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Mid Packers Newsletters
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Written by Shaun Billing
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 15:22 |
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High heat in the Horsham 10K held on 11th May. The undulating and twisty 2 lap course is testing at the best of times, but the temperature added to the demands on the athletes. Even after the first k most runners were thirsty, and many people slowed down significantly on the second lap.The first aiders had quite a bit of work to do, and a few runners dropped out. None of which seemed to trouble Louis Taub, on whom fatherhood seems to be sitting well. He came in a great second behind easy winner Chicester's James Baker (who won the Sussex 5K champs at K2 the day before). Together with Shaun Billing and Paul Prosser the team prize was also secured. There where a couple bottles of red rattling in the boot on the way home, what a lovely sound. Elaine Everill was third lady behind Hailsham's Gill Wheeler and Sam Alvarez (Cathy Ulliott is holding some swag for her if Elaine reads this). Results with thanks to Zamzar conversions. 2 0:35:58 TAUB, Louis 9 0:36:58 BILLING, Shaun 13 0:37:51 PROSSER, Pau 14 0:38:26 ULLIOTT, Tom 19 0:38:55 STILES, Drew 59 0:42:07 EVERILL, Elaine 69 0:42:48 WHITTLE, David 120 0:46:20 MITCHELSON, Andy 196 0:49:55 FOORD, Roger John 214 0:50:41 TURNER, Dominique 300 0:56:06 CARDER, Tim 362 1:00:12_FOORD, Hugh Vivian
Horsham 10K website http://www.horshamjoggers.co.uk/10K.htm |
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Written by Shaun Billing
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 14:50 |
Hi All,
Hope you are all fit and well.
Please see the email (copied below) from the organisers of the Heathfield 10k on 22nd June, which is part of the Sussex Grand Prix. Not a major problem but just a warning that there may be some difficulties with parking on the day so some guidance on where/how to avoid the worst of the problems.
The Heathfield 10k is a very scenic, undulating country lane course where it's unlikely any PBs will be set but where you can really appreciate the Sussex countryside at its best, and also where you can normally place higher up in the field than the likes of Brighton or Worthing 10ks and therefore score more SGP points in the process!
Other SGPs in the near future are Horsham on 11th May which like Heathfield is a good one for scoring good points, Worthing 10k on Wednesday 4th June, very flat with a real potential for a PB and the Bewl 15, undulating circa 50% off road 15 miles very scenic and enjoyable circuit of Bewl water - not to be missed!
Hope to see you at some, if not all of the above
Best wishes
Tom Ulliot
See Heathfield 10k email below .....................
Hi all
Just a brief note in advance of numbers etc being forwarded to you and your members to let you know parking may be at a premium this year for the Midsummer Madness HRR 10k on 22nd June.
The rugby club has bought the field we normally park on (about 200m towards Heathfield from the start) and are going to be doing some work to create a new car park and pitch there. It MAY start before our event and restrict the space we have. On top of this, Esso has now fenced off a large area in Isenhurst country club behind the garage ready for redevelopment so we have lost some space there.
In short, try and car share for the event. There are other parks in the area (we're used to walking to some runs such as Brighton, of course) such as the Co-op in Heathfield or, slightly nearer, the community centre park on the junction of the A267 and Sheepsetting Lane - about a one minute jog from the start. If you find the field full and need to park in Cross in Hand, do avoid Back Lane where we start - plenty of space in the High Street!
Oh, and one last thing - The Cross in Hand pub and the Esso garage are now clamping cars parked on their forecourt that do not belong to customers. This is mainly to do with the rugby club, especially parents of the young players, but they ARE doing it, so warn your members!
We'll put some details in the accompanying sheet with the numbers, but I'd be obliged if you would circulate this to your members so they know well in advance just in case the field parking is restricted.
Many thanks!
Jeremy Price HRR
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Written by Shaun Billing
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 00:00 |
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if you want to make a contribution. Hastings Half Marathon 16th March 2008 Great conditions, cool and drizzly with a gentle south westerly breeze that veered north during the race easing the run back along the front. The race was a triumph for the mid-packers of the the club, all performing very well; Dave Whittle, Cathy Ulliot and Evie Cicha were all delighted with their performances. To add to the never ending discussions about the decline in standards (while not mentioning that the fastest Brighton runner was nigh on 81 minutes, which is ok for the individual concerned but not great for the sussex champs, whoops) has anyone considered the interesting pavement architecture used by councils these days, funny ridges and pokey dots that disturb the rhythm, especially at the latter end of a race? If nothing else another excuse to add to the armory. Oh, before mid-packers hq receives a vitriolic facebook posting, Andy Mitch was pacing someone around so he could easily have been a couple of minutes faster... | Pos | Time | First | Last |
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| 45 | 01:20:53 | Shaun | Billing | | 91 | 01:24:37 | Neil | Walford | | 97 | 01:25:03 | Tom | Ulliot | | 221 | 01:30:14 | Abdel Kader | Sidi-Moussa | | 287 | 01:31:55 | Steve | Scott | | 295 | 01:32:31 | David | Whittle | | 376 | 01:34:28 | Amanda | Hester | | 485 | 01:36:34 | Cathy | Ulliot | | 491 | 01:36:42 | Simon | Ho | | 594 | 01:38:47 | Sarah | Cook | | 658 | 01:39:43 | Emma | Williams | | 717 | 01:41:11 | Evie | Cicha | | 805 | 01:41:05 | Amelia | Hawkins | | 1005 | 01:44:16 | Charlotte | Moore | | 1157 | 01:47:31 | Judith | Carder | | 1456 | 01:52:36 | Andy | Mitchelson | | 1495 | 01:53:16 | Richard | Felton | | 1601 | 01:52:53 | Fiona | Felton | | 1665 | 01:55:42 | Jane | Faulkner | | 1691 | 01:54:30 | Julian | French | | 1851 | 01:58:19 | Gill | Cammack | | 2123 | 01:59:57 | Barbara | Bassett | | 2388 | 02:05:48 | Tim | Carder | | 2469 | 02:05:48 | Harriet | Soles | | 2874 | 02:14:53 | Sonia | Cargan | | 2920 | 02:16:56 | Pete | Thompson | | 3328 | 02:33:50 | John | Ramsden |
London Marathon Volunteers Needed Message from Richard Carter (
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)... Leaving sunday morning 5.45am for Blackheath NO COST! work for 7.30ish to 10am when trucks leave for finish. Then off to watch the race. Coach back from South Bank 4.30ish Could you put it out on Mid Packers- need 45 have about 25 so far If we do well - get invited back AND get a couple of free places as well!!!!! Think about offering a place as a BHTT Xmas raffle prize!! Rich Eastbourne Half Marathon 2nd March 2008 Windy, with a nasty hill at 3-4 miles. Results. | Pos | Time | First | Last |
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| 14 | 01:26:28 | Tom | Ulliot | | 80 | 01:35:32 | Terry | Parkinson | | 85 | 01:36:07 | David | Whittle | | 86 | 01:36:14 | Amanda | Hester | | 99 | 01:38:47 | Cathy | Ulliot |
Sussex Beacon Half Marathon 17th February 2008 A beautiful day, with only a slight easterly breeze to provide any sort of feeble excuse for poor performance. Tracy Harris has recently been staging a welcome comeback to the running scene, and thanks to his fish eating regime (probably amongst other things such as training hard and stuff) was a very good third. Andrew tweaked a hamstring and had to slow down but still got first under 21 prize. Elaine was delighted to get under 1.30 for only the second time, Dave Whittle posted his best time for some time, and Nikki Hooper got a pb on her watch, but for some reason her chip time has not been recorded. The only gripe was the marshalling by the Terraces Bar; a coach pulled up and disgorged some senior citizens, who nearly took out some of the leading runners. | Pos | Time | First | Last |
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| 3 | 01:12:10 | Tracy | Harris | | 4 | 01:12:12 | Chris | Thomson | | 9 | 01:16:35 | Andrew | Dunno | | 36 | 01:20:55 | Shaun | Billing | | 67 | 01:23:46 | Neil | Walford | | 226 | 01:29:15 | Elaine | Everill | | 238 | 01:29:00 | Gary | Christie | | 250 | 01:30:26 | Simon | Ho | | 255 | 01:30:39 | Steve | Scott | | 284 | 01:31:38 | Dave | Whittle | | 291 | 01:30:13 | Paul | Hoogu | | 347 | 01:33:03 | Amanda | Hester | | 470 | 01:30:19 | Daniel | Waldschutz | | 520 | 01:36:57 | Luke | Trotman | | 635 | 01:39:08 | Suzie | Copus | | 768 | 01:40:34 | Amelia | Hawkins | | 910 | 01:42:28 | Evie | Cicha | | 1044 | 01:45:58 | Becky | Trotman | | 1507 | 01:44:25 | Chris | Moyle | | 1549 | 01:52:17 | Nikki | Hopper | | 1889 | 01:54:11 | Chris | Laing | | 1902 | 01:53:44 | Fiona | Rowling | | 2542 | 02:02:52 | Barbara | Bassett | | 2836 | 02:09:56 | Richard | Felton | | 2837 | 02:08:00 | Charlotte | Laing | | 3004 | 02:09:11 | Jude | Howell | | 3056 | 02:11:07 | Michel | Carnet | | 3178 | 02:13:03 | Denise | Bishop | | 3496 | 02:29:27 | Samantha | Hobbs | | 3535 | 02:32:06 | John | Ramsden |
Copenhagen Marathon 18th May 2008 A group are going over to have a bit of a go at the Copenhagen Marathon. If anyone fancies it Kader tours
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is on the case and he will hopefully find a reasonably priced and well positioned hotel. Entry is online from the website, and they don't take your hard earned until registration because of some odd Danish law. Sussex Grand Prix 2008 Tom Ulliot writes...They are still having problems with their web-site so below is a provisional list of events they have sent out for 2008. The formatting isn't great but you will see that it shows the date the event was held in 2007 and the date (where known) for 2008. In some cases the event has been cancelled entirely for 2008 (not just dropped from the SGP) so please try to manage your disappointment over the likes of the Worthing 20 and the Hailsham 10 :o) Not on this list but I'm sure was agreed at the last meeting is the Bewl Water 15m on 06/07/08. For those of you that haven't done it it's a very scenic 15m (Ed, more like 14), almost entirely off-road (circa 75%) undulating loop around Bewl Water. Best wishes and see you soon. | 2007 | SGP EVENTS | 2008 |
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| 04/02/07 | CHICHESTER 10K | 12/10/08 | | 18/02/07 | SUSSEX BEACON HALF MARATHON | 17/02/08 | | | EASTBOURNE HALF MARATHON | 02/03/08 | | 11/03/07 | HASTINGS HALF MARATHON | 16/03/08 | | 01/04/07 | WORTHING 20 MILE | OUT FOR 2008 | | 29/04/07 | HASTINGS 5 MILE | 27/04/08 | | 13/05/07 | HAILSHAM 10 MILE | OUT ALTOGETHER | | 20/05/07 | HORSHAM 10K | 11/05/08 | | 06/06/07 | WORTHING 10K | 04/06/08 | | 24/06/07 | HEATHFIELD 10K | 22/06/08 | | 25/07/07 | BEXHILL 5K | 23/07/08 TBC | | 26/08/07 | NEWICK (WILL PAGE) 10K | 24/08/08 | | 09/09/07 | HELLINGLY 10K | 14/09/08 | | 16/09/07 | HOVE PROM 10K | 21/09/08 | | 07/10/07 | LEWES DOWNLAND 10 MILE | 05/10/08 | | 28/10/07 | BARNS GREEN HALF MARATHON | 02/11/08 | | 11/11/07 | PHOENIX 3K & 7K PARK RACES | 09/11/08 | | 18/11/07 | BRIGHTON 10K | 16/11/08 | | 02/12/07 | CROWBOROUGH 10K | 30/11/08 |
Sussex Grand Prix 2007
Tome Ulliot writes... Louis Taub, Shaun Billing and Hugh Foord have won trophies in the individual categories. Louis being 4th senior man, Shaun 2nd V1 and 3rd overall vet and Hugh 1st in the V8 category. With the ladies we had Laura Burton winning the league outright - great stuff Laura!! and Elaine Everill coming 4th overall. Well done to you all. Unfortunately the team results were very poor this year with the senior men and vets teams coming 9th in each of those categories and the ladies finishing 8th in the seniors and 15th in the Vets. This in no way reflects the potential at the club so let's really go for it this year and see if we can win all 4 categories along with the overall club trophy (which is a solid silver cup donated by Steve Ovett a number of years ago after he himself won it at some foreign track meeting when he was in his prime!!) PS - anyone who has one a perpetual trophy has to give full contact details (home address, phone and email) to Ron and Joyce from the SGP so they can track them down and recover them in good time to be engraved for the subsequent presentation the following year. |
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