Contents
Coming Events: October, November and December
Attendance Scheme/ Club races – 2004 details:
Great North Run – The results:
Fell Races: Oct-End December 04.
Leeds Abbey Dash: Sun 28th November 04.
West Yorkshire Winter League 2004/5 season
Complete Runner West Yorkshire Cross Country League.
3rd Annual Sewage Works Surprise Club Handicap
Race: Sunday 19th December at 10am.
Guy Fawkes 10: Sunday 7th November. 10.30am.
Events in bold indicate a ‘club’ event which members are encouraged to run.
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Date |
Event |
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Sat 16th Oct 04 |
Complete Runner cross country: - |
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Sun 17th Oct 04 |
Bridlington Half marathon, 12 Noon. Points race. |
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Sun 17th Oct 04 |
Bramham 5km and 10k, 10.30am. |
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Sat 30th Oct 04 |
Complete Runner cross country: - Hosted by Pudsey & Bramley. Details
below. See Chris if you want to run. |
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Sun 31st Oct 04 |
Holmfirth 15mile. 10.30am. Points race. |
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Sun 7th Nov 04 |
Guy Fawkes10mile10.30am. See below. |
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Sun 14 Nov 04 |
1st |
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Sat 20th Nov 04 |
Complete Runner cross country: - Hosted by Ilkley Harriers. Details below.
See Chris if you want to run. |
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Sun 21st Nov 04 |
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Sun 28th Nov 04 |
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Sun 5th Dec 04 |
2nd |
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Fri 10th Dec 04 at 8pm |
Idle AC Christmas Do, a night not to be missed! Disco,
buffet, raffle, and |
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Sun 19th Dec 04 |
3rd Annual Sewage Works Surprise 4 mile club
Handicap race, 10am, Stansfield Arms.
Afternoon Presentation in the Symposium. |
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Sun 26th Dec 04 |
Chevin Chase, 7mile off road race on Otley Chevin.
Awaiting race details. |
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Tues 28th Dec 04 |
Jolly Holly Jog, 10k, Ripon. One lap scenic multi terrain
course. No entries on day. |
Top twenty Club Races for 2004: Handicap/ Attendance Scheme - 8 out of 20 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. Details of the Attendance Scheme up to the end of September are below.
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Name |
Sept |
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Sept |
Sept |
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2 |
7 |
9 |
14 |
16 |
21 |
23 |
28 |
30 |
Races |
Totals |
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Adrian
Trevelyan |
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1 |
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1 |
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Alison
Garlick |
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5 |
5 |
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Amnuay
Scott |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
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Archie
Devesher |
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5 |
5 |
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Chris
Booker |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Chris
Smith |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
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Chris
Stubbs |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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Dave
Currie |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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David
Dewhirst |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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David
Lewis |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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5 |
10 |
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Davina
Smith |
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1 |
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1 |
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Dominic
Hopson |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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5 |
10 |
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Donna
Edmonson |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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Douglas
Briggs |
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1 |
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1 |
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Edward
East |
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1 |
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1 |
5 |
7 |
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Gary
Naylor |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
5 |
10 |
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Ian
Fisher |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Joanne
Belcher |
1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Joseph
Marjoram |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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4 |
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Kay
Gambles |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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9 |
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Lisa
Flesher |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
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4 |
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Lisa
Hall |
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1 |
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1 |
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Martin
Burnside |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
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Matthew
Coles |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Peter
Vickers |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
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Phil
Routh |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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Richard
Lyons |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
10 |
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Simon
Bellwood |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
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Stephen
Edwards |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
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Steve
Little |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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5 |
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Suzanne
Bairstow |
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1 |
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1 |
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Tony
Blythe |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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8 |
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Trevor
Hooley |
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5 |
5 |
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Vicki
Hawker |
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1 |
1 |
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2 |
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9 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
16 |
13 |
50 |
171 |
Well done to Simon who is September’s attendance winner. The
Club races for 2004, where points can be earned, are as follows:
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Date |
Race Details |
Comments. |
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January- Sun 25th |
Brass Monkey Half marathon, 10am. |
18 Idle AC runners, many
PB’s. Donna set a new Female club record with 1.35.14. |
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February - Sun 16th |
Liversedge Half Marathon, 12.00 noon. |
10 Idle AC runners including
2 pbs. |
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March- Sun 7th |
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15 Idle AC members for this
tough off road half marathon. |
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March – Sun 14th |
Spen 20mile, 10am.
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We had 8 members for this
tough 20 mile road race, including Simon Bellwood who broke the club’s M40
record and Davina Smith who broke the F35 record. |
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April- Sun4th |
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14 runners at this event
including pb’s from the Wednesday group trio- Elaine, Jane, and Suzanne. |
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April- Tues 6th |
Bunny Run 1, 3 mile ‘Fell’ race, 7.00 pm. |
11 Idle AC on this muddy
course runners enticed to run by the chance of a free cream egg including
birthday boy Dave Lewis. |
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April – Sun 11th |
Guiseley Gallop 10k, 10.30am. |
We had 8 runners for this
Easter Sunday run. |
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May - Wed –5th |
John Carr 5k, Esholt, 7.30pm. Fast, flat course. Good
local event. |
29 runners for this fast
flat course. Ian set a new Male club record and finished in 2nd
place. Dave Lewis, Lisa Flesher and Laura Brook all set age club records. |
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May- Sun 9th |
Fountains Abbey 10mile. Part of Black sheep series.
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11 Idle AC vests lined up
for this race, the start of the Black Sheep Series. Chris Stubbs was close to the club record
in 6th position. There were pb’s from Amnuay and Pete V and from
Lisa and Gary in their first 10mile races. Kay set a new F45 club
record. |
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May- Sun 16th |
Leeds Half |
We had 12 runners for this
local event held in hot conditions. However there were still a few pb’s
including Doug. Lisa and Gary ran well in their first half marathon. |
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June – Thurs 10th June |
Bronte 5, 7.30pm. Hilly two lap course. |
19 runners, 3 club records
broken and a |
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June - Sun 20th |
Blackpool Half or Full |
We had 6 in the marathon
which included Jo Belcher who set a new female club record in 3.44 and Vicki
Hawker who ran her debut marathon. In the half three club records were
broken: Doug Briggs 1.22 (male), Lisa Flesher 1.43 (F35) and Kay Gambles 1.44
(F45). 2nd F35 team in BMAF championships – Lisa, Archie and Janet.
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July18 – Sun |
Pudsey 10k, 10.45am. |
14
runners and two team prizes. 3rd male team and 3rd
female team. |
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Sept 26– Sun |
Kirkstall Abbey 10k. 10am. |
14 runners at this race. |
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Oct – Sun 3rd |
Horsforth 10k, 10am. |
14 runners including Kay who
set a new F45 club record, Davina who was 3rd F35 in the Yorkshire
Vets Championships and Clare Sweeney who ran her first ever 10k race. |
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Oct- Sun 17th |
Bridlington Half marathon, 12 Noon. |
2 clubs records: Jo broke
the female club record with her pb time of 1.34 whilst Simon set a new M40
record when he ran 1.26. |
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Oct–Sun 31st |
Holmfirth 15mile. 10.30am. |
Hilly 2 lap course. |
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Nov- Sun 7th |
Guy Fawkes10mile10.30am. |
Give completed entries to
Martin. |
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Nov- Sun 28th |
Abbey Dash 10k, 9.30am. |
Entry forms now available or
enter online. See below. |
Arncliffe Fete
4 8th Aug 04 9 (it took a while to get the results!)
Ian Fisher 2nd 20.20
Adrian Trevelyan 26th 28.10
Kay Gambles 31st 30.03
Harrogate
Theatre 10k 19th September 04
Chris Booker 18th 39.25
Donna Edmondson 43.53
Gary Naylor 121st 48.47
Mileta 10
(Cleckheaton) 19th September 04
Chris Smith 44th 69.07
Dominic Hopson 46th 69.41
Kirkstall 10k
26th September 04
Still awaiting results.
Selby Half
71 Dominic
Hopson 1.29.04
118 Edward
East 1.33.47
242 Gary
Naylor 1.47.32
There were 413 runners.
Horsforth 10k 2nd
October 04:
47 Chris Stubbs 38.38
86 Simon
Bellwood 40.32
105 Dave
Lewis 41.18
123 Pete
Helliwell 42.18
AdrianTrevelyan 45:30.
161 Richard Lyons 43.50 pb
243 Kay
Gambles 47.11 New F45 club record
251 Davina
Smith 47.27 3rd F35 in
351 David
Dewhirst 50.49 pb
377 Alison
Garlick 51.48
388 Clare
Sweeney 52.13 pb
403 Amnuay
Scott 52.46
463 Archie
Devesher 55.35
Katy Ostick. 56:12
105 Tony Blythe 1.19.25
Harewood 10
mile Trail 10th Oct:
129 Pete
Helliwell 73.54 pb
237 Dexter
Wright 79.30
343 Lisa
Flesher 84.57
364 Laura
Brook 86.09
447 Clare
Sweeney 91.21 pb
473 Alison
Garlick 93.15
477 Lisa
Hall 93.28 pb
37 Steve
Little 1.10.27
62 Kay
Gambles 1.16.50 pb. 1st F45 and new
F45 club record.
72 Gary
Naylor 1.10.15 pb.
Great South Run.
10 mile race. 10th Oct 04:
140 Joe
Marjoram 1.01.22 pb. New Male club record.
Brid Half 17th
October 04:
Men:
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28 |
Chris |
Stubbs |
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Idle
AC |
82:53 |
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49 |
Simon |
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M40 |
Idle
AC |
86:52 |
M40 club record |
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93 |
Edward |
East |
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Idle
AC |
93:05 |
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95 |
Peter |
Helliwell
LE |
40 |
Idle
A.C. |
93:18 |
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139 |
Richard |
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M45 |
Idle
AC |
98:21 |
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231 |
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Naylor |
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Idle
AC |
108:40 |
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234 |
Michael |
Masleczko |
M40 |
Idle
AC |
109:08 |
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Women:
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13 |
Joanne |
Belcher |
L |
Idle
AC |
94:20 |
Female club record |
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78 |
Katy |
Ostick |
L |
Idle
AC |
122:46 |
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80 |
Archie |
Devesher |
W35 |
Idle
AC |
123:17 |
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86 |
Wilma |
Saville |
L |
Idle
AC |
126:44 |
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103 |
Suzanne |
Bairstow |
W40 |
Idle
AC |
135:22 |
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122 |
Pauline |
Athwal
LE |
L |
Idle
A.C. |
175:13 |
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Please
continue to make Davina/Chris/Martin aware if you have raced so we can record
the results in the Gossip and on the website. If you have no official results please write
the race details in the signing in book and we will try to obtain results.
We had 9
runners at the Great North Run on 25th September, three of whom ran
their first half marathon- Suzanne, Wilma and Elaine.
The results
were:
Steve Little 1.35.05
Jo Belcher 1.39.08 pb
Adrian
Trevelyan 1.49.00
Dave Currie TBA
Martin
Burnside 1.58.55
Sue Little 2.08.00
Pete Helliwell
(Scooby Do) 2.09.57 (see story below)
Elaine
Trevelyan 2.13.00 pb 1st
half marathon.
Wilma Saville 2.14.00 pb 1st half marathon
Suzanne
Bairstow 2.14.00 pb 1st half marathon
Janet Burnside 2.17.31
In addition to
everyone having a great day out Idle AC was seen by the nation as Sue, Elaine,
Martin and Scooby were also clearly visible to the cameras!
Off to the
fancy dress shop I tootled on Friday 24th September to collect my
“uniform” to run the Great North Run in.
Was all the training with 4 and 5 layers on going to pay off!
I had Mike Masleczko
(with his camera) as a witness as to who I was as I ran around Idle park in the
Scooby outfit.
When it was
race day, a nice “full” breakfast, with black pudding, to start me off.
I started the
race at the very back, in excess of 49,000 ran/walked the race. It took me
21.04 to start the race”intentionally slow”!
I stopped at least 15 times for various “fun
run” reasons (longest fun run I’ve ever done).
I had my photo
taken with Scooby 2 at 4 mile then again with Charity Dingle (from Emmerdale)
at 10 mile, I joined in with the band at 5 mile, then with 1 mile to go I
couldn’t resist it, in I went, to the “Marsden Inn” to wet my palate.
“one bottle of mineral water please and some
Scooby snacks”, I said to the barmaid who had the biggest smile I’d seen for a
long time. I had my drink and snacks
then off I went to finish the race in 2.31.01. Five minutes after the finish
line the BBC crew interviewed me. – Pete
H.
We managed to raise over £500 towards
Cancer Care from our Silver Wedding Anniversary party, and would like to
thank every one for their kind donations.
Thanks again –Mary & Tony.
The following is part of an email
sent from Ian Fisher:
I have been selected to run for
This might mean I might have to miss
one of the WYWL races, which I'm really sad about.
I've also been given the option to
do some warm weather training. It will be all expenses paid trip.
I'm quite surprised by this news. I
told my dad and all he could say was "Oh right.............. By the way,
I've got some wood grain restorer".
....Charming.
My main running priority now is
being dressed up-to-the-nines in fleeces for warm weather conditioning, and
getting some running shoe's for my nephew who is one year old on the 19th. He's
a big lad.
I mean he's going to be a six
footer.
See you soon -Ian
If
you like the idea of fell running and would like to have a go please speak to
Chris. All fell races are given a grade
indicating length and difficulty. Difficulty is indicated by:
A, no less than 250 feet climb per
mile, not more than 20% on roads, at least 1 mile in length (NASTY);
B, not less than 125 feet climb
per mile, not more than 30% on roads (FAIRLY NASTY);
C, not less than 100 feet of climb
per mile, not more than 40% on roads and contain genuine fell terrain (NOT VERY
NASTY).
Length
is indicated by: L, 12 miles or more; M, 6 miles and over but
less than 12 miles; S, under 6 miles.
SUN OCT 31ST RACE YOU
TO THE
SAT NOV 6TH SHEPHERDS
SKYLINE. BM.
2pm.6.25m/1150’ from the Shepherds Rest Inn,
SAT NOV 13th 1st
GREAT WHERNSIDE FELL RACE. AS. 11am. 4m/1555’ from the Kettlewell campsite. £4 on day.
Local knowledge an advantage.
SUN NOV 14th KELBROOK
FELL RACE. BS. 12noon.
3.5m/800’ from Kelbrook Village Hall. £3 on day. All proceeds to Candlelighters
children’s cancer charity. Tea and
coffee from 9.30am. Pie & peas lunch for £1. Website: www.kellbrookfellrace.ukgo.com.
SUN NOV 28th RIVOCK
EDGE FELL RACE. BM. 11am.
10m/1500’ from
SUN DEC 19th THE
STOOP. BS. 11.30
am. 5 miles/800’ from
FRI DEC 31st THE 11th
BRISCOE’S BREWERY AULD LANG SYNE RACE. BM. 11.30 am. 6miles/900’ from
IT
IS VITAL THAT IF YOU BEGIN A FELL RACE AND THEN PULL OUT, YOU MUST INFORM THE
ORGANISER AT ONCE. OTHERWISE EMERGENCY
SERVICES WILL BE DEPLOYED TO FIND YOU ON THE FELL.
EVEN
IN SUMMER BRING FULL WATERPROOF BODY COVER – YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO CARRY IT.
Note: A full list of local fell races for 2004 is available at the club or via the website. Chris also has a copy of the FRA calendar.
In 2004 The Leeds Abbey Dash is going to be bigger and
better than ever before! To meet demands the organisers, Help the Aged, we have
increased the number of runners to 4,000 and this year a chip timing system
will be used so runners can find out their precise time.
This is an ideal course for those pursuing a personal best
or doing their first run at this distance.
The closing date for entries is Monday 1st November or earlier
if the entry limit is reached. Sign up quick – places go fast and last year we
were hugely over-subscribed!
Funds raised
from the Leeds Abbey Dash will contribute towards projects in the more deprived
areas of
The League meeting took place on for Friday 3rd
September. At this meeting the dates and venues of the 5 West
Ian Fisher – 1st man, Doug Briggs –5th man.
Donna Edmondson –2nd woman, Jo Belcher – 4th Woman, Amnuay Scott-1st F35 and Kay Gambles – 1st F45.
In addition the League
has two very special trophies, which are
presented to 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, indeed
within days of each other, during the 1999 -2000 season. Last season Kay Gambles collected the Paul Dowson trophy whilst Edward
East won the Dave Turpin memorial trophy.
This will be Idle AC’s third year in the WYWL
and it’s 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. Last year we proved that we could field a
fairly strong team when the whole club runs. This year we have many more
members who will be a real asset in these events. Please all take the
opportunity to ask the Committee (and other members) any questions about the
WYWL, particularly if you are new to cross country running. The League, whilst competitive, is friendly
and encouraging to all levels.
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 (11th March 05 at Idle Working Men’s Club).
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 2004/5 are confirmed as
follows:
1 14th Nov
04 hosted by
2 5th Dec 04 hosted by Idle AC- Festive
event with optional fancy dress and silly hat competition. 11
am.
3 16th Jan 05 hosted by St.Bede’s, 11
am.
4
30th Jan 05 hosted by Pudsey
Pacers, 11am.
5
27th Feb 05 hosted by
Skipton AC, 11am.
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 which will take place at Nottingham
on 20th March 05. Further
details will be circulated prior to each event.
Any questions please speak to Chris as he is not only Secretary of the WYWL but he is the only runner to have run all 60 consecutive races in the past 12 years (Davina has only run 58 - skiver!).
Whilst we would encourage ALL members to run the West Yorkshire Winter League, those who prefer off road running might like to take part in the Complete Runner as additional races.
The club has been invited
to take part in this league and as the dates (4 Saturdays) won’t clash with our
main West York’s Winter League dates it was decided that we would enter the
league so that members had the opportunity to race. We had 8 men and 2 women at
the first fixture on 16th Oct hosted by
The women’s race is
5-5.5km at approx 1.45pm and the men’s race is 9-9.5km at approx 2.15pm. Chris will enter teams and members will be
able to run by collecting a number from Chris and paying £2 per runner per
race. Please let Chris know if you are
interested in running any/all of the races.
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
19th December 04. There is a
special annual trophy for the winner, which was won last year by Michael Masleczko.
Many members who were around at the start of Idle AC
will remember Claire and Stefan Macina.
Our congratulations go to them on the birth of their first baby, Isabel
who was born on 8th October weighing 8 lb 2oz.
This month we welcome 2 new members – Simon Blackburn and Warren
Fletcher. Both Simon and Warren live locally and both are keen to improve their
fitness via road, cross country, fell and trail running.
Come and
celebrate on Friday 10th December as Idle AC celebrates its third
Christmas party. As we’ve now outgrown the Symposium we have booked a room at Idle
Working Men’s Club. This year it will be a buffet, disco and another bumper
raffle – please start saving any suitable (or unsuitable!) raffle prizes to
give to Kay nearer the time. The fun starts at 8 pm and all members, family and
friends are welcome. The price is likely to be in the region of £7.50 per
person.
-----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)
I’ve kept a training diary since I started running
in 1989, sad I know, but true. It’s been
a huge benefit to me over the years as it’s not just helped me to focus my
training towards a certain aim, such as a marathon, but it’s also enabled me to
keep a record of what I’ve done with my life over a long period of time.
It’s wonderful to be able to pick up a diary and to
relive the achievements that I’ve had. Not that I’ve had many real successes
such as winning races (except if you count the time when I won the Baildon Fell
race and Kay came second)…….a thin field.
However, I have had some great times - I’ve travelled to many far flung places
such as
So although I’ve only ever been an ‘average’ runner
in terms of my pace and race positions I’ve spent many years loving the buzz
that you get on a good club night, enjoying the sense of achievement after a
great many hill and speed work sessions, and the sheer enjoyment of just
running and racing whenever the mood took me.
This last year has been very different for me and
I’d be lying if I said that a tiny bit of me didn’t miss the old running life
that I had.
However when I looked back through my training
diary for the past 12 months I realise that I may have lost some things (my
speed mainly due to lack of speed sessions!) but what I’ve gained is immeasurable.
The piece above is taken ‘From the Coach’ section
of Idle Gossip from October 2003. As Chris
and I celebrated Joe and Katie’s first birthday this month I reflected on the
amazing year that I’ve had. I may not have achieved a great deal in running
terms yet I wouldn’t change a thing!
A year on I wanted to thank everyone for their
invaluable help over the past year – To all those who fed babies, pushed the
buggy, changed the nappies (thanks Amnuay), gave us such a huge amount of baby
stuff, but most of all those who offered me a wealth of experience and advice.
Thank you. - Davina
We now
have entry forms for this popular 10 mile hilly course which has the first and
last miles on forest trail bridleways from the historic
It came to me on the start line of the first West
Yorkshire Cross Country League race. On
a definitively autumnal afternoon at Shipley’s
I gave my usual speech to
One reason then that some people may shy away from a
cross country league event, is that there is little chance of individual glory,
yet there is a requirement to give of one’s best for others – for the
team. But at Northcliffe I realised that
there is something much more basic at issue here. Cross country is a conspiracy. A conspiracy to deny you, the runner, the
ability to run. The whole business is
designed to prevent you from doing what you want to do most – to establish a
good steady running rhythm and to go as fast as your own talent and fitness
level will allow you. We started with a
stiff curving climb on grass worn to a sloppy mess by the junior races, where Lisa
slipped all over in flat training shoes.
On most courses camber, terrain and slope change rapidly and often, with
the effect that you have to work very hard just to keep moving along the
course. In these circumstances a fast
start can be disastrous, unless you train for it specifically. It can leave you in oxygen debt, struggling
to replace depleted oxygen reserves throughout a race which you must run at
your optimum pace – that is with a complete balance of oxygen income over
expenditure.
Hence my words to
On two levels then we are challenged by this conspiracy,
as we approach the first of the events in our league – The West Yorkshire
Winter League – on 14th November at Dewsbury. We must overcome conditions and terrain, and
this year probably weather, to perform at our best. And we need to be able to stand alongside our
team-mates, and know that we did our best.
So the conspiracy of cross-country is unmasked and
reveals its true purpose. You are put in
the position where you must overcome significant physical barriers for the
benefit of your team. You are invited to
demonstrate that you are the best kind of club member – that when you pull on
your Idle vest you become something more than just yourself, that you become
interconnected and therefore capable of more than just the sum of each
individual’s capabilities. That you
become part of a team.
-Chris.
Current
Men’s Club Records
|
Distance |
Category |
Name |
Time |
|
5
Km |
Open |
Joe
Marjoram |
17.08 |
|
M40 |
Dexter
Wright |
19.22 |
|
|
M45 |
David
Lewis |
18:46 |
|
|
5
Miles |
Open |
Chris
Stubbs |
31:02 |
|
M40 |
Simon
Bellwood |
35.06 |
|
|
M45 |
Richard
Lyons |
36.19 |
|
|
10
Km |
Open |
Douglas
Briggs |
36.48 |
|
M40 |
David
Lewis |
40:41 |
|
|
M45 |
Steve
Little |
39:45 |
|
|
10
Miles |
Open |
Joe
Marjoram |
1:01:22 |
|
M40 |
Chris
Smith |
1:09:07 |
|
|
M45 |
Steve
Little |
1:08:54 |
|
|
Half
|
Open |
Douglas
Briggs |
1:21:01 |
|
M40 |
Simon
Bellwood |
1:26:52 |
|
|
M45 |
Steve
Little |
1:28:38 |
|
|
15
Miles |
Open |
Chris
Stubbs |
1:40:10 |
|
M40 |
Peter
Helliwell |
2:00:02 |
|
|
M45 |
Trevor
Hooley |
2:03:18 |
|
|
20
Miles |
Open |
Chris
Smith |
2:24:00 |
|
M40 |
Simon
Bellwood |
2:32:57 |
|
|
|
Open |
Chris
Smith |
3:04:12 |
|
M40 |
Simon
Bellwood |
3:27:25 |
Current Women’s Club Records
|
Distance |
Category |
Name |
Time |
|
5
Km |
Open |
Donna
Edmondson |
19:33 |
|
F35 |
Lisa
Flesher |