Serpentine Handicap Results: 31 May 2008

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Handicap runners

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1 Charles Doxat 47:34 18:30 29:04 28:45 10 20 30 56 14:26 14:38 6:42 82.9%
2 Lula Rosso 47:47 11:45 36:02 35:47 11 19 30 27 17:48 18:14 8:18 58.9%
3 Keith Evans 47:49 08:45 39:04 34:09 0 18 18 119 19:47 19:17 9:00 63.5%
4 Roger Coyle 47:56 21:30 26:26 26:26 12 17 29 8 13:05 13:21 6:05 70.3%
5 Brian Pickles 47:57 18:00 29:57 29:40 11 16 27 42 14:39 15:18 6:54 70.1%
6 James Stratford 47:58 16:45 31:13 29:50 7 15 22 150 15:28 15:45 7:12 66.2%
7 Eamonn Richardson 48:07 17:30 30:37 28:15 4 14 18 199 15:16 15:21 7:03 68.0%
8 Graham Carson 48:09 16:15 31:54 31:43 11 13 24 26 15:34 16:20 7:21 72.2%
9 Gordon Robertson 48:16 16:45 31:31 31:11 10 12 22 61 15:25 16:06 7:16 65.0%
10 David Smart 48:17 19:30 28:47 28:23 10 11 21 79 14:28 14:19 6:38 78.6%
11 Alex Malzer 48:21 20:00 28:21 27:54 10 10 20 17 13:56 14:25 6:32 67.5%
12 Jeannette Mueller 48:26 16:30 31:56 31:29 10 9 19 32 15:42 16:14 7:21 67.8%
13 Ashok Jamdagni 48:31 08:30 40:01 39:34 10 8 18 36 20:20 19:41 9:13 59.1%
14 Tom Donovan 48:35 16:30 32:05 31:30 10 7 17 15 15:54 16:11 7:24 62.4%
15 Andrew Davies 48:43 23:15 25:28 24:05 6 6 12 29 12:34 12:54 5:52 73.3%
16 Yukimi Rabnott 48:47 13:15 35:32 34:47 9 5 14 9 17:43 17:49 8:11 59.5%
17 Mark Palmer 48:52 18:15 30:37 29:47 9 4 13 8 14:43 15:54 7:03 62.5%
18 Jeremy Freer 48:58 19:15 29:43 28:46 8 3 11 25 14:07 15:36 6:51 62.8%
19 Claudio Belotti 49:00 21:00 28:00 27:01 8 3 11 11 14:06 13:54 6:27 66.6%
20 Manuel Moreno 49:01 12:30 36:31 33:15 3 3 6 56 18:07 18:24 8:25 64.2%
21 Richard Long 49:04 18:30 30:34 28:32 5 3 8 62 15:00 15:34 7:03 72.2%
22 Joanna Hymns 49:05 17:15 31:50 30:46 8 3 11 23 15:34 16:16 7:20 67.6%
23 Rachel Powell 49:07 12:45 36:22 33:47 4 3 7 19 17:53 18:29 8:23 59.6%
24 Christian Morris 49:16 19:00 30:16 24:47 0 3 3 51 14:57 15:19 6:58 60.7%
25 Ken Kwok 49:19 14:00 35:19 34:17 9 3 12 89 17:44 17:35 8:08 69.5%
26 Ian Hall 49:28 17:15 32:13 29:35 3 3 6 87 15:35 16:38 7:25 67.9%
27 Phillip McCubbins 49:29 19:15 30:14 28:34 6 3 9 42 15:10 15:04 6:58 68.9%
28 Martin Garrett 49:32 19:45 29:47 28:14 6 3 9 13 14:48 14:59 6:52 72.8%
29 Tamara Shaw 49:34 12:00 37:34 36:07 8 3 11 10 18:25 19:09 8:39 60.1%
30 David Hinds 49:34 16:45 32:49 31:27 7 3 10 8 15:52 16:57 7:34 67.8%
31 Deborah Somers 49:41 15:45 33:56 31:56 6 3 9 12 17:15 16:41 7:49 63.4%
32 Kiera Attwooll 49:43 15:15 34:28 35:42 12 3 15 3 17:19 17:09 7:57 60.8%
33 Amanda Moss 49:53 09:00 40:53 39:29 8 3 11 10 20:17 20:36 9:25 55.2%
34 Bob Davidson 50:00 10:45 39:15 33:56 0 3 3 143 19:14 20:01 9:03 70.0%
35 Leala Padmanabhan 50:02 12:00 38:02 32:39 0 3 3 24 18:26 19:36 8:46 56.3%
36 Chris Notton 50:04 19:30 30:34 28:27 5 3 8 26 14:38 15:56 7:03 60.8%
37 Jane Harris 50:09 16:30 33:39 31:39 6 3 9 42 16:29 17:10 7:45 64.8%
38 Kathleen Broekhof 50:22 14:30 35:52 33:25 5 3 8 26 17:39 18:13 8:16 58.6%
39 Peter Bowles 50:24 20:45 29:39 29:34 11 3 14 3 15:03 14:36 6:50 64.6%
40 Baiju McCubbins 50:26 15:15 35:11 33:02 5 3 8 49 17:13 17:58 8:06 66.3%
41 Kathleen Brady 50:32 17:30 33:02 33:07 12 3 15 3 15:56 17:06 7:37 67.6%
42 Philip Cuypers 50:35 18:00 32:35 31:10 7 3 10 67 16:00 16:35 7:30 65.0%
43 Mark Pittaway 50:36 18:45 31:51 30:24 7 3 10 19 15:28 16:23 7:20 68.7%
44 Alan G. Hall 50:43 21:30 29:13 26:31 2 3 5 14 14:02 15:11 6:44 65.0%
45 Brian Harris 51:04 12:45 38:19 33:00 0 3 3 87 18:06 20:13 8:50 64.7%
46 Frank Markey 51:12 21:45 29:27 26:12 0 3 3 27 14:57 14:30 6:47 65.0%
47 Alistair Howells 51:26 19:15 32:11 27:56 0 3 3 17 15:43 16:28 7:25 57.5%
48 John Dsouza 51:31 18:30 33:01 29:38 0 3 3 20 16:07 16:54 7:36 59.7%
49 Graeme Young 51:49 23:30 28:19 26:34 5 3 8 3 14:08 14:11 6:31 66.3%
50 Richard Smith 52:05 18:00 34:05 29:15 0 3 3 120 16:36 17:29 7:51 64.1%
51 Derek Paterson 52:29 19:30 32:59 27:38 0 3 3 83 16:43 16:16 7:36 67.5%
52 Heather Kingston 52:36 15:15 37:21 32:06 0 3 3 16 18:16 19:05 8:36 64.8%
53 Gary Hymns 54:52 19:30 35:22 26:29 0 3 3 95 17:46 17:36 8:09 59.8%
54 Sue Walker 56:18 05:15 51:03 40:24 0 3 3 97 26:27 24:36 11:46 53.5%
55 Lynne Maughan 56:42 19:30 37:12 28:24 0 3 3 17 18:22 18:50 8:34 57.0%

Scratch runners

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- Alan Wong 46:55 13:15 33:40 00:00 0 3 3 1 17:14 16:26 7:45 54.5%
- Sarah Bell 48:04 12:45 35:19 00:00 0 3 3 1 17:29 17:50 8:08 59.2%
- Adrian Rosoga 48:41 20:00 28:41 00:00 0 3 3 1 13:52 14:49 6:37 67.2%
- Phoebe Collins 48:50 13:15 35:35 00:00 0 3 3 1 18:18 17:17 8:12 59.6%
- Annette Foulds 49:33 18:30 31:03 00:00 0 3 3 1 15:33 15:30 7:09 69.3%
- David Street 50:34 17:15 33:19 32:10 8 3 11 36 16:01 17:18 7:41 59.7%
- Fiona Lomax 51:36 13:15 38:21 00:00 0 3 3 1 18:52 19:29 8:50 55.6%
- Kate Heap 53:49 05:15 48:34 00:00 0 3 3 1 24:16 24:18 11:12 53.9%
- Kirsty McPhee 53:49 05:15 48:34 00:00 0 3 3 1 24:14 24:20 11:12 44.1%
- Zoe Fiander 53:58 14:30 39:28 00:00 0 3 3 1 17:52 21:36 9:06 53.0%
- Rosalind Ramsay 57:30 05:15 52:15 00:00 0 3 3 1 24:36 27:39 12:03 41.5%

Race conditions

Sticky.

Report

Today's handicap was the second to be held this month due to the Royal Parks having other events on in Hyde Park next week. Despite this, the Red Bull event at the far end of the Serpentine nearly caused the race to be scrubbed. In the end, after a short delay to the start, the race took place and 66 runners completed the trial.

The race was won decisively by Charles Doxat with a new V65 record of 29:04 (an average pace of 6:42). After the race Charles said that he'd "only been waiting 20 years to win the handicap" - proving that the gold medal can be won by anyone with a little patience.

Charles had a comfortable lead over second place Lula Rosso, who was comfortably ahead of third place Keith Evans. The term "comfortable" is used to refer to the time margin - the weather was quite unpleasant by the end of the race, illustrated by the fact that the only PBs were for Roger Coyle (just out of the medals in 4th and matching his time from April), Kathleen Brady and Keira Davidson. In fact Kathleen and Keira were both in their 3rd handicaps and so it was not unusual that they scored PBs at this stage. So hats off to Roger for improvement of the day!

Speaking of hats, many runners were trying the new club £8 lightweight hats to keep the sun off them and boost performance. (Richard Jones might not thank me for drawing your attention to that on a day lacking in best times...)

Other highlights of today's race included James Stratford completing his 150th handicap (and taking 6th place) just ahead of Eamonn's expected 200th handicap next month.

Other good performances just short of PBs were Lula (in 2nd), Brian Pickles (5th), Peter Bowles and (significantly) Graham Carson (8th). Adding all of the point-for-positions plus bonuses-for-performance onto the running total of the Tom Hogshead scores results in Graham Carson now taking the lead (116pts) from Jane Harris (112pts). Last month Jeannette Mueller and Tom Donovan shared 4th place, but now Jeannette (100pts) has claimed 3rd with Tom still in 4th (98pts). Marielle Vestlund (who didn't run) and Kathleen Broekhof (returning from an FLM injury) take the next two places.

Thanks to all those who made the race possible today (especially as Mark was away running in Stockholm/being poisoned by the Swedes): Jaran Finn, Ron Hagell, Phil Kelvin, Jon Knox, Sarah Knox, James Stewart, Bev Thomas, Tomas Valasek, Beate Vogt, John Walker and Ros Young.

Contrary to earlier assertions about this being John Walker's last handicap meeting, I am assured that he will be in good voice for a couple more including the next one which will take place on Saturday 5th July.