Results w/e 07/11/21

8 November 2021 - By James Blackshaw

NESS XC – RACE 1 – Writtle

Amazing turnout for our first NESS league fixture of the season, with 66 runners proudly sporting both the old and new black & gold kit. As you may have seen from Nat’s article, we clearly had the big guns out, as the women came 3rd, the men came 4th, which gives us an aggregate position of 3rd. Lets keep this going for the rest of the season.

Had a few conversations with people yesterday who seem to think that if they’re not part of the scoring team (first 8 for men, first 4 for women), then they don’t really have effect on the scoring. However, having done some analysis on the results, this is isn’t quite true. Sharon Read for example was our 10th Witham lady, but she finished ahead of both the 3rd and 4th placed runners (their scorers) for Harwich (who are in our pool), which means Harwich get more points, which is good news for WRC. Similarly, Tony Wallen was 17th for WRC, and finished ahead of Harwich’s 8th scorer, and therefore added to their points. So basically, even if you’re not one of the ‘big guns’, your efforts have an impact on how our score tallies against the other clubs.

Full results below:

Runner	Position	Witham Position
Rachel Dingley	15	1
Vicki Riley	16	2
Sally Hoyle	22	3
Liz Stuckey	26	4
Angela Wray	29	5
Elizabeth Prior	32	6
Katie Layley	33	7
Abbey Reilly	35	8
Lysia Jiggins	49	9
Sharon Read	52	10
Lindsey Morgan	63	11
Nichola Norman	73	12
Louise Pascoe	74	13
Samantha Martin	78	14
Dawn Shilling	82	15
Anita Grainger	86	16
Sue Smith	87	17
Celine Elson	92	18
Jenny Layley	96	19
Lisa Leader	97	20
Maxine Leech	98	21
Haydeh Safavi	101	22
Karen Flowers	104	23
Natalie Lilley	105	24
Leanne Andrews	109	25
Angela Read	111	26

 

Runner	Position	Witham Position
Peter Coates	5	1
Heydon Mizon	16	2
Matt Rees	31	3
Sean Darney	35	4
Gavin Laws	44	5
Peter  Riley	46	6
Leo Cole	54	7
Scott Darney	57	8
James Crisp	65	9
Owen Dare	69	10
Peter  Banks	86	11
Simon Scott	87	12
James Blackshaw	88	13
Andrew Notley	94	14
Rob Frost	97	15
David Carey	102	16
Tony Wallen	107	17
Earl Cadman	115	18
Thomas Ashley	116	19
Adam Salkeld	118	20
Alex Stuckey	125	21
Ben O’Leary	128	22
Andy Watson	140	23
James Attenborough	141	24
Clive Smith	148	25
Chris Beazeley	151	26
Geoffery Reddin	153	27
Tom Warren	155	28
Nicholas Looby	165	29
Bill Smythe	172	30
Andy White	176	31
Adam Hocken	177	32
Ian Lucas	178	33
Jonathan Moore	179	34
Andrew Read	180	35
James Montgomery	182	36
Jason Lilley	183	37
John Lloyd	188	38
Andrew English	195	39
Paul Jiggins	204	40

 

Reading Half Marathon

Gerry Greenwold was at the Reading Half Marathon, and is going from strength to strength, finishing in a shiny new PB of 1:41:23. Great work Gezza!!

 

Nuclear Fallout

Dean Whittaker was at this event, basically an obstacle race that involves things called “the Deathslide” and “Trench Warfare”, and finished the 14k version in 3:34:33. Tremendous stuff Deano!

 

JB

Thought for the week: “If Buzz Lightyear doesn’t believe he’s a toy, then why does he freeze like a toy when humans are around?”