All other recent events have been overshadowed with the tragic news of the death of Richard Barry following the London Marathon. Richard, 32, son of fellow member Terry, completed the race and afterwards attended a function put on by CLIC, the children's cancer charity for which he was running. It was there that he collapsed, apparently having had a brain haemorrhage leading to a heart attack. The club's deepest sympathies go out to his wife Lisa and young daughter Faith as well as to Terry and the rest of his family.
Richard's funeral will be held at the Holy Trinity Church , Watermoor on Wednesday 27 April at 2pm (no flowers). The club will, of course, be represented.
Although this newsletter has been published in the usual format, a number of articles have been omitted and others have been truncated out of respect for Richard, his family and the feelings of all club members.
CHEDWORTH ROMAN TRAIL
Once again the club's spring race promotion at Chedworth was a great success. David Edelsten's meticulous preparation, this year with the help of Rupert Chesmore in particular, ensured that the day went off without a hitch. David puts in a massive amount of effort for this race, much of it behind the scenes. For months in advance he scans the fixture list over a wide geographical area and gives up Sunday mornings to deliver race flyers onto car windscreens to spread the word. It clearly works as another large entry ensured that the club's coffers remain buoyant for another year. The club also needs to thank the residents of Chedworth because as well as putting up with hundreds of runners early on a Sunday morning, a large number of them offered their services to help in the organisation of the race despite having no affiliation to the club. It was good also to welcome some familiar faces not seen for a while, particularly Tom & Jane Stevens and Mella McMahon. Full results were posted onto the club's website within 24 hours of the race finishing. Well done to everybody.
RESULTS 02.04.2005 Track 3000m Steeplechase Ithaca , USA : 1 Ellen Leggate 11.06.65.
09.04.2005 Track 3000m Steeplechase Allston , USA : 3 Ellen Leggate 11.09.50.
Taking time out from managing the Oxbridge team touring North America, Ellen Leggate ran her first ever track steeplechase and then ran another a week later.
03.04.2005 Chedworth Roman Trail '10' M/T. In cool & blustery conditions the field quickly broke up along the tarmac road leading away from the start at the Chedworth village hall. Once stepping off road, at the cricket club, underfoot conditions were firm despite some heavy rain during the week. There was plenty of standing water however and the downhill grass stretches were somewhat slippery, making choice of footwear difficult for the runners. The clear leader after only two miles certainly chose some eccentric gear. He wore trackster bottoms and was listening to a personal stereo as he raced along at six minute miling. By the time he reached the drinks station at eight miles, well clear of the opposition, he had shed his singlet to reveal some impressive tattoos on a body more associated with a boxer than a runner. The winning time for the unattached Bristolian, presumably via Italy , was excellent for the very tough course prepared by David Edelsten. Very few club members raced as most formed an impressive team that ensured entries, results, marshalling and teas were efficiently organised. Some of the members who raced arrived very early on the scene to marshall the car parking. Dick Waldron acted as broom wagon for the second year, following the back marker around the course. He even collected the directional arrows as he jogged around. A tough job.
1 Vito Graffagnino 1.02.47
67 Bob Ferris 1.20.20
97 Peter Langsam 1.23.32
109 Chris Sherrington 1.24.26
114 Niel Dunnage 1.24.46
214 Jim Fallon 1.35.36
315 finished (the last shepherded in by Dick Waldron in 2.14.47)
10.04.2005 Paris Marathon: Kim Withycombe ran a chip time of 3.49.15 (3.55.08 from the gun) to finish 12,191 out of 35,000 participants.
10.04.2005 Pewsey Vale Tsunami 10km. Cathy Cook chose some tough competition for her very welcome comeback race after a long absence. She ran strongly to finish third lady. Paul Barlow ran yet another personal best time.
Cathy Cook 38.34
Paul Barlow 39.28
17.04.2005 London Marathon
1726 (117th lady) Wendy Jones 3.08.23 - FV35 club record
7996 Terry Ranger 3.49.50
11121 Sue Brown 4.07.08
14399 Rupert Chesmore 4.19.30
15927 Richard Barry 4.25.14
18287 Yvonne Binks 4.33.57
25347 Fred Robson 5.04.38 Bill Leggate dropped out after helping his father, who collapsed at 21 miles and ended up in intensive care for two days. Thankfully he is now fully recovered. Given the circumstances of the day, reflections on the race will be deferred until the next edition.
17.04.2005 Highworth '5'
Fine runs from Pancho Diaz and Wendy Jones were not enough to successfully defend the team trophy won in 2004. Excellent runs also from Paul Barlow, Justin Nicholls and Jon Young.
1 Andy Fulford ( Swindon ) 25.39
15 Pancho Diaz 29.02
16 Wendy Jones (2nd lady, 1st FV35) 29.03 - absolute ladies and FV35 club record
30 Bill Leggate 30.57
35 Paul Barlow 31.17
45 Duncan Atkinson 32.17
61 Justin Nicholls 33.14
62 Kevin Ferris 33.19
79 Jon Young 34.00
86 Bob Ferris 34.26
Tony Curry 36.23 - V60 club record
Chris Brough 36.34
Dick Waldron 36.53
Carol Clarke 38.34
Diane Moore 38.44
Lyn Ferris 43.06
Teams: 1 Swindon 17pts, 2 Bourton 54, 3 Cirencester 61.
RANKINGS Scores to date in the club road race championship after three of the nine races:
1 Bill Leggate 46pts, 2 Wendy Jones (1st lady) 32, 3 Duncan Atkinson 27, 4 Dave Cook 24, 5 Jonathan Young 21, 6 Chris Illman 19, 7 Jane Wassell (L) 17, 8 Pancho Diaz 15, 9= David Edelsten, Niel Dunnage, Carol Clarke (L) 13, 12= Chris Riches, Chris Sherrington, Paul Barlow 12, 15 Dick Waldron 11, 16 Justin Nicholls 10, 17= Elaine Wilson (L), Sue Brown (L), Kevin Ferris 9, 20 Bob Ferris 7, 21Tony Curry 6, 22= Diane Moore (L), Chris Brough 5, 24 Lyn Ferris (L) 1.
The next club race is the Pilot Inn 5km on 19 May (see below). Therefore herewith somewhat truncated club age group records to date for 5 km:
Women:
U23 17.37 Ellen O'Hare (now Leggate) 1999
Sen 16.59 Wendy Jones 2000
O35 19.43 Mella McMahon 1999
O45 23.53 Ruth Fulford 1998
O50 23.31 Ruth Fulford 1999
Men:
Sen 15.33 Mike Smith 2000
O40 16.30 David Wright 1999
O50 19.43 Colin O'Hare 1999
FORTHCOMING RACES & CONTACT DETAILS: 16 May (Monday) at 19:30 Berkeley 10km. A popular evening race with the added incentive of a free drink afterwards. See www.g4cio.demon.co.uk/berk10km or entry forms at the leisure centre.
19 May (Thursday) Pilot Inn (Hardwicke, nr Gloucester ) 5km at 19:45 . This race was originally to be staged at the Globe Inn but has been moved to the Pilot Inn which is just off the A38 near J12 of the M5. For more precise details look up www.severnac.co.uk or www.multimap.com and plug in post code GL2 4QD. This latter web site is ideal for finding any location, particularly if the post code is known. This race, as well as forming part of the club's road race championship, is also part of a four race programme of 5km races through the summer which is well worth doing. The others are on 16 June, 21 July and 18 August (all at the Globe Inn, Sandhurst Lane GL2 9NG, off the A40 ring road around Gloucester ). In all these races just turn up and enter on the evening.
20 June Westonbirt Arboretum 10km (Monday) at 19:30 . Entries are filling up very fast for this new event organised by Tetbury Royals (over 200 already and the limit is 300). Entry forms at the leisure centre or from www.tetburyroyals.org
25 June Cotswold Way Relay. This is a ten stage relay: Chipping Campden - Stanway - Cleeve Common - Seven Springs - Cranham - Stroud - Dursley - Wotton-u-Edge - Old Sodbury - Cold Ashton - Bath . Total distance is 107 miles and stages range from 8-12 miles, most with a fair amount of climbing. Each stage is run as a separate race rather than a continuous relay. Please let Chris Sherrington or David Wright know if interested in competing.
2005 CLUB ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIP
Following the 5km at Gloucester in May, the remaining races and entry details for this year's championship are as follows:
5 June Fairford Festival 10km www.fairford.org/10k/index.html
11 July (Monday) Frampton-on-Severn 10km www.stroudathleticclub.org.uk
3 August (Wednesday) Bugatti 10km (nr Winchcombe) www.cheltenhamharriers.co.uk
11 September Witney 10 mile www.witneyroadrunners.org.uk
23 October Stroud ½ Marathon www.stroudathleticclub.org.uk
MISCELLANY
Sadly, it appears inappropriate to add anything further to this newsletter. Once again all our thoughts are with the Barry family.
More information and news, including past newsletters, can be found on the club's website www.cirencester - ac.org.uk .
David Wright: wrights@tesco.net or 01285 641224
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