19 athletes came out to contest the November Handicap, we welcomed Hannah Thursfield as a newcomer to the event and the handicapper foolishly believed her "25min parkrun" story.
Hannah proceeded to win on her debut showing good pace and the killer instinct of a real racer to overtake Paul Oxley in the final 20m so denying Paul what would have been a cherished gun to tape win for tonight's low handicapper. Both successfully held off the rapidly improving Stephen Lucas who had to settle for third. For once the thrilling sweet spot of the blanket finish was right at the front and the first 5 all finished within 7secs. Pete Sansome gets the handicapper's thanks for being spot-on his handicap.
Fastest on the night was again the ever reliable Pete Sansome (6'20, stays at #5) with Jack Sansome (PB equalling 6'28, stays #54) in another close race for family bragging rights those were our only sub-7 speedsters. Liz Marshall and Helen Jones were our fast ladies both posting 7'47 (Liz stays #23 and Helen stays #28).
The overall championship is now in the news embargo period so nothing to say here. The results will be published and the trophy awarded at the Xmas dinner event on 4th Dec so if you want to know you have to be there! The scoring mechanics are such that with only one race to go the competition remains very much alive and you can add spice to the mix by taking part in the December event and shaking up the pot.
We still have a unprecedented 7 athletes on track to complete the fabled 12 out of 12.....no-one is blinking now and it promises to be a bumper presentation at the Christmas Party on 4th December.
The next Handicap will be held on the first Thursday of the month, the 3rd December and it will be dark so don't forget to wear lighting and high viz clothing....xmas themed gear if you wish!