Reports

COMING UP: Match v Kingston Poly (7 mile) - 22/11/08

Just a reminder that the advertised match v Oxford Uni on Saturday 22 November has been cancelled and replaced with a match v Kingston & Poly. Start is 2pm at the Sheen Gate of Richmond Park. This is a beautiful course over 7 miles and is suitable for all.


Mara sets marathon PB at Tokyo Marathon - 16/11/08

British Olympian Mara Yamauchi and second claim TH&H member, clocked a fantastic new pb as she finished third in the International Women's Marathon in her hometown of Tokyo. Mara, who was sixth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing, crossed the line in two hours, 25 minutes and three seconds. Japan's Yoshimi Ozaki was the race winner with Yuri Kano second. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/nov/15/athletics-olympics2008 for an interesting article on Mara in this week's Guardian.


South of the Thames 5mile - 15/11/08

Liz Stavreski was the lone saltire in action at Lloyd Park, and she put in a good performance to place 9th lady. The 7mile South of the Thames race takes place closer to home on Saturday 20 December,starting on the village side of Wimbledon Common - the perfect excuse to avoid Christmas shopping. Please let Kate or Larry know if you wish to run, as runners must entered in advance.


Ladies Surrey League Cross Country - 8/11/08

The ladies had a solid team performance at Lightwater to place tenth team after the first two fixtures, but put in some good individual performances with Rachel Disley making a welcome return to form and Laura Wanless making her league debut.

23. Liz Stavreski		26.04
27. Rachel Disley		26.14
49. Vikki Filsel		27.32
64. Alison Carpenter	28.21
95. Laura Wanless		29.58
101. Maureen Poole		30.16
158. Di Leakey		35.02

Club positions for fixture 2	Overall club positions

1   Belgrave H      A   92          1   South London H  A  174 
2   South London H  A   106         2   Belgrave H      A  254 
3   Herne Hill H    A   112         3   Herne Hill H    A  257 
4   Ranelagh H      A   117         4   Ranelagh H      A  262 
5   Woking AC       A   135         5   Reigate Priory  A  346 
6   Dulwich Runners A   183         6   Woking AC       A  347 
7   Reigate Priory  A   197         7   West 4 H        A  375 
8   Wim.Windmilers  A   214         8   Stragglers      A  431 
9   West 4 H        A   217         9   Wim.Windmilers  A  447 
10  Kingston & P    A   240         10  Thames H&H      A  461 
11  Stragglers      A   258         11  Dulwich Runners A  467 
12  Thames H&H      A   258         12  Kingston & P    A 539
13  Striders        A   351         13  Dorking         A  631
14  Dorking         A   371         14  Striders        A  672
15  Sutton          A   467         15  Sutton          A  870 
(League has 15 Scoring Teams bottom two teams relegated each year)
                                           

Thames sneak League victory II - 8/11/08

James McMullen made his first scoring victory in the Surrey League. Revelling in the soft going, James led home one of the strongest turnouts - just nipping victory from The Hill, but it continues to be tight. Phil, Stewart and Huw all closed in top ten positions themselves, with Mark Tuckett making a strong debut for 11th spot. Simon ran a characteristically robust 14th while Chris - fuelled by banking adrenalin - chased home Neil and Ben. It was left to Nick to close the team in 33rd place, with four back up saltires of James, Toby, Andy and Dave closing immediately behind. Results of all 22 saltires racing below.

1.	Russel Dessaix-Chin(n/s)	26.01
2.	James McMullen		26.57
3.	Phill Sly			27.05
6.	Stuart Major		27.49
7.	Huw Lobb			27.50
11.	Mark Tuckett		28.01
14.	Simon Wurr		28.10
21.	Neil Chisholm		28.36
22.	Ben Reynolds		28.37
23.	Chris Daniels		28.38
33.	Nick Altmann		29.03
34.	James Cordwell		29.04
35.	Toby Pearson		29.06
36.	Andy Weir			29.09
37.	David Symons		29.11
48.	Darren Talbot		29.43
51.	Simon Molden		29.51
69.	Tim Woodthorpe		30.47
89.	Alex Gaskell		31.27
90.	Anthony Doolittle		31.31
93.	Andy Robinson		31.35
179	Keith Spacie		38.16

Team
		Score		To-date
Thames		132		306
The Hill		137		313
Hercules		398		895
Bels		393		902
SLH		541		950
RAN		588		969
Strags		677		1185
Reigate		588		1306
Dorking		641		1364

New York Marathon - 2/11/08

Lucy Macalister recorded another fine marathon run to finish 13th lady in 2:39:25 over the tough New York course finishing just ahead of the ever dependable Matt Lynas in 2:40:58 ans Jim Cox-Nicol who set a pb of 2:50:44.


WCTT - 1/11/08

V50 Richard Pitt recorded a new course pb of 18.16 this morning over what must have been a pretty muddy and wet course.


TH&H v Cambridge University and Long Distance Challenge - 1/11/08

Students Naomi Taschimowitz and Paolo Natali dominated their races in pretty foul weather. With the THH ladies opting for the long course, it was 1,2,3 for the Cambridge ladies over the short course and Cambridge scored a pretty solid victory over the long course with Simon Wurr and Liz Stavreski taking THH honours in the Long Distance Challenge. Many thanks to those that braved the rain to pioneer the course.

THH V Cambridge University			

Ladies			
1	Naomi Taschimowitz 24.17	CAMB
2	Polly Keen         24.40	CAMB
3	Jane Mackey        27.56	CAMB

Open and THH Long Distance Challenge		
1	Paolo Natali      38.02	CAMB
2	James Kelly       38.49	CAMB
3	Tim Pattison      39.23	CAMB
4	Simon Wurr        40.00	THH
5	Will Mackay       40.51	CAMB
6	Robin Brown       41.27	CAMB
7	Nick Altmann      41.55	THH
8	Will Cockerell    41.57	THH	
9	Simon Molden      42.03	THH	
10	David Symons      42.34	THH	V40
11	Liam Richardson   42.53	CAMB	
12	Declan Murray     43.01	CAMB	
13	James Gill        43.04	CAMB	
14	James Chettle     43.15	CAMB	
15	Philip Scard      43.30	CAMB	
16	Ben Stevens       43.38	CAMB	
17	Andy Howse        43.43	THH	V40
18	Anthony Dolittle  44.26	THH	
19	Michael Goatley   44.43	THH	V40
20	Tom Stecher       43.43	CAMB	
21	Aidan Brown       44.48	CAMB	
22	Andy Collier      45.11	CAMB	
23	Calum Kinloch     45.28	CAMB	
24	Jonathan Cundy    46.43	CAMB	
25	Adam Bennett      47.48	CAMB	
26	Liz Stavreski     49.50	THH	F
27	John Kyley        50.37	CAMB	
28	Chris Watson      51.43	CAMB	
29	Alison Carpenter  55.39	THH	FV50
30	Maddalaine Ansell 59.41	THH	FV35
31	Al Irvine         64.07	THH	V40 / Backmarker
32	Mark Coley        64.26	CAMB	

	10 to score			
1	Cambridge               82		
2	Thames Hare & Hounds   147		

Hammersmith Riverside Handicap - 28/10/08

Hugh Arnold, Michael Johnson and Anna Garnier finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in this age graded event, with Hugh and Anna setting age bests for the race. Hugh was the fastest on the day with an age graded score of 91%. He who is inspired by youth retains his youth...


Great South 10mile - 26/10/08

Benita Johnson and Hugh Shields were in action, with Benita clocking 55:16 for fifth lady and Hugh recording 1:01:54.


Snowdonia Marathon - 26/10/08

It was wet and windy in North Wales, but David Symons seemed to have made a wise decision in opting for Snowdon over the even wetter and windier Cumbrian OMM this weekend, running 2:52:17 for fifth spot.


TH&H v Bank of England and Kingston Poly - 25/10/08

For anyone not familiar with the annual Bank of England fixture, it consists of a fine tea preceded by 4 1/2 mile amble around Richmond Park. The promise of a slap-up tea ensured a turn-out of 14 TH&H runners only one less than at the home mob-match against Stragglers!

Chris Hutber reports on the tea... This year there were amply filled smoked salmon and cream-cheese and chicken with garlic mayonnaise sandwiches as well as the traditional Thames favourite –egg. The extra-large scones with lashings of cream and jam left at least one Thames member (f) looking less than lady-like. John Bryant got lost on the course, but made it back for tea, and at just over 49 minutes, his race was still over more quickly than his tea-time anecdotes.

1.	S Molden		26:33 (TH&H)
2.	T Taylor		26:50 (BoE)
3.	J Powell		27:09 (TH&H)
8.	R Davies		29:53 (TH&H)
9.	C Hutber		30:22 (TH&H)
12.	A Mackeela	32:35 (TH&H)
14.	K Spacie		33:02 (TH&H)
15.	Vikki Filsell	33:18 (TH&H)
17.	S Martin		33:26 (TH&H)
18.	A Gibbons		34:03 (TH&H)
22.	Laura Wanless	35:41( TH&H)
23.	D Walsh		35:43 (TH&H)
26.	Maddalaine Ansell	36:47 (TH&H)
31	J Bryant		49:01 (TH&H)

Match (8 to score)
1.TH&H		79
2.Kingston Poly	115
3. Bank 		128


WCTT 5km - 25/10/08

Nick Altman was an early riser this weekend making his long awaited debut over the Wimbledon course, and placing 2nd, with 16:53 taking him to 8th on the TH&H leader board for the course. Interestingly a similar review of the TH&H leaders at Bushy Park show five of the top ten places taken by TH&H ladies.

THH Leaderboard 
Wimbledon
1.	Simon WURR   	15:56 
2.	David SYMONS 	16:15 
3.	Andy WEIR 	16:24 
4.	Toby PEARSON	16:26  
5.	Nick GOULD   	16:34  
6.	George GARNIER 	16:38 
7.	Darren TALBOT  	16:49  
8.	Nick ALTMAN  	16:53 
9.	Ian HIGGINS   	16:59  
10.	Hugh SHIELDS  	17:08 

Bushy Park 
1.	Phill SLY		14.54
2.	John MCFARLANE	15.41
3.	Nick ALTMAN	15.54
4.	David SYMONS	16.05
5.	Sonia O'SULLIVAN	16.22
6.	Benita JOHNSON	16.41
7.	Hugh SHIELDS	16.47
8.	Julia BLEASDALE	16.53
9.	Naomi WARNER	16.55
10.	Lucy HASELL	17.22

OMM - 25/10/08

Simon Wurr and Nick Maloney braved the elements to complete the first day of the OMM, before bad weather led to the cancellation of the second day of racing.



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