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MASTERS ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY
Salford Harrier’s Robert Tudor, not only put their over 45’s into
first place, but produced the quickest 45+ age group stage of the
day. (10.34) Clayton le Moors Harriers and Dulwich Runners were
battling for the second and third positions. In the 55+ age group,
Oxford City AC produced a 29 second lead from Leamington
C&AC, with their Stewart Thorp in fine form. Charnwood AC and
Halesowen A&CC were battling it out for the third place.
Stage Two.
On stage two, Coventry Godiva increased their lead over
Mansfield Harriers by 21 seconds, with a fine run by Iwan Jones.
Staffs Moorland AC was now also in contention, challenging
Charnwood for the third place, thanks to their Gareth Briggs.
Salford’s over 45’s furthered their lead with Phil Leybourne’s
efforts and Dulwich Runners had also pulled clear of Clayton le
Moors, with Tony Tuohy’s fine running.
In the 55+ age group, Oxford City AC still had a 35 second lead,
but with new second placers Halesowen A&CC pushing
Leamington C&AC into third spot. A really quick stage from
Salford Harrier’s Stan Owen, earned him the fastest 55+ of the
day with 11m:48s.
Mark Johnson days fastest with
10:05.
Stage Three.
Mansfield’s Mark Johnson stormed into the lead on stage three,
also producing the quickest stage of the day with his 10m: 05s,
and making up for last year’s second fastest disappointment.
Coventry Godiva hung on to their now second place, with
Halesowen A&CC and Royal Sutton Coldfield battling for the
Bronze position, with only one second separating them.
Salford still held their lead in the over 45 age group, but the battle
for second spot was intense, as Herne Hill Harrier’s Tom Conlon,
brought them from fourth to second place. Clayton le Moors had
also reclaimed their third place. As with the over 45 age group,
the battle for places within the over 55 group was heating up.
Oxford City still had just over a minute lead from new second
placers, Leamington C&AC, with Charnwood now holding a
slender 5 second lead over fast finishing Rotherham AC.
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Stage Four. (Final stage for 55+)
Charnwood AC’s Mark Couldwell had a storming run to put them
into second position, eating into Mansfield‘s lead, they were now
only 15 seconds adrift. There were also two new clubs battling
for the third spot, Leicester Coritanians were a mere 3 seconds
ahead of Salford Harriers. In the 45+ section Salford Harriers had
built up a lead of over 2 minutes from Herne Hill Harriers and
Clayton le Moors still held their third position. This was the final
stage for the 55+ age group and it was a comfortable win by
Oxford City AC with Brian Green bringing them home. Barnet &
District AC’s David Wilcock brought them from fifth placing to
second, to earn them the Silver Medals and Rotherham AC
clinched the Bronze medals from unlucky Leamington C &AC, by
just 3 seconds.
Stage Five. (Final stage)
Mansfield H &AC held on to their lead from stage four, to receive
their Gold medals, but Charnwood AC had reduced it to just 8
seconds in contesting their Silver medal position. Leicester’s Mark
Powell finished very quickly, the second fastest of the day, to
ensure his club of their Bronze medals.
Salford Harriers in the over 45 age group furthered their lead to
receive their Gold medals. Herne Hill Harriers and Clayton le
Moors AC also held their places to obtain their Silver and Bronze
medals.
Although the day was overcast, the weather stayed fine for us.
Once again there was some exiting racing on this fine cross
country course. On behalf of the BMAF, my utmost thanks are
conveyed to Mick Smedley and his Derby AC team for hosting us
and the Midland Masters team led by Irene Nicholls for the swift
compiling of the results. Thanks also to the officials and helpers
on the day.
We hope to return to Derby again next November.
W35: 1 Dulwich Runners AC (Nicola Richmond 12.24, Ola Balme
12.50, Clare Elms 11.39) 36.53; 2 Sheffield RC (Clare Thompson
12.48, Sue Atkinson 12.29, Deborah Platts Fowler 12.14) 37.31;
3 Heanor RC (Wendy Rothenbaugh 13.02, Jill Burke 13.14, Lisa
Palmer 11.24) 37.40; 4 Charnwood AC (Claire Smith 12.04, Elizabeth
Hewitt 13.54, Nicola Thompson 13.38) 39.36; 5 Wolverhampton &
Bilston AC (Lucy Cambridge 13.24, Audrey Wilson 12.18, Sue
Weatherburn 14.03) 39.45; 6 Sheffield RC (Helen Pickford 12.49,
Deborah Richardson 13.08, Michaela Siu 14.12) 40.09; 7 Bournville
Harriers (Linda Howell 12.54, Sarah Rock 13.42, Suz West 14.23)
40.59; 8 Long Eaton RC (Lindsay Smith 13.48, Sarah Priestley 14.49,
Sharon Orridge 12.23) 41.00; 9 Staffs Moorlands AC (Kerry Marchant
12.09, Donna Burgess 13.56, Joanne Hackett 15.15) 41.20; 10
Bournville Harriers (Laura Gale 15.18, Emily Holden 14.23, Emma
Hopkins 16.31) 46.12; 11 East Cheshire H & Tameside AC (Michelle
Vaughan 14.12, Andrea Edwards 17.05, Melanie Kay 15.01) 46.18;
12 Birchfield Harriers (Alison Aberdeen 16.12, Karon Jones 17.27,
Mary Ross 16.11) 49.50; 13 Mansfield H & AC (Amanda Shaw 16.42,
Julie Bell 19.08, Eva Williams 14.34) 50.24; 14 Leamington C & AC
(Carol Blower 15.26, Delia Karuana 17.12, Heather Aston 20.03)
52.41; W45: 1 Bristol & West AC (Sarah Everitt 12.26, Clare Jolliffe
12.28, Tracy Allen 13.09) 38.03; 2 Arena 80 AC (Jenny Hughes 14.21,
Caroline wood 12.44, Julie Briggs 11.31) 38.36; 3 West Suffolk AC
(Maureen McCarthy 12.41, Celia Duncan 14.22, Christine Anthony
12.44) 39.47; 4 City of Hull AC (Cheryl Oakshott 13.06,Lucy Khan
14.41, Fiona Robinson 14.00) 41.47; 5 Dulwich Runners AC (Ros
Tabor 14.09, Andrea Pickup 13.12, Clare Wyngard 14.51) 42.12;
6 Hastings Runners (Riz Maslan 13.04, Helen brown 15.47, Kim Brown
13.42) 42.33; 7 East Cheshire H & Tameside AC (Janine Ridgard
13.37, Angela Oldham 14.46, Emma MacQueen 14.35) 42.58;
8 Clayton le Moors H (Anna Kelly 13.20, Barbara Savage 15.50,Julie
Rushton 15.15) 44.25; 9 Birchfield Harriers (Marion Peak 15.13, Helen
Bloomer 15.26, Val Carter13.53 ) 44.32; 10 Bournville Harriers (Jude
Glynn 15.31, Linda Goulding 23.59, Lesley Pymm 17.59) 57.29;
W55: 1 Bingley H & AC (Mary Green 13.41, Becky Weight 14.14,Sue
Becconsall 12.54) 40.49; 2 Cannock & Stafford AC (Chris Rollason
15.48, Dot Fellows 14.55, Chris Kilkenny 13.53) 44.36; 3 Clayton le
Moors H (Irene Rocche 14.09, Jean Knightley 15.01, Christine Leathley
19.25) 48.35; 4 Westbury H (Patricia Gallagher 15.50, Shirley Hume
15.42, Eithne Noonan 17.37) 49.09; DNF Salford Harriers (Denise
Wakefield 16.03); DNF Mansfield H & AC (Denise Winfield 18.38);