Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th May 2015
This weekend saw a very successful running of the Green Belt Relay. Our two teams enjoyed themselves immensely even if we may have not been competitive in the overall standings. If you really want to know, our blue team beat the red however since the teams were put together entirely by chance this doesn’t mean much (yes I was in red, no I am not a sore loser :P). We placed at 24th for Blue and 26th for Red out of 30 teams. Full results are available online here: Green Belt Relay Results
In terms of stand out performance, there were some excellent results on individual stages. Our top 10 places came from:
– Stage 5: Jon Matthews (6th)
– Stage 8: Libby Marchant (3rd lady)
– Stage 11: Joe Chang (6th) and Ryan Lambrix (7th)
– Stage 13: Joe Chang (3rd)
– Stage 15: Steve Ramek (8th)
– Stage 17: Jon Matthews (6th)
Well done to everyone who took part whether you came 3rd like Joe or 30th like I did. Full results are listed below.
There were some memorable events over the weekend. Those I am aware of include Greg’s detour on stage 4 then Dan on stage 16 (GBR level 10 routes were not challenging/scenic enough for them so they added more), Andrea throwing water over Ellen at the marshal point on stage 20 and Kev Stone trying to steal a car in Tatsfield. I am sure there are many more memories that we will be able to reflect on in future club sessions.
Thanks to our non-running helpers, Lizzie, Julie, Kev Furlong, Maggie and Sarah Whiteman. Without your help we would have struggled to get round. A special mention for Graham Ashby, he gave his all for the team on Sunday and I hope he is now feeling better after a cup of tea (or maybe something stronger) and a sit down.
As the role of organising fell to me this year I would like to thank everyone for helping me out with making our teams run very smoothly. Even if split into the nominal Blue/Red teams I feel that as a club we supported each other fabulously and it was a pleasure to be out there with all of you.
Rich
PS. If anyone happens to be near Thorndon Park in the near future, please can you take down the signs we left at the marshal point 🙂
Saturday
Stage | Start | Start Time | Postcode | Distance | Difficulty | Red Team | Blue Team | ||||
1 | Hampton Court | 08:30 | KT8 9AS | 12.7 | 6 | Jon Neal | 15 | 01:31:50 | Paul Wallis | 26 | 01:50:09 |
2 | Staines Bridge | 09:42 | TW18 4BU | 9.6 | 3 | Jacq Chang | 24 | 01:30:50 | Andrea Bennett | 23 | 01:29:00 |
3 | Boveney | 10:37 | SL4 6QQ | 11.0 | 5 | Javier Fuentes | 30 | 01:49:10 | Peter Grecian | 24 | 01:37:13 |
4 | Little Marlow | 11:40 | SL7 3RZ | 12.2 | 10 | Greg Whiteman | 29 | 02:20:00* | Dave Wilson | 27 | 02:02:58 |
5 | Great Kingshill | 12:53 | HP15 6DR | 13.5 | 10 | Steve Ramek | 12 | 01:36:37 | Jon Matthews | 6 | 01:32:12 |
6 | Chipperfield | 14:08 | WD4 9BS | 8.4 | 3 | David George | 11 | 01:03:54 | Dan Hookey | 21 | 01:15:11 |
7 | St Albans | 14:56 | AL1 1HR | 12.0 | 7 | Graham Ashby | 29 | 02:03:44 | Danny Norman | 18 | 01:30:58 |
8 | Letty Green | 16:03 | SG14 2NL | 10.7 | 4 | Rich Kirk | 30 | 01:43:34 | Libby Marchant | 11 | 01:20:33 |
9 | Dobbs Weir | 17:02 | EN11 0AY | 10.2 | 7 | Vicki Kirk | 23 | 01:32:21 | Matt Pritchard | 24 | 01:32:23 |
10 | High Beach | 18:02 | IG10 4AE | 9.7 | 8 | Kev Stone | 21 | 01:27:52 | Ellen Lambrix | 25 | 01:41:55 |
11 | Toot Hill | 18:58 | CM5 9SE | 7.5 | 3 | Ryan Lambrix | 7 | 00:53:42 | Joe Chang | 6 | 00:53:21 |
Sunday
Stage | Start | Start Time | Postcode | Distance | Difficulty | Red Team | Blue Team | ||||
12 | Blackmore | 08:00 | CM4 0RN | 10.9 | 6 | Kev Stone | 25 | 01:38:13 | Ellen Lambrix | 26 | 01:38:13 |
13 | Thorndon Park | 09:04 | CM13 3RZ | 6.6 | 2 | Vicki Kirk | 19 | 00:50:49 | Joe Chang | 3 | 00:42:24 |
14 | Cranham | 09:41 | RM14 3LT | 8.2 | 5 | Rich Kirk | 29 | 01:30:43 | Matt Pritchard | 25 | 01:13:32 |
15 | Stone Ledge | 10:40 | DA2 6PD | 9.2 | 6 | Steve Ramek | 8 | 01:05:28 | Danny Norman | 21 | 01:17:49 |
16 | Lullingstone Park | 11:34 | DA4 0JF | 13.1 | 10 | Ryan Lambrix | 26 | 02:05:41 | Dan Hookey | 28 | 02:35:20 |
17 | Tatsfield | 12:54 | TN16 2AH | 10.5 | 7 | David George | 22 | 01:17:06 | Jon Matthews | 6 | 01:07:48 |
18 | Merstham | 13:53 | RH1 3BA | 8.7 | 6 | Javier Fuentes | 27 | 01:37:00* | Libby Marchant | 18 | 01:20:17 |
19 | Box Hill | 14:44 | KT20 7LB | 9.8 | 9 | Greg Whiteman | 24 | 01:28:50 | Peter Grecian | 25 | 01:29:06 |
20 | West Hanger | 15:46 | GU5 9TE | 5.6 | 1 | Jacq Chang | 20 | 00:50:31 | Andrea Bennett | 17 | 00:48:57 |
21 | Ripley | 16:17 | GU23 6BG | 8.4 | 2 | Graham Ashby | 20 | 01:04:42 | Dave Wilson | 22 | 01:07:19 |
22 | Walton Bridge | 17:04 | TW17 8LY | 9.2 | 3 | Jon Neal | 11 | 01:04:47 | Paul Wallis | 17 | 01:09:06 |
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