News Archives 2005
AFTER three second places in successive years, Mark Le Gassick finally conquered the George Gales Pub to Pub Race. More.... |
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| PROVISIONAL Track & Field fixture list 2006. More.... |  |
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| LESLEY HARDING has been given a chance to run her first ever marathon by picking up one of the club places for the London Marathon. More.... |  |
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| ANDY VERNON wins Silver at the European Cross-Country Championships - Sunday 11 December 2005. More.... |  |
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| SALLY BEVES made her first cross country outing in a Stubbington vest a memorable one by becoming the best placed Stubby at the latest round of the Wessex Cross Country League. More.... |  |
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| PETER MORETON secured a middle of the pack placing at the 46th Hogs Back Road race near Guildford. More.... |  |
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| FOR Stubbington Green's resident snapper, Mike Bell, he discovered the true meaning of a photo finish at the latest round of the Today's Runner Cross Country series. More.... | |||
| PETER Moreton was Stubbington's lone representative at the Tadley Runners Christmas Cross Country Race. The 5.3-mile race in North Hampshire attracted 125 runners, and Peter recorded a time of 46min 19sec to finish in 59th position. The race was won by Graham Bungay from Southampton Running Club in 33:01, with unattached runner, Angela Jones, to first lady runner home in 40:09 for 20th overall. |  |
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| FLEET-footed Rod Nairn chalked up the fifth fastest Vet 45 run at the prestigious Victory 5 in Portsmouth on Sunday. More.... |  |
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| PORTSMOUTH Football Club fanatic, Chris Hall, has had a few things on his mind of late. There's been the small matter of Pompey's fragile Premiership survival, whether Harry Redknapp is going to return as the new manager at Fratton Park, and the small matter on Saturday afternoon of a Titanic tussle against Manchester United at Old Trafford. But Chris managed to put all those worries behind him for 32 minutes at Ashe Meadow in Overton for the third round of the Hampshire Cross Country League. More.... |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Mark Le Gassick continues to hold a strong lead in the Hampshire Road Race League rankings. More.... |
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| THE Scots are used to the wind blowing through the Trossocks, icy enough to freeze the hardiest brass monkey, and so it was no surprise that Stubbington's answer to Rabbie Burns revelled in the wintry conditions at Hayling Island. More.... |  |
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| ZIPPY Grice was back to his running best at a sun-kissed Gosport Half Marathon. In perfect running conditions, the Zip-meister blazed around the two-lap course in a fleet-footed time of 1hr 14min 22sec for a ninth place finish. More.... |  |
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| WHO said running's for softies? Caroline Watts proved at Salisbury that not even childbirth can get in the way of a muddy cross country run. More.... |  |
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NEVER mind the number of foreign footballers plying their trade in the English Premiership, Stubbington Green opted to field their own Spanish import at the second round of the Today's Runner. More.... |
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| STEP up Caroline Street who is the latest Stubby to put forward her profile for public perusal. Find out who Caroline's support team is, why the 33-mile Mid Cornwall Coastal Challenge ranks as one of her favourite events, and why "chat, drink, chat, wee, chat" is the secret behind her winning formula. If you're a member of Stubbington Green Runners and you haven't been profiled, then don't by shy. E-mail me with your witty answers for inclusion on the website. |
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| CHRISTMAS is coming and the goose is getting fat - okay, less of that twaddle, but what have you planned to do running-wise over the festive season? More.... |  |
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| STUBBINGTON'S mens team lie in fifth place overall after the third round of the Hampshire Road Race League. More.... |
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| PLANNING your race schedule for 2006? Then take a flick through the extensive race diary. More.... |  |
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| IT was ladies day at Goodwood, but Penny Forse wasn't interested in putting a bet on the gee-gees! More.... |  |
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| NEW boy Ross Lamport made his mark on his Stubbington Green debut with 11th place at a rainswept Lordshill 10. More.... |  |
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THE rain just about held off for the first round of the Today's Runner cross country series, with Stubbington fielding good numbers of men's and ladies' runners. More.... |
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| LAST weekend saw the 200th anniversary of The Battle of Trafalgar. As thousands across the country gathered to witness the commemorations, there was another memorable battle being played out in the sleepy Hampshire village of Denmead, with victory for Stubbington's men at the local 10k. More.... |  |
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| WHY do people run? Why do normally sane people put themselves through the agonies and ecstasy of chasing those endorphins. Mark Le Gassick finds out more with the Bare Necessities and offers some useful bits of advice . More.... |  |
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BEFORE last Sunday, Mark Le Gassick had only run two half marathons in his life before. He turned up to the Hardley A Half at Blackfield, hoping to do well, but even he was surprised to win the race. More.... |
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| BEING a big-time skinflint, I tell myself every year not to enter the BUPA Great South Run. More.... |  |
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| IT was a fast, dry and mud-free affair for the opening Wessex Cross Country League race of the season. More.... |  |
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IT was first stop Farley Mount for the opening Hampshire League cross country fixture of the season. More.... |
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A race of ten miles and a thousand smiles - the BUPA Great South Run attracted a field of more than 11,000 runners, including a large contingent of Stubbington Green Runners. More.... |
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| MARK Le Gassick has set a new club record of 20 minutes 43 seconds in the four-mile time trial. More.... |  |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Barry Hards took third place at the Clarendon Way Marathon on October 2nd, while two green-vested Stubby teams competed in the relay. More.... |  |
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THE hills were alive to the sound of runners at the weekend. More.... |
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NICK Crane was Stubbington's lone representative at the Isle of Wight Fell Running Championships. The gruelling two-day competition offers three races in two days - the St Boniface Fell Race, the Ventnor Horseshoe and the Wroxhall Round. More.... |
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IT went all right on the night (or day) for Veronica Wright at the Newbury Triathlon. More.... |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Ryan Gunner ran superbly to win the Bishop's Waltham Fun Run last Sunday. More.... |  |
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| THE New Forest Half Marathon - it's big, it's bad, and it's bloody hot! More.... |  |
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| RUNNING is by its very nature a very solitary and selfish experience. It is the ultimate DIY. Driving to work in the morning, or out collecting the Sunday Scandal from the newsagents at the weekend, there seem to be more sweaty T-shirt-clad runners pounding the pavements and chasing those endorphins than ever before. More.... |
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| WHAT are you doing on Sunday, September 25th? A last cutting of the lawn, the weekly car wash, a long lie-in after a night on the razzle, or maybe a much-needed confessional with the vicar?!! Well if you have got nothing planned that day, then Chris Hall needs your help. More.... |  |
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| CAN you help out with a lift to this season's cross country races? One Stubbington runner is looking to car share to Today's Runner events this winter. For more details see NOTICEBOARD. |  |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Nick and Helen Kimber were among a field of 201 runners who took part in the Norwich Union Rose Bowl 5-mile race. More.... | |||
| CAROLINE Street won the battle of the sexes over husband Glen at the Alice Holt Forest 10km race. More.... |  |
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| STUBBINGTON Green Runners' men's team picked up second place at the Test Way Relays at the weekend. More.... |  |
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| GET out those running spikes, the cross country season is just around the corner. Stubbington will once again be entering teams in the Hampshire Cross Country, Wessex Cross Country and Today's Runner leagues. More.... |  |
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| STUBBINGTON'S Michael Aimable is training hard for his 11th Great South Run next month. More.... |
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| THE Stubbington flag was flown in Hungary at the weekend where Andy James and Nick Davies took part in the Budapest Half Marathon. More.... |  |
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| THE Beast - the race name is enough to strike fear in any runner before they have even laced up their shoes, but for Stubbington's Alasdair Ewing he was equal to the challenge. More.... |  |
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| BLUE skies, beating sun, and temperatures in the 80s heralded the start of the Hampshire Road Race League season, with Stubbington's Mark Le Gassick and Mike Harper (pictured) once again leading the green contingent. More.... | |||
| THE RUSHMOOR Arena at Aldershot plays host later this month to the Southern Road Relays. More.... | |||
STUBBINGTON Green Runners will be hoping to improve on their fourth place team finish when the Hampshire Road Race League season opens at Overton this weekend. More.... |
SEPTEMBER is here, and Tuesday evening training is moving to its winter venue from next week. More.... | ||
STUBBINGTON Green Runners will be sending a strong team to compete in September's Test Way Relay. More.... |
MEN'S Southern League Div 3W - We finished the season in style at Hemel, with 2nd place and our best ever finish in the league. More.... | ||
AS you drive into Pewsey Vale, in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, you can't help notice the curious poster stuck up by one of the bus shelters: "Save our toilets"! Seeing this ominous poster an hour before the start of a half marathon when you're busting for a leak is not the news you need! More.... |
STUBBINGTON'S Rod Nairn braved the blazing heat, and a tricky uphill start to finish 55th at the Arundel Castle 10km on August 28th. More.... | ||
| THEY'RE mad, but Caroline and Glen Street are at it again! More.... |  |
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| THE opening Hampshire Road Race League event of the season gets under way at Overton during the first weekend of September - and Stubbington hopes to have a strong contingent competing. More.... |  |
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| JON LEIGH pulled out a fast time at the Midhurst 10km on August 14. More.... |  |
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THE Hampshire Cross Country League's five-race fixture programme has been confirmed for the 2005/2006 season by the Hampshire Athletic Association. More.... |
"A new, flat course"! Who were the organisers kidding at the start of the Sturminster Newton Half Marathon! More.... | ||
MARK LE GASSICK'S sprint to the line held off team-mate Zippy Grice in the third race of the Portsmouth Promenade Series. More.... |
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| WITH the track and field season coming to an end, and a successful season for Stubbington in the Southern League, Mike Harper has compiled a list of the club's all-time T&F records. More.... | |||
| IT'S bad enough running a marathon, but how about swimming 2.4 miles and cycling 112 miles as a warm-up? Stubbington's Caroline Street has completed one of sport's most gruelling events - the Ironman. More.... |  |
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| FANCY entering the London Marathon next year? Well, with eight months to go, now is the time you need to be thinking about it because entry forms are now in the shops. More.... |  |
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| STUBBINGTON Green Runners' track athletes secured second place in the final Southern Men's League meeting of the season. More.... |  |
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| LOOKING for a pair of spikes, size 8, hardly worn? Noticeboard has got all the details. If you've got anything you want to sell or swap, if you've got any news or information to post on the noticeboard, then let us know. | |||
| STUBBINGTON'S Paul Farquharson clocked 20min 18sec for 53rd place at the Winchester 5km road race. The midweek event which started and finished at The Broadway in Winchester, attracted a strong field, with the race won by Southampton Running Club's Rod Finch in 15:38, followed by Winchester's Matthew King in 16.03. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers' Lucy Elliott was the first woman home in 16:52. Other Stubbington runners taking part included Paul Marchese whose time of 24:24 helped him to win the male 65 category, and Jane Heywood was the fifth fastest W40 with a time of 27:21 for 163rd overall. | |||
| ANDY VERNON just missed out on a medal at the European Junior Championships in Lithuania at the weekend. More.... | |
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| BRIGHT stars of the future: Andy Vernon and Becci Gough pictured in 2002. Picture courtesy of the Southern Daily Echo |
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| REBECCA Gough pulled off her second big win in the space of eight days at the weekend's Home Counties' Schools' International. More.... |  |
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09 July 2005 - Men's Southern League Division 3W, Swindon, Click here for full report and results |
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| 06 July 2005 Stubby's Ray Gunner jointly leads the men's vet 40 standings after two rounds of the Promenade 5km Series organised by City of Portsmouth AC. More.... | 10 July 2005 Andy James braved searing heat in the New Forest as the first Stubbington Green Runner to finish the arduous New Forest 10 on 10 July. More.... | ||
03 July 2005 - SGR's 25th Anniversary BBQ, Manor Farm Click here for photos |
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25 June 2005 - Men's Southern League Division 3W, Swindon, |
29 June 2005 - Summer XC - click here for results | ||
HISTORIC win for Stubbington Green Runners Click here for full report | Click here for photos |
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