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News: Road Running
Half-marathon results: Reading and White Horse
Congratulations to the 21 club members who completed the 2012 Reading Half-marathon. The club contingent was led home by Nick Jones, closely followed by Mark Vardy.
Club finishers, positions and times; Full results
Newbury finishers in the junior Green Park Challenhe were: Phillip Carter 25th (11:05), Matthew Pudney 62nd (11:53) and Jenny Pudney 73rd (12:03).
James Craggs followed his excellent run in Saturday at the Olympic Park with another strong performance in Sunday’s White Horse Half. James took 25th place with a time of 1:20:29. Dave Wright was the only other Newbury entrant and also ran strongly finishing 45th in 1:24:03.
Weekend round-up: 24/25 March
Several Newbury athletes were in running and duathlon action at the weekend.
Irwin Fairclough finished 21st in the M55-59 category at the Bristish Masters Cross-country championships in Bath. Dave Wright followed his strong perfomance in the Newbury Duathlon (see below) with 166th place in 38:37 in a high quality (first 13 ran under 32 minutes) Eastleigh 10K. Samuel Wright ran the U12s 1 mile at Eastleigh, finishing 25th in a field of over 300 whilst Dean Makar came 34th in Carterton 10k on Sunday in a time of 40min 33secs. On Saturday, Sophie Crumly set a new women’s course record of 18:43 at the Newbury Park Run . There were also course PBs for: Chloe Coxhead (20:41); Hannah Wolak (23:42); Debbie Dawes (24:17); Wendy Dallimore (25:10) and Florence Barry (26:27).
Seven club members completed the Newbury Duathlon (5K run, 25K bike, 5K run) at Chieveley with Dave Wright the best finisher taking 16th place in 1:28:35. Other results: Emiliano Espinar 29th 1:33:16; Dean Makar 46th 1:33:16; Lucy Hartley 74th 1:42:16; Sue van Huyssteen 98th 1:46:32; Charlotte Winton 124th 1:57:50 and Sue Hitchcox 130th 2:00:35.
Susie wins in the states
Susie Bush is taking the opportunity to take in some races while she is back in the USA, and it did not take long for Susie to get back to winning ways. Taking part in the Anthem 5km Fitness Classic held in Louisville, Kentucky, Susie was the first Woman home in a very impressive time of 17mins,10 secs.
Well done Susie, and we wish you well in your forthcoming races.
Weekend round up – 17th/18th March
18 club members turned out this Saturday, despite the rain, to run in the Newbury parkrun. Sam Hall achieved his first win in a time of 17:28. Other runners were as follows: 18th Ellis Inglut 20:36; 28th Phillip Carter 21:41; 30th Adam Shaw 21:47; 42nd Chloe Coxhead 22:45; 47th Ellie Williams 23:15; 61st Hannah Wolak 24:43; 69th Catherine Tuttle 25:26; 70th Christopher Worth 25:33; 72nd Wendy Dallimore 25:41; 75th Karen Matthew 26:02; 83rd Des Fielding 26:24; 87th Liz Harkness 26:37; 90th Becky Coxhead 26:48; 104th Tony Hayes 27:39; 127th Liana Hamilton-King 29:56; 149th Emma Carter 31:54. Dave Wright accompanied youngest son Toby.
Alan at Exbury
Alan Money took 2nd place from a field of 450 at Exbury Gardens 10K in the New Forrest on Sunday.
At the 5km mark, the course left the road onto the 1km foreshore path which was a mix of shingle and sand (wash over from the beach) and by this stage Alan had created an increasing gap in 1st place, but an error with the route signs meant he went the wrong way running up hill towards the light house.
Dropping to 3rd place and having to play catch up, the next 500 meters were over the rest of energy zapping shingle path, then back onto the road running uphill for the next 3km’s. Catching the 2nd place runner at 7km’s, Alan then moved to joint 1st place at the 8km stage. Coming into the 9th km, it was neck and neck but unfortunately giving his all to get back in the lead, Alan lost on the sprint finish on the hill pipped to the line by 3 seconds in a time of 35.03. The error at the 5km mark meant that both first place and the course record were lost over what proved to be a very challenging course, especially the ‘beach run’, but a race through country lanes, along the beach front and through Exbury gardens made for a an enjoyable morning out.
Wolf’s pit fell race – Derbyshire
Thank goodness that's over!!!
Dean Makar and Chris Hobson competed in the Wolf’s pit fell race at the weekend . The race was 5.7 miles with 1500 ft climbing up Shatton moor Nr Bamford , Derbyshire , and the sun was on top form !!
The winner was Simon Bailey in 38:17. Chris was 97th in 54 mins & Dean114th in 55:38.
Newbury AC Club Tracksuits – last order date
Message from Sara Rudd
Closing date for the next order of tracksuits is 14th March. Please place your your order by this date at the latest if you haven’t already done so.
List of juniors currently qualifying is available here:track suits people 2012.
Any Adults wishing to order a tracksuit should contact Sara Rudd for further details.
Easter Handicap, Sunday 8th April
Club President, Keith Scott is organizing the annual Easter Handicap. This will be held over the traditional 1.8 mile multi-terrain course starting at 10:30am at Northcroft Park. The event is open to all club members, family and friends. Advanced entry is strongly encouraged and is free. Please e-mail Keith Scott with your details.
New Wednesday Social Run in Newbury
Local sports shop, Wild Sports are organizing a regular Wednesday evening Social Run for runners of all abilities. The run leaves the shop in Bartholomew Street at 6:20pm (meet anytime from 6pm) and distances will start at 3K. Please contact Tony Hayes at Wild Sports (01636 237200) for further information.
Winchester 10K
Only two Newbury atheletes were among the 600+ competitors in the Winchester 10K on Sunday. Irwin Fairclough finished 21st (2nd M55) in 38:14 and Malcolm Knight was 357th (5th M65) in 52:41. Beautiful day, undulating course and a well organized event.
Weekend Roundup 18/19 February
On Sunday, Peter Crisp finished 50th in the Wokingham Half-Marathon in a time of 1:15:37. In the same race Dean Makar ran 1:24:34 to finish 163rd. There were 2,185 finishers.
On Saturday, eleven club members took part in the Newbury Park Run. They were led home by Sam Hall who was 5th in 17:15. Lucy Hartley was 2nd Lady in 21:58. Full results can be found on the Park Run website (see sidebar)