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Track and Field Junior
2007 JUNIOR ATHLETES TRACK AND FIELD GRAND PRIX compiled by John Denyer
Runner   Best 3 2006 07 imp.
Simone Baxter 84.7 83.2 79.7 79.0 76.5 67.5 24.5 23.5       247.6    
Christelle Baxter 82.1 81.4 80.1 78.8 78.7 67.1 65.1 61.9 61.1 53.5   243.6    
Ellie Clinton 84.9 80.7 71.4 52.2               237.0    
Tabitha Adams 78.8 78.1 77.8 77.6 74.9 74.4 73.1 62.9 61.6     234.7 217.0 17.7
Anders Kjaergaard 79.8 79.1 73.7 73.7 68.0 66.8 62.0 58.4       232.6    
Summer Dyer 77.7 77.0 74.7 70.3 63.1 61.1           229.4    
Mads Kjaergaard 77.9 76.8 74.3 73.4 71.5 70.0 59.6 55.5       229.0 232.4 -3.4
Francesca Adams 76.3 75.7 75.1 73.4 73.3 69.4 61.5 60.5 55.9     227.1    
Ellie Sheldon 76.3 74.6 71.9 71.8 66.9 60.0 56.7 46.3 18.2     222.8    
Georgina Tatton 75.2 74.6 72.3 65.6 64.9 63.4 59.6 57.4 56.6     222.1    
Oliver Keith 78.0 74.8 69.0 60.1 58.6             221.8 219.5 2.3
Chloe Bailey 75.2 74.6 71.8 63.8 63.5 61.6 55.4 55.0 28.5     221.6    
Sophie Lesseps 79.9 77.2 63.6 62.0               220.7    
Hannah Gibbins 74.1 73.4 73.2 69.4 58.1 35.6           220.7    
Katie Humphrey 81.1 74.0 64.9                 220.0    
Dan Adeline 76.4 73.8 66.6 57.6 57.5 34.3           216.8    
Caitlin Carr 70.5 69.3 69.2 65.4 53.8 47.5 26.2 23.9 23.1     209.0    
Fran Taylor-Lowen 70.8 68.1 65.6 64.9 29.3             204.5    
Francesca Carver 70.5 70.3 62.0 58.0 57.5 22.6           202.8    
Jake Regan 74.9 65.4 59.1                 199.4    
Amelia Gibbons 73.2 71.4 48.4 45.9 20.4             193.0    
Ben Rolph 71.4 70.8 50.0 33.2 31.6             192.2    
Zoe de Kisshazy 73.7 59.9 57.4 22.0               191.0    
Christopher Everett 64.1 63.0 62.0 61.4 59.8 57.7 57.3 56.8 24.1 21.4 18.9 189.1    
Olivia Neilson 74.7 74.1 35.1                 183.9    
Nathaniel Ferrario 68.4 61.3 50.1                 179.8    
Zoe Carver 76.8 73.2 28.9 26.7               178.9    
Joseph Hafford-Robson 64.9 62.0 51.8 49.5 33.7 31.4           178.7 182.7 -4.0
Sam Annetts 75.5 68.3 28.7                 172.5    
Alex McCann 78.7 62.4 31.1                 172.2    
Ruby Cooper 74.1 59.9 32.5                 166.5    
Beth Taylor-Lowen 64.0 61.8 39.1                 164.9    
Luke Gunter 74.3 60.6 27.3                 162.2    
Georgia Read-Smith 69.6 62.0 23.4                 155.0 184.9 -29.9
Kim Wynter 72.1 60.8 16.9                 149.8    
Lydia Rose-Cox 66.4 61.3 21.7 21.4               149.4    
Emily Hinchcliffe 66.2 52.1 30.8                 149.1    
Megan Annetts 76.0 72.3                   148.3    
Maria Fitzmaurice 77.2 70.9                   148.1    
Isabelle Ferrario 70.4 56.8 19.7                 146.9    
Joanna Hudson 74.0 49.6 22.9                 146.5    
Gavin McKay 73.3 70.5                   143.8    
Sophie Belchambers 68.0 50.4 21.0                 139.4    
Eleanor Winn 74.6 59.4                   134.0    
Hannah McCarthy 70.7 41.4                   112.1    
Emily West 67.6 19.7                   87.3    
Tim Carr 80.3                     80.3    
Johnny Riddick 77.5                     77.5    
Emma Jahn 63.2                     63.2 259.8  
Sophie Clinton 60.8                     60.8    
Alistair Herd 22.9                     22.9    
The 2006 GP scores have been re-calculated using the new WMA calculator to enable a fair comparison with 2007 scores in the Most Improved Category.
2007 Junior Grand Prix – Simone and Christelle finish 1st and 2nd

The 2007 Junior Grand Prix reached its conclusion at the Club Championships on 30 Sep with Simone and Christelle Baxter heading the table. Simone was first overall with 247.6 points and was closely followed in second place by her younger sister Christelle with 243.6 points. Both are developing sprinters with Simone recording a best of 11.1 sec over 75m this summer with Christelle not far behind with a best of 11.9 sec.

In third place in the table was Ellie Clinton with an overall score of 237 points. Ellie has also performed well as a sprinter over the 75m distance this summer.

 Tabitha Adams, who has been very consistent over the middle distances and has a best of 2 min 47.1 sec over 800m this season, finished first in the Most Improved Category with an improved score of 17.7 points compared with last year. Second in the Most Improved Category was Oliver Keith with an improvement of 2.3 points.

Grand Prix Placings

1.         Simone Baxter         247.6
2.         Christelle Baxter      243.6
3.         Ellie Clinton              237.0

Most Improved

1.         Tabitha Adams        17.7
2.         Oliver Keith                 2.3

 About the Grand Prix:            The Grand Prix uses performance tables produced by World Masters Athletics which enable performances for any event and age of competitor to be fairly compared. These tables are based on the world best times or distances either actually recorded or calculated for each age between 8 and 100 years for every recognised track and field event.

Because they provide a world standard for each event at each age they enable each performance by an athlete, male or female, junior or senior, to be compared with the recognised world best for their age and expressed as a percentage. For example, a 17 year old male sprinter runs 13.5s for 100m and the Age Graded Tables give the world best time as 10.16s for this age. The age graded percentage is calculated as 10.16/13.5 x 100% or 75.3%. We as a Club use these tables for calculating the Grand Prix scores for our three Grand Prix competitions – Junior GP, Road Race GP and Senior Track & Field GP.

Senior Track and Field Grand Prix 2007
2007 TRACK AND FIELD GRAND PRIX compiled by John Denyer
Runner   Best 3 2006 06imp.
Geoff Kitchener 91.3 90.4 90.4 89.7 88.8 87.4 87.4 87.0 86.3 86.3 85.8 272.1 271.7 0.4
June Johnson 88.1 87.0 85.7                 260.8 257.2 3.6
Jim Duffill 86.1 85.2 83.7 82.8 74.3 68.4           255.0 256.9 -1.9
John Denyer 84.4 81.8 81.6 81.1 80.4 79.0 67.9         247.8 237.9 9.9
Chris Desmond 78.8 78.7 77.9 76.8 68.8             235.4 221.4 14.0
Rob Peers 77.1 75.8 75.8 75.1 74.9 66.8 66.1 54.6 52.8 51.0 47.4 228.7 238.6 -9.9
Lyndon Collins 76.9 75.2 74.8 74.3               226.9 229.9 -3.0
Rob Carr 67.9 66.3 65.4                 199.6    
Geoff Vine 75.3 74.7                   150.0    
David Simpson 65.3 40.7 39.0 27.0               145.0 177.9 -32.9
Andrew Rackham 72.4 68.7                   141.1    
Peter Dillon 65.3 64.0                   129.3    
Simon Lewis 64.0 63.6                   127.6 195.6  
Jim Fitzmaurice 72.4                     72.4    
Heather Fitzmaurice 70.8                     70.8    
Carol Beadle 70.5                     70.5 198.3  
Fraser Partridge 70.2                     70.2 215.0  
Mark Haworth 66.3                     66.3    
Cathy Hughes 65.1                     65.1    
Linsey Shing 64.9                     64.9    
Peter Ash 63.7                     63.7    
Simon Rowe 59.1                     59.1    
Rob Johnson 59.0                     59.0    
Zelda Williamson 58.5                     58.5    
David Truman 57.1                     57.1    
The 2006 GP scores have been re-calculated using the new WMA calculator to enable a fair comparison with 2007 scores in the Most Improved Category.
TRACK & FIELD GRAND PRIX

For the fifth year Geoff Kitchener is the very clear winner of the Track & Field Grand Prix competition with an overall score of 272.1 points. Geoff has again been a prolific competitor in the sprints, jumps and hurdles, both indoors and out, and this year has a string of 90+ scores to his name. His best scores all came over 60m indoors where he recorded a best of 8.3 sec. In second place was June Johnson (260.8 pts) with some excellent performances over the longer distances with a best score of 88.1 in the 5000m with a time of 22 min 45.8 sec. In third place was Jim Duffill with strong performances over middle distances and a best score of 86.1 when he ran 4.42.4 in the 1500m.


In the Most Improved Category Chris Desmond finished first with an improvement of 14 points with a string of strong performances at middle distances in the Kent Vets League. In second place was John Denyer returning to form this year with an improved score of 9.9 pts. In third place was June Johnson with an improvement of 3.6 pts.

Senior Road Grand Prix 2007
2007 ROAD RACE GRAND PRIX compiled by John Denyer
Runner   Best 6 2006 07 Imp
June Johnson88.687.385.585.183.782.882.481.7   513.0509.63.4
John Denyer83.183.182.782.282.081.580.3    494.6  
Geoff Vine77.176.976.175.475.274.774.574.473.873.7 455.4458.1-2.7
Lyndon Collins76.976.375.274.874.474.274.273.873.772.0 451.8468.4-16.6
David Ives76.675.875.175.074.974.273.271.4   451.6  
Heather Fitzmaurice77.276.175.674.274.073.972.767.567.367.0 451.0  
Geoff Kitchener75.975.475.074.774.574.273.272.967.9  449.7458.5-8.8
Jim Fitzmaurice75.875.274.373.773.473.472.470.969.965.863.7445.8  
Marion Middleton75.575.074.173.272.972.068.166.863.1  442.7449.4-6.7
Sally Shewell73.972.071.571.570.670.370.269.168.568.359.7429.8429.70.1
Carol Beadle70.669.769.569.369.367.667.567.366.866.6 416.0383.132.9
Ron Denney70.770.369.868.668.567.567.365.264.364.062.7415.4409.46.0
Andrew Rackham69.967.466.866.166.166.065.765.358.0  402.3384.318.0
Robert Carr67.967.066.363.563.463.062.762.661.260.059.5391.1380.011.1
Rob Peers69.768.868.468.164.449.3     388.7  
Erik Folkesson66.466.064.664.264.156.8     382.1393.3-11.2
Scott Haggarty63.863.363.262.161.861.561.361.260.359.958.6375.7360.415.3
Simon Hallpike73.171.371.270.768.6      354.9  
Simon Lewis62.261.260.357.855.845.3     342.6  
David Truman58.057.356.656.256.155.355.355.254.954.548.4339.5  
Rob Johnson57.156.956.855.254.252.248.0    332.4  
Duncan Marsden81.681.280.978.2       321.9  
Joe Russell65.362.661.858.757.6      306.0386.7 
David Simpson56.156.055.854.653.2      275.7332.2 
Yvie Cloke61.661.660.053.6       236.8  
Jim Knight61.559.758.247.7       227.1  
Chris Desmond76.375.374.4        226.0  
Catherine Hughes70.666.765.0        202.3  
Fraser Partridge70.869.661.4        201.8  
Lindsey Shing65.164.561.9        191.5  
Adrian Hearle66.862.560.0        189.3  
Simon Bishop61.260.960.3        182.4  
Annabel Gordon50.950.944.5        146.3  
Debbie Munton68.170.6         138.7429.7 
Suzy Claridge64.663.4         128.0  
Peter Ash61.558.2         119.7  
Peter Knight57.355.2         112.5  
Chris Crow54.453.0         107.4  
Paul Tabor54.346.7         101.0  
Jim Duffill86.2          86.2  
Andrew Johnson79.0          79.0  
Robin Canty73.8          73.8  
James Miller68.4          68.4  
David Barley61.8          61.8  
Simon Rowe61.7          61.7  
Vikki White59.0          59.0  
Shona Campbell58.8          58.8  
Jane Lindop54.7          54.7  
Stephen Foster54.5          54.5  
Stephen Curr53.8          53.8  
Zelda Williamson51.4          51.4  
Gerald Ashby51.3          51.3  
Frances Herd50.4          50.4  
Alexia Taylor50.0          50.0  
Maryanne Aitken44.1          44.1  
The 2006 GP scores have been re-calculated using the new WMA calculator to enable a fair comparison with 2007 scores in the Most Improved Category.
2007 ROAD RACE GRAND PRIX

June Johnson has won her first club Road Race Grand Prix with a string of excellent performances in the first half of the year.  June has scored consistently in the mid 80% range and achieved an aggregate score of well in excess of 500 points in her six qualifying races. Her best performance of 88.6 came in the BMAF 5k Road Championships at Horwich where she finished 3rd F60 in a time of 22.48. She also produced some excellent performances at the European Non Stadia Championships in Regensburg.

In second place was John Denyer who returned to form this year to record a number of 80% scores with his best score of 83.1 at the Coventry Godiva 5 and the Serpentine 5k. In third place was Geoff Vine who posted some consistent scores at the Serpentine 5k in January (77.1) and the Sidcup 10 (76.9). Unfortunately a long term injury in the middle of the year prevented Geoff from improving his position and making an impact on his new M60 age category.

In the Most Improved Category there were a number of high scores and Carol Beadle was rewarded for her consistency in the early part of the year to win with an impressive improved score of 32.9. In second place was Andy Rackham with an improvement of 18.0 and third was Scot Haggarty with 15.3.

Totals

Road Race Grand Prix

1st    June Johnson       513.0
2nd    John Denyer        494.6
3rd    Geoff Vine           455.4

Most Improved

1st    Carol Beadle          32.9
2nd    Andy Rackham      18.0
3rd    Scot Haggarty        15.3

(All trophies will be presented at the AGM in April)

How Are The Grand Prix WMA % Scores Calculated?

The World Masters Athletics (WMA), formerly World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA), Age Graded Tables first published in 1989 and updated in 2006, provide the basis for comparing athletic performances for different ages, genders, and between different events.

These tables are based on the world best times or distances either actually recorded or calculated for each age between 8 and 100 years for every recognised track and field and road race event.

Because they provide a world standard for each event at each age they enable each performance by an athlete, male or female, junior or senior, to be compared with the recognised world best for their age and expressed as a percentage.

For example, a 17 year old male sprinter runs 13.5s for 100m and the Age Graded Tables give the world best time as 10.16s for this age. The age graded percentage is calculated as 10.16/13.5 x 100% or 75.3%. We as a Club use these tables for calculating the Grand Prix scores for our three Grand Prix competitions – Junior GP, Road Race GP and Senior Track & Field GP.

There are now on-line calculators for calculating a WMA score for any performance. The link below takes you to the one we use, instructions are provided – all you need to do is select the event, enter your performance, gender and age and the calculator will provide your % score.

Here is a link to the WMA on-line calculator of age graded scores. All you will need to do is enter the event, your age and performance.

As the tables do not include the 7 mile distance, SAC - organiser of the Sevenoaks Seven - has its own (road only) calculator.



Last Updated on 3-1-08
By Hallpike