Click here for Results from Race 7 - Five Ways Double (updated 9:30 28/07/11)

Click here for League Standings After Race 7

Lovely weather conditions blessed the Hatton area for the seventh club league race of the year, with the 7 mile undulating 2 lap course not deterring 35 runners and a team of 6 (or so) marshalls/timekeepers. After a fast first mile the course was subject to noticeable descents and climbs, most notably the big climb in the final mile as runners dug deep towards the end of the race.

Top honours for the evening go to Arthur Smith for his tremendous effort to be one of the very few people to finish ahead of their predicted time. Arthur improved on his predicted time by over 2%. Stephen Chalkey took second spot for the evening with a 1% improvement over his predicted time, with Colin Underhill taking third spot and 48 points putting in a strong performance with a 0.78% improvement.

Congratulations as well to Martin Dorrill for another impressive run to take another Male Vets course record. Rich Simkiss was able to set a new Mens Course Record, and Rebecca Smith bagged herself a bonus five points as well with a sterling effort to take the Ladies Vets Record.

As for overall standings, Clive Pearce still holds his spot as overall league leader. Arthur Smith edges to the top of a A group owing to his great race result, Tom Dable clings onto the lead at the top of the B group and Rich Simkiss is beginning to open up a considerable lead in the C group.

Overall Series Leader:
Clive Pearce - 348 points (Joker)

A Group Standings:
1st - Arthur Smith - 244 points
2nd- Lisa Sears - 239 points
3rd - Pauline Dable - 222 points

B Group Standings:
1st - Tom Dable - 274 points (Joker)
2nd - Dave Ramus - 260 points (Joker)
3rd - Andrew Preshous - 228 points

C Group Standings:
1st - Rich Simkiss - 310 points (Joker)
2nd - Pete Bryan - 220 points
3rd - Mick Williams - 183 points

I would like to offer my sincerest of thanks to Vicky Putt, Lisa Sears, Liz Cross & Liz Hegan  for running the whole show (and to Mike Crust & John Quigley who turned up on the night to help marshal)... setting up and taking down the course and well as ensuring our runners made it safely around the course and recording the results without a problem. Without the efforts of these people the club races would not happen!

The next league race is the Inter-Club Race on  Wednesday 3rd August - Many of you will be aware that this is an annual event whereby the club competes against Spa Striders and Stratford Athletic Club in a 3 way battle... the event is scored in such a way that getting EVERY CLUB MEMBER POSSIBLE to race has a massive impact on the final team standings, so I would urge everyone who is able to make themselves available for this race. This year the event is being organised by Stratford AC, details have been sent out by email already though they will also appear in the "Next Race" page shortly.

Should you notice any errors in the results, either your own result, or that of someone else, please click here to contact me so that the error can be corrected. It is much easier to rectify any problems sooner rather than later on in the league.