Nene Valley 10 

Simon Fawcett

8th

01:01:03

Stevenage 5k series 

Colin Harries	15 Nov	153	26.56
	29 Nov	132	26.10
	13 Dec	118	26.10

Escalade  Geneva, 2 Dec

Neil Gregory	29m 17s	490th	out of 600 over 7.25km
Penny Fletcher	23m 24s	22nd	out of 258 over 4.78km

Chiltern League Cross-Country  Oxford, 3 Dec

U11 Boys	Tom Stead	7th
	Oliver Godding	45th
U13 Girls	Ruth Flory	7th
	Charlotte Hitchin	19th	Charlotte's first race for the club
U13 Boys	Stuart Entwistle	13th
U15 Girls	Holly Welham
U20 Ladies	Alice Middleton	8th

Luton Marathon  4 Dec
Three members of the Club took part in the Luton Marathon.  The rain held off but vicious winds raked one side of the course causing many drop-outs from cold and exhaustion.  Fortunately, the Biggleswade athletes were made of sterner stuff and all finished in commendable times.  First home was Super-vet (in more ways than one), Clark Skerratt in a time of 3 hours 2 mins and 44 seconds.  But for the wind this would have been yet another sub-3 hour clocking for the over 55 year old and it was no surprise that he easily won his age group.

Next home were Kim Masson and Lee Welham, who ran together thoughout.  Kim was running for her first claim club, Cambridge and Colerige and was third lady and first lady V40.  Both finished in 3 hours 17 mins which was a very good time in the conditions, particularly as they were only doing it as a training run!

Clark Skerratt	28th	3:02:44	1st V55  3rd Beds County Sen	CR ?
Kim Masson	67th	3:17:34	3rd lady  1st lady V40	(2nd claim)
Lee Welham	68th	3:17:34

Beds Harriers Half Marathon , 10 Dec
1317 finishers
This race decides the Biggleswade AC Half Marathon Championships.
For 2006, the Male champion is Ian Skerratt and the Female champion is Debs Bryant

	Race  Posn	Name	Actual  Time	Age  Graded  Time	Age  Graded  Posn	WAVA  %	Age
MEN	136	Ian Skerratt	01:28:58	01:16:35	1st	77.9	56
				also Beds County 2nd MV55
	228	Robert Morgan	01:33:42	01:33:42	5th	63.7	30
	267	Neil Gregory	01:35:43	01:30:01	3rd	66.3	45
	274	Alan Goodman	01:35:57	01:30:54	4th	65.6	44
	294	Nigel Bush	01:36:46	01:21:50	2nd	72.9	58
	346	Andrew Bruce	01:38:35	01:34:45	6th	63.0	42
	401	Kevin White	01:40:26	01:38:38	7th	60.5	39
	409	Simon Fawcett	01:40:36	01:40:36	9th	59.3	35
	582	Anthony Haymes	01:46:29	01:40:52	10th	59.1	44
	592	Paul Batson	01:46:42	01:40:20	8th	59.5	45
	1136	Mark Stead	02:11:31	02:10:03	11th	45.9	38
LADIES	212	Debbie Bryant	01:32:43	01:31:42	1st	71.8	37
				also Beds County 2nd Senior/FV35
	707	Natalie Darlow	01:51:13	01:51:13	2nd	59.2	30

South of England Indoor Facility Inaugural Opening , 10 Dec
Biggleswade AC had 3 athletes competing at this new facility at Pickett's Lock, the new home of Enfield and Haringey AC.

In the women's 400 m Alice Middleton competed in her first indoor 400m race (2 laps of the banked 200m track).  The main feature of this distance is the shoving, barging and blocking that goes on because one lap is in lanes and then the final lap is a 'free for all' in lane 1.  On a tight 200 m track the only way to stay out of trouble is to dictate the pace and be out in front, when the athletes break out of lanes.  That was the plan but it didn't quite happen - at the bell Alice was in 3rd but kept her composure and attacked down the back straight and round the last bend.  Alice won in a new indoor PB of 59.30 secs and a new club record.

In the 800m races Biggleswade AC had the McKenzie sisters Chelsea (U15) and Molly (U13) competing.  Molly went first and was drawn in lane 2; advice offered as she was on the track was misinterpreted and she ran in lane 2 all the way (4 laps) and was just pipped at the finish for 1st place, still good enough for a new PB and U13 indoor club record of 2 mins 59.  28 secs.

Chelsea was preparing her indoor season to peak at the England Athletics Championships in February at the National Indoor Arena Birmingham in February and was looking for a fast race.  Unfortunately Chelsea had to do all of the pace and work her self as she won this by over 100m, but despite this Chelsea set a new indoor club record and indoor PB of 2 mins 30.75 secs.

U13 800 m	Molly McKenzie	2 mins 59.28 secs	Indoor CR and PB
U15 800 m	Chelsea McKenzie	2 mins 30.75 secs	Indoor CR and PB
U20 400 m	Alice Middleton	59.30 secs	Indoor CR and PB

Three Counties Cross Country  Letchworth, 17 Dec

Men	(Scorers)	Lee Welham	24th
		Andy Philips	32nd
		Stephen Penny	36th
		Gavin Elliot	64th
		Mac McKenzie	67th
		Rob Morgan	83rd
		Ken Prior	99th
	(Others)	Stephen Pledger	60th
		Neil Gregory	110th
		Ian Skeratt	113rd
		Nigel Bush	118th
		Ray Dowse	123rd
		Mark Sylvester	139th
		Linsey Morgan	152nd
		Arthur Smith	153rd
		Colin Hurries	167th
Ladies	(Scorers)	Debs Bryant	6th
		Penny Fletcher	58th
		Sam Grist	65th
	(Others)	Julie Dowse	80th
		Anne Lincoln	91st

Pirton Boxing Day Run , 26 Dec
5k (3.2 miles), 249 finishers

Julie Dowse	0:32:10	190th
Elaine Stead	0:32:10	191st
Mark Stead	0:30:29	182nd