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The Paddock Wood AC Newsletter May 2010

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CHAIRMAN’S CORNER

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase per-fection we can catch excellence”Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)

Another very busy month for PWAC with a plethora of road races and the start of the track and field leagues.

The 2010 Brooks 21st Paddock Wood Half Mara-thon & Joe Cartwright Fun RunAs usual we were blessed with marvellous weather, blue skies, sunshine and it was possibly a bit too warm for the runners. Congratulations to everyone who organised, assisted, sup-ported, did the catering and finally competed in the biggest and best road race in Kent on Sunday 11th April 2010 – The Brooks 21st Paddock Wood Half Marathon and Joe Cartwright Fun Run.

It was another record year with 1946 finishers in the ½ Mara-thon and 110 finishers in the Joe Cartwright Fun Run.

Well done everyone, we have already set the date for the 2011 race, put it in your diary – Sunday 27th March, it could be our biggest ever !

2010 Virgin London MarathonAnother marvellous day, shame about the rain, overall PWAC had 19 finishers with Rob Rowland our fastest finisher in 2.57.36 closely followed by Tina in a pb of 2.58.43. Congratula-tions to all of our heroic finishers, we are really proud of you. Well done to all the helpers and supporters, thanks for giving up your day, it’s good for PWAC’s profile.

National Sportshall Final – 18th April 2010Congratulations to Rachel Laqeretabua who competed for Kent at the National Sportshall championships at Birmingham on Sunday 18th April where they achieved a marvellous 3rd place in the U/13 Girls event out of the 12 teams competing from round the UK. Also congratulations to Janet Duffin who was the Kent Team Manager.

2010 / 2011 PWAC Membership FeesJust a quick reminder – as it’s time for your annual member-ship fees to be paid, they were due on 1st April, please see Penny Roberts for details, the form is available on the website.

UKA Membership Numbers

Your UKA Membership number should be quoted when enter-ing races, you will find it on your PWAC 2010 2011member-ship card. If you can’t find your number please contact Penny Roberts our Membership Secretary.

PWAC Website Please keep accessing www.paddockwoodac.co.uk it’s full of useful information and please keep sending in any articles, pho-tos, results, ramblings, etc. or comments on improvements to me either at [email protected] or [email protected].

If you have any problems accessing the PWAC Members Only Pages or have forgotten the password then please e:mail [email protected] with details of the prob-lem and we will try to sort it out for you.

Des White

Club Members BirthdaysPlease wish the following club members a very Happy Birthday for their birthdays in May

Harry Abrahim Lukas Bates Richard Bidois

Tim Bristow Lorna Buckwell Zachary BurgessSteve Chivers Ray Clark Dennis FallonGeoff Hurrell Julie Hurrell Bethany JeffreyTina Oldershaw Carl Sheldon Sarah ShepheardOliver White William White

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IMPORTANT NOTICE - TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS - NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGIn accordance with rule 12, I hereby give formal notice that the Annual General Meeting of Paddock Wood Athletic Club will be held on Monday 5th July 2010 at Mascalls School, com-mencing promptly at 7.30pm.Listed below is the proposed Agenda for this meeting. If there are any issues you wish to be raised at the AGM, please notify the Chairman in writing by Friday 2nd July 2010.

Draft AgendaApproval of MinutesChairman's ReportTreasurer's ReportHalf Marathon ReportHead Coach's ReportRoad Runners Representative's ReportTrack ReportElection of OfficersAny Other BusinessClosing of the meeting by the ChairmanAll current Committee Members and Officials are willing to stand for re-election. Should any ClubMember wish to nominate any other member for any Com-mittee position, please complete theslip below and return it to the Chairman by Friday 2nd July 2010 at the latest.

Des WhiteChairman - Paddock Wood AC

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Reply to: Des White, Furness Oak, Crouch House Road, Eden-bridge, Kent TN8 5EH

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21ST PADDOCK WOOD HALF MARATHON AND JOE CARTWRIGHT FUN RUN 2010I would just like to thank every single person who helped out on Sunday. The race has come a long way over the last 21 years, in 1990 we had 690 entries, this year we had a record 2456 entries with 1946 finishers in the half and 110 finishers in the Fun Run. This should mean we receive a record profit which will be put towards the clubs aim of a new training track at Putland’s Sports and Leisure Centre.

This race is about coming together as a club and community to put on one of the most popular and well run races in the South East. I am part of a strong committee who have given up hours of their own time to ensure Sunday was a success.

My thanks go out to my fellow race committee colleagues, our race officials, all the marshals on the course, the Police, Red Cross, Raynet, the refreshment ‘ladies’, Des for updating the website daily and other club members (and non members) who over the weekend helped to make this race so successful and of course all the 2000 or so runners.

Please feel free to pass on any feedback to me in ways you think we can improve this year’s race, we already know we need to provide additional toilet facilities in 2011.

Thanks again

James Ridger Race Director

LONDON MARATHON SWEEPSTAKE-For those of you who entered the sweepstake (guessing Rob Rowland’s’ finish time) at the London Marathon this year the winner was Rob’s work colleague ‘Norma Knowles’. Norma guessed 2h 57m 49s; this was only 13seconds over Rob actual time of 2h 57m 36s.

Thanks to everyone who entered, it’s a shame Rob finished because I would have won the £94 prize fund if he had pulled out as I had Rob down for a ‘DNF!’

James Ridger Sweepstake Organizer!


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Membership 2010-2011

Please could I remind everyone who has not already done so that membership fees are now due for 2010-2011. A member-ship form is on the website and also attached to this Stop-watch Times. I will also have some with me when I come to club nights.

I would like to welcome the following newcomers who have joined the club during April.

Jackie Riggs Lloyd RobertsSamantha Roberts Julie PrestonHolly Preston Nicholas Shepheard.

Penny Roberts Membership Secretary.

ROAD RUNNING REPORT FOR APRIL2010

Race Reports Well done all those that have run for the club this month we’ve managed to spread ourselves around the county and beyond from Lanzorte – Holland – Bungay – London, with some fantastic performances and plenty of personal goals achieved. We’ve had personal bests and plenty of Good for age qualifying times for next year’s Virgin London Marathon.

Missed from February’s issue of the SWT

Sussex Beacon Half Marathon – 21ST February 2010Apologies to Alasdair Cross who got missed from our Febru-ary’s report as he too ran in the Brighton Half Marathon and completed the race in 1:47:31 and raised £700 for Wateraid charity in the process.

Victoria Park Open– 27TH March 2010We had six runners racing at Victoria Park, Emily Robb raced in the 1 mile run and finished in a fantastic time of 8:30, well done Emily.

The other race being held was the 5 miler – first home for the club was James Ridger finishing in 27:03 (30TH), closely fol-lowed by Gareth Robb 27:13 (35TH), Malcolm Martin 29:02 (57TH) (1ST M50), Gill Tree 41:40 (228TH) and Angela Martin 43:29 (248TH) there were 295 finishers.

Worthing 20 – 28TH March 2010Mike Walter ventured down to the Sussex Coast to race in the Worthing 20, which consists of four, five mile laps!!

Mike finished in 2:15:35 (24TH) and achieved yet another PB, there were 501 finishers. Mike has also kindly written us a re-port of his race experience:

Getting wound up by the Worthing 20 by Mike Walter

My bedside alarm wakes me at 6am – in good time to eat, shower and pack my bag before leaving at 7am for the Worthing 20 miles – but something doesn’t seem quite right. Tearing open my packet of instant porridge, I glance at the timer on the microwave oven. It says 6.04. I turn on the digital radio and the scrolling ticker display says: ‘the... time... is... now... 7.04’. That can’t be right. It’s an hour fast. Why would that be? Oh no. It suddenly dawns on me; the clocks went forward last night.

In an electric 20 minutes, I race down my breakfast, take the brief-est of showers and throw my running kit into a bag before driving off. Thank goodness the roads are clear. I make good progress and enter Worthing with time to spare. All should be fine now, but where is the blasted start? With map in hand, I still can’t make out where the race is. I am lost in a sprawling housing estate. And then lines of parked cars with athletes standing around come into view. I look up and see the smallest of signs pointing towards the start. How many people are the organisers expecting – 25 from the local town?

Walking towards the start, I ask a group of marshalls where the baggage area is. They didn’t seem to know. Suddenly one woman shouts: ‘it’s the blue van over there’. A blue van? Sure enough, bags were being deposited by others into the back of a beaten up Ford Transit. I expected Del Trotter to appear. Am I going to see my clothes again when I finish?

With the start approaching, I make my way towards the front of the assembled runners. The starter called out ‘2 minutes to go, guys’. I didn’t want to get cold, so slowly jogged out across the start line to stretch my legs. Big mistake. A series of shrill bleeps ring out and I realise I had started the chip timing mechanism. Sheepishly skulking back to the group, I think to myself: ‘This is not going to be my day’.

So to the race, and four laps of Worthing’s next door neighbour Boring, sorry, Goring-by- Sea. The concrete road was hard and crowds sparse. But nice to see a water station within the first half a mile – really needed that.


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Not a great deal to report from the next 2 and a bit hours, just keep on going and remain positive. One good thing about this race was catching the back markers on the final lap, but with 19.7 miles completed, where do I head to for the finish? I push ahead of a group of slower runners and call out to a marshall ‘Finish..?’ She suddenly sticks out her right arm, replies: ‘Oh, sorry’ and I cut up a group of slower runners to head off to the end. Just in the nick of time; if you don’t ask you won’t know and I could have ended up running a fifth lap and all but complete a marathon.

Anyhow, I managed to finish around a minute quicker than my Thanet 20 mile time a few weeks earlier, and a PB to boot. Maybe poorly organised races on flat and dull courses are what you need to get a good time. If you are thinking of taking part in the Worthing 20 next year and want a fast time, then consider it. But be pre-pared!

A20 – 21 miles – 28TH March 2010We had two runners competing in the A20 21 mile race hosted by Velocity Events – Harry Abrahim was first home for the club in 2:40:26 (17TH) (6TH M40), followed by Melanie King in 3:14:35 (93RD) (3RD W45) both superb results as this is a very undulating course.

An Resek Hellys at Helston (10 Miles multi-terrain – 28TH March 2010Peter Mander competed in the An Resek Hellys 10 mile multi-terrain race on 28TH March 2010, finishing in 1:34:10 (294TH) and 2ND M70.

St Clare Hospice 10K - Hastingwood Essex - 28 March 2010 & Newport Ryde Isle of Wight – 3RD

April 2010John Tolhurst competed in the St Clare Hospice 10 K – 28TH March and also the Newport Ryde 7.2 miles in the Isle of Wight, and has kindly written us the following reports:

The course was undulating (similar to Cliffe Woods) mostly on coun-try lanes although within earshot of the M11. Organisation was good with two water stations and enthusiastic marshalls and sup-porters. It makes a change to finish in the top 10 per cent of the field 44th out of 457 even if many of them were fun/charity runners. A re-spectable time of 42.58 so happy with that. Nice to see another southerner in the race (Ron Denney from Seve-noaks AC). Highlight of the day was hearing from a marshall the Essex police gave them time for free to give maximum fund raising for the event - well done Essex bobbies.

All in all a good race to recommend if you are in the area.

Newport to Ryde 7.2 miles Isle of Wight Very similar in profile to the Sevenoaks 7 at Knole Park, if you are not going up hill you are going down hill. Never realised how hilly the Isle of Wight was before.

Race day arrived with fine if breezy weather but in the best tradi-tions for a Bank Holiday race the heavens opened at 3.00 pm just in time for the start.

Finished soaking wet in 22nd place overall. This is definitely one to treat as a training or fun run.

PS Your roving reporter spots a certain membership secretary Penny Roberts was an age group record holder for this event in 2003.

John

Folkstone 10 – 2ND April 2010On what was set to be a miserable weather day we had 10 runners turn out for the Folkstone 10 miler. The weather down on the coast was superb albeit a little windy. First home for the club was Malcolm Martin 1:00:55 (17TH) (2ND M50), next to finish was Tina Oldershaw 1:00:58 (18TH) (1ST Lady), Jonathan Riordan 1:09:52 (90TH), Harry Abrahim 1:11:13 (107TH), Lukas Bates 1:11:42 (114TH), Fiona Buckingham 1:15:01 (162ND), Duncan Riordan 1:18:28 (199TH), Lionel Steilow 1:22:08 (253RD), Dave Hatton 1:28:41 (334TH) and Angela Mar-tin 1:33:09 (378TH). There were 488 finishers.

Jaarbeurs Marathon, Utrecht, Holland – 5TH April 2010Terry Raveh competed in the Jaarbeurs Marathon in Holland finishing in a time of 3:40:04 (228TH) and was 4TH W45, there were 547 finishers.

Norman Park 5K – 10TH April 2010John Tolhurst competed in the Norman Park 5K in Bromley and finished in 21:00 (18TH) there were 85 finishers.

Paddock Wood Half – 11TH April 2010We had twenty-three runners competing in our very own Paddock Wood Half Marathon on Sunday 11TH April 2010. First home for the club was Tina Oldershaw in 1:20:02 (39th) (1st W, and 1st W35 and also Kent Gold Medals for same categories), followed by Colin Tricker 1:20:58 (53rd) (PB), Mickael He-gisippe 1:21:46 (54th), Rob Rowland 1:24:23 (84th), Andy Fletcher 1:28:49 (156th), James Davies 1:31:19 (220th) (PB) Steve Baker 1:32:20 (258th), Harry Abrahim 1:34:08 (292nd), Steve Chivers 1:35:19 (324th), Chris Anderson 1:37:42 (425th), Stephen Sutton 1:38:18 (441st), Duncan Riordan 1:43:23 (606th), Lionel Stielow 1:44:35 (660th),Terry Raveh 1:46:32


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(742nd), Emma Hollands 1:47:25 (759th), Anna Robinson 1:47:33 (783rd)(PB), Julian Seal 1:49:31 (884th), Jon Clements 1:50:44 (926th), Kirsty Jones 1:54:57 (1082), Dinah Truett 1:58:43 (1222nd), Timothy Veysey-Smith 2:04:39 (1447th), Vanessa Jones 2:10:52 (1599th), and Margaret Poole 2:28:51 (1845th) there were 1946 finishers.

Joe Cartwright Fun Run – 11TH April 2010Rob Leat won the Joe Cartwright Fun Run and Lucy Jeffery was 2nd girl, there were 191 entries, well done to both of you.

Brighton Marathon – 18TH April 2010We had four runners competing in the first ever Brighton Marathon and all producing some fantastic results and two PBs even in the scorching temperatures. First home for the club was Mike Walter in a time of 3:04:51 (85TH) (PB), followed by Laura Burton 3:13:46 (194TH) (PB), Colin Tricker 3:13:23 (195TH) very confusing but these are the positions as recorded on Brighton’s website!! and Harry Abrahim 3:20:17 completing his first marathon in two consecutive weeks!! (265TH), there were 7,419 finishers.

Mike Walter has kindly taken the trouble to write us his sec-ond report for this month’s SWT.

Brighton Marathon – a scorcher by the seaby Mike Walter

Just over three months of hard graft for just over three hours of, well, hard graft. But an experience like this one makes all that work worthwhile.

Brighton’s inaugural marathon got off to a shaky start as runners were kept locked inside their ‘sheep pens’ for 15 minutes as organ-isers battled to remove stray vehicles parked on the course. But when the gun went, there was only one thought: go, go, go!

To my surprise the start was fairly fast – not like London where the sheer number of competitors causes congestion for the first few miles. One lap of Preston Park then through the city; the route snak-ing its way back and forth with runners on my left and right at one point. The crowds thinned as the route passed through Kemp Town and evaporated as we ran east along a dual carriageway towards Rottingdean.

The first of three ‘out and backs’ allowed me to look out for – and cheer on – clubmates. As we ran back into Brighton, things were looking good. Despite the scorching conditions, I was just under 1.30 at half way and on course for, well, you know what.

And then an amazing sight: thousands of spectators hugging either side of the course down by the pier. The collective sound was im-mense and I could not help grinning and nodding in recognition of

what was before me. Running over Tower Bridge is amazing, but this was on another level. It felt like I was on stage with Kasabian at Wembley.

Crowds quietened through Hove, and again disappeared as the course approached Shoreham power station. The legs were still ok, but my pace was beginning to drop. What I needed now was an-other sight of huge crowds. But unfortunately the road to the power station through an industrial estate was jaw droppingly dull – it made Eldon Way seem like Regent Street. And it went on, and on, and on.....

On the final stretch along the seafront, crowds of spectators began to close in on the route either side – as they do on mountain stages of the Tour de France. Finally, back to the city and a struggle to the line. The legs had gone at 20 miles, but I didn’t want to tell myself that at the time.

All in all, an amazing race and nice medal as well! Time wasn’t too bad either, just sneaked under 3.05.

Thanks to everyone who has helped me to improve on my running over the last few months, and accompanied me on otherwise dull night time runs and more pleasant sessions around Bewl and along the Goombridge Trail. Thanks especially to Laura, Rob, Pete, Fiona, Steve and Lukas.... oh, and my long suffering wife, who is glad that marathon training is finally over!

Bungay “Black Dog” Marathon – 18TH April 2010Five runners competed in the Bungay “Black Dog” marathon (if you want to know the spooky story check out Bungay Town’s website!!). First home for the club was Pete Buckingham 3:13:49 (20TH) (GFA), followed by Lukas Bates (3:38:03) (61ST), Fiona Buckingham 3:42:49 (73RD) (GFA) and Melanie King 4:12:58 (132ND), there were 210 finishers.

Race report by Pete Buckingham

On the warmest weekend so far this year Neil Turner, Lukas Bates, Fiona and myself set off on the Saturday 17TH April at 1:00pm for the road trip to Bungay – (Melanie has family in the local area so had travelled up separately). We arrived in Bungay circa 4pm so took a drive around the course to try to familiarize ourselves, or freak us out driving up the hills!!. The route itself is a two lap course, and the 1st half of each lap takes you up hill in four separate climbs up to 6 miles, along the side of the busy road to Beccles, once you reach Beccles at 6 miles you turn in land and follow country lanes through lovely little villages, until you reach Bungay again.So having driven round the course, we set off to find our hotel – some 45 minutes away in North Ipswich, we arrive at 6:pm and


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promptly booked our evening meal for 6:30 (much to Neil and Lu-kas’ disbelief, who were up for an all nighter!!). So marathon meal done and dusted by 8pm, we said our goodnights and retired to our rooms, having arranged meeting for breakfast at 8am, as we had to be on the road latest 8:30.

After a very comfortable nights sleep in Lenny Henry’s favourite hotel chain!!, we were up at the crack of dawn and all met up for our ritual marathon breakfasts, well some of us anyway, I decided to try something new and instead of my usual porridge and honey on toast, decided to go for double egg on toast (well its almost the same).

We set off at 8:30, and arrive at Bungay at 9:15, where’s the car park!! After a couple of initial signs to the carpark we were on our own, and driving round the course – again!! However after an initial panicky 5 minutes we see the marshalls guiding cars into a side road which eventually took us back into Bungay and into the car park.

As soon as we arrived we met up with Melanie, and we all set off to register and collect our numbers. The registration and baggage was very well organised and the announcer kept us all informed at all times. They even had various boxes set out for you to put your “spe-cial” drinks in which would then be distributed at the allotted water station, Fiona and I put our drinks in our chosen water station boxes and thought that would be the last we saw of them.

The call went up for 10 minutes to go to the start, yet here we all are chilled out still with our baggage, “s’pose we’d better get rid of these bags and head off to the start.” We made it to the start with ease and 5 minutes to spare, still remarkably relaxed.

We’re off!! The temperature is now starting to heat up – how I wish we had some sun screen!! Up the first lot of hills to 6 miles, puhh easy, at my first allotted “special” water station I hear my number being shouted out, and as I approached a nice lady handed me my bottle of Lucazade adorned with my name and number all over it, I felt just like Haile, apart from the fact I was way down the feild!! Still feeling good at 10 miles I decide to take on the remaining 16 miles alone, and broke away from the little group I was in (big mis-take!!) at Half way I was on target for 3:00hrs passing through at 1:30:40, but the hills at the start of the second lap seemed much harder and steeper than the first half. My special drink at the 7TH Water station (16.3 miles) was handed to me in the same way as previously, however this time I think someone had boiled it up as you could have made a cup of tea with it!! Nevertheless it was very welcome and gave me a bit more energy to get me to the top of the hills at 19 miles.

With the temperature now at Equator levels, the final few miles really started to drag, and at 22, I finally succumbed and took a

walk, but in doing so ate some of the sweets I had and finished off my Luczade, and after some encouragement from a fellow runner, started the final stretch to the finish. The final turn to the finish seemed to take an age to come, but when it did, I found some re-newed energy when I saw that I was going to finish in under 3:15 my target for the day.

You may have noticed that there were Five of us starting the Mara-thon and only Four finishers, unfortunately Neil on his debut mara-thon, was struck down by the dreaded cramping up of both legs, which set in at 22 miles, and even though he walked to 23 miles it wouldn’t clear, so he had to pull out. Thankfully the Red Cross were able to give him a lift back to the finish area. This hasn’t dampened Neil’s spirits and he’s already to start training for his next marathon – good on ya!! To summarize Bungay is a fabulous Marathon, well organised, well marshalled and a challenging marathon, probably not for first tim-ers, as very little support on route.

Thanks also to our team of long distance training buddies, knowing others will be running with you really focuses the mind and body, and gets you out the door, when you wake up in the morning and feel like turning over and going back to sleep or getting home from work and just sitting on the sofa!!. (We’ll start Thanet Training soon!!)

Darent Valley 10K – 18TH AprilWe had five runners competing in the Darent Valley 10K, first home for the club was Malcolm Martin finishing in 37:19 (10TH) and 1ST M50, followed by Lional Stielow 48:50 (180TH), Angela Martin 55:04 (335TH) and Margaret Poole 1:08:50 (528TH), there were 557 finishers.

Fullers Thames Towpath 10 – 18TH AprilJohn Tolhurst was our only competitor in the Fuller’s Thames Towpath 10 miler and he finished in a time of 1:10:03 (72ND) there were 456 finishers.

CLUB LA SANTA – 8TH April - TBAAquathonGareth and Emily Robb were 3rd team in the Aquathon con-sisting of 200M swim and 3K run, well done Emily (& Gareth)

5K RunGareth Robb was 2ND in the 5K run in a time of 17:32

Hartfield 10K – 18TH April We had two runners competing in the Hartfield 10K, first home for the club was Jonathon Riordan finishing in 40:57 (5TH), followed by Duncan Riordan in 50:28 (32nd) there were 110 finishers


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Virgin London Marathon – 26TH April What a day, with almost perfect conditions (apart from a splat-tering of rain just before the start!!) we had nineteen runnerd who completed the marathon with some fantastic results. First to cross the finish line in the Mall was Rob Rowland in 2:57:36 (890TH) (GFA), followed by Tina Oldershaw 2:58:43 (992ND) (Elite) – 38TH W and 5TH W40-44 (PB), Harry Abrahim 3:14:31 (2,356TH) (GFA) (PB), Steve Baker 3:27:51 (4,002ND) (PB), Carol Emery 3:32:37 (4,802ND) (GFA), Stephen Sutton 3:32:37 (4,804TH) (PB), Terry Raveh 3:48:39 (7,854TH), James Davies 3:51:02 (8,339TH), Emma Hollands 3:56:47 (9,988TH) (PB), Chris Anderson 4:01:09 (11,252ND), Miriam Dorrity 4:09:02 (13,181ST) (PB), Kirsty Jones 4:18:41 (15,724TH), Jon Clements 4:32:49 (18,584TH), Julian Seal 4:35:48 (20,366TH), Dinah Truett 4:51:12 (24,295), Vanessa Jones 4:55:58 (25,466TH), Ian Bailey 5:04:49 (27,207TH) and Lori Arnold 5:05:42 (27,419TH). There were 36,524 finishers.

PADDOCK WOOD AC – CLUB ROAD RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 This month saw the third race in the PWAC Club champs se-ries, with some interesting movements in the positions, below are the current standings.

CURRENT CLUB CHAMP STANDINGSKENT GRAND PRIX REPORTWell done to everyone who ran in the Paddock Wood Half Marathon, we’re still awaiting the results for the Kent Grand Prix so unable to include in this months SWT, but please keep an eye on our website for updates.

Don’t forget to get your entries in for the next Club Champs / Grand Prix road races which are the Canterbury Half on the 23RD May 2010, and also the Blue Water 10K on the 13TH June.

!!!!!NEWSFLASH!!!!

MOB MATCH PWAC Vs Larkfieild AC 2010The date has been booked for Tuesday 13TH July 2010 for our Annual Mob Match against our local friendly rivals Larkfield AC. Following the successful match held last year Larkfield are up for trying to regain their honour by beating us this year, following their defeat last year. We can use the same venue as last year and each club will be supplying food - PWAC to sup-ply cakes / deserts – please, and Larkfield will supply the sa-vouries, there will be a Bar and showers (for after the run!!).

This event is purely a social run with a little competitive edge, nothing too outrageous. We meet at Marden Hockey and Cricket Club at 6:30 – 6:45 and start the run circa 7-30pm. The run is 10K and starts and finishes at the Cricket Club,

followed by a chance to socialise, have something to eat and drink, followed by the prize giving.

Scoring is based upon age and gender categories, everyone who runs will score at least one point for their respective club and if you win your category you will receive 10 points, second 9 points etc.. down to 1 point.

Last year we had a fantastic turn out and convincingly beat Larkfield – hence they are seeking revenge this year!! Please keep this date free in your diary, as we would like as many as possible of us to turn out.

We will also need Marshals and a timer (as this year PWAC are hosting the event) Larkfield will also be supplying Mar-shalls, each club needs to supply at least six Marshals / helpers each. Please let Fiona or Pete know if you are able to partici-pate or know anyone who could help out with the Marshalling, either via email or at club nights.

Please see the map of the route at the end of this report.

Finally – thank you to Mike Walter and John Tolhurst,, for tak-ing the time a trouble to write a report and share their race experiences. We shall be looking for more race reports next month so please email any comments good or bad on any races you enter.

Keep on running!!

Pete & Fiona Buckingham Road Running [email protected]




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NameNameName Category Dartford 10

Thanet 20

Paddoc

k Wood

Half

Canter-bury Half

Bluewa-ter 10K

Mount

Ephraim

Thanet

Marathon

Dul-wich 10

Maid-

stone

Half

Thanet 10 Bonus Total

Po-si-

tion

No. Of

Races

MickaelMickael Hegesippe M 21 17 24 62 1 3

Gareth Gareth Robb M 22 37 0 59 2 2

TinaTina Oldershaw F35 28 0 28 56 3 2

Mike Mike Walter M 28 26 0 54 4 2

LauraLaura Burton F 17 36 0 53 5 2

Emma Emma Hollands F35 12 23 16 51 6 3

TerryTerry Raveh F45 16 18 17 51 7 3

Harry Harry Abrahim M40 16 14 19 49 8 3

NeilNeil Turner M40 24 22 0 46 9 2

JamesJames Davies M 0 13 31 44 10 2

StephenStephen Sutton M 27 0 16 43 11 2

RobertRobert Rowland M 20 0 23 43 12 2

ColinColin Tricker M 0 0 35 35 19 1

PeterPeter Buckingham M40 19 15 0 34 13 2

CarolCarol Emery F45 14 20 0 34 14 2

JamesJames Ridger M 33 0 0 33 15 1

FionaFiona Buckingham F35 15 16 0 31 16 2

LionelLionel Stielow M60 15 0 14 29 17 2

ChrisChris Anderson M 0 11 17 28 18 2

AnnaAnna Robinson F 0 0 25 25 20 1

DinahDinah Truett F45 0 11 13 24 21 2

Andy Andy Fletcher M50 0 0 22 22 22 1

Mark Mark Rich M 21 0 0 21 23 1

MiriamMiriam Dorrity F55 0 20 0 20 24 1

SteveSteve Baker M40 0 0 20 20 25 1

SteveSteve Chivers M 0 0 18 18 26 1

JohnJohn Tolhurst M50 15 0 0 15 27 1

DuncanDuncan Riordan M50 0 0 15 15 28 1

KirstyKirsty Jones F 0 0 15 15 29 1

MelanieMelanie King F45 13 0 0 13 30 1

Juilan Juilan Seal M50 0 0 13 13 31 1

RobertRobert Weighell M50 12 0 0 12 32 1

JonJon Clements M 0 0 12 12 33 1

VanessaVanessa Jones F55 0 0 12 12 34 1

VanessaVanessa Hollamby F45 11 0 0 11 35 1

TimTim Veysey-Smith M50 0 0 11 11 36 1

MargaretMargaret Poole F55 0 0 11 11 37 1


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LADIESLADIES


Thanet 20

Paddoc

k Wood

Half

Canter-bury Half

Bluewa-ter 10K

Mount

Ephraim

Thanet

Marathon

Dul-wich 10

Maid-

stone

Half


Po-si-

tion

No. Of

Races

Tina OldershawOldershaw F35 28 0 28 56 1 2

Laura BurtonBurton F 17 36 0 53 2 2

Emma HollandsHollands F35 12 23 16 51 3 3

Terry RavehRaveh F45 16 18 17 51 4 3

Carol EmeryEmery F45 14 20 0 34 5 2

Fiona BuckinghamBuckingham F35 15 16 0 31 6 2

Anna RobinsonRobinson F 0 0 25 25 7 1

Dinah TruettTruett F45 0 11 13 24 8 2

Miriam Dorrity Dorrity F55 0 20 0 20 9 1

Kirsty JonesJones F 0 0 15 15 10 1

Melanie KingKing F45 13 0 0 13 11 1

Vanessa JonesJones F55 0 0 12 12 12 1

Vanessa HollambyHollamby F45 11 0 0 11 13 1

Margaret PoolePoole F55 0 0 11 11 14 1

MEN


Thanet 20

Paddoc

k Wood

Half

Canter-bury Half

Bluewa-ter 10K

Mount

Ephraim

Thanet

Marathon

Dul-wich 10

Maid-

stone

Half


Po-si-

tion

No. Of

Races

MickaelMickael Hegesippe M 21 17 24 62 1 3

Gareth Gareth Robb M 22 37 0 59 2 2

Mike Mike Walter M 28 26 0 54 3 2

Harry Harry Abrahim M40 16 14 19 49 4 3

NeilNeil Turner M40 24 22 0 46 5 2

JamesJames Davies M 0 13 31 44 6 2

StephenStephen Sutton M 27 0 16 43 7 2

RobertRobert Rowland M 20 0 23 43 8 2

PeterPeter Buckingham M40 19 15 0 34 9 2

JamesJames Ridger M 33 0 0 33 10 1

LionelLionel Stielow M60 15 0 14 29 11 2

ChrisChris Anderson M 0 11 17 28 12 2

ColinColin Tricker M 0 0 25 25 13 1

Andy Andy Fletcher M50 0 0 22 22 14 1

Mark Mark Rich M 21 0 0 21 15 1

SteveSteve Baker M40 0 0 20 20 16 1

SteveSteve Chivers M 0 0 18 18 17 1

JohnJohn Tolhurst M50 15 0 0 15 18 1

DuncanDuncan Riordan M50 0 0 15 15 19 1

Juilan Juilan Seal M50 0 0 13 13 20 1

RobertRobert Weighell M50 12 0 0 12 21 1


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AGE GRADING REPORTAll future Pentathon results (which were frequently confused, understandably, with the better known Pentathlon) will in fu-ture be renamed Age Grading results, which is what they are in any case.

The results that follow then include two Gold 3 and PB’s by Tina Oldershaw in the Bath and Paddock Wood half mara-thons. Two also by Malcolm Martin with Gold 3 and PB’s in the Victoria Park 5m and Folkestone 10m. Gold 3 also by Alan Newman in the Limassol 10k and Gareth Robb in the Thanet 20m followed by Laura Burton in the Thanet 20m who only marginally missed a Gold 3.

The results then, including Peter Mander’s , our West Country member (great to see you are fit again Peter) are as follows:

AGE GRADING RESULTS

Seville Marathon - 14/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std Phil MacGregor 3.11.31 86.94 S3 - PB

Brighton SussexBeacon 1/2 Marathon - 21/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std662 Harry Abrahim 1.36.42 80.06 S2

Isle of Oxon 5m - 21/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std John Tolhurst 35.10 89.57 S3John was 1st Male O/55

Swanley Park 10k - 21/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std8 Rob Leat 41.40 80.00 S1 - PB

Limassol (Cyprus) 10k - 28/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std15 Alan Newman 39.12 100.98 G350 Sue James 46.21 99.07 G2

Alan was 1st Male O/50 and Sue 1st Lady O/55. There were 226 finishers

Tunbridge Wells 1/2 Marathon - 28/02/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std25 Tina Oldershaw 1.23.28 106.73 G348 Mike Walter 1.26.51 85.99 S3 - PB59 Rob Rowland 1.27.48 85.04 S364 Pete Buckingham 1.28.10 87.81 S367 Laura Burton 1.28.20 96.79 G2189 Stephen Sutton 1.36.07 77.68 S1 - PB

362 Fiona Buckingham 1.40.52 88.32 S3369 Neil Turner 1.41.00 76.65 S1541 Duncan Riordan 1.45.17 80.34 S2760 Mark Rich 1.51.16 67.11 B2

Tina was 1st lady O/35. There were 1,792 finishers

Thanet 20m (Inc’ Kent Champs) - 07/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std3 Gareth Robb 2.00.40 101.45 G324 Mickael Hegesippe 2.17.03 89.32 S326 Mike Walter 2.17.37 88.95 S3 - PB33 Laura Burton 2.21.41 99.11 G293 Pete Buckingham 2.33.26 82.12 S2102 Harry Abrahim 2.35.02 81.27 S2142 James Davies 2.41.33 75.78 S1147 Fiona Buckingham 2.41.55 89.50 S3154 Neil Turner 2.42.34 77.51 S1165 Carol Emery 2.44.53 94.41 G1166 Terry Raveh 2.45.01 91.10 G1190 Chris Anderson 2.51.14 73.58 B3202 Emma Hollands 2.52.44 83.90 S2 - PB301 Miriam Dorrity 3.11.15 85.18 S3343 Dinah Truett 3.21.26 74.63 B3

Laura was 2nd lady overall, Gareth 3rd male overall and Mir-iam 3rd lady O/55 in Kent Champs’.There were 427 finishers

Bath 1/2 Marathon - 07/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std125 Tina Oldershaw 1.20.17 110.96 G3 - PB1380 Rob Weighell 1.37.57 86.35 S3 - PB

Tina was 1st lady O/40. There were 10,725 finishers

Lydd 1/2 Marathon - 14/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std39 Harry Abrahim 1.31.45 84.38 S2 - PB45 John Tolhurst 1.33.14 94.57 G1 - PB99 Chris Anderson 1.41.52 76.00 S1208 Vanessa Hollamby 1.56.54 84.41 S2 - PB

There were 357 finishersSevenoaks Rotary 10k - 14/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std27 Jonathon Riordan 42.16 78.86 S1103 Duncan Riordan 48.11 77.48 S1

There were 487 finishers


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Hastings 1/2 Marathon - 21/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std170 Andy Fletcher 1.29.10 94.86 G2305 Harry Abrahim 1.33.27 82.84 S2593 Steve Chivers 1.38.31 75.79 S1889 Duncan Riordan 1.43.55 81.40 S2960 Lion el Stielow 1.45.12 88.17 S31377 Jon Clements 1.49.49 67.99 B2 - PB1584 Alison White 1.54.07 85.15 S33161 Lori Arnold 2.16.10 62.79 B1


Victoria Park 5m - 27/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std30 James Ridger 27.03 96.43 G2 - PB35 Gareth Robb 27.13 95.84 G2 - PB57 Malcolm Martin 29.02 108.50 G3 - PB228 Gill Tree 41.40 77.80 S1248 Angela Martin 43.29 74.55 B3

Malcolm was 1st male O/50. There were 295 finishers

Worthing 20m - 28/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std24 Mike Walter 2.15.35 90.29 G1 - PB


St Clare Hospice (Essex) 10k - 10K – 28/03/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std44 John Tolhurst 42.58 92.13 G1

There were 457 finishersFolkestone 10m - 02/04/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std17 Malcolm Martin 1.00.48 108.00 G3 - PB18 Tina Oldershaw 1.00.58 107.03 G390 Jonathon Riordan 1.09.52 78.60 S1107 Harry Abrahim 1.11.13 79.92 S1114 Lukas Bates 1.11.42 76.59 S1162 Fiona Buckingham 1.15.01 86.98 S3199 Duncan Riordan 1.18.28 80.29 S2 - PB253 Lionel Stielow 1.22.08 84.42 S2334 Dave Hatton 1.28.41 82.22 S2370 Angela Martin 1.33.09 73.43 B3

Tina was 1st lady overall and Malcolm 1st male O/55. There were 488 finishers

Jaarbeurs, Utrecht (Holland) Marathon - 05/04/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std228 Terry Raveh 3.40.04 92.85 G1


Norman Park 5k - ORMAN PARK 5K – 10/04/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std18 John Tolhurst 21.00 92.46 G1There were 85 finishers

Paddock Wood 1/2 Marathon (Inc Kent Champs) - 11/04/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std39 Tina Oldershaw 1.20.02 111.31 G3 - PB53 Colin Tricker 1.20.58 92.22 G154 Mickael Hegesippe 1.21.46 91.32 G184 Rob Rowland 1.24.23 88.49 S3156 Andy Fletcher 1.28.49 95.23 G2220 James Davies 1.31.19 81.77 S2 - PB258 Steve Baker 1.32.20 83.84 S2 - PB296 Harry Abrahim 1.34.08 82.24 S2324 Steve Chivers 1.35.19 78.34 S1425 Chris Anderson 1.37.42 79.24 S1 - PB441 Stephen Sutton 1.38.18 75.96 S1606 Duncan Riordan 1.43.23 81.82 S2660 Lionel Stielow 1.44.35 88.69 S3742 Terry Raveh 1.46.32 87.84 S3759 Emma Hollands 1.47.25 82.93 S2783 Anna Robinson 1.47.33 79.50 S1884 Julian Seal 1.49.31 77.23 S1926 Jon Clements 1.50.44 67.43 B21082 Kirsty Jones 1.54.57 74.38 B31222 Dinah Truett 1.58.43 78.83 S11447 Tim Veysey-Smith 2.04.39 64.98 B11599 Vanessa Jones 2.10.52 81.13 S21845 Margaret Poole 2.28.51 71.32 B3

Tina was 1st lady overall. There were 1,946 finishers

Peter Mander’s ResultsRace Time Points StdMounts Bay 10k 53.55 86.86 S3Plymouth Hoe 10m 1.32.55 83.32 S2

Peter was 1st male O/70 at Mount Bay 10k

Amended ResultCanterbury 10m - 31/01/10Pos‘ Name Time Points Std101 Harry Abrahim 1.10.13 81.06 S2


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I have also included, for your guidance, the road running stan-dards tables for men and women at the back of this edition

Paddy Heffernan

TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES

National Junior Athletic League

Match 1 - Sunday 18th April - Sutcliffe Park, Eltham

Match 2 - Sunday 23rd May – Central Park, Dartford

Match 3 - Sunday 27th June – Black Lion, Gillingham

Match 4 - Sunday 25th July - Julie Rose, Ashford

Southern Counties Veterans Track & Field League – Kent Division

Match 1 - Friday 23rd April - Sutcliffe Park, Eltham

Match 2 - Friday 7th May - Canterbury

Match 3 - Monday 17th May - Erith

Match 4 - Monday 14th June - Black Lion, Gillingham

Match 5 - Monday 28th June - Julie Rose, Ashford

Match 6 - Friday 9th July - Norman Park, Bromley

Kent Young Athletes League

4 matches Sundays - Fixtures details awaited

Southern Women’s League

5 matches Saturdays - Fixtures details awaited

Southern Men’s League

5 matches Saturdays - Fixtures details awaited

ROAD RUNNING FIXTURES

Sunday 9th MaySevenoaks 7 - start 10-30am at Knole Park, sevenoaks, Kent

Horsham Lions and Joggers 10k - start 11-00am at Horsham Rugby Club, Horsham, Sussex

Sunday 16th May Hastings Runners 5 - start 10-30am Outside Town Hall, Town Centre, Hastings, Sussex

Larkfield AC 10k - start 10-00am at East Malling Centre

Stelling Minnis 10k - start 11-00am at Stelling Minnis Village Hall Bossingham Road, Canterbury, Kent

Sunday 23rd MayCanterbury Half Marathon- start 09-30am at Canterbury Rugby Club, Nackington Road, Canterbury, Kent

Myra Garrett Bexley AC 10k - start 11-00am at Danson Park, Danson Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA6 8HLWednesday 26th MayJoydens Wood 5k Series - start 07-15pm at 176-178 Summer-house Drive, Joydens Wood, Dartford, Kent

Saturday 29th MayThe Tillingham Valley Rockabilly Classic 5 - start 06-00pm at Parsonage Farm, Udimore, Sussex TN31 6AX

Monday 31st MayP&O Ferries Dover Half Marathon - start 10-00am at Fowl-mead Country Park, Deal, Kent

Lindfield 10.5k Village Run - start 10-45am at Hickmans Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex

Saturday 5th JuneHarvel 5 - start 02-00pm at The Village Green, Harvel, Kent


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Sunday 6th JuneSeaford Half Marathon - start 09-00am at Seaford Rugby Club, The Salts, Seaford, Sussex

Beckenham 10k, - start 10-00am at Beckenham Cricket Club, Kent

SUNDAY 13TH JUNE Bluewater 10k

Eltham Park 5 - start 11-00am at Eltham Park South, Glenesk Road, Eltham, Kent SE9 1AH

Southend Half Marathon, East Beach, Shoeburyness, Essex

Sunday 20th June The North Downs Run (30k) - start 10-30 at Cascades Lei-sure Centre, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent DA12 4LG

10k Multi-Terrain Race start 11-00am at Lingfield Park Race Course, Lingfield, Surrey

Sunday 27th JuneWeald of Kent 10 - start 11-00am at Links Farm, Ayleswade Lane, Biddenden, Kent TN27 8LE

Wednesday 30th JuneJoydens Wood 5k Series - start 07-15pm at 176-178 Summer-house Drive, Joydens Wood, Dartford, Kent

Sunday 4th JulyBewl 15m - start 10-30am at Opposite Uplands Sports Cen-tre, Wadhurst, Sussex

Podplus Ashford 3 Lakes 5k - start 11-00am at Julie Rose Sta-dium, Ashford, Kent

Sunday 11th JulyDartford Harriers Half Marathon - start 09-00am at Central Park Athletics Arena, Dartford, Kent

British 10k London Run - start 09-35am

The Mount Ephraim Summer 10k - start 11-00am

Friday 16th JulyRye Summer Classic Series 10k - start 07-00pm at Rye Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex

Sunday 25th JulyDinosaur 10k at Walmer Sea Scouts Hut, Deal, Kent

Wednesday 28th JulyJoydens Wood 5k Series - start 07-15pm at 176-178 Summer-house Drive, Joydens Wood, Dartford, Kent

Friday 13th AugustRye Summer Classic Series 5k - start 07-00pm at Rye Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex

SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBERKent Coastal Marathon - start 09-30am at Mar-gate, Kent

Weald St. George’s 10k, at Weald Village Green, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent

Friday 10th SeptemberRye Summer Classic Series 5k - start 07-00pm at Rye Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex

Sunday 19th SeptemberFaversham 10k at Abbey School, Faversham

Tunbridge Wells 10k at Lower Cricket Ground, Tnbridge Wells, Kent

Sunday 26th September Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon - start 10-00am at The Leas, near The Grand, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2XL

SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBERDulwich Park 10k

For further details please contact JENNY PERMAN on Club Training Nights or Tel.: 01892 834238


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PADDOCK WOOD ATHLETIC CLUB Founded 1986Application for Membership – April 2010 – March 2011

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Please note membership fees should be paid promptly - you are not eligible to compete for Paddock Wood Athletic Club if you are not a paid up member.

Up to 17 years, student, oap or unemployed: £20.00Senior (17 or over): £30.00Family: (Living at the same address) £50.00Training/social member (non voting member): £25.00

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