AGM & Awards Evening 2023
Thanks to Nathan for the photos
On Saturday March 9th, Centurion RC members fled to Water Orton cricket club for our annual presentation evening. Needless to say, beer was drank, Curry was consumed and fun was had. We had a great turn out, those of which may not want to carry on reading. But for those that couldn't make it, we have put together a small report to present to you the highlights.
Before getting on with the trophy winners, our mens team captain, Thomas Healy, and our ladies team manager, Clare Colquhoun compiled reports on how the men and women in the club had been doing in 2018. Please click the links below and have a read.
Now onto the prize giving. Ed, Clare and Sam did a great job of handing out the awards, we shall get into those now...
Club championship
The club championship is our main championship comprising on lots of races thoughout the year, including the cross country, relays and WRRL. Its our most pristigous awards and our winners should be very proud.
Female Champion = Alison Ferguson
Female Runner-Up = Melissa Henderson
Female 3rd Place = Clare Colquhoun
Male champion = Thomas Healy
Male Runner-Up = James Eckloff
Male 3rd Place = Martin Henderson
Here are the final charts for the club championship standings:
Female Cross Country Champion = Alison Ferguson
A close race between Sam Horsfall and Alison, but Alison managed to come out on top.
Male Cross Country Championship = Thomas Healy
Only a tiny gap between Tom at the top and Ian Satterwaite in 2nd place. Hard fought, im sure.
Female WRRL Champion = Jeanette Robathan
Jeanette attended every single WRRL race, showing dedication and commitment, she even claimed 3rd FV55 overall.
Male WRRL Champion = Eric Robathan
A clean sweep in the WRRL category for the Robathan's. Eric was also an ever present in the competition.
John Walker Trophy - Female = Marilyn Maidment
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This trophy is for being first Centurion in the grand prix series, Marilyn did a great job.
John Walker Trophy - Male = Thomas Healy
This trophy is for being first Centurion in the grand prix series, Tom was consistently up there.
Most Improved Female = Maxine Bradbury
Maxine has been consistently improving since being here, going from strength to strength.
Most Improved Male = James Eckloff
James Had a really good year, whilst training for Brighton marathon, he improved his PB's over every distance, ending in a big PB at Brighton and breaking sub 3.
Best Female Newcomer = Diane Jenkins
Since joining the club, Diane has not only integrated well, but has shown some real prowess.
Best Male Newcomer = Lee Haynes
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Lee has took to running really well from what we can see, took part in a fair amount of club races and placed really well.
Parkrun Cup Champion = Tanya Murphy
Tanya was extremely consistent with her improvements in the parkrun cup. survived a tie and took the cup with some real strong running.
Target Zero Champion = Ian Cooper
well, Ian got his mile time exactly to the second. extremely good estimating and well deserved.
Club Member of the Year = Ed Wallace
Im sure we can all agree, there wasn't another member even close to being as dedicated as Ed has been in 2018, not only racing for the club, but actually coming onto the committee, then when the chairman had work commitments, Ed stepped up to cover the chairmans duties. Whilst still being the run director at the grand prix series.
Please see below link, a spreadsheet by Wayne Muddiman, this is all the main contenders of the club championships comparison to 2017, it maybe of interest to you.
Thats it from me, i hope everybody who attended had a great time, and well done again to all our winners. See you all there next year! Thomas compiled a few photos from the year, so ive included some below, for your viewing pleasure.
Enjoy!
Saturday saw one of the highlights of the year in the club running scene, the English National Cross Country Champs. This year hosted at Sandy Gate in Leeds. A race steeped in heritage and one that see's club runners of all abilities towing the line. One of the only opportunities that any club runner of any ability can be on the same start line as professional runners, some of the country's best.
This year was no different, the winner of the senior mens was Mahamed Mahamed of southampton AC in 36:34 and the winner of the senior womens was Emily Hosker Thornhill of Aldershot & Farnham AC in 28:17.
full results below.
https://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/news/saucony-english-national-xc-results-2019/
We only had a small representation at the club, probably due to the location. Knowle and Dorridge RC were kind enough to offer us some travel places on their 'fun bus' (yet to be confirmed just how fun it was!). Sam Horsfall, Clare Colquhoun and Ed Wallace took up the offer and appeared to have a great day. Its a shame we didn't have any full teams, but great that all three of them still went never the less and gave it their best. I think a big well done is in order for all three of them!
Ive stolen a few photos from Facebook of our heroes at the event...
Itinerary
Saturday
7:30 - Start pick-ups
13:30 - Visit the marathon expo to collect numbers etc
14:00 - Check into the Clarendon hotel
19:00 - Evening meal
Sunday
6:00 - Breakfast for runners and spectators (Hotel is approx 250metres from the start)
12:00 - Start returning to the hotel for showers and changing etc
15:00 - Afternoon tea, hot drinks and sandwiches for all
18:00 - depart for return home
Possible pick-up locations
Conditions Of Booking
The price is £260 per adult with a £45 for an accompanying adult.
booking forms can be returned to Janet Walker at any of the grand prix's or posted to:
Janet Walker
111 Cooks Lane
Kingshurst
Birmingham
B37 6NU
Hi all
Here you will find the 2018 Warwickshire Road Race League results. Well done everybody who took part, you all represented the club brilliantly. Great racing and good fun was had at pretty much every race, i hope you will agree.
Some noteworthy performances:
Adrian Lloyd came 2nd in the MV65 category.
Tom Healy came 1st in the MF55 category.
Theresa Wooley came 2nd in the FV55 category.
Jeanette Robathan came 3rd in the FV55 category.
We appear to have some nippy over 55's in the club!
Internally our top 3 were:
Ladies
1: Janine Thomas (8th overall)
2: Theresa Wooley (17th overall)
3: Jeanette Robathan (21st overall)
Gents:
1: James Eckloff (21st overall)
2: Tom Healy (28th overall)
3: Paul Cooper (79th overall)
Big well done to all of those.
A special congratulations to Eric and Jeanette Robathan, as they both completed all 10 races this season. a superb achievement.
Lets hope the success, fun and camaraderie continue in the coming years. Time to get the cross country spikes ready!
Here are a few random photos from this years road race league
Hi all
As most of you are aware, we, as an England athletics affiliated club are entitled to 1 entry into next years Virgin Money London Marathon. If you have been rejected in the official ballot held by them, and would like to be in with a chance to enter our club ballot. Please email myself and cc in chairman@centurionrc.org.uk, when emailing, please include your rejection email or a scan of the letter. The closing date will be 31st October with the winner being announced after Novembers committee meeting. If successful you will still have to pay the original VMLM fee. By entering the Centurion ballot, you must have entered the original London Marathon ballot and you have to be a fully paid member of the club for the season. The club place is transferrable until a certain date, so we will do a draw for a runner up also, they will be notified as a "back up runner" just incase the winner cannot run nearer the time. I will do a roll call nearer the closing date, just incase i have missed anybody's email.
Few rules:
That you have been a member of CRC since April 2018
To promptly pay the entry fee for one place in the Virgin Money London Marathon
To notify the club immediately of any decision not run so that entry can be transferred
The deadline for entries is 31st October 2018.
The draw will take place at Novembers committee meeting with the winner and back-up runner announced shortly after
The draw will be done in front of all committee members, and any club members that wish to attend
Any problems with the entry process please contact secretary@centurionrc.org.uk
Well done ladies! thats the cross country season over with, time to find your road shoes 🙂
Race 4/6 was held on February 4th 2018, The course was ran anti-clockwise with the small lap back as lap 1. This seemed to work well. 136 finishers in the 5 mile race and 13 finishers in the 2K race.
1st male in the 2k was Luke talbot (Ivanhoe Robins) in 06:58.
1st female in the 2k was Esme Ranger (Bromsgrove and Redditch AC) in 08:06.
Full results here
1st male in the 5M was Harvey Maguire (Tipton Harriers) in 26:36.
1st female in the 5M was Elizabeth Watters (Birchfield Harriers) in 31:35.
Full results here
Top 5 Centurions home below
Men
Ladies
Well done to everybody who took part today, thank you to Ed Wallace and the team for making today happen.
Happy running!
The 2018 Centurion presentation evening will take place on Saturday 10th March at Water Orton Cricket Club. This is free for all members and any family they wish to bring.
Its usually a fun night or prize giving, a buffet and a quiz.
We will also be doing the parkrun cup draw
please sign up to the event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1449133865197319/
If you don't use Facebook, please ask another member to post in the event page on your behalf, this it to allow us to estimate numbers and make sure we don't run out of any food!
Race 3/6 was held on January 7th 2018, interestingly due to ice, the course was ran in a clockwise direction with the small lap being the last lap, this cause much debate but ultimately was the correct decision on health and safety grounds.
1st male in the 2k was Jack O'Leary (Solihull and Small Heath AC) in 07:10.
1st female in the 2k was Amelie Ranger (Bromsgrove and Redditch AC) in 08:00.
Full results here
1st male in the 5M was Jonny Carter (Tipton Harriers) in 27:21.
1st female in the 5M was Rosie Marsh (Knowle & Dorridge RC) in 34:29.
Full results here
Top 5 Centurions home below
Men
Ladies
Well done to everybody who took part, and hopefully the course will be back to normal (weather permitting) next month. Februarys race will be held on Sunday 4th February 2018.
Happy running!