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CHAIRMAN’S CORNER ise our request to change of the status of the club to that of a charity – further details in the next edition of the "If you are going to be a champion, you must Stopwatch Times. be willing to pay a great price” Bud Wilkinson New Years Eve Party at Paddock Wood Pri- mary School On behalf of the PWAC Committee I would The New Year's Eve party will be organised by Richard & like to wish everyone :- Jeanette Elliott plus Tony and Jill Batchelder – please see them for details and tickets A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 2011 Former Club Member – James Poole I’m pleased to be able report that James Poole, who was a Don’t eat too many mince pies and try to get some train- club member during the 1990s, is on the road to recovery ing in over the festive season otherwise the January thru after being seriously injured in a recent paragliding acci- April events could be pretty painful – whatever you do I dent, I’m sure you’d all join me in wishing him all the best hope you enjoy it. on his recovery.

I read today that it’s only 609 days to go until the 2012 The 2011 Brooks 22nd Paddock Wood Half Olympic Games & 642 days to go until the Paralympic Marathon – Sunday 27th March 2011 Games open in London – I hope you’re getting as excited Entries are already pouring in (over 140 already on 26/11/ as I am, keep your eyes open for chances to volunteer & 09) for our Half Marathon on Sunday 27th March 2011, as for the purchasing of tickets on the following websites:- usual The Joe Cartwright Fun Run over approx. 1.25 miles (which is open to all ages ) will be run alongside the main www.london2012.com/get-involved/volunteer/index.php event. Full details of how to enter are available on our website www.paddockwoodac.co.uk . www.tickets.london2012.com This is the largest road race in Kent and as such needs an Paddock Wood Athletic Club Christmas Buffet army of volunteers to make sure it runs smoothly so if you And Award Evening - Friday 3rd December aren’t planning to run we will need your help and assis- 2010 tance, don’t be shy, volunteering is fun !!!! Contact our Don’t forget you can still get tickets for the Christmas Race Director James Ridger for details. buffet & Awards evening on Friday 3rd December from 7.30pm at Bookers Oast, Hop Farm Country Park, Pad- Up and Coming Coaching Courses in the local dock Wood – see Richard and Jeanette Elliott for details & area tickets Don’t forget we are still very keen to get more club members involved in coaching at the club. British & Irish Veterans Cross Country Inter- national Dublin Saturday 13th November There are a number of “Coaching Assistant” coaching Congratulations to Tina Oldershaw for not only running courses coming up in the South East over the next few for England but also winning a team gold medal as the3rd months. scorer in the England W40 team and finishing 5th W40 overall. 11/12 December - Lee Valley 18/19 December - K2 Crawley Special General Meeting – Tuesday 23rd No- An overview of the courses can be found on :- vember 2010 Thanks to all the club members who attended the PWAC SGM on 23rd November, the changes to the club rules and www.coaching.uka.org.uk/qualifications/coaching-assistant- constitution were agreed on, this means we now meet the award requirements of the Charity Commission and we can final-

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Please contact Richard Elliott, Mick Duffin or Janet Duffin UKA Membership Numbers or any Committee Member if you are interested and re- Your UKA Membership number should be quoted when quire more details – or e:mail us on entering races, you will find it on your PWAC 2010 / 2011 [email protected] membership card. If you can’t find your number please contact Penny Roberts our Membership Secretary. Paddock Wood AC Mugs – Xmas Presents!!!! We still have some coffee / tea mugs with our club logo available for purchase at £3.00 each. PWAC Website A good idea for a stocking filler for Xmas presents. Please Please keep accessing www.paddockwoodac.co.uk it’s full contact me if you’d like to buy any – of useful information and please keep sending in any arti- [email protected] or see Alison at training. cles, photos, results, ramblings, etc. or comments on im- provements to me either at [email protected] or 10% Discount for PWAC club members at [email protected] . Cotswold Outdoor stores – just show your PWAC club membership card. If you have any problems accessing the PWAC Members Only Pages or have forgotten the password then please e:mail [email protected] with details of the problem and we will try to sort it out for you.

Des White

CLUB MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS NEW MEMBERS

Please wish the following club members a very Happy I would like to welcome the following new members to Birthday for their birthdays in December the club;

Jane Barnham Sam Cordero Nicole Watson Rhiannon Gotts Barry Dorrity Mason Doyle Francesca Gray. Sue James Dave Kelly Holly Preston Steve Roberts We now have 200 members ! Jack Sheer Connor Simms Lionel Stielow Emma Thomas May I wish you all a very Happy Christmas. John Tolhurst Penny Roberts Membership Secretary.

APPEAL FOR RACE ENTRY FORMS Could club members attending races please pick up an assortment of RACE ENTRY FORMS that may be on dis- play and pass them on to me on training evenings

Thank

Jenny Perman

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AGE GRADING REPORT Deal 5m – 07/11/10 Pos Time Points Std The list of individual scores for the 2009/2010 season fol- 13 Tina Oldershaw 29.56 103.56 G3 low the handful of race results received which tend to 29 Alan Newman 32.28 97.02 G2 slacken off as we near the festive season. 55 Sarah Shepheard 34.19 88.64 S3 PB 91 Sue James 37.07 96.99 G2. The winner once again by a huge margin is Tina Oldershaw ahead of Laura Burton and Gareth Robb. John Tolhurst in Tina was 1st lady overall, Sarah 1st Junior lady & Sue 1st lady 4th place was the only member to achieve five pb’s, while O/55 Harry Abrahim was the only one to complete all seven There were 263 finishers distances. Harry along with Mike Walter also achieved four pb’s. Paul Hasler obtained the highest individual race score Beckley 10k – 07/11/10 of 114.42 points with Tina Oldershaw next with 111.31 points. Well done to all those mentioned as well as all of Pos Time Points Std you who competed and hopefully enjoyed doing so. 24 Rob Leat 44.16 75.30 S1 45 Duncan Riordan 46.55 79.57 S1 The results etc. then are as follows: 123 Mel King 55.06 74.26 B3 127 Vanessa Hollamby 55.56 73.15 B3 Beachy Head Marathon – 23/10/10 152 Penny Roberts 60.22 80.48 S2 Pos Time Points Std Geoff Hurrell 4.07.00 71.79 B3 Rob was 1st Junior male Steve Baker 4.40.00 61.07 B1 There were 199 finishers Lukas Bates 4.40.00 59.46 u/c AECC 10k (Bournemouth) – 07/11/10 There were 851 finishers Pos Time Points Std Wilmington 10k – 31/10/10 39 John Tolhurst 43.23 91.24 G1 Pos Time Points Std 11 Tina Oldershaw 37.22 104.82 G3 There were 229 finishers 102 Chris Anderson 44.49 76.24 S1 149 Lionel Stielow 47.01 90.04 G1 Paddy Heffernan 331 Penny Roberts 57.13 84.91 S2

Tina was 1st lady overall & Lionel 3rd male O/60 There were 424 ﬁnishers

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AGE GRADING RESULTS 2009/10

NAME 5K 5M 10K 10M 1/2M 20M MTN MAX 5 BEST Tina Oldershaw - 104.38 106.82 107.85 *111.31 - *110.28 540.64 Laura Burton - - *96.27 89.89 96.79 99.11 98.92 480.98 Gareth Robb 93.16 *95.84 *95.19 94.52 93.26 101.45 - 480.26 John Tolhurst *97.73 *95.12 *96.51 *93.74 *94.57 - - 477.67 Carol Emery - - 90.16 88.19 91.74 94.41 *99.91 464.41 Peter Buckingham - *88.28 90.99 87.25 *92.40 82.12 88.23 447.15 Robert Rowland - 86.80 86.24 88.69 88.49 - 93.75 443.97 Fiona Buckingham - 84.16 88.18 86.98 89.22 89.50 88.45 442.33 Michael Walter - - 80.94 *82.69 *85.99 *90.29 *90.07 429.98 Harry Abrahim 81.89 *83.83 80.87 *84.95 *84.38 81.27 *87.91 422.96 Emma Hollands - - *80.81 77.17 82.93 *83.90 *83.23 408.04 Dinah Truett - - 77.59 76.47 78.83 74.63 70.17 377.69 Andy Fletcher - 93.83 93.29 94.29 95.23 - - 376.64 Lionel Stielow - 91.00 92.90 88.08 92.09 - - 364.07 Mickael Hegesippe - - 90.21 90.87 93.24 89.32 - 363.64 Terry Raveh - - - 85.70 87.84 91.10 92.85 357.49 Colin Tricker - - *90.95 86.78 *92.22 - *86.10 356.05 Miriam Dorrity - - *93.11 86.35 - 85.18 *89.28 353.92 Peter Mander - 86.12 87.81 83.32 81.67 - - 338.92 Robert Weighell - - 79.97 78.67 86.35 83.55 - 328.54 Duncan Riordan - *82.37 *82.41 *80.29 81.82 - - 326.89 Malcolm Martin - *108.50 *106.69 *108.00 - - - 323.19 Melanie King - - 77.52 81.68 74.97 - 80.77 314.94 Maria Heslop - 101.92 *104.82 - 102.95 - - 309.69 James Davies - - 76.51 - *81.77 75.78 72.07 306.13 Lukas Bates - - *78.68 76.59 73.23 - 76.36 304.86 Stephen Sutton - - *72.67 75.97 *77.68 - 78.31 304.63 Neil Turner - - *74.57 73.74 76.65 77.51 - 302.47 Julian Seal - 76.66 79.69 - 77.23 - 66.90 300.48 James Ridger - *96.43 *100.10 94.55 - - - 291.08 Chris Anderson - - - 63.78 *79.24 73.58 70.91 287.51 Des White - - 96.66 93.43 93.31 - - 283.40 Margaret Poole - 68.18 70.58 66.55 71.32 - - 276.63 Penny Roberts - 87.09 *88.36 81.99 - - - 257.44 Jonathon Riordan - *82.98 *88.26 78.60 - - - 249.84 Steve Baker - - *80.74 - *83.84 - 82.27 246.85 Alison White - - 82.03 78.66 85.15 - - 245.84

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Vanessa Hollamby - - 79.60 *80.51 *84.41 - - 244.52 Angela Martin - 74.55 *78.13 73.45 - - - 226.13 Sue James *101.86 - 99.10 - - - - 200.96 Alan Newman *99.49 - 100.98 - - - - 200.47 Jon Clements - - 70.42 - *67.99 - 61.03 199.44 Mark Rich - - 66.03 *65.39 67.11 - - 198.53 Lori Arnold - - *66.18 - *62.79 - 62.69 191.66 Caroline Richards - - *92.12 - 95.54 - - 187.66 Paddy Heffernan - 90.05 84.87 - - - - 174.92 Sarah Shepheard - 81.58 *82.38 - - - - 163.96 Richard Bidois - - 84.50 - 78.66 - - 163.16 Robert Leat 83.33 - *80.52 - - - - 160.85 Vanessa Jones - - - - 81.13 - 78.75 159.88 Kirsty Jones - - - - 74.38 - 74.09 148.47 Jackie Riggs - 64.51 65.22 - - - - 129.73 Julie Preston - 64.53 64.72 - - - - 129.25 Paul Hasler ------*114.42 114.42 Sally Abrahim - 56.47 57.08 - - - - 113.55 Steven Chalklen - - 93.76 - - - - 93.76 Oscar Richards - - 88.07 - - - - 88.07 Philip MacGregor ------*86.94 86.94 Richard Harris - - 83.80 - - - - 83.80 David Hatton - - - 82.22 - - - 82.22 Dave Lawrence - - 80.84 - - - - 80.84 Anna Robinson - - - - 79.50 - - 79.50 Steve Chivers - - - - 78.34 - - 78.34 Gill Tree - 77.80 - - - - - 77.80 Sue Chivers - - 74.80 - - - - 74.80 Roy Hammond - - 73.25 - - - - 73.25 Simon Tovey - - 72.62 - - - - 72.62 Geoff Hurrell ------71.87 71.87 Jenny Perman - - 71.67 - - - - 71.67 Simon Arthur - - 69.94 - - - - 69.94 Trudi Westhrop - 67.64 - - - - - 67.64 Ian Bailey ------66.43 66.43 Tim Veysey-Smith - - - - 64.98 - - 64.98 Alan Croucher - 56.20 - - - - - 56.20 Mike Emery - - 50.28 - - - - 50.28

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ROAD RUNNING AND CROSS COUNTRY Sunday 26th December FIXTURES Turners Hill 4.5 X/C - start 11-00am at St Leonards Church, Turners Hill Road, Turners Hill, Sussex SATURDAY 4TH DECEMBER Kent League XC - Swanley Park, Swanley Monday 27th December End of ’10 10k - start 10-00am at Harrietsham Village Hall, Worthing Running Sisters Womens Christmas Cracker Church Road, Harrietsham, Kent ME17 1AP Chase 5k & 10k - start 10-00am at The Lido, Promanade, Worthing, Sussex Saturday 1st January Lamberhurst New Year’s Day 5m - start 11-00am at, Lam- Sunday 5th December berhurst, Kent TN3 8JN (NOTE START HAS BEEN County Cross Country Championships at Tonbridge MOVED FROM SCOTNEY CASTLE)

Thanet Coastal 10 - start 9-30am at St Saviour’s School, Trionium Knacker Cracker 10k - start 11-00am at Ryker’s Elm Grove, Westgate on Sea, Kent CT8 8LD Cafe Car Park, Foot of Box Hill, Mickleham / Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BN Crowborough 10k - start 10-00am at Beacon Community College, East Beaches Road, Crowborough, Sussex TN6 Brooks Serpentine New Years day 10k - start 11-00am at 2AS Hyde Park, London W2 2UH

Grim Challenge 8 - start 10-30am at Fleet Road, Alder- Sunday 2nd January shot, Surrey GU11 2HL Tadworth 10 - start 10-30am at Tattenham corner, Epsom Downs OS Map 187/224584, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5LQ SLH Pirie XC 10 - start 10-00am at South London Harri- ers HQ, 194a Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2NF Saturday 8th January Kent X/C Championships Duck Pond Waddle 15k - start 10-00am at West Worthing Tennis Club, Titnore Lane, Worthing, Sussex SUNDAY 9TH JANUARY KFL - Minnis Bay, Birchington Doyen of the Downs 30 - start 08-00am at The South downs, Arundel, Sussex SUNDAY 16TH JANUARY KFL - Nurstead Court, Meopham Sunday 12th December Swanley Xmas Caper - start 09-30am at White Oak Bromley 10k - start 11-00am at Norman Park Athletics Square, Pioneer Way, London Road, Kent Arena, Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent BR2 9EJ

Pudding Catcher 12k - start 10-00am at Pippingford Park, Plumpton Classic 7.5k - start 11-00am at Plumpton Race- Nutley, Sussex TN22 3HW course, Plumpton, Sussex, BN7 3AL

The Mince Pie 10 - start 11-00am at Meridian Leisure Sunday 23rd January Centre, Greenwich Way, Peacehaven, Sussex BN10 8BB Les Witton Dartford 10 - start 09-30am at Princes Park, Darenth Lane, Dartford, Kent DA1 1RT Hogs Back Road Race 8.2 - start 09-30am at Quadrum Business Park, Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey GU3 Benﬂeet 15 - start 10-30am at Castle View School, Mepple 1LU Avenue, Canvey Island, Essex

Saturday 18th December Sunday 30th January Christmas Pudding Dash 5 - start 10-30am at Ashburnham Canterbury 10 - start 11-00am at Chaucer Technology Place, Battle, Sussex School, Spring Lane, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1SU

SUNDAY 19TH DECEMBER Kenley Airﬁeld 10k Charity Run - start 10-00am at Kenley KFL - Knowle Park, Sevenoaks Airﬁeld, Kenley Common, Kenley, Surrey CR8 5YG

Kent Christmas Cracker 5 - start 10-30am at Fowlmead Saturday 5th February Country Park, Sholden, Nr Deal, Kent TuffMan 8k Trail Run - start 10-00am at Pippimgford Park Estate, Gatwick, Sussex TN22 3HW The Holly Run - start 11-00am at Priory Park, Reigate, Surrey RH2 7RL

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Sunday 6th February Sunday 20th March Ashford & District 10k - start 11-00am at Sandyacres, San- Hastings Half Marathon - start 10-30am at St. Leonards on dyhurst Lane, Ashford, Kent TN25 4PE Sea, Hastings, Sussex TN38 9JJ

Nonsuch Park 10k - start 11-00am at Nonsuch Mansions, Saturday 26th March Ewell Road, Cheam, Surrey SM3 8AL Selsdon Half Marathon - start 10-00am at 2-4 Selsdon Park Road, Croydon, Surrey CR2 8JA SATURDAY 12TH FEBRUARY Kent League XC - Swanley Park, Swanley Military 10k & 5k start 10-00am at Sandy Lane, Nutﬁeld, Redhill, Surrey RH1 4EJ Sunday 13th February P&O Ferries Dover Half Marathon - start 10-00am, Fowl- Sunday 27th March mead Country Park, Off A258 Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent Paddock Wood Half Marathon - start 10-00am CT140BF Brighton Trail Marathon - start 09-00am Sidcup 10 - start 10-00am at Chislehurst & Sidcup Gram- mer, Hurst Road, Sidcup SE13 7DD Worthing 20 - start 09-00am at Goring Gap, Worthing, Sussex Valentines Run 10 - start 10-30am at Vigo Rugby Club, Harvel Road, Vigo, Nr Meopham, Kent DA13 0UA Sunday 3rd April The A20 Path ‘n Downs Half Marathon and 21 miler - start SUNDAY 20TH FEBRUARY 09-00am at Ramada Hotel, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent KFL - Oxleas Wood, Eltham ME17 1RE

Isle of Oxney Hot Soup 5 mile Dash - start 10-30am at The Sussex Marathon Festival - start 09-00am at Ashburn- Village Centre, Wittersham, Nr Rye, TN31 ham, Battle, Sussex

Brighton Half Marathon - start 09-00am at Madeira Drive, Croydon Half Marathon - start 09-15am at Sandilands Club Brighton, Sussex BN2 1TB House, Sandilands, Croydon, Surrey CR0 5DB

Sunday 27th February Mel’s Milers Multi Terrain 10k - start 11-00am at Christ’s Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon - start 10-00am at Tun- Hospital School, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, Sussex RH13 bridge Wells Sports Centre, St John’s Road, Tunbridge 0YB Wells, Kent TN4 9TX Sunday 10th April Sunday 6th March Darent Valley 10k - start 08-30am at Anthony Roper British Heart Foundation’s North Downs Way Challenge School, High Street, Eynsford, Kent DA4 0AA 20 - start 07-00am at Cobham Manor, Water Lane, Turn- ham, Kent ME14 3LU Brighton Marathon - start 09-00am at Preston Park, Brigh- ton, Sussex BN1 Spring Ballbuster - start 08-00am at Box Hill, Dorking, Sur- rey Sunday 17th April London Marathon Eastbourne Half Marathon, Princes Park, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex BN22 7LQ Friday 22nd April Folkestone 10 - start 11-00am at The Green, Cinque Port Sunday 13th March Avenue, Hythe, Kent CT21 6HS Lydd Half Marathon - start 10-00am at Lydd, Romley Marsh, Kent Sunday 8th May 1066 Relay - start 09-00am at Gibbbets Marsh Car Park, Sevenoaks Rotary Knole Park 10k - start 10-30am at Rope Walk, Rye, Sussex TN31 7DW Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent Larkﬁeld AC 10k - start 10-00am at East Malling Research Surrey Spitﬁre 20 and Tempest 10 - start 09-30 am at Centre, New Road, East Malling, Kent Dunsfold Aerodrome (Top Gear Test Track), Dunsfold Park, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8TB Saturday 14th May Bedgebury 10k - start 10-00am at Bedgebury National Votwo Kamikaze The Final Sortie 7 - start 10-30am at Pip- Pinetum and Forest Park, Park Lane, Goudhurst, Kent ping Ford Park, Ashdown Forest. TN22 3HW TN17 2SL

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Sunday 15th May Saturday 3rd September Stelling Minnis 10k - start 11-00am at Stelling Minnis Vil- Charing 10k - start 10-30am at Charing School, School lage Hall, Bossingham Road, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6AG Lane, Charing, Kent TN27 0JN

Hastings Runners 5 - start 10-30am at Town Hall, Hast- Sunday 4th September ings, Sussex Weald St George’s 10k - start 10-30am at The Village Green, Weald Village, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6PY Sunday 22nd May Sittingbourne Invicta 10k - start 11-00am at Westlands Sunday 11th September School, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1PF Bacchus Half Marathon - start 12-00pm at Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA Saturday 28th May 3rd Tillingham Valley Rockabilly Races - start 06-00pm at Bacchus Marathon - start 11-00am at Denbies Wine Es- Parsonage Farm, Udimore, Nr Rye, Sussex TN31 6AX tate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6AA

Saturday 18th June Friday 16th September Trionium Picnic Marathon - start 02-00pm at Ryker’s Rye Summer Classic Series 5k - start 06-30pm at Rye Na- Cafe Car Park, Foot of Box Hill, Mickleham / Westhum- ture Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex ble, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BN Sunday 25 September Trionium Midsummer Munro Half Marathon - start 04- Folkestone Rotary Half Marathon - start 10-00am at The 00pm at Ryker’s Cafe Car Park, Foot of Box Hill, Mickle- Grand, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2XL ham / Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6BN Sunday 2nd October Sunday 3rd July Sittingbourne Chas Ryman Memorial 10 - start 10-45am at Bewl 15 - start 10-30am at Uplands Sports Centre, The Highsted School, Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 High Street, Wadhurst, Sussex TN5 6AX 4PT

Friday 15th July Sunday 23rd October Rye Summer Classic Series 10k - start 07-00pm at Rye Trionium Greensand Marathon - start 10-00am at The Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex Priory School, West Bank, Dorking, Surrey RH4 3DG Sunday 14th August South Coast Run 13.1 - start 09-00am at Martello Field, Sunday 6th November Seaford, Sussex BN25 1JX Deal 5 - start 11-00am at Deal Castle, Seafront, Deal, Kent CT14 7BA Friday 19th August Rye Summer Classic Series 5k - start 07-00pm at Rye Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex For further details please contact JENNY PERMAN on Club Training Nights or Tel.: 01892 834238

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