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National Marathon Championships, Reading (23-24 Jul 2016)

27/7/2016

 
The weekend of 23rd and 24th July saw a reasonable size team from Bishops Stortford head to the National Marathon Championships which this year were held on the River Thames at Reading.  Saturday’s racing is all K1 / C1 starting with the Lightnings at 9:00am and finishing with the Veterans at 2:40pm with two other starts in between at 10:00 and 11:40.  Sundays race is all K2 / C2 following the same format but finishing with one of the largest and hotly contested events of the weekend, the Mixed K2.
Toby at start u14 M K1 (pic: Chris & Maria Sze)
Chris (pic: Maria Sze)

Although there were five National Championship medals won by the Club, Toby Booth’s 5th place in Under 14 K1 (out of 28 entries) and Joe Fitzpatrick & Heidi White’s 9th place in mixed K2 (out of 58 entries) were the outstanding results of the weekend, beating many crews who on paper were faster than themselves.
Although there were some very good results on Saturday in the extremely hot and humid conditions we had to wait until the last set of races for Joe Surrage to start the medals coming with a good 2nd place in the Over 34 Vet Men K1.  Danny Beazley then followed up with a gold in the Over 39 Vet Mens K1. 
James & Danny (pic: Alex Booth)
James & Danny
Sunday saw slightly cooler and more pleasant racing conditions and Toby Booth partnering Lewis Smith from Lincoln won an impressive bronze medal in the Under 14 boys K2.  The final medals of the weekend were won by Danny Beazley and James Smythe (racing in a Bishops Stortford vest for the first time) who finished a very close 2nd in the Vet Mens Over 34 K2.
 
Well done to all who raced - the Club finished in 17th place overall out of 54 clubs.  It would be lovely to break into the top 10 next year with a larger attendance from the Club.

SINGLES -
u10 Girls:
Eilidh White 10th (23:31), Gemma Beazley 12th (27:54)
u23 Mens K1: Joe Fitzpatrick 21st (2:04:00), Matt Parkes 22nd (2:05:37)
u23 Ladies K1: Heidi White 8th (2:25:25)
u18 Ladies K1: Isabelle Gurney (retired)
u16 Ladies K1: Lexie White 19th (1:22:58)
u14 Boys K1: Toby Booth 5th (41:10), David Gurney 13th (44:08), Murdo White 25th (51:44)
o34 Vet Mens K1: Joe Surrage 2nd (1:39:24)
o39 Vet Mens K1: Danny Beazley 1st  (1:36:41)
o54 Vet Mens K1: Chris Sze 16th (42:13)
o59 Vet Ladies K1: Judith English 4th, and also 3rd o64 Ladies (52:00)

DOUBLES -
Sen Mens C2: Paul Surrage & John Harding (LBZ) 4th (1:20:57)
u14 Boys K2: Toby Booth & Lewis Smith (LIN) 3rd (37:15)
o34 Vet Mens K2: Danny Beazley & James Smythe 2nd (1:31:31)
Mixed K2: Joe Fitzpatrick & Heidi White 9th (57:07), Josh Young & Maddie de Ferrer (WEY) 35th (1:06:00)

See full Nationals results
Many thanks to Chris & Maria Sze and Alex Booth for the use of their pics.
Joe F (pic: Chris & Maria Sze)
Toby (pic: Chris & Maria Sze)
Judith (pic: Chris & Maria Sze)

Bishops Stortford Hasler (10 July 2016)

14/7/2016

 
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This was the first Hasler race run by the club at this venue. Not only was the total number of entries (196) the greatest seen at this venue, the club's own team of 45 was the largest put out by Bishops Stortford CC for many years. The various divisions were split between morning and afternoon starts, enabling club members to both compete and also to serve as marshals or in other volunteer roles during the other part of the day.
The home team took an impressive proportion of the trophies. There were gold medals for Megan (promoted to Div 6), Oscar (to Div 7), Richard W (promoted to Div 3), Emilia & Kaitie; Silvers for Matt, Anne & Nathan, Paul & Richard B, Gemma, and Jack; and Bronze medals for Ryewin, Gary & Malcolm. Paul & Richard also won Fastest Canadian.
Update: A further promotion was announced after the race for Octavia to Div 5.
Overall the Stortford team came 2nd to Leighton Buzzard CC. This means that we have finished the season in fourth place in the league and will be going to the Hasler Finals at Worcester in September.
DOUBLES -
11.5 km, 6 portages
Div 5: Chris Sze & Octavia Abbott 4th (1:06:57), Mike Panrucker & Ant Wright 8th (1:12:19)
6.5 km, 2 portages
Div 7: Anne Barnett & Nathan Lambert 2nd (47:10)
Div 8:
Paul Surrage & Richard Baker 2nd (48:53), Gary Aldam & Malcolm Duckworth 3rd (49:52), David Cayford & Jacqueline Cayford 6th (53:09)
Div 9: Kaitie Owen & Emilia Boylan 1st  (51:24)
SINGLES -
19 km, 8 portages

Div 2: Matt Parkes 2nd (1:27:58), Joe Fitzpatrick 4th (1:30:27)
11.5 km, 6 portages
Div 4: Richard Winstanley 1st (1:01:04), Laura Warbrick 6th (1:08:39), Heidi White 9th (1:09:23), Isabelle Gurney (rtd)
Div 5:
Ricky White 8th (1:11:04), Kevin Warbrick 10th (1:11:37), Mike Toomey 15th (1:12:39), Joao Spinola 18th (1:15:35), Toby Booth 19th (1:15:42)
Div 6: David Gurney 5th (1:14:52)
6.5 km, 2 portages
Div 7: Megan Kenny 1st (47:15), Murdo White 8th (52:36)
Div 8:
Oscar Toomey 1st (49:28), Robin Dromard 9th (55:18), Yazmin Layzell 10th (56:18)
Div 9: Euan Caton 4th (54:46), Connor Higgins 7th (59:36), James Daly 8th (1:00:09), Jessica Gaynor 12th (1:02:28), Catherine Robinson 13th (1:06:47), Deborah Cayford 14th (1:07:00), Siobahn Latham 15th (1:07:19), William Rowe (rtd)
Picture
Richard Winstanley
David
LIGHTNINGS:
2.5 km

under 12 girls: Rosie Whittington 1st (22:02)
under 10 boys:
Jack Ward 2nd (20:42), Harry Betts 4th (23:56)
under 10 girls:
Eilidh White 1st (21:58), Gemma Beazley 2nd (25:31), Ryewin Bridger 3rd (27:14)
See:
  • photos from the race in Angela's Flickr album
  • Eastern Region league table (unofficial)
  • Chris Sze's You-Tube video of the race
  • final results on the marathon website - added 15/7/16
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Club members celebrate successful race
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