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Essex League at Chingford : 12.02.11
John Hanlon's pix
ALL reports below,
courtesy of Dave Joyce
Essex League at Great Notley 18.12.10
Senior Men
The Heavens opened at 1.45, just 15 mins before the Senior Men race and coupled with the rock hard
icy ground and the bitterly cold, biting wind, conditions were horrendous as a soft covering of snow,
covered the icy ground, made for an extremely slippery, hazardous course needing to be treated
with caution. Those who ignored the lack of grip and those who were unfortunate came a cropper.
It was like the grand national with fallers at every hurdle only there were no jumps! I lost count of
the number of runners in the men's race that slipped and fell over, several including Orion's Auberon
Hall suffered a fall injury. Auberon split his knee open but battled on bravely to finish with a
bloodied lower leg in 25th overall and a creditable 3rd Under 20. One runner's legs went away from
him big time and he landed with an almighty thump on his back with his spectacles flying off into
the snow. Sportingly 5 runners stopped to help him up and search to find his glasses in the snow
before straightening him up and all continuing the race. Shay Joyce coped well with the conditions,
running well for 16th race, outsprinting two opponents in the run in. All in all a poor turnout for
the senior men but not surprising with the severe weather warning in place and with 4 to 5 inches
of snow falling in an hour it was a nightmare journey home with distances normally covered in an
hour taking 3 or 4 hours with many main routes blocked or closed due to snow drifts, accidents,
jack-knifed articulated lorries and broken-down vehicles littering the roads. The men's team
finished 7th having finished 3rd, 4th, 4th in the previous fixtures and now stand 4th in the
League table.
Senior Women
There was an excellent run from Natalie Kipps to take 3rd place in the Senior Women's race. After
4 races Natalie sits a very comfortable 2nd in the overall individual League standings. With Lisa
Clifford(V/35) 16th, Julie Robinson(V/45) 27th, Rachel Bradbury(V/45) 46th, the Orion Harriers
Team finished 5th. Caroline Wadley also ran, finishing 53rd. The Women's Team stand equal 4th in
the League table after 4 events having finish 9th 4th 6th in the previous fixtures.
Results:-
Senior Men
16th Shay Joyce, Orion H 31:45
25th Auberon Hall, Orion H 32:47 (3rd U20)
36th Tim Wright, Orion H 33:40 (V/40)
82nd Graham Hall, Orion H 40:05 (V/40)
103rd Pete Bulaitis Orion H 43:20
104th Bob Jousiffe, Orion H 43:21 (V/60)
108th Mike Rosbrook, Orion H 45:13 (V/70)
109th Steve Timpson, Orion H 45:46 (V/40)
116th Pete Deadman, Orion H 53:38 (V/60)
Senior Men Team Result
1 Chelmsford 113
2 Havering AC 140
3 Colchester H 179
4 Benfleet RC 191
5 Ilford AC 191
6 Springfield S 229
7 Orion H 366
8 Billericay S 377
9 Thurrock H 387
10 Southend AC 396
11 Braintree AC 451
12 Colchester & Tendring AC 246 (4)
13 Thrift Green Trotters 246 (4)
14 Pitsea RC 315 (3)
15 Basildon AC 22 (2)
16 Mid Essex Casuals 152 (2)
17 Phoenix Striders 173 (2)
18 Dagenham 88 RC 200 (2)
19 West Suffolk AC 35 (1)
20 Harlow RC 57 (1)
21 Witham RC 58 (1)
22 Tiptree RC 68 (1)
Senior Women
3rd Natalie Kipps 27:48
16th Lisa Clifford(V/35) 30:55
27th Julie Robinson(V/45) 32:28
46th Rachel Bradbury(V/45) 36:20
53rd Caroline Wadley(V/35) 53:12
Womens Team Results
1 Chelmsford 58
2 Springfield 62
3 Benfleet RC 69
4 Southend AC 72
5 Orion H 92
6 Phoenix S 108
7 Havering AC 49 (3)
8 Braintree AC 89 (3)
9 Basildon AC 7 (2)
10 Colchester & T 30 (2)
11 Billericay S 71 (2)
12 Colchester H 10 (1)
Full Results and League Tables at:- www.braintreeanddistrictac.co.uk
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