Race 7, The Halesowen Hillock

I have had no report on the race except that it was b****y hilly! So, I will let the results speak for themselves and only comment on the GP element.

Because this race was a mult-terrain event, the percentage performances, as you can see, are lower than normal. The reason for this is that the WMA/WAVA© Tables give values for road race distances because there is no mathamatical formula that can be produced to take in to account the many variations found in a multi-terrain event. The obvious example of just one factor would be the distance of the race. This means that the percentages achieved cannot be compared to any other races in our GP. So don’t measure your performance against the Warwickshire Relays! However, the percentages are comparable against the other percentages in this race, so the levels can be assessed as usual and put in order. Hope that’s clear?

Fastest on the day was Andy Grier with a time reflecting the nature of the course! But, not wearing the Club vest meant no points were awarded and Kevin scored the top bonus points instead. Alex was the first M60 home in the race and our prolific prizewinner again came out on top with the highest performance scored. Lynette, the only female running for us, picked up an ‘easy’ 12 bonus points and I believe ‘enjoyed’ the experience!!

Overall in the GP, Alex once again takes over the lead from Martin. Only the best 6 scoring races count. Martin is the only one to have done all 7 races, so he drops his Warwickshire Relay result. Alex and Lynette have both completed 6 races, everyone else has done 5 or less. This puts Alex with a 24 point lead. Ones to watch are Mike Morley, and Kevin Wakerley, both up 2 places. If they can compete in the remaining GP races, it could be an interesting finish to the competition.

	Name	Age	Club	Time				Age			Performance	GP	Bonus
			Pos.					Standard			Level%	Points	Points
											**
1	Alex Elliott	64	5	81	:	44		56	:	10	68.72	50	3
2	Kevin Wakerley	42	2	73	:	36		46	:	37	63.34	46	12
3	Andrew Grier	36	1	70	:	59	#	44	:	41	62.95	0	0
4	Alan Price	58	6	84	:	15		53	:	00	62.91	44	2
5	Martin Wilkinson	46	4	78	:	07		48	:	00	61.45	43	5
6	Alan Britton	55	8	85	:	18		51	:	36	60.49	42	0
7	Michael Morley	40	3	76	:	13		45	:	57	60.29	41	8
8	Dave Bouldstridge	63	11	94	:	52	#	55	:	36	58.61	0	0
9	John Adams	54	9	88	:	00		51	:	10	58.14	40	0
10	Peter Lawton	48	7	85	:	02		48	:	45	57.33	39	1
11	Peter Davies	59	10	94	:	25		53	:	29	56.65	38	0
12	Tony Frain	60	12	95	:	37		53	:	59	56.46	37	0
13	Lynette Millard	37	14	110	:	00		50	:	04	45.52	36	12
14	Julian Barnett	43	13	104	:	59		46	:	57	44.72	35	0

**	90%+ World Standard 80%+ National Standard									#	*Not wearing Club Vest*
	70%+ Regional Standard 60%+ Local Standard
	<60% Club Standard

Race 8 is the Aldridge 10k on 12^th June. To enter, see Barry Roberts on Club nights.