GRAND PRIX 2006

The Nuneaton 10 Mile (MMAC Championships & WRRL), 17th September

This race incorporated both the Midland Masters 10 Mile Championships and the Warwickshire Road Race League. Prior to this race in the individual WRRL, Gordon Orme was lying in 15th place overall (10th Master) in the men’s and Ann Haywood was 20th overall in the women’s category. In the Masters Team category, we (Birchfield) are lying in 2nd place men and 6th place women, not bad after 4 races in the league. 

Getting back to this race, we had only 8 entered with 7 starting. We also had 4 of these being included in the MMAC Championships. Both Barry Roberts and I were on holiday, so weren’t there on the day. Both of us didn’t receive any details or numbers until the day before the race (I was in Cornwall!). This had everyone panicking because of not knowing where to go… and no numbers. In the event the organiser didn’t send numbers, you had to pick them up on the day, had we known all the hassle could have been avoided. The result was that Julian, who himself was on holiday until Saturday, unsure where to go, arrived late and missed the start. The officials allowed him to start and we were able to get him a finish time. All’s well that ends well! 

Gordon picked up 1st M60 in the race overall and 1st Midland Master, also Alex took the 1st M65 in the Midland Masters Championships, 2 GOLD MEDALS… 

Only two races left in the GP and it looks as though we may have runaway winner. Some of you can still qualify, so please have a go at the last 2 races. At the moment we have 10 qualifiers and Gordon retains his 1st place overall. Second, third and fourth places stay the same but Lynette Millard moves up from 8th to equal 4th spot and also retains her 1st women’s slot. Kenny drops two places as does Martin, Julian and Tony. Alex moves up to 6th and qualifies with this race, whilst Ann drops a position and still needs to qualify.

Results

 

 

Name

Age

Club

Actual

 

Age

Performance

GP

Bonus

 

 

 

 

Pos.

Time

 

Graded

Level%

Points

Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

**

 

 

1

 

Alex Davidson-Elliott

65

2

72

:

11

56

:

49

78.61

50

8

2

 

Gordon Orme

63

1

71

:

07

57

:

08

78.19

46

12

3

 

Robin Davies

59

4

79

:

42

66

:

33

67.11

44

5

4

 

Peter Lawton

49

3

73

:

51

67

:

09

66.52

43

6

5

 

Surinder Singh

63

7

99

:

13

 

79

:

42

56.04

42

3

6

 

Lynette Millard

39

5

97

:

51

 

95

:

00

51.99

41

12

7

 

Julian Barnett

44

6

98

:

30

 

93

:

02

48.01

40

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

90%+ World Standard             80%+ National Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70%+ Regional Standard         60%+ Local Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

<60% Club Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMAC Championships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race 9 is the Kenilworth Half Marathon on the 8th October.

Race 10 is the Birmingham University 5k on the 15th October.

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