RR10, IBM Hursley
The climax of the 2011 series of RR10 races culminated in the final race being held in the green and pleasant IBM grounds at Hursley which saw another strong contingent of 35 Stubbies (25 male and 10 female). The rain managed to hold off and it was ideal conditions over the three lap course of around 4.4 miles to round off the summer league.
Our first male runner to cross the line was Mark who had an excellent run to finish in 3rd place in his only appearance in this year's series. Second man home was Andy in a season's best of 11th with Dave and Euan following in 25th and 42nd places respectively. Marcus was the fifth Stubbie home for the first time this season to complete the 'A' team who finished 4th on the night.
In the ladies race Susie once again led the team home in 6th place whilst Kate was the next Stubbie lady in with her best run to cross the line in 12th place. Not far behind Kate there was a battle between Sally and Gill to complete the three-to-score 'A' team with Sally just edging it by one place. As a result of these high finishes the ladies finished in 3rd place on the night.
After the race was over quite a few adjourned to the Dolphin Inn in Hursley for a final debrief and post race get together where everyone was in great spirits after a good season overall which saw the men's 'A' team finish 6th in the final table and the ladies 'A' team 5th equal with Winchester whilst the respective 'B' teams were 14th and 17th=.
Results
Men Ladies
3 Mark Le Gassick 6 Susie MacGregor
11 Andy Simpson 12 Kate Aldom
25 Dave Jeffery 14 Sally McGrath
42 Euan McGrath 15 Gill Rose
61 Marcus Lee 29 Donna Mitchell
64 Graham James 64 Jane Butler
72 James Keen 73 Nicki White
80 Jon Leigh 89 Sarah Martin
86 Nick Kimber 93 Caroline Street
89 Mike Townsend 110 Liz Hall
90 Phil Martin
92 Paul Hammond
93 Nick Crane
105 Richard Snell
112 John Blake
121 Ian Webber
141 Mike Harper
154 Eric Beck
156 Alan White
164 George Howarth
178 Mike Wootton
181 John Tussler
192 Martin Banner
197 Robert Spencer
198 Keith Whitaker
Now for the stats. A total of 85 members (56 men and 29 ladies) represented the club in the nine races we were eligible to compete in of which only two, Paul Hammond and Sarah Martin, competed in all of them whilst Martin Banner, George Howarth, James Keen, Marcus Lee, Euan McGrath, Andy Simpson and Sally McGrath missed just one.
Of those members who competed in the minimum six races to qualify Andy headed the men's rankings in 14th place and Susie was 6th in the ladies rankings. Others who featured in the six race plus rankings were Graham Bell (28th), Euan McGrath (45th), Tim Sullivan (47th=), James Keen (60th), Marcus Lee (61st), Mike Harper (66th), Tim Crumpton (71st), Nick Kimber (74th), Nick Crane (75th), Paul Hammond (76th), Phil Martin (77th), Jon Leigh (88th), Sam Bell (100th), Richard Snell (102nd), John Blake (107th), Nigel Whitcher (121st), Ian Webber (122nd), John Simister (131st=), Alan White (138th), George Howarth (142nd), Keith Whitaker (147th=), Dave Eland (155th) and Martin Banner (164th) for the men and Sally McGrath (13th), Gill Rose (14th), Donna Mitchell (34th), Julie Ashman (83rd), Sarah Martin (84th), Sandie McIntosh (85th), Caroline Street (86th=), Liz Hall (97th) and Sue Robinson (99th) for the ladies. Full and comprehensive results can be found on the website www.rr10.hampshire.org.uk.
Now the season is over I would just like to pass my thanks to all those who helped out at our host race at Marwell and to Sarah Webber, Nigel Whitcher and Glen Street who kindly offered to take the results in the last two races to enable me to run them (albeit not that successfully) but mostly to all the members who gave us a tremendous turnout of numbers throughout the summer and hope to see you all out competing again next year. John Tussler
Photos here