Results Winter 2021/2

Amy & Katie Lasseter were amongst the field of just 20 brave junior athletes braving the wet & windy conditions at Jubilee Pak. No PB’s were secured.

There were BRJ returns to Crystal Palace, Fulbourn Hospital, Hogmoor Inclosure (Neil Whitaker had a Course PB) March, Storeys Field (Alison Orrell completed Parkrun #200) & Woodhouse Moor. There were no PB’s secured at these events. BRJ’ers (Phil Pearsons, Pat & Peter Jackson) made a club event debut at Doddington Hall. No PB’s achieved.

At Huntingdon, Tim Phillips secured a 18 Sec Club 5K PB (#2 of 2021), Nicki McMahon had a Course PB & Alan Hanibal completed Parkrun #200 followed by the now customary post run visit to Wetherspoons.

Zig Zag Christmas Canters (Hinchingbrooke Country Park)

10K – Felicity Baillie took 3rd place overall (1st Female) of the 39 finishers over a wet & muddy course. Despite these challenges, Felicity secured the  Female course record in a time of 00:47:18. Chloe Rudd, in her Club 10K debut, finished in 24th position in 1:12:16. The event comes highly

1/2 Marathon –  Sara Graham-Clare finished in Position 37 in 2:49:59

RUNNINGParkrun 5K
There were BRJ returns to Ashton Court, Lincoln, March & Whittlesey. There were no Club PB’s at any of these events.At Huntingdon, 2 new Club 5K PB’s were secured for Paul Treadwell (by 18 Secs which was Road Run PB #11 of 2021) & Kerry Surkitt (by 16 Mins 7 Secs / Road Run PB #4 of 2021). Keelan Duffy completed Parkrun #250.Milton Keynes Winter 1/2 Marathon
4 BRJ’ers participated in this local event held in unseasonably warm conditions. Annette Newton secured an Age Category podium position. The results were:-NAME TIME POSITION
Annette Newton 1:51:37 510 (3rd FV65+)
Yvonne Homewood. 2:03:23 797
Melanie Gearing 2:31:52 1,277
Belinda Parker 2:31:52 1,278CROSS COUNTRYFrostbite Friendly League Event (#3 of 6) – Hinchingbrooke Country Park (Hosted by Hunts AC)Hosted by Hunts AC, the course has been in use since 2008. Although the weather on the day was unseasonably warm, the rain in the proceeding days made certain parts of the course quite slippery, especially for those individuals not wearing Trail Shoes. Sadly, Senior member Neil Whitaker retired hurt as a result.Despite the challenges, there were a total of 527 finishers across both events, 130 in the Junior & 397 in the Senior race. The next event (#4 of 6) hosted by March AC, takes place on the 16th January 2022 starting from March AC’s HQ adjacent to Whitemoor Prison.Junior 1.5 Miles
A turnout of 11 Juniors (6 Boys & 5 Girls) were amongst the 130 finishers. Our squad finished in 6th position of the 15 teams with 229 Race Points, meaning that after 3 events are placed in 6th position overall on 31 League points, the same as Cambridge & Coleridge in 5th place who have a lower Race Points score. The Club Junior stats were:-NAME POSITION
Christopher Scott 32 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Samuel Gibbons 33 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Freya Harris 41 (Debut at Venue, Team Scorer & 3rd Girl overall)
Henry Reeve 54 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Thomas Portieri 64 (Debut at Venue)
Leif Meyer 68 (Debut at Venue)
Katie Lasseter 69 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Ethan Ward 72 (Debut at Venue)
Iris Purser 73 (Debut at Venue)
Amy Lasseter 118 (Debut at Venue)
Nyah Scott 121 (Debut at Venue)Senior 5 Miles
A turnout of 38 Seniors (25 Men & 13 Women) were amongst the 397 finishers. Our Senior squad finished in a 4th position of the 16 teams with 777 Race Points, their best position so far this season. After 3 events, our Seniors are now placed in 5th position overall on 34 League points, 5 points behind Yaxley. The Club Senior stats were:-NAME POSITION
Keelan Duffy 24 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
William Dales 27 (PB at Event & Team Scorer)
Marcela Gracova 53 (Debut at Venue, Team Scorer, 3rd Female overall & New Club Female Champion for this Venue)
Sebastian Burley 74 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Paul Mitton 81 (PB at Venue & Team Scorer)
Stuart Hathaway 85 (Team Scorer)
Jonathan Harding 86 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Felicity Baillie 87 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
Alex Mitton 90 (Debut at Venue & team Scorer)
Tim Legge 109 (Debut at Venue)
Tim Phillips 135 (Debut at Venue)
Jim Hopkins 146 (PB at Venue)
Richard Orrell 155
Nicki McMahon 170 (Debut at Venue & Team Scorer)
David Ward 175 (Debut at Venue)
Gilles Corby 176
David Newton 191
Ian Wilson 194
Ruth Foster 211
Heledd Marshall-Roberts 216 (Debut at Venue)
Simon Lumley 219
Alison Orrell 226 (PB at Venue)
Steve Dockerill 228
Stephen Rochford 231 (Debut at Venue)
Anthony Foster 238 (Debut at Venue)
Mike Gullis 256
Alan Hannibal 257
Thomas Brand 274
Alice Edwards 286
Peter Jackson 287
Lisa Shacklock 294 (Debut at Venue)
Alexandra Smart 300 (Debut at Venue)
Clive Best 317 (PB at Venue)
Kate Ruddock 334
Michael Shaw 340
Anna Best 376
Jane Ainscow 386 (Debut at Venue)
Alice Noyes 395The full list of results can be found at:-
http://www.frostbiteleague.org.uk

Colin West was the sole BRJ’er to participate at Peterborough & there were Club venue debuts at Itchen Valley Country Parkrun (Jane, Jules & Tony Farrow) & also at Troon (Scotland) for Maureen Wickson. No Club PB’s were secured at these venues.

At a muddy Huntingdon, Keelan Duffy achieved a Course PB & Freya Harris completed Parkrun #150.

Freya Harris was the sole Junior BRJ’er attending a 2K Parkrun, winning the Jubilee Park event.

BRJ’ers made returns to Buckingham, Dunstable Downs (where Colin West completed Parkrun #300), Ferry Meadows, Hereford, March, Northampton, Pocket, South Manchester, Whittlesey & Wimpole (Kerry Surkitt secured a Course PB). No PB’s were secured at these events.

At Great Denham, Keelan Duffy got his 2022 running campaign off to a cracking start by securing a second Club PB in 2 days by 10 Secs (down to 00:16:25). Keelan remains as the 4th fastest BRJ Man over 10K, but now just 21 Secs behind 3rd place John Uff. At a muddy Huntingdon, William Dales took the overall win, Heledd Marshall-Roberts made her Club 5K debut & Kevin Ryan completed Parkrun #50.

As was the case in both 2019 & 2020, COVID saw the cancellation of the traditional Ely NYE event. Thankfully, the Peterborough event avoided cancellation despite the rapidly increasing infection rates. There was a very early start & the heavy downpour before race start made the off road section of the course somewhat muddy.  Despite these challenges, the BRJ squad delivered outstanding individual performances, several Debut Club 10K runs, Age Category podium positions & success in all 3 team prize categories.

From the 875 finishers, the increasingly speedy Keelan Duffy secured a top 10 position, representing a 54 Sec Club 10K PB  & moving him into 10th place in the list of Fastest BRJ Men over the distance. Equally quick Marcela Gracova was 3rd Woman home overall finishing just outside her Club PB. Unluckiest BRJ’er was Paul Mitton who finished 4th in his age category, but did enough to feature in 2 of the 3 Team prize categories. The detailed stats are:

NAME                               TIME              POSITION

Keelan Duffy                     00:35:48         10 (PB – #9 of 2021)

Marcela Gracova              00:39:44          38 (3rd Woman & 1st FV35-39)

Paul Mitton                        00:41:19         56

Jonathan Harding              00:42:08         68( Debut Club 10k)

Alex Mitton                         00:43:34         85

Felicity Baillie                    00:44:40          109

Richard Orrell                    00:47:59         170

Sebastian Burley               00:48:04         175 (Debut Club 10k)

Gilles Corby                       00:48:22         183

David Newton                    00:48:49          196 (2nd MV70-74)

Heledd Marshall-Roberts   00:49:56          222

Ian Wilson                          00:50:37          233

Annette Newton                 00:51:41          274 (1st FV65-69)

Alison Orrell                       00:53:06          306 (2nd FV55-59)

Kerry Surkitt                       00:53:37          322 (Debut Club 10K)

Paul Treadwell                   00:53:41          327

Stephen Rochford              00:53:58          336

Gerard Baker                      00:58:52         482

Clive Best                           00:58:56          484

Kevin Ryan                         00:59:03          490

Richard Stevens                 1:00:02            514

Rae Maynard                      1:02:48            589

Tom Brand                           1:03:12           603

Colin West                           1:04:39           642

Anna Best                            1:04:47           649 (3rd FV65-69)

Samantha Healey                1:11:12           748

Michelle Caspersz               1:14:05           802

Rebecca Carmody               1:14:06           803

TEAM                   POSITION           TEAM MEMBERS

Women’s               2nd                      Marcela Gracova, Felicity Baillie & Heledd Marshall-Roberts

Men                       3rd                       Keelan Duffy, Paul Mitton & Jonathan Harding

Overall (Mixed)      3rd                       Keelan Duffy, Marcela Gracova & Paul Mitton

There were BRJ returns to Brundall, Bury Field (Kerry Surkitt secured a 24 Sec Club 5K PB), Cassiobury, Coldhams Common, Storeys Field & Whittlesey. Great Denham, alongside Storeys Field, is proving to be the venue to achieve a PB time & despite the breezy conditions, this was the case for the in-form Felicity Baillie who finished as 1st Woman securing a 42 Sec Club PB. This PB reinforced her position as the 4th fastest BRJ Woman over 5K, but is now just 12 Secs behind 3rd placed Shelley Duffy.

At Huntingdon, Diane Shutt made her Club 5K debut & Gerard Baker completed Parkrun #150.

BRJ’ers competed in last weekend’s County Cross Country Champs. Results to follow.

Race: Junior Frostbite #4 – March AC (1.5 Miles)     Date: 16/01/22   Nos of Finishers: 118
Position	Name	Time	Age-Grade %	Notes
23	Freya Harris	00:10:03	72.24%	Team Scorer
26	Joshua Spavins	00:10:13	69.49%	Debut @ Venue- Team Scorer
32	Henry Reeve	00:10:26	62.52%	Debut @ Venue- Team Scorer
58	Katie Lasseter	00:11:47	62.97%	Debut @ Venue- Team Scorer
59	Matthew Ainscow	00:11:48	53.06%	Debut @ Venue- Team Scorer
106	Rebecca Ainscow	00:13:54	50.41%	Debut @ Venue
111	Amy Lasseter	00:14:17	50.83%	Debut @ Venue

Jubilee Park – New member Tom Sheldon made his club 2K debut finishing in Runner-Up position in 00:09:21.

There were BRJ returns to Doddington Hall, Ferry Meadows, Harwich, Kings Lynn (Mark Jackman completed Parkrun #200), March (Course PB for Jules Farrow), Market Harborough, Portobello (Edinburgh), Whittlesey, Wimpole & Woodhouse Moor. No PB were secured at these venues.

At Storeys Field, Richard Orrell secured a 3 Sec Club 5K PB & there was a BRJ Venue Debut at the Centennial Parkrun (Sydney, Australia).

At Huntingdon, despite frosty & foggy weather it was conducive to PBs, which in order of merit were Joseph Emery (by 41 Secs), Diane Shutt (by 1 Min 2 Secs) & Heledd Marshall-Roberts (by 1 Min 3 Secs). Tim Legge made his Club 5K debut.

Just 7 days after completing her 100th Marathon & her 3rd in a period of just 3 weeks, Kerry Surkitt completed #101, finishing in a time of 5:47:58 (43.70% Age Graded Score) in position 16 of the 24 finishers.

On 9 January, Joseph Emery completed this Standard Distance Duathlon finishing in the Runner-Up place (of 27) in a time of 2:06:15 & 1st in his Age Category. His individual stats were:-

Run 1 (10K)  –  00:38:55

T1                 –  00:02:24

Bike (40K)    –  1:03:29

T2                 –  00:01:26

Run 2 (5K)    –  00:19:59

Katie Lasseter was the sole BRJ’er recorded, finishing in 3rd place at Jubilee Park.

BRJ’ers returned to Clare Castle, Henlow Bridge Lakes, Pocket, Storeys Field, Woodhouse Moor (Course PB for Keelan Duffy) & York.

There were 3 BRJ venue Parkrun debuts at Broadwater (Alice Noyes), Lota, Brisbane Anna & Clive Best) & Belvoir Castle (Kerry secured a 48 Sec Club 5K PB, her 3rd PB of 2022).

At a windy Huntingdon, Nigel Maggs completed Parkrun #125.

BRJ’ers made returns to Bury Field, Doddington Hall, Grovelands, March & Whittlesey. No Club PB’s were achieved at these venues.

There were 4 BRJ Venue debuts at Lytham Hall (Maureen Wickson), Strathclyde, Scotland (Stuart Turner), Torvean, Scotland  (Stuart Ainsworth) & Wynnum Brisbane, Australia (Anna & Clive Best).

At Huntingdon, new member Ian Lasseter made his Club 5K debut & a Frostbite debut the following day, William Dales completed Parkrun #100 & both Mel Gearing & Alice Noyes #250.

Kerry Surkitt completed her 4th full Marathon of 2022 finishing in 12th position of the 18 participants in 5:28:12 (46.33% Age Grading).

Round #5 (of 6) hosted by Bourne Town Harriers took place at what turned out to be a sunny Bourne Woods. This Frostbite venue has been in use since 1996, but for 2022 on-going Forestry Work necessitated a slight diversion to the usual routes. The couple of spells of rain a few days before race day made the course slippery in places, but was far less muddy as in most previous years, excepting of course for the diversion section!

The final event of the 2021/2022 Frostbite Season takes place on Sunday 13th March at Jubilee Park, Huntingdon. The season closer is historically hosted by the BRJ & as it is our “Home” fixture, it would be great to have maximum attendance by both Junior & Senior members. In addition, your Frostbite Officer (Claire Few) will almost certainly require your assistance with the logistics involved in staging this event so you should watch out for a communication from Claire. Many of these logistic tasks would be particularly suitable for those members that may not wish to take part in the run itself which has the benefit of freeing up those members that would prefer to participate.

Of the 90 finishers, BRJ fielded 5 athletes (3 Boys & 2 Girls). The club is indebted to Emily Marshall-Roberts who chose this event to run both her Frostbite & Club debuts to make up the minimum number required to obtain a team score. Despite her dirty new trainers, she was still smiling during her sprint to the finish.

In a reverse of Race 4’s finish positions, Josh Spavins out-sprinted Freya Harris to become our lead finisher. Freya was again 2nd Girl overall & was rewarded with a venue PB by a margin of just over 1 minute. The remainder of the squad debuted at this venue. The respective finish positions for both Henry Reeve & Katie Lasseter mirrored those of Race 4.

Our squads efforts secured 8th position on the day, meaning they go into Race 6 in 6th place overall in the League Table & just 2 League Points behind 5th place Yaxley who were 3rd on the day. A good Junior turnout will give a great chance of overtaking Yaxley at the final event of this season.

Of the 303 finishers, the BRJ squad comprised 20 (12 Men & 8 Women). Keelan Duffy was again the lead BRJ finisher & his 8th place finish was even more remarkable as he failed to bring his Trail Shoes thus lost traction & a few race positions, during the diverted section of the course. Despite these challenges, Keelan secured a 2 Min venue PB. Although Will Dales found his debut at the course quite tough, his reward was an excellent top 30 finish. From the remaining Men scorers, Alex Mitton, Paul Mitton & Richard Orrell all secured venue PB’s. Neil Whitaker, thankfully shook off the leg injury that forced him to withdraw from Race #4, to feature amongst the scorers,

Marcela Gracova was again our lead Woman & was also 1st overall in what was her venue debut. Marcela’s time places her as fastest BRJ Woman for this venue surpassing the previous best set by Shelley Duffy back in 2019 by 2 Mins 2 Secs. Felicity Baillie, and the ever improving Heledd Marshall-Roberts, put in string performances & replicated their finish positions as Team scorers at Race 4.

Juliet Aungier, Tom Brand & Ian Wilson all secured venue PB’s. The “unluckiest” BRJ’er was Ian Lasseter who missed out as a Team scorer on his club debut by just 2 Secs.

Our squad secured a well deserved 4th place on the day & so remain in 4th position in the League Table. After Race 4, Riverside Runners were in the bronze medal position on 46 points and PANVAC in 5th wth the same points number. At Bourne, Riverside finished in 6th place thus relegating them to 5th position in the League Table behind BRJ. PANVAC must be keen to secure the bronze medal at Race 6 & fielded a particularly strong team, finishing in 2nd place at Bourne & now sit 3rd in the League Table. For BRJ to steal the bronze place at Race #6 & replicate last seasons finish position, BRJ must finish a minimum of 3 places above PANVAC. This gap will not be easy to close, but is entirely possible if we get a good turnout from across the membership.

Race: Junior Frostbite #5 – Bourne Town Harriers (1.5 Miles)     Date: 6/02/22   Nos of Finishers: 90
Position	Name	Time	Notes
21	Joshua Spavins	00:09:34	Debut @ Venue + Team Scorer
24	Freya Harris	00:09:40	PB @ Venue + Team Scorer
32	Henry Reeve	00:09:54	Debut @ Venue + Team Scorer
53	Katie Lasseter	00:11:01	Debut @ Venue + Team Scorer
88	Emily Marshall-Roberts	00:14:32	Debut @ Venue + Team Scorer

Freya Harris led home all of the participants in Huntingdon’s Jubilee Park event.

BRJers returned to March, Mile End, Millennium Country Park (Forest of Marston Vale), Minnipi (Course PB for Anna Best), Portobello (Edinburgh), Potternewton (Course PB for Keelan Duffy), Rutland Water, Sandringham (Melanie Gearing & Alice Noyes completed Parkrun #250), Sheringham, Whittlesey & Wimpole. No Club PBs were  secured at these events.

At Ferry Meadows, speedy Marcela Gracova led home the Women’s contingent in a spectacular time of 00:18:39 & securing a 7 Sec Club 5K PB. Her new time promotes her to Club Women’s 5K Distance Champion, bettering the time set by former member Sabrina Crothall at this venue in November 2019 by 3 Secs.. Marcela is also a BRJ Distance Champion at 5 Miles, 10K & 10 Miles.

At Huntingdon, 1st Woman home, Felicity Baillie secured a Course PB, Ian Lasseter a 44 Sec Club 5K PB & Kathryn Heath completed Parkrun #50.

Colin West was amongst the 8,703 finishers. The race started at Trafalgar Square and featured a tour of some of the landmarks of Central / City of London such as Covent Garden, Mansion House & St Paul’s Cathedral & finishing in Whitehall. Colin finished in a time of 1:04:08 in position 5,205.

With the withdrawal of Gilles Corby due to injury, Paul Mitton & Simon Moore were the sole BRJers amongst the 459 finishers to tackle this 18.6 Mile long undulating rural course. Coupled with the windy, wet & cold (6 degrees) conditions. Simon finished in 84th position in a time of 2:13:03 that was short of his Club PB set in 2015.

Paul, who is in training for May’s Shakespeare Marathon (Stratford-on-Avon), overcame the strong headwinds in the second half of the race to finish in 92nd position. His time of 2:14:51 represented a Club PB by a margin of 2 Mins 37 Secs over the time he set here in 2020.

Kerry Surkitt completed her 5th full Marathon of 2022 finishing in position 15 of the 27 finishers in a time of 5:12:20 (43.55% Age Grading).

Hampton Court 1/2 Marathon
Felicity Baillie was amongst the 1,478 finishers that braved the wind & rain of Storm Eunice. Felicity finished in 247th position in a time of 1:33:48.