Serpentine News - Archived Stories
06/04/2008 Marathon des Sables
Ian Sharman first Brit home and finished 13th overall from 807 starters.
31/03/2008 London marathon celebrations
The Paxton's Head pub has been booked for post London marathon recovery and celebration from 1PM onwards. We have booked the downstairs area that will hold up to 70 people.
27/03/2008 Cross Country Trophy winners 2007/8
Congratulations to Stephanie Vaatz and James Edgar who are this season's winners.
19/03/2008 Committee Minutes March 2008
Another month of top level decisions
09/03/2008 New club half marathon record
Congratulations to Catherine Wilding who broke her own club half marathon record in the Paris Half Marathon when finishing 9th Lady in a time of 1:20:09
07/03/2008 Membership cards
Members who joined or renewed between 10 - 24 March will not have their cards posted until Tuesday, 25 March. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
26/02/2008 Core Connections - Pilates Course for Runners
The Serpentine Running Club is holding a four week Pilates course on Tuesday evenings starting on March 25th.
26/02/2008 Last Half (of the London Marathon) training run
Log on and click
here to sign up to run or help.
24/02/2008 English National Cross Country Championships
Well done to all who ran. Full results on www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk
12/02/2008 New club half marathon record
Congratulations to Nick Torry who ran 1:10:24 in Wokingham last Sunday, beating Robin Kindersley's record from 1996!
03/02/2008 Vets X/C championship results
Medal winners in the SEAA & Middlesex races.
24/01/2008 Latest Committee Minutes
Read about the latest committee decisions
14/01/2008 T&F Training for everyone - JUMPS!
Sat March 8, 1:30-4:30pm, LVAC. Sign up now on My Events and
click here for more details.
07/01/2008 Core Connections - Pilates Classes for Runners
New Pilates classes by Laura Williams starting 26th January.
07/01/2008 FLM 2008 Club Places
Well done to those representing the club this year
07/01/2008 Triathlon Training Plans - Seminar
Construct your training plan for triathlon success - workshop and meet your coaches
28/12/2007 100 Club
Members: please cancel any standing orders or direct debit payments as the club has now been disbanded.
27/12/2007 Marathon training schedule
Karen Hancock's training schedule for experienced runners is now online.
13/12/2007 New Year's Day Races Sold Out.
12/12/2007 Latest Committee Meeting Minutes
Read the minutes of the latest committee meeting, now available here on the
website.
08/12/2007 London X/C Champs medals
Congratulations to Serpentine’s ladies team, who took bronze at the London Cross Country Championships.
07/12/2007 Running Training Weekend Jan 12-13
Book by Jan 4! Aimed at Spring marathoners but beneficial for anyone who wants to improve their running in 2008.
03/12/2007 New Committee Member
The dirty dozen!
03/12/2007 London Marathon 2008 Club Places
Apply now, it could be you!
02/12/2007 Wednesday Nights
Could you help?
02/12/2007 2007 Club multi-sport championship - winners
Andy Reeves and Rachel Whittaker are the 2007 champions!
18/11/2007 St. Neots (club championship) half marathon
Serpentine win the men's and women's team trophies.
15/11/2007 2008 club triathlon championships
Here are the races Nadya, your coaches and I have selected for the club championships next year.
15/11/2007 Serpentine 2007 Christmas Party
Saturday 8th Dec 2007, 7.00pm until 1:00am
Buy your ticket now from Entry Central.
12/11/2007 Serpie technical caps - register if interested in buying one!
Custom made Serpie caps costing £8-10 could be added to kit range if there is enough interest from members in buying them. Vote here now!
12/11/2007 Last Friday 5k, 25 April - A and B races have sold out.
09/11/2007 Reminder! This Monday 3rd Dec - Marathon Seminar
We still have a waiting list so if you registered but cannot now attend please email Robin Tuddenham by midday Monday.
08/11/2007 Fell and Mountain Running
New area of the website for mountain lovers.
07/11/2007 October Committee Minutes
Read what the Committee has decided now!
06/11/2007 Club Championships
2008 races announced. Fred Hughes 10 is the first race.
04/11/2007 Serpentine's men win North London X/C Championship
Congratulations to Serpentine's men's team, who won the North London Cross Country Champs on Saturday and to the ladies teams that took silver and bronze behind Highgate.
30/10/2007 Serpentine Handicap race is this weekend
Next club handicap takes place Saturday, 3rd November, in Hyde Park.
27/10/2007 New lactate threshold sessions in Greenwich
Karen and Malcolm lead a new session on Tuesday evenings. Further info.
24/10/2007 New Committee Member
New social rep for Serpentine
22/10/2007 ERRA national 6 stage relays
A good day out at Sutton Park for our 6 stage team.
19/10/2007 Jekyll & Hyde Park duathlon - final race day information available.
New bike course! New transition location!
Details here.
17/10/2007 Vanessa Fawcett one of the winning UK team in adventure challenge
This year's Discovery Channel adventure challenge was held in the Austrian alps and won by a British team including Vanessa.
14/10/2007 Excellent start to Metropolitan League X/C
Men's A 2nd, women's A 4th. Both B teams win.
14/10/2007 Chrissie Wellington wins Ironman Hawaii
Serpie till 2003 when she moved north, Chrissie took the gold medal today in the Kona world IM championships
10/10/2007 Cross country at Ruislip - travel warning
Football at Wembley this Saturday. Please leave extra travel time to get to Ruislip.
02/10/2007 New Core Stability Classes this Autumn
The Serpentine Running Club is holding two six-week courses this autumn for members who want to work on their core stability, flexibility and increase their muscular strength in order to improve their performance and prevent injury.
29/09/2007 Southern Road Relay Championships
Our senior men finish in 18th place and qualify for the national championships. Our V50 team finish 9th in their category.
28/09/2007 High Peak Relay
Alan Hall is organising teams for a weekend in Derbyshire, including this 35 mile, 10 stage relay race.
27/09/2007 Track & Field Awards
The 2007 awards for track and field were awarded on Wednesday evening.
27/09/2007 SEAA Fell Running Championships
Serpentine take the overall team prizes and are crowned SEAA Fell Running
Team Champions at the Isle of Wight SEAA Fell Running Championships. Simon
Barratt also took the individual 3rd overall prize.
25/09/2007 New physiotherapist recommendation
Are you looking for a physio?
23/09/2007 Serpentine biathlon
Serpentine RC take first and second place in the annual challenge against the Serpentine swimming club.
17/09/2007 World Masters Championships
A fantastic M45 gold for Neil Tunstall in the 400m hurdles and excellent results for Bob Davidson in the M75 category.
17/09/2007 Jekyll & Hyde now FULL!
The waiting list is now open.
12/09/2007 Volunteers Needed for Duathlon
Help us go from strength to strength!
11/09/2007 Serpentine win London League mob match
The 2007 London Triathlon League has wrapped up with Serpentine winning the "mob match" competition.
10/09/2007 Club Championship 10k
Ian Druce and Holly Wilkinson are the 2007 10k champions and Anthony Stranger-Jones is the age-graded 10k champion.
03/09/2007 Laurence Harding - fastest in the world
5 Serpies were selected to represent GB in the ITU World Standard Distance championships
30/08/2007 Fell Running Championships 22/23 Sept
Join a group of Serpies heading to the Isle of Wight
29/08/2007 BTF Awards for Triathlon Volunteers - Nominations Open
Show your appreciation to the Serpie coaches and volunteers that organise tri training, events, and support the sport within our club
23/08/2007 Last Friday 5k, 31 Aug: A and B races have sold out.
20/08/2007 New Nutrition section on Serpie website
with new article on the Science of Ironman Nutrition, by Dr Jeff Shilt
19/08/2007 Updated Finsbury Loop running route
Malcolm Hinsley has updated this route with a full description.
05/08/2007 Lanzarote 2008 trip filling up quickly!
Next year's Serpentine La Santa trip has been booked for Thurs 28th February to Thurs 6th March. The trip is open to Serpentine club members and their guests.
01/08/2007 AGM Minutes - 30 June 2007
Now available to read
29/07/2007 Welcome to the new look Serpentine website
It's taken a lot of work but I think it's worth it! Please read full story for details.
24/07/2007 Keep up to date with the running of the club
Minutes of last committee meeting - 9 July 2007
23/07/2007 Great Results for Serpies at Dartford Half Marathon!
Jane Fanning, Holly Wilkinson, Karen Hancock and Malcolm Hinsley all won prizes at the hilly Dartford Half last weekend, while Serpie Ladies took both 1st & 2nd place team prizes.
20/07/2007 Summer grand-prix race series
Andrew Reeves and Kate Laforet win the series.
Andrew Reeves also wins the age-graded trophy.
20/07/2007 Club 5km championships
First man: Ian Druce in 15:56
First woman: Catherine Wilding in 17:47
Highest age-graded: Anthony Stranger-Jones with 86.3%
15/07/2007 Club 5k champs: Thursday, 19 July, Battersea Park
Race starts at 7.30pm. Register at the Millennium Arena. All entries taken on night, fee GBP 1.00. Please run in a Serpie top.
14/07/2007 Round Norfolk Relay 2007
17 stage relay around Norfolk on 14/15th September.
Email roundnorfolk@serpentine.org.uk to join our team.
13/07/2007 Tuesday track sessions
Tuesday track sessions now take place at Willesden Sports Centre, not Paddington Recreation Ground.
12/07/2007 Next Serpie Handicap - tomorrow Saturday 4th August
The next Serpentine Club Handicap race with take take place this Saturday in Hyde Park - registration 8.15-8.55 only!
03/07/2007 Club Championship 3k
Congratulations to Kate Laforet, Andy Reeves and Karen Hancock who are this years female, male and age-graded champions.
02/07/2007 Club championship 1k
Congratulations to Andrew Reeves, Penny Thorn and David McGregor who are this year's male, female and age-graded 1k club champions.
02/07/2007 Ironman Championships 2008 and beyond
As previously announced the club championship Ironman distance race in 2008 will be Roth and in 2009 it'll be Lanzarote
29/06/2007 Committee Minutes - 18 June 2007
Keep up to date. It is your club!
27/06/2007 Serpentine 25th anniversary summer party
Friday 27th July 8pm till 1am on the party boat Golden Flame.
Tickets now on sale at EntryCentral
25/06/2007 New youngest Serpie
Congratulations to committee member Jeni Vlahovic, and her husband Ian Druce, on the birth of their son.
25/06/2007 Club Ironman Championship
Chris Fox and Julie Payne are the 2007 winners
21/06/2007 Abdifatah Dhuhulow wins gold in Manchester
Abdi won gold in both the 5000m and 800m in the T44 category at the British Open Athletics Championships.
10/06/2007 Welsh Castles Relay report
Women come 1st and men 3rd in the 25th anniversary race.
01/06/2007 No Handicap on Sat, 2 June. Club run from Seymour instead.
29/05/2007 Club sprint triathlon champions
Congratulations to John Lund and Katie Crowe who are this year's club sprint triathlon champions.
27/05/2007 Tuesday track, venue change to Willesden Sports Centre. See news below.
27/05/2007 Tuesday track - venue change
Future Tuesday track sessions will be held at Willesden Sports Centre, Donnington Road, Willesden, NW10 3QX.
26/05/2007 Club run from Seymour on Sat, 2 June. No Handicap.
Sat, 2 June: there will be a Club Run from Seymour starting at 9.30am. No Handicap. Usual Saturday routes in Hyde Park. See www.serpentine.org.uk/clubruns/sat.php
21/05/2007 Green Belt Relay
The Serpie ladies team wins again and our men come second.
21/05/2007 Serpentine AGM - 30 June 2007
Hope to see you all there!
20/05/2007 No Seymour club run, Saturday, 26 May. Handicap race instead.
Handicap race taking place on Sat, 26 May (one week early) so no Seymour club run this Saturday.
15/05/2007 Spring 2007 Serpentimes
Latest issue available
14/05/2007 Skinfit at Seymour this Wednesday, 14th May
This Wednesday clothing supplier Skinfit will be setting up a stand outside the clubroom at the Seymour centre.
12/05/2007 BMAF National Road Relays
More Serpie vets teams than ever before competed in Sutton Coldfield.
11/05/2007 Serpentine women win silver in UKA/ERRA marathon championship
Catherine Wilding, Liz Wynn and Holly Wilkinson are second placed team in the London marathon.
09/05/2007 Another Serpentine Ladies Victory
Success at the Reading Half Marathon
09/05/2007 LFOTM: Friday, 27 July
Free sports massage.
29/04/2007 Membership Cards
In future, plastic membership cards are to be issued to people joining or renewing.
23/04/2007 New World Record for Serpie
Ian Sharman is officially the world's fastest Elvis
18/04/2007 Serpentine Committee Minutes - 4 April 2007
Please read the minutes of the latest Committee meeting
16/04/2007 London Marathon - watching
Meet to watch the race at the junction of The Highway and Cannon Street Road, near the 13 and 22 mile points.
15/04/2007 Paul and Josie Perry win club duathlon championship
At the Cambridge Duathlon today, Paul and Josie were the fastest Serpies.
15/04/2007 National 12 stage road relays
Well done to Andy Reeves and his team - 39th at the 12 stage road relays
15/04/2007 National 6 stage road relays
Congratulations to our women's team who improved on last year's excellent result.
11/04/2007 Post London Marathon pub
Post London-marathon eating and drinking will take place at the Talbot, SW1.
08/04/2007 European Veteran T&F Championships
Congratulations to Brenda Green who broke British Record in the W75 age group for 400m at the recent European Veteran Indoor Track & Field Championships in Helsinki.
07/04/2007 Serpentine results service
We now have a second results administrator to help Wyn Morgan.
04/04/2007 Serpentine Club Handicap - this Saturday
The club handicap takes place this Saturday, 26th May.
01/04/2007 Southern 12 Stage Road Relay Championships
Serpie men are 13th in Milton Keynes
01/04/2007 Southern 6 Stage Road Relay Championships
Serpie women achieve 12th place at Milton Keynes
28/03/2007 Rosenheim League
Miguel Branco takes over from Lars Menken as team captain.
23/03/2007 Hertfordshire County Indoor T&F Championships
Congratulations to Serpie coach David Lipscomb who has won the county trophy for the shot put.
23/03/2007 Last Half of London Marathon Training Run
Sign up to run the Last Half of London on April 1st at 8:45am or to help by marshalling/providing water. Club members only.
23/03/2007 Serpie Mini-Tri Results
Laurence Harding and Fiona Lawrence were first man and woman in the Serpie mini-tri held in Lanzarote
16/03/2007 Tri & multi-sport championships - update
The Olympic distance tri championship is now Bedford Classic and the open water aquathlon has been chosen.
16/03/2007 Sue Lambert heads 2006 W65 Road Rankings
Congratulations to Sue Lambert who heads the W65 2006 Road Rankings complied by Athletics Weekly for 10 miles, Half Marathon, 20 miles and the Marathon. She also placed 3rd in 5 miles and 10 km.
16/03/2007 Serpie ladies win team prize at Hastings 1/2
Holly Wilkinson, Lucy Brooks, Jane Fanning and Maryanne Howe were the fastest female UK athletes in this popular half marathon.
06/03/2007 Athletics Weekly Road Rankings
Karen Hancock heads 2006 W50 20 mile road rankings
04/03/2007 Club 5 mile championship
Congratulations to Ian Druce and Claire Imrie who became the club 5 mile champions today. David McGregor makes it 3 out of 3 in the age-graded competition.
04/03/2007 Club Multi-Sport Championship Results so far
Chris Saunders and Rachel Whittaker lead to 2007 championship table.
04/03/2007 Training Advice for Marathon Day
Coach David Lipscomb has produced a document you can download with useful hints and tips for the big day.
03/03/2007 Abdifatah Dhuhulow wins the John Stonham trophy
The John Stonham trophy, presented each year by the committee, has been awarded to Abdifatah Dhuhulow.
27/02/2007 25th Anniversary event
Turn out in club kit for the May 9th and 12th club runs.
27/02/2007 FLM Club Places 2008
Would you like a London Marathon place in 2008?
26/02/2007 Serpies win Sunday X/C League trophies
Congratulations to Miguel Branco, who was second in the Men's Open competition and to Derek Paterson, who was 2nd in the M50 age-group.
26/02/2007 New Women's 10k Record
Congratulation to Barbara Yff who smashed her own club 10k record at Bourton yesterday.
26/02/2007 Club 20 mile championship - Bramley
Congratulations to Martin Gaunt and Catherine Wilding who became the 2007 20 mile champions at the Bramley 20.
22/02/2007 Important February 5k course change info.
Bridge repairs mean that we cannot use the usual Last Friday course. We will use another 1-lap route that is entirely within Hyde Park. Plenty of course maps will be available on the day. Hugh Jones has measured the course.
19/02/2007 Indoor marathon speed training
New track session at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre on Thursday evenings until the London marathon.
15/02/2007 New and updated pages in results database
I've just completed a large update to the results database http://www.serpentine.org.uk/rdb/ and I thought you might find it helpful if I point out some of these changes so you can make use of them.
04/02/2007 Serpentine retain Watford HM trophy
Martin Gaunt, Eric Vamben and Ian Sharman bring home the Watford half-marathon team trophy for the club, for the 4th year in a row.
04/02/2007 Serpies medal at Middx Masters X/C Champs
Anthony Stranger-Jones, Jan Farmer and the W35 team take home medals.
30/01/2007 Serpie member Dave Aitchison
It's with deep sadness that we have learned that Dave passed away last week
28/01/2007 South of England Cross-Country Championships
Good results for Serpie women but a poor turnout limits success for the men at the championships held at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
25/01/2007 2006 Hedgeweek.com Triathlon League Results
Serpentine do well in last year's Triathlon League and have won £800 in total.
21/01/2007 10 mile Club Championship is a close race
Barney Southin wins the Fred Hughes 10 to become the men's 10 mile club champion 2007 and Louisa Ruderman is the women's club champion with a new PB.
03/01/2007 Club Championships - first race 21/01/07
The first race of the 2007 club championships is "The Fred Hughes 10" in St. Albans on 21st January.
15/12/2006 Serpentine New Year\'s Day 10K and 3k Fun Run
10K is sold out, but places still available for the 3k.
15/12/2006 Age gradings in results database
New (2006) age grading factors will be used for all our results from 1st January.
09/12/2006 Serpie women take Bronze at London Cross Country Championship and men place 10th.
Congratulations to the Serpie women’s team of Helen Zenner, Vikki Stringer, Ruth Clifton and Katie Crow, who took Bronze at the London Cross Country Championships. The men’s A team of Miguel Branco, Andy Reeves, Kevin Darcy and Richard Phillips placed tenth out of 53 teams. In total, we closed 7 men’s and 4 women’s teams.
06/12/2006 Club Multi-Sport Championship winners 2006
Well done Ian Druce and Christine Lutsch who are the 2006 multi-sport champions.
06/12/2006 Club Marathon Championship
Well done to Simon Barrett and Barbara Yff who are this year's club marathon champions.
06/12/2006 2006 Club Age-graded Championship
It's all over now except for the prize-giving!
Karen Hancock is the 2006 club age-graded champion.
03/12/2006 Club London Marathon Places
If you have been rejected for London please read on...
29/11/2006 Christmas Party tickets are sold out!
There is now a waiting list for tickets. To add yourself to the waiting list, please follow the instructions for buying a ticket as per the main story.
29/11/2006 Handicap - 3 February 2007
The club handicap takes place this Saturday, 3 February.
20/11/2006 SerpieMail now running on new server
Everything is now transferred to the new server. If you use SerpieMail please read the full story.
19/11/2006 SerpieMail moving to new server
SerpieMail is currently down while everything is being moved to the new server. Please try again in the morning.
12/11/2006 Last Friday 5k, 24 November: Both A and B races have sold out.
02/11/2006 Wanted! Serpie Handicappers
Our handicappers, Simon and Lynne, are standing down at the end of this year so we're looking for replacements and helpers!
29/10/2006 Louisa Ruderman wins Clapham Common 10k series
The series involved 5 races throughout 2006 with points awarded for position and time.
23/10/2006 New Years Day 10K
Registration to open 1 November.
21/10/2006 English National Road Relays
The Serpie ladies team place 28th club (30th overall) in the 4 stage relays in Sutton Coldfield.
16/10/2006 New leaders in the multi-sport championship
The new leaders of the multi-sport championship are Ian Druce (497.8 points) and Christine Lutsch (487.8 points).
16/10/2006 New womens club half-marathon record
Catherine Wilding does 1:20:52 in the Amsterdam HM
16/10/2006 Serpentine Fees Increase
Membership and Joining Fees to be increased on 1 November 2006
10/10/2006 Core Stability and Strength Training courses for Serpentine Runners and Triathletes
We will be holding two courses for members who want to work on their core stability, flexibility and strength on 6 Tuesdays from 7th November.
10/10/2006 Age group gold at Rimini
Eddie Brocklesby won the Gold medal for her age group yesterday at the European Duathlon Championships in Rimini.
10/10/2006 100 Club winners for October
The winners of October's 100 Club draw are now online.
09/10/2006 Track and Field Trophy winners
2006 winners announced at recent presentation evening
09/10/2006 David Lipscomb Trophy
New award to honour a club legend!
06/10/2006 Tri & Multi-Sport Championships 2007
Provisional races for 2007.
06/10/2006 Club Championships 2007
Remaining races for 2007 announced.
06/10/2006 Autumn 2006 Serpentimes
The latest issue of Serpentimes is available on the website
27/09/2006 Jekyll & Hyde Park Halloween Duathlon
The race is FULL! But we still need marshals!
26/09/2006 Serpie vets break club records at SEAA relays
Callum Martin, David McGregor and Anthony Stranger-Jones became the fastest ever Serpies in their respective age groups.
25/09/2006 Senior Mens team finds relay competition too hot
Serpie men come 36th (30th A team) at the SEAA Road Relay Championships missing out on qualification for the nationals.
24/09/2006 Serpie women 21st in SEAA Road Relays
Emma Calderbank, Sarah Edmunds, Kate Laforet and Helen Mussen finish in 1:00:19 and should have qualified for the national championships.
19/09/2006 Officials Courses
Track & Field Officials courses this Autumn
17/09/2006 Round Norfolk Relay report
17 Serpies took part in the annual Round Norfolk Relay this weekend. We came 11th in the open category and 20th overall, from 45 teams.
15/09/2006 Novice Cycling Training
Two-part six-hour novice cycle training for new and returning adult cyclists.
11/09/2006 Success at Surrey Decathlon Championships
Jaysn Savage came 6th at the Surrey Decathlon Championships, scoring 4123 points.
11/09/2006 Success at Grunty Fen
Serpentine women take 1st team prize at the Grunty Fen half marathon
11/09/2006 10k Club Championship Results
Valerie Metcalf and Eric Vamben are the 2006 club 10k champions. Anthony Stranger-Jones is the age-graded champion.
04/09/2006 World Aquathlon Championships (Lausanne)
Vanessa Hogg wins Silver in the W30-34 age-group.
23/08/2006 Vanessa Hogg is Britain\'s 2nd fittest director
Congratulations to Vanessa who placed second and first lady in the recent Daily Telegraph competition.
20/08/2006 Concorde Sprint Triathlon
Ian Druce and Ludovica Bruno are the 2006 sprint triathlon champions!
15/08/2006 Helpers (and runners!) wanted in Battersea Park on Sunday!
Serpies are hosting a 5 mile race in the Summer League series this Sunday - we need marshalls, water station and finish helpers. Fun for all in Battersea Park!
14/08/2006 Jekyll & Hyde Park Duathlon
The 2006 race will take place on 22 October. Registration will open in early September.
10/08/2006 Serpentine biathlon - 16th September
the next race in the multi-sport series is the "Serpentine biathlon" - our annual race against the Serpentine swimming club.
10/08/2006 SML T&F season complete
Another club record, and PB's galore in final fixture. Teams finish 14th, 13th and 6th in league.
07/08/2006 European Vets Medals for Pauline Rich
Congratulations to Pauline Rich who won Silver in the W60 10,000 metres and Bronze in the W60 5,000 metres at the European Veterans' Championships which were held in Poznam, Poland in July.
29/07/2006 Round Norfolk Relay - team registration open
Round Norfolk Relay is on 16th & 17th September.
Please email us at roundnorfolk@serpentine.org.uk if you'd like to take part or help
27/07/2006 Last Friday 5k, 28 July - important news for runners
Footpath likely to be congested near Diana Fountain because of new boat landing stage. Please exercise care.
27/07/2006 New club records at Div 1 T&F
400m and 4x400m times broken.
26/07/2006 Serpentine summer grand-prix final results
The 2006 champions are Andrew Reeves with 397.1 points and Karen Hancock with 391.7 points.
26/07/2006 Club Championship 5K Results
Eric Vamben and Christine Lutsch are this year's winners.
25/07/2006 Hawaii slots for Richard and Jenny
Both qualified at Ironman Germany
20/07/2006 Club Championship 1 mile results
Christine Lutsch and Andy Reeves are the 2006 club 1 mile champions.
15/07/2006 1k Club Championship
2nd grand-prix race held in Hyde Park. The winners were Andrew Reeves & Karen Hancock.
11/07/2006 Latest Club Championship Contested in Battersea Park
Andy Reeves and Christine Lutsch are the 2006 3k Champs!
11/07/2006 Use of Seymour Leisure centre outside of normal club times
New signing in procedure
10/07/2006 Club Championship 3k, Battersea Park, Tuesday, 11 July, 7.30pm
Open to all Serpies. Enter on day. Register at the Millennium Arena - http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=london-bp
10/07/2006 More British Masters medals for Pauline Rich
She is our most consistently successful veteran athlete being a serial medallist at World, European and British Championships.
07/07/2006 T&F teams for Saturday
Teams named for this week.
06/07/2006 World Age Group Triathlon Championships
Five Serpie triathletes qualify for team GB
02/07/2006 Club Ironman Championship
Have you done an Ironman in 2006? Are you planning to?
29/06/2006 Bronze for Vanessa
Vanessa Hogg won a bronze medal at the European Olympic distance triathlon champs
28/06/2006 Races & Events Planner
Anthony Alexander has made some updates to the planner to make it even better.
21/06/2006 Serpie Summer Party
The date for the Serpie Summer party is now set - Saturday 29th July.
13/06/2006 Club Championship - Grand Prix Races
Grand Prix Races are set!
12/06/2006 AGM (update)
Who is standing for election? What's on the agenda?
12/06/2006 Welsh Castles Relay 2006
Best ever result - 2nd - for men's team, 2nd place also for women's team behind a very strong Winchester.
08/06/2006 Swim Training June 13
'Pay as you go' session on Tuesday June 13 for technique-focussed coaching.
08/06/2006 Nottingham Tri relays - last chance
Contact Simon Gardner now if you want to race at the National Triathlon Relays in Nottingham.
06/06/2006 Excellent results for Serpies at the Weymouth Middle Distance Triathlon
Jenny Gowans is 1st lady and Toby Radcliffe 1st 25-29 man.
02/06/2006 Serpentine Duathlon Champions 2006
Michael Hadmon and Kimberly Kabatoff are the 2006 Serpie duathlon champions
02/06/2006 T&F results
3 thirds for Serpie teams
01/06/2006 World Long Course Duathlon Championships
Eddie Brocklesby gets bronze medal in her age group
26/05/2006 Core Stability and Strength Training course for Serpentine Runners and Triathletes
We will be holding a combined Core Stability and Strength Training course starting on 13th June run over 4 weeks. To register e-mail beate@serpentine.org.uk
25/05/2006 Latest issue of Serpentimes
The spring 2006 issue of Serpentimes, in colour, is now available
22/05/2006 T&F results - match 2
Depleted Div 1, 3 & 4 teams come pleasing 3rd, 4th and 2nd this week. Well done to everyone who turned out.
22/05/2006 Green Belt Relay report
We didn't win but we did bring back trophies.
19/05/2006 Serpie women have won silver in the AAA marathon champs
Well done Barbara Yff, Grainne O'Donnell and Vikki Stringer who placed 2nd women's team in the AAA champs (London marathon)
14/05/2006 Club Championship 5 mile results
Ian Druce and Vikki Stringer are the club 5 mile champions, with Ian breaking the club record!
14/05/2006 Green Belt Relay - place(s) available next weekend
If anyone would like to run in the Green Belt Relay next weekend, please get in touch urgently as I have a spare place (maybe two).
12/05/2006 Last Friday 5k - 26 May - Postal entries for A and B races have closed.
11/05/2006 Decathlon winners
This years winners are Jamie Nelson and Rachel Brough, new Club record.
11/05/2006 Club Championships 1983-1998
All of the results from 1983-1998 are now available in the results database
09/05/2006 Aquathlon championship winners
Ian Druce and Christine Lutsch are the Serpentine aquathlon champions for 2006
02/05/2006 Lanzarote 2007
The Serpentine 2007 trip to Club La Santa, Lanzarote will take place from 8-15th March 2007.
02/05/2006 Green Belt Relay - Team logistics information
We've produced a PDF with lots of useful information about the logistics of GBR.
26/04/2006 Cross Country 2006-2007
We now have provisional dates and venues for most of the next season's races.
24/04/2006 Club Marathon Record broken
The all time club marathon record (for a 1st claim Serpie) was broken in the London Marathon. Congratulations to Simon Barrett who ran an impressive 2:27:40 !!
21/04/2006 Decathlon Sat 6th May, Battersea track
2nd running of the event, now part of the Multisport Championship. Register now via my events.
18/04/2006 Post London marathon celebration venue
Serpie runners and supporters are invited to celebrate together after the race
12/04/2006 Vet\'s Track and Field
The Southern Masters League track and field season kicks off in a few weeks and we're looking for competitors in the men's events.
12/04/2006 Travel on London marathon day
Advice from Transport for London
08/04/2006 AAA National 12 & 6 Stage Road Relays
Fantastic results for both our teams at Sutton Coldfield.
02/04/2006 Our Webmaster: It\'s good-bye to Rob and hello to Mike...
This weekend, Rob Maslen stood down as webmaster of our fantastic website after around 2.5 years of hard work.
28/03/2006 Track & Field season fast approaching
Southern men's league commences 29th April
28/03/2006 Change to Kit room opening tomorrow (29/3)
Due to stocktake, kit sales before the run, not after as if usual for last Wed of the month.
26/03/2006 SEAA Relay success
Both men's & women's teams make top 15 at South of England Road Relays
26/03/2006 LFOTM 5k - March - Both A & B races have sold out. NO VOUCHER PLACES ON THE DAY
17/03/2006 Welsh Castles Relay - 10/11 June 2006
Please email welshcastles@serpentine.org.uk if you'd like to run or (especially!) help e.g. with driving, but please read the notes in main story first.
17/03/2006 Green Belt Relay - 20/21 May 2006
Please email greenbeltrelay@serpentine.org.uk if you'd like to take part or (especially!) help e.g. with driving.
17/03/2006 Members\' shopping discounts
New page on the website with all discounts 'at a glance'
08/03/2006 Malcolm French wins UK Athletics Award
Malcolm French has been awarded 2006 Club Volunteer of the Year for the London Region.
05/03/2006 Club Half Marathon Championship Results
Andrew Reeves and Karen Hancock are the 2006 club half-marathon champions.
01/03/2006 WANTED - Graphic designers for Serpentimes
I still need people to help with the layout/design of Serpentimes
28/02/2006 Tony Smith
Tony Smith died today.
26/02/2006 SerpieMail Problems
SerpieMail was down today due to a disk error. This is now fixed.
25/02/2006 National Cross Country Championships
Serpie men win the Minor Club Trophy
20/02/2006 Serpie women take team silver at North of the Thames X/C Champs
19/02/2006 Club Championship 20 mile race results
Simon Barrett and Emma Calderbank are this year's club 20 mile champions.
16/02/2006 Last Half of London Training Run - 9 April
Registration is now open for runners and volunteers.
16/02/2006 Serpie Best Performances: a new ResultsDB feature
I've added a new page to the ResultsDB which will let you search for the best-ever race times achieved by Serpies.
16/02/2006 Use of the Seymour centre - Please read
Management has raised issues regarding our use
16/02/2006 New Kit webpages
Updated details now on website
16/02/2006 Committee meeting - 6th February
A summary of the discussion
13/02/2006 Serpentine success at Meon Valley Plod
Serpentine men and women won the men's and women's team prizes at the Meon Valley Plod.
13/02/2006 Future Ironman club championship races
2007: IM France, 2008: Roth, 2009: IM Lanzarote.
05/02/2006 Serpies take team awards at Watford Half Marathon
Serpies took first place in both the women's and men's competitions at the Watford Half Marathon. The women's team was Barbara Yff (4th woman), Emma Calderbank (6th) and Helen Marks and the men were Eric Vamben (9th place overall out of about 1900 finishers), Keith Illman and Paul Perry.
04/02/2006 Serpie women medal at Middx Veterans XC Champs
Ros Young wins silver and the women's team of Val Metcalf, Jeannette Mueller, Hazel Paterson and Beate Vogt take Bronze in the Middx Veterans Cross Country Championships.
01/02/2006 Men win Middx 12-man trophy at South of England XC Championship
31/01/2006 Gordo talk on Training for Triathons
Gordo, an amazing Ironman athlete will speak to Serpentine during his short stay in London this week
29/01/2006 New Dates for Core Stability Class
To accommodate people going to Lanzarote, we have changed the dates for the sessions to 21 and 28 Feb, 8 and 24 March. £28 for 4 sessions. To register and for more info e-mail beate@serpentine.org.uk
26/01/2006 Vote for Serpie triathlete
David Aitchison has earned a place on the shortlist for London Triathlon's Triathlon Academy but needs you to vote for him to secure a place. Voting closes at the end of January.
26/01/2006 SerpieMail is working again
Ian Priddle has fixed SerpieMail despite the lack of help from our hosting company.
23/01/2006 Club Championship 10M results
Simon Barrett and Karen Hancock are the 2006 club 10M champions.
20/01/2006 New monday night swimming slot in White City
19/01/2006 New Core Stability Classes
Want to become a more efficient runner?
Tired of niggling lower back pain?
Consider our ALL NEW Core Stability Course starting on the 21st Feb!
For more information, contact Beate Vogt on 07879 658558, or email beate@serpentine.org.uk
14/01/2006 Club Duathlon Championship
The "T2 Events" Standard Distance Duathlon is going to be this year's duathlon championship race.
10/01/2006 Spring Marathon Training Seminar
Over 75 Serpies showed up to the inaugural Spring Marathon Training Seminar last night...
09/01/2006 Handicap results
Handicap results now available
06/01/2006 Fred Hughes 10 mile race is FULL
The St Albans, Fred Hughes 10 miles race on 22 January (which includes our club championship) is full. The organisers are not taking any further entries.
31/12/2005 New Year’s Day 10k
Impact of tube strike - race will go ahead
27/12/2005 Club Triathlon Championships
The 2006 races have been selected.
24/12/2005 Club run at 10.00am from Seymour on Wed, 28 December
Club run at 10.00am from Seymour on Wed, 28 December
16/12/2005 Club places at London marathon
Who have been awarded the club's five places?
14/12/2005 Seymour centre - Christmas opening times
Opening hours between 24th December and 2nd January
14/12/2005 Serpies’ finest
Amidst the food, wine, dancing and “other” activities at the Christmas Party on Friday night were some notable awards for many of our members.
10/12/2005 Club honours Keith Evans
Keith wins John Stonham Farewell Cup
04/12/2005 2005 multi-sport championships
The final race was last weekend so we now know the overall winners.
04/12/2005 Planning a Spring Marathon?
Your club is here to help you plan your training and get motivated again for 2006.
03/12/2005 Tom Hogshead 2005 decided by one point!
William Simpson narrowly edges out Justin Lock
28/11/2005 2006 Club Championship 10 mile race
The Dartford 10M race has apparently been cancelled so we've picked another: the St. Albans Fred Hughes 10M
28/11/2005 Going the distance with Ultraman
Michael Hanreck was 2nd in the Ultraman World Championships: 6.2 miles swim, 261 mile bike and a double marathon.
26/11/2005 November issue of Serpentimes hits the doormat (and the web)
Serpentimes, the quarterly magazine edited by Sally Hodge, and designed this time by Hel James, is out!
26/11/2005 London marathon club places
Get a place for the London marathon
22/11/2005 Another Clean(ish) Sweep At St Neots
Serpentine had another great year at the ever popular St Neots Half Marathon last Sunday ...
21/11/2005 News stories for all
High priority news stories on the home page for all users
19/11/2005 Athletics Weekly article on Serpentine
It is likely that a Serpie athlete will be featured on next week's front cover, and there is an article on Serpentine in AW Basics.
17/11/2005 Spinning classes continue another 8 week block
Serpentine spinning, suitable for all levels of cyclist continues, led by BTA coach and Serpentine member Paul Perry.
17/11/2005 2006 Club Tri Championships
Advance notice of which races we plan to use for the 2006 club triathlon championships
17/11/2005 2006 Club Championships
All the road races for the 2006 club championship series have now been selected.
13/11/2005 North London Cross Country Champs - Serpie team success.
Men win silver and women win bronze at the North London Cross Country Championships, held at Alexandra Palace on 13 November.
13/11/2005 Ballbuster duathlon
A record number of Serpies competed in this tough race over Box Hill yesterday, which was one of the races which counts towards the club multi-sport championships.
10/11/2005 Kit sellers required
On Wednesdays and Saturdays
31/10/2005 Men win Met league fixture!
Congratulations to the Serpie men who won Saturday's Met League race at Wormwood Scrubs.
28/10/2005 National 6 Stage Road Relays
Last weekend we sent a team to the National 6 Stage Road Relay Championships at Sutton Park in Birmingham, for the first time in the club's history.
27/10/2005 Multi-sport championship update
The multi sports results table has been updated with the Cabbage Patch, Metropolitan League and latest marathon results
20/10/2005 Committee meeting - 10th October
Minutes now on website
18/10/2005 Triathlon/Turbo Training Coaching Days for the winter
A range of one off winter coaching events have been organised by Beate Vogt. Turbo training theory day in 13th Nov and two coaching days for novice and advanced triathletes on 19th & 20th November.
16/10/2005 Serpentine Hawaii Ironmen
Both Jenny Gowans and Laurence Harding compete and complete the famous and infamous Hawaii Ironman
11/10/2005 Serpies at ITU Worlds
Ten Serpentine members in seven different age groups were racing at the ITU World Classic distance championships.
11/10/2005 Luton Team Relay 4 December 2005
Make up or join a team for our traditional end of year relay.
27/09/2005 The future of athletics in the UK - our vote
How we voted in the recent poll.
25/09/2005 Serpie men have another good result in Aldershot
The Serpie men's team came 26th in the SEAA autumn road relays and have qualified for the Nationals in 4 week's time.
25/09/2005 Fantastic results for Serpie women in SEAA Aldershot relays
The Serpie women's A team came 7th in the SEAA autumn road relays, qualifying for the Nationals in 4 week's time.
23/09/2005 September's LFOTM 5k
Postal entries for both A & B races have closed.
20/09/2005 Final call for Lanzarote March 2006!
If you want to come on the Club La Santa Trip to Lanzarote next year then your booking forms and deposits need to be in by 1st October.
14/09/2005 Serpie Ladies at the Southern Counties Vets final
We didn't come last!!!
13/09/2005 Volunteering opportunities
Help needed
12/09/2005 Cross Country Results Database
Cross Country results are now included in the results database.
10/09/2005 Serpentine Biathlon (Aquathlon) next weekend
Our annual race against the Serpentine swimming club takes place next Saturday, 17th September.
06/09/2005 Introduction to Cross Country
Meet the team captains in the clubroom after the Wedensday run.
02/09/2005 Clarendon Relays
Mixed teams required to defend serpie titles!
01/09/2005 Participate in the Club Championship 10K without running!
Request from Victoria Park Harriers for assistance at the Middlesex County 10K Championship -- 11 September.
28/08/2005 Committee meeting - 22nd August
What happened at the meeting?
25/08/2005 Ironman UK
Almost 40 Serpies completed the inaugural UK Ironman.
24/08/2005 Cross Country fixtures 2005-2006
The X/C fixture list for 2005/6 is now available.
24/08/2005 Multi-sport Championship update
We now have the dates for next season's cross-country racesso I can now announce the two remaining cross-country races which will count towards the championship.
18/08/2005 Rosenheim Track & Field team comes 6th in inter-division final
Kingston & Polytechnic wins the 2005 version of the Rosenheim league. Serpentine finishes in 6th place, just 3 points behind Richmond and Twickenham.
17/08/2005 Last Friday 5k - 26 August
Run & Become will be closed from 14/8 to 30/8. Postal entries have closed (23/8).
16/08/2005 Sprint Triathlon Club Championship
At least 26 Serpies competed in the Concorde Sprint Triathlon last weekend which was won by Serpie Laurence Harding in a time of 00:57:13
16/08/2005 New Club Kit available for order
New Serpentine kit will soon be available. Items include long and short sleeved coolmax t-shirts (UKA legal), high quality fleece lined Stormtech Jackets and waterproof jackets. EXTENDED ORDER DEADLINE
09/08/2005 Introduction to Core Stability – new classes starting in September
A new series of classes 'Introduction to Core Stability' with Sarah Lawson from Physio Remedies and Paul Martin from Physioworks.
08/08/2005 Committee meets on 22nd August
Do you have an issue to raise?
08/08/2005 National Club Triathlon Relays
Over 30 Serpies were in Nottingham this weekend for the National Club Relays.
03/08/2005 Club Championship Grand-Prix results
Emma Calderbank and Massimiliano Monteforte are the 2005 grand-prix winners.
02/08/2005 Club handicap - Saturday 6 August 2005
Click on this news story for full race instructions
30/07/2005 Track and field men's team promoted to division 3
The division 4 T&F team won their final fixture in the southern men's league on Saturday to secure 2nd place (out of 16 teams) in the table and direct promotion to division 3.
30/07/2005 Serpentine news available as RSS feed
Development of news manager - under test. Now with results.
28/07/2005 Gold medals for Barrie in the World Transplant Games
Serpie life member Barrie Laverick wins 6 gold medals in the world transplant games in Canada.
28/07/2005 Serpiemail working
Our email server is back up
22/07/2005 World Class Serpie triathletes
It looks like we'll have a pretty good Serpie contingent racing out in Hawaii at the World Olympic Distance Championships.
22/07/2005 Round Norfolk Relay
Runners needed!
22/07/2005 Club championship 1 mile - Tuesday 2nd August
The 1 mile club championship race has been postponed to the 2nd of August
20/07/2005 Serpie success at BMAF National Track & Field Championships 2005
Three Serpie vets win gold at the BMAF track and field champs Birmingham
15/07/2005 Cycling coordinator - help required
Lucy Dove is looking for someone to take over the role of cycling coordinator.
12/07/2005 Serpie ladies vets win through to track and field final!
Although we haven't had formal notification yet, Serpie Ladies won thelast Southern Vets track and field fixture last night and so will be going to the final at Battersea on Sunday September 11.
11/07/2005 2005 Tri results update
After a bit of a slog, we are now pretty much up to date with race results for so far this year.
10/07/2005 T&F success in Aldershot
The Division 4 track & field team wins the meeting in Aldershot and is within reach of promotion
07/07/2005 Events of 7th July
The effects of events in London
07/07/2005 Taking the club forward - feedback results and recommendations
Feedback results now collated with recommendations put forward for next year.
04/07/2005 Annual general meeting
Summary of what happened
29/06/2005 New Serpentine run starts 29th June
A new run between 2 and 3 parks makes it easier to make a step up to 3 parks and gives a target to 10km runners
28/06/2005 Summer issue of Serpentimes out now.
Serpentimes, the club's magazine, is out now - through the post and also online...
28/06/2005 Annual general meeting - Saturday 2nd July
Resolutions, slightly later time, final agenda, travel issues
23/06/2005 Committee minutes
Minutes now published on the website
19/06/2005 Last Friday of the Month 5k - 24th June
Important information for those entering
13/06/2005 Keep track of your events
A new feature on the website - tag your events, share lifts, get and receive infomation about your events.
12/06/2005 Best ever Serpie result at Welsh Castles Relay
Serpie ladies retain both Queen of the Mountains and overall winners awards and our men get their highest ever placing.
11/06/2005 Lanzarote 2006 - prebook now
Our spring training camp is prebooking now
11/06/2005 Summer Bar-B-Q Saturday 25 June
Bookings are now closed - sorry if you missed it.
07/06/2005 Gold, Silver and Bronze duathlon medals for Serpie age-group internationals.
Eddie Brocklesby brought home her age-group’s gold medal from the European Duathlon Championships held in Hungary on 15 May and second place in the ITU World Long Course Duathlon Championships on 29 May
06/06/2005 Serpentine Middle Distance Triathlon Champions
Julian Nagi and Candice McDonald led a field of 24 Serpies taking part in the Weymouth middle distance Tri (2k,85k,21k).
06/06/2005 Superb performances at the National 25 mile Cycling Time Trials
Laurence Harding, Mel Williams and Rebecca Stubbs all had great results in this weekend's TT championships in Wales, even though the weather was against them, with gale force winds and driving rain.
03/06/2005 New online track and field database
STOP PRESS - speed enhancements and age-grading
01/06/2005 Tom Hogshead
Table updated with May results
01/06/2005 Club kit: how to purchase it
On sale most Wednesday nights in kit room (next to upper Balcony) at Seymour from 6-7pm or order and receive by post.
01/06/2005 Handicap - Saturday 25 June (not 2 July as previously advertised)
Follow this link for details of Saturday's race
31/05/2005 Fun and Fitness Day, Saturday 4th June
This event has been cancelled.
23/05/2005 Men's Div 1 T&F WIN!!!
In possibly the greatest ever track and field result for the club, the Div 1 team won on Saturday, despite missing many regulars. Div 4 came 2nd. Details to follow later
22/05/2005 Serpie double win in Green Belt Relay
Serpentine win both men's and women's races in this weekend's Green Belt Relay (21/22 May)
19/05/2005 Coombe Hill 5M results
The full results are available as a PDF
19/05/2005 Surrey County Championships success
Congratulations to Ben Paviour who, last Sunday, placed second in the Surrey County Championships 1,500 metres.
17/05/2005 Weekly news emails
Do you want to receive weekly emails of news and information?
15/05/2005 Coombe Hill 5M club championship race
Andy Reeves and Barbara Yff are the 2005 5M club champions
09/05/2005 Div 1 & 4 T&F teams start season with 2nd places
Opening T&F meeting results
08/05/2005 Morden 6n6 Aquathlon
Race results and multi-sport championship update
08/05/2005 New Core Stability Training Classes starting 16 May
SRC in conjunction with Sarah Lawson is organising Core Stability Training Classes specifically geared towards runners and triathletes to help alleviate or prevent injury.
07/05/2005 Southern Vets League - Monday 9th May
This coming Monday the 9th, sees the first of this year's Southern Vets League fixtures, at Battersea Park.
07/05/2005 New home page and news service
Information about these features.
03/05/2005 Serpentine handicap - Saturday 7th May
Important information for those planning on attending this members only event
19/04/2005 Welsh Castles Relay 2005
Entries for this superb road relay from Caernarfon to Cardiff are now open. We need more runners - please sign-up.
31/03/2005 Green Belt Relay
The 2005 Green Belt Relay (GBR) is happening over the weekend of 21st & 22nd May. We now have a 6th team so more places are likely to be available (only one or two reserves are left on the list).
19/02/2005 International selection
A Serpie goes international