HERCULES WIMBLEDON AC NEWS & RESULTS, w/c November 8, 2015

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

And gentlemen in England now a-bed

Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,

From Henry V by William Shakespeare

Were you there for the momentous Surrey League victory on Wimbledon Common last

Saturday either as a competitor of a spectator?

If not it was a pity really as you may have missed a truly red letter day in the annals of

Hercules Wimbledon.

Not only was it the occasion of the club’s first Division One league team victory since 1978 -

before all of the scoring members were born - in arguably the strongest league in the country,

but there was also a record number of 45 HW members in action in the senior race.

Tom Pollak wrote to say: The last time Hercules Wimbledon won a Surrey League Division

One team race was on October 21st 1978 on Wimbledon Common.

The team included Bob Harrison (2nd), Bob Holt (4th), Rob Allison (10th), Mike Fuller

(15th), Dave Clarke (16th), Dave Beaver (17th), Chris Moulton (22nd), Dave Beard (24th)

and Stu Graham (30th). It won with 174 points from AFD (251), Walton (301), Epsom & E

(325), Herne Hill (385), SLH (485) and Belgrave (564).

A Jonny, Fred and Ben who set the ball rolling as the first three HW home

Above are just three of the many action shots captured by Guy Gibbons which have all been

posted on the club website http://www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Cross-Country.html

Just 31 of the 45 HW men who contested the historical Surrey League race

As seen in the rest of the above Lisa Thomas was also out and about with her camera.

A MEMORY OF WHEN THE CLUB ALSO PROVED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

This year marks the 50th anniversary of H/W's first, and to date only, Surrey League triumph.

Spectacular and dramatic in equal measure, Hercules [as they were then] suffered three

stinging defeats to Belgrave in the season, but a stellar result in the third fixture at Addington

meant Belgrave went into the last match needing to take out a gargantuan 155 points out of

their comrades and Lauriston Cottage training partners. And they bally well almost did it!

This is the final outcome.

1 Hercules AC (243, 295, 147, 261) 946 points

2 Belgrave H (225, 280, 337, 120) 962 points

An amusing postscript is that the officials were so convinced at race's end that Belgrave had

won, they promptly handed them the trophy; before some bright spark at Hercules piped up:

"care to check that?"

THE FUTURE OF HW AFTER THEIR EFFORTS IN THE YOUNGSTER’S RACE

Good to see so many youngsters out today with the U15/U17 team led home by Zac Purnell

finishing a respectable fourth.

The ladies travelled to Esher to compete in abysmal conditions over a testing course to

improve on their opening league fixture by finishing 10th

team having been led home by

Claire Grima in a magnificent third place.

In the U17 race, Isabelle Eliis had a great run in also finishing third.

Photo by Hannah’s mum

This Saturday, November 14 sees the club contesting the London Championships at

Parliament Hill with the women (6km) starting at 1:15 followed by the men (10km) at 2pm.

Please note that this a pre-entry race so no just turning up on the day if you haven’t indicated

your wish to compete.

On the same day but in faraway Dublin, Peter Giles will be representing England in the M70

Inter-Country International.

RETURN OF PARENT’S MEETINGS HELD BY RICHARD WESTON

From Sunday 1st November and on the first Sunday of each month in December (6

th) and

February (7th

) I shall be holding a parents’ meeting for 7Upsandovers in the club house

during coaching, lasting around 45 minutes from 10.00am. I discussed this with Pat and she

is sure it will take some of the pressure off the person on the desk as well as providing the

parents who have little or no knowledge of our sport or their club with some insight. The

talks will explain what the club is all about, the rationale behind the coaching we give to the

7Upsandovers and how we see the youngsters progressing as they get older. Along the way

we shall cover funding, volunteering, stadium maintenance and suchlike.

Note: the format of the above meeting will follow the route of the Tuesday evening meetings

previously held by Richard. Parents of the older young athletes who train on Tuesday and

Thursday evenings would be most welcome to attend.

***FINAL CALL FOR SOUTH OF THAMES XC*** Anyone wishing to take part in the South of Thames five mile race at Polesdon Lacey on Saturday 21st November should contact rt86@hotmail.co.uk (men) or eileen.brandley09@gmail.com (women) by Wednesday 11th November. This is a race for suitable for U20, senior and veteran men and women starting at 2pm on a new course not used before.

A TOUCH OF INSPIRATION FOR THE INDOOR MERCHANTS

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DTABYlYF1y8

THE AMAZING JOHN KRAUSE – A SPECIAL K

Photo by Lisa Thomas

John Krause heads toward his final strides on a day he ran the parkrun on Wimbledon

Common before cycling to Kingston to compete in the Thames Meander Marathon over the

traditional 26.2 miles and then returning to the Common to complete the 2XU Surrey Cross

Country League race.

John still found the energy to later remove himself to the Rose & Crown and celebrate the

HW team victory with his club colleagues!

BACK TO BASICS – AN OLD SCHOOL INTER-CLUB RACE

The 2015 Hercules Wimbledon Club Cross Country Race will be taking place on Wimbledon

Common on Saturday 5th

December. The race will start at 11 o’clock to avoid clashes with

other races taking place on the Common.

The race will incorporate the club cross country championship. All ages, both male and

female, will start together with juniors (U13, U15, U17) running one lap of two and a half

miles, whilst seniors and veterans complete a second lap to take them up to five miles. The

course is the traditional route, starting and finishing by the Thatched Cottage.

This year some other clubs from the East Surrey area have been invited to take part which

promises to boost numbers, whilst retaining the friendly atmosphere which makes this race

suitable for all, regardless of experience or ability.

This is Rob and Eileen’s first experience of hosting a home cross country race following

them taking on the role of Cross Country Secretary from Pete Mulholland so please give

them your support! This could either be by taking part in the race itself, or volunteering your

services to be a marshall, help mark out the course or being a timekeeper. If you would like to

help please email rt86@hotmail.co.uk or eileen.brandley09@gmail.com

CHEERS! HERE’S TO HW ON THEIR LONG AWAITED LEAGUE VICTORY

Just some of the many who spent post-race at the Rose & Crown – photo by Lisa Thomas

THE HILLINGDON DUATHLONS – A FAMILY AFFAIR

Congratulation to both Zac and his mum on coming away with victories in the Hillingdon

Triathletes Duathlon races in Hayes, Middlesex held on Sunday.

Zac was joined on the podium by second place HW colleague George Trimm for what looked

like a good day at the office for HW

Women

Autumn Sprint Duathlon

Run 2 miles – Bike 10 miles – Run 1 mile

1 Kate Byrne (Hillingdon Tri) 45:54 (12:15 - 27:21 – 6:18) HW: 11 Alison Purnell (1st W50)

49:09 (13:30 – 29:18 – 6:21)

Young Athletes. Tristar 3 (age 13&14)

Autumn Duathlon

Run 1 mile – Bike 5 miles – Run 1 mile

1 Zac Purnell (HW) 24:11 (5:25 – 13:31 – 5:15); 2 George Trimm 26:39 (5:48 – 15:02 –

5:49)

1

st and 2

nd HW on the podium Zac finishes in style

Alison on second step as the winner of Vet category was called out before winner of Super Vet.

AND CHARLES MAKES ELEVEN

Excellent news last week when it was announced that 10 parkruners on Wimbledon Common

the previous week were said to have worn their HW vest which was reported as a record!

Well, you can now make that 11 as untoward the vest worn by Charles Lawrie was a HW

version and the photo below proves it!

In fact this was Charles 365th

parkrun and he admitted that this was the first time he had worn

his HW vest!

FOR YOUNGSTERS WHO ATTEND SCHOOL OR WERE BORN IN WANDSWORTH

CAN STRENGTH TRAINING IMPROVE YOUR LOT?

I am current Ladies Captain at Thames Hare and Hounds cross country running club and also

a Sports Physiotherapist at Pure Sports Medicine, Raynes Park.

We are starting a running specific strength and conditioning class at our Raynes Park clinic

called ‘Run Strong’. It is aimed at local runners and triathletes to fit into their winter training

programs for spring events. It will run on Mondays and Thursdays from 7-7.45am. As an

introduction to the class we are holding a free evening workshop on Wednesday 18th

November from 7pm.

I'd be most grateful if you could publicise the event to your runners. I have included some

text below that would be suitable for a spot in a regular newsletter or similar.

Strength training for runners – an evening workshop on 18th November at Pure Sports

Medicine Raynes Park. Led by experienced sports physiotherapists covering

information on:

how and when to include strength training into your schedule

what exercises you should do now and over the next 4 months

how strength training can improve performance

how strength training can prevent injury

info on our new ‘Run Strong’ – conditioning class for runners, Mondays and Thursdays at

7am.

opportunity to book for a runners winter 'MOT' and personalised strength program from one of

our physiotherapists.

For more information, please contact annette.chase@puresportsmed.com

Kind regards, Annette Chase Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist www.puresportsmed.com 08447 700 800

CAN THE HW ROWERS RETAIN THE FRANKEISS TROPHY?

The revival of this event – a boat race in skiffs for running clubs - took place some three

years ago since when HW have remained unbeaten and with the next version to be held on

Sunday December 6, a hat trick of wins is on the cards.

To give a potted history of the event, take a look at this You Tube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM0tvweHlXQ

Mark White will be arranging training sessions prior to the race so if interested contact him

on markrwhite@me.com There has been a couple of new HW members from the rowing

fraternity who could really strengthen the team!

GET THOSE CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES IN EARLY

The cross country season is now well underway, congratulations to all of those who have already managed to get out on the country! There are a number of races that require pre-entry (i.e. no just turning up on the day!). These races are; Please note that entries for the London Championships close today. If you haven’t advised either Rob or Eileen you will not be able to compete!

Event Location Date of Event Closing Date

London Championships Parliament Hill, London 14th November Entries closed

South of Thames 5M Polesden Lacey, Surrey 21st November 11th November

South of Thames 7.5M Tonbridge 19th December 9th

December

Surrey Championships Denbies, Dorking 10th January* Not yet known

South of England Champs Parliament Hill, London 30th January 9th December

National Championships Donnington Park, Castle Donington 27th February Not yet known

Last year was the third time we had a complete team in the women’s National in the history of the club, it would be great to reproduce this again this year... and maybe even place higher! This year I will be doing race entries for these events. Please can everyone let me know if they would like to be entered for any of these races and I will sort out race entries. Thanks, Eileen! From Pete: Would the women please e-mail Eileen at eileen.brandley09@gmail.com and the men

Rob at rt86@hotmail.co.uk well before the relevant closing dates!

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

Please note that the traditional HW Christmas Cracker Relay will be held on THURSDAY,

December 17th

starting at 7pm to be followed by traditional Christmas fare

Please note that the event is being held on a Thursday this time around, not the usual Tuesday

Colin Bricher struggles through the waters at the latest Birmingham League

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HpyD88LPT8&list=PLcJipercN8lhhhWph878cxCVCcFB8ACvh&index=23

ANY HW MASTERS INTERESTED IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND CHAMPS?

SOUTH OF ENGLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2015 MASTERS CROSS

COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday 12th December 2015, Shuttleworth Park,

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Enter Online at www.seaa.org.uk CLOSING DATE Friday 27th

November 2015 Age Groups, time and order of races: 11:00am Men 50 plus, 60 plus 10km

11:43am Women 40 plus, 50 plus, Men 70 plus 6km 12:10pm Men 40 plus 10km Individual

awards will be made in five year age bands up to 69. Gold, Silver and Bronze (1st, 2nd and

3rd) 70+ Counts as one band. Team awards (3 to score) (1st, 2nd, 3rd) awards will be in the

following age bands: Men 40+ 50+ 60+ Women 40+ 50+ 60+

Note: for this event masters start at M40 & W40

PHYSIO AT THE TRACK Do you as a member of HW have an injury that needs treatment? Speak to Hannah. You will

be able to get treatment at the track for a nominal fee of £5.

Hannah Fernando is a qualified and experienced physiotherapist and she will be providing

diagnosis and treatment every Tuesday from 7pm. The club is subsidising these sessions to

provide this valuable service so make the most of the opportunity. Hannah will only be able

to see 2 or 3 people per session so make sure you contact her in advance to book your slot.

Please email Hannah at hannah_fernando@hotmail.com or text 07894 227947 so she can

give you a time slot in advance.

ANNUAL REGISTRATION WITH ENGLAND ATHLETICS

For certain events you will require an England Athletics (EA) membership number. The

annual registration started again on April 1st, 2015 and now costs £12. (By concession, those

who were registered with EA for the very first time between January 1st and March 31

st, 2015

are covered until March 31st, 2016.)

Unfortunately EA’s system does not allow individuals to register themselves and therefore it

has to be administered by the club on your behalf. Please see the EA registration section on

http://www.herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Membership-&-Renewals.html for how to pay.

Note: according to EA records there are just 83 from the 500-plus HW members that are up

to date with their registration fees.

Forthcoming fixtures of interest to HW members

Note: those in red signify change to printed fixture card

2015 NOVEMBER

Sat 14: London Championships, Parliament Hill

Sat 14: London Youth Games, Parliament Hill

Sat 14: British Masters International, Dublin, Ireland

Sat 21: South of Thames 5-mile Team Race, Polesden Lacey, nr Dorking

DECEMBER

Sat 5: HW Inter Club Cross-Country Senior 5M YA 2.5M 11am start

Future fixtures: http://herculeswimbledonac.org.uk/Fixtures.html

For those seeking additional competition please refer to the following links for open meetings

http://www.openmeetings.co.uk/find-an-open-meet.php

http://www.londonathletics.org/Fixtures

RESULTS

November 4: London Colleges League, Match 2, Mitcham Common

Men (8km)

1 Max Nicholls (King’s Coll) 27:46 HW: 86 Alex Dunne-Gundry 62:23

Women (4km)

1 Amy Bond (King’s Coll) 21:39 HW: 19 Ella Dobson 23:36; 38 Kirsty Wheeler 26:30

November 7: 2XU Surrey Men’s League, Division 1, Match 2, Wimbledon Common

Senior Men (5 miles)

1 Andy Maud (Clapham C) 27:43 HW: 9 Jonathan Cornish 29:07; 13 Fred Slemeck 29:23;

17 Ben Toomer 29:42; 21 Joseph Clark 29:56; 22 Alex Robinson 29:58; 28 Andrew Penney

30:11; 31 Belal Ahmed 30:19; 42 Matthew Sharp 30:45; 44 Richard McDowell 30:05; 68

Robert Tuer 31:39; 76 Barnaby Woods (2nd

U20) 31:54; 77 Jonny Earl 31:55; 82 Cassian

Hyde (4th

U20) 32:21; 83 Neil Fraser 32:22; 91 David Grima 32:54; 94 Phil Glynn 33:02;

124 Peter Lee 34:07; 132 Peter Collins 34:22; 136 David Scrimshaw 34:36; 138 Khalid Diaw

34:45; 146 Andrew Davies 35:11; 164 Richard Evans 36:13; 171 Frank Wood 37:31; 173

Gordon Lilly 37:34; 179 Simon Woodley 37:56; 185 Stewart Bond 38:45; 190 Victor Ray

39:08; 193 Mark Livingstone 39:13; 195 Charles Hampden-Smith 39:16; 200 Fraser Hagell

39:48; 202 Aaron Smith 39:58; 204 Yacine Randijou 40:13; 207 Richard Clark 40:21; 208

Gary Forde 40:23; 211 Max Dew 40:53; 216 Adam Fenton 42:50; 220 Charles Lawrie 44:28;

223 Maurice Sharp 45:28; 224 Paul Abraham 45:49; 225 Victor Hutchins 47:49; 226 Djordje

Mijic 48:39; 227 Craig Howard 48:42; 229 John Krause 50:30; 230 Alex Dunne-Gundry

54:07 (45 HW finishers)

Team result: 1 HERCULES WIMBLEDON 272; 2 Kent AC 299; 3 South London H 324; 4

Herne Hill H 366; 5 Belgrave H 493; 6 Clapham Chasers 507; 7 Ranelagh H 523; 8 Thames

H&H 530; 9 Guildford & Godalming 781

Positions after two matches: 1 Kent 517; 2 South London H 645; 3 Hercules Wimbledon

669; 4 Herne Hill H 774; 5 Thames H&H 873; 6 Clapham Chasers 1019; 7 Belgrave H 1046;

8 Ranelagh H 1080; 9 Guildford & Godalming 1567

U17/U15 Boys (2.5 miles)

1 Mohamed Mohamud (Herne Hill H) 14:48 HW: 17 Zac Purnell 16:19; 20 Henry

Silverstein 16:38; 28 Alexander Abraham 16:49; 36 Lucas Jeffs 17:03; 55 Michael

McCormack 18:25; 56 Blu Robinson 18:29; 59 James Forde 18:37; 62 Fred Jimack 18:56; 67

Calum Betteley 20:12; 69 Luke Saitch 21:19

Team result: 1 Herne Hill H 248; 2 Guildford & Godalming 220; 3 Walton 210; 4 Hercules

Wimbledon 179; 5 South London H 169; 6 Dorking MV 163

U13 Boys (2.5 miles)

1 Harley Norman (Epsom & Ewell) 15:19 HW: 24 Josh Tatters 17:51; 31 Gon Declercq

18:21; 51 Jacopo Bonetti 21:38

Team result: 1 Herne Hill H 188; 2 Guildford & Godalming 149; 3 Dorking MV 120 … 11

Hercules Wimbledon 56

November 7: 2XU Surrey Women’s League, Division 1, Match 2, Esher

Senior Women

1 Lucy Custance (Clapham C) 24:33 HW: 3 Claire Grima 25:11; 42 Alice Ebbage 28:27; 58

Francesca Clarke 28:58; 65 Lisa Thomas 28:58; 69 Tara Wood 29:25; 83 Hannah Walker

29:58; 91 Kirsty Wheeler 30:26; 107 Annmarie Seymour 31:05; 127 Eileen Brandley 31:49;

145 Rowena Hornshaw 32:26; 171 Marilena De Luca 34:44; 177 Vivien Takacs 35:14 (217

finishers)

Team: 1 Clapham Chasers 77; 2 Thames H&H 121; 3 Fulham Tri 123; 4 Herne Hill H 125; 5

South London H 80; 6 West 4 H 153; 7 Dulwich R 183; 8 Reigate Priory 193; 9 Ranelagh H

199; 10 Hercules Wimbledon 217; 11 Dorking MV 307; 12 Woking 320; 13 Stragglers 322;

14 Guildford & Godalming 352; 15 Belgrave H 735 HW ‘B’: 19th

U17 Women 1 Tatiana Cooke (Herne Hill H) 17:52 HW: 3 Isabelle Ellis 19:25

U15 Girls

1 Elsa Palmer (Dorking) 16:50 HW: 31 Louise Lacour 21:45

U13 Girls

1 Lulu King (Herne Hill H) 12:56 HW: 16 Valerie Parocki 14:16; 26 Rebekah Riches 15:00;

27 Lucrezia Polloni 15:03; 35 Selma Hegvold 15:35; 37 Ellen Weir 15:40 (64 finishers)

Team results: 1 Herne Hill H 19; 2 Reigate Priory 51; 3 Guildford & Godalming 58; 4

Herne Hill H ‘B’ 89; 5 South London H 100; 6 Stragglers 100; 7 Hercules Wimbledon 104; 8

Epsom & Ewell 144; 9 Woking 151; 10 Croydon H 161

November 7: 2XU Surrey Men’s League, Division 4, Match 2, Epsom Downs

1 Steven Blake (Woking) 30:57 HW: 22 Dan Pescod (2C) 35:18; 23 John Querstret (2C)

35:25; 64 Peter Giles 39:32; 111 Dennis Williams 50:28 (117 finishers)

November 7: Thames Meander Marathon, Kingston

1 Oliver Bowers (Stragglers) 2:55:27 HW: 19 Tom Cheetham 3:18:22; 82 Simon

Woodington 3:44:10; 138 John Krause 3:54:12 (337 finishers)

November 7: parkrun 5km, Wimbledon Common

1 Sandy Pfeifer (Wimbledon Windmilers) 18:24; 2 Adam Harwood (HW) 18:24 Other HW:

14 Victor Ray 20:32; 22 James Wallace (2C) 21:08; 24 John Krause 21:15; 26 Adam Fenton

21:19; 30 Charles Hampden-Smith 21:26; 45 Simon Bodle 22:46; 75 Peter Metcalf (2C)

23:44; 75 Charles Lawrie 23:45; 86 David Lanfranchi 24:06; 287 Sophie Toomey 36:56 (298

finishers)

November 7: parkrun 5km, Bushy Park, Teddington

1 Omar Parsons (St Mary’s College) 17:18 HW: 408 Fred Green 26:42 (865 finishers)

November 7: parkrun 5km, Richmond Park

1 Casasbuenas Pablo (Unattached) 18:38 HW: 12 Daniel Illis 20:17

November 7: parkrun 5km, Poole, Dorset

1 Bob Jones (Littledown H) 18:16 HW: 26 Sacha Ormiston 21:24 (317 finishers)

November 7: parkrun 5km, Bishops Park, Fulham, SW6

1 Michael Robinson (Exmouth H) 17:38 HW: 213 John Wasbrough 32:16 (234 finishers)

November 7: Birmingham League, Division 1, Leamington Spa

1 Graham Rush (Cheltenham) 33:40 HW: 306 Colin Bricher (2C) 81:36

November 8: Athens Marathon, Greece

1 Christoforos Merousis (Greece) 2:21:22 HW: 3 Dimosthenis Evangelidis (2C) 2:27:28

(11,834 finishers)

November 8: Junior parkrun 2km, Wimbledon Common

1 William Schneider (Unattached) 8:18; 2 Valerie Parocki (HW-1st F) 8:26 Other HW: 28

Missy Cooper 11:21; 29 Scarlett Miller 11:24; 44 Anna Miller 12:37; 56 Luca Grima 13:23

(88 finishers)

...AND FINALLY