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Presenting Mr & Mrs Scrimshaw
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on March 1st, 2011
Congratulations to David and Amy who got married last week, and here’s the happy couple just after taking their vows….
Amy & David
Love is in the air…
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on February 17th, 2011
Valentines day, a day when couples up and down the country celebrated their love for each other, or got into trouble for not buying flowers (ahem!), or for not taking their loved ones to a restaurant (double ahem!). I mean who want’s to be squeezed on to a romantic table for 2, for just you and your valentine….and the couple two inches away either side who can hear all of your sweet nothings….Sainsbury’s £15 valentines meal deal was excellent value instead for my lucky lady.
Instead of feeling sorry for themselves and going into hiding, a group of the running clubs singletons made a point of smacking valentines night in the mouth with a right hook, and went out for a group run instead. Dressed in pink and red they pointed and laughed at couples and how contrived and false it all looked in the restaurants of Beckenham. Yeah!
Meanwhile Richard and Georgina Selway took part in the Bromley Park Run on Saturday, which was hosting the Valentines Love Run. Not only did Richard take 1st place, he and Georgina also won the ‘Love Run’ category for affiliated runners. Guess you can’t argue about their qualification for the category, parkrun had made a point that Clare Elms and Jim were not allowed to form some sort of uber parkrun couple just for the competition.
Richard Selway
And finally to round off this special belated Valentines post, good luck for the weekend to David Scrimshaw and Amy Bhandari who are tying the knot up in the Lake District. Congratulations and best wishes for a happy future together from all at Beckenham Running Club.
Blackheath and Bromley Track Races
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on February 15th, 2011
Have you ever fancied running a 5k or 10k race on a track, or take part in shorter distance races like the 400m and 800m etc. Well as part of our Kent London Athletics Network KLAN relationship with Blackheath & Bromley Harriers, all members from clubs within the network are invited to join in with the Blackheath and Bromley track meets that are highlighted in RED on their new Fixture List.
Latest Grand Prix Standings after Race 2
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else, Grand Prix on February 15th, 2011
Below are the latest standings following the Sidcup 10, the the 2nd race of the series. Jim takes an 8 point lead in the Premiership whilst OK Chris goes up to 2nd. It’s close at the top in Div 1 with Mel and Ken F sharing the lead on 36 pulling out a lead over Kate. While Ed O continues to sore away with the Div 2.
Click here to see the remaining fixtures
| Runner | Sex | Races ran | Points overall | Blackheath & Bromley 10k 18th Jan | Sidcup 10m 13 Feb | ||
| Time | Points | Time | Points | ||||
| PREMIER LEAGUE | |||||||
| Jim Addison | M | 2 | 38 | 38.57 | 18 | 54.13 | 20 |
| Chris Lydon | M | 2 | 30 | 42.51 | 12 | 60.12 | 18 |
| Nolan Wilkens | M | 2 | 29 | 41.44 | 16 | 61.33 | 13 |
| Richard Selway | M | 2 | 26 | 43.17 | 10 | 60.15 | 16 |
| Craig Williamson | M | 2 | 23 | 43.28 | 9 | 60.27 | 14 |
| Chris Minns | M | 1 | 20 | 37.17 | 20 | ||
| David Scrimshaw | M | 2 | 20 | 43.36 | 8 | 61.49 | 12 |
| Ben Calascione | M | 2 | 17 | 46.35 | 6 | 64.31 | 11 |
| Ally Thorpe | M | 1 | 14 | 42.11 | 14 | ||
| Tom Simpson | M | 2 | 14 | 48.02 | 4 | 68.11 | 10 |
| Stuart Scott | M | 1 | 13 | 42.20 | 13 | ||
| Will Withecombe | M | 1 | 11 | 42.58 | 11 | ||
| Andrew Small | M | 2 | 11 | 52.15 | 2 | 75.53 | 9 |
| Edgar Sequeira | M | 1 | 7 | 45.06 | 7 | ||
| Toni Merola | M | 1 | 5 | 47.00 | 5 | ||
| Marc Clayton | M | 1 | 3 | 48.58 | 3 | ||
| DIVISION 1 | |||||||
| Ken Fancett | M | 2 | 36 | 47.35 | 20 | 66.08 | 16 |
| Mel Burdett | F | 2 | 36 | 47.39 | 18 | 65.28 | 18 |
| Kate Marchant | F | 2 | 28 | 49.34 | 14 | 69.41 | 14 |
| Andrew Hinds | M | 2 | 25 | 51.16 | 12 | 72.32 | 13 |
| Sophie Bishop | F | 2 | 23 | 52.17 | 11 | 72.54 | 12 |
| Stephen Ferrar | M | 2 | 21 | 52.51 | 10 | 74.35 | 11 |
| Simon Harris | M | 1 | 20 | 63.01 | 20 | ||
| Gail Arnott | F | 2 | 19 | 52.56 | 9 | 75.2 | 10 |
| Paul Browning | M | 1 | 16 | 48.54 | 16 | ||
| Anika Jones | F | 1 | 13 | 51.03 | 13 | ||
| Ken Baksh | M | 1 | 8 | 53.41 | 8 | ||
| DIVISION 2 | |||||||
| Ed Osborne | M | 2 | 40 | 47.25 | 20 | 66.27 | 20 |
| Georgina Selway | F | 2 | 27 | 54.17 | 13 | 77.00 | 14 |
| Nicola Howard | F | 2 | 24 | 54.23 | 12 | 78.19 | 12 |
| Pat Kerrins | M | 2 | 23 | 55.36 | 10 | 78.15 | 13 |
| Ameet Patel | M | 2 | 22 | 59.28 | 6 | 76.54 | 16 |
| Darren Townsend-Handscomb | M | 1 | 18 | 51.42 | 18 | ||
| Andrew Rees | M | 1 | 18 | 76.15 | 18 | ||
| Paul Fletcher | M | 1 | 16 | 52.35 | 16 | ||
| Alan Pledge | M | 1 | 14 | 52.45 | 14 | ||
| Deborah Ford | F | 2 | 13 | 59.59 | 5 | 86.06 | 8 |
| Alice Langton | F | 1 | 11 | 54.41 | 11 | ||
| Louisa Philips | F | 1 | 11 | 78.54 | 11 | ||
| Isobel Finnie | F | 1 | 10 | 79.26 | 10 | ||
| Gillian Sellman | F | 1 | 9 | 56.06 | 9 | ||
| Ian McCarthy | M | 1 | 9 | 80.55 | 9 | ||
| Richard Seabrook | M | 1 | 8 | 56.13 | 8 | ||
| Amy Bhandari | F | 1 | 7 | 58.36 | 7 | ||
| Paul Cregg | M | 1 | 7 | 87.51 | 7 | ||
| Ruth Bunn | F | 1 | 6 | 88.46 | 6 | ||
Handicap 2011 – Feb
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else, Handicap on February 15th, 2011
After a drab ending last year thanks to the snow, the winter break seems to have invigorated the attendance for the 1st race of 2011. A whopping 28 runners took part, which surprisingly yeilded only 6 PB’s. A case of tactical running? Hmmmmmm.
Well done to Emma V who took 1st place and therefore leads this years competition, she was followed in by Debbie with Jim storming up the rear….
Latest results here
Vigo 10 mile Run Review
Posted by will in Everything Else on February 14th, 2011
Faced with the prospect of another three uninspired laps around Sidcup, I opted for a new race entitled the Valentines Run 10 organised by Vigo Runners.
Vigo, just off J2 of the M20 put on a superb one lap – 10 mile cross country challenge. The first mile was extremely muddy and there were two great hills at miles 2 and 9! The second one being the toughest I have ever faced running. I finished the course in 1hr20min, placing around 10th.
Thank you Vigo Runners. Well organised, a great goody bag, top notch cake and a fantastic course. 96% satisfaction on Runner’s World speaks for itself.
Southern Cross Country Champs
Posted by Nolan in Cross Country, Everything Else, Races & Reports on January 30th, 2011
The Southern Cross Country Championships were held on Saturday on the notorious Parliament Hill Course which is fabled for it’s hills, mud, extra long distance and high standard of club runner. On show were 3 Beckenham representatives, Chris Minns, Stuart Scott (running for Kent) and our favourite 2nd claimer Clare Elms in her Dulwich Vest. Chris last ran this race back in 98 and shares the following race report.
Chris writes…..
A quick report from Saturdays race at Parliament Hill fields:
Chaos at the start (no one expecting the gun to go off) meant that I was in the rare position of being at the front of a pen and well up the field at the top of the first hill. I kept going in this style for the first lap, and sat in about 60th coming into the last stetch of the first lap.
After the first set of hills on the second lap (7km in) I was in so much trouble I thought I was going to have to drop out. I tried to relax and use all that stamina training to ride it out and not lose too many places. This sort of worked until about the 12k mark, when I realized I couldn’t feel my arms anymore. I kept trying to hang in there, but got caught by a few familiar faces. Still managed to finish up 78th, 5 places inside my last attempt on this course in 1998! I wanted to push myself to test my fitness today, but top 60 at 5k was too early to be that far up the field. I really suffered trying not to go backwards the last half of the race.
Saw Stuart before and after, but don’t know how he got on. Claire Elms had an excellent race, finishing 14th or 15th. Great to have Mel, Will, and the dogs for support. I heard a few others cheering for Beckenham as well – maybe we could get a contingent out next time?
Chris
| 77 | 4939 | 00:54:02 | Chris Minns |
| 334 | 4080 | 01:02:50 | Stuart Scott |
| 16 | 2724 | 00:31:28 | Clare Elms |
Beckenham Running Club makes donation to Demelza Hospice
Posted by Nolan in Beckenham 10k Trail Race, Beckenham Photo's, Club Events, Everything Else on January 27th, 2011
Before the Beckenham runners made there way out for another wintery Wednesday night run, we had the pleasure of welcoming Kate Najdowski from Demelza Hospice Care for Children to the Foxgrove Road club house.
Kate was there to accept a cheque presented by Andrew Rees, the club Treasurer, for £1,000 as a donation from Beckenham Running Club. The money was raised from the proceeds of the Beckenham Charity 10k Trail Race held back in November 2010. Kate thanked the club and explained what £1000 means to the Hospice in relation to equipment and respite care that it will help to provide.
We also wish to thank again all the runners who took part in our race, which contributed to the money raised for this worthy cause.
Andrew Rees presents cheque to Kate Nadjowski from Demelza Childrens Hospice
FREE Marathon Injury Prevention Seminar
Posted by roaming reporter in Everything Else on January 25th, 2011
@BeckenhamRC now on Twitter…
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else on January 24th, 2011
You may or may not have noticed there is now a twitter feed on the left hand side of the page. This is abit of an experiment with the aim to be able to able to share information on the club, the website and our races with members and the general public. There is already one follower! (and me!) Using this tool there is potential to access thousands of people who are already on twitter to publicise events and races, and just show off about how great our club is so people may want to join themselves…..I suspect most people won’t have a clue about twitter but feel free to follow the twitters that stem from it…. http://twitter.com/BeckenhamRC#
Maybe a step to far…we’ll see.
