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June
2010 |
CLUB 10K Nick’s report
A very warm
evening making it challenging for running, the highest number since I started
the Handicap format in 2002, and a quality get together around the bar &
BBQ (Thanks to Steve Wright for the gas!) Congratulations to
Carl and Nicki, for taking the Club 10km Championship Titles: the fastest
Man's time since 2005 and fastest Lady's since 2004. In general times
compared favourably with last year but 3 noticeable improvements were from
Sarah Tresler (3.30 quicker), a great performance, showing why Sarah made the
Team at Hinckley Half, Jason Tomkins (2.28 quicker) and Paul Guest (1.33
quicker). These lads are becoming a
force within the Club and consistently make the counting scorers for League
races. It was great to
see so many ladies making it the most attended race on record for the fairer
sex. Also nice to see a number of new
faces and some good performances to match. The first back
across the line was Nick Cox who took the Handicap Title (3rd year running in
the top 3; I must sort this out!!), 36 secs ahead of Brett Melhuish. A very good performance by Carl Sommer
taking victory by 51 secs from Dave Eggington. 3rd place went to Brett
Melhuish with probably his best ever run since joining the Club (appears to
have learnt how to race from Nicki). Seema Patel was
nearest the handicap time; obviously understanding the rules better than the
rest! Nicki took the
Ladies race finishing 4th fastest overall and I think the 3rd fastest time
ever for the Championship. The ladies
race after Nicki was even closer with Claire Quigley getting the better of
Andrea Sommer by 43 secs. This was a reversal of the Swithland 10 km the
previous week. One final thing
linked to the Leicestershire Road Running League, Huncote are doing well in
all teams at present, the Men are currently 2nd in Div 1, whilst the Ladies
are 5th in Div 1. Ladies B are 6th in Div 2. The
Mens Vets are 2nd in Div 1 and Lady vets are 4th. I would like to
encourage all those that took part in the Handicap to have a go at the league
races and help to give the Club a chance.
With 4 races left we have a chance to finish top 3 in all categories.
Prestwold is this Sunday (27th). Thanks
to all the helpers, it was much appreciated, especially the well laid out
food (thanks Pauline & Jean). Also thanks to those involved in times
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Edinburgh Marathon – Sun 23rd May
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Coventry Half Marathon – Sun 23rd May Mark Gregory finished in 46th place with a
time of 1:30:11. There were 1854
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White Peaks Marathon – Sat 22nd May 4:22:26 Rich
Thomas 4:48:24 Sue
Gardner 4:48:25 Bev
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May
2010 |
LADIES TRIUMPH AT HINCKLEY
HALF MARATHON Nicki Nealon
took the ladies trophy in a time of 1:23:43. Huncote
ladies (comprising of Nicki, Claire Quigley and Sarah Tresler) won the ladies team prize. Well
done also to Laura Foggo and Melody Fenton who run with Marie’s Thursday
group, and were running their first half marathon. Their times are listed with the HH results
above. Hope you decide to join the running club ladies.
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Great
Weston 5 – 3rd May Nicki Nealon won this event, making it an amazing 10
out of 10. Nicki won the inaugural event in 2001 and has won every year since
even in 2003 just 4 weeks after Rachel was born! Times have ranged from the
record of 29.26 set in 2007 to the slowest of 32.49 in that eventful 2003. The race takes
place alongside a village fair in a small village in Northamptonshire
and regularly gets in Runners World top 100 events. The course is challenging
with a solid 3/4 mile climb up to the finish. Weather was cold, dry but windy
therefore fairly slow times. Nicki won in 30.43, finishing 10th overall, 2nd
was Jane Graham-Brown (32.10) and 3rd was Eva Riley (34.22). The Men's event
was won by Stuart Nelson in a very good time of 27.15. John Heywood also competed, finishing 91st in a time of 37.07.
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April
2010 |
Killarney Good Friday 5 mile,
County Kerry Training
for the London Marathon paid off for Angie
Tomkins who finished in 43:13. A nice 2 lap course of the town in
pouring rain.
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February
2010 |
DERBY RUNNER XC B FINAL SINAI PARK Sunday 28th February
Photos taken by Adam Brooks from
Harborough AC can be seen on Flickr – click here Awards were made to:
Series Awards were:
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NATIONAL XC CHAMPS ROUNDHAY PARK, LEEDS Saturday 27th February
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HUNCOTE HARRIERS PRESENTATION EVENING Friday 19th February
What a great
night. Congratulations to all our
prize winners. A full list can be seen
here. Graeme would like
to thank Paul Nealon for
organising the event, Viv Pickering
for sorting the Prizes and Lesley Cann
for organising the 10 year and 20 year awards. Graeme
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MARKET BOSWORTH Sunday 14th February
Marie Wilford and Paul Guest ran but are
not in the photo. Not content with being Race Chef, Chadders
has taken on the role of Running Cameraman. You can see the results of his
endeavors on http://www.youtube.com. Individual postions
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CHARNWOOD HILLS Sunday 7th February
Mick Butler and
Phil Watts also took part in the race, but were not around for the
photo. Phil unfortunately had to pull
out after a few miles due to injury.
Nice to see some Huncote supporters around the route cheering us on. Well done to ex
Harrier Chris Hevey who completed the course despite a year of injury and
surgery on his foot. HH photos (thanks to Jason Tomkins’ wife) |
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January
2010 |
GRACE DIEU 31st
January 2010
Irene Forty also
ran but went awol when the photo was taken. Race photographers
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Midlands XC Championships Stafford
Common Saturday
30th January 2010 Huncote XC Team
Manager, John Heywood was delighted to field a full Mens team for this years
Championship. This builds on the success of turning out full teams for the
recent County Championships. Huncote,
together with Wreake and Owls’ were the only Clubs to represent
Leicestershire in this important XC Fixture. Yet again sub zero
temperatures tested the runners temperament and resolve. Cold fingers
struggled to pin numbers on vests and frosty hard rutted fields turned the
ankles. Some standing water with broken ice and muddy sections too made it a
testing course but all six seemed to cope.
It must have been John’s kind encouraging words as we passed by on
each of the three laps. Well done to Andy
Woolley too who managed to park the car almost yards from the Registration
Tent. It was only later that we found we had parked in the Officials area! Results
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HUNCOTE HASH We
hope you all enjoyed the Hash and entered in the spirit it was intended,
which is a great chance to have fun and blow away the Christmas and New Year
excesses. The weather turned out to be
perfect cross country weather, sunny but cold and crisp. The changed course
proved to be very popular, giving spectacular views of the surrounding
villages and countryside. Photos Batch 1
Pictures by Bev Parry Batch 2
Pictures by Paul Nealon Batch 3 Pictures by
Dave Lodwick of Roadhoggs Batch 4 Pictures by Paul West The
Harriers would like to thank everyone who helped to make the day a success
including all the volunteer marshals, course markers, and
registration/results team. A huge
thank you to Steve Smalley and the staff at The Pavilion, who once again
pulled out all the stops to host this event. |
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December
2009 |
WISTOW CHRISTMAS PUB RUN Sunday 20th December
Fantastic
turnout on this cold and frosty morning.
All groups managed to get back to the pub eventually, despite some
dodgy map reading by certain people! A
great lunch by the Dog and Gun. Well
done and thanks to Paul Nealon for
organising. |
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AYLESTONE MEADOWS XC Sunday 6TH December
Report by Andy Wilford The
rain stopped and the sun shone. An
impressive turnout of 19 Harriers tackled this two lap course with a variety of
terrain, mostly wet and muddy. We made
our HQ at a tree stump between Hatton Darts fine tent and Roadhoggs tarpaulin
sheet. Your ladies captain managed to
persuade Nicki that we needed her
to run to make up a team (I think I must have miscounted as we were only 1
short of two teams......I should learn to count, or tell the truth). There were also one or two runners I was
not expecting and fantastic additions to the team total they proved to be! 'Fast Eric' Carter led the mens team
in a fine placing of 32nd followed by Graeme
Slight in 44th place, Dave Lawson 75th, Keith Chambers 79th, Paul Guest 101st and Jason Tompkins in 111th. Paul Chadwick was 133rd,
followed by Andy Wilford in 170th,
Tom Corr 180th, Paul Nealon 192nd, Richard Thomas 200th and Mick Walton in 206th. The Ladies were led home
by Nicki Nealon who despite being
boxed in at the start and complaining to coach Nick that she couldn't get
past people, (Its true I was actually near enough to hear the exchange of views
on the matter.) Her 1st place set the challenge for the rest of the team who
responded well with Sue Gardner
39th, Sandra Ankers 58th and Bev Parry 64th completing the team
placings, followed by Irene Forty
71st and Julie West winning the
Battle of the sisters in 74th, beating Marie Wilford 75th in the final run in to the line, although
Marie is demanding an inquiry as she was made to run the proper course (ie
the slightly longer way around the last field whilst Julie and a West End
Lady were sent the shorter first lap route !) Then for the serious
stuff. Paul 'The Baker' Chadwick once
again provided lemon drizzle cake and fruit and walnut cake washed down by a
fine hot mulled wine This was complemented by a perfect chocolate fruit and
biscuit creation provided by Mick Walton (with maybe a little help from Sal).
This Derby Runner series just keeps getting better and better! You really should try one of the races
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North Mids XC Champs Fixture 3 Berry Hill Park, Mansfield 5/12/09 A good quality
field turned out for this fixture with a big turn-out from Notts AC. Therefore
a fine run by Carl Sommer to finish just outside the top 30 and a good debut
by Jason Tomkins.
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November
2009 |
Midland 7 XC
Championship Saturday 28th November 2009 Report
by Graeme Slight Flat
parkland course Heywood said. Flat as my bottom! Four laps of leg sapping mud and
hills. There were flat bits but they were
like swamps. Then there was the stream. It had to be crossed EIGHT times. A
foot drop to hit the water, 9in of water plus whatever glue was below that.
You then had to scale the mud bank to get out. It meant by the last lap over
600 pairs of legs had slipped, fallen in to, clawed out, fell back in again
and drowned. I think Watty is still in there. Did anyone see him
afterward? A race for men with 'HARD'
tattooed on their foreheads and bolts through their necks. What us idiots
were doing there I know not. Results
are not important but here they are to serve as a role call on Tuesday.
Full
Results and some excellent photo's of us all on the Halesowen AC website. I think I'm developing webbed feet! |
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FOREMARK XC Sunday 22nd November
(John Heywood is missing from the photo) A
record turnout for the first race in the increasingly popular Derby Runner
Cross Country series. Great to see 5
new Harrier debuts in this league – Richard Freer, Deb Hulbert, Tom King
Simon Jones and Julie West. Unfortunately Tom did not finish the race due to
illness. Great post race cakes and
mulled wine courtesy of Paul ‘Chadders’ Chadwick. Well worth getting yourself dirty for! Provisional results (times missing!) – see DR site for team results and link to
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North Mids XC Champs Fixture 2 West Glebe
Park, Corby. 14/11/09 Great
debuts from Paul Guest and Mark Gregory.
Vets
Teams
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SEAGRAVE WOLDS CHALLENGE Saturday 14th November 6
Harriers took part in this annual 15.7 mile cross country event, around
Walton-On-The-Wolds, Burton-On-The-Wolds, into the Estate of Prestwold Hall,
following footpaths to Wymeswold, and then finishing back in Seagrave. Once again the villagers presented the
runners (and walkers) with a wonderful array of goodies at the 2 checkpoints
and at the finish. So as not to offend
the hardworking volunteers, we reluctantly devoured our way through
flapjacks, mince pies, chocolate fridge cake with bits of marshmallow in and…
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HIGH PEAK RELAY Sunday 8th November First time Huncote had entered a team in this event from Cromford in Derbyshire. After much deliberation and head scratching, a plan was eventually hatched that got everyone to their relevant starting points. We finished in 12th position overall out of 36 (3rd mixed team out of 7).
Louise
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SHEPSHED 7 A
Great Harrier turnout for this wet and VERY windy race. 3
Harriers were awarded prizes. Nicki Nealon was 1st Lady
Vet (2nd place overall) and Claire
Naing was 4th Lady (5th place overall) and Graeme Slight won the Men Vet 50 category
(22nd overall). Great
times were achieved by 3 new members in their first race for Huncote – Stuart Richardson, Alastair Woollard and Simon Jones. Full Results (excel) |
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October
2009 |
LRRL PRESENTATION
EVENING |
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North Mids XC Champs Fixture 1 Markeaton Park,Derby. 10/10/09
Vet
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RUNNING FOR RAINBOWS 5K There
were some fantastic marshalling performances in this inaugural event. Oh, and
Andy Ball led the field from the start and was first over the finishing
line. Jason Tomkins claimed he was
helping his sister round the course, but he could hardly keep up with
her. Vicky, one of ‘John O’Sullivan’s
ladies’ was taking part in her first race and looked very comfortable. Last
over the line was our very own Simon Jones, but this may have had something
to do with the fact that he started about half an hour after everyone
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Rich Thomas and Sue Gardner took part in this years Snowdonia Marathon in wet and windy conditions
(No surprise there!). Rich got a PB
with a time of 4:18:12, whilst Sue also beat her last years time with
4:23:50, despite suffering with an extreme bout of cramp. Well done to you both. |
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Claire Naing finished 3rd
lady and achieved a PB in the Southport 'Natterjack' Seaside 10k, on 18th
October. The race was organised by
members of her old athletics club, Southport Waterloo AC. Claire says – “On a
fast and very flat course (on a rather cold day!), I somehow managed to
finish 3rd lady, which was my first ever individual top 3 place in a road
race! I also managed a personal best time of 41:50. I got a rather nice trophy and a bag full of kit from the
local running shop! Not bad for 42 minutes worth of running” Well done Claire. |
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September
2009 |
LEICESTER ROUND RELAY Here
come the girls…. Ladies teams:
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7
Huncote Harriers took part in the Robin Hood Half Marathon on 13th
September. Marv Ryan got a new PB by 4 minutes to finish in 43rd
place overall. Jenny Cooper who runs with the Thursday group also took
part. Huncote Results Mark Gregory finished the
Wolverhampton marathon in 39th place overall out of 304 finishers
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August
2009 |
Keith Chambers and Sandra Ankers both ran races in
Reyjkavik in Iceland on Saturday 22nd August.
Keith completed the marathon in a time of 3:27, and Sandra ran the 10k
in 53:07. Marv Ryan achieved a pb at the Nottingham Pierpoint
triathlon on 23rd August. Overall time 1:14:33. Split times were: 750m Swim 0:15:50 20K Bike 0:36:37 5K Run 0:19:58 Blisworth Friday 5 – 7th August - Report Sarah Tresler – 40:43 Laura Jeffs – 53:54 Marv Ryan finished in 19th position
overall and 4th in the M30-34 category in the Leeds Xpress
Triathlon on 9th August with a total time of 1:16:44. Split times were: 400m Swim 0:09:55 20K Bike 0:45:47 5K Run 0:20:05 |
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WEDDINGS Congratulations
to 3 Huncote Harriers who have recently got married
Alison Adcock married Jason on 15th August
Laura Tresler married Ben on Sunday 30th
August. Click here to see photos of Laura’s last club
run as a single lady. Don’t know where
they ran, but they sure saw some strange alien animals! |
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BRUCE NADIN Some of you may
remember Bruce Nadin from Broughton Astley who ran with the club a few years
ago. Bruce was minister at Sutton Elms
Baptist Church for 9 years and also chaplain to the Leicester City FC. An recent article
in the Leicester Mercury reported that Bruce is off on a new sporting mission
to the wilds of South Africa. He will
work with the international Christian sports charity Ambassadors In Sport, on
a mission to spread 'hope through football'. He will be going with his wife,
Louise, who is a doctor, and their daughter, Grace, 11. His family fly out at
the end of August. If you want to read
the full article then click here. If you read this
Bruce, then the Harriers wish you every success with your move. |
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July
2009 |
NICKI NEALON - LEICS & RUTLAND SPORTSWOMAN OF 2008
Nicki Nealon was
presented with a Life Membership award at our recent HH Club 10K Championship
on Tuesday 14th July 2009. In the
absence of the Chairman, Andy Wilford had the honour of presenting her with
the Certificate. Nicki has been an outstanding ambassador for Huncote
Harriers over many years. She has a phenomenal list of race victories to her
name, locally, nationally and internationally. Apart from her racing successes she has
been the Ladies Captain, long standing Committee Member, current Club
Secretary and a regular training companion for those who can keep up! Nicki was recently awarded the Leicester
Mercury Sportswoman of the Year Award.
Nicki joins founder member, Trev Longman, as the only other Huncote
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July
2009 |
So,
it’s not a washing machine as we all thought, it’s actually a 6 stone tumble
dryer! An article in the Leicester
Mercury reveals the mad runner to be Kez Dunkley from Cosby, who is hoping to
raise over £3000 for the national injured soldiers’ charity, Hope for Heroes,
by completing the Leicester Marathon with the tumble dryer strapped to his
back. He’s certainly mad enough to be
a Huncote Harrier! Give him a cheer
and a bit of change if you see him on your travels, or you would like to sponsor him you can visit
his Just Giving website – www.justgiving.com/kezdunkley
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July
14th 2009 |
CLUB 10K - Nick
Nealons report A cool, pleasant
if not slightly breezy evening for running, a good competitive turnout, and a
quality get together around the bar & BBQ. Congratulations to Nicki and
Wlodziu, for taking the Club 10k Championship Titles. History was made as this was the first time
that a Lady has won the title outright. In general times
compared favourably with last year but 3 noticeable improvements were from
Michael Walton (6.01 quicker) an incredible performance, it just shows what
a year this guy has had. Evergreen
Phil Watts (2.22 quicker) on the comeback trail and Andy Woolley (2.18
quicker), this following on from a superb performance at Hungarton (5th Club
member home in 46.46). It was great to
see so many ladies making it the most attended race on record for the fairer
sex.
A good performance
by Nicki Nealon gave her the overall victory by 1min 46 secs from
WlodziuKula-Przezwanski. Andy Woolley
took a great 2nd place, and is having a great season since London. Paul Nicholson managed to hold off a strong
challenge from Paul Guest for 3rd place. (These individuals are a great asset
for the Club and need to maintain this form over the last 2 league races). Newcomer Becky
Peel was right on handicap time, obviously understanding the rules better
than the rest! The ladies race
after Nicki was even closer with Claire Naing getting the better of Andrea
Sommer by 27 secs. Claire has also been vastly improving this year
culminating in that excellent Edinburgh Marathon performance. Marie Wilford took a fine 4th place, with
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June
26th 2009 |
HUNCOTE WIN
RAINBOWS 100 LAP CHALLENGE
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June
24th 009 |
THAMES RING 250
Our
intrepid ultra runner Carl Sommer
took part in this new event which started on June 24th. Billed as the longest non stop event ever
to be staged in the UK, the challenge was to complete the 250 mile (approx)
course in a time limit of 100 hours. The course was an anti-clockwise
triangular route on the Thames Path and the Grand Union Canal & Oxford
Canal towpaths. Out of 38 starters
there were only 11 finishers, and Carl finished in 7th place in a
time of 91:07. The photo shows Carl
(looking like he’s just been for a jog round the block) being presented with
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June
14th 2009 |
Midland Masters
Track & Field Champ's. Nicki
& Kate Ramsey as 2 of Britians top F40's went head to head over 5000
metres & 1500 metres. Nicki took the 5000 in 17.49.2 breaking a 14 year
old (1995) record of Judith Meeton of 18.33.6. Kate also inside the old mark
in 18.29.3. Conditions were very hot with a slight breeze headon in the home
straight. The 1500 metres
was just over an hour later and Kate took the title in 4.55.6 to also break
the record set in 2004 by Jane Pidgeon (4.58.1), Nicki followed in 5.04.9,
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Nov 30th 2008 |
Norwich Half
Marathon Carl Sommer ran a
pb in the Norwich Half Marathon (1.15.02) knocking more than 1 min 10 seconds
off his previous best time. The chip time was given as 1.15.00 exactly. The
race was comfortably won by Matthew Janes of Bedford & County in 1.05.44,
over 3 mins clear of 2nd place. On a bitterly cold day with a fairly flat 2
lap course, the only climb was a stiff 400 metres at the end of each lap.
Carl finished a fantastic 11th overall out of 2045 finishers. As Carl is
still not fully recovered from his run across France it seems there may be
quite a bit more to come. Nicki also in the
same event finished 3rd Lady and 1st vet in 1.20.49 finishing 35th overall.
The Ladies race produced a close finish with local Lady Olivia Walwyn
(1.17.29) just edging out Helen Decker of Ipswich by 11 secs. Posted by
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Sept 6th 2008 |
Jungfrau Marathon,
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July 2008 |
Nicki picked up Gold in the Marathon in tremendous heat finishing in 3.00.30 just over 3 mins clear of Italian favouite whose last marathon was 2,51 compared to nickis London in 3.04. A very controled run going through half way bang on 1.30. Was on for a sub 3 until last 2.2 km when just finishing was in doubt. Cut of for race was 6 hours by which temp. was 37 degrees! Loads of drop out and people stopped outside of time limits around the course. Also picked up team bronze to make a superb 4 medal tally. Posted by Nick Nealon |
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July 2008 |
EMGP 2008 Great Series this year; Nicki
Nealon - Overall Ladies Champion Carl
Sommer - 7th Senior Man Neil
Coates & Paul Nealon both completed the required 5 out of 8 to register a
final placing for the series; positions not yet to hand. East Midland
Grand Prix Series link Posted by Nick Nealon |
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29th June, 2008 |
Just to update re today's race the event incorporated; The British Masters Championship, The Midland Masters Championship, The Leicestershire & Rutland County Championship, The Leicestershire Summer League and a Masters Inter Area Match. Nicki managed to win the top four of above (this was a big event in terms of titles), Still awaiting results of Inter Area Match. This was Nicki's 3rd British Masters Title along with the Cross Country and the Track 10,000 metre; on all occasions She has when the events outright. Gemma went from the front line at the Gun and went though the first mile in approx. 5.15, Nicki followed in 5.30. Pace then settled with Nicki running between 5.45 and 5.50 whilst Gemma was still moving away. At half way Sarah Haines (Harborough) was sitting in 3rd and Liz Hartney (Reading Road Runners and 1st over 40 at this years London Marathon -2.49.24 ) following closely in 4th. From then on the gap between Gemma and Nicki started to close , with Nicki catching Her at approx. 7.5km, Liz had moved into 3rd around the 6km point. Nicki and Gemma ran side by side until the last 100 metres when Nicki finally broke the spirited effort of Gemma. Not a bad effort for an oldie! Posted by Nick Nealon |
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May 08 |
BMAF
10,000 Metres Nicki
takes another British title, again winning the race outright. This victory also
takes Nicki to a staggering 200 first places whilst being a member of Huncote
Harriers. Nicki joined Huncote in the December of 1992 and achieved her 100th
victory at the Shakespeare Half Marathon on 21st April 2002. Now just over 6
years later Nicki has completed another ton. On
a day the weather gave it's worst; strong winds and driving rain
led to a flooded Horspath track. The Oxfordshire stadium just down the road
from the famous Illifey track couldn't cope with the downpour and surplus
water was building up on the inside of lane one. Nicki, standing out
wearing the yellow of Huncote, went straight to the front from the gun,
having to run on the outside of the lane to keep away from the worst of
the water. Clocking consistent times of between 1.27 and 1.29, Nicki broke
away from the field and looked comfortable while being buffeted by the wind.
In a race incorporating all women and men over 70 (21 athletes in total),
Nicki lapped the the entire field at least twice apart from runner up
Helen ? another F40 athlete, who was 390 metres behind. A final time of 36.48
was pleasing given the conditions and solo effort. Second place athlete
clocked approx. 38.20 and third was Andrea Dennison of Bingley Harriers was
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Jan 08 |
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Nov 07 |
Results of the fell race, great day weather pretty good after a wet journey to the event. Severe downhill start followed by 2 miles along the lathkil river bed. Then up 200 metres of stone steps which made your thighs feel like they were burning up to the plateau. Across numerous open fields with dry wall stiles, one of which was 6 foot high and a bit of a balancing trick on the top. Back down a steep descent into the valley, a mile alongside the river, then back out and steep uphill to the finish. 7.1 miles of enjoyable scenery, followed by some great beer and good food. |
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NOTICE |
The Derwent Dambuster Trail Race, Fun Run and Challenge Walk is a 10 mile event held in one of the most beautiful parts of the Peak District. It takes place next year on 26 April 2008. All proceeds go to Challenge Cancer through Adventure, a charity which aims to support adventurous activities for anyone diagnosed with cancer or a terminal illness living in or around the Peak District. |
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Nov 07 |
Due to a freak training accident, Nicki has managed to chip a piece of bone off her left elbow, which will put her out for 5 - 8 weeks. She was out on a training run within the village and taking a tight corner hit her elbow on a sreet sign. Due to the break being right on the elbow joint she is having to wear a sling, as it cannot be plastered. Nicki was obviously hoping to retain her Title as winner of last years British and Irish Masters International at Falkirk, Scotland, when she led home Kate Ramsey making a Leicestershire 1-2. As you can imagine Nicki is very disappointed and making my life difficult at home, as I have to get everybody dressed and fed at present. After the Shepshed race in which Nicki took 20 secs of the course record but was only a disappointing third, confidence was high, as she had had a cold for the previous 10 days, feeling a tightness in the chest in the latter stages after having set a fast early pace. Some good news that has lifted the gloom in that Nicki has been awarded the title of Hinckley & Bosworth Sporting Alliance Sportswomen of the Year. At a presentation last night at the Marston Stadium, Hinckley, Nicki took the inaugaral title on a night when the local sporting talent was being recognised. Groby also provided the Disabled Sportswomen of the Year, Rachel Jarvis who has just returned from the Special Olympics in the far east representing her Country playing basketball. [posted by Nick Nealon] |
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Nov 07 |
Nicki (1.20.43) was runner up at the Lady Godiva Coventry Half Marathon, losing by 17 secs to Tanzania's Banuelia Katesigwa (1.20.26), these 2 were a class apart on what was a significantly difficult course. 3rd was Carol Adams 1.25.36 from Coventry Godiva and 4th was Linda Mcdonald (1.33.00) also from Coventry. |
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Oct 07 |
Club Membership Renewal 2007/2008 ·
Membership Renewal is due from the 1st October 2007. · Yet again the membership fee has been held at £10. · However at the recent AGM it was decided that a late payment levy of £5 would be applied to all members that do not renew before the 30th November 2007. · The reasons for applying this levy are that it costs the club money to chase up overdue membership fees. It can be up to 6 months into a membership year before we get sufficient membership fees collected to cover our affiliation costs with England Athletics etc. The club can no longer continue in this way hence the levy. · No members will be registered with affiliated bodies until their membership renewal has been received. · Do not delay; send your membership renewal back to the membership Secretary as soon as you can. · If you do not receive a letter then please contact the Membership Secretary as soon as possible at: Stephen.wright1@baesystems.com or click here |
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Sept 07 |
The Grizzly, Seaton, Devon. September 9th 2007 This run is not for the faint-hearted! It’s a 20ish miles multi terrain course, starting and finishing on the Esplanade at Seaton. Within a few hundred yards of the start we were running along the pebble beach, looping back through the start again before climbing the first of many hills (the only one I was able to run up all the way up). What goes up must come down so we were soon hurtling downhill to Beer, and then the Grizzly bit really began. Another steep climb to the Beer cliff top caravan park then the running surface varied between paths across open fields, hills, cliff top coastal paths, downhills, more shingle beach, streams, bogs with mud up to the knees, hills, woodland paths, a hill with a near vertical peak where you had to crawl up on all fours, more shingle beach, a killer climb up the stairway from Branscombe Beach to the cliff top caravan park in Beer, more uphills, downhills and one last stretch of pebble beach before staggering over the finishing line back at Seaton. (Did I mention the hills?). This was probably the hardest run I have ever done but it was also the most fun. Time wasn’t important, just crossing the finishing line was the aim. The organisation was second to none, with plenty of friendly, encouraging marshals, enthusiastic crowd support, bagpipers, drummers, and even a man playing a didgeridoo! The Fire Brigade were at the finish to hose down our mud covered shoes and legs with sea water. And to cap it all – a tee-shirt that fits!! The race is usually held in March but this year had to be postponed because of the Napoli disaster and the salvage operation on Branscombe Beach. Entries are open now for the 2008 Grizzly on March 9th. Details can be found on the Axe Valley Runners website. |
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Sept 07 |
LRRL 2007 Awards -
presented Friday 2nd November, Newfoundpool WMC, Fosse Road, Leicester.
Tickets via Nick Nealon. Men's Vet - Winners (Kingsley, Wlodziu, Graeme, Andy Ball, Keith Chambers) Men's 4th position; Ladies 6th Position; 100% Award (Andy Ball, Keith Chambers, Tom Corr, Paul Geddes, Paul Nealon, Jason Tomkins). Well done to all. |
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NEWS |
Fell Racing - Nick Nealon is looking to
sort out an introduction to fell racing and encourage a social drink
afterwards. The event is on Sunday November 11th at 11:30am. Venue is Over Haddon, Nr Bakewell, Derbyshire. Distance is 7.1 miles with ascent of 950 feet (this is less than the Charnwood Hills Race at 1,200 over 13 miles). Cost is £3.50 and you pay on the day. There is a 1.8 mile fun run and other games for the family incorporated in the 'Lathkil Hotel Fun Day'. Please contact Nick Nealon for further info |
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NEWS |
HHAC secure entry to the Derby Runner
Cross Country league. Please contact Mike Tansey if you would like to run
this series. All races start at 11am with a kids race preceding each. Entry fee is £2 main race, 50p for kids race. Race run and sponsored by Dave Mann / Derby Runner. Sun 18th Nov : Hinckley Sun 2nd Dec : Newbold Heath, Bagworth Sun 20th Jan : Grace Dieu Manor, Shepshed Sun 17th Feb : Foremark Reservoir, Milton Sun 2nd March : Castle Park, Beaumont Leys Sun 6th April : Ampthill, Bedford |
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1/09/07 |
Nicki Nealon taking part in the 5.3 mile as a warm up for
the Cardiff 10km (9th Sept) won this multi terrain event outright in a time
of 31:43, taking 1 second off the overall course record. Runner up was Barry Warne
of Nene Valley Harriers over 3 mins behind in 34.55. The course record holder
from 2004 Kyle Barber was 3rd in 35.10, just passing our own Nick Tomkins
(4th overall and 3rd male in 35:15) in the last quarter of a mile. Nick had
lead the men in pursuit of Nicki for the first 2 miles, but the pace was too
much to hold and reluctantly he had to give way. Paul Nealon was 6th overall
(5th male) in 36:40 and Angie Tomkins had a superb final half mile to come
through and take the 3rd lady position in 47:48. In the 10.6 mile event Andy Ball had a solid run to finish runner up in 1:05:44 behind an outstanding performance from Gareth Briggs (59:59), who had travelled down from the Staffordshire Moorlands Club to Participate. Rounded off by a kids fun run, village BBQ with Music and merriment, another great day out highly recommended. |
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27/08/07 |
Grimsthorpe Castle 10k - 27th August 2007 : This is a
challenging multi-terrain event near bourne in Lincolnshire. It is
incorporated within a superb family fun day in the castle grounds (highly
recommended). Nicki Nealon winner in 2006 had also set a new course record (38:31). The organisers had put up a challenge to repeat the feat in 2007. Even though the ground was in poor state due to the amount of rain and the numerous horses that traverse the area the competition was accepted. On the start line Nicola Clay of Stilton had sneaked up ready to do battle. Nicki though had prepared well and was fully focused on the very fast downhill start. Away and in the top 10, Nicki never looked back and at one point was threatening to move into 3rd overall. The men around were working hard; fighting to get in front whilst Nicola Clay had Nicki in sight was adrift of the pace. On the final climb up the steep grass bank it was clear Nicki would smash the record, duly doing so in 37:52 (9th overall) leaving Nicola Clay (12th overall) back in 38:24 (also inside the previous record). The men's winner was Peter Tallents of Retford AC in 35:06, well clear of John Pike from Newham & Essex Beagles in 35:53. There were 354 finishers with another local athlete Ian Paramore of Barrow finishing 13th in 38:32. |
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May 07 |
Carl Sommer Grand Union Canal Success 19th place; Finish time 38 hrs 7 mins |
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22nd April |
Ben Nevis Marathon ... whilst others where sunning
themselves in London ... Ben Nevis Marathon – 22nd April, 2007
Carl Sommer 2:53 Brian Driver 4:11 (first marathon) David Kirby 4:12 The real result was Carl’s
performance. At the half way mark he was 30th but by the end of the race he was
16th and 4th senior. This time also gives him a 'good for age' entry into
next years London. As usual though Carl seemed to be in the green zone, and
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1st April |
Friskney Half Marathon James Swann takes first place sub 20 year old with a 1:36 run. Nick Tomkins - 1:32:44 James Swan - 1:36:22 Brian Driver - 1:39:30 Jason Scrimshire - 1:42:40 |
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Feb 06 |
Nicki PB at Watford Half Marathon read |
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Jan 06 |
2006 Awards Male Harrier of the Year 1. Jeff Wickham 2. Mike Tansey 3. Andy Ball
Female Harrier of the Year 1. Nicki Nealon 2. Andrea Sommer 3. Bev Parry
Chairman's Award Mike Tansey
10 year award Leslie Tansey 20 year award Irene Forty Jim Diaper Bernard Cherry Jim Bates 2006 Standard Gold Nicki Nealon Andy Ball
Silver Bev Parry (correction, after incorrectly awarding Bronze) Nick Nealon David Hollingshead Andy Wilford
Bronze Barry Hibbard
Copper Marie Wilford Tom Corr
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Oct 06 |
Cabbage Patch 10 mile |
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Oct 06 |
Report by Bev Parry - seasoned marathon woman ! Well done Bev ... click for attached document |
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Sept 06 |
Andy Ball at the Nottingham Marathon - VERY WELL DONE ANDY I finished in 12th place time 2:50:19 a PB. I was gobsmacked when I finished, was not expecting anything near that time at all. I was on for a sub 2:49 till 23 miles, then had my old problems back with my right leg giving up on me, so had to stop a few times to stretch it! I felt great when I finished, just very hot, as the weather was great for supporting but not running. |
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May 06 |
Nice Half Marathon Click for Race Report from Graeme Slight |
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May 06 |
Silverstone Results Deb Hulbert F40 48:09 |
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May 06 |
Bev Parry at the Boston
Marathon - well done Bev ! Time 4:01:30 |
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Charnwood Hills:
Well done HHAC runners... 26-miler (93 finishers) -
Men: 1 Mark Wittering (Huncote) 3.38, 2 Robert Hall-McNair (Hinckley)
3.56, 3 Michael Stiff (Owls) 3.57, 4 Dave Masser (Hinckley) 4.05, 5 Carl
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2nd April 06 Midland Vets - Chasewater |
HARRIERS VETERAN STRENGTH STARTS TO SHOW A good quality Huncote turnout proved successful as all our runners won prizes. A mild but very blustery day, produced relatively slow times for this 5km relay around the lake. A new age category was introduced for the first time Men 35 – 49, in which we had 2 teams, effectively competing in the A and the B team races. Tipton Harriers won comfortable, after taking the lead on leg 2, after Charnwood had led home the opening leg with Derek Guess. 1st Tipton Harriers Total Time 65.49; 2nd Birmingham Rowheath 69.35; 3rd Huncote Harriers 70.13 Kingsley Cook 17.01; Joe O’Flynn 18.04; Steve Copeland 18.07; Craig Sabin 17.01 7th Charnwood 74.35: Derek Guess 16.22; Mark Whitmore 19.19; Peter Mensky 19.13; John Barker 19.41 Huncote was also 1st B Team Total Time 75.17 Graeme Slight 18.02; Andy Ball 18.14; John Heywood 20.31; Mike Bradford 18.30 Fastest man on the Day was Aaaron Keene of Tipton in 16.03 The Ladies took the W35 Team Title in a Total Time of 63.54: Nicki Nealon 19.28; Sandra Stevens 22.47; Jo Copeland 21.39; Nicki was also fastest Lady on the day, even though She is struggling with a back injury. Our final runner was Andrew Stevens who made up a Composite Team finishing 1st in that category in total time of 59.11. Andrew Wadman - Unattached 17.13; Andrew Stevens – Huncote 22.04; Nicki Thompson – Lady - Charnwood 19.54 We will follow this up with the Livingstone Relays at Loughborough on 16th April and the big one, The British Masters Road Relays at Sutton Park on 20th May. The Men V40 will have an 8 leg event, V50’s – 6 stage and Ladies W35 – 4 stage, W45’s – 3 stage. We hope to put a Team in all these age categories. Nick Nealon |
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March 06 |
I ran the Forest of Dean Trails ½ marathon on 19/3, and finished 24th out of a field of 1300 that had entered. I was pleased with my position but not my time as I was looking for 84mins but managed 85.47 This was down to the fact the course was quite hilly in parts and I had lots of problems with my right leg, after about 4 miles. I was therefore stopping quite a few times to stretch it. It did not help that it took me over 2 hours to get there, and I took a wrong turn, so turned up with 15 mins to spare. I just had time to get changed and get to the start, no warming up or stretching! Apart from all that, I would recommend that people give the race a go, as it is all ran through the forest so great scenery. The weather was great as well not a cloud in the sky. Andy
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March 06 |
Congratulations to the following Harriers returning from World Masters in Linz, Austria. Craig Sabin (V40) 3RD Counter - Team silver in Half Marathon. Nicki Nealon (FV35), 5th Individual and John Haywood (V60), both 2nd Counters and Team bronzes for Half. Mike Bradford (V45) 4th Counter. Craig, Nicki and John also competed in 3000 metres and Cross Country. |
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Dronfield 10k results:
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25th Feb. 2006 |
The Belvoir Challenge 15 and 26 miles These events were definitely a ‘challenge’,
difficult terrain, extreme cold and that added element of navigation.
The Harriers fell running and distance boys split up to take on the challenge
of the 2 events. Starting at Harby Village the course takes into
account the undulations on and around the Belvoir escarpment in the Vale of
Belvoir. Beautiful scenery, but not so good underfoot especially after
the recent heavy rain. In the 15 miler, performance of the day must go to Nick Nealon finishing 6th out of 609 finishers in 2.11.05. This on a background of limited training and coming home last on most Tuesday night training runs. John Heywood was next Harrier home in 21st in a time of 2.16.16, with Chris Hevey rounding up the Team in 58th in 2.27.59. the event was won by Stephen Shanks from Holme Pierrepont in a time of 1.56.55. The 26 miler saw Mark Wittering first home for the Club in 8th place in 4.04.51, Carl Sommer next in 18th place in 4.24.31 and Martin White in 23rd in 4.33.52. The race was won by Paul Scholte of Peel Road Runners in 3.49.29. |
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Jan 06 |
2005 Awards Presentation Lunch Chairmans Award: Nick Nealon Male Harrier of Year 2005: 1st Paul Nealon; 2nd Kingsley Cook; 3rd Mike Tansey Female Harrier: 1st Amy Smith; 2nd Nicki Nealon; 3rd Sandra Stevens
Club Cross Country awards, based on positions within the County Championships Male 1st Steve Copeland 2nd Dave Lawson 3rd Andy Ball
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1st Sandra Stevens ; 2nd Bev Parry
20 Year Awards Derek Milner; Gary Ashby
Club Standards: Platinum: Nicki; Gold: Graeme, Wlodziu, Andy Ball; Silver: Nick Nealon; Bronze: Bev Parry, Paul Nealon. |
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November 2005 |
LRRL individual Results 2005 |
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7th Jan. '06 |
Race Report from Trig
Point Race, Cannock Chase 15 miles fell race A bitterly
cold day with continuous snow flurries greeted the smallish but quality field
for the re-emergence of this excellent race. A small band of Harriers joined
life member Trevor Longman on the start for this challenge where route choice
can be paramount to success. The start was quite a swift affair
considering the uphill nature of the first mile and as a result Trevor had
forged a gap on Mark Wittering and Nicki Nealon, who due to Nicki's lack of
navigation skills were staying together. Chris Hevey then followed with
Martin White in close attendance, all members being in the top half of the
field. On leaving
the rifle range (check point 1), Trevor made a navigational error, drifting
too far south, thus allowing Mark and Nicki to move ahead as all runners
linked up with the Heart of England Way footpath. At the half way point
(checkpoint 3) all 3 where in the top 15 and going well, but after
registering at check point 4 the fun begins. The option
of partly retracing your steps and staying on a solid track or navigating the
dense woodlands, would be crucial. All the Harriers being the
adventurous sort opted for the more difficult but shorter route, without the
knowledge that felling had been going on in the woods and all paths had
either been covered or blocked by trees. Trevor being more adapt to the
terrain pushed on leaving Nicki struggling whilst Mark was having to bide his
time. As they hit the clearing and descended rapidly to the track it
was noticeable that Trevor coming out slightly further North had picked a
better route. A reference to Bambi on Ice seemed appropriate to Nicki as she
tip toed / slid down the steep embankment to rejoin the track, with Mark
waiting at the bottom laughing. Trevor was now on a surge whilst Mark
and Nicki had lost time and also a couple of places. The
penultimate checkpoint is an interesting one, being partially hid from the
main tracks by bushes and trees and with a number of ways to get to it.
Trevor hit it right on and was now up to 10th, whilst Mark and
Nicki struggled to locate even with the help of a fellow athlete. Final
Placings: 1st Tim Werrett 1.33.17; 2nd Pete Vale
1.33.53; 3rd Rob Little 1.40.25; 9th Kate
Burge 1.52.08 1st Lady; 10th Trevor Longman 1.52.18 1st
V50; 17th Nicki Nealon 1.54.04 2nd Lady;; 18th
Mark Wittering 1.54.07 4th V50; 43rd Chris Hevey
2.05.24 14th V50; 46th Martin White 2.08.17 15th
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18th Jan 06 |
Nicki Nealon Achieves Runner-up position the final of the Leicestershire Sportswoman of the year Awards. The evening is based upon the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, in which the order of finish is selected by a panel of judges. Nicki was up against GB International Hockey player Kirsty Cullen and Loughborough Swimmer Kate McLatcher. Nicki has previously been runner up in this prestigious event back in 1999 when she was selected for having obtained 2 English Senior vests for Cross Country. |
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Autumn
2005 |
Nicki finished 13th and 2nd vet
behind Sonia O'Sullivan in the BUPA Great South
Run at Portsmouth in a p.b. time of 59.29 (1st time under the
hour). Nicki was representing the Midlands and the Team finished 2nd behind
South, whilst Nicki was 1st Midlander and 2nd Individual behind Birhan Dagne
in the Inter Area Event. The race was won by Deratu Tulu of Ethopia in 51.27. |
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Autumn
2005 |
Nicki's England cross country
campaign finished slightly disappointingly in Dublin
at the weekend finishing 4th 3 seconds off the bronze medal position, but
being second England counter helped Team to Silver Medals behind Ireland. The
winner was Annette Kealy (World Masters 5000m Champion from San Sebastian).
Nicki has been suffering slightly from a chest infection, its just one of
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San Sebastian, Spain. World Masters
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