James Mogridge blew away the field today at the 4th frostbite of the season over at March. Although James had come second before he had never won a frostbite race, although many of his club mates knew that it was going to be sooner rather than later….

Also having great races today were Simon Hearty (11th), Matt Lauch (19th) and Mike Morley (20th) meaning that we had 4 men in the top 20.  Rounding of the scoring men were Andy Todd (52nd), David Whitwell (94th) and Dean Longman (98th).

First home for the ladies just a day after her birthday (34 I believe), was Claire Piercy in 144th place, Claire was followed in by Sharron (I love mud) Toms (167th) and Anna (blogger extraordinaire) Totterdell (183rd).

On to the juniors and 15 took part today with Alex Devine coming home first for the club in 9th place, followed by Joe Wright (20th) and Ben Wright (27th).  Not to be outdone by her older brother, Millie Devine was the first Yaxley girl home in 58th place (12th girl) followed by Rhiannon Loutit in 76th place (18th girl).

A cracking day with fantastic results all throughout the field for both the seniors and the juniors leaving the seniors in 4th place on the day (7th overall) and the juniors in 6th place (7th overall)

Calling all Yaxley Runners, Our annual 15 mile race is nearly upon us! Thanks to everyone that has already volunteered, the volunteer roster will be published shortly. However we are still short a few volunteers to help marshal the course. The race is scheduled to take place on Sunday the 24th January 2016, If you can spare some time to help us run this event it would be greatly appreciated. If you can help please can you let me know.

Many thanks,

Paul Atherfold

paul_atherfold@sky.com   

You know that Christmas is just around the corner when it is time for the Nene Valley 10, and this year to add a bit of spice it was a club championship race.

On the day, (just 2 days after the annual christmas party) and still feeling worse for wear!!! 25 members completed the race. More were entered in the race but it seems that some of the members can’t quite handle their drink….

Anyway, onto the race, although not cold a fairly stiff wind was blowing meaning headwind for half of the race.  This however didn’t stop James Mogridge from coming 4th in a time of 55.53…. Next home for the gents was Matt Lauch followed just 40 seconds later by Mike Morley in a new pb.  After 6 races (Male runner of the bi-monthly for Oct/Nov) Mike Morley still leads the way, but the ominous figure of James is looming ever closer.

First home in the MV40 category was Dean Longman followed by Gary Masters and Tim Loutit meaning that Dean moved to the top of the MV40 championship standings ahead of Mark Evans who was otherwise engaged at the Malaga marathon.

In the MV50 and MV60 categories as there were no runners on the day Ross Cameron (MV50) and Neil Bason (MV60) still lead the way, however, with 4 races still to go thre are still some trophies in these categories that are up for grabs.

Onto the ladies and (runner of the bi monthly for Oct/Nov) Claire Piercy continued her amazing form coming home as first Yaxley lady in a time of 73.04 followed by Roslyn Loutit and Sharron Toms. The win means that Claire extends her lead over rivals Roslyn and Sharron.

Age categories next and Anna Totterdell closed the gap again on Sarah Smith  (Female Seniors category) who carried on even though she damaged her foot at 8 miles (get better soon Sarah). Anna Devine moved into 3rd place with a pb as Kirstin Homewood was otherwise engaged (though rumours of Sambuca were mentioned!!)

In the FV40 category Claire extended her lead over Sharron Toms with the race for 3rd place still wide open with just 5 points covering 3rd to 5th place (Lesley, Nina and Sharon Leslie)…

Roslyn closed the gap on Barbara Johnson at the top of the FV50 age category with 3rd place also still up for grabs. (just 6 points seperating Carol Riley, Lesley Harwood and Jean Maggs) who all ran on Sunday morning.

There were also notable runs for 1st timers Emily Hawke, Jean Maggs and Club Secretary Steve Joy-Good who slowly made his way through the field to miss a pb by just 8 seconds.

The next race in the club champs is just 4 weeks away and is at the County Cross Country Championsips at St Neots (speak to Hugh soon if interested)

It is regret that I announce the sad news of the passing of Adrian Jarvis on Tuesday. Adrian was a past Chairman of Riverside Runners and, until this summer, the Frostbite Friendly League, when he stepped down due to ill health.

Our thoughts are with Adrian’s wife and family at this very sad time, as well as his friends at Riverside Runners and on behalf of Yaxley Runners, I send our condolences.

Gavin Farrow
Club Chairman

… and so too is the Yaxley Runners Christmas Party!

This year it will be on Friday 4 December at Bollywood Tiger in Yaxley. There will be a Indian buffet to include a selection of starters, main courses, vegetable dishes, breads and rice dishes. A disco will follow (if we want to bring our own dancing music on a memory stick the DJ will play exactly what we want).

The price will be £15 per head. To book your place, please pay your money to a committee member as soon as possible.

Everyone is welcome, including partners. It would be good to get a good turnout… the more the merrier! Oh, and there will be some wine on the table courtesy of the Club!

Don’t forget the Yaxley Runners GER and Frostbite celebration night out on Saturday 24 October at Charters from 8pm.

A great opportunity to let our hair down and have a bit of fun, not in lycra!

Yaxley runners once again did amazing at this years Great Eastern Run on Sunday 11th October 2015

The weather was perfect as over 50 Yaxley Runners hit the streets of Peterborough for the annual local half marathon.  First home for the men in 20th position was James Mogridge in a new club record of 1.13.35. Also finishing in the top 100 and therefore helping Yaxley to the envious title of 1st local mens team were Steve Lomax 1.16.47 (54th), Simon Hearty 1.17.34 (63rd) and Mike Morley 1.20.07 (93rd).  All 4 also managed PBs on the way too.

Not to be outdone was Caroline Woods who finished in 1.28.39 and in doing so was the first local lady home, also finishing in the top 20 ladies overall.  A fantastic run considering Caroline ran a 3.17 marathon just 2 weeks earlier.

Claire Piercy was the 2nd lady home in a fantastic 1.37.54 which was a personal best by 3 minutes and shows that she is back to her best after suffering a fractured foot on the way to the pub after the clubs AGM in April.

There were too many fantastic results to mention, but well done to all runners, especially those running a half for the very first time – Anna Devine, Emily Hawke, Emily Walker, Jean Maggs, Jo Bonnet, Kate Johnstone, Katie Bevan, Mike Knight and Samantha McGrath to name a few.

And a massive thank you to all that helped out on the day, either marshalling or pacing without you all the race wouldn’t be the same.

Barbara Johnson and Millie Devine won the Senior and Junior handicaps on Thursday evening at Ferry Meadows.

Millie finished in a new pb of 10.04 knocking 15 seconds of her previous best, with James Evans (10.34) and Samuel Mackenzie (10.42) coming home in 2nd and 3rd. Thomas Evans (12.32) PB and Harry Morley (13.16) also ran completing their 2nd qualifying time.

In the Seniors Barbara Johnson was the winner in a time of 16.31 with Anna Totterdell in 2nd place (15.57), Mike Morley in 3rd (12.33), Dean Longman in 4th (13.53) and James Mogridge in 5th (11.13)

The next race will be on Sunday 29th November 2015

A big well done to Nina’s rounders team that won the annual rounders match at the last junior session of the season.

Amid accusations of time wasting, unsportsmanlike behaviour by Mike Morley and Ben Wright trying to take every one out with the rounders bat, Nina’s team won by either 6 – 2 or 6 – 3 (arguments still ongoing).

In other news Mike Morley has gone and purchased a howler because he is tired of losing to Joe

Same place next year guys!!!