Nine of us taking part in this well established local race today with too many PBs to mention them all individually (despite fairly windy conditions – well done everyone)

The Club Championship has come to a close with John McGargill taking the top spot by 26 points- a fantastic performance.
A scorching 1:25 Jedburgh half marathon by James Leiper has allowed him to displace David Buffham from 2nd place, James only joined the club this year so it’s a superb effort, well done.
Well done too to everyone who took part throughout the year, over half the membership got involved which is a testimony to the growth of the club in racing terms.
In terms of prizes John and James get the 1st and 2nd. The lucky dip for 2 more prizes from those with all 4 qualifying scores (18 runners) will be held at the end of year party that is being organised.The committee will meet and choose the male and female club members of the year, to be announced at the party too.

I have checked the results below as best as I can but the spreadsheet has grown into a monster so please let me know if I have made a mistake (e mail clubchampionship@pontelandrunners.org.uk ). I know that there are some new members to add who have just done some park runs, I will add these as soon as I have your details and post the spreadsheet then.

An update with 4 events to go -Park Runs – Saturday 24th and 31st and Jedburgh 10K and Half marathon Sunday 25th. Good luck to those competing and remember a full set of  qualifying events (1 short+2 med+1 long) qualifies you for a chance of a lucky dip prize.

Here’s the latest position in the Club championship. John McGargill is still well out in front but the battle for 2nd place is very tight with only 0.2 points between the Chairman in 2nd and James in 3rd with Neil only 1.7 points further back! Good to see another McGargill in the top 10, well done Fiona, the highest placed woman at number 9. There are still a few park runs left (to end of October) plus the Jedburgh 10K and half marathon so still time to push for a prize. Its worth trying to get your 4 qualifying scores in for a chance to win the lucky dip prize.

Talking of prizes the committee met on Sunday and agreed the following generous prizes of Start Fitness vouchers for

First
Second
Male Athlete of the year (chosen by the club committee)
Female Athlete of the year (chosen by the club committee)
Lucky dip 1 – a random draw from those who have completed all 4 qualifying races (1 short + 2 medium + 1 long)
Lucky dip 2 – a second random draw

Limit of 1 prize per person. The winner gets to hold the trophy for a year. Prizes to be presented at End of Year Party.

I have tried to check the results as best I can but please have a look through your row in the spreadsheet CC Oct 7 2015 to check for typos and omissions.

If you want to check what a certain time equates to as points go to

http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup06.html

select the distance on the “road” button, enter your age on Jan 1 2015 and your time in hh:mm:ss format and click age grade

any queries email me at clubchampionship@ponteland runners.org.uk

Dave L

Here’s the latest table. John still has a good lead with only a few events to go up to the end of October. Participation has grown to 64 now, a great effort by all runners involved,

Any errors or omissions please email  clubchampionship@pontelandrunners.org.uk