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MASTERS ATHLETICS SUMMER 2013.
The town centre, traffic free, 3 lap course has a 200 metre
incline at the end of each lap, but it provides fast times, and
this year saw some excellent performances by some of our
leading Masters athletes.
42 year-old Mark Johnson, from Mansfield, was first across
the finish line in a new PB of 15:16, three seconds clear of
M35 Chris Greenwood of Kent AC, with M40 Kerry-Liam
Wilson of Ron Hill Cambuslang just two seconds behind. I
have no photo of this exciting finish, as the photographer
was nearly run over by the Lead Car!
Seven athletes bettered 16 minutes, and a further 26 ran
under 17 minutes, including M50 Guy Bracken (North
Shields Poly) in 16:11, M45 Paul Freary (Belgrave) in
16:18, M55 George Thompson of Border Harriers in 16:32,
M50 Lloyd Collins (Wells) in 16:44, and the outstanding
M60 Mike Hager of Tipton in a new course record of 16:43.
David Oxland (Notts), who beat Hager in a thrilling BMAF
Indoor 1500m in March (in a new World Record), was
second to Mike on this occasion in 17:12, only 9 seconds
shy of his own course record from 2011.
Griff Owens of Prestatyn was first M65 finisher in 18:37,
with a long-distance traveller, Peter Young from Ryde
Harriers, second in 19:00. Peter Hall of Barrow set a new
course record for M70 with 19:51, and had good
competition from Les Haynes (Bingley) 20:08, and John
Batchelor (Ilford) 20:34. (I witnessed John’s finishing
speed, as he took 5 seconds out of me with his sprint
uphill, though six years my senior!). M75 runners David
Spencer and Steve James, from Barrow and Southport
respectively, had a close battle, with Spencer prevailing by
9 seconds in 22:16. Midland Master Brian Campbell took
the M80 honours in 26:20, comfortably ahead of Arthur
Walsham.
Louise
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First Woman finisher was F35 Louise Rudd (Stockport) in
17:49, with Wirral athlete Sarah Kearney second in 18:17.
F45 Elaine Leslie of Jarrow and Hebburn recorded 18:24.
F50 Caroline Wood of Arena 80 had journeyed far from
Brighton, and was rewarded with a 19:25 clocking. Both
performances shaded the leading F40 finisher Beth
Massey of Ilkley who recorded 19:36. Lesley Leggett of
Denbydale beat Doncaster athlete Caroline Wheelhouse in
a close race, prevailing by 7 seconds in 20:08.
Initially several athletes received the same clocking as
Lesley Leggett – with around 5 athletes finishing in a line
across the road, a couple missed the finishing funnel, and
provisional times for these runners were later adjusted from
finish line photos.
Cannock and Staffs runner Christine Kilkenny just took F60
Gold by two seconds from Jan Needham of Rochdale, in
20:54, with Anne Dockery of Eastern Vets enjoying a more
comfortable margin over Dot Fellows of Cannock (21:33 to
22:39). Brenda Jones of Welsh Masters took F70 honours,
but expressed regret that she faced no rivals in her age
group.
The medal presentations in the Leisure Centre were very
well attended, and most individual winners stayed to collect
their medal. Team results posed a problem, as the postal
entry form required only the BMAF club, not the athlete’s
first claim club. On the day, the pragmatic decision was to
award team medals based on BMAF clubs. This
disappointed the few clubs who had entered teams in good
faith, so team medals have been retrospectively awarded
to the following club teams:
M35-44 Gold – Salford Harriers (Mike Grace, Glyn
Billington, Eric Crowther)
M45-54 Gold – Salford Harriers (Dave Lockett, Robert
Tudor, Roger Alsop)
M45-54 Silver - Ronhill Cambuslang (Dave Thom, Ian
Williamson, Colin Feechan)
M55-64 Gold – Salford Harriers (Philip Quibell, Stan Owen,
Michael Wakefield)
M65-74 Gold – Bingley Harriers (Les Haynes, Fred
Gibbs,John Smithurst)
M65-74 Silver – Clydesdale Harriers (Pete Cartwright,
Brian Campbell, Robert Young)
M65-74 Bronze – Salford Harriers (Stan Curran, Sidney
Sacks, Denis Moran)
F35-44 Gold – Newcastle Staffs (Michelle Buckle, Wendy
Swift, Rachel Tweedie)
I will be pleased to present these medals at any of these
BMAF Championships:
Track 10,000m – Horsforth Track, Oxford July 28th, Road
10k – Pollock Park, Glasgow August 18th , Track and Field
Champs, Birmingham September 15th/16th
If you will not attend any of the above, please contact
Walter Hill by email.
I recommend Horwich to those athletes who have not yet
tried this race – you will enjoy the experience, and there
are plenty of Festival activities to watch besides Masters
racing.
Note: Next year all BMAF Championship entries
will close two weeks before race day.
1-15:16-Mark Johnson-M40-1-Mans ; 2-15:19-Christopher Greenwood-
M35-1-Kent; 3-15:21-Kerry-Liam Wilson-M40-2-Cambus 4-15:45-
Gareth Lowe-M40-3-Clowne; 5-15:50-Nick Leigh-M35-2-Altrincham; 6-
15:55-Mark Dalkins-M40-4-Telford ; 7-15:58-Lee Jones-M40-5-Deeside
AAC; 8-16:01-Dean Richardson-M40-6-C of Stoke; 9-16:02-Russell
Maddams-M35-3-Keswick/Border; 10-16:03-Alastair Murray-M35-4-
Horwich; 11-16:06-David Smith-M45-1-W & Bilston; 12-16:07-Michael
Hunt-M40-7-Trafford; 13-16:07-Gareth Booth-M40-8-Horwich; 14-
16:11-Guy Bracken-M50-1-North Shields Poly/VAA North East; 15-
16:18-Paul Freary-M45-2-Belgrave; 16-16:19-Dean Parker-M40-9-
Bournville Harriers; 17-16:21-Darren Newbould-M40-10-Hallam ; 18-
16:22-Michael Grace-M40-11-Sal Harriers; 19-16:23-Neil Wilkinson-
M40-12-Morpeth/Cambuslang; 20-16:28-Simon Wright-M45-3-
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