Wilcock 46.04 00.00 46.04 2nd 2 James Taylor 49.37 5.30 44.07 1st 3 Francis Robinson 55.02 6.00 49.02 3rd 4 Graham Adcock 55.23 3.30 51.53 5th 5 Nick Bingham 56.38 7.15 49.23 4th 6 Peter Redshaw 69.18 15.00 54.18 6th 7 Laurie Forster 69.31 15.00 54.31 7th 8 Joe Cox No time taken. Actually he took a great deal of time but it was not recorded. |
| 10th Feb | Inter-Counties Cross Country Champs. Wollaton Park, Nottingham | Congratulations to Helen and Karen for gaining
selection to represent Hertfordshire in the Senior Women’s 8K Race. May
these two members be the first of many to bring such honour to our club.
Helen was the 4th scorer for the Herts Team which finished 13th of the 31
counties competing. Of the eight allowed to run Karen was the sixth Herts
finisher. Sean Reid was also selected for the county under 17 team after
his excellent run in the County Champs. He had a slightly below par performance
to finish 6th county scorer. 120 Helen Hoyle - 33.28 198 Karen Bradley - 35.30 132 Sean Reid - 24-06 |
| 3rd Feb | Chingford League 5 Mile Road Race. Victoria Park, Hackney |
Another fine result, achieved by strength in depth, and in spite of Dave
and James running indoors at Birmingham. Overall we are now 8 points clear
in the A string and need to turn in the best team performance possible
at Eastway to seal the title (for the first time ever?). A slip in the
B means we probably can't win that now, and the loss to Orion in the Vets
means we have to beat them at Eastway to win that title. The ladies section
is a question of what might have been - we started concentrating on this
league too late in the season. An excellent turnout saw us win the section,
and in with a chance of second ladies team overall. |
| 3rd Feb | Midland Open, NIA Birmingham | Dave Wilcock 1-59.52, James Taylor 2-01.91 (PB) |
| 3rd Feb | North West London League, Berkhampstead | GU11: 9 Genesis Edwards GU13: 18 Katherine Henderson GU17: 1 Eileen Griffiths BU11: 10 Ben Nagy, 18 Matt Henderson, 23 Owen Randall, 25 Henry Crisp, 32 Luca Macis BU13: 21 Chris Copping, 25 Scott Copping BU15: 22 Matt Holland, 24 Alex Horton, 25 Jason Mbyuamba BU17: 7 Sean Reid, 11 Jonathon Gane |
| 27th Jan | Southern Cross Country Championships. Parliament Hill Fields | Women 8K: 226 Simone Kimberley 51.48, 233 Frances Palmer
52.56, 244 Pippa Anderson 53.33, 278 Tiffany Stephens 58.06, 305 Maureen
Shirley 62.25 327 Finished 1. Hayley Yelling B of Hounslow 33.58, 2. Angela Newport Basingstoke & Mid Hants 34.15, 3. Liz Yelling Bedford & County 34.59 Teams 1. Shaftesbury 63, 2. Highgate 137, 3. Havant 150, …….29. Barnet 969. 34 Teams finished. Men 15K: 197 Patrick O’Toole 64.23, 268 Des Michael 66.56, 339 Pete Marsh 68.50, 503 Frances Robinson 73.48, 519 Liam O’Hare 74.15, 734 John Fuller 82.12, 894 Finished 1. Nick Francis Shaftesbury 52.13, 2. Sam Haughian B of Houn 52.14, 3. John Downes L Irish 52.15 Teams 1. Thames H & H 129, 2. Highgate 181, 3. L Irish 264,….47. Barnet 2560. 73 Teams finished |
| 20th Jan | North of the Thames Inter Team Champs, Trent Park |
79 Francis Robinson, 94 Nick Bingham, 96 John Fuller, 110 Con Antoniou |
| 7th Jan | Herts County Champs, Stevenage |
Girls U/15 4K: 14 Phillippa Horton 19.44, 16 Sacha Rice 22.12 |
| 6th Jan | Middlesex County Cross Country Champs, Perivale |
Senior Men 12K 34 Patrick O’Toole 52.16, 36 Mike Stapleton 52.24,
41 Simon Hime 53.32, 89 Francis Robinson 60.26, 125 Nick Bingham 66.01,
146 John Owen 74.05, 158 Stephen Hewitt 84.40 |
| 30th Dec | Chingford League, Trent Park |
4 Mike Stapleton 1st V 29.30, 6 Dave Wilcock 2nd V 29.36, 10 Simon Hime
30.00, 18 Keith Turner 4th V 30.42, 19 Andy Cunningham 30.46, 20 Dave
Candy 30.47, 22 Mike Earthy 30.53, 23 Des Michael 1st V50 30.57, 26 James
Taylor 31.10, 43 Liam O’Hare 2nd V50 33.05, 47 Phil Cunningham N/s 33.18,
50 David Spencer 4th V50 33.29, 54 Alun Johns N/s 33.42, 55 Alan Harvey
2nd V55 33.44, 60 John Shirley V50 33.53, 75 Helen Hoyle 2nd W 35.47,
90 Steve Furby 37.19, 103 Kirsty Johnstone 5th W 38.25, 116 John Fulcher
V55 40.00, 118 John Mould V55 40.10, 139 J Russell 14th W 43.54, 142 Sally
Underhill 15th W 44.36, 146 Peter Rice 45.37, 149 Pauline Lygo 20th W
46.14, 151 Penny Antoniou 22nd W 47.45, 152 Tiffany Stephens 23rd W 48.00,
158 Finished including 28 women. |
| 26th Dec | Boxing Day handicaps, Clubhouse | 1 Carolyn Atkinson 38-25, 2 Ben Wilcock 42-25,
3 Sue Hamblin 42-39, 4 Phil Cunningham 42-47, 5 Maureen Shirley 43-06, 6
Alun Johns 43-12, 7 Sean Reid 43-17, 8 Simone Kimberley, 9 Sean Mitchell
43-36, 10 Pauline Lygo 43-38, 11 James Taylor 43-41, 12 John Shirley 43-57,
13 Robin Coombes 43-58, 14 John Fuller 44-00, 15 Tiffany Stephens 44-02,
16 Ted Kimber 44-02, 17 Des Michael 44-03, 18 Mike Terry 44-04, 19 Sally
Ann Underhill 44-08, 20 Francis Robinson 44-13, 21 Dave Candy 44-17, 22
Adrian Mason 44-24, 23 Roger Thompstone 44-28, 24 Tony Hamilton 44-33, 25
Jose Kimber 44-35, 26 Dave Wilcock 44-41, 27 Nick Bingham 44-46, 28 Colin
Goulding 44-53, 29 Vito Luisi 44-58, 30 Graham Barnett 44-59, 31 Peter Rice
45-02, 32 Derek Wood 45-08, 33 John Fulcher 45-10, 34 Mel Parker 45-14,
35 Reg Black 45-16, 36 Penny Antoniou 45-18, 37 Con Antoniou 45-18, 38 Andy
Cunningham 45-19, 39 Dan Pavitt 49-20, 40 Kirsty Johnstone 49-23, 41 Barry
Henderson 45-30, 42 Simin Wells 45-38, 43 Michael Nyman 45-43, 44 Steve
Harris 45-44, 45 Brian Fowler 46-05, 46 Ernie Blackler 46-20, 47 Rob Comley
46-53, 48 Kim Henderson 48-12, 49 Paul Watts 48-41, 50 Peter Graham 48-41,
51 Jim Neville 48-48 Fastest Male: Dave Candy 19-17. Fastest Female: Kirsty JOhnstone 25-08 Young Athletes (1 mile): 1 Katherine Henderson 9-20, 2 Mathew Henderson 9-28, 3 Owen Randall 9-58, 4 Michael Atkinson 10-02, 5 James Goddard 10-07, 6 Abigail Watts-Cherry 10-29, 7 Rebecca Atkinson 11-03, 8 Rebecca Watts-Cherry 11-33. Fatsest time: Matthew Henderson 7-23 |
| 26th Dec | LOK Score Orienteering event, Trent Park | As an alternative to the Boxing Day handicaps
a couple of club members took part in the London Orienteering Klubb's Trent
Park Score Event. For this you have to visit as many controls as possible
in one hour, with varying values given for each control, depending on distance
from start and difficulty of finding it. 4= Martin Hime 690 pts, 14= Richard Hime 620 pts, 25= Steve Chilton 550 pts, 31= Andy Welsh 510 points |
| 23rd Dec | Turner Cup, including Club Champs, Hadley Woods | Men: 1 Mike Earthy 32-32, 2 Steve Lowe
(Guest) 33-11, 3 Adrian Mason 34-14 (started late), 4 James Taylor 34-39,
5 Francis Robinson 37-27, 6 Nick Bingham 39-11, 7 John Fuller 40-25, 8 Jim
Neville 41-41, 9 Noel Robinson 42-37, 10 Con Antoniou 42-44, 11 John Fulcher
44-55, 12 P Redshaw 45-56, 13 M Nyman 46-40, 14 M Terry 50-12, 15 Alan Radley
53-41 Turner Cup result: 1 Shaftesbury 33, 2 Barnet 78, 3 Velea 121 Women: 1 Helen Hoyle 25-11, 2 Kirsty Johnstone 26-35, 3 Simone Kimberley 30-26, 4 Sally Ann Underhill 32-49, 5 Tiffany Stephens 33-24, 6 Penny Antoniou 34-52, 7 Jose Kimber 35-25, 8 Maureen Shirley 35-59 Boys U17: 1 Sean Dixon 21-31, 2 Shuan Reid 22-50, 3 Jonathon Gane 24-24 Boys U13: 1 Shuan Goddard 12-31, 2 Chris Copping 14-18 Boys U11: 1 James Goddard 12-31, 2 Owen Randall 13-56, 3 Stephen Mason 15-05 Girls U13: 1 Katherine Henderson 13-02, 2 Nicola Wallis 13-42 Girls U11: Abigail Watts-Cherry 17-10, 2 Rebecca Watts-Cherry 18-36, 3 Sarah Mason 20-06 |
| 16th Dec | Chingford League, Claybury, Woodford | Women: 1 Helen Hoyle 31.06, 4 Kirsty
Johnstone W40 35.40, 15 Simone Kimberley 40.06 28 Finished Teams: 1. Orion 40, 2. Trent Park 42, 3. Barnet 49, 4. Loughton 62, 5. Eton Manor 80, 6. Woodford 89, 7. Verlea 94, 8. VPH 111. After 5 Races (unofficial): 1. Orion 59, 2. Loughton 48, 3. Trent Park 48, =4. Barnet & E Manor 43. Men: 9 Patrick O’Toole 26.37, 11 Simon Hime 27.02, 12 Dave Wilcock V45 27.08, 17 Keith Turner V40 27.18, 21 Andy Cunningham 27.30, 23 Mike Earthy 27.43, 25 Mike Stapleton V40 28.03, 29 Des Michael V50 28.46, 42 James Taylor 29.59, 43 Liam O’Hare V50 30.01, 49 Phil Cunningham Gst 30.56, 53 David Spencer V50 31.16, 55 Alan Harvey V55 31.25, 58 John Shirley V50 31.40, 67 Francis Robinson V40 32.46, 76 Nick Bingham V55 34.00, 80 Jim Neville V55 34.32, 85 Rob Engers 35.00, 90 Ron Higgs V65 35.59, 92 John Mould V55 36.48, 98 John Fulcher V55 37.34, 114 Finished "A" Teams: 1. Barnet 93, 2. Orion 143, 3. VPH 155, 4. Verlea 216, 5. Enfield & H 232, 6. Eton Manor 287, 7. Woodford 218, 8. Walthamstow 340, 9. Trent Park 349, 10. Loughton 373, 11. London Heathside 481. "B": 1. Barnet 247, 2. Orion 366, 3. VPH 508, 4. Trent Park 596, 5. Eton Manor 627, 6. Walthamstow 633, 7. Loughton 667, 8. Enfield & Haringey 670. "Vets": 1. Barnet 83, 2. Orion 225, 3. Loughton 241, 4. Trent Park 257, 5. Walthamstow 304, 6. L Heathside 345, 7. Eton M 346, 8. Verlea 356, 9. Enfield 361, 10. Woodford 452. After 5 Races (unofficial) "A": 1. Barnet 58, 2. Orion 54, 3. VPH 48. "B": 1. Orion 59, 2. Barnet 55, =3. Trent Park & Eton Manor 42. "Vets": 1. Barnet 56, 2. Orion 55, 3. Trent Park 42. |
| 12th Dec | The Sainsbury’s Stevenage 5K Series (Race 3) | 114 Ted Kimber 3rd V60 21.57, 154 John Atkinson 7th V60 25.04, 164 José Kimber 2nd W55 26.18. 186 Finished |
| 10th Dec | British Veterans’ National 10 Mile Road Champs. Brockwell Park |
23 Des Michael 4th V50 60.57, 27 Pete Marsh 5th V50 62.32, 31 Liam O’Hare
6th V50 64.23, 32 John Shirley 7th V50 64.32 O/50 |
| 9th Dec | North West London League, Trent Park | Boys U11: 5 James Goddard 12-42, 7 Ben Nagy 12-57,
15 Matt Henderson 13-37, 16 Christian Louka 13-44, 21 Stephen Mason 14-22,
22 Owen Randall 14-32, 23 Michael Spencer-Smith 14-43, 32 Sena Mustapha
19-42 Team: 2nd Boys U13: 12 Elliott Hind 14-44, 13 Chris Copping 14-46, 23 John Langley 15-36. Team: 5th Boys U15: 22 Matt Holland 22-00, 23 Callum Hind 22-54, 25 Alex Horton 25-08. Team: 7th Boys U17: 3 Sean Dixon 23-11, 10 Shaun Reid 24-54, 14 Jonathon Gane 25-46. Team: 2nd Girls U11: 16 Hanah Mustapha 15-42. Team: 6th Girls U13: 4 Jessica Brandon 13-38, 8 Katherine Henderson 13-54. Team: 3rd Girls U15: 6 Philippa Horton 16-05. Team: 5th |
| 9th Dec | Fraternity Cup, Trent Park | 23 Simon Hime 29.49, 26 Patrick O’Toole 29.56,
31 Adrian Mason 30.48, 35 Andy Cunningham 31.11, 58 Adrew Hind V45 33.24,
61 Liam O’Hare V50 33.35, 66 Frances Robinson V40 34.00, 68 Alan Harvey
V55 34.05, 71 Helen Hoyle 2nd W 34.24, 72 Martin Hime 34.36, 73 David Spencer
V50 34.40, 90 Nick Bingham V55 36.27, 97 Steve Furby 37.16, 102 John Fuller
V55 34.44, 108 Jim Neville V55 38.45, 113 John Mould V55 39.28, 122 John
Fulcher V55 42.02. 131 Finished Teams. (6 to score) 1. Shaftesbury 86, 2. London Irish 104, 3. Highgate H 139, 4. London Heathside 158, 5. Ealing 168, 6. Barnet 234, 7. Verlea 267, 8. Shaftesbury "B" 293, 9. Hillingdon 362, 10. Enfield 412, 11. Barnet "B" 466, 12. Q Pk H 511, 13. Lea V R 554, 14. Verlea "B" 562, 15. Hillingdon "B" 613. |
| 25th Nov | London Cross-Country Champs, Parliament Hill | Ladies Race 5km Conditions were amongst the worst
I’ve seen at Parliament Hill (& I’ve been going many years). It did not
stop raining & was extremely muddy but it did not deter our intrepid team.
Helen was well suited to the hilly course & led the team home followed by
Karen, Jane & Pippa. It was good to see the latter two racing again after
recovering from illness & injury. We finished a very pleasing 8th team (out
of 15). Well-done team & thanks to Mick T. for team managing in the pouring
rain. Results: 1. Sharon Murphy (SB) 19.38, 16 Helen Hoyle 22.10, 27 Karen Bradley 23.21, 67 Jane Day 26.43, 73 Pippa Anderson 27.47 Team: 1 Highgate 33, 2 Shaftesbury 44, 3 London Heathside 51, 4 Havering 53…………8 Barnet 183 Men 10,000 Metres An excellent turnout and very good packing gave us our best team position in recent years. It could have been even better had Andy and Dave W started with the others at the gun! A great run for Mike S who headed our team with the remaining “A” squad closing in within the next 22 seconds. A horrible wet day for everyone although the course did not appear as cut up as for recent “Southerns”. The Youth Games races which normally precede the senior races were cancelled, as it was considered that many of the youngsters would not possess spikes and would flounder in the conditions. This decision did not please Sean Dixon who had been preparing for this race. 31 Mike Stapleton V40 36.33, 32 Dave Wilcock V45 36.42, 34 Patrick O’Toole 36.43, 35 Simon Hime 36.55, 42 Mike Earthy 37.28, 43 Dave Candy 37.37, 65 Andy Cunningham 39.23, 74 Des Michael V50 39.46, 75 Graham Adcock 39.47, 96 Zac V40 41.23, 115 Liam O’Hare V50 42.15, 125 Francis Robinson V40 42.36, 155 Rodger Thompstone V45 43.53, 203 John Fuller V55 48.09, 213 John Mould V50 50.01, 227 Stephen Hewitt V50 54.03, 230 Peter Redshaw 55.50, 237 Joe Cox V65 65.15 Teams. 1. Highgate 32, 2. London Irish 34, 3. Shaftesbury ………. 8. Barnet 132,..12.Barnet B, 24. Barnet C, 42. Barnet D. If there had been a Vets Team Race then we would have won! Full results can be found at: http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/results/2000/xcountry/lonxc00m.htm |
| 19th Nov | Margate International, Ladies Race 5.5km (incl. SWXCL) | Ladies: Liz Yelling 18.52…………….121. Maureen Shirley
29.04 …123. Jose Kimber 29.41 Mens Race 9.5km 1. Matt O’Dowd 28.40 …………….95. John Shirley 38.43 |
| 19th Nov | Bishop’s Stortford 10 Mile Road Race | 25 Keith Turner 6th V40 59.49, 101 Rodger Thompstone 67.02, 318 John Fulcher V55 80.34, 339 Brian Glover V60 81.52 , 448 John Dugdale 90.38, 512 Paul Watts 106.27, 513 Alan Radley V50 106.27 |
| 18th Nov | Sri Chinmoy 10k Race, Battersea Park | At 8.30am Karen and I started the Sri Chinmoy 10k race around
Battersea Park. It was a fast course, completely flat, 5x 2k laps around
the perimeter of the park, starting near the bandstand. As we assembled
we were told there were 180 runners competing, and we could see that women
were well represented. Karen set off like a rocket, following the first
lady – a Dulwich Runner. I gasped that the pace was too fast, but she obviously
didn’t hear me. I did the first 2k in 7.19, which was certainly too fast
for me. We were aiming for just under 8 min/2k, to break 40 mins. Although
it was a fast course, progress was hindered by tight bends, ‘leaves on the
line’, and an excessive number of slow joggers whom we started to lap. I
knew by lap 3 that I wouldn’t break 40 mins, and that Karen probably would.
My old injury (??!) was playing up, and I thought about John’s warnings
about too much racing. Karen came in in an impressive 39.57, and I did 40.48
- slightly disappointing, as I had run 40.38 at Letchworth several weeks
earlier (although I had been chasing Nick Bingham). Karen and I finished
2nd and 3rd respectively and collected tasteful trophies. Hers was bigger
than mine, but some say size doesn’t matter. 2 Karen Bradley 39-57, 3 Helen Hoyle 40-48 |
| 18th Nov | North of the Thames X/C Champs. Wormwood Scrubs | U17/Boys (6,000 metres) 3 Sean Dixon 25.37, 6 Sean
Reid 26.17, 13 Jonathan Gane 28.59 Senior (11,000 metres) 45 Francis Robinson 52.35 |
| 11th Nov | North London Cross Country Championships. Kingsbury | Wet, windy, waterlogged more or less sums up the course,
the wet coming from above, below & all-round. However our intrepid team
of four didn’t let it put them off. There had been hasty changes in the
course, so hasty that when we set off we thought we were running 6km, it
was only as we approached the finish (with Josè shouting 200m to go) that
we realized the distance had been shortened! Helen again led the team home
with Kirsty having a good run, just getting ahead of Karen, with Maureen
completing the team. We warmed down supporting the men’s (depleted) team
& then returned to await the results. Kirsty’s good run brought her the
2nd Vet Lady medal & overall the team were 3rd (out of 9), so not a bad
afternoon’s work. Again it was disappointing not to have a vet team (only
one more was needed) as we would have probably won. This race is usually
one of the most popular on the ladies calendar, however this year we had
a number of athletes with other commitments, quite a few with injury problems
&, of course, the weather has been off putting. I’m not complaining though,
if someone faster turned out I wouldn’t have got a medal! Ladies: 5 Helen Hoyle 16.43, 12 Kirsty Johnstone 2nd V 18.05, 13 Karen Bradley 18.08, 37 Maureen Shirley 23.56 Teams. 1. Highgate 18, 2. London Heathside 26, 3. Barnet 70, 4. Hillingdon 89, 5. Serpentine 91 Men: 39 Eddie King 33.24, 57 Francis Robinson 34.38, 64 Nick Bingham 35.34, 73 Steve Furby 36.34, 94 John Fulcher 40.08, 99 Peter Rice 43.30 Teams. 1. Ealing 88, 2. Harrow 120, 3. L Heathside 158, 4. Highgate 185, 5. Queens Pk H 213, 6 Shaft B 239, 7. Serpentine 274, 8. Hillingdon 309, 9. Barnet 414, 10. London H “B” 455 Vets: 1. L Irish 24, 2. Ealing 49, 3. QPH 64, 4. Hillingdon 67, 5. Barnet 95, 6. Serpentine 113. |
| 7th Nov | Chingford League, Eastway 5km |
A good, but not great result, at Eastway, gave us 2nd in the A, B and
Vets and 3rd in the Ladies. Overall we are still winning the A string,
being 3 points clear of Orion with 4 races to go. We actually were missing
our first two scorers from the first Eastway - Dave C and Andy C. Had
they been able to be there we would have seen Orion off on the night and
possibly for the season. We can still do it, but we have to go all out
to win one or both of the cross country races in December, so let's all
get out there and win this league at last. It may go down to the wire
[Eastway III] !! For the ladies Helen Hoyle won the race by a good margin,
with Kirsty Johnstone finishing an excellent 5th. |
| 5th Nov | Southern Womens League 5km X-C, Bedford | 13.Helen Hoyle 21.20, 26.Karen Bradley 22.37, 35.Frances Palmer 24.45,
41.Maureen Shirley 28.20 Team 1. SB...............5.Barnet |
| 29th Oct | Southern Vets A C & Vets A C 5K Road Championships. Victoria Park | 2 Des Michael 1st V50 17.04, 9 Dave Spencer 3rd V50 ??.?? |
| 28th Oct | Liddiard Trophy 5 Mile Cross Country. Kingsbury |
13 Mike Stapleton 29.12, 15 Simon Hime 29.17, 27 Andy Cunningham 30.44,
91 John Mould 38.35, 96 John Fulcher 40.06, 98 John Atkinson 44.43, 101
Brian Fowler 49.16, 102 Joe Cox 52.56 110 Finished |
| 21st Oct | Chingford League, Loughton | What a marvellous performance - quite possibly
our best ever overall in the Chingford League. We were only one runner away
from a clean sweep of the mens, B, vets and ladies categories - we won all
but the B. A rough calculation suggests that one of the two members of the
winning team from Eastway that couldn't attend needed to be there and finish
about 25th (one was 13th then) and we would have done it. It IS possible
to do it, so let's have a go at getting everyone out for the next
fixture - Tue Nov 7th for the second Eastway 5km. Dist: 5 Mile 1400 Yards. 4 Dave Wilcock 33.59, 7 Dave Candy 34.29, 12 Mike Stapleton V40 35.06, 15 Patrick O’Toole 35.29, 17 Mike Earthy 35.53, 18 Andy Cunningham 35.59, 23 Des Michael V50 36.21, 29 Graham Adcock 36.57, 42 James Taylor 38.20, 58 John Shirley V50 39.09, 64 Alan Harvey V55 39.39, 66 Helen Hoyle 1st W 39.50, 73 Francis Robinson V40 40.39, 76 Nick Bingham V55 40.47, 95 Kirsty Johnstone 3rd W 42.38, 109 Neil Shellard 43.45, 114 Penny Wylie 6th W 44.15, 120 Leigh Harvey 8th W 44.57, 121 Noel Robinson V40 45.00, 142 Brian Strong V60 47.48, 160 Alan Radley V50 52.13. 175 Finished including 33 women "A" Teams. 1. Barnet 73, 2. Orion 90, 3. Enfield 203, 4. Eton Manor 225, 5. V.P.H. 279, 6. Trent P 309, 7. London H 320, 8. Woodford 322, 9. Walthamstow 338, 10. Loughton 403, 11. Verlea 607. "B" Teams. 1. Orion 238, 2. Barnet 289, 3. Eton M 534, 4. Enfield 599, 5. Trent P 766, 6. Walthamstow 828, 7. Woodford 1019, 8. V.P.H. 1031. "Vets" 1. Barnet 97, 2. Orion 115, 3. Enfield 207, 4. Trent P 274, 5. Loughton 336, 6. Eton M 339, 7. V.P.H. ??? "Women" 1. Barnet 18, 2. Orion 40, 3. Trent P 50, 4. Loughton 73, 5. Orion "B" 79, 6. Eton Manor 92, 7. London H 114, 8. Orion "C" 116, 9. V.P.H. 130. |
| 21st Oct | North West London League, Harrow | More excellent performances in the second NWLL
fixture. Numbers attending are steadily rising (3 more than last time),
as are performance levels. Best efforts were those of Sean Dixon, who very
nearly pulled back the leader on the run in, and Katherine Henderson who
was 8th - her family all calling in with a loaded car on the way to the
Lakes for half term holiday, as she and Matt were so keen to compete for
the club. GU11: 9 Genesis Edwards, 19 Sarah Mason Team: 6th GU13: 8 Katherine Henderson Team: 5th GU15: 16 Philippa Horton Team: 8th BU11: 9 Ben Nagy, 10 James Goddard, 11 Matt Henderson, 18 Christian Louca, 21 Stephen Mason, 22 Owen Hind Team: 3rd BU13: 23 Chris Copping, 34 Scott Copping, 36 John Langley Team: 10th BU15: 31 Alex Horton Team: 10th BU17: 2 Sean Dixon, 10 Shaun Reid, 15 Nick Ottery, 18 John Gane Team: 2nd |
| 15th Oct | Standalone 10km | 16 Des Michael 35-41 2nd M50, 44 John Shirley
38-19, 60 Roger Thompstone 39-26, 64 Michael Sawyer 39-31 1st M60, 85 Nick
Bingham 40-29, 93 Helen Hoyle 40-41 6th L, 107 Jim Neville 41-17, 117 John
Fuller 41-59, 138 Leigh Harvey 42-53, 154 Howard Aiken 43-17, 203 Graham
Barnett 45-33, 248 John Fulcher 47-46, 281 Luke Thompstone 49-08, 282 Brian
Glover 49-09, 328 Maureen Shirley 52-14, 358 Brenda Harvey 54-05, 402 Tiffany
Stephens 56-48 Helen Hoyle was third in the Herts County Champs. Full results are available at: http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2000/stand10.htm |
| 7th Oct | North West London League, Ealing | In the BU11 we finished with runners in 3rd,
4th, 8th and 10th - which gave us a winning score by 18 points over Harrow.
For the BU17, Sean Dixon came 2nd, and Shaun Reid 7th in the BU17 race,
followed by newcomers Nick Ottery in 15th, and John Gane in 16th, which
gave us 2nd place in this age group. BU11: 3 James Goddard 9-39, 4 Ben Nagy 9-45, 8 Henry Crisp 10-15, 10 Matt Henderson 10-26, 12 Owen Hind 10-29, 19 Owen Randall 11-10, 26 Luca Macis 12-29. Team: 1st BU15: 21 Matt Holland 17-11. Team: 9th BU17: 2 Sean Dixon 16-24, 7 Shaun Reid 17-06, 15 Nick Ottery 18-39, 16 John Gane 18-42. Team: 2nd GU13: 10 Katharine Henderson 10-30. Team: 6th GU15: 20 Philippa Horton 13-46, 23 Sacha Rice 14-48. Team: 8th |
| 3rd Oct | Chingford League, Eastway 5km race | 1 Dave Candy 16.04, 10 Andy Cunningham 16.33, 13 Simon Hime 16.53, 14 Patrick O’Toole 16.55, 27 Des Michael V50 17.23, 34 Graham Adcock 17.34, 43 Liam O’Hare V50 18.09, 56 John Shirley V50 18.37, 74 Phil Cunningham Gst 19.19, 81 Helen Hoyle 1st W 19.30, 83 Francis Robinson V40 19.34, 95 Kirsty Johnstone 5th W 20.11, 105 Stephen Furby 20.34, 106 Dan Pavitt 20.34, 111 Colin Goulding 20.41, 114 John Mould V50 20.49, 143 Ted Kimber V60 22.02, 160 Peter Rice 22.52, 182 Alan Radley V50 25.54 |
| 1st Oct | S of Eng Womens Road Relays, Aldershot | Results: 1st. Shaftesbury, 2nd. Bedford 3rd.
Havant …. 29th. Barnet Fastest Individual: Liz Yelling (Bedford) 21. Helen Hoyle 14.49, 19. Leigh Harvey 15.41, 24. Frances Palmer 17.53, 29. Maureen Shirley 18.49 |
| 30th Sept | SEAA Road Relays, Aldershot |
Over 40 "A" (times are first lap, second lap, total): Lauro Franzese
11.08, 12.03, 23.11; Mike Stapleton 10.31, 10.55, 21.26; Eddie King 11.15,
11.51, 23.06; 29th Dave Wilcock 10.40 10.34 21.14 Over 40 "B": Clive Goddard 12.36, 13.09, 25.45; Andrew Hind 11.24, 11.46, 23.10; Tony Hamilton V60 12.50, 13.10, 26.00; 42nd Francis Robinson 11.18, 12.01, 23.19; Over 50 "A": Des Michael 10.35, 10.49, 21.24; Nick Bingham 11.29, 12.10, 23.39; Alan Harvey 11.28, 11.50, 23.18; 9th Liam O’Hare 11.09 11.10 22.19 Over 50 "B": Con Antoniou 11.58, 12.08, 24.06; Jim Neville 11.52, 12.11, 24.03; Stephen Hewitt 13.17, 14.12, 27.29; 25th Brian Strong V60 14.02, 14.34, 28.26; Over 60: Ron Higgs 12.03 ,13.08, 25.11; Bob Stewart 13.40, 15.23, 29.13; Ted Kimber 12.57, 13.53, 26.50; 3rd Mike Sawyer 11.39, 12.19, 23.58 ; Seniors: Patrick O’Toole 9.48, 10.16, 20.04; James Taylor 11.23, 12.28, 23.51; Stephen Pritchard 11.14, 11.09, 22.23; Simon Hime 10.02, 10.28, 20.30; Graham Adcock 10.44, 10.58, 21.42; Dave Candy 10.12 9.59 20.11 |
| 23rd Sept | Chingford League Road Relay |
A team: 2 Patrick O’Toole 12.34, 2 Andy Cunningham 12.24, 1 Dave
Wilcock V45 12.32, 2 James Taylor 13.32, 2 Liam O’Hare V50 13.39, 2 Francis
Robinson V40 14.20, |
| 17th Sept | Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon |
Despite the problems with petrol, Des Michael and Nick Bingham made the
trip to race around this picturesque lake. Des met with great success removing
2m.07s. from his previous best and was the 1st Vet 50 for which he won a
pair of trainers. Des finished in 27th place out of a total of 1,022 finishers!
His personal best is now 1.15.27. This time places him in 18th position
on our "All Time List". Nick also had a good race finishing 174th and 6th
Vet 55 in 1.27.02. |
| 16th Sept | St Albans Cross Country Relay |
A team: 6 Karen Bradley 19.13, 4 Helen Hoyle 18.06, 5 Kirsty Johnstone
18.57, 7 Leigh Harvey 19.59; |
Home | Joining | About the Club | Training | Fixtures | Magazine | Rankings | Records | Services
