Ely Runners

ELY RUNNERS STRAIGHT MILE HANDICAP, QUANEY DROVE, ELY, THURSDAY 12th JULY 2007


Kevin Jennigs Handicap M	Glyn Loveday Fastest M	Peter Gipp Age Related M	Natalle Coles Fastest FM, Age Related FM, Handicap FM

Natalle Coles wins lady's handicap, fastest lady (for 3rd successive year), and best age related awards
Kevin Jennings recovers from severe road accident to be 1st man
Glyn Loveday fastest man in PB time
Peter Gipp best age related man
New club straight mile records for Glyn Loveday (MV35), Graham Chapman (MV50), Peter Harris (MV55), and Breeda O'Leary (FV45)
21 members achieve personal bests for a straight mile

There were 29 Ely Runners starters and 28 finishers taking part in the club's annual race over a straight measured mile on Quaney Drove. Good conditions including a light tail wind enabled many members to achieve PB times and 4 club records were broken/achieved.

Natalle Coles achieved a remarkable hat trick by wining the lady's handicap, fastest time, and age related awards. It was also the 3rd year in succession that Natalle won the fastest lady award.

Personal bests (including several first straight mile runs) for a straight mile were achieved by Adam Etches, Alan Rutterford, Breeda O'Leary, Chris Bower, Emily Knight, Fraser Badcock, Glyn Loveday, Graham Chapman, Ian Day, Margaret Bracewell, Melanie Fisher, Jonathon Sykes, Kevin Jennings, Paul Needham, Peter Harris, Rebecca Mosley, Stephen Howard, Stephen Pettit, Steve Barker, Tony Robinson, and William Wilson.

Thanks are extended to Rod Baron for organising the entries and results, and to the club's time/place keepers and photographers.

Results:- By % Handicap By Time By Age Graded Race Stats

ELY RUNNERS' STRAIGHT MILE HANDICAP, QUANEY DROVE, THURSDAY 13th JULY 2006


Simon Law Handicap M	Heidi Fochtman Handicap FM	Ian Day Fastest M	Natalle Coles Fastest FM	Peter Gipp Age Related M	Rachel Roberts Age Related FM

Simon Law and Heidi Fochtman win M/F Handicaps.

Ian Day and Natalle Coles Fastest M/F Times.

Peter Gipp and Rachel Roberts Best M/F Age Related % Times.

Club Records for Graham Chapman (MV50), Ian Day (MV35), Charlie Barker (MV55), Rachel Roberts (FV35), and Don Brown (MV65).

Personal Bests for Charlie Barker, Ian Blatchford, Michael Butler, Graham Chapman, Angela Clements, Ian Day, Karlos Dedos, Christine Drewe, Heidi Fochtman, Julie Foreman, Kevin Fox, Alex Gilroy, Justin Greaves, Peter Harris, Stephen Howard, Simon Jackson, Simon Law, Daniel Regan, Rachel Roberts, and Stephen Tovey.

There were 30 Ely Runners competing in the club's annual 1 mile handicap race on the dead straight Quaney Drove in three starts. Time and place keepers and finish marshals were Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle, Richard Handoll, Eric Drury and Sarah Sharpe. Start marshals were Alan Rutterford and Tony Hall. John Turner was the handicapper. Official results as follows:

Ely 1 Mile Handicap Race - Thursday 13th July 2006

H.Cap Pos.	Name	Number	Time	Time Pos	Handicap	% Diff	AG %	AG Pos
1	Simon Law	769	05:57	15	06:30	-8.46%	62.85	23
2	Justin Greaves	773	06:45	26	07:19	-7.74%	55.61	28
3	Kevin Jennings	772	06:19	21	06:50	-7.56%	64.23	21
4	Tony Barber	771	06:13	20	06:40	-6.75%	60.16	24
5	Heidi Fochtman	770	06:23	23	06:40	-4.25%	65.01	20
6	Kevin Fox	757	05:42	12	05:57	-4.20%	68.16	17
7	Angela Clements	775	07:24	27	07:42	-3.90%	56.08	27
8	Alex Gilroy	743	05:14	3	05:25	-3.38%	71.46	10
9	Graham Chapman	749	05:28	7	05:39	-3.24%	77.74	2
10	Don Brown	777	07:36	29	07:50	-2.98%	64.19	22
11	Darren Murfitt	755	05:33	9	05:43	-2.92%	71.51	9
12	Adam Etches	746	05:23	4	05:32	-2.71%	69.47	13
13	Karlos Dedos	759	06:00	16	06:08	-2.17%	65.67	19
14	Christine Drewe	776	07:33	28	07:43	-2.16%	54.96	30
15	Daniel Regan	754	05:34	10	05:41	-2.05%	67.18	18
16	Stephen Howard	745	05:26	5	05:30	-1.21%	73.58	5
17	Peter Harris	763	06:11	19	06:15	-1.07%	72.31	8
18	Stephen Tovey	747	05:30	8	05:33	-0.90%	68.25	16
19	Rachel Roberts	762	06:09	18	06:12	-0.81%	68.99	14
20	Julie Foreman	774	07:38	30	07:41	-0.65%	55.15	29
21	Ian Day	739	05:02	1	05:02	0.00%	76.12	4
22	Simon Jackson	744	05:27	6	05:27	0.00%	69.81	12
23	Michael Butler	768	06:32	24	06:29	0.77%	59.88	26
24	Natalle Coles	758	06:02	17	05:59	0.84%	68.78	15
25	Keith Mitchell	756	05:48	13	05:45	0.87%	72.70	7
26	Peter Gipp	740	05:08	2	05:03	1.65%	79.04	1
27	John Turner	760	06:21	22	06:10	2.97%	73.03	6
28	Charlie Barker	748	05:49	14	05:35	4.18%	76.18	3
29	Ian Blatchford	761	06:33	25	06:12	5.65%	60.16	24
30	Max d'Ayala	742	05:35	11	05:10	8.06%	70.57	11

The race was held on a warm and sunny evening and the runners benefited from a cooling tail wind.

After the race, perpetual shields and prizes were presented to the male/female category winners in the beer garden of the Prince Albert pub by Chairman Peter Gipp.

ELY RUNNERS' STRAIGHT MILE HANDICAP, QUANEA DROVE, ELY, TUESDAY 23rd AUGUST 2005


Rachel Kiff	Don Brown	Alex Tate	Natalle Coles

Rachel Kiff overall handicap winner and Don Brown male handicap winner

Alex Tate fastest male and Natalle Coles fastest female

Chris Rayment overall 1st age related runner and Natalle Coles 1st age related female

Twelve members achieve all-time personal bests and nine members club category records

There were 26 Ely Runners in this hotly contested club event over a straight and level road course. They found racing a straight mile required lung bursting effort and pace judgement but, such was the enthusiasm and competition, 12 members achieved personal best times and 9 members club category records. Full results:

Name	Estimated Time	Actual Time	Percentage	Age Graded %	Overall Position	Handicap Position
Rachel Kiff	7:00	6:16.11	111.70%	67.18	18th/ 2nd lady	1st
Don Brown	8:00	7:28.68	107.14%	64.52	20th	2nd
Jaime Gallagher	7:30	7:01.57	106.76%	59.00	19th/ 3rd lady	3rd
Natalle Coles	6:15	5:54.24	105.93%	70.33(14)	14th/1st lady	4th
Keith Mitchell	5:55	5:38.93	105.02%	74.63(8)	11th	5th
Peter Gipp	5:20	5:05.87	104.91%	78.97(2)	5th	6th
Julie Foreman	8:40	8:16.40	104.84%	50.53	25th/ 8th lady	7th
Graham Chapman	5:55	5:39.52	104.71%	74.41(9)	12th	8th
Ian Day	5:15	5:03.62	103.96%	75.62(5)	3rd	9th
Mat Ward	5:30	5:19.02	103.44%	71.08(11)	6th	10th
Mary Gates	8:30	8:13.81	103.33%	53.66	24th/ 7th lady	11th
Hayley Rutterford	9:00	8:46.78	102.59%	61.69	26th/9th lady	12th
Torsten Lytken	5:30	5:26.34	101.22%	71.51(10)	8th	13th
Charlie Barker	5:55	5:53.14	100.56%	74.68(7)	13th	14th
Peter Harris	6:15	6:14.93	100.26%	70.90(12)	17th	15th
Lana Chalmers	7:30	7:31.71	99.77%	56.77	21st/ 4th lady	16th
Adam Etches	5:20	5:22.81	99.37%	69.47	7th	17th
Max d'Ayala	5:02	5:04.93	99.34%	76.96(3)	4th	18th
Darren Murfitt	5:33	5:37.71	98.81%	69.95	10th	19th
Chris Rayment	4:59	5:03.30	98.67%	80.94(1)	2nd	20th
Stephen Howard	5:30	5:35.52	98.50%	70.88(13)	9th	21st
Sarah Sharpe	7:35	7:42.74	98.48%	54.13	22nd/ 5th lady	22nd
John Turner	6:00	6:11.52	97.03%	74.80(6)	16th	23rd
Alex Tate	4:40	4:53.49	95.56%	76.58(4)	1st	24th
Tim Bedford	5:40	5:56.96	95.50%	63.95	15th	25th
Chass Matharu	7:20	7:55.37	92.63%	54.90	23rd/ 6th lady	26th

All-time personal bests were achieved by: Rachel Kiff, Jaime Gallagher, Natalle Coles, Keith Mitchell, Julie Foreman, Graham Chapman, Mary Gates, Hayley Rutterford, Torsten Lytken, Charlie Barker, Lana Chalmers, and Max d'Ayala.

Club category records were achieved by Alex Tate (SM), Natalle Coles (SW), Lana Chalmers (FV35), Peter Gipp (MV40), Mary Gates (FV40), Chris Rayment (MV45), Charlie Barker (MV50), Peter Harris (MV55), and John Turner (MV60).

The racing surface was uneven in places but the weather conditions were good, being moderately cool with hardly any wind.

ELY RUNNERS' 10K HANDICAP ROAD RACE

2007
Win for Margaret Bracewell in her first 10k race
Fastest time in MV35 club record and personal best for 2nd place Glyn Loveday
Personal best for 3rd place (2nd man) Steve Barker
Mary Gates 2nd woman and Siobhan Palmer 3rd woman in personal best
Ian Day 3rd man
Personal bests for 13 Ely Runners
Terry Braverman 1st guest runner

Margaret Bracewell beat her 54:00 handicap time by 41 seconds (in her first 10k) to narrowly win in 53:19 by 4 seconds ahead of rapidly closing Glyn Loveday, who was the fastest runner in an MV35 club record and PB of 34:53. This was 37 seconds ahead of his handicap time of 35:30. Steve Barker was 3rd in a PB time of 40:32 which was 28 seconds ahead of his handicap time. Terry Braverman was 1st guest runner (24th overall) in 48:42.

The 13 Ely Runners with PBs were:
Glyn Loveday             34:53       Club MV35 record by 1 min 4 secs
Stephen Pettit           38:13
Steve Barker               40:32
William Wilson        43:07      1st 10k
Chris Bower              46:12       1st 10k
Fraser Badcock          48:33
Melanie Fisher         50:32    1st 10k
Simon Bottomley     51:36      1st 10k
Margaret Bracewell 53:19
Siobhan Palmer        55:58     1st 10k
Rebecca Mosley        56:09
Arlene Heynes       1:03:17     1st 10k
Leyla Prince             1:05:34     1st 10k

Tight handicapping made for a thrilling finish as 36 runners and 1 walker (31 Ely Runners and 6 guests) of all speeds converged towards the end of the race.

Conditions for the mainly level course, via California, Dunkirk, and Pymore, were quite good, being warm and wet with light rain.
After the race, Chairman Peter Gipp presented the awards at the Prince Albert pub in Ely.

Thanks are extended to Rod Baron (entries, timekeeping and results), Peter Gipp (course marking, water station and clearing), Darren Murfitt (marshals), Emma Greaves (entries, results and finish line), Angela Chapman (entries and finish line), Alan Rutterford (marshal), Julie Foreman (marshal), and Sophie Gates (photography).

Handicap Results

2006
Brian Partridge wins club handicap, Alex Tate fastest runner & Terry Braverman 1st guest
Fine runs by Heidi Fochtmann 2nd, Glyn Loveday 3rd & Peter Gipp 4th
Personal bests for Brian Partidge, Heidi Fochtmann, Glyn Loveday, Peter Gipp, Karlos Dedos, Steve Tovey, Natalle Coles, Rachel Roberts, Graham Chapman, Matthew Ward, Julie Foreman, Christine Drewe and John Turner (walk)
Club records for Natalle Coles (SW) and John Turner (MV60 walk)

Brian followed closely by Heidi

There were 27 Ely Runners and 4 guests in the time staggered start for the club's annual handicap race on a fast one lap loop to/from Lt Downham via Pymore. Conditions were ideal for running, being mild, still and overcast which probably contributed to several personal bests in this hotly contested event.

Brian Partridge, fresh from mountain training, won in 1:59 below his handicap time closely followed by Heidi Fochtmann (-1:42), Glyn Loveday (-1:29), and Peter Gipp (-1:26) with 9 others (see results attached and below) ahead of their handicap time. Most of the rest were not far behind their handicap times.

Organisers and helpers were: entries and results Rod Baron, timekeeping Peter Harris, first aid Max d'Ayala, drink station/photography Simon Jackson, start/finish photography Sophie Gates, course marking Peter Gipp, en route monitoring Adam Etches, and handicap times John Turner.

After the race everyone enjoyed sandwiches and chips in the Prince Albert beer garden where Chairman Peter Gipp awarded the winner's perpetual shield to Brian Partridge with a bottle of wine plus bottles of wine to fastest runner Alex Tate and 1st guest (walker) Terry Braverman of Newmarket & Enfield clubs.

Handicap Results (PDF)	Real Time Results (PDF)
Handicap Results (htm)	Real Time Results (htm)

2005
Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle wins in Male Vet 65 club record and personal best time
Alex Tate fastest Ely Runner and five other members achieved personal best times

There were 26 Ely Runners and 6 guests starting at a range of handicap times to race over the club's popular New Year's Eve 10k course via Pymore to come together in a hotly contested finish outside the Village Hall in Little Downham.

Improving Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle showed scant regard for his 67 years to win this hotly contested club event 33 seconds ahead of 2nd place Max D'ayala.

In 3rd place was Graham Chapman (+50 secs) and 4th place (1st woman) was Julie Foreman (+1 min 13 secs). The first guest runner was Claire Law who was 2nd overall.

The fastest Ely Runner was Alex Tate (6th Ely Runner) who finished in 33:46

Personal best times (in finishing order) were achieved by the following Ely Runners:

Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle       49:49       (MV65 PB)
Graham Chapman            43:09      PB
Julie Foreman               1:03:32        PB
Peter Harris                       47:34        (MV55 PB)
Lana Chalmers                53:55      PB
Natalle Coles                   43:59      PB

Conditions for the mainly level course were warm and slightly humid with a light wind.

After the race, the winner's shield was presented to Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle and fastest runner prize to Alex Tate at the Prince Albert pub in Ely.

Handicap Result Actual Time Results Age Graded order

2004
This 2004 event took place on Thursday 17th June and there were 61 finishers in the hotly contested annual event. In addition to Ely Runners and personal guests, the club invited St Radegan Hash House Harriers from Cambridge to take part. First Ely Runner to finish was Karen Foreman in a PB time of 47:15 which was 2:45 ahead of her handicap time. After the race at The Price Albert, Ely she was presented with the Club's perpetual 10K Handicap shield by Chairman Peter Gipp.

(Karen with the winners shield 2004)

First guest finisher was Fiona Regan of St Radegan HHH in 47:59, a full 12:01 inside her handicap time!! The fastest runners were Stuart Holmes and David Bettison both from St, Radegan HHH and both in 36:07. The fastest Ely Runner was 2nd claim William Clapp in 36:09.

2003
On Thursday 12th June 2003 the club invited friends to take part in the annual 10k handicap race. There were 30 runners competing over the single lap New Year's Eve 10k course. Congratulations to overall winner Deborah Jennings and close second John Allen. Also to Peter Gipp for an excellent fastest time of 36:34 which almost won him the event.

(Deborah receiving the winners shield from Peter Gipp)

The standard of competition was high and seven members achieved personal best times: Peter Gipp, Torsten Lytken, Stephen Howard, Matthew Hall, John Crisp, Alan Rutterford and Deborah Jennings. Conditions on the evening were good, being mild and still.

After the race competitors enjoyed sandwiches and drinks at The Prince Albert in Ely, where Deborah Jennings was presented with the club's perpetual shield by Club Captain Peter Gipp for being the first Ely Runner to finish. Deborah's success was well deserved as she was over 4 mins inside her handicap time, and she also ran a personal best time for the distance.

Thanks to Eric Drury for marking the course and providing finish drinks, Savage Haulage for the drinks at Pymore, William Clapp for being the handicapper, Charlie Barker and last years winner Tanya O'Reilly for starting, time and place recording.