News

2011

Turkey Trot

Following the disappointment of last years race being cancelled due to very icy conditions, this years 10mile Turkey Trot, organised by Waveney Valley Athletic Club, was successfully staged last sunday, despite a few concerns after the previous nights frost.
But the race went ahead, and 158 runners braved the freezing temperatures and occasional snow showers, to make it safely to the finish with no mishaps reported. It was the highest finishing total since 2006.
The race, which started near St.John Leman High School, Beccles took the runners through Ilketshall St.Andrew and Ringsfield village and back to Beccles.
For Luke Allen of Waveney Valley and Daniel Bradley of Tonbridge A.C. the race was a close contest from the start for first place with the Kent athlete ahead till near the half way point then Allen took the lead and held on to it to win in a time of 54:13, just 17 seconds ahead of Bradley.
First lady to finish was Marie Shirley of Colchester Harriers, clocking 1:04:42 in 18th place overall, with previous ladies winner Rebecca Jordan of Stowmarket Striders second. City of Norwich A.C. took the mens team prize and Stowmarket Striders won the ladies team prize.
Winning Christmas vouchers in their veterans age groups were Neil Davison, Angela Mann, John Christopher, Sandra Roberts, John Moore, Bobbie Sauerzapf, Terry Epps, Lynda Moore, Arthur Whiston, Veronica Manly and Jim Hayes.
Due to organising and marshalling duties by Waveney Valley club members, just two other runners from the host club competed. Nigel Herrod clocked a respectable 1:16:54 for 71st place and Tracy Mayne, overcoming another injury setback after recently tripping on a manhole cover, finished 157th in 1:54:10 and confidently predicted her planned half marathon in Florida next month was back on.
Race Director David Pimlott thanked everybody who helped to make the event go smoothly, especially on such a cold winters day.

Norwich Half Marathon

Waveney Valley Athletic Club member Alan Fairs' brave comeback to competition after a cycle accident at the end of August continued last Sunday with an excellent personal best time at a very windy Norwich Half Marathon.
The accident, which left Fairs with a number of injuries and a split cycle helmet, kept him out of action for several weeks but his determination to get back to fitness has been rewarded with a new best time of 1:37.56, more than five minutes faster than before, and 348th position from an entry of well over 2,000 runners.
Also competing for Waveney Valley were Nigel Herrod and David Pimlott who both finished very close to their times at the recent Ipswich Half Marathon. Herrod's 1:46.32 (739th) was just outside his previous race time while Pimlott was a few seconds faster than before with 2:06.08 (1,608th).

Adnams 10K

Three members of Waveney Valley AC running club ran the 3rd Adnams 10K. This popular three lap race around Southwold has seen numbers increase, this year 750 runners had entered, although the organisers must be disappointed that only 578 turned up on the day. This year’s race had none of the problems with the chip timing that they had last year.

First home for Waveney Valley AC was Kevin Booth who finished in 86th place in 45 minutes 23 seconds knocking 11 seconds off his personal best although he was disappointed not to have gone quicker, but he suffered after running the first lap at too higher pace. Second home was Nigel Herrod who was running on his 55th birthday he finished in 100th place in 46 minutes 1 second knocking 10 seconds off his fastest time of the year. Third home was Seamus Wrigley who finished in 130th place in 47 minutes 44 seconds, this was Seamus first race for the club and showed how much the Tuesday night training has improved his speed and endurance.


Great East Run 20K & 10K

Five members of Waveney Valley Athletic Club competed last weekend in the Adnams Brewery Great East Run 20k and 10k races organised by Bungay Black Dog Running Club.
Bill Kingaby and Richard Gallard ran in the main 20k event which had an entry of just over 250 runners. Kingaby finished in 78th place in a time of 1:33.02. He was fourth in his age category, just one place outside the race prizes, and first in this race in his age category in the Suffolk affiliated club's Grand Prix road race series.
Gallard, having recovered from a recent injury, ran close to his team mate and finished just a few places behind in 85th in 1:33.49.
In the 10k supporting race Chris Pimlott, despite having the misfortune of losing his timing chip from his shoe during the race, was still recorded as sixth finisher in a time of 38:47. Paula Lambert, in her third race in as many weekends was 73rd in 53:35 and Tracy Mayne, continuing her return to competition after her shin splints operation in the summer, was placed 155th in 1:06.43. There were 179 finishers in the 10k race.
The races, which started at Bungay Sports Centre, took in the countryside and villages between Bungay and Halesworth and all finishers received a bottle of Adnams beer, medallion and goodie bag from the sponsors and organisers.

Great South Run 2011

Waveney Valley Athletic club members Mark Nussey and Paula Lambert took part in the largest ten mile road race the Great South Run on October 30th.
This is a flat course and conditions were good, a slight wind on the last two miles along Southsea seafront. Mark was doing his first ten mile race and finished in a time of 1.18.48, giving him a overall position out of 24,000 runners of 1917th and 1699 male overall. Paula in a time of 1.26.08 overall position of 4104 and 708th female overall. Mark and Paula ran for Great Yarmouth and Waveney Heartcare. This is a local charity. Mark is a Cardiac Rehabilitation Instructor and he exercises members of the group, who have in the past, had a cardiac event.

Great Yarmouth 10K

A dozen members of Waveney Valley Athletic Club competed at the Great Yarmouth ' East Coast Run ' 10k last sunday, a race which each year attracts a very strong entry of between 400 - 500 runners.
The performance of the day for Waveney Valley came from Tim Groombridge, who after just a handful of races in the club colours of Waveney Valley, is fast emerging as a popular and enthusiastic competitor for the club. He knocked more than two minutes off his previous 10k time to record 42:15, finishing in 69th place.
Jonathon Comyn was 80th in 43:16 and Alan Fairs, having his first race since sustaining injuries in a cycle accident a few weeks ago, did very well to finish 94th, in 44:00. Bill Kingaby was next in 95th, in 44:06 with Mark Nussey just a few places further back in 99th in 44:16.
Waveney Valley's other places and times: Glenn Doy 139 (46:10), Stephen Gibbs 142 (46:11), David Mower 229 (50:22), Paula Lambert 271 (53:00), David Pimlott 324 (56:30), Stuart Smith 337 (57:34), Angela Mower 388 (1:03.46).

J W Ultra,Great North Run & Ipswich Half Marathon

Tim Earl, one of Waveney Valley Athletic Club's most improved runners over the last few seasons, competed in a 30mile trail run and finished in an excellent second place.
Billed as the J W Ultra, the race, now in it's fifth year, is held in memory of John Ward, one of the founders of Bournville Harriers Running Club, who tragically died suddenly in May 2007.
For most of the race, which runs along the canal towpath from Stratford-Upon-Avon to Bournville station in Birmingham, Earl was in the lead and was only overtaken by eventual winner Steve Marshall in the latter stages.
Earl's time was 3:46.02. 48 runners finished the race.
At the world's largest half marathon, The Great North Run, Jonathon Comyn recorded a p.b. of 1:38.31 finishing in 2,295th place from 37,482 finishers while closer to home, at the Ipswich half marathon, Nigel Herrod was 212th in 1:45.50 and David Pimlott 599th in 2:06.53 from an entry of 857.
Scores Race 2011

Despite a number of Waveney Valley Athletic Club's members unable to compete in the Scores race due to marshalling and other race organising committments on the day, the club none the less had a good entry of 18 runners take part. WVAC results: 1st Luke Allen 26:06, 10th Tim Earl 30:42, 11th Chris Pimlott 30:43, 19th Chris Booth 33:31, 20th Seb Herrod 33:33, 25th Jonathon Comyn 34:04, 26th Bill Kingaby 34:25, 31st Richard Gallard 35:11, 34th Kevin Booth 35:38, 42nd Nigel Herrod 36:19, 48th Glenn Doy 36:34, 50th Tim Groombridge 36:54, 68th Mark Nussey 37:58, 93rd Paula Lambert 41:03, 104th Paul Harrod 42:35, 111th Catherine Carfoot 43:46, 147th Angela Mower, 152nd Rosie Grieve 55:41.

Great Yarmouth Half and Broadland 5k

Waveney Valley Athletic Clubs' two Tim's, Earl and Groombridge, took part in the Great Yarmouth Half Marathon and fared very well in the warm conditions to record good finishing times.
Over 250 runners started out from Emerald Park, home of Gorleston F.C. and raced along the lanes of Browston and Lound to finish back at Emerald Park.
Tim Earl finished well inside his previous best time to record a new p.b. of 1:27:30, in 14th place and Tim Groombridge was pleased with his time of 1:38:14 in taking 64th.
At the third and final race in the Broadland 5k series, held at South Walsham, three members of Waveney Valley competed. As the race incorporated the Norfolk 5k road championships there was a very strong entry of 180 runners for an evening race.
Chris Pimlott put in a good run to finish 29th in a time of 18:21. Bill Kingaby and Nigel Herrod have had some close tussles this summer but this race proved to be their closest so far with Kingaby striding ahead in the final stages to finish 79th in a time of 20:55, with Herrod just one place and three seconds behind.

Broome 10K Race 3

The last of this summer's series of three Broome 10k races organised by Bungay Black Dog Running Club was held on wedneday week.
On a very warm and thundery evening six members of Waveney Valley Athletic Club competed. First to cross the finishing line for Waveney was Chris Pimlott who recorded a time of 38:40 to finish in a strong 12th place from an entry of just under 150 runners.
Alan Fairs was 41st in a time of 43:33, agonisingly just 3 seconds outside a gold standard time for his age, which he would have achieved if the race had been the following day, his birthday. He will now target the Gt Yarmouth 10k in October to gain this standard.
Bill Kingaby finished 47th in 44:17 with new member Tim Groombridge, competing for the first time for Waveney Valley, delighted with his finishing time of 44.36 to take 49th place, Nigel Herrod was 67th in 46:11 while Tracy Mayne, on the road to recovery following a shin splints injury, knocked more than a minute off her previous best time to record 1:02:33, in 123rd.

Worstead Festival 5 mile

At the Worstead Festival 5 mile it was a family affair with husband and wife Chris and Steph Pimlott and Steph's dad Stuart Smith all racing. Chris lead the team home in 34th in 31.05, Steph finished 237th in 43.40 and Stuart finished a credible 243rd in 44.07 as there were 322 runners.

Spartan Sprint 5K

On the 24th July New Waveney Valley AC Member Mark Nussey competed in the Spartan Sprint 5K event at Bassingbourn Military base, Royson. This muddy 3.1 mile event has more than 10 obstacles, which included mud runs, cargo net climbs, wall climbs, rope climbs, 200m pitch black drainage tunnel, 100m crawl under barbed wire, a carry of 25kg bucket of rocks round a 100m course, a river crossing either by swimming or using a wobbly bridge, 3 x hill climbs carrying a tyre, fire jump, crawl through a pit of ice under barbed wire and just before crossing the finish line there are two gladiators with pugels trying to smack your legs from under you. It is obstacle racing at it's toughest. Mark finished in 48.49 minutes, giving him an excellant overall postion of 62nd place from over 1300 competitors.
Broome 10K Race 1 & 2, Broadland 5K Race 2 & Humpty Dumpty

Waveney Valley Athletic Club's summer of competition continues with members having several races in the region in the last few weeks to choose from to enter.
At the Broome 10k series (race 1) David Lewis was placed 84th in a time of 52:57 and Dale DePasquale was 93rd in 59:05.
Three members ran in the Broadland 5k series (race 2). From a total of 164 runners, Bill Kingaby finished 60th in 20:59, Nigel Herrod, enjoying his best level of fitness for some time, was placed 67th in 21:20 and David Lewis, not far outside his target time of 25 minutes, finished 118th in 25:31.
At the amusingly named Humpty Dumpty 10k, held at Reedham and named after the local brewery that sponsored the event, Glenn Doy finished 106th in a time of 47:53. In their first race for the club, Stephen Gibbs was placed 192nd in 52:25 and Wayne Freeman 220th in 53:26.
Waveney Valley's sole entrant in the Broome 10k (race 2) was club stalwart David Pryce who finished 98th from an entry of around 150, in a time of 52:51.

Broadland 5K Series Race 1

Five Waveney Valley Athletic Club members competed at the Broadland 5k, the first of a series of three races this summer held at South Walsham and organised by Norwich Road Runners.
The event proved particularly satisfying for two club members who improved their finishing times during last winter and have continued their progression into the summer.
Tim Earl ran a personal best time of 19:01, finishing in 37th place from a field of around 230 runners while Alan Fairs took nearly ten seconds off his previous best time to record 20:33, in 76th.
Veteran Bill Kingaby, whose best times remain a distant but pleasant sporting memory, finished 90th in a time of 21:07, with Kevin Booth just a few places behind, running very well in his first race at the 5k distance, in 93rd in 21:16.
Dale DePasquale crossed the line in 174th, in 26:28, despite being affected by a severe stitch in the latter stages of the race.

Great Yarmouth 5 Mile Series Race 3

Over 200 runners converged on Gt Yarmouth seafront for the last of three races in the 5 mile evening series organised by Great Yarmouth Road Runners.
There were some strong runs from the eight members of Waveney Valley Athletic Club who entered and most encouraging this year so far has been the number of personal bests attained by WVAC members.
Paula Lambert set a new best time of 39:21, finishing in 132nd position and former local rugby player David Lewis also achieved a p.b of 42:55, in 172nd.
Another former rugby player, David Pryce, finished in 159th in a time of 41:32 and though running in the over 60's category for a few years now, shows no sign of hanging up his racing shoes.
Son and father Chris and Kevin Booth finished 96th in 35:32 and 103rd in 36:37 respectively and are enjoying their first season of competitive running.
Alan Fairs led the team home again in this series finishing 73rd in 33:53 with Bill Kingaby not far behind in 82nd in 34:13. Ravenna Bartholomew, despite injuring her leg, battled bravely to the finish line in 208th in 62:57.
The series has been well organised by Rod Shulver and his friendly team at GYRR and there was a gift of a mug commemerating the recent Royal Wedding to all runners completing all three races.
Waveney Valley's spring/summer schedule continues apace with races at South Walsham and Broome next for club members.......

Tracy sets new PB

Waveney Valley AC Member Tracy Mayne ran the Norwich 5k Race For Life on Sunday, despite being injured for the last few months Tracy managed to set a new PB of 32 minutes 56 seconds as well as raising money for a good cause.



Great Yarmouth 5 Mile Series Race 2

Waveney Valley Athletic Club matched their entry of eleven runners in race one, when they competed at the
second in the Great Yarmouth Road Runners 5 mile series.
The race formed part of the Runners Centre Grand Prix series so a bumper entry of almost 250 runners lined
up at the start on the seafront.
Waveney members with performances that stood out include David Pimlott who is benefiting from his recent
marathon training. He was very pleased with his time of just under 43 minutes.
Catherine Carfoot, accompanied throughout the race by Tim Earl, knocked almost two minutes off her time
from race one while Bradwell based Dale De Pasquale shook off a hamstring problem to record a much
improved time.
First to finish for Waveney Valley was Alan Fairs, in 59th place in a time of 33:43, just a fraction outside his
personal best, with Bill Kingaby close behind in 64th. Chris Booth was next in 78th followed by his father
Kevin in 101st. Paula Lambert, David Lewis and Ravenna Bartholomew all had satisfying runs in their first
outing in this series this year.
 
Waveney Valley results: 59th Alan Fairs 33:43, 64th Bill Kingaby 34:06, 78th Chris Booth 34:50,
101st Kevin Booth 36:49, 142nd Catherine Carfoot 39:33, 143rd Tim Earl 39:34, 159th Paula Lambert 40:25,
185th David Pimlott 42:49, 188th David Lewis 43:20, 203rd Dale De Pasquale 45:41,
226th Ravenna Bartholomew 50:31


Roger Wing Memorial 10k
Tim Earl and Alan Fairs were back in their racing shoes two days later, on Good Friday morning, at the Roger Wing
memorial trophy 10k hosted by Bungay Black Dog Running Club. They were joined at Broome village by seven 
other Waveney Valley members in what proved to be very warm and sunny conditions for the field of over 200 
runners.
 
Waveney Valley results: 18th Tim Earl 41:16, 71st Glenn Doy 48:11, 72nd Alan Fairs 48:12, 101st Paula Lambert 52:38, 
109th Catherine Carfoot 54:08, 149th Stuart Smith 1-00:38, 151st Stephanie Pimlott 1-01:04, 
152nd Chris Pimlott 1-01:05, 191st David Pimlott 1-18:07. 


Great Yarmouth 5 Miles Series Race 1

Waveney Valley Athletics Club had an impressive entry of just under a dozen runners for the first in Great Yarmouth 
Road Runners series of three races covering a distance of 5 miles. 
Three new members joined established Waveney Valley athletes for this popular annual spring event covering two 
laps of Great Yarmouth's seafront and promenade. 
Tim Earl, competing again just a week and a half after setting a personal best at the Bungay Marathon, maintained 
his recent excellent form, recording another p.b. Alan Fairs also set a new best time for the distance. Teenager 
Chris Booth has been running for just a few weeks and posted a very fast time for his first race whilst fellow new 
members Lauren Dixon and Jane Ward finished comfortably inside the one hour mark.
 
Waveney Valley results: 29th Tim Earl 30:59, 40th Seb Herrod 31:46, 70th Alan Fairs 33:42, 72nd Chris Booth 33:51, 
73rd Bill Kingaby 33:53, 87th Nigel Herrod 35:41, 97th Kevin Booth 36:24, 157th Catherine Carfoot 41:21, 
200th Dale De Pasquale 48:19, 210th Lauren Dixon 58:23, 211th Jane Ward 58:39.

Waveney Valley Four Raise £4500 for Their Charities.
 
Four Waveney Valley Athletic Club runners completed this years race. First home was Christopher Pimlott(36) in
his first marathon in a time of 3:25:51, his father David(63) in his third London completed in 4:49:45, Followed by
Paul Harrod(49) in 5:00:21 and Lisa Potter(34) in 5:01:33. It was also Paul and Lisa's first marathons, Paul only
started running with David's beginners group in May last year.
 
The £ 4,500 raised is going to Sense, Children with Leukaemia, JPH Pallative Care Unit and E.A.C.H. the runners
are most grateful to those who donated.

Bungay Full & Half Marathon & Brighton Marathon
Waveney Valley Athletic Club member Tim Earl produced an outstanding performance at Sundays Bungay Marathon, 
knocking nearly twenty minutes off his personal best for the distance. He finished in an excellent 14th place with a 
new best time of 3:09:29.
 
Competing in the Half Marathon for Waveney Valley were Jonathan Comyn, who recorded a time of 1:42:39 in his first 
race at the distance. He was placed 88th. Also running his first Half Marathon was Stuart Smith who finished 347th in 
a time of 2:16:00. Stuart's daughter Stephanie Pimlott finished just ahead of her dad in 326th in 2:13:11.
 
Further afield, Pat Tuttle ran the Brighton Marathon and from an entry of well over 7,000 runners, finished 5,208th 
in 4:47:52.
Broadland Half Marathon

Waveney Valley A C members Kevin Booth and Paul Harrod ran the Broadland Half Marathon on Sunday. Both runners were racing this distance for the first time and they were both pleased with their finishing times. Kevin who was running well inside his training pace finished 93rd in 1.44.50 and Paul used the race as a warm up for the marathon finished in 195th in 2.05.10.

Bury XC Report

The third fixture in the Suffolk Winter Cross Country League was hosted by St. Edmund Pacers at NowtonPark, Bury St. Edmunds. The firm dry underfoot conditions on the parkland course was ideal for the runners, the only thing that hampered the runners was the strong blustery wind, but still some very fast times were recorded on the 5 ½ mile course.

Waveney Valley Athletic Club who for the past two meetings, had fielded large teams, unfortunately were down on numbers at Nowton Park, but more importantly lacking some of the key runners. But nevertheless full credit must go to the fifteen senior members who turned out for the team, despite slipping down one place in the league; there were some very fine individual performances.

Mark Betts posted a very speedy 33.41 to clinch 13th place. Chris Pimlott was in good form, and looked very strong on the last lap of the course, overhauling several runners to record his highest placing so far this season in crossing the line in 22nd place with his time of 35:42. It was good to see Bill Kingby coming back to form, after being sidelined with injuries for several months, he posted a very creditable time of 40:20 in finishing in 82nd place overall. David Pryce took 2nd place in his age category 65+. The men’s team are still in third place overall in the league, just a few points ahead of Ipswich Harriers.

In the ladies section, Ann Millett was the leading lady for the club, was in top form, and once again she was first in her age group V50+. In the middle of her marathon training, Ann still managed to put in fast sprint to the line to take 126th place overall in 44:02, then after a short break, she carried on to do her usual Sunday long steady run in preparation for the marathon. The ladies team are currently in 8th place in the league. The combined ladies and men’s team are in 4th place overall.

Megan Soanes was the only Waveney runner in the junior section, recorded her hat-trick of wins in the Girls U15 section, in clocking 11.03 in 9th place overall. A good individual performance, especially as she competed the day before, running for Suffolk Schools in the Anglian Schools Championships.

2010

Waveney club climbs up to third in table

HAUGHLEY Park, Stowmarket, was the venue for the second fixture in the Suffolk Winter Cross Country League. Waveney Valley Athletics Club
fielded a good quality team in the senior race, which paid dividends as the combined ladies and men's team moved up to third place in the league
table.
In the very competitive men's section Carl Prewer, obviously found the parkland course to his liking, he made light work of the very difficult
underfoot conditions at Haughley, in clinching second place overall, but top in his age group V40+ in 32:28. Robert Cheverton clocked 34:19 finishing in 11th place overall and second in his age group V50+. Paul Sullivan, Mark Edwards, Seb Herrod, Chris Pimlott and Tim Earl all packed in well, finishing in the top 60. It was a great team performance from all our runners, which earned the men third place overall on the day, but more importantly moved
them up to second place in the men's league table.

In the ladies' section, Elise Mann was the top finisher for the club, finishing in 13th place (124th
overall) Ann Millett put in a strong performance crossing the line in 23rd position (146th overall) which earned her top spot in her age group V50+.
Making their debut for the club in cross country was Catherine Carfoot and Ravenna Bartholomew who both put in creditable performances over the testing course. The ladies team finished in sixth place overall.
Waveney had two runners in the junior race, Jamie Finch and Megan Soanes, who are experienced cross country runners, both did well with Jamie clocking 13:03, to finish in eighth place overall and second in his age group U13s. Megan claimed first place in the girls section finishing in 12th place
overall with her fast time of 13:31. Next fixture in the league is at Nowton Park, Bury St. Edmunds this Sunday.

Senior results: 2 Carl Prewer 32:28, 11 Robert Cheverton 34:19, 30 PauI Sulivan 36:59, 37 Mark Edwards 38:00, 39 Seb Herrod 38:17, 48 Chris Pimlott 38:54, 57 Tim Earl 39:37, 76 Alan Fairs 41:23. 90 Jonathan Comyn 42:04, 95 BiIl Kingaby 42:35, 112 Nigel Herrod 44:07, 124 Elise Mann 44:55, 126 Kevin Booth 45:09, 146 Ann Millett 47:39, 159 David Pryce 49:25, 179 Catherine Carfoot 53;54, 190 Stuart Smith 56:08, 193 Ravennna Bartholomew 57:40.


Castle is stormed by Waveney stars

The first fixture in the Suffolk Winter Cross Country League was held at Framlingham which has the reputation of being the most challenging course in the league - and it certainly lived up to its billing. Despite not being quite as muddy as previous years, runners still found it very slippery underfoot especially on the steep climbs out of the moat around the castle.

Waveney Valiey Athletic club fielded a strong team of 16 runners in the senior race, which attracted a large field of 220 runners. The seniors had to face three large laps around the castle. Carl Prewer, representing Waveney in this league, led the way for the team, putting in a strong run to finish third in a very swift time of 27:20, also claiming the top spot in the V40+ category Robert Cheverton was also in fine form crossing the line in eighth place overall. He also won his age group V50+ 1st with his time of 28:40. Young Seb Herrod, who represented Waveney as a junior, and is now making a comeback to the sport as a senior, registered a very creditable time of 31:00 to clinch 24th place.There were several other notable performances - Paul Sullivan, Mark Bee and Chris Pimlott all Packed in well in finishing in the top 35. Alan Fairs continues to improve and was pleased with his time of 34:11 to take 61st place. Jonathan Cowyn, Kevin Booth and Tracy Mayne were making their first outing in cross country running, and are all part of David Pimlott's beginners group, and have only been running for a few months.

In the ladies section, Sarah Bradley was first home, but close on her heels were her team-mates Ann Millett and Elies Mann. Bradley and Millett both
finished third in their age groups. The Senior Men's team finished third overall and the ladies finished eighth. The combined team finished fourth overall. The juniors also fared well in their one-lap race, which attracted another large field of about 90 runners. Jamie Finch was the top performer for the club, in finishing in flfth place overall in 9:26 and was first in the U13 boys section. Megan Soanes also Ied the way in finishing in first place
in the girls section, taking 11th place overall in 10:03. Alice Cheverton was the second girl home clocked 10:24 in 17th place overall.
Coach David Pimlott was pleased to see how well the juniors fared at Framlingham Fun Run - Archie Wallis 42nd overall and seventh in the U13s, Zac
Herrod 46th and 10th in the same age group. Juliet Cookson, was also 10th in the girls U13 section.


Great turnout for Valley

NEARLY 500 runners pounded the fast, flat 10k course at Great Yarmouth last Sunday in the very popular East Coast Run, organised by Great Yarmouth Road Runners. Waveney Valley Athletic Club boasted an impressive entry of 16 competitors and, from the dozens of clubs represented, only Norwich Road Runners fielded more runners than them. Joining seasoned members of Waveney Valley were several new names and faces, many from coach David Pimlott's newly set-up Normanston Park training group.

Waveney Valley results: 35th Seb Herrod 39:07; 48th Chris Pimlott 40:10; 67th Tim Earl 41:22; 75th Jonathan Comyn 42:18; 80th Alan Fairs 42:31; 127th Kevin Booth 45:34; 256th Paul Harrod 51:19; 305th David Mower 53:48; 310th Paula Lambert 54:17; 327th Stephanie Pimlott 55:05; 331st Andrea Picton 55:18; 344th David Pimlott 56:19; 354th Stuart Smith 57:03; 434th Jimmy Gailagher 1:03:33; 435th Tracy Mayne 1:03:42: 442nd Angela Mower 1:04.24.

Strong Waveney Valley AC turnout for Scores Race

12 members of Waveney Valley AC ran in the 15th Lowestoft Scores Race. First home was Joe Skipper in 29:55 in 6th overall, Chris Pimlott 30:34 (8th) Tim Earl 31:51 (13th) Bill Kingaby 34:27 (27th) Alan Fairs 34.40 (29th) Andrew Friday 35:00 (34th) Glenn Doy 35:58 (40th) Alice Wicks 36:13 (42nd) 2nd lady overall, Nigel Herrod 36:24 (45th) Paul Liles 39:30 (73rd) Lisa Potter 43:40 (110th) Stephanie Pimlott 43:44 (111th).

3 members of David’s Normanston runners raced. The first home was Kevin Booth in 39:09 (68th) David Mower 43:24 (109th) James Gallagher 51:30 (136th) All 3 only recently started running and should be very happy with their times and hopefully looking forward to lots of races in the future.

Alan Continues Good Form


Waveney Valley AC member Alan Fairs recently ran the 26th Framlingham 10K this hilly race which is run round two and half laps is unusual because you run up hill three times but downhill only twice. Alan completed the course in a new personal best time of 44 minutes 41 seconds to finish in 68th place out of 270 runners.

Fairs sets PB in heavy rain


Alan Fairs ran the third and final race of the Wroxham 5k series, which was also the Norfolk 5k County Championships. There was another high turnout for this popular race with 280 entries. Arriving very shortly before the race began, Alan had just enough time to collect his number befoie setting off.
Heavy rain before and during the race made the conditions difficutt underfoot however Fairs finished his first race over this distance this year
in a new personal best of 20:46 which placed him 89th.

Roth Ironman distance triathlon

On 18th July, Tim Earl completed the Challenge Roth Ironman distance triathlon in Germany. The event consists of a 2.4mile swim, 112 mile cycle ride and then a marathon completed continuously. Tim started with a 1:20 swim for his weakest discipline, followed by a 5:40 cycle on an undulating course. He started the marathon briskly, aiming to  get round in 3:30, but tiredness caught up with him, and he had to settle for 4:06 in the end giving him a total time of 11:10:31

 More detailed race report at: http://www.rockestate.co.uk/rock_html_news_stories/2010_ironman_roth.php

Roger Wing 10k Race

Strong Waveney Valley AC turn out for the Roger Wing Annual 10k race.

On Good Friday, 10 members of Waveney Valley AC ran the Annual Roger Wing 10k race. The hilly course and strong winds made it difficult to run a fast time. Richard Moore was our first runner in 36.52, 8th overall, Chris Pimlott 39.08 (16th), Timothy Earl 41.05 (32nd), Alan Fairs 45.10 (64th), Glenn Doy 46.58 (77th), Stephen Cullem 51.29 (131st), Stephanie Pimlott 55.13 (169th), Lisa Potter 55.15 (170th), David Pimlott 56.40 (183rd), Clare Wyndham 73.16 (224th).

Spring Marathon news

Mark Potter of Waveney Valley AC ran the 2010 Virgin London Marathon in an impressive 3-03:22 which placed him 1,308th out of over 35,000 runners.

Two weeks before the London Marathon the father and son team of David and Chris Pimlott ran the Bungay Half Marathon with Chris, in his first ever race at this distance coming 11th overall in 1-26:48 while David ran 2-11:49 363rd overall.

Good series start for Valley trio

Great Yarmouth Road Runners held the first of their series of five mile road races for 2010 season along the seafront at Yarmouth. Entered for Waveney Valley Athletic Club were a trio of keen veterans, Richard Moore, Bill Kingaby and Alan Fairs.

Moore put in his customary high standard performance in finishing 12th overall from the 166 runners that took part. His time was 28.59 and he was awarded first prize in the vet 40+ age group.

Kingaby was placed 47th in a time of 33.07 very close to the times he ran in the series last year whilst Fairs knocked more than three minutes off his best time to underline his improved fitness the year. He clocked 34.05 in finishing 64th.

Moore is Waveney’s fastest finisher in second race of the promenade series

The Second race in the Great Yarmouth promenade five mile series took place with three members of Waveney Valley Athletic club entered.

This race formed part of the Runner Centre Grand prix series so the standard was very high and the number of entries in excess of 200 runners was the highest in this series for many years.

As in race one, Waveney’s Richard Moore was again amongst the prize winners, being awarded third place trophy in the veteran 40+ category. He finished in 16th position overall in a time of 28:59.

The brisk seafront breeze affected many of the runners time, including those of Bill Kingaby and Alan Fairs who were around half a minute down on their race one performances, though they finished comfortably in the top half of the field in 62nd (33:35) and 75th (34:35) respectively.

Usual suspects for third race of promenade series

Waveney Valley Athletic Club members Richard Moore, Bill Kingaby and Alan Fairs competed in the third and final race in the Great Yarmouth Road Runners 5 mile series.

There was another very high entry for an evening road race with more than 200 runners. The race was followed by the presentation of individual, team and series prizes.

For Moore, the series has proved successful rounding off events with second in the Veteran 40+ age category to add to a first and third in the first two races. He was also overall prize winner for the series in his age group.

Fairs twice improved his best time during the three races and looks set for a pleasing summer season and Kingaby, though suffering a stitch in the final race which cost him a few places, was still reasonably placed throughout the series in his age category.

Results: Richard Moore 14th (29:08) Alan Fairs 70th (34.02) Bill Kingaby 81st (34:30)