THE PHOENIX FLYER SPRING 2011 Phoenix in Phoenix Brian’s marathon trip Page 7 Under 13 boys are this year’s cross-country heroes Page 4 Frosty success Page 10 Phoenix NEW 10k July 20 Page 11 Geneva Investment Group THE THOUGHTS OF CHAIRMAN COLLICUTT Phoenix is a local club but I think we have ambitious members whose dreams reach beyond the boundaries of Brighton and Hove. As you can see from our cover, our members race all over the world. Just recently we’ve had Finn Club Awards 2010 McNally training in Kenya at the Iten High Altitude It now seems traditional that the awards ceremony at Withdean Training Camp, Charlie Grice training in South should be accompanied by rain – rather a lot of it. Wednesday Africa and Gus Kennedy training in Melbourne. 29 September was no exception. Our cups were overflowing in another sense with two world champions (Faye and Sophie) and Just before Christmas we took a Phoenix team out some of our other GB representatives among the prize winners. to Brussels for the Lotto International Cross Cup. We were joined by our US-based GB International Burchell Award for Boys Theo Algar Tim Bayley and his wife Priscilla… who is now Burchell Award for Girls Amber Anning officially our very first fully fledged All American Most Consistent U13 Boy Archie Davis Most Consistent U13 Girl Maria Andrews member! We also had the chance to meet up with Most Consistent U15/U17 Boy Will Durkin one of our German members, Jonas Weinecke, who Most Consistent U15/U17 Girl. Not Awarded was running for Berlin. Best Performance T & F – Male Charlie Grice Best Performance T & F – Female. Not Awarded Best Performance XC / Road – Male Tim Bayley Every year we have Triathletes who are prepared Best Performance XC / Road – Female Sophie Coleman to travel all over the World to compete in European Outstanding Team Six Stage Team – Pat Davoren, Matt Barrie, James Miles, and World Championships. Phoenix is conquering Finn McNally. Dave Carter, Josh Guilmant Tough of the Track Luke Reynolds the World! Shield for Commitment & Enthusiasm Charlie Pow Volunteers Award Jackie Tucknott This year is Phoenix’s 30th Anniversary and we are Comeback of the Year Award Bruce Faulkner planning a number of new and exciting events for VETERANS AWARDS it. On Wednesday 18 May we are holding an Open O40 Men Andy Bone Track Meeting in conjunction with the British Milers O50 Men Mike Collins Club. There will be events for all ages. On another O35 Women Rachel Bibby O50 women Carolyn Austen Wednesday, 20 July – put it in your diaries – we are putting on a 10km evening race along Hove MULTISPORT AWARDS seafront. The course is fast and flat for those who Men Chris Mills Women Faye McClelland want to take advantage of a warm July evening. Tri Club Champion – Male Malcolm Hughes On 25 September we are running an Aquathlon at Tri Club Champion – Female Erica Martin Dorothy Stringer pool and fields. In the autumn we TSC Outstanding Achievement Award Elisabeth Brama will still be putting on the Phoenix Preston Park CHAIRMAN’S AWARD races but the format will change so watch this Chairman’s Cup Josh Guilmant space for more news on that. Finally we are going to have a 30th anniversary party and awards night Sussex Grand Prix in the early autumn. Phoenix marches on... come The Sussex Grand Prix features18 road races (including and join us! Phoenix races) throughout the year. Your positioning scores points for the club, for you individually and within your age category. Visit www.sussexgrandprix.co.uk for further details, including a list of this year’s races. Phoenix category winners for 2010 were: Bruce Faulkner 1st V2, Andrew Haig 1st V5, Terry Avey 3rd V4, Max Pickard 1st JM, Tom Holborn 3rd JM. Phoenix Flyer is for Editor: Jane Edmonds and about you. It relies on [email protected] Andrew Haig (pictured right) has now won the V5 (60-64) category for all five years. contributions from coaches, 66 Crescent Road, Highest placed women were Liz Halliday 5th V3 and Carolyn Austen 5th V5. managers and athletes as well Brighton BN2 3RP Phoenix were 8th club overall out of the 21 competing. as friends and families. Why Telephone: 01273 673063 not send us an article, a Layout: photograph, a drawing, a UKA competition licence Andrew Haig poem or a letter – anything [email protected] It’s time to renew or apply for your athletics competition licence.The season runs from really and we will try and print Lance Bellers 1 April 2011 until 31 March 2012. You need to have a licence number to qualify for all it in the next edition. [email protected] championship and league events and to take advantage of affilliation discounts in The deadline is many other races.The cost is still £5.00 for the year. For some of us this will coincide 31 August 2011. Print: Onedigital with our membership renewal and can be paid at the same time. Cheques should be sent to: Nerine Standen, 4 Waverley Court, Cricketfield Road, Seaford, East Sussex www.brightonphoenix.org.uk BN25 1BU. 2 Brussels – snow way to travel The club outing to Brussels on the weekend of 18-20 December was a great success, not just for the Phoenix athletes but also for the friends from Hastings, Crawley and Brighton and Hove who travelled with us. Despite the snow over that weekend we got there and back with relative ease. We arrived just four hours late on Saturday evening, to find that Chairman Paul had managed to book us into four-star luxury in the middle of town. Time for a quick meal and just the one glass of beer before an early night (we are athletes after all). The format for Sunday is that the Iris Lotto CrossCup, an IAAF Permit meeting, takes place throughout the day with races for all age groups run on a 1KM circuit. At 12:30 there is also a two lap 5K/10k event involving 1200+ runners. Both courses were affected by compacted and falling snow and, in the circumstances, everyone ran exceptionally well. These races feature high quality International fields and we fitted right in. In fact, there are The senior men’s race members of our party especially the Pickards, the a few people who’ve put themselves was won by Grices, the Fitzgibbons, Sarah Davey and Josh’s in line for England consideration. nine-times European girlfriend Elin who had lived in Brussels for several Cross-Country years and was able to help out with local knowledge. Kicking off for Phoenix were Billy champion Sergiy That night, a good time was had by all. The town was White and Robbie Fitzgibbon running Lebid (31:27) with looking fantastic with Christmas lights reflecting in in the Cadets Garcons category just 3 seconds the snow and the streets thronged with people. (2,500m). Both were in fine form with covering the first Billy coming 8th in 8:52 and Robbie three finishers on the 10,500m course. For Phoenix Because of the snow most of those who made the 11th in 9:03. Tim Bayley was our lead runner, 39th in 34:33, with first train back were reassigned to first class complete In the Scolaires Garcons category (4000m) Jake Josh Guilmant coming 49th in 35:27. with lunch and a free bottle of wine. Travel chaos – what travel chaos? Elliot came an excellent 7th in 14:15. While all this was happening, the mass participation All eyes were then on the junior men (6000m) with 10K/5K race was taking place around the outskirts of Finally a big thank you to Chairman Paul, who Finn McNally in imperious form for a 20:15 9th the park. In the 10k James Miles was 13th in 34:26 organised the whole thing. Both he and Robin placing. His was the best Phoenix run of the day. and Andrew Haig 233rd in 43:03. In the 5k Liz Fitzgibbon gallantly forfeited their own races while finishing just behind the England team. He was Durman ran an excellent 20+ (second woman), and making sure the rest of us made it to the start line. Priscilla Bayley ran 22+. followed in quick succession by Charlie Grice 14th The trip was a huge success and almost certain to 20:33, and Max Pickard 20th 20:59. Throughout we had great support from the other be repeated next year – so watch this space. Meet Hitoshi 特集：生活とランニング で、現在は年間た。いただきお付き合いが始まりましの折、質問したら大変親切に答えてドリューさんのお陰です。大会見学インタビューの人捜しもすべてアン会す。私がフェニックスクラブの練習 に 参 加特集：生活とランニング で き る よ う に な っ た の も、 Some of you will have already met Hitoshi Kobayashi. He has been following 学生時代から一貫してレース志向 して動きの激しいフットボールは断生活を送っていましたが、膝を怪我時代からずっとフットボールの選手月からとまだ新しい会員です。学生います。クラブへの入会は昨年の９のカレッジで「ビジネス」を教えて Mechen Wes Mr. our cross-country season with keen interest and taking part in some of our ウエスさんは training sessions. We asked him to introduce himself: 30レース以上に出場 31歳の教師で、地元 Hello everyone in the Phoenix club. Andrew Haig さん My name is Hitoshi. It’s nice to 合が悪く、最後はとうとう手術を受す。を溜める日々がかなりあったようで続的な練習は全くできず、ストレスては故障、治っては故障の連続で継つも悩まされていたようです。走っ無理をもたらしたのか、故障にはいなランニングへの取り組みが身体へ的容易なようです。で、練習時間を日中に取るのは比較仕事はフリーランスでやっているのう、タイムはいます。そして殆どの種目のベスト 遅咲きのランナーでもあります。㎞笑いをしていました。出場種目も からフルマラソンと多岐に渡ってにランニング中毒状態ですよ」と苦回もレースをこなし、本人も「完全しているそうです。今年の １ ５ 月は ６ しかしながら、このようなハード Wes Mechen さん meet you. I’m a 54-year-old 50代になってからは特に膝の具 らえるだけでは無く、時には故障さングを単に健康作りの手段としてとを置く予定で、見せていただいた年す。ただ今年はデュアスロンに力点の質問に答えてくれました。ロンにも取り組み始めたとのことで泳のトレーニングをこなした後、こも、午前中家族と一緒にプールで水です。そして数年前からトライアスでした。インタビュー当日の日曜日ことなく現在まで継続しているそうで好成績を上げるのが目標とのこと様 レーニングをしっかり積んで、大会多いそうです。アンドリューさん同はクラブのコーチと相談しながらト当。でもけっこう現場に出ることもかし既に紹介したお２人同様、今後ポーツジムのマネジメント部門を担種目もレース経験はありません。しアスリートでもあります。仕事はスングな女性です。また同時にトライを感じ、入会を決めたそうです。イムを持つ、のウエブサイトから活動内容に魅力間５分という素晴らしいベストタトの父親の影響もあり、またクラブMs. Erica Martin 探していたところ、トライアスリーの後何か熱中できるものはないかと念せざるを得なかったようです。そただくことを願うばかりです。後も故障無く、末永く走り続けてい思わず苦笑いしてしまいました。今若くて走れるよ」で納得です。でも この３人に共通するのは、ランニ そして現段階では、まだどちらのエリカさんはフルマラソンで３時 Japanese runner (jogger maybe?). 45歳の時にマークしたとい 10代前半から走り始め、途切れる 特集：生活とランニング 28歳の小柄でチャーミ I’ve been studying English at the 連綿と引き継がれているようです。れたことがある（１９１２年、聞かれます。ら決して想像できないような言葉がなんて、現在の体型からは失礼なが 24年）この種目、イングランドではかつてはオリンピックでも実施さ University of Brighton since last October.