Gary Collins Handicap (Virtual). Race 2 results.

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

 

The second race in the annual handicap series saw no less enthusiasm than the one in May despite the continued running restrictions and the virtual nature of the competition.

38 club members took part (21 ladies and 17 men) plus a number of guests. In fact the guests provided some notable results (of which later).

After some number crunching (according to age-adjustment formula, which remains a closely-guarded secret) these are the results:

ERC Runners      
       
Name 5k equivalent Age-Adjusted Time Points
       
Ladies      
       
Pauline Edmunds 27:12 20:21 20
Jan Hazirci 24:17 20:44 19
Ai Seng Paul 26:04 20:47 18
Dee Churchill 24:59 21:30 17
Siobhan Weir 23:41 22:13 16
Chloe Thomas 22:14 22:14 15
Hannah Nice 26:21 22:41 14
Becky Tanner 27:45 22:42 13
Carol Marlow 26:26 22:56 12
Dora Scavello 23:11 23:00 11
Jane Fitton 27:22 23:44 10
Daniela Petrianni 26:06 25:02 9
Claire Catmull 27:20 25:15 8
Xenia Dines 27:01 25:21 7
Tonya Babb 28:54 25:29 6
Helen Gill 28:03 26:07 5
Sarah Onuora 28:27 26:41 4
Sarah Hitchcock 29:21 26:55 3
Maria Zota 28:54 28:34 2
Irina Yankova 32:07 31:52 1
Susie Dutoit 35:03 34:06 0
       
Men      
       
Ilia Loubenski 18:50 16:44 20
Mon James 20:28 16:53 19
Richard Nice 20:14 17:33 18
Mark Betts 18:07 18:02 17
Eddie Sycamore 22:28 19:01 16
Simon Harrison 21:55 19:10 15
Miguel Pimenta 20:16 19:17 14
Tomos Packer 20:46 19:37 13
Ricky Quiza 23:27 20:41 12
Michael Orr 23:34 20:47 11
Gareth Jones 25:13 20:49 10
James Gill 23:11 21:25 9
John Churchill 25:58 21:48 8
Mike Babb 26:09 22:19 7
Does He Take Sugar 24:54 22:29 6
Andrew Florides 27:48 23:44 5
Roderick Thorne 27:56 24:37 4
       
Guests      
       
Lorraine Pichelski 29:02 24:10  
Derya Cino 30:47 28:01  
Sarah Lyall 28:26 28:26  
Martin Carmack 18:45 16:24  
Tim Luck 18:20 18:11  
James Lyall 24:17 24:17  

 

In terms of absolute times - Mark Bets obliterated the 5k distance with a superb time of 18:07. This is the fastest GC historical time although the virtual nature of this month competition prevents from recognising it as an official record. Just watch this man when he is back on the regular course!

Tim Luck ran a great PB of 18:20. He is not an ERC member right now (hopefully we'll see him back soon).

Unfortunately for the two aforementioned youngsters their years are not advanced enough to put them into the contention for age-adjusted victory (at least not yet). Top of the age-adjusted table remained roughly the same, but the margins are very narrow - so the overall title is still very much at stake.

Talking about the guest appearances. It looks like Monty did not realise that there was no prize for the number of family members you bring in the competition - he would have been an outright winner.

Also - check a special guest star appearance of a Serpentine runner Martin - the people there know how to run a fast 5k!

After the two races here is the total points tally:

Gender Name Race 1 Race 2 Total
         
F Pauline Edmunds 20 20 40
F Ai Seng Paul 19 18 37
F Jan Hazirci 18 19 37
F Dee Churchill 16 17 33
F Chloe Thomas 15 15 30
F Carol Marlow 14 12 26
F Hannah Nice 11 14 25
F Becky Tanner 12 13 25
F Tonya Babb 17 6 23
F Dora Scavello 10 11 21
F Claire Catmull 9 8 17
F Catherine Turley 13   13
F Helen Gill 7 5 12
F Xenia Dines 4 7 11
F Jane Fitton   10 10
F Daniela Petrianni 1 9 10
F Sarah Onuora 6 4 10
F Samantha Gilsenan 8   8
F Irina Yankova 5 1 6
F Sarah Hitchcock 3 3 6
F Maria Zota   2 2
F Susie Dutoit 2   2
         
M Ilia Loubenski 20 20 40
M Mon James 19 19 38
M Richard Nice 18 18 36
M Mark Betts 16 17 33
M Eddie Sycamore 13 16 29
M Miguel Pimenta 11 14 25
M Simon Harrison 10 15 25
M Mike Babb 17 7 24
M Michael Orr 9 11 20
M Gareth Jones 8 10 18
M Tomos Packer 3 13 16
M James Gill 7 9 16
M Naresh Trivedi 15   15
M John Churchill 6 8 14
M Marc Bibaud 14   14
M Dom Wilde 12   12
M Does He Take Sugar 4 6 10
M Andrew Florides 2 5 7
M Vasso Vassiliou 5   5
M Roderick Thorne   4 4
M Louis Saldiray 1   1


Best three results count - so there is still time for a new contender to emerge from the shadows and take the series by storm.

There is a persistent rumour that the July race might not be virtual in its nature. Watch this space!

If you have any questions/comments regarding the results of the race format – please drop a line to enquiries@edmontonrc.co.uk