Home and Away

The Waddies celebrated their top 5 appearance in the newly-released Sussex GP table with some sparkling performances yesterday at the Hailsham Town 10 Mile race. Peter Burfoot, Eddie Wattenbach and Albert Kemp all recording top 100 positions. Once again it was a great turnout with 11 Waddies lining up on the start line.



(Above) Part of the Hailsham turnout - with a possible explanation for that fast time from Tim.

Full results from Hailsham:

74. Peter Burfoot 1.14.48
85. Eddie Wattenbach 1.16.01
88. Albert Kemp 1.16.59
107. Shane Last 1.20.11
121. Cathy Hall 1.22.35
124. Rachel Davies 1.23.07
129. David Jones 1.24.10
140. Tim Clements 1.26.25
150. Jo White 1.28.50
154. Tony Gates 1.29.44
182. Charlotte Petkovic 1.42.47

A little further away, three of the Waddies made the journey to Montreuil-sur-Mer in Northern France to take part in the Ramparts 10K. Two of them managed to clinch prizes with Cathy Burke 2nd Lady Vet 3 and son Liam clinching 1st place in the Junior event - his trophy a consolation for having to kiss the Race Organiser's cheeks!

Also taking part was a new member Barry Gilbert who managed a sub 50 minute time. Full results will be shown here just as soon as they can be translated!

This Sunday it's another Sussex GP weekend with the Horsham 10K(more details here). Elsewhere three or four Waddies are making the slightly longer trip to Luxembourg to take part in the ING Luxembourg Night Run.

Over the border

A number of Waddies crossed the border into Kent over the Bank Holiday weekend and, as far as we are aware all made it back home to civilisation safely!

On Sunday, Albert and Peter took part in a pleasant training run from Harietsham to help raise funds for the Heart of Kent Hospice. The run was eight and a half miles over the North Downs although rumour has it that Albert did slightly more than that, courtesy of his well known pathfinding skills!

The Peasmarsh Chapter of the Club missed the event thanks to the aftershock from the Kent earthquake.

They overslept!

On Monday a few Waddies made the short journey to Hildenborough to take part in the Sports Association races. Results:

Junior Race (4K)

39th Liam Burke 22.11

5 Mile Race

61st Cathy Burke 41.29

10 Mile Race

31st Peter Burfoot 1.12.09
n/k Martin Burke 1.32.00

This weekend a quartet of Waddies will be in France taking part in the Ramparts 10K in Montreuil-sur-Mer. Others will be in the far more salubrious surroundings of Hailsham for the Hailsham Town Ten Grand Prix race - events details here.

Next week it's another Grand prix event with the Horsham 10K

If you're out and about running or racing don't forget your camera!

Sussex by the Sea

A great turnout of Waddies on Sunday at the Hastings 5 - an important race in the Sussex GP series. Ignoring cobwebs from the previous evening's Awards Dinner, there were some great performances including a lifetime's best for Albert. Anybody else get a pb?

Results from Sunday:

36 Michael Mackay 31.38
87 Peter Burfoot 34.31
108 Eddie Wattenbach 35.38
119 Linda Hayes 36.09
123 Albert Kemp 36.24
154 Sam Craven 38.40
166 Nyree Thomson 39.08
181 Melinda Mackay 39.57
186 Helen Neary 40.11
187 David Jones 40.11
190 Andy Pain 41.18
200 Cathy Burke 41.26
217 Tony Gates 42.26
224 Cathy Gates 42.53
257 Charlotte Petkovic 45.36
295 Liz Mander 48.46
325 Tony Sorrell 55.17

Next up in the GP series is the Hailsham 10 on Sunday May 13th.

No big race this weekend although a number of Waddies are going to Harrietsham on Sunday morning to support the Heart of Kent Hospice Bluebell Walk. Although a sponsored walk a number of people are using the event as atraining run - if you want to take part, meet at the Harrietsham Community Centre at 8.15 on Sunday morning.

Calling Waddettes!

A message from Ladies Captain, Rachel:

"Firstly, congratulations to everyone who has completed marathons in the last few weeks and pounding the streets for 26.2 miles in 25C heat is no small feat! The ladies team did us all proud in London - first timers Cathy H and Jo couldn't have picked a worse year for their debut - fantastic first time performances! And great times for seasoned runners Helen, Cathy B, Sara and Me (this is the last one, but I think I said that last year!).

Ed W's fair weather training programme sounds like a great plan for anyone who wants to avoid cold wet long Sunday morning runs, but still want run a marathon in under 4 hours (but you'll have to eat more wine gums to catch me, Ed!!!!!!!!!! ) Or there's the Ed McK "I've done no training" programme that gets you round the course in 3hours 13 (are you sure that you went didn't miss out the 9 miles around the Isle of Dogs?)!!!!!!!

I know that it's hard to think beyond getting ready for THE social event of the year (Awards Dinner on Saturday), but I just wanted to remind you of a few more dates for your diary from the Sussex Grand Prix agenda:

The Hastings 5 miler is on Sunday - meeting at Uplands at 9.00 for a 10.30 race start. A nice gentle way to ease back into racing and manageable with a hangover!

For those who wouldn't get out of bed for less than a 10k, the next race is the Hastings 5 this Sunday followed by the Hailsham 10 miler on the 13th of May. The next events are then Horsham 10k on 20th May, Worthing 10K on 6th June (this one's always a favourite as it's flat and we stop for fish & chips on the way home), and Heathfield 10k on 24th June.

Don't forget to bring your marathon medals on Saturday night - it's just sooooo this season!

Happy running & recovering!

Rachel xox"