December 2016

 

 

 

 

Represented Northbrook in an event recently?

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Featured events this month:

Ilmington 10k, Tempo Winter Series Race 3 - 27 December

25 Spencer Davies   44:51  
28 Paul Robbins   45:16  
33 Tony Hughes   45:42  
46 Jill Pittard   47:24  
91 Richard Hands   52:22  
93 Claudie Combelas   52:43  
141 Anne Hughes   59:48  
158 Jason Brannigan   62:37  

The race series with "the hill" continued today, and it is fair to say that we were all no less competitive than usual, despite the race taking place the morning after Boxing Day. The dogfight continued between Spencer, Tony and me but, despite Tony and me upping our games, Spencer put in an incredible performance to show that he is still the undisputed king of the hill. Jill's time was particularly fast for a debut performance. However, the star runner had to be Anne who, after narrowly missing it last time, managed to get under the critical 1 hour mark - Paul

Wolves and Bilston Turkey Trot 5 Mile - 18 December

49 Paul Robbins   33:53 PB

This is the second year on the (turkey) trot that I've done this race, so it would be nice to have some Northbrook company next year. After an initial 1.5 laps around a track, the route encompasses numerous steady inclines over the first couple of miles. Not the flattest route then, but the last half a mile or so is downhill, so a strong finish is assured. Not the most picturesque race, but good for grabbing last minute road race league points.

Raceways Christmas Cracker 10k - 17 December

15 Paul Robbins   42:33 PB

Raceways Christmas Christmas Cracker 20k - 17 December

15 Steve Damms   1:28:44
42 Claudie Combelas   1:45:08

Sneyd Striders Pudding Run - 11 December

10 Mile event

19 Martin Winch   1:02:32 PB
54 Steve Damms   1:09:23 PB
66 Mark Baker   1:11:07  
70 Paul Robbins   1:11:14 PB
74 Spencer Davies   1:11:51 PB
97 Clare Rowntree   1:15:07 PB

 

5 Mile event

21 Jill Pittard   35:37 1st FV35

Eight Northbrookers headed up to the pudding run, most looking for Road Race League points on what was a cold but dry start to the day. Unfortunately for one of us the warm up was too much for a niggling injury and a wise decision to spectate was taken. For the rest of us he was a welcome sight and encouragement was plentiful. This is a great course, approximately 5 miles per lap, so on the 2nd lap you knew what was coming - a slight incline that meant what you went up, you came back down to finish. There was a great battle in the middle order between Mark holding off a charging Paul while I was trying to hold on to their coat tails. Its reputation as a fast course is evident with 5 out of 6 of us notching up PBs (and all-important Road Race points). There were 284 finishers in the 10 mile event, and all the Northbrook sunbursts finished within the top 35% of the field, testament to all the hard work put into training.  Jill kept the sunburst beaming brightly on the 5 mile course with a tremendous position of 1st in her age category. Well done to all - Spencer

Milton Keynes Half-Marathon - 11 December

  Steve Turvey   1:24:36
  Joe Kelly   1:37:25
  Kevin Coughlan   1:43:23

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile Race 2 - 4 December

31 Spencer Davies   34:06 PB
32 Paul Robbins   34:28  
39 Tommy Dempsey   35:21  
47 Richard Hands   36:26  
64 Rich Cawley   39:37  
92 Linda Richards   43:40  
117 Bernard Blundell   52:05  

Eight Northbrookers headed over to Chelmsley Wood on a frosty cold morning for the 2nd race in the series. Perfect running conditions even if three of us were on tired legs from the Stratford cross-country course. Not that, that was an excuse because everyone had a fantastic run, chasing club colleagues around and achieving what we set out to do. Great atmosphere again and a great course, thoroughly recommend this one - Spencer

Midland Women's Cross-Country League Race 2 - 3 December

Northbrook Women Overall 9th,
Northbrook Women Masters 3rd

31 Anita Howe   29;33
44 Jill Pittard   31;00
56 Sally Eason   31;41
62 Kate Jones   32:07
74 Cath Fenn   33:02
79 Amy Burdis   33:08
99 Clare Rowntree   34:00
108 Katy Davies   34:27
131 Claudie Combelas   36:14
166 Linda Richards   39:13
175 Sarah Sale   39:59
188 Anne Hughes   41:26
223 Helen Hodge   49:05

Another great turn out by the Ladies at Stratford, combined with some excellent performances, led to Northbrook finishing in 9th place overall, and 3rd in the Masters category. The course was tough, but the women showed their mettle, improving on our position from the first race at Leamington - Clare

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Race 2 at Stratford upon Avon - 3 December

Men's 'A' Team 12th - 435 points, 11th overall - 917 points
Mens' 'B' Team 8th - 906 points, 9th overall - 1962 points

25 Rory McPheators   36:48
45 Stuart Lumsden   38:12
71 Martin Winch   39:34
77 Graham Dodd   39:58
93 Andrew McConville   40:35
124 Seb Jones-Brain   42:03
131 Rob Barry   42:27
139 Steve Turvey   43:02
145 Terry Moynihan   43:17
153 Damian Pharoah   44:00
160 Paul Robbins   44:22
178 Mark Baker   45:52
183 Tony Hughes   46:24
185 Steve Handy   46:30
186 Spencer Davies   46:32
201 Tom Miller   47:51
203 Rob Cox   48:11
225 Kevin Erne   52:30
227 Mark Parker   52:51
239 Will Kirk-Wilson   56:55
246 Fraser Barrett   72:14

Full results on Bham League web site

Race 2 and 22 Northbrook men headed over to the Welcombe Hills in Stratford for this Bham League race. We were missing some of our colleagues from Newbold Comyn but welcomed back some seasoned campaigners and new faces. The Welcombe Hills lived up to their reputation, there was not much flat and the start was straight up one of the biggest hills on the course. We all listened on to whatever tips the ladies could offer us of their assault on the course. It looked like a scene from Braveheart as the gun went off. Three laps and again we all had our battles, chasing the runner in front, looking for a club colleague to target for support and watching our backs all the way round. Support from Bob, Rich C and the whole of the ladies team kept us on our toes and was very much appreciated. Fantastic runs from all of us right through the field when the level again seemed to have increased since Newbold. A fantastic debut from Rory and an A team finish for Seb were amongst the many stories to unfold. We still have work to do guys and Telford awaits on the 14th Jan; clean your spikes off and clear your diaries - we all need to do it all again - Spencer