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Results for various ParkRuns, 14-Dec-2013

Sphinx AC were represented at a number of ParkRun events this weekend, with some well-deserved PBs. Attendance was slightly lower than normal, largely due to the Gaddesby gallop race later in the morning. Coventry 19 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 3 PBs. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=196 7 Paul Slatford 18:49 SM35-39 70.06% 7 PB stays at 18:12 8 Pete Hall 18:57 VM40-44 74.23% 8 PB stays at 18:48 9 Grahame Flanagan 19:02 VM45-49 75.

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Result for Bedford half marathon, 08-Dec-2013

Collin Taylor was the sole Sphinx AC representative at this popular “last one of the year” half marathon. Official results are here: http://www.bedfordharrier.me.uk/half_marathon2013/results/halfresults.htm 211 Collin Taylor 1:34:22 Colin said: Slogged around the Bedford Half on Sunday 8th Dec. All worth it for the memento of a jaunty sailors duffle bag, interesting choice given it’s about as far from the sea as you can get!

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Results from WMYA XC League (Halesowen), 08-Dec-2013

Well done to the 5 Sphinx AC juniors that attended the 3rd race of the season Official results are here, but the link will almost certainly suffer from link-rot (PDF): http://www.wmyaccl.com/documents/WMYACCL%20Races.pdf U11 girls Abigail Handley 11:09 U15 girls Rachel Downing 15:51 Annie Cox 16:43 Emma Handley 18:33 U15 boys Michael Gough 15:35 Result supplied by Jackie Stuart

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Results for Cricket Club & Carriage Cafe marathons, 08-Dec-2013

Steve Colbourne ran two marathons at the weekend, and was joined by Tracy Avill for the first and Mitch Timms for the second. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.broadmeadowruns.co.uk/results/results_071213_1.pdf http://www.broadmeadowruns.co.uk/results/results_081213.pdf Cricket Club marathon Steve Colbourne 04:11:17 9TH= Tracy Avill 04:11:17 9TH= 2ND LADY Carriage Cafe marathon Steve Colbourne 03:51:00 5TH Mitch Timms 04:15:44 11TH

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Results for Keyworth Turkey Trot Half Marathon, 08-Dec-2013

Seven Sphinx AC runners took part in this half marathon just south of Nottingham Official results are available here: http://www.chipresults.co.uk/?event=13KeyworthTurkeyTrotHalfMarathon Pos Bib GunTime Name Cat CPos ChipTime 64 555 1:27:49 Peter Fahy M40 66 1:27:44 229 241 1:37:59 Narinder Bains M45 230 1:37:49 261 905 1:39:31 Steve Court M50 258 1:39:06 351 240 1:44:28 Jane Edwards F45 352 1:44:17 552 340 1:54:19 Ian Ward M50 548 1:53:41 616 338 1:57:45 Mary Bench F45 615 1:57:06 617 339 1:57:45 Karen Timothy F45 616 1:57:07

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Results for Wolverhampton XC (women), 07-Dec-2013

Ten Sphinx AC women made the journey to Wolverhampton to take part in the second of this season’s Midlands Women’s XC League races. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.midlandathletics.org.uk/PDFS/2013_RES_131207_MWCCL_Fixture2.pdf 73 27:41 Kathryn Stuart S 143 31:11 Sue Gough M 147 31:28 Megan Miller M 166 33:02 Laura Pibworth S 177 33:50 Monika Ciezarek S 210 36:45 Jackie Stuart M 216 37:27 Amy Frank S 224 38:11 Christine Thomas M 227 38:43 Fiona Quinn S 228 38:59 Helen King M A team: 73 143 147 = 363 B team: 143 147 210 = 500 Joint captain, Fiona Quinn, gives us her account of the day:

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Results for Burbage Common XC (men), 07-Dec-2013

Fourteen Fifteen Sphinx AC men ran the second of this season’s Birmingham league XC races at Burbage Common, Hinckley. Thanks to some very impressive individual performances, we have considerably reduced the gap between us and the clubs just above us in the league, though we still have some work to do if we are to avoid relegation. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.birminghamccleague.co.uk/…/BDXCL_D2_R2_2013_12_07_Men_V1.pdf 17 172 37:07 Ashley Miles 40 189 38:28 Stuart Boon 60 178 39:50 Andy Wilkinson 128 173 42:23 Pete Hall 133 174 42:42 Nick Gilkes 159 179 44:01 Mike Wall 172 194 44:55 Paul Slatford 176 171 44:59 Ben Orme 180 183 45:11 Rob Wheatley 186 190 45:28 Colin Piper 209 187 46:44 Max Kmicic 221 184 47:22 Wayne Broadbent 226 193 47:45 Andrew McIntosh243 191 49:22 Luke Makins 267 192 53:27 Mark Moran DNF Bernard Blundell A team: 17 40 60 128 133 159 = 537 B team: 172 176 180 186 209 221 = 1144 Richard Bagley got some great shots!

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 07-Dec-2013

24 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 3 PBs. Congratulations to Fintan McSharry’s daughter, Robyn, who was first lady home whilst Fintan and his wife, Kate, both achieved individual PBs. Cross-country later in the day meant that some of our runners opted for a gentle run, whilst others chaperoned family and friends. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=195 7 Ian Wilkinson 18:58 SM35-39 71.44% 7 PB stays at 17:27 29 Grahame Flanagan 21:29 VM45-49 66.

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Results for Club La Santa international running challenge, 27-Nov-2013

Eight Sphinx AC runners took part in this multi-event challenge on the island of Lanzarote. Taking part were: Mitch Timms, Bryan Pears, Steve Colbourne, Craig Pears, Steve Court, Wayne Broadbent, Phil Wilson and Ann Cartwright. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.clublasanta.com/media/1184205/all_races_results.pdf Overall results: Pos No. Name 10k 13k 5k 21k Total 9 137 Ann Cartwright 01:03:44 01:21:32 00:36:19 02:12:40 05:14:14

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Results for Centurions’ Grand Prix, 01-Dec-2013

14 Sphinx AC runners took part in the second of this season’s five-mile races, with Ashley Miles taking third place overall. Conditions were near-perfect and at least two of our runners enjoyed significant course PBs. Yet again, we were thwarted in the raffle! Official results are here (PDF): http://www.centurions.org.uk/grandprix/011213-5M.pdf 3 Ashley Miles 27:41 MV40 8 Kyza Derby 29:23 M 11 Andy Wilkinson 29:52 M 28 Ben Orme 33:48 MV55 32 Mitch Timms 34:11 MV55 PB 35 Luke Makins 34:21 M 59 Nigel Bassnett 37:14 M45 63 Paul Cozens 38:01 MV55 75 Mark Moran 39:14 M PB 76 Steven Osmond 39:19 M 107 Christine Thomas 45:37 FV40 108 Amy Frank 46:33 F 115 Janine Miles 50:38 F 116 Fiona Quinn 51:19 F Some photos (not Sphinx-specific):

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