Orion repeat superb Women's Team Victory in Canvey "5" Road Race [Sunday 29th March 2009] It was a great day for the handful of Orion Harriers athletes taking part in the ever popular and well organised Canvey "5" Road Race, run over a flat, fast out and back course which skirts along the Canvey Sea Wall. 440 finishers enjoyed excellent organisation and a day of fine weather on what could be the 15th and final running of the race unless race organiser Steve Kemp and his team can be convinced to carry on. Steve said "The team of helpers and marshals are the same people that helped out 15 years ago and they aren't getting any younger, mostly pensioners and rotary club members. Plenty of Southend On Sea AC members want to run the race but none want to help or marshal" he said sadly and added "fresh blood was needed." In the Men's race Orion's Shay Joyce was in great form and in a good quality field Shay ran his legs off to finish in a great 10th place, scoring a great personal best time of 27:17. After the young Orion Women's team of Natalie Kipps, Jay Andrews and Lauren MacGregor won the team prize in 2008 with Natalie the overall Women's race winner, the challenge for Orion was to retain their title without Natalie who is currently out of action recovering from a foot injury. With Lauren and Jay in good form and having greatly improved over the last 12 months, into the team with them came Zoe Woodward and Orion's women lined up against tougher opposition from last year as Southend AC were also fielding a strong young group of runners with an eye firmly on the team prize. They were one amongst a list of other teams from Basildon AC, Springfield Striders, Chelmsford AC, Benfleet RC, Billericay Striders and others. Good performances were required and good performances were delivered ! The two Maxine Joyce coached youngsters turned in great performances to smash their 5 mile Personal Best times. Jay Andrews ran a blinder to finish second in the Senior Women's race in a time of 31:26, only seconds behind race winner Karen Goode of Basildon AC. Jay's great run saw her knock a huge 4 minutes 31 seconds off her off her previous 5 mile best time. Lauren MacGregor came through a rough patch after 2 miles to pick up the pace again to finish in an excellent 7th place in yet another great time of 32:40, taking a big 2 minutes 54 seconds off her previous 5 miles pb. It was then all down to Zoe Woodward as both Orion and Southend AC had two runners home. Gladly it was Zoe who turned into the finishing straight a few places ahead of the third Southend runner to grab the Team Win for Orion. As it turned out Zoe, who finished in 33:50 for 14th place overall, also captured the Second Women's Vet Over 45 Prize to go with her team trophy. Jay Andrews collected a magnificent Second Place Trophy along with her Team Trophy and a nice bundle of training kit goodies with Lauren MacGregor picking up her Team trophy. it was a highly successful day for Orion. Another Orion Harrier in the race was "Marathon Training" Tony Maru, who had run 15 miles the previous day as part of his London training build up. Tony struggled round in 33:25 for 79th place looking a little tired to say the least. All in all an excellent day for Orion Harriers who certainly grabbed the limelight at this event.Physical Shield Relay : Loughton : 31.03.09 Victoria Park & TH A (6) 36:01 Dave Alcock 8:49 Paul Marteletti 8:24 ( 17:13) Tony Lashmar 8:28 ( 25:41) John McKean 10:20 ( 36:01) Walthamstow A (14) 38:40 Martin McLean 9:14 Aaron Williams 9:31 ( 18:45) Peter Paparcka 10:37 ( 29:22) Colin Read 9:18 ( 38:40) Eton Manor MenA (1) 39:24 Michael Cates 9:35 Paul Cates 9:42 ( 19:17) Ian Lambert 10:44 ( 30:01) Steve Dunn 9:23 ( 39:24) Orion Men (16) 39:42 Neil McGoun 9:28 Roger Green 9:37 ( 19:05) Gerry Shaw 10:37 ( 29:42) Kevin Julian 10:00 ( 39:42) Victoria Park & TH B (7) 39:54 Rob Birchley 9:42 Gerald Cooper 10:34 ( 20:16) Simeon Bennett 9:51 ( 30:07) Dave Shortridge 9:47 ( 39:54) Eton Manor Men B (2) 43:12 Andy Ruffy 10:35 Paul Brandon 10:03 ( 20:38) Adrian Frost 11:49 ( 32:27) Steve Adams 10:45 ( 43:12) Orion Ladies (12) 43:15 Lauren McGregor 9:57 Jay Andrews 10:48 ( 20:45) Angie Legg 12:16 ( 33:01) Clare Thurgood 10:14 ( 43:15) Loughton Men A (10) 43:50 Gavin Harper 10:28 Nick Walton 11:53 ( 22:21) Dave Tyson 10:49 ( 33:10) Tony Babbs 10:40 ( 43:50) Loughton Men B (11) 45:45 Craig Rogers 11:13 Rob Sargent 11:12 ( 22:25) John Hart 12:12 ( 34:37) Mick Rolfe 11:08 ( 45:45) Victoria Park & TH Ladies (9) 46:26 Claire Sarrell 11:04 Louise Vacher 12:43 ( 23:47) Emily Mosedale 11:20 ( 35:07) Claire Sarrell 11:19 ( 46:26) Eton Manor Men C (3) 48:05 John Few 11:14 Nick Ruffy 12:24 ( 23:38) Simon Deville 13:07 ( 36:45) Mike Eames 11:20 ( 48:05) Loughton Men C (17) 48:30 Sean de Souza Brady 13:20 Jakob Petersen 12:05 ( 25:25) Gavin Harper 11:25 ( 36:50) Craig Rogers 11:40 ( 48:30) Loughton Ladies A (18) 48:58 Lorna Gaffney 11:17 Helen Real 12:43 ( 24:00) Gay Shillaker 13:53 ( 37:53) Fiona Petersen 11:05 ( 48:58) Eton Manor Ladies (4) 49:08 Sarah Mole 12:12 Ilayda Aktas 12:55 ( 25:07) Paula Steere 12:46 ( 37:53) Zoe Woodward 11:15 ( 49:08) Orion Ladies B (13) 49:22 Julie Robinson 12:08 Mary Armitage 11:48 ( 23:56) Katie Brett 12:36 ( 36:32) Julie Robinson 12:50 ( 49:22) Rotterdam Marathon : 05.04.09 Andrea McQueen and Anne de Asha ran Rotterdam marathon on Sunday and both did PBs. Andrea came in at 4.04 and Anne managed 4.01, so both are very pleased. Anne would recommend the course - very flat, not too crowded and a very smooth start They were lucky enough to be able to walk to the start from their hotel too! And then limp back to their hot baths afterwards... Berlin Half Marathon : 05.04.09 Neil McGoun placed 117 out of 21725 finishers in 1:17:18 on the same day that the above orion harriers were running Rotterdam. A good weekend for our internationals... Berlin comes highly recommended: pancake flat course, well organised, and an interesting city. (Earlier in the season - 15/3/09 - Neil and and Chris Shapland ran Silverstone 1/2 marathon Neil 27th in 1:18:18 : Chris was 109th in 1:26:06 : 6801 finished.) Newham Classic 10K : 05.04.09 73 25 David Wilkie Orion Harriers 42:32 42:31 Men 858 FINISHED London Marathon : 27.04.09 1394 194 31665 » SHAFIER, LAWRENCE E (GBR) M45 ORION HARRIERS 3:07:44 149 101 32100 » THURGOOD, CLARE L (GBR) W18 ORION HARRIERS 3:12:28 1953 438 32988 » MARU, TONY C (GBR) M40 ORION HARRIERS 3:14:23 2207 146 51913 » SHAW, GERRY A (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:17:07 2358 159 26543 » BENNETT, BILL (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:19:04 427 48 29932 » INCH, CHRISTINE A (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 3:27:17 721 27 30280 » ROBINSON, JULIE A (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 3:36:48 6193 436 51908 » MILNER, DAVID M (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:47:58 7632 562 51909 » HANLON, JOHN (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:55:42 7855 573 9873 » TAYLOR, DONALD G (GBR) M50 Orion Harriers 3:56:39 2053 237 26541 » HUDSON, KYM (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 4:03:15 2154 106 29960 » MARCHANT, JUDY C (GBR) W50 ETON MANOR AC 4:05:04 3787 2368 10245 » BRETT, KATY (GBR) W18 4:27:39 4102 221 51912 » ADAMS, CHRISTINA M (GBR) W50 ETON MANOR 4:31:17 15186 2759 51911 » DODD, ANDREW C (GBR) M40 ORION HARRIERS 4:36:33 4633 2920 13193 » SILLITOE, AMY C (GBR) W18 Orion Harriers 4:37:26 15653 533 5803 » MAHER, DEREK P (GBR) M55 Orion Harriers 4:39:09 6148 667 23556 » HOPKINS, GILLIAN E (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 4:54:35 19643 10 28560 » JONES, KENNETH I (GBR) M75 ORION HARRIERS 5:06:06 7377 404 51921 » O'BRIEN, SHEILA (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 5:10:40 7423 822 51922 » CROSS, CAROLE E (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 5:11:20 7489 409 19957 » EDWARDS, JANET L (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 5:12:13 8462 931 17068 » BUMFREY, DEBORAH (GBR) W45 Orion Harriers 5:28:18 22162 1655 12489 » LOVE, CHRISTOPHER C (GBR) M50 Orion Harriers 5:36:35 8971 502 51920 » BUNCE, JANET F (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 5:38:36 23543 1762 24260 » BUNCE, STEPHEN A (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 6:14:28 John Hanlon's partner - Gail's LM Pixx And... Here's Gail's Blog on the subject TRACK & FIELD Twickenham : 25.04.09 The first Orion Ladies athletics team made their debut in the Southern Women's Track and Field League. Due to the Marathon and Mini-Marathon being the next day, the team was heavily depleted, but a team of Lauren Richardson, Jo Hadaway, Natalie Kipps, Rebecca Kipps and Jessica Kipps managed to turn out for the meet. A big effort was made by all to cover as many events as possible, with good performances made throughout the day. Lauren managed to cover the maximum 5 events, with notable performances in the discus and javelin, where she achieved PBs in both events. Jo covered 3 events and performed well in the high jump and threw a perfect PB in the javelin to finish 8th in the B string event. Becky and Jess had good runs in the 200m, with Becky also performing well in the 400m event earlier on in the meet. A notable performance was made by Jess in the long jump, where she finished 4th in the A string event, with a new PB of 4m17. The 4 girls then managed to race BOTH the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. This was Natalie's first meet as ladies track manager and she was justifiably very pleased with the effort and performances put in by all her team members, which ended up with Orion taking 8th place out of 10 teams...a massively impressive feat for a 5 woman team! Contact Natalie to join in her fighting team! natalie.kipps@btinternet.com The next track meet is 30th May at Bracknell AC. SOUTHERN WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD LEAGUE DIVISION 3 SENIOR PROVISIONAL RESULT & TABLE CLUB MATCH LEAGUE POINTS POINTS 1. St Mary’s Richmond AC 246 10 2. Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC 243.5 9 3. Walton AC 240.5 8 4. Exeter Harriers 209 7 5. Bracknell AC 190 6 6. Watford Harriers 163 5 7. Southend on Sea AC 88 4 8. Orion Harriers 85 3 9. Highgate Harriers 69 2 10. London Heathside 58 1 CHASE THE TRAIN : 26.04.09 From Dave Brock: "Sunday April 26th Marathon day I believe, when you all were saying them immortal words of never, never again will I run a marathon, that's my last one!! Some of us though were getting ready for the 2.15pm annual Chase the Train in North Norfolk along the Bure valley railway line from Aylsham to Wroxham. This picturesque 9 mile stretch of Bure valley countryside through small country villages of Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall is well worth doing especially on marathon day! I'd been injured for over six weeks and had only just got back into training two weeks ago so did not expect much but a picturesque, solid run out, so why is it when that race number is pinned on your vest your legs decide to go for it? I was not alone at the race, John Leversedge of Enfield & Haringey AC (ex-Orion 15 winner!) had moved to North Norfolk 2 years ago and we have become good friends and training partner. John's partner Sara and Sacha and our young daughter Poppy had come along to support us on a beautiful glorious sunny afternoon. The race got under way finally after some delay as you may know Norfolk folk are not fast to do anything, a little laid back one could say, but not the leading runner he was on a mission, we in the following group were to have our own race as the winner had already been sort. After a six week lay off, I was as John was, most surprised to see me pushing on in the early stages, but to tell you the truth I was just holding on. As the race unfolded John pushed on catching the 3rd and then the 2nd place runner to take 2nd place himself. Now as I said race numbers do funny things and I decided if John could do that so could I and just like him I caught 4th and then 3rd taking me into 3rd place, there I stayed until 3/4 of a mile from the finish when I was overtaken by someone with go faster legs. Finishing 4th was a great result for me after time off, lacking fitness and the "old weight issue" until I saw the age of the guy who flew passed me! That quickly brought me down to ground. A great race, in a lovely county, friendly folk and a free return to finish train ride just to mellow away, I was so glad that I never did the marathon." Full Results can be viewed here Harlow Womens 5k Series: Race 1 : 05:05:09 In spite of arriving late and giving the rest of the field a 200 metres head start, Orion's two 15 years old starlets Lauren MacGregor and Jay Andrews managed to overtake the field and hit the front just before the 3K marker, going on to score a significant 1 - 2 in this race, which was the first of a 3 race series which the duo will be competing in this summer. Full Results can be viewed here Summer 5 mile Handicap : 09.05.09 Millie Hall ran 3 miles in training over at Highams Park in the morning then, accompanied by her brothers - who can also run a bit - she cantered over the handicap course and never saw another Orion member until the timekeepers, as she crossed the finish line! Neil McGoun stormed round the course fastest of all - flying over the hard ground. There was some dispute as to why Andy Warner set off ahead of his ageing father, but Andy took no part in the acrimony - preferring to let his fast feet do the talking... until it came to going up to the bar at the RFH.. his Dad says... Geoff Messenger was deadly serious as he stalked round the course, perhaps sensing a possibility of a gong... LOTS OF LINX TO FINE FOTOES BELOW. A good day in the Forest! Hcap Hcap Actual Actual Time Time Pos'n 1 MILLIE HALL FJ U 13 21.42 18.00 39.42 27 2 ANDY WARNER MS SEN 24.15 08.00 32.15 3 3 GEOFF MESSENGER MS V 60 24.45 13.00 37.45 18 4 GLYN SAYER MS V 60 25.02 17.40 42.42 38 5 SHARKEY SHARKEY G MS V 60 25.11 7.00 32.11 2 6 QUIN BROADBENT MS V 40 25.33 8.40 34.13 7 7 JOHN HANLON MS V 50 26.20 13.40 40.00 28 8 JULIAN THORPE MS V 40 26.24 10.00 36.24 16 9 PETE BULAITIS MS V 50 26.40 11.40 38.20 21 10 LES AUSTIN MS V 60 26.42 12.20 39.02 26 11 BERNARD DAWSON MS V 40 27.05 11.00 38.05 19 12 MICHALA DRAKE FS V 35 27.12 17.20 44.32 40 13 PAULA STEERE FS V 35 27.16 13.40 40.56 32 14 ROGER WARNER MS V 50 27.22 15.00 42.22 36 15 RICK BULAITIS MJ U 20 27.29 5.00 32.29 4 16 ADRIAN FROST MS V 50 27.41 06.40 34.21 8 17 KYM HUDSON FS V 45 27.48 14.00 41.48 35 18 CHARLY FULLILOVE MS V 40 27.50 9.40 37.30 17 19 NEIL McGOUN MS SEN 27.51 01.40 29.31 1 20 LOUISE VACHER FS V 35 27.59 12.20 40.19 31 21 ZOE WOODWARD FS V 45 28.03 8.00 36.03 15 22 DAVID WARNER MS V 50 28.05 07.00 35.05 10 23 ALISON BUGG FS V 35 28.06 10.40 38.46 23 24 CLARE THURGOOD FS SEN 28.08 5.40 33.48 6 25 JULIE ROBINSON FS V 45 28.10 10.40 38.50 24 26 HAYLEY BARRON FS V 35 28.13 11.40 39.53 28 27 DAVID STANLEY MS V 50 28.23 14.00 42.23 37 28 BILL BENNETT MS V 50 28.34 07.00 35.34 11 29 GRAHAM HALL MS V 40 28.34 07.00 35.39 13 30 ROGER GREEN MS V 60 28.42 06.20 35.02 9 31 KAREN ALLWORTHY FS V 45 28.47 12.40 41.27 34 32 ANNE DE ASHA FS V 45 28.58 14.40 43.38 39 33 STEVE ADAMS MS V 40 29.06 06.40 35.46 14 34 WARWICK BARTON MS V 50 29.18 06.20 35.38 12 35 BOB JOUSIFFE MS V 60 29.50 8.40 38.30 22 36 MARY ARMITAGE FS V 35 29.52 10.20 40.12 30 37 PAUL ROBINSON MS V 50 32.00 9.20 41.20 33 38 DAVID MILNER MS V 50 32.57 06.00 38.57 25 39 HAROLD WYBER MS SEN 32.58 00.00 32.58 5 41 SACHA ACKLAND FS SEN 33.30 13.00 46.30 42 40 RACHEL BRADBURY G FSSen 33.30 4.40 38.10 20 42 CHRIS LOVE MS V 40 36.43 16.00 52.43 44 43 KIRI CHAMALBOUS G MS V 60 37.35 7.00 44.35 41 44 NICKY FARBRIDGE FS V 45 37.48 19.00 56.48 45 45 PETER SPELMAN MS V 50 39.34 8.00 47.34 43 Kev Woods' Pix Gail Hall's Pix Tony Maru's Pix Tim Wright's Pix Halstead & Essex Marathon : 10.05.09 1 2:38:31 SMALLS, ALLEN COL M40 2 2:40:05 CHANDLER, GARY SS M40 3 2:46:59 KETTERIDGE, Sean COL M40 246 4:08:31 DODD, ANDREW ORION M40 303 4:23:19 TATHAM, JO ORION F50 463 finished Bluebell 5.2 Miles Multi-Terrain : 10.05.09
Shay Joyce gave an impressive display to finish 2nd in the popular 2009 Bluebell 5.2 Miles race, run through the lovely Little Haven Nature Reserve at Rayleigh in Essex. With excellent dry and sunny weather and the bluebells in full bloom the undulating course took the record entry of 350 runners through the 92 acres of open hay meadows and the welcome shade in the ancient woodland sections of this interesting and picturesque course. With increasing competitor numbers reflecting the popularity of this event the organisers were delighted to announce that over £2100 was raised for the Essex Wildlife Trust which was another record. All this money goes towards maintaining the ocal nature reserves and purchasing new ones. Shay finished the course in 28:53 behind winner Crispin Bloomfield of Billericay Striders but ahead of past winner, fast finishing Trevor Keyes of Havering Mayesbrook Athletics Club. 1 Cris Bloomfield Billericay 27.18 2 Shay Joyce Orion H 28.53 3 Trevor Keys Havering M 28.57 17 Colin Peirson Orion H 31.36 350 finished MW LEAGUE MATCH : Stevenage : 10k : 14.05.09 full results here - soon 1 33:46 Richard McCormick V40 B&D 2 34:02 Alex McIntosh Sen GCR 3 34:16 Graham Robinson Sen GCR 14 35:46 Eric Paul V40 ORH 16 36:07 Auberon Hall Sen ORH 25 37:04 Kevin Julian V40 ORH 52 39:41 Quin Broadbent V40 ORH 64 40:55 Dave Milner V50 ORH 69 41:10 Grant Baker V40 ORH 70 41:13 Bill Bennett V50 ORH 79 42:07 Graham Hall V40 ORH 82 42:22 Warwick Barton V50 ORH 105 43:38 Bob Jousiffe V60 ORH 118 44:29 Bernard Dawson V40 ORH 122 44:42 Peter Bulaitis V50 ORH 134 45:41 Les Austin V60 ORH 175 49:57 JJ Lewis V60 ORH 208 63:08 Alan Dickin V70 ORH 210 finished 1 37:05 Jo Kent V35 B&D 2 37:58 Rachel Celeis Sen NHRR 3 38:54 Astrid McKeown V35 NHRR 30 45:40 Mary Armitage V45 ORH 41 47:17 Alison Bugg V35 ORH 50 49:25 Karen Allworthy V45 ORH 78 53.59 Anne De Asha Sen ORH 80 54:27 Andrea MacQueen V45 ORH 137 finished Frying Pan Relay : chingford : 1.94 miles per lap Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 1 Lap 2 elapsed elapsed runner runner Only 4 teams but good quality running allied with really rubbish route-finding... This was VERY PLEASANT day in the sun, watching athletes plough up the long hill from the Ching Valley to a start/finish beside wind-sheltering trees at the Warren Wood. A committee of great and good assembled at HQ to pick the teams. Despite that Assembly, Quin picked the teams anyway and those teams would have been well-balanced, finishing in close order if runners hadn't gone awol once they'd vanished amid the trees, at the bottom of the slope, far, far out of sight... And mind. Andy Ruffy ran off - in good position bequeathed by Pete Bulaitis (who'd ran out of his socks) - with the sounds of... er... radio commentary on West Ham being stuffed by Everton echoing in his ears. Andy was gone 'for some time'. No one went searching, he'd ran the course pre-race, so... "Andy'll be fine" the guys lying on the green sward assured each other. He was eventually spotted emerging from 180 degrees in the wrong direction. He was heckled up the hill, collapsing at the tree with a yell that collapsed the rest of us in giggles - "I got lost!" Paul Robinson, who needed no pre-race course run cos he knows the forest so well that... well... Paul also "Got lost"... Paul's excuses/explanations reverberated with tales of bushes, far Kathmandu, polar peaks and Ecclefechan. He wasn't believed. This, of course, meant that two teams now had a tad bit more to do than the other 2. And they couldn't. Quin was a wee bit stressed at 'the race being ruined' by Paul and Andy but everyone else chilled out. It really was a smasahing day and event - we ALL agreed. And those who ACTUALLY ran the course were unanimous that it was wonderful course and all swore to be back next year. Though perhaps Andy and Paul's team-mates swore a wee bit more than the others. More fine pix from John Hanlon Katy Brett 14.15 53.29 14.15 14.46 Michael Cates 26.10 64.49 11.55 11.20 (fastest lap) Paul Stockings 38.43 77.35 12.33 12.46 Tony Maru 12.55 52.37 12.55 12.52 Quin Broadbent 25.20 64.55 12.25 12.18 Kevin Wood 39.45 79.24 14.25 14.29 Tim Wright 11.52 52.24 11.52 11.22 (fastest 2 laps) Steve Adams 25.02 65.45 13.10 13.21 Paul Robinson 41.02 80.22 16.00 14.37 Pete Bulaitis 13.18 66.05 13.18 13.55 Andy Ruffy 36.52 79.35 23.34 13.30 Dave Milner 52.10 84.10 13.35 14.04 Harlow Womens 5k Road Race Series - Tuesday 19th May 2009 (Race 2 of 3) Orion Harriers Lauren MacGregor made it two wins from two when she won the second race in the Harlow Womens 5K Road Race Series on Tuesday evening 19th May in a pb time of 19:22. Lauren went out fast from the start and moved further away from the field as the race progressed, building up a 40 seconds lead by the finish to win comfortably from experienced Garden City runner Mandy Livingstone who was second in 20:04. Orion's Jay Andrews was third in 20:39, well clear of the 4th placed runner Dionne Jones of Harlow 21:25. Orion's Katy Brett was running her first race of the series and finished 11th in 22:33. This race was the second of the 3 race series and overall Lauren leads the points table with two wins (2 points) and Jay is second with a second and a third place (5 points). The final race takes place on Tuesday 2nd June at 7.30pm. Race HQ is the Mark Hall Sports Centre, London Road, Harlow, Essex where entries are taken on the day. Cape Wrath Marathon : includes 3000-ish feet of ascent... : 22.05.09 1 FORD, Mark 3:00:11 2 HALL, Alan Serpentine Running Club 3:05:14 3 CUNNINGHAM, Richie Carnigie Harriers 3:08:04 FORD, Don Orion Harriers 4:37:23 DEADMAN, Pete Orion Harriers 5:47:03 A great win for Mark Ford - just beating his Dad... His Dad is well-pleased with 'a fair time' on a tough course. Pete was happy to survive the week's runs - some of Pete's Challenge pix are... HERE Some Eton Manor(2nd claim orion) runners were there but not in the marathon, though they did participate in the race series. More Cape Wrath Challenge results and details, here Hatfield Broad Oak Results Hutton Roof Fell Race : 7M/1300 feet: 23-05-09 In a very satisfying race for himself, Neil McGoun led ESSEX home in the Inter-Counties Fell Race Championship up at Hutton Roof, with Harold Wyber third man in the Essex Team. Of course, this event was but a tiny part of the action-packed weekend that both runners built around it. Neil biked England coast to coast, then went up to Scotland to do Ben Nevis, whilst Harold followed the Inter-counties on Saturday with the Helvellyn race on Sunday - an evil climb just after the start, and Shutingsloe fell race on the Monday. I vaguely recall when I had legs like those lads... 1 John Heneghan Yorkshire 45:50 2 Morgan Donnelly Cumbria 46:55 3 Matthew Gillespie JM1 Scotland West 47:21 44 N McGan Essex 52:48 56 H Wyber Essex 54:37 345 finished Women's F+T team : Bracknell : 30.05.09 The Orion ladies team had a good 8th place finish in the Southern Women's League second match at Bracknell AC. The team was again depleted due to the M25 and various other commitments, but 5 athletes managed to make their way to Bracknell and fill their full quota of events for the day. Jessica Kipps and Lauren Richardson put in good performances in the long jump, finishing 9th for the A string and 7th for the B string respectively. Whilst the long jump was on going, Lauren also managed to run a B string 800m race, with Jay Andrews running in the A string 800m. Jay had a strong two laps to get herself a new PB of 2.29:4. Straight after this was the discus for athletes Rebecca Kipps and Jay, during which Rebecca also ran a 400m, coming in 7th place for the B string. Natalie Kipps managed to run a PB for the 400m, finishing 4th for the A string race. Lauren also competed in the high jump, and teamed up with Natalie in the javelin and shot putt competitions, gaining precious points for the team. Jessica raced well in the 100m to finish 9th, and also competed with sister Rebecca in the 200m, where they came 8th for both A and B string races. Unfortunately traffic on the M25 resulted in the the loss of Katy Brett from the 3000m. Natalie managed to gain 4th place in this event after moving up from the B string, followed by 2nd place in the 1500m, where she was supported by a strong run from Jay, who finished 1st in the B string competition. The women then managed to make up both the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams to end the day off well. The next match is at Parliament Hill on 27th June. Any help is appreciated, and if you'd like anymore information PLEASE contact Natalie (natalie.kipps@btinternet.com). More information will be available nearer the time. Harlow Womens 5k Road Race Series: 02.06:09 Orion Harriers 15 years old Lauren MacGregor won the Harlow Womens 5K Road Race Series on Tuesday evening 2nd June to complete a clean sweep of 3 wins from 3 races to become the 2009 champion and youngest ever winner. Competing in a senior womens race didn't phaze the youngster who is coached by former England Cross-Country International and British Road Running Champion Maxine Joyce. Lauren recorded a best time of 19:22 in the second race of the series and beat field of 70 senior women in this well established summer road race series. This was the youngsters first taste of competing in a senior race series which she thoroughly ejoyed but it wasn't without teething problems. Lauren and her training partner at Orion's Jay Andrews another promising 15 years old youngster coached by Joyce got lost on the way to the first race and arrived late but even after giving the rest of the field a 300 metres start the duo managed to catch the leaders and 3km and go on to record a 1-2. Jay Andrews also ran well throughout the series finishing with a 2nd place and two 3rd places to take a final overall 3rd place in the series. In the second race MacGregor dominated winning by a 40 seconds margin and in the final race on Tuesday, after a fast start, Lauren managed to stamp her authority on the race by the half way point as the main opposition began to tire, moving away to win in 19:29 but by an even bigger margin of 67 seconds from experienced Garden City runner Mandy Livingstone in 2nd place. Jay Andrews who took third place overall had a best time over the course of 20:20 in the first race and she clocked 20:49 in race three. Orion Harriers were delighted to also win the series Team prize as Orion's Katy Brett finished 11th in races two and three with a best time of 22:22, helping the Chingford based club beat off the challenges of teams from Harlow, Garden City, Bishops Stortford, Cambridge, Barnet, Saffron Walden and Ford's. 1. Lauren MacGregor (U17) Orion H 19:29 2. Mandy Livingstone (Vet 35) Garden City Runners 20:36 3. Jay Andrews (U17) Orion H 20:49 11. Katy Brett Orion H 22:22
Winning Team: Orion Harriers MW LEAGUE MATCH : Welwyn : 10k : 04.06.09 full results here - soon 1 36:34 Rachel Celels S NHRR 2 37:43 Joanne Kent V 35 B&D 3 38:09 Martha Hall S GCR 11 41:20 Clare Thurgood S ORH 38 45:56 Karen Allworth V 45 ORH 74 50:30 Helen Bailey V 35 ORH 77 51:05 Julie Peirson V 35 ORH 81 51:34 Anne De Asha S ORH 97 53:17 Andrea MacQueen V 45 ORH 106 54:30 Michala Drake V 35 ORH 1391:06:03 Lizzy De Asha S ORH 141finished 1 33:03 Mark Dickinson S GCR 2 33:18 Graham Robinson S GCR 3 33:19 Alex McIntosh S GCR 20 36:02 Neil McGoun S ORH 32 36:47 Colin Pierson V 40 ORH 35 36:59 Kevin Julian V 40 ORH 50 38:18 Rick Bulaitis S ORH 56 38:46 Quin Broadbent V 40 ORH 68 39:47 Grant Baker V 40 ORH 73 40:05 Dave Milner V 50 ORH 74 40:06 Ben Hall S ORH 77 40:12 Auberon Hall S ORH 90 40:44 Bill Bennett V 50 ORH 94 40:59 Graham Hall V 40 ORH 95 41:01 Bix Hall S ORH 116 42:49 Warwick Barton V 50 ORH 125 43:18 Bob Jousiffe V 60 ORH 129 43:27 Peter Bulaitis V 50 ORH 147 44:24 JJ Lewis V 60 ORH 226 54:40 Pete Deadman V 60 ORH 240 59:43 Alan Dickin V 70 ORH 244finished 5 mile race series, race 1 : 06.06.09 Race pix of the first 5 series race: John's,.... Kev's,.... and Eric's
RACE 1 RESULTS Woodford Open Graded Track & Field Meeting 09.06.09 There was a clutch of excellent performances by young Orion Harriers athletes at the Woodford Open Graded Track Meeting on Tuesday 9th June. The meeting attracted as big entry which led to no less than 8 graded 100 metres races and 6 races each over 200 metres and 800 metres. The 800 metres distance attracted the majority of Orion runners. The 3000 metres race was also big with 23 finishers. 3000 Metres Shay Joyce was second over all in the 3000 metres race with a time of 9:40.34. Katy Brett running her first ever 3000 metres finished 7th Woman in 12:41.05. Orion junior star Lauren MacGregor once again smashed her PB, chopping a massive 13 seconds off her previous best to finish in 10:28.00 which see's Lauren rise up the UK Under 17 Women's rankings to number 18 and the time equalled the Under 17 club record set by Danielle Sale in 2004. Lauren was second Women across the line and first Under 17. Jay Andrews, recovering from a heavy cold clocked what for Jay is a slow 11:17.53 but done very well under the circumstances and it was good enough still to finish as forth Woman across the line and second Under 17. 800 Metres Race 1 was one of the best of the night, ending dramatically with a near blanket finish involving the first four runners across the line. Orion's Jack Stroud was 3rd in a PB time of 1:59.38 just two tenths of a second ahead of Orion's Frankie Conway 4th overall and second Under 20 in a time of 1:59.58. Jack celebrated breaking the 2 minute barrier for the first time and Frankie who ducked under 2 minutes for the first time last month at the Essex County Championships also scored a PB by under a tenth of a second. Race 2 saw a win for Orion's Danny Moses in an excellent 1:57.90 which was just two tenths of a second outside his PB. Danny may have benefited from being in race 1 Race 3 was another excellent close race which ended with another Orion Harriers win, this time with Under 20 Ben Hall leading the field home with a winning PB time of 2:05.06. Ben's brother Under 17 Auberon Hall was 4th also with an excellent PB of 2:07.05. Race 4 was won by Orion's Under 15 Ben Silverstone with an excellent 2:16.44. Race 6 was yet another Orion victory as first year Under 15 George Hoy crossed the line 1st in 2:26.96. Orion's Under 13 star Georgia Tuckfield was 3rd overall and first Under 13 Girl in 2:32.20. North Downs Run : 14.06.09 : 30k 1 RENDALL, Julian Tonbridge AC Senior Men 208 1:57:01 2 SANGER, Philip Epsom & Ewell Senior Men 200 2:03:29 3 SMITH, Wayne Stragglers Senior Men 444 2:06:08 20 BROADBENT, Quin Orion Harriers MV40 249 2:25:18 154 MILNER, David Orion Harriers MV50 318 2:58:09 295 BRETT, Katy Orion Harriers Senior Ladies 522 3:27:00 428 finished MW LEAGUE MATCH : Orion/chingford : 6.5M : 17.06.09 full Results HERE The Midsummer Munro Race : Box Hill : 20.06.09 Clare Thurgood was 2nd lady (14th overall) in the Midsummer Munro, finishing in 2h 3.56 (5m faster than last year!). This is a great race to do, according to Clare... but it was voted Runner's World's race of the year, 2008, so she's in good company. She continues... "It's an out and back course on Box Hill in Surrey, with 3000ft of ascent and descent and a real Scottish piper at the top of the first hill and again at halfway! I would definitely recommend this as one to do!!" Q1 The bagpipes are intended to drive the english away - so why is that a USP (unique selling point)? Q2 How does one check that he was "a real Scottish piper"...? ....unless he was only playing reels.... hmm.... The MacMind boggles... Full Midsummer Munro results are here The Fell Race My apologies for the non-appearance of Orion's website for a wee while. Hopefully those troubles are now resolved... er... well, they will be... if anyone other than me ever reads this... Where was I? Meanwhile... Orion's Neil McGoun won a hard fought race heading home in 22.47 just ahead of Woodford's Darren Southcote and Serpentine's Robin Tuddenham. Zoe Woodward of Eton Manor and Orion was first woman home, followed by Sarah Colbert, Springfield Striders and Helen Smith UNA. The Forest, its lush trees and hills was the star... for the 70+ finishers. v40 Danny Rose Walthamstow AC V50 Tim Brockington Springfield Striders LV35 Elaine Batson Victoria Park Harriers Winning Team Orion Harriers 1 Neil McGoun 4 Ian Clark 5 Rick Bulaitis 1 464 22.47 Neil McGoun SM Orion 2 470 23.11 Darren Southcott SM Woodford 3 428 23.26 Robin Tuddenham M40 Serpentine RC 4 461 23.34 Ian Clark SM Orion 5 452 24.23 Rick Bulaitis SM Orion 6 429 24.28 Nicholas Copas SM Serpentine RC 7 413 24.40 Danny Rose M40 Walthamstow 8 472 24.50 Greg Wisken M40 Mid Essex Casuals 9 424 24.51 Steven Dawkins SM Woodford 10 474 25.07 Ciaran McKeown SM Unaffiliated 11 410 25.19 John Wallis M40 Woodford 12 407 25.29 Paul Reddaway M40 Broxbourne 13 468 25.43 Andrew Taylor SM Serpentine 14 455 25.44 Tim Brockington M50 Springfield Striders 15 431 25.55 Paul Cates M45 Eton Manor 16 454 26.08 Andrew Mason M45 Springfield Striders 17 478 26.16 Mark Tempest M45 Orion 18 437 26.27 Dave Brock M45 Orion 19 412 26.32 William Daly SM Barking 20 443 26.40 Rob Pitkethly SM VPH&THAC 21 462 26.50 Ian Lambert M50 Eton Manor 22 405 26.55 Paul Stukas M40 Springfield Striders 23 430 27.56 Mark Bell SM Serpentine 24 425 27.10 Paul Stockings M40 Woodford 25 409 27.13 John Lynch M50 Mornington Chasers 26 411 27.15 Warwick Barton M50 Orion 27 426 27.25 Richard Taylor M50 Springfield Striders 28 469 27.41 Zoe Woodward W45 Eton Manor 29 404 27.50 Phil Shelley M40 Shaftesbury Barnet 30 432 28.08 David Mills M40 Unaffiliated 31 475 29.14 Julian Thorpe M40 Orion 32 402 29.28 David Edwards M50 Haverhill 33 427 29.45 Pete Bulaitis M55 Orion 34 436 29.46 Adam Thorpe SM Orion 35 477 29.48 Richard Fall M40 Springfield Striders 36 456 30.09 Neil Bradley M50 Springfield Striders 37 463 30.13 James Tharratt SM Unaffiliated 38 417 30.27 John Williams M50 Springfield Striders 39 423 31.05 Tom Spanyol M40 Woodford 40 415 31.11 Sarah Colbert SW Springfield Striders 41 440 31.22 Kathryn Maskell SW London Heathside 42 467 31.27 David Wilkey M40 VPH&THAC 43 459 31.30 Paul Wheeldon SM Springfield Striders 44 406 31.35 Brian Butcher M50 Mid Essex Casuals 45 438 31.36 Helen Smith W40 Unaffiliated 46 416 32.10 Malcolm Savage M60 Springfield Striders 47 419 32.20 Val Govender M40 Springfield Striders 48 403 32.28 Chris Rogers M40 Unaffiliated 49 420 32.39 Martin Reynolds SM Unaffiliated 50 453 32.47 Elaine Battson W40 VPH&THAC 51 442 33.07 Paul Robinson M55 Orion 52 451 33.24 Pete Deadman M60 Orion 53 401 33.49 David Stanley M50 Orion 54 433 33.53 Stephen Ferrano SM Unaffiliated 55 457 34.02 Grant Corton M45 Unaffiliated 56 408 34.10 Phil Aiken M40 Ranelagh 57 476 34.12 Grant Conway M40 East London Runners 58 465 34.24 John Cullinane SM Serpentine 59 435 34.29 Paula Steere W40 Eton Manor 60 439 35.02 Gail Brannan W55 Eton Manor 61 441 35.26 Mike Holmes SM Unaffiliated 62 473 35.29 Adrian Applewhite SM Unaffiliated 63 460 35.32 Phil Hudson M50 Ware Joggers 64 414 35.43 Geoff Lunn M65 Orion 65 471 35.45 Kerry Marsh SW Springfield Striders 66 418 37.54 Jonathan Tuttle SM Orion 67 422 39.59 Rick Oliver M50 Edmonton 68 466 41.10 Susan Leese W40 VPH&THAC 69 434 41.12 Christina Adams W50 Eton Manor 70 421 41.13 Tim Williams M50 Edmonton 71 480 41.15 Steve Mehmet M40 Unaffiliated 72 458 41.41 Graham Tuttle M60 Orion 73 479 46.40 James Jones M40 Unaffiliated Southern Womens Track & Field League Senior Division 3 Match, Highgate 27.6.09 (Match 3, 2009 Season) Orion Harriers Senior Womens Track and Field Team produced their best result of the season so far at the Highgate Track, Parliament Hill on Saturday 27 June. Having bravely struggled through the first two fixtures at Richmond and Bracknell with just 5 Athletes to cover 10 Track events and 8 Field events A and B string! However at Highgate a team of 13 Orion athletes made a huge difference and from 8th placings in matches 1 and 2, Orion moved up to finish 5th from the 10 teams competing and were only a handful of points behind the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place, in what was a close affair between the teams finishing between 3rd and 7th. A big well done to all those who competed on the day with some Orion Women athletes covering 3 and 4 events. The youthful Orion Harriers team included 5 Under 17's, an Under 20 and an Under 23, none of whom were phazed by competing in the Senior Womens Division and all acquitted themselves well. Emma Tuckfield came out of retirement to volunteer herself for the 400m Hurdles and stepped in to the A string slot. Emma who was a useful 800m/1500m runner a few years back so this was a new event and a new beginning! Emma unfortunately tore a thigh muscle on landing over the first hurdle but in spite of the pain bravely battled on for 5th place and 6 well earned points for Orion to get the team off to a good start. In spite of not being able to walk or drive home after the race Emma said, "I'll be back!" Jessica Kipps (U17) covered 4 events running the 100m and 200m sprint double with an A String 5th in the 100m timed at 14.4 and likewise 5th in the 200m in 29.6. Jessica went on to help Orion's 4 x 400m team to 4th from 10 teams and turned her hand to the Long Jump B String finishing 6th with a best leap of 3.63m. Melissa Timpson (U17) was another youngster covering 4 events. Melissa was 5th in the B string 100m in 15.0 and also ran the third leg in the 4 x 100m relay team which finished 7th. Melissa then moved into the field with a good Triple Jump performance finishing 8th with a best of 8.11m and she also contested the hammer where she was unlucky with 3 no throws. Lauren Pereira (U17) placed 5th in the B string 200m in 29.3 and in the B String Discus placed 5th with a best throw of 14.08. Lauren MacGregor (U17) was outstanding on the Track. Lauren took on 4 races and was Orion's only race winner on the day, winning the A string 1500m with a great sprint finish in a very respectable time of 4:51.2. An especially good result it came after, taking a 3rd place in the B string 400m Hurdles in a new Under 17 club record time of 74.6 in an event she hadn't ever run before plus 2nd place in the B String 800m in 2:25.5. After the 1500m Lauren teamed up to take part in the 4 x 100m relay also. Track Team Captain Natalie Kipps (U23) marshalled and organised her Orion team exceptionally well and turned in her usual excellent performances as she is still on the comeback trail after a series of winter injuries. Natalie was 2nd in the 800m A string race in a very decent 2:18.3 and was also 4th in the A string 400m in 62.5 before helping the Orion 4 x 400m team to a very good 4th place from 10 teams. Partnering her sister Natalie in the 400m, Rebecca Kipps (U20) ran the B string taking 5th place in 71.4. Becky went on to help the Orion 4 x 400m relay team to a very good 4th place from 10 teams and in the Field events Becky was in action with the Discus finishing 8th in the A string with a best throw of 14.04m. Club Women's Captain Clare Thurgood ran her first 1500m race since her junior days but was rewarded with an excellent B string 2nd place, equalling her pb of 5:21.0 and 9 points to the Orion tally. Jay Andrews (U17) ran an excellent 3000m race to finish 3rd from over 20 runners in the combined A and B string race, finishing in 10:55.1 for yet another sub-11 minute 3000m, a fete on the day only achieved by the first 3 runners over the line. In the B string Katy Brett was having her first outing for Orion on the track and added valuable points with 4th in 12:47.1. Jo Haddaway and Lauren Richardson were two busy Orion athletes in the field events. Pole Vaulter Lauren Richardson equalled her personal best in the A String, finishing 3rd with a best of 2.10m. Lauren then scored a pb in the A string high jump finishing 7th with a best jump of 1.35m. Lauren then finished 6th in the A string Shot with 7.22m before joining the 4 x 400m Relay Team to run a solid anchor leg in 69.14 and help the team to place 4th from 10. Jo Haddaway started the day with 7th place in the Long Jump A string with a best of 3.67m, followed by the Javelin A string with another 7th with a best throw of 17.04m. Jo finished off running leg 2 in the 4 x 100m relay team with 7th place again. Welcomed newcomer Angie Legg took 4th place in the B string Javelin with 15.86m and 7th in the B string Shot Putt with 5.42m before running leg 3 in the 4 x 400m relay team who she helped to 4th place. Lets hope we can go on from here and turn out a similar sized or even bigger team for the remaining two fixtures at Walton on 25th July and Watford on 5th September where we can aim to do even better. Well Done All. Match Result 1. Walton AC 247 2. Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC 243 3. St Mary's Richmond AC 191 4. Bracknell AC 186 5. Orion Harriers 178 6. Watfiord Harriers AC 175 7. Highgate Harriers AC 164 8. Exeter Harriers AC 138 9. London Heathside AC 88 10. Southend AC 8 Orion Harriers Individual Results: 100m A String - Jessica Kipps (U17) 5th 14.4 B String - Melisa Timpson (U17) 5th 15.0 200m A String - Jessica Kipps (U17) 5th 29.6 B String - Lauren Pereira (U17) 5th 29.3 400m A String - Natalie Kipps (U23) 4th 62.5 B String - Rebecca Kipps (U20) 5th 71.4 800m A String - Natalie Kipps (U23) 2nd 2:18.3 B String - Lauren MacGregor (U17) 2nd 2:25.5 1500m A String - Lauren MacGregor (U17) 1st 4:51.2 B String - Clare Thurgood 2nd 5:21.0 3000m A String - Jay Andrews (U17) 3rd 10:55.1 B String - Katy Brett 4th 12:47.1 100m Hurdles A String - No Competitor B String - No Competitor 400m Hurdles A String - Emma Tuckfield 5th 86.2 B String - Lauren MacGregor (U17) 3rd 74.6 4 x 100m Relay Orion Harriers 7th - 58.7 1. Jay Andrews (U17) 2. Jo Haddaway 3. Melisa Timpson (U17) 4. Lauren MacGregor (U17) 4 x 400m Relay Orion Harriers 4th - 4:36.6 1. Natalie Kipps (62.8) 2. Jessica Kipps (U17) (69.47) 3. Angie Legg (74.6) 4. Lauren Richardson (69.14) High Jump A String - Lauren Richardson 7th 1.35m B String - Jo Haddaway 2nd 1.30m Pole Vault A String - Lauren Richardson 3rd 2.10m B String - No Competitor Long Jump A String - Jo Haddaway 7th 3.67m B String - Jessica Kipps (U17) 6th 3.63m Triple Jump A String - Melisa Timpson (U17) 6th 8.11m B String - No Competitor Shot Putt A String - Lauren Richardson 6th 7.22m B String - Angie Legg 7th 5.42m Discuss A String - Rebecca Kipps (U20) 8th 14.04 B String - Lauren Pereira (U17) 5th 14.08 Javelin A String - Jo Haddaway 7th 17.04m B String - Angie Legg 4th 15.86m Hammer A String - Melissa Timpson (U17) 3 N/Ts B String - No Competitor Stortford 10k Sunday 28th June 2009 1 0:36:40 MYNOTT, Andrew SM 78 2 0:36:48 DUNN, Stuart Derby A.C. MV40 501 3 0:38:04 ELLIS, Tim Saffron Striders Running Club MV40 117 4 0:38:22 CLARK, Ian Orion Harriers SM 318 29 0:47:13 CORD, Susan Woodford Green with Essex Ladies FV45 129 134 1:03:04 ACKLAND, Sacha Eton Manor AC SL 550 162 finished Stortford 10m Sunday 28th June 2009 0:58:40 REYNOLDS, Bryn Paul Herts Phoenix AC SM 816 2 0:59:07 TUDDENHAM, Robin Serpentine Running Club MV40 716 3 0:59:09 RAMSAY, Grant Barnet & District SM 695 11 1:07:10 BROCK, David Edward Orion Harriers MV40 820 22 1:10:33 BENNETT, Bill Orion Harriers MV50 788 24 1:11:10 THURGOOD, Clare Orion Harriers SL 692 34 1:14:29 ADAMS, Steve Eton Manor AC MV40 791 38 1:14:58 INCH, Christine Orion Harriers FV45 681 75 1:23:01 VACHER, Louise Victoria Park Harriers FV45 789 81 1:24:16 BARRON, Hayley Orion Harriers FV35 707 86 1:25:35 MERCER, Ruth Orion Harriers FV45 729 91 1:26:10 ROBINSON, Julie Orion Harriers FV45 725 126 1:31:43 JONES, Lyndsey Orion Harriers FV35 833 130 1:33:08 DE ASHA, Anne Orion Harriers NDB 831 176 1:45:07 FARBRIDGE, Nicole Orion Harriers FV45 832 194 finished MW LEAGUE MATCH : StAlbans : 7M : 02.07.09 1 36.58 Kevin Skinner S GCR 2 38.01 Mark Dickinson S GCR 3 38:38 Luke Humphrys S NHRR 15 41.16 Neil McGoun S ORH 23 42.13 Matt Flannely V 40 ORH 46 43.51 Colin Pierson V 40 ORH 60 45.47 Kevin Julian V 40 ORH 65 46.38 Dave Milner V 50 ORH 82 47.37 Bill Bennett V 50 ORH 105 49.37 Warwick Barton V 50 ORH 108 49.51 Bob Jousiffe V 60 ORH 136 53.18 Peter Bulaitis V 50 ORH 141 54.07 Grant Baker V 40 ORH 206 1:14:42 Alan Dickin V 70 ORH 207 finished 1 43.02 Rachel Gibbs S NHRR 2 43.58 Joanne Kent V 35 B&D 3 44.54 Astrid McKeown V 35 NHRR 13 48.17 Clare Thurgood S ORH 23 50.14 Christine Inch V 45 ORH 40 54.06 Mary Armitage V 45 ORH 52 56:56 Louise Vacher V 35 ORH 58 58.41 Kym Hudson V 45 ORH 65 1:00:36 Anne De Asha V 45 ORH 82 1:04:21 Andrea MacQueen V 45 ORH 125 finished full results here... 5 mile race series, race 2 : 04.07.09 Race pix of the second 5 series race: by Kev Wood
RACE 2 RESULTS Eastern Counties Track & Field Championships, Cambridge, Sunday 5 July 2009 The Eastern Counties Track & Field Championships took place on Sunday 5 July 2009 at the excellent Cambridge University Track and field facility where club athletes from Essex, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Herts, Norfolk and Suffolk competed for prestigious Area titles. Lauren MacGregor, Jay Andrews and Natalie Kipps flew the Orion Harriers flag with honour at the Championships on Sunday, bringing home a clutch of Gold and Silver medals for the Chingford club to celebrate. 15 year olds Lauren and Jay dominated the Under 17 Women's 3000 metres event with a 1 - 2 for Orion capturing Gold and Silver. For MacGregor who became Eastern Counties Champion, it was her second title in two months having become Essex Schools 3000 metres Champion last month at Chelmsford. Andrews was delighted to take the Silver Medal behind her training partner in a tough race, run in blistering 30 degrees C heat on Sunday afternoon, adding her silver medal to the 1500 metres Essex Schools Bronze she won last month.Both the Orion girls have made a big impression this season and have already been selected to represent Essex County over the 3000 metres distance at forthcoming Inter-Counties events. 20 years old Natalie Kipps, last years Essex 800 metres Champion and Southern Universities 800 metres Champion has suffered bad luck with a series of injuries since then, battling her way over several set backs. Natalie has never the less shown the determination needed to get back to last year's form. The Eastern Counties Championships was decided as a progress test for Natalie and although not satisfied with her times just yet Natalie Won Gold in the 800 metres later in the day ran the 1500 metres where she fought her way through the field to take the Silver medal, rounding off a very good day's work.
Thundersley 10K and 5K: 12.07.09
A nice victory for Orion Harriers' Shay Joyce at the Thundersley 10K on Sunday 12th July. Southend's Alan Millar and Basildon's Adam Chapman set out at a blistering pace on this extremely hot day but paid for their early endeavours by the 4k marker when better pace judgement by Shay saw him pass the pair and break away from his chasers to go on to win by nearly a minute. Kim Faure, Shay's aunt, visiting from Hong Kong won the first Women Vet over 35 award finishing in 44:47 and Shay's uncle Etienne Faure finished 8th in the earlier 5K race in 18:17. 1 00:35:50 Shay Joyce Orion Harriers 2 00:36:45 John Green Thurrock Harriers 3 00:38:20 Alan Millar Southend A C 95 finished (the 10k) ELVIS HAVERING 5 Raphael Park, Romford: 14.07.09 - Elvis Race 2 Race 2 on the 2009 ELVIS Road Race series was the Havering 5, run on a nice course through the picturesque Raphael Park in Romford, well organised and marshalled by the Havering 90- Joggers Club. Following up his good performance in race 1, Shay Joyce was Orion's first home in an excellent second place in 28:31 with Neil McGoun 5th 28:49 and Dave Brook the third Orion runner home in 14th 30:30 (6th Male Vet 40). Bob Jousiffe was 39th overall in 34:40 and and took the first Male Vet 60 prize. Orion's only Women competitor was the ever-improving Katy Brett who finished 8th in the Women's race in a pb 37:15. Full ELVIS Race results via Orion website front page MWL Mob Match : Trent Park: 15.07.09 MWL Mob match and ALL MWL results at... runherts.com Brentwood 10k : 19.07.09 and Essex Championships Numbers in brackets are 10k positions. FULL data indicates a runner had been entered in the Essex Championship Race. 1 0:32:11 MUSSETT, Adrian Colchester Harriers Senior Male 05:10.7 515 2 2 0:32:22 MOLYNEUX, Paul Springfield Striders Senior Male 05:12.4 337 3 3 0:32:34 RIDDELL, Gareth Basildon AC Senior Male 05:14.4 546 4 (19) 18 0:35:46 PAUL, Eric Orion Harriers Male Vet 40 05:45.2 526 19 (25)23 0:36:36 MCGOUN, Neil Orion Harriers Senior Male 05:53.3 396 25 (70)Chris Shapland 39.49 (84)Pete McHugh 40.48 (110)75 0:42:23 FARMER, Aaron Orion Harriers Senior Male 06:49.1 537 110 (200)127 0:46:53 MESSENGER, Geoff Orion Harriers Male Vet 60 07:32.6 143 200 (227)138 0:47:55 BRETT, Katy Orion Harriers Senior Female 07:42.5 551 227 (255) Julie Robinson 49.19 (273)154 0:50:05 ALLWORTHY, Karen Orion Harriers Female Vet 45 08:03.5 142 273 (478) Sean O’Sullivan 67.45 (479) Helen Eaton 67.45 210 finishers in the Essex Championship Full Results here FAIRLANDS VALLEY SPARTANS 3K RELAYS : 21.07.09 This has become a very popular event in the region and so it was for the 2009 event with 55 Mens teams and 51 Womens teams competing over the 3 Km course. Orion Harriers interest lay in the Senior Womens race where Orion Womens Club Captain Clare Thurgood was accompanied by Orion's two up and coming 15 years old junior stars Lauren MacGregor and Jay Andrews, making the trip to Stevenage. Up against some tough competition, Clare, Lauren and Jay did the club proud finishing third overall from the 51 Senior Womens teams competing and bringing home some very nice medals. In fact in a very close finish the Orion Team were just 3 seconds behind second placed St Albans Striders. Individually there were 157 Women finishers and Lauren MacGregor clocked the 6th fastest leg time of the evening with 11.11, Clare Thurgood 11th fastest leg in 11.26 and Jay Andrews 16th fastest leg with 11.33, all making the top 20. WELL DONE! SENIOR WOMENS TEAM RESULTS 1 North Herts Road Runners 'A' 33:04 2 St Albans Striders 'A' 34:07 3 Orion Harriers 34:10 Individual Womens Results 1 Rachel Gibbs 10:25 North Herts Road Runners 2 Sarah Stimpson 10:36 FVS TRI 3 Natasha Taylor 10:54 Herts Phoenix 6 Lauren MacGregor11:11 Orion Harriers 11 Clare Thurgood 11:26 Orion Harriers 16 Jay Andrews 11:33 Orion Harriers 157 finished Harlow : 10 miles : Orion Road Race Championship : 26.06.09 1 0:54:25 CLARKE, JOHN NEB 05:26.4 2 0:55:25 MOLYNEUX, PAUL S S 05:32.4 3 0:58:07 SMALLS, Allen COLH MV40 05:48.6 75 1:10:09 BAKER, Grant OH MV40 07:00.8 84 1:10:45 BENNETT, Bill OH MV50 07:04.4 92 1:11:58 JOUSIFFE, BOB OH MV60 07:11.7 113 1:13:23 FROST, Adrian OH MV50 07:20.2 115 1:13:28 THORPE, Adam WG 07:20.7 168 1:17:54 VACHER, Louise OH FV45 07:47.3 177 1:18:49 DAWSON, Bernard OH MV40 07:52.8 181 1:19:13 CORD, Sue WG FV45 07:55.2 233 1:22:12 ROBINSON, Julie OH FV45 08:13.1 264 1:24:28 OAKLEY, FRANCES OH FV45 08:26.7 284 1:25:45 BRETT, KATY OH 08:34.4 302 1:27:10 DEASHA, Anne OH FV45 08:42.9 325 1:28:43 MACQUEEN Andrea OH FV45 08:52.2 424 1:43:39 DRAKE, Michala OH FV35 10:21.7 460 finished full Harlow 10 results/pix here 5 mile race series, race 3 : 04.07.09 : Also Elvis series Third race! Race pix of the third 5 mile series race: by Kev Wood by Don Taylor ('edited' by John Hanlon... he claims...)
RACE 3 RESULTS now here! Phoenix Striders - Dunton 5.2km Summer Series Multi -Terrain - 21.07.09 1 00:18:12,Shay Joyce Orion Harriers 2 00:18:33,Paul Wyatt Billericay Striders 3 00:19:02,Anthony Came Thrift Green Trotters 37 00:26:04,David Stanley Orion Harriers 100 finished Ironman UK Triathlon : Bolton : 02.08.09 140.6 miles inc 2.4mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run All that sneaky, secret training has paid off for the big man! Congrats on surviving the course - and ending on almost a grin!Race# Forename Surname Gen Gen Pos Cat CatPos Swim Rank T1 Rank Bike Rank T2 Rank Run Rank Total Pos 3 Philip Graves Male 1 MPRO 1 00:51:09 1 00:03:21 2 04:57:23 1 00:01:42 2 02:52:19 5 08:45:52 1 1 Stephen Bayliss Male 2 MPRO 2 00:51:13 2 00:03:06 1 05:04:50 2 00:01:40 1 02:47:43 2 08:48:30 2 11 Jarmo Hast Male 3 MPRO 3 00:54:02 4 00:04:21 17 05:11:09 4 00:02:10 11 02:46:19 1 08:57:59 3 1136 Steve Bunce Male 1039 M50-54 47 01:25:11 697 00:18:57 1287 07:46:11 1123 00:16:17 1243 05:30:07 1114 15:16:40 1132 1381 started 1263 finished Woodford Open Graded Meeting Results - 04.08.09 (Juniors and Seniors) 100M RACE 2 4 Nikkita Sartori-Sigrist U15 Girl 14.17100M RACE 3 4 Roseanne Ampofo U17 Woman 13.37200M RACE 1 2 Lauren Macgregor U17 Woman 28.43200M RACE 3 6 Nikkita Sartori-Sigrist U15 Girl 29.13200M RACE 4 2 Roseanne Ampofo U17 Woman 27.43200M RACE 6 4 Jermaine Hamilton U15 Boy 24.28800M RACE 2 1 Ben Silverstone U15 Boy 2.12.21 8 Lauren Macgregor U17 Woman 2.22.16800M RACE 3 1 Jesse Taylor U15 Boys 2.28.02 2 Alberic Hall U15 Boys 2.31.15 6 Georgia Tuckfield U13 Girls 2.35.94 12 Sydney Taylor U13 Girls 2.52.903000M RACE 1 6 Shay Joyce Sen Man 9.36.53000M RACE 2 6 Graham Hall O/40 Vet/Man 11.34.69 12 Katy Brett Sen Woman 12.28.36 13 Amelia Hall U13 Girls 12.32.74 Basildon 5K 09.08.09 Shay Joyce had an excellent run in good quality competition to finish 4th in a very good time of 16:35 at the Basildon 5K. From 11th position on lap one, Shay stepped up the pace moving up 7 places on the second lap around Gloucester Park, passing runners from Southend AC, Billericay S and Thurrock Harriers to secure 4th place. 1 16:11 Dale Clutterbuck , 17, M,SeniorM Basildon AC 2 16:12 Iain Campbell , 49, M,VetM40 Ilford AC 3 16:23 Steven Whittaker , 22, M,SeniorM Southend AC 4 16:35 Shay Joyce , 24, M,SeniorM Orion Harriers 397 finished First 5k on rides : 12.08.09 A great victory for Danny Moses... SEE RESULTS HERE and some loverly shots of the evening... ..HERE, by Gail Second 5k on rides : 26.08.09 RESULTS HERE and more loverly shots of the evening... ..HERE, by Gail Ironman Switzerland : - 12:01:24 Like Steve Bunce in August, Nick Webb also completed an Ironman - on the 12th July in Zurich. Swim 1:08:14 T1 0:04:34 Bike 5:48:44 T2 0:04:05 Run 4:55:44 Nick reckons he needs to 'keep working on his running'... Whereas Steve is convinced that he could shave hours off his time merely by attending to his transitions between each discipline! They just won't let it lie... Ironman Frankfurt : - 11:43:02 05.07.09 Seems like I've opened a can of... er... rust... ...like Steve Bunce & Nick Webb, John Andrews also completed an Ironman - in Germany. Swim 1:10:37 T1 0:07:25 Bike 5:58:03 T2 0:03:03 Run 4:23.51 I bet there are more out there...? London Inter-club : Copthall : 29.08.09 MacGregor's 5000m record rounds off Great season The second fastest 5000 metres run in the UK this year by an U17 Woman proved to be a worthy addition to Lauren MacGregor's haul of club records this year, four in all and the perfect crowning to an excellent season for the young Orion star, which see's her ranked No 2 in the country at Under 17 level. The sub-19 minute attack was very successfully executed, running even paced laps early on and lifting the pace over the final 400 metres to clock 18 minutes 30 seconds. 15 year old Lauren won her first two titles earlier in the season when she became Essex Schools 3000 metres Champion at Chelmsford in June and a month later also became the Eastern Counties 3000 metres Champion at Cambridge. MacGregor's Championship medal haul was added to in May when she took Silver in the Essex County 1500 metres championships at Chelmsford and later that month took Silver again in the Essex County 3000 metres championship race at Woodford. Lauren represented Essex County on 3 occasions during the season, again with successful results, to the delight of the Essex County Officials. Lauren was part of the Essex County Under 17 Team, running the 800 metres at the Indoor Inter-Counties match at Enfield in March where she placed 1st. She was again selected for the Essex Under 17 Team at Crawley in August, this time running over 3000 metres Outdoors, finishing an excellent 3rd. Then in September, despite only being 15 years of age, came the honour of being selected to represent Essex County Senior Women's Team in the Eastern Inter-Counties Bemax Trophy event at Ipswich. Again Lauren did herself and Essex proud with a 3rd place finish. Lauren's representative achievements for the season weren't over however when this month (September) she received a call up to run the 3000 metres at the UK National Schools Games, representing the England Schools Athletics London Regional Team at the Cardiff International Stadium and in the highest quality Under 17 Women's race put together this season Lauren placed 7th from the 14 competitors. Lauren achieved PB's at 7 different distances on the track during the 2009 season, from 200 metres to 5000 metres, setting 4 club records and coming tantalizingly close – less than a tenth of a second to breaking former UK International Danielle Sale's 3000 metres outdoor club record. MacGregor significantly ran no less than 9 sub-11 minute 3000 metres races during the season. On the road Lauren's 5 miles road race time at the Canvey 5 in April placed her at No 5 in the UK rankings for the distance and in June she won the Harlow senior Womens 5K Road Race Series on completing a clean sweep of 3 wins from 3 races to become the 2009 champion and youngest ever winner. Lauren's coach the former England International Maxine Joyce is delighted with Lauren's progress this season and is now looking forward to a good cross country season over the forthcoming winter. Southern Womens Track & Field League Senior Division 3 Match, Watford 05.09.09 Another sterling performance from Orion's young women, doubling and trebling up in many events! There was a great turn out of 10 athletes at the final Southern Women's T&F meet of the summer at Watford on Saturday. The day started off well with Emma Gallagher making a return in the 400m hurdles and finishing in 4th place to get vital points in early for the team, followed by a solid performance by Lauren Richardson in the pole vault, who came an excellent 2nd place in the competition and was just shy of her PB. Melissa Timpson did well as one of the youngest in field to finish 8th in the hammer with a distance of 13.54m. The other jump events went well during the day; Jessica Kipps and Jo Hadaway teamed up in the long jump to take 6th and 9th place in the A and B string competitions respectively, Melissa Timpson was our own triple jumper of the day and ended the competition in a strong 7th place and Lauren and Jo both jumped well to take 6th and 13th place in the high jump. Katy Brett and Emma Gallagher teamed up for the 3000m, with Katy finishing 9th in the A string and Emma 7th in the B string competition. A notable performance came from Emma who broke the 13 minute mark with a new PB of 12.44!! Becky and Jessica Kipps both competed in 100m and gained valuble points, finishing in 4th and 8th places for the team. Lauren Pererira gave an impressive run the 400m with a time of 72.1 to finish in 4th place and Jay Andrews had a solid run in the 800m to take 6th place. Jo and Becky managed to compete well in the javelin at the end of the day as well as taking part in the 4x100m relay halfway through the compteition. Both relay teams gave their best performances of the season, most notably the 400m team which finished in 4th place. At the end of the day, the Orion ladies team finished 7th out of 10 teams, and finished in 8th place overall at the end of the five meets, with a points total of 475.5, finishing above Southend and London Heathside. We're looking forward to next year, the teams that finished above us can be caught! A big thank you to all who helped during the summer, Steve and Anne Kipps, Bill Black, Ron Bonds, Karen Wellings, Andrew Dodd and Steve Timpson, and a massive thank you to all the athletes who took part - well done girls! SEE RESULTS HERE and also... T+F Division 3 FIXTURES, MATCH RESULTS AND LEAGUE POSITIONS Watford Open Graded Meeting 09.09.09 Orion's Essex 800 Metres Champion Oliver Heeks ran his first ever 3000 metres race and clocked an amazing 8 minutes 51 Seconds for 2nd place from the 20 odd runners in the top 3000 metres race of the night! 3000m 2 182 O Heeks Orion H SM 08:41.57 Dunstable Downs 20 Mile Challenge : 13.09.09 1. Phil Sanders Kent AC (SM) 2.20.23 2. Edward Green Unattached (SM) 2.21.00 3. Paul Adams SAS (SM) 2.21.30 15. Tracey Patmore Riverside Runners(LV40) 2.36.51 – 1st lady ! 17 Colin Braybrook SAS (M45) 2.38.01 – 2nd M45 ! 25 Tony Maru OH (M45) 2.45.37 3rd M45 ! 153 Finishers Elvis has left the building... The last Elvis race of the series and indeed Orion's last Summer fixture and what a good day was had by all, especially Orion! A cross country course of 5.28 miles set in Eastbrookend country park, one well worth putting in your diary for next season. Matt Flannery 3rd in race lead Orion in, with strong runs from Neil McGoun 4th and Dave Brock only 25 seconds behind in 8th place to win the Team prize. New local lass, Clare Donovan had a great race and came home first winning the Ladies race in style, in 'lucky 13th' place overall. Bob Jousiffe carried on his fine form finishing first in his age category in the race and indeed won his age category over the whole Elvis series! Not far behind came the charge from Orion, led by Geoff Messenger with Don Taylor snapping at Geoff's heels just behind Julie Robinson, Mary Armitage and Karen Allworthy with Helen Papachristos bringing the gang home. The Elvis Series has been excellent with local teams and local venues - all fine local races. Orion's support in the series has been low but those who did support have run well and most of all, have thoroughly enjoyed the races. As results show, Orion Men and Ladies finished runners up, with Shay Joyce and Neil McGoun finishing 2nd and 3rd, overall in the 5 race series. Well done to all those Orion that have supported and been part of the team, hopefully, now it's bedded in, we'll have more support next summer. Watford Open Graded Meeting: 23.09.09 800m 1st G.Tuckfield Orion Harriers U13W 2:31.25 1500m 2nd L.MacGregor Orion Harriers U17W 4:51.52 Run to the Beat : 1/2 MARATHON : 27.09.09 "A couple of hills and it was HOT, too..." 743 Andrew Dodd M45-49 00:47:39 01:37:45 01:37:22 1208 Kym Hudson f50-54 01:45:33 2755 Anne De Asha F50-54 00:56:08 01:57:32 01:51:44 Amy Sillitoe 02.10.15 13724 Chris Love M50-54 01:04:22 02:31:05 02:14:16 6559 Elizabeth De Asha f18-24 02:28:34 Copped Hall 5 Miles Multi-Terrain :27.09.09 A good field of 400 runners plus turned out for the Annual and ever popular Copped Hall race plus junior supporting races organised by the Rotary Club of Epping and run from the grounds of the historic Copped Hall Mansion. Three races were held in and around the grounds of the historic mansion, with under-11s involved in a mile race, followed by the under-13s in a three-mile course and the Seniors running a tough, testing five-mile multi-terrain route across a mixture of surfaces, the second half of which is mainly uphill! The last half-mile plus is a long, strength-sapping gradual climb to the finish in front of the mansion. Orion Harriers have consistently turned in a string of good results in this local favourite race and so it was again at the 2009 race but this year Orion had the race winner in the shape of Shay Joyce who broke away at the half way point just when the race gets tough and the long climb back up to the finish from the valley begins. Shay, running comfortably was even able to ease down the pace over the last mile or so to finish with comfort in 30:25, nearly a minute clear of second placed Danny Rose of Walthamstow AC. In third place, delighted with his run came Orion's Chris Shapland in 32:07. In the Women's race Orion's 15 years old starlet Lauren MacGregor was running the race for the first time and after a conservative start moved through the field in the second half to take third prize overall and first junior woman home. Orion also featured highly in the Team race as Shay Joyce, Chris Shapland and Bernie Dawson in 29th place took first prize in the men's race whilst Lauren MacGregor led home Orion's Women's A team to second place with Danielle Gillam 8th and Jo Tatham 22nd. Orion Harriers Women's 'B' Team finished third with Helen Papachristos 25th, Janet Bunce 41st and Nikkita Sartori-Sigrist 50th. There were some notable successes in the junior races for Orion Harriers also, notably Orion's Freddie Freestone won the Under 11's Boys Race. 1 0:30:25 JOYCE, Shay Orion Harriers All Men 116 1 2 0:31:18 ROSE, Danny Walthamstow AC Mens Vets 40+ 41 2 3 0:32:07 SHAPLAND, Chris Orion Harriers All Men 109 3 4 0:32:49 DONOVAN, Clare N Norfolk Beach Runners All Ladies 191 4 5 0:32:58 WALLIS, John Woodford Green Mens Vets 40+ 105 5 8 0:33:33 STOCKINGS, Paul Woodford AC Mens Vets 40+ 77 8 18 0:35:44 GREEN, Roger Woodford Green Mens Vets 50+ 122 18 21 0:36:05 MACGREGOR, Lauren Orion Harriers All Ladies 213 21 35 0:37:17 DAWSON, Bernard Orion Harriers Mens Vets 40+ 76 35 43 0:38:22 WELLER, Andrew Orion Harriers Mens Vets 40+ 93 43 53 0:39:34 GILLAM, Danielle Orion Harriers All Ladies 226 53 55 0:39:41 ROBINSON, Paul Orion Harriers Mens Vets 50+ 94 55 75 0:42:12 SAYER, Glyn Eton Manor AC Mens Vets 50+ 85 75 78 0:42:24 MARCHANT, Judy Eton Manor AC Womens vets 45+ 207 78 101 0:45:16 HEPWORTH, Rich Orion Harriers Mens Vets 50+ 137 101 113 0:46:16 PAPACHRISTOS, Helen Orion Harriers Womens vets 45+ 171 113 155 0:52:02 BUNCE, Janet Orion Harriers Womens vets 45+ 219 155 169 0:54:33 SARTON-SIGRIST, Nikkitu Orion Harriers All Ladies 204 169 209 1:14:36 SHARP, David Orion Harriers Mens Vets 50+ 121 209 209 finished TEAMS: 1 : Orion Harriers JOYCE, Shay SHAPLAND, Chris DAWSON, Bernard 2 : Woodford Green WALLIS, John GREEN, Roger Mens MURPHY, Michael 8 : Orion Harriers Race WELLER, Andrew ROBINSON, Paul HEPWORTH, Rich Ladies Teams team competition. (3 competitors per team. Based on cumulative position.) 1 : East London Running Club JAY, Carinne POPE, Jayne WHITE, Karen 2 : Orion Harriers MACGREGOR, Lauren GILLAM, Danielle TATHAM, Jo 3 : Orion Harriers PAPACHRISTOS, Helen BUNCE, Janet SARTON-SIGRIST, Nikkitu