Here are the first track results of the new season.  Here's how they
work. 

The 1500m had handicapped starts; the watch was started and people set
off at different times after that depending on their age and gender.
The Time+Hcp value is the time on the watch when they finished.  The
Time value is how long they took to run the 1500m.  Points are awarded
depending on how they were ranked on Time+Hcp.  This means that although
Jon was 16 seconds faster than Gareth, he was beaten on handicap because
Gareth started 24 seconds earlier because of his great age.

In the 400m the runners all started at the same time and the times are
adjusted afterwards to the equivalent times for a 25 year old running at
the same standard.  Points are awarded depending on how people were
ranked on the adjusted time.  

At the end of the season the person with the most points will get the
Harwell Track Trophy to keep for a year.

                              1500m           400m
Competitor               Time + H'cap  Time    Points Time  Adj Time
Points  
Susan Baigent            06:54.9 05:17.9 10   75.5 74.1 10   020
Gareth Smith             06:57.7 05:48.7 09   81.7 76.2 08   017
Jon Hyde                 07:05.9 05:32.9 08   76.7 74.8 09   017
Helen Brackenbury        07:38.8 06:47.8 07   90.2 81.9 07   014
Peter Mansfield          07:45.6 06:55.6 06   92.2 84.1 06   012
Castel Fairlie           07:53.5 07:16.5 05   99.0 88.6 04   009
Gail Steer               08:00.6 07:39.6 04  100.8 88.1 05   009 

Congratulations to Gail who set F50 world records in both events and
Helen who set an F40 record in the 1500m.