Results – 15/10

16 October 2023 - By Natalie Lilley

Lots of racing in the last couple of weeks, so here’s a bit of a catch up…

1st October:

Southend 10k

Name	Chip Time
Damien Walsh	38:42
Owen Dare	39:42
Dan Griffiths	39:48 (PB)
Simon Cresswell	40:12
Mark Lynch	47:49
Steven Alder	50:14
Annalise Tye	50:41 (PB)
Nadia McLeod	50:46
Maggie Mason	52:51
Natalie Lilley	59:29
Bethany Shippey	1:04:57

Black Bull 15 Mile

Lysia Jiggins and Clarice Sanderson both finished in 3 hours 39 seconds.

7/8th October:

Gaelforce Howth Summit 10k

Fiona Collins was our sole representative at this trail race and finished in 1:11:30

Lisbon Marathon

Claudia Baba took the Black & Gold to Portugal and finished in 3:42:00 – great work, Claudia!

Bournemouth Half Marathon

Name	Chip Time
Jamie Davidson	1:31:14
Louis Kitchener	2:04:52

Royal Parks Half Marathon

Sarah Naughton	2:12:54
Karen Flowers	2:26:14
Kerry Townsend	2:51:49

Tiptree 10

WRC were out in force at the last County Champs race of the season. Despite it being a very hot day, and there being a bit of a problem with the water running out, there were some gutsy performances, with 2 age group bronzes on the day, and 2 county champions crowned!

Name	Chip Time		Gender place	Overall place
Heydon Mizon	58:56	3rd in age group	10	10
William Radley	1:04:07	Pacing	36	37
Damien Walsh	1:05:51		44	47
Owen Dare	1:05:58	3rd in age group and V60 county champion	46	50
Daniel Griffiths	1:07:18		59	65
Simon Cresswell	1:07:21		60	66
Giles Sowerby	1:09:15		68	77
Andrew Smith	1:09:41	Pacing	70	81
Simon Scott	1:13:04		82	96
Samuel Hajder	1:13:20		83	97
Tom Smith-Evans	1:13:32		85	99
Ian Cuthbert	1:14:19		92	108
Mark Austin	1:14:32	V65 county champion	94	110
Clive Smith	1:14:32		99	115
Leo  Cole	1:14:42		100	117
Mark Lynch	1:21:47		139	170
Maggie Mason	1:30:17		59	236
Clarice Sanderson	1:35:18		79	289
Celine Elson	1:35:44		80	290
Dave Holdich	1:35:44		211	291
Dawn Shilling	1:35:59		82	293
Steven Alder	1:38:36		220	314
Ross Silverton	1:40:42		226	325
Sue Shippey	1:44:47		123	359
Natalie Lilley	1:50:17		139	383
Christine Israel-Jones	1:52:39		391	143
Kevin Slattery	1:53:33		393	249
Bethany Shippey	1:55:11		398	146
Nicola Digby	1:59:11		416	158

Capel 5

Adam Hocken finished in all the fours,  44:44!

October 11^th

Tarmac Twister

A crazy MEC narrative race around the streets of Chelmer Village. WRC braved the rain, with Terry Alabaster leading the field, despite somehow managing to run a mile more than everyone else!

Name	Finish Time
Terry Alabaster	1:02:48
Steven Alder	1:09:02
Tom Warman	1:09:02
Michael Conroy	1:09:02
Louis Kitchener	1:09:02
Clarice Sanderson Shane Ketteridge	1:09:02 1:09:02
Lysia Jiggins	1:10:14	(assume she tripped on the finish line)
Andrew Read	1:34:46
Angela Read	1:34:46

October 15^th

Chelmsford Marathon

Sean Darney and Will Radley were a class act for WRC, with Sean finishing 5^th in 2:49:57 and Will in 7^th place in 2:52:38. Outstanding!

 

Chelmsford Half Marathon

A great day in Chelmsford for WRC as we had 2 on the podium in the half marathon.

 

Position	Name	Chip time
2	Heydon Mizon	01:17:49	Silver Medal!
3	Chris Martin	01:18:45	Bronze Medal!
8	Stephen Sawyer	01:20:31
35	Steven Wherrett	01:28:01	PB
57	Paul English	1:32:43	PB
76	Dean Whittaker	01:35:34	PB and silver standard
144	Mark Lynch	01:44:01
481	Celine Elson	02:04:42	PB
502	Annalise Tye	02:06:42
548	Lisa Leader	02:08:54	PB
593	Ross Silverton	02:15:46

 

Bath Half Marathon

Sharon Read was out in Bath and finished in 1.44.48

Great South Run

Nadia Mcleod PBed at this 10 miler in a fantastic 01:25:45

Amsterdam marathon

Martin Embrey and Simon Cresswell were repping in the Netherlands. Martin PBed in 3:12:29 and Simon was just off his PB at 3:09:14

 

Thought of the week: “When volunteering to take over club results posting, maybe first check how many races there have been in the last fortnight”