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The penultimate race in the 2011 season saw a return to the Sunday morning timeslot, owing to the depressingly decreasing number of daylight hours ruling out the Thursday Evening option. In years gone by the Sunday morning ‘Winter League’ fixtures have seen a substantial reduction in number of attendees versus the more popular ‘Summer League’ fixtures held on a Thursday evening – something the new format single club league had hoped to address, and with a turnout of 26 club runners, 5 marshals and 8 guests it seems to have been somewhat of a success! Whilst obviously a reduction in numbers from the Thursday evening fixtures, it’s a substantial increase in numbers versus previous years where numbers have reportedly been as low as only 2 members taking part.

The Barford Super Belter is a course enjoyed by some, and less so by others – the nature of the course means a long steady climb to around the halfway mark, with the second half of the race generally being a fast and gradual descent (other than a further climb around 4-4.5mi), the trick being to start off steady, and then really letting rip over the second half of the course.

No course records were broken, which is a testament to how well the club has performed in the past on this course rather than a lack of good performances this time round.

Top spot for the race goes to ‘the runner formerly known as Butler’. Tina Crow obviously paced herself well round the course to knock a very impressive 16 seconds per mile off her predicted time to finish 3.31% ahead of prediction and scoop 50 points in the process. Husband Rob Crow continues to improve and took second place for the day with a 3.22% improvement, which begs the question of what exactly was in their wedding cake... and more importantly, is there any left? Sally Hicks completes the podium with a very strong run to finish over a minute ahead of her predicted time.

Several members opted to play their joker for this race, Colin Underhill being the top scorer of the Jokers in his efforts to catch the league leader, an impressive performance from Colin scores him a healthy 92 points – ththough not enough to put him in overall top spot, Colin now heads up the B group whilst Clive Pearce still leads the league as a whole.

I feel a mention must also goto guest runner Alex Atkinson, currently an unattached runner, Alex was the second fastest runner of the day – so a plea to Alex to further consider joining the ranks of Kenilworth Runners – Cross Country season is almost upon us!

My sincerest of thanks to the team of Marshals – I hear sausage rolls & choccy rice crispy cakes were consumed courtesey of the days chief marshal – Martin Lambert, kindly aided by his team of Jon Mettyear, Martin Belcher, Rich Steel and Rich Whiting.

Overall Series Leader:
Clive Pearce - 386 points (Joker)

A Group Standings:
1st - Arthur Smith - 340points (Joker)
2nd - Lisa Sears - 328 points (Joker)
3rd - Pauline Dable - 323 points (Joker)

B Group Standings:
1st - Colin Underhill - 368 points (Joker)
2nd - Sally Hicks - 339 points (Joker)
3rd - Tom Dable - 323 points (Joker)

C Group Standings:
1st - Rich Simkiss - 339 points (Joker)
2nd - Andy Holbrook - 302 points (Joker)
3rd - Rich Green - 288 points

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