The latest from Watford Joggers
12:40pm Saturday 7th July 2012 in Sport
Watford Joggers were represented in the gruelling Karnten Austrian Ironman on Sunday as Victoria Sylvester took on the challenge.
The demanding course sees competitors cover four times the distance that the Olympic athletes will be undertaking in London this year, with the race ending in a full marathon.
Sylvester gave it everything and managed to complete the course in a time of 13 hours 20 minutes and 33 seconds.
Over the same weekend, James Gamble took in the significantly shorter Wormwood Scrubs Park 5k, running well to cross the line in 21.46.
The previous week saw three Joggers tackle the Munden House 10k multi terrain race, organised by St Albans-based charity Reach Out Plus.
Two loops of the Munden estate saw competitors take on a wet and muddy course featuring two large hills.
Matt Mitchell was the first Jogger home in a time of 53.35 which saw him finish 20th out of the 82 entrants.
Marcia Quinn took 46th after stopping the clock in 1.01.29 while Sarah Daniels was not far behind, taking 56th spot in 1.05.24.
Elsewhere, Kate Pickard was the star of a Joggers quartet who travelled to Woolacombe for the North Devon Marathon as she took second place in her age category.
Torrential rain the day before made for an extremely muddy course but with fine weather throughout, it was an enjoyable experience for those in action.
Barry Griffin was the first of the Joggers’ representation home in a time of 5.03.00, narrowly pipping Pickard (5.03.02) to the finish line as she took second in the F40-44.
Stuart Borril (5.35.58) and Greg Wiley (5.35.59) were split by just a second as they completed the course shortly after.
Watford Joggers are a sociable running club welcoming runners and walkers of all abilities. For details, log onto www.watfordjoggers.org.uk.
Source: www.watfordobserver.co.uk
Shoreham airport: Report into fatal crash - BBC News
Two pilots whose aircraft crashed in mid-air above Sussex killing one of them, did not see each other, according to an accident report.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found neither pilot was expecting the other aircraft to be where it was.
Experienced pilot, Alan Weal, died when he crashed onto Adur Recreation Ground following the collision in July 2011.
The other plane's two crew members landed safely and were uninjured.
The AAIB report said the pilots failed to see each other despite clear weather conditions and receiving information from air traffic control.
'Difficult to spot'Mr Weal, 63, of Arlington Avenue, Goring, near Worthing, was carrying out the test flying of a friend's Vans RV-6A aircraft which had be modified.
The former British Airways captain, who had more than 20,000 hours of flying experience, was on his third flight of the day when the crash happened on 4 July 2011.
The other aircraft involved, a Diamond DA40, was from a flying school based at Shoreham airport.
On the day of the crash, one of the flying school's instructors was upgrading his instructor qualifications and he was practising teaching instrument flying to another instructor.
Aviation analyst Chris Yates said: "Given the colour schemes of the aircraft and given the background colour of the sky it's often difficult to spot other aircraft that may be moving the in the sky very close to you."
He added according to the report "everybody involved had done what they were supposed to have to done to the letter".
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said a study into improving aircraft visibility was being carried out.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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