Terry Dyer lost top place tonight to Mick Williams. But it wasn't through lack of effort; no unfortunately, he had to
retire after a mile with a pulled hamstring. Not that it should keep him out for too long, and he hopes to be fully recovered before the
next race in two weeks time. So the sixth race ends up with yet another leader of the pack. Not that he was given an easy race - Martin
Dorrill pushed him all the way and was unfortunate to lose out by just a second. In fact Mick was only one of 4 runners to beat their time on
a glorious evening for running. In some respects it was a bit too perfect - especially in the last mile when the stillness seemed to take
away any breath of wind. The other runners to beat their predict time were - Helen Wilkes, who collected her second consecutive 50 points,
Stan Alexander - who arrived on time for once - and Roger Clay, who playing his joker managed to double his 48 points up to 96. Once again
the course was considerably changed from previous occasions, and the mile across the fields could have caused some confusion if it had not been
for some well positioned arrows put out by Roger Wilkes. As a result no one got lost. Unfortunately with Terry dropping out, it meant that the awaited
tussle between Roland Smythe and Terry has had to be postponed until the next race (I reckon I've sussed him out myself....) Gerry Lewis
was granted special permission to complete the course before anyone else as he reckoned he had to be back at Warwick University by 8 o'clock
as there was a leaving party for his wife Anne, who will be taking up a new post over in Birmingham. As it happened he was a little late as his time
was a modest 30:20 over the 4 mile course.
So where does that leave us now after round 6?
Leader of the pack is Mick Williams with 269 points. The A's is led by Mick Morris 268 points, B's Gwyn Davies 232 points and the C's Terry
Dyer with 261 points. The next race at Burton Green on the 3rd August is a pursuit race and so there is still everything to play for. Don't
forget the last race of the summer league is now on the 10th September - the Beausale Bandit.
Finally Tara Brindle returned to New York over the weekend, but not before she took part in Thursdays race and was presented with a Club
running vest. She thoroughly enjoyed her sessions with the Club and was very impressed by the friendliness shown towards her. She will remember
us in dispatches!
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Tara models the only vest to be seen in at New York Road Runners Club this Autumn |
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Thursday 7th July
