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Events: October, November and December.
Christmas Do
- Friday 12th December.
Horsforth 10k
– Record turn out by Idle AC.
London
Marathon 2004 – Final Reminder.
Hash –
Thursday 30th October 03
Hepworth
& Idle Bonfire – Sat 1st November.
Run with
Pudsey Pacers: Thursday 27th November
2nd
Annual Sewage Works Surprise Club Handicap Race: Sunday 21st
December at 10am.
Idle AC
Development Meeting - Reminder
Events in bold indicate a ‘club’ event which members are encouraged to run.
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Date |
Event |
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Sun 19th Oct 03 |
Richmond Castle 10k. 11am. Scenic and challenging course. |
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Sun 26th Oct 03 |
Holmfirth 15, 10.30 am, hilly 15 mile road race. |
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Sat 1st Nov 03 |
Shepherds Skyline Fell Race. BM, 1150’,
6 miles. 2pm. Todmorden. |
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Sun 2nd Nov 03 |
Guy Fawkes 10. 10.30. Hilly, part off
road course. Points race. Give all entry forms to Martin to enter. T-Shirt. |
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Sun 16th Nov 03 |
Roundhay Park 5k/5miler. |
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Sun 23rd Nov 03 |
1st WYWL Cross country at
Stainland. 10.30 am. All club to run if possible. |
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Sun 30th Nov 03 |
Leeds Abbey Dash 10k. 9.30. Final
points race for 2003. Get your entries in ASAP. |
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Sun 7th Dec 03 |
2nd WYWL. Cross Country
hosted by Idle AC, 11am. All club needed to run. Marshals/helpers also
needed. |
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Sun 21st Dec 03 |
2nd annual Sewage Works
Surprise club 4 mile Handicap race, 10am, Apperley Bridge. Festive event. |
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Sun 21st Dec 03 |
The Stoop Fell Race, BS, 11.30am.
5miles/800’, Haworth. Free chocs for all finishers!! |
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Fri 26th Dec 03 |
Chevin Chase 7 mile off road race,
11am, Highly recommended event. |
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Wed 31st Dec 03 |
Auld Lang Syne Fell Race, Haworth.
11.30a, 6 miles/900’. Free bottle of beer to all finishers. A great way to
end the year! |
Top Fifteen Club Races for 2003: Handicap/ Attendance Scheme -6 out of 15 possible races to count. Please don’t forget to sign in the book each time you attend a club session (but only pay once per week) as each attendance at a club training session is worth 1 point and to be eligible for a trophy members must accumulate at least 30 attendance points during the year. Each attendance at a “Club” designated race earns you 5 points (see below). 50% of the required points must be achieved by attendance at training sessions.
Well done to September Attendance winner who
are. Joanne Belcher and Kay Gambles each with 9 points
The Club races, where points can be earned, are as follows:
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Date |
Race Details |
Comments. |
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February - Sun 16th |
Liversedge Half Marathon, 12.00 noon. |
8 members ran. 3
club records broken: Male, Female & M40. 5 pb’s. |
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March - Sat 22nd |
Coniston 14, 11am. |
Sue Elliott flew
the Idle AC flag. |
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April
- Sun 6th |
Wakefield 10k, 10am. |
Chris Smith,
Martin and Jo Belcher ran. Jo set a new pb in a time of 46.01. |
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April* - Sun 6th |
Baildon Boundary Way Half, 10.30am. |
6 runners at the
Baildon BW: Joe Marjoram 1.41, Dave Lewis 1.42, Adrian 1.43, Donna 1.45,
Edward 1.46 and Simon 1.50. |
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April* - Sat 12th |
Meanwood Valley Trail 8, 10.30am. |
Two club records
were set at this 8 mile race: Simon set an M40 record in a time of 60.38 and
Richard set a Male record in 61.03. |
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April* - Sun 20th |
Guiseley Gallop 10k, 10.30am. |
6 runners in this
local event: Richard 46.25, Dave Lewis 46.30, Donna 48.03, Tony 48.46, Edward
49.17 and Pete Helliwell 51.00. |
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April- Tues 1st |
Bunny Run1, 3mile ‘Fell’ race, 7.00
pm. |
9 runners at the
first Bunny run: Kay, Jo, Amnuay, Chris, Tony, Donna, John, Richard &
Simon. |
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May - Sun 11 |
Leeds Half or Full Marathon, 10am. |
6 runners in the
Half, many of whom obtained pb times, including Pete V who took 8 minutes off
his previous best. |
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May - Wed 14th |
John Carr 5k, Esholt, first race. |
16 runners at
this first of the John Carr 5k series with Dave Lewis, Donna Edmondson &
Kay Gambles all breaking club records. |
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June - Sun 22nd |
Blackpool Half or Full Marathon, 9am. |
16 runners at
this race and despite the hot weather pb’s were broken and Kay Gambles set a
new F45 club record. |
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Aug -Sat 9th |
Arncliffe Gala 4 mile Road and/or Fell
race. |
8 Idle AC members
in the road race and three in the Fell race, including Jo Belcher was 2nd
female. |
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Aug - Sat 23rd |
Burnsall Classic 10 mile road race. |
3 runners in the
10 mile race: Chris Stubbs 1.05 (23rd), Chris Smith 1.12 (43rd)
and Dave Lewis 1.13, (47th).
Ian Fisher running for Otley won the race (54.11). Idle AC were 6th
team. Tony Blythe ran in the fell race. |
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Oct – Sun 5th. |
Horsforth 10k, 10am. |
A record club
turn out of 24 runners (26 if you count the twins!) Doug, Amnuay, Trevor,
Katy, Elaine and Heather all ran pb’s. Idle AC were the largest team. |
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Nov- Sun 2nd |
Guy Fawkes 10mile, 10.30am. |
Give your entry
forms to Martin ASAP. Penultimate club
race for 2003. |
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Nov- Sun 30th. |
Abbey Dash 10k, 9.30am. |
Get your entries
in ASAP. Final points race for 2003. |
Next chance to get points is by running at the Guy Fawkes 10.
The Christmas Do at a price of £15.95 per person
(three course meal including wine) has proved very popular. If you’ve not
already paid the deposit you now owe Chris a fiver. Please also make your menu selections by the
end of November. In addition please give any raffle prizes to Kay. Chris will be giving her the bright orange XL
shorts he won at Harewood. If they don’t
fit her she will wrap them up – it’s a secret raffle, so watch what you choose
if your ticket is pulled out!
If you can’t wait that long for a beer, come to
the Symposium on Tuesday nights after training!
Position Name Time
72 Chris
Stubbs 39.08
124 Edward
East 41.42
133 Dave
Lewis 41.59
137 Chris
Smith 42.14
171 Richard
Raistrick 43.13
172 Adrian
Trevelyan 43.14
175 Matt
Coles 43.16
226 Peter
Vickers 45.08
248 Trevor
Hooley 45.53 PB
257 Simon Bellwood 46.06
259 Glenn
Pinkney 46.08
332 Amnuay
Scott 48.25 PB
351 Jo
Belcher 49.01
362 Michael
Masleczko 49.13
409 Kay
Gambles 51.38
432 Martin
Burnside 52.46
433 Pete
Helliwell 53.03
514 Vicki
Hawker 59.02
525 Katie Ostick 1.01.14 First 10k
527 Alison
Garlick 1.01.18
536 Elaine
Trevelyan 1.02.11 First 10k
543 Heather
Johnson 1.02.58 First 10k
558 Davina Smith 1.08.19 Last 10k!
Idle AC were the largest club at Horsforth with 24 runners. There were 561 runners.
Skipton Open Cross Country Race 4th
Oct 03:
As a warm up to the cross county season Chris
and Tony ran in Skipton AC’s 25th annual cross country race from
Aireville school at Skipton on Saturday 4th Oct. The race was 9700m
around Aireville park and their times were as follows:
41st Chris
Smith 48.52
47th Tony
Blythe 52.09
There were 57 runners.
Harewood House 10 mile Trail Race 12th
Oct 03:
Whilst the majority of the club went to the Brid Half we had three Idle AC vests at Harewood:
77th Chris
Smith 71.17
106th Matthew
Coles 73.57 pb
252nd Amnuay
Scott 83.49 pb
Ian Fisher, running for Otley AC, won the race
in a time of 56.57. He won a very
fetching bumbag with enough room for maps, which might help next time he gets
lost on a course.
Bridlington Half Marathon 12th
Oct 03:
We had 10 runners for this race, which included
Jo Belcher and Trevor Hooley who both set pb’s.
Dave Lewis 1.36.26
Peter Vickers 1.37.07
Chris Stubbs 1.38.58
Edward East 1.39.25
Jo Belcher 1.41.55
Adrian Trevelyan 1.41.59
Trevor Hooley 1.42.40
Simon Bellwood 1.43.57
Kay Gambles 1.54.39
Vicki Hawker 2.18.55
Note: A list of local fell races for the
remainder of 2003 is available at the club or on the website.
This month we welcome 4 new members: Our 54th member is James Waters
who is currently studying at Bradford University. James has joined as a second
claim member, his first claim club being Victoria Park Harriers and Tower
Hamlets AC. Our 55th, 56th and 57th members
all come from the successful Wednesday night group and it’s great to be able to
welcome them into the club. Katy Ostick and Mandy Keenan are sisters who were
both part of Idle AC’s world marathon record breaking relay team and Katy then
went on to run her first 10k at Horsforth. Heather also ran her first 10k at Horsforth.
Its great to have so many new women, especially as the cross country season
approaches.
The 2004 London Marathon will be held on Sunday 18th
April. The closing date for entries is 24th
October 2003 so if you are wanting to
take part then please get your entries sent in. Successful and unsuccessful
applicants will receive a reply in early December 03. Anyone who is unsuccessful in their entry
will be eligible for the draw for the club entry which normally takes place at
the Christmas Do. In addition members gain an automatic place under the ‘good
for your age’ system i.e. if you have run between 2.45 and 3.15 (men) or 3.15
and 3.45 (women) in 2002 or 2003.
Advance warning: The final two club points races
will be the Guy Fawkes 10 on 2nd Nov at 10.30 am from Ripley Castle.
(Give all completed entry forms to Martin) and the Leeds Abbey Dash on 30th
Nov at 9.30am. Get your entries in ASAP.
We now have entry forms for the Brass Monkey
Half marathon on Sunday 25th Jan 04 at 10am. Although this seems
along way off please get entries in immediately as the race is always
oversubscribed and the 2003 event was full by Nov 02!).
On Thursday 30th Oct Idle AC present their first Hoary Halloween Hash from Hepworth & Idle Cricket Club at 7pm. (See Aug edition of Idle Gossip for the low down on Hashing!) Afterwards do come to the Symposium for a drink.
We are all invited to the annual Bonfire held at Hepworth & Idle Cricket Club on Saturday 1st November. The Bonfire will be lit at 6pm and if anyone has any firewood such as old trees, furniture or burnable rubbish then please bring it to the cricket club.
Pudsey Pacers have again invited us to
join them in ‘treasure’ hunt’ on Thursday 27th
November, 7pm at Pudsey Leisure Centre. Afterwards all are invited to join
Pudsey for a drink in the bar where there will be a buffet, quiz and raffle. We
will need to let Pudsey know the numbers for catering therefore if you are
going please let Chris/Davina know by 23rd November.
This is the main league that we encourage
members of Idle AC to run. Last year, our first year in the League, was a huge success with
22-26 members at each race. Last year we were able to show that despite our
small size we are capable of achieving a great deal. Indeed we finished 4th
overall, which was a brilliant achievement for the whole club. In addition we
had many individual trophy winners.
This will be Idle AC’s second year in the WYWL
and its important that as a club we all try to commit to running in all 5
fixtures if at all possible as these are TEAM events. As with last year, the Committee all feel
that we can field a fairly strong team if the whole club runs.
To count for individual awards you must complete all five events, and your scores will be added together. At the end of each race each individual is given a tag which denotes their points scored in the race. This works as follows: The first male runner gets 200 points, second gets 199, third gets 198 and so on. The first female runner gets 100 points, second gets 99, third gets 98 and so on. So in addition to the team positions, individual results are available after each event and individual and category winners are presented with individual trophies at the Presentation Evening held at the end of the season (Mid March 04).
Two very special trophies are also presented to individuals each year - these are for the most improved male and female runner who has completed all 5 events. The most improved male runner receives the Dave Turpin Memorial Trophy and the most improved female runner receives the Paul Dowson Memorial Trophy. Through these trophies we remember two well known league competitors who both died suddenly during the 1999 -2000 season.
There are 8 clubs that form the WYWL:
Idle A.C, Pudsey Pacers, Skipton A.C., Leeds & Bradford Tri, Dewsbury Road
Runners, Baildon Runners, Stainland Lions and St.Bede’s. The fixtures for 2003/4 are confirmed as
follows:
1 23rd
Nov 03 hosted by Stainland Lions. 10.30 am
2 7th
Dec 03 hosted by Idle AC- Festive event with optional fancy dress and silly hat competition. 11 am.
3 11th
Jan 03 hosted by St.Bede’s, 11 am.
4
8th Feb 03
hosted by Pudsey Pacers, 11am.
5
22nd Feb 03
hosted by Skipton AC, 11am.
The
Team Scores:
Whilst
the League does offer individual trophy positions, its primary objective is
team competition. The five team scores
are added together to decide the following team trophies:
1st
Combined Team, 2nd Combined Team, 3rd Combined Team.
1st
Male Team.
1st
Female team.
1st
Vets Team (combination of male/females).
A
club team is the first seven men to cross the line(which must include 2 vets),
and the first three women (including 1 vet), in each event.
The
vets team is the 2 male and the one female counting vets added together.
Different
runners may score in different races - it’s just first past the post on the
day.
The
first Combined Team can enter the National Cross Country Final and the 2nd
Combined Team can enter the Plate Race at the National Final.
The
Cross Country Races:
Each
race in usually different in the terrain that it offers although all are
approx. 4 - 5 ½ miles in length and offer a mixture of woodland, canal, tracks,
streams, usually in fairly muddy conditions. There are usually between 100 -150
runners at each event. Cross Country studs are recommended and club vests
should be worn.
The
Presentation Night:
This
has become THE social event of the year for the participating clubs. In addition to presenting the Team and
Individual trophies the Presentation Night is a chance for all the clubs to get
together socially and enjoy a buffet and disco in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere.
The League 1992 -2002
In 1992 the League celebrated 10 years in its
current form. During this 10 years the League has grown in strength and
recognition and is accepted as a league that caters for runners of ALL
abilities. Between 1992-2003 there have been 55 races, Chris Smith, the
Secretary of the League is the only runner to have competed in all 55 events
(Davina has run 54!).
As members may be aware December 02 saw the start of a yearly
tradition for Idle AC – the annual Sewage Works Surprise club handicap race. The race is open to all members and will be run as a 4
mile Handicap race from the Stansfield Arms Pub at Apperley Bridge, starting at 10am
on Sunday 21st December 03. There is a special annual trophy for the winner, which was won
last year by Dave Lewis.
THURSDAY 23RD OCTOBER, 7.15,
IDLE BAPTIST CHURCH (opposite Co-Op)
The Club has a three year development plan,
which has seen us through our first 18 months.
However we now need, as a club, to look to the future to ensure that we
develop in line with the requirements of the majority of our members. We have a copy of a Pro-forma of a suggested
Development Plan format from NoEAA, which we hope to be able to adapt to suit
our club’s profile. It has been suggested that we consider this format and
possibly use a mixture of the current format and the NoEAA suggested format to
create a plan, which would suit the current and future needs of Idle AC. We then hope to be in a position to have an
outline ‘guide’ of the plan, which will include, short, medium and long-term items for inclusion. This will
then be used a as ‘steer’/base document to put to the whole club at a
Development Plan meeting which has been arranged for Thursday 23rd
October 2003 at 7.15 pm at Idle Baptist church Hall (same venue as AGM –
opposite the Co-op. This meeting will
replace the regular training night. Please all try to attend.
The biggest event on the running calendar after London is the Great
North Run. This event was inspired by Brendan Foster in the early 80’s and has
grown since then to become a world class race today. On the 21st
September our crop of GNR’ers were Martin Burnside 1:56:42, Pete Helliwell
2:06:56 and Janet Burnside 2:28:11.
4th October saw the Mount Skip FR at Mythomroyd, here to
prove that up hill running can be fun was Tony Blythe in 52:09.
5th October was the Horsforth 10k, a mammoth number of
Idle AC vets attended as follows:
Dave Lewis 41:59
Trevor Hooley 45:54
PB
Simon Bellwood 46:06
Glen Pinkney 46:08
Amnuay Scott 48:25
PB
Kay Gambles 51:38
Martin Burnside
52:46
Elaine Trevelyan
62:11 PB
Davina Smith 68:12
12th October is not the time of year to be building
sandcastles but perhaps the 13.1 miles of the Bridlington ½ Marathon is a
better bet. First to the sunbeds was Dave Lewis in 1:36:26, Trevor Hooley was
close behind in 1:42:40 followed by Simon Bellwood in 1:43:57 and Kay Gambles
in 1:54:39.
19th October saw the Richmond Castle 10k, here Steve
Little covered the distance and stormed the keep in 41:38.
This month here is a small self test, please peruse the list below
and answer all the questions honestly.
You are a Vet runner if…
·
you love shoes…running shoes.
· you won’t drive by any running shop without a quick look inside.
·
you know exactly how far a kilometre is.
·
you have more old dirty running shoes by the
door than a farmer.
·
you’ve seen Chariots of Fire at least 5 times.
·
you read each month’s issue of Runners World
cover to cover within 24 hours.
·
you get excited when you hear that there is a
new Gatorade flavour.
· you not only know how you did in a race but you know exactly how every other runner finished.
Steve Little
-----Original
Message-----
From: ChrisnDavina@aol.com [mailto:ChrisnDavina@aol.com]
Sent: 20 October 2003 18:44
To: webmaster@idleac.co.uk
Subject: Birth Announcement!
Martin,
An item for the updates:
Chris and Davina are delighted to announce a new personal best! Joe and Katie
(Joseph and Katherine) Smith arrived in record time in the early hours of 20th
October, with racing weights of 3lb 15oz (Joe) and 4lb 6oz (Katie).
Although still at the first aid station, the F35 and the two junior athletes
should be fine after a few rest and easy training days.
Chris.
It’s Twins!
SMITH: Davina and Chris are delighted to announce the birth
of Joseph (Joe –3:46am, 3lb 15oz) and Katherine (Katie, 3:48 am, 4lb 6oz) on
Monday 20th October 2003.
Special thanks to all staff at BRI Maternity Unit.
(Telegraph and Argus, 22.10.03)