RUNNING
Parkrun Junior 2K
With many BRJ Juniors in action at the BRJ hosted Frostbite just 2 Juniors, Finley Harrison & Ewan Mackie, were in Parkrun action. At Cambourne & Cottenham Recreation Ground both boys secured 3rd position.
Parkrun 5K
A total of 70 BRJ’ers were in Parkrun action with returns to Brighton & Hove, Bug Hunter Waters (Alison Orrell secured a Course Best & Richard Orrell completed Parkrun #325), Bury Field, Colney Lane, Edinburgh (Jess Barrett-Drylie secured a Course Best & Parkrun #50), Hunstanton Promenade, Luton Wardown, Pocket, Princess Liverpool & Swaffham.
During her extended Australian trip, Alice Noyes made yet another BRJ Parkrun Debut, this time at Yokins Parkrun near Perth.
At Huntingdon, the ground conditions had improved considerably so it could be held after a 2 week furlow. Melanie Gearing completed Parkrun #400.
Burghley 7M
The annual Burghley 7M, based in Stamford, saw 2 BRJ’ers complete this picturesque course. From the 1,277 finishers, their stats were:
NAME TIME POS INFO
Phillipa Burns 00:55:27 302 Debut Club 7M & 3rd FV45-49
Gillian Brown 1:14:20 1,048
Brighton 1/2 Marathon
5 BRJ’ers joined the 8,902 finishers & local resident Alex Mitton at this seaside based event. In good running conditions, the in-form Alex led home the BRJ squad securing a new Club 1/2 Marathon PB by a significant 3 Min 38 Sec margin compared to 2024’s race.
Despite a recent series of injuries, it was nice to see Ian Wilson getting back into his running .
The full suite of club results are:
| Race: Brighton 1/2 Marathon. Date: 2/03/25 Nos of Finishers: 8,902 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 115 | Alex Mitton | 01:19:43 | N/A | PB |
| 1224 | Andrew Stevenson | 01:39:57 | N/A | |
| 1837 | Paul Mitton | 01:44:55 | N/A | |
| 3169 | Ian Wilson | 01:54:07 | N/A | |
| 4688 | Nigel Maggs | 02:03:18 | N/A | |
| 5761 | Chloe Wilson | 02:11:14 | N/A | |
Oundle 20M
From the 3 race distances available, 5 BRJ’ers selected the 20 Mile option. Leading home our squad, Matthew Gerrett made his Debut Club 20M. Tim Legge also made a distance debut. This was another race where Annette Newton secured the gold medal in her age category. The full suite of club results are:
| Race: Oundle 20M Date: 2/03/25 Nos of Finishers: 352 | ||||
| Position | Name | Time | Age-Grade % | Notes |
| 131 | Matthew Gerrett | 02:51:37 | N/A | Debut Club 20M |
| 156 | Amanda Roland-Convey | 02:57:22 | N/A | |
| 176 | Annette Newton | 03:03:35 | N/A | 1st FV70+ |
| 179 | Tim Legge | 03:04:52 | N/A | Debut Club 20M |
| 266 | Paul Treadwell | 03:26:29 | N/A | |
Zig Zag St David’s Challenge
Chloe Rudd, in training for the London Marathon, completed 3 laps (approx 20 miles) of the Suffolk Run Centre near Bury St Edmunds. Chloe finished in 8th place in a time of 4:18:17.
Frostbite Friendly League (Race 6)
As has been the case continuously since 1988, BRJ hosted the final event of the 6 race 2024 / 2025 series. After a frosty start to the day, the weather improved considerably although conditions underfoot on both the Junior & Senior courses were unsurprisingly very muddy thus slowing most individuals finish times.
The Frostbite League starts again in October & we all hope that these events will be less weather affected as they were during the 2024 / 2025 season.
The BRJ winners of the Frostbite “Runners of the Series” will be announced at the Club AGM on 20 March.
Finally, thanks go to your Frostbite Manager, Claire Few, & her core team for their support across the 6 events. The full suite of results can be found on the Frostbite Friendly League website
JUNIOR
There were 142 Junior finishers which included a significantly larger attendance by BRJ’ers across all of the 6 races, 14 in total.
The Junior stats for this venue are:
PB at Venue
Jack Scott
Ethan Ward
Debut at Venue
Freya Brosnan
Alexander Eason
Thomas Hunt
Jack Hutchinson
George Jenner
Joey Phillips
Jack Reeve
Christian Simson
Sammie Webb
Team Scorers (5)
Jack Scott (11th), Joey Phillips (17th), Ethan Ward (24th), Katie Lasseter (60th) & Freya Brosnan (110th).
On the day, the increased number of Juniors delivered BRJ with a 5th place finish from the 14 teams, their highest series finish position, with the Juniors missing 4th place by just finish 1 position. The 5th place finish meant that our Juniors moved up the league table by a massive 4 places to finish 8th overall.
SENIOR
The numerous other running events on the day & those members officiating around the course meant that the Seniors were represented by only 22 members within the 331 finishers.
William Dales was again our lead finisher despite taking a dive into a muddy section of the course. Lead lady was again, Christine Howard.
It should be noted that finishing positions on the day were, post race, reduced by 1 place. This was because for the 5th time this season, a non-BRJ runner, was disqualified as a result of not wearing a club vest / T-Shirt as required by the League’s rules.
The Senior stats were:
PB at Venue
Slawomir Dziarmaga
Debut at Venue
Mike Brosnan
Anthony Charters
Paul Harris
Christine Howard
Ben Kidman
Ruth Lasseter
Simon Mayes
Sarah Noble
Colin Reeve
Team Scorers (10)
William Dales (17th), Simon Mayes (62nd), Slawomir Dziarmaga (72nd),Ben Kidman (105th), Stuart Hathaway (107th), Frank Holmes (109th), Jim Greenley (114th), Christine Howard (156th), Melanie Wiffin (169th) & Helen Richardson (241st).
On the day our Seniors finished 6th overall from the 16 teams which equalled their best finish position in race 2. This result meant that the Seniors remained in 8th place overall in the series.
ACTION REQUESTED
Calling all BRJ members running a Marathon in 2025?
For those of you planning to compete in a full Marathon during 2025 the Marathon “season” is fast approaching. Your Results Officer, Mike Gullis, is very keen to record your achievement(s), given the potential that your Marathon finish time might be your Club PB & that 1 FULL Marathon counts towards the 2025 Senior Running Championships.
If you have registered for any full Marathon during 2025 please let Mike know by contacting him via his club e-mail address which is email hidden; JavaScript is required.
Mike is especially keen to hear from those members that entered a Marathon event before becoming a club member & those running via a charity place as you may not be shown as a BRJ member in the finish results!