Road results 2012

Club Road Handicaps Victoria Park 25 November 2012

Dry weather after the previous day’s soakings. Cold and with a strong wind felt particularly up Beech Hill. Sarah Boxer, winner for the last two years narrowly failed to make it a hat trick but came a very creditable 5th. Joe Gomes beat Ty Holden, who started at the same time, by 10 seconds. Erica Ikibiroglu came a very close 3rd. Will Morris and Karen Denham took the fastest man and woman medals. Full results here

Chingford League Race 3 Hogs Hill 6 November 2012

We came to the race in first place in the league - equal points with Victoria Park but just ahead on race placings. So it was not good news when the boys with the blue diagonal on their vests came out of the dark to cross the line in second and third places. When the scores were in we were third behind Orion and Victoria Park. Richard McCormick led the team home and everyone gave of their absolute best, round and round the circuit in the dark, up and down the hills. We are now in second place in the league after three of the seven races. But we are only one point behind Victoria Park and the difficult long-haul Tuesday evening races are behind us. With good turnouts for the remaining four fixtures, all Saturday afternoons, we can win the Chingford League this season. Barnet mens positions here and full results and overall scores here. YA results here
This week a team managers’ pennant goes to Andy Cunningham, the first finisher in red shorts. Our team colours, registered with England Athletics, are “royal blue and red vest, red shorts”. Let’s be the best looking team on the start line. It’s worth a lot. John Owen

Poppy Run 5k Trent Park 28 October 2012

Nice to see the Crout family well represented again, and a mighty fine run by Philip leading the way home. With thanks to Martyn for organising this event again and to all those who helped on the day. Results are here

Standalone 10k Road Race Letchworth 7 October 2012

Some 22 runners took a cold and somewhat foggy early morning trip to Letchworth - a somewhat stark contrast to the heat of 2011 - although comparing times year on year, most preferred this years cooler conditions - our results are here and photos of some of the earlier finishers are here  - with apologies from the photographer (Mark Easton) who had to leave to go to another event before the end.

Chingford League Race 1 Hogs Hill 2 October 2012

It was wet and dark and it's a long way east - suburbs of Moscow I think. But we closed teams. Well done all. It's a solid start and there are six races still to go. We can certainly improve when we the race comes to Trent Park a week on Saturday. Full results of Senior race here and YA here
Men's Race. Women's Race
8 Richard McCormick 17.22 39 Ben Boxer 19.04 60 David Wilcock 20.39 3. Jo Kent 20.01
9 Alex Horton 17.31 44 Paul Carter 19.24 71 Joe Gomez 21.31 6. Cath Perry 21.36
24 Adrian Mason 18.30 46 Ben Smith 19.50 73 Des Michael 21.39 10. Philippa Horton 22.49
25 Raj Patel 18.35 48 Michael Martin 20.06 98 John Clarke 23.27 21. Sarah Boxer 25.14
28 Chris Birkinshaw 18.45 49 Danny Digweed 20.15 106 Andy Welsh 24.28 26. Kirsty Johnston 26.17
32 Will Morris 18.53 54 Peter Ellis 20.25 31. Margaret Butler 30.09
Team. "A" teams. 1. Orion 65. 2. Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 113. 3. Barnet 126 Team. 1. Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 93. 2. Barnet 107.
Team. "B" teams. 1. Orion 196. 2. Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 261. 3. Barnet 280 Team. Veterans. 1. Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 135. 4. Barnet 189
Team. Veterans. 1. Orion 210. 2. Barnet 238

Berlin Marathon 29 September 2012

Although 6 from Barnet & District AC originally entered the 39th Berlin Marathon, a combination of injury and conflicting commitments meant that, come the day, it was just Rob Scott wearing the red and blue vest. A total of 35,499 ran in near perfect conditions on the famously flat course. Rob finished in 3 hours 42 mins 33 secs, an improvement of 7 minutes on his London Marathon time. Link to full results - http://results.scc-events.com/2012/?lang=EN  - Rob was number 25922.

Middlesex & Open Road 10k Victoria Park 29 September 2012

A beautiful sunny day in Victoria Park. Not a large field, despite being designated by Serpentine as their 10K Road Championship and by London Heathside as part of their 2012 Road Race Championship. Only three runners from Barnet took part this year:-
Chris Violet 41.15 - 84th.
John Clarke 45.02 - 120th (3rd M60; 2nd Middlesex M60)
Pauline Lygo 54.48 - 174th. (Ist W65 - but no medal!) 184 finished (full results at serpentine.org)

SEAA Vets Relays Aldershot 23 September 2012

Trust you all “enjoyed” the fabulous conditions today.
Tony/Liam – I must have been supersonic on my leg. Final results show I made up a place to get us (V60)a team 3rd. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the team in 3rd at the start of my leg must have either not had a 4th leg or their 4th leg dropped out somewhere. So the old “Triffic Trio’s” last outing together goes home with a medal after all. John C is claiming the credit as our lucky mascot. Every time he’s in an M60 team, we win a medal.
Well done ALL for sticking it out (if you’ll pardon the expression) through the most horrendous conditions I’ve experienced in 14 years of this event and especially to our young Senior team who will have gained some valuable axperience. Results for V40s - V50s - V60s - and Seniors

BMAF 10k Leicester 23 September 2012

5 Steve Allen 53:59 (BMAF 3rd - 2nd V55) (PB) 39 finished
A big PB at my best distance (previously 54:38 on the road and 54:22 for 10,000m on the track) wasn't enought to win the BMAF title with Steve Uttley also in fine form. But I was right in the mix with the top guys - Phil Vesty (1984 Olympics as a 21 year old) was second in 52:40, with Tommy Taylor, current GB international in 3rd (52:50) and Uttley 4th (53:12).. Only winner Mark Williams (Tamworth) was going faster than me late on as I once again did negative splits, 27:06 and 26:53.

Paul Maguire 5 mile Race Inc Herts Champs Stevenage 23 September 2012

There were 6 athletes at the race on Sunday. The race finished just before the rain started phew!. It was a new course 3 miles on cycle paths and 2 miles in the Fairlands Valley Park. The event was combined with the Hertfordshire County 5 mile championships. Full results at this link - http://www.fvspartans.org.uk/2012/09/23/paul-maguire-5-mile-2012-results/
In the main event
 6 Costa Michael V45 29.33 50 Charlotte Michael (6th Lady) 36.23
29 Robert Scott V40 33.31 55 Pauline Michael V45 (2nd Prize for W45) 36.59
35 Joe Gomes V40 34.34 97 Clare Boutle V35 44.59
In the Hertfordshire event - Vets Champs - Pauline Michael W45 2nd - Costa Michael M40 3rd
Hertfordshire Teams - Senior Champs - 3rd Ladies Charlotte Michael, Pauline Michael, Clare Boutle

RWA National 50k Colchester 16 September 2012

I hope that members will be interested in the result of RWA National 50k championship held at Colchester yesterday: (Yes this is an outstanding result).
1st STEVE ALLEN (Barnet & District AC) 5:35:01 (PB and CR)
The UK 50k scene had not been strong for some years and in the absence of our Olympic representative Dominic King and his brother Daniel (who both walked and completed the 100 mile championship being held at the same venue over the weekend) and a series of DNFs (particularly that of Francisco Reis) and disqualifactions (notably Ian Richards, once again) I was left to come home in front for a highly unexpeceted win (at least as far as I was concerned). I became by far the oldest and slowest winner in the long history of the event which has been won in the past by such Olympic notables as Harold Whitlock, 1st Berlin 1936, (1933 and 1935-1939), Don Thompson, the Rome winner, (7 years in a row 1956-1962 and also 1966) and Paul Nihill - silver in Tokyo 1964 - (1964,1968 and 1971).

I was from some way out racing more to preserve my position than going for a time so hope to go a bit faster in the Dutch 50k in 2 weeks time. Unlike in my previous tries at 50k, including my 6th in this event in 2010, I kept a nice steady tempo going throughout and despite obviously tiring late on lost very little time lap by lap and was feeling quite strong at the finish - stretching a 4 minute lead at 43k to just under 8 at the finish. My old rival Arthur Thomson was second giving Hertfordshire a 1-2.
Steve Allen

FVS 5k Stevenage 9 Septembery 2012

  9 Costa Michael V40 17.50 46 Pauline Michael W40 22.47
18 Paul Carter V40 18.32 51 John Fuller V60 23.15
24 Yitzhak Ben-Aroya V50 19.02

Fairlands Valley 3k Relays Stevenage July 2012

Well done to all who ran - especially our ladies 'A' team who were 1st Herts Vets. Results attached. Thanks to Jo for organising & Eddie & Karen M for team managing on the night. Full results are here

Midweek League Race Mob Match Trent Park 12 July 2012

Well done to all who ran in the Mob-Match - results attached.  Well done to all who have run in any of the MWRRL races this season & especially to those who received awards last night:-
1st Richard McCormick V 40
1st Yitzhak Ben-Aroya V 50
1st Des Michael V 60
1st Tony Hamilton V 70
Mens Vet Team 2nd Barnet & District AC Richard McCormick, Paul Carter, Yitzhak Ben-Aroya, Mel Parker, Des Michael, Chris Violet.
For the ladies a special mention for Cate Scott, our only lady who did all 4 scoring races & the mob-match - Well done. All over for another year - I hope next year we can even more athletes out in this enjoyable series of races. Maureen
 

Midweek League Race 4 St Albans 28 June 2012

Well done to all who ran at St Albans - brilliant performance from all - We managed to finish out of the relegation zone finishing overall 4th after 4 matches. Our Men finished in 2nd (best place for the season) & our ladies 4th, just 3 points behind Trent Park. making out overall position 3rd.
Well done to all who have run in the series - next race mob-match & presentations in Trent Park on WED 11th July. Maureen & David
Full results and tables are here

Midweek League Race 3 Harlow 20 June 2012

Full results of the race are now here - a better all round performance see us now in overall 4th place.
Good to see all 12 men were in by 49th place which was the best of all the teams - good solid packing. I would also like to apologise for barging past many of you during the first couple of miles, having missed the turn off for the school and gone round in circles in central Harlow for half hour before eventually turning up to see you streaming around the far side of the field, I ended up starting 1min 15secs behind. Fortunately this did not impact on our overall result...Adrian

Midweek League Race 2 Welwyn Garden City 31 May 2012

Well done to all who ran last night, unfortunately result was not good. Men 5th, Ladies 5th, Men vets 4th, lady vets 6th. From our success at the 1st race & lying 2nd we are now overall 5th & in the relegation zone. We need 'all hands on deck' for the next 2 races at Harlow & St Albans as it only takes a couple of extra runners to make all the difference. Full results are here.

Midweek League Race 1 Stevenage 15 May 2012

Well done to all who ran last night at Stevenage. Good result Ladies team 2nd, Men's team 3rd - overall 2nd. Both Vet teams 2nd. Great individual runs from Richard McCormick in 4th in the Mens race and 1st Vet and Jo Kent 2nd in the Ladies and 1st Vet. Full results here
Lets keep up the good work for next race on Thurs 31st May at WGC. Maureen & David

BMAF Road Relays Sutton Park 12 May 2012

After injuries decimated our V45 squads8 - it was left to the Men V55, V65 and Ladies V55 teams to show the way in the Masters relays.
Men V55 Men V65 Ladies V55
 7 Des Michael 18.10 4 Nick Bingham 20.14 9 Ros de la Bertauche 24.49
 8 Jon Kilsby 19.27 4 John Shirley 21.41 8 Pauline Lygo 26.40
13 John Clarke 21.33 6 John Owen 21.36 8 Maureen Shirley 27.30
10 Dave Wilcock 18.25 1hr 03.31 1hr 18.59
  1hr 17.35

London Marathon 22 April 2012

Well done to all who took part today - some excellent results all round. Also on behalf of those who ran - I am sure - I would also commend our Baggage Lorry team who will have done an excellent job all day - and were apparently rewarded with a visit from Prince Harry. There is certainly a picture on Facebook of the Prince with Pauline Michael and I gather mention of this and Barnet on Sky News!! Also well done to the team that manned the Water station. All our results that I can find from a quick run through are here . A number of our youngsters also ran in the Mini Marathon as below. Photos from the event should be here
U13 Boys - 4 George Groom 17:25 U15 Boys 29 Thomas Butler 17:24 U15 Girls 48 Sophie Parker 20:47 U17 Girls 111 Imogen Rochester 24:13
  U15 Boys 164 Mark Cunningham 20.09 U15 Girls 76 Gaia Casciello 21:49 (SBH)

VIctoria Park 5 mile Road race 7 April 2012

Just three Barnet athletes took part in this fast 5 mile race this year.
34 Grant Ramsay (FVS) 27:37 110 Rob Prater 35:39
43 Will Morris 28:00 156 Ted Kimber 43:03
While I was happy with first Barnet home, I was a distant third in the most stylish sprint finish stakes. Will.

World Indoor Masters Jyvaskyla Finland April 2012

Just back from World masters indoors in Jyvaskyla in Finland. Here are the bare details:

3000m Indoors (05-Apr) M55
8 Steve Allen (GBR) 15:48.76
A very disapointing walk even considering the fact that I've not been going well (ranked 4th going in and should have been 5th at worst)

10k Road (07-Apr) M55
6 Steve Allen (GBR) 54:46
I can't quite explain where this walk came from. I had been outside 57 minutes at Horsham 14 days earlier and was very unhappy with the 3000 just 2 days before. Fantastic race to be in - within a minute of bronze and places 5th to 9th virtually together at 7k before things hotted up. Through 5k in 27:34 so second 5k 27:12 and last 3 laps were the fastest 3 of the race. Just 9 seconds outside my road PB from 2010. Race held beside a beautiful frozen lake with a covering of fresh snow - cloudless skies and temperature hovering marginally above freezing. And the bonus came in the shape of the team results which were very close and a GOLD World Masters Medal:
1st GB and NI (Ian Richards, Steve Allen, Gary Smith) 2hrs45:28

SEAA 6 & 12 Stage Road Relays Milton Keynes 25 March  2012

Our Ladies put up a very competitive effort to finish 18th of 27 teams against some good qualtiy competition. Our Men were somewhat more depleted by the absence of those that chose to run Orion the day before - but at least we still completed a full team and perhaps with everyone out next year we could both qualify for the Nationals.. results here

Finchley 20 Hillingdon 11 March  2012

  10 Mike Walker 2-01.30 158 Jerry Bryan V50 2-31.18
  38 Will Morris 2-10.09 162 Chris Violet V45 2-31.43
  84 Karen Murphy V45 (9th Lady) 2-17.58

Berkhamsted Half Marathon 4 March  2012

As far as I can tell 4 Barnet & District runners braved the weather to run this event. Although very wet, it wasn't as cold and windy as expected. . I've attached an amended version of the results detailed on the first website, with B&D's separated.
I don't know about Karen and Nick, but Linda and I have now dried out (as well as our running gear) and the pub lunch we had after the race was much more welcoming and enjoyable than last years'! Mel Davies

Milton Keynes Half Marathon 4 March  2012

Please see attached full results and summary for MK half. Barnet had 8 running.
Some great results despite the weather (I think most of us had lost the feeling in our hands and feet by the end!). There were 2737 runners in all - Mike Walker was 14th. Some impressive PBs - Sandra O'Connor in particular who finished with the biggest smile of the day! Robert Scott

Chingford League Victoria Park - 18 February  2012

On a wet and typically blustery afternoon at Victoria Park the Barnet men were led home by Ed Blake in 6th closely followed by Alex Horton 7th and Richard McCormick 8th with Adrian Mason, James Taylor and Tim Butler completing the Senior team. Despite this strong team 3rd was our reward, Victoria Park taking the honours followed by Orion.
Orion Vets won the Vets team with an impressive 6 home in 27, finishing some 31 points ahead of our own Vets team. (Richard, Adrian, Tim, Andy, Dave W, Des). In fact Dave Brock, a good Vet V50 for Orion didn't even make it into their team).
We had only 3 Barnet women led home by Pauline Michael 13th, Sandra O'Connor 19th and Mary Brown 35th.
The individual titles have now been decided, Richard McCormick 1st Senior & V40, Andy Cunningham 1st Supervet (V50) and Nicola Froud despite not running the last fixture has held on to win the Womens SuperVet (V45).
The overall team places will be decided at the Highams Park Relays (March 17th) and there is much at stake. The Senior Women are level on points with Eton Manor also the Vet Men are level on points with Orion so we need to bring out the big guns for the relays.... Richard Senior Results are here
The only young athlete to race was U15 Boy Thomas Butler 11:39 who finished 7th

Eastern Area Indoor Championships - Lea Valley - 12 February  2012

I'm not sure if the club has had an area senior champion before, even if it was in a novelty event! That was more like it! I had raced the previous day and could feel it in my hamstrings especially but I warmed up well and was always going very comfortably in the slipstream of perennial rival Steve Uttley of Ilford. He had been 2nd last year with me third behind Phil Barnard who was a non-starter this year. I made my move with 320m to go and those present saw the unusual sight of two 50+ year olds battling it out for an area senior title! Steve can always outsprint me but I went just early enough to make it more of a sustained effort and held him off by 9 tenths of a second for my first victory over him since September 2010. That's quite important as he moves up to the ranks of the M55s at the end of May.
1 mile walk 1 Steve Allen (M55) 8:00.47 (age-graded 82.89%)

Four Villages Half Marathon 22 January 2012

52nd Will Morris 80:39 (80:27 chip)

Fred Hughes 10m Road Race St Albans 22 January 2012