Eye Community Runners

• The ECR annual awards night will be held on Friday 6^th June at Eye Community Centre at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. We have kept prices as 2024. Adults £10 – Food choices: Fish & chips, Battered sausage & chips, Vegetarian Spring roll & chips, Vegan Chick’n Strips & chips. Children £5 – Kids fishcake & chips, Kids sausage & chips. Payment can be made via bank transfer (preferable) or card payment on a club evening. Please book by Friday 30^th May. To book please go to Booking form
• The Eye 5k and 3k which is the first race on the 2025 Peterborough GP series takes place on Wednesday 11^th June and we are looking for volunteers to help make the event happen. If you can help, please let me know. There are opportunities to help and still run the 5k. 
• England Masters Team announced for the Swansea Half 8th Jun, including our own Nigel Sunman V65. The Masters representative race takes place in Swansea against Wales as part of the popular Swansea Half Marathon.
• ECR Summer Social Garden Evening with Fish and Chip meal -Friday 18th July 2025 – Marigold Tavern – 5.30pm onwards. We are holding a social get together in the outside garden at the Marigold Tavern on Friday 18th July all welcome. Reserve your meals now and full payment required by Friday 27th June, no need to order sides in advance. The Indian restaurant will also be available for anyone who wishes to have Indian food instead, just order on the night. To reserve your meal please message Paul Barnes or email to [email protected].

ECR members ran at 21 different parkrun venues; Rothwell. Perth. Holyrood. King’s Lynn, Storeys Field. Fitzmaurice Park. Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School. Wisbech. Ben’s Yard. Brandon Country Park. Thetford. Beacon. Melton Mowbray. Brixworth Country. Moors Valley. The Plens. Hastings High School. Huntingdon. Snowden Field. Manor Field. Rutland Water.

Special mention to the following; Sam Cullen – 3rd lady – Brixworth Country, Karl Bolderson – PB – 20:43 – Huntingdon, Toby Carnaffan – PB – 21:21 – Rutland Water, Nigel Sunman – PB – 21:29 – Rutland Water, Yusef Cox – PB – 22:04 – Manor Field, John Airey – PB – 24:46 – King’s Lynn, Billy Fox – PB – 24:54 – Manor Field, Darren Parkin – PB – 24:57 – Manor Field, Ivo Ellershaw-Clarke – PB – 25:35 – Rutland Water, Matt Kerrison – PB – 25:38 – Manor Field, Kirsty Morris – PB – 30:50 – Snowden Field, Michelle Gard – PB – 33:41 – The Plens, Mason Annunziata – 10th parkrun, Megan Ellershaw – 150th parkrun

Latest results:

Zig Zag Birthday Run (4 laps – Half) : 18/05/25 – Martin Lainsbury 02:07:24

Deepings 10k : 18/05/25 – Andy Short 46:00, Sam Jayne 48:21, Matt Kerrison 51:12, Owen Beale 51:13, Emily Murdoch 52:48, David Murdoch 54:29, Keith Stanley 56:21, Emma Richmond 58:17, Dave Richmond 61:37, Sarah Short 66:20, Jan Millar 66:44

Deepings 3k : 18/05/25 – Lucy Constable 17:35

• Eye10k – Thanks to everyone who volunteered, supported, ran the 10k or 3k on Sunday. Another ECR success and a special thank you to Simon for all the work to make it happen supported by Maggy and George Lovell for the IT support. As usual the comments were very positive.
• The ECR annual awards night will be held on Friday 6^th June at Eye Community Centre at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. We have kept prices as 2024. Adults £10 – Food choices: Fish & chips, Battered sausage & chips, Vegetarian Spring roll & chips, Vegan Chick’n Strips & chips. Children £5 – fishcake & chips, Kids sausage & chips. Payment can be made via bank transfer (preferable) or card payment on a club evening. Please book by Friday 30^th May. To book please go to Booking form
• ECR Summer Social Garden Evening with Fish and Chip meal -Friday 18th July 2025 – Marigold Tavern – 5.30pm onwards. We are holding a social get together in the outside garden at the Marigold Tavern on Friday 18th July all welcome. Reserve your meals now and full payment required by Friday 27th June, no need to order sides in advance. The Indian restaurant will also be available for anyone who wishes to have Indian food instead, just order on the night. To reserve your meal please message Paul Barnes or email to [email protected]
• The Green Wheel Relay will be on Sunday 1st June this year and as ever is organised by our illustrious chairman (with some help from others). It would therefore be great if we can enter a team or more, therefore if anyone is interested, please let me know asap either by replying to this message or on a club night. I would need you to tell me the leg you wish to run and the time you estimate to complete said leg. If you wish you can run a maximum of two legs but only for the same team. Full details are available at www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk but there are 7 legs in total, the shortest being 4.2 miles and the longest 8.8 miles. The full route being the length of the Green Wheel cycleway around Peterborough. The event is handicapped in that the start times for each team is staggered, such that every team should finish at roughly the same time; assuming the estimated completion times for each runner matches their actual completion time. IMPORTANT: As last year ‘bike support’ is mandatory for all stages. The ‘bike support’ must be contactable by mobile, wear an appropriate hi-vis vest and carry both water and a First Aid kit. If anyone is willing to act as ‘bike support’ please let me know. All runners must be club members (1st or 2nd claim) and be over 16 years old, unless running either stages 2 or 5, when the minimum age is 15. Please read the full rules at:  www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk. Cost is £91 per team, therefore £13 for each team member. Closing date for entries is 25th May, so please let Andy Short know if you are interested by 22nd May.
• Next coaching session 22/05 – delayed from this week. Next Sunday Social Run 18/05.

ECR members ran at 15 different parkrun venues; Hackworth. Pocket. Old Deer Park. Wimpole Estate. Seven Fields. March. Boston. Gorleston Cliffs. Church Mead. Downham Market Academy. Moors Valley. Rutland Water. Manor Field. Huntingdon. Ferry Meadows.

Special mention to the following; Toby Carnaffan – PB – 21:54 – Ferry Meadows, Isaac Carnaffan – PB – 24:16 – Ferry Meadows, Darren Parkin – PB – 25:40 – Ferry Meadows, Michelle Gard – PB – 31:12 – Hackworth, Mick Davies – PB – 35:19 – Wimpole Estate, Andrew Smith – 100th parkrun.

Sam Cullen – 200th parkrun, Dave Richmond – 400th parkrun.

Latest results:

TCS London Marathon : 27/04/25 – Neil Carnaffan 03:56:12

Burghley Multisport Half : 10/05/25 – Nick Pearson 01:57:26

Burghley Multisport Sprint Triathlon : 11/05/25 – Neil Plant (21:12/51:52/29:00) 01:45:38, Tracey Rookyard (18:05/64:09/33:13) 02:00:48, Gill Bates (22:54/56:10/38:43) 02:05:50

Lymington Lifeboats 10k : 11/05/25 – Cliff Waters 78:19, Mary Waters 78:19

Eye 10k : 11/05/25 – Owen Beale 41:20, Matthew Stevenson 42:11, Daniel Ward 42:45, Neil Carnaffan 43:19, Peter Kirwin 44:31, Sam Hardman 46:30, Antonio Femminille 47:50, Charlotte Kidd 52:51, Matt Kerrison 53:27, Connor Goodsell 54:39, Nigel Walls 54:42, Martin Lainsbury 55:32, Billy Fox 55:39, Darren Parkin 56:51, Mick Davies 57:06, Carl Golder 57:10, Matthew Thompson 58:28, Keith Stanley 59:18, Megan Ellershaw 59:42, Stephanie Ellard 60:08, Benjamin Feighery 61:21, Andrew Smith 61:51, Bernadette Fitzharris 62:46, Claire Redhead 64:08, Sarah Short 70:49, Abigail Hicks 70:53, Kirsty Annunziata 70:54, Stephen Simons 71:22, Alice Clarke 72:30, Lynda Over 73:23, Sandra Pinnock 78:26, Valerie Croft 78:27, Kim Jackson 84:18, Rebecca Walker 84:20

Eye 3k : 11/05/25 – Toby Carnaffan 11:45, Ellie Manning 13:05, Nicholas Bartrop 14:04, Adam Bartrop 14:18, Maeve Ellershaw 18:02, Lucy Constable 18:50, James Constable 18:51, Evelyn Beavis 19:06, Pamela Wren 24:32, Tracy Burke 34:33, Katie Smith 25:44, Aimee Parkin 25:44

Yaxley invite night from the Tap and Grill (Farmers – Yaxley) on Thursday 15^th May at 7pm. Social run of up to 6 miles. No charge but there will be a raffle in aid of Sue Ryder afterwards. Food is available and if you fancy eating then please let me know by Sunday evening (11^th) as the pub has asked for approximate numbers eating. Yaxley Invite Details  

Eye10k – Marigold Tavern are again offering a 10% discount on Fish and Chips Sunday 11^th after the run. Please show your race number or tell them you have volunteered.

The ECR annual awards night will be held on Friday 6^th June at Eye Community Centre at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. We have kept prices as 2024. Adults £10. Food choices: Fish & chips, Battered sausage & chips, Vegetarian Spring roll & chips, Vegan Chicken Strips & chips. Children £5. Kids fishcake & chips, Kids sausage & chips. Payment can be made via bank transfer (preferable) or card payment on a club evening. Please book by Friday 30^th May. To book please go to Booking form

ECR Summer Social Garden Evening with Fish and Chip meal -Friday 18th July 2025 – Marigold Tavern – 5.30pm onwards. We are holding a social get together in the outside garden at the Marigold Tavern on Friday 18th July all welcome. Reserve your meals now and full payment required by Friday 27th June, no need to order sides in advance. The Indian restaurant will also be available for anyone who wishes to have Indian food instead, just order on the night. To reserve your meal please message Paul Barnes or email to [email protected]

The Green Wheel Relay will be on Sunday 1st June this year and as ever is organised by our illustrious chairman (with some help from others). It would therefore be great if we can enter a team or more, therefore if anyone is interested, please let me know asap either by replying to this message or on a club night. I would need you to tell me the leg you wish to run and the time you estimate to complete said leg. If you wish you can run a maximum of two legs but only for the same team. Full details are available at www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk but there are 7 legs in total, the shortest being 4.2 miles and the longest 8.8 miles. The full route being the length of the Green Wheel cycleway around Peterborough. The event is handicapped in that the start times for each team is staggered, such that every team should finish at roughly the same time; assuming the estimated completion times for each runner matches their actual completion time. IMPORTANT: As last year ‘bike support’ is mandatory for all stages. The ‘bike support’ must be contactable by mobile, wear an appropriate hi-vis vest and carry both water and a First Aid kit. If anyone is willing to act as ‘bike support’ please let me know. All runners must be club members (1st or 2nd claim) and be over 16 years old, unless running either stages 2 or 5, when the minimum age is 15. Please read the full rules at:  www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk. Cost is £91 per team, therefore £13 for each team member. Closing date for entries is 25th May, so please let Andy Short know if you are interested by 22nd May.

Next coaching session 15/05. Next Sunday Social Run 18/05.

ECR members ran at 18 different parkrun venues; Great Notley. Sandringham. Flegg High. Judarskogen. Kingsway. Ben’s Yard. Boston. Huntingdon. Jersey Farm. The Plens. Monsal Trail. Moors Valley. Normanby Hall. Wisbech. Manor Field. Snowden Field. Rutland Water. Ferry Meadows.

Special mention to the following; Matthew Stevenson – 4th place – Snowden Field, Owen Beale – 5th place – Rutland Water, Jon Bartrop – PB – 20:26 – Ferry Meadows, Mason Annunziata – PB – 26:06 – Ferry Meadows, Stephen Simons – PB – 26:14 – Rutland Water, Alex Key – PB – 26:44 – Ferry Meadows, John Airey – PB – 27:49 – Sandringham, Sarah Short – PB – 31:56 – Wisbech. Mick Davies & Frances Lammyman – 150th parkrun,

TCS London Marathon : 27/04/25 – Neil Carnaffan 03:56:12

Langtoft 10k : 04/05/25  – Adam Charlton 37:23, Karl Bolderson 40:30, Daniel Ward 40:45, Andy Short 47:18, Michael Wright 47:57, Sam Jayne 49:19, Mick Davies 49:36, Keith Stanley 52:08, Neil Plant 52:08, Peter Ridley 54:13, Matthew Thompson 55:27, Carl Golder 55:58, Michelle Gard 59:46, Dianne Booth 60:39, Sarah Short 65:50, Jan Millar 66:56, Lynda Over 68:19, Rebecca Walker 76:49

Milton Keynes Marathon : 05/05/25 – Sam Hardman 03:28:49

Milton Keynes Half : 05/05/25 – Martin Lainsbury 02:03:44

Well done to everyone that joined in the fun of tonight’s VE 80 Relay. You smashed it and still had energy to run an extra lap. Good to see some rivalry and good fun had too.

Such a special sight to see the beautiful fly past tonight too.

The 80 laps were completed quite equally amongst the teams which was really good to see.

Green – 14 laps
White – 14 laps
Yellow – 11 laps
Orange – 11 laps
Blue – 12 laps
Blue band – 12 laps
Juniors – 2 laps
Roy – 7 laps

Well done everyone. 

Thank you to all the lovely bakers for the cakes and goodies. Just under £50 was raised as a donation to The Royal British Legion.

ECR Summer Social Garden Evening with Fish and Chip meal -Friday 18th July 2025 – Marigold Tavern – 5.30pm onwards. We are holding a social get together in the outside garden at the Marigold Tavern on Friday 18th July all welcome. There is seating (not reserved) but feel free to bring your own folding seats if you want. Children welcome as long as their adults are well behaved!  Come along and catch up with family and friends and hopefully enjoy a sunny evening in the garden. Special deal – Fish and chips and any side (beans, peas, curry sauce or gravy) for £12 pp adult. Childrens meal – Chicken nuggets, fish or sausage with chips £5.50. Reserve your meals now and full payment required by Friday 27th June, no need to order sides in advance. The Indian restaurant will also be available for anyone who wishes to have Indian food instead, just order on the night. To reserve your meal please message Paul Barnes or email to [email protected]

The Green Wheel Relay will be on Sunday 1st June this year and as ever is organised by our illustrious chairman (with some help from others. It would therefore be great if we can enter a team or more, therefore if anyone is interested, please let me know asap either by replying to this message or on a club night. I would need you to tell me the leg you wish to run and the time you estimate to complete said leg. If you wish you can run a maximum of two legs but only for the same team. Full details are available at www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk but there are 7 legs in total, the shortest being 4.2 miles and the longest 8.8 miles. The full route being the length of the Green Wheel cycleway around Peterborough. The event is handicapped in that the start times for each team is staggered, such that every team should finish at roughly the same time; assuming the estimated completion times for each runner matches their actual completion time. NB: Handover point for legs 4/5 has now moved from Nene Park to Alwalton. IMPORTANT: As last year ‘bike support’ is mandatory for all stages. The ‘bike support’ must be contactable by mobile, wear an appropriate hi-vis vest and carry both water and a First Aid kit. If anyone is willing to act as ‘bike support’ please let me know. All runners must be club members (1st or 2nd claim) and be over 16 years old, unless running either stages 2 or 5, when the minimum age is 15. Please read the full rules at:  www.greenwheelrelay.org.uk. Cost is £91 per team, therefore £13 for each team member. Closing date for entries is 25th May, so please let Andy Short know if you are interested by 22nd May.

To mark the 80th Anniversary of VE day on Thursday the 8th May. ECR are planning to commemorate this event as it falls on a club night.  We would like to run 80 laps of the field (600m) in teams of four as a relay. The plan is to have one member of each team running at a time and then total all the runs of the event together, the event will last an hour, in the hope we smash the 80 laps. Teams should consist of a mixture of speed and ability, you can whizz around, jog, walk, whatever you like. Every lap counts. As many teams as we can make up are all welcome.  We would like to encourage everyone to wear red/white/blue running colours or a suitably patriotic top. Flags and bunting are welcome.  You are also welcome if you are of the baking kind to bring along cakes/biscuits/nibbles. We will then have these available for a small honesty pot donation to The British Legion.  We are aware that the Couch-2-5k runners are also graduating on the same evening reaching their target of 28 minutes of continuous running. If those members would like to take part in this event and are happy to run laps of the field continuously rather than as part of a relay, then we would love to include your laps in the challenge total.  After this event there is a beacon lighting ceremony at 9:30 in the village that we are invited to attend.

For those taking part in the C25K here is a link to the web page to remind you of your homework  C25K Homework

Entries for the 2025 Eye 10k and 3k Fun Run on Sunday 11^th may are open at www.eye10k.co.uk. As usual we will be looking out for volunteers to help with marshalling, car parking, number collection, entries etc. If you fancy helping, please sign up here and Simon will get back to you.

ECR members ran at 20 different parkrun venues; Cross Flatts. Evesham. Alexandra. Belvoir Castle. Manor Field. Seven Fields. Holkham. Erddig. Gorleston Cliffs. Boston. Huntingdon. Daventry. Cannon Hill. Highwoods. Valentine. Kingston. Ben’s Yard. Vingis. Snowden Field. Ferry Meadows.

Special mention to the following; Matthew Stevenson – 4th place – PB – 19:20 – Snowden Field, James Borrett – 5th place – Holkham – 50th parkrun, Nigel Walls – 9th place – Vingis, Toby Carnaffan – PB – 22:16 – Ferry Meadows, Isaac Carnaffan – PB – 24:29 – Ferry Meadows, Matt Kerrison – PB – 25:50 – Snowden Field, Darren Parkin – PB – 26:29 – Snowden Field, Ben Feighery – PB – 27:14 – Ben’s Yard, Kirsty Morris – PB – 31:54 – Snowden Field, Gary Parr – PB – 31:28 – Ben’s Yard, Sarah Short – PB – 32:38 – Snowden Field, Charlotte Goy –  PB – 33:03 – Ferry Meadows,  Lucy Constable – PB – 40:47 – Snowden Field, Bernadette Fitzharris – 300th parkrun

Latest results:

Little Lifts Trail Run 30k : 26/04/25 – Karl Bolderson 02:41:56

TCS London Marathon : 27/04/25 – Sam Cullen 03:24:46, Andy Short 04:02:32, Adam Smith 06:00:33, Rebecca Walker 06:54:59

Adidas Manchester Marathon : 27/04/25 – Jack Johnson 03:44:58, Roy Young 03:50:29, Andy Ellis 03:56:27, Leanne Fiddian 04:52:47

Tissington Trail Spring Marathon : 27/04/25 – Zoe Clarke 04:48:17, Steve Clarke 04:48:17