NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2005
Biggleswade Athletic Club

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News and events for November 2005:
  • Annual Club Dinner and Presentation Evening
  • Christmas Holiday period training runs
  • Club Championship Races
  • London Marathon 2006: Club Places
  • The Tuesday Night Programme
  • Leagues, Series, and Other Events
  • New Members
  • News for Young Athletes  (new training info)
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    Annual Club Dinner and Presentation Evening

    This popular event is to be held on Friday 20th January, at a venue yet to be decided - more details next month but please put the date in your diaries.  In order to ease administrative time, it would be greatly appreciated if you would let Stuart Galloway know as soon as possible if you will be coming and how many places you will require.  The event is open to all members and partners.

     

     

    Christmas Holiday period training runs

    If you are sitting at home over the Christmas period, having over-indulged on the Turkey and trimmings, why not burn off some of the surplus by partaking in one of the following:
       Wed  28 Dec    Fairy Run
       Thu  29 Dec    Rowney Warren training session, at 10:30
       Sat  31 Dec    Kingfisher Way run, at 09:00
       Mon  2 Jan    Rowney Warren training session, at 10:30
    More details in the December Newsletter and on the web site.

     

     

    Club Championship Races

    This year's 10 mile and Half Marathon Club Championship races will be as follows:
     10 Mile    Sun 4 Dec    Nene Valley 10 at Peterborough
      - a change from the planned race
     Half Marathon    Sun 11 Dec    Beds Harriers Half Marathon at Wootton

     

     

    London Marathon 2006: Club Places

    An application for club places has been made but a response from the organisers has not yet been received.  We hope to obtain at least two club places. If you have made application to enter the race but are unsuccessful in your bid and wish to be considered for a club place, then don't forget to advise Stuart Galloway by mid-December.  A further reminder will be published next month.

     

     

    The Tuesday Night Programme

     8th Nov    Away day - Bedford
     15th Nov    Fun on the Track
     22nd Nov    Speed work with Steve
     29th Nov    Incline training (followed by 'Injuries' talk led by Graham Bufton)
     6th Dec    Sandy Circuit
     13th Dec    Fartlek
     20th Dec    Speed work followed by drinks in the club bar

    (NB: On alternate Thursday evenings a (non-compulsory) speed work session is organised, and each week a general run will also be organised.  This is decided on a week to week basis depending on ability groups and the racing programme.

    If you have any comments on the programme or would like to lead an away day please let Gav or the committee know; all feedback gratefully received.

    You can find these and other training events in the training section of the Club website

     

     

    Leagues, Series, and Other Events

    • Chiltern Cross Country League
      All meetings are on Saturdays
       5  Nov  RAF Halton
       3  Dec  Luton
       7  Jan  Stowe
       11  Feb  Wing

    • Three Counties Cross Country League
      All meetings are on Sundays, at 11:00am
       13  Nov  Wootton (changed date and venue)
       18  Dec  Letchworth
       8  Jan  tba
       5  Feb  Dunstable
       5  Mar  Bedford

    • AAA Indoor Championships 4/5 March
      Th 2006 championships are being held at Birmingham's Indoor Arena with all three age groups (U20/U17/U15) over the same weekend again.  As a club we have at least 7 athletes who have qualified to compete with the best in the UK in these national championships, more could follow if the qualifying standard is achieved.  For more information see David Brown.

       

    • Cross Country Championships - 2006
        SEAA Cross Country Championships  28 Jan  Bicton College, Exmouth
        SEAA Veterans Championships  4 Feb  Ruislip
        ECCA National Championships  25 Feb  Parliament Hill Fields, London

       

    • South of England Indoor Championships
      Sutton Arena, Surrey
      For male and female U15, U17, U20 and Senior
      Pentathlon £9 (Seniors £11), other events £5 (Seniors £7) per event
      Entries close 20 Dec for Pentathlon, 10 Jan for other events
      see David Brown for more information
       Sun 8 Jan  Pentathlon (HJ, LJ, Shot 60m, 60m Hurdles)
       Sat 21 Jan  60m, 60m Hurdles
      Pole Vault
        Starting Heights
         - SM 3.80m, U20M 3.20m, U17M 2.80m, U15B 2.20m
         - SW 2.50m. U20W 2.30m, U17W 2.20m, U15G 1.90m
      Long Jump U17M, U15B, U17W, U15G
      Triple Jump U17M, U15B, U17W
       Sun 22 Jan  High Jump
        Starting Heights
         - SM 1.75m, U20M 1.65m, U17M 1.60m, U15B 1.50m
         - SW 1.50m, U20W 1.50m, U17W 1.45m, U15G 1.40m
      Shot
      Long Jump SM, U20M, SW, U20W
      Triple Jump SM, U20M, SW, U20W

     

     

    New Members

    Welcome to the following athletes recently elected as members of the Club:
      Sam Barham  -   a junior who lives in Potton
      Lauren Welling  -   a junior who lives in Sandy
      Mark Peacock  -   a senior who lives in Great Barford

    Best of luck in all your athletic endeavours!

     

     


      NEWS   FOR   YOUNG   ATHLETES

     

    • Junior training now takes place at Sandy Upper School playing fields, initially from 6.30pm until 7 pm - check the web-site towards the end of the month for any time changes or contact David Brown or Ken Prior.

    • Ken will be restarting the Foundation Athletics scheme where juniors (or seniors!) learn to do all events and get signed off with an Athletic Competence Certificate at the end of the course.  This will run on Tuesdays only at 6.30-7.30pm

    • Jumping (HJ, TJ and LJ) will take place on alternate Thursdays starting on 10th November.  If you want to be sure that you get reminders of the jumping dates telephone 01767 260592 or email ken.prior@zetnet.co.uk.

       


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    RACE   LISTINGS

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

     =   targetted race
    Sat 5 Nov  T  Chiltern Cross Country League, RAF Halton
         Shepherds Skyline, Todmorden, Class B Fell Race
    Sun 6 Nov    Stevenage Half Marathon, at 10.30am
    Sun 13 Nov  T  Three Counties Cross Country, Wootton
     (replaces 27 Nov at Wellingborough)
    Wed 16 Nov    Stevenage 5K (Race 1 of series)
    Sun 20 Nov    St Neots Half Marathon, at 10:00
         Stortford 10, Bishops Stortford, at 10.00am
         Boundary Stone Blast, High Peak cancelled
    Wed 23 Nov    Henlow 10, RAF Henlow, at 1.00pm
    Sat 26 Nov    Wolverton 5, Willen Lake, Milton Keynes, at 3.00pm
    Sun 27 Nov    Three Counties Cross Country, Wellingborough
     replaced by 13 Nov at Wootton
    Wed 30 Nov    Stevenage 5K (Race 2 of series)  
     


     
    Sat 3 Dec  T  Chiltern Cross Country League, Luton
    Sun 4 Dec  T  Nene Valley 10, Bretton, Peterborough, at 1:00pm
    The Club's 10 Mile championship
         Luton Marathon, at 10.00am
    Sun 11 Dec  T  Bedford Harriers Half Marathon, Wooton, Beds, at 11:00am
    The Club's Half-Marathon championship
    Wed 14 Dec    Stevenage 5K (Race 3 of series)
    Sat 17 Dec    Fairy Run postponed to 28 Dec
         Beds County Cross Country Championships at Stowe
    Sun 18 Dec  T  Three Counties Cross Country, Letchworth, at 11:00am
    Wed 28 Dec  T  Fairy Run (postponed from 17 Dec)  
     


     
    Sat 7 Jan  T  Chiltern League Cross Country, Stowe
    Sun 8 Jan  T  Three Counties Cross Country, ????, at 11:00am
         South of England Indoor Championships
     Pentathlon, entries close 20 Dec
    Sat 21 and
    Sun 22 Jan
       South of England Indoor Championships
     60m, 60m Hurdles, Pole Vault, LJ, Triple J, HJ, Shot
     Entries close 10 Jan, see David Brown for more information
    Sat 28 Jan    SEAA Cross Country Championships, Bicton College, Exmouth
    Sat 4 Feb    SEAA Veterans Championships, Ruislip
    Sun 5 Feb  T  Three Counties Cross Country, Dunstable, at 11:00am
    Sat 11 Feb  T  Chiltern League Cross Country, Wing
    Sat 25 Feb  T  ECCA National Championships, Parliament Hill Fields, London
    Sun 5 Mar  T  Three Counties Cross Country, Bedford, at 11:00am
    Sun 26 Mar    Sandy 10  
     


     

     

     


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

    County results
    As the County Statistician, David Brown has compiled the results for the County top 10 and in quite a few cases Biggleswade AC members are in the top 3.  David intends to put the complete list (over 40 pages) onto the Club Web site.

    Diss 15  25 Sep
     Paul Batson  2h 0m 53s  58th

    Biggleswade AC Open  1 Oct
     U11 Boys  80 m  4th  A Gorden  13.6 secs  
       Cricket Ball  3rd  A Gorden  23.27 m  
     U13 Boys  75 m Hurdles  3rd  C Gorden  16.3 secs  
         4th  G Wood  17.0 secs  
       100 m  1st  J Ovenden  12.9 secs  
         3rd  Sam Barham  13.3 secs  
         4th  G Humberstone  13.9 secs  
       200 m  1st  J Ovenden  27.2 secs  PB CR
       High Jump  1st  Conner Best  1.35 m  
       Javelin  7th  C Gorden  19.76 m  PB
         8th  Tom Bruce  19.69 m  PB
       Shot  1st  Sam Barham  9.19 m  PB
         2nd  Billie Balaam  9.07 m  
         4th  Conner Best  7.90 m  PB
         5th  Tom Bruce  5.91 m  PB
       Long Jump  2nd  G Humberstone  4.52 m  PB
         5th  G Wood  2.98 m  PB
     U15 Boys  80 m Hurdles  1st  Jorden Best  12.2 secs  
       100 m  1st  Jorden Best  12.9 secs  PB
       3000 m  1st  Alex Bellow  10:25.4 mins  PB CR
       High Jump  1st  Jorden Best  1.75 m  
     U17 Men  100 m  2nd  Kieran Best  12.4 secs  
       200 m  2nd  Kirean Best  26.8 secs  
       Triple Jump  1st  Craig Morse  12.34 m  
     U20 Men  100 m  1st  R Cockcroft  12.9 secs  SB
       200 m  2nd  R Cockcroft  27.1 secs  
       Shot  1st  Justin Best  7.98 m  
     Sen Men  100 m  1st  M Harris (V40)  13.1 secs  
       400 m  1st  David Brown (V45)  59.8 secs  SB
       4 x 100 m relay  1st  Biggleswade AC  51.6 secs  
         2nd  Guest composite  54.9 secs  
       Medley Relay (1x100m, 1x100m, 1x200m, 1x400m)
         1st  Guest composite  1:52.0 mins  
         2nd  Biggleswade AC  1:55.2 mins  
       High Jump  1st  Zack Morrison  1.75 m  
     U13 Girls  100m  3rd  S Harris  16.0 secs  
         4th  K Bland  16.1 secs  
       High Jump  1st  Katie Bland  1.25 m  
       Shot  2nd  Chloe Best  6.22 m  PB
     U15 Girls  1500 m  1st  Alice Gommershall  6:15.7 mins  
     U17 Women  300 m  1st  Alice Middleton  45.4 secs  
       800 m  1st  Alice Midleton  2:27.4 mins
       Shot  1st  Frankie Birch  7.58 m  
       Long Jump  1st  Alice Middleton  4.36 m  

    Chiltern Cross-Country  Watford 15th October
     U13 Girls  Laura Gilbert  10th
     U15 Girls  Alice Gomersall  22nd
     U17 Women  Alice Middleton  1st
     U20 Women  Aileen Russell  3rd
     O35 Women  Karen Worrall  3rd
     V50 Men  Ken Prior  6th

    North West London Cross Country League  Tottenham 22nd October
     Laura Gilbert  10th

    Woburn 10k Rhino Run 
     Elaine Stead  1hr 00mins 55secs
     Mark Stead  56mins 57secs

    Chicago Marathon  Well done to Paul Batson on completing the Chicago Marathon in 4h 17m 11s

    Standalone 10k  2 Oct
     Alan Goodman  41m 35s  111th
     Jan Forrester  48m 11s  4th F45, 2nd in age group for Herts Champs
     Graham Russell  49m 49s  
     Julia Mackay  59m 12s  
     Sarah Geeson-Orsgood  59m 42s  
     Samantha Grist  60m 28s  

    Ampthill Trophy Cross Country  23 Oct
    Junior race, field of 26
     Alice Middleton  17m 31s  16th overall  2nd girl
    Senior Race
     Giles Keen  39:40  89th overall  81st M
     Debs Bryant  41:11  106th overall  10th F
     Natalie Darlow  41:39  112th overall  12th F
     Colin Harries  42:40  123rd overall  107th M

    North Norfolk 7 miles (Holt)  23 Oct
     Karen Worrall  47m 37s  1st Lady overall and 1st Vet Lady

     

     


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    Biggleswade Athletic Club contacts

       
    Most contacts can found on the Club website, together with a map of where the club meets: view Contacts in this window
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    Marketing Manager:
     
      Gavin Elliott   gavinanne@btopenworld.com
    Tel: 01767 692381
     
    Coaching Secretary:     Steve Worrall s.worrall1@ntlworld.com
    Tel: 01767-221154
     
    Webmaster:     Tim Huxtable tim_huxtable@hotmail.com
    Tel: 01767 317511
     
    Web sites     the club www.BiggleswadeAC.org.uk
      latest newsletter www.biggleswadeac.org.uk/newsletter
      previous newsletters davidhindle.tripod.com/BAC

    Newsletter Editor:     David Hindle 6 Mallard Walk, Biggleswade, BEDS SG18 8DY
    davidhindle@msn.com
    Tel: 01767 316479


    NEWSLETTER
    NOVEMBER 2005
    Biggleswade Athletic Club


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