March Results 2003

Warwickshire Relays 29/3/3,Bath Half Marathon 24/3, Draycote 5m 23/3/3, Wilmslow Half Marathon 23/3/3,  Stafford Half Marathon 23/3/3, Banbuy 15m 16/3/3 , Rushclife Park 10k 16/3 Ashby 20m 16/3, Gloucester 20m 9/3/3, Reading Half Marathon 9/3/3, Daffodil Half Marathon 2/3/3, London Flora Half Marathon  Silverstone Grand Prix 12pm 2/3/3, Birmingham XC League – Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton 1/3/3

15   Races Completed,  94  runners

Warwickshire Relays 29/3/3

Mens (4 per team)
 Ladies (3 per Team)
Rich O'Shea 14m50s
Pete Austin 15m46s
Pete Armstron 16m46s
Garry Thomas 15m36s
Total 62n58s

Danny McHugh  16m17s
Bob Adams 16m55s
Rob Sharratt 17m06s
Steve Mason 18m14s
Total 69m12s

Tom Gillon 16m565
Mark Baker 17m45s
Andy Whitehouse 18m25s
Martin Smith 17m01s
Total 70m1s

Steve Simpson 17m46s
Alan jones 17m49s
Keith Viner 18m47s
Tony French 21m14s
Total 75m30s
 		Dawn O'Shea  16m17s
Loreti Denley 18m42s
Emily Ducker 19m01s
Total 54m

Julie Neville 20m46s
R Staff 19m25s
Did Not complete a team

Bath Half Marathon

John Ralph 1h46m03s (Over 60)

Draycote 5m 23/3/3

Rob Barry 28m25s
Rich O'Shea 28m41s
Bob Adams 32m43s
Rob Sharratt 34m54s
Julie Neville 39m17s
Sylvia Gutherie 40m47s
Lynne Cook 43m58s
Angela Curtis 46m23s
Report: (Rob Barry)
This was the perfect spring day for going out to Draycote Reservoir, relaxing on the grass with good friends and a lovely picnic spread to help the day slip by. Unfortunately, none of us had thought of that option and we raced around the edge of the reservoir instead. There were a few hundred runners and there was a lovely warm atmosphere before the start. The weather was certainly tempering people's competitive edge. The course was all road but traffic free. The only real challenge was a bit of a breeze and a few undulations. On the right day it would have the potential for a PB course. With Inter Counties races and marathon schedules to be honoured on the same day Northbrook only managed to field a small team but it was good to see a few of our newer members competing.

Wilmslow Half Marathon 23/3/3

Meanwhile representing  Warwickshire in the All England National Counties:

74th Male, 64th O/40M  Mick O'Shea 1:14:12
14th Lady  overall 4th L35 Dawn O'Shea 1:22:57
 56th Lady, 1st L55,  Loretto Denley 1:33:31

Inter Counties Men
7: Warwickshire............... [ 36, 60, 76] 172 pts
Inter Counties Ladies
4: Warwickshire............... [ 137, 208, 310] 655 pts
 http://www.joelee.co.uk/resindex.html

Stafford Half Marathon

113, 26th O/40,  Danny McHugh 1h29m07s 

Banbury 15m 16/3

Stephanie Berry - 2.17.39

Rushcliffe Park 10km 16/3

Rob Sharratt     54th   43.14
Julie Neville    87th   46.39
report: two laps around Rushcliffe park - beautiful.

Ashby 20m,  16/3

77 Adrian Powell 02:19:43
175 Ian Strain 02:35:10
180 Lawrence Thompson 02:35:59
252  Paul McKeeney 02:45:36
354 Andy Walker 02:59:43
463 finishers,  26th out of 49 Mens Team (1st 3 to count)

Gloucester 20m Frampton-on-Seven 9/3/3

28 2:14:59 Richard French
30 3:15:16 Richard Vaughan
89 2:29:39 Gareth Knight
111 2:36:42 Ian Strain
118 2:37:26 Paul Lawlor
125 2:38:10 Thomas Gillon
158 2:47:15 Loz Thompson

Sutton Park Marathon Training Day 9/3/3

Tony Macness
Sarah McNaney - 2.55 04
Lucinda ?? - 2.55.04
Lisa ?? 2.57
Richard Hands 2.57
Sharon Thompson - 2.58
Stephanie Berry 2.59

Report : Sarah McNaney
This event was put on by 'Runners World'. The recorded times were fairly even as we were all in pace groups.
Good day out, very windy and hilly but a good run was had by all!!

Reading Half Marathon 9/3/3

Gary Thomas 1:25.52, position 173.
Steve Mason 1h35m47s 852 PB
Paul McGurk 1h35m23s 912
John Elliott 1h38m57s 1110 PB
Andy Whitehouse 1h47m24s 1922 PB
Norman Gilkes 1h57m32s 2910


Report:
It was a well organised event even though it started 1/2hr late due to
marshalling problems, the crowd was really good all the way round the
course, which I needed at the 11 mile mark as my legs decided to turn to
lead.

And now for Something completely different - Sunday off road runs

Report and Event : P Austin 9/3/3
Northbrook runners: Pete Austin, Rob Barry, John Bird & Mick O'Shea

Daffodil 1/2,Castle Ashby, Northampton 2/3/3

Sarah McNaney 1.45.04 (PB)
Andrea Ghiel 1.49.??
Sarah Edkins 1.51.15
Sylvia Guthrie 1.52.54
Catrina Gavin 1.56 ??
Stephanie Berry 1.56.??
www.katcsys.co.uk/

London Flora Half Marathon, Silverstone Grand Prix 12pm 2/3/3

Chip Pos, Chip Time, Race Number, Surname, Firstname, Gender, Category, Cat, Pos, Chip Time, Total In Cat
41 1:21:07 3198 Osborn Peter M MV 45 - 49 5 366
147 1:26:15 3310 Gray Alastair M MS 107 2872  PB
1226 1:42:14 3261 Hands Richard M MS 826 2872  **PB
1919 1:47:33 3273 Ralph John M MV 60 - 64 18 54 N **PB
4457 2:07:44 3388 Thorburn Lee-Anne F FS 700 1242
5013 2:13:23 3260 Curtis Angela F FV 35 - 39 221 329 **PB
http://www.london-marathon.co.uk

Birmingham League Final race – Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton 1/3/3

Rob Barry 9
Mick O'Shea 17
J Guest 30
Rich O'Shea 34
Daniel Grose 46
Neil Walker 52

 R French 55
P Austin 7
T Wiight 64
R Vaughan 66
D McHugh 74
P Armstrong 75
 G Thomas 81
P Lalwor 85
S Simpson 98
T Gillon 99
J Bird 102
B Adams 103
 E Simmons 109
T Jiordan 126
S Mason 130
C Chiter  135
A Whitehouse 137
K Vinner 141
T French 154

Results Analysis:
The following table shows that the 3rd race was where Northbrook actually lost the race. Also Kenilworth fielded their strongest team in the last race.
Kenilworth
 203
 165
 165
 114
Northbrook
 158
 158
 233
 188

See XC Link
Report: Rob Barry
Potentially this was going to be a big race for Northbrook as we were only 11 points adrift from promotion to the second division. But the grapevine had already been busy with news that Kenilworth were taking this one very seriously and were going to field a really sharp team. The bookies were certainly not backing our chances. But, as always, Northbrook turned out in force with 26 runners on the day. Having a coach to take our runners and supporters to the event certainly created a few cracks in the opposition’s psyche.
The 5 mile course was fast, flat and not particularly inspiring but all our runners certainly put in committed performances with most posting excellent finishing positions.
Unfortunately, we were out gunned by Kenilworth on the day and had to retreat to the Rainbow to lick our wounds. Judging by the volume after we had fed and watered, the disappointment wasn’t too hard to swallow.
I think that Northbrook has had an excellent Birmingham League season. Except for the freezing event at Stafford we have fielded large teams and definitely hosted the best of the four events. Our catering is second to none.
Thanks to everyone that has been involved, especially those of you that travel from afar to be part of it. I take this desire to represent Northbrook in this great team event to be a real strength.
I hope that we can maintain this momentum and get some bumper teams out for the road season ahead.