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Local
Races
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Benfleet
15
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28th January 2001 –
start 10:30
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‘Multi
Terrain Challenge’ across Hadleigh Downs and Two Tree Island
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start and finish at Canvey Island
Rugby Club, Canvey Island
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closing date 20th January;
fees £5 (affiliated) £6
(unattached) or £1 extra on the day
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Organised by Benfleet Running Club;
contact: T Turner,
39 Grange Gardens, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9BD (01268 780534) or go to http://www.geocities.com/benfleetrunningclub/
or email:
benfleetrunningclub@yahoo.com
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Essex
20
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4th February 2001 -- start
11:00
o
Essex
County 20 mile championship
o
closing date 30th January;
entry £3 (affiliated) £4 (unattached) £5 on the day, but you
must arrive before 10:30 for entries on the day
o
start and finish at King Edmund
School, Vaughan Close, Rochford (off Ashingdon Road, Rochford)
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changing facilities and refreshments
available at the school
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Organised by Essex County AAA –
contact Howard Williams, 84 Tyelands, Billericay, CM12 9PB Telephone: 01277
625294
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Horndon
Fun Run
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3 mile cross country run from the Country park behind ‘The Crown’
on Westley Heights, down through woods and across farm fields (and
styles!) to ‘The Bell’
at Horndon-on-the-Hill – good fun for all the family!
o
seven times a year – dates for 2000
were:
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Good Friday
21/4/2000
11:00am
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Wednesday
10/5/2000
7:15pm
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Wednesday
14/6/2000
7:15pm
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Wednesday
12/7/2000
7:15pm
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Wednesday
9/8/2000
7:15pm
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Wednesday
13/9/2000
7:00pm
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Boxing Day
26/12/2000 11:00am
o
Dates for 2001 to be added when
available
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Entry:
50p on the day – just turn up at the Country park behind ‘The Crown’
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For further details: http://www.pitsea-runners.freeserve.co.uk/
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Horndon
10K
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Sunday 24th June 2001 --
start at 11:00
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two laps, starting and finishing at
Horndon-on-the-Hill
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accurately measured 10K
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great family entertainment at the
two-day ‘Feast and Fayre’ in the centre of Horndon village
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280 finishers last year
o
Details, previous results,
entry form: http://www.bigfoot.com/~horndon
or e-mail horndon@bigfoot.com
or peterwoodard@bigfoot.com
or send SAE to Peter Woodard, 1 Lion Cottages, High Road, Horndon-on-the-Hill,
SS17 8LQ
·
Springfield Striders’ 5 Mile (Friday
Night)
o
Friday ?? June 2001
-- start at 7:45 pm
o
The Green man, Howe Street,
just off the A130 between Chelmsford & Dunmow
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Measured, quiet, undulating
country lane course
o
No medals, etc., but entry
fee includes burger!
o
Entries to Kevin Wright, 20
Belmont Close, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1
6UT
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Website:
http://www.springfield.striders.btinternet.co.uk/
or E-mail: Springfield.Striders@btinternet.com
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Thundersley 10K
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Sunday 1st ??
July 2001 -- Start at 11:00
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start and finish at Thundersley
Junior School, Hart Road
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Further details: Phone Thundersley Junior School: 01268 793251
·
Basildon Half Marathon and 3 Mile Fun
Run
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Sunday ?? August 2001
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Start at:
o
10:00
Half Marathon
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09:50
Half Marathon Wheelchair Race
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10:15
Fun Run
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Fast, flat, two-lap course
(old Ford News Half Marathon course)
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Start and finish at Festival Leisure
Centre, Basildon (off Cranes Farm Road)
o
Details from:
Julie Merry 01268 492268 or Kerry Davison 01268 294138 or fax
01268 532025. Entries to:
Basildon Half Marathon, c/o Club Kingswood, Sparrows Herne,
Basildon, Essex, SS16 5JP.
·
Castle
Point 10K & 5K Fun Run
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Sunday ??th September 2001-- start at
11:00
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start and finish at John Burrows Rec.
Ground, Daws Heath Road, Hadleigh
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accurately measured route;
SEAA race permit
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Details:
send SAE to John Virgo, Castle Point Joggers, 95 Common Lane,
Thundersley, SS7 3SL or go
to web site:
http://cpj.8k.com
·
Pitsea
5
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Cancelled in 2000 –
no info at present whether this race will continue
o
start and finish at Gloucester Park
Running Track, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon
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Details, entry form,
previous results visit the Pitsea Runners site:
http://www.pitsea-runners.freeserve.co.uk/
or send SAE to Peter McLaughlin, Pitsea Road Runners, 47 Suffolk
Drive, Laindon, SS15 6QH
Jim Peters' Southend Half Marathon and
TMK Fun Run, run by the
Vestall Vergins Running Club --
provisionally planned for Sunday 10th June 2001
and
the
Southend 10K Classic and Children’s 3K Fun
Run, run by Southend-on-Sea
Athletic Club --
provisionally planned for Sunday 7th October 2001
