Featured events this month:
- Coventry Godiva New Year 5 - 30 December
- Portsmouth Coaatal Marathon
- Coventry Parkrun
- Broadmeadow Marathon Double
- Bedford Half-Marathon
- Sneyd 10 Mile
- Keyworth Turkey Trot
- Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile
- Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Race 2
Coventry Godiva New Year 5 - 30 December
| 54 | Jonathan Seed | 33:13 | |
| 62 | Lyn McDonald | 33:53 | |
| 69 | Paul Robbins | 34:48 | |
| 73 | Edward Simmonds | 35:19 | |
| 105 | Mike Duggan | 40:11 | |
| 116 | Rich Cawley | 41:24 | |
| 128 | Fraser Barrett | 44:13 | |
| 130 | Linda Richards | 44:29 |
Portsmouth Coastal Marathon - 23 December
| 421 | Dave Fawkner | 4:08:01 | |
| 636 | Tony Bowe | 4:34:38 |
Coventry Parkrun - 22 December
| 5 | Martin Winch | 18:52 | ||
| 7 | Mike Wheeler | 19:16 | ||
| 12 | Steve Turvey | 20:07 | ||
| 23 | Tony Forde | 21:14 | ||
| 34 | Chris Jones | 22:06 | ||
| 37 | Paul Robbins | 22:35 | ||
| 39 | Paul McGurk | 22:47 | ||
| 43 | Tommy Dempsey | 22:56 | ||
| 44 | Craig McNaney | 22:57 | ||
| 47 | Tony Mackness | 22:58 | ||
| 49 | Richard Hands | 23:09 | ||
| 51 | Cath Fenn | 23:13 | ||
| 60 | Kevin Coughlan | 23:40 | ||
| 69 | Keith Burdett | 24:22 | ||
| 79 | Corinna O'Connor | 24:58 | ||
| 93 | Claudie Combelas | 25:29 | ||
| 123 | Jason Brannigan | 27:00 | ||
| 135 | Rich Cawley | 27:18 | ||
| 137 | Neil Lynch | 27:26 | ||
| 217 | Liz Pharoah | 33:58 | ||
| 218 | Amy Burdis | 33:59 |
Northbrook Santa with and one of his elves
We ran the “route 2” to avoid lower car park flood. Still very wet, streams across the paths, muddy, a smattering of Santas, lots of hats and a few twinkling runners. There was a great support bunch from the club and we were all rewarded with the customary tea/coffee and bacon/sausage butties. Corinna collected a “bootfull” of goodies for the Coventry Foodbank from our generous members - Kevin
Broadmeadow Marathon Double - 8 & 9 December
Tony Bowe
| Day 1 | 4:52:34 | ||
| Day 2 | 4:45:15 |
Bedford Half-Marathon - 9 December
| 155 | Steve Turvey | 1:30:09 | ||
| 228 | Richard Hands | 1:33:21 | ||
| 229 | Steve Bottomely | 1:33:13 | ||
| 251 | Nadine Lewycky | 1:33:50 | ||
| 288 | Tony Forde | 1:34:46 | ||
| 349 | Steve Mason | 1:36:52 | ||
| 378 | Steve Handy | 1:38:03 | PB | |
| 459 | Tony Hughes | 1:40:49 | ||
| 600 | Robert Pool | 1:45:28 | ||
| 619 | Jack Langman | 1:45:42 | ||
| 671 | Kevin Coughlan | 1:47:14 | ||
| 672 | Mark Dalton | 1:47:14 | ||
| 773 | Spencer Davies | 1:49:42 | ||
| 789 | Corinna O'Connor | 1:50:25 | ||
| 905 | Amy Burdis | 1:54:05 | ||
| 979 | Anne Hughes | 1:57:37 | ||
| 1081 | Martin Gavin | 2:01:33 | ||
| 1099 | Stuart Found | 2:01:52 | ||
| 1211 | Linda Richards | 2:08:34 | ||
| 1212 | Joanne Moyse | 2:09:11 | ||
| 1248 | Abbe Humphreys | 2:12:28 | ||
| 1269 | Jason Brannigan | 2:13:58 | ||
| 1397 | Lee Hill | 2:29:13 |
Sneyd 10 Mile - 9 December
| 64 | Mark Baker | 64:31 | |
| 97 | Lyn McDonald | 68:47 | |
| 107 | Dave Halford | 69:31 | |
| 134 | Paul Stead | 71:04 |
Keyworth Turkey Trot Half-Marathon - 9 December
| 90 | Richard French | 1:29:20 | |
| 600 | Claudie Combelas | 1:56:48 | |
| 794 | Brian Hewetson | 2:16:16 |
Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 2 December
| 24 | Lyn McDonald | 33:37 | 2nd lady | |
| 99 | Linda Richards | 46:11 |
Birmingham Cross-Country League Race 2 at Burbage Common, Nuneaton - 1 December
| 13 | Mick O'Shea | 40:03 | |
| 23 | John Wilson | 41:50 | |
| 25 | Mark Baker | 42:08 | |
| 26 | Richard French | 42:10 | |
| 31 | Martin Winch | 42:25 | |
| 45 | Peter Kirkhope | 43:12 | |
| 60 | Rob Barry | 43:54 | |
| 61 | Pete Austin | 44:09 | |
| 67 | Paul Stead | 44:22 | |
| 68 | Steve Bottomely | 44:31 | |
| 76 | Pete Fellows | 44:50 | |
| 86 | Steve Turvey | 45:45 | |
| 107 | Dave Storer | 47:43 | |
| 108 | Eddie Simmonds | 47:47 | |
| 134 | Chris Jones | 49:45 | |
| 179 | Fraser Barrett | 62:52 | |
| DNF | Richard O'Shea | 2 laps |
Ladies' Team 18th, 247 points
Ladies' Masters 11th, 270 points
| 15 | Amanda Deavy | 27:37 | |
| 104 | Cath Fenn | 32:47 | |
| 128 | Amy Burdis | 35:00 | |
| 151 | Corinna O'Connor | 37:03 |
Mick O'Shea leads Northbrook men
into the promotion zone
Men's 'A' Team 2nd position on the day, 3rd overall
Men's 'B' Team 1st position on the day, 1st overall
AWESOME running from the Northbrook men and ladies!
The mens 'A' team were 2nd on the day and now lie 3rd in the table, a promotion spot! The 'B' team continued to show their strength in depth by coming 1st out of the B teams and cementing their position as the leading 'B' team. You can NOT get better than that!
The 'A' team made up 16 points on our arch rivals 'Massey Ferguson' to leave us only 12 points away from them. We are also now 83 points clear of 4th.
We are in a promotion position! This makes it even more important to get as many runners as possible out for the next two races. We had 20 for the first race and 15 for the second so we need another 20 for the third race which is on the 12th January at Droitwich. Please please do your best to clear your diaries that day and support your running club by donning the best vest in the league and pulling on some XC spikes.
Well done again everyone, my 'race face' has just got a little more stern and stubborn - John