5k Handicap 2022

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Monthly 5k Handicap 2022

After a 2 year suspension caused by the pandemic the Arrows monthly 5k handicap is finally back!

The third Tuesday of the month (unless notified otherwise) we run a 5k handicap race. Its a lot of fun and because we start the slower runners off first the quick people have to work extra hard if they want to win. We meet at the club as normal but try to be a few minutes early so that we can work out your start time etc.

After the race we either have tea and cake or occasionally head down to the Engineer pub for a bite to eat and a well earned drink. (You can come for / with cake / pub if you didn't run too.)

You can shower at St Georges if you wish.

We run on the Winter circuit from Sep onwards. Please wear high viz clothing. If you can't run please come along and help with the marshalling.

Running qualifies you to points in the Arrows club League and volunteering (marshalling, timing etc) earns you points for the volunteers League. Club League details see Club League 2022 . Pre-pandemic results see 5k Handicap

13th December - cancelled due to ice!

15th November

Report by Djerk Geurts

Tonight's Club 5k Handicap results

SOME STATISTICS

• Positions 1 to 5 were all first-timers! Welcome to all new members and those returning to the club 5k.
• Top 3: 1 Jack Brabin, 2 Tracy Carr & 3 Scott Clarke
• 4 PBs: Mark Pattison, Peter Thornton, Julie Horrocks & Chris Zhou.

THANK YOU

18th October

Report by Djerk Geurts

Tonight's Club 5k Handicap results

15 runners braved the cooling evening air. 5 PBs ensued, once again proving that the winter course should not be dismissed as slower than the summer course.

SOME STATISTICS

• 1 first-timer, who took second place. Welcome and well done Carolyn Burley.

• 5 PBs: Aisling Patterson, Julian Jones, Janie Morris, Phil Dean and Rob Ward.

• Rob Ward has come 1st in two consecutive Club5k races. Shaving a whopping 1:33 off his first Club5k time. Will he continue his streak next Month?

• We had the same amount of helpers/marshals as runners: 15

• Simon Speirs somehow counted 18 runners , though he claims it was his phone's fault... 

THANK YOU

Well done to all runners and a huge thanks to the (15!) marshalls and caterers for another fantastic Club 5k and cake night. See you in a month's time for the next one.

Helpers and marshals: Aly Northedge, Simon Speirs, Anita White, Andrea Ginger Carter, Christine Ferguson, Sharon Neely, Helen Spokes, Julian Tall, Doug Walmsley, Tom Honnywill, Audrey Zilliox Herrbach, Lyndon Hearn, Andrew Neal Wilkins, Claire Watts, Peter Thornton & Djerk Geurts

20th September

Report by Djerk Geurts

And tonight's Club 5k Handicap results are in...

On this cool but dry night, there were 17 runners who all did some great running. A whopping 7 of them were first-timers. Three were in the first four:

1.Rob Ward (first time)
2.Audrey Zilliox Herrbach
3.Doug Walmsley (first time and also won by finish time)
4.Julian Tall (first time)

And who still dares to say the winter course might be slower after we clocked three PBs: Audrey Zilliox Herrbach (23:30), James Blackburn (27:06) & James Edgar (21:41)!

Well done to all runners and a huge thanks to the (14!) marshalls and caterers for another fantastic Club 5k and cake night. See you in a month's time for the next one.

Footnote 1: Sadly we did have a DNF tonight, due to a runner getting lost. But thankfully she was found and enjoyed company and cake afterwards.

Footnote 2: Richard Moreton managed to miss his allocated starting time slot and thus set off 3:13 late. I think this is the first time I've seen such a substantial self-imposed handicap.

16th August

Report by Djerk Geurts

Tonight's Club 5k Handicap results!
A warm dry yet slightly muggy night with first-timers' in positions 1 (David Mackay), 2 (Gemma Abbot) and 3 (Emily Shotter). What a great way for a trial run bagging 2 top 3 positions and enjoying cake! Tonight we had seven first-timers since we restarted this event after the long Covid break.
PBs from Neringa Cobb (by a whopping 1:10), Philip Dean and Helen Camfield. Amazing in this heat.
Well done to all runners and thanks to the marshalls and caterers for another excellent Club 5k event! See you in a month's time for the next one.

26th July 2022

Report by Peter Thornton

Here are the results for tonight's 5k handicap race. 18 runners participated, despite the England football match being on. Well done England!

Pauline Theobald was the winner, with Chris Zhou in second position and Simon Hodgson third.

Well done to Simon Hodgson, Graham Harper, Claire Price, Lanna Shaw and Mark Pattison who all managed to achieve a personal best in this event.

Thanks also to Djerk Geurts, Stephen McKee, Helen Harper, Christine Ferguson, Steve Green, Dan Green and Rhona McKee for their help with marshalling and catering tonight and to all cake bakers / buyers.

14th June 2022

Report by Peter Thornton

Well done to all runners and thanks to the marshalls and caterers for another excellent Club 5k event! See you in a month's time for the next one 

17 May 2022

Race report by Peter Thornton

Here are the results for tonight's 5k on the summer club 5k course on the Nickey Line. Fortunately it stayed dry despite the rain forecast.

Simon might have appeared to have finished first, but he was helping me with the timing so started first too. His position has been adjusted to 17th place to reflect his handicapped time (sorry Simon )

19 April 2022

Race report by Peter Thornton

We had 22 runners and tonight's winner was Julie Horrocks who also managed to shave over 4 minutes off her time from last month. David Sandner was second and Janie Morris came third. There were seven PBs and quite a few first timers (since we restarted the Club 5k last month). Well done Adrian Cloake for running the fastest 5k time of 18:47 this month.

After the race we retired to St Georges and enjoyed some chat, a tea/coffee and a wonderful selection of delicious cakes provided by club members. It was great to see the new club kit that Rowland Hughes brought along too. I am interested in getting the new hi-vis Arrows running shirt that will soon be available.

Thanks to all volunteers: June Rowlands, Rhona McKee, Sharon Stanley, Lisa Munt, Steve Mowles, Claire Watts, Stephen McKee, David Russell, Jillian Russell, Isabel Green, Philip Trowmans, Aly Northedge, Simon Speirs and Christine Ferguson, all people who brought cakes and anyone else I may have missed.

23 March 2022

Results form this month's 5k Handicap:

Elaine Durno was 'home' first in 30:48, congratulations on your win!

Lots of PBs last night, everyone in fact as it was the first race. Sadly I don't have much of a reference yet as to who may have improved on their last time, more on that next time.

Finish times in order of race finish position:
1 Elaine Durno 00:30:48
2 Jillian Russell 00:30:49
3 Shaun Drury 00:31:36
4 Andrea Carter 00:28:29
5 Clare Childs 00:28:33
6 Emma Kitley 00:33:18
7 Julie Horrocks 00:33:20
8 Julian Sadler 00:22:00
9 Melissa Bridge 00:24:04
10 David White 00:23:06
11 Audrey Zilliox 00:23:45
12 Christina Smith-Graham 00:26:49
13 Marc Langsman 00:22:22
14 Philip Tromans 00:21:20
15 Claire Price 00:23:10
16 Rachel Herriott 00:27:24
17 Graham Harper 00:27:26
18 Nicholas Semple 00:20:11
19 George Hill 00:18:58
20 Mark Pattison 00:22:48
21 Adam Mattison 00:20:23
22 Ben Cullis 00:22:24
23 Sam Walker 00:30:58
24 Muiris O'Connell 00:20:02
25 Ian Bryson 00:17:28
26 Joanne Richards 00:28:29
27 Neil Hewitt 00:24:28
28 Brian Yates 00:33:06

Thanks to all volunteers and to all who brought cake!

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