Sunday December 13 November 2009

Bolarwinwa grabs silver

World Schools Games

David Bolarinwa continues to excel in sprints gaining a silver medal in the 100m at World School Games in Quatar.

Competing for the British Schools team, David won his heat in 10:94 seconds and was then 3rd in the semi-final with a time of 10:90 seconds.

He then raised his game to take the silver medal in the final in a time of 10:76, just outside his personal best.

Christmas Handicap

A good night was had by all in this years club Christmas handicap.

Startiing off of three minutes, Keith tanner was the first to finish, completing the 3.2 mile lap in 23:32, while Maria McDonald was 2nd to finish the handicap race in 28:39.

There was no competition for fastest lap as Dean Lacy was last to set off. Passing 26 of the 38 other runners, he finished the lap in 16:40. The fastest woman on the night was Louise Watson from Medway & Maidstone in 20:31. Full results can be found here.

KCAA Vets/Clubmans CC Champs

Cambridge Harriers were well represented at Tunbridge Wells in the Kent County Athletics Vets cross Country Championships Championships.

Cambridge were 6th from 8 teams in the Male 40 age group. Clem Dixon was the first Harrier to complete the 9.5k course in 34:00 minutes for 15th place from the 60 runners. Others in the team were Graham Maynard, 21st in 35:01; Mark Ashby (32) 36:59; John Corcoran (48) 43:54.

In the male 50 age group, the team were led by Mick Ellsmore, gaining 10th place from 52 finishers in 36:06, finishing 7th from the 10 competing teams. Mark Cross was next, 22nd in 37:43 folowed by Steve Brown (41) 40:58.

The M60 team were 4th from 6 teams on the 4.6k course. Fielding five runners, the three to score team consisted of Ian Marshall (9th) 21:26; Russell Williams (11) 22:22 and Dave Tull (12) 22:26. Dave Steel begins his preparation for the London Marathon in 2010 finishing in 24:18 (21) followed by Mick Anderson (31) 26:15.

The womens 35 category contained two Cambridge Harriers. Kate Aldridge 12th among the 22 competitors in 21:56 while Nicole Sullivan came 17th in 21:11.

Cardington Cracker Fell Race - 9 miles / Ascent 2,600 feet

With the torrential downpour of the previous few days the going for this years race was soft to boggy with associated cold and high winds.

Despite that, all the runners made it safely round with only a few spills on the slick grass, rocks and mud. This was Chris Rogers first Fell race with the club and he ran a very creditable time of 1hr 49mins.

Paul Kent had a good climb, but thinking of his ankles decended like a "prancing ballerina".

Ian Marshall and Dave Tull turned in their usual solid performances and finished 5th and 6th respectively in their age group. Mark Newell and Pat "the Boy" Austin ran a conservative race together, with Pat just avoiding Mark's "helping hands" to just get ahead of him at the finish. The runners were well supported by Allison Marshall and Graham Decourcy, who climbed to the top of the second Fell to cheer the runners through.

The times were:

59th Paul Kent 1:35:51 (13th - V45)

129th Chris Rogers 1:49:29 (30th - V40)

155th Ian Marshall 1:53:22 (5th - V60)

164th Dave Tull 1:55:57 (6th - V60)

208th Pat Austin 2:08:29 (38th - V40)

209th Mark Newell 2:08:31 (28th - V50)

Chris Rogers (L) and Paul Kent (R) in action at last weeks Cardington Cracker Fell race.