The 2016 Men's 12- and Women's
6-stage South of England Road Relay Championships
To be held at Stantonbury
Stadium, Milton Keynes on Sunday 20 March 2016.
Marshall Milton Keynes Statement on 2 February
2016
I
very much regret to inform you that this event will not now happen. There
simply is not enough time to organize the necessary road closure (four weeks notice has to be given in the local press) and
nothing has yet been done to seek the necessary consent. I will explain why.
I
met with two representatives from the SEAA at the beginning of December, at
which we agreed the terms of a contract between Marshall Milton Keynes AC and
the SEAA. This year the SEAA would take the online entries using their new
system and check that all the athletes were registered before passing on the
data for MMK to generate the programme and set up the
results program. The meeting was very amicable but the contract that turned up
three days later was different in several respects from what had been agreed at
the meeting. In particular the SEAA “levy” per team was considerably higher
than had been agreed. I sent the SEAA an outline of the costs involved in
hosting the event and pointed out that the club only just broke even in 2015. I
informed them I would not begin work on the relays until the contract had been
agreed.
On
21 January the SEAA decided to honour what had been
agreed at the beginning of December and sent me a revised contract. In the
meantime, having heard from others about the difficulties of working with the
SEAA, I added three extra clauses – two to confirm matters that had been agreed
in December, and one to ensure that the money required to
meet the expenses of the event, were dispatched to the club in good
time. You can view the signed document that
I forwarded to the SEAA on 22 January. I gave them a deadline of 1 February to
return a copy to me signed by the SEAA, so that the event could go ahead. That
deadline has now passed without any contract agreed by both sides, and the
event is consequently cancelled.
I
very much regret that an event which for some athletes is the highlight of
their winter season will not take place.
Mick
Bromilow, Chair, Marshall Milton Keynes
Postscript:
I now understand that the delay in sending me a contract was because the SEAA
were trying to decide how much they would charge (over and above the levy) for
processing the online entries. This has never been discussed and is, frankly,
outrageous. Other promoters working with the SEAA should take note.
2015 Results
Map of the course
Event programme
Team Managers’ Letter
List of Teams for the 2015 Championship
Results of the 2014 Championships
The 2013
Championships were cancelled due to bad weather.
Results of the 2012 Championships
Results of the
2011 Championships
Most improved prizes went to Marshall Milton
Keynes (Men) and Luton (Women).
Spot prizes went to Thames Valley Harriers (Men)
and Vale of Aylesbury (Women)
First three teams: 1965 – 2011
Top 20 male athletes for Wimbledon, Thurrock
and Milton Keynes
Top 20 male times for Wimbledon, Thurrock
and Milton Keynes
Top 20 female times for Milton Keynes
Results
for the 2010 Saucony SEAA Road Relays
Most improved prizes went to
Marshall Milton Keynes (Men) and Marshall Milton Keynes (Women)
Spot prizes went to Luton AC (Men) and Reading AC (Women).
Results
for the 2009 Saucony SEAA Road Relays
Most improved prizes went to
Herne Hill Harriers/Tonbridge AC (Men) and Woodford
Green/Marshall Milton Keynes (Women)
Spot prizes went to Hillingdon (Men) and Reading AC (Women)
The 2008 Championships were held at Aldershot
on Sunday 6 April.
Results
for the 2007 Nike SEAA Road Relays
Most improved prizes went to
Thames Valley Harriers (Men) and Blackheath &
Bromley (Women)
Spot prizes went to Hillingdon AC (Men) and Serpentine RC (Women)
Results
for the 2006 Nike SEAA Road Relays
Most improved prizes went to
Oxford City/Norfolk Gazelles (Men) and Aldershot, Farnham & District (Women)
Results
for the 2005 Nike SEAA Road Relays
Most improved prizes went to Ealing, Southall and Middlesex
(Men) and Belgrave Harriers (Women)
Spot prizes went to City of
Portsmouth (Men) and Ealing, Southall
and Middlesex (Women)
Results
for the 2004 Nike SEAA Road Relays
Most improved Men's Team: Luton
AC
Most improved Women's Team: Milton Keynes AC
Results
for the 2003 Nike SEAA Road Relays
Most improved Men's Team: Milton Keynes AC
Most improved Women's Team: Hillingdon AC
Results for the 2002 Nike SEAA Relay
Championships
Forty five pictures of the 2002 race taken by
Richard Hoyle
Kent AC won the prize for the most improved men's team.
Havant won the prize for the most improved women's
team
Results for the 2001 Nike SEAA Relay
Championships
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Women and
Exeter Harriers win the most improved team award.
Milton Keynes Women and Ealing, Southall
and Middlesex Men win the spot prizes.
Women's Championship.
Caroline Hoyte runs 18.34
on Leg 1 with no one to pass the batten to! (Richard
Hoyle)
Woodford Gren
and Essex Ladies' B Pritchett on Leg 5. (Richard Hoyle)
Windsor's Hayley Yelling on Leg
6. (Richard Hoyle)
Hayley Yelling after running the
fastest time of the day (18.20). (Richard Hoyle)
MKAC Women.
Di Knight running Leg 1.
(Richard Hoyle)
Amanda Fuller thinks of the sponsor at the end of
Leg 2. (Richard Hoyle)
Claire Rooney just behind
Chelmsford's J Smith on Leg 3. (Richard Hoyle)
Jo Benham on Leg 5.
(Richard Hoyle)
Men's Championship.
A Shaftesbury Barnet runner
starting his leg of the men's race. (Ian Russell)
Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow
Men at the Presentation. (Ian Russell)
WSEH's Sam Haughian
at the Presentation, winning the medal for the fastest long lap. (Ian
Russell)
MKAC Men.
MKAC's Ben De Klerk at the start (Ian Russell)
Lee Hope at the start of Leg 2 for the B Team.
(Richard Hoyle)
Dave Findel-Hawkins waiting to go on
Leg 3 for the B Team. (Richard Hoyle)
Dave Findel-Hawkins in flight.
(Richard Hoyle)
Robbie MacPherson checks on the timekeepers at the end
of Leg 4 for the B Team. (Richard Hoyle)
Andy Sutton in confident mood.
(Richard Hoyle)
Andy Sutton runs leg 5 for the B Team. (Richard
Hoyle)
Dave Findel-Hawkins with Andy
Sutton and Marshals' Officer, John Gillespie. (Richard Hoyle)
Chris Mahon runs leg 7 for the B Team. (Richard
Hoyle)
