Newsletter Issue 4, 2008

Firstly a few runs to tell you about…
In the Derby 10k on April 20th Paul Thompson finished 1751st in 58.11, and Sue McLoughlin 1894th in 59.42. There were 2598 finishers.
Tony Harper did the 4 inns race in Derbyshire (covering 54 miles!) in 12 hours.
In the 1st Booth Summer League race of the year, at Derby, first back in 12th place was Jim Fyfe in 26.00 (and 1st V45), followed by 64th Ian Hunter in 29.26, 65th Gary Bannister 29.27 (9th V40), 84th Dan Gooch in 30.24, 90th Tony Harper in 30.45, 93rd Kevin Rogers in 30.55 (8th V55), 117th Rob Gooch in 32.32, 119th Gary Whelan in 32.34, 128th Robert Gibb in 33.20, 146th Michelle Garner in 34.15 (10th SL), 167th Julie Barker in 35.31 (2nd V40), 175th Jim Smith in 36.26, 177th Barry Jeffrey in 36.42 (4th V60), Pete Marshall 198th in 39.13, 199th Michelle Robinson in 39.14 (10th V45), 210th Rob Bailey in 41.25, and Sue McLoughlin 217th in  43.05 (3rd V50). Overall the men finished in 8th place, and the women 10th, and combined we finished in 8th place.
The next day KADS were out in force for the 1st Notts AAA’s of the season. !st back was Paul Simpson, who came 47th in 36.23, followed by Steve Beck 74th in 37.51, Lee Henshaw 102nd in 38.44, Ian Hunter 115th in 39.37, Gary Bannister 118th in 39.48, Dan Gooch 135th in 40.49, Kev Rogers 154th in 41.40 and Rob Gooch 220th in 45.45.
Just a few days later was the Sheffield Half Marathon and Steve Beck was first back in 170th place in a time of 1.26.14, followed by Gary Bannister 475th in 1.33.38 (and a PB!), and Michelle Garner 1393rd in 1.45.15 (another PB!).
On the same day, it was the Underwood 10k where the following ran for KADS: - Ian Hunter finished in 43.14, Robert Gibb 48.23, and Jim Smith 53.28.
On the 6th May, it was the Silverstone 10k, and a couple of KADS turned out. Tony Harper came 203rd in 42.31, and Robert Gibb 345th in 45.20.
On the 14th May, it was the 2nd Notts AAA’s league race at Holme Pierrepont. The following finished for KADS:
Jim Fyfe 24th in 28.35, Paul Simpson 50th in 29.55, Steve Beck 66th in 30.34, Lee Henshaw 107th in 32.06, Ian Hunter 122nd in 32.55, Gary Bannister 123rd in 32.57, Kev Rogers 134th in 33.16, Dan Gooch 136th 33.21, Robert Gibb 177th in 34.43 and Rob Gooch 179th in 34.50. The team came 8th out of 28, which was a fantastic effort.
The Eyam Half Marathon was on May 18th and Ian Hunter came 141st in 1.44.51.
This was followed by the 2nd race in the Booth Race League at Teversal Grange on May 20th.
Over a 4.75 mile course, the following finished for KADS:
Jim Fyfe 17th in 27.44 (1st V45), Paul Simpson 41st in 29.37 (7th V40), Neil Langham 48th in 29.59, Dan Gooch 53rd in 30.25, Gary Bannister 62nd in 31.13, Ian Hunter 64th in 31.15, Kev Rogers 91st in 32.29 (6th V55), Rob Gooch 96th in 32.52, Robert Gibb 100th in 33.01, Gary Whelan 128th in 34.49, Julie Barker 171st in 37.22 (5th V40), Barry Jeffrey 175th in 37.53 (7th V60), Dave James 177th in 38.10, Michelle Robinson 203rd in 42.14 and Sue McLoughlin 219th in 45.53 (9th V50).
As a team the men finished 7th and the women 10th. Combined we finished 7th.
On the 24th May Ian Hunter completed the Garburn Trail 24k race and came 181st in 2.23.43.
Next up was the 3rd Booth League Summer race at Grassmoor on 10th June. First back was Ian Hunter 43rd in 33.03, followed by Dan Gooch 58th in 34.06, Kev Rogers 67th in 34.45 (7th V55), Robert Gibb 68th in 34.46, Gary Whelan 100th in 36.33, Peter Fowles 124th in 38.18 (4th V60), Barry Jeffrey 136th in 39.16 (5th V60), Julie Barker 139th in 39.48 (2nd V40), Michelle Garner 145th in 40.38, Rob Gooch 149th in 40.49, Jim Smith 173rd in 43.48 (10th v50), Michelle Robinson 178th in 44.43 (9th V45), Emma Garner 185th in 47.20, Sue McLoughlin 195th in 49.04 (7th V50), and Rob Bailey 196th in 49.15.
The men finished 8th, The women 10th. Overall we finished 8th.
After 3 races the men are in 8th place (close to 7th though) and the women 10th. Overall we’re in 8th place.
The next day (11th June) was the 3rd Notts AAA’s race in Sandiacre.
Jim Fyfe came 25th in 32.12, followed by Paul Simpson 49th in 34.28, Ian Hunter 79th in 35.46, Steve Beck 90th in 36.26, Dan Gooch 102nd in 37.15, Gary Bannister 107th in 37.30, Lee Henshaw 114th in 37.50, Kev Rogers 119th in 38.01, Robert Gibb 180th in 41.47, Rob Gooch 215th in 46.42 and John Mitchell 218th in 47.13.
14th June was the Wollaton Park 10k, and the following turned out for KADS :- Tony Harper 35th in 42.25, Robert Gibb 63rd in 44.27 and Claire Ward 336th in 72.58.
The Long Eaton 5 mile was on the 15th June. Jim Fyfe came 17th in 28.26 (1st V45), Steve Beck 41st in 31.08 and Pete Fowles 160th in 37.39.
And finally, the Rothley 10k on June 14th where Robert Gibb ran 43.41.

Club Captain’s Report
Rob Gooch thanked all the runners who had supported the club by turning out for the Notts AAA’s and Booth Race leagues. The next race in the Booth League series is at Nutbrook on July 15th. The following can be in contention for a top 10 finish in their categories if they complete 4 of the 5 races:- Jim Fyfe (Currently 1st), Julie Barker (3rd), Sue McLoughlin, Barry Jeffrey, Kev Rogers and Gary Bannister.
In the Notts AAA’s league we are currently 10th in the county, but only 38 points behind Sutton, but only 7 points in front of 11th. The next race is on the 9th July at Worksop.
If you can share a car with other runners for these races, please do so.

Social Secretary’s report
Paul Turville reported that the Quiz night went very well, and thanked Michelle Garner and her husband for the loan of the projector, and for taking photos.
Other socials planned are a trip on the Nottingham Princess and  a Greens Bowling Night. Unfortunately, the proposed trip to do the ‘La Transbaie’ has fallen through, as the race is full.
Rob Gooch mentioned the possibility of organising a drinks night, probably on July 18th.

Kit Manager
Michelle Robinson mentioned that the sweatshirts have arrived , and the running vests will be available in a couple of weeks.

Club Chairman
Ray Johnson said that he enjoyed the quiz night, and was pleased that the club was getting full teams out for league races.
He was concerned however, that we have had a few women runners join the club for a few weeks, and then not come again because of a lack of anyone to run with.
Has anyone any ideas how we can improve this situation?

Website Manager
Steve Beck has sent out an email querying whether anyone wants to put down their PB’s on the website.

Treasurer’s report
Rob Bailey said that he had had most of the subs from existing members now, but with a couple of exceptions. There are currently 47 paid up members.

John Pymm Handicap
The next race in the series is on July 30th from the Horse and Groom, Moorgreen.
The 2nd race in the series was won by Hazel Moyes, followed by Gary Whelan and Peter Fowles.

As far as the endurance award goes, the current standings are:-
Ian Hunter 22 points
Tony Harper 17 points
Gary Bannister 14 points
Steve Beck 10 points
Rob Gooch 10 points
Robert Gibb 10 points
The 1st woman is Michelle Garner 9 points.

There is almost a case for a men’s and women’s award. Please let me know if you agree or not.

Finally some races you may be interested in :-

24th, 26th June, Ist and 3rd July – the Heritage series.

29th June Prestwold Hall 10k

20th July – Sherwood Pines 5 and 10k

10th August – Newark Half Marathon

30th August – Double or Quit race, Shipley Park.