BIGGLESWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Newsletter : AUGUST 2002

CONTENTS: News | Race Listings | Results | Contacts

A note from the editor - today, for the first time, I learnt that some of you are actually reading the Web version of the newsletter! If you have any ideas or comments on how the Web version can be improved, please let me know: davidhindle@msn.com / 01767 316479

News and events for August 2002:

Eastern Young Athlete's League, Bedford
AAA Junior Champs, Birmingham
AAA Coaching Workshop for Future Talent
Rounders Match and Barbeque
London Marathon
Looking after yourself...
NEWS FOR YOUNG ATHLETES

Eastern Young Athlete's League, Bedford, 18 Aug

Besides being an event for our young athletes, this is a home fixture so all the support for raking, scoring, time keeping, judging from parents/members would be gratefully appreciated.

AAA Junior Champs, Birmingham, 11/12 Aug

We have 3 young athletes at these championships - Rachel Baust (U17 300m), Lauren Ambrose (U15 High Jump and 75m Hurdles), and Adam Dilley (U15 100m). For further information speak to Ken Prior or David Brown.

AAA Coaching Workshop for Future Talent

Rachel Baust, Lauren Ambrose and Paul Arkwright were invited to this workshop. Here is Rachel's account of the day:

On the 23rd June Lauren and I travelled to the University of East Anglia Campus at Norwich for an Active Sports Talent Camp coaching day. Registration was 9 15 am for a 10am start. There were over 100 athletes their and we soon made new friends as well as meeting old aquaintainces. Lauren and I were both in the sprint group, the first session was over an hour which was mainly warming up, before moving onto drills and sprinting style. The focus was on:

Run on your toes

Run straight with hips high

Run relaxed with shoulders down and a steady arm action

The next session was on health and nutrition taken by Bruce Longden (Sally Gunnel's coach). The emphasis was on eating a balanced diet, balancing exercise with sufficient rest and recovery. Next was lunch, on the menu were items discussed in the lecture by Bruce. After swapping various items, everybody found something to eat!

After lunch was another lecture, I missed this because I was lucky to be one of 7 to be randomly selected to take part in a recording for BBC Look East . The filming took a half hour, the showing was 30 seconds, of which they seemed to like my back - not my best feature.

When returning back to the sessions the next efforts were on reaction starts and co-ordination. Lauren had by this time moved to the hurdles group. The day finished with a jubilee challenge comprising thowing and jumping events. The day was very enjoyable, and really good experience, plus getting on TV was a definite bonus (if only my back).

Rounders Match and Barbeque - Tues 20 Aug

End of season barbeque preceded by a Juniors v Seniors rounders match, which the Seniors will win (there was some mention of ankle weights for the Drinkwaters !) Put the date in your diary now.

London Marathon

Next year's London Marathon is on Sunday 13th April 2003 so start training now (see "Looking After Yourself"). An early request, we know, but don't forget to let us know if your entry to the London Marathon is rejected and you wish to be considered for a Club place. We are usually lucky enough to receive two guaranteed places.

Looking after yourself...

Nutrition - Vegetables/Fruit and Salad
Try scheduling a weekly trip to a local farmer's or roadside vegetable/fruit stall - there are quite a few around our area. The fresher the veg or fruit the better. Variety is also a good thing - the more colours in your basket, the more antioxidants you take in. Try one new vegetable every week, and consume at least four servings of vegetables daily. Look for plump, well-hydrated vegetables, avoid wilted lettuce and veggies with punctured skin.

Most greens provide about 2 to 5 grams of fibre per serving, with a good mix of cholesterol-lowering soluble fibre and digestion-aiding insoluble fibre. Water-soluble fibre also helps reduce appetite. Toss up a mixed green salad topped with kidney beans (also a good sources of soluble fibre) for an evening meal that should keep late-night hunger away.

Training and Rest
Don't forget, increase training distances very gradually and always schedule in a rest day (or more) each week. The body must be given time to rebuild itself - sleep and nutrition are also important in this respect. As part of her marathon training, Paula Radcliffe sleeps twelve hours each night and tries to fit in a two hour nap in the afternoons. Maybe we need not go to those extremes but a couple of early nights each week would be a good thing.

NEWS FOR YOUNG ATHLETES

For information on track and field events,
contact your coach or David Brown, Track and Field Manager (01767 600094)

Eastern Young Athletes League meetings on Sundays
(Track and Field League for U13-U17 boys and girls)

- 4 Aug	St Albans
- 18 Aug	Bedford (Please note new venue)
Let's go to Bedford with a strong team and get into the plate final in September. Top 8 clubs go forward for this. This is a home fixture so all the support for raking, scoring, time keeping, judging from parents/members would be gratefully appreciated. Let us show our neighbours at Bedford what Biggleswade Athletic Club is all about (Team Work)!!

Sat/Sun 10/11 Aug - AAA Junior Champs at Birmingham
Let's go and support our trio of Rachel Baust U17 300 M, Lauren Ambrose U15 High Jump and 75 M Hurdles, Adam Dilley U15 100 M
For further information speak to Ken /David.
Sun 1 Sep - Woking Young Athletes Meeting
see Ken or David for an entry form
Sun 22 Sep - Eastern Athletics Combined events Champs from U13 to Sen/Vets
For more information see a coach

There will be other meetings that the Club will be supporting, speak to a coach or Ken/David

CONTENTS: News | Race Listings | Results | Contacts

RACE LISTINGS

If you have transport problems, and need transport/lift to an event,
please contact the Team Manager

Sun 4 Aug Wellingborough 5 mile Road Race, at 11:00am
EYAL at St Albans
Fri 9 Aug Blisworth Friday 5 MileRace, at 7:30pm
check date and day
Sat 10 Aug &
Sun 11 Aug South of England Track and Field Championships for Veterans, and Combined Events Championship all ages, at Barnet.
Entries closed 30th July.
Let's go and support Roy Steven V50 5000M, David Brown V40 400 M Hurdles and 1500 M and Mark Harris 100/200 M and Shot - for further information speak to Ken /David/Mark.
(Juniors beware this is also date of U17/15 AAA Championships at Birmingham).
Sun 18 Aug Dorset Doddle, Swanage, 32 miles
EYAL at Bedford (Please note new venue)
Thorney 5 Miles (nr. Peterborough), at 10.30am
Sun 25 Aug Wardown park 5k (near Luton), at 11:00am
Mon 26 Aug
(Bank Holiday) Peugeot Games Peterborough
awaiting information from Colchester

Sun 1 Sep Wissey 1/2 Marathon (nr.Swaffham), at 10.30am
Woking Young Athletes Meeting
(see Ken or David for an entry form)
Wed 4 Sep Nene Valley 5km, at 7.00pm
Sun 8 Sep Swineshead 10 Mile, at 11.30am
Luton 10k, at, 10:30am
check date and day
Sat 14 Sep &
Sun 15 Sep Round Norfolk Relay (195 miles in 17 stages)
Sat 21 Sep High Peak 40 Mile Challenge, Buxton
Sun 22 Sep New Forrest Marathon and Half, at 11:00am
Amersham 5 Mile (Multi-Terrain Race), at 11.15am
Eastern Athletics Combined events Champs from U13 to Sen/Vets.
For more information see a coach
Sun 29 Sep Wisor Half Marathon, at 1:00pm
Biddenham 10km River Run, at 11.00am

Sun 6 Oct Great North Run, Newcastle, 1/2 marathon
Standalone 10k, Club 10k championship race
check date and day
Sun 13 Oct Wildlife Trust Cambridge 10km, at 11.00am
Sat 26 Oct Beachy Head Marathon (was Severn Sisters), at 09:00am

Sun 1 Dec Luton Marathon, at 10.00am

CONTENTS: News | Race Listings | Results | Contacts

RESULTS
compiled by
David Brown, Nigel Bush, Ken Prior, and Neil Gregory

A full list of Club Records and Best Performances is available from David Brown. If you believe you have a new record contact David (01767 600094) with a validated result.

Aston 5 mile 7 July
Gavin Elliott - 31m
Graham Brown - 36m 59s (PB)
Colin Harries - 38m 50s.

Dunstable 10k and 3k 30 June

10k: Steve Chalk 39m
Gavin Elliott 40m 24s
Arthur Mitchell 44m 45s
Graham Brown 45m 39s.
3k: James Drinkwater 7m 18s (1st overall)
Chris Drinkwater 7m 40s (2nd boy)
Johnathan Drinkwater 8m 18s (3rd boy, 5th overall)
Aileen Russell 9m 04s (3rd girl, 11th overall)
Paul Drinkwater 9m 12s(12th).

Rockingham Speedway 5 mile 22 May
Chris Clarke - 33m 23s (153rd, 28th m45)
Nigel Bush - 35m 35s (203rd, 27th m50).

Sunday 16th/06/02 St Albans Half Marathon 16 June
Graham Brown - 1h 50m 37s

Eastern Athletic Association Champs St Ives 7th July 2002:

U15 Girls Gemma Arkwright

200 M 5th 32.00 secs
Long Jump 6th 3.81 M

U17 Girls Lauren Ambrose

High Jump 1st 1.60 M PB CR AAA Gd 1
(there was no U15 High Jump, so Lauren competed in the U17 competition - and won the U17 title as an under 15!!)

Rachel Baust

100 M 1st 13.8 secs
200 M 1st 27.7 secs
300 M 2nd 43.8 secs

U15 Boys Jonathan Drinkwater

800 M 6th 2.39.7 mins

Chris Drinkwater

800 M 4th 2.23.4 mins PB CR AAA Gd IV

Adam Dilley

100 M 2nd 12.7 secs

Ross Cockcroft

100 M 4th 13.6 secs

U17 Boys James Drinkwater

800 M 4th 2.12.2 mins PB CR AAA Gd IV

Adam Ball

800 M 5th 2.15.3 mins PB
1,500 M 4th 4.34 mins

Southern League Men Basildon 13th July 2002-07-19:
Biggleswade were 1st of 3 with 141 points. This puts Biggleswade AC in 7th position with one match left at Tonbridge on 3rd August 2002. With another strong turnout we could win this one also and finish in the top 5 with 3 clubs promoted.

400 M Hurdles 1st David Brown
100 M (A) 1st Zac Morrison 11.5 secs PB CR
100 M (B) 2nd Mark Harris 13.5 secs
800 M (A) 1st David Brown
800 M (B) 1st James Drinkwater
5000 M 2nd Roy Steven
400 M (A) 2nd David Brown
400 M (B) 2nd Matthew Quin 65.8 secs PB
100 M Hurdles 1st David Brown
200 M (A) 1st Zac Morrison 24.0 secs PB CR
200 M (B) 2nd Mark Harris 28.1 secs
1500 M (A) 1st James Drinkwater
1500 M (B) 1st Roy Steven
3,000 M St/Ch (A) 1st David Brown 12.44.7 mins
3,000 M St/Ch (B) 2nd Roy Steven
Long Jump (A) 1st Zac Morrison 5.65 M PB CR
Long Jump (B) 3rd David Brown
High Jump (A) 1st Zac Morrison 1.7 M
High Jump (B) 2nd David Brown
Pole Vault (A) 1st David Brown
Pole Vault (B) 1st Mark Harris
Triple Jump (A) 2nd James Drinkwater
Triple Jump (B) 2nd Matt Quin
Hammer (A) 3rd David Brown
Hammer (B) 2nd Mark Harris
Javelin (A) 3rd Roy Steven
Javelin (B) 3rd Matt Quin
Shot (A) 1st Mark Harris 7.23 M
Shot (B) 2nd Matt Quin
Discus (A) 3rd David Brown
Discus (B) 2nd Mark Harris

Riverside Challenge Stratton, 18 July
Biggleswade won this match with 142 points to 88. There were some good results with Club records from:
- Kay Brown - 800 M U13 Girls 2.42.8 secs
- Kayleigh Huckle - 200 M U11 Girls 37.2 secs
- Andy Sturt - Sen Men 3,000 M 9.51 mins
- Sammy Freeman - U15 Girls Javelin 17. 10 M
- Ross Taylor - U15 Shot 8.93 M
Only first place results are listed, see David Brown for more details.

800m U13G K Brown Biggleswade 2.42.8 mins CR PB
U11G E Ritchie Riverside 3.04.6 mins
U11B R Williams Riverside 3.15.3 mins
U15B J A Brown Riverside 2.15.3 mins
U17B J Drinkwater Biggleswade 2.19.0 mins
U15G T Huckle Biggleswade 2.51.7 mins
U13B A Savage Biggleswade 2.52.1 mins
100m U11G K Huckle Biggleswade 16.8 secs
U13G D Williamson Riverside 17.8 secs
U13G C Papworth Riverside 15.7 secs
U15G T Huckle Biggleswade 13.9 secs
U11B M A Brown Riverside 15.5 secs
U13B M Winter Biggleswade 14.9 secs
U17B J Ellis Riverside 12.6 secs
U15B R Taylor Biggleswade 13.3 secs
1500m U15B J A Brown Riverside 4.47.9 mins
U17B J Drinkwater Biggleswade 4.52.5 mins
U13B D Williamson Riverside 5.37.5 mins
U15G A Russel Biggleswade 5.50.6 mins
U13G S Boast Riverside 6.00.2 mins
U11G E Ritchie Riverside 6.10.6 mins
200m U11G K Huckle Biggleswade 37.2 secs CR PB
U11B J ? (No 221) Biggleswade 38.7 secs
U13B M Winter Biggleswade 30.9 secs
U13G S Boast Riverside 32.2 secs
U17B J Ellis Riverside 25.7 secs
U15B R Cockcroft Biggleswade 28.2 secs
U15G R Bellamy Biggleswade 29.7 secs
3000m Sen A Sturt Biggleswade 9.51.9 mins CR
SenV40 P Redden Riverside 10.18.3 mns
WmVet R Boat Riverside 13.07.7 min
Relays U11B M A Brown Riverside 68.7 secs
U11G K Huckle Biggleswade 77.0 secs
U17M J Ellis Riverside 57.2 ssecs
U15G R Bellamy Biggleswade 58.6 secs
U13B M Winter Biggeswade 63.6 secs
U13G S Boast Riverside 72.6 secs
Shot U17G E Haddow Biggleswade 5.86 M
U15G F Birch Biggleswade 7.30 M
U13G L Abbot Riverside 5.68 M
U15B R Taylor Biggleswade 8.93 M CR
U13B A Sturt Biggleswade 4.09 M
Javelin U17G E Haddow Biggleswade 12.3 M
U15G S ? (No 214) Biggleswade 17.10 M CR
U13G L Abbot Riverside 12.50 M
U15B C Drinkwater Biggleswade 17.15 M
Cricket Ball U13B A Sturt Biggleswade 25.90 m
U11B J ? (No 221) Biggleswade 19.40 M
High Jump U15G L Ambrose Biggleswade 1.45 M
U13G S Boast Riverside 1.25 M
U11G L Payne Riverside 1.05 M
U15B J A Brown Riverside 1.30 M
U11B M A Brown Riverside 1.10 M
Long Jump U15G T Huckle Biggleswade 4.20 M
U13G K Brown Biggleswade 3.95 M
U11G H Welham Riverside 3.10 M
U13B P Skoludek Riverside 3.92 M
U11B R Williams Riverside 2.82 M

Club Senior Pentathlon Stratton, 16 July
Here are the preliminary results, age weighting has not been done yet

Name 100m Javelin Long Jump Shot 800m Total
points
Time Pts Dist Pts Dist Pts Dist Pts Time Pts
Dave B 13.4 402 14.50 89 3.82 177 6.06 252 2.21 810 1730
Zak 11.8 691 25.80 241 5.45 471 5.67 230 2.50 464 2097
Ken 14.4 258 23.84 214 4.16 232 6.31 267 2.30 693 1666
Simon 14.8 208 14.60 90 4.40 273 7.10 313 2.47 495 1379
Jan 17.4 552 8.40 78 2.37 19 3.86 138 3.20 202 989
Jessica 15.3 802 14.13 181 3.62 225 6.49 302 3.35 109 1619
Steve 16.1 81 26.69 253 3.28 100 6.20 260 2.55 413 1107
Gavin 14.6 233 NT 0 3.42 119 5.50 220 2.31 680 1252
Nicole 16.1 702 7.03 54 2.38 20 4.31 165 DNF 0 941
Dave 15.2 163 23.54 209 4.60 308 6.82 297 3.14 246 1223
Jackie 16.5 654 12.20 146 3.21 144
Emily 17.0 596 8.40 78 2.62 49
Damien 14.4 258 14.80 93 3.97 201 4.83 181 2.56 403 1136
Tim 13.3 418 31.40 319 4.56 301 7.44 333 2.54 423 1794
Arron 12.8 502 17.19 124 4.90 363 7.63 344 2.52 443 1779
Scot 15.0 185 NT 0 3.90 190 6.97 306 3.00 365 1046
Andy 13.5 387 18.01 135 4.46 283 6.53 280 2.16 879 1964
Neil 15.7 114 19.70 160 3.67 155 5.94 245 2.51 453 1127
Mark 14.0 312
Kevin 14.3 271 32.90 340 4.00 206 6.98 306 3.45 62 1185
** 800 M points are all taken from the Ladies table (no such event for men equality ?)

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Biggleswade Athletic Club contacts


Chairman:	Nigel Bush	nigelbush@hotmail.com Tel: 01767 682251
Vice Chairman:	Kevin Ambrose	kevin.ambrose@ntlworld.com Tel: 01767-225473
Hon Secretary:	Stuart Galloway	8 The Avenue, Sandy, Beds, SG19 1ER stuart.galloway@ntlworld.com Tel: 01767-223942
Hon Treasurer:	Chris Clarke	clarkecd@bigwig.net Tel: 01234-216245
Track Secretary:	David Brown	david.brown@vauxhall.co.uk Tel: 01767 600094
Road Running Secretary:	Neil Gregory	neilg@ntlworld.com Tel: 01767 314974
Cross Country Secretary:	Neil Gregory	neilg@ntlworld.com Tel: 01767 314974
Deputy Road / X-Country Sec	Gavin Elliot	gavinanne@btopenworld.com Tel: 01767 692381
Youth/Coaching Secretary:	Ken Prior	ken.prior@zetnet.co.uk Tel: 01767-260592
Ladies Captain:	Jan Forrester	janet.forrester@idnet.co.uk
Child Protection Officers:	Lynda Ambrose and
Child Protection Officers:	David Hindle	davidhindle@msn.com Tel: 01767 316479
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BIGGLESWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

Newsletter : August 2002

CONTENTS: News | Race Listings | Results | Contacts