Distance League Newsletter 159 July 2011

WAKEFIELD DISTANCE RUNNING LEAGUE

NEWSLETTER 19^th July 2011

Ron Needham 01924 829495 email: rodillianrunners@yahoo.co.uk

If you go down in the woods today...........

.........be prepared to get lost. How it happened isn’t quite a mystery, but a number of runners managed to lose themselves on their first lap of the relays in the woods around Calder Grove last night. It seems “someone” went the wrong way and those in sight of him simply followed. The really great mystery is how did “someone else” manage to get lost on his second lap after running the first lap correctly? Ah well, it didn’t stop everyone having a good time both on the run and in the bar afterwards.

In the run itself, the “getting lost” phenomenon actually helped to spread the prizes out a bit more. The team made up of newcomer, and football referee, Patrick McTigue and Steven Pilling (despite getting lost) taking the first prize. Steven’s second lap run of 6-00 shows just what he is capable of doing, whilst Paddy’s 6-12 on the first lap shows he hasn’t lost much speed from the days when he was a junior cross country runner. Second home were Gerard and Sharon, with Clare and Dave coming in third. It was good to have Jonny Wootton making a return appearance (he last ran in the distance league about 4 years ago), his 5-46 first lap also showing the quality from his starring junior days.

The event actually did make things a little clearer in the leagues, with Tony going 12 points clear of Steven and making certain of the men’s championship. The ladies league though has an intriguing finish in prospect, with only two points separating Clare and Louise and with Charlotte in with an outside chance, and the vets title is even more enigmatic, with a possible 4 winners to sort out on the last night.

Start Times

As I mentioned last night, there is a suggestion that we don’t need to delay the starts of the events until 7-30, and that we could start at 7-00. The original reason for starting at 7-30 was to give everyone time to get to different venue after finishing work. The key question is - would a 7-00 start mean it would be less likely you would run? Please email me with any views on this. If we don’t have objections, we could perhaps try out a 7-00 start for the first run of the new “season” (i.e. September’s event).

Vets

Please let me know if you are a vet and haven’t been included in the Vets tables. As in the last few years, we shall be running a combined vets league - ladies will also be given vets points but depending on where they finish amongst other lady vets, as will men, and the tables combined (so, if you finish first lady vet, you get 10 points, and if you finish first man vet, you get 10 points - all go in same table and winner will be one with most points, male or female). For our purposes, male vets start at 40, female at 35.

Next Event

The next event will be on Tuesday 23^rd August and will be based at the Rodillian runners club house. It’s the presentation night, using the traditional road course of just under 5k. As it’s presentation night, the usual salubrious buffet grub will be on offer, the bar will be open and we’ll be presenting the league prizes for this, our 13^th “season.” Entry is £4 (non-runners will be £2 for food).

Result of 8th Meeting

Off road between 0.8 mile and 1.5 miles per lap (depends on how much you got lost)

Team results

	1st/3rd lap runner	2nd /4th lap runner	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4
1	Patrick McTigue	Steven Pilling	6-12	15-10	21-42	27-42
2	Sharon Richman	Gerard Coyle	7-26	13-40	21-37	27-58
3	Dave Shaw	Clare Peckett	7-04	13-55	21-24	28-24
4	Dot Hand	Dan Limb	7-14	15-07	22-15	28-45
5	Tony White	Charlotte Sommerville	5-17	15-52	21-18	28-53
6	Jonathan Wootton	Louise Walker	5-46	15-57	22-04	29-29
7	John McCarthy	Sue Needham	5-07	16-11	23-16	31-25

Individual Times

	Ladies	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total
1	Clare Peckett	6-51	7-00	13-51
2	Dot Hand	7-14	7-08	14-22
3	Sharon Richman	7-26	7-57	15-23
4	Louise Walker	10-11	7-25	17—36
5	Charlotte Sommerville	10-35	7-35	18-10
6	Sue Needham	11-04	8-09	19-13

	Men	Lap 1	Lap 2	Total
1	Tony White	5-17	5-26	10-43
2	Jonathan Wootton	5-46	6-07	11-53
3	John McCarthy	5-07	7-05	12-12
4	Gerard Coyle	6-14	6-21	12-35
5	Patrick McTigue	6-12	6-32	12-44
6	Dan Limb	7-53	6-30	14-23
7	Dave Shaw	7-04	7-29	14-34
8	Steven Pilling	8-58	6-00	14-58
9	Stuart Anderson	9-51	8-09	18-00

Tables

LADIES’ LEAGUE TABLE

1	Louise Walker	83
2	Clare Peckett	81
3	Charlotte Sommerville	76
4	Helen Mann	70
5	Sharon Richman	46
6	Sue Needham	46
7	Gill Day	43
8	Dot Hand	40
9	Debbie Mann	25
10	Jo Hodgson	06

VET’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	96
2	Steven Pilling	84
3	Louise Walker	83
4	Clare Peckett	81
5	John McCarthy	78
6	Charlotte Sommerville	74
7	Gerard Coyle	73
8	Helen Mann	70
9	Richard Mann	55
10	Sharon Richman	54
11	Sue Needham	45
12	Gill Day	43
13	Dave Shaw	42
14	Dot Hand	40
15	Mark Hannett	32
16	Stuart Anderson	32
17	Adam Cooper	20
18=	Steve Wilkinson	09
18=	Alan Stainer	09
20	Mick Coyle	07
21	Jo Hodgson	06
22	Ron Needham	05

MEN’S LEAGUE TABLE

1	Tony White	96
2	Steven Pilling	79
3	John McCarthy	77
4	Gerard Coyle	64
5	Richard Mann	53
6	Dave Shaw	35
7	Mark Hannett	30
8	Stuart Anderson	26
9	Darren Duckworth	25
10	Dan Limb	24
11	Adam Cooper	20
12	Steve Wilkinson	09
13	Jonathan Wootton	09
14	Mick Coyle	07
15	Patrick McTigue	06
16	Ron Needham	05
17	Alan Stainer	05
18	Todd Hignett	04

Rodillian Runners and the Distance League

Rodillian Runners is a running club affiliated to NoEAA and UK Athletics. Our headquarters are Stanley Rodillian Rugby Club and we meet there on Tuesday nights for training runs. Most everyone is very welcome to run with us on a Tuesday night but we have to be aware that we are using the rugby club premises and facilities and to be fair to our hosts. For that reason, we ask that all who use the facility on Tuesday training nights either join us as first or second claim members (which in effect means joining the rugby club and gaining all the benefits of membership) or pay a £1-50 per session training fee (this is still 50p cheaper than other clubs in the area). First or second claim membership costs £32 per year. For this, members get full membership of the rugby club and are able to use the facilities free and also to book the clubhouse for private parties for free. First claim members are also able to vote at Rodillian Runners’ meetings and to compete in open events under the banner of “Rodillian Runners.” First and second claim members will also be able to have other advantages such as making use of club places in the London Marathon.

The distance league was started to provide a fun and not too serious monthly run out for members and friends of Rodillian Runners and a social occasion afterwards. There is a general open invitation for anyone in the area to take part – the more the merrier. The Committee of Rodillian runners, however, reserves the right at any time to decide who may and may not participate.

Next Event

Tuesday 23^rd August

GRAND PRESENTATION NIGHT

Stanley Rodillian RUFC club house

Traditional 5k course on road

Bar, Buffet Food

Start at 7-25

Entry - £4-00 (non-runners please pay £2 for food)

FUTURE DATES

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27^th September

25^th October

22^nd November

20^th December

All Tuesday, venues of all to be confirmed (except 20^th December which will be the traditional Christmas Handicaps from the Stanley Rodillian club house)

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