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LCL Champions!!
11/08/2008 by Andy.
At Bryn Bach park on Tuedsay 5th August, Chepstow Harriers won the men’s and ladies’ team prizes for the annual Leisure Centre League road race series 2008. Both teams also won the overall (combined road and cross-country) series.
Well done to all who took part on the evening and throughout the year. It was a great team effort - who said running was an individual sport?
Congratulations also to the category prize winners:
1st L55 - Brenda Avery
1st M40 - Martin Pengilly
1st M60 - Dick Finch
2nd M55 - Bill Savage
2nd M60 - Syd Wheeler
3rd SM - Steve Caldwell
Bryn Bach results here: Bryn Bach Summer 2008
Series results here: LCL Final Results Summer 2008
Track Extravaganza - results announced
11/08/2008 by Andy.
After much swearing at Excel, I’ve finally managed to pull together the results from July’s club championship “track extravaganza”.
This event consisted of 5 different events: 1500m (ish) steeplechase, 1 mile, 800m, 400m and 100m.
A total of 25 men and 20 ladies took part in the “challenging” mid-summer conditions (not quite as warm and sunny as we’d hoped!) and most (if not all) seemed to enjoy themselves taking on the shorter-than-usual distances.
Each race was scored as if it was a normal championship race (so, 50 points for first place and 50 points for best age %).
The “position points” for each of the five events were then added up to give an overall “position in race” ranking. The highest scorer here was awarded 50 championship points, the second placed 49 points and so on. Separately, the same thing was done for “age related points”.
In this way, July’s championship scores are evenly balanced with the other months. There was obviously an advantage in doing all 5 races, but championship points have been awarded to all participants, even if they only did one of the races.
Hope that makes sense.
Anyway, results for each individual race are here.
The July championship scores are here.
Updated tables for the championship race 2008 are here (men) and here (ladies).
Note that Jane and Geoff Bayliss, plus Steve Harris have taken part in all seven races to-date and so have discarded their worst “A” score (since a maximum of 4 races may be included from any category and we’ve done 5 “A” races).
Bryn Bach Park LCL - Tuesday 5th August
04/08/2008 by Andy.
It’s the final race in this year’s summer Leisure Centre League series and both Chepstow teams are leading their respective tables going into the event. There are also a number of club members with opportunity to win individual glory - but with all races counting, few can afford to miss this last event!
The race takes place at Bryn Bach Country Park, starting at 7:30pm. Parking will be extremely limited due to an orienteering event also taking place in the park - can all runners please try to share cars as much as possible?
We will meet at Chepstow Leisure Centre ready to leave at 5:45pm.
For those heading straight to the race, I’ve done a Google search and come up with the following: http://www.aboutbritain.com/maps/brynbachcountrypark-map.asp. For the “Sat Nav” users amongst us, the post code is NP22 3AY (note it’s near Tredegar, NOT near Tredegar House - mentioning no names Mr Club Captain).
Hope to see you there!
Kymin Dash (or should that be Kymin Krawl?)
28/07/2008 by Andy.
While Esther and Lou were battling the heat and hills of Bath (well done to both!) a contingent of Harriers took part in the traditional “Kymin Dash” race in Monmouth.
This race of “around 7 miles” (my GPS measured 6.5) starts with a loop of the town before a three mile climb to the top of the Kymin (around 850 feet above sea level) on lanes, forest tracks and fields. Apparently some people managed to run the whole way up, but I gave in to lack of fitness early on and walked (which was hard enough in that heat)!
Having finally reached the top (after several false summits) it was back onto the road for the thrilling descent. Apparently the road used to be quite tricky due to pot holes, but it has been re-surfaced and was very fast - I clocked a PB in the first downhill mile, slowing only for the hair-pin bends as I attempted to make up time following my capitulation on the climb.
Back down the hill to town, a quick loop round and there was the finish, ably manned by, amongst others, Chepstow’s own Syd Wheeler and Sue Browne.
Results are not up on the site (www.kymindash.co.uk) yet, but first Chepstow runner home (and third overall) was Ivan, followed by Matt Stott, myself, Gerry, Sue, Roberta and Eric. In the team event, we tied for second place with Parc Bryn Bach (first 3 home out of 4).
It was a tough run (though a rewarding second half!) and the heat was terrible - but the sun was out, the support was great and there were some beautiful views. It’s a little pricey at £10 on-the-day, but I think I might be back one day (after all, I’m sure I could run up that hill if I was a little bit fitter…).
Well worth considering for next year!
Tintern Trot 2008 Results
25/07/2008 by Andy.
It was a hot and humid evening, making life difficult - and I was only a marshal!
Well done to all of the 130 competitors in this year’s race - we hope you enjoyed it and will be back next year for more of those hills.
Thanks to all organisers and helpers, we couldn’t do it without you!
First home was Chepstow Harrier Paul Murrin. Paul was second last year and sixth in 2006 showing good, gradual progression - made even more impressive given the nasty back injury suffered earlier this year. Well done Paul - we will, of course, not believe you next time you claim you’re injured and “not fit yet”!
Another Harrier, Matt Stott (6th in 2007), was second with Bridgend’s Bryn Griffiths (13th in 2007) close behind in third position.
In the women’s race, Angela Tyrrell from San Domenico was first to cross the line, breaking second placed Helen Fines’ winning streak. The Bristol & West athlete won the race in 2006 and 2007, so was going for a hat-trick of wins - guess you’ll have to start again next year Helen!
The third placed lady was Amanda Richardson from the Hogweed Trotters club; first Chepstow Harrier was Jan Morris.
Full results are here: tintern-trot-250708.pdf
East Wales Championship - 10km
23/07/2008 by Andy.
Results are now available on the website for the competitors in the East Wales 10km Championship, which was incorporated into the Magor Marsh race.
Congratulations to all who took part and to all category winners.
See this link for the results and winners.
Magor Marsh 10K - a race well run!
20/07/2008 by Andy.
The day dawned bright and sunny, but not too warm - pretty good conditions for a jaunt along the quiet lanes of Monmouthshire.
207 runners (plus one wheelchair) completed the 10 kilometre course, where course records were set (pretty inevitable that, for the first running of the event) by first man home Andrew Hussey (33:31) and Amy Chalk (34:27) who was first lady and fourth overall. Andrew Palmer, a T44 category athlete recorded one of the fastest times in the world this year (38:55) - so it truly is a fast course.
Well done to all!
Results and photos are now available from the main site.
Tintern Trot News - Road Closure
13/07/2008 by Andy.
Rather unhelpfully (for the race, if not for the residents of Tintern) the Wye Valley Road (A466) will be closed by the landslip in Tintern between 6pm and 10pm on July 24th.
This will impact access to Tintern Abbey from the Monmouth direction.
Please make allowance for this in your timings when attending the Tintern Trot. It may be possible to park on the Monmouth side of the closure and jog/walk to the start (I estimate it’s less than half a mile, but I’m not promising anything!).
Rose Inn series - race III results
11/07/2008 by Andy.
Another good turn out saw an exciting third event in the 2008 Rose Inn race series on Tuesday 8th July, with Peter Coles (MV45) of Pontypridd Roadents leading the field home in a time of 21:25. First lady was Angela Tyrrell (SL) of San Domenico, finishing in 23:36.
The first Chepstow runner, in sixth place, was Mark Harvey with a personal best performance of 23:05. At the current rate of improvement, we should see Mark breaking 23 minutes for the first time in August!
Other notable performances by men were those by Ian Withers, first Junior man and second in the race, finishing in 21:47; Justin Rowley (1st Senior man, in 21:52); Rogers Chamberlain (MV35, 23:42); Paul Harris (MV40, 23:15); Dougal Wilson-Croombe (MV50, 25:15); Mick Tabor (MV55, 23:50); John Turner (MV60, 26:05) and Roger Wilson (MV65+, 25:43).
For the ladies, Abbie Price was first Junior in a time of 40:10; Joanne Davis (LV35, 30:15); Kate Rees (LV40, 28:20); Julie Scholey (LV45, 27:51); Gill Murphy (LV50, 35:19); Brenda Avery (LV55+, 29:53).
Well done to all competitors and we hope to see you for the final race in the series, on Tuesday 12th August.
The results can be found here: Rose Inn 2008 - race III results.
There are also updated results for race II, following a correction reported on the night: Rose Inn 2008 - updated race II results
June Championship results announced
06/07/2008 by Andy.
Following a huge turnout at the Caerleon Leisure Centre League race (31 men and 14 ladies) the championship scores have been calculated and the league tables updated. See the championship page for details.
Congratulations to Steve Harris and Jane Bayliss who are currently leading the tables as we reach the half-way stage in the year!
