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Gary Collins Handicap. Race 5 results and the series totals.

13/09/2020

Gary Collins Handicap. Race 5 results and the series totals.

Gary Collins Handicap Series is a 5k competition between club members. You can check the full description here - https://www.edmontonrc.co.uk/contents/797-gary-collins-town-park-5k

And just like that – the summer was over. Some say that the autumn is signified by colder temperatures and yellow leaves on park trees, but true ERC runners see the last race in the Gary Collins Series as a true sign of the new season. Mercifully the conditions were less hot than in August.

In order not to finish the runs in the dark the start time of the first run was moved to 7pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Did it make the occasion less competitive? Of course not. In fact – we had PBs galore. Andy Malleson blitzed the course in 20:09 – he is clearly going from strength to strength and other distances PBs are in his sights. Seasoned competitor Carol first named various unpleasantries of running a fast 5k, but then sported a big grin on her face and declared a new PB too. Richard Nice ran a splendid time of 19:40 in his effortless style (to borrow a bit from Naresh’s eloquent descriptions). Helen Gill is in stellar form and setting PBs for fun and Hannah Nice rounded the perfect PB-themed evening for the Nice family. I believe there were other personal bests there – please let us know and we’ll add these here.

The series leader Ai Seng did not set a PB this time, but her result was a one second improvement on the previous month – and thus a new age category club record on the 5k distance.

Finally – we welcomed two series newcomers who were captivated by ERC magic and since then become club members – Jonathan Valentine and Richard Gibson. Both put strong performances and with more races are likely to place high in the next year series.

GC Series Race 5 results:

Gender	Name	5k equivalent	Modified Time	Points
F	Ai Seng Paul	00:24:03	19:10	20
F	Jan Hazirci	00:23:25	19:59	19
F	Carol Marlow	00:25:35	22:12	18
F	Tonya Babb	00:25:11	22:12	17
F	Hannah Nice	00:25:56	22:19	16
F	Helen Thewlis	00:26:05	23:22	15
F	Helen Gill	00:26:52	25:01	14
F	Maria Zota	00:26:30	26:12	13
F	Xenia Dines	00:28:15	26:30	12
F	Daniela Petrianni	00:32:38	31:18	11
F	Susie Dutoit	00:33:02	32:08	10
M	Ilia Loubenski	00:17:53	15:54	20
M	Richard Nice	00:19:40	17:04	19
M	Mike Babb	00:21:01	17:56	18
M	Naresh Trivedi	00:23:30	18:14	17
M	Gareth Jones	00:22:32	18:36	16
M	James Gill	00:21:09	19:33	15
M	Andy Malleson	00:20:09	19:43	14
M	Vasso Vassiliou	00:24:27	19:50	13
M	Miguel Pimenta	00:21:02	20:02	12
M	Nick Dines	00:23:06	21:40	11
M	Jonathan Valentine	00:24:47	23:25	10
M	Richard Gibson	00:24:11	24:10	9
M	Does He Take Sugar	00:27:00	24:22	8

Guests

F	Anastasia Dines	00:25:15	20:38
F	Lorraine Pichelski	00:27:26	22:50
M	Martin Carmack	00:18:01	15:46
M	Paul Martin	00:18:31	16:12

And now is the time to address the burning question of the overall results. Just a quick reminder – the overall standing is defined by the three best points results in the series.

Gender	Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Best 3 Total

F	Ai Seng Paul	19	18	20	20	20	60
F	Jan Hazirci	18	19	18	19	19	57
F	Pauline Edmunds	20	20	16	0	0	56
F	Dee Churchill	16	17	19	0	0	52
F	Tonya Babb	17	6	15	18	17	52
F	Carol Marlow	14	12	14	16	18	48
F	Chloe Thomas	15	15	17	0	0	47
F	Hannah Nice	11	14	12	15	16	45
F	Dora Scavello	10	11	13	17	0	41
F	Daniela Petrianni	1	9	10	12	11	33
F	Samantha Gilsenan	8	0	9	14	0	31
F	Xenia Dines	4	7	8	11	12	31
F	Helen Gill	7	5	6	10	14	31
F	Sarah Onuora	6	4	7	13	0	26
F	Claire Catmull	9	8	5	8	0	25
F	Becky Tanner	12	13	0	0	0	25
F	Jane Fitton	0	10	11	0	0	21
F	Maria Zota	0	2	2	0	13	17
F	Irina Yankova	5	1	4	7	0	16
F	Siobhan Weir	0	16	0	0	0	16
F	Sarah Hitchcock	3	3	3	9	0	15
F	Helen Thewlis	0	0	0	0	15	15
F	Catherine Turley	13	0	0	0	0	13
F	Susie Dutoit	2	0	1	0	10	13

M	Ilia Loubenski	20	20	20	20	20	60
M	Mon James	19	19	19	0	0	57
M	Richard Nice	18	18	17	19	19	56
M	Mike Babb	17	7	18	18	18	54
M	Naresh Trivedi	15	0	16	17	17	50
M	Eddie Sycamore	13	16	14	15	0	45
M	Gareth Jones	8	10	13	14	16	43
M	Simon Harrison	10	15	0	16	0	41
M	Miguel Pimenta	11	14	0	0	12	37
M	James Gill	7	9	9	12	15	36
M	Michael Orr	9	11	11	13	0	35
M	Mark Betts	16	17	0	0	0	33
M	Vasso Vassiliou	5	0	10	10	13	33
M	Tomos Packer	3	13	15	0	0	31
M	Nick Dines	0	0	7	9	11	27
M	Ricky Quiza	0	12	0	11	0	23
M	John Churchill	6	8	8	0	0	22
M	Does He Take Sugar	4	6	6	8	8	22
M	Marc Bibaud	14	0	0	0	0	14
M	Andy Malleson	0	0	0	0	14	14
M	Simon Caltagirone	0	0	12	0	0	12
M	Dom Wilde	12	0	0	0	0	12
M	Jonathan Valentine	0	0	0	0	10	10
M	Roderick Thorne	0	4	5	0	0	9
M	Richard Gibson	0	0	0	0	9	9
M	Andrew Florides	2	5	0	0	0	7
M	Louis Saldiray	1	0	0	0	0	1

In Ai Seng we have a new series winner this year. This highlights the strength of the competition in ladies division – surely we will see some fierce rivalries in 2021.

There was no change in the top of the men table, but this result comes with a footnote. Best modified times this year belong to one of the guests – Martin. Perhaps this is a gentle cue for him to consider joining a certain local running club.

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