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LOUGHTON LINESNEW SERIES: Number 1, October, 2017

HERE WE ARE AGAIN

The favourite read of athletes everywhere is back on the news-stands. Loughton Lines, like Sleeping Beauty before it, is rubbing its eyes and saying, “Ooh, aah, where am I?”

Those of a previous generation will have been expecting a rousing address from Captain Barclay, an earlier editor who fainted under the strain of writing most of it himself; he has retired to his cocoa, cobwebs and memories and left it to me; young blood, you know! I must start with a declaration; I am not going to spend my time inventing noms de plume so that you think that there is an army of contributors and correspondents overwhelming me with material. If you, you

and you don’t inundate me with informative, instructive and entertaining items, we shall fade away again. The Editorial Office can handle most things, including bits of paper, electronic files (which sound like gadgets from a bang up-to-date high-tech beauty salon) and whispered confidences by the side of the track, but please no daubs on the walls of the pavilion! The idea is to appear bi-monthly, but that’s up to so get thinking. Just in case your thinking bears fruit, you will find contact information on the last page. I await developments.

Your humble and obedient Editor, Peter Cassidy

THE EASTERN VETS’ LEAGUE FINAL, 2017

The League Final at Bedford International Stadium on the 10th September saw Loughton’s Ladies finishing in fourth position with 191 points, a mere 8·5 behind bronze medallists Chelmsford A.C./Springfield; well, there are two of them! The only event not covered by our gallant band was the W50-59 hurdles. Just to let those who weren’t there know how hard everyone worked, here is a full list of our performances. So that we don’t have to wear our fingers to the bone typing the same names over and over again, we’ll show the athletes by their initials: AH Anne Heeks: BH Barbara Higgins: EM Emily McMahon: JH Jean Hobbs: KM Katherine Merrit: MD Michaela Davis: MK Mary Knapman: MP Melanie Peddle: PAS Pam Ackland-Snow. (Yes, they did it with a team of nine!) We’ll show the results as Event Age Group Athlete Position Performance. N.B.: the walk had A & B strings with all ages, rather than separate age groups. (No, I have no idea why; I’m just copying it out.)100m 35-39 MK 6 16·4 50-59 MD 4 16·5 60+ EM 1 16·5 200m 35-39 MK 5 33·8 50-59 MD 5 36·0 60+ BH 2 40·0 400m 35-49 MD 6 95·7 50-59 BH 7 108·0 800m 35-49 MK 3 2:56·6 50-59 AH 5 3:19·5 1500m 35-39 MK 3

2:56·6 50-59 AH 5 6:54·9 3000m 35-49 MP 5 15:36·2 50-59 AH 5 14:19·4 60+ JH 5 15:44·4 2000mW A string MP 1 11:10·8 B string AH 1 14:13·3 100mH 35-49 MK 2 24·6 HT 35-49 KM 7 17·08 PAS 5 19·59 SP 35-49 KM 6 5·86 JT 35-39 KM 7 12·93 50-59 PAS 4 14·84 DT 35-49 KM 3 15·35 50-59 MD 1 15·77 60+ PAS 3 14·33 LJ 35-49 MK 8 2·60 50-59 MD 6 2·89 60+ EM 1 3·50 TJ 35 MK 3 8·28 50-59 MD 6 6·13 HJ 50-59 MD 5 1·09 60+ EM 1 1·09 PV 35-49 MD 3 1·30 50-=59 BH 3 1·30 Relays (400-200-200-400) 35-49 (MP, PA JH, MK) L.A.C. 6 4:43·7 50 (MD,BH,EM,AH) L.A.C. 4 4:22·4

Congratulations to everyone, with perhaps special mention for those who did particularly well compared with the men’s performances. Emily, at 83·2% had the highest age-graded performance in the High Jump (where the men’s highest grade was 80·7%) and of our two walkers Melanie was 15·8 seconds faster than the winner of the men’s A string and Anne only 3·1 slower than their B string winner. No doubt the ladies’ team is looking forward to being at least one place better in 2018 and – who knows? – being accompanied by the men.

Here’s a photo of the team – or some of it – looking self-satisfied, especially David Hobbs, for whom it seems to have doubled as a birthday party. It’s of no interest to you readers but (Voices from the Past Department – cue Mantovani) the cove at back right in the yellow jacket is Brian Graves of Marshall Milton Keynes A.C., with whom I was at secondary school in an earlier millennium. As I have now inadvertently dragged in another Voice from the Past, I should explain to younger viewers that Mantovani was a band-leader (in the days when it took more than two to

constitute a band) or, as he saw it, orchestral conductor, who went in for a sort of melancholy nostalgia based upon a large number of violins, generally in unison and often playing very slowly indeed; ask your Granny! (You can hear him playing his characteristic “Charmaine”, which came to be known as his doleful signature tune, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__tm_j8FPl0 but those of you who are of a nervous disposition should not try to take it all in one go.) Why Melanie is hiding and Anne is still dressing, who knows? Walkers, eh!

THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

George Richardson has done his annual analysis of the Club’s performances during the Summer and we present here the results of his labours.

New Club RecordsGeorge remarks on these performances; “I think, for the first time, there were no Club Records set at the final of the Eastern

Veterans League. No Senior Records have been set for some seasons.

Michaela Davis WV50 2000m s/c 11:56·0 SAL 17th JuneJim Harrison MV50 100mH 19·7 EVL 7th June HT 22·92 EVL 5th July JT 29·10 EVL 26th JulyAnne Heeks WV55 3000m 14:08·7 EVL 3rd MayBarbara Higgins WV60 HT 21·22 EVL 3rd MayMary Knapman WV35 2000m s/c 9:27·9 SAL 17th JuneEmily McMahon WV65 100m 16·3* EVL 26th July LJ 3·59 EVL 5th July

DT 13·30 EVL 26th July

Melanie Peddle WV45 3000mW 17:01·7 WGO 5th

SepMen V50 4x100m 65·0 EVL 3rd MayWomen V50 4x400m 6:36·6 EVL 5th July

* Equalled existing recordEVL: Eastern Vets’ LeagueSAL: Southern Athletics LeagueWGO: Woodford Green Open

26th July (at Ipswich) was obviously good for field events.

Club Rankings in the Southern Athletics LeagueGeorge’s comment on this table; “Looking at these results, it is obvious that unless more competitors take part in the Southern

Athletics League, we will really struggle in future seasons.”

MEN100mJ.McCabe 12·4 17th June200mJ.McCabe 25·9 17th June400mJ.McCabe 58·0 20th May800mG.Harper 3:04·3 20th May1500mJ.Whitehouse 5:35·5 19th August3000mNo performances5000mJ.Whitehouse 20:13·3 19th August110mHNo performances400mHJ.Harrison 74·7 17th June2000m steeplechaseJ.Whitehouse 9:03·3 19th August3000m steeplechase4x100m4x400mNo performancesPole VaultJ.Harrison 2·60 20th May

17th June19th August

High JumpG.Harper 1933 20th MayLong JumpJ.Harrison 3·94 17th JuneTriple JumpNo performancesJavelinJ.Harrison 30·59 19th AugustShotJ.Harrison 7·40 20th MayT.Robinson 6·92 18th JuneDiscusJ.Harrison 12·02 19th AugustHammerJ.Harrison 20·61 19th August

WOMEN100mJ.Ryan 12·3 19th AugustA.Harrison 13·8 8th JulyM.Davis 16·3 20th May200mJ.Ryan 24·7 8th JulyA.Harrison 27·9 8th JulyM.Davis 36·1 8th July400mA.Harrison 67·0 8th JulyM.Davis 89·8 17th JuneI.Petersen 1:43·6 20th May800mJ.Ryan 2:25·8 8th July

M.Knapman 2:54·1 20th MayA.Harrison 3:05·1 20th MayM.Davis 3:56·8 19th AugustJ.Hobbs 4:04·6 19th August1500mM.Knapman 5:58·0 20th MayM.Hurley 6:16·8 17th JuneJ.Hobbs 7:40·3 17th JuneI.Petersen 7:43·0 20th May3000mM.Knapman 12:13·5 17th JaneM.Hurley 13:19·7 17th JuneJ.Hobbs 15:56·5 19th August5000mM.Knapman 21:20·8 20th MayJ.Hobbs 26:59·2 20th May100mHA.Harrison 20·89 8th July400mHA.Harrison 75·5 8th July2000m steeplechaseM.Knapman 9:27·9 17th JuneM.Davis 11:56·0 17th June1500m steeplechaseM.Knapman 6:37·2 8th July4x100m 57·5 8th July4x400m 5:10·0 8th JulyPole vaultM.Davis 1·45 8th JulyB.Higgins 1·45 8th JulyHigh JumpM.Davis 1·10 8th JulyB.Higgins 1·00 17th June

8th JulyLong JumpM.Knapman 3·79 8th JulyM.Davis 3·16 8th JulyA.Harrison 2·86 19th AugustTriple JumpM.Knapman 8·27 17th JuneM.Davis 6·35 20th MayB.Higgins 5·59 19th AugustJavelinK.Merritt 13·80 17th JuneP.Ackland-Snow 13·64 19th AugustB.Higgins 8·42 19th AugustShotK.Merritt 6·24 17th JuneB.Higgins 5·34 17th JuneM.Davis 5·29 19th AugustDiscusK.Merritt 15·82 17th JuneM.Davis 15·64 17th JuneB.Higgins 15·28 20th MayP.Ackland-Snow 14·10 19th AugustHammerK.Merritt 18·41 17th JuneB.Higgins 18·24 8th JulyP.Ackland-Snow 15·30 19thAugust

The Newman TrophyThis table is based upon the number of points scored by Club members in the Southern Athletic League matches during the

season. N.B.: The Club was unable to participate in the match on the 15th April, so no scores were obtained.

Match date: 20/5 17/6 8/7 19/8 Total

MenJ.Harrison 12·5 22 - 17 51·5J.McCabe 7 5 7 5 24J.Whitehouse - - - 9 9G.Harper 4 4Totals 23·5 27 7 31 88·5

WomenM.Davis 22 37 32 19·5 100·5A.Harrison 17 18 16 18 69

B.Higgins 20 21 14 10 65M.Knapman 20 16 25 - 61K.Merritt 10 11 18 - 39M.Hurley - 10 13 - 23J.Ryan - 11 10 - 21J.Hobbs 5 6 - 8 19P.Ackland-Snow- - - 14 14I.Petersen 6 - - - 6Relays 6 2 7 - 15Totals 106 121 136 79·5 442·5

Officials 20 20 20 10 70

THE SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE

As can be seen from the tables, we were always a bit short-handed so far as athletes were concerned and could do no better than finishing nineteenth out of twenty-four in Division 3 North with ten League Points, a score equalled by Barnet & District, who beat us by managing 849 Match Points to our 601; our individual match positions were three times fifth out of six and once fourth. “Well done!” to those who did so much and appear so many times in the table. So that you can all start now to plan your approach to next year’s matches and get yourselves into the League Rankings as shown above (especially if you’re of the male disposition), the 2018 dates will be: 14th April (alternatively the 28th April if there is no Y.A.G. U.D.L. on the 29 th), 20th

May, 23rd June, 14th July and 18th August. We shall not be applying to promote a match next year as we are rather pushed for officiating.

On the other hand, we certainly did more than our bit with officials this year; in none of the matches (and this applies also to the Eastern Masters’ League) did all participating clubs fulfil their obligations to provide officials and several – at least on the track – provided none at all; for example, at the eight league matches during the year, your long-suffering Editor was Track Referee four times! Cassidy’s proposed a system of penalties, to make them smarten up their ideas a bit, is: for a first short-coming, a Club is to be docked twenty-five points, for a second it is to be disqualified from the match and for a third it is to be taken en bloc to Dover and tipped over the edge (or made to walk to Mersea Island when the tide is unfavourable. Even that frenzy of draconianism would probably have no effect, though. If they can’t be bothered to do things properly, why do they join?

THE WINTER FIXTURES, 2017-2018

Here is the latest from Winter Fixtures Secretary George Richardson; as usual, they are subject to change.If you have any queries about them, please contact George on 0207 432 0010 or at [email protected]

OctoberTuesday 3rd Chingford League Road (all) Redbridge Cycle Circuit 7:00 p.m.Saturday 14th Chingford League (all) Hackney Marshes 1:30 p.m.

(including Club M & W 5-mile CC championships)Saturday 21st North of the Thames CC Champs Kingsbury 1:00 p.m.

Essex CC League t.b.c. 12:00 noon (W), 12:45 p.m. (M)NovemberSaturday 4th Interclub Vets (M & W) * Loughton 11:00 a.m.Tuesday 7th Chingford League Road (all) Redbridge Cycle Circuit 7:00 p.m.Saturday 25th Essex CC League Apex Playing Fields, Hockley 12:00 noon (W), 12:45 p.m. (M)DecemberSaturday 2nd Essex Vets (M & W) Writtle College 11:00 a.m.Saturday 9th Ware Cup (M & W) * Loughton 11:00 a.m.Saturday 16th Essex CC League (all) Chingford? 12:00 noon (M), 12:45 p.m. (W)Tuesday 26rd Mince Pie Relay Loughton 11:00 a.m.Saturday 30th Chingford League t.b.c. 1:30 p.m.JanuarySaturday 6th Essex CC Champs Great Notley Country Park t.b.c.

(M & W + U/17, U/20)(including Club M 7-mile CC Champs)

Saturday 13th Essex CC League (all) Writtle 12:00 noon (W), 12:45 p.m. (M)Saturday 27th South of England CC Champs t.b.c. t.b.c.FebruarySunday 4th London Walks Hillingdon Cycle Circuit 12:00 noon

(Club promotion)Saturday 10th Essex CC League (all) Gloucester Park, Basildon 12:00 noon (W), 12:45 p.m. (M)Saturday 17th Chingford League Victoria Park 1:30 p.m.

(including Club 5-mile Road Champs)Saturday 24th National CC Champs (all) Parliament Hill t.b.c.MarchSaturday 10th Chingford League CC Relays Wanstead Flats 1:30 p.m.

+ PresentationsAprilSunday 22nd London Marathon Greenwich 9:00 a.m.

N.B: t.b.c.= “to be confirmed”; i.e., no-one has decided yet; we’ll let you know when they have.

THE WOODFORD TUESDAY WALKS – AND OTHERS

There was good news from the League held in conjunction with the Woodford Green Open Meetings. For those who hadn’t noticed it, it is a series of four 3000m walks held at Ashton Playing Fields, with awards for the first three individuals overall, the first three ladies and the first team. I shan’t bore you with the scoring system; suffice it to say that Loughton finished on top with 291 points, Ilford being runners-up with 211.

Among the Ladies, Melanie Peddle was top with Françoise Fernandez third. In the overall contest, for the first time ever a lady took the gold, Melanie beating Stuart Bennett of Ilford by six points (88-82). John Borgars was third overall with 79 and your humble servant limped in fifth by scoring 74. In 2016, Melanie was “only” third overall (with John second), but first lady, and we won the team competition. In 2017, as a matter of fact, we could all have stayed away from the last race and still taken the same awards, so clear was the outcome.

The walkers showed themselves pretty well at the Southend Open Meeting on August Bank Holiday. Melanie again led home a mixed field over a mile in 8:58·8, with John third in 9:47·4 and oneself tenth in 11:18·8. (Yes, pretty sad isn’t it? “I could have been a contender,” if I’d done some serious training.) Sandwiched between Melanie and John was George Nibre, who reckoned that the last race he had ever won was an Olympic Trial; we mix with the best – and some of us beat them.

The adjacent picture (by kind permission of John Brock of Southend-on-Sea A.C.,) shows Melanie in full flow. John Borgars is beyond her right elbow and George Nibre is in the beige shirt close to the official calling lap times. By this point, after two laps, I reckon that I had probably safely reached the home straight without passing out.

Loughton participates in the Enfield Walking League and we turned out for the Enfield 1 hour race on 23rd

September; it was rather an odd race, because it included the Essex 10,000m Championship, which we couldn’t fit in elsewhere, with a sixty-minute time limit. Melanie convincingly won the ladies’ gold medal – actually lapping the male winner twice. The Editor finished fourth in the Essex men’s, being lapped four times by Melanie; John didn’t count in the Championship, of course, as he’s an alien from Hertfordshire, but he was fifteenth overall, a few yards off being lapped twice by the Golden Lady. Actual numbers of metres in the hour were: MP 9620, JB 8826, PC 7892. There were only two bits of consolation for PC; Loughton is now closing in on Hillingdon A.C. for fourth League spot and last year in this event he only did 7891. Is this the beginning of a comeback?. At that rate, don’t hold your breaths!

Just as we started putting this issue together, Melanie did her first 20k race and is now lying tenth overall in the 2017 National rankings for all age groups; she said afterwards, “That hurt!” Well, that’s what it’s supposed to do! (Melanie’s secret may have been her pre-race hot cross bun – in October?)

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO….?

What we have here seems to be a relay hurdle race. G.E. Turner of Cambridge University is seen showing good style, probably at some time in the 1920s, despite the burden of carrying a baton in his right hand. It may even be from the mad old days when hurdling was regarded as a field event and was held on the infield, as there seem to be no lane markings. Note also the solidity of the hurdles; the T-shaped feet make it much harder to knock the hurdle down than is the case with modern L-shaped bases. Hitting one would leave a lasting impression – probably on the ground as well as on the runner!

On the Internet, there are some films of hurdle relays – in the U.S.A. – but they are run as shuttles, one team occupying lanes 1 and 2, the next team lanes 3 & 4, etc., with the team members running in opposite directions; they do not carry batons, but the outgoing runner, crouching in the blocks, cannot start until the incoming one has crossed the start/finish line. It looks quite exciting, but what would happen if a runner going “north” fell and knocked a hurdle into another team’s “southbound” lane? It could be very nasty indeed. Another thought: the Officials who have to leap in and replace the fallen hurdles are rather brave.

ABOUT THE COMMITTEE

The Club Committee is responsible to the Members for the running of our affairs and is always willing to listen to you if you have complaints or suggestions about what we should be doing. The Annual General Meeting will be held in March, on a date yet to be fixed, when the Committee for the following year will be elected. The Committee consists of a number of Officers – Treasurer, Membership Secretary, Social Secretary, etc. – and a number who have no special responsibility for any section of the work, but are there to take a broader view.

Most of the Committee Members have been there since about 1874 – or so it sometimes feels – and would like to see some new blood before the old blood runs dry. If you think that you may be interested, have a word with one of the old sweats, who will happily talk about it. The Committee meets five or six time a year for an hour or so, uaually on a Monday evening at the Loughton Club, which

is in Station Road, at the High Road end opposite Lopping Hall. (There is a licensed bar, in case that stirs your interest, but non-drinkers are just as welcome.)

The most recent meeting of the Committee was on the 25th September, at which some decisions were taken:

(1) The Senior Membrship Fee will be increased by £1 from the 1st January; this is to comply with the Rules that second-claim members pay half as much as first-claimers;(2) There will be a Quiz on the 26th or 27th January; they are always well-enjoyed and add usefully to the Club funds;(3) Noting that the Club Rules are decades old, it was agreed that a completely new set will be put to the A.G.M. in 2018(4) Loughton Lines will be reborn, which is why you are reading this;(5) The next meeting will be on the 27th November.

JUST TO AMUSE YOU

Here’s a crossword puzzle, compiled by Misanthrope for you to while away the winter evenings as you impatiently wait for the next edition of Loughton Lines. Just in case you need help, the solution is already entered in a hidden way. Effectively, the entries are in white ink; if you need to see a letter or two – or a whole word – drag the cursor over a cell (or several) and change the ink colour to black, whereupon

the hidden letters will appear as though by magic! Oooh, aaah, superb, what wizardry is this? Of course, it might not come off; you know what technology and magic are like. (If it doesn’t work for you, ask the Editor for the solution.) For working on the puzzle, it’s probably easiest to print it off than to try typing in your solutions without revealing the real ones.

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Across

1 The French man marrying gives space to stretch out (7) 5 Ventilates joint for flying in (7) 9 A firm look that could be regal (5)10 Ten years once without love leads to moral decline (9)11 Text me “Nice” in a way to give me a bit of this (10)12 Has this animal been pulled along? (4)14 Decaying college chief handy for Brighton (11)18 Hint: beer mug maybe for him traditionally after the

match (6,5)21 Lied about not working (4)22 Bury drink (about time) and wind around (10)25 Beneath a Durham river? This would help to keep the chill off (9)26 Dais, but not quiet; it’s a disgrace (5)27 Miserable monster’s lake home – just being

miserable (7)

28 Headless European statesman becomes another such (7)

Down

1 German gun taking on gravity becomes a boat (6) 2 Good sort of spear for a quick look (6) 3 Obvious container with top journalist negated (10) 4 Lady coming and going (5) 5 Like a hundred finishing and going up (9) 6 About….about an old penny; on your bike! 7 Chinese dynasty at Channel port for transfer in the

zone (8) 8 Quietly showing the way to begging (8)13 Stirring to sit again? Stirrings! (10)15 A good side to be on for unprofitable support (3,6)16 Insect intelligence confused Sue as old things (8)17 Little demon doled out and suddenly collapsed (8)19 In the interim in Italian resort (6)

20 Name Mr. …. perhaps Ethel (6)23 Extreme fear of being decapitated: it’s not right (5)24 Old National Railway that is cheese (4)

THE WINTER BEGINS

Our first issue was supposed to be a rounding-off of the Summer, but we just have time and space to include the provisional results from the first Chingford League road

race of the Winter, held at the Hog Hill Cycle Circuit on the 4th October, where we nearly reached double figures. The team results are not yet to hand so we’ll update you later.

Women13 Mary Knapman 21:4743 Gay Shillaker 24:2745 Anne Heeks 25:0353 Frida Petersen 26:3259 Irene Petersen 27:3278 Michaela Davis 30:35

Men 73 Jon Whitehouse 19:56162 Rob Sargent 26:17169 David Hobbs 29:24

WHAT TO DO NEXT

Well, what can you do? The next step is yours. If you liked it, let me know and if you didn’t like it let me know anyway and tell me what to add, remove or change to bring it up to standard. Remember that I wrote practically all of the first issue (which is why there’s a lot about walking), so articles, pictures, snippets, rants about the sporting bees you have in your bonnet - and pretty well anything else you can think of - will be welcome. The only bars are religion, politics and rudeness; we want to keep our friends. I am not generally at road and cross-country events, so let me know what happens there to avoid being suffocated by acres of print on pedestrianism (as race walking was once known) and to get your name in print, if “print” is the word for this sort of thing. Never mind if your spelling is a bit dodgy; I have a dictionary that is chock-full of words, mostly different, so if I don’t know one I can always look it up.

Another thought; is there anyone out there who is handy as a drawer (the kind that makes pictures, not the kind you keep your hankies in)? We think that a few sketches would liven the place up a bit. Any offers – especially if you can do comical cartoons?

All contributions will be credited to the author; if you don’t want the readers to know who you are, please feel free to use a pen-name, but tell me who you really are; I’ll keep it secret.

Here’s a little something just to get you going and – we hope – produce a trickle to the Editorial in-basket. How many countries have you competed in? The Editor claims a modest eight. Surely, you can beat that; the other half of the Hufflers establishment is already sneering in a superior manner and taking off her socks to go on counting. For the avoidance of all doubt, the adjudicators hereby rule that the Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey and Puerto Rico are countries and – to the heart-breaking disappointment of the Club’s fell-runners, no doubt – the Isle of Wight isn’t. We have just banned politics, so no ruling will be made on how many countries Ireland can be reckoned as (unless a tie-break is called for). Whatever may happen shortly, Catalonia didn’t count when you were fighting bulls in Barcelona; likewise, those of you who have done the Chattanooga half-marathon can’t claim the Confederate States of America in your score (unless, of course, it was before 1865).

Contact Information for Peter Cassidy

Postal address: Hufflers, Heard’s Lane, Shenfield, BRENTWOOD, CM15 0SF Telephone: 01277 220687 E-mail [email protected] I am generally present at the Club on Tuesdays. All items will be credited to the authors (unless the Editor wrote them) Rates of pay for contributors? You must be living in a dream world, sunshine! Come on, then; I’ve had nothing so far!