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Davies said: “I am totally pleased but got to mile 16 in two For the second year in a row, nine different clubs took
hours and thought I’m not going to be able to carry on at the team awards and only M45 winners Leicester
this pace, so I slackened off a bit.” Coritanian retained their title, to make it four wins in a
Davies beat all of the W60s, where Caroline Horder won by

nearly four minutes in 3h:36:06. row.

Among the older men, Martin Ford was favourite but saw M35 race
himself only fourth in the provisional results. However, it Mark Johnson’s 15:09 for Mansfield, led on the opening
looks like the first two were not correct which left Robin leg, as the number of stages for this youngest age group
Scott ahead of the Cheltenham runner, just four weeks was reduced from eight to six. It did see concerns about
after running ten minutes slower in Barcelona. yet another change raised by clubs and, although the entry
was higher, the number of finishing teams was still
Men relatively low.
M40: 1 C Greenwood (Kent) 2:27:59; 2 G Lowe (Clowne) 2:28:34; 3 L Billy McCartney took Salford to the front on stage two but
Jones (Dees) 2:29:30; 4 C Dettmar (Head RR) 2:29:58; 5 A Rouse Altrincham went ahead on the third before Matt Barnes put
(Ed’burgh) 2:30:20; 6 S Risa (NOR) 2:31:42 the matter beyond doubt with the day’s fastest lap of 14:41
M45: 1 S Hall (DSFRS) 2:36:20; 2 E La Chevre (FRA) 2:36:27; 3 D on leg four. “I’ve always loved doing the six-stage here and
Rowlands (Wrex) 2:36:32; 4 G Southern 2:37:04; 5 P Senac (FRA) we have run together in the seniors a lot,” said Barnes of
2:37:40; 6 R Downs (Wilms) 2:38:36 his team mates.
M50: 1 B Reynolds (THH) 2:33:53; 2 N Rackham (Metros) 2:35:33; 3 S Les Croupiers were a distant second and included M60
Murtagh (Harl) 2:39:22; 4 A Mason (Barn) 2:39:28; 5 G Hogg (R Martin Rees (16:15) in their youngest squad. It was left to
Forever) 2:43:31; 6 T Clayton (N Dev) 2:46:41 Dave Norman, to anchor Altrincham with a 15:29 split.
M55: 1 J Monteiro (POR) 2:41:17; 2 G Payne (G Eliot) 2:47:21; 3 P M45 race
Muffett (NNBR) 2:48:47; 4 R Burton 2:49:40; 5 M Halvey (Rane/IRE)
2:55:16; 6 M Davis (Newq RR) 2:55:17 Gordon Lee
M60: 1 D Butler (Bill’cay) 2:48:46; 2 M Warwick (Rhayad) 3:05:49; 3 G Fastest leg
Ruffell (Hart) 3:06:33; 4 T Hutchison (T Bath) 3:08:13; 5 C Mason (S again in M45.
Dev) 3:08:29; 6 B Merron (Swin H) 3:08:29
M65: 1 J Bateman (RRC) 3:13:50; 2 G Ball (Wimb W) 3:14:07; 3 D
Rose (T Bath) 3:15:33; 4 J Koenig (GER) 3:20:14; 5 N Scruton (Scar)
3:25:12; 6 G Cumber (Hali) 3:25:54
M70: 1 R Scott (Kilb) 3:19:45; 2 M Ford (Chelt) 3:21:50; 3 J Owen
(Barn) 3:28:46; 4 J Gardener (Pemb) 3:41:54; 5 J Owen (Barn)
3:28:45; 6 J Gardener (P’broke) 3:41:54 *
M75: 1 D Turner 4:25:04; 2 B Chamberlain (Hart) 4:26:20; 3 J Winters
(BW&F) 4:27:57; 4 P Gaze (B’mth) 4:46:18; 5 P Dobbs (Thurr/IRE)
4:47:19; 6 R Griffin (Camb U) 4:48:10
* Note: first two M70s listed in official results do not seem to be bona
fidae

Women
W40: 1 E Stepto (Corn) 2:36:05; 2 E Arcicolar (ESP) 2:48:18; 3 S
Cumber (Hali) 2:50:36; 4 V Sesto (N For/ARG) 2:51:43; 5 N Green
(Ilkley) 2:53:56; 6 E Crowe (Wrex) 2:54:33
W45: 1 U Jacobsen (DEN) 2:55:55; 2 M Heslop (Padd W) 2:56:57; 3 S
Kelly (R Woott B) 2:58:35; 4 D Mason 2:59:40; 5 V Swingler (Shrop S)
2:59:54; 6 K Rushton (Soton) 3:00:47
W50: 1 T Johnson (Dews) 2:57:49; 2 D Steer (St Alb) 2:58:40; 3 J
Masterman (Goole V) 3:06:30; 4 A Mair (Newp) 3:10:33; 5 R Bales
(B&R) 3:13:30; 6 T Scully (Orion) 3:13:36
W55: 1 C Wheelhouse (Donc) 3:13:04; 2 B Wenman (Cant) 3:33:23; 3
J Binns (Datch D) 3:25:07; 4 P Curtis (Hogweed) 3:28:34; 5 L Collinson
(Shrop S) 3:29:07; 6 J Curtis (Win) 3:29:53
W60: 1 C Horder (B’mth) 3:36:06; 2 P White 3:39:49; 3 J Georghiou
(Farn R) 3:49:10; 4 B Ralph (Chilt) 3:49:55; 5 J Barrow-Green (VP&TH)
3:52:20; 6 J Millett (Strag) 3:53:12
W65: 1 J Davies (E&E) 3:22:12; 2 S Nicholls (Burn) 3:35:38; 3 P Elena
3:41:35; 4 K Liddle 3:41:59; 5 J Roberts 3:53:52; 6 S Marzaioli (Hast R)
4:01:21
W70: 1 S Hamilton (Harp) 4:21:43; 2 C Dyke (Fitt) 4:23:29; 3 C Spong
(G Yar) 4:24:44; 4 R Armstrong (Donc) 4:42:54; 5 A Duncan (Hill)
4:44:24; 6 J Archibold (C’mont) 4:54:55
W75: 1 E Draper (Gard CR) 5:16:08; 2 S Cannell 6:33:55; 3 D Green
6:45:14
W85: I Barr (Bed H) 6:58:59

NATIONAL MASTERS In a race reduced to just four stages (why do they keeping
ROAD RELAY mucking about with the format?) Leicester won for the
fourth year in a row and had Gordon Lee again fastest
CHAMPIONSHIPS overall, at 15:24. “It’s good for our club, but it’s only four
legs and a bit of a downer being just four,” said Lee.
Sutton Park , May 17.
Leicester were only fifth, after the first leg, as Simon Cotton
Words: Martin Duff of trailed leader Thame’s Ian Harkness . Before moving up,
Athletics Weekly thanks to Chris Southam.
Jon James posted the second best M45 time of 15:38 on
Pictures: Jeremy Hemming stage two, before Paul Simons put Salford ahead.

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