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2008 Handicap

Hanidicap No.5

Hello Folks,

Results for the 5th handicap race attached. A great effort from everyone on a miserable evening weather wise. Hopefully our absent leader Barry is enjoying the Florida sun and will bring us some back.

Well done Suzanne on your first run in the series, even with Barry well relaxed from his holiday I fear no charity will be shown when it comes to handicapping in the final race.

Also making their debut's in this years handicap were Katrina, Tracie, Charlotte and Mick.

Fastest run on the night was talented triathlete Roddy, well done.

Runner 

Place

Points

Time

SUZANNE

Thorme

1

5

42:30

ELLY

Smith

2

4

50:12

GILL

Bourton

3

3

47:45

ROY

Northcott

4

2

37:19

NICK

Matthews

5

1

37:37

TRACIE

Gaston

6

1

44:35

MUNGO

Park

7

1

33:17

MICK

Morris

8

1

41:25

DEBBIE

Lee

9

1

36:45

ROB

Jordan

10

1

36:24

RODDY

Gosden

11

1

32:53

CHARLOTTE

Mowbray

12

1

39:43

PHILLIP

Howells

13

1

37:59

LEIGH

Bichard

14

1

35:36

MIKE

Ward

15

1

42:20

JACKIE

Arnett

16

1

48:45

KATRINA

Stevens

17

1

57:12

ALASTAIR

Parker

18

1

43:23

Now for the leader board. Remember with the best 4 results to count, many competitors had already clocked 4 results – improving your position for some could only be achieved by bettering one of your existing results. Roy was in that position and did exactly that by turning one point into two.

Leigh remains joint top but as this was also his 5th race his hard earned point did nothing for him, as did Phill's.

Gill's 3 points meant an impressive climb from 10th to joint 5th

Runner

Points

Place

LEIGH

Bichard

9

1

KAREN

Mason

9

1

PHILLIP

Howells

8

3

CHRIS

McMahon

8

3

GILL

Bourton

7

5

JACKIE

Arnett

7

5

ROY

Northcott

6

7

RICHARD

Harding

6

7

PAUL

Mason

6

7

DAN

Webb

6

7

ELLY

Smith

5

11

SUZANNE

Thorme

5

11

MUNGO

Park

4

13

MIKE

Ward

4

13

NICK

Matthews

4

13

NIGEL

Tillott

4

13

JON

Mansfield

4

13

DARRELL

Summers

3

18

NEVILLE

Simpson

3

18

JASON

 

3

18

CAROL

Cowley

3

18

ALASTAIR

Parker

3

18

ROB

Jordan

3

18

WES

Reid

2

24

MARIANNE

Day

2

24

STEVE

Wiggall

2

24

DEBBIE

Lee

2

24

RODDY

Gosden

2

24

SIMON

Hall

2

24

NICKY

 

1

30

KATRINA

Stevens

1

30

HELENA

Preston

1

30

TRACIE

Gaston

1

30

MICK

Morris

1

30

CHARLOTTE

Mowbray

1

30

ED

Bishop

1

30

ADRIAN

Lavery

1

30

STUART

Buchan

1

30

PAUL

Lockyer

1

30

BRAD

Crouch

1

30

ROB

Knight

1

30

Thanks must also go to Carol for helping on the night.

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Hanidicap No.4

Folks,
Results for the 4th handicap race attached. A spread of 3 minutes covered 75% of the field, so a good effort from one and all.

Runner

Finish

Points

Time

JACKIE

Arnett

1

5

00:46:22.0

KAREN

Mason

2

4

00:45:19.0

GILL

Bourton

3

3

00:49:05.0

NEVILLE

Simpson

4

2

00:39:36.0

PAUL

Mason

5

1

00:35:01.0

ROY

Northcott

6

1

00:38:12.0

MUNGO

Park

7

1

00:33:22.0

JON

Mansfield

8

1

00:29:36.0

DEBBIE

Lee

9

1

00:36:54.0

RODDY

Gosden

10

1

00:32:01.0

NIGEL

Tillott

11

1

00:32:32.0

MIKE

Ward

12

1

00:41:07.0

NICK

Matthews

13

1

00:39:21.0

RICHARD

Harding

14

1

00:39:33.0

PHILLIP

Howells

15

1

00:38:20.0

ROB

Jordan

16

1

00:37:39.0

LEIGH

Bichard

17

1

00:36:15.0

WES

Reid

18

1

00:49:26.0

DARRELL

Summers

19

1

00:45:06.0

CHRIS

McMahon

20

1

00:33:16.0

Jackie, Karen and Gill will be amply rewarded for their improved performances with tougher target times for the next handicap.

Karen has managed to peg Leigh back at the top of the leaderboard, but with 2 races to go it’s still anyone’s guess who will be sitting pretty at the end of the series. With the best 4 results to count, and with 4 races down, many competitors have already clocked 4 results – if you want to improve your position on the leaderboard you’ll need to better one of your existing results.

Runner

Place

Points

LEIGH

Bichard

1

9

KAREN

Mason

1

9

CHRIS

McMahon

3

8

PHILLIP

Howells

3

8

DAN

Webb

5

6

PAUL

Mason

5

6

RICHARD

Harding

5

6

JACKIE

Arnett

5

6

ROY

Northcott

9

5

NIGEL

Tillott

10

4

MUNGO

Park

10

4

JON

Mansfield

10

4

GILL

Bourton

10

4

CAROL

Cowley

14

3

JASON

 

14

3

MIKE

Ward

14

3

DARRELL

Summers

14

3

NICK

Matthews

14

3

NEVILLE

Simpson

14

3

STEVE

Wiggall

20

2

ALASTAIR

Parker

20

2

SIMON

Hall

20

2

MARIANNE

Day

20

2

WES

Reid

20

2

ROB

Jordan

20

2

HELENA

Preston

26

1

PAUL

Lockyer

26

1

ADRIAN

Lavery

26

1

ROB

Knight

26

1

BRAD

Crouch

26

1

STUART

Buchan

26

1

ED

Bishop

26

1

ELLY

 

26

1

NICKY

 

26

1

DEBBIE

Lee

26

1

RODDY

Gosden

26

1

The next handicap is Wednesday 13th August 2008. Unfortunately I won’t be able to make it that night (don’t shed any tears – I’ll be on holiday), but it does mean a couple of “lucky” club members can have a go at organising the handicap timings (I’ll provide the start times). If any willing volunteers could let me know before 31 July 2008 so I can get the start times and details across to you.

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Hanidicap No.3

Folks,
Well, what can I say? A fantastic turnout tonight with 26 runners for the third of the 2008 club handicap series, with many new members participating. Indeed, it was the new members who managed to have the edge over the handicapper, with Karen Mason taking a tremendous 7½ minutes off her own estimated time, Richard showing none of the muscular discomfort of his first handicap, and new runner Jason beating his own expectations by over 2 minutes. Other notable performances on the night included Jonny M, recording his best time over the course for 2 years (just goes to show what completing an Ironman can do for your handicap preparations – I expect to see lots of you signing up for this extreme training plan ahead of Race 4 J ).  The results, and the all important times, are as follows (apologies to the new runners if I didn’t get your surname listed):

Runner

Finish

Points

 

KAREN

Mason

1

5

00:47:23.0

RICHARD

Harding

2

4

00:38:33.0

JASON

 

3

3

00:37:25.0

PAUL

Mason

4

2

00:35:13.0

ROY

Northcott

5

1

00:38:24.0

ROB

Knight

6

1

00:29:43.0

WES

Reid

7

1

00:47:09.0

NICK

Matthews

8

1

00:38:15.0

JON

Mansfield

9

1

00:29:21.0

ED

Bishop

10

1

00:36:14.0

JACKIE

 

11

1

00:49:55.0

CAROL

Cowley

12

1

00:36:30.0

MUNGO

Park

13

1

00:33:16.0

NIGEL

Tillott

14

1

00:32:05.0

DAN

Webb

15

1

00:32:07.0

MIKE

Ward

16

1

00:40:54.0

PAUL

Lockyer

17

1

00:32:04.0

ALASTAIR

Parker

18

1

00:36:53.0

JILL

 

19

1

00:51:11.0

PHILLIP

Howells

20

1

00:37:43.0

DARRELL

Summers

21

1

00:43:36.0

LEIGH

Bichard

22

1

00:35:52.0

CHRIS

McMahon

23

1

00:31:42.0

NEVILLE

Simpson

24

1

00:41:11.0

ELLY

 

25

1

00:57:02.0

NICKY

 

26

1

00:57:02.0

For the uninitiated, the top three (Karen, Richard and Jason) will be “rewarded” for their podium positions with additional time penalties next time (I’ll have to be less lenient next time). But watch out -– the handicapper is monitoring the race results and will recognise and reward improving racers (the value of your handicap can only go up, for those of you thinking of throwing a race).

With the first half of the series completed, we have a long and distinguished leaderboard (34 competitors already in 2008 – with some notable omissions). The new members and triathlete contingent continue to be well represented in the top 10 – can anyone catch Leigh or Chris, or have they peaked too soon? I’m sure you’ve all got your own views. The only way to have your say is to take part.

Runner

Place

Points

LEIGH

Bichard

1

8

CHRIS

McMahon

2

7

PHILLIP

Howells

2

7

DAN

Webb

4

6

PAUL

Mason

5

5

KAREN

Mason

5

5

RICHARD

Harding

5

5

ROY

Northcott

8

4

NIGEL

Tillott

9

3

MUNGO

Park

9

3

JON

Mansfield

9

3

CAROL

Cowley

9

3

JASON

 

9

3

STEVE

Wiggall

14

2

MIKE

Ward

14

2

DARRELL

Summers

14

2

ALASTAIR

Parker

14

2

NICK

Matthews

14

2

SIMON

Hall

14

2

MARIANNE

Day

14

2

NEVILLE

Simpson

21

1

WES

Reid

21

1

HELENA

Preston

21

1

PAUL

Lockyer

21

1

ADRIAN

Lavery

21

1

ROB

Knight

21

1

ROB

Jordan

21

1

BRAD

Crouch

21

1

STUART

Buchan

21

1

ED

Bishop

21

1

JACKIE

 

21

1

JILL

 

21

1

ELLY

 

21

1

NICKY

 

21

1

The next handicap is Wednesday 9th July 2008, and the intention is to use it as a practice ahead of the Guy Fawkes 5 race (so some of the other local clubs will be invited to join us on the night), so it’ll be a hotbed of competition. I look forward to seeing you all down at Walton Cardiff.

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Hanidicap No.2

Folks,
Well done to the 16 weary weekend warriors that showed great resolve in tackling the second of the 2008 club handicap series, midway between the Tewkesbury Half-Marathon and the White Horse 5k.  A few of the runners had the last laugh on the handicapper (or so they think J ), with Chris knocking a whopping 5 minutes off his first 5 mile time, and Leigh improving by almost 2 minutes.

Runner

Place

Points

Time

CHRIS

McMahon

1

5

00:30:16.0

LEIGH

Bichard

2

4

00:34:38.0

PAUL

Mason

3

3

00:37:04.0

ROY

Northcott

4

2

00:38:52.0

NIGEL

Tillott

5

1

00:31:53.0

STEVE

Wiggall

6

1

00:37:43.0

JON

Mansfield

7

1

00:30:03.0

MUNGO

Park

8

1

00:33:36.0

ADRIAN

Lavery

9

1

00:34:29.0

CAROL

Cowley

10

1

00:37:20.0

MARIANNE

Day

11

1

00:39:40.0

PHILLIP

Howells

12

1

00:37:58.0

ALASTAIR

Parker

13

1

00:36:57.0

DAN

Webb

14

1

00:34:02.0

DARRELL

Summers

15

1

00:45:03.0

HELENA

Preston

16

1

00:52:01.0

Well done to everyone. As with the first event, Chris, Leigh and Paul will be “rewarded” for their podium positions with additional time penalties next time (I’ll have to be less lenient next time). But watch out -– the handicapper is monitoring the race results and will recognise and reward improving racers (the value of your handicap can only go up, for those of you thinking of throwing a race).

With the first 2 races completed, we have the first leaderboard for 2008. New member Leigh is trying to show a clean pair of heels to Phillip, Chris and Dan, but with 4 races to go, will Leigh be able to build on his lead? The only way to have your say is to take part.

Runner

Points

Place

LEIGH

Bichard

7

1

PHILLIP

Howells

6

2

CHRIS

McMahon

6

2

DAN

Webb

5

4

PAUL

Mason

3

5

ROY

Northcott

3

5

CAROL

Cowley

2

7

MARIANNE

Day

2

7

SIMON

Hall

2

7

JON

Mansfield

2

7

MUNGO

Park

2

7

NIGEL

Tillott

2

7

STEVE

Wiggall

2

7

STUART

Buchan

1

14

BRAD

Crouch

1

14

ROB

Jordan

1

14

ADRIAN

Lavery

1

14

NICK

Matthews

1

14

ALASTAIR

Parker

1

14

HELENA

Preston

1

14

DARRELL

Summers

1

14

MIKE

Ward

1

14

RICHARD

 

1

14

The next handicap is Wednesday 11th June 2008. I look forward to seeing you all down at Walton Cardiff.

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Hanicap No.1

A big thank you to the 18 battle hardened souls that turned out for the first of the 2008 club handicap series, including potential new member Richard. As is often the case, the first handicap allows everyone to find their feet – has the winter training gone to plan, are you on target for your race goal, has the handicapper got his sums wrong, or has the handicapper had the last laugh? Well, the results are in, and I think it’s safe to say that there was a good mix of all of these.  Phillip ran well to take the podium ahead of his double marathon weekend (best of luck), with Dan proving the handicapper spot on with his efforts, and new member Leigh marking a good handicap debut with 3rd place.

Runner

Place

Points

Time

PHILLIP

Howells

1

5

00:36:57

DAN

Webb

2

4

00:32:04

LEIGH

Bichard

3

3

00:36:20

SIMON

Hall

4

2

00:28:48

MIKE

Ward

5

1

00:40:16

CAROL

Co