The Forum of Benfleet Running Club

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

16th March - Hadleigh Downs

THIS THE LAST MATCH, AND WE HOST THIS ONE.

WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE MARSHALLS (and cakes) TO MAKE THIS A SAFE EVENT.

PLEASE, PLEASE EMAIL CLIVE TO CONFIRM YOU CAN HELP.

Cliveh121@aol.com

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Benfleet

I'd love to Marshall, but i doubt Coach will let me cyclops

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

ahh, what it is to be in the elite club

sad10

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Benfleet

If only i was cherry

tonibella · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 47

what time are the marshalls needed on site?

JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203

To be fair, Stevie is "Over by the Raceboard" kind of elite as opposed to "Corridor" elite.....still trying to work out how the pecking order works regarding "Behind the Desk" standing and whether this is ahead of the "Leaning on the Desk at the Front" crew.

No matter how much (or indeed whether) I improve as a runner, I pledge to remain true to my roots as a "Keeping Quiet and Standing Right at the Back" kind of guy....

I might be able to do the Cross Country this weekend, Coach will no doubt tell me to marshall...... geek

mikey · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:07 am Post subject:

Think you're find the standing behind the desk crew, tend to be poor time keepers, or just plain anti social ( or is it true and we do really smell ?? )

The standing at the back crowd is definatly the place to be

Not to elite ....
Not to close to the board
But not standing just inside the door either !!!!

Having said that …
If Kirste’s in …. Leaning on the front desk is definatly the place to be

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

Another thread sucessfully hijacked !

oh, and Clive is still looking for marshalls.

JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Benfleet

JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203

I came, I saw, I marshalled, I slipped a lot, I got wet, most enjoyable !

Looked like a tough one in muddy conditions - good idea to make it impossible to avoid running straight through a puddle at around half way we thought.....Peter can take the credit/blame for that guys.

Bit of sneaky info for you.....the guy who came second had to stop and walk up that fairly steep hill where I was marshalling...hope that makes you feel better, though the two leaders were way ahead and I gather this 'walker' had done the Grizzly last week so we'll let him off... Smile

Anyway...well done, I am definitely going to get some spikes ready for next year, I want to experience that grim faced 'why do i do this' look I saw so much of at the bottom of that hill...good work cheers

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Benfleet

Steve, we can swap if you like, ill have your Marshall position and you can borrow my muddy spikes next year - lol compress

Thanks for the support at the bottom of that hill, I was feeling pretty tired as you saw, and thanks to all the other Marshalls that supported us on the way round thumbright

mikey · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:01 am Post subject:

Was away at the weekend

WHAT HAPPENED !!!!!

Results please

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Benfleet

WALES TOOK THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE GRAND SLAM

Nuff said.......

(I want to hear the results too, as I had to shoot off straight after the finish........)
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Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 183 Location: thundersley

really disgusted by those that didnt bother to turn up to help out yesterday , theres 200 members i think but we ran out of marshalls , peter watson for instance had to cover a large area on his own.jnr wanted to run but couldnt.my wife would have taken my place if i was able to run. its probably always the dedicated few that turn out to do this but what happens if they cant do it ?

come on people if theres no marshalls there are no races

in total i was away from home for 3.5 hours and that was including training on my bike before and after.

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Benfleet

Doesn't matter as a win's a win and all the teams had one or two good games in the tournament at some point.

Just like I had third place and M40 in the orange catergory in the orienteering yesterday. There may have been only 14 finishers and at one point I took 12 minutes to go between 2 controls 200 metres away (think MM1 was sitting on my shoulder telling me to get lost), but I take the end result with boths hands......
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mikey · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

Enough about the rugby

Don’t know what’s worse

The fact that we gifted you the first win
Our appalling display against Scotland

Or having to put up with welsh taunts for the next 12 months !!!

Let’s face it, in rugby terms there’s nothing worse than the stereotypical Welshman with a chip on his / her shoulder

Back to the Cross Country

What No Results !!!

JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Benfleet

mikey · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:27 am Post subject:

Think we need to motivate the members more

Probably spent a little to much time telling people it would be “nice” if they marshaled
Instead of explaining how important it was to the club that they put something back

Have to admit I was gutted to miss this year (due to family commitments ), as I find marshalling at our cross country one of the best days out of the year.

Think if more people realized how much fun it is, and its not a chore at all, we would be over subscribed next year

Wot ..... Still No Results !!!

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

I agree Mikey (yes, I know)

I was busy with family committments aswell this year, but haven't missed one for a while. Never felt the need to run (never asked - far too slow) but it is a great laugh seeing other people suffer.

I like the statement on EETC membership form-

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

TEAM SCORES

1st Div

1. Thrift Green 118 (1st Div winners)
2. Billericay 148
3. Benfleet 187
4. Ford 269 (Relegated to Div 2)
5. East Essex 330

2nd Div

1. Barking 340
2. Castle Point 404
3. Pitsea 611
4. Havering 769 (2nd Div winners & promoted to Div 1)
5. Phoenix 1072

JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203

I would echo that marshalling was quite good fun for a start, so perhaps it needs to be promoted as a social event rather than a duty.

It's the same scenario at my tennis club - 95% of people come along and play leaving the rest of us to be captains, social organisers, cleaning up crew etc etc.

We need to do our fair share.....I did the Ultra this year, I'm already thinking that I'll drive next year if needed....makes sense ?

mikemoreton · Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 539 Location: Hockley, GORC.

I did the Ultra last year, but couldnt offer my services for this year due to family commitments, which was also the reason for not marshalling.

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 183 Location: thundersley

i keep seeing people mention the ultra , do you mean the benfleet 15 ?

mikemoreton · Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 539 Location: Hockley, GORC.

No, The Ultra.

22 miles

Take you to the middle of nowhere and say to you 'see you back in Rayleigh' with a wicked smile on their face

Well, something like that

MM2

Stevie · Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 409 Location: Benfleet

mArKw · Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 255 Location: Benfleet

Now that peeps have stopped making excuses about not marshalling because they had family commitments, washing the cat or framing their Benfleet 15 2007 race number and the overall points are out, does anyone know if the times and individual positions are going to be available? Nothing on the EET site yet.
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mikey · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

What about the overall positions

Did we hang onto 2nd spot ?

Think we must have .......

But finishing third in the last leg must have made it a bit tight

Karl C · Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 1679 Location: Rayleigh

Nope, I have chased Ian for the individual results, and he is working on them.

As soon as I know, you will know.

And some of us don't need to make excuses about not marshalling - our previous track record holds us in good stead to miss the odd one or two every five years or so.

paddy · Joined: 23 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

w o o f
w o o f

Mike Mason · Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 948 Location: Hockley

Paddy..how would you feel about Lucycat knitting BRC running tops from your fur droppings?
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mikemoreton · Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 539 Location: Hockley, GORC.

MM1

On Anglia Tonight this evening 1 woman had knitted herself a jumper from her dead dogs fur.

And thats before 9pm watershed

Nice to see you are back

Regards

MM2

PS: Want my Paddock Wood half marathon number? Down side is that it is number 13

Honest!!

david thomson · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 183 Location: thundersley

Lee O · Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 318 Location: Canvey Island

Wow good write up in todays Echo and a Fab pic of all our Girls..

Well Done
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JBD · Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 203