Monthly archives: September 2014

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Join the RRR Committee

Romsey Road Runners benefits from the hard work and dedication of the club’s committee, who meet on a regular basis to keep the club ticking over and to make improvements. At the AGM coming up on 5th November, we will be looking for volunteers to fill the vacancies on the Committee, so if you want to give something back to the club check out the roles on offer:

Club Secretary

Main duties include – arrange and minute Committee meetings; arrange and minute AGM; arrange prizes and engraving for annual awards; secure club places for the London Marathon; renew annual subscriptions to affiliated organisations; process England Athletics membership for all club members; main point of contact for enquiries to the club; circulate relevant information to club members.

Contact Amanda Hull for further information ([email protected]).

Membership Secretary

Main duties include – process membership renewals (including payment) for all members at the beginning of each year; collect membership forms and fees from new members throughout the year; maintain database of members; distribute membership cards to all members.

Contact David Nixon for further information ([email protected]).

Team Captain

This was previously incorporated into the Fixtures Secretary role, however the Committee has recently decided to split this role so greater emphasis can be given to team events. Main duties for the Team Captain will include – promote CC6 and RR10 leagues, collect results and take club flag and kit tent to fixtures; recruit runners and timekeepers for Mile of Miles Relay teams and Test Way Relay teams; promote Hampshire Road Race League to members.

Contact Hannah Hunt for further information ([email protected]). 

Beer Race Director

Main duties include – chair the Beer Race committee, looking after the organisation of our annual 5 mile road race event. The race director is the point of contact for the UKA, obtains the race licence, and the course measurement certificates. In addition there is sponsorship, local authority contacts, car parking arrangements, and start/finish area permissions. They have overall responsibility on race day to ensure smooth running of the event from initiating the start to the final prize giving. All of this is supported by the dedicated members of the race committee with their defined roles.

The position is really rewarding and is a great opportunity to become involved in race organisation. Most of the procedures are already in place, and fully documented with a timed sequence of events established. So it’s merely a case of working through the target dates. Romsey Road Runners have hosted this event for many years with various club members taking on the role of Race Director from time to time, all with their individual skills and ability to ensure a successful race day.

Contact Hannah Hunt for further information ([email protected]).

Newsletter Editor

Collate articles from committee and club members to make up the four editions of the club newsletter each year. Arrange printing and distribution to club members.

Contact Dave Evenden for further information ([email protected]).

Social Secretary

Organise all those social events that have become an important part of the club calendar, including the Pasta Party, the BBQ after the Beer Race, the club trip and the Awards Evening. If there are a few people who want to team up and take on this role, this approach has been successful in the past.

Contact Alice Lane for further information ([email protected]).

Club AGM

The Romsey Road Runners AGM is being held on Wednesday 5th November, 7.30pm at Crossfield Hall.
It would be great to see as many members there as possible. As well as FREE PIZZA you get to have your say about club issues and vote in new members of the Committee. The draw for the Club’s London Marathon places will also take place.
 
If you have any particular issues you would like to see on the agenda please email secretary@romseyroadrunners.co.uk by 13th October.
We hope to see you there!
RRR Committee

Hampshire Cross Country League

Please be aware, Romsey Road Runners is not affiliated to the Hampshire Cross Country League for the 2014/15 season and members will not be able to compete in these races. 

This is due to poor attendance in previous years (only one member took part last year an we have to pay a club entry fee each season) and also due to the fact that only two of the five races in the league are held in Hampshire. This decision will be reviewed again ahead of the 2015/16 season so if anyone has any strong feelings about this please let the committee know.

Club Pentathlon

The club holds its own pentathlon competition each year, with your best five race results over six distances (5km, 5mile, 10km, 10mile, half marathon and marathon) counting towards the final results. There are three competition categories, men’s, ladies and over 50’s, and awards will be presented to the winners at the annual awards evening.

The 2013/14 pentathlon season began on 1st October 2013 and ends tomorrow (30th September). If you haven’t already please send your best race results for the six competitive distances to [email protected] by 13th October. You don’t need to have completed all six distances, even if you have only completed three or four please send them in.

For more information including the current standings please see http://www.romseyroadrunners.co.uk/race-diary/club-pentathlon-championship/

Results Round Up – 23/08/14

Saturday 13th September marked the annual Test Way Relay event. Runners from a variety of local clubs challenged themselves to be first get from Inkpen Beacon to Totton in a total of 8 legs. Romsey entered a mixed team and was placed 5th out of 14 teams in a total time of 5:50:24. This was despite last minute changes to the team due to injury. Thanks to Alice who stepped in last minute to run the first leg.

The team consisted of: Alice Lane 39:48, Becky Tovey 32:59, Becks Marriner 1:01:30, Wayne Windebank 35:27, Hannah Shutt 40:23, Sarah White 45:45 Christopher Brown 41:39 Daniel Lurcock 52:53.

Two RRRs took part in the 8th Annual Hursley 10k on Sunday 21st September. This is a multi-terrain route comprising of a mix of grass tracks and forest roads through the private grounds of Hursley Estate and Ampfield Woods. John Quayle, finished in 87th position in a time of 46:48 and Brenda Topliss, was 228th overall, 2nd in her age category with a time of 53:56.

Petersfield Tri 2014
Petersfield Tri 2014

Elsewhere, a further four Romsey Runners added a swim and cycle before their run to complete the Petersfield Sprint Triathlon. Organised by the Petersfield triathlon club and held in the grounds of Churchers College, Petersfield the triathlon consisted of a 400m pool swim followed by a challenging 25k bike ride and a 5k run to finish. The conditions on the day were blustery and cool to start with and around 300 competitors took part. Alice Lane completed the course in an overall time of 1:44:30 (9:46 swim, 1:04:22 bike, 27:01 run) followed by, Derek Kelly 1:46:05 (9:06 swim, 1:03:19 bike, 30:00 run), Julia Abab 1:55:14 (12:52 swim, 1:08:43 bike, 29:02 run) and finally, Liz Slade 2:05:31 (12:25 swim, 1:16:13 bike, 30:15 run).

And finally, Annie Tomlinson (still not running because of injury) completed the ladies only Cycletta bike event starting and finishing in Beaulieu. Annie finished 5th in the Macmillan fund raising cycle event in the ‘Challenge’ distance of 72km, in 2:50 and has raised just over £200 pounds for Macmillan Nurses.

Results Round Up – 16/09/14

Bounder 2014
Bounder 2014

Six RRR’s took part in the Broughton Bounder on Sunday morning, in the 4th annual staging of this local running event. The Bounder is a 9 mile trail event held over the undulating landscape of the Test Valley and includes over 300 metres of ascent. Runners start with a stiff climb out of the village before tackling a mix of rolling chalklands and several hills, which afforded long distance views in the clear conditions.

Matt Hammerton, previous winner of the event, just missed out to fellow RRR Peter Baksh. Both runners ran a close race throughout but Peter was able to kick ahead of Matt and hold a lead over the final half mile. At the finish just seconds separated the two. The battling performances of Baksh and Hammerton awarded RRR with the team prize for the 4th year running.

Individual Results
Peter Baksh
54:36
Matt Hammerton 54:45
Steve Reed 1:11:54
Jo Weguelin 1:22:09
Alice Lane 1:33:35
Charlotte Maslen 1:41:44

The winter CC6 events are about to commence, and anyone interested in taking part is welcomed to join RRR and participate.

Held through the winter, these low-key local cross-country races take place once a month at 9.30am on Sunday mornings, between October and March. Distances are between 4 and 5 miles and are run off-road; expect to get muddy feet! There is no need to enter in advance, just turn up on the day in a RRR club vest and run. Each club takes it in turn to co-host.

CC6 Fixtures
12 October – Fleming Park, Eastleigh
9 November – Dibden Enclosure, New Forest
23 November – Kings Garn Gutter, Stoney Cross (Romsey & Halterworth hosting)
14 December – Janesmoor Pond, Stoney Cross
11 January – Badger Farm, Winchester
15 February – Denny Wood, New Forest
1 March – Wilverley, New Forest

New members are very welcome.

Results Round Up – 09/09/14

A number of RRRs took part in this season’s Lakeside 5km series. This 5k sprint series is run at Hilsea Lido, Portsmouth on Wednesday evenings, over the summer. The final race took place on 27th August.

Tam Ryan completed 4 out of the 5 races. “After a frustrating first race and a disastrous final one, I managed to get my time down to 20:34, which is a personal best,” said Tam.

In the fourth race Tam came in as 3rd lady winning her age category in the overall series.

Lakeside 5k 2014
Lakeside 5k 2014

The Lakeside 5k series saw a number of other RRRs participating, with an especially large turn out at the last one.

Completing the final race for Romsey were: Jade Rolfe 20:17, Wayne Windebank 20:57, Paul Burnage 21:06, Tam Ryan 21:22, John Quayle 21:44 and Di Cross 24:39.

Club Handicap Challenge

Monday 8 September saw the club’s annual 5km handicap challenge play out round the streets of Braishfield.

Throughout the summer, members of the club ran in one or more of three separate 5km time trials to set the best time they can.  Using these results the club’s session leaders  set a handicap time for each individual that they are then challenged to try and beat.  The runner who beats their handicap by the greatest margin lifts the coveted trophy.

This year saw 33 members toe the start line with only 11 managing to beat the handicap.  Well done to everybody who took part, but the all important results are…

Jo Weguelin came in 3rd with a time gap of 27 seconds, narrowly pipped to 2nd by Tony Peelo with a time gap of 28 seconds.  But our winner on the night, and this years club champion, was Haly Nomm in a time of 00:24:30 and most importantly 39 seconds below her handicap time.

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1st Haly Nomm -39 seconds
2nd Tony Peelo -28 seconds
3rd Jo Weguelin -27 seconds
4th Sarah Humphries -23 seconds
5th Daniel Lurcock -22 seconds
6th Julie Shanka -20 seconds
7th Wayne Windebank -17 seconds
8th Paul Burnage -15 seconds
9th Rebecca Marriner -14 seconds
10th Derek Kelly -14 seconds
11th Karen Mason -11 seconds