Race Results November 2005

TEAM FVS TRI HONOURS AT HEREWARD RELAY 

FVS TRI sent 3 teams to the Hereward Relay, a 38.4 miles mixed terrain race from Peterborough Cathedral to Ely Cathedral, crossing over bridleways, bridges and fields.

127 teams contested the event and FVS TRI Men’s “A” team came 3rd overall and the FVS TRI Ladies were 2nd in the female team event. 

The Men’s “A” team was made up of Steve Wells, Paul Gibb, a fantastic last minute substitute for the unwell Brian White, Simon Hall and Steve Harrison who continued his super run of form to produce the fastest individual time on the final stage  which secured a well earned 3rd place overall  from the  127 teams in a time of 3:57:24. 

The Ladies team of Lesley Dutton, Sam Tophill (fastest vet on stage 2) Jackie Perry and Paula Adams were in contention throughout in a very competitive event in which the lead changed hands a number of times. 2nd in the ladies event they also managed 45th overall in a time of 4:48:21 

The Men’s B team of Dave Brown (returning after a 1 year sabbatical) Kevin Ash Danny McGuigan and Danny Brooks were just overtaken by the women in the final leg to finish 49th overall in a time of 4:52:51, an excellent result 

HENLOW 10 

The mid week Henlow 10 attracted 4 hopeful FVS TRI members keen to test themselves on the undulating point to point course. 

Dave Coard was 1st home in 62:59 to finish 25th overall and an improvement on his 10 mile time from Bishops Stortford on the previous Sunday. Rob Wilson was 106th in 73:06, Dave Robinson 189th in 83:08 and Tim Somers 207th in 86mins.

ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER

FVS TRI had celebrated their first full season with over 100 members and partners attending the end of season social and prize giving at La Bella Vita Restaurant in Hitchin last week. 

Steve Harrison was awarded the prize for Top Triathlete 2005 following his outstanding results in the year. Simon Patenall and Jackie Perry were the Most Improved Male and Female for 2005 and a special award was made to Chairman and Coach Keith Perry for all his work for the Club and its members 

Sunday 20th November

Bishops Stortford 10

FVS TRI members braved the bright but icy conditions at Bishops Stortford which this year hosted the British Masters Athletic Federation National 10 Mile championships. Steve Wells, returning from illness, was first home for the Club in 59.52 in 46th position, reflecting the quality of the field.

Lee Baddock made his running debut for the Club and ran an excellent 74.03 

Wednesday 16th November

FVS TRI 5k RESULTS 

FVS TRI members were also busy competing last week with Mark Simpson competing in 3 run races in 8 days. Following on from a great run at the Watford Cross Country, Mark was in near PB form at the Mid Week Stevenage 5k with a 17:43 to be first FVS TRI runner home. He then followed this up with a super run at the Brighton 10k on Sunday and again was just seconds from a PB in 36:33. 

The Stevenage 5K did produce PB performances for Simon Patenall,

Pete Eames, Matt Knott, Tim Somers and Mandy Waters and they all look forward to further improvement in the remaining races in the 3 race series 

Sunday 13th November

Brian White Conquers Boxhill!

The Ballbuster Duathlon

8M run, 24M bike, 8M run

Brian White won Vet 50 Gold at the punishing Ballbuster Duathlon based around Boxhill in Surrey. With yet another PB Brian managed to dip under 3 hours for the first time to finish in 2:57:26 and 17th place overall.

The punishing course comprised of an 8 mile run including Boxhill, 3 times around the same lap on the bike for 24 miles and then to finish a further 8 mile lap taking in the hill for the 5th time!

First home for the Club was Gavin May who also earned a PB on the day with a 2:53:10 to finish 12th overall.

Paula Adams was an excellent 4th female in her first outing on Boxhill to finish in 3:18:36 and Jan Forrester was 3rd Veteran in a time of 4:01:20

Steve James chose the Ballbuster as his first competitive outing for FVS TRI and managed a super 3:15:25 to finish 78th from the 352 starters. Not a bad way to start your career in multi sport events!   

Sunday 13th November

Cross Country - Watford

FVS TRI was out in numbers at the Watford fixture in the Sunday Cross Country League. Over 30 members turned out and enjoyed the race in near perfect conditions. Steve Harrison was a superb 2nd overall and in contention throughout, only losing out on the sprint finish. 

WOMEN
7 Sam Tophill 35:53
11 Jackie Perry 37:33
18 Lesley Dutton 38:51
41 Flic Bertram 43:52
54 Mandy Waters 45:49
59 Sarah Bryce 47:36

MEN
2 Steve Harrison 28:04
6 Simon Hall 29:42
22 Gavin May 32:01
23 Paul Gibb 32:02
36 Mark Simpson 32:42
38 Steve Chalk 32:50
49 Mike Russell 33:23
54 Dave Coard 33:31
55 Jon Gillham 33:32
67 James Brooks 34:14
72 John Burgess 34:30
76 Mark Grayson 34:36
78 Sean Bradley 34:37
84 Jeremy Prodger 35:04
88 Simon Patenall 35:20
109 Darren Woodhall 36:39
118 Jeremy Lintott 37:11
119 Ed Mansun 37:14
120 Danny Brooks 37:15
122 Rob Wilson 37:23
123 Keith Perry 37:27
124 Andrew Procter 37:31
133 Pete Eames 37:59
168 Dave Robinson 41:05
192 Neil Rose 45:22

COMBINED OVERALL
1 Garden City
2 Herts Phoenix
3 Trent Park
4 FVS Tri
5 Broxbourne
6 St Albans
7 Royston
8 Serpentine
9 Fairlands Valley
10 Watford Joggers
11 London Heathside
12 East London
13 Latton
14 Edmonton
 

Sunday 13th November

New York Marathon

Andrew Forster competed in the New York Marathon and finished in 3:19:30. He will now focus on London 2006 and try to get under the elusive 3 hour barrier. 

FVS TRI COACHING EXCELLENCE!

FVS TRI Club Coach Keith Perry has just been named as British Triathlon Eastern Region Coach of the Year, and he will now go forward for the National Award to be announced at the British Triathlon Annual Awards Dinner in Loughborough next weekend.

A great believer in developing coaching practice, Perry works hard with his team of coaches to provide a full programme for the 140 athletes who make up the multi sports Club at FVS TRI. In the same weekend, top Club triathlete Gavin May qualified as a Level 1 Triathlon coach and Michael Clark will complete his Level 2 course by the end of the year. This will expand the coaching team to 5 qualified triathlon coaches and 5 qualified run coaches.

Rob Wilson has just returned from Club La Santa where he finished 2^nd individual in the mini triathlon with a PB of over 5 minutes on last year. He completed the 400m pool swim, 15.2k bike and 4.4k hilly run in 58:52

Closer to home FVS TRI were racing at the Stevenage Half Marathon. In testing conditions Jeremy Prodger was first home for the Club with a PB in 1-29-57, David Hamill was second home in 1:44:29, and Tony Shortland finished in 1:52:10, Tim Somers 1:55:32 (PB) and Mandy Waters in 2:02:20.

Dave Robinson competed in the Dublin marathon and finished in 4:40:15.