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Grand Prix 2011
Posted by Nolan in Grand Prix, Races & Reports on December 12th, 2011
A final round up of this years Grand Prix….
Following on from the Brighton 10k results which included PB’s for Chris Minns and Helen Garrett, the final Grand Prix of the year took place at Bromley parkrun. Click here for event 118 results, Kate Marchant took her turn to get a 5k pb beating the 21:00 minute mark in 20:53.
Anyways, results are now in for the final Grand Prix standings as follows… (I’ll add the full table when I can get it off Jim)
Premier League
1 Stuart Scott, 2 Jim Addison, 3 Chris Lydon
Division One
1 Mel Burdett, 2 Simon Carter, 3 Steve Ferra
Division Two
1 Ed Osbourne, 2 Georgina Selway, 3 Nicky Howard
Congratulations to everyone, details of next years racing to be announced soon.
Brighton 10k Pics
Posted by ben in Beckenham Photo's, Races & Reports on November 20th, 2011
As I was feeling lazy, I went along to brighton to take photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40624647@N06/sets/72157628064128989/
Brighton 10k
Beckenham Charity 10k Trail Race
Posted by Nolan in Beckenham 10k Trail Race, Races & Reports on November 13th, 2011
Many thanks to everyone who ran in todays 10k trail race which was raced in fantastic sunshine and unseasonably warm temperatures. A full set of provisional results are now available BRC 10K Trail Race 2011.
This year the race was held on Rememberance Sunday and proceeds from the excellent turnout will be donated to the Royal British Legion. A special thanks goes to the winning Blackheath and Bromley mens team who donated their cash prize to the charity. Also now available are Tom Simpsons photographs of the race, just click on the picture below.
Click on the photo above for more shots taken by our Tom
Club Championship – Petts Wood & Cross Country
Posted by Nolan in Cross Country, Grand Prix, Races & Reports on October 10th, 2011
Petts Wood 10k
For the second GP in a row, Jim finished in another impressive 2nd place, however the burning question on everyone’s lips, who was Stuart Slot? It seems abit of a misunderstanding meant that the men’s team prize slipped from under our noses thanks to registration problems. You win some you lose some. But in any case the ladies had a good turn out and won the women’s team prize with Helen maintaining her good form and finishing in 5th and 1st V45. Club Championship age grading results will be announced at the Christmas Dinner! Results
Kent League Cross Country Race 1.
Due to the ladies and most of the men, saving themselves for Sundays club championship at Petts Wood, there was a poor turnout for the 1st Kent League XC race in Swanley. But at least we were able to field a 4 man mens team. The course was fairly tame for a cross country race, ie pretty flat with no mud. The standard was very high so a 16th place for Chris Minns was a good run. Next up is the slightly more challenging hills of Tonbridge on the 29/10/11. Results
Grand Prix: Switchback 5
Posted by Nolan in Grand Prix, Races & Reports on September 28th, 2011
| A belated well done to those who took part in the Switchback 5, not sure why numbers were abit down on the usual for such a good value local race! But well done to Jim and Stephen (in his 1st race for us) who came 2nd and 3rd.
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| Place | Number | First name | Surname | Club | Cat | Time |
| 2 | 148 | Jim | Addison | Beckenham RC | S | 28:58 |
| 3 | 125 | Stephen | Thackeray | Beckenham RC | S | 29:02 |
| 8 | 154 | Stuart | Scott | Beckenham RC | M40 | 31:18 |
| 14 | 155 | Craig | Williamson | Beckenham RC | M40 | 32:20 |
| 16 | 149 | Simon | Carter | Beckenham RC | S | 32:48 |
| 29 | 152 | Toni | Merola | Beckenham RC | M40 | 34:32 |
| 31 | 170 | Edmond | Osborne | Beckenham RC | S | 34:40 |
| 36 | 121 | Helen | Garrett | Beckenham RC | F45 | 35:27 |
| 40 | 180 | Steve | Ferrar | Beckenham RC | M50 | 36:30 |
| 57 | 146 | Gail | Arnott | Beckenham RC | F45 | 38:28 |
| 65 | 153 | Ken | Baksh | Beckenham RC | M50 | 39:36 |
| 68 | 150 | Nicola | Howard | Beckenham RC | F35 | 40:01 |
| 73 | 151 | Pat | Kerrins | Beckenham RC | M50 | 40:25 |
| 76 | 175 | Georgina | Selway | Beckenham RC | F45 | 40:48 |
| 77 | 138 | Ameet | Patel | Beckenham RC | M40 | 41:04 |
| 85 | 156 | Andrew | Hinds | Beckenham RC | M50 | 43:48 |
| 89 | 209 | Deborah | Ford | Beckenham RC | F35 | 46:15 |
| 92 | 147 | Rebecca | Addison | Beckenham RC | S | 47:20 |
Weekend Round Up!
Posted by Nolan in Everything Else, Monday Musings, Races & Reports on September 5th, 2011
With the on set of September there’s finally some race reports filtering in…. so over to Simon Harris.
Maidenhead Half Sun Sep 4th
After an early start for the first ever running of this race it began somewhat chaotic as the first 600 metres of the race
was a small loop that came back on itself meaning that runners were going past people who had not yet gone over the
start line which as you can imagine meant a very congested first mile as well as somewhat annoying.
Settling down into the race itself it was well supported by the locals who came out in force from their houses and cheered
us on which is always good to see as it certainly had a low key local feel to it. The route followed a somewhat scenic trail
which certainly took us to parts of Berkshire that we will probably never see again meandering through country lanes and
local roads before finishing up back in the town centre.
All was going well in terms of weather until mile 10 when the heavens opened and down came the rain. Always fun
as it seems to give that extra bite to the race as well as extra encouragement to finish…Grit your teeth, Get on with it etc.
Most other hardy soles i spoke to at the end liked it and i would probably do this again although the start needs to be sorted
out for next time.
Results
Edgar Sequeira – 1.28
Simon Harris – 1.25
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Kent Marathon
Also running his umpteenth marathon was Ken Fancett who finished 2nd V60 in 3:18 at the Kent Marathon in Maaargate. I believe he ran a 100m (that’s miles!) race a couple of weeks of ago, so this must have been a doddle!
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London to Paris Bike Ride
Inspired by Wiggins and Cav, Ken made his own claim for an Olympic team spot by riding 285 miles in 20hrs.. (plus 4 overnight stops) Ken texted the news desk to say:
Ken Baksh and Tony Bagwell have just completed the London to Paris cycle ride, covering the 285 miles in just over 20 hours. Many Thanks to all sponsors. Garmin indicates energy consumed of 32,000 calories – roll on Wednesday’s Works Burger(s)
Ken
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Transylvania
And if you wondered why Andy and Nicky looked in paticular pain around the assembly course on Thursday, it’s because they were climbing mountains that morning 
Nice to see Andy Small continuing the theme of spreading the gospel of Beckenham far and wide……
Jerry, Nicky, Carolyn, Andy S and Jen reporting from Retezat
Assembly League Race 6 of 6
Posted by Nolan in Assembly League, Races & Reports on September 2nd, 2011
Last night it was the final assembly league race of the year held at Beckenham. While both male and female teams have struggled to get enough people to form teams over the summer, it finished off with a flourish. Helen Garrett ran a solid race to finish the overall winner of the W45 catergory. Congrats Helen! If you take part in Helens track sessions, then you to could be a winner*
Helen winner of the Assembly League WV45
*disclaimer: Beckenham Running Club cannot guarantee a PB or win by running round & round in circles on a track once a week.
Club 1 mile championship
Posted by Nolan in Races & Reports on August 25th, 2011
Thanks to Helen for arranging for Beckenham to take part in Blackheath and Bromleys club 1 mile race last night. Running a solitary mile for hardened 5k to marathoners was abit daunting for most, which was obvious from the sidelines, about half the club turned up but only to spectate! The competitors were Helen, Alice, Ok now WAVA King Chris, Simon, Steve Farrah, Andy Smalls, Steve Elliot and Ian McCarthy..(have I missed anyone?) who all gave a magnificent account of themselves… the results aren’t up yet but 1st Beck Lady Helen in 5:55 and 1st Beck Man Ok now WAVA King Chris in 5:05. Quote of the night…Ian McCarthy “where’s the water station?”
Well done to the runners who’ve put the rest of us to shame but we will definitely be there in running force next time!
WAVA Chris doing his 5:05
Henfield Half Marathon
Posted by roaming reporter in Races & Reports on August 22nd, 2011
Yesterday, seven of us headed down towards the south coast to take part in the Henfield Half marathon. The sun was beaming down, so the sun cream was being applied liberally on all exposed areas ready for the 10:30 start. We got off on time, and headed round the 13 mile figure of eight circuit, making full use of the various water stops.
Although 7 of us started the race, only 5 were classified at the finish. Our leading 2 runners, OK Chris and Stuart were misdirected by an arrow marker, so they went from mile 8 to mile 12 without passing 9,10,11 or collecting £200. They entered the grounds of the leisure centre finishing point having only done around 10 miles so didn’t cross the finish line or collect a medal. Well done to Debbie on her first half marathon, not the easiest of temperatures or terrain so they can only get easier!.
So the results were:
Pos 9 – Simon Carter 1:31:32
Pos 60 - Paul Fletcher 1:48:00
Pos 81 – Andy Hinds 1:55:29
Pos 111 – Nicky Howard 2:01:39
Pos 155 – Debbie Ford 2:21:31
Now I know what that mean when they say the course was short!
Full results are available at http://henfieldleisure.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Half-Marathon-21-8-2011.pdf
The highest marathon in Europe
Posted by Nolan in Races & Reports on August 4th, 2011
Kens “boy” Peter Baksh completed the Davos marathon, allegedly the highest marathon in Europe climbing 1600 metres to approx 2800 metres at peak…(like climbing Canary Wharf 5 times…but more scenic, complete with snow) Provisional results show overall position 143 from 1154 runners,6th Briton from 58 Time 4 hours 41 mins …winner 3 hour 21.When quads recover ,he swaps running shoes for swim trunks and tri-bars for next challenge Detail
