News

Penny will be placing an order for club hoodies in November. This will be the last order placed with our supplier before Christmas so could anyone who would like to order a hoodie please complete the order form and forward this, together with the necessary payment to Penny by Friday 3rd November to ensure delivery by Christmas.

Entries for the 2018 ALDI Ashby 20 will open on Monday 23rd October at 7pm.

Barrow Runners have announced entries for their Boxing Day handicap road race:

Entries are now open to the 35th Barrow Boxing Day handicap race – the ultimate post Christmas pick-me-up. Approximately 6 mile road run on undulating, rural country roads based on a handicap format with the slowest runners setting off first. Perfect for burning-off the previous day’s indulgences! …

I have just updated the Standard Times page on the website to clarify the rules ahead of the next round of certificate applications. Please note especially the “Which races are eligible?” section at the bottom and take a look and make sure the races you are planning to use are eligible for awards, while you still have some time left to find another race!

Also remember that the rules were changed earlier in the year to allow 6, 7 and 8 mile distances all together.

As part of the update, I’ve merged the separate men’s and womens’ pages into one page so as to have everything consistent and in one place.

You will be able to apply for your 2017 award starting from November – look out for another announcement then.

Here are the results of last night’s 5k time trial.

The final results have been announced for the LRRL 2017 season, which concluded on Saturday 3rd September with the John Fraser 10 race.

In the individual awards, Chris Langham has earned the award of 3rd Vet 45 (and 18th place in the league overall) after an outstanding season of racing.

In all, 50 members of HRC took part in the summer league’s 7 races: West End 8, Gaddesby 7, Swithland 6, Hungarton 7, Joy Cann 5, Hermitage Carl Rutt 10k and John Fraser 10.

Three Hinckley runners completed the “100%” of representing the club in all 11 of the Winter and Summer league races and these were Chris Langham, Liz Aspden-Mansfield and Kate Perkins – what a commitment.

I have excerpted the league tables for Hinckley members below, and elsewhere on this website you can find full results for every race and you can find the full league tables on the LRAN site.

In the club league side of things, both the Mens and Ladies team have finished 8th out of the 10 in their leagues, only just avoiding the bottom two which would have meant relegation. So I am pleased to say both will still be in Div 1 next year! Despite strong running the lower turnouts for some races meant our teams did not do as well this year as last.

Our thanks to the organisers of the league and all the clubs and volunteers putting on the races. Congratulations to all the winners and to Matt Adcock and Jo Male who were the overall champions of the league this year.

Men’s Table

(Points are allocated 500 pts for 1st place, 499 pts for 2nd place, and so on. Best 5 scores count.)

#	Athlete	Age Cat	WE 8	Gad. 7	Swi. 6	Hun. 7	JC 5	Her. 10k	JF 10	Total	Cat Pos
18	Chris Langham	VM45	469	478	471	474	469	481	475	2379	3
35	Nick Moore	SenM	411	456		458		459	458	2242	21
63	Harry Langham	U20M	394	431	432		381	413	370	2051	2
132	William Pither	VM40	292	332	282	254	299	351	329	1603	24
139	Rob Pratt	VM55		390	373	387	361			1511	10
195	Christopher Limmer	SenM	483	481		326				1290	77
220	Jonathan Strong	SenM				389	407		421	1217	88
225	Geoffrey Oliver	VM60		249		216	241	287	209	1202	10
315	Joe Langham	SenM		449	437					886	108
341	Edward Nixon	VM40			255		295		278	828	60
349	Tom Wormleighton	SenM		398	411					809	118
360	Ian Sylvester	VM60			253	239	280			772	30
369	Richard Guest	SenM	246	282	234					762	125
372	Rolf Hoelmer	VM40		403	350					753	65
410	James McBean	SenM		321	329					650	136
421	Greg Pollard	VM40	296	318						614	73
461	Simon Birch	SenM							496	496	148
524	Mark Jones	SenM			409					409	179
547	Tim Payne	VM50		380						380	80
603	Ali Higgins	VM45			309					309	105
635	Robert Dimbleby	SenM							259	259	209
663	Roy Russell	VM55							215	215	60

Women’s Table

#	Athlete	Age Cat	WE 8	Gad. 7	Swi. 6	Hun. 7	JC 5	Her. 10k	JF 10	Total	Cat Pos
13	Kate Perkins	SenF	476	477	469	482	485	492	444	2412	9
24	Celine Guery	SenF	469	480	470	470			463	2352	15
40	Penny Masser	VF50	436	454	446		455		462	2253	6
66	Kerry Wittering	VF45	389	396	390	382	411			1968	9
107	Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield	VF45	334	355	322	331	329	382	325	1731	19
109	Jenny Green	SenF	432	430	444				423	1729	48
111	Michelle Fowler	VF45		439	431		426		428	1724	20
138	Odette Foxall	VF40	306	335	278	296			299	1514	23
160	Leanne Byard	SenF	459		457				457	1373	62
192	Erica Fisher	VF60	296		297		312		289	1194	7
197	Nicola Dutton	SenF	377	395	387					1159	75
205	Stephanie Harris	SenF	288		267	295			282	1132	77
221	Emma Thompson	SenF	362		378		311			1051	84
248	Diane Wildbur	VF60	309	318		300				927	11
263	Judy McSharry	VF55	299	325	264					888	24
267	Debbie Moore	VF45				440	440			880	46
281	Elaine Doran	VF45				425	409			834	51
299	Sally Henderson	SenF				404	372			776	121
320	Charlotte May Sinclair	SenF			350	326				676	135
322	Julia Waite	VF40			359		314			673	67
330	Andrea Earley	VF45	318	336						654	58
338	Sarah McSharry	SenF	300	327						627	140
350	Elaine Wischhusen	VF60		326	266					592	15
380	Bethan Padbury	U20F	484							484	3
385	Rebecca Gould	SenF			472					472	160
391	Sarah Garford	SenF		463						463	163
480	Jodie Brown	SenF	333							333	208
484	Julie Hudson	VF45	332							332	83

Here are the dates just decided for the upcoming season’s Derby Runner Cross Country League:

22/10/2017 Bagworth Heath (Desford)
12/11/2017 Markfield (West End)
26/11/2017 Holly Hayes Woods (Hermitage)
10/12/2017 Bradgate Park (Roadhoggs)
21/01/2018 Allestree Park (Derwent)
18/02/2018 Grace Dieu Manor School (Shepshed)
11/03/2018 Bosworth Battlefield (Hinckley)

There will also be the Leicestershire county cross country champs, likely in early January. I’m hoping to get a few of us to the National XC again this year too – it will be Saturday 24th Feb at Parliament Hill, London.

A quick look back at the last two sunny Sunday league races, which both featured a great turnout from the club. At the Gaddesby 7 on 21st May, 29 Hinckley runners completed the 7-mile race:

Chris Limmer – 42:39, Chris Langham – 42:59, Nick Moore – 45:09, Joe Langham – 45:25, Harry Langham – 47:30, Rolf Hoelmer – 49:33, Tom Wormleighton – 50:05, Rob Pratt – 50:33, Tim Payne – 51:29, Celine Guery – 53:02, Kate Perkins – 53:24, William Pither – 55:10, Sarah Garford – 55:12, James McBean – 55:30, Penny Masser – 56:10, Greg Pollard – 56:07, Michelle Fowler – 57:32, Jenny Green – 58:25, Richard Guest – 1:00:10, Kerry Wittering – 1:02:37, Nicola Dutton – 1:02:55, Geoffrey Oliver – 1:07:27, Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield – 1:09:55, Andrea Earley – 1:13:25, Odette Foxall – 1:13:21, Sarah McSharry – 1:15:10, Elaine Wischhusen – 1:14:55, Judy McSharry – 1:15:12, Diane Wildbur – 1:17:52

And at the Swithland 6 on 4th June, Hinckley’s 32 finishers were:

Chris Langham – 35:54, Joe Langham – 38:01, Harry Langham – 38:10, Tom Wormleighton – 39:39, Mark Jones – 39:36, Rob Pratt – 41:41, Rolf Hoelmer – 42:52, James McBean – 43:59, Rebecca Gould – 44:38, Celine Guery – 44:47, Kate Perkins – 44:51, Ali Higgins – 45:28, Leanne Byard – 45:44, Penny Masser – 46:50, Jenny Green – 46:51, William Pither – 47:48, Michelle Fowler – 48:22, Edward Nixon – 49:55, Ian Sylvester – 50:17, Jane Wheeler – 50:55, Richard Guest – 51:30, Kerry Wittering – 51:56, Nicola Dutton – 52:06, Emma Thompson – 52:48, Julia Waite – 53:59, Charlotte May Sinclair – 54:40, Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield – 57:10, Erica Fisher – 59:19, Odette Foxall – 1:01:48, Stephanie Harris – 1:02:46, Elaine Wischhusen – 1:03:04, Judy McSharry – 1:03:24

Full results as usual on the results page.

League wise, the women’s team have lifted themselves out of the relegation places with the strong showing of the last two races putting them firmly 6th. Meanwhile the mens team have dropped a little and are battling Desford for the 5th spot.

 

I took some pictures at Swithland and these were my two favourites:

Thanks to Team Anstey and Birstall RC for putting on these two excellent races. The next LRRL league race is the Wreake Runners Hungarton 7 on 5th July – enter here!

26 Hinckley runners ran the West End 8 on Sunday 7th May – the first race of the LRRL summer league. It’s a scenic 8 mile road race on the country lanes near Syston, “undulating” at first, with a tough hill in the middle and a nice downhill finish.

A massive turnout from the ladies, with 19 running. It was Hinckley ladies’ best result of the 2017 season so far, coming 4th in the division. The men’s team was a bit short on numbers, with just 7 men racing this one, and we were 7th in our division behind all the teams with the full eight men (but still ahead of Coritanians who had zero men…)

Now the ladies are up to joint 6th in div 1, and the men have dropped a place to 5th in div 1. Still 6 races to go.

The full HRC roll of honour was: Chris Limmer – 47:03, Chris Langham – 48:36, Nick Moore – 53:39, Harry Langham – 54:59, Bethan Padbury – 58:36, Kate Perkins – 59:00, Celine Guery – 59:36, Leanne Byard – 01:00:36, Greg Pollard – 01:02:42, William Pither – 01:02:52, Penny Masser – 01:03:27, Jenny Green – 01:04:11, Richard Guest – 01:08:20, Kerry Wittering – 01:10:35, Nicola Dutton – 01:11:57, Emma Thompson – 01:13:35, Elizabeth Aspden-Mansfield – 01:16:40, Jodie Brown – 01:16:58, Julie Hudson – 01:17:14, Andrea Earley – 01:19:33, Diane Wildbur – 01:21:40, Odette Foxall – 01:22:23, Sarah McSharry – 01:22:54, Judy McSharry – 01:22:51, Erica Fisher – 01:23:25, Stephanie Harris – 01:26:58

Full Results

Well done to all the runners and welcome to league racing to Jodie Brown running her first race in Hinckley colours. Runners of the day: Jude McSharry, who finished the race together with daughter Sarah, and Greg Pollard who ran a cracking race (and just beating Will Pither at the finish, a possible rivalry developing…)

Thanks to West End Runners for putting on the race. Next LRRL races are Gaddesby 7 (21st May) and Swithland 6 (4th June) which are both now closed for entries. Then the Hungarton 7 on 5th July which has just opened for entries.