Calne Running Club News

Stu March ran the Miners Half-Marathon, in Midsomer Norton near Bath, on Sunday in a personal best time of 1:42:39.

There were four runners from Calne in this championship race.

There were 157 finishers. 

The result does not change any of the placings amoungst the leaders of the championship, although Tony, Dave and Nichola have all extended their lead over the rest of the pack. Paul moves up to eighth place in the men's championship.

David Kindred has published some pictures from the race.

Nichola Newton and Tony Nott were expected to race in this event but no news on results yet.

Following the Roundway Chase on Tuesday, the club raced the same route, as nobody had raced the course.

Still no news of results from the Keevil 10k other than Jim Brown finished in approximately 45 minutes.

Tony Nott and Nichola Newton both completed the Neolithic Marathon last Sunday.

These results takes Tony into second place for the marathon this year in the men's championship and Nichola into first in the ladies'.

Full results

Neil Bentley seemed to have recovered from running the London Marathon, as he was the first Calne Runner to finish in 43:17 (his best 10k time in a Calne vest). With a big turn out for this championship event, he had to be fast, as there were a lot of Calne runners hot on his heels. The men finished eleventh in the team event.

The official results of all 629 finishers are here.

Something strange happened for the hill climb - the sun shone! It was Simon Nott who made hay, as he climbed the mile in 6 minutes 53 to beat the winner from last year, Alistair Bartlett of Avon Avalley Runners, and sixteen other runners.

The first lady was again Nichola Newton.

Full results

Four of our club members completed the London Marathon but only Steve Watts was dressed as an emu!

There is no full listing of the results but they can be searched.

Due to various commitments, updates on the web site have been slow lately but hopefully news will be back-filled over the next few days.

The third race of the club's championship was the Calne Fun Run on 30 March.

In his first race as a member, Barry Seed was the first Calne runner home. Dave Telfer continues to lead the men's championship while Nichola Newton gained the lead in ladies' championship because Lara Rushton was ill and unable to run.

There were 117 finishers. Full results.

In addition, Simon Nott was fifth in a time 38:37 while his brother Tim was 32nd in 46:28.

In wet and windy conditions, the start of the Bath half-marathon was delayed by an hour but our four runners produced some good times.

Results

The second race of the club's championship was The Terminator on 24 February.

Tony Nott was the first Calne runner home by a long way despite claiming he was struggling. Neil Bentley leads the men's championship (closely followed by Dave Telfer) while Nichola Newton is the only lady to have started a championship race this year.

There were 822 runners. In the results, Steve is listed as finshing 499 and his wife 344 but it was the other way around.

Tim Bax was the first Calne runner to finish in the Slaughterford 9 in the first championship race of the year. There were 346 finishers.

Stu March took part in the 10k race of this event in Portland finishing 21st (out of 48 finishers) in a time of 1:07:15.

Dave Telfer was the sole runner at the Rough 'n' Tumble finishing 244th (out 524) in 1:44:23.

Membership fees for 2008 are now due. Please complete the renewal form and send to the Treasurer (Andy Driver) together with any fees.

Stu and (other half) Lara took part in the second race of this series. Stu completed the 10k in exactly 51 minutes, while Lara finished the 5k in 33:26.

Sportzform have amended their opening times. The shop is now open 10AM to 4PM on Monday, closed on Tuesday and open 10AM to 5PM for the rest of the week including Saturday but closed on Sunday.