RUNNING
PARKRUN 5K
Parkrun venue cancellations continue so BRJ’ers made returns to Bedford, Brighton & Hove, Ferry Meadows, Fulbourn Hospital, Henlow Bridge Lakes, Jersey Farm, Littleport, Norwich, Rutland Water (Course PB for Kate Ruddock), Storeys Field, Wimpole (Course PB for Nick Harris), Woodhouse Moor (3rd place for Keelan Duffy) & Yarborough Leisure Centre (Course PB for Melanie Gearing).
Kathryn Heath made a BRJ Debut at the Alexandra Moss Side event.
Burghley 7M
1,330 runners braved the heavy rain during the tour of Burghley House estate & other sights around picturesque Stamford. Anthony & Ruth Foster made a return journey to the event although both finished just shy of their finish times in the 2023 event. Gillian Brown made her Club 7M Debut. Their results were:
POS NAME TIME INFO
336 Ruth Foster 00:57:29 3rd FV60-64
408 Anthony Foster 00:58:58
988 Gillian Brown 1:11:31 Debut Club 7M
Frostbite Friendly League
BRJ have historically hosted the 6th & final event of this Winter Cross Country series. Unfortunately, the persistent heavy rain in recent months meant that 2 Frostbite events, due to be hosted by Bushfield & Hunts AC, were cancelled but it was not possible to re-schedule them. Thankfully, the weather leading up to our home fixture at Jubilee Park had shown some improvement so it was possible to stage the event.
Unfortunately, from very early on race day the heavy rain made an unwelcome return making the course even more muddy for the runners & somewhat unpleasant for the numerous Volunteers & Marshals. As the event coincided with Mothers Day & with the poor weather forecast the number of competitors were unsurprisingly slightly reduced. Big thanks go our to Frostbite Co-ordinator, Claire Few, for her superb efforts on our behalf across the year.
The full results can be accessed on the Frostbite Friendly League website. The good news is that you don’t have to wait too long to get your next Frostbite “Fix”. The 2024/2025 Frostbite season starts again in early October.
Junior
There were 91 Junior finishers overall, with the BRJ squad consisting 4 Boys & 4 Girls. Jack Scott in his debut run at the venue, lead home our squad in 15th position. Jack was closely followed by Iris Purser in 20th position & 4th Girl overall in a Venue PB. Iris became a 1st Claim member of Hunts AC in January 2024 but because she had already completed a Frostbite event as a BRJ member during the 2023/2024 season league rules meant she could not compete for Hunts AC until next season. Thankfully, Iris opted to represent BRJ rather than not compete at all. The event saw 1 Venue PB & 5 Venue Debuts
The 5 team scorers were Isaac Friswell, Iris Purser, Jack Scott, Amelie Ward & Ethan Ward. Our squad secured 5th place overall on the day, missing 4th place by just 3 positions, & finishing in 6th place overall of the 14 teams in the 2023 / 2024 competition. A great overall finish for what is a very a young squad.
The individual stats for the BRJ’ers were:
PB at Venue
Iris Purser
Debut at Venue
Isaac Friswell
Emily Marshall-Roberts
Sophie Marshall-Roberts
Jack Scott
Amelie Ward
Senior
There were 255 Senior finishers, with the BRJ fielding 19 runners. The in-form William Dales was the lead BRJ’er in a fantastic 5th position securing a Venue PB that moved him up to be the 7th fastest BRJ Senior Man at this venue.
Mica Covell, in her Debut Frostbite, was our leading lady with a time making her the 7th fastest BRJ Senior Woman. The event saw 1 Venue PB & 6 Venue Debuts.
Club Chair, Claire Ashton, completed her first Frostbite since February 2022 but unluckiest BRJ’er was Ian Lasseter who missed out on a Venue PB by just 3 Secs.
The 10 team scorers were Richard Braddick, Gilles Corby, Mica Covell, William Dales, Adam D’Souza, Slawomir Dziamaga, Jim Greenley, Ian Lasseter, Heledd Marshall-Roberts & Alison Orrell.
The Senior squad also secured 5th place overall on the day & finished in 6th place overall of the 16 teams which was an improvement by 3 places from Race 3. The individual stats for the BRJ’ers were:
PB at Venue
William Dales
Debut at Venue
Richard Braddick
Mica Covell
Adam D’Souza
Slawomir Dziamaga
Gerry Pye
Michael Shaw