News Updates
Lands End to John O' Groats - Virtual Team Relay - Success!!!
Position of Teams after 26 days.
This update includes runs for Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
Well done everybody - as we have all made it to John O' Groats safely through some seriously hilly terrain! There were smiles and achy limbs from all but the main emotion was a sense of achievement for doing the 874 miles as a team.
The Cruisers reached their destination first (still with 242Km left after the last three days) whilst the Striders arrived a bit later (with 159.14 Km held in reserve).
Below you can see how many KM/miles you all managed in the time. Special mention to Kevin, Julia, Suzannah, Andrew Harvey, Stephen Harvey and Matthew Tye from the Cruisers who all managed to do over 100Km in the 26 days.Similarly from the Striders - Anthony, Joanna, Lisa and Lynn all managed over 100Km.
Finally just to congratulate Anthony who did a fantastic 208.94 Km in the time and Kevin who managed to do the most runs with 24 outings!
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| Stacey's Striders | Total Dist. | Days Running |
| Ant Sinden | 208.94 | 18 |
| Harry Neale | 90.18 | 8 |
| Joanna Andrews | 140.1 | 18 |
| Lisa Stewart | 121.8 | 16 |
| Stacey Shiplee | 52.34 | 11 |
| Laura Mulley | 90.13 | 10 |
| Marsha Hopley | 54.13 | 10 |
| Lauren Howe | 13.13 | 3 |
| Tina Lathrope | 28.73 | 6 |
| Lynn Emmett | 115.32 | 14 |
| Katie Walker | 84.43 | 13 |
| Chris Hutton | 19.51 | 4 |
| Gemma Harvey | 28 | 5 |
| William Last | 2.69 | 1 |
| Denise Betts | 18.21 | 4 |
| Anna Infield | 28.75 | 5 |
| Mike Persich | 58.89 | 8 |
| Gary Howe | 25.54 | 4 |
| Tortal | 1180.82 |
Virtual Bingo
Week 4 (22nd - 28th February)
Gary Reports:Last week was the final week of our Bingo card game and I hope those that did it, enjoyed it! There was a rush to try and complete cards - but this was not helped by the snow we had which certainly curtailed running for several days.There were eight of you who carried on to the bitter end (and a couple more who fell by the wayside) - some whilst they were completing other virtual competition. Well done all.Also a than
k you to several of you who said you enjoyed the competition and that it got you out there running when perhaps you might not have done so. We are not looking for praise but it is nice to know the work behind the scenes is appreciated!
So the results I have in order are as follows:
Chrissy 18/20
Julia 17/20
Di 15/20
Stacey 15/20
Marsha 14/20
Suzannah 14/20
Lynn 13/20
Louise 10/20
Natalie 9/20
Joanna 8/20
So well done Chrissy!! 
January Virtual Marathon Challenge - Final report!Lynn Reports:Just to repeat what I've already said on Facebook, this has been a fabulous month and I hope you've all enjoyed it as much as I have. We have virtually travelled the world from Lapland to the Antarctic, Desert, Outback and Jungle, the small town of Bungay to the big cities of London and New York.Our final marathons were:
Paris, Chelmsford, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Dublin, The Original Everest Marathon (Nepal), New York, Istanbul Marathon, Barcelona, Serengeti Safari Marathon, Tanzania, Athens, Bangkok Marathon, Desert Marathon (Israel), California International Marathon, Maya Run in the jungle (Mexico), Crete, Antartic Ice Marathon + 12 more that I didn't have names for as we went over the 100 target!Speical well done to: Kevin Kisby for running every day and Julian Fabian with 187 miles, A few more ran over 100 miles: Antony Sinden, Jo Andrews, Kevin Kisby, Lisa Stewart, Lynn Emmett, Malachi Fabian, Stephen Harvey, Sue Sinden - fab running.
Well done to everyone - newcomers are in red: Andrew Harvey, Anna Clark, Anna Infield, Anthony Sinden, Bea Harrison, Cameron Black, Cara Howe, Chrissy Palmer, Denise Betts, Di Hoadley, Ewan Saile, Freddie Hoadley, Gary Howe, Gemma Harvey, George Edwards, Hannah Richardson, Harris Black, Harry Neale, Ian Gardner, Iris Palmer, Izzy Last, Jane Kenny, James Robinson, Jo Andrews, Judy Potter, Julia Pelham, Julian Fabian, Juliette Head, Katie Clarke, Katie Walker, Kevin Kisby, Laura Goodswen, Laura Mulley, Lauren Howe, Libby Hoadley, Lindsay Black, Lisa Stewart, Louise Peck, Lynn Emmett, Maggie Flatt, Malachi Fabian, Marsha Hopley, Mike Button, Mike Persich, Natalie Brown, Nathan Clark, Owen Andrews, Rachel Fabian, Ria Freeman, Roz Maclachlan, Sammy Edwards, Sarah Etheron-Nichol, Sarah Shiplee, Sharon Cannell, Stacey Lain, Stacey Shiplee, Stefan Goodswen, Stephen Harvey, Stu Andrews, Sue Sinden, Vicki Parker-Humphreys, Will Last.
Hope you all join in the next challenge!
Christmas Cracker 10K (13th December 2020)
The Christmas Cracker 10K on Sunday at Ringsfield Village Hall was a great success and enjoyed by everyone who took part. Many thanks to those that made it a success including our marshals - Emma, Hannah, David and Sarah and our other helpers Stuart and Christine.
Here are the results.
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BBH Winter Programme
Success for our Beginners:
Thursday (1st October) was the last week of our hastily organised 'Couch to 5K' course. At the changeover time (7.15pm), a few people from the earlier groups kindly waited for the small presentation of ‘Couch to 5K’ certificates and goodie bags. The course appears to have been very successful and well received - judging by the positive feedback we received. Following this presentation, we all went out to do the final course session of a double looped 5K route, which again took me through part of Beccles that I did not know existed! Everybody completed it in good time and after a few celebratory words and the essential photograph – we all went home – in my case somewhat exhausted having done two lots of running!
Jaffa Junior relays 2020
Well done to everyone that ran either virtually or at the event on Saturday, there were some great results and I think we all had fun being able to get together and cheer each other on. Thank you to Stephen and Gary for setting up the gazebo and measuring the course and the parents for bringing the juniors and helping on the day.
In the U9s (1km) event we had 9 juniors in three teams drawn out on the day. The fastest team was Tayla Goodwen, Mia Clarke and Harris Black. 2nd and 3rd places were very close with Liam Durrant, Reece Button and Isla Clarke only 7 seconds ahead of Freddie Hoadley, Faith Sheriff and Zach Nichols. The fastest boys individual time was Harris 4:38, and the fastest girls time was Tayla 4:23.
In the 2km event there were three U11 teams and two U13 teams. Ethan Glayzer ably stepped up to the 2km event and ran in an U13 team and had the fastest boys time (8:21) and his 1km time (4:13) would have been the fastest in the U9s event. On the day the winning team was Alfie Winzor-Saile, Ethan Glayzer and Nathan Clarke. Individual winners were U13G - Izzy Last 7:57, U13B Alfie Winzor-Saile 8:33, U11G Ella Goodswen 10:32, U11B Will Last 8:29.
In the U15 / U17 3km race we had 6 competitors and this was run as a time trial with one team in each age group. The U17 team had the fastest time with Malachi Fabian, Brooke Oram and Kaitlin Sinden. Age group winners were Malachi U17 having the fastest boys time (10:45) and Brooke U17 (12:12). In the U15 winners were Rebecca Sinden (16:18) and Harry Wadsworth (12:47). Iris Palmer (17:09) and Kaitlin Sinden (18:16) made up the teams.
| U9s | Team | 1km time | |
| Tayla Goodswen | 1 | 04:23 | 1st U9G |
| Harris Black | 1 | 04:38 | 1st U9B |
| Liam Durrant | 3 | 05:15 | |
| Freddie Hoadley | 2 | 05:56 | |
| Reece Button | Virtual 3 | 06:04 | |
| Faith Sherriff | 2 | 06:24 | |
| Zach Nichols | Virtual 2 | 06:34 | |
| Mia Clarke | 1 | 06:35 | |
| Isla Clarke | 3 | 07:28 | |
| U9M | 1 | 15:36 | |
| U9M | 2 | 18:54 | |
| U9M | 3 | 18:47 | |
| U11s/U13s | Team | 2km Time | |
| Izzy Last | 5 | 07:57 | 1st U13G |
| Ethan Glayzer | 4 | 08:21 | 1st U9B |
| Will Last | 1 | 08:29 | 1st U11B |
| Alfie-Winzor-Saile | 4 | 08:33 | 1st U13B |
| Reece Sheriff | 3 | 09:32 | |
| Rosie Hutton | 5 | 09:37 | |
| Cameron Black | 1 | 09:45 | |
| Nathan Clarke | 4 | 09:56 | |
| Thomas Hambling | 1 | 10:02 | |
| Ella Goodswen | 2 | 10:32 | 1st U11G |
| Flossie Hutton | 2 | 11:10 | |
| Lottie Winzor-Saile | 2 | 11:39 | |
| Bea Harrison | 5 | 11:47 | |
| Harrison Nichols | Virtual 4 | 12:13 | |
| Edward Marshall | 3 | 14:15 | |
| Libby Hoadley | 3 | 14:28 | |
| Team U11B | 1 | 28:16 | |
| Team U11G | 2 | 33:21 | |
| Team U11M | 3 | 38:15 | |
| Team U13B | 4 | 26:50 | |
| Team U13G | 5 | 29:21 | |
| U15s/U17s | Team | 3km Time | |
| Malachi Fabian | 2 | 10:45 | 1st U17B |
| Brooke Oram | Virtual 2 | 12:12 | 1st U17G |
| Harry Wadsworth | 1 | 12:47 | 1st U15B |
| Rebecca Sinden | 1 | 16:18 | 1st U15G |
| Iris Palmer | Virtual 1 | 17:09 | |
| Kaitlin Sinden | 2 | 18:16 | |
| Team U15M | 1 | 46:14 | |
| Team U17M | 2 | 41:13 |
Beccles and Bungay Harriers
Cross Country Awards 2020
Unfortunately this year we have been unable to get together to celebrate an excellent cross country season so we will be announcing the awards here and hoping to get together later in the year. Here are some of the highlights of a successful year.
Early in the season we took our juniors to the Junior XC relays organised by Ipswich Jaffa at bourne park, we had 5 teams across 3 age groups - U11, U13 and U15. Our U11 boys team stormed home to take 1st place, whilst our U11 girls picked up 3rd place. In the U13 age group both the girls team and the mixed team both came in 2nd place and the mixed team in the U15 also came in 2nd. There were some notable individual performances by Izzy Last (1st U13), Alfie Winzor-Saile (2nd U11) and Tamiya Thurston (2nd U11).
In December we had one athlete representing Norfolk at the Southern Inter-Counties Cross country, Izzy Last in U13 girls coming in 63rd place and was the 4th Norfolk girl home. Lynn Emmett also travelled to Oxford to compete in the Southern XC masters championships coming in 25th overall and 7th in the W50 age group
The County championships took place in January and we had athletes competing in both the Norfolk and Suffolk events. At Norfolk there were 3 athletes - Will Last (10th U11 boys), Izzy Last (7th U13 girls), Lynn Emmett (1st W50). At Suffolk there were 2 athletes, Lauren Howe (2nd Snr Ladies) and Gary Howe (3rd M65).
Later in January our club travelled to the Southern XC Championships at Parliament Hill fields in London. This is a course notorious for it's hills and mud and 6 of our athletes braved the conditions and completed the course. In the U13 age group we had Izzy Last, Alfred Winzor-Saile, Nathan Clark and in the Senior Events Lynn Emmett, Anna Clark and Gary Howe took part. This was the first big event for some of our athletes and I think they all enjoyed the experience.
In February we went to Wollaton Park for the National XC championships. Once again we had a small team of 8 across 4 different races. Nathan Clark took part in the U13 race and the conditions were so muddy that he lost a shoe and had to run most of the race in just a sock! Cara Howe represented the Harriers in the Junior womens age group and we had 3 women in the senior womens race with a notable performance by Lauren coming in 87th out of 900 athletes and Lynn Emmett and Anna Clark also running. In the senior mens race Andrew Harvey, Gary Howe and Stephen Harvey all battled their way around the course in deteriorating conditions.
At the Inter-Counties at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, two athletes were selected to run for Norfolk - Izzy Last in the U13 girls and Lynn Emmett in the senior women. Both had a good run, Izzy Last was in the top half of high class field and was 3rd Norfolk girl home.
In the schools events two of our athletes were selected to represent their county in the Anglian Schools race where Izzy Last was 7th and Malachi Fabian was 61st. Both qualified through the Schools XC county championship races.
Finally, it was a very successful year at the Suffolk Winter League. In the junior event we had 6 athletes with 5 completing the series (3 races needed). Brooke Oram won the U17 girls series with 3 wins, Izzy Last was 2nd in the series in the U13 girls, Malachi Fabian improved throughout the season to come 3rd in the final race moving him up to 6th place in the U15 boys. Kaitlin Sinden (12th U15) and Alfred Winzor-Saile (16th U13) also completed enough races to finish the series. There were also three U11 races where many of our younger juniors gained some cross-country experience.
In the senior age group, we had 30 athletes taking part in at least one race and 14 completing the whole series. Lynn Emmett won the W50 category with 4 individual wins and Judy Potter came 2nd in the W70 category. Gary performed well across the season with a 5th position in the M65 category. There were many great performances, some by newcomers to the league with Ewan Winzor-Saile our fastest finisher across all 5 races.
B&BH Junior Awards
Performance Awards
Izzy Last - County selection, SWL 2nd place
Malachi Fabian - County selection
Brooke Oram - SWL 1st place
Endeavour Award
Nathan Clark - Southern and National XC championships
Stars of the future
Will Last
Tayla Goodswen
Ethan Glayzer
Team Spirit
Charlotte Winzor-Saile, Liam Durrant, Alfred Winzor-Saile, Rebecca Sinden, Kaitlin Sinden
Junior XC BBH Club Champions for 2020
Izzy Last
Malachi Fabian
B&BH Senior Awards
Performance Awards
Lauren Howe – County Championships 2nd place
Lynn Emmett – County Championships 1st place, SWL 1st place, county selection
Judy Potter – SWL 2nd place
Gary Howe – County Championships 3rd place
Endeavour
Anna Clark – Southern and National XC championships
Stephen Harvey – National XC championships
Improver
Mark Hurren – Showed the biggest improvement over the season at the SWL gaining experience and confidence in every race.
Best newcomers
Gail Glayzer and Stefan Goodswen
Team Spirit
Michelle Hewitt, Sue Sinden, Annette Copeman-Lamoureux, Andrew Harvey,
Ewan Winzor-Saile, Anthony Sinden, Kevin Copeman-Lamoureux, Ian Gardner
Senior XC Club Champions for 2020
Ewan Winzor-Saile
Lynn Emmett
Well done and see you all next season
Suffolk Winter League - Pakenham 01-03-20
Sunday 1st March 2020 was the fourth in the series of xc runs in the Suffolk Winter League. It was a new venue for everyone as Bury St Edmunds Pacers had moved the race from the beautiful Nowton Park in Bury St Edmunds to Nether Hall, Pakenham, just east of Bury St Edmunds. Despite the slightly long walk from the field car park it was another typically picturesque country hall grounds, at least equally as pleasant as Nowton Park. The course was both xc and trail like in places with some modest hills and not too much mud - surprisingly!
Proceedings started with the junior race at 10.45am. This was one lap and about 3K. We had four juniors taking part. Kaitlin Sinden, Brooke Oram, Malachi Fabian and Izzy Last. All did very well but Malachi came in a very respectable 6th with Izzy not far behind at 24th (but also as first girl back – which is fantastic). They were followed by Brooke at 44th and Kaitlin at 77th. Well done all.
Just after the juniors started the U11 race went ahead. It was supposed to be an 800m course, but I am told it seemed more like 1.2K! This time we had three taking part. Tayla Goodswen, Ethan Glayzer and Liam Durrant. Again, all tried hard for the club with Ethan coming in 4th, Liam 10th and Tayla 12th. All are well under 11years – so looks good for the future if we can keep them engaged.
In the adult female contingent we had Suzannah, Annette, Michelle, Lynn and new girl Gail Glayzer. We managed to find her a club shirt to wear thanks to Alli Hurren removing a layer of much needed clothing! For the men we had Kevin, Stephen, Stefan, Gary, Mark, Anthony, Ian, Ewan and Jonathan. Their race went off at 11.15am and consisted of two laps (8K). Despite several having various injuries we still put up a good show with Ewan coming home as the first B&BH member back in 47th, followed by Mark in 65th and Lynn in 78th place. Jonathan, Anthony and Stefan all came back in close company of 100th, 103rd and 104th respectively. Gail did very well in her first race for us to finish 166th, whilst Suzannah continues to improve at 172nd. Well done Stephen for completing yet another xc with very little training. Also, a tidy race for Michelle just keeping out of the 200’s at 197th.
Many thanks to Annette for also bringing the hot water container with tea and coffee; to Ewan for giving Malachi a lift; to Julie for recording times and to Lynn for organising us!
Results as follows: -
U11’s
4th Ethan Glayzer (8)
10th Liam Durrant (7)
12th Tayla Goodswen (7)
Juniors (11-16)
6th Malachi Fabian (14)
24th Izzy Last (1st Girl) (12)
44th Brooke Oram (15)
77th Kaitlin Sinden (15)
Adults
47th Ewan Sail
65th Mark Hurren
78th Lynn Emmett
100th Jonathan Puxley
103rd Anthony Sinden
104th Stefan Goodswen
147th Gary Howe
166th Gail Glayzer
170th Ian Gardner
172nd Suzannah Sinden
197th Michelle Hewitt
202nd Stephen Harvey
229th Annette Copeman-Lamoureux
233rd Kevin Copeman-Lamoureux
Official placing and times should be available by the end of next week.
TWO MORE RUN LEADERS TO OUR GROWING COACHING TEAM
Congratulations to Mark Hurren for becoming a UK Athletics, Run Leader (LiRF, Leaders in Running Fitness) following attendance at a one-day course in mid-August 2019. Also, many congratulations to Mark's wife, Alison Hurren who attended a two day Coaching Assistant course on the 7th and 8th September 2019. Alison said "it has been really good, lots packed into each day!". So we now have a two 'coach' Hurren family, along with our best club supporter, their wonderful son, Blake, well done both!