On a pleasant evening 36 members of Kenilworth Runners met to take part in the
penultimate race of the series, known to club members as the 'Honiley Super Hoof' so named because it starts in the lane leading to Honiley
and it is the longest of two club races that start at this spot place.
The race started in the lane opposite the Honiley Corus Hotel and then proceeded through Honiley towards Beausale turning right at the
tee junction along the lane and after a left turn the race passed through Haseley Knob and to Haseley Green when after a comforting downhill
a sharp left turn took the race through Waste Green and Beausale and back to the start opposite the Hotel.
Lucy and James Hartwright retained their joint overall lead in the series with 284 points after superb runs BUT they are now
being closely pressed by Laurence Copeland, who had a storming run, to close the gap to 5 points and Sue Divine who maintained her good
form. So with several members yet to play their jokers (doubles the points) the final outcome is far from certain.
Who will be the overall winner of this seasons hard fought series? Well that will all depend upon performances in the last
race which is to be held at Norton Lindsey on the 26th August starting at 7.30p.m. The six mile course is one of the toughest of the 8
in the series with 3 miles downhill at the start and 3 miles up hill at the end.
This has been an excellent series of races, extremely well attended, and the tough uncompromising course for the final race is
a fitting conclusion to the series which has been greatly enjoyed by all who have taken part and for which we all have to thank our race
organiser Roger Wilkes for an excellent summers hard competition.
The group positions are:-
GROUP RUNNER POINTS
A Laurence Copeland 279
A Sue Divine 273
A Julie Bevan 238
B Colin Dooling 265
B Julian Tombs 252
B Roger Wilkes 222
C Roland Smythe 268
C Mick Williams 244
C Richard Steel 214
21/08/04
- Race the Train
13 members of Kenilworth Runners travelled to Wales to take part with
800 other runners in this annual 15 miles cross country race where the main object is to beat a steam train. The other Kenilworth Runners
results were as follows:-
RUNNER TIME
Martin Dorrill 1.35
Patrick Noonan 1.37
Mick Williams 1.40
Lucy Aphramor 1.46
Richard Steel 2.04
Emily Beacham 2.04
Mary Joyce 2.05
John Woodrow 2.32
Jane McNally 2.35
Louis Della-Porta 2.37
Annette Robinson 2.41
Jane Pithie 2.41
John Jones 2.54
26/08/04
- Final Race - Summer League Race 8
26 members of Kenilworth Runners travelled to Norton Lindsey to take part in the 8th and final
event in Kenilworth Runners Summer Road Race Handicap League and to settle the burning question - Who would take the coveted overall winners
position. Would Lucy beat Husband James Hartwright, they were level after the last race, or would they remain on equal points or would somebody
have an extraordinary race and overtake them both?
If there was to be any course to sort the final positions out then this was it, truly a fitting challenge to produce the overall winner.
This six mile race started and ended outside The New Inn in the village of Norton Lindsey. The runners headed out of the
village towards Snitterfied and after only a few yards of downhill faced a tough climb before descending rapidly past Luscombe Farm on the
right before tackling another short but taxing climb into Pigeon Green and Snitterfield Village. Two immediate right turns took the runners through
Snitterfield and onto the 'hard part' of the race. Following the Wolverton Road out of Snitterfied the runners firstly faced a sharp but short
climb and then after a relatively flat section took on the taxing climb up into Wolverton and so through the hamlet to climb again to the
cross roads to turn right past Newlands Farm back into Norton Lindsey being careful to turn right into the village and so to the finish.
When the times were feed into our Race Organiser's computer James Hartright came out top with 301 points and so is a very
worthy winner of the 2004 title which he has dominated since the second race. His wife Lucy, who has challenged him throughout the series,
took the 'A' group title with yet another superb run gaining 289 points. Race Organiser, Roger Wilkes, took the 'B' group title with 281 points
for a succession of excellent runs which gave him 281 points and Richard Steel took the 'C' group title with 271 points a reward for which
he has worked hard and run well for over the series.
This has been an excellent series of races which have been thoroughly enjoyed by all Kenilworth Runners who took part, sometime
in inclement weather, in a tough series of races but all in beautiful surroundings in the district and so it was most gratifying to learn that
our Race Organiser, Roger Wilkes, gained deserved reward for the hard work he has put into the series by taking the 'B' group title.
The final group positions were:-
GROUP RUNNER POINTS FINAL POSITION
A Lucy Hartright 289 Winner
A Sue Divine 286 Runner Up
A Laurence Copeland 284 Third
B Roger Wilkes 281 Winner
B Julian Tombs 276 Joint Runner Up
B John Woodrow 276 Joint Runner Up
B Nick Gilbert 273 Third
C Richard Steel 271 Winner
C Roland Smythe 268 Runner Up
C Mick Williams 253 Third
29/08/04
- Beacon 10km
Pauline and Kirsty raced the Beacon 10k at Haresfield near Gloucester..
Pauline bagged first lady in the over 55 category, and Kristy achieved a personal best time.
Pauline Dable 51mins .02secs 1st 0/55 lady
Kristy Dable 55.30 (PB)
Sunday 8th August