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WATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING - WEDS 9th APRIL 2008:
Early season form continues to look good for those Orion Juniors and young seniors
taking part in pre-season warm-up open track and field meetings. After the good showing
at Chelmsford last month, five Orion Harriers raced at the first of thirteen Open meetings
Watford Harriers will be staging this year with some of those meetings to be combined with
big BMC (British Milers Club) events.
Rebecca Kipps clocked 66.9 for 400m finishing 4th overall in her race but first in her
age group, in the mixed, graded race and just outside her 65.5 pb was a good run for Becky.
Oliver Heeks won his 400m race in a pb time of 50.96, knocking a second off last seasons
best time as Oliver continues to go from strength to strength, this season promises to be
even better than last when he went under two minutes for 800m on 4 occasions.
Natalie Kipps smashed her pb over 800m clocking a great 2.15.9, knocking a whole 5 seconds
off last seasons 2.20.3 best in an excellent race running in a fast race with mainly men,
Natalie was first female over the line and adds this pb to the 4.48.1 she clocked over 1500m
at Chelmsford.
Danny Moses and Jack Stroud featured in the fastest of five graded 1500m races and both
turned in good performances. Danny more or less equalled his best 1500m time with 4.03.69,
just half a second away from a pb and Jack Stroud making a rare appearance over what is a
short distance for him, having recently won the Orion Mercury 10 Miles Cross Country
Championships race, 1500m was quite a contrast, so his 4.19.99 was an inaugural pb for Jack.
Full Results
400M 4(1) 37 R Kipps Orion Harriers U20W 01:06.9
400M 1 28 O H Heeks Orion Harriers U20M 50.96
800M 6(1) 36 N Kipps Orion Harriers SW 02:15.99
1500M 5 117 D Moses Orion Harriers SM 04:03.69
11(4) 119 J Stroud Orion Harriers U20M 04:19.99
London Marathon : 13.04.08
Teresa Scully passes Parliament, striving to dip under 3 hours...
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with details of anyone I may have omitted from this list...
M/F
Race Age Race
Posn Place No
58 3 162 » SCULLY, TERESA N (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 3:00:23
1455 317 29775 » SHAFIER, LAWRENCE E (GBR) M40 ORION HARRIERS 3:05:41
1554 337 29830 » TARRIER, PETER I (GBR) M40 ORION HARRIERS 3:07:00
87 3 28887 » NORDIN, BREEGE J (GBR) W50 ILFORD ATHLETICS CLUB 3:13:59
2659 179 23740 » BENNETT, BILL (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:17:57
2839 428 1368 » ANDREWS, JOHN A (GBR) M45 ORION HARRIERS 3:19:42
2901 604 30271 » COULTER, BARRY A (GBR) M35 HARTLEPOOL BURN ROAD HARRIERS 3:20:18
3183 224 30887 » LAMBERT, IAN L (GBR) M50 ETON MANOR 3:22:52
429 54 30154 » BUGG, ALISON (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 3:29:55
4708 957 24227 » ADAMS, KEITH J (GBR) M35 ETON MANOR AC 3:33:17
561 93 37656 » GILLAM, DANIELLE (GBR) W30 ORION HARRIERS 3:34:22
5338 394 24760 » BULAITIS, PETER A (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:37:55
5494 1091 51311 » QUINN, JOHN E (GBR) M40 ORION HARRIERS 3:39:00
6453 477 25210 » PHILLLIPS, MERVYN R (GBR) M50 ETON MANOR AC 3:44:43
985 61 28827 » MARCHANT, JUDY C (GBR) W50 ETON MANOR AC 3:45:43
1016 65 30197 » ROBINSON, JULIE A (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 3:46:33
6979 970 24758 » TAYLOR, DONALD G (GBR) M45 ORION HARRIERS 3:47:37
1225 236 8231 » VACHER, LOUISE D (GBR) W40 VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS 3:51:01
8076 242 37530 » COLE, ALAN (GBR) M55 ORION HARRIERS 3:53:17
1523 155 51312 » HUDSON, KYM (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 3:55:19
1801 184 24759 » FARBRIDGE, NICOLA L (GBR) W45 ORION HARRIERS 3:58:48
9480 703 24761 » HANLON, JOHN (GBR) M50 ORION HARRIERS 3:59:06
9689 1313 51319 » DAWSON, BERNARD J (GBR) M45 ORION HARRIERS 3:59:52
2254 131 5966 » DE ASHA, ANNE L (GBR) W50 ORION HARRIERS 4:05:34
2943 287 46577 » MACQUEEN, ANDREA L (GBR) W45 Orion Harriers 4:15:41
3354 632 45637 » JONES, LYNDSEY M (GBR) W35 Orion Harriers 4:20:40
14395 458 51307 » MAHER, DEREK P (GBR) M55 ORION HARRIERS 4:25:40
16770 37 32684 » JONES, KENNETH I (GBR) M70 ORION HARRIERS 4:39:38
6498 1084 51310 » QUINN, THIRZA J (GBR) W40 ORION HARRIERS 4:55:21
19993 2513 51309 » LOVE, CHRISTOPHER C (GBR) M45 ORION HARRIERS 5:05:28
7531 778 49294 » GRACEY, LINDA M (GBR) W45 Orion Harriers 5:10:09
7856 460 13116 » BUNCE, JANET F (GBR) W50 OH 5:15:55
Young Orion Team Lead the Way at Canvey 5 - Sunday 20 April 2008
A field of 500 runners took to the streets for the popular Canvey Island 5 miles Road Race on
Sunday in what's become one of the most popular Essex Road Races.
Orion Harriers 19 years old Natalie Kipps scored a notable victory in the Senior Women's race,
coming out on top of a tactical battle with rival Danielle Hurley of Southend AC who led the
race for the first 4 miles. Hurley took off like a bat out of hell and built up a big lead by
half way but Kipps chose a more conservative early pace, running against the sea breeze along
Canvey's Golden Mile sea front. Kipps however ran a tactically perfect race, gradually clawing
back the lead, cutting through the field, from 15th during the first mile. When Natalie finally
caught Hurley, just after the 4 Mile marker, Hurley couldn't respond as Kipps picked up the
pace over the last mile, pulling away to win in 30 minutes 42 seconds, not Kipps fastest time
but still a minute ahead of the fading Hurley who hung on for second place.
Supporting Natalie with two fine performances were the race's two youngest female competitors,
Orion's young starlets Lauren MacGregor and Jay Andrews who at 14 years of age showed
strength and maturity, both finishing in the top 10 and making it a clear team victory for
Orion in the Women's Team Race and putting Orion Harriers firmly on the map. Lauren and Jay
defied their young years as they passed hordes of runners in the closing stages of the race,
much to the amazement of many older runners and London Marathon veterans who could do nothing
as they breezed past running the race together most of the way. Lauren finished 8th in 35
minutes 34 seconds and Jay finished 10th in 35 minutes 57 seconds from a field of 160 senior
women
In the Senior Men's Race Orion's Shay Joyce clocked a superb personal best time of 27 minutes
32 seconds to finish 8th overall in a field of 500 runners. The only other Orion senior man
competing was Phil Hernon (on the comeback trail) who finished 56th in 32 minutes 52 seconds.
This was a result that nearly never was! as the day started with drama when Race Officials
said they didn't receive Natalie Kipps entry and refused to accept an entry on the day as the
race was oversubscribed having reached the 500 limit. The Race Secretary agreed to allow
Natalie to run only if another runner could be found willing to give up their race number and
place in the event in order to allow Natalie to run. Up stepped a hero in the shape of Neil
Andrews, Jay's dad who willingly offered Natalie his race number and Natalie was in after race
officials swapped the details! Natalie paid back Neil's generosity with her triumph and of
course that allowed Neil's daughter Jay to share in the glory and scoop the Team Prize with
Natalie and Lauren. So it's 'hats off' to Neil and a big thanks.
Orion's Phil Hernon one of the race sponsors who provided all the Trophies also had the
satisfaction of seeing a chunk of the winnings going to the Orion Harriers young Women's
team. Coach to the three girls and club President Maxine Joyce was delighted with the performances
of her three charges.
Shay chasing a PB!
Amazingly, there are NO PICS of camera-shy, Phil Hernon!
SOUTHERN ENGLAND STUDENTS SPORTS ASSOCIATION (SESSA) TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND WATFORD OPEN TRACK MEETING 23.04.08
Last Wednesday turned out to be great day for Orion Harriers young athletes competing at
various Track and Field events. Pick of the Bunch was Natalie Kipps who clocked a fantastic
800 metres personal best time of 2:11.68 in winning gold at the SOUTHERN ENGLAND STUDENTS
SPORTS ASSOCIATION (SESSA) TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS at Picketts Lock, Lea Valley Stadium
where she represented Hertfordshire University and Natalie now qualifies for the British
Universities Sports Association Championships finals next month. Natalie has now taken 13
seconds off her best 800m best time since teaming up with her coach Maxine Joyce a year ago,
who said after the race "Superb performance and there's still plenty more to come from Natalie
yet".
Danny Moses was also at the Southern Students Championships and he grabbed a well earned
Silver Medal in the Mens 800 metres with 1:58.08, an excellent sub 2 minute time and just a
second outside his best time.
That same night at the Watford Open Track & Field Meeting Orion Juniors were in personal best
form. Under 15 Lauren MacGregor scored another 800 metres personal best with 2.24.5 and gets
quicker with every race. Jay Andrews another Under 15 also brought home an 800 metres personal
best time of 2.33.7 in her race and Under 17 Danny Penfold made it the third pb on the night
for Orion with a 2:07.7 in his 800 metres. Finally the very in-form Oliver Heeks lined up to
run in race 7, the top 800 metres race of the night and Oli clocked a super-fast pb of 1:56.39,
his 4th sub-2 minute 800 metres and in doing so he beat the Woodford Green trio of Gavin Lewis
1:58.61, Paul Scanlon 01:58.85 and Alex Cornwell 1:59.25 in a superb race.
Natalie and Danny enjoy the taste of success!
CHASE THE TRAIN
27.04.08. AYLSHAM TO WROXHAM
1 0:50:48 Hennessy, Andrew WCH
2 0:52:11 Jones, Steve NOR
3 0:53:58 Laybourne, John WNA
4 0:55:07 Cates, Paul EM V40
5 0:57:27 Leversedge, John E+H V50
6 0:57:49 Brock, Dave OH V40
9 0:58:22 Bennett, Bill OH V50
14 1:00:34 Milner, David OH V50
24 1:04:09 Woodward, ZOE EM VL35
28 1:05:35 Adams, Steven EM V40
43 1:10:30 Simpole, Stephen OH V50
52 1:11:57 Allworthy, Karen OH VL45
54 1:12:27 Messenger, Geoff OH V60
62 1:13:40 Vacher, Louise OH VL35
104 1:24:36 Adams, Christina EM VL45
131 finished
Harlow Ladies 5K series 07.05.08
1 Clare Thurgood Orion Harriers S 20.27
2 Julie Simmons Allensburys V50 22.06
3 Sharon Wright (Gilbey) Harlow Running Club S 22.26
6 Hayley Barron Orion Harriers V35 22.50
45 finished
Summer Handicap : 5 miles : 10.05.08
Dave Barrett's Summer Handicap Pixx
John Hanlon's Summer Handicap Pixx
Kev Wood's Summer Handicap Pixx
Colin's Summer Handicap Pixx
Actual Hcap Hcap
Time Time
1 Bernard Dawson v40 24.25 15.20 39.45
2 Janet Obeney-Williams lv45 25.11 18.00 43.11
3 Gail Brannan lv45 25.53 18.00 43.53
4 Alberon Hall J 26.08 08.00 34.08
5 Andrew Dodd v40 26.33 07.20 33.53
6 Rick Bulaitis U20 27.46 07.40 35.26
7 Stuart Manning v60 28.14 08.40 36.54
8 Charly Fullilove v40 28.15 11.00 39.15
9 Ronnie O'Sullivan 28.17 03.20 31.37
10 Eric Paul v40 28.34 02.40 31.14
11 David Stanley v50 28.42 13.00 41.42
12 Warwick Barton v50 28.45 07.20 36.05
13 Adrian Frost v40 28.51 06.40 35.31
14 Roger Green v60 28.56 07.00 35.56
15 Pete Bulaitis v50 29.07 10.20 39.27
16 Nicky Farbridge lv45 29.30 18.20 47.50
17 Johnnie Wallis v40 29.44 06.20 36.04
18 Graham Hall v40 29.58 09.20 39.18
19 Peter Spelman v50 29.59 09.40 39.39
20 Paula Steere lv35 30.20 15.00 45.02
21 Claire Thurgood L 30.11 07.40 37.51
22 Sheila O'brien lv45 30.16 20.20 50.36
23 Richard Milnes v40 30.29 11.40 42.09
24 Chris Love v40 30.41 19.40 50.21
25 Bix Hall J 31.30 10.00 41.30
26 Mark Tempest v40 31.32 05.20 36.52
27 Mary Armitage lv35 31.36 10.20 41.56
28 Roger Kingsnorth v60 31.55 10.40 42.35
29 Tim Wright 32.14 03.00 35.14
30 Kym Hudson lv45 32.23 13.20 45.43
31 victor Wilson v60 32.57 09.40 42.37
32 Janet Bunce lv45 33.40 22.20 56.00
33 Helen Bell L 33.43 18.00 51.43
34 Bob Jousiffe v60 34.43 09.20 44.03
35 Steve Bunce v50 34.43 10.40 45.23
36 Bill Bailey v40 34.43 09.20 44.03
37 Jim Teal v50 35.46 10.20 46.06
38 Anne De Asha lv45 35.54 15.40 51.34
39 Caroline Wadley lv45 41.47 24.00 65.47
Fastest actual times:
1 Eric Paul
2 Ronnie O'Sullivan
3 Andrew Dodd
Colin's complete handicap RESULTS
Essex Track Championships
Kipps clinches brilliant gold : 11.05.08
Orion Harriers Natalie Kipps stormed to a sensational Essex Championships gold with a
perfect piece of 800m running to take her first Essex County Track title at Basildon's
Gloucester Park Arena on Sunday and the first for Chingford based club Orion Harriers
in the blue ribbon middle distance event.
Kipps quickly fought past the rest of the field to hit the front after 200 metres and
didn't look back as she built up and held a 50 metres lead to the finish, easing down
as she crossed the line in 2 minutes 13 seconds.
Basildon AC's Karen Goode took the Silver Medal and a former champion Helen Bloomfield
of Colchester took Bronze.
This was Kipps second championship title victory having won the Southern England Universities
Gold at Lea Valley last month in a personal best time of 2:11.68 from where she went on to
compete in the British Universities Championships at Bedford finishing 5th in the final
after coming through three qualifying rounds.
After her Essex title win Natalie was delighted to be given the news that she had been
selected to represent Essex at the UK National Inter-Counties Championships at Bedford
on 25/26 May having beaten the 2:14 qualification time.
19 years old Kipps said after her victory "I'm over the moon, I've just wanted this for
so long".
Kipps coach, the former England International and Orion Harriers President Maxine Joyce
added " Here is one athlete who's dedication and hard work over the last 12 months is
beginning to pay off - if anyone deserved to win a gold she did. She wants to improve
further and compete at a higher level and this summer's plans will be aimed at that."
Great Baddow 10 : 18.05.08
Dave Barrett's pixx
Despite at least one of the Orion women checking out the red grapes in a Chingford hostelry
on the night before this race, It was a delight to see them winning bronze...
And even though a first glance at the results showed Clare Thurgood was actually Male AND v45!
No wonder Clare posted a smashing PB for 10 miles...
1 54:20 Molyneux P M1 SS
2 54:29 Dickinson D M2 H90
3 55:00 Bloomfield C M3 BIL
68 66:40 Wilson Victor MSV9 WG
78 67:09 Thurgood Clare F4 OH
81 77:23 Wallis Johnny MV19 WG
160 73:12 Adams Keith MV43 EM
164 73:30 Inch Christine FSV4 OH
168 73:49 Dawson Bernie MV48 OH
173 74:01 Thorpe Julian MV50 WG
174 74:03 Bugg Alison FSV5 OH
230 76:57 Stanley David MSV38 OH
252 78:05 Robinson Julie FSV8 OH
309 80:11 Allworthy Karen FV22 OH
376 83:02 Findlay Rob MV93 CCC
454 87:45 Bell Helen FSV22 OH
725 finished, of which 225 were women
Women’s Teams
1 Benfleet Running Club 347
2 Springfield Striders 384
3 OH 416
Clare Thurgood, Christine Inch, Alison Bugg
Summer Midweek League
Welwyn Garden City : 10k : 20.05.08
Click for Full Results + League positions
1 32:33 Mark Dickinson S Gcr
2 33:05 Richard Mccormick V 40 BD
3 33:21 Graham Robinson S Gcr
17 35:40 Neil Mcgoun S Orh
22 36:21 Ben Hall S Orh
62 39:02 Dave Brock V 40 Orh
63 39:04 Bill Bennett V 50 Orh
65 39:18 Adrian Frost V 40 Orh
67 39:27 Auberon Hall S Orh
95 41:42 Quin Broadbent V 40 Orh
97 41:57 Roger Green V 60 Orh
98 41:59 Stuart Manning V 60 Orh
105 42:36 Warwick Barton V 50 Orh
110 42:52 Peter Bulaitis V 50 Orh
114 43:15 Bob Jousiffe V 60 Orh
122 44:05 Phil Hernon V 40 Orh
132 44:45 Les Austin V 60 Orh
147 46:11 Roger KingsnorthV 60 Orh
199 57:57 Alan Dicken V 60 Orh
201 finished
Women
1 37:47 Martha Hall S Gcr
2 38:19 Mandy L'stone V 35 Gcr
3 39:04 Kath March S BD
16 42:12 Clare Thurgood S Orh
18 43:01 Christine Inch V 45 Orh
24 44:24 Alison Bugg V 45 Orh
29 44:55 Mary Armitage V 45 Orh
32 45:24 Julie Robinson V 45 Orh
47 48:02 Louise Vacher V 35 Orh
58 50:09 Kim Hudson V 45 Orh
66 51:31 Anne De Asha V 45 Orh
74 53:11 Helen Bailey V 35 Orh
100 Finished
Hatfield Broad Oak : 10k : 26.05.08
1 Adrian Mussett M COL 31:41
2 Cris Bloomfield M BIL 32:55
3 Robert Palmer M LUT 33:15
21 Eric Paul MV OH 35:42
27 Ronnie O'Sullivan M WG 35:55
30 Neil Mcgoun M OH 36:14
81 Bill Bennett MSV OH 39:54
111 Stuart Manning MSV OH 40:51
151 Steven Adams MV EM 42:15
170 Victor T Wilson MSV WG 42:57
186 John Quinn MV OH 42:54
245 Bernard Dawson MV OH 44:45
316 Julie Robinson FSV OH 46:34
355 Judy Marchant FSV EM 47:29
494 Anne De Asha FSV OH 50:31
831 Thirza Quinn FV OH 58:17
1017 finished
Southend Half Marathon : 08.06.08
Eric Paul won this inaugural Orion Road Race Championship whilst
Clare Thurgood did it for the Women. Impressive times...
1 01:11:13 Charles Coleman M WSE
2 01:11:36 Paul Molyneux M SS
3 01:11:48 H Zietsman M 40
10 01:18:59 Eric Paul M 45 OH
31 01:24:29 Andrew Dodd M 40 OH
55 01:28:31 Adrian Frost M 45 EM
62 01:29:23 Bill Bennett M 50 OH
101 01:32:04 Lawrence ShafierM 45 OH
119 01:33:44 John Quinn M 40 OH
155 01:36:18 Clare Thurgood F OH
165 01:36:54 Peter Spelman M 55 ILF
168 01:37:04 Robert Jousiffe M 60 OH
335 01:44:46 Hayley Barron F 35 OH
402 01:47:32 David Stanley M 50 OH
504 01:51:01 Kym Hudson F 45 OH
614 01:55:28 Andrea Macqueen F 45 OH
739 01:59:49 Helen Bailey F 40 OH
771 02:01:23 Dawn Groome F OH
851 02:05:00 Michala Drake F 35 OH
808 02:03:33 John Barrett M 40 OH
869 02:05:45 Chris Love M 45 OH
870 02:05:46 Anne De Asha F 50 OH
989 02:12:59 Kay Holford F 45 OH
1018 02:14:27 Thirza Quinn F 40 OH
1209 finished
Summer Midweek league
Chingford : 6.4M : 18.06.08
Men
1 36:42 Mark DickinsonS GC
2 36:52 Richard McCormickV 40 BD
3 37:58 Roy Scott S GC
8 38:47 Shay Joyce S OH
9 38:51 Grant Ramsey S BD
12 39:20 Neil McGoun S OH
15 39:55 Eric Paul V 40 OH
24 40:54 Colin Read S OH
30 41:27 Kevin Julian V 40 OH
32 41:43 Ben Hall S OH
35 42:05 Chris ShaplandS OH
41 42:26 Paul Cates V 40 OH
46 42:58 Auberon Hall S OH
53 44:03 Dave Brock V 40 OH
56 44:16 Andrew Dodd V 40 OH
70 45:25 Bill Bennett V 50 OH
74 45:49 David Milner V 50 OH
78 46:31 Graham Hall V 40 OH
90 47:51 Les Austin V 60 OH
93 48:16 Stuart Manning V 60 OH
96 48:21 Bob JousiffeV 60 OH
97 48:25 Julian Thorpe V 40 OH
104 49:26 Bernard Dawson V 40 OH
109 49:46 Adam Thorpe S OH
113 50:11 Peter Spelman V 50 OH
124 50:52 Roger KingsnorthV 60 OH
129 51:21 Adam MacaulayV 40 OH
132 51:54 Steve Bunce V 50 OH
138 52:38 Mike Howard S OH
139 52:51 Mick Owens V 50 OH
151 54:58 Pete Deadman V 60 OH
152 55:21 Stuart Grace S OH
159 58:03 John Hanlon V 50 OH
167 61:56 Chris Love V 40 OH
174 finished
WOMEN
1 41:58 Martha Hall S GC
2 42:31 Mandy LivingstoneV 35 GC
3 43:40 Kath March S BD
15 46:58 Christine Inch V 45 OH
18 48:08 Zoe WoodwardV 35 OH
19 48:17 Clare ThurgoodS OH
24 49:37 Alison Bugg V 45 OH
25 49:50 Mary ArmitageV 45 OH
26 50:24 Mel Jones V 35 OH
31 51:17 Belinda Lewis V 35 OH
32 51:20 Julie RobinsonV 45 OH
34 51:34 Danielle Gillam S OH
37 52:14 Hayley Barron V 35 OH
44 53:30 Louise Vacher V 35 OH
45 53:43 Kym Hudson V 45 OH
53 55:26 Sue Cord V 45 OH
57 55:57 Victoria Morgan V 35 OH
59 56:14 Karen MacaulayV 45 OH
61 56:46 Paula Steere V 35 OH
62 57:06 Michala Drake V 35 OH
71 59:09 Gail Brannan V 55 OH
75 60:45 Nicola FarbridgeV 45 OH
76 61:15 Helen Bailey V 35 OH
78 61:25 Lisa Thorn V 35 OH
81 61:50 Nicola Holmes V 35 OH
83 61:54 Jean AtkinsonV 35 OH
84 61:57 Dawn Groome S OH
86 62:05 Andrea McQueen V 45 OH
91 63:36 Christina Adams V 45 OH
95 66:07 Kay Holford V 45 OH
101 finished
Midsummer Munro: Box Hill : 21.06.08
This will be a day that stands long in the memory of the 3 members of
the 'Orionites' team who completed 'the Midsummer Munro' (There's 3000 feet of ascent
in the 13 and a bit miles!).
Peter B, who'd completed the course the previous year, had tried to coerce the Orion
membership into participating but only Clare T and Andrew D, like lambs to the slaughter,
had risen to the bait. (Slightly fishy metaphor, shurely? Ed.)
Despite warnings that this would take between 30% and 50% longer than your normal half
marathon and despite assurances from Peter that this was indeed true, we stood on the
line feeling a bit sceptical that any race could be that hard.
Needless to say it was harder.
The hills (Yardley will henceforth be a breeze) were relentless and as hard to go down as up.
Pete managed to fall over after just 4 miles whilst Andrew left it until 11 miles to take
his tumble. Both sat by the path for a few moments of solitary contemplation before,
splattered with mud and blood, struggling to their feet and limping on. Clare, proved
herself to be the toughest of the team and skipped merrily along with barely a grimace. She
flew down the steps whilst others treaded gingerly in fear of falling and she sprinted the
last couple of miles to comfortably finish as number 1 Orionite and overall 3rd lady.
(Disappointingly and uncannily, Clare wasn't even the second lady called 'Clare'...)
We'll be working hard to persuade more from Orion to enter next year as this is an event truly
not to be missed.
1 01:44:43 Chris Beecham HH M 39
2 01:49:46 Damian Macenhill SoC M 37
3 01:51:57 Emlyn Christie Wim M 31
9 02:01:48 Claire Donald PPR F 49
11 02:03:59 Clare Naden CC F 34
23 02:09:09 Clare Thurgood OH F 24
31 02:12:25 Andrew Dodd OH M 44
86 02:29:32 Peter Bulaitis OH M 54
168 FINISHED
Summer Midweek league
StAlbans : 7M : 03.07.08
For the first time, Orion have not been immediately relegated from Div 1.
And full praise is also due to some Orion stars over this race series!
Christine Inch was first woman over 45 - with Mary Armitage, 3rd.
Whilst Stewart Manning was first Vet 60, chased all the way by Bob Jousiffe!
Full results and league table will be available at:
www.runherts.com
1 37:29 Paul Adams S SS
2 37:44 Richard McCormick V40 BD
3 37:56 David Vaughan S GC
20 41:05 Neil McGoun S OH
32 42:51 Kevin Julian V40 OH
45 44:04 Auberon Hall S OH
49 44:17 Ben Hall S OH
50 44:55 Dave Brock V40 OH
57 45:35 Quin Broadbent V40 OH
76 47:47 Bob Jousiffe V60 OH
80 48:33 Stuart Manning V60 OH
81 48:35 Peter Bulaitis V50 OH
84 48:39 Warwick Barton V50 OH
91 49:20 Graham Hall V40 OH
95 49:42 Les Austin V60 OH
111 51:03 Don Taylor V40 OH
119 51:58 Bernard Dawson V40 OH
128 53:25 Grant Baker V40 OH
168 63:31 Alan Dickin V70 OH
174 finished
1 42:59 Lisa Elmore V35 TP
2 43:32 Martha Hall S GC
3 44:10 Jenny Grey S GC
16 48:56 Christine Inch V45 OH
22 50:13 Clare Thurgood S OH
24 51:16 Mary Armitage V45 OH
26 51:31 Alison Bugg V35 OH
28 51:51 Danielle Gillam S OH
38 53:23 Hayley Barron V35 OH
41 53:55 Karen Allworthy V45 OH
58 56:57 Kym Hudson V45 OH
62 58:38 Victoria Morgan V35 OH
64 59:00 0 0 S OH
65 59:04 Michala Drake V35 OH
68 60:24 Helen Bailey V35 OH
72 60:47 Lisa Thorn V35 OH
77 61:59 Anne De Asha V45 OH
85 63:52 0 0 S OH
106 77:59 Kay Holford V45 OH
106 finished
L'Etape : Les Pyrenees :06.07.08
Very rainy, misty, slippery and slick surfaces...
...for 169km with a bit of uphill in it, too...
2127 397 D 4791 MALLIN Tony UNA 07h 52' 52" 2114 07h 39' 05"
2953 1089 C 4793 HENDERSON Rorie OH 08h 14' 13" 2935 07h 58' 56"
4488 982 D 4786 SIMPOLE Stephen OH 08h 53' 19" 4468 08h 38' 01"
High Ongar 10k : 06.07.08
1 32:46 BLOOMFIELD, C Bil 05:16.3
2 33:17 MOLYNEUX, P SS 05:21.3
3 33:41 SHASHA, Nick Wal 05:25.1
7 35:11 STROUD, Jack OH 05:39.6
11 35:41 PAUL, Eric OH v40+ 05:44.4
21 37:12 MCGOUN, Neil OH 05:59.1
57 41:00 GREEN, Rodger WG v60+ 06:35.8
119 45:38 THORPE, Julian WG v40+ 07:20.5
141 46:23 BUNCE, Steve OH v50+ 07:27.7
183 49:13 BARRON, Hayley OH fv35+ 07:55.1
187 49:21 STANLEY, David OH v50+ 07:56.4
254 53:40 BELL, Helen OH fv45+ 08:38.1
352 finishers
This was also the Essex Road championship,
and Orion men’s team won BRONZE!
The Fell Race : 3M600Yds : 815 feet : 11.07.08
Watch a
Fell Race Video...
by Eric
Torrential rains had rendered the grass lush, the trails slippy and the course no easier than in
any past year - so... (I guess to make a race of it...?)... winner Ben Hall went off course - as
did a few others a couple of times. Hard to believe, with such clear trail-laying, a fecundity of
assiduous marshalls and a plethora of dozy spectators…
Ben could probably have won this LAST year, but… er… chose not to. 11.07.08 was a better
time to win, as it was his 18th birthday and made the bottle of wine prize more acceptable - and legal.
Every runner received beer prizes. And for some obscure reason Cap’n Dave wanted EVERY
woman to also have BIG bar of chocolate… As well as 2nd and 3rd placed Neil and Chris also getting
a bottle of wine, so did Lauren McGregor, 1st woman and Sarah Colbert lv35, Zoe Woodward 2nd lv35,
Karen Allworthy lv45, Paul Cates v40, Tim Brockington v50, Malcolm Savage v60 and v70 nobody… it
says here on the prize-list…
The Brave Lads from the RFH got great satisfaction from their efforts - despite going a LONG way
round to the start and setting off late…
Someone who didn’t turn up also got a bottle of Old Peculier. Which I thought was ODD. And it got
curiouser and curiouser...
It seemed that all who took part won something - and I swear I saw a White Rabbit with a Top Hat and a watch,
scuttle down a hole in the bushes grumbling about being, “Too Late! Too Late!”…
1 B Hall 23.52 OH
2 N McGoun 25.06 OH
3 C Shapland 25.12 OH
4 A Hall 25.36 OH
5 M Muir 26.00 SS
6 T Wright 26.03 OH
7 P Cates 26.46 EM
8 D Brock 27.36 OH
9 A Dodd 27.40 OH
10 T Brockington 27.41 SS
11 A Mason 27.29 SS
12 J Praill 28.04 SS
13 I Lambert 28.26 EM
14 M Cates 28.32 EM
15 W Barton 28.50 OH
16 L McGregor 28.51 OH
17 G Hall 29.15 OH
18 P Stukas 29.18 SS
19 T McCarthy 29.34 OH
20 S Colbert 29.38 SS
21 R Solomons 29.47 UA
22 J Andrews 29.53 OH
23 J Thorpe 30.13 OH
24 Z Woodward 3023 OH
25 N Bradley 31.33 SS
26 L Westcott 31.37 SS
27 T Spanyol 32.11 WG
28 J Williams 32.28 SS
29 R Milnes 32.58 OH
30 M Savage 33.34 SS
31 R Kingsnorth 34.02 OH
32 P Robinson 34.49 OH
33 P Steere 24 .57 EM
34 M Owens 35.38 UA
35 G Sayer 36.04 EM
36 K Allworthy 36.31 OH
37 J Hills 37.47 SS
38 A DeAsha 37.56 OH
39 A Gajbutowiczy 38.09 UPH
40 R Reed 40.13 RFH
41 S Kuyser 45.25 SS
42 J Jones 50.32 UA
43 J Glasscock 53.04 RFH
Lea Valley 10k : 13.07.08
33.39 321 Chris Beecham
33.40 312 declan hamblin
35.14 395 Arber Baci
38.50 354 Rick Bulaitis
42.30 322 Robert Jousiffe
44.30 371 Bernard Dawson
47.53 125 julie robinson
58.21 132 Andrew Dodd
Felsted 10k : 13.07.08
1 B Powell WG 32.08
2 P Miller BED 33.16
3 G Chandler SS 33.55
48 D Brock OH 39.34
425 FINISHED
MWL Mob Match : Trent Park : 9k : 16.07.08
ORION WON THIS ONE!!!
1 30:21 Richard McCormick v40 B&D
2 30:53 Niall Fleming S SBH
3 30:59 Harold Wyber S ORH
13 33:10 Neil McGoun S ORH
22 34:11 Paul Cates v40 ORH
26 34:38 Ian Lambert v50 ORH
29 34:50 Tim Wright S ORH
33 35:03 Michael Cates S ORH
39 35:45 Quin Broadbent v40 ORH
49 36:22 Dave Brock v40 ORH
74 37:52 Bill Bennett v50 ORH
76 37:59 Steve Adams v40 ORH
83 38:25 Warwick Barton v50 ORH
100 39:12 Charly Fullilove v40 ORH
113 39:48 Peter Bulaitis v50 ORH
124 40:18 Bob Jousiffe v60 ORH
126 40:21 Don Taylor v40 ORH
153 41:32 Stuart Manning v60 ORH
158 41:44 Bernard Dawson v40 ORH
160 41:49 Adam MacAuley v40 ORH
186 43:13 Steve Bunce v50 ORH
190 43:25 Mick Owens v50 ORH
290 55:12 Alan Dickin v70 ORH
305 finished
1 34:56 Lisa Elmore S TPK
2 36:16 Martha Hall S GCR
3 36:25 Jo Kent v35 B&D
10 39:09 Clare Thurgood S ORH
11 39:25 Zoe Woodward v35 ORH
12 39:31 Christine Inch v45 ORH
15 40:22 Mary Armitage v45 ORH
16 40:33 Alison Bugg v45 ORH
27 41:53 Julie Robinson v45 ORH
32 42:24 Belinda Lewis v35 ORH
34 42:37 Hayley Barron v35 ORH
39 43:45 Louise Vacher v35 ORH
45 45:15 Kym Hudson v45 ORH
61 47:02 Karen MacAulay v45 ORH
62 47:08 Lyndsey Jones v35 ORH
67 48:10 Andrea McQueen v45 ORH
68 48:22 Anne De Asha v45 ORH
72 49:00 Helen Bailey v35 ORH
79 50:06 Lisa Thorn v35 ORH
80 50:07 Christina Adams v45 ORH
83 50:51 Nicola Farbridge v45 ORH
93 53:50 Janet Bunce v45 ORH
105 58:21 Kay Holford v45 ORH
108 finished
Pos OVERALL Score Points
1 Orion Harriers 606 25
2 Garden City Runners 499 24
3 Trent Park Running Club 777 22.5
4 St Albans Striders 896 19.5
5 Barnet & District 967 19
6 North Herts Road Runners 1,227 16
7 Fairlands Valley Spartans 1,514 13
8 Harlow Running Club 1,524 12
9 Broxbourne Runners 1,673 10
10 Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 1,910 6
11 Herts Phoenix 2,295 6
12 Royston Runners 2,548 6
13 Bishops Stortford 2,866 3
15.07.08 : Havering 5 miles
"A Midweek 5 to remember!", said organisers Havering "90"Joggers - with an entry of 200 runners on a
very warm summer's evening. Shay Joyce was the sole Orion Harrier competing and although nowhere near
his pb of 27.30, Shay still managed to finish in a highly creditable 7th place!
2 225 Malcolm Muir 0:27:08 Ilford AC SM
3 218 David Dickinson 0:27:19 Havering '90 Joggers SM
4 269 Steve Rand 0:27:50 Havering Mayesbrook SM
5 333 Ian Anthony 0:27:56 Havering Mayesbrook SM
6 298 John Barker 0:27:57 Thrift Green Trotters MV40
7 226 Shay Joyce 0:28:59 Orion SM
8 292 Martin Chester 0:29:25 Havering Mayesbrook SM
9 301 Tony Pecoraro 0:29:29 Havering '90 Joggers MV40
177 finished
20.07.08 : Brentwood 10k
1 Crispian Bloomfield 100 SM Billericay Striders 1 00:32:28 0:5:13
2 Paul Molyneux 355 SM Springfield Striders 2 00:33:05 0:5:19
3 Gary Chandler 1 SM Springfield Striders 3 00:34:13 0:5:30
31 Dave Brock 394 MV40 Orion Harriers 30 00:39:23 0:6:20
145 David Stanley 274 MV50 Orion Harriers 125 00:48:12 0:7:45
400 finished
Harlow : 10 miles : 27.07.08
1 0:52:23 LAMBERT, Toby Win
2 0:53:05 MUSSETT, A COL
3 0:55:32 MURPHY, Kevin WG
22 1:01:07 ROCHE, JAMES WG
89 1:10:52 BENNETT, Bill OH v50
98 1:12:37 JOUSIFFE, BOB OH v60
128 1:16:29 BULAITIS, Pete OH v50
181 1:21:07 ROBINSON, Julie OH fv45
345 1:36:31 DRAKE, Michala OH fv35
428 FINISHED
WATFORD OPEN GRADED MEETING 30.07.08
Running a number of consistent 800m races recently around 2.02 - 2.03, Jack Stroud
scored a pb of 2.01 at the July Watford Open graded meeting in race 15. Olli Heeks
and Danny Moses ran in race 20 over the same distance but didn't threaten their pbs
of 1.53 and 1.57 respectively but never the less turned in good performances.
800m
Jack Stroud Orion Harriers Under 20 - 02:01.88
Oliver Heeks Orion Harriers Under 20 - 01:58.06
Danny Moses Orion Harriers SM - 01:59.08
Frying Pan relay : Upshire : 09.08.08
each lap 1.8 miles
We had a good turnout of 25 runners for this years relay. Unusually the weather did not behave as in
previous years and instead of the usual 90 degrees heatwave the rain was a bit relentless. Ignoring
the wet, we headed out to Upshire. With the rain getting heavier we put the 8 teams together as quickly
as possible and as a Brucie bonus we found a willing volunteer in Caroline Wadley to timekeep!
For those who do not know the format, it is a relay in teams of 3, with each runner going over two legs.
Each leg is 1.8 miles long. The course is over the country lanes in Upshire, it quickly descends until
at halfway you discover that there is a price to pay for the nice quick descent. At the halfway point you
look up the winding uphill road, knowing it will be a painful run to the finish.
The first leg was a close affair with only two seconds between Ronnie O and the brothers Cates. The race
settled down and Harold Wyber run the fastest leg of the day with a scorching 9min 15sec. At halfway, the
ultimate winners Paul Stockings, Vic Wilson and Michael Cates were 9 seconds ahead, it was all to play for
with 1 minute separating 6 teams.
There were many fine performances, Adrian Frost run two consistent legs of 10 mins 50 secs and also made
his usual dying swan finish before collapsing in the bushes making noises that are truly disturbing.
Sharon Bolister showed all her long runs were paying off with the fastest female leg.
Andrew Dodds and Quinn were meant to have a little side bet on their cumulative times, Quinn is probably
grateful this never materialised as we were initially unsure if we had a timekeeper. Team Hall consisting of
Millie, Aub and Graham supported by Ryan Reed had a fine run, Graham cleverly orchestrated the team to win
the bottle of wine for last runner to complete the course. The winners finished in a very respectable 64mins
20secs followed by a further 5 teams in a fraction over two minutes.
The Adams/Simpole handicapping team are now available for Bar Mitzvahs and weddings. After the prizes were
handed out, it was off to the pub, where Ryan showed that men really can multi task by heading behind the
ramps to serve up drinks to all the thirsty runners.
And Finally....Capt. Orion himself was away in Norfolk and confided to me later that whilst we were all
drowning in the rain he was having a nice relaxing couple of pints in the pub nearest to Horatio Nelson's
birthplace, naturally thinking of us all getting soaked and working hard to get up that hill.
1 Michael Cates 09.45 09.53 19.38
Vic Wilson 11.23 11.39 23.02
Paul Stockings 10.49 10.51 21.40 64min 20sec
2 Paul Cates 09.46 10.02 19.48
Rachel Lund 11.25 11.38 23.03
Steve Simpole 10.57 11.06 22.03 64min 54sec
3 Ronnie O'Sullivan 09.44 09.42 19.26
Sharon Bolister 11.06 11.11 22.17
Bob Jousiffe 11.29 11.49 23.18 65min 01sec
4 Lloyd Moore 10.38 10.58 21.36
Adrian Frost 10.50 10.50 21.40
Andrew Dodds 10.49 11.03 21.52 65min 08sec
5 Kev Wood 12.18 12.2 24.38
Harold Wyber 09.15 09.16 18.31
Steve Adams 11.12 11.37 22.49 65min 58sec
6 Ian Lambert 10.19 10.31 20.50
Claire Thurgood 11.09 11.08 22.17
Pete Bulatis 11.31 11.56 23.27 66min 34sec
7 Roger Green 10.55 11.28 22.23
Zoe Woodward 11.40 11.55 23.35
Quinn Broadbent 11.11 11.21 22.32 68min 30sec
8 Aub Hall 09.55 10.13 20.08
Millie Hall/Ryan Reed 14.53 12.04 26.57
Graham Hall 11.30 11.35 23.05 70min 10sec
Fastest Male Runner Harold Wyber 09.15
Fastest Female Runner Sharon Bolister 11.06
Closest times Adrian Frost
5k on Horse Rides : 13.08.08
1 A Messer 16.48
2 G Ramsay 17.22
3 J Roche 17.28
4 N McGoun 17.34
5 E Paul 17.44
6 C Shepherd 17.55
7 M Cates 18.12
8 A Hall 18.31
9 P Cates 18.43
10 R Bulaitis 18.53
11 D Brock 19.10
12 A Ruffy 19.22
13 P Stockings 19.43
14 B Silverstone 19.50
15 A Cole 19.57
16 C Thurgood 20.21
17 S Bolister 20.30
18 S Adams 20.41
19 G Hall 20.47
20 P Bulaitis 20.51
21 B Hall 20.53
22 C Inch 20.55
23 A Dodd 21.02
24 P Tsang 21.04
25 S Manning 21.10
26 M Hawkes 21.15
27 M Murphy 21.19
28 R Crump 21.24
29 R McGregor 21.34
30 D Barrett 21.38
31 B Dawson 21.40
32 Z Woodward 21.43
33 M Evans 22.17
34 V Wilson 22.21
35 K Ward 22.40
36 R Findlay 22.40
37 I Hunter 22.47
38 R Kingsnorth 23.01
39 K Allworthy 23.20
40 J Hanlon 23.48
41 A Alex 24.10
42 J Barrett 24.21
43 K Brett 24.25
44 A De Asha 24.44
45 T Pockley 24.54
46 S Timpson 25.03
47 A McQueen 25.09
48 F Oakley 25.12
49 M Hall 25.30
50 S Hinds 25.38
51 S Earl 26.08
52 C Adams 26.10
53 N Farbridge 26.19
54 C Crump 26.21
55 G Weiss 26.53
56 J Silverstone 27.02
57 M Drake 27.15
58 J Ewen 27.23
59 S Earl 28.17
60 J Bunce 28.21
61 S Bunce 28.25
62 C Wadley 34.39
63 K Dixon 35.06
64 S Kalinauckas 36.44
65 D Hunter 36.44
66 L Ewen 39.20
Uphill/downhill miles :20.08.08
1 N McGoun 11.10 5.42 5.28
2 C Shepherd 11.14 5.54 5.20
3 R Bulaitis 11.47 6.06 5.42
4 P Cates 11.48 6.15 5.33
5 D Penfold 12.21 6.23 5.58
6 B Silverstone 12.24 6.32 5.52
7 D Brock 12.25 6.35 5.50
8 A Antione-C 12.51 6.33 5.50
9 R Crump 12.55 6.50 6.05
10 J Terry 13.05 6.32 6.33
11 D MacGregor 13.13 6.55 6.18
12 R Reed 13.16 6.56 6.20
13 M Armitage 13.30 7.31 5.59
14 R Findlay 13.57 7.10 6.17
15 P Robinson 14.23 7.54 6.29
16 T Penfold 14.44 7.20 7.24
17 T Pockney 14.53 8.01 6.52
18 K Hudson 15.05 7.59 7.06
19 M Kalinauckas 15.19 8.00 7.19
20 J Barrett 15.21 8.12 7.09
21 A MacQueen 15.32 8.42 6.50
22 J Silverstone 16.06 8.52 7.14
23 S Kalinauckas 21.41 11.26 10.15
24 D Hunter 21.41 11.27 10.14
BARKING PARK 5K - 25.08.08
OH duo Shay Joyce and Lauren MacGregor took part in the well established and traditional August Bank
Holiday Monday Barking Park 5K on Monday 25th August and as usual a good quality race took place.
Shay paid for a very quick first lap on this flat fast two lap course and was around 20 seconds off
his best for the course but still managed an excellent 13th place in the race with 17:02 Shay recently
set a 5k pb of 16:32.
14 years old Lauren is showing the benefits of being coached by Maxine Joyce as she stormed to second
place in the Senior Women's race and first Junior Womean in a pb of 19:45 which was a full
32 seconds quicker than her time last year of 20:17. An 'excellent' pb and great sprint finish to
blast past Benfleet's Cathy Stunt with 200 metres to go.
Coach Maxine Joyce said "That's an excellent run for Lauren and hopefully an induication that's she's
coming into good form as we start our preparation for the cross-country season.
1 Sam Bradley TON M 15.44
2 Ryan Prout TGT M 15.49
3 Cris Bloomfield BIL M 15.55
13 Shay Joyce OH M 17.02
17 Ronnie O'Sullivan WG M 17.27
18 Michael Cates EM M 17.34
34 Andrew Ruffy EM MV 18.46
48 Adrian Frost EM MV 19.35
50 Lauren Macgregor OH F 19.45
62 Vic Wilson WG MV 20.28
94 Peter Spelman ILF MV 22.23
114 Glyn Sayer EM MV 24.02
201 finished
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