February 2014

 

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Featured events this month:

National Cross-Country at Nottingham - 22 February

Northbrook Men 108th, 6551 points

810 Stuart Lumsden   48:38
829 Rich Hodge   48:51
838 John Wilson   48:57
1002 Rob Barry   50:50
1532 Robert Dimbleby   61:22
1540 Spencer Davies   61:38

 

Northbrook Ladies

98 Amanda Deavy   32:50
470 Clare Weston   41:01
476 Claudie Combelas   41:08

Bramley 20 - 16 February

  Paul McGurk   2:38:41
  Tony Hughes   2:57:54
  Anne Hughes   3:08:49

Stratford 10k (Winter Threshold Series Race 5) - 16 February

55 Spencer Davies   0:50:16  
89 Chris Jones   0:55:01  
147 Clare Weston   1:03:49 PB
162 Tracy Morgan   1:09:46  

Clearly this season has been the year for memorable weather, and luckily my opening comments about race 5 are to say what a gorgeous day it was today! The sun shone throughout - what a shock after this wet and stormy winter - Spencer

Broadmeadow Valentine's Marathon - 15 February

  Tony Bowe   5:01:59

Enigma Quadzilla - 6/7/8/9 February

4 Marathons in 4 days

Tony Bowe

Day 1 6 February   4:26:51
Day 2 7 February   4:32:34
Day 3 8 February   4:30:02
Day 4 9 February   4:47:24

Birmingham Cross-Country League Men's Race 4 at Coundon Hall Park - 8 February

Men's 'A' Team 16th, 601 points
Men's 'B' Team 5th, 876 points

59 Dave Almond   44:29
78 Mick O'Shea   45:07
110 Paul Stead   46:52
114 Martin Winch   47:00
119 Richard Hodge   47:33
121 Richard French   47:35
130 Rob Barry   47:55
143 Mark Baker   49:02
147 Will Kirk-Wilson   49:23
150 Pete Austin   49:33
152 Jonathan Seed   49:39
154 Tom Miller   49:42
162 Pete Fellows   50:02
187 Paul McGurk   51:35
189 Tony Hughes   51:42
201 Paul Robbins   53:02
209 Joe Kelly   53:53
221 Spencer Davies   54:51
224 Steve Bottomley   55:19
252 Robert Dimbleby   60:46
259 Keiran Prescott   64:59
260 Fraser Barrett   65:00
DNF James Joyce    

Full results on Bham League web site

Men's 'A' Team 17th overall after Race 4, 2320 points
Men's 'B' Team 5th overall after Race 4, 3684 points

Northbrook hosted the final division 2 race of the Birmingham League XC season at Coundon Park. Men's Captain John Wilson was in Venice for the weekend, where floods and gondalas are commonplace, but he would have found plenty of flooded areas at Coundon Park. Our Captain would also have been pleased with another excellent turnout, with everyone giving their best efforts on a demanding course in windy conditions. There was another new name at the front as Dave Almond competed in his first league race of the season. Despite all our efforts, we finished 16th on the day, and 17th overall; so we will be relegated to division 3, together with Sphinx AC and Massey Ferguson. The B team grouped well, to finish 5th overall.

Many thanks to everyone who helped on the day by setting the course, marshalling, catering or supporting. Also, huge thanks to Bob Adams who stepped in at short notice to take the role of race organiser from Tony French (who is on the road to recovery). Next season could see another promotion push.

See Lou Satterthwaite's photos

Birmingham Cross-Country League Ladies' Race 4 at Cheltenham - 8 February

Northbrook Ladies 21st, 312 points

32 Amanda Deavy   27:36
133 Claudie Combelas   34:27
147 Clare Rowntree   35:22

Fulfords 5 Mile - 2 February

  Paul Robbins   34:49

I ran the Fulfords Five 5 Mile race (in Exmouth) today, and finished one second slower than my PB – how annoying is that!

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile - 2 February

17 Paul Stead   33:26  
35 Lyn McDonald   35:37 2nd lady
48 Spencer Davies   36:40  
56 Tony Mackness   37:19  
69 Richard Hands   39:36  
127 Angela Hands   52:23  

This was a very wet course this month with what felt like a river flooding the path at one point. Tricky conditions under foot but a very impressive performance from Lynnie resulted in 2nd placed female on the day - Spencer