To print this page properly - use Print icon located on the page.
Please note that JavaScript has to be enabled.

Summer Road Race Series

Summer Race Series Rules                  Summer Race Series Handicaps

Overall Results

Matt Holden won the men's series with John De Castro 10 points behind in second. Anna Critchlow won the women's series by 10 points as well from Isobel Rea. In the handicap it was a family affair with Marion Rayner winning from husband Chas. Full standings are below.

Men

Position Name Points
1 Matt Holden 190
2 John De Castro 180
3 Gary Robinson 156
4 Christopher Twistleton 150
5 Ali Yousuf 119
6 Charles Rayner 108
7 Jon Scott Francis 102
=8 Burkhard Fehsenfeld 74
=8 Colin Steele 74
10 James Eatwell 61
11 Ben Madsen 50
=12 Adam Rathbone 45
=12 Keith Simpson 45
=14 Antony Di Angelo 40
=14 Rory Ferguson 40
15 Andrew Orchard 38
16 Andy Bowen 34
17 David Brooks 32

Women

Position Name Points
1 Anna Critchlow 200
2 Isobel Rea 190
3 Marion Rayner 118
4 Alison Brownhill95
5 Fiona Hopwood 83
=6 Susan Cargill 78
=6 Shelley Martin 78
8 Rachel Badham 72
9 Rochelle Winn 45
=10 Louise Ferguson 38
=10 Lucy Hale 38
=12 Louise Clark 36
=12 Rose Lewis 36
14 Anna Beausire 34
15 Catherine Stephens 30
16 Helen Lovett 29

Handicap

Position Name Points
1 Marion Rayner 33
2 Charles Rayner 30.5
=3 Anna Critchlow27.5
=3
 John De Castro 27.5
5 Isobel Rea 27
6 Christopher Twistleton 25
7 Matt Holden 24.5
8
 Gary Robinson 22
9 Susan Cargill 17.5
=10 Fiona Hopwood 16.5
=10 Ali Yousuf 16.5
12 James Eatwell 16
13 Jon Scott Francis14
14 Burkhard Fehsenfeld13
15
 Rochelle Winn 12
16 Antony Di Angelo7.5
17 Alison Brownhill 9.5
18 Shelley Martin 9
=19 Andy Bowen 8
=19 Rachel Badham 9
=19 Louise Ferguson 8
=19 Rory Ferguson 8
=19 Catherine Stephens 8
=24 Rose Lewis 7.5
=24 Ban Madsen 7.5
=26 David Brooks 7
=26 Helen Lovett 7
28 Steve Jessop 6.5
29 Colin Steele
 6
30
 John Blake
 5.5
31
 Anna Beausire
 5
32
 Andrew Orchard
 4.5
=33
 Louise Clark
 3
=33
 Keith Simpson
3

23/08/09  Burnham Beeches Half Marathon

Another successful outing for the West 4 ladies who came 2nd overall. Issy (7th), Alison (16th) and Marion (30th) were beaten by Reading RR. Both Ali and Marion came 2nd in their age groups. Congrats to all and to Fiona. 

The men did not fair quite so well, though came in a respectable 11th. London Heathside took the honours.

Despite the heat, the course is well shaded so is quite cool to run. Many say the route is tough due to the hills but there appears to be more downs than ups. I found the last two miles hard, where I actually walked for a bit. Gary was walking before half way, so much credit to him for not stopping at the end of lap one and going for a dip in the outdoor pool, which some of us did later. Excellent for tired bodies and minds.  

At the time of going to press Colin was still out on the course - stop press, his time was 2.25.15, with a finishing position of 904th out of 953 finishers.

The last race of the series is actual races. You take your best time from the Richmond Park Run for the whole month of September. Good luck all. 

Keith

68 Isobel Rea F33 West 4 Harriers 01:28:13 01:28:19
99 John DeCastro M32 West 4 Harriers 01:31:36 01:31:43
168 Alison Brownhill F46 West 4 Harriers 01:36:32 01:36:37
111 Keith Simpson M41 West 4 Harriers 01:32:59 01:33:08
156 Chas Rayner M58 West 4 Harriers 01:35:57 01:36:06
207 Gary Robinson M34 West 4 Harriers 01:38:42 01:38:49
246 Marion Rayner F59 West 4 Harriers 01:41:20 01:41:29
379 Fiona Hopwood F50 West 4 Harriers 01:47:35 01:48:09

Here are the updated standings:

Men

Position Name Points
1 John De Castro 180
2 Gary Robinson 156
3 Matt Holden 145
4 Charles Rayner 108
5 Jon Scott Francis 102
6 Christopher Twistleton 100
7 Ali Yousuf 85
8 Colin Steele 74
9 James Eatwell 61
10 Ben Madsen 50
=11 Adam Rathbone 45
=11 Keith Simpson 45
13 Antony Di Angelo 40
=14 Andrew Orchard 38
=14 Burkhard Fehsenfeld 38
16 Andy Bowen 34

Women

Position Name Points
1 Isobel Rea 190
2 Anna Critchlow 150
3 Marion Rayner 118
4 Fiona Hopwood 83
5 Susan Cargill 78
6 Shelley Martin 50
=7 Alison Brownhill 45
=7 Rochelle Winn 45
8 Rachel Badham 40
9 Lucy Hale 38
10 Louise Clark 36

Handicap

Position Name Points
1 Marion Rayner 27
2 Isobel Rea 25
3 John De Castro 24
4 Charles Rayner 23
5 Anna Critchlow 21
6 Gary Robinson 20
=7 Susan Cargill 17.5
=7 Matt Holden 17.5
9 Christopher Twistleton 17
10 Fiona Hopwood 16.5
11 Jon Scott Francis 14
12 Rochelle Winn 12
13 Ali Yousuf 10
=14 Andy Bowen 8
=14 James Eatwell 8
15 Ben Madsen 7.5
=16 Burkhard Fehsenfeld 6
=16 Colin Steele 6
18 Rachel Badham 5
19 Andrew Orchard 4.5
20 Shelley Martin 4
=21 Alison Brownhill 3
=21 Louise Clark 3
=21 Antony Di Angelo 3
=21 Keith Simpson 3

26/07/09                 Elmbridge 10k

50 00:37:20 TWISELTON, Christopher 72.25%
52 00:37:24 CRITCHLOW, Anna 84.15%
66 00:38:00 HOLDEN, Matt 70.98%
83 00:39:06 REA, Isobel 76.51%
101 00:39:48 DE CASTRO, John 67.77%
116 00:40:14 FEHSENFELD, Burkhard 74.66%
118 00:40:21 ROBINSON, Gary 66.85%
137 00:41:29 BOWEN, Andy 69.16%
169 00:42:51 BADHAM, Rachel 71.11%
173 00:42:57 RAYNER, Chas 74.86%
200 00:44:04 SCOTT-FRANCIS, Jon 71.68%
247 00:45:39 RAYNER, Marion 81.52%
280 00:46:48 EATWELL, James 58.71%

 

31/05/09                 Dorking 10 Mile

Sunday saw the third race of the West 4 road race series at the Dorking 10.
The race started in the picturesque village of Brockham and took in two laps with testing hills followed by 3 miles of challenging undulations to the finish at the local rugby field. Not the horror story of a course I'd been led believe was in store from Mark's accounts of years gone by, but with the sun out it was hard work all round.

Matt Holden was first W4 home in 62:49 while Anna C and Isobel were 4th and 5th ladies respectively leading the West 4 Ladies team, also containing Marion and Susan, to victory. Anna C and Marion both won their age groups as well.

In the men's competition Gary pulls clear at the top being the only one to run all three races so far with John DC and Ali close behind. Anna C and Isobel lead the ladies standings with Susan not too far back in third. In the handicap competition only Marion and Susan beat their handicaps taking Susan to the head of the standings ahead of Isobel and John DC.

Place Time Name
Category Grading
33 01:02:49 HOLDEN, Matt 30-39 71.11%
44 01:03:46 CRITCHLOW, Anna V40 81.07%
66 01:05:53 REA, Isobel 30-39 74.95%
77 01:07:03 DECASTRO, John 30-39 66.61%
88 01:07:58 DIANGELO, Antony 30-39 65.72%
107 01:09:22 ROBINSON, Gary 30-39 64.39%
138 01:11:29 RAYNER, Charles V50 74.14%
169 01:13:39 SCOTT-FRANCIS, Jon V50 70.69%
188 01:15:04 RAYNER, Marion V50 81.37%
200 01:15:51 CARGILL, Susan 30-39 65.11%
265 01:19:41 EATWELL, James 30-39 56.85%
353 01:24:00 CLARK, Louise V40 63.65%

Here are the updated standings:

Men

Position Name Points
1 Gary Robinson 118
2 Matt Holden 100
3 John De Castro 90
4 Ali Yousuf 85
5 Jon Scott Francis 72
=6 Ben Madsen 50
=6 Christopher Twistleton 50
8 Adam Rathbone 45
=10 Colin Steele 38
=10 Andrew Orchard 38
12 Charles Rayner 36
13 James Eatwell 32

Women

Position Name Points
1 Anna Critchlow 100
2 Isobel Rea 95
3 Susan Cargill 78
4 Shelley Martin 50
=5 Rochelle Winn 45
=5 Fiona Hopwood 45
7 Marion Rayner 40
8 Lucy Hale 38
9 Louise Clark 36

Handicap

Position Name Points
1 Susan Cargill 17.5
=2 John De Castro 16.5
=2 Isobel Rea 16.5
4 Gary Robinson
 15
=5 Fiona Hopwood 13.5
=5 Marion Rayner 13.5
7 Anna Critchlow 12.5
=8 Rochelle Winn 12
=8 Matt Holden 12
10 Ali Yousuf 10
=11 Christopher Twistleton 9
=11 Jon Scott Francis 9
13 Ben Madsen 7.5
14 Charles Rayner 6
15 Andrew Orchard 4.5
16 Shelley Martin 4
=17 Antony Di Angelo 3
=17 Louise Clark 3
=17 James Eatwell 3
=17 Colin Steele 3

06/04/09

Kingston Breakfast Run

 

West 4 Harriers were out in force gain early on Sunday morning for the Kingston breakfast run.
In the 16 mile race Isobel was 2nd lady, while in the 8.2 mile race Anna C was third lady in 12th overall and Matt finished just out of the prizes as 6th man and 7th overall.
Not satisfied with that Matt ran the second lap of the 16 mile race with other half Lindsy who finished 381st in 2:02:31.

8.2 Mile

Position Name
Gun Time Chip Time
7 Matt Holden 00:48:54 00:48:53
12 Anna Critchlow 00:50:28 00:50:26
13 Adam Rathbone 00:50:54 00:50:52
20 Gary Robinson 00:52:47 00:52:45
274 Rochelle Winn 01:05:04 01:03:39
1331 Colin Steele 01:28:33 01:27:11

16 Mile

Position Name 
 		    Gun Time    Chip Time    1st Lap     2nd Lap
173 Christopher Twiselton 01:54:09 01:44:05 00:54:20 00:49:45
50 Isobel Rea 01:45:18 01:45:14 00:53:55 00:51:19
218 John De castro 01:56:01 01:45:57 00:54:20 00:51:37
100 Ali Yousuf 01:49:56 01:49:10 00:58:14 00:50:56
217 Andrew Orchard 01:56:01 01:55:59 00:59:33 00:56:26
383 Fiona Hopwood 02:02:43 02:02:27 01:03:05 00:59:22
650 Susan Cargill 02:11:27 02:10:59 01:08:45 01:02:14
1281 Lucy Hale 02:28:54 02:28:46 01:14:52 01:13:54

The Kingston races formed the second part of the West 4 road race series. In the men's standings Ali leads from Gary being the only runners to have run both races. In the women's competition the lead is shared by Isobel, Shelley and Anna C. Separate placings points were awarded for 8.2 and 16 mile races.

In the handicap competition 6 runners beat their handicaps with 3 runners awarded maximum points for beating their handicap by over 3 minutes and Isobel beating hers by 10 minutes!

Here are the updated standings.

Men

Position Name Points
1 Ali Yousuf 85
2 Gary Robinson 80
=3 Ben Madsen 50
=3 Christopher Twistleton 50
=5 Adam Rathbone 45
=5 John De Castro 45
=7 Colin Steele 38
=7 Andrew Orchard 38
=7 Jon Scott Francis 38

Women

Position Name Points
=1 Isobel Rea 50
=1 Anna Critchlow 50
=1 Shelley Martin 50
=4 Rochelle Winn 45
=4 Fiona Hopwood 45
5 Susan Cargill 40
6 Lucy Hale 38

Handicap

Position Name Points
=1 Isobel Rea 13.5
=1 John De Castro 13.5
=1 Fiona Hopwood 13.5
=4 Rochelle Winn 12
=4 Gary Robinson
 12
6 Ali Yousuf 10
7 Christopher Twistleton 9
8 Matt Holden 8
9 Ben Madsen 7.5
10 Anna Critchlow 7
=11 Jon Scott Francis 6
=11 Susan Cargill 6
13 Andrew Orchard 4.5
14 Shelley Martin 4
15 Colin Steele 3

Gary

6/3/09

Heathside 5

The first race of the West 4 Harriers road race series took place on
Sunday 1st March at the Heathside 5 in Finsbury Park. Turn out was a
bit sparse with only 4 men and one lady on the start line.

The West 4 results were as follows:
12 0:29:05 Ben Madsen
28 0:31:33 Ali Yousuf
33 0:32:19 Gary Robinson
55 0:34:51 Jon Scott Francis
178 0:45:16 Shelley Martin

Full results are available at http://www.londonheathside.org.uk/competition/heathside_5/index.php

The mens standings are as follows:
1. Ben 50 points
2. Ali 45 points
3. Gary 40 points
4. Jon Scott 38 points

In the ladies competition Shelley takes the 50 points for first West lady home.

In the handicap competition no one beat their handicap, which is not
too much of a surprise given the undulating course, but Ben came close
so he tops the standings closely followed by Ali.

1. Ben 7.5 points
2. Ali 7 points
3. Gary 6.5 points
4. Jon Scott 6 points
5. Shelley 4 points

The next race is the Kingston Breakfast Run where you can choose to
run in either the 8.2 or 16 mile race.

Gary


15/3/2009

Elmbridge 10km

Elmbridge 10km

Last Year Sunday 26th July

Time: 9:30am

Location: Elmbridge Leisure Centre, Walton on Thames

Distance: 10km

Entry: £12

Website http://www.elmbridgeroadrunners.co.uk/pages/10k2009entry.html

Notes: Flat course, out on road (not traffic free), back on towpath. A generally fast course. Another West 4 favourite. Well reviewed on RW.


15/3/2009

Burnham Beeches Half Marathon

Burnham Beeches

Sunday 23rd August

Time: 10am

Distance: Half Marathon

Entry: £16

Location: Caldicot School, Farnham Common, Bucks

Website: http://www.burnhamjoggers.org.uk/

Notes: 2 lap, undulating course on road.

Keith says: “In August but the three times I have run it the weather has been fine. Quite shady so you are well covered from any sun.”


15/3/2009

Richmond Parkrun

Richmond Park Time Trial

Every Saturday morning.

Time: 9am

Location: Richmond Gate, Richmond Park

Distance: 5km

Entry: Free!

Website: http://www.parkrun.com/Default.aspx?tabid=231

Notes: Downhill on road first half, undulating/uphill trail second half. Not the fastest 5km course but a good challenge. Always popular with West 4.

 
 
 

footergrey.jpg