July Time Trial
Brett Sadler 19:15 ; Nick Best 20:32; Tom Stokes 20:36; Tim 20:47; Rob Walker 20:52; Georgie Starkie 20:53; Alistair Dove 21:18; Chris Steele 23:05; Mike Burr 25:50; Sue Watts 25:55; Caroline 26:09; Nick Marriage 27:52; Mandy Aston 27:54; Liz Jackson 27:56; Nicola Player 28:02; Nigel Sears 29:34; Susan White 29:39; Chris Parker 29:39; Alan Berry 32:45
Wincanton 10k, 29th June 2008. Georgie Starkie flew the flag for Frome and was first female overall in a time of 45:03 followed by Jo Fordham 47:35 and Margaret Plummer 1st FV50 54:38.
Warminster Forest 10 mile race, 22nd June 2008Jim Plunkett-Cole was first over the line for the club finishing 10th overall in 1:03:47 following was Ted Sprules 3rd MV50 1:06:50, Jeremy Player 1:08:06, Brett Sadler MV50 1:08:18, Nick Best 1:13:37, Alistair Dove 1:15:29, James Farrow MV50 1:23:01, Chris Steele MV40 1:24:38, Marcus Gaffney 1:30:46, Margaret Plummer FV45 1:30:54, Sue Watts FV35 1:35:35, Nicola Player FV45 1:41:53 and James Sherwin MV40 1:44:29.
On 18 May Tom Stokes MV40 competed in the Keynsham 10k coming home in 40:42, on 24 May he bettered this by 13 seconds at the Egdon Easy. Not content with this he travelled to Poole on 1 June and beat this time finishing in 40:12.
On 25 May three club members crossed the border into Scotland to compete in the Edinburgh Marathon. Results Georgie Starkie 3:53:42, Joanne Fordham FV35 3:56:51 and Sue Watts FV40 4:56:18.
A further three members didn’t have quite so far to travel to the monthly 5k Time Trial at Yeovilton on 5 June. Results: Brett Sadler
2nd V50 18:37, Jeremy Player 18:52 and Nick Best 19:33.
Frome took the lions share of the prizes on offer at the Miners 10k organised by Somer AC on 15 June. In his first Grand Prix event for Frome Jeremy Player finished as 2nd Senior Male [4th overall] in 40:13, following Jeremy came Georgie Starkie 2nd Senior Female in 43:55, Rob Walker MV40 43:56, Sarah Wallace 47:08, Joanne Fordham 47:20, Margaret Plummer 1st FV50 53:30, Karen Evans 3rd FV40 54:10, Nicola Player 3rd FV50 58:57, James Sherwin 59:49 and Karla March 1:00:39. Frome also came away with the ladies team prize consisting of Joanne Fordham, Georgie Starkie and Sarah Wallace. At the same time the Miners Half Marathon was taking place with five Frome runners tackling this two loop race. Results, Ted Sprules 1st MV50 1:25:20, Ray Walker MV40 1:31:47, Chris Steele MV40 1:48:55, Mandy Aston FV40 2:14:20 and Mark Aston MV50 2:15:03.
June Time Trial
Brett Sadler 19:09; Rob Walker 19:51; Tom Stokes 19:55; Nick Best 19:58; Ian Doyle 20:59; Alistair Dove 21:16; Chris Steele 23:25; Dave Lowes 25:16; Andrew Eastwood 25:43; Marcus Gaffney 25:45; Mike Burr 25:48; Nick Marriage 26:59; Andy Wright 28:19
Sarah Davies 26:02; Liz Dowling 26:21; Caroline 26:26; Emma Evans 26:34; Jan Wright 28:19; Suzanne Bain 29:49; Nicola Player 29:57; Liz Jackson 30:02; Jo Milkins 30:10
Frome Running Club saw ten runners complete the Corsham 10k on 27 April. Ted Sprules MV50 was first home for Frome in 40:00 followed by Ian Doyle MV40 44:57, James Farrow MV50 45:31, Lauren Jefferies 46:47, John Bryant-Jefferies MV50 51:39, Margaret Plummer FV50 55:32, Rebecca Eleanor FV50 1:02:04 and Sarah Davies 1:02:10.
The monthly 5k time trial was held at the Club on 7 May 2008 with 19 members taking part. The results were as follows: Jim Plunkett-Cole 18:44, Brett Sadler, 18:49 Ray Walker 19:00, Nick Best 20:02, Tom Stokes 20:16, Ian Doyle 20:59, Alistair Dove 21:58, Chris Steele 23:05, Nick Clark 23:13, John Foreman 24:07, Sarah Wallace 24:08, Karla Marsh 26:39, Emma Evans 27:14, Sarah Davies 27:23, Nick Marriage 28:33, Liz Jackson 30:17, Nicola Player 30:17 and Suzanne Bain 31:14.
The following Saturday saw many from the Club at the running of the 4th Keevil 10k. At the time of going to press the results were not available but four members of the club received trophies. Jon Coles 1st V40 and 2nd overall, Jo Fordham 2nd FV35, Brett Sadler 1st V50, and Georgie Starkie 3rd F.
On the 11th May the popular ‘Cow Pat Canter’ was held at Midsomer Norton. The weather was the complete opposite to last years torrential rain with the runners enduring extreme heat. 11 runners from Frome RC came home in the following order. Brett Sadler 3rd V50 46:11, Tom Stokes MV40 48:54, Alistair Dove 51:25, Chris Steele MV40 1:00:28, Sarah Wallace 1:06:26, Emma Evans 1:08:07, James Sherwin 1: 09:16, Margaret Plummer FV50 1:11:27, Liz Dowling 1:15:43, Karen Evans 1:15:43, and Karla Marsh 1:15:43.
Elsewhere in the region Jim Plunkett-Cole finished the ‘Wrington Woodland Race’ in 40:02. Whilst the Glastonbury 10k saw 2 Frome finishers, Brett Sadler MV50 38:22 and Tom Stokes MV40 41:29.
Finally Jon Coles took part in the Kernow 5 mile race and finished 4th Overall and 1st V4
Bridge Inn 5k, April 2008
Brett Sadler 18:25
London Marathon, 13th April, 2008
Ted Sprules 3:00:47; Ian Doyle 3:13:49; James Sherwin 4:20:56; John Foreman; 4:28:xx; Liz Jackson 4:49:20; Karla March 5:02:13
Taunton Marathon, 6th April, 2008
Jon Coles 2:51:34
Trowbridge 10k, 6th April 2008
Brett Sadler 40:56; Ray Walker 42:46; Tom Stokes 43:27; Rob Walker 47:39; Alistair Dove 47:59; Chris Steele 52:57; Sarah Wallace 53:56; Karla March 57:55; Emma Evans 58:02; Liz Dowling 1:02:26
Club Time Trial, 2nd April 2008
Nick Cramp 18:49; Brett Sadler 18:54; Keith Penney 19:03; Ted Sprules 19:25; Tom 19:52; Ian Doyle 20:19; Ray Walker 21:33; Alistair Dove 22:10; Chris Steele 23:44; Nigel Sears 29:10; Nick Marriage 29:20; Alan Berry 31:00
Lauren Bryant-Jeffries 21:33, Chris 24:47; Liz Dowling 28:05; Jean Hurst 29:23; Liz Jackson 32:34
Easter Bunny, 24th March 2008
Brett Sadler 38:21; Ted Sprules 38:47; Nick Best 43:40; Georgie Starkie 44:15; Ray Walker 44:35; Lauren Bryant-Jefferies 44:39; Karla March 53:08; Karen Evans 54:03; Mandy Aston 57:33; Nicola Player 59:36; Tony Blatchford 1:01:28; Mark Aston 1:01:28; Ruth Scott 1:07:10; Anne Travers 1:07:17
Spring Half Marathons, 16th March 2008
Forest of Dean
Ray Walker 1:40:00; Mark Aston 2:23:07; Mandy Aston 2:23:07
Bath Half Marathon
Brett Sadler 1:23:41; Ted Sprules 1:23:53; Nick Best 1:34:31; James Langdon 1:39:35; Georgie Starkie 1:40:10; Jo Fordham 1:43:58; Margaret Plummer 1:52:13; John Foreman 1:54:21; Karen Evans 1:57:53; James Sherwin 1:59:25; Karla March 2:02:03; Tony Blatchford 2:1o:o5; Liz Jackson 2:12:20; Julie Bagg 2:19:14; Emma Norris 2:24:04
Fleet Half Marathon
Ian Doyle 1:31:09; Tom Stokes 1:31:53
Silverstone Half Marathon
Alan Berry 2:24:10
Devizes 10k, 9th March 2008
Jon Coles 36:23; Sarah Wallace 48:30; Karla March 54:07
March Time Trial Results
Brett Sadler 18:59; Keith Penny 19:35; Ted Sprules 19:36; Nick Best 20:12; Ian Doyle 20:35; Alistair Dove 22:57; James Sherwin 26:08; John Foreman 27:54; Ray Walker 27:56
Georgie Starkie 22:41; Sue Watts 25:48; Karla March 26:48; Suzanne 27:08; Ruth Scott 27:29; Liz Dowling 29:08; Anne Travers 32:41
Gloucester 20, 2nd March 2008
Ted Sprules MV50 2:16:16, James Sherwin MV35 3:12;42, Karla March 3:43:36 and Liz Jackson FV40 3:43:37.
The Terminator, 24th February 2008
Ray Walker MV40 1:38:41; Alistair Dove 1:42:24.
Babcary 7.5 miles, 24th February, 2008
0002 Jon Coles, MV40, 0:44:13
0005 Brett Sadler, MV50, 0:47:29
0039 Jo Fordham, LV35, 0:57:54
0058 Sarah Wallace, SL, 1:01:28
0074 Sue Watts, LV35, 1:04:28
0081 Karen Evans, LV35, 1:06:27
0095 Karla March, SL, 1:09:51
0102 Susan White, SL, 1:12:47
0103 Mandy Aston, LV45, 1:12:47
0105 Mark Aston, MV50, 1:13:03
0108 Tony Blatchford, MV40, 1:15:19
0109 Emma Norris, SL, 1:15:25
0110 Nicola Player, LV45, 1:15:57
The Inca Trail, 17th February 2008
Mark Aston 1:23:11
Emma Norris 1:27:33
Nicola Player 1:42:44
Gloucester 10, 6th January 2008
Margaret Plummer, V50, 1:23:53, James Sherwin 1:33:12 and Karla March 1:36:03.
Longleat House was the setting on Sunday 10th February, when Lord Bath played host to the 209 Longleat 10K
With perfect running conditions on hand, a record turnout of 18 Runners from Frome Running Club enjoyed the scenic, undulating course.
The athletes who competed at Longleat were; Ted Sprules, V50, 40:30, Keith Penney, 40:51, Nick Best, 45:35, James Langdon, 46:21, Georgie Starkie, 47:49, Joanne Fordham, V35, 48:35, Lizzie Jackson, V40, 51:10, Christine Penney, 54:15, Margaret Plummer, V50, 54:19, Karla March, 55:16, Sue Watts, V40, 56:16, Karen Evans, V40, 56:53, Mandy Aston, V45, 1:00:32, Liz Dowling, 1:00:36, Tony Blatchford, V49, 1:01:53, Emma Norris, 1:02:47, Mark Aston, V55, 1:02:50 and Anne Travers, V45, 1:08:30.
Ian Doyle put in a good time at the Wokingham Half-Marathon, on Sunday 10th February. He posted a time of 1:31:56.
February Time Trial Results
Ted Sprules 19:40
Karla March 26:14
Georgie Starkie 23:37
Tony Blatchford 29:49
Keith Penny 19:44
Nick Best 21:00
Steve Hibberd 23:27
Chris Steele 26:47
John Pinscombe 25:44
Ian Doyle 21:09
James Langden 23:37
Suzanne 26:55
Sarah Wallace 25:52
Emma Norris 29:49
Mark Aston 29:46
Anne Travers 31:11
Alan Berry 31:37
Grand Prix 2007 Winners
Ladies’ Grand Prix 2007:
1st and winner of the Club Shield: Margaret Plummer
Joint 2nd: Jo Fordham & Sue Watts
4th: Mandy Aston
5th: Georgie Starkie
6th: Karen Evans
7th: Lizzie Jackson
8th: Emma Bailey
9th: Karla March
10th: Emma Norris
Men’s Grand Prix 2007:
Joint 1st and joint winners of the Club Shield: Brett Sadler & Ted Sprules
3rd: Mark Aston
4th: Tony Blatchford
5th: James Sherwin
Club Championship 2007:
Ladies
1st: Lauren Bryant-Jefferies
2nd: Mandy Aston
3rd: Anne Travers
4th: Ruth Scott
5th: Karla March
6th: Emma Norris
Men’s
1st: Keith Penny
2nd: Nick Best
3rd: Ted Sprules
4th: Chris Steele
5th: Mark Aston
Best Male Improver: Nick Best
Best Lady Improver: Jo Fordham
Best Newcomer: James Sherwin
Chairman’s Cup: Tony Blatchford