XC Grace Dieu - 31st Jan 2010
Hi All,
At Grace Dieu in the -2 deg sunshine i have again been amazed by the turn out and by the brilliant performances given by everybody today. We started the day of 4 juniors - Bethen & Jack Padbury (1st time) - Ben Masser & Harry (Smiler) Whitelegg, they all did very well (results to follow).
Today we had staggered starts for the Men's & Ladies races which worked out very well as it can get very conguested on this course. This course is a very technical course and shoe choice would be key especially with the ground going from soft to hard and back agian. I think our results showed that we all got it right with the Men getting all 8 counter's within the first 61 places, and as a Team managing 2nd overall.
Individual results:
Ladies - 13th Linda Whitelegg, 40th Gill McGarry, 67th Alex Pryor, 73rd Wendy Nicholson, 90th Karen Burnett, 95th Andrea Earley
Mens - 3rd Tom Shardlow, 8th Richard Whitelegg, 18th Rob Hall-McNair, 19th Dave Masser, 22nd Simon Earley, 32th John Padbury, 37th Mark Frost, 61st Jason Brotherhood, 170th Andy Lauder, 174th Adrian Whalley, 194th roy Russell, 202nd Dev Patel, 225th Neil Keer, 236th Bryan Sutton, 240th Trevor Batchelor.
Team Results:
Ladies - 1st Hatton 47, 2nd Wreake 75, 3rd Shepshed 96, Ivanhoe 99, West End 111, Desford 131, Huncote 132, Shelton 144, Hinckley 193 - a total of 15 team's entered in all.
Men's - 1st Hinckley 200, 2nd Hatton 203, 3rd Mkt Harborough 289, Shelton 442, Derby Tri 459, Wreake 524, Ivanhoe 525, Barrow 559 - a total of 18 team's entered in all.
Combined - 1st Hatton 186, 2nd Hinckley 259, 3rd Shelton 427, Mkt Harborough 445, Ivanhoe 449, Wreake 459 - a total of 16 team's entered in all.
In my conclusion on the day if you look at who turned out and the performances given we again have had a very good day, and if you take a look at the results we are only a few places short of top spot.
So all i can ask now is that we all make our own race at Bosworth Battlefield Centre - 14th Feb the one where we get that Top Spot and let's see if we can bring the Title Home to Hinckley Running Club.
You all have the Legs for it! the Speed for it! the Grit & determination for it! and the Burning Desire for it! So let's get together and go get it! and in the word's of our Coach this morning - Come On Hinckley!!!!!
Well done everyone for today!
Steve - XC Rep
Official Photo's available from www.runner-photos.co.uk
Grace Dieu travelling Adventure
Hi All,
Before i start of my review i would like to tell you first about the Grace Dieu travelling Adventure.
A small group of us had arranged to meet in the Leisure Centre car park at 9am, we all assembled promptly and each of us jumped into 3 cars, Mine - Dev's & Roy's. We set off in the sprinkling of snow Roy leading the way followed by me and Dev, here is the route we took with hidden clues along the way.
Up Trinity Lane and left at the light down to the old picture house opposite the Police Station (Richard goes by heading for the M69) down Hollycroft we go to Morrison's and up the perimiter road to Ashby road light's (John Padbury goes by heading for Coalville) of we go down the perimiter road (New bypass ahead) into Earl Shilton we head and through to the bottom of the New Bypass - (Is it clear what we are doing yet!) left at the roudabout and then left into Desford (don't ask!) through Desford and turn left for Ratby (now we've lostDev!!) Roy stop's for a breather while i go fetch Dev then of we go to Botcheston and yes were on the duel carriage way to Shepshed - past the Shepshed slip road we go down to the M1 roundabout (No! No! your'e thinking) yes were off up onto the M1 to Loughborough, guess what we did'nt get that far we left the M1 early at the Shepshed turn (Few! Yippee! Yes!) Me and Alex both thought Roy was following his SatNav, so when we got to Grace Dieu i had to ask Roy and he said No he was'nt! so my conclusion and advice is not to rush out and buy the New RoyNav satnav! even if it's Buy one get Three Free! Sorry Roy! I'm going to Inverness by Plane!
So to Dave Masser i am sorry but you have lost your (Getting lost before a XC) title to Roy!
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In Stitches!
Barrow 6 24.01.10 - amended
Barrow 6 took place this morning - on a fine sunny morning.
Quite a good turnout - but not as many as Ashby - Mens result will probably not be very good - especially as I counted towards the team score! (andy) but there were some good individual performances. Blind runner was included - so some positions have moved.
17 Hinckley Runners with 100% so far.
HRC Record books - Tom became 3rd fastest for this distance.
Richard and Hairy taken 1st and 2nd for M40+ and Malcolm M65
Team Results
Ladies A - 6th - Overall 6th
Ladies B - 9th - Overall 7th
Vet Ladies - 5th - Overall 5th
Men - 6th - Overall 6th
VetMen - 4th - Overall 2nd
Ladies
| 46:37 | F | 59 | GILL | McGARRY | |
| 48:13 | F | 74 | ANNE | ASHTON | |
| 48:56 | F | 82 | COLETTE | ROACH | |
| 51:59 | F | 115 | RACHEL | HALLETT | |
| 53:10 | F | 123 | WENDY | NICHOLSON | |
| 57:31 | F | 153 | ALAINE | LARGE | |
| 59:41 | F | 160 | ERICA | FISHER | |
| 60:06 | F | 162 | ODETTE | TAYLOR | |
| 60:56 | F | 167 | ELAINE | WISCHHUSEN | |
| 61:00 | F | 168 | KAREN | BURNETT | |
| 62:34 | F | 170 | IRENE | BATCHELOR |
Mens
| 33:05 | M | 11 | THOMAS | SHARDLOW | |
| 34:17 | M | 21 | RICHARD | WHITELEGG | |
| 34:47 | M | 32 | ROBERT | HALL-McNAIR | |
| 38:52 | M | 107 | JASON | BROTHERHOOD | |
| 40:01 | M | 133 | NIGEL | BASSNETT | |
| 44:09 | M | 223 | JOSEPH | BROOKS | |
| 44:30 | M | 229 | NEIL | TATTON | |
| 45:42 | M | 254 | ANDY | LAUDER | |
| 46:05 | M | 259 | NEIL | KEAR | |
| 47:07 | M | 273 | STEVE | POOLE | |
| 48:57 | M | 293 | MALCOLM | NICHOLSON | |
| 50:30 | M | 300 | BRYAN | SUTTON | |
| 53:38 | M | 318 | TREVOR | BATCHELOR | |
| 57:24 | M | 335 | BOB | DARNBROOK | |
| 60:44 | M | 340 | GEOFF | BURROWS |
Farmyard Frolics 2010
There's a slight change in time of year for FF this year (it's now on March 23), but the venue is the same. You can find details at www.quest-events.co.uk, and the race comes highly recommended - by us! (read the testimonial). If anyone is interested in putting a team 9or indeed herd) together, I have a spare cow suit available for the day.
Buzzard
Leicester County Championship XC
UPDATE - they decided to count all runners no matter what age - and first 5 to count. Unfortunately that meant I was a counter (andy) and the team finished 7th.
At a snowy - cool Brock Park in Oadby we did quite well at the Leicester County Cross Country Championships.
Senior Men - 10K
18 th - Chris Jordan - 38:02
38th - Dave Masser - 41:03
46th - Hairy McNairy - 42:09
77th - Dave Smith - 47:40
86th - Andy Lauder - 50:24
89th - Neil Smith - 50:51
Senior Ladies - 6K
10th - Linda Whitelegg - 33:34
16th - Wendy Nicholson - 43:07
17th - Rachel Smith - 46:48
Ladies came 6th.