Pace Makers
Any athletes that are able to help pace any of the races should contact Andrew Osment by E-mail or phone 07879 678917

Entry Fees
Please note that for 2010 the entry fees are:-
Stadium entry - £3.00
Race entry for BMC members - free
Race entry for non-members - £10.00

British Milers Club members
BMC members that appear on the start lists with ** next to their name are in arrears with their membership subs. Please bring your cheque book. Further clarification can be obtained from Pat Fitzgerald.

Irish Milers Club members
Irish Milers Club. The BMC has a reciprocal arrangement with the IMC in that IMC members will be treated as BMC members for race entry. The current IMC subs position is always taken into account. If you do not have your IMC membership number next to your name, either on the entry confirmation E-mail or on the start lists then you have not paid your IMC subs and will either have your entry deferred or you will be charged the non-members entry fees. Please contact Niamh Cummins for clarification.

No longer running?
As we expect all the Grand Prix meetings are going to be over-subscribed, it means we will have to turn athletes away. If you have already entered and can no longer compete please can you inform the person that your entry went to. This will not only allow another athlete to compete but can also mean that several athletes could be moved up a race (from C to B, D to C, E to D, etc. We consider this a matter of courtsey, both to the organisers and to your fellow athletes.

Start Lists
To withdraw, queries, etc to Andrew Osment E-mail. or phone 07879 678917
Athletes marked with "**" next to their name may be behind in there subs. Please see Pat Fitzgerald at the venue BEFORE collecting your number.

Leading entries

THREE top class Russian female runners will add a touch of foreign spice for what should be another night of top class racing in the second meeting of the 2010 British Milers’ Club Grand Prix at Watford on Saturday (June 12th).
Anna Luchkina and Anna Balakshina have both entered the 800 metres while Elena Korobkina will line up for the 1500m to ensure that the British runners face a searching test. Balakshina, aged 24, will be among the favourites for the 800m having run 2min 00.65secs during the indoor season when she also ran 4:12.11 for the 1500m.
Luchkina, 25, clocked 2:02.24 during the indoor season and also 52.43secs for 400m so between them they are sure to have a big say in the outcome of the race.
Korobkina, 19, is a relative newcomer to the Russian scene and during the indoor season ran personal bests of 4:17.54 for 1500m and 9:15.47 for 3000m.
The women’s 800m certainly looks like being a highly competitive race with 2009 Scottish champion Claire Gibson, who made a significant breakthrough when she ran 2:01.34 in Oslo last summer, opening her season and the 27-year-old Kilbarchan/Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets athlete is looking to get as close to two minutes as possible.
Joining her in a very strong British line-up will be Emma Jackson, Alison Leonard, Laura Finucane, Charlotte Best and Morag MacLarty while top juniors Laura Weightman and Jenny Tann are also entered.
Intriguingly Steph Twell is also registered as she looks to sharpen her speed. It will be her first 800m since the BMC Grand Prix at Solihull last summer when she ran her personal best of 2:03.80.
This summer she has opened with 8:50.96 for 3000m at the Watford Open, 4:06.10 for 1500m in the Diamond League in Doha and then 15:40.88 for 5000m at the IAAF Word Challenge in Hengelo.
Twell certainly has the potential to go quicker - and will have to if she wants to get among the front runners.
To continue the foreign theme there are also a couple of interesting athletes from Sweden, Charlotte Schonbeck and Jenny Holmroos, who are both chasing 2:02.
There is also a foreign presence in the men’s 800m race with both Latvian Vitalij Kozlov and Irishman David McCathy targeting a time of 1mins 46secs while a trio of British athletes – Ed Bradshaw and Mark Berridge – will all be looking to get under 1:48. In total there are 27 athletes entered who have run under 1;50.
The 1500m also looks tasty with Cheltenham’s James Brewer, who ran 3:37 last year, opening his domestic season after returning from his first year as a student in America, plus another leading Latvia in Dmitrijs Jurkevics and the Australian pair of Mitch Kealey and Ben St Lawrence.
In the women’s 1500m Gloucester AC’s Irish international Rose-Anne Galligan, the surprise winner of the 800m at Manchester last weekend, is an interesting entry and will be joined by Morag MacLarty, Celia Taylor and top junior Eemial Gorecka, who made such an impressive debut in the 5000m at Sport City to lift the UK Under 20 women’s title.
There are also races over 5000m and the steeplechase for both men and women.

As always we will try to notify of the leading entries to date which are:-
	Men	Women
800m	27 sub 1:50 athletes Abraham Chepkirwok (UGA) – PB 1:43, 4th in World Championships 2007 Vitalij Kozlov (Latvia) - PB of 1:46 Richard Hill - 1:47 this year Mattias Claesson( Sweden) - 1:46 last year Mukhtar Mohammed - 1:47 this year Darren St Clair David McCarthy - 1:48 this year Ed Aston - 1:48 this year Paul Bradshaw - 1:48 this year Mark Berridge - 1:48 last year Steven Fennell - 1:47 last year Matthew Fox (Aus) - 1:48 this year	Anna Balakshina (Rus) - PB of 2:00.65 Hannah England - 1:59 last year Claire Gibson - 2:01 last year Emma Jackson - 2:02 this year Alison Leonard - 2:02 this year Vicky Griffiths Stephanie Twell
1500m	Shedrack Korir (KEN) – PB 3:31, 3rd in World Championships 2007 Mitch Kealey (Aus) Tiidrek Nurme (Estonia) - Estinian record holder Dmitrijs Jurkevics (Latvia) Ben St Lawrence (Aus)- 13:25 500m runner Morten Velde (Nor) - 3:39 at Bislett this year Olivier Colin (Can) James Brewer - 3:37 last year David Proctor - 3:41 this year Jonathan Taylor - 3:41 last year Chris Warburton - 3:41 last year Jonathan Mellor - 3:41 last year	Morag MacLarty - 4:14 this year Rose-Anne Galligan - 4:12 this year Ragnhild Kvarberg (Nor) - PB of 4:07 Anna Luchkina(Rus) - PB of 2:01.85 Yelena Korobkina (Rus) - European U20 3000m Champion Hazel Murphy - 4:14 last year Faye Fullerton - 4:15 this year Celia Taylor - 4:14 this year Stevie Stockton - 4:14 last year Emelia Gorecka
5000m	Moumin Geele - 13:34 last year Sean Connolly (Ire) - 13:55 this year Luke Cragg - 13:54 this year Mati Rasanen (Finland) - 13:46 last year and 28:32 this year Phil Wicks - 13:58 last year Matthew Barnes - 13:58 this year Mitch Goose Henrik Them Andersen (Den) - 14:03 last year Fredrik Uhrbom (Swe) - 14:02 last year	19 entries to date Freya Murray lara tamsett (Aus) - PB 15:29 Justina Heslop Emily Pidgeon Lisa Blomme(Swe)
Chase	James Wilkinson Stephen Lisgo Steve Murphy Benjamin Wolthers(Den) James Bailey	Lena Orn (Swe) Emma Raven Louise Webb Sarah Hood

Accomodation
The closest hotel is a 10 minute walk to the track at Watford. Details are
PREMIER INN, St Albans Road, Watford, WD25 OLH
Tel: 08701 977 261
Fax: 01923 682164
Quote Ref RMR 93986 for special rate of £60 per night for single, twin or double room including ‘as much as you can eat’ breakfast.

Directions: From M1 junction 6 follow south on A405 towards Garston, branch left onto A412 St Albans Road. The hotel is on the right hand side, behind the TGI Friday's.

Alternative accommodation
PARK INN, 30/40 St Albans Road, Watford, WD17 1RN.
Tel. 01923 429988.

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