As this is the last chance I will have to post anything until December, I am going to have to risk confusing some of you by sending out the info about next weekend’s race before this weekend’s one has taken place! The 3rd Met League race will be taking place in Ruislip on Saturday 29th and full details of the venue, the timetable, how to get there and pretty well everything else are attached below, so I won’t repeat it here.

Just to remind you, there is no limit to how many people can run for the club in the Met League, so everyone who turns up will be able to take part and, as there are 12 per team to score for the men and 6 for the women and we have 2 teams of each, almost everyone will get to score points for the club. We have had excellent turnouts for both Met League races so far so let’s try and keep that going for this one, especially let’s try and get more than 24 finishers for the men instead of more than 24 starters as has been the case both times so far!

A couple of notes about the course itself. The only dodgy bit is the start, which is far too narrow and will be a real mess (especially for the men), though at least it isn’t dangerous like the start at Claybury. Once you get off the start/finish field it becomes a challenging but not horribly difficult 2 lap run through the woods, until you emerge again for the final 100 metres or so sprint to the finish. Apparently it will be the same course as for last Saturday’s NLCCA champs except run in reverse. If anything the distance, for the men anyway, is slightly more than the advertised 8k.

Although I won’t be in the office until after the race I will be back from my holiday and will be racing. I will be driving from Finsbury Park leaving at 12.00 and may have a space or 2 in my car. If you would like a lift then don’t e-mail me as I won’t read it in time, instead wait until Friday 28th and then text or call me on 07881 541128. The same applies if you have any queries about the race, though in that case hopefully you will find someone else to ask before then. I look forward to seeing you and showing off my tan on the day.


LONDON CITY RUNNER METROPOLITAN LEAGUE

Fixture No: Three
Date: 29 November 2008
Venue: Ruislip
R​ace Headquarters: Hillingdon AC Clubhouse
206 Bury Street
Ruislip
Midd​lesex
HA4 7TJ
Tel: (01895) 678459
Changing facilities: Yes
Showers​: Yes
Course Location: End of Reservoir Road, Ruislip

HQ to Course walk time: 5 minutes
Course Description: Same course as last year. Start and finish on grass field, remainder undulating, tough, traditional woodland course suitable for spikes.
Public Transport: Ruislip Underground (Metropolitan & Piccadilly lines), then H13 or 331 bus towards Ruislip Lido
Parking: Officials only at Hillingdon AC clubhouse. Free car park at the end of Reservoir Road, opposite the Waters Edge pub, right next to course.
Directions from major roads: From north, south and west: Exit M25 at J16, take M40 London-bound, then A40. Exit at Swakeleys Junction, B467 towards Ickenham. At 1st mini-roundabout, take 2nd exit still on B467, then at 2nd mini-roundabout, take 1st exit, Breakspear Road South. After mile, turn right at Breakspear Arms pub onto Breakspear Road. At end, turn right towards HQ, left towards course. From east: Take A40 from London towards Uxbridge/Oxford. At Polish War Memorial Junction, third exit, A4180. Keep on A4180 for 3 miles.
Timetable: 1.15p​m 3,000m Under 13 Boys
1.17pm 3,000m Under 13 Girls
Not before 1.35pm 4,000m Under 17 Men/Under 15 Boys
Not before 1.37pm 4,000m Under 17 Women/Under 15 Girls
Not before 1.55pm 6,000m Senior/Vete​ran/Under 20 Women
Not before 2.30pm 8,000m Senior/Vete​ran/Under 20 Men
Other information: "All clubs should arrive before the start of the meeting (1.15pm) in order for numbers to be distributed to each club.
Runners should not wear I Pods/Walkman’s when competing, as they are not allowed on safety grounds.
To be eligible to score, competitors should compete in the correct race for their age group.
Unregistered second claim members can now only compete as guests in the remaining three League fixtures."
Contact Name: Gavin Collett
Contact Tel: (01895) 678505

This Saturday’s big race is the London Champs at Parliament Hill, a local race for most of us hence no instructions on how to get there. There are various other races going on during the day as well, but the 2 that are of interest to us are as follows:

Senior Women (6k) - 1.40PM
Senior Men (10k) - 2.10PM

The course will be as for the last couple of years, ie: 2x3k laps for the women and 2x2k laps followed by 2x3k laps for the men. Although not as difficult as the course which will be used for the National Champs in February, this route still involves 1 big hill per lap with plenty of other undulations. I suspect it will be pretty muddy too, certainly by the time the men finally get to race, so spikes or something similar will be needed.

I have entered 24 men and 16 women for the race, which should be enough given how many of us I know are going to be away in sunny Lanzarote or elsewhere, but best to turn up in good time in case we do run short of numbers. Those entered are pretty much based on who did the St Albans and Horsenden Relays and the first Met League. Anyone who did at least 2 of those races is definitely entered, those who did 1 probably are, and those who didn’t do any probably aren’t (though there are a couple of exceptions to that rule), but hopefully anyone else will be able to run, just under a pseudonym.

We usually meet alongside the track railings at the Highgate end of the track (ie: near the 100 Metres start), so I assume that will happen again. As I will not be there and nor will Jerry, and I expect Ivor will be marshalling, someone who gets there early will have to pick up the numbers (from the Highgate Harriers hut at the other end of the track) and make sure they remain available for others to take theirs when they turn up, ie: don’t take them round the Heath on your warm up! If we have to hand in any declarations/results then please make sure that is done too. Most importantly, please someone make sure you write down and keep a list of exactly who is actually running in each number and send me an e-mail accordingly, so that when I get the results I know who is who. If anyone feels brave enough to do a write up for the e-group, the website and the local press early next week, then that would be great too. I think Dieter will be there taking pictures so some words to go with them would be handy. I think that is everything, but please ask me tomorrow (after that it will be too late) if you have any questions. I hope you all have good and enjoyable races.

London Heathside are holding their annual Christmas Party and presentation for its young athletes (which on this occasion means Under 25) on Sunday 16th November beginning at 4pm.

Venue is;-
Rowans Leisure Complex
10, Stroud Green Road
By Finsbury Park Station
London N4 2DF

There will be a party buffet and one hour free ten pin bowling.

The free bowling period starts at 4m so dont be late or you'll miss out. The club has booked the whole of the first floor, so there plenty space to bring family and friends.

Medals and certificates will reward;
- Jack Petchey Outstanding Achievement awards
- Highest points scorers in Young Athletes League

In addition we will be handing out sports clothing vouchers earned by every youth member who has competed for the club during the summer.

Any questions, please phone Peter Snell - LHAC Youth Secretary
0794 117 9129
020 8430 2424 (Day)

The next Cross Country race of a very busy November is the NLCCA Champs at Ruislip this coming Saturday. Of the 12 races which count towards the Turner Shield and the Lambert Trophy this is probably the least important, so if any of you need a rest with so many races on consecutive weekends this is the one to miss, but the advantage of it is that all the other clubs see it as less important too, so there is more chance of us winning something if we do get decent teams out. The schedule is as follows:

Senior, Under 20 & Vet Women (6k approx) - 2.00PM
Senior, Under 20 & Vet Men (8k approx) - 2.45PM

In the women’s race it is 4 to score for the team and there are also individual medals for the first 3 vets. For the men it is 6 to score with again 3 individual vets medals. I don’t think there are vets team prizes (unfortunately for us) but I may be wrong.

The race HQ is the Hillingdon AC clubhouse on Bury Street in Ruislip and it is possible to park either on the road near the clubhouse or in the car park at the end of Reservoir Road, which is much closer to where the race starts and finishes. There are changing rooms and showers at the clubhouse if you require them and there will be refreshments there after the race. I don’t know if the course will be the traditional Ruislip course or more like the one that was used for last year’s Met League, but either way it will be quite hilly with much of it in woods (so totally the opposite of Wormwood Scrubs) and, despite the good forecast for the rest of this week, I imagine it will be quite muddy so spikes or similar would be advisable.

It isn’t the easiest venue to reach by tube, with the nearest station, Ruislip on the Met line, being a decent length warm-up jog away, so driving or getting a lift is probably preferable if possible, especially if you haven’t been before. I will be driving from Finsbury Park and have at least 1 space in my car, so please contact me if you would like a lift. I will be leaving either at 12 (if I am giving any women a lift) or 12.30 (if not). Any questions, please let me know. See you on Saturday.

There’s an awful lot to get through today, but before I get on to the new stuff just a quick bit about the race I was away for, the London Champs. Firstly thanks to Steve and Kabir who I believe sorted out the numbers on the day, a particularly difficult task given that we had 17 women running when only 16 had been entered, which is presumably the reason why Ursula appears in the official results twice (was there some sort of number sharing going on?)! Thanks too to Dave and Andy for circulating the results and doing a write-up. I will actually include the results again today as I don’t believe Andy included the times last week. I will put the positions as per the London Champs itself, ie ignoring the non-London qualified runners, for the obvious reason that they make everyone’s position a bit better! Unfortunately however there is still 1 runner who I don’t know who it was. I know Mark George didn’t run but can only guess at who took his place. What is particularly unfortunate is that none of Dieter’s excellent photos are of the elusive number 393, so even they don’t help. I can’t believe that there is no one reading this who knows who it was, so can someone please tell me asap.

Our trip to Lanzarote has also been briefly written up by Barbara and no, the Steve Williams who was there was from Garden City not Heathside, but here is the full story. The first race (10k Road Race) took place on a warm and unusually windless day, which suited me rather better than John. Richard however was well ahead of both of us and his only disappointment was that the man finishing 2s ahead of him was also a V40. Anna never quite caught the women’s winner but was a reasonably solid 2nd throughout. The next day (12.5k Ridge Run) was cooler and windier and this, along with the significant amount of off road climbing involved, meant John was much more at home and he overtook me in the overall standings. Richard comfortably beat us both again however with Andy, seemingly struggling a bit, well behind. Anna, despite beating Andy on the day, finished further behind the winner and looked as if she would have to settle for 2nd overall. The 5k beach run was also held in relatively cool conditions, but the lack of rain meant the sand was even softer than usual so the times were particularly slow. Richard does not enjoy this race and sure enough John took the chance to be top Heathsider on the day. Anna doesn’t like it either and didn’t make the top 3 on the day although she held on to 2nd place overall. The final 21k multi-terrain race is mainly downhill but is also mainly against the wind, so I guess those 2 factors pretty much even out time-wise. It was cool at the start but warmed up later and I had easily my best race of the week in staying much closer to the all dominant Richard than I’d expected, while also making up more than the 40s overall lead John had over me before the race. Anna had her best race too, winning on the day with a terrific last kilometer, though there was never any chance of her closing the overall gap. The final results showed Anna as 2nd woman and 1st V40, Richard as 1st Englishman (though there is no prize for that sadly) and 2nd V40, me as 1st V45, John as 3rd V40 and Heathside as 3rd men’s team. The positions listed below are only taking account of people who did all 4 races, again that makes us look better!

There were then 3 races that I know about over the weekend. Our small group of 4 at the Hyde Park 5k were very successful with a particularly good run from Sarah being the highlight, while the 4 in Florence also performed well, particularly Steve and Nigel. The main team race however was the Met League on Saturday, and that was a very up and down day for Heathside. Fortunately we had no runners in the U13 Boys race, as they were all misdirected and ran much too far with the result that the race was declared void. No such problems in the U17 race however where Renat ran very well as he is still towards the bottom end of the age group. The stars on the day were the women however, who followed up their excellent showing at Parliament Hill with their best performance of the 3 league races so far. Ella held on excellently after a very fast start to finish 6th, beating the winners of the NLCCA Champs and the last Sunday League race in so doing, but this time Louise wasn’t able to make it a family 1-2 due to an excellent debut run from Andrea. The Jackies and Ruth followed not too far behind to complete the scoring team. 4th on the day and 4th overall were great results, as was the comfortable win in the Vets category. In fact that title may not be completely out of reach if we can get a really good 4 out for each of the remaining 2 races.

The men unfortunately were a very different story, with the turnouts of 26 and 25 for the first 2 races being followed mystifyingly by just 12 on Saturday. At least all 12 finished however, despite Norman still being hamstrung from Parliament Hill and Dave W being far from fully fit after his injury, not to mention John and I being rather tired and unacclimatised as it was our 5th race in a week and in somewhat cooler and muddier conditions than the previous 4! Martin was the lead man again with George and John in a close battle for 2nd place. Teamwise I think it can best be said that we got away with it. 8th on the day and 6th overall is pretty fortunate given our turnout, and Hillingdon’s strength on the day probably means that 4th overall had been taken out of our reach anyway while 5th should still be obtainable as long as we don’t mess up again. Even the B team, despite not existing on the day, hasn’t dropped much in Div 2. As for the Vets, well 11 of the 12 of us were in that category (congrats to Ed for being the only runner we had of either sex between the ages of 18-35), so we still won on the day and are so far clear we can hardly lose overall. By the way, the next League race will now no longer be in St Albans but in Stevenage. I have no details of the venue beyond that as yet, but will pass them on as soon as I do. Results of all the above as follows:

London Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill, 22/11/08:
Women (6k approx):
8th Ella Waldman 21m 49s (1st U20)
11th Sarah Swinhoe 22m 06s (4th V35)
12th Jaimie Hunter 22m 07s
37th Louise Waldman 23m 48s
38th Jules Weall 23m 53s
62nd Jas Bolla 25m 26s
63rd Karen Levene 25m 28s
70th Ruth Miller 25m 43s
73rd Jackie Watt 25m 54s
85th Fiona Holland 26m 31s
90th Caroline White 27m 00s
95th Jayne Sales 27m 18s
103rd Ursula Wilson 27m 38s
104th Barbara Tomaszczyk 27m 45s
110th Susie Brighton 28m 13s
117th Charlotte Pheazey 28m 39s
140th Alison Harrow 31m 26s

142 finishers in all

Team (4 to score):
1st Highgate 56
2nd London Heathside 68
3rd Serpentine 71
12th London Heathside B 233
18th London Heathside C 343
22nd London Heathside D 434

Men (10k approx):
52nd George Stewart 36m 10s (3rd V40)
55th Rick Eriksson 36m 26s
66th Ed Samuel 36m 48s
73rd Julian Ferraro 37m 07s
80th ?????? 37m 22s
82nd Andy Owen 37m 29s
94th Richard Taylor 37m 54s
111th Gavin Evans 38m 48s
113th Pete Crockford 38m 50s
123rd Paul McCrossin 39m 24s
143rd Dominic Ross 40m 37s
147th Norman Mitchell 40m 50s
164th Dave Newman 41m 33s
171st Mark Derry 42m 06s
193rd Richard Hewett 44m 02s
203rd Hassan Nahal 44m 54s
209th Nik Skipper 45m 15s

250 finishers in all

Team results (4 to score):
1st Highgate 34
2nd Herne Hill 45
3rd Serpentine 80
12th London Heathside 240
20th London Heathside B 358
29th London Heathside C 514
39th London Heathside D 717

Lanzarote International Running Challenge, Club La Santa, 23-26/11/08:
10k Road Race:
7th Richard Browne 34m 43s (2nd V40)
12th Paul Lemmon 35m 47s (1st V45)
14th John Flahive 36m 07s (4th V40)
21st Andy Welshman 37m 23s (5th V40)
26th Anna Critchlow 38m 03s (2nd woman, 1st V40)

12.5k Ridge Run:
7th Richard Browne 46m 00s (2nd V40)
11th John Flahive 47m 15s (3rd V40)
12th Paul Lemmon 47m 39s (1st V45)
24th Anna Critchlow 50m 02s (2nd woman, 1st V40)
27th Andy Welshman 50m 37s (5th V40)

5k Beach Run:
8th John Flahive 20m 56s (2nd V40)
10th Richard Browne 21m 13s (4th V40)
12th Paul Lemmon 21m 30s (1st V45)
22nd Andy Welshman 22m 45s (5th V40)
30th Anna Critchlow 23m 36s (4th woman, 1st V40)

21k Multi-terrain race:
7th Richard Browne 75m 36s (2nd V40)
10th Paul Lemmon 76m 38s (1st V45)
12th John Flahive 78m 02s (3rd V40)
21st Anna Critchlow 81m 26s (1st woman, 1st V40)
31st Andy Welshman 85m 11s (6th V40)

Overall results:
7th Richard Browne 2h 57m 31s (2nd V40)
11th Paul Lemmon 3h 01m 32s (1st V45)
12th John Flahive 3h 02m 17s (3rd V40)
23rd Anna Critchlow 3h 13m 05s (2nd woman, 1st V40)
27th Andy Welshman 3h 15m 54s (5th V40)

Last Friday of the Month 5k Road Race, Hyde Park, 28/11/08:
3rd Julian Ferraro 17m 24s (1st V40)
11th Sarah Swinhoe 17m 58s (1st woman)
13th Pete Crockford 18m 05s (1st V50)
36th Mike Abrahams 19m 18s (3rd V50)

Metropolitan Cross Country League race 3 (of 5), Ruislip, 29/11/08:
Under 17 Men (4k approx):
39th Renat Hammet-Millay 15m 42s

63 finishers in all

Senior Women (6k approx):
6th Ella Waldman 23m 07s (1st U20)
30th Andrea Devine 25m 10s (7th Vet)
33rd Louise Waldman 25m 26s (8th Vet)
56th Jackie Wastell 26m 51s (17th Vet)
61st Jackie Watt 26m 57s (18th Vet)
64th Ruth Miller 27m 11s (20th Vet)
70th Ursula Wilson 27m 38s (24th Vet)
75th Fiona Holland 28m 06s (26th Vet)
77th Karen Levene 28m 09s (27th Vet)
100th Barbara Tomaszczyk 29m 38s (40th Vet)
103rd Susie Brighton 30m 03s (43rd Vet)

132 finishers in all, including 59 Vets

Team Result (6 to score):
1st Serpentine 672
2nd Woodford Green 669
3rd Highgate 668
4th London Heathside 538
14th London Heathside B 235

Overall League Table:
1st Highgate 2256
2nd Woodford Green 2243
3rd Serpentine 2141
4th London Heathside 1699
19th London Heathside B 677

Vets Team Result (4 to score):
1st London Heathside 190
2nd Ealing 168
3rd Highgate 155
5th London Heathside B 143

Overall Vets League Table:
1st Highgate 593
2nd London Heathside 531
3rd Woodford Green 517
9th London Heathside B 282

Senior Men (8k approx):
41st Martin Potter 30m 19s (4th Vet)
54th George Stewart 30m 43s (6th Vet)
55th John Flahive 30m 45s (7th Vet)
69th Paul Lemmon 31m 28s (13th Vet)
82nd Ed Samuel 31m 56s
107th Norman Mitchell 32m 48s (25th Vet)
150th Dave Browne 34m 26s (39th Vet)
162nd Tony Killilea 34m 56s (45th Vet)
169th Dieter Perry 35m 12s (48th Vet)
178th Dave Newman 35m 30s (53rd Vet)
236th Dave Walton 38m 07s (85th Vet)
251st Nik Skipper 38m 59s (92nd Vet)

307 finishers in all, including 129 Vets

Division 1 Team Result (12 to score):
1st Woodford Green 1916
2nd Serpentine 1779
3rd Hillingdon 1656
8th London Heathside 1051

Overall League Table:
1st Woodford Green 5635
2nd Shaftesbury Barnet 5295
3rd Serpentine 5041
6th London Heathside 3851

Division 2 Team Result:
1st Woodford Green B 1147
2nd Newham & Essex 940
3rd Hillingdon B 865
17th London Heathside B 0

Overall League Table:
1st Woodford Green 3523
2nd Newham & Essex 3403
3rd Herts Phoenix 2944
8th London Heathside B 1249

Vets Team Result (6 to score):
1st London Heathside 686
2nd Hillingdon 618
3rd Thames Valley 596
11th London Heathside B 327

Overall League Table:
1st London Heathside 2325
2nd Hillingdon 1990
3rd Woodford Green 1904
8th London Heathside B 1443

Florence Marathon, Florence (Italy), 30/11/08:
204th Steve Monaghan 2h 53m 54s
534th Ken Heney 3h 05m 32s
786th Nigel Tonks 3h 12m 23s
2857th Jacquelin Ligot 3h 42m 01s

Following last weekend's success for London Heathside's men at the North London Cross Country Championships (1st Veterans Team and 3rd Senior Men's Team) in Ruislip, it was the women's turn to take the medals as we took on the southerners too on our home turf - Parliament Hill. Some photographs are available on our website - www.londonheathside.org.u​k ( http://www.londonheathside.org.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup​)

Ella Waldman claimed individual gold in the junior competition (under 20) with team mate Jaimie Hunter taking the silver medal. The race was included in the main race and the pair helped Heathside senior women to team silver.

The men's team were depleted by the annual warm weather training trip to Lanzarote, but still finished 12th with George Stewart leading the team home in 57th place, followed by Rikki Eriksson in 60th making a welcome return to competition.

Women ​

2nd - London Heathside A
8 Ella Waldman
11 Sarah Swinhoe
12 Jaimie Hunter
37 Lousie Waldman

12th - London Heathside B
38 Jools Weall
62 Jas Bolla
63 Karen Levene
70 Ruth Miller

18th - London Heathside C
73 Jackie Watt
85 Fiona Holland
90 Caroline White
95 Jayne Sales

London Heathside D
103 Ursula Wilson
104 Barbara Tomaszczyk
110 Susie Brighton
117 Charlotte Pheazey

140 Alison Harrow

Men ​

12th London Heathside A
57 George Stewart
60 Rikki Eriksson
70 Ed Samuel
77 Julian Ferraro

20th London Heathside B
84 M George
86 Andy Owen
98 Richard Taylor
115 Gavin Evans

29th London Heathside C
117 Pete Crockford
127 Paul McCrossin
147 Dominic Ross
151 Norman Mitchell

40th London Heathside D
168 Dave Newman
175 Mark Derry
196 Richard Hewitt
206 Hassan Nahal

209 Nick Skipper


Next weekend we return to Ruislip for the 3rd race in the Metropolitan League. We are currently leading the Men's Veteran Championship and 4th overall, whilst the women are 4th in the veterans and 6th overall.

Andy Owen

Can be found at


Seniors: http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2008/london08.htm

Juniors: http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2008/londonya.htm

There was a 3 way split as to where Heathside runners were competing this weekend with Saturday’s option being the NLCCA Champs at Ruislip. On an undulating but not too muddy woodland course John continued his recent good form to lead the team home, with Andy Owen having a notably better run than previously this season in part due to the gap between the women’s and men’s races being longer than at the Met League thus giving him time to hand over the boys and still have time to warm up! Why Richard decided to race at all given that he had spent the morning at his British Military Fitness training session I’m not sure, but it is a good thing he did as we wouldn’t have come 3rd and got the Bronze medals without him. The Vets team title was more comfortably won however, perhaps unsurprisingly as all 8 of us to run were vets. A little disappointingly only Jayne ran for the women, but she certainly enjoyed the tougher course and had a much better run than the previous week.

Moving on to Sunday, the weekend road race was the Brighton 10K. This is always a high quality race and I suspect the conditions weren’t too bad this year. Julian led the 6 Heathsiders home though sadly he just missed out on a vets’ prize. Behind him the performances were somewhat up and down, though poor Laurence can certainly be excused his run as he was not feeling too good before the race and felt a lot worse after it.


The 3rd race of the weekend was the Sunday League Cross Country at Welwyn. This had the biggest Heathside turnout of the weekend and indeed was probably the best Heathside turnout for a Sunday League race other than one hosted by ourselves for several years. Bibsi had an excellent run in the women’s race, particularly as it was much longer than she has previously been used to, to gain our only top 10 finish of the day, while a full team of 5 followed her in spread over quite a long distance. By the way, the winner of the women’s race had finished 2nd in the NLCCA the previous day. Leading man, in his 1st race for the club for 4 or 5 years, was Rick, though Robert and Ricardo made him work all the way to the finish. Unusually for Heathside our top 4 finishers were all non-vets thus leading to us having a better result in the seniors’ team event than in the vets’ one. Results of these and other races as follows:

Self Transcendence 5 Mile Road Race, Battersea Park, 8/11/08:
6th Ken Heney 29m 10s

North London Cross Country Association Championships, Ruislip, 15/11/08:
Men (8.5k approx):
15th John Flahive 30m 33s (3rd Vet)
24th Paul Lemmon 31m 15s (7th Vet)
28th Andy Welshman 31m 42s (9th Vet)
33rd Andy Owen 31m 56s (13th Vet)
35th Richard Browne 32m 05s (14th Vet)
45th Pete Crockford 33m 08s (16th Vet)
66th Dieter Perry 35m 10s (31st Vet)
91st Nik Skipper 39m 14s (46th Vet)

116 finishers in all, including 66 Vets

Team Result (6 to score):
1st Serpentine 57
2nd Ealing 132
3rd London Heathside 180
4th Hillingdon 184

Vets Team Result (4 to score):
1st London Heathside 32
2nd Ealing 41
3rd Harrow 50
6th London Heathside B 107

Women (6k approx):
27th Jayne Sales 29m 35s

43 finishers in all, including 26 vets

Brighton 10K Road Race, Brighton, 16/11/08:
36th Julian Ferraro 34m 25s (4th Vet)
207th Chris Gardner 39m 41s
471st Ty Berg 44m 32s
584th Susie Brighton 45m 41s
1553rd Phil Bloomfield 55m 51s
2281st Laurence Steinpress 77m 06s

Sunday Cross Country League, race 2 (of 5), Digswell (Welwyn), 16/11/08:
Men (5.9 miles approx):
13th Rick Eriksson 34m 22s
14th Robert Watts 34m 41s
21st Ricardo Suarez-Lee 35m 19s
55th Terry Lines 39m 01s
59th Mark George 39m 21s
70th Kabir Kemp 40m 08s
71st Robin Tremaine 40m 19s
72nd Tom Neill 40m 20s
104th Jay Beattie-Child 43m 15s
144th Ben Clarke-Janssen 47m 37s

180 finishers in all

Team Result (8 to score):
1st Garden City 133
2nd Fairland Valley 233
3rd Trent Park 263
6th London Heathside 375 (currently 8th in the league)

Vets Team Result (4 to score I think):
1st Fairland Valley 102
2nd Royston 138
3rd Garden City 139
12th London Heathside 505 (currently 8th in the league)

Women (5.9 miles approx):
8th Bibsi Haywill 41m 56s
18th Ursula Wilson 44m 32s
26th Marguerite Lazell 45m 32s
70th Monika Thaler 55m 40s
82nd Paula Beattie 62m 29s

86 finishers in all

Team Result (5 to score):
1st Trent Park 88
2nd Fairlands Valley 90
3rd Serpentine 123
6th London Heathside 204 (currently 7th in the league)

Vets Team Results (4 to score I think):
1st Trent Park 50
2nd Fairlands Valley 63
3rd Garden City 75
9th London Heathside 173 (currently 7th in the league)