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Results for Hatton XC, 06-Oct-2013

Sphinx AC juniors competed in the first race in the juniors’ cross country season. The juniors run a variety of distances and all competed well on a warm sunny morning. The competition is very strong with clubs competing from all over the West Midlands. Next fixture at Wolverhampton on 17th November. Official results can be found on this page (the event-specific results aren’t particularly durable): http://www.wmyaccl.com/Results.asp U11 Girls Abigail Handley 9:42 U11 Boys

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Results for Shelton Striders 10K, 06-Oct-2013

Mitch Timms and Ashley Miles represented Sphinx AC in this urban race in Derbyshire, with Ash taking first-in-category and Mitch taking second-in-category – a very nice morning’s work. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.sheltonstriders.co.uk/images/The10K/raceresults10k2013.pdf Pos Time Name Cat 6 35:20 Ashley Miles M40 78 44:02 Mitch Timms M55 Mitch said: _Though not particularly scenic, the course was completely flat and conditions were perfect, with a nice early 9.45 a.m. start time.

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Results for Blenheim half marathon, 06-Oct-2013

Alan Patrick and Steven Osmond represented Sphinx AC at this surprisingly undulating half-marathon at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Official results are here (PDF): http://chiptiming.co.uk/MediaGallery/results/Results%20-%20BHF%20Blenheim%20Palace%20HM%202013.pdf Pos Gun Name Chip CPos 363 1:50:24 Alan Patrick 1:49:54 375 471 1:54:18 Steven Osmond 1:53:59 498 Alan said: That was the toughest and hilliest course I’ve run, makes Kenilworth seem flat !!!

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Results for Coventry ParkRun, 05-Oct-2013

23 Sphinx AC runners/family/friends ran this weekend, with no first-timers and 2 PBs. The event was expertly administered by a number of Sphinx AC volunteers this week! Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/results/weeklyresults/?runSeqNumber=186 13 Pete Hall 18:56 VM40-44 74.30% 12 PB stays at 18:48 14 Alfie Meade 19:02 JM14 74.52% 13 New PB! 47 Rob Wheatley 20:47 SM35-39 63.83% 44 PB stays at 19:46 75 Robyn McSharry 22:01 JW14 73.96% 4 New PB!

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Result for Sandman triathlon, 22-Sep-2013

Bryan Pears represented Sphinx AC in this 1k swim/60k cycle/10k trail run event on Anglesey. The event is described as: 1000m Sea Swim off Llanddwyn beach 60 km Road Cycle circular route taking riders via Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and back along the west coast of Anglesey 10 km Trail Run along Llanddwyn forest trails, sand dunes and beach Official results are here: http://www.tdl.ltd.uk/race-results-individual.php?event=1444&competitor_id=331 No. Name Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Chip Pos CatPos

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Results for Berlin Marathon, 29-Sep-2013

Stuart Banbrook and Bryan Pears represented Sphinx AC in the fastest ever (official & modern) marathon. Stuart and Bryan were lucky enough to participate in this world record-breaking run, with Wilson Kipsan finishing just ahead of them in the breathtaking time of 2:03:23. The lads also came back with a pretty smart technical t-shirt each. Official results are here: http://results.scc-events.com/2013/?pid=search&search[club]=sphinx Pos Name Cat Gun Chip 7868 Bryan Pears M40 03:48:15 03:34:23

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Results for The Summer Beast, 15-Sep-2013

Ten Sphinx AC runners took part in this challenging race over an equine assault cource in Leicestershire. This is a “double” or “quit” event, where competitors have the option of finishing after one lap, or carrying on to do two. Hazards include LOTS of horse-height fences, water jumps, cargo nets etc. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.thebeastrun.co.uk/downloads/The%20Summer%20Beast%20Double%20Result%202013.pdf 13 1:17:44 Kevin Naughton 14 1:18:21 Luke Makins 79 1:51:42 Laura Pibworth 80 1:51:43 Jackie Timms 81 1:51:44 Mitch Timms 99 2:05:22 Fiona Quinn 99 2:05:22 Darina Brejtrova 99 2:05:22 Christine Thomas 99 2:05:22 Sue Gough Andy Mcintosh ran but isn’t listed in either the “double” or “quit” results!

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Results for Paris-Versailles 10, 29-Sep-2013

Four Sphinx AC runners crossed the channel to run this very large 10-miler between Paris and Versailles. Official results are here (PDF): http://www.parisversailles.com/docs/Classement_PV2013.pdf No. Name Time Pos Cat CPos GPos 7991 Jackie Timms 1:31:07 10961 FV1 328 1083 7996 Mitch Timms 1:31:06 10955 MV2 1178 9875 6968 Laura Pibworth 1:33:59 12659 SF 858 1512 6374 Fiona Quinn 1:50:34 19361 SF 2207 4096 The gang of four bumped into our old friend, Quentin Henry, and enjoyed some carb-loading together.

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Results for Birmingham Canal Canter (18 & 26 miles), 21-Sep-2013

Six Sphinx AC members completed one of the two routes around the extensive canal network of Birmingham. Official results are here: https://www.ldwa.org.uk/lgt/downloads/HeartOfEngland/Birmingham_Canal_Canter_18_mile_Results_2013.pdf https://www.ldwa.org.uk/lgt/downloads/HeartOfEngland/Birmingham_Canal_Canter_26_mile_Results_2013.pdf 18 miles: 20 278 Jackie Timms 3:23 21 277 Pete Morgan 3:23 22 276 Bob Torley 3:23 26 miles: 11 184 Steve Colbourne 4:07 24 222 Steve Court 4:26 99 199 Myles Davies 7:36 (walked) Steve Court said:

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Result for Teach First Birmingham 10k, 29-Sep-2013

Ben Orme represented Sphinx AC in this 10k, two-lap run at Sutton Park, finishing 24th overall in field of 391 runners! Official results are here: http://racetimingsystems.net/Results/IndividualResults.aspx?Id=1825 Pos Gun Chip Name Lap 1 Lap 2 24 44:22 44:19 Ben Orme 22:09 22:10 Ben said: A really well organised race for a good cause – taking in two laps of Sutton Park, broadly in a reverse direction to the relays and taking in some new areas of the Park.

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