Annual post marathon meal - 10th May 2019

Open to all to celebrate the clubs marathon achievements over the past year.

There are quite a few !!

To be held at The Hayloft Restaurant just off the A38 Please message Lydnsey Saunders Social Secretary to let her you know you want to attend.

Lyndsblackburn@hotmail.co.uk

Menu to follow soon ...

Membership for 2019/2020 is now due.

We have left the price the same and also including UK Athletics free of charge, NORMAL price for UK is 15 pounds.

Membership can be completed online under the Membership tab above or download the paper based from above.

Any questions please let me know.

Regards

Craig

EAST CORNWALL HARRIERS RACE REPORT 31ST MARCH 2019.

On Sunday 31st March 2019 it was the first running of a new 10k race to replace the much missed 5 Tors Race which was lost when permission was withdrawn for Bodmin Moor to be used for the race.

East Cornwall Harriers are proud to present a new 10k race for the Cornish running community calendar. Building upon the success of the ever popular Cornish Marathon, the team at ECH have developed a totally new multi-terrain event CH</strong> have developed a totally new multi-terrain event. We are calling the event <strong>Trepolpen</strong> <strong>Seythin</strong> in recognition of the mix of village (<strong>Tre</strong>), coast (<strong>Pol</strong>) and hills (<strong>Pen</strong>) included in the event which is based at the <strong>Seaton Countryside Park</strong>. The name of the village in Cornish is &acirc;&euro;&tilde;<strong>Seythin&acirc;&euro;&trade;. </strong></p> <p> </p> <p>170 Runners lined up for the start at the Southern end of the countryside Park and headed North on the park trail before turning to cross the road to Hessenford and heading up hill through the woods &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; looping around and descending back into Seaton before climbing the long hill towards Narkurs. The runners then looped back down towards Downderry &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; joining the beach for the final leg to the finish on the beach at Seaton. Race HQ was at the Smugglers Inn by kind permission of the owners. On a glorious sunny day the competitors set off at a fast pace with 28 Harriers in the field.</p> <p>The race was won by Nick Lowendahl from St Austell Running Club in 39m 38secs a brilliant time on this course. 1st lady was Sherrie Hair from Honiton Running Club in 44m 55 secs.</p> <p>1 st Harrier 3rd overall and 1st MV 40 in 40.40 was Doug Stacey. Mark Davidson in 43.01 was 1st MV50. David Philp 45.34 was 3rd MV55. Chris Ullman 45.47 was 2nd MV 45 just 11 secs ahead of Matt Davies 45.58. Cadan Crowle 46.47 was just 59 seconds ahead of brother Arron Crowle.</p> <p>Jenny Nash had an amazing run to be 2nd lady and 1st FV 55 in 48.06. Very very close on Jennys heels was Kaye Patterson in 48.12 and 1st lady U35 &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; an excellent race. The ever consistent Joe Kearns 49.31 was next home ahead of Laurie Thrift 50.09 who was a brilliant 1st in his MV65 age group. Martin Nicholls 50.29 was next just ahead of the fast finishing Hayley Stacey 51.12 a very fine 3rd in her FV40 age group. Emily Young 51.54 a great run to be 1st FV45. A fast finishing trio of Harriers within a few seconds of each other , Simon Long 52.44, Michael Egginton 52.52 and Chris Nottle 53.00 . Danni Brace 53.18 was next home and a very fine 2nd FU35.</p> <p>Louise Littlewood 56.53 had a solid performance finishing just ahead of Craig Jamieson 57.34. Rhian Moxham 1.02.16 pipped Michael Plamer 1.02.45 by just 25 seconds. Micahel was 3rd in his NV70 age group. Steve Walsh 1.03.38 was next home in front of increasingly quick Liz Egginton 1.05.34. Mary Mullarkey 1.06.12 was next and 2nd in her FV70 age group just ahead of Steve Beazley 1.09.39. Charlotte Bunt 1.12.25 just edged Dave Lean 1.13.12 who ran with his partner from Looe Pioneers to post an equal time.</p> <p>Kim Crowle the physiotherapist and friend &amp; saviour of many local runners chose this race to be her maiden outing to our world of pain &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; and did very well to finish in 1.11.36.</p> <p>The after race celebrations and presentations were carried in in a holiday mood with Harriers picking up 1st Male Team Dog Stacey, Mark Davidson Dave Philp and Chris Ullman and also 2nd Male Team with Matt Davies, Cadan Crowle , Arron Crowle and Joe Kearns and also 3rd male team of Laurie Thrift, Martin Nicholls and Simon Long and Mike Egginton.</p> <p> </p> <p>First female team was ECH Ladies Jenny Nash, Kaye Patterson, Hayley Stacey and Emily Young. A very fine enjoyable race for runners and all supporters.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Saturday 30 March 2019 saw much travelled Marc Smerdon at the Driftwood Spar Inn at Trevaunance Cove to again tackle the KVK vertical kilometre. 1000 metres of climbing over two 7.5mile circuits. A race not for the faint hearted where the technically difficult descents can take their toll on athletes legs. Amazingly 135 solo finishers completed the challenge. Jordan Clay was first home in a frighteningly quick 1.41.58 with Alex Marples and Wayne Sarah finishing in 1.54.31 and 1.54.34. Marc was next home in 1.55.00- a superb effort.</p>...

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A final reminder that the club AGM and Awards evening is this Thursday 4th April in the Sports Bar at Lux Park at 7pm. Please come along and make sure you have your say on how the club is run, and then have a fun time with a FREE buffet and the annual club awards. The agenda is as below;

A G E N D A
1. Welcome from the Chair
2. A Word from the President
3. Apologies for absence
4. Minutes of AGM of 29th March 2018
5. Accounts and Treasurer's Report
6. Setting of M 2018<br />5. Accounts and Treasurer's Report<br />6. Setting of Membership Fees<br />7. Changes to the Constitution - <br />8. VLM Ballot<br />9. Review of Treplopen Seythin<br />10. Members’ Questions and Answers<br />11. Election of Officers:<br />Management Committee Officers<br />Non Committee Officers<br />12. AoB</p> <p>---------------</p> <p> Free buffet !<strong><br /></strong> --------------<strong><br /></strong>Table top sale of stocks of existing kit and introduction/ presentation of new kit ‘on-line shop’ with samples.</p> <p> <strong><u>Club Awards</u></strong><strong><u> 2019<br /></u></strong>2018-19 Harrier of the Month Awards<br />2019 ‘Star’ Award<br />2019 Junior ‘Star’ Award<br />2019 Most Improved Harrier<br />2019 Penguin Award<br />2019 Harrier of the Year</p>...

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The results for Trepolpen Seythin can be found here:

http://www.eastcornwallharriers.com/documents/Trepolpen Seythin 10k - 2019.xls

A big thank you to everyone who marshalled, helped out with registration and all the other jobs that were necessary to get the event up and running. It was a great day. Also really well done to the many, many members who ran and enabled ECH to clean up most of the prizes !

Thank you all. Rob

Thanks for all members enquiring about rejoining ECH for 2019/20. We really appreciate the enthusiasm. However, can you please all wait till April 4th and the AGM, as we don't officially set the membership fees til then. All members can help vote on the new fees. Until then we don't know what to charge! After that they will be due.

EAST CORNWALL HARRIERS RACE REPORT. 24 MARCH 2019.

DO NOT FORGET. This Sunday our New Race Trepolpen Seythin- 10 k at Seaton. You can enter on the day if you have not already done so.

What a week for Harrier Sharon Daw with 4 back to back Marathons and then the Tav ack Marathons and then the Tavy 13 Half Marathon.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129;">Sharon started on Saturday 16 March at Wokingham Waterside centre for the Saturn Running Doh'Nut challenge completed in 5.14.00 after first marshalling the Reading Park Run. After that the long drive to Wrexham in North Wales for the Wrexham Running Festival on 17 March for what turned out to be a tough outing on a flooded course with high winds to contend with. Sharon finished in 4.59.14.After the race a journey South to Telford to compete in the &ldquo; How Hard Can It Be Events&rdquo; Codopoly Marathon. The race is run around the historic parts of Ironbridge, Coalport and Lightmoor . Sharon finished in 5.23.47. Day 4 of this tough schedule was a journey south to Brixworth in Northamptonshire for the Big Foot Challenge. This race is 8 laps around the lovely Pitsford Reservoir . Maintaining her regular pace Sharon finished in 5.04.09 and then the long drive back to Cornwall in time to start the Tavy 13 Half Marathon which Sharon completed in 2.00.29.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129;">Another Harrier on their travels was Craig Jamieson who made the start at the Malaga Half Marathon which was a bit more hilly than Craig thought, but he managed to complete in 1.55.07 &ndash; just a minute off his PB.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129;">Sunday 24th March was the Tavy 13 hosted by Tavistock Athletic Club. The race starts and finishes at Tavistock College Athletics track &ndash; with a run out onto the Dartmoor hills &ndash; the first 7 miles being mostly up hill. Six Harriers lined up and Ian Trice was first Harrier home in a brilliant 1.29.14 and 3rd in his MV40 age group. Second Harrier was Kaye Patterson in 1.39.20 - 7th lady and 4th in her age category another excellent performance. Rosalie Goldsworthy 1.41.16 was 3rd Harrier and 1st in her FV 40 age category a brilliant run. Glenn Wood 1.53.55 was next home with another resolute performance. Chris Nottle 1.56.55 was next home.</p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 6px 0px 0px; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #1d2129;">Sunday 24th March was the first running of the Tamar Bridge 10k and the race commenced with a full field of 500 runners. The organisers had set a tough course for the runners with 2 steep climbs to challenge them. Thirteen Harriers made it to the start. 1st home was Gary Hunt in 48.26 followed by Natasha Duffey in 51.08. Jane Wicks 52.49 was 3rd Harrier . Michael Palmer 56.43 an excellent time in his MV 70 age cat. Colin Miller 57.23 just ahead of Dave Lean 59.19. Leza Wall 1.00.08 just leading Sarah Steed 1.01.38. Holly Garbett 1.05.43 pipped Lucy Benham 1.06.39 by less than a minute and Kelly Benham 1.06.40. Lucy Smale &amp; Kelly Buck 1.12.18 finished together. A very good outing for the Harriers.</p>...

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