GRAND PRIX 2005

Race 3, The Chelmsley 5 Mile, 2nd January 

 Agood turn out of 17 runners for this our third race in the Birchfield Grand Prix 2005. As it was so soon after the New Year celebrations, I thought we might have a low participation level, it just shows how much I know! A bright if cool morning greeted us; and conditions seemed right for some good running.  This race was also our second handicap race and the results of this will appear in a separate report together with the handicap allowances for the next race.

Welcome to the new runners to our Grand Prix, Liam, Michael and Hilary, I hope you continue to support our efforts. 

It was quickly realised that the cool wind, which was blowing right through my top at the Start/Finish, was hindering the performances of our runners. Times were generally about a minute down on last month; perhaps the New Year celebrations played their part as well. But despite this, Julian managed to run 11 seconds quicker and Helen was only 28 seconds down. New boy Liam started conservatively on the first small lap but then wound himself up to run through the field to be our first man to finish, gain maximum bonus points and to get himself onto our scoreboard. On Age Grading, Alex managed yet again to come out on top with a lower than normal 77%. Gordon, although running quicker than Alex was second, only 0.14% behind. Alex’s recent birthday had proved to be Gordon’s undoing and had given Alex the advantage. 

The overall point’s table now shows Alex in equal first with Gordon with Martin slipping to third spot. Peter swaps places with Lynette while Helen moves up a place to sixth.

                                                               Results

 

 

Name

Age

Club

Time

 

Age

Performance

GP

Bonus

 

 

 

 

Pos.

 

 

 

 

Standard

Level%

Points

Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

 

1

 

Alex Elliott

64

6

35

:

00

 

26

:

58.6

77.08

50

1

2

 

Gordon Orme

62

5

34

:

22

 

26

:

26.4

76.94

46

2

3

 

Liam Bek

25

1

28

:

09

 

21

:

18.9

75.72

44

12

4

 

Peter Davies

59

7

35

:

10

 

25

:

41.2

73.04

43

0

5

 

Andy Grier

36

2

29

:

32

 

21

:

27.4

72.65

42

8

6

 

John Matthews

58

10

36

:

42

 

25

:

27.3

69.36

41

0

7

 

Martin Wilkinson

45

4

33

:

39

 

22

:

52.8

67.99

40

3

8

 

Alan Britton

55

9

36

:

30

 

24

:

46.9

67.89

39

0

9

 

Michael Morley

40

3

32

:

42

 

22

:

03.7

67.47

38

5

10

 

John Adams

54

11

37

:

09

 

24

:

34.4

66.15

37

0

11

 

Peter Lawton

48

8

35

:

24

 

23

:

24.6

66.13

36

0

12

 

Hilary Boszko

51

15

43

:

00

#

27

:

12.9

63.29

0

0

13

 

Helen Freeman-Matthews

44

14

41

:

30

 

25

:

34.0

61.61

35

12

14

 

Mike Woodlock

44

12

37

:

29

 

22

:

42.7

60.59

34

0

15

 

David Fall

60

16

43

:

15

 

25

:

55.4

59.94

33

0

16

 

Julian Barnett

43

13

39

:

52

 

22

:

32.7

56.55

32

0

17

 

Lynette Millard

37

17

46

:

17

 

24

:

08.2

52.15

31

8