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Johnson’s Handicap Race 2019 Results

Posted on 16th December 2019 by Alf Tupper

  Big congratulations to David Spencer on his victory. He had to outperform his handicap by some margin to win, especially because Roger was also on a good one. This was only the second of these races that I have … Continue reading →

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Johnson’s Records before 2020 race

Posted on 1st December 2019 by Alf Tupper

With the enclosure of the ditch in the Leisure Centre fields the course is back to pre 2017 length – pretty much exactly 6 miles. The original 1992 course started at the front of the LC where the present pedestrian … Continue reading →

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Johnson’s Monument Handicap Race Sunday 15th December

Posted on 4th November 2019 by Alf Tupper

Rob Parry in charge – 10 a.m. start. More people than expected have shown an interest. Theoretically some of the small groups could be split up  with 30 seconds between individuals, which I would do for the shorter summer handicap, … Continue reading →

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October 2019 Results

Posted on 1st October 2019 by Alf Tupper

In terms of weather this has been a ‘Goldilocks’ season: pretty dry, reasonable temperatures, and no gales. So 10C and heavy rain on top of several days of heavier rain meant that only the hardier committed souls turned up. Mud … Continue reading →

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September Handicap Results

Posted on 24th September 2019 by Alf Tupper

  Due to IT glitch the results only list actual times and points total/number of races. *Best of 5 races.   1st John LT 30:18, 17/3 2nd Ron 36:39, 53/5 3rd Diane 35:36, 67/5 4th Jeff 30:08, 4/1 5th Nicola … Continue reading →

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October Handicap Start List

Posted on 24th September 2019 by Alf Tupper

The first Tuesday at 6pm – 1st October at the Leisure Centre. This is the last one of 2019, completing my 20th year of setting the handicaps. Might possibly get this one right, do you think? 6.00 pm. Mari J … Continue reading →

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September Start List

Posted on 7th August 2019 by Alf Tupper

The penultimate one of the series – and weather-wise often the most favourable before autumn storms break and the ground gets muddy. A good one for the ‘improvers’ group to try if you have ideas about doing the Winter League … Continue reading →

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August Results

Posted on 7th August 2019 by Alf Tupper

Warm-ish but windy with intermittent rain. The grass is longer in the fields which does restrict progress a little, but the playing fields were cut recently so on balance the conditions were good. Interesting that most people were a little … Continue reading →

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August Start List

Posted on 3rd July 2019 by Alf Tupper

Very much the high end of the series as far as the championship goes, with Tony W and Victoria leading the pack but Ruari is a potential dark horse and several others have 4 races so far with competitive scores, … Continue reading →

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July results

Posted on 3rd July 2019 by Alf Tupper

Clearly, from the photos on facebook it was a wonderful evening for running and I’m very disappointed not to have been there. However, Rob , Kate, and Sali obviously coped well with the close finishes. Caz dramatically improved, even compared … Continue reading →

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