Metropolitan League

Tues 5.00am 16KM Cadel+Roo 64m57s

When I last mentioned sunrise/sunset back in August, the Brisbane times were;

5th August 6;27am Sunrise 5;21pm Sunset 10h54m day length

7th Sept 5;55am Sunrise 5;37 sunset 11h41m day length

and for comparison here is Sydney

7th Sept 6;06am Sunrise 5;41pm Sunset 11h34m day length

and here is Melbourne

7 Sep 2010 6:34 AM Sunrise 6:04 PM Sunset 11h 29m 57s day length

I received an email from a Shaftesbury Harrier (Alan Weller) with a spreadsheet of all the clubs Met League performances (Juniors/Seniors/Vets Race) from back in the 1967 to the present day.A monumental task to collate all the performances. Unfortunately it's in a format that would be difficult to present a readable way of uploading it onto blogger! I was surprised that I had only competed 7 times in the Senior ranks.I recorded my best performance as a first year Junior (17y.o.) with a 3rd place in the Senior race at Ruislip back in 1979!

My buddy Ray Powell has had most performances for our Club having done 94 Met Leagues!!

Shame it didn't count my Boys or Youths race performances - one season running for London Irish, I won 4 of the 5 Boys races and finished 2nd in 5th and final race of the season - I got beaten by Lee Cockett of Woodford Green (He went on to win the Junior Boys English Schools 1500m).

Metropolitan League Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Junior, Senior & Veteran Men Who Have Competed
From 1967 to 2009
Top 10
Races Completed
1Ray Powell V 94
2 Russell Devitt V 88
3John Kelly V 88
4 Phillip Cunningham V 78
5 Derek Surrey V 57
6 G.Elmore V 50
7 V.Gillick V 47
8 David Dougherty V 45
9 D.Lee V 39
10 K.Tollady V 37

Consecutive Races
John Kelly V 28
From 1985 to 1990

Years Competed
Russell Devitt V 31 From 1978 to 2010
John Kelly V 31 From 1978 to 2010
Ray Powell V 30 From 1979 to 2010
Phillip Cunningham V 29 From 1980 to 2010

Years Competed (Early Years)
G.Elmore V 27 From 1967 to 1994
V.Gillick V 22 From 1967 to 1989
K.Tollady V 19 From 1971 to 1990