DEWSBURY

ROAD RUNNERS

NEWSLETTER

APRIL – MAY

2010.

Some of the helpers at the Dewsbury 10K

Road Race

7th February 2010.

Matthew Baldwin and Glenn Sykes

Jack Bretherick, Joe Durkin and Peter Hill.

Andrea Woodside in the Liversedge ½

The Committee

Chairman Jack

Bretherick

01924

496243

jackglenys@tiscali.co.uk

Secretary Bernard

Disken

01924

529981

b.disken@ntlworld.com

Treasurer Michael Wood

01924 450296

Michael391wood@btinternet.com

Website Andrew

Cottier

07786

925426

a@cottier.co.uk

Social

Secretary

Leanne

Entwistle

07888

845877

entwistleleanne@hotmail.com

Club Clothing Jack

Bretherick

Men‟s

Captain

John

Calvert

01924

480603

Smith-j44@sky.com

Women‟s

Captain

Maxine

Worden

07981

268899

Maxine.worden@ntlworld.com

WYCCWL Heather

Mitchell

Veterans Andrew

Meskimmon

01924

480470

meskimmon@hotmail.com

Assistant

secretary

Richard

Aiston

01924

473347

Aiston@fsmail.net

Newsletter

& PR

Michael

Wood

. Rankings &

Grand Prix

Andy

Cottier/Com

puter

Beginners & Recruitment

Jack Bretherick

Race/Team

Entries Co-ordinator

David Binns

Entry forms,

Notice board

Jack

Bretherick

Training Routes

Michael Wood

Membership

secretary

Bernard

Disken

Dewsbury 10k race organiser

Bernard Disken

From the Dewsbury Reporter

A RUNNER preparing for the London Marathon was

among the 801 people to finish the Dewsbury 10K Road Race on Sunday.

Andrew Brown discovered his passion for running through a family tragedy.

His son, Jake, was set for a career as a professional rugby player when he suffered a severe back injury in 2008.

Andrew, 42, an assistant manager at Travis Perkins builders‟ merchants in Batley, said: "He had to give it up

completely. It was terrible. That inspired me to run for

charity and I became addicted to it."

Andrew, of Thornhill Edge, Dewsbury, ran the London

Marathon last year in aid of Back Care. This year he hopes to beat his record and come in at under three-and-a-half

hours.

Now he runs 10K races regularly, with his time hovering

just over the 40-minute mark.

He said: "I completed the Dewsbury 10K in 40 minutes 21

seconds, which is one minute six off my last time. I'm

trying to break the 40-minute barrier, which is why I've joined Dewsbury Road Runners."

Andrew and family were raising money for the deaf and

blind charity Sense at the event on Sunday, wearing

distinctive orange wigs.

Andrew added: "It was a good event and was well attended. We raised £80 on the day and money is still

coming in."

To help raise the £1,400 needed for the marathon,

Andrew has drummed up some enticing offers. Head coach

at Dewsbury Rams, Warren Jowitt, has agreed to donate a signed shirt and season ticket.

They will be fundraising at the Dewsbury Rams and Leigh Centurions game in Dewsbury on February 21.

To contribute to Andrew's fund, log on to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/andrewbrown

Andy Brown at the finish in the Dewsbury 10K, doing a pb

40minutes 21seconds.

Why teachers need a happy hour From Anthony Audsley

Rombalds Stride - 6th February 2010

LDWA Event - Ranked

33rd Andy Meskimmon 3:41:18

152nd Martin Kaye 4:46:52

154th Glenn Sykes 4:46:52 +5 Ranking Points

162nd Leanne Entwistle 4:57:31 +5 Ranking

Points

164th Paul Schofield 4:57:31

169th Jean Entwistle 4:59:40 +8 Ranking

Points

230th Fiona Sutcliffe 6:00:01

230th Ian Sutcliffe 6:00:01

Liversedge Half Marathon - 14th February 2010

Half Marathon - Ranked

5th Andrew Cottier 1:18:35 +15 Ranking

Points

14th James Morris 1:22:33 +4 Ranking

Points

18th Andy Meskimmon 1:24:22

21st Mark Oldroyd 1:25:24

22nd John Calvert 1:25:56

48th Alexis Bradbury 1:31:53

93rd Flora Skidmore 1:37:30

104th Wayne Speight 1:39:07 +25 Ranking

Points

105th Maxine Worden 1:39:15 +6 Ranking

Points

227th Gary Spaven 1:52:22

233rd Leanne Entwistle 1:53:04 +5 Ranking

Points

247th Jean Entwistle 1:54:48 +4 Ranking

Points

271st Brendan Jones 1:57:01

311th Fiona Butt 2:03:53

335th Janet Murnin 2:07:05

373rd Andrea Woodside 2:17:00

417 finished the race.

West Yorkshire X Country at Dewsbury - 21st

February 2010

Cross Country - Ranked

7th John Calvert 26:28 +13 Ranking

Points

12th Andy Meskimmon 26:55

15th Keith Long 27:32 +16 Ranking

Points

18th Andrew Cottier 27:52

25th Andrew Brown 29:30

26th Ian Sutcliffe 29:41 +25 Ranking

Points

44th Richard Aiston 31:22

50th Matthew Baldwin 32:50

54th Martin Kaye 33:25 +7 Ranking

Points

16th Fiona Sutcliffe 33:43 +6 Ranking

Points

22nd Elizabeth Smith-

Calvert 37:12

+6 Ranking

Points

24th Heather Mitchell 38:50

25th Tracey Rhodes 38:57

Great North Western Half Marathon Blackpool - 23rd

February 2010

Half Marathon - Ranked

19th James Morris 1:20:30

881 finished the race.

Noon Stone Fell Race - 27th February 2010

Fell Race

360th David Clancy 1:48:00 66th M40

423 finished the race.

Pocklington Snake Lane 10m - 28th February 2010

10 Mile Road Race - Ranked

45th John Calvert 1:02:05 11th M40

88th Treena Johnson 1:05:46 2nd F45

158th Flora Skidmore 1:10:09 1st F50

270th Fiona Sutcliffe 1:16:25 13th F35

666 finished the race.

Maxine completing the Liversedge ½

Jimmy Morris in the 20th Great North Western Half at

Blackpool

David Clancy in the Noon Stone Fell Race over Todmorden way

Treena in the Snake Lane 10 at Pocklington

Flora in Snake Lane

10

Fiona Sutcliffe at the Snake Lane 10 mile race at

Pocklington

John Calvert in Snake Lane 10

From Janet Murnin

The European Commission has just announced an

agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than the other possibility,

German.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government

conceded that English spellings had some room for

improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as „Euro-English‟.

In the first year, „s‟ will replace the soft‟c‟. Sertainly, this will makethe sivil servants jump with joy. The hard‟c‟ will

be dropped in favour of „k‟. This should klear up

confusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the second

year when the troublesome „ph‟ will be replaced with „f‟. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected to reach the stage where more komplikated

changes are possible.

Governments will encourage the removal of double letters

which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent „e‟ in the

language is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as

replasing „th‟ with „z‟ and „w‟ with „v‟.

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary „o‟ kan be dropd from

vords containing „ou‟ and ziz fifz yer, vevil hav a reil

sensibl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it

ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speaking German like zey vunted in ze forstplas.

Netherhall 10 Mile Race - 28th February 2010

10 Mile Road Race - Ranked

6th Andy Meskimmon 1:02:00 5th M40

82 finished the race.

Trollers Trot - 6th March 2010

LDWA Event

3rd Andrew Cottier 3:09:00

19th Peter Hill 3:43:00

88th Martin Kaye 4:41:00

92nd Glenn Sykes 4:45:00

97th Paul Schofield 4:47:00

271 finished the race.

Half Tour of Pendle - 6th March 2010

Fell Race - Ranked

235th Michael Wood 2:00:47

243 finished the race.

Norton 9 - 7th March 2010

Road Race - Ranked

27th James Morris 54:10

337th Jean Entwistle 1:15:11

338th Leanne Entwistle 1:15:12

509 finished the race.

Haweswater Half Marathon - 7th March 2010

Half Marathon - Ranked

18th Andy Meskimmon 1:21:03 6th M40

517 finished the race.

Michael Wood struggling on to finish in the Half Tour of Pendle

Andrew Meskimmon in the Haweswater Half Marathon

James Morris managed 54m10s in the Norton 9 mile race

Minutes of the meeting of the committee of Dewsbury

Road Runners on 12th January 2010 at the Leggers Inn.

Present: J.Bretherick (chairman), B. Disken (secretary),

M.Wood, R.Aiston, A. Meskimmon, M. Worden, J.Calvert, D.Binns, A. Cottier, H.Mitchell.

Apologies for absence were received from L. Entwistle.

The minutes of the meeting on October 2009 were

approved as a true record.

Matters arising: Membership stands at 98. Christmas party

attended by 54 people, it lost £164, suggestion of having it

at Dimple Wells, Ossett next year.

Correspondence: Letter from Town Centre manager re proposed Dewsbury Triathlon (run/bike/canoe). Agreed we

will offer to advise on the road race.

Jobs were allocated as follows:

Website A.Cottier

PR & press M.Wood Newsletter M.Wood

Handicapping/ratings/grand prix A.Cottier

Entry forms & notice board J.Bretherick Races/teams J.Calvert and M.Worden

Training routes M.Wood

Beginners J.Bretherick Social secretary L.Entwistle

Recruitment J.Bretherick

WY Cross-country league H. Mitchell Vets A.Meskimmon

Club clothing J.Bretherick

Assistant secretary R.Aiston

Membership: 14 members had paid for 2010.

Captains‟ reports: 2 teams competed in Calderdale Way relay.

Stainland Cross-country cancelled due to weather. Stainland wanted our views on alternative dates. After a

long discussion agreed to let Stainland come forward with

a date but we suggested that an individual should not be excluded from an individual overall prize if they miss the

rearranged race and only 4 races should count for

individual prize.

We are 2nd in vets in cross-country.

Dewsbury cross-country on 21 February at Dewsbury Moor ARLFC, B.Disken to apply for permit, raffle prizes

needed.

Veterans report: When is Yorks Vets XC?

Social secretary‟s report L. Entwistle not present, there

was a night out in Huddersfield in November.

PR and newsletter report: Plenty of stuff in papers.

Treasurer‟s report: £1327 in community account and £1357 in business account.

Website report: Link in West Yorks XC site.

Clothing: Last year ordered £800 of clothing, now short of

shorts.

10K Report: Race going ahead on 7 February.

Notices: None.

AOB: Next meeting 11 March (later changed to 18

March). Summer series to go on agenda.

Spenborough 20m - 14th March 2010

20 Mile Road Race - Ranked

19th Martin Hall 2:12:57 +7 Ranking

Points

37th Andrew Guiseley 2:19:38

39th John Calvert 2:20:07

44th Alexis Bradbury 2:22:07 +8 Ranking

Points

88th Richard Aiston 2:33:22

161st Ian Sutcliffe 2:51:41

192nd Fiona Sutcliffe 2:59:33

265 finished the race.

Trimpell 20 Mile Road Race - 14th March 2010

20 Mile Road Race - Ranked

27th James Morris 2:04:50 +3 Ranking

Points

72nd Mark Oldroyd 2:15:52

165th Flora Skidmore 2:33:34

176th Maxine Worden 2:36:20

290th Heather Mitchell 2:57:15

306th Elizabeth Smith-

Calvert 3:01:56

383 finished the race.

Fradley 10k - 14th March 2010

10k Road Race - Ranked

16th Andrew Cottier 36:37 3rd M40

549 finished the race.

Runners pictured below in the Spen 20

Fiona Sutcliffe

Andrew Guiseley

Richard Aiston

Ian Sutcliffe

Martin Hall

John Calvert & Alexis Bradbury

Political division splits

committee By Bernard Disken.

HAVE you noticed the coloured

spots against the names of our

leaders on the newsletter?

The code is:

Jack Bretherick (chairman) -

blue. Reflects that Jack is a long-

standing true blue Conservative

and has been delivering leaflets

in Mirfield. Jack‟s financial

caution is reflected in the fact

that he will not be happy until we

are charging £100 a head for

Christmas do tickets.

Bernard Disken - yellow. Liberal

Democrat Bernard has now stood

for the council 8 times without

success and has an excellent

chance of extending that run in

this year‟s election.

Blames decline in his running

career on too much time

delivering leaflets.

Michael Wood -red. Michael

was a member of the Labour

party and is still a keen supporter

although he has not paid his subs

since Blair agreed to go into Iraq.

What of the other members of the

committee?

I do know that John Calvert‟s dad

was a Labour councillor for

Birstall & Birkenshaw ward

Kirklees Council.

As for the others, I think we

should be told.

Treena takes

national silver

medal From Bernard Disken

CONGRATULATIONS to

Treena Johnson on winning silver

medal in the Great Britain

Duathlon Championships.

Treena was second in the over

45 category and now goes

forward to represent Great

Britain in the world

championships at Edinburgh at

the beginning of September.

Asked for more info, Treena

replied: “Don‟t know. It was at

Clumber Park. Don‟t know much

about it all really all new to me.

It will be on Brit Tri website, I

know that much.”

Still the Treena we know and

love.

Her times were:

10K run 39:46

Transfer 2:04

40K Bike 1:16:26

Transfer 1:25

5K run 20:38

Total 2:20:22

A tale of two runners

To Cockermouth (North Lakes) for the Isel

Cross Trail Race - 5.5 miles.

After two circuits of the town in the car with

chauffeur Julian, eventually found the start, at

Cockermouth School.

Busy it wasn‟t. We arrived at ten past ten for

an 11 o‟clock race.

We were the third car in the car park.

Asked a marshal about registration, he didn‟t

know. Spotted Andy Meskimmon and Linda.

Andy asks me if I‟ve registered. No.

Registration is a mile away in the town centre.

Julian drives me down, mad rush; I‟m no 133,

think small race only 100-odd runners. Get

back to start (10 mins to spare), see the

numbers start at 101.

Five mins to start, Andy Cottier turns up but

isn‟t running.

Set off. I‟ve only run about 5 times this year,

have forgotten how fast even the slowest start a

race. Could it be a last place?

After 3 minutes really struggling to keep pace

but eventually get into some sort of rhythm.

Trail race, 3.5 miles on road, 2 miles track.

Manage to hold position. Julian, Andy C, Zoe

and Linda cheer me in.

No sign of Andy Mesk and I‟m thinking he

must have dropped out.

Julian and the rest watching the finishers come

in and shout out that they can see someone -

I‟m thinking Andy must have stopped

somewhere and be making his way back. Then

I see that the guy coming in isn‟t Andy.

Where is Andy? He‟s in the shower, having

won the race.

Andy Meskimmon 33:03 (1st), Bernard Disken

46:03 (30th) 37 ran.

BERNARD

Bradford 10K - 21st March 2010

10k Road Race

16th David Almond 36:31

58th Andrew Brown 40:46

928 finished the race.

Coniston 14 - 27th March 2010

Road Race - Ranked

17th Andy Meskimmon 1:46:53 6th M40

1291 finished the race.

16.7 miles this year

Wakefield 10k - 28th March 2010

10k Road Race

59th Andrew Guiseley 39:33

113th Andrew Brown 41:05

126th Ian Sutcliffe 42:03

290th Fiona Sutcliffe 46:07

368th Sarah Entwistle 47:46

438th Gary Spaven 48:25

417th David Greenwood 48:31

436th Colin Watson 48:59

503rd Kate Barley 49:17

653rd Janet Murnin 52:20

742nd Jack Bretherick 55:06

798th Catherine Lee 56:50

801st Kirsty Blezzard 56:52

1190 finished the race.

Liverpool Half Marathon - 28th March 2010

Half Marathon - Ranked

1606th Terry Lennon 1:53:32 118th M45

3334th Andrea Woodside 2:08:09 400th F

3020th Bev McClure 2:08:53 90th F40

4497 finished the race.

Wilmslow Half Marathon - 28th March 2010

Half Marathon - Ranked

1430th Heather Mitchell 1:50:07 5th F55

3672 finished the race.

Arkendale 10k - 28th March 2010

10k Road Race - Ranked

23rd Steve Schofield 41:04

183rd Kim Schofield 56:30

324 finished the race.

Trunce at Oxspring - 29th March 2010

Cross Country

8th Kevin Oates 27:37

39th Keith Long 29:46

219 finished the race.

Caldervale Country 10 - 2nd April 2010

10 Mile Road Race - Ranked

172nd Heather Mitchell 1:30:14

217 finished the race.

Isel Cross Trail Race - 3rd April 2010

Trail

1st Andy Meskimmon 33:03

30th Bernard Disken 46:03

37 finished the race.

Kirsty Blezzard in the Wakefield 10K

Catherine Lee in the Wakefield 10K

Jack Bretherick in the Wakefield 10K

Colin Watson in the Wakefield 10K

David Greenwood in the Wakefield 10K

Andrew Guiseley in the Wakefield 109K

Andrew Brown in the Wakefield 10K

Kate Barley in the Wakefield 10K

Ian Sutcliffe in the Wakefield 10k

Martin Kaye (white cap) in the Wardle Skyline Fell Race looks to be in the groove.

Wardle Skyline Fell Race near Rochdale 10/4/10

133rd Martin Kaye 1:04:00

167th Glenn Sykes 1:08:35 236 finishers

Dewsbury Road Runners

Rankings

Kevin Oates 2179

Kevin Ogden 2178

Andrew Cottier 2176

Mark Oldroyd 2174

John Calvert 2165 Andrew Meskimmon 2164 James Morris 2160 Martin Hall 2154

Andrew Guiseley 2148

Keith Long 2122

Alexis Bradbury 2110

Peter Hill 2099

Steve Schofield 2081

Treena Johnson 2079

Melanie Woodhouse 2070

Richard Aiston 2050

Ian Sutcliffe 2048

Stephen Milner 2047

David Smith 2039

Gary Johnson 2037

Flora Skidmore 2019

David Binns 2009 Monique Hollinshead 2005

Paul Conway 1989

Anthony Audsley 1985

Maxine Worden 1985

Steven Cox 1984

Matthew Baldwin 1966

Jonathan Smith 1955

Andy Parker 1953

Wayne Speight 1951

Martin Kaye 1951

Bernard Disken 1950

Fiona Sutcliffe 1942

Glenn Sykes 1909

David Clancy 1903

Colin Watson 1893

Jane Whitelaw 1890

Carl Robinson 1882

David Greenwood 1880

Gary Spaven 1876

James Maddison 1865

Sara Entwistle 1859

Leanne Entwistle 1853

Jean Entwistle 1841

Tracey Rhodes 1831

Eliz Smith-Calvert 1831

Heather Mitchell 1815

Peter Morton 1811

Michael Wood 1794

Brendon Jones 1776

Janet Murnin 1771

Kate Barley 1758

Sue Lee 1747

Julian Lusardi 1744

Maggie Haley 1743

Kim Schofield 1743

Dorota Duraj 1728

Anne Milner 1711

Bev McClure 1671

Susan Hope 1657

David Whittingham 1638

Andrea Woodside 1619

Jon Oldroyd 1573

Susan Sykes 1547

Grand Prix

Ian Sutcliffe 50

John Calvert 38

Paul Conway 33

Mark Oldroyd 33

Keith Long 32

Fiona Sutcliffe 31

Treena Johnson 25

Wayne Speight 25

Andrew Cottier 24

Stephen Milner 22

Kevin Ogden 20

Maxine Worden 18

Martin Kaye 18

Peter Hill 16

James Morris 15

Gary Johnson 12

Jean Entwistle 12

Anthony Audsley 11

Leanne Entwistle 10

Alexis Bradbury 8

Martin Hall 7

Bernard Disken 7

Sarah Entwistle 6

David Binns 6

Liz Smith-Calvert 6 Andrew Meskimmon 5 Michael Wood 5 Glenn Sykes 5 Flora Skidmore 2 David Clancy 1

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Winners of the February 2010

newsletter competition were

Colin Watson and Martin Kaye.

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newsletter, including photo‟s,

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By 31st May

Thank you.

I look forward to hearing from

you