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THE BIG FEATURE14 CHARLIE GRICE

The Rio Olympic finalist on the need to make the next big step up

SPOTLIGHT20 TIANNA BARTOLETTA

The Olympic long jump champion looks back on a great 12 months

24 THE RUNNING BOXERBritish title contender Tommy Langford on why interval training is so important to him

26 MASTERS MARATHONERDave Winch reflects on breaking records at over-70 level after an inauspicious senior career

ACTION38 NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS

Cardiff and AFD win main titles at Sutton Park in Birmingham

PERFORMANCE30 Sports science news32 Insight into Andrew Pozzi’s training34 Products – trail shoes reviewed36 Laying the groundwork for the winter

NEWS6 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake on 201610 Runner completes 401 marathons11 Great Scottish Run’s sponsor boost

RESULTS & FIXTURES48 Results round-up56 Previews of the Great Birmingham

Run and Amsterdam Marathon, plus TV guide

57 What’s On – fixtures guide

REGULARS27 View From The Stands28 Young Athlete61 Quiz – test your athletics knowledge62 Dip Finish

Cover: Olympic finalist Charlie Grice (Magdi Fernandes) and AFD relay winner Philippa Bowden (Mark Shearman)

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FAILED EXPERIMENTATHLETICS is under pressure to innovate, but new ideas don’t always work. An example is allowing only the top four in horizontal jumps and throws to take part in the final three rounds in the Diamond League.

The rule aims to create TV-friendly contests but it has been slated by athletes. Greg Rutherford called it a ‘farce’ when he risked injury by jumping with minimal recovery in three rushed final rounds in Rome.

Fellow GB jumpers like Lorraine Ugen and Jazmin Sawyers have also been critical, arguing that fans want to see more action, not less. Athletes can unleash inspired efforts in the final rounds, too.

Take the women’s long jump in Rio, for instance, where the top eight enjoyed all six attempts and the podium positions changed multiple times late into the contest before Tianna Bartoletta (featured on p20-22 this week) won gold.

Officials do not drag athletes out of a running race halfway through the event, so why are field eventers penalised?

It’s time for the IAAF to review this rule for 2017 and give field eventers their six attempts back.

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NCAA PAIN IS BIG

REAT Britain’s breakthrough sprinter of 2016, Nethaneel Mitchell-

Blake, says he is ready to make the most of difficulties thrown his way this year to move forward into 2017 as a better athlete.

Mitchell-Blake, European junior gold medal-winning sprinter from 2013, now based in the States at Louisiana State University, made his mark as a senior in May when he ran 19.95 to go second on the all-time British 200m list before going on to earn himself a place on both the European and Olympic teams this summer.

The 22-year-old’s path wasn’t a steady one, however, as injuries plagued the majority of the summer, resulting in him racing just four times in July and August – each time in major championships.

Of all the highs and lows experienced throughout his 2016 season, a hamstring tear on the final day of the US

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Track & Field Championships – the NCAAS – was the biggest gut punch to Mitchell-Blake, who had looked set to claim titles over both the 100m and 200m.

“I cried. It was heart-breaking,” Mitchell-Blake confessed in reflection upon the injury. In his semi-finals he had equalled his 10.09 100m personal best and laid down a comfortable 20.17 in the 200m.

“I ran pretty much every week before that. My motivation was always that I have one more week to get better. After I ran 19.95 I was happy, but as soon as I went back to the drawing board it was about getting better. Every week I was so focused on getting better.

“The NCAAs are the end of the collegiate year. That’s what you train for. If you run 19.95 it means nothing if you’re unable to win the title. Although

- Ben Coldwellstaff writer

LAST MINUTEI KNEW something strange was going on around Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake in the days leading up to his 200m heats in Rio when an interview request was twice postponed before finally being cancelled.

It now turns out that Mitchell-Blake suffered a massive setback on the eve of the Games and was stuck going through hamstring strengthening exercises and running in flats as part of a mad dash to make the start line in Brazil.

He eventually made it, and clocked the third and fourth fastest wind-legal times of his short career – 20.24 and 20.25 – though he felt he had more to give.

The man himself says he opts to look forwards rather than linger on his disappointments. If 20.2s off the back of a litany of injuries during the summer are disappointing, then British fans are in for a treat when Mitchell-Blake hits his stride again next year.

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COE: NO SET TIME FOR RUSSIA REINTEGRATIONSEB COE says he hopes the IAAF will be able to welcome a clean Russia back into the international fold for the 2017 World Championships, but will set no time limit on it.

The IAAF president (pictured) took the decision in June to bar the Russian athletics team from the Rio Olympics after the country had

shown insufficient evidence that it had cleaned up its act following a series of damaging revelations of a doping programme orchestrated at a state level.

“It has to be our ambition not to leave a country sitting outside the athletics family, but it has to be when change is really demonstrable and

we are confident that the reintroduction of Russian athletes will be into a landscape that is clean and with integrity,” Coe told the Press Association

“I’m hoping – I’m genuinely hoping – that they will be back for the World Championships next year, but thatwill depend on how things change.”

NETHANEEL MITCHELL-BLAKE IS LOOKING TO TAKE POSITIVES FROM EVERY EXPERIENCE IN A WHIRLWIND YEAR

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Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake: qualified for his first major championships in a British vest off the back of a damaging injury in the NCAA finals

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I had beaten the competition in different meets or even the day beforehand, no one really remembers that. People only remember the winner.”

Before Mitchell-Blake flew out to Rio from the TeamGB holding camp in Belo Horizonte the sprinter was due to fulfil various media requests, including one with AW, but forewent them to focus on recovering from a micro-tear in his hamstring suffered just

10 days before he was due to compete on August 16.

The sprinter didn’t spike up again until five days before he ran, where he was thrown in at the deep end and faced with the daunting, unenviable task of qualifying from the final heat from lane one, having seen the previous nine athletes from the inside lane crash out at this stage. The challenge was one he eventually passed with flying colours, clocking 20.24 for second.

“Everything is a learning experience. I learn from everything. I’m not ignorant. I’m always open to learning,” Mitchell-Blake added.

“In the heats I was thinking ‘don’t get lane one’. I was in heat 10 of 10 and guess what I get? Lane one. I was watching heats go by and saying to myself ‘no one has qualified from lane one’.

“I executed my race and actually felt I ran a better race in the heats. But in the semis there was a lot of emotion. Not so much because it was the semi-finals, but I was beside Justin Gatlin and Yohan Blake. I wasn’t in awe of them so much but it’s the Olympics and they’ve been there and done it. But once again that’s another learning curve.”

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MOTIVATOR HARRY: MY MUSCLES ARE KEYTO UNLOCKING MY POTENTIALHARRY AIKINES-ARYEETEY plans to make the most of his natural physique to continue making gains on the track after years of steering clear of muscle-building training as a result of people’s attitudes about his size.

The 28-year-old, particularly recognisable for his unique muscular figure, has faced questions in the past over the efficiency of his muscle bulk for sprinting, most notably from 2000 Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis.

Aikines-Aryeetey teamed up with coach Benke Blomkvist late last year having spent much of a disrupted 2015 season struggling with injury and without a coach.

After discussions with Blomkvist, also coach to the likes of Richard Kilty and Danny Talbot, Aikines-Aryeetey says the pair are now looking at tuning into his natural power, aided significantly by his muscularity, and making sure they can work it to his advantage in helping him run faster times.

“I can’t stay too far away from speed work. At the same time there’s no reason why I shouldn’t be lifting,” Aikines-Aryeetey told AW. “Over the last few years I’ve shied away from lifting because obviously of the stigma of my size, but now we’ve decided we’ll tap into it a little bit. We just thought:

why am I not doing this or making use of my god-given talents?”

Aikines-Aryeetey, who has a myostatin deficiency which manifests in reduced body fat and increased muscular size, says shifting weight can be a challenge but he keeps his natural weight well below 90kg.

“That’s just my body, it’s very different and weird. I can put on muscle if I’m doing certain things but at the same time I shouldn’t shy away from the explosive part of my training in fear of that. I’m definitely going to push on with that side of training this year,” he added. “It all leads to being more explosive on the track. I’m just excited to get things moving for next year.” G

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NEWS

CHRISTIAN MALCOLM has been inducted into the Welsh

Athletics Hall of Fame.The four-time Olympic

sprinter won two 4x100m bronze medals at the World Championships as well as individual medals at the World

Indoors, Commonwealth Games and European Championships throughout his career.

Welsh 400m Olympian Seren Bundy-Davies

won Female Athlete of the Year, having come away from the Amsterdam European Championships with a 4x400m gold medal, while 400m hurdler Rhys Williams was awarded Male Athlete of the Year after reaching the European final where he finished fifth.

Distance runner Dewi Griffiths won the male endurance athlete award after strong performances on the road and cross country in 2016, while race walker Bethan Davies won the female award, having reached second on the British all-time rankings in numerous distances.

Wales’ No.1 100m and 200m sprinter Hannah Brier was recognised as the junior track and field female athlete of 2016 after a sixth-placed finish at the World Junior Championships and 17-year-old European youth 1500m champion Jake Heyward won the male equivalent.

Heidi Davies’ European Mountain Running Championships bronze saw her recognised as Wales’ top junior

female endurance runner, while fellow mountain runner Ciaran Lewis won the men’s award.

The Olympic marathon silver medallist from 1948, Tom Richards, was awarded a posthumous award and Ruth Swinhoe (née Martin-Jones) was also inducted into the Hall of Fame as the first woman to win a major medal competing for Wales with a Commonwealth long jump bronze in 1974 in Auckland.


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GEBRSELASSIE RECEIVES AIMS CAREER AWARD HAILE GEBRSELASSIE will receive the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) lifetime achievement award in recognition of a phenomenal running career.

The Ethiopian great will be presented at the fourth annual awards dinner of AIMS – the body which represents more than 410 of the world’s leading races across 110 countries.

Gebrselassie (right) is also a three-time AIMS world athlete of the year award winner.

“I am very happy that AIMS and their members and sponsors have chosen to honour me in this way,” he said. “I am looking forward to attending the AIMS Best Marathon Runner awards dinner to spend a wonderful night with my friends in the marathon community in the home of the marathon, Athens, Greece.”

The 43-year-old came to prominence when he won the 1992 world junior titles over 5000m and 10,000m before going on to win two Olympic gold medals and four world titles on the track.

Christian Malcolm became one of the latest inductees into the Welsh Athletics Hall of Fame

ANNA CHICHEROVA has been ordered to return her Beijing 2008 Olympic high jump bronze medal after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed her disqualification from the event following sample reanalysis.

The IOC announced that retesting of Chicherova’s samples from Beijing eight years ago resulted in a

positive test for the banned steroid turinabol, though the 34-year-old will keep the gold medal she won at the 2012 Olympics in London.

The IAAF had confirmed Chicherova’s provisional suspension in July.

Chicherova (left) was reported in May to be among 14 Russian athletes to have tested positive

from the Beijing Games after the IOC announced it had retested 454 samples taken during the competition.

She claimed bronze behind winner Tia Hellebaut of Belgium and silver medallist Blanka Vlašic of Croatia, while Chicherova’s fellow Russian Yelena Slesarenko finished fourth in that competition.

CHICHEROVA LOSES BEIJING BRONZE AFTER FAILED DRUGS TEST

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RUSSIAN thrower Tatyana Beloborodova has been stripped of her 2012 Olympic hammer gold medal after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) found her to have failed a drugs test following re-analysis of a doping sample.

Beloborodova – competing at the time as Tatyana Lysenko – was previously reported to be among a group of athletes who had tested positive during a round of retesting done by the IOC, and the governing body has now confirmed she will be disqualified.

The 33-year-old hammer thrower, who won world titles in 2011 and 2013 in Daegu and Moscow, respectively, tested positive for the banned substance turinabol and joins a list of Russian athletes who have recently been found to have taken the substance upon re-analysis.

An IOC statement read in part: “The athlete Tatyana Lysenko is disqualified from the event in which she participated

upon the occasion of the Olympic Games, London 2012, namely the women’s hammer throw event, in which she ranked first and for which she was awarded the gold medal.”

It continued: “The IAAF is requested to modify the results of the event accordingly and to consider any further action

within its own competence.”Beloborodova has already

served a two-year doping ban after failing a drugs test in 2007 and could face a life ban from the sport.

World record-holder Anita Wlodarczyk was second in London and Germany’s Betty Heidler came third.

RUSSIAN STRIPPED OF DISCUS CROWN

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PASHLEY DIES OF CANCERFORMER British sprinter Anne Pashley has died of cancer at the age of 80.

Pashley was part of Great Britain’s silver medal-winning 4x100m quartet at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

She also won an individual bronze medal in the 100m at the 1954 European Championships.

Pashley became a soprano opera singer after retiring.

BRITISH TRIPLE THREAT AT GREAT SOUTH RUNA BRITISH trio of Andy Vernon, Ross Millington and Chris Thompson will go head-to-head-to-head on the streets of Portsmouth at the Great South Run on October 23.

Vernon and Millington were part of Team GB in Rio, competing over the 10,000m and will do battle again on the 10-mile course along with a resurgent Thompson.

After a frustrating outing at the Great North Run, Thompson returned to form at the Bank of Scotland Great

Scottish Run half-marathon where he finished fourth in a time of 61:48.

The veteran 35-year-old, who took part in the 2012 Olympics, says he is yet to perfect the art of running 10 miles.

“I’ve run far quicker in a 10-mile split in a half-marathon than I have run on that course, and it’s not because I’m not in good shape, it’s because I haven’t got it right,” said Thompson, who is also set to defend his title in the Great Birmingham Run.

“There’s a bit of a demon there for me to overcome. It’s an awkward distance. For some reason there’s always a distance that athletes like, and that athletes don’t like.”

The three will face domestic opposition in the shape of Jonny Mellor, Scott Overall and Adam Clarke, with USA’s Jeffery Eggleston and Ireland’s Paul Pollock providing the main overseas interest.

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SUNNY START FOR THROWERS EUROPE’S top throwers will kick off their 2017 in style in Gran Canaria at the European Throwing Cup in March.

European Athletics confirmed that the island in the Canaries will stage the annual event on March 11-12, giving some of the continent’s best throwers the chance to test themselves against top competition before the season begins in May.

Surprise Olympic javelin champion Sara Kolak finished second in the under-23 category at last year’s event, while 88-metre man Julian Weber, who threw for Germany in Rio, also took part.

MOSCOW RACE INVESTIGATED TWO banned Russian athletes took part in the Moscow Marathon festivities, and are now being investigated by the country’s anti-doping authorities, according to the Associated Press.

Tamara Shchemerova placed eighth in the marathon, days after refusing a drugs test, while Yevgeny Kokhlov, who has tested positive for EPO, ran in the 10km race.

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ABRITISH runner has raised more than a quarter of a million pounds

for charity after completing a mammoth 401 marathons in 401 days.

Ben Smith, 34, started his challenge on September 1, 2015, to raise £250,000 for charities Stonewall and Kidscape and help raise awareness of bullying. He completed the 10,506.2 miles on October 5 in Bristol.

The runner from Portishead endured 284 consecutive days of marathons until suffering an

umbilical hernia, forcing him to miss 10 days of running and resulting in him having to increase his mileage in the following days to make up for the 262-mile deficit.

“I am so proud of what the 401 Challenge team and I have accomplished over the past 401 days. With the help and support of people all over the UK and even the world, we have achieved what we set out to achieve,” Smith said.

A significant chunk of the £250,000 raised was down to the virtual #401Marathon challenge which ran from

October 2-9 this year, enabling people around the world to take part.

Over the duration of the week-long campaign, 2329 took part – of which 2309 were in the UK – with ticket sales helping to generate more than £61,000 to the cause.

The cause is one that is particularly close to Smith’s heart as, having come out as gay and being subjected to eight years of bullying while attending school, he attempted suicide at 18 and suffered a stroke a 29 as a result of the abuse he received.

Smith has started a three-month cool down period to help himself reduce his daily calorie intake and recover physically and mentally from the exertion of daily marathon running. He plans to taper with a mix of running, swimming, cycling and personal training sessions.

“The start of the cool down period has been harder than I thought it would be, I feel less motivated to run at the moment,” he added.

Donations can be made through Virgin Money Giving or text ‘Ben’ plus ‘£amount’ to 70660.

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SUSPICION OVER JERSEY MARATHON RUSSIAN WINNERTHE WINNER of the 2016 Standard Chartered Jersey Marathon will be stripped of his title by the IAAF due to him being an ineligible athlete.

The race, which took place on October 2, was won by Russian Aleksey Troshkin in 2:18:28 and was the third consecutive victory for the 30-year-old, who has a 2:16:40 personal best listed on the

IAAF’s website from La Rochelle in November 2013.

“It is clear that this is an international event and he was not allowed to participate. He is ineligible and is on the banned list,” the IAAF said, confirming that Troshkin’s result will be annulled.

Prize and appearance money will be returned and victory credited to

Polish athlete Christopher Zablocki who finished in a time of 2:19:55.

Russian athletes are barred from international competition unless offered special exemption as a result of the country’s ban from the sport as a result of state-lead doping.

Elite Russians are only permitted to compete domestically, though the

rule does not extend to fun-runners in mass participation events.

Jersey-based events company 3D Performance were contacted numerous times by AW but did not respond to offer comment or clarification.

British Athletics said it was unable to comment until the full facts have been established.

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GREAT SCOTTISH RUN RE-SIGNS TOP SPONSORTHE GREAT SCOTTISH RUN has extended its partnership with Bank of Scotland, continuing its title sponsorship until 2019.

The 2016 edition, where the elite races were won by Callum Hawkins and Betsy Saina, was the eighth year Bank of Scotland has supported the event and this year saw around 30,000 people take part in a weekend of running, from the Toddler Dash and Family Mile to the 10km and half-marathon races.

“I have seen first-hand what effect the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run has had

on Scotland,” said Hawkins, who broke the Scottish half-marathon record at the event

on October 2 with a 60:24 win. “Any event that encourages people to get running is great

and I’m glad to see the event go from strength-to-strength each year.”

Mark Hollinshead, the Great Run Company chief executive, said: “We’re thrilled to be continuing our successful partnership with Bank of Scotland.

“The Bank has always provided fresh, new ideas on how to grow and develop the event every year.

“It’s great to work with a partner that is so engaged and committed to making it a success. We look forward to continuing our partnership for the next three years.”

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NEWS

THE ENGLISH Road Running Association (ERRA) has been branded

“pathetic” after it prevented Gateshead Harriers & AC from competing at the National 6-Stage Road Relay Championships last weekend.

The club qualified for the national championships with a 14th-placed finish at the Northern championships but were barred entry due to the fact they were unable to respond to an email distributed

by the organisers within the 72-hour window offered.

Chris Parr, a Gateshead club member who competed at the Northern relays, said he contacted ERRA within the time period to plead for leeway but was told there would be no exception. ERRA also refused to redirect the email, according to Parr.

“To me it is an absolutely pathetic decision and it is ludicrous that with such a short deadline there was no way of allowing us entry,” Parr

said. “This sort of decision is destroying club athletics from within.”

ERRA confirmed that the entry notifications were emailed on the evening of Sunday September 15.

“Members of Gateshead must have been aware that they had qualified for the National and anyone from their club could, in the absence of their team manager, access the online system to submit a team entry,” an ERRA spokesman said.


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RUNNERS NEED TO START RECYCLING OLD TRAINERSRUNNERS are being encouraged to recycle old shoes as part of a campaign set up by a national running attire store.

Runners Need, a running specialist with 34 stores nationwide, are starting the #recyclemyrun initiative which allows people to recycle their old shoes with them in exchange for £20 off a new pair.

The campaign was launched on Sunday October 9 in conjunction with the Royal Parks Half Marathon in Hyde Park and will last for one month.

Donated shoes make their way to be recycled or are passed on

to countries in need of affordable footwear.

The European Recycling Company (ERC), who assist with environmentally-friendly clothing disposal, are helping the scheme.

ERC CEO Andy Haws said: “We are delighted to be working with Runners Need on this exciting initiative. Recycling your running shoes and trainers is a big step towards minimising the impact that shoe waste has on the environment, and together Runners Need and ERC are working to do just that.”

Visit runnersneed.com for full details on #recyclemyrun.

STRIDERS TAKE TO THE TRAILSSTOWMARKET Striders have raised a record £2100 for three local charities from the club’s trail run series.

The Stowmarket Striders Summer Trail Run Series, now in its ninth year as an event, sees the club organise a number of trail runs around the surrounding Suffolk villages, all routes being devised by club members.

Cheques of £700 each will go to Icancho – a brain injury rehabilitation charity based in Stowmarket – the East Anglian Air Ambulance and the mental health charity Mind.

The club’s next organised run with be the ‘Scenic 7’ on Remembrance Sunday followed by the Christmas tree trail run on November 24.

TRIALS winner Jade O’Dowda is part

of the England team selected for the

Schools Combined Events International

at the AIT International Arena, Athlone,

Ireland, on December 3.

England, Scotland, Ireland and

Wales will contest the annual indoor

event for the intermediate and junior

age groups.

England teamInter boys: Josh Hewett (Mersey),

Cameron Hale (Dorset), Toby Seal

(Kent), Nathan Langley (Notts)

Inter girls: Jade O’Dowda (Oxon),

Pippa Earley (Surrey), Amaya Scott

(Hants), Olivia Dobson (Devon)

Junior boys: Dominic Ogbechie

(London), Theo Adesina (Essex), Roy

Howorth (Wilts), Zachary Elliott (West

Mids).

Junior girls: Iris Oliarnyk (West Mids),

Jessica Hopkins (Essex), Emily Bee

(Devon), Kiera Bainsfair (Essex)

ENGLAND TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR COMBINED EVENTS MATCH

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THE BIG FEATURETHE BIG FEATURE CHARLIE GRICE

HARLIE GRICE isn’t satisfied, but elite athletes rarely are. It’s that determination – that drive – to always go quicker, push harder,

jump higher, throw further.When we meet at a Nike event in London,

the middle-distance talent is just starting to reflect on an Olympic year which has seen him run faster than ever before, gain great experience and, impressively at the age of just 22, complete the set of making finals at each of the major championships. But, when continually striving for more, there always seems to be a ‘but’.

“Saying rollercoaster is so clichéd, though this year has had its up and downs,” Grice smiles. “It worked out well in the end, but it could have been so much better.”

Despite illness over the winter which required visits to parasite specialists after he picked up an infection while training in Ethiopia, plus an injury-sustained in the summer, the Brighton Phoenix athlete never let go of his goals. After retaining the British indoor 1500m title, Grice competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Eugene but was disappointed to miss out on the final. A couple

APPRENTICESHIPCHARLIE GRICE HAS MADE FINALS AT EACH OF THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE FIVE-TIME BRITISH 1500M CHAMPION TELLS JESSICA WHITTINGTON WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THINGS UP ANOTHER NOTCHPICTURES: MAGDI FERNANDES/NIKE & MARK SHEARMAN

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IS OVER’‘MY

Rio finalist: The Brighton Phoenix

athlete placed 12th on his

Olympic debut

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Race face: Charlie Grice is looking to compete for medals during the next Olympic cycle

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“I DON’T TRAIN ALL YEAR TO

COME LAST BUT IT WASN’T MEANT

TO BE AND IT HAS DEFINITELY ADDED MORE

FUEL TO THE FIRE FOR NEXT TIME”CHARLIE GRICE, on his

Olympic experience




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of months later the Jon Bigg-coached runner had a superb start to the summer, clocking an almost two-second PB over the mile at the Prefontaine Classic.

In June Grice won his third outdoor British 1500m title before a 3:33.60 PB at the Monaco Diamond League took almost two seconds off his previous best and put him in the top 10 on the UK all-time list. Meanwhile, an 800m at the London Anniversary Games saw him clock another lifetime best of 1:45.53 – almost a second and a half quicker than he had run for the distance before this year. Then came his Olympic debut.

He might have been running faster than ever but behind closed doors Grice had been managing a plantar fascia injury to his left foot since the Olympic trials. The British medical team told Bigg that Grice was lucky to make it to the Games at all.

“It’s been a pretty mental year really,” Grice says. “To make the final at my first Olympic Games, I was obviously really happy. It was such a rollercoaster of emotions out there.

“Cat Riley (endurance physiotherapist)

was crucial in getting me on the start line, but it was a shame she wasn’t part of the medical team for Rio.”

Pushing his injury to the back of his mind, Grice focused on the task at hand in Brazil but it was a bumpy route to the final.

After being barged out of a probable qualifying position in the home straight during his heat, Grice was advanced to the next round following a track judge decision.

“The final was kind of weird as well,” Grice says. “You’ve got to be ready for a fast race, ready for a slow race and it was just beyond slow,” he explains, with the title eventually claimed by USA’s Matt Centrowitz in 3:50.00 – the slowest time to win an Olympic final since 1932.

“It was like a 50-second last lap,” adds Grice who, after being well-placed in the early stages, finished 12th. “I’m not one to make excuses, but I had been managing the plantar fascia injury since the trials. It did affect training; I’m not going to lie. In terms of the race and needing to run a 50-second last lap – I didn’t really do much training in spikes so my speed work was lacking a bit. Obviously I’m not thinking about that on the start line – it’s all or nothing. You go for it.

“I don’t train all year, all that hard training, to come last but it wasn’t meant to be and it has definitely added more fuel to the fire for next time. I know I’m not quite ready yet but it was still a great experience.”

When it comes to how he ran the final, Grice knows every race is a learning curve and, while athletes such as Mo Farah, with whom Grice has been training at altitude, and Steve Ovett, who co-formed his Brighton Phoenix club, are understandably inspirational figures, this year has also left Grice admiring the performances of a fellow current British 1500m runner, Laura Muir.

“She’s so tough and it’s really inspiring to see how she races,” Grice says of Muir,

Charlie Grice: the 22-year-old is now a three-time British outdoor 1500m champion and improved his PB to 3:33.60 this summer

“SHE’S SO TOUGH AND IT’S REALLY INSPIRING

TO SEE HOW SHE RACES”

CHARLIE GRICE, on Laura Muir



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who improved the British record to 3:55.22 this season. “It makes people get off their seat and that’s great for the sport. London (World Championships) next year is going to be really good because hopefully a few other people like myself can step up.”

Grice and his team, which also now includes St Mary’s University lead performance coach Craig Winrow, had been careful to concentrate on steady progression in the hope of avoiding injury. To demonstrate his development, Grice placed sixth in the 2009 English Schools inter boys’ 1500m the year before claiming a Youth Olympics 1000m medal. That year he also won at English Schools and the 2011 European Junior Championships 10th-placer progressed to win European under-23 silver in 2013.

“In our training programme we try to not set the world alight,” Grice says. “I definitely race a lot better than I train. That is one of my best attributes, I think – that I bring another level to race day.”

On possible causes of his foot injury, he adds: “I think it’s mainly down to biomechanics and training. When you’re

trying to do everything in the programme – sprint work, endurance work, gym work, plyometrics – it takes its toll on the body, but we are trying to get to the bottom of why it happened to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

After this rollercoaster of a season, Grice has already refocused. London’s calling.

Already a European and Commonwealth finalist from 2014, Grice placed ninth in the final of his first IAAF World Championships in Beijing one year later. Rio saw him add the Olympic final to that list, but ‘finalist’ isn’t enough anymore.

“Talking to Jon the other day, we were both saying that the apprenticeship is over now,” Grice explains. “I’ve experienced all the finals, now there’s no excuses. This next Olympic cycle it’s looking at competing for those medals.

“You only have a certain window when you’ve got time to do something. It’s definitely going to be harder, but I’ve gained a lot of experience and I know what works for me now whereas before I was testing things out. It’s what works for me, not what works for other people.”

THE ALTITUDE ADVANTAGEPART of what works for Grice is altitude training and his involvement with the practice now extends beyond just doing it himself. The athlete is also a business and sport science graduate of St Mary’s University in Twickenham, where he still lives and trains, and just like the ending of his athletics ‘apprenticeship’, the business side of his life is moving on, too.

Grice started chatting with fellow Phoenix runner Ray Matthews when he saw him modifying his Nike LunarTempo running shoes, adding a spike plate to create more cushioned spikes. After seeing the altitude tent Grice was sleeping in at the time, Matthews – who has a background in fashion, tailoring and making boat canopies – felt he could create something better. A year and a half later the business partners are getting ready to launch the website for their company, Affinity Altitude, which provides bespoke altitude simulation products for athletes.

“It’s the way sport is going,” Grice says. “You’ve got to look for these marginal gains. I’d say if you’re not using altitude training as

On the boards: Grice retained his British

indoor title with victory in Sheffield

Europeans disappointment: Grice after falling in the 2014 final



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a middle-distance or long-distance athlete then you’re missing a big trick. At the end of the day, the Africans are all using it, so why wouldn’t we try and mimic it? The research is out there – it’s hard facts.

“Now we’re on prototype number 30 of our main product, the Oxy Hood, and we’re really happy with it,” Grice explains. “It’s a new design and we aim to revolutionise the altitude industry.

“We’ve already sold to British Athletics, British Swimming and British Triathlon and we’ve got a lot of top athletes backing it. It’s exciting.”

When it comes to athletes showing their support, it doesn’t get much better that having double Olympic and world champion Farah among those using your products.

“We helped his training by developing a tent for Font Romeu prior to the Olympics,” says Grice, who has had advice from specialists including physiologist Kate Spilsbury and British Athletics head of endurance, Barry Fudge, who he says has been pivotal in Farah’s success, ensuring he “trains smarter than the Kenyans”.

“The tent allows Mo to run at greater heights and stress his physiological system, which is so accustomed to altitude these days.”

Not only has Grice helped develop altitude products for Farah, he has spent time training with him too, with Grice’s road to Rio having taken him via Kenya, Ethiopia and Flagstaff as well as Font Romeu.

“He’s so chilled out but when it’s training time, nothing gets in the way. He’s a savage,” Grice says.

The World Championships on home soil is not surprisingly the major 2017 target for Grice, who is also aiming for the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade next March. This winter’s training camp plans are dependent on his injury recovery, though, with Grice hopeful of a return to running by the beginning of November. But one thing is for sure – although no longer an ‘apprentice’, he’ll still be looking to learn from one of the masters.

“I do plan to go away with Mo again,” Grice says as he looks ahead to another big year. “I know he’ll be itching to get away after Christmas.”

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CHARLIE GRICE

Born November 7, 1993

Club Brighton Phoenix

Coach Jon Bigg

PBs 800m: 1:45.53 (2016); 1500m:

3:33.60 (2016); Mile: 3:52.64 (2016)

Achievements

2016: Olympic Games 1500m 12th; World

Indoor Champs 1500m heats; British

Champs 1500m gold; British Indoor Champs

1500m gold

2015: World Champs 1500m 9th; Euro

Indoor Champs 1500m 5th; British Champs

1500m gold; British Indoor Champs 1500m

gold; England U23 800m gold

2014: Commonwealth Games 1500m 7th;

Euro Champs 1500m 12th; British Champs

1500m gold; British Indoor Champs 1500m

bronze

2013: Euro U23 Champs 1500m silver; Euro

Team Champs 1500m silver; British Indoor

Champs 1500m bronze

2012: World Junior Champs 1500m heats;

British Champs 1500m 8th; British Indoor

Champs 1500m 6th; BUCS Champs 800m

silver;

2011: Euro Junior Champs 1500m 10th;

English Schools 1500m gold; England U20

1500m silver

2010: Youth Olympics 1000m bronze;

English Schools 1500m gold; English

Schools Cross Country 9th

2009: England U17 1500m bronze; English

Schools 1500m 6th; National Cross Country

U15 16th; English Schools 28th

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Oxy Trainer: Mo Farah with Charlie Grice’s business

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SPOTLIGHT TIANNA BARTOLETTA

Tianna Bartoletta: American won a thrilling long jump contest in Rio

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TIANNA BARTOLETTA is recovering from an amazing 12-month period during which she won the long jump at the

2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympics. But there is a lot more to the American than long jump.

Tianna Madison, as she was before she married John Bartoletta in 2012, first succeeded on the world stage in 2005 when she won the World Championships long jump in Helsinki, jumping 6.89m for gold. It would be 10 years before she recorded another big win outdoors.

She found the experience of winning the World Championships in 2005 as a 19-year-old quite different from winning as a 29-year-old. For one thing, she feels that she did not receive the recognition she deserved for winning first time around.

“A lot of people thought 2005 was an accident or a fluke,” she said. “The weather wasn’t great and some people who were expected to jump well, didn’t. At the time it was the shortest jump ever to win the World Championships. There was a lot of noise. But to me, I had a medal and I had proved something to myself. I was the best on the day and that was worth something.

“At 20 it was ‘oh my goodness, what happens next? What about school? What about going pro?’ It was quite scary and the sense of accomplishment didn’t last that long.”

The 2015 World Championships was an epic battle. Shara Proctor seemed to have won the competition with 7.07m on her third jump, following it with a second seven-metre leap. Ivana Španovic was in second place, also with two seven-metre jumps. With only her final jump to go, Bartoletta was equal third with 6.95m, but with her final she nailed it – a PB of 7.14m.

It was not the first time she had won with her final jump. Her wins in Helsinki in 2005 and the World Indoors in Moscow in 2006 had ended the same way. She said of that Beijing jump: “I think I’d just drew on my experience of having that ability to show up and show up big. Leading the whole way doesn’t really matter to me; you win with one jump.”

When it comes to the 2015 Worlds, she added: “Winning in 2015 was more of a dream realised. It wasn’t scary like 2005, but the sense of fulfilment and accomplishment was much greater. I turned 30 in 2015 – my 10th year as a pro. So everything was golden for me last year.”

Bartoletta took gold in the 2016 Olympic long jump – but not without a fight.

A second-round 6.94m put her in silver and a 6.95m in the third left her tied for the lead with Serbia’s Ivana Španovic. In round five American Brittney Reese took the lead with 7.09m and then Španovic’s 7.08m left Bartoletta in third. She replied with 7.17m on her fifth jump. Reese then found a big one, agonisingly for her measured at 7.15m. Bartoletta capped off her day with 7.13m. Amazingly, all of the top three recorded seven metres on their last two jumps.

But her reaction to the win was muted: “It was one of those things that at any minute someone could jump something huge, so I didn’t really celebrate my 7.17m. Once the competition ended, my next thought was that I have to be back in the morning for the relay, but I am really happy to have pulled it off.”

Getting to Rio in sprints and long jump was no easy task. She described the US Trials as a “busy three days”. On day one she had long jump qualifying and on the next she had the final and the 100m preliminary. Finally came the 100m semi-final and final.

She qualified in third place in the long jump with 6.77m and jumped 7.02m for second place in the final. In the 100m she ran 11.03 and 10.79 to reach the final and 10.78 in the final to finish second behind English Gardner.

She is happy with the US trials system, which seems brutal to people used to the much more discretionary GB equivalent. “It’s a love-hate thing!” she said. “I love it because if you get through it you are on a good trajectory to make the final of what ever championship it is. The mental toughness which it takes carries over for the rest of your life. It makes us better. I think it’s fair because expectations are clear – if you’re not in one, two or three, you aren’t in. From the federation’s perspective it means they’ll have the three absolute best athletes. It is almost like Hunger Games!”

She finished fourth in the 100m at London 2012 in a PB of 10.85. Was it a disappointment to run so well and not come away with a medal?

“No, not for me, having just started sprinting that year and running a personal best,” she responded. “I may have pouted for 30 seconds but then I was ‘I ran 10.85 in the Olympic final. I am the fourth fastest in the world’ – that is good enough for me.”

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REFLECTS ON HER THREE GLOBAL OUTDOOR TITLES WITH STUART WEIR

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World champion: Bartoletta took gold in Helsinki 2005 and, below, Beijing 2015


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She followed that up by being part of the USA 4x100m team, which broke the world record in London. “That was a great experience,” she said. “It was one of those dream team moments. I would love for us to be able to challenge that record again, but I think it is so untouchable because everything came together so perfectly for us and we meshed well together. It was just a beautiful moment.”

She was part of the American team which defended its title in Rio.

She gives a lot of credit for her improved sprinting to Rana Reider. “I just didn’t know how to sprint until I got with Rana,” she admitted. “He taught me how to sprint. Before that I was just running how I naturally run, which obviously is incorrect and not efficient. Once we corrected that I was able to drop my time. It really came down to getting a healthy weight for training and getting my mechanics right.”

So how does the multi-talented athlete see herself? “A jumper who sprints or a sprinter who jumps, I’m really not sure.

“I think I will go with jumper-slash-sprinter. I really could go either way. I am not sure what it would take to make one higher than the other. I have been jumping for a long time, since high school, and my world titles have come in long jump and I did not make the Olympic team in long jump until 2016 but have won a medal in sprints. So it’s kind of murky!

“In training I would say that I sprint a lot more than I work on the jumps. I did not train for jumps in the indoor season. When everyone else was jumping, I was only sprinting. If you were to observe my training sessions you would only see a sprinter.”

After the 2012 Olympics she felt she needed a clean break from athletics but at the same time wanted to keep her fitness. The US bobsled team had been actively recruiting and she saw it as a chance to try something new.

She and Elana Meyers finished third in a World Cup race but she was not included in the World Championships squad. She called it “hard work but a lot of fun – the same motion but 10 times more scary than the long jump”.

Had she made the World Championships squad she might have tried to be elite in a summer and winter sport.

Away from the track, Bartoletta has a passion to help other women. She is

working on a concept she calls ‘Club 360’, something she will develop more when her career is over.

“Club 360 was an idea that I had to help young girls and young women to have higher self-esteem and to feel empowered,” she said. “There are three parts that I want everyone to focus on – the physical, the mental and spiritual because all of that together will make you a well-rounded individual. Then there are six pillars of self-esteem that I would like every girl to know and develop and to have zero tolerance of negativity towards yourself and others.”

So how did she celebrate her annus mirabilis? She said after Rio: “I am going to eat pizza. I have been on a strict diet for about 10 months now, so it will be nice to just not to think about what I am eating. I just look forward to taking a deep breath and just soaking it all in.”

Name Tianna Bartoletta (USA) Born August 30, 1985 PBs 60: 7.02i; 100: 10.78; 200: 22.37;

LJ: 7.17 Achievements

2016 Olympics 4x100m gold, long jump gold, 100m semi

2015 World Champs long jump gold2014 World Indoor 60m bronze; 2014

Continental Cup long jump bronze, 100m gold

2012 Olympics 4x100m gold, 100m 4th; World Indoor 60m bronze

2007 World Champs long jump 10th2006 World Indoors long jump gold; NCAA

Indoor Champs long jump gold2005 World Champs long jump gold;

NCAA Champs long jump gold Progression

100 2002: 11.98, 2003: 11.68w, 2004: 11.50, 2005: 11.41, 2006: 11.52, 2008: 11.54, 2009: 11.05, 2010: 11.20, 2011: 11.29, 2012: 10.85, 2013: 11.41, 2014: 10.92, 2015: 10.94, 2016: 10.78

LJ 2002: 6.20, 2003: 6.28, 2004: 6.60, 2005: 6.89, 2006: 6.60, 2007: 6.60, 2008: 6.53, 2009: 6.48, 2010: 6.44, 2011: 6.21, 2012: 6.48, 2014: 7.02, 2015: 7.14, 2016: 7.17

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TIANNA BARTOLETTA

“I AM GOING TO EAT PIZZA. I HAVE BEEN ON A STRICT DIET FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS NOW, SO IT WILL BE NICE TO JUST NOT THINK ABOUT WHAT I AM EATING”

As well as long jump, Bartoletta is a fine sprinter and helped set a world 4x100m record in London 2012


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SPOTLIGHT TOMMY LANGFORD

BOXING and athletics could not seem any further apart as spectator sports, but there are a number of surprising

similarities between them, and it’s for that reason that an increasing number of professional and amateur boxers are incorporating track work into their training routines.

Commonwealth middleweight champion and WBO ranked No.2 Tommy Langford is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his four-year-long professional boxing career, against Chris Eubank Jr on October 22 in Cardiff.

The 27-year-old from Birmingham who is signed to Frank Warren, explains how running has helped his main sport.

‘‘Although boxing and track athletics do not seem to be close together in the

parameters of sport, in terms of timings and the aerobic and anaerobic systems used, they are actually very similar.

You have to be fit for every round of your fight and to be able to go up in gears during the rounds when you need to pile on the pressure.

The track work that I do is designed

to create fitness and sharpness, and helps with explosiveness in reactions and movement.

The standard track workout for me is 12x800m with 30 seconds rest. My aim is to consistently beat 2:40 for all 12 ‘rounds’.

So, I aim to run 800m in under 2:40, but I vary the pace so that it replicates a round of boxing, so I want to be able to go up or down in the gears to be able to hit that target every time.

My trainer, Tom Chaney, varies the distances so I’m constantly changing from 800m to 200m to 400m, and so on.

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BOXER TOMMY LANGFORD ON HOW HIS EXPERIENCE POUNDING THE TRACK HAS HELPED HIM PUNCH HIS WAY TO THE TOP

“MY PB FOR 800m IS ACTUALLY 2:05 AND MY FASTEST MILE IS 4:20”TOMMY LANGFORD

Tommy Langford: hopes his athletics track training will pay off in the ring against Chris Eubank Jnr this month

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I might be told to blast a 200m sprint then go back to a steady 800m run next to keep the body guessing and the system working at different levels.

If I’m slipping away from the target time I set by, say, the 10th round of running, then I have to dig deep and really put it in to make the 11th round.

My PB for 800m is actually 2:05 and my fastest mile is 4:20. I think – for a boxer – that is quite impressive, but I’m not sure how that compares to professional athletes!

On the subject of comparisons, an 800m runner is not too dissimilar in body shape and tone to a professional boxer, proving my earlier claim that the dynamics of the two sports are not a million miles apart.

Recovery is also vitally important to the training that I do. I have to be able to use my short 30 seconds rest to be able to recover in time to then go again.

It’s a good indication of measuring where you are in getting close to fight fitness. When you’re smashing your PB every time then you know you’re ready to fight!

It gives you confidence, too, knowing that you can do

those times and the rounds ahead of you. It makes you mentally ready for war.

I have historically always been good at middle-distance running. My best races when I was in school were the 1500m and 3000m. I competed regularly at county level and was lucky to always possess a natural engine.

I’m good at running at a high speed and sustaining it, but I’m definitely not a sprinter like the 100m runners!

I have always religiously incorporated road work into my training, which is usually long distance, steady-pace running for 45 minutes to an hour, designed for weight loss.

However, I have not always incorporated the athletics side into my training, I must admit. I remember reading that Sugar Ray Leonard used to do track work as an amateur to prepare for the Olympics and was inspired to do the same.

My stamina is superb anyway, but I have gradually become known in the industry for being a boxer with a very high workrate and a relentless style. I am not blessed with one-punch KO power so I have to break my opponents down until they can take no more.

The track work I have been doing during my recent training camp will serve as the perfect preparation for my next opponent’s style as he likes to box in bursts, much like his father used to do when he was active.

As he works in spurts, I have to be fully prepared for when he – Chris Eubank Jr – tries to force the pace at various points during the rounds.

So, I’m training hard three times a day at the moment to fully prepare for the biggest fight of my life.

I currently do my track work three times per week, but when I start the sparring sessions properly then that will come down to twice per week, and, closest to the fight, it’ll taper down to just once per week, but that will be a longer session.

I’m already feeling the benefits of the work that I have put in on the track and I hope that I have offered a glimpse into the work that goes in behind the scenes way before I lace up those gloves on fight night.

I’m reminded of what the late, great Muhammad Ali once said: ‘The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, or out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.’

Come October 22, I’ll be very thankful for all of those hours that I put in on the track as I walk away with Eubank Jr’s British title.

Tommy Langford would like to thank his sponsors: Bartercard UK, UK Display Stands, JS Wright & Co Ltd, Denco Thermal, All Car Leasing, MAN Commercial Protection, Strategy Plus, Atlas Pain Relief, Ringside UK and agent Tim Rickson. You can follow him on Twitter: @Tommy_Langford1

Fighting talk: Tommy Langford runs 12x800m with 30sec recovery to prepare for 12 rounds in the ring

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He had no county championship wins and no runs for Kent, but he ran a creditable 7:29:29 in the 1984 London to Brighton race and improved that time the following year to 6:49:03 when he was briefly banned from running in the UK because two South Africans illegally ran in the race.

His fastest marathon of 2:42:28, at the age of 45, came in 1991 in London just two weeks after running almost as fast over the same distance in Thanet.

So how can one explain his amazing success later in life? Well, he did not have a coach when he was younger when he used to run for my club, Invicta. He wasn’t covering the miles that he is now and only remembers turning up at a park and running round it as fast as he could.

Today he is much more knowledgeable about training. He has an 18-week build up to a marathon, including endurance, strengthening and sharpening phases before tapering. He runs 20 miles every Saturday or Sunday and clocks an average of 70 miles a week.

During the 1980s-1990s he became interested in the triathlon and won the inaugural Thanet event. He then turned to cycling, taking part in time trials covering up to 100 miles and he reckons these made him very fit when he came back to running.

He said: “I suppose I continued cycling for 10-plus years but as the dangers on the roads increased and a few of my colleagues got knocked off their bikes I decided to make a comeback to running.”

In addition his London to Brighton exploits maybe show a natural ability to run big mileages.

Winch also worked arduous shifts during his working life and thinks that running fills the gap left after retirement.

Despite his 70 years of age, he has no intention of slowing down. “My plans for the future will be to try and retain my fitness, avoid injuries and breaking my UK M70 record time,” he said.

Running for Thanet Road Runners, he is a legend and an inspiration to every member of the club. The moral of his story is to never think you can’t succeed; you never know for sure and it’s never too late.

SPOTLIGHT


SPOTLIGHT DAVE WINCH

SHORTLY after my 75th birthday I held both the over-70 and over-75 records for Margate parkrun and I used to check

the latest results every Sunday to see if they remained intact.

Neither was particularly good and it was no surprise to see the over-70 record consigned to oblivion. What did come as a shock was to see that it was improved by more than seven minutes – and that it was Dave Winch, whom I had last encountered in the early 1990s when we were of more or less equal ability.

His new over-70 Margate parkrun record is 20:42 which is faster than his over-65 record, although he is clearly capable of running quicker on a faster course, as the Margate parkrun is not a fast one.

If seeing his parkrun time was a surprise, what came next was a surprise with bells on. I refer to this year’s Greater Manchester Marathon where he ran 3:12:10. Being the fastest over 70 for the Margate parkrun is one thing but his performance in Manchester is something else.

Back in 1971 my club, Invicta, was a minnow and getting a team for the southern 12-stage relay was an achievement in itself. We had a handful of decent runners and the rest of the team was made up of honest journeymen. Winch did a long stage for us but not a particularly fast one.

Trawl through old issues of AW and you won’t often come across Winch’s name.

NEVER TOO LATEIAN MACMILLAN REPORTS ON BRITAIN’S OVER-70 MARATHON RECORD-HOLDER, WHOSE STORY IS ONE OF PERSEVERANCE

Dave Winch: 3:12 marathon aged 70

“I SUPPOSE I CONTINUED CYCLING FOR 10-PLUS YEARS BUT AS THE DANGERS ON THE ROADS INCREASED AND A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES GOT KNOCKED OFF THEIR BIKES I DECIDED TO MAKE A COMEBACK TO RUNNING”

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VIEW FROM THE STANDS

IT IS HARD to beat street athletics as a concept. Athletes enjoy it and thousands of

fans can watch for free, up close and personal, as the No.1 Olympic sport is brought to their doorstep.

Given this, it is a growing area and the best-known events are the CityGames meetings organised by The Great Run Company and televised live on BBC. In 2009, the CityGames made a name for itself when Usain Bolt stormed through Manchester and earlier this year the city’s Deansgate and Albert Square saw another feast of track and field.

When it came to British stars, Greg Rutherford was the top performer as he leapt 8.20m to win the long jump.

Internationally, Dafne Schippers delighted the crowd with a 100m victory as the

Dutch athlete showed the kind of pace that brought her the world 200m title in 2015.

The story of the meeting, though, was Kim Collins. Before the meeting, all the talk had surrounded the potential of world indoor champion Trayvon Bromell, but the 40-year-old Collins defied his advancing years to beat an American who is half his age over 100m.

Amazingly, it came 14 years after Collins won the Commonwealth 100m title a few miles down the road. “I wasn’t favourite on that occasion either,” he says of a night when he defeated, among others, the English trio of Dwain Chambers, Jason Gardener and Mark Lewis-Francis. “I enjoy being the underdog.”

Collins, however, did not think his win was a turn-up. “It was no surprise,” he said. “Your age does not matter when you are on the start line. I have been training for this and I know what my body is capable of.”

The Great City Games are currently staged twice a

year – May and September, in Manchester and Newcastle (the latter with the title Great North City Games) on The Great Run weekends. Last month’s event on the Newcastle quayside starred David Rudisha and Lynsey Sharp setting world best times at unusual distances. Around 25,000 spectators enjoyed a veritable feast, welcoming heroes back from Rio. Rutherford continued his domination of CityGames events, ending his season well before swapping his spikes for sequins.

Sebastian Coe, the IAAF president, is a big fan of this CityGames concept and The Great Run Company aims to take the concept overseas.

BT used to sponsor The Great CityGames. More recently Co-op Bank came in as the title sponsor on an initial one-off deal for May 2016, with their home base in Manchester and a new look and relaunch for the Bank.

They really are tremendously exciting for both the TV viewer

(several hours live on BBC) and particularly the live spectator, so British Athletics Supporters Club members are urged to take advantage of these free events which book-end each summer athletics season. Make a weekend of it!

Next year Manchester is on Friday May 26 – Bank holiday weekend – and Newcastle-Gateshead takes place on Saturday September 9.


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The British Athletics Supporters Club is the official body for track and field fans in the UK. Members receive priority and discounted tickets or travel packages for meetings at home and abroad, plus its own magazine, Backtrack, which is published three times a year. To find out how to join, see basclub.org.uk or follow on Twitter @BASCsupporters and facebook.com/britathleticsclub

THE BRITISH ATHLETICS SUPPORTERS CLUB REFLECTS ON THIS YEAR’S CITYGAMES EVENTS

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YOUNG ATHLETE

AFTER taking silver over 200m in the intermediate age group at the English Schools Championships earlier this

year, Lincolnshire’s Georgina Adam was delighted to earn selection to represent England at the SIAB Schools International in Ashford.

The 16-year-old made the most of her England debut, too, coming away from Ashford with two gold medals in the 200m and 4x100m – and she clearly really enjoyed the experience.

“It was an honour to wear the England kit, representing my country,” she said. “It was brilliant to win gold, but I didn’t realise I had won at first. About 10 minutes after the race, I found out I had won on a photofinish by one hundredth of a second. It was a relief, as I had set out for gold and I achieved that.”

Georgina went on to claim silver at the England Athletics Under-17 Championships at the end of August. Earlier, the Lincoln Wellington athlete had enjoyed a taste of

success in 2015, when she claimed bronze at the English Schools, but having just missed out on a top-two spot to secure selection for the international she had been determined to go at least one better in 2016, which she duly did. Looking ahead, she is aiming to go sub-24 over 200m next year, win a medal in the senior age group at the English Schools and go to the World Under-20 Championships in the future.

What is all the more impressive is that Georgina is multi-talented, playing football at a high level alongside her athletics. She used to play for the Lincoln Ladies’ Centre of Excellence and trained on Mondays and Wednesdays, in addition to matches on Saturdays.

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ADAM RELISHESENGLAND CHANCE

EMILY MOSS TALKS TO SPRINTER GEORGINA ADAM ABOUT A SEASON WHICH BROUGHT HER GOLD MEDALS AT THE SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL


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GEORGINA ADAM

However, such is her footballing ability, she is now signing up to Notts County FC. With athletics training on Tuesdays and Thursdays along with races, when she can, on the weekends, Georgina is aware that training arrangements for her two sports will need to be changed. She says: “My coach, Denise Timmis, intends to get in contact with the football club in order to avoid me over-exercising.”

She comes from a sporting family which has undoubtedly contributed to her sporting success. “My dad used to do steeplechase and some cross country and still partakes in local events such as the Lincoln 10km,” she says. “He has been the main person that has supported me throughout my sporting

years. Without him taking me to football and athletics I wouldn’t have got this far.”

In addition, her PE teachers encouraged her to start going to the athletics club. “I was playing football and did quite a lot of athletics events for school and consequently, my school teachers Ms

Penny and Mr Baines saw potential and began persuading me to sign up to a club,” she remembers. “About two years ago I went into the PE office. I was told that Lincoln Wellington AC were on the phone and it started from there.”

Having just completed her GCSEs, next year Georgina is continuing on in the sixth form at North Kesteven School in Lincoln. She will be studying for an A-Level in sociology and health and social care, as well as a BTEC in sport. “Beyond that, I hope to study at Loughborough University for a PE-related degree or I may pursue a football scholarship in Canada, depending on how my grades pan out,” she says.

Name Georgina Adam Born March 24, 2000 Coach Denise Timmis Club Lincoln Wellington AC PBs 100: 12.12/12.1; 200: 24.51; 400m

58.7 Achievements

2016 English Schools 200m silver; SIAB Schools International 200m gold; England Athletics U17 200m silver; North 200m gold

2015 English Schools 200m bronze; 2016 School Games 200m bronze; North 200m gold

2014 England Athletics under-15 200m silver; English Schools 200m 6th

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“MY DAD USED TO DO STEEPLECHASE AND SOME CROSS

COUNTRY AND STILL PARTAKES IN LOCAL

EVENTS SUCH AS THE LINCOLN 10K”

Podium moment: Schools International victory

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PERFORMANCE

WINTER WAYSIT does seem that the Indian summer we’ve been enjoying is finally drawing to a close.

I’ve noticed a definite chill in the air on my runs during the past few days and, as if to order, there was heavy rain at the first cross country race I attended with the athletes I coach.

In keeping with the cold snap, we turn our attention to winter training this week.

On page 36, Matt Long asks the top coaches from the British Milers’ Club for tips on how to tackle your training, while Paul Freary’s product reviews, on page 34, put trail running shoes to the test.

In the coming weeks Athletics Weekly’s Performance section will be providing expert advice on how to stay strong and healthy this winter with features on diet and circuit training that are not to be missed as you settle into your winter work.

- Peta Bee,performance editor

30 News round-up The latest science news

32 Athlete Insight Hurdler Andrew Pozzi

34 Products Trail shoes on test

36 Plan your winter Advice from BMC coaches

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PRE-COMPETITION SEX? YOU GO FOR IT, EXPERTS CONFIRMC

ONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that abstinence from sexual activity can

boost performance. Yet with 450,000 condoms distributed around the Olympic village in Rio, it seems that not all athletes were abiding by the unwritten rule. Did they pay the price when it came to their respective heats and finals?

Not according to a review of research published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, the outcome of which challenges the accepted advice that bedroom gymnastics should be avoided at all costs. After sifting through hundreds of studies on the subject, Laura Stefani, an assistant professor of sports medicine at the University of Florence and her team concluded: “We show no robust scientific evidence to indicate that sexual activity has a negative effect upon athletic results.”

Stefani and her team stumbled across some interesting findings. One study showed that the strength of female former athletes did not differ if they had sex the night before, another that having sex the night before a race had a beneficial effect on marathon runners’ performance.

“In fact, unless it takes place less than two hours before, the evidence actually suggests

sexual activity may have a beneficial effect on sports performance,” she said.

The authors said that more thorough research is needed but that, for now at least, the current evidence debunks the long-held abstinence theories.

“Athletes should not feel guilty when engaging in their usual sexual activity up to the day before competition,” they said.

EXERCISE scientists at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) are calling out for marathon runners to take part in a study that will examine a link between perfectionist traits and injuries.

Statistics suggest that as many as 92% of long-distance athletes pick up an injury each year.

Partly, this injury rate is linked to workload, but

Dr Gareth Jowett from the LBU School of Sport will investigate whether personality traits such as denial and self-blame along with perfectionism also have a role to play.

“We know that runners have different ways of dealing with injury,” Jowett says.

“These include using humour, relying on emotional support, as

well as denial and self-blaming.”

He adds: “We are interested in examining whether perfectionism is associated with the different coping strategies that marathon runners employ when injured.”

Any marathon runners willing to participate are asked to fill in a short questionnaire at: https:// t.co/jBsUUYa4Yl

RESEARCHERS SEEKING MARATHON RUNNERS

Having sex the night before a race can boost performance over 26.2 miles

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W H A T ’ S N E W ?

HEALTHSPAN ELITE HIGH-STRENGTH PROBIOTICSWHAT: Capsules each containing a blend of 20 billion live ‘friendly’ bacteria from five strains of different live bacterial cultures including Bifidobacterium lactis Bi-07, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, Lactobacillus paracasei Lpc-37, Bifidobacterium lactis Bl-04, Bifidobacterium bifidum Bb-02). It’s gelatin-free, doesn’t need refrigerating and is suitable for vegans.WHY: Many sports nutritionists recommend athletes take a daily probiotic particularly during foreign travel, to help maintain a healthy colony of gut bacteria. A study at the University of Hawaii a few years ago suggested that “although specific

scientific evidence for an ergogenic effect of probiotics is lacking, they may provide athletes with secondary health benefits that could positively affect athletic performance through enhanced recovery from fatigue, improved immune function, and maintenance of healthy gastrointestinal tract function.” Widely taken by top athletes – this particular supplement is used by Team Sky, Southampton FC and British Sailing – the Elite range is independently tested to prove that it is free from a wide range of WADA-banned substances and is supported by a full certificate of analysis.WHERE: £39.95 for 120 capsules (healthspanelite.co.uk)

A REVOLUTIONARY knee sleeve designed by a university engineering student could slash the incidence of painful, career-ending anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL) injuries, he claims.

Sean Kean, a post-graduate researcher in product design engineering at Nottingham Trent University, says his prototype sleeve (pictured) – made

from elastomer and nylon – is designed to apply pressure to the knee, aiding blood flow and helping to prevent the knee injuries before they occur.

“The current knee supports on the market use heavy materials that apply pressure to the knee,” Kean says. “My design is made from a blend of materials that are lightweight and comfortable.”

He now plans to pitch his design to sportswear manufacturers in the hope that they will incorporate his design into a pair of ‘prehab’ leggings.

“Athletes are often conscious about wearing knee sleeves because they don’t want to appear as if they have been injured,” he says. “Leggings are more fashionable and would allow the wearer to keep the knee sleeve hidden.”

ENGINEER DEVELOPS HIGH-TECH SLEEVETO CUT ACL INJURIES

Sean Kean: knee support innovatorNew design of knee support applies

pressure and improves blood flow

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PERFORMANCE

ISTARTED athletics in primary school, around the age of 10. My school always got behind athletics, both in the summer and

in the winter, via the sportshall set-up. I joined my local athletics club, Stratford-upon-Avon AC, which I am still a member of today. The club had everyone doing multi-events so I competed in that for a while, but the hurdles was always the event I was best at and enjoyed the most. It made sense to move my focus entirely to the hurdles eventually.

I’ve trained with my coach, Malcolm Arnold, for almost six years. I started training with him when I moved to Bristol to go to university. He was a reason I moved to the south as I had been heavily injured before that. I decided that if I was going to

continue with my athletics, I had to take it as seriously as possible; Malcolm was the best person to help. Our relationship has changed a lot over the years. I joined him at 18 years old with minimal experience so initially my training was a lot more prescriptive with a rigid structure. As the years have gone on and we have got to know each other, we discuss my training plans a lot more. We’ve gained so much experience throughout my career with what works and what doesn’t.

My training group has always been brilliant. At the moment, I train predominantly with Eilidh Doyle, who has been one of the best 400m hurdlers in the world over the last few years. Outside of my group, there are loads of great athletes training with other coaches in Bath, but we

still do bits of work together. These athletes include long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, pole vaulter Lucy Bryan and hurdler David King.

I have a few favourite sessions. During the winter, I enjoy running longer distances because they always make me feel physically stronger and fitter after a block of them. Overall I love speed endurance sessions. Something like 6x150m or 5x200m with 6-8 minutes recovery between each rep is good – the times for the 150m are all below 17 seconds and the 200m reps are usually 2x23.0, 2x22.0 with the last one flat-out – usually around 21.0 or faster if I’m in good shape.

There’s a big shift in training from winter to summer. During the winter I run a lot more volume but at a lower intensity, which focuses on gaining a good base of

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THIS YEAR AFTER SEVERAL INJURY-HIT SEASONS

ATHLETE INSIGHT

Andrew Pozzi: competed in his second Olympics in 2016

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fitness and speed endurance. During the summer the volume decreases, but the intensity will be close to maximal. This is where our speed is gained and we sharpen up for racing.

Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium is one of my favourite tracks. Both of the Olympic Trials I’ve raced have been there and I’ve won each time. I grew up in the West Midlands so I raced at Birmingham a lot as a young athlete and I always enjoy going back there for the trials. I’ve got a lot of good memories and really enjoy the pressure situation that the national championship brings.

I like to relax as much as I can and, where possible, keep a normal routine on the day of races. I’ll usually watch a film and go for a walk, but typically I don’t like to start thinking about the race too much, until a few hours before.

I spend a lot of my free time away from the sport reading and learning. It’s hard when you’re an athlete to lead an energetic life away from training because rest and recovery are so important. I spend a lot of time with my friends, locally in Bath and during the winter months, I try to see my friends from elsewhere too. It’s tricky to travel during the season as you want to optimise recovery with such high-intensity training sessions and to be as fresh as possible for them.

I really like the decision-making

and strategy associated with business and finance. At university I did an undergraduate degree in business studies and then a masters degree in management with finance. When I was injured in 2013 and 2014, I took advantage of my free time and did various work experience placements in banking, finance and marketing. After my athletics career, I can definitely see myself moving towards the business or finance world in some capacity.

The best advice I could give to younger athletes is to focus on progression more than specific outcomes. This is especially important when you are injured. During the periods of my career where I have been injured, I have really benefited from trying to progress with smaller tasks rather than focusing exclusively on one big-end goal. It’s important to have smaller goals that can be

seen as stepping-stones to your ultimate outcome. Hard times do not always last and you can benefit and learn a lot from staying determined and persevering through them, ultimately being better equipped for success when you’re fit and healthy.

Finishing fourth in the World Indoor Championships has definitely been my biggest achievement to date. I’ve done this twice, in 2012 and 2014, but for me it was a much bigger achievement the first time around. I was only 19 and entering my first year into the senior ranks. I don’t really have any regrets from my career so far. There are things that I would change if I could do them again but I’m quite happy that everything has happened. I’ve learned from each experience – good and bad – and I’m a better athlete now because of them.

It’s especially important in the sprint hurdles to give your full attention in every race. One mistake can cost you the entire race. If I can run personal bests at major championships then I’ll always feel satisfied that I gave my best and performed well when it truly mattered.

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PBs 60H: 7.53i. 110H: 13.19

AchievementsDomestic (110m hurdles outdoors/60m hurdles

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2016 British Champs gold, British Indoors

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2014 British Champs 1st, BUCS Champs 1st

2012 British Champs gold, BUCS Champs

gold, British Indoor gold, BUCS Indoors

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2011 BUCS Indoors silver, British Indoors

6th, England U20 Indoor gold, British

Champs 6th, BUCS Champs silver,

England U20 Champs gold

2010 England Indoor gold

2009 England U20 Champs 8th

International2016 Olympics SF 5th

2014 World Indoors 4th

2012 Olympics hts, World Indoors 4th

2011 European Juniors silver

2009 World Youth SF 4th

FACTFILE – ANDREW POZZITYPICAL WEEK’S TRAININGFriday am Conditioning circuits – exercises for whole body, core, hips, glutes and foot rehabilitation pm Wattbike session

Saturday Rest

Sunday Hill runs

Monday am Gym session – selection of three Olympic lifts plus core and upper body circuits pm Yoga and foot conditioning

Tuesday am Grass running session – 6x150m pm Core circuit and stretching

Wednesday am Gym – selection of three Olympic lifts plus hip flexor and glute circuit pm Yoga and foot conditioning

Thursday am Grass running session – 150m, 180m, 200m, 180m, 150m runs

pm Core circuits and stretching

The above sessions are specific to the individual athlete and may not be suitable for other athletes

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TAKE TO THE TRAILSPRODUCTS

LONG RUNS ON VARIED TRAILS ARE DE RIGUEUR AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT WHICH SHOES TO WEAR? PAUL FREARY DOES THE GROUNDWORKSaucony – Xodus ISO Price: £115.00Stockist: saucony. com/ukSome trail running shoes can sacrifice cushioning in return for additional grip, but that’s not the case with this shoe – it has spades of cushioning as well as Saucony’s Everun ‘gripping’ sole. The outsole has a deep tread pattern that runs the width and length of the shoe and this allows it to cope with most off-road surfaces as well as the occasional stretch down the road without any issues. The wraparound sock-like fit is as soft and comfortable as any road shoe, but here durable, hardwearing materials are used that should cope with the harsher off-road conditions. Verdict: It’s plush, yet still capable on the rough stuff.

Salomon – Speedcross 4 CS Price: £114.99 Stockist: salomon.com/uk With confidence-inspiring traction from the 6mm-deep arrow- shaped outsole lugs, the new Speedcross is probably the most capable shoe here in terms of all-round off-road ability. The cushioning is more than enough for even the longest trail runs, but never feels bulky, thanks to its sleek and well contoured design. The upper has a familiar feel to it, wrapping the foot securely with the

drawstring lacing system integrating neatly into the supportive upper straps. The Climashield technology

in the upper should prove useful as the weather becomes wetter thanks to its water-repellent

qualities, and the gusseted tongue helps keep debris out of the shoe.

Verdict: If the Saucony was a Range Rover of a shoe, this model is a Land Rover, totally

at home off-road and ready to tackle anything.

On – Cloudventure Price: £125.00Stockist: on-running.comLike the other shoes in On’s range, this off-road model fits very

well and has a beautifully put-together construction. Cushioning feels

quite minimal and similar to a road racer, particularly

under the forefoot, where

in this model the

cloud cushioning is probably its least effective. The outsole grip and construction of the ‘clouds’ are probably best suited to gravel and dry, firmer trail as the clouds feel more effective on firmer surfaces. Verdict: For fans of the brand, it’s a welcome addition as it offers an off-road-specific option to the range.

Brooks – Mazama Price: £105.00Stockist: brooksrunning.comBrooks’ lightest trail shoe is designed as an off-road racer. The low-profile cushioning certainly has a racer-like feel, but there’s enough there to make it feel perfectly capable on longer training runs. The outsole grip is a sticky rubber compound with directional lugs. It is best suited to

drier trails and is perfect on gravel and stony ground. The midsole also features a propulsion plate primarily to

give a powerful push-off. It also provides protection from sharp stones on rocky ground.

Verdict: Testers found the shoe more broad than others in

the range, particularly in the forefoot, but the fit is

otherwise comfortable.

Merrell – All Out Crush Light Price: £90.00Stockist: merrell.com/uk

Light and extremely flexible, these shoes adapt well to the contours of the

ground and its deep lugs provide great grip. The star-shaped outsole

pattern uses a relatively soft

rubber compound, so the 5mm deep lugs don’t feel too harsh on firmer surfaces and excel in mud. The upper uses a single-piece construction to keep the foot close to the ground, which enhances both the fit of the shoe and the sensation on contact. Verdict: A toe protector helps on rocky ground an increases durability, while the soft-mesh fabric used in the upper helps shed any water that’s been taken on board.


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Salming – trail T2 Price: £115.00Stockist: salming.co.ukNew to the UK, Salming’s models are low-profile shoes with specific terrain in mind. This model has a 5mm drop from the heel so, although lower than most, it’s relatively easy to get used to. The outsole has an old-school pattern, but it’s effective and copes equally well with the mud as it does with firmer trail sections. The upper is nicely constructed and uses tough materials so should be very durable. The shoe features a rock shield to protect the foot where there is usually only soft-mesh fabrics. Verdict: For many testers, this was a new shoe and they were very impressed

with its performance, finding it as durable and as comfortable as many of

the others they tried.


Asics – Gel Fuji Trabuco 5 Price: £105.00Stockist: asics.comBuilt to cover the long miles on a variety of surfaces, this shoe is an excellent all-rounder that’s both comfortable and durable. With the familiar Asics Gel cushioning, going the distance is never going to be an issue, while the rock guard placed between the cushioning and the outsole will ensure protection on sharp, rocky terrain. The grip offers enough traction on all but the muddiest of routes so is a good option for varied runs. The upper seams are kept to a minimum, with the strong mesh fabric being reinforced in key areas with rubberised sections for added protection and durability.

Verdict: A solid workhorse of a shoe that should easily cope with the

winter weather.

Saucony – Nomad Tr Price: £95.00Stockist: saucony.com/ukWith a broader toe box that suits the wider foot, this shoe also proves popular with those favouring a more ‘natural’ ride. The low, 4mm heel drop places the foot close to the ground. There is ample cushioning and the shoes ride well, feeling smooth, even on rough ground, with a versatile sole providing traction that’s at its best on gravel and stony paths. The upper is a seamless, one-piece construction, with support straps around the midfoot that are incorporated into the construction for a snug and secure fit. Verdict: A roomier forefoot allows the toes to splay for a feeling of closer connection with the ground.

Brooks – PureGrit5 Price: £100.00Stockist: brooksrunning.comThis, the fifth version of the low-profile trail shoe, has the most aggressive outsole yet for outstanding grip on any trail. A rock shield prevents sharp stones causing problems on harsh terrain so you really can go anywhere. The ride is smooth with the shoe flexing well on the contours of the ground so it provides a stable footing. The lightweight, soft-mesh upper has a minimalist feel

but, at the same time, support straps in the midfoot keep it secure, while a reinforced rubberised

coating around the base of the upper provides additional protection and

durability.Verdict: Although the

shoe is low to the ground, it’s impressively cushioned.

Topo – Run Venture Price: £100.00Stockist: topoathletic.comWhile there seems to be a slight decline in the

number of zero or very-low-drop shoes around, this new brand to the UK stems that trend. Topo aims to use a lower-drop platform, in lightweight shoes

with a fit that allows more room

around the toes. This model has a 2mm heel drop but retains around 19mm of cushioning and, combined with a stone guard to protect from sharp rocks, there’s enough under the foot for the harshest ground. The seamless upper is both soft and strong, so feels comfortable but very durable. Verdict: The broader-fitting toe box feels a little unusual at first, but it’s not uncomfortable. It’s great for those who like a very low heel drop.


PERFORMANCE

YOUR winter training is well under way, but is there anything you can

do to upgrade it? Speaking at a recent

education seminar staged by the British Milers’ Club, leading coaches Norman Poole, Andrew Henderson and Bill Parker gave the following practical tips to get the most out of the season ahead.

Recovery The notion of ‘periodisation’ implies that you simply can’t train and compete all year round. “I believe it is really important to make sure that you have a good enough break after the summer season leading

into your winter training,” says Henderson, who has supported coach Steve Cram as part of Laura Weightman’s team. “It’s very important to recover mentally as well because, the fresher you are mentally, the better it will set you up for a hard winter’s training.” So don’t be afraid to take that short break when you need it.

Avoid injuryLogic dictates you cannot train if you are injured. “Before every session, check all the main muscle groups to ensure they can function properly,” says Parker, who guides the career of World Championships and Commonwealth Games representative Vikki McPherson.

“It’s easy to do, only takes a

few minutes and may save you a world of pain and frustration. Doing a bit of ritual stretching is not enough. Isolated quad, hamstring and calf stretches often do not work and may actually cause problems.”

Lifestyle choicesYou can’t be fit if you are not healthy. Poole, who helped guide Michael Rimmer to European 800m silver in 2010, advises that staying healthy is dependent on appropriate diet and integration of cross-training into the training cycle.

“Day-to-day life, especially sedentary work and studying can play havoc with posture and the ability of the body to perform safely,” says Parker.

Progressive overloadYou need to overload your system in order to improve, but unless this is progressive, you risk breaking down. “It is all about making sure that you gradually progress with your winter training,” Poole says. “The big picture is to know your limits.” Working out the balance between hard days and easy days is crucial, he adds. On a 28-day training cycle, he suggests the ratio can be as variable as 10-21 days of hard work depending on the biological and training age of your athletes.

Goal-settingHaving aims and objectives is an inherent part of long-term athlete development and Poole stresses that all athletes should reflect upon their aims for the 2016-17 winter season and think about how these goals will positively impact the 2017 track campaign. Always plan ahead.

Competition One way of benchmarking your winter progress is through periodic competition. Poole advises that athletes reflect on how regularly your winter progress needs to be checked by use of competition over either cross country or the indoor boards.

Matt Long is editor of BMC News and organised the seminar with the support of the British Milers’ Club coaching subcommittee


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CARDIFF AND SWANSEA FIGHT OUT AN ALL-CELTIC BATTLE IN THE MEN’S RACE, WHILE AFD’S WOMEN HOLD OFF BIRCHFIELDREPORTS: MARTIN DUFF

PICTURES: MARK SHEARMAN

FOR THE first time all the age groups’ races were crammed into a

single day. The weather was perfect and the rain that fell elsewhere was avoided.

The results gave the lie to the name of these championships as Celtic invaders dominated the men’s race where Cardiff just edged out Welsh rivals Swansea and Scotland’s Andrew Butchart, so impressive in the Rio Olympics 5000m, posted the fastest men’s lap for Central AC and the second quickest was Swansea’s Dewi Griffiths.

The third-placed men’s club, Liverpool Harriers, were the top English outfit and they received a sword as a trophy for the best Northern team. Derby’s Ben Connor was the fastest Englishman.

Butchart’s 16:29 was the quickest for the men’s 5847m lap since course specialist Chris Davies set the present course record of 16:25 in 2003 and the second fastest ever since this circuit was first used in 2001.

Jess Judd was awarded the fastest women’s lap medal for her 14:11 for the women’s 4315m loop, but later scrutiny of the results showed that Kate Hulls, with 13:58, was significantly quicker for an incomplete Bristol & West team.

Aldershot, Farnham & District came from behind on the last lap through Louise Small to regain the title they held continuously from 2007 until they lost it to Swansea last year.

MENThe men’s race started 10 minutes before the women’s and it was Birchfield’s Alex Tovey who led from Southampton’s junior Mahamed Mahamed after the initial loop

WELSH CLUBS TO THE FORE


Danal Desta (73) of Swansea is among the front-runners on the first leg

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LEADING MEN’S RESULTS

1 Cardiff 1:45:52 R Axe (5) 17:27 M Clowes (2) 17:41 C Jones (3) 17:57 I Thomas (2) 17:25 M Kallenberg (1) 17:58 T Marshall (1) 17:24

2 Swansea 1:45:55 D Desta (2) 17:13 J Gooch (6) 18:04 G Smith (5) 17:59 D Griffiths (1) 16:49 J Tobin (2) 18:26 J Hopkins (2) 17:24

3 Liverpool 1:46:20 D Cliffe (4) 17:19 J Ashcroft (1) 17:40 C Field (1) 17:47 D Gezimu (3) 18:11 B Stevenson (3) 17:41 M Jackson (3) 17:42

4 Tonbridge 1:46:29 C De’ath (30) 18:23 J West (12) 17:32 A Kinloch (10) 18:01 T Holden (6) 17:37 G Duggan (5) 17:27 C Olley (4) 17:29

5 Derby 1:46:45 H Hardcastle (28) 18:17 M White (18) 17:59 H Milner (15) 18:10 B Connor (5) 17:05 L Gunn (7) 17:44 R Weir (5) 17:30

6 Notts 1:47:07 R Keal (25) 18:14 T Hartley (24) 18:24 S Spencer (16) 17:50 J Thewlis (12) 17:42 A Watson (9) 17:24 D Musson (6) 17:33

7 Central 1:47:23 D Colley (27) 18:16 A Hendry (21) 18:11 A Hay (14) 17:59 C McCaughey (16) 18:12 A Butchart (6) 16:29 J Crowe (7) 18:16

8 AFD 1:47:44 J Grace (1) 17:10 B Bradley (7) 18:10 M Arnold (7) 18:22 J Rowe (4) 17:47 J Cvetkovic (8) 17:53 J Morwood (8) 18:22

9 Highgate 1:47:58 R Bahelbi (9) 17:34 D Russell (13) 18:22 R Wilson (17) 18:33 C Rainsford (15) 18:04 A Maud (11) 17:36 S Dixon (9) 17:49

10 Morpeth 1:48:07 S Beattie (10) 17:38 N Swinburn (20) 18:44 S Hancox (11) 17:46 C Avery (11) 17:55 P Newton (10) 17:58 I Hudspith (10) 18:06

CLUB TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5 STAGE 6

Positions at end of each stage shown in brackets

Fastest J Grace (AFD) 17:10 G Rush (Chelt) 17:07 J McKenna (B&W) 17:41 D Griffiths (Swan) 16:49 A Butchard (Vent) 16:29 J Hopkins (Swan) 17:24

D Desta (Swan) 17:13 J Davies (Read) 17:09 S Hancox (Morp) 17:46 B Connor (Der) 17:05 A Watson (Notts) 17:24 T Marshall (Card) 17:24

M Mahamed (Soton) 17:17 M Bond (Sale) 17:15 J Roden (Sale) 17:46 I Thomas (Card) 17:25 D Studley (B&W) 17:26 C Olley (Ton) 17:29

D Cliffe (Liv) 17:19 J West (Ton) 17:32 C Field (Liv) 17:47 C Hardman (Salf) 17:32 G Duggan (Ton) 17:27 R Weir (Der) 17:30

R Axe (Card) 17:27 J Beattie (NEB) 17:38 S Spencer (Notts) 17:50 T Holden (Ton) 17:37 A Maud (High) 17:36 D Musson (Notts) 17:33

P Seseman (B&B) 17:28 E Caress (Leeds/J Ashcroft (Liv) 17:40 M Bowser (Linc W) 17:53 W Richardson (Bir) 17:40 B Stevenson (Liv) 17:41 M Jackson (Liv) 17:42

Biggest movers J Davies (Read) 48-11 H Bristow (B&H) 43-27 C Farrell (Horw) 56-42 A Butchart (Cent) 16-6 A Howard (Ton B) 33-24

and before the climb up to the top of the course. Josh Grace, who won the first stage in the much maligned South of England relay at the Bedford Autodrome two weeks earlier, again came out on top, here after battling with Swansea’s Danal Desta.

Grace clocked 17:10 for the sixth best time of the day with Desta and Mahamed in close order behind as others of the early leading bunch fell away and 20 clubs were within a minute of the lead.

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Josh Grace: 17:10 for AFD to head

Swansea’s Danal Desta on leg one

Rowan Axe: fifth on stage one for

Cardiff, the eventual winners

Carwyn Jones (20) and Jaimie Roden (64) on leg three

John Ashcroft: led after leg two

for Liverpool


The eventual top three teams were placed in the top five on this opening circuit and never fell out of the top six throughout the entire race.

John Ashcroft soon moved Liverpool up into the lead and maintained that advantage at the end of the second stage after gaining three places – a performance matched by Cardiff’s Matthew Clowes as they moved to second.

Alex Wall-Clarke kept Southampton in third but everyone was overshadowed by Graham Rush, whose 17:07 was the fourth best time of the day and moved Cheltenham up 16 places to fourth.

Although a couple of seconds slower, Jonny Davies gained 37 positions to move Reading up to 11th. He said he had enjoyed a month off but was now back doing sessions at Birmingham University with Bud Baldaro’s group despite still being coached by Rob McKim in Reading.

Liverpool increased their advantage over the following pack by the mid-point of the race, as Cameron Field kept them ahead and Jamie Roden brought Sale into contention ahead of Cardiff, Cheltenham and Swansea. On this stage, most clubs seemed to be keeping their powder dry for later attacks.

So it was and, about halfway round the fourth stage, Griffiths put Swansea ahead on his way to a 16:49 clocking, gaining four places in so doing.

Ieuan Thomas moved Cardiff AC up to second, despite losing

ground to their Welsh rivals but Connor moved the highly fancied Derby from fifteenth to fifth behind Jack Rowe’s Aldershot.

The two Welsh teams continued to occupy the top two slots on the penultimate leg, but Michael Kallenberg changed places with Jonathan Tobin to put Cardiff ahead by just three seconds after taking the lead with about a mile to go.

Behind, Liverpool began to look a safe bet to keep hold of the bronze medals. However, the real fireworks were going off behind.

Last year’s bronze medalists Central had been enjoying a quiet stroll around the park for most of the race, but Butchart brought them to life with a run of the sort of form that saw his magnificent 13:08.61 for sixth at the Olympics.

The Scottish cross-country champion climbed 10 places to sixth with his 16:29.

He was nearly a minute faster than the next best on the stage and 20 seconds faster than Griffiths. Butchart, who missed the Zurich Diamond League at the end of the track

season because of a sore foot, said he was back in training and doing 80 miles a week with three sessions.

Then it was all over as Tom Marshall for Cardiff and Jon Hopkins for Swansea ran identical 17:24 laps to maintain the positions with which they went into this final lap shoot-out.

The Cardiff victory was, however, hard-fought and Marshall said: “He caught me at


Dewi Griffiths:

moved Swansea from fifth to first on

leg fourCardiff’s winning team: Rowan Axe, Matthew Clowes, Carwyn Jones, Ieuan Thomas, Michael Kallenberg, Tom Marshall


Michael Kallenberg: took the lead with

about a mile to go on the fifth leg

George Duggan: 17:27 took Tonbridge

to fifth on the penultimate stage


3km and tried to kick away but I caught him up and took the lead and, as I’m a 1500m man, I knew I could do it.”

There was much rejoicing in the Cardiff camp as James Thie, who ran here in their B team, noted that he coaches

four of the winning squad and that they last won 17 years earlier when he was part of the winning team.

Liverpool duly maintained third as a time just five seconds slower than that of the two leaders saw holders Tonbridge

move up to fourth through Chris Olley. They were just nine seconds shy of a podium place.

Although this is not a veterans’ event, there were nevertheless some good efforts by older runners. Pride of place went to the two M45s

Ian Hudspith, who ran 18:06, and Tim Hartley, who clocked 18:24, while M40 Howard Bristow ran 18:13 and Chris Greenwood 18:33.

Of the 82 men’s teams that started just three failed to field a full squad.


RESULTSMen (6x5.847km): 1 Cardiff 1:45:52 (R Axe (5) 17:27, M Clowes (2) 17:41, C Jones (3) 17:57, I Thomas (2) 17:25, M Kallenberg (1) 17:58, T Marshall (1) 17:24); 2 Swansea 1:45:55 (D Desta (2) 17:13, J Gooch (6) 18:04, G Smith (5) 17:59, D Griffiths (1) 16:49, J Tobin (2) 18:26, J Hopkins (2) 17:24); 3 Liverpool 1:46:20 (D Cliffe (4) 17:19, J Ashcroft (1) 17:40, C Field (1) 17:47, D Gezimu (3) 18:11, B Stevenson (3) 17:41, M Jackson (3) 17:42); 4 Tonbridge 1:46:29 (C De’ath (30) 18:23, J West (12) 17:32, A Kinloch (10) 18:01, T Holden (6) 17:37, G Duggan (5) 17:27, C Olley (4) 17:29); 5 Derby 1:46:45 (H Hardcastle (28) 18:17, M White (18) 17:59, H Milner (15) 18:10, B Connor (5) 17:05, L Gunn (7) 17:44, R Weir (5) 17:30); 6 Notts 1:47:07 (R Keal (25) 18:14, T Hartley (24) 18:24, S Spencer (16) 17:50, J Thewlis (12) 17:42, A Watson (9) 17:24, D Musson (6) 17:33); 7 Central 1:47:23 (D Colley (27) 18:16, A Hendry (21) 18:11, A Hay (14) 17:59, C McCaughey (16) 18:12, A Butchart (6) 16:29, J Crowe (7) 18:16); 8 AFD 1:47:44 (J Grace (1) 17:10, B Bradley (7) 18:10, M Arnold (7) 18:22, J Rowe (4) 17:47, J Cvetkovic (8) 17:53, J Morwood (8) 18:22); 9 Highgate 1:47:58 (R Bahelbi (9) 17:34, D Russell (13) 18:22, R Wilson (17) 18:33, C Rainsford (15) 18:04, A Maud (11) 17:36, S Dixon (9) 17:49); 10 Morpeth 1:48:07 (S Beattie (10) 17:38, N Swinburn (20) 18:44, S Hancox (11) 17:46, C Avery (11) 17:55, P Newton (10) 17:58, I Hudspith (10) 18:06); 11 B&W 1:48:51 (W Christofi (14) 17:56, O Jones (16) 18:11, J McKenna (9) 17:41, S Mitchell (7) 17:46, D Studley (4) 17:26, R Peters (11) 19:51); 12

Southampton 1:48:57 (M Mahamed (3) 17:17, A Wall-Clarke (3) 17:54, J Knapp (6) 18:22, J Roberts (8) 18:06, B Brewster (13) 18:46, M Bennett (12) 18:32); 13 Sale 1:48:58 (M Barnes (16) 18:01, M Bond (5) 17:15, J Roden (2) 17:46, N Martin (9) 18:40, J Vis (12) 18:40, E Gilchrist (13) 18:36); 14 Salford 1:49:05 (C Livesey (31) 18:24, A Slodowicz (30) 18:29, T Cornthwaite (21) 18:07, C Hardman (14) 17:32, D Rigby (15) 18:20, J Bailey (14) 18:13); 15 Lincoln W 1:49:13 (S Robinson (50) 18:46, T Straw (31) 18:08, M Bowser (19) 17:53, A Scott (17) 17:52, J Wilkinson (14) 18:07, T Trimble (15) 18:27); 16 Birchfield 1:50:07 (A Tovey (13) 17:43, J Hallas (15) 18:22, A Peat (18) 18:33, W Richardson (13) 17:40, R Andrew (17) 18:56, T Dodd (16) 18:53); 17 Cheltenham 1:50:19 (O Mott (20) 18:05, G Rush (4) 17:07, P Wylie (4) 17:56, A Lee (10) 18:41, H Bishop (16) 19:12, J Parker (17) 19:18); 18 Leeds 1:50:21 (A Buckley (15) 17:57, E Cairess (8) 17:40, N Dunn (13) 18:47, J Woodcock-Shaw (18) 18:35, S Deakin (18) 18:42, J Wills (18) 18:40); 19 Cardiff B 1:51:34 (C Lewis (39) 18:32, J Hunt (39) 18:34, J Thie (24) 18:27, K Seaward (21) 18:01, J Cove (19) 18:20, S Morris (19) 19:40); 20 Bed C 1:51:37 (J Eves (43) 18:37, J Douglas (47) 18:59, S Willis (31) 18:12, J Goodwin (23) 18:06, W MacKay (21) 18:34, J Lunn (20) 19:09); 21 Coventry G 1:52:03 (T Spencer (7) 17:30, J Griggs (22) 18:57, A Smith (20) 18:21, H Speed (24) 19:10, O Paulin (25) 19:09, D Clarke (21) 18:56); 22 NEB 1:52:06 (N Sheehan (33) 18:26, J Beattie (14) 17:38, R Chesser (12) 18:17, P Chesser (20) 18:43, J Waldron (20) 19:20, W Bell (22) 19:42); 23 Bideford 1:52:16 (S Antell (8) 17:31, M Jenkin

(10) 18:17, A Richmond (8) 17:59, D Mapp (19) 19:16, B Patton (22) 19:38, A Ingle (23) 19:35); 24 Tonbridge B1:52:24 (M Ellis (52) 18:49, B Cole (35) 18:11, J Goodge (39) 19:21, M Weatherseed (31) 18:15, S Brown (33) 19:51, A Howard (24) 17:57); 25 AFD B 1:52:32 (M Cox (38) 18:31, G Gathercole (38) 18:34, I Bailey (25) 18:34, J Wyllie (27) 18:33, J Boswell (26) 19:03, P Sewell (25) 19:17); 26 Border 1:52:32 (J Douglas (37) 18:30, K Bell (44) 19:00, C Steel (34) 18:26, M Grieve (22) 17:53, R London (23) 19:02, J Mason (26) 19:41); 27 C&C 1:52:45 (P Aste (36) 18:30, K Wood (17) 17:41, J Wood (23) 19:17, E (25) 18:41, C Darling (27) 19:23, S Smith (27) 19:13); 28 Rotherham 1:53:05 (L Cotter (12) 17:42, E Smales (28) 19:09, K Craib (29)18:53, G Sampson (32) 19:10, A Larkin (30) 19:04, S Clegg (28) 19:07); 29 Liverpool B 1:53:11 (E Martin (66) 19:15, L Burthem (41) 18:09, R Burney (37) 18:50, T Rogerson (33) 18:46, C Hassan (29) 18:54, R Evans (29) 19:17); 30 Swansea B 1:53:14 (C Carpanini (42) 18:34, M Hobbs (37) 18:29, P Matthews (41) 19:21, I Harris (39) 19:08, P Tobin (35) 19:03, M Rees (30) 18:39); 31 B&H 1:53:19 (S Ferroni (73) 19:28, W Gray (43) 18:00, H Bristow (27) 18:13, J Turner (29) 18:47, I Crowewright (24) 18:24, A Donno (31) 20:27); 32 BRAT 1:53:31 (J Gray (11) 17:40, D Robinson (19) 18:39, S Dunsby (26) 19:21, E Banks (28) 18:44, C Ashford (31) 19:36, S Lanckham (32) 19:31); 33 H Wimbledon 1:53:44 (B Ahmed (23) 18:12, A Penney (45) 19:19, F Slemeck (38) 18:49, R Tuer (43) 19:46, B Toomer (34) 18:22, R McDowell (33) 19:16); 34 Barlick 1:53:59 (G Shaw (56) 18:57, J Craig (57) 19:10, T Corrigan (50)

18:59, M Lalor (45) 19:14, I Livesey (40) 18:35, M Hartley (34) 19:04); 35 Kent 1:54:03 (C Greenwood (41)18:33, J Connor (23) 18:01, J Bowler (22) 18:43, A Lowther (30) 19:16, D Ansell (37)20:18, N Phillips (35) 19:12); 36 Trafford 1:54:09 (Z Miller (17) 18:02, D Lawton (26) 18:43, N Townsend (30) 19:00, A Hlebo (26) 18:27, J Prest (28) 19:23, M O’Malley (36) 20:34); 37 Bed C B 1:54:10 (A Bellew (26) 18:15, J Janes (29) 18:37, B Davies (28) 18:50, W Mullins (35) 19:30, M Bray (36) 19:33, A McMulkin (37) 19:25); 38 Horwich 1:54:11 (S Pymm (78) 19:53, M Cayton (59) 18:31, G Booth (56) 19:15, C Farrell (42) 18:04, A Murray (44) 20:01, I Conroy (38) 18:27); 39 Tipton 1:54:19 (J Smith (40) 18:32, M Aspinall (48) 19:05, B Gamble (36) 18:29, J Carter (36) 19:07, I Williams (32) 19:10, S Barnsley (39) 19:56); 40 Salford 1:54:27 (B Lima (18) 18:03, S Snape (40) 19:04, B Mccartney (49) 19:55, G Priestley (37) 18:18, C Tully (41) 19:37, S Bruton (40) 19:30); 41 Vale R 1:54:27 (J Brown (62) 19:07, R Moore (64) 19:27, J Betteley (57) 19:05, M Sheen (44) 18:29, O Williams (42) 19:06, C Weaver (41) 19:13); 42 Notts 1:54:45 (M Williams (21) 18:11, F Hessian (25) 18:30, J Perkins (43) 20:02, K Farrow (41) 18:53, P Clark (38) 19:16, J Muddeman (42) 19:53); 43 B&B 1:54:55 (P Sesemann (6) 17:28, W Fuller (9) 18:16, P Tucker (35) 20:20, D Kennedy (40) 19:30, A Rayner (39) 19:18, W Ruiz (43) 20:03); 44 Leeds B 1:55:23 (M Salter (46) 18:42, A Osborne (55) 19:18, P Vis (48) 19:01, L Foster (47) 19:36, T Edwards (46) 19:28, M Burrett (44) 19:18); 45 Highgate B 1:55:47 (J Laybourn (35) 18:28, T Fawden (49) 19:11, B Noad (44) 19:10, A Machin-Paley (51) 20:28,

D Smith (48) 19:48, P Chambers (45) 18:42); 46 WSEH 1:55:54 (R Harvie (32) 18:24, A Goodall (33) 18:33, K Wye (32) 18:52, M Bradly (38) 19:42, J Mcilroy (47) 20:55, S Millett (46) 19:28); 47 B&W B 1:56:16 (R Stewart (58) 19:00, M Edwards (51) 18:49, J Moody (52) 19:33, N Gascoigne (60) 20:48, M Chandler (52) 19:10, A Speake (47) 18:56); 48 Stoke 1:56:29 (R Holroyd (24) 18:13, D Richardson (36) 18:49, O Langford (33) 18:48, L Wrigley (34) 19:18, S Janally (43) 20:29, T Hendricken (48) 20:52); 49 Leicester C 1:56:57 (M Powell (64) 19:09, C Jordan (63) 19:25, G Lee (60) 19:11, C Southam (57) 20:01, O Freer (54) 19:41, J Short (49) 19:30); 50 Bolton 1:57:02 (A Valentine (49) 18:45, K Darcy (42) 18:42, M Reid (46) 19:29, J Knowles (46) 19:26, J Kay (45) 19:41, S Dally (50) 20:59); 51 Oxford C1:57:12; 52 Owls 1:57:21; 53 Sunderland 1:57:27; 54 Southampton B 1:58:04; 55 Hallamshire 1:58:06; 56 Rotherham B 1:58:14; 57 Holmfirth 1:58:18; 58 Rossendale 1:58:20; 59 Cheltenham B 1:58:23; 60 Tipton B 1:58:44; 61 Norwich 1:59:15; 62 Tyne Br 1:59:38; 63 Hermitage 1:59:43; 64 Corby 1:59:58; 65 Shrewsbury 2:00:08; 66 Kent 2:00:09; 67 Herne H 2:00:33; 68 RSC 2:00:47; 69 C&C B 2:01:28; 70 Charnwood 2:02:06; 71 Barnet 2:02:08; 72 Taunton 2:02:33; 73 Heanor 2:02:41; 74 Leamington 2:02:43; 75 Sheffield RC 2:02:51; 76 Dulwich R 2:03:25; 77 Bournville 2:03:47; 78 Halesowen 2:03:59; 79 W&B 2:07:23Fastest: Butchart 16:29; Griffiths 16:49; Connor 17:05; Rush 17:07; J Davies (Read) 17:09; Grace 17:10; Desta 17:13; Bond 17:15; Mahamed 17:17; Cliffe 17:19

Ben Stevenson: on leg five


Tom Marshall: overcame Swansea in the closing stages

Richard Weir: fourth quickest on the last stage

Matthew Jackson: secured bronze for Liverpool


WOMENThe drop-out was greater among the women’s clubs as just 62 of the 78 starting teams managed a full quartet. One of those was Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers, whose Phoebe Law had one of her best ever runs to win the opening 4315m lap by a few metres from Leeds’ Claire Duck in 14:29, the equal fifth fastest time of the afternoon.

Law said: “Claire was leading a group of eight, which was down to four on the downhill to the pond, before the two of us broke away.” Law just led at the turn on to the last hill and held on for a two-second margin at the change-over.

The top veteran on the opening stage, Telford’s Claire Martin, completed the top 12,

all of whom were within half a minute of the lead, as eventual winners Aldershot were fourth through Philippa Bowden.

Lucy Crookes moved Leeds City to the front on the second leg, as the places behind changed. Katie Allen

saw the fancied Birchfield up to second, as Victoria Knight’s 14:38 advanced Cambridge & Coleridge up 11 places to third.

Chasing her up the final hill to the changeover was Bristol & West’s Kate Hulls after starting that second circuit way back in 39th. Her time of 13:58 was comfortably the day’s fastest. Hulls, who has set several PBs this year, said: “Being back there I thought that I’d better get my butt in gear and I just went out hard and hung on. It was just great and I felt really good.”

Hulls is now unsure as to whether to seek to improve her PB at the Leeds Abbey Dash 10km or go for the national cross-country relays in Mansfield. Much will depend on whether her club, Bristol



AFD VICTORY

Phoebe Law (left) and Claire Duck: first and second on the race’s opening stage

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LEADING WOMEN’S RESULTS

1 AFD 58:48 P Bowden (4) 14:38 L Gent (5) 15:21 E Hosker-Thornhill (2) 14:29 L Small (1) 14:20

2 Birchfield 59:10 S Treacy (5) 14:44 K Allen (2) 14:58 N Roberts (1) 14:41 L Webb (2)14:47

3 Cardiff 60:03 L Marland (27) 15:27 K Marshall (12) 14:59 C Arter (3) 14:16 C Hughes (3) 15:21

4 Leeds 60:15 C Duck (2) 14:31 L Crookes (1) 14:49 H Buswell (5) 15:56 G Malir (4) 14:59

5 Liverpool 60:44 R Burns (3) 14:35 H Delaney (6) 15:31 S Howard (6) 15:23 S Whiteside (5) 15:15

6 Hallamshire 60:47 C Ward (37) 15:46 H Archer (19) 15:10 E Adams (7) 14:35 N Squires (6) 15:16

7 C&C 60:53 C Christensen (14) 15:07 V Knight (3) 14:38 C Somerton (4) 15:11 K Hedgethorne (7) 15:57

8 Birtley 61:03 K Waugh (10) 14:52 C Price (14) 15:43 S Burnett (9) 15:24 L Turner (8) 15:04

9 Swansea 61:40 A Beynon-Thomas (31) 15:36 V Ockenden (7) 14:37 K Roberts (8) 15:23 S Edwards (9) 16:04

10 AFD B 61:42 A Griffiths (16) 15:09 N Brown (9) 15:11 G Eglen (10) 15:43 K Bingle (10) 15:39

CLUB TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4

Fastest P Law (K&P) 14:29 K Hulls (B&W) 13:58 C Arter (Card) 14:16 L Small (AFD) 14:20

C Duck (Leeds) 14:31 J Judd (Chelm) 14:11 E Hosker-Thiornhill (AFD) 14:29 L Webb (Bir) 14:47

R Burns (Liv) 14:35 V Ockenden (Swan) 14:37 E Adams (Hallam) 14:35 L Marshall (Notts) 14:58

P Bowden (AFD) 14:38 V Knight (C&C) 14:38 N Roberts (Bir) 14:41 G Malir (Leeds) 14:59

S Treacy (Bir) 14:44 S Cowper (Linc W) 14:46 S Mercier (Guern) 14:48 L Turner (Birt) 15:04

C Tighe (Herne H) 14:45 S Crookes (Leeds) 14:49 M Goodrum (WSEH) 14:52 S Whiteside (Liv) 15:15

Biggest movers K Hulls (B&W) 39-4/J Judd (Chelm) 43-8 S Mercier (Guern) 44-25 L da Silva (TVH B 61-51

Positions at end of each stage shown in brackets

& West, can muster a team, something that they failed to do here.

Also gaining 35 places was Jess Judd, whose 14:11 was


the next best of the afternoon and who, after being awarded Hull’s fastest lap medal on the day, will now have to hand the gong back.

Judd was surprised that she was the quickest so will not be too disappointed to lose the medal. She said: “It was good as I’ve had a bit of a cold all

week but still managed about 70 miles and three sessions as I need to get the speed.”

Judd added that she was happier with this course after not being particularly complimentary about the one used in the Southern relay.

Slightly overlooked in the mass move up by Hulls and

Judd was the 24 slots gained by Swansea’s Verity Ockenden, whose 14:37 advanced her club up to seventh by the race’s mid-point.

The leading positions changed yet again on the third lap, as Nicole Roberts moved Birchfield into a five-second lead and said that she didn’t

Jess Judd (229): en route to the second fastest leg overall for Chelmsford

The first leg of the women’s race gets under way at Sutton Park

Charlotte Arter: leg three for Cardiff



RESULTSWomen (4x4.315km): 1 AFD 58:48 (P Bowden (4) 14:38, L Gent (5) 15:21, E Hosker-Thornhill (2) 14:29, L Small (1) 14:20); 2 Birchfield 59:10 (S Treacy (5) 14:44, K Allen (2) 14:58, N Roberts (1) 14:41, L Webb (2)14:47); 3 Cardiff 60:03 (L Marland (27) 15:27, K Marshall (12) 14:59, C Arter (3) 14:16, C Hughes (3) 15:21); 4 Leeds 60:15 (C Duck (2) 14:31, L Crookes (1) 14:49, H Buswell (5) 15:56, G Malir (4) 14:59); 5 Liverpool 60:44 (R Burns (3) 14:35, H Delaney (6) 15:31, S Howard (6) 15:23, S Whiteside (5) 15:15); 6 Hallamshire 60:47 (C Ward (37) 15:46, H Archer (19) 15:10, E Adams (7) 14:35, N Squires (6) 15:16); 7 C&C 60:53 (C Christensen (14) 15:07, V Knight (3) 14:38, C Somerton (4) 15:11, K Hedgethorne (7) 15:57); 8 Birtley 61:03 (K Waugh (10) 14:52, C Price (14) 15:43, S Burnett (9) 15:24, L Turner (8) 15:04); 9 Swansea 61:40 (A Beynon-Thomas (31) 15:36, V Ockenden (7) 14:37, K Roberts (8) 15:23, S Edwards (9) 16:04); 10 AFD B 61:42 (A Griffiths (16) 15:09, N Brown (9) 15:11, G Eglen (10) 15:43, K Bingle (10) 15:39); 11 Vale R 61:44 (K Gerrard (13) 15:03, S Murphy (16)

15:35, K Spilsbury (13) 15:48, A Pettitt (11) 15:18); 12 WSEH 61:49 (B Atkinson (33) 15:42, S Chapman (26) 15:44, M Goodrum (12) 14:52, C Firth (12) 15:31); 13 Rotherham 62:01 (S Johnson (9) 14:50, N Griffiths (17) 16:01, N Hatswell (14) 15:38, Z Knappy (13) 15:32); 14 Notts 62:40 (N Ottley De La Salle (29) 15:34, L Holt (28) 15:59, A Larriviere (22) 16:09, L Marshall (14) 14:58); 15 Birchfield B 63:10 (M Smith (18) 15:11, K Amory (21) 15:50, D Walters (16) 15:48, S Conway (15) 16:21); 16 B&B 63:20 (N Bridson-Hubbard (17) 15:10, A Reed (31) 16:54, E Rayner (23) 15:41, J Keene (16) 15:35); 17 TVH 63:28 (S Johnson (7) 14:48, L Smith (11) 15:36, K Addy (15) 16:13, V Carter (17) 16:51); 18 Guernsey 63:36 (L McCarthy (51) 16:39, J James (44) 16:41, S Mercier (25) 14:48, L Perrio (18) 15:28); 19 Lincoln W 63:45(R Harrison (38) 15:48, S Cowper (13) 14:46, L Wilkinson (19) 16:49, R Ward (19) 16:22); 20 Chelmsford 63:47 (R Cole (43) 16:07, J Judd (8) 14:11, A Joel (11) 15:58, H Pegg (20) 17:31); 21 Derby 63:55 (N Weir (34) 15:43, V Wills (18) 15:12, R Olivant (17) 15:59, B Hudson (21) 17:01); 22 Coventry G 64:13 (P Richardson (28) 15:32, R Cole (15)

15:05, A Nolan (27) 17:46, L Dowsett (22) 15:50); 23 Belgrave 64:21 (S Amend (20) 15:13, R Prince (29) 16:27, Z Smith (20) 15:58, J Rhodes (23) 16:43); 24 C&C B 64:26 (B Dow (47) 16:12, S Reid (32) 16:01, G Coe (26) 16:09, L Fraser (24) 16:04); 25 Stroud 64:27 (Z Wassell (19) 15:11, J Wassell (27) 16:20, H North (21) 16:10, J Fifield (25) 16:46); 26 Serpentine 64:40 (H Palmer (41) 15:53, L Roe (33) 16:25, S Pemberton (32) 16:42, M Johnson (26) 15:40); 27 Herne H 64:55 (C Tighe (6) 14:45, N Lodge (25) 16:38, O Zeltner (29) 17:17, K Moore (27) 16:15); 28 Charnwood 65:06 (S Coldwell (8) 14:49, L Jones (10) 15:32, L Richmond (33) 18:43, E Butler (28) 16:02); 29 Sale 65:11 (M Davies (24) 15:21, A Pratt (23) 15:44, K Barker (28) 17:22, H Armitage (29) 16:44); 30 Telford 65:16 (C Martin (12) 14:56, S Mackness (20) 16:01, L Tait-Harris (24) 17:06, R Coupe (30) 17:13); 31 Salford 66:05 (S Bent (26) 15:26, T Robinson (24) 15:52, B Robinson (31) 17:29, R Ollerenshaw (31) 17:18); 32 Southampton 66:29 (G Russell (50) 16:24, A Spiers (43) 16:55, S Kingston (36) 16:24, B Bowness (32) 16:46); 33 W&B 67:11 (T Clarke (36) 15:45, I Cotham (35) 16:55, A Wilson

(37) 17:07, J Halford (33) 17:24); 34 Tipton 68:16 (S Davies (52) 16:40, L Hill (45) 16:44, A Fithern (35) 16:11, D Sedgley (34) 18:41); 35 Holmfirth 68:21 (R Sykes (44) 16:09, E Byram (41) 16:59, H Croft (38) 16:53, Z Storr (35) 18:20); 36 Tonbridge 68:53 (N Taylor (11) 14:55, A Ralph (34) 17:31, H Czarnowski (39) 17:55, L Pitcairn-Knowles (36) 18:32); 37 B&R 69:12 (S Hogan (46) 16:11, K Barden (39) 16:51, T Freeman (40) 17:21, R Selvey (37) 18:49); 38 RSC 69:16 (M Woodward (21) 15:14, G Curry (22) 15:50, G Sidaway (30) 17:43, G Delaney (38) 20:29); 39 Ranelagh 69:36 (E Damant (45) 16:10, S Whatmough (40) 16:55, J Bailey (45) 18:31, R Curtis-Hall (39) 18:00); 40 Liverpool B 69:37 (M Ball (57) 16:50, E Egan (46) 16:42, A Oliver (42) 17:17, E Rowe (40) 18:48); 41 Vale R B 69:41 (C Dooley (62) 17:30, C Broad (56) 17:48, H Whitby (50) 17:22, K Titlow (41) 17:01); 42 C&C C 70:08 (E Schaertlin-Coffey (55) 16:46, S Godfrey (50) 17:41, S Kelly (48) 17:27, C Bedingfield (42) 18:14); 43 Serpentine B 70:21 (A Bengueblia (59) 17:01, C Bowen (51) 17:30, V Brown (44) 17:01, D Gladstone (43) 18:49); 44 Swansea B 70:27 (J Osborn (54) 16:44, L Philippart (42) 16:32, B Harris

(41) 17:25, H Marshall (44) 19:46); 45 Notts B 70:47 (N Williams (68) 18:10, M Clarke (60) 18:18, J Finch (52) 16:47, C Charlton (45) 17:32); 46 Cheltenham 71:04 (R Longstaff (40) 15:50, F Maycock (37) 17:04, J Wilkie (43) 18:29, C Hawling (46) 19:41); 47 W&B B 72:12 (M Parr (67) 18:01, C Percival (59) 18:12, D Blakeman (55) 18:27, R Gibson (47) 17:32); 48 Bournville 73:42 (M Baptista (66) 17:49, L Howell (57) 17:54, E Holden (54) 18:28, R Littlewood (48) 19:31); 49 Bed C 73:52 (R Kerr (56) 16:48, K Thompson (54) 18:14, A Chalmers (46) 16:41, M Brodie (49) 22:09); 50 Rotherham B 73:54 (E Parkinson (42) 16:04, S Burns (30) 15:41, E Hutson (34) 17:40, J Dutton (50) 24:29); 51 TVH B 74:40; 52 Corby 784:55; 53 Serpentine C 76:07; 54 R&N 76:33; 55 Vale R C 78:19; 56 Charnwood B 78:26; 57 Sheffield & D 78:48; 58 Sale B 79:00; 59 Notts C 81:48; 60 Bournville B 82:34; 61 Chorlton 82:54; 62 Bournville C 1:40:33Fastest: K Hulls (B&W) 13:58; Judd 14:11; Arter 14:16; Small 14:20; Hosker-Thornhill/ P Law (K&P) 14:29; Duck 14:31; Adams/Burns 14:35; Ockenden 14:37

ERRA NATIONAL RELAYS ACTIONthink she had got far enough ahead. This was the case as she was being closed down up the final hill by Emily Hosker-Thornhill’s 14:29 for Aldershot.

In third, Cardiff’s Charlotte Arter was gaining nine spots with the stage’s quickest and third best time of the afternoon of 14:16. She said: “I am delighted, as I have not raced since the beginning of July.”

Aldershot finally hit the front on the fourth and final leg as Louise Small’s 14:20 was enough to see off the

challenge of the stage’s second fastest, Louise Webb’s 14:47 for runners-up Birchfield. Small said: “This was my first race back after my break and I was worried but took the lead just after the first hill. I didn’t feel good so I am glad that we won.”

Carys Hughes did enough to hold on to third for Cardiff, but a feature of the last leg was that eight teams who had completed three stages failed to field a fourth runner. AFD’s Louise Small (right) held off Birchfield’s Louise Webb (left) on the last leg

Carys Hughes: brought Cardiff home

with a 15:21 leg to secure third place

AFD’s champion team: Philippa Bowden, Laura Gent, Emily Hosker-Thornhill and Louise Small




IN NEAR-PERFECT weather, with very little wind, the races went off like clockwork, with each age-group’s boys going off first, followed five minutes later by the girls. There was some overlap, especially of the back markers, but all turned out well.

As last year, six different clubs shared the team gold medals, but only Aldershot, Farnham & District’s under-17 girls retained their title, although Shaftesbury Barnet’s under-15 winning boys from 2015 moved up to add the under-17 crown.

The event had been in danger of being called off as the prebooked first-aiders failed to show, but several came forward in response to announcements for qualified personnel.

Fourteen different clubs shared the medals from the 18 available and Tonbridge, with three boys’ bronzes, Herne Hill with an under-15 girls’ gold and under-17 women’s girls bronze,

and Aldershot with an under-13 boys’ silver and under-17 women’s gold were the only clubs to take more than one team medal.

Besides their medals, the athletes were also presented with engraved silver salvers donated by the Amateur Athletics Association.

The first gold medals of the day went to Herne Hill’s under-13 boys after their Jaden Kennedy, the fastest overall with 13:02 for the 3,863m lap, moved them up from 11th

to the lead on the second leg. Jacob Harrison, the third quickest, ensured they won by a good margin. His twin brother Ben had run their first stage. Aldershot’s Harry Hyde chased forlornly on the third and final lap and clocked the second best time of 13:11.

Earlier, Zena Saez had taken the opening leg for Bedford with the fourth best time.

Southern under-13 girls champions Poole AC followed the boys home for a 20-second margin over Midland winners

HONOURS ARE SHAREDSIX DIFFERENT CLUBS TAKE THE GOLD MEDALS IN THE YOUNG ATHLETES’ EVENTS

Conditions were near perfect as the men’s U17 race got underway

Titles for the taking: the women’s under-17 race begins at Sutton Park

Lucy Pygott: retained Aldershot’s U17 title

Jeremy Dempsey: anchored Shaftesbury to U17 victory despite feeling ill

AW Oct 13 National Jnr Road Relays 45-47.indd 3 11/10/2016 17:33

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RESULTSU17 men (3x3.863km): 1 Shaftesbury 35:52 (T Patrick (3) 11:52, T Fulton (2) 12:05, J Dempsey (1) 11:55); 2 V Royal 36:05 (B Lee (10) 12:07, H Dexter (5) 12:13, A Dight (2) 11:45); 3 Tonbridge 36:12 (S Coppard (9) 12:06, J Puxty (1) 11:42, B Pitcairn-Knowles (3) 12:24); 4 Reading 36:14 (M Rawlings (2) 11:51, N Wiltshire (3) 12:15, S Rodda (4) 12:08); 5 Charnwood 36:52 (J Pollard (16) 12:27, O Rouse (8) 12:10, T Gostelow (5) 12:15); 6 Sheffield & D 36:55 (C Henderson (8) 12:05, J Slater (7) 12:31, A Manthorpe (6) 12:19); 7 AFD 37:14 (O Percival (19) 12:30, R Coupland (9) 12:12, M Heyden (7) 12:32); 8 Morpeth 37:33 (R Leonard (15) 12:26, T Glover (13) 12:44, K Hedley (8) 12:23); 9 Charnwood B 37:34 (A Banks (13) 12:22, D Maud (16) 12:53, F Mcauliffe (9) 12:19); 10 Preston 37:35 (N Dunn (5) 11:59, A Roberts (6) 12:28, M Grixti (10) 13:08); 11 York 37:40 (A McMillan (6) 12:00, L Parker (15) 13:15, M Caltonseal (11)12:25); 12 Tonbridge B 37:51 (D Seagrove (14) 12:24, D Blades (10) 12:38, C Lindsay (12) 12:49); 13 C&C 37:55 (T Keen (1) 11:50, O Newman (14) 13:22, J Sales (13) 12:43); 14 Swansea 38:01 (D Smith (4) 11:55, E Lawrence (4) 12:21, J Tobin (14) 13:45); 15 Norwich 38:29 (Undeclared (11) 12:08, Undeclared (11) 12:56, Undeclared (15) 13:25); 16 WSEH 38:35 (J Goddard (22) 12:32, D Brookling (19) 12:55, M Kopernicky (16) 13:08); 17 Reading B 38:45 (S Kanyady (39) 13:08, H Roe (24) 12:52, E Steveni (17) 12:45); 18 Bracknell 38:49 (A Enser (17) 12:28, J Daly (26) 13:42, M Cooper (18) 12:39); 19 Sheffield & D 38:54 (D Byrne (44)13:23, L Newell (31) 12:54, M Fuller (19) 12:37); 20 Notts 38:54 (M Campion (18) 12:29, J Dickinson (25) 13:36, S Richardson (20) 12:49); 21 Tonbridge C 39:09 (J Stoney (20) 12:31, C Lee (20) 13:21, H Brown (21) 13:17); 22 Portsmouth 39:11 (S Cross (34) 13:01, J O’hara (18)12:23, A Kimber (22) 13:47); 23 W Suffolk 39:20 (P Crutchlow (43) 13:22, W Terry (34) 13:08, C Ackroyd (23) 12:50); 24 Highgate 39:26 (A Harris (25) 12:42, I Adni (21) 13:12, D Fawden (24) 13:32); 25 Leamington 39:30 (D Priest (33) 12:59, K Chahal (30) 13:18, G West (25) 13:13); 26 B&B 39:33 (C Myatt (37)

13:05, O Hussey (29) 13:11, C Andrews (26) 13:17); 27 Trafford 39:34 (X O’Hare (7) 12:04, C Fazakerley (22) 13:50, J Wilkinson (27) 13:40); 28 Keighley & C 39:35 (T Barrett (32) 12:58, S Jackson (36) 13:41, R Watmough (28) 12:56); 29 Liverpool 39:52 (D Preston (23) 12:37, A Grant (37) 14:06, K Dentith (29) 13:09); 30 T Bath 40:00 (T Bower (38) 13:06, R Howorth (39) 13:40, J Howorth (30) 13:14); 31 Bed C40:00 (E Hosking (31) 12:57, R Laursen (27) 13:15, O Davies (31) 13:48); 32 Derby 40:11 (D Evans (42) 13:17, L Ward (32) 13:05, T Catsburg (32) 13:49); 33 N Somerset 40:18 (C Smith (29) 12:55, L Murray (28) 13:20, A Major (33) 14:03); 34 WSEH B 40:23 (M Clutterbuck (53) 13:56, M Daines (44) 13:33, O McArthur (34) 12:54); 35 S&SH 40:31 (K Hopewell (28) 12:51, T Symmons (46) 14:57, C McLeod (35) 12:43); 36 AFD B40:32 (C Dauven (41) 13:14, S Pocknee (33) 13:14, W Smith (36) 14:04); 37 Tonbridge D 40:36 (L Reeves (50) 13:41, I Harding (38) 13:04, B Brooks (37) 13:51); 38 B&R 40:42 (G Richardson (24) 12:39, T Deykin (23) 13:18, A Johnson (38) 14:45); 39 Stroud 41:07 (N Lambert (35) 13:02, T Bury (40) 13:49, C Davis (39) 14:16); 40 W Suffolk B 41:41 (T McCarthy (48) 13:32, L Roper (48) 15:05, N Ackroyd (40) 13:04); 41 Salford 41:58; 42 RSC 42:13; 43 Swansea B 43:35; 44 Rotherham 43:37; 45 Newcastle S 43:42Fastest: Puxty 11:42; Dight 11:45; Keen 11:50; Rawlings 11:51; Patrick 11:52; Dempsey/D Smith 11:55 U15 boys (3x3.863km): 1 C&C 38:19 (N Harhalakis (7) 12:46, D Dow (1) 12:29, O Parmenter (1) 13:04); 2 Leeds 38:47 (T Dawson (3) 12:21, T Mills (7) 13:54, E Hussey (2) 12:32); 3 Tonbridge 38:57 (J Kingston (13) 13:03, T Emm (4) 12:54, F Gordon (3) 13:00); 4 B&B 39:09 (J Georgiadis (8) 12:49, O Heaney-Brufal (5) 13:19, PGuy (4) 13:01); 5 York 39:13 (J Dickinson (2) 12:10, F Hutchinson (2) 13:28, T Hayes (5) 13:35); 6 Derby 39:43 (T Wright (25) 13:30, J Martin (9) 13:02, E Barr (6) 13:11); 7 V Royal 39:55 (A Bould (1) 12:05, E Pettitt (3) 13:36, W Mckay (7) 14:14); 8 Reading 40:07 (B Rollings (10) 12:55, J Mott (8) 13:28, L Bradshaw (8) 13:44); 9 Preston 40:10 (B Preddy (11) 12:56, T Roberts (10) 13:37, M Fazakerley (9) 13:37); 10 Birchfield 40:25 (R Shields

(20) 13:24, M Gayle (11) 13:26, N Casey (10) 13:35); 11 Stroud 40:41 (D Bendle (21) 13:27, J Warner (12) 13:28, L Dailey (11) 13:46); 12 AFD 40:43 (T Doran (24) 13:29, E Pocock (15) 13:37, J Blacknell (12) 13:37); 13 N Somerset 40:45 (M Howard (17)13:15, S Gentry (6) 12:56, J Faulkner (13) 14:34); 14 Norwich 40:47 (W Mahoney (4) 12:25, Z Taylor (17) 14:48, R Foyster (14) 13:34); 15 Horwich 40:57 (L Wilkes (18) 13:18, R Seddon (14) 13:42, L Brindle (15) 13:57); 16 Bracknell 41:01 (M Borgnis (15) 13:08, C Enser (16) 14:03, H Withers (16) 13:50); 17 C&C B 41:34 (M Godfrey (28) 13:40, F Collins-Shirley (21) 14:01, T Bridger (17) 13:53); 18 Newport 41:35 (S Smith (12) 13:00, C Richards (13) 13:57, F Richards (18) 14:38); 19 Wreake 41:53 (X Salcedeo (19) 13:18, L Watson-Quilter (19) 14:20, R Watson-Quilter (19) 14:15); 20 Leeds B 42:08 (J Clancy (31) 13:49, E Hunter (36) 14:45, S Akerman (20) 13:34); 21 Bed C 42:11 (J Goodyear (33) 13:58, O Brownston (31) 14:22, E Blythman (21) 13:51); 22 B&W 42:12 (S Harding-Hill (36) 14:07, L Iles (30) 14:07, N Marchant (22) 13:58); 23 Lincoln W 42:15 (J Green (23) 13:28, F Molinario (23) 14:23, L Budgen (23) 14:24); 24 B&B B 42:16 (C Swatton (49) 14:36, B Gardiner (32) 13:48, R Suckling (24) 13:52); 25 Keighley & C 42:28 (R Watmough (35) 14:05, F Knappy (39) 14:52, H Lewis (25) 13:31); 26 Rotherham 42:33 (M Pagdin (48) 14:31, D Joseph (37) 14:13, B Stead (26) 13:49); 27 Nuneaton 42:37(K Coleman-Smith (9) 12:54, M Wynne (20) 14:44, C Connolly (27) 14:59); 28 Trafford 42:41 (J Bentall (32) 13:50, C Jones (28) 14:17, A Bailey (28) 14:34); 29 Wycombe P 43:04 (J Styles (39) 14:12, H Bell (33) 14:15, H Burtenshaw (29) 14:37); 30 Derby B 43:06 (J Bush (14) 13:05, S Glossop (22) 14:40, O Holford (30) 15:21); 31 WSEH 43:16 (R Van Heerde (43) 14:13, P Kullar (25) 13:46, J Evans-Rodriguez (31) 15:17); 32 T Bath 43:20 (R Howorth (6) 12:46, T Firkins (24) 15:12, J Davies (32) 15:22); 33 Reading B 43:24 (T Rickards(37) 14:08, M Raynor (35) 14:26, S Kralwaters (33) 14:50); 34 C&C C 43:25 (H Dow (34) 14:01, W Newcombe (26) 14:00, L Bell (34) 15:24); 35 B&R 43:27 (J Hamilton (16) 13:13, A Roberts (29) 14:56, T Roberts (35) 15:18); 36 Portsmouth 43:34

(C Crook (44) 14:14, J Goldfinch (27) 13:49, M Thomas (36) 15:31); 37 Herne H 43:36 (M Ali (56) 15:23, J Alley (45) 13:55, S Ramirez (37) 14:18); 38 B&R B 43:38 (F Hawker (42) 14:13, L Adamson (43)15:00, J Bannister (38) 14:25); 39 Bed C B 43:42 (J Harrison (45) 14:19, A Tomlin (42) 14:53, H Brodie (39) 14:30); 40 Worcester 43:49 (L Higgins (38) 14:11, J Dale (41) 14:59, J Williams (40) 14:39); 41 Notts 44:37; 42 Charnwood 45:50; 43 Lincoln WB 45:55; 44 Newport B 46:19; 45 Leamington 46:24; 46 Worcester B 46:35; 47 B&W C 46:38; 48 Newcastle 47:45; 49 Derby C 48:11Fastest: 1Bould 12:05; Dickinson 12:10; Dawson 12:21; Mahoney 12:25; Dow 12:29; Hussey 12:32 U13 boys (3x3.863km): 1 Herne H 40:14 (B Harrison (11) 13:50, J Kennedy (1) 13:02, J Harrison (1) 13:22); 2 AFD 41:00 (R Martin (2) 13:34, T Cheshire (6) 14:15, H Hyde (2) 13:11); 3 Tonbridge 41:16 (F Croll (9) 13:43, M Taylor (2) 13:44, O Fasina (3) 13:49); 4 Horwich 41:30 (C Healy (10) 13:47, M Flatters (3) 13:41, M Mair (4) 14:02); 5 Preston 41:59 (E Warren (7) 13:40, T Durney (8) 14:21, T Barnes (5) 13:58); 6 B&B 42:01 (S Reardon (8) 13:40, B Campbell (9) 14:33, T Brash (6) 13:48); 7 Derby 42:02 (L Galland (13) 13:56, J Davies (5) 3:50, E Creswell (7) 14:16); 8 Shaftesbury 42:06 (D Michel (16) 14:02, L Stubbs (4) 13:41, S Greenstein (8) 14:23); 9 Bed C 42:17 (Z Saez (1) 13:29, C Brodie (7) 14:26, J Vinnicimbe (9) 14:22); 10 Salford 42:31 (S Bryan (15) 14:01, C Mansfield (17) 14:53, S Hopkins (10) 13:37); 11 AFD B 42:52 (B Roberts (19) 14:05, O Pickup (13) 14:39, R Morrell (11) 14:08); 12 B&W 43:09 (A Oscroft (21) 14:10, C Edmonds (14) 14:35, R Thomas (12) 14:24); 13 C&C 43:13 (M Benyan (23) 14:16, J Aguliaragon (11) 14:26, J Borrett (13) 14:31); 14 Horwich B 43:28 (N Lancaster (24) 14:25, T Middleton (16) 14:24, I Battye (14) 14:39); 15 V Royal 43:33 (W Ashfield (17) 14:03, W Dight (15) 14:44, P Griffith (15) 14:46); 16 Liverpool 43:43 (C Teare (20) 14:06, M Bagnall (18) 15:00, M Brennan (16) 14:37); 17 Norwich 43:46 (D Adams (4) 13:37, M Langley (23) 15:48, J Knights (17) 14:21); 18 Worcester 44:05 (J Vaughan (14) 13:59, B Harle (10) 14:40, A Jeavons (18) 15:26); 19 Bed

C B 44:10 (T Dearden (30) 14:33, M Hanford (22) 14:51, O Fintelmann (19) 14:46); 20 K&C 44:35 (W Atkinson (34) 14:38, R Lee (26) 14:55, S Conroy (20) 15:02); 21 B&B B44:37 (T Penlington (31) 14:34, M Gregson (24) 14:53, M Smith (21) 15:10); 22 WSEH 44:39 (S Hodgson (3) 13:35, F Pope (12) 15:08, M Knight (22) 15:56); 23 Trafford 44:42 (T Bentall (35) 14:39, O Choi (31) 15:25, L McCormack (23) 14:38); 24 Liverpool B 44:46 (G Meehan (38) 14:42, L Relph (28) 15:02, H Sweeney (24) 15:02); 25 Sale 44:52 (H Edmundson (42) 15:07, A James (20) 14:13, Z Gaillemin (25) 15:32); 26 Nuneaton 45:04 (T Dixon (29) 14:30, S Yates (32) 15:35, R Currie (26) 14:59); 27 Bracknell 45:06 (E Enser (33) 14:38, O Barratt (29) 15:11, T Max (27) 15:17); 28 N Norfolk 45:09 (I O’Malley (40) 14:47, B Keay (37) 15:34, H Jonas (28) 14:48); 29 Reading 45:12 (R Henry-Daire (25) 14:26, B McCabe (27) 15:10, C Shaw (29) 15:36); 30 Halesowen 45:17 (S Mannings (22) 14:15, O Jinks (21) 15:08, B Brinsdon (30) 15:54); 31 B&W B 45:32 (J Akbar (37) 14:40, J Hull (40) 16:01, B Harding-Hill (31) 14:51); 32 C&C B 45:33 (J Wheeler (48) 15:40, G Parmenter (39) 14:57, C Wood (32) 14:56); 33 Leeds 45:44 (B Daccus (36) 14:40, E Hodgson (38) 15:43, S Clancy (33) 15:21); 34 Rotherham 45:49 (J Jessop (47) 15:39, F Russell (43) 15:26, J Gilbert (34) 14:44); 35 Cookham 45:58(F McGrath (44) 15:17, I Hughes (35) 15:01, J Calliss (35) 15:40); 36 Charnwood 45:59 (A Coleston-Shields (6) 13:39, C Foord (25) 15:49, E Day (36) 16:31); 37 Tonbridge B 46:08 (H Taylor (18) 14:04, O Croll (19) 15:04, L Carr (37) 17:00); 38 Norwich B 46:09 (A Murdoch (51) 15:57, I Bower (42) 15:00, T Nelson (38) 15:12); 39 Rotherham B 46:23 (A Brand (45) 15:24, D Mullane (33) 14:44, D Hutson (39) 16:15); 40 C&C C 46:57 (F McGrath (39) 14:43, G Keen (36) 15:36, L Harhalakis (40) 16:38); 41 Leamington 47:05; 42 Keighley & C B 47:16; 43 Derby B 47:23; 44 Worcester B 47:37; 45 B&B C 47:43; 46 RSC 48:23; 47 Wreake 48:33; 48 N Somerset 49:31; 49 Birchfield 50:12; 50 B&W C 53:31Fastest: 1 Kennedy 13:02; Hyde 13:11; Harrison 13:22; Saez 13:29; Martin 13:34; Hodgeson 13:35

Wreake & Stour Valley. Second-stage runner Emelie Castagna moved them from 24th to 3rd mid-race before Ashia Wilson finished things off. Birchfield had led on the first lap with the quickest time of 13:48 by Amy Harland, but they slipped back to third by the finish.

Next up were the under-15 boys and, after David Dow put them ahead on the second lap, OJ Parmenter held on to give Cambridge & Coleridge a good margin of victory over Leeds and Tonbridge. Once again, it was the opening-stage runner who was quickest as

Vale Royal’s Alfie Bould got the better of City of York’s Josh Dickinson, with 12:05, for the same lap run by all of the youngsters. He said: “I didn’t expect to be fastest as I’ve got a bit of a hip injury.”

Three different clubs were ahead in the under-15 girls’ event. Emily Williams took the opener for Kettering with the fastest time of 13:40 ahead of the next best, 13:49 by Liverpool’s Emma Gordon, before Francesca Harris saw the Merseysiders ahead on the middle lap. Finally, Stephanie Moss brought Macclesfield up

Stephanie Moss: moved from third to

first on the final U15 girls’ race leg

OJ Parmenter: Secured the U15 boys’

win for Cambridge & Coleridge AC


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U17 women (3x2.88km): 1 AFD 41:27 (M Grice (5) 14:08, E Cockle (2) 14:20, L Pygott (1) 12:59); 2 Liverpool 41:43 (B Strange (2) 13:58, J Cook (1) 14:08, F Ireland (2) 13:37); 3 Herne H 42:54 (E Newton (7) 14:13, K Balme (3) 14:17, A Brown (3) 14:24); 4 Bracknell 43:08 (H Barnard (28) 15:37, E Carey (15) 14:37, A Quirk (4) 12:54); 5 Herne H B 43:21 (E Griffin (1) 13:48, O Stillman (5) 14:55, Z Tompkins (5) 14:38); 6 Halesowen 43:57 (A Saker (3) 14:03, L Higgins (4) 14:37, K Simpson (6) 15:17); 7 B&B 44:07 (M Smith (8) 14:23, C Weitzel (10) 15:01, A Leach (7) 14:43); 8 Bed C 44:27 (L Nichols (14) 14:48, A Vinnicombe (12) 14:53, K Lansbury (8) 14:46); 9 Preston 44:29 (E Moulding (11) 14:34, B Fourie (11) 14:59, E Ward (9) 14:56); 10 TVH 44:40 (A Harray (13) 14:42, K Weir (6) 14:21, V Walker (10) 15:37); 11 T Bath 45:06 (A Burt (12) 14:34, J Littlechild (9) 14:44, S Wilson (11) 15:48); 12 W Suffolk 45:11 (C Spencer-Hall (33) 16:00, L Murphy (25) 15:11, M Newton (12) 14:00); 13 Charnwood 45:25 (N Grimes (21) 15:20, A Hammersley (13) 14:23, H Seager (13) 15:42); 14 Bed C B 45:31 (M Relton (17) 14:59, S Stovell (14) 15:14, F Worrall (14) 15:18); 15 Rotherham 45:35 (M Taylor (9) 14:25, C Robinson (8) 14:45, E Jackson (15) 16:25); 16 Shaftesbury 45:39 (J Chadwick (26) 15:35, S Butler (20) 15:02, L Kyriacou (16) 15:02); 17 Norwich 45:54 (M Solway (10) 14:27, L Emmett (17) 15:59, S Loke (17) 15:28); 18 WSEH 46:36 (M Ormond (6) 14:10, R Pope(16) 16:11, C Harris (18) 16:15); 19 B&R 46:40 (E Bowen (18) 15:01, C Wright (21) 15:40, E Moss (19) 15:59); 20 AFD B 46:44 (K Standen (20) 15:12, K Brown (23) 15:46, A Ratcliffe (20) 15:46); 21 Salford 46:49 (C Hooper (16) 14:57, R Mason (19)15:34, L Haywood-Percival (21) 16:18); 22 Stockport 46:51 (H Richardson (19) 15:09, N Harrison (22) 15:49, E Gajda (22) 15:53); 23 Portsmouth 46:53 (A Pigden (32) 15:53, E Hedley (24) 15:08, E Purdue (23) 15:52); 24 Liverpool B 47:17 (J Morgan (25) 15:31, A Pierce (27) 15:57, M Raine (24) 15:49); 25 Bracknell B47:28 (E Jones (40) 16:26, A Wilks (31) 15:31, S Poole (25) 15:31); 26 Bed C C 47:31 (H Shelton (24) 15:30, A Hyde (26) 15:51, J Smith (26)

16:10); 27 Stroud 47:57 (A Errington (34) 16:03, E Mortimer (30) 15:48, G Knapp (27) 16:06); 28 Bracknell C 48:18 (A Forrest (23) 15:26, M Halliday (32)16:42, E Spencer-Jones (28) 16:10); 29 Newcastle S 48:20 (A Oakley (38) 16:25, A Balderson (33) 15:46, G Ranford (29) 16:09); 30 Newport 48:50 (B Wainwright (35) 16:08, M Samuel (37) 16:34, A Roberts (30) 16:08); 31 Kettering 49:28 (B Lewis (27) 15:37, S Moss (28) 15:56, C Maywood (31) 17:55); 32 RSC 49:32 (E Humpherston (30) 15:46, A Tuckett (35) 16:42, L Ollerenshaw (32) 17:04); 33 Derby 50:00 (E Ingram (22) 15:24, M Ocholla (36) 17:16, M Bould (33) 17:20); 34 Salford B 54:46 (S Harrison (47) 18:09, C Dunphy (39) 17:08, L McMullen (34) 19:29); 35 Newport B 55:41 (A Brown (39) 16:26, M Palin (40) 18:57, S Balouch (35) 20:18)Fastest: Quirk 12:54; Pygott 12:59; Ireland 13:37; Griffin 13;48; Strange 13:58; M Newton (W Suff) 14:00U15 girls (3x2.88km): 1 Macclesfield 42:50 (S Heslop (3) 13:54, L Robinson (3) 14:53, S Moss (1) 14:03); 2 B&B 42:54 (L Radus(11) 14:23, M Squibb (4) 14:39, S Hoare (2) 13:52); 3 Norwich 43:06 (K Goldsmith (13) 14:28, E Hunter (6) 14:41, F Rosbergen (3) 13:57); 4 V Royal 43:14 (H Smith (5) 13:59, F Harris (1) 14:35, L Smith (4) 14:40); 5 Portsmouth 43:32 (S Moore (17) 14:41, N Ainsworth (5) 14:25, O Wiseman (5) 14:26); 6 Charnwood 43:34 (L Aryeetey (4) 13:56, M Stokes (11) 15:27, M Atkinson (6) 14:11); 7 Swansea 44:04 (M Jones (14) 14:31, A Willis (7) 14:39, C Gwyther (7) 14:54); 8 Liverpool 44:07 (E Gordon (2) 13:49, N Donnelly (2) 14:53, D Cornell (8) 15:25); 9 Bracknell 44:11 (A Wills (12) 14:26, H Read (9) 14:50, K Sittampalammain (9) 14:55); 10 TVH 44:17 (C Buckley (7) 14:08, L Salkeld (15) 16:06, A White (10) 14:03); 11 Tonbridge 44:37 (K Goodge (6) 14:06, L Anderson (10) 15:14, S Puxty (11) 15:17); 12 WSEH 44:38 (M Jones (15) 14:36, A Young (8) 14:35, I Craven (12) 15:27); 13 Wycombe P 45:03 (H Bell (35) 15:26, C Vico (30) 15:41, K Stilwell (13) 13:56); 14 Stroud 45:10 (A Testar (8) 14:10, L Dickenson (13) 15:47, M Hilton (14) 15:13); 15 Preston 45:13 (D Lonsdale (39) 15:35, E Fulton (16) 14:48, L

Treaddell (15) 14:50); 16 B&B B 45:22 (L Tappenden (44) 15:39, A Miller (14) 14:32, Z White (16) 15:11); 17 AFD 45:24 (A White (22) 14:57, A Garner (12) 14:49, C Parsons (17) 15:38); 18 Bed C 45:29 (L Shepherd (23) 14:57, H Hodgskinson (18) 15:33, R Abbott (18) 14:59); 19 Norwich B 45:33 (S Peach (54) 16:01, E Taylor (24) 14:52, M Winship (19) 14:40); 20 Herne H 45:34 (C Nicholls (46) 15:44, L King (21) 15:07, L Newton (20) 14:43); 21 T Bath 45:39 (I Ibbotson (41) 15:36, K Robinson (27) 15:24, E Maylor (21) 14:39); 22 Hallamshire 45:51 (M Quinn (38) 15:34, H Booker (33) 15:43, J Hill (22) 14:34); 23 Salford 46:05 (S Mason (30) 15:16, C Haywood-Percival (20) 15:30, E Collier (23) 15:19); 24 Rotherham 46:35 (L Elliott (24) 15:04, A Stroughair (28) 15:59, L Hayward (24) 15:32); 25 Stroud B 46:36 (I Padfield (49) 15:52, G Tavner (36) 15:32, I Parnaby (25) 15:12); 26 Newport 46:36 (E Robinson (20) 14:50, C Phillips (32) 16:26, J Jenkins (26) 15:20); 27 Wreake 46:37 (R Timlock (29) 15:08, Z Challenger (23) 15:45, S Thorpe (27) 15:44); 28 Wakefield 46:39 (A Brooke (9) 14:15, C Wigglesworth (31) 16:58, Y Moorehead (28) 15:26); 29 E Cheshire 46:41 (M Lewis (31) 15:17, H Jackson (22) 15:35, A O’Neill (29) 15:49); 30 Newcastle S 47:00 (M Twardochleb (53) 16:00, C Moore (39) 15:28, E Clarkson (30) 15:32); 31 Shaftesbury 47:02 (S Dempsey (36) 15:27, S Kent (35) 15:55, M Groom (31) 15:40); 32 Derby 47:11 (M Hudson (19) 14:47, H Bourne (29) 16:18, J Garcha (32) 16:06); 33 Herne H B 47:12 (J Tabraham (47) 15:46, S Di Carlo (34) 15:35, I Pennicard (33) 15:51); 34 Tonbridge B 47:13 (M Hall (34) 15:25, V Milana (19) 15:12, L Kingston (34) 16:36); 35 Portsmouth B 47:23 (C Bullard (52) 15:57, M Billins (43) 15:47, B Sansom (35) 15:39); 36 Saffron 47:26 (H Magill (32) 15:19, I McDaid (26) 15:41, N Clarke-Myers (36) 16:26); 37 Camberley 47:29 (S Stapinoiu (43) 15:38, K Beckett (44) 16:19, C Holden (37) 15:32); 38 WSEH B 47:31 (E Van Heerde (27) 15:07, K Clutterbuck (37) 16:17, M Foxcroft (38) 16:07); 39 Bracknell C 47:37 (S Poole (37) 15:33, L Croft (42) 16:01, C Rice (39) 16:03); 40 Rotherham B 48:05 (E Ball (45) 15:41, K Rennocks (45)

16:21, B Mount (40) 16:03); 41 Preston B 48:26; 42 Abingdon 48:31; 43 Charnwood B 48:36; 44 Wycombe P B 48:54; 45 Notts 48:58; 46 S&SH 49:01; 47 Bracknell B 49:18; 48 AFD B 49:18; 49 RSC 49:19; 50 Herne H C 49:40; 51 Stroud C 50:03 52 Newport B 50:51; 53 B&B C 50:54; 54 Portsmouth 51:24; 55 Leamington 51:32; 56 Wreake B 51:44; 57 Newcastle S B 51:58; 58 W Suffolk 51:59; 59 B&W 52:01; 60 Stockport 55:31; 61 Rotherham C 56:33; 62 Kettering 56:52; 63 RSC B 65:50Fastest: E Williams (Kett) 13:40; Gordon 13:49; Hoare 13:52; Heslop 13:54; Aryeetey/ 13:56U13 girls (3x2.88km): 1 Poole 44:27 (H Taylor (23) 15:40, E Castagna (3) 14:12, A Wilson (1) 14:35); 2 Wreake 44:47 (K Parker (8) 14:51, F Miskin-Young (6) 15:42, I King (2) 14:14); 3 Birchfield 44:58 (A Harland (1) 13:48, E Grace (1) 15:11, H Kendall (3) 15:59); 4 Salford 45:00 (E Russell (7) 14:49, N Mason (4) 15:25, A Bratt (4) 14:46); 5 V Royal 45:08 (G Roberts (5) 14:48, F Conboy (15) 16:19, H Weedall (5) 14:01); 6 B&B 45:27 (D Harper (21) 15:34, M Radus (11) 15:23, E Dolby (6) 14:30); 7 Herne H 45:36 (E Holland (11) 15:06, M Collis (2) 14:31, L Wilkinson (7) 15:59); 8 WSEH 45:56 (J Young (6) 14:48, H Landon (7) 15:47, E Harris (8) 15:21); 9 Shaftesbury 46:14 (S Allen(29) 15:50, A Weightman (10) 15:03, E Roncarati (9) 15:21); 10 Charnwood 46:27 (O Bonshor (17) 15:22, G Newport (18) 16:00, L McLoughlin (10) 15:05); 11 Liverpool 46:30 (F O’Hare (2) 14:19, T Dentith (8) 16:18, I Leyland (11) 15:53); 12 Preston 46:35 (I Blackwell (14) 15:15, F Houghton (12) 15:48, S Sutton (12) 15:32); 13 AFD 46:50 (R Horton (10) 14:58, T Hansford (9) 15:53, M Eldridge-Head (13) 15:59); 14 Saffron 47:01 (E Robinson (3) 14:32, F Hagger (14) 16:34, I Smith (14) 15:55); 15 Portsmouth 47:04 (E Olivia (20) 15:31, E O’Neill (16) 15:40, I Brydon (15) 15:53); 16 Tonbridge 47:06 (A Evans (18) 15:27, M Wise (5) 15:04, E Wooff (16) 16:35); 17 Wakefield 47:16 (L Gavaghan (45) 16:36, S Brooke (26) 15:34, E Plimmer (17) 15:06); 18 Hallamshire 47:18 (Z Hartley (16) 15:19, E Hunter (13) 15:45, K Adams (18) 16:14); 19 Norwich 47:42 (G Forster (13) 15:13, M Short (27) 16:59,

G Jermy (19) 15:30); 20 Cookham 47:42 (C Terry (19) 15:29, S Brancato (19) 15:55, J Ridley (20) 16:18); 21 RSC 47:52 (S Duval (27) 15:43, M Hammond (23) 16:02, H Stirland (21) 16:07); 22 Keighley & C 47:53 (L Carr (4) 14:35, H Jackson (21) 17:06, S Bairstow (22) 16:12); 23 TVH 48:08 (Z Mossi (15) 15:18, L Dafter (24) 16:36, K Price (23) 16:14); 24 Horwich 48:12 (I Merritt (12) 15:11, M Lever (20) 16:16, F Whittle (24) 16:45); 25 Herne H B 48:16 (J Butland (35) 16:09, P McFeeley (30) 16:10, A Duffy-Markovic (25) 15:57); 26 Wreake B 48:36 (M Smith (41) 16:21, R Cullen (34) 16:11, E Weselby (26) 16:04); 27 Salford B 48:49 (N Russell (46) 16:37, A Potter (32) 15:48, I Cammish (27) 16:24); 28 Bed C 48:56 (R Abbott (28) 15:47, S Worrall(35) 16:47, S Perusko (28) 16:22); 29 Portsmouth B 49:07 (N Smith (31) 15:54, L Hattie (29) 16:23, S Newsom (29) 16:50); 30 B&R 49:11 (N Hatfield (9) 14:56, S Groom (17) 16:20, E Ranger (30) 17:55); 31 Derby 49:12 (V Costa (26) 15:42, E Jones (28) 16:34, A Rouse (31) 16:56); 32 B&B B 49:13 (A Sibley (34) 16:01, E Smith (39) 17:10, O Berry (32) 16:02); 33 Bracknell 49:16 (A Bailey (50) 16:51, E Benson (38) 15:58, L Hall (33) 16:27); 34 RSC B 49:28 (L Carey (25) 15:41, L Rahmati (33) 16:46, Z Buchanan (34) 17:01); 35 Charnwood B 50:05 (L Morrison (30) 15:51, N Evans (25) 16:03, P Jowett (35) 18:11); 36 Newport 50:13 (E Griffiths (24) 15:40, B Morgan (22) 16:02, E Wainwright (36) 18:31); 37 Leamington 50:14 (M Gould (39) 16:19, E Lovett (36) 16:25, I Fairhurst (37) 17:30); 38 AFD B 50:40 (S Harris (42) 16:23, K Bowler (40) 16:51, R Kelly (38) 17:26); 39 Nuneaton 50:43 (S Freya (32) 15:59, N Wynne (44) 17:43, O Bailey (39) 17:01); 40 C&C 50:47 (D Fraser (38) 16:17, A Maris (43) 17:22, I Dunlop (40) 17:08); 41 W Suffolk 51:09; 42 E Cheshire 51:15; 43 Liverpool B 51:22; 44 Wreake C 51:24; 45 Halesowen 51:32; 46 B&W 51:34; 47 Stroud 51:45; 48 N Somerset 52:03; 49 Newport B 52:11; 50 Saffron B 52:13; 51 Worcester 52:36; 52 Keighley & C B 53:30; 53 C&C B 54:50; 54 TVH B 55:48; 55 Cookham B 56:15; 56 B&W B 56:47Fastest: Harland 13:48; Weedall 14:01; Castagna 14:12; King 14:14; O’Hare 14:19; Dolby 14:30

from third on the last lap to take the title despite being closed down by Blackheath’s Sophie Hoare.

Last year, Southern champions Shaftesbury took the under-15 boys’ title and, despite all being first years, they moved up to add the under-17 gold with a consistent performance as just 13 seconds covered all three.

Thomas Keen led for Cambridge & Coleridge on lap one before James Puxty’s race fastest 11:42 saw Tonbridge ahead, only to lose out on the final loop to Shaftesbury’s

Jeremy Dempsey. He said: “I was feeling a bit ill and I’ve had a sore calf but I ran better than I thought.” Arun Dight moved Vale Royal to the silver medal position with the second best time of 11:45.

The final young athletes’ race was the under-17 women’s and it saw Lucy Pygott take the lead midway round the final circuit with the second best time of 12:59 to retain the title for Aldershot. Bracknell’s Amelia Quirke was quickest with 12:54 as she chased hard to move from fifteenth to fourth on the final lap.

Jacob Harrison: anchored Herne Hill

Harriers to the U13 boys’ title

Ashia Wilson: secured another win for

Southern U13 girls champs, Poole AC


SWEEPING UP MARATHONS ALL over the world, Kenyans are

dominating the major road races and

marathons. They dominated Chicago,

Eindhoven and even Yorkshire. If it isn’t

Kenyans, it is usually Ethiopians.

Unusually in one major event, though, the

winners were a New Zealander and a Swede. That happened

in Germany where Zane Robertson won the 10km in 27:28.

USAStaten Island, October 9Men: HM: 14 JAMES KELLY 72:17; 16 BEN LEESE 72:30Harwich, October 2Women HM: 1 HOLLY REES 76:48Boston, October 9KENYANS Daniel Salel and Mary Wacera defended their titles in cold and wet conditions.

Salel clocked 63:13 ahead of Kenyan team-mate Abraham Kipyatich (63:22) with Eritrea’s Tsegay Tuemay third in 63:29. Wacera won the women’s race in 70:19 ahead of Burundi’s Diane Nukuri (70:52).Men: HM: 1 D Salel (KEN) 63:13; 2 A Kipyatich (KEN) 63:22; 3 T Tuemay (ERI) 63:29. Women: HM: 1 M Wacera (KEN) 70:19; 2 D Nukuri (BUR) 70:52; 3 V Kibet (KEN) 74:42Florida State Invitational, Tallahassee, October 7Men: XC: 2 MICHAEL CALLEGARI 25:22.9. Women: XC: 5 ROSIE CHAMBERLAIN 18:08.9Metropolitan Championships, Bronx, October 7Women: XC: 19 MAE THOMPSON 19:56.1Charlotte, October 7Men: XC: 2 ADAM CRAIG 23:59.7San Francisco, October 7Men: XC: 10 KRIS EVERETT 26:04.5Fort Hays State Tiger Open, Hays, October 8Men: XC: r3: 35 JAKE LITTLEHALES 26:44.0; 54 THOMAS GIFFORD 27:16.9. r4: 10 OWEN HIND 24:35.5;

12 OLIVER AITCHISON 24:39.7; 28 JAMIE TAYLOR-CALDWELL 25:04.9; 31 PADDY ROBB 25:06.1; 73 RICHARD POWELL 25:59.1. Women: XC: r1: 12 ROISIN FLANAGAN (U20) 17:35.1; r2: 84 LAURA GIBSON 20:54.9Greenville, October 8Women: XC: 1 HANNAH SEGRAVE 18:33.49NEICAAA Championships, Boston, October 8Men: XC: 107 AIDAN GILBRIDE (U20) 26:37.2Minneapolis, October 9KENYA’S Dominic Ondoro broke the 31-year-old course record.Men: Mar: 1 D Ondoro (KEN) 2:08:51; 2 E Barno (KEN) 2:10:21; 3 R Gesabwa (KEN) 2:15:24. Women: Mar: 1 J Kibii (KEN) 2:30:01; 2 S Kiptoo (KEN) 2:32:18; 3 S Abrha (ETH) 2:34:58USATF 10-mile Championships, Minneapolis, October 9JORDAN HASAY won in 52:49 as Olympic triathlon champion Gwen Jorgensen finished third in 53:13 as she prepares for the New York City Marathon. Sam Chelanga won a competitive men’s race by just three seconds from Noah Droddy in 47:25.Men: 10M: 1 S Chelanga 47:25; 2 N Droddy 47:28; 3 T Ritchie 47:33.Women: 10M: 1 J Hasay 52:49; 2 A Tuliamuk 53:01; 3 G Jorgensen 53:13US Women’s 10km Championships, Boston, October 10Women: 10km: 1 E Sisson 31:47; 2 S Pagano 32:31; 3 M Ngige (KEN) 32:36; 28 ROSIE EDWARDS 35:50

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OVERSEAS

AUSTRALIAWerribee, October 8Men: 5000: 2 NICK EARL 15:08.1

CROATIAZagreb Marathon, October 9Women: Mar: 37 GINA LITTLE (W70) 4:22:18

FRANCERomans Sur Isere, October 9Men: 10km: 21 OLIVER HEASLIP 34:24Paris, October 9Men: 20km: 1 M Amdouni 59:19; 2 S Ogari (KEN) 59:20; 3 A Cherop (KEN) 59:25. Women: 20km: 1 E Woldu (ETH) 66:24; 2 D Dida (ETH) 66:24; 3 . S Kiptoo (KEN) 66:31; 4 B Cherono (KEN) 66:35Disneyland Paris Half-marathon, Marne-La Vallée, September 25PAULA RADCLIFFE made a low-key return to competition, finishing one-second ahead of Rio Olympic marathoner Alyson Dixon.Women: HM: 1 PAULA RADCLIFFE (W40) 84:05; 2 ALYSON DIXON (W35) 84:06; 3 JANE BATTY (W45) 86:29; 8 JULIE MASTERMAN (W50) 93:29Niort, October 9Women: LJ: 3 KESARI SACRE (U20) 5.24/0.6Lyon, October 2Women HM: 55 JANE DAVIES (W65) 97:22

GERMANYGerman 50km Walks Championships, Andernach, October 8CARL DOHMANN won his third German title in a PB 3:47:57, but the British performance of note came from Dominic King, who set a PB 3:55:48 in fourth place to go to second on the UK all-time list.

His previous best of 3:59:22 was set in this race last year when he was seventh. He was disqualified in the Olympic event in Rio but has now put himself in line to gain a place in Britain’s World Championships team for London next year.

Only Chris Maddocks, with a best of 3:51:37 in 1990, has walked faster among UK athletes.Men 50KW: 1 C Dohmann 3:47:57; 2 K Junghannss 3:52.46; 3 M Antonelli (ITA) 3:53:08; 4 DOMINIC KING 3:55:48; 5 A Agrusti (ITA) 3:56:17; 6 N Seiler 3:58:03Nürnberg, October 3Men: HM: 3 JORDAN DONNELLY 71:42; 7 MATS GEDIN (M50) 77:01Berlin, October 9KIWI Zane Robertson easily destroyed the African opposition as he set an Oceania record of 27:28.

His time is the fastest in a 10km race this year, although James Mwangi ran a 27:15 split when winning the Copenhagen Half-marathon in 59:07. Only one non-African born athlete has run faster on the roads.

Eritrea’s Awet Habte (28:18) and Kenya’s Nicholas Korir (28:27) were second and third respectively.

There was also a surprise in the women’s race as Sweden’s Sarah Lahti won by more than a minute in 31:57.

Ethiopia’s Melat Yisak Kejeta finished second.Men: 10km: 1 Z Robertson (NZL) 27:28 (OCE rec); 2 A Habte (ERI) 28:18;

3 N Korir (KEN) 28:27. Women: 10km: 1 S Lahti (SWE) 31:57; 2 M Yisak Kejeta (ETH) 33:09Munich, October 9Women: Mar: 41 UTE BAIRD (V45) 3:28:54.

HUNGARYSpar Budapest Marathon, Budapest, October 9Men: Mar: 15 ROBERT FOSTER 2:44:32; 16 GEORGE CURWIN (M40) 2:44:50; 23 MATT HALL (M40) 2:48:11; 26 CRAIG JONES 2:49:56; RALPH BROADLEY (M65) 3:33:54. Women: Mar: 44 SHONA YOUNG (W50) 3:26:18

ITALYTrento Half-marathon, Trento, October 2Men: HM: 343 VICTOR SHIRLEY (M70) 97:47Rovereto, October 8Men: 9.9km: 1 I Kalale (KEN) 26:40; 2 R Kaptingei (KEN) 26:48; 3 V Chumo (KEN) 27:06; 5 E Soi (KEN) 27:41; 6 J Kipruto (KEN) 27:42; 7 Y Rachik 27:49

JAPANKitakami, October 8/10Men: 110H (0.3): 1 W Yazawa 13.62. 400H: 1 T Kishimoto 49.99. JT: 1 R Arai 81.62. 10,000W: 1 E Takahashi 38:21.88; 2 D Matsunaga 38:40.22

KENYAEldoret, October 9WORLD half-marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir warmed up for the Frankfurt Marathon with a 72:27 victory.Men: HM: 1 J Lumbasi Okombo 63:16. Women: HM: 1 P Jepchirchir 72:27; 2 L Cheruiyot 72:55

NETHERLANDSEindhoven, October 9FESTUS TALAM, who was officially a pacemaker, ended up winning the race on his marathon debut with 2:06:26.

The 21-year-old won by more than 90 seconds from fellow Kenyans Marius Kipserem (2:08:00), Nobert Kigen (2:09:19) and Duncan Maiyo (2:09:25). Talam passed halfway in 62:57 and was still in a group of four at 35km in 1:44:38 before pulling away with a 14:57 5km split through 40km in 1:59:35. Men: Mar: 1 F Talam, (KEN) 2:06:26; 2 M Kipserem (KEN) 2:08:00; 3 N Kigen (KEN) 2:09:19; 4 D Maiyo (KEN) 2:09:25; 82 ALLY WATSON 2:48:09; 84 JONATHAN KETTLE (M40) 2:48:22. HM: 304 BRIAN MARTIN (M60) 89:49. Women: Mar: 1 T Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:30:32. HM: 13 JULIET CHAMPION (W35) 84:05; 13 DAWN RICHARDSON (W40) 89:02. 10km: 1 LOUISE TRAINOR (W45) 41:35Groningen, October 9Men: 4M: 1 T Tola (ETH) 17:38; 2 Y Demelash (ETH) 17:39; 3 A Mande (UGA) 18:01. Women: 4M: 1 V Kibiwott (KEN) 20:02; 2 C Jepkosgei (KEN) 20:24); 3 E Alamirew (ETH) 20:37; 6 M Chemos (KEN) 20:52

POLANDPoznan, October 9Men Mar: 2 C Zablocki (Chic/USA) 2:21:18

SPAINSpanish Club Championships, Torrent, October 8Women: 300H: 2 LILY HULLAND (U17) 48.00

TRACK & FIELD

SEPTEMBER 24BRAINTREE & DISTRICT AC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, BraintreeMen: 150: 1 L Thorn (Brain, U20) 16.7; 2 B Slayman (Brain, U20) 17.3 U13: 75H: 1 R Hedman (Brain) 14.0 Women: SP: 1 M Larkins (Brain, U20) 10.52. HT: 1 M Larkins (Brain, U20) 43.50 U15: 150: 1 E Wright (Brain) 18.8; 2 L Duncan (Brain) 18.8. 75H: 1 H Smith (Brain) 12.2. HT: 1 J Larkins (Brain) 29.73; 2 E Holloway (Brain) 27.52 U13: 1500: 1 S Frater-White (Brain) 5:09.9

SEPTEMBER 21INVICTA EAST KENT OPEN SERIES, CanterburyMixed events: 200: r2 (0.1): 2 D Lucas (Camb H, M65) 27.88 M40 men: 3000: 1 D O’Mahoney (Inv EK) 8:58.75 U15 girls: 75H (-0.4): 1 L Macey (Inv EK) 12.44

SEPTEMBER 17LAW & DISTRICT AAC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, CarlukeU15 boys: 400: 2 A McCulloch (Law, U13) 61.6

SEPTEMBER 15WEST NORFOLK AC CHAMPIONSHIPS, King’s LynnU15 boys: SP: 1 C Williams (W Norf) 11.88 U15 girls: SP: 1 L Koenigsberger (W Norf) 10.27

SEPTEMBER 13RADLEY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, AbingdonMixed events: TJ: 3 H Griffiths-Brown (Rad, U15W) 10.28 U13 boys: SP: 1 A Chesterman (Oxf C) 9.09 U20 women: SP: 1 L Chantler Edmond (Rad) 11.13

WEST NORFOLK AC CHAMPIONSHIPS, King’s LynnU17 women: SP: 1 Z Koenigsberger 20.50; 2 A Bates 13.92

SEPTEMBER 11GIFFNOCK NORTH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, #KilmarnockU15 boys: 80H: 1 R Nairne (Giff N) 12.57. HJ: 1 S Young (Giff N) 1.69 U17 women: 400: 1 E Wallace (Giff N) 58.99. 1500: 1 E Wallace (Giff N) 4:54.80. TJ: 1 M Busby (Carl) 10.49 U15: 1500: 1 H Barnes (Giff N) 4:49.38. HJ: 1 N Proudfoot (Annan) 1.55. LJ: 1 N Proudfoot (Annan) 5.06 U13: 100: 1 A Bell (Giff N) 13.40. SP: 1 J Dallas (Giff N) 9.19 W35: 100: 1 A Kelly (Giff N, W55) 15.47. 200: 1 A Kelly (Giff N, W55) 31.68. 1500: 1 M McCutcheon (Giff N, W50) 5:23.92; 3 S Lewis (Giff N, W50) 5:41.62

SHETLAND SEPTEMBER OPEN, LerwickMixed events: 100: r6: 1 K Dinwoodie (Shet, U15W) 12.65; 2 M Mouat (Shet, U17W) 12.69; 3 L Newbold (Shet, U15W) 12.79. r7: 3 S Bain (Shet, U15) 11.84. 200: r4: 2 L Barclay (Shet, U15)

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USABank of America Chicago Marathon, October 9FLORENCE KIPLAGAT defended her title with a quality victory in 2:21:32.

Six athletes were together as halfway was passed in a brisk 70:29.

Kiplagat made her move with a 16:17 5km stretch from 30 kilometres and that gave her a 53-second lead at 35km. A 17:09 5km to 40km doubled the margin and the world half-marathon record-holder won by two minutes from namesake and former world champion Edna Kiplagat.

The double Berlin marathon winner said: “When I was coming here, I was determined to win two years in a row and enter the book of records two times. It was not really easy, but I was confident when I saw the gap was opening.”

Her top five average is now 2:20:46 and only Paula Radcliffe (2:18:04) and Catherine Ndereba (2:20:11) have faster averages.

The other Kiplagat was second in 2:23:28 with Valentine Kipketer third in 2:23:41. Purity Rionoripo was fourth in 2:24:47 to ensure a Kenyan top-four. Ethiopian Yebrgual Melese was fifth two seconds behind.

Boston Marathon winner Atsede Baysa from Ethiopia was sixth in 2:28:53.

The top American finisher was Serena Burla (2:30:40) while Freya Ross was the leading Briton in 12th with 2:37:50 after going through halfway in 77:12.

The men’s race was a lot slower and tactical as here also race organisers did not employ pacemakers. The winning

time was the slowest since Luíz Antonio’s 2:13:14 in 1993.

The first 10km took all of 32:04, and at halfway, the lead group numbered 14, with the clock showing 66:50. The slow pace continued all the way to 30km with Takusa Fukatsu (1:34:57) ahead.

The pace then gradually picked up with Kenyan Paul Lonyangata surging ahead and the lead group was down to four at 35km with Gideon Kipketer (1:50:11), brother of the women’s third-placer, ahead of former double world champion Abel Kirui, defending champion Chumba Dickson and Lonyangata.

Although that 5km was the fastest of the race at 15:14, the next 5km was at a different level and a 14:46 saw Kirui and Chumba go 24 seconds clear at 40km.

Kirui finally gained a gap in the last 500 metres and he won by three seconds to score his first marathon victory since the 2011 World Championships with 2:11:23.

After celebrating with a victory jig on the line, he said: “It’s my first time to win on American soil, so I’m very excited. I have done well to show that I still have the energy and the tactics to win big-city marathons. What remains is to prove in another event that the win here was no fluke. I have trained hard and deserve

the credit and will continue to prove to my critics that I was in my best shape.”

Kenyan runners occupied the top five places with Kipketer (2:12:20), Lonyangata (2:13:17) and debutant Stephen Sambu (2:13:35) next to finish.

Ethiopia’s Ayanleh Abele was sixth in 2:13:52 while Diego Estrada was the top American finisher in eighth in 2:13:56 despite spraining his ankle after tripping on a water bottle at the 10km checkpoint.

Scott Overall was the leading Briton in 13th in 2:18:21 after passing halfway with the lead group and slowing in the second half.

More than 40,000 finished the race.Men: Mar: 1 A Kirui (KEN) 2:11:23; 2 D Chumba (KEN) 2:11:26; 3 G Kipketer (KEN) 2:12:20; 4 P Lonyangata (KEN) 2:13:17; 5 S Sambu (KEN) 2:13:35; 6 A Ayele (ETH) 2:13:52; 7 T Fukatsu (JPN) 2:13:53; 8 D Estrada 2:13:56; 9 K Gokaya (JPN) 2:14:34; 10 E Kibet 2:16:37; 13 SCOTT OVERALL 2:18:21; 16 TOM ANDERSON 2:19:52; 79 MATTHEW STANESBY 2:32:53; 117 MICHAEL DWOMOH (M45) 2:37:23; 137 ALAN SILVESTER 2:38:45; 144 PETER MACKRELL 2:39:27; 178 HENDRIK ZIETSMAN (M45) 2:41:46; 218 BEN BUTLER-MADDEN 2:44:58; 222 PETER BELFIELD 2:45:18; 253 GARETH

MORGAN 2:46:38; 257 MATTHEW MORONEY 2:46:43; 320 STUART ROBERTSON (M45) 2:49:08; 357 CRAIG WILSON (M40) 2:50:11; 368 ED NICOLL (M50) 2:50:33; 369 MICHAEL WAKEFIELD (M40) 2:50:33; 374 PAUL WEBB (M40) 2:50:41; 410 CHARLIE BATHO (M45) 2:51:21; 444 GORDON REID (M50) 2:52:14; 458 ANTHONY QUINN (M40) 2:52:37; 541 MARK MACKINTOSH (M50) 2:54:25; 717 JON CROSS (M55) 2:57:48; 728 RICHARD SAVAGE (M50) 2:57:52. Women: Mar: 1 F Kiplagat (KEN) 2:21:32; 2 E Kiplagat (KEN, W35) 2:23:28; 3 V Kipketer (KEN) 2:23:41; 4 P Rionoripo (KEN) 2:24:47; 5 Y Melese (ETH) 2:24:49; 6 A Baysa (ETH) 2:28:53; 7 S Burla 2:30:40; 8 A Mierzejewska (POL) 2:32:13; 9 S Crouch 2:33:46; 10 A Gray 2:34:00; 12 FREYA ROSS 2:37:50; 45 JULIA BELYAVIN (W35) 2:53:30; 148 LINDSAY BARWICK (W40) 3:06:07; 230 SAMANTHA KIRKHAM (W40) 3:11:48; 241 JANE GRACE (W40) 3:12:26; 376 GIULIETTA VITALE-CUMPER (W50) 3:18:41; 506 EMMA BROWNE (W45) 3:23:04; 759 GAIL MURDOCH (W50) 3:28:18; 782 CAROL STICKLER (W45) 3:28:40; 827 CHARLOTTE FURMSTON (W45) 3:29:22; 21572 VIRGINIA PAWLYN (W75) 4:33:21; 22771 GEORGINA HAMILTON (W70) 4:37:54


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STUNNING MID-RACE SURGE SEES KIPLAGAT AWAY FOR 2:21 VICTORYMore than 40,000 finished in Chicago

23.50. 300: 1 L Barclay (Shet, U15) 38.09; 2 K Dinwoodie (Shet, U15W) 42.82Men: LJ: 1 M Leyland (Shet, M55) 4.85. TJ: 1 M Leyland (Shet, M55) 10.65 U20: SP: 1 C McDonald (Shet) 12.93 U20 women: LJ: 1 S Moar 5.23 U17: HT: 1 L Nicolson (Shet) 39.31 W35: HT: 1 E Park (Shet) 39.43

LIVINGSTON CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, LivingstonMixed events: 100: r8 (1.5): 4 G Leek (Edin, M55) 12.70. 200: r1 (2.5): 1 L Zuill (Fife, U13W) 27.63. r8 (4.5): 2 G Leek (Edin, M55) 26.42. 300: r1: 1 R Calder (Living, U15W) 42.93. 800: r3: 1 E Boyle (Fife, U17) 1:58.26. 1500: r1: 1 I Calvert (Living, U15W) 4:58.39. r2: 6 C Thompson (VPCG, W40) 5:06.89 Men: TJ: ns: 1 D Wilson (VPCG, U20) 13.57/5.5 Women: TJ: 1 H Shanley (Living, U20) 10.84/2.4. ns: 1 H Wallace (C’nauld, U15) 9.68/1.0 U17: 80H: r1 (1.2): 1 B McAndrew (Pit) 11.76 U15: DT: 1 A Fairley (Living) 26.64 U13: 70H: r1 (3.3): 1 H Hamilton-Meikle (Chirnside) 12.47

SEPTEMBER 10HIBBARD, BEMAX & PETERHOUSE TROPHY MEETING, PeterboroughMen: 100: 1 B Snaith (E&H) 10.80. 400: 1 Snaith 47.52; 2 L Thompson (NEB) 49.21; 3 S Hazel (SB) 49.27; 4 P De’Ath (SNH) 49.29. 800: 1 V Nutakor (NEB) 1:54.75; 2 S Jones (St Alb, U20) 1:56.03. B: 1 P Grange (Have, M35) 1:55.71; 2 B Grover (Herts P, U20) 1:56.33. 5000: 1 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 15:26.4; 2 A Holford (WG&EL) 15:28.8; 3 S Griffiths (SB) 15:33.3; 4 A Lawrence (Ips, U20) 15:36.8. 110H: (0.9): 1 B Reed (Chelm) 15.35; 2 A Byrom (St Alb, U20) 15.62. 400H: 1 L Thompson (NEB) 53.17. 3000SC: 1 J Wood (C&C, U20) 9:58.6. 4x100: 1 Cambs 43.60. LJ: A: 1 J Grenfell (P’boro) 6.90. TJ: A: 1 K Brown (S’end) 14.03. SP: A: 1 M Tinkler (Nene V) 14.00; 2 S Thurgood (Herne H, M40) 12.19; 4 J Kingwell (Herts P, M45) 10.57. DT: A: 1 M Tinkler (Nene V) 40.66; 2 O Massingham (Norw, U20) 40.10; 3 S Thurgood (Herne H, M40) 34.81; 5 J Kingwell (Herts P, M45) 32.25. HT: A: 1 J Hamblin (Col H) 52.59; 2 I Huskisson (Nene V, U20) 48.80; 3 J Kingwell (Herts P, M45) 41.69. B: 1 B

Praim-Singh (S’end, U20) 49.13. JT: A: 1 D Bainbridge (Norw, U20) 59.52; 3 D Sketchley (Harrow, M40) 49.75 U17: 100H: 1 P Keefe (SNH) 14.41. B: 1 O Jopp (SNH) 14.54. 1500SC: 1 J Croft (Hunts) 4:38.1. 4x400: 1 Cambridgeshire 3:41.8. HJ: 1 T Pickersgill (Bed C) 1.85.LJ: 1 D Hopper (D&T) 6.63. HT: 1 B Norman (SNH) 47.52; 2 O Graham 46.13; 3 D Rice 40.68. JT: 1 D Baker (Ips) 52.57 Women: 100: 1 M Snaith (C&C, U17) 12.30. 200: (0.9): 1 Snaith 25.33. 400: 1 A Uzokwe (SNH, U17) 58.04. 1500: 1 S Clark (Ben, U17) 4:47.73. 3000: B: 1 S Judd (Chelm, W40) 10:59.60. 100H: A (0.4): 1 M Sims (P’boro, U17) 15.15. B (0.4): 1 J Henson (P’boro, U17) 15.29. 400H: 1 Sims 65.19.4x100: 1 Cambs 51.40. PV: 1 J Eastwood (Bed C, W35) 2.80. LJ: 1 S Hibbert (Lut) 5.76; 2 H Waring (C&C) 5.75; 3 S Cowler (Herts P, U20) 5.31. B: 1 H Nicholas (Bas, W35) 4.62. TJ: A: 1 Hibbert 11.79; 2 V Oshunremi (Bas) 11.08. SP: A: 2 M Larkins (Brain, U20) 10.03. B: 2 A Jenkins (Nene V, W40) 9.54. DT: 1 Jenkins 39.05. HT: 1 L Fulcher (U20) 44.68; 2 G Vickery 43.81; 3 Jenkins

43.25; 4 M Larkins (U20) 40.58; 6 L Hampton (W35) 34.35. JT: 1 K Bateman Foley (SNH, U20) 37.83

SEPTEMBER 4CHESHIRE LEAGUE, MacclesfieldMen: 1500: AB: 4 B Hussain (Stock H, M50) 4:41.1 Mixed events: 3000: 3 Hussain 10:07.9 U15: 100: A: 1 J Bradburn (Alt) 11.8. 4x100: 1 Macc (U13) 52.7. HJ: A: 1 J Thompson (Macc) 1.70 U13: LJ: A: 1 J Livingston (Bury) 4.88 Women: 800: 4 H West (Stock H, W55) 2:58.9. HT: 1 M Kettle (Warr, U17) 37.85; 2 K Buckley (Traff, W35) 31.42 U15: 800: 1 S Moss (Macc) 2:19.9 U13: 200: 1 T Taylor (Traff) 27.9. B: 1 A Nemits (Warr) 27.9. 800: 1 Nemits 2:28.2. 4x100: 1 Traff 57.1. SP: 1 A Battle (Stock H) 8.84

AUGUST 30KETTERING FLOODLIT OPENMixed events: 100: r3 (0.9): 1 D Donald (Corby, M55) 12.75; 2 M Mowforth (Kett, U13) 12.88. r4 (1.0): 2

A Lawson (Corby, M40) 12.00. 200: r3 (0.1): 3 D Donald (Corby, M55) 26.27; 4 M Mowforth (Kett, U13) 26.55. 1500: r2: 1 J Bond (R&N, U20) 4:02.45

HUNTINGDONSHIRE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, St IvesMixed events: 1000: 1 J Croft (U17) 2:42.1; 4 I Wilkins (U13W) 3:23.3 U13 girls: 150: 1 L Harrison 21.4; 2 P Lyons (Hunts) 21.7

WOODFORD GREEN OPEN, WoodfordMixed events: 400: r3: 1 L Thompson (NEB) 49.28. Mile: r1: 7 B Nordin (Ilf, W60) 6:15.73. r2: 1 S Philcox (Ilf, M50) 5:03.55; 2 R McGonagle (Lon Hth, U13) 5:21.82; 3 L Gilbert (WG&EL, U17W) 5:24.46; 4 S Judd (Chelm, W40) 5:25.55; 9 V Carter (TVH, W45) 5:38.72. r3: 2 N Shasha (Orion, M40) 4:42.89. 3000W: 2 A Macheath (Camb H, U13) 16:36.7; 3 S Allen (Barn, M60) 17:15.9; 5 J Borgars (Herts P, M70) 18:54.0. TJ: 1 C Ihuoma (WG&EL) 13.76; 2 A George (Ilf, U15) 12.29; 5 C Moore (Ips, U15W) 9.82; 7 C St John-Coleman (Chelm, W55) 8.16 W50 women: SP: 1 C Johnson (E&E) 10.39


RESULTS

CROSS-COUNTRY

OCTOBER 9EAST SUSSEX LEAGUE, Snape WoodMen (8km): 1 S Piper (Hast) 31:26; 2 T Oliver (Win) 31:36; 3 J Rudd (Seaf) 32:00; 4 V Hearn-Yeates (Bri TC) 32:39; 5 I Bromley (H’field, M35) 32:49; 6 R Watts (Crow, M45) 33:26; 7 D Huckell (Bri M Tri, M40) 33:28; 8 G Iriarte (Lewes) 33:43; 9 P McCleery (Hast, M40) 33:47; 10 K Armstrong (E’bne, M35) 33:54; 11 T Bull (Crow, M40) 33:56; 12 J Hookway (E’bne, M50) 34:05; 13 E Tuckley (Lewes) 34:15; 14 S Hudson (Crow) 34:27; 15 B Mccalion (Hast R) 34:32; 16 C Bennett (Lewes, M50) 34:34; 17 D Marshman (Bexhill, M40) 34:37; 18 A Buckle (Crow, M55) 34:46; 19 S Pelling (E’bne) 34:47; 20 O Blaydon (H’field) 34:50Women: 1 A Ellis (Hail, W35) 35:04; 2 H Oliver (Win) 36:14; 3 M Barrow (Lewes) 36:34; 4 H Sida (Lewes, W45) 37:11; 5 B Male (Bri M Tri) 37:12; 6 S Norris (Lewes, W35) 37:46; 7 G Wheeler (Mead, W40) 38:28; 8 A Darvill (E’bne) 38:28; 9 R Maslen (Hast, W50) 38:46; 10 K Brown (Hast, W45) 38:53 W60: C Naylor (Arena) 42:49TEAM (M&W combined): 1 Lewes 751; 2 Crowborough 913; 3 Heathfield 1114; 4 E’brne 1138; 5 Hastings 1143; 6 Hailsham 1375; 7 Bexhill 1436; 8 Bri Tri 1452; 9 Hast R 1547; 10 Meads 1699; 11 Arena 1753; 12 Seaford 1847

SHROPSHIRE YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, BridgnorthU17 men: 1 D Gillett (Tel) 17:55; 2 C Cook (Abraham Darby) 18:15; 3 C Van Onselen (Osw) 18:28; 4 A Pugh (B’nth) 19:29; 5 T Wilde (Osw) 19:35; 6 S Hall (Tel) 19:55; 7 S Bernat Denny (Wen) 20:04; 8 T Codd (Shrews) 20:34; 9 A Tatton (Tel) 21:17; 10 A Jarvstrom (B’nth) 21:24 U15: 1 O Carvell (B’nth) 15:16; 2 W Kay (Tel) 15:23; 3 D Gill (Maldwyn) 15:36; 4 S Western (B’nth) 15:40; 5 J Cole (B’nth) 16:00; 6 L Rawlings (Osw) 16:21; 7 C Adams (Tel) 16:43; 8 L Meses (Tel) 16:51; 9 C Owen (Maldwyn) 16:53; 10 T Hendrie (Wrek C Tri) 16:57 U13: 1 A Jones (B’nth) 10:44; 2 J Lewis (B’nth) 11:05; 3 J Beard (Shrews) 11:21; 4 C Carvell (B’nth) 11:39; 5 J Manton (B’nth) 11:41; 6 A Wickery (B’nth) 11:41; 7 A Fallon (Abraham Darby) 11:49; 8 W George (B’nth) 11:59; 9 D Owen (Maldwyn) 12:02; 10 C Evans (Abraham Darby) 12:09 U11: 1 H Williams (Wrek C Tri) 6:22; 2 A Edwards (Shrews) 6:28; 3 R Frankel (Wen) 6:30 U17 women: 1 M Davis (SYTRI) 17:34; 2 J Maddocks (SYTRI) 18:07; 3 I Boden (SYTRI) 18:37; 4 S Walker (Maldwyn) 19:10; 5 M Jackman (Wrek C Tri) 19:27; 6 M Potts (Shrews) 20:01; 7 A Wake (Shrews) 20:11; 8 H Cashmore (B’nth) 20:41; 9 H Thompson (B’nth) 21:06; 10 M Pugh (SYTRI) 21:27U15: 1 M Williams (SYTRI) 11:26; 2 E Cameron (Wrek C Tri) 11:36; 3 A Nolan (B’nth) 11:59; 4 L Bottomly (B’nth) 12:04; 5 E Charlesworth (Wen) 12:07; 6 R Carter (Shrews) 12:16; 7 D Connencher (Shrews) 12:24; 8 K Sargant (Tel) 12:32; 9 L Elcock (B’nth) 12:40; 10 L Gaul (Aberys) 12:53 U13: 1 B Rawlinson (Wen) 8:03; 2 C Gilbody (B’nth) 8:34; 3 R Hancox (Tel) 8:39; 4 B Jones (Osw) 8:40; 5 S Stewardson (B’nth) 8:49; 6 H Bingham (B’nth) 8:55; 7 A Cottam (B’nth) 9:00; 8 P Goulden (B’nth) 9:02; 9 C Broadhurst (Lud) 9:04; 10 O Robson (Maldwyn) 9:05

U11: 1 I Price (Wrek C Tri) 6:37; 2 L Jones (B’nth) 6:42; 3 Z Gilbody (B’nth) 6:43

WESTWARD LEAGUE, PlymouthMen (8.6km): 1 A Richmond (Bide) 29:15; 2 M Jenkin (Bide, M35) 29:17; 3 S Antell (Bide) 29:31; 4 P Burden (Taun, M35) 29:44; 5 J Smith (Exe, U20) 30:01; 6 C Snook (Corn, M40) 30:17; 7 Z Nolan (Cov) 30:29; 8 B Holmes (Exe U) 30:36; 9 J Cole (Tav) 30:42; 10 C Critchley (AFD) 30:55; 11 J Tranvag (Exe U) 30:56; 12 J Andrews (Ply H) 30:58; 13 J Trigwell (Guest) 31:06; 14 R Mann (Bath) 31:09; 15 C Jones (Corn) 31:18 M40: 2 D Branfoot (Harrow) 31:54. M45: 1 P Whear (Corn) 31:49. M50: 1 T Wright (Newq RR) 32:28; 2 T Dunn (Corn) 32:31; 3 S Anderson (Ply) 32:42. M55: 1 M Exley- Deane (Tav) 35:20.. M65: 1 N Kernahan (N Dev) 40:34U20: 2 J Williams (Ply) 31:34; 3 J Hancock (Sutt) 31:36; 4 A Stone (Bexley) 32:36; 5 T Slattery (Corn) 32:37; 6 T Luton (N&P) 32:51; 7 J Barnett (Teign) 33:01TEAM: 1eq Bideford/Exeter Uni 1455; 3 Cornwall AC 1427. VETS: 1 Cornwall AC 792; 2 Exmouth 738; 3 Plymouth H 719U17 (5.2km): 1 A Kent (N&P) 18:16; 2 F Birnie (N&P) 18:34; 3 C Choules (N Dev) 19:18; 4 K Klimek (Corn) 19:27; 5 A McCartney (N&P) 19:28; 6 S Goodchild (Corn) 19:29 TEAM: 1 Newquay & Par 295; 2 Cornwall AC 285; 3 Tavistock 254U15 (3.2km): 1 H Mier (Corn) 10:51; 2 J Macalone (Corn) 11:28; 3 J Alcock (Torb) 11:37; 4 H James (N Dev) 11:40; 5 O Lee (Taun) 11:53; 6 O Smart (Tav) 11:59TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC 288; 2 Tavistock 275; 3eq Newquay & Par/North Devon 271 U13 (2.5km): 1 T Heal (Taun) 9:28; 2 J Ponter (Taun) 9:31; 3 E Botham (Tav) 9:42; 4 S Mills (Exe) 9:49; 5 D Fisher (Taun) 9:56; 6 A Leworthy (N Dev) 9:59TEAM: 1 Taunton 295; 2 Tavistock 283; 3 North Devon 274U11 (1.6km): 1 C Hague (Exe) 6:28; 2 I Helyer (N Abb) 6:32; 3 R Inone-Browden (N&P) 6:33Women (5.2km): 1 G Brock (Corn, U17) 20:49; 2 T Masselink (Tav, U20) 20:57; 3 L Trow (C&S) 21:18; 4 E Banbury (N Dev, U17) 21:25; 5 H Blair (Ply) 21:30; 6 E O’Grady (Exe U) 21:35; 7 A Dunn (Exe U) 21:36; 8 S Temple (N&P, U17) 21:45; 9 E Paull (Hayle) 21:49; 10 E Stepto (Corn, W45) 21:53 W40: 1 W Chapman (Corn) 22:06; 2 L Hodgson (N&P) 22:39; 3 S Rushforth (SWRR) 22:51. W50: 1 J Nash (E Corn) 23:31. W55: 1 M Blair (Torr) 23:34. U20: 2 J Sabine (Tav) 25:16. U17: 4 C Apps (Exe) 22:10; 5 K Hughes (Corn) 22:44; 6 E Penfold (N&P) 23:03TEAM: 1 Exeter Uni 587; 2 Cornwall AC 581; 3 Exeter Uni B 560 VETERAN TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC 291; 2 Tavistock 258; 3 Bideford 257 U15 (3.2km): 1 M Canham (Exe) 12:21; 2 T Brown (N&P) 13:27; 3 S Miles (N Dev) 13:32; 4 C Pratt (Corn) 13:45; 5 H Turner (N Dev) 13:54; 6 A Oakshott (Erme) 13:56TEAM: 1 North Devon 288; 2 Exeter 281; 3 Cornwall AC 272U13 (2.5km): 1 M Luke (Corn) 9:59; 2 M Godfrey (Ply) 10:46; 3 J Spry (N&P) 10:51; 4 C Groves (Corn) 11:00; 5 C Dawson (E Corn) 11:03; 6 F Perkin (Corn) 11:05TEAM: 1 Cornwall AC 292; 2 City of Plymouth 267; 3 Cornwall AC 261U11 (1.6km): 1 J Pratt (Corn) 7:25; 2 L Broomby (Exe) 7:29; 3 K Southeran (Ply) 7:31

OCTOBER 8ESSEX LEAGUE, ThurrockMen: 1 A Abdulle (Ilf, U20) 26:23; 2 R Warner (Have, M35) 26:41; 3 M Granger (Chelm) 27:16; 4 R Prout (Chelm) 27:19; 5 C Jones (Col H) 27:23; 6 T Gardner (Ilf) 27:40; 7 A Finch (Thurr) 27:45; 8 R Osman (Col H, U20) 27:53; 9 R Gillard (S’end) 28:07; 10 B Davis (Have, U20) 28:09; 11 O Park (C&C) 28:15; 12 C Sellens (Col H) 28:30; 13 H Smith (Bas, U20) 28:41; 14 M Jones (Bas, U20) 28:48; 15 K Swan (B’cay) 28:52; 16 D Blackwell (Chelm) 28:53; 17 C Parker (S’end) 28:53; 18 S Rand (Have, M40) 28:56; 19 N Smallwood (C&C) 28:59; 20 G Day (Orion, U20) 29:06; 21 A Manton (Spring S, M35) 29:08; 22 J Patterson (C&T, U20) 29:17; 23 S Cousins (Spring S) 29:19; 24 S Smith (Thurr, U20) 29:24; 25 P Grange (Have, M35) 29:25; 26 S Cornforth (Spring S) 29:25; 27 L Baynton (Ben) 29:25; 28 L Taylor (S’end, M40) 29:39; 29 B Hall (Orion) 29:56; 30 P Holloway (Ilf, M45) 30:01; 31 J Meredith (Thurr, U20) 30:08; 32 R Tubbs (Chelm, M45) 30:16; 33 O Mann (Thurr, U20) 30:25; 34 S Rice (Thurr, M45) 30:37; 35 J Wright (Ips J) 30:39; 36 S Raven (Spring S, M40) 30:44; 37 A Jopson (Ben) 30:46; 38 G Booty (Ben, M40) 30:49; 39 S Dryden (Spring S, M45) 30:53; 40 C O’Hara (B’cay) 30:55TEAM: Div 1: 1 Havering 154; 2 Springfield 180; 3 Chelmsford 201; 4 Colchester 202; 5 Benfleet 243; 6 Orion 254. Div 2: 1 Thurrock 201; 2 Billericay 447; 3 Halstead 638 566. M40: 1 S’field 168; 2 Benfleet 204; 3 Southend 234; 4 Orion 239; 5 Havering 243; 6 Col H 299M50: 1 J Ferguson (C&C) 31:40; 2 P Spowage (Col H) 32:10; 3 A Kyriakides (S’end) 32:48. M55: 1 M Bridgeland (Chelm) 32:03; 2 P Tullett (Chelm) 34:27; 3 S Foggo (B’cay) 34:54; 4 T Horncastle (Phoe S) 35:18; 5 C Purse (Spring S) 36:16. M60: 1 C Ritchie (C&C) 35:46; 2 J Lynch (Orion) 36:08; 3 B Langley (Hals) 36:19; 4 T Nixon (Ilf) 36:20; 5 I Gill (E Esx) 39:53. M65: 1 M Bumstead (Thurr) 35:41; 2 P Binns (S’end) 35:54. M70: 1 D Reaves (Brain) 39:34. M75: 1 C Ross (Chelm) 46:39. U20: 11 C Gray (Bas) 31:00; 12 E Harlow (Have) 31:11; 13 J Stewart (Have) 31:48; 14 T Muers (E Esx) 32:13; 15 C Culham (Brain) 32:36 U17: 1 J Owen (Orion) 21:57; 2 G Withers (Bas) 22:29; 3 L Harknett (Harl) 22:43; 4 S Norris (S’end) 23:30; 5 O Dawson (Col H) 23:32; 6 J Young (Col H) 23:33; 7 B Miller (C&T) 23:37; 8 J Clark (Orion) 23:57 TEAM: 1 Southend 64; 2 Havering 68U15: 1 L Wheeler (Thurr) 13:44; 2 D Millward (Col H) 13:55; 3 D Riley (Bas) 13:58; 4 M Prior (Ilf) 13:59; 5 Z Bridgeland (Chelm) 14:04; 6 M Caulfield (Col H) 14:06; 7 H Jones (Have) 14:14; 8 K Boggon (Guest - WG &EL) 14:18TEAM: 1 Thurrock 55; 2 Ilford 60; 3 Basildon 69; 4 Chelmsford 92; 5 Havering 120; 6 Orion 130U13: 1 A Ford (Have) 11:56; 2 M Blacklock (Have) 12:15; 3 D Houchell (Bas) 12:20; 4 M Hick (Ilf) 12:48; 5 D Harrod (Thurr) 12:56; 6 M Jones (S’end) 13:00; 7 L Randall (S’end) 13:04; 8 T Cozens (S’end) 13:06; 9 A Connors (Ben) 13:11; 10 F Talani (Bas) 13:14TEAM: 1 Havering 26; 2 Southend 35; 3 Basildon 60Women: 1 G Holloway (Thurr, U20) 23:48; 2 L Davies (Spring S, W35) 24:11; 3 K Holland (S’end) 25:01; 4 A Whitfield (Bas) 25:15; 5 C Thurgood (Orion) 25:41; 6 R Luxton (Chelm) 26:15; 7 S Judd (Chelm, W40) 26:24; 8 M Deasy (C&T, W45) 26:32; 9 R Cooke (Col H)


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OCTOBER 8parkrun 5kmON the weekend she lost her British W55 marathon record, Angharad Mair had the top age-grading of the weekend barring a dog-assisted 16:57 from W55 Susie Tawney.

One of the fastest men’s times of the day came from Paul Martelletti, who used his 15:33 victory at Belton House as a warm-up for the next day’s Yorkshire Marathon, which he also won.Leading age-gradedCardiff Blackweir: A Mair 18:44 W55 93.27%; Pontypool: A Nixon 19:45 W55 92.73%; Solihull: K Wright 18:55 W50 90.30%; Lincoln: V Naylor 24:37 W70 89.49%; Hull: S Mason 17:17 M55 89.44%; Porthcawl: G Duckworth 21:02 W60 89.22%; Poole: D Cooper 16:49 M50 89.08%; Bath: J Thompson 20:06 W55 88.97%; Longford: G Rowlinson 17:05 M50 88.37%; Preston: M Hesketh 21:30 W60 88.37%; Lymington: M Ussher 17:07 M50 88.20%; Stoke: A Hartveld 17:41 M55 88.12%; Warrington: A Oldham 22:07 W60 88.12%; Penrose: J Pascoe 16:08 M45 88.09%; Horsham: R Farrington 17:09 M50 88.03%; So’ton: H Wallington 18:23 W45 87.97%; Darley Abbey: S Burns 20:40 W55 87.56%; Worthing: P O’Connell 17:40 M55 87.50%; Frimley: A Soane 18:35 M60 87.36%; Northala F: F Kennedy 20:43 W55 87.35%; Poole: S Sharma 17:34 M55 87.30%; Northala Fields: L Louw 19:24 U15W 87.15%; Cardiff Blackweir: D James 18:02 M55 87.11%; Aberdeen Beach: R Campbell 16:29 M45 86.85%; Shrewsbury Quarry: C Morgan 24:20 W70 86.75%; Northampton: E O’Sullivan 20:37 W55 86.74%; Worthing: D Barry 20:09 M70 86.69%; King’s Lynn: M Tuff 17:11 M50 86.51%; Burgess: A Roberts 19:06 M60 86.45%; Cardiff Blackweir: S Bartlett 16:57 M45 86.38%; Hackney: N Shasha 16:06 M40 86.37%; Belton House: P Martelletti 15:33 M35 86.33%; Belfast Ormeau: P Rowan 17:06 M50 86.27%; Longford: E Fazakerley 16:44 M45 86.19%; Basingstoke: C Wheeler 20:33 W55 86.02%; Reigate: K Quinn 15:37 M35 85.96%; Poole: J Bassinder 17:02 M45 85.95%; Weymouth: F Anderson 21:34 W60 85.95%; Frimley: M Symes 16:48 M45 85.85%; Pegwell Bay: C Brisley 15:57 U15M 85.85%; Middlesbro’ Albert: S Gibson 24:37 W70 85.76%; Leamington: M Williamson 20:37 W55 85.74%; Porthcawl: R Keane 17:14 SW 85.69%; Stratford-upon-Avon: R Kindersley 18:31 M55 85.53%; Middlesbro’ Stewart: P Lowe 16:54 M45 85.34%; Cambridge: M Holmes 28:47 W80 85.32%; Perth: J Dobson 21:28 W55 85.31%; Wolverhampton W: S Calrow 18:17 M55 85.23%; Bournemouth: J Jenkins 26:14 W70 85.21%; B’ton Preston: K Rojas 15:34 M35 85.19%; Glasgow Pollok: J Thomson 20:04 W50 85.12%; Northampton: B Wells 20:32 M70 85.07%; Longford: B McCormack 16:15 M40 84.96%; Gateshead: S White 20:09 M65 84.87%; Cambridge: I Morris 18:18 U11M 84.84%; Lowestoft:

R Cheverton 18:40 M55 84.84%; Newcastle: H Lambert 21:36 W55 84.79%; Birkenhead: B Beecroft 19:19 M60 84.76%; Rother V: M Palfreyman 20:38 M70 84.66%; Lee-on-the-Solent: K Dickinson 21:24 W55 84.56%; Liverpool Princes: M Swensson 16:20 M40 84.53%; Lyme: A Jones 22:46 W60 84.52%; Oxford: A Hirst 19:46 W50 84.51%; Birkenhead: R Grantham 16:35 M40 84.46%; Guildford: E Wicks 17:31 SW 84.32%; Cardiff Blackweir: O Williams 15:27 SM 84.29%; Widnes: P Horsfall 22:00 W60 84.26%; Belfast Orm: S McGrory 17:15 M45 84.24%; Southport: M Walker 20:07 M65 84.23%; Raphael: F Fullerton 17:33 SW 84.22%; Weymouth: D Butt 19:17 M60 84.19%; Poole: K Mahon 18:13 M55 84.19%; Hull: J McQueen 17:24 M45 84.14%; Netley: R Lord 17:33 SW 84.14%; Woodley: P Mannion 18:14 M55 84.11%; Birkenhead: P Langan 16:18 M40 84.10%; Wetherby: S Boynton 19:00 M60 84.04%; Killerton: M Hunt 21:32 W55 84.04%; Rushmoor: J Georghiou 23:13 W60 83.94%; Pegwell Bay: J Swandale 20:10 U15W 83.84%; Edinburgh Silverk: J Hudson 19:52 M65 83.83%; Crawley: S McDonald 19:30 W45 83.82%; Hackney: R Hope 17:05 M45 83.80%

Fastest men Cardiff Blackweir: O Williams 15:27 Belton House: P Martelletti 15:33 Newcastle: T Straughan 15:34 Brighton Preston: K Rojas 15:34 Wanstead Flats: A Kirk-Smith 15:34 Reigate: K Quinn 15:37 Porthcawl: I Kimpton 15:41 Solihull: P Brookes 15:43 Northala Fields: A Abdulle 15:44 Worthing: J Woods 15:44 Linford Wood: R Burling 15:50 Manchester Platts: A Sciacca 15:50 Hackney: S Humphrey 15:56 Bournemouth: T Bourne 15:57 London Bishop’s: C Allison 15:57 Pegwell Bay: C Brisley 15:57 Penrhyn Castle: M Roberts 15:57 Fastest women Penrose: S Pepper 16:37 Porthcawl: R Keane 17:14 Guildford: E Wicks 17:31 Netley Abbey: R Lord 17:33 Raphael: F Fullerton 17:33 Andover: L Hall 17:40 Cardiff Blackweir: C Evans 17:51 Widnes: C Howard 17:51 Woodley: A Boniface 17:53 Worthing: H Buller 18:01 Taunton: H Taunton 18:09 Newcastle: J Penn 18:13 Aberdeen Hazlehead: N Lang 18:15 Maidenhead: A Hector 18:15 Oak Hill: R Bunting 18:15 Chipping Sodbury: H Alderson 18:18 Wilmslow: D McVey 18:21 Southampton: H Wallington 18:23 Hackney: K Thorneycroft 18:24 Aberdeen Beach: J Anselin 18:25 Livingston: J Wetton 18:27 Woodley: S Crumly 18:32 Nonsuch: P Wardley 18:33 Belfast Queen’s: R Gibson 18:35 Darlington: J Adams 18:36 Exeter River Valley: K Synge 18:39 Bury St Edmunds: J Andrews 18:44 Bushy: K Brown 18:44 Cardiff Blackweir: A Mair 18:44 Wycombe Rye: L Durman 18:45

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27:08; 10 V Hayes (Chelm) 27:24; 11 S Eyres (Col H) 27:37; 12 D Morley (Col H, W45) 27:37; 13 S Pennington (S’end) 27:47; 14 L Almond (B’cay) 28:08; 15 L Douglass (Bas, W35) 28:14; 16 H Rogerson (Orion, W35) 28:16; 17 E Neale (Col H) 28:23; 18 N Bredin (Bas) 28:28; 19 A Granger (Chelm) 28:47; 20 A Trauttmansdorff (Orion, W45) 29:00; 21 A Oakman (Col H, W40) 29:04; 22 N Kipps (Orion) 29:13; 23 J Smith (Chelm, W45) 29:20; 24 K Whitmarsh (Bas) 29:32; 25 E Ballard (Bas) 29:36; 26 L Mitchell (Orion) 29:43; 27 R Gill (E Esx, W40) 29:49; 28 A James (Col H) 29:53; 29 L Rossberg (Orion, W35) 29:56; 30 L Maidment (Orion, W40) 29:57 W50: 1 L Pettifer (Mid E) 32:19; 2 N Hopkinson (Ilf) 33:07; 3 J Pearce (Phoe S) 34:13. W55: 1 C Deacon (B’cay) 32:36; 2 B De Smedt (Phoe S) 35:12. W60: 1 V Sinclair (Pits) 37:22; 2 G Harrison (Pits) 40:20. W65: 1 J Hobbs (Loughton) 37:57. W80: 1 P Jones (Ilf) 43:46 TEAM: Div 1: 1 Chelmsford 42; 2 Col H 49; 3 Basildon 61; 4 Orion 83; 5 Southend 82; 6 S’field 120Div 2: 1 Bill’cay 162; 2 Halstead 245; 3 Havering 249W35 TEAM: 1 Orion 65; 2 S’field 69; 3 Chelmsford 117; 4 Southend 118; 5 Bill’cay 148; 6 B’fleet 154U20: 1 K Mhlanga (Chelm, U17) 17:46; 2 K O’Neill (Have, U17) 18:12; 3 J Mitchell (Have, U17) 18:23; 4 A Pullinger (Thurr, U17) 18:41; 5 H Watson (Col H, U17) 19:21; 6 R Broome (Chelm, U17) 19:22; 7 M Deasy (C&T, U17) 19:30; 8 E Gray (C&T, U17) 19:34; 9 S Rand (Have, U17) 19:35; 10 S Clark (Ben, U17) 19:40; 11 L Rowedder (Harl, U17) 19:41; 12 J Rimmington (S’end, U17) 20:48; 13 G Goodall (Ben, U17) 20:49; 14 A Rex (Bas, U17) 21:10; 15 J Le Mare (S’end, U17) 21:39; 16 C Barker (Have, U17) 22:14 TEAM: 1 Havering 30; 2 B’fleet 66U15: 1 M Sweetman (Have) 15:19; 2 G Burrell (Bas) 15:56; 3 S Sirkett (Harl) 16:34; 4 G Tombs (Chelm) 16:56; 5 L Aitchinson (Chelm) 17:07; 6 F Sweeting (Chelm) 17:08; 7 A Cole (Orion) 17:08; 8 H Rex (Bas, U13) 17:16; 9 S Wetheridge (Bas) 17:19; 10 A Pearce (Orion) 17:29 TEAM: 1 Chelmsford 29; 2 Basildon 35; 3 Havering 49; 4 Orion 55; 5 Col H 78U13: 1 A Ives (Bas) 12:31; 2 S Foley (Have) 13:10; 3 M Presland (Col H) 13:27; 4 H Freegard (Bas) 13:32; 5 M Silverstone (Orion) 13:35; 6 D Harris (Bas) 13:45; 7 C Rand (Have) 13:57; 8 L Wood (Chelm, W35) 14:13; 9 H Peacock (Thurr) 14:18; 10 A Grannell (Have) 14:19TEAM: 1 Bas 29; 2 Have 35; 3 Orion 55

ENGLAND MASTERS INTER-AREA MATCH, Wimbledon CommonTHE inaugural England Masters Inter-Area match was disappointingly supported as hosts Veterans AC easily won overall and took the team titles in seven of the eight age groups.

Originally scheduled for September when it could have assisted England selection for the masters international, the later date meant it happened a few days after the team was selected and made it of less importance individually.

The greater numbers were in the combined women’s and M65 race.

Veterans AC’s W50 Clare Elms held back in the opening kilometre but eased away eventually for a clear one-minute-plus victory over fellow England international Sarah Unwin-Mann from the South West. W55 winner Ange Norris was a clear third.

Ros Tabor won the W65 race from another England team member Margaret Moody.

Behind the leading women, Don Powell won the M65 event.

The main men’s race, which followed, also saw an easy victory, this time for South of England M40 Lance Nortcliff. The star performance, though, came from BMAF M55 champion Julian Critchlow, who showed the sort of form that should see him start favourite for Glasgow as, finishing second overall, he won his age group by more than two and a half minutes.M35 men (7.25km): 1 L Nortcliff (SCV, M40) 24:48; 2 J Critchlow (VAC, M55) 25:24; 3 J Reid (NIMAA, M45) 25:43; 4 M Tennyson (VAC, M50) 26:02; 5 R Clancy (NMAC, M40) 27:19; 6 K Ham (SWVAC, M55) 28:00; 7 S Smythe (VAC, M55) 28:05; 8 S Bean (SCV, M55) 28:14; 9 R Tweddle (VAC, M55) 28:16; 10 F Young (SWV, M55) 28:26; 11 P Carstairs (VAC, M55) 29:38; 12 S Grant (SWV, M50) 29:44; 13 L Bevan (VAC, M50) 29:58; 14 P Sanderson (VAC, M60) 30:08; 15 D Brown (EV) 30:14; 16 T Lintern (SCV, M60) 31:32; 18 A Murray (VAC, M60) 32:39M35 TEAM: 1 VAC 18; 2 EV 24; 3 SCV 25; 4 NMAA 26. M45: 1 VAC 18; 2 NI 22; 3 SWV 23. M55: 1 VAC 9; 2 SWV 20; 3 SCV 22; 4 EV 34; 5 Mid M 35; 6 NMAA 36 W35 women/M65+ (7.25km): 1 C Elms (VAC, W50) 27:44; 2 S Urwin-Mann (SWV, W45) 28:57; 3 A Norris (VAC, W55) 29:40; 4 C Wood (SCV, W50) 30:31; 5 S Benattia (VAC) 30:36; 6 D Powell (SCV, M65) 30:39; 7 R Baker (SCV, W50) 31:14; 8 P Barber (MM, W55) 31:17; 9 F Russell (VAC, W45) 31:32; 10 R Brown (SCV, M65) 31:35; 11 M Mann (VAC, M65) 32:02; 12 P Hamilton (SWV, M65) 32:05; 13 J Brown (VAC, M65) 33:03; 14 S Plested (VAC, M65) 33:03; 15 J Quantrill (VAC, W60) 33:41; 16 K Brooks (MM, W55) 33:42; 17 R Tabor (VAC, W65) 34:11; 18 M Moody (VAC, W65) 34:52; 19 S McIntyre (VAC, M65) 36:35; 20 C Seymour (SCV, W40) 36:52; 21 D Beattie (SCV, M65) 36:57; 22 C Wyngard (VAC, W55) 37:21; 23 D Milsom (VAC, M75) 37:39; 24 M Marchant (VAC, M65) 38:43; 25 F Bishop (VAC, W55) 39:08; 26 A Bath (VAC, W65) 39:44; 27 T Berry (SWV, M80) 40:46; 28 J Aspinall (VAC, M75) 41:13M65 TEAM: 1 SCV 11; 2 VAC 14; 3 SWV 25. W35: 1 VAC 7; 2 SCV 8. W45: 1VAC 12; 2 SCV 14; 3 SWV 16. W55: 1 VAC 9; 2 MM 12. W65TEAM: 1 VAC 6OVERALL TEAM: 1 VAC 104; 2 SCV 156; 3 SWV 170; 4 EV 197; 5 MM 200; 6 NV 202; 7 NI 204

NI MASTER’S TRIAL, QUB Grounds, BelfastM35 men (8km): 1 A Boyle (Derry) 25:31; 2 C Mcguiness (Foyle V) 25:57; 3 E White (NBH, M45) 26:28; 4 B Grew (NBH) 26:59; 5 N Mckibbin (Drom, M45) 27:05; 6 D Turtle (E Ant) 27:10; 7 A Gloover (NIMAA, M40) 27:12; 8 K O’Boyle (Unatt) 27:14; 9 N Carty (NBH, M45) 27:17; 10 P Tweedie (Springw, M50) 27:33; 11 P Horan (NBH, M40) 27:37; 12 D Proctor (Willow) 27:38; 13 M Bennett (Ballym R, M40) 27:42; 14 C Mcguigan (Omagh, M45) 27:49; 15 G Briggs (Dark Pk, M40) 27:51; 16 D Noble (Larne, M40) 27:55; 17 D Clarke (NBH, M55) 28:01; 18 N Glenn (NBH, M50) 28:01; 19 B Brady (Unatt, M50) 28:03; 20 J Oparka (Willow) 28:04; 21 D Mcneilly (Newc) 28:04; 22 W Mcdowell (Drom) 28:13; 23 V Shiels (NBH) 28:15; 24 F Tumelty (Newc, M45) 28:25; 25 S Meyler (Omagh, M50) 28:28; 26 M Wray (M50) 28:29; 27 J Wallae (NBH, M50) 28:29; 28 B Mckee (M50) 28:52; 33 N Grier (Drom, M55) 29:13; 35 L Johnston (NBH, M55) 29:31; 39 I Fairclough (Newb, M60) 30:23; 41 P Lilbuurn (Derry, M60) 30:58; 42 P Gray (Corby, M60) 31:16Women/M65 (6km): 1 C McCourt (MCCFIT, W40) 21:58; 2 K Alexander (Acorns) 21:59; 3 A Bulman (Willow) 22:07; 4 J Smith (Northdown) 22:38; 5 G Short (Beech, W40) 22:53; 6 P Thom (B&A, W45) 22:58; 7 S Higgins (Lag V) 23:05; 8 P McAllister (Ballym R) 23:11; 9 J McMonagle (Derry, W45) 23:50; 10 P Blair (Larne) 23:58; 11 H Shields (Derry, W50) 24:01; 12 D Mcachett (B’drain, W50) 24:07; 13 A Otoole (East Coast) 24:40; 14 R Perioli (B’drain, W55) 24:56; 15 H Kelly (B’drain, W45) 25:05; 16 G Lynch (Derry, M70) 25:15; 17 J Patterson (New C, M65) 25:28; 21 M Mackin (Drumore AC, W60) 25:58; 22 C Maban (Larne, M70) 26:09; 30 T Gray (Eye, M70) 27:44; 31 B Morris (Lisb, M65) 28:04; 32 F Murpoch (NBH, M70) 28:15; 37 H Young (B’drain, M75) 30:56; 41 B Quinn (Ballym R, W70) 31:32

PYRAMID CONSULTANCY NORTH WALES JUNIOR LEAGUE, BangorU15 boys: 1 M Spill (Menai) 15:22; 2 J Jones (Dees) 15:47; 3 G Davies (Menai) 15:51; 4 T Land (Col B) 16:01; 5 E Potter (Menai) 16:09; 6 D Stones (Menai) 16:34 U13: 1 M Thomas (Menai) 13:31; 2 M Anthony (Dees) 13:48; 3 H Jones (Dees) 13:55; 4 J Swan (Dees) 14:00; 5 R Hodgson (Dees) 14:15; 6 G Soley (Menai) 14:29 U11: 1 H Morgan (Menai) 11:22; 2 T Harper Lloyd (Menai, U13) 11:24; 3 D Robb (Menai) 11:46 U15 girls: 1 M Roberts (Dees) 13:35; 2 G Parry (Wrex) 14:11; 3 I Owen (Dees) 14:45; 4 L Sharp (Dees) 14:50; 5 R Edwards (Dees) 14:58; 6 M Henderson (Menai) 15:00 U13: 1 N Roberts (Dees) 11:13; 2 S Jones (Menai) 11:41; 3 E Scott (Col B) 12:02; 4 C Watchorn (Dees) 12:21; 5 H Smith (Dees) 12:24; 6 A Parkinson (Menai) 12:31 U11: 1 M Parry (Dees) 8:55; 2 B Bown (Ysgol Llanerchymedd) 9:13; 3 E Edwards (Dees) 9:15

SCOTTISH EAST DISTRICT RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, LivingstonEDINBURGH UNIVERSITY won the men’s race from Central but there was a reverse in the women’s race that Central won by eight seconds.Men (4x4km): 1 Edin U 49:29 (S Stirling 12:09, L Rees 12:19, M Christoforou 12:32, E Gillham 12:29); 2 Centr 49:48

(A Thompson 12:13, M Wright 12:29, C Milne 12:35, R Houston 12:31); 3 Edin U B 50:44 (E de Mello 12:15, C Symmons 12:44, J Dunn 13:10, A Lawler 12:35); 4 A’deen 51:09 (M Ferguson 12:12, R Muir 12:44, E MacNamara 13:04, R Stead 13:09); 5 Centr B 51:38 (T Watson 12:39, R Miller 12:57, C Smithard 12:37, S Green 13:25); 6 Edin 51:55 (J Arthur 12:44, B Mackie 12:59, P Cameron 13:33, I Whitaker 12:39); 7 Cors 51:58; 8 Edin U C 53:37; 9 Fife 53:42; 10 Cors 54:04; 11 Cors (M40+) 54:24; 12 HBT 54:42; 13 Lass 55:42; 14 Gala 55:55; 15 PH RC 55:59M40: 1 Cors 54:24 (G Clarke 13:17, M Anderson 13:39, T Ferrington 14:04, K Hood 13:24); 2 Edin 59:41; 3 Cors B 60:00Fastest: 1 Stirling 12:09; 2 R Matheson (Lass) 12:10; 3 Ferguson 12:12; 4 Thompson (U20) 12:13; 5 de Mello 12:15; 6 Rees (U20) 12:19; 7 C McKenzie (Cors) 12:25; 8eq Gillham (U20)/Wright 12:29; 10 Houston 12:31; 11 Christoforou 12:32; 12 M Strain (HBT) 12:34; 13eq Lawler/Milne 12:35; 15 Smithard 12:37. M40+: Clarke 13:17Women (3x4km): 1 Centr 42:54 (J Wetton 14:12, F Thompson 14:45, M MacLarty 13:57); 2 Edin U 43:02 (S Pennycook 14:01, C Graves 14:47, L Mercer 14:14); 3 Fife 44:27 (A Simpson 14:29, J Spence 15:09, H Rees 14:49); 4 Edin 44:41 (L Stoddart 14:54, L Wilson 15:12, R Dunn 14:35); 5 Metro 46:38 (V Barrand 15:31, C Bruce 16:02, K Jarrett 15:05); 6 Loth 47:24 (S Inglis 13:51, M Inglis 16:33, L Turnbull 17:00); 7 A’deen 47:39; 8 Edin D (W40+) 48:35; 9 Edin B 48:39; 10 Gala (W35+) 48:57; 11 Edin

U B 49:14; 12 Falk 49:27; 13 Gala B 49:42; 14 PH RC 50:20; 15 Fife B 50:33W40+: 1 Edin 48:35 (J Morrow 16:22, S Ridley 17:04, J MacLean 15:09); 2 Gala 48:57; 3 Cors 51:32Fastest: 1 S Inglis 13:51; 2 MacLarty 13:57; 3 Pennycook 14:01; 4 Wetton 14:12; 5 Mercer 14:14; 6 Simpson (U20) 14:29; 7 Dunn 14:35; 8 E Buchan (A’deen) 14:44; 9 Thompson 14:45; 10 Graves (U20) 14:47; 11 Rees 14:49; 12 Stoddart 14:54W40+: J MacLean (Edin) 15:09Young males (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 Edin 26:02 (J Stewart 9:24, J Ewing 8:19, M Swinton 8:19); 2 A’deen 26:09 (S Griffin 9:01, H Hall 8:22, E Lecrivain 8:46); 3 Lass 26:11 (H Henriksen 8:32, J Kinghorn 9:15, M Tait 8:24); 4 Edin B 26:25; 5 Cors 26:53; 6 Centr 26:55Fastest: U17: 1 S Brown (Edin B) 8:18; 2 Swinton 8:19; 3 K Howlieson 8:21U15: 1 Ewing 8:19; 2 Hall 8:22; 3 D Addison (Cors) 8:33U13: 1 Henriksen 8:32; 2 Griffin 9:01; 3 C Gourley (Pit) 9:06Young females (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 Edin 28:01 (E Johnson 9:38, P Carcas 9:21, E Walker 9:02); 2 Banc 28:57 (E Swanson 9:38, S Brown 10:32, C Stewart 8:47); 3 Cors 29:02 (K MacLeod 9:49, G Ledingham 10:04, J MacLeod 9:09); 4 E Loth 29:35; 5 Edin B 29:53; 6 Living 29:53Fastest: U17: 1 Stewart 8:47; 2 L Dickson (Lass) 8:55; 3 Walker 9:02U15: 1 C Gemmell (E Loth) 9:07; 2 Carcas 9:21; 3 S Coutts (Pit) 9:26U13: 1 A Hedley (Fife) 9:04; 2 Swanson 9:38; 3 Johnson 9:38


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RESULTSSCOTTISH NORTH DISTRICT RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, EddertonMen (4x4km): 1 I’ness 51:01 (S Mackay 12:30, G Lennox 12:37, J Geddes 13:20, C Campbell 12:34); 2 Moray 52:11 (C Green 14:06, P Taylor 13:07, G Jenkins 13:03, K Wilson 11:55); 3 E Suth 52:30 (R Bannerman 13:08, B Mackay 13:31, Ruairidh Gollan 13:15, Ross Gollan 12:36); 4 NHH 55:06 (A Harris 13:46, M Taylor 13:50, D Spencer 14:18, K Cormack 13:14); 5 HHR 55:57; 6 HHR (M40+) 57:29; 7 Ork 59:03; 8 Moray (M40+) 59:51; 9 I’ness (M40+) 61:49; 10 Forres 61:53M40+: 1 HHR 57:29 (D McEwon 15:52, W Nicholson 13:11, D McDonald 14:39, R McKenzie 13:47); 2 Moray 59:51; 3 I’ness 61:49Fastest: 1 Wilson 11:55; 2 Mackay 12:30; 3 Campbell 12:34Women (3x4km): 1 I’ness 46:07 (S Liebnitz 14:12, C Marwick 15:28, J Wilson 16:27); 2 Forres 46:28 (S Evans 16:11, K MacArthur 16:31, A MacFadyen 13:45); 3 HHR 47:24 (L Allan 16:32, R Grant 15:59, K Lyons 14:53); 4 Moray 48:01 (M Slater 16:37, S Rae 16:05, L Cartmell 15:20); 5 Forres (W40+) 49:35; 6 Forres B 51:49; 7 Moray B 54:40; 8 Moray (W40+) 56:03W40+: 1 Forres 49:35 (H Cameron 16:16, F Britain 16:32, S McRitchie 16:53); 2 Moray 56:03; 3 Moray B 57:30Fastest: 1 MacFadyen 13:45; 2 Liebnitz 14:12; 3 Lyons 14:53Young males (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 I’ness 25:39 (L Cairns 8:56, L Davidson 8:37, T Munro-White 8:06); 2 E Suth 26:37 (K Patience 9:04, S Oliver-Jones 9:14, F Roach 8:19); 3 Moray 26:52 (B Newlands 9:28, B Milne 8:36, M Lewis 8:44); 4 I’ness B 27:43; 5 Storn 27:54Fastest: U17: 1 Munro-White 8:06; 2 Roach 8:19. U15: 1 Milne 8:36; 2 Davidson 8:37. U13: 1 Cairns 8:56Young females (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 E Suth 29:55 (A Gollan 10:11, C Scott 10:23, C Nankivell 9:21); 2 Moray 31:01 (M McKay 11:19, M Ross 10:30, G Whelan 9:12); 3 I’ness 31:31 (K Arnaud 10:06, C Garvie 10:38, S Young 10:47); 4 I’ness 32:50; 5 Storn 32:58Fastest: U17: 1 Whelan 9:12; 2 Nankivell 9:21. U15: 1 Scott 10:23; 2 Ross 10:20. U13: 1 Arnaud 10:06; 2 Gollan 10:11

SCOTTISH WEST DISTRICT RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS, KilmacolmDESPITE running the fastest time of 11:08, Callum Hawkins couldn’t prevent Shettleston inflicting a decisive defeat over Kilbarchan.Men (4x4km): 1 Shett 48:47 (P Sorrie 12:32, P Avent 12:12, A McLeod 12:19, T Mengisteab 11:44); 2 Kilb 49:53 (E McKerral 13:01, C Hawkins 11:08, S MacAulay 12:56, C Matthews 12:48); 3 Cambus 49:58 (G Smith 12:43, R Thomson 12:10, I Reid 12:44, C Jardine 12:21); 4 VPCG 50:59 (A Haile 12:21, J MacKinnon 12:52, M Milarvie 13:00, M Hayes 12:46); 5 I’clyde 51:59 (M McKinnon 13:33, J Bell 12:52, R Gray 12:40, M Pollard 12:54); 6 Giff N 52:16 (G Muir 12:17, J Walker 12:06, A Clark 13:22, K Carolan 14:31); 7 Gars 52:45; 8 Cambus (M40) 53:08; 9 Cambus B 53:22; 10 G’nock 53:42; 11 Kilb B 53:51; 12 Bella H 53:53; 13 Cambus C 54:05; 14 Law 54:10; 15 I’clyde B 54:11M40+: 1 Cambus 53:08 (B Douglas 13:50, R Gilroy 12:46, J Carter 13:39, J Reid 12:53); 2 G’nock 55:22; 3 Kirkin 55:10Fastest: 1 Hawkins 11:08; 2 Mengisteab 11:44; 3 Walker 12:06; 4 Thomson

12:10; 5 Avent 12:12; 6 Muir 12:17; 7 McLeod 12:19; 8eq Haile/Jardine (U20) 12:21; 10 Sorrie 12:32; 11 Gray (U20) 12:40; 12 Smith (U20) 12:43; 13 Reid 12:44; 14eq G Boyne (Shett)/R Gilroy (Cambus, M40)/Hayes 12:46M50: R Quinn (Kilb) Women (3x4km): 1 Kilb 43:51 (E Curran 14:35, K MacAngus 15:21, J Reekie 13:55); 2 Shett 44:15 (J Oliver-Bell 14:40, R Joss 14:32, S Robertson 15:03); 3 VPCG 44:21 (M Hendry 14:19, J Dobbin 15:35, A Tait 14:27); 4 I’clyde 44:44 (R Bushfield 15:21, S Muir 14:53, N Mulholland 14:30); 5 VPCG 45:34 (S Gilmour 14:55, R Dawes 15:03, C Thompson 15:36); 6 Dumb 46:56 (N Lyons 15:27, C Kelly 15:57, L Currie 15:32); 7 Kilb B 48:55; 8 Gars 49:16; 9 Cambus (W40+) 50:52; 10 Spring 51:00; 11 Moth (W40+) 52:00; 12 Kilb (W40) 52:09; 13 Ayr S 52:55; 14 Gars B 53:10; 15 Bella H 53:15W40+: 1 Cambus 50:52 (B O’Neil 16:24, J Reid 16:20, L Angely 18:08); 2 Moth 52:00; 3 Kilb 52:09Fastest: 1 Reekie (U20) 13:55; 2 M Sandison (Spring) 14:18; 3 M Hendry 14:19; 4 Tait (U20) 14:27; 5 Mulholland 14:30; 6 Joss 14:32; 7 Curran 14:35; 8 Oliver-Bell 14:40; 9 S Muir (I’clyde, W40) 14:53; 10 Gilmour (W40) 14:55; 11 N Hendry (Gars) 15:01; 12eq Dawes/Robertson (W45) 15:03Young males (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 Shett 26:08 (G Campbell 9:05, C Campbell 8:39, J Burns 8:24); 2 Gars 26:25 (F Ross-Davie 9:07, E Duff 8:53, C Stevenson 8:25); 3 Giff N 26:42 (J Luc 9:20, E Carolan 8:52, J Sturrock 8:30); 4 Ayr S 26:58; 5 VPCG 27:02; 6 Law 27:13Fastest: U17: 1 L Ross (Ayr S) 8:21; 2 A MacAngus (Kilb) 8:23; 3eq Burns/N Gajic 8:24U15: 1 D McNair (Kilb) 8:25; 2 C Campbell 8:39; 3 J Patton (Kilb) 8:46U13: 1 G Campbell 9:05; 2 Ross-Davie 9:07; 3 F Gilmour (VPCG) 9:18Young females (3x2.5km, U13-U15-U17): 1 Giff N 28:41 (I Ward 10:06, H Barnes 9:03, L McKenna 9:32); 2 I’clyde 28:45 (A Hammerman 10:28, N McCheyne 9:18, S Morrison 8:59); 3 Giff N B 29:02 (E Ward 10:06, K Richardson 9:17, E Crusher 9:39); 4 VPCG 29:23; 5 Ayr S 29:25; 6 Gars 29:37Fastest: U17: 1 Morrison 8:59; 2 L McKenna 9:32; 3 C McKenna (Giff N) 9:38U15: 1 Barnes 9:03; 2 Richardson 9:17; 3 McCheyne 9:18U13: 1 A Maclean (Gars) 9:33; 2 J Murray (Kil’k) 9:38; 3 V Wright (VPCG) 9:45

START FITNESS NORTH EASTERN HARRIER LEAGUE, Druridge Bay Country Park, NorthumberlandTEENAGER Alex Brown was an emphatic of the senior men’s race at the second fixture, Les Venmore reports.

Veteran Iain Twaddle was second. Calum Johnson clocked the fastest time of 31:29, finishing seventh from the fast pack.

With six runners in the first twenty, Morpeth won the team event from Tyne Bridge, who now take the lead on the division one table.

Veteran Steph Dann won the women’s race from medium-pack runner Chloe Price with Rio marathon representative Alyson Dixon moving through to third from the fast pack with the fastest time of 24:16. North Shields Poly won the team event and now head the division one table.

Apart from the senior men’s team

competition, Morpeth won all the other male team events and also the women’s division two competition and under-15 girls’ event.Men (9.6km handicap): 1 A Brown (Hough, U20) 34:40; 2 I Twaddle (NSP, M45) 35:30; 3 D Turnbull (Aln) 35:57; 4 M Brown (Morp, M35) 36:02; 5 F Bates (Morp, M45) 36:03; 6 C Smith (Morp, M35) 36:22; 7 C Johnson (Gate) 36:29; 8 D O’Brien (Clare, W35) 36:30; 9 B Maskell (Sun) 36:51; 10 S Stephanou (Newc U) 37:04; 11 S Hancox (Morp) 37:18; 12 C Townsend (Tyne Br) 37:20; 13 C Dwyer (Sun S) 37:38; 14 S Patterson (Morp, M35) 37:45; 15 C Franks (Gate) 37:53; 16 P Hemsley (Aln, M50) 37:54; 17 R Wade (Ayc, M35) 37:55; 18 C Huitson (Tyne Br) 37:59; 19 T Straughan (Morp) 38:03; 20 M Fenwick (Tyne Br) 38:08Fastest: Johnson 31:29; Hancox 32:18; Franks 32:53; Straughan 33:03; Fenwick 33:08; F Brodie (Tyne Br) 33:09. M45: T Scott (Tyne Br) 33:47TEAM (6 to score): Div 1: 1 Morpeth H 40; 2 Tyne Bridge H 102; 3 North Shields Poly 152; 4 Gateshead H 206; 5 Durham City H 221; 6 Sunderland H 240. Div 2: 1 Sunderland Strollers 84; 2 Alnwick H 85; 3 South Shields H 169. Div 3: 1 Houghton H 129; 2 Sedgefield H 157; 3 Blyth 162U17 (5km handicap):1 P Donald (Gosf) 17:15; 2 J Morris (Gate) 17:39; 3 J Boaden (Blay) 17:52; 4 L Marsh (Morp) 18:03; 5 M Waterfield (Morp) 18:14; 6 C Kirk (Morp) 18:39; 7 J Martin (J&H) 18:40; 8 J Stephenson (Dur) 19:10; 9 A Cunningham (Morp) 19:16; 10 O Aird (Walls) 19:24Fastest: B Horsfield (Dur) 16:52; R Leonard (Morp) 16:53; A Armstrong (Gate) 17:11 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 15; 2 Durham City H 34; 3 Jarrow & Hebburn 44U15 (3.2km handicap):1 S Gibson (Dur) 12:14; 2 D Dixon (Morp) 12:28; 3 A Hudspith (Morp) 12:34; 4 R Bennett (Els) 12:40; 5 T Ramsay (Gosf) 12:55; 6 M Summers (Walls) 12:56; 7 H Johnson (Hough) 12:59; 8 A Kempin (Hun) 12:59; 9 H Morris (Gate) 13:00; 10 T Sursham (NSP) 13:34Fastest: Dixon 10:43; Johnson 11:14; Morris 11:15 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 19; 2 Durham City H 38; 3 Gateshead H 48 U13 (3.2km handicap): 1 R Robson (Tyne) 12:58; 2 L White (Gosf) 13:10; 3 S Thompson (Black B) 13:15; 4 B Hodgson (Bill MH) 13:21; 5 D Waugh (SSh) 13:22; 6 K Mutch (Gosf) 13:30; 7 C Perkins (Birt) 13:37; 8 N Nicholson (Bill MH) 13:42; 9 O Bruce (Morp) 13:44; 10 D Race (Gate) 13:50Fastest: Mutch 11:45; Perkins 11:52; Race 12:05 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Billingham Marsh H H 25; 2 Gosforth H 38; 3 Morpeth H 46 U11 (1.2km): 1 N Curran (Gate) 5:16; 2 E Bond (Gosf) 5:22; 3 T Slane (Black B) 5:29Women (6.5km handicap): 1 S Dann (NSP, W40) 26:42; 2 C Price (Birt) 27:03; 3 A Dixon (Sun S, W35) 27:36; 4 S Pattinson (J&H) 27:56; 5 E Holt (Morp) 28:02; 6 A Sneddon (J&H) 28:19; 7 E Raven (Gate) 28:24; 8 K Gunn (NSP, W50) 28:42; 9 A Dargie (Tyne Br, W40) 28:45; 10 E Brown (Aln, W40) 28:46; 11 G Campbell (J&H) 28:50; 12 M Ferrier (Gate) 29:00; 13 R Lundgren (Gosf) 29:10; 14 K Walker (Birt) 29:12; 15 J Hodgson (Morp, W35) 29:16Fastest: Dixon 24:16; Holt 24:42; Sneddon 24:59; Dargie 25:25; Brown 25:26; Campbell 25:30


FELL / CROSS-COUNTRY

OCTOBER 9PENTLAND SKYLINE (SHR championships counter), Hillend, EdinburghOverall (16M/6200ft): 1 K Jones (Dark Pk) 2:15:52 (rec); 2 A Fallas (C’thy) 2:18:02; 3 M Strain (HBT) 2:26:41; 4 J Lennox (Shett) 2:28:35; 5 R Simpson (W’lands CC) 2:31:54; 6 D Flanagan (C’thy, M40) 2:33:21M50: S Whitlie (C’thy) 2:34:01. M60: D Scott (Ochil) 3:28:54Women: 1 C Morgan (C’thy, W40) 2:52:08; 2 H Bonsor (C’thy) 3:00:44; 3 G Tindley (HBT) 3:06:00; 4 A Darlington (Dund R) 3:09:46W50: V Oldham (Cosmic) 3:21:05. W60: J Scott (Fife) 4:04:30

WITHINS SKYLINE AND CURLY WURLY RAT RUNS, HaworthOverall (7M/1000ft): 1 T Adams (Ilkley) 38:32 (rec); 2 J Wood (Ilkley) 42:33; 3 H Holmes (York) 42:39; 4 R James (Royt R) 43:20; 5 A Worster (Tod) 43:42; 6 G Pearce (P&B) 44:01M40: C Holmes (Wharf) 44:20. M50: N Charlesworth (Wharf) 45:55. M60: D Collins (Tod) 53:59TEAM: Ilkley 16Women: 1 N Jackson (Prest) 47:52; 2 A Mason (Leeds U) 51:02; 3 J Buckley (Calder V, W40) 52:08; 4 L Collins (Calder V) 52:43W50: A Jonson (Calder V) 55:43. W60: A Baldwin (Stain) 64:14 (rec)TEAM: Calder V 13U18 (2M/300ft): 1 E Brennan (Ilkley, U16) 10:27; 2 M Merrick (Bing) 11:37; 3 L Hargreaves-Madhas (Wharf, U16) 11:41U16: 3 S Thomas (K&C) 12:24U18 women: 1 E Findlay (Bing, U16) 14:02; 2 V Merrick (Bing) 14:07; 3 H Thom (K&C) 14:47U16: 2 N Weston (Ilkley) 16:31; 3 G Yates (K&C) 18:11U14 (1M/150ft): 1 A Thompson (Wharf) 5:59; 2 W Thompson (Wharf) 6:07; 3 T Middleton (Horw, U12) 6:23U12: 2 W Hall (Calder V) 6:31; 3 D Thompson (Clay) 6:34U14 girls: 1 A Jones (Wharf, U12) 6:27 (rec); 2 E Jones (Wharf) 7:01; 3 P Anderson (Ilkley) 7:05U12: 2 A Whitaker (Harr) 7:21; 3 E Whitaker (Harr) 7:25

MENDIP MUDDLE, BlagdonOverall (12.4M/1400ft): 1 B Mitchell (Bris) 79:43; 2 C Green (Wells) 83:14; 3 D Hall (Cors, M40) 84:37; 4 S Ledger (Bris) 85:10; 5 P Murrin (Chep) 86:23; 6 R Kestle (Clevedon) 86:54M50: M Robinson (Bris) 94:13. M60: J Mallone (Nail) 97:54Women: 1 A Granger (Bris, W40)

88:32; 2 N Brookland (Bris) 89:31; 3 L Richens (W’bury) 98:31; 4 I Peck (Bris) 99:32W60: J Dodd (Chep) 2:07:34

BREIDDEN HILLS, CrigigonOverall (7M/2300ft): 1 D Jones (Mercia) 58:06; 2 S Hall (Shrews) 60:26; 3 M Palmer (MDC, M50) 61:31; 4 I Grindley (Mercia, M50) 61:52; 5 M Thomas (Mercia) 61:59M60: S Morran (N Mast) 69:47. M70: G Gunner (Croft A) 90:20Women: 1 R Parker (Mercia) 62:02; 2 M Price (Mercia, W40) 66:24; 3 K Beecher (Les C) 69:29W45: V Swingler (Shrops S) 72:19. W55: G Evans (Shrews) 86:48

OCTOBER 8LANGDALE HORSESHOE (English championships counter), Great LangdaleOverall (14M/4000ft): 1 S Tosh (Ross) 1:59:51; 2 S Bailey (Mercia) 2:01:55; 3 C Bell (Kesw) 2:02:00; 4 R Findlay-Robinson (Dark Pk) 2:02:48; 5 B Mounsey (Calder V) 2:05:33; 6 J Crickmore (Dark Pk) 2:09:20; 7 M Lamb (Kesw) 2:09:28; 8 I Holmes (Bing, M50) 2:10:03; 9 J Wright (Amble) 2:10:27; 10 N Barber (Penn) 2:10:47; 11 K Collison (B’dale F) 2:11:09; 12 M Donnelly (B’dale F, M40) 2:11:28; 13 J Wood (Ilkley) 2:12:27; 14 K Gray (Calder V, M45) 2:12:57; 15 T Ellis (Calder V) 2:12:58; 16 G Greenhow (Amble) 2:14:22; 17 R McGrath (Ellen) 2:15:08; 18 P Vale (Mercia, M40) 2:15:25; 19 M John (N Leeds F) 2:15:40; 20 J Baxter (P&B) 2:15:53; 21 J Williams (Dark Pk) 2:16:11; 22 M Reedy (Amble, M40) 2:16:18; 23 A Perry (Helm H) 2:16:19; 24 C Tinnion (Ellen) 2:16:37; 25 L Maude (Barl) 2:16:58M55: P Pearson (N Fells) 2:34:08. M60: B Horn (B’dale F) 2:54:01. M65: D Tait (Dark Pk) 3:17:38TEAM (provisional): 1 Dark Pk 97; 2 Calder V 115; 3 Kesw 117; 4 Amble 121; 5 Helm H 177Women: 1 V Wilkinson (Bing) 2:22:50; 2 N Jackson (Prest) 2:27:07; 3 L Roberts (Amble, W40) 2:32:26; 4 S Taylor (Helm H) 2:37:25; 5 J Jepson (Dark Pk, W50) 2:38:36; 6 S Horrocks (Ross) 2:39:51; 7 H Berry (Holm, W40) 2:40:22; 8 A Bartlett (Mercia, W45) 2:41:55; 9 S Ridgway (Mercia, W40) 2:45:43; 10 S Jones (Amble) 2:46:14; 11 G Sugden (Calder V, W40) 2:47:13; 12 R Hill (Sett, W45) 2:47:27; 13 L Spain (Helm H) 2:51:37; 14 C Spurden (Kesw) 2:51:53; 15 J Caddick (Dark Pk, W40) 2:52:45W55: B Weight (Bing) 3:17:35. W65: W Dodds (Clay) 3:23:41

FELL

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TEAM (4 to score): Div 1: 1 North Shields Poly 39; 2 Gateshead H 41; 3 Tynedale H 61; 4 Tyne Bridge H 65; 5 Alnwick H 70; 6 South Shields H 97. Div 2: 1 Morpeth H 26; 2 Gosforth H 49; 3 Heaton H 52. Div 3: 1 Jarrow & Hebburn 14; 2 Ponteland 74; 3 Claremont 75U20 (5km handicap): 1 R Purves (Gosf, U17) 19:36; 2 H Mainprize (Clare, U20) 19:43; 3 J Fox (Sun, U20) 19:45; 4 S Knight (Sun, U17) 20:18; 5 E Quinn (Sun, U17) 20:28; 6 G Hufton (Morp, U17) 20:30; 7 H Short (Birt, U17) 20:31; 8 R Bennett (Els, U17) 20:34; 9 E Hegarty (NSP, U17) 20:35; 10 A Brown (Morp, U20) 20:54Fastest: Purves 18:26; Fox 18:35; Short 19:21 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Sunderland H 12; 2 Morpeth H 29; 3 Gosforth H 38 U15 (3.2km handicap): 1 I Pentland (Darl-gst) 12:48; 2 L Tickner (Gate) 14:19; 3 O Stewart (Tyne) 14:23; 4 H Peck (Morp) 14:26; 5 M Craig (NSP) 14:37; 6 A Baker (Gate) 14:42; 7 K Wood (SSh) 14:44; 8 S Robson (J&H) 14:46; 9 L James (Hough) 14:55; 10 A Nicholson (Gosf) 14:58Fastest: Peck 12:41; Pentland 12:48; Robson 13:01

TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 29; 2 Houghton H 40; 3 Gosforth H 41U13 (3.2km handicap): 1 E Keeler-Clarke (Dur) 13:08; 2 M Breese (Aln) 14:14; 3 E Chong (CleS) 14:30; 4 O Katory (Gosf) 14:40; 5 F Recchia (Blay) 14:43; 6 N Phillips (Hough) 14:49; 7 M Openshaw (Birt) 14:54; 8 N Hall (Hough) 14:56; 9 L Bradley (NSP) 14:58; 10 B Iveson (Crook) 15:02Fastest: Chong 12:45; Katory 12:55; Phillips 13:04 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Houghton H 27; 2 Birtley 45; 3 Gosforth H 47 U11 (1.2km): 1 H Bowyer (Black B) 5:45; 2 F Gibson (Dur) 5:48; 3 I Herbert (Bill MH) 5:50

OCTOBER 2WEST MIDLANDS YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE, WarwickU17 men (4.8km): 1 J Lay (R&N) 16:44; 2 J Musgrove (R&N) 17:18; 3 M Hassan (R&N) 17:23; 4 C McLeod (SSH) 17:25; 5 M Hogg (W&B) 17:28; 6 M Chronicle (R&N) 17:29; 7 K Hopewell (SSH) 17:35; 8 R James (R&N) 17:42; 9 G West (Leam) 17:43; 10 K Chahal (Leam) 17:53 U15 (3.2km): 1 A Caulfield (R&N) 11:09;

2 A Saul-Braddock (W&B) 11:31; 3 K Coleman-Smith (Nun) 11:43; 4 H Hardy-Smith (C&S) 11:45; 5 O Jones (Strat) 12:04; 6 J Hamilton (B&R) 12:07; 7 Z Minchin (Spark) 12:08; 8 J Humpage (W&B) 12:09; 9 M Kent (Tam) 12:10; 10 A Visram Cipolletta (SSH) 12:10 U13 (2.5km): 1 J Vaughan (Worc) 9:07; 2 J Robins (B&R) 9:09; 3 S Mannings (Hale) 9:12; 4 H Faizey (SSH) 9:12; 5 N Bennett (R&N) 9:13; 6 T Bentley (Tip) 9:17; 7 L Buttrick (R&N) 9:19; 8 L Kendrick (Strat) 9:22; 9 B Frost (Spark) 9:23; 10 J Sispal (Leam) 9:24U11 (1.6km): 1 A Adams (Strat) 5:35; 2 A Tilt (R&N) 5:38; 3 F Robins (B&R) 5:46 U17 women (4km): 1 L Higgins (Hale) 15:41; 2 A Saker (Hale) 15:43; 3 K Simpson (Hale) 15:56; 4 Z Brickley (W&B) 16:17; 5 A Walker (R&N) 16:18; 6 I Davies (C&S) 16:21; 7 B Walker (Tip) 16:26; 8 E Bowen (B&R) 16:30; 9 R Brayer (Tam) 16:31; 10 G Chattwood (C&S) 16:36 U15 (3.2km): 1 J Humpreys (W&B) 12:50; 2 M Williams (R&N) 13:03; 3 E Semple (W&B) 13:21; 4 G Campbell (Strat) 13:29; 5 E Clawley (Tam) 13:39; 6 S Causer (Tip) 13:46; 7 A Nicod (B&R) 13:48; 8 L Stevens (R&N) 13:48; 9 A Pearce (R&N) 13:53; 10 C Pettitt (Bir) 13:55 U13 (2.5km): 1 A Harland (Bir) 9:15; 2 J Ruane (K&S) 9:33; 3 T Ward (W&B) 9:39; 4 E Bullock (W&B) 9:50; 5 A Westwood (W&B) 9:50; 6 N Hatfield (B&R) 9:51; 7 A Hamer (Tam) 9:52; 8 C Cashmore (B&R) 9:56; 9 B Dyall (W&B) 10:03; 10 E Grace (Bir) 10:08 U11 (1.6km): 1 C Prince (RSC) 6:18; 2 S Williams (W&B) 6:18; 3 I Jones (W&B) 6:19

MULTI-TERRAIN

OCTOBER 9HELLHOLE 10km, StanleyOverall: 1 M Joyeux (Quak) 35:54; 2 M Barker (Sun, M35) 37:07; 3 D Best (Black B, M35) 38:25; 4 P Duffy (Black B, M40) 39:31; 5 E Gowland (M40) 40:09; 6 D Gill 41:12; 7 A Malloy (Derw V) 41:13; 8 G Pearson (Derw V T, M45) 41:35; 9 D Bradshaw (M35) 41:53; 10 S Smith (Sun, M35) 42:04TEAM (3 to score): 1 Blackhill Bounders 26 Women: 1 C Young (Clare) 45:41; 2 G Soulsby (Dur) 48:33; 3 R Walmsley (Els, W45) 49:49; 4 N Shaw (W35) 51:59; 5 H Taylor (Derw, W35) 53:20; 6 K Conway (Wash) 53:58 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Darlington H 72

BREATHING SPACE CALLANDER 10km AND 5km, CallanderOverall (10km, all M40): 1 A Hume (M40) 39:18; 2 S Henderson (M40) 39:49; 3 I Carroll 40:34M50: A Kerr 46:23Women: 1 K McBirnie (W35) 46:31; 2 E Oates 50:11; 3 M Scott (W45) 50:13

CHICHESTER HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 J Baker (Chich, M35) 79:02; 2 M Neville 84:32; 3 C Rodmell (Chich, M40) 85:53 Women: 1 A Sydenham (Chich, W40) 93:46; 2 E Murray (StA RR, W50) 96:19; 3 M Walton (W40) 96:37

BISLEY 10km, GloucestershireOverall: 1 C Jones (Here) 37:34; 2 J Wickens 37:41; 3 J Powis (T Tri) 38:36Women: 1 L Mitchell (C’wold) 42:03; 2 R Jones (Here) 46:06; 3 T Hooper (Stroud) 46:09

DUNOON ULTRA 50kmOverall: 1 M Tweedley (Dunnon HR, M40) 4:13:42; 2 R Cooper (M40) 4:29:11; 3 K Rogers (M40) 4:37:47; 4 C Ritchie (Dunoon HR) 4:51:45; 5 M Bell (Fife, M40) 5:02:24M50: P Humphries 5:19:50Women: 1 M Robson 5:03:28; 2 F Ramsay (Cani) 5:25:20; 3 E Somerville (Bella R, W40) 5:26:42; 4 L Marshall (Dunoon HR, W40) 5:31:38W50: B Halewood 6:49:11

EDMONTON RUN THE RIVER 10kmOverall: 1 R Lowe (M45) 36:21; 2 A Martin Romero (E Lon) 36:29; 3 P Brennan (M40) 36:30 M50: 1 K Esdaille 40:46Women: 1 L O’donoghue 41:45; 2 S Wright (W35) 43:30; 3 K Kruse 44:18

GRANTCHESTER CHARITY 10km, CambridgeshireOverall: 1 S McKenna 34:52; 2 J Markovic 36:51; 3 V Johansen 38:45Women: 1 R Lindley 40:45; 2 J Tas 41:07; 3 J Davis 42:36

GREENSAND MARATHON & HALF-MARATHON, Dorking, SurreyOverall (26.2M): 1 A Green (SAF) 3:23:59; 2 S Rollings (AFD, W40) 3:36:47Women: 1 Rollings 3:36:47; 2 C St Clair (Clap, W40) 4:08:44Overall (13.1M): 1 S Winder (E&E, M45) 86:00; 2 D Jeffries (DMV) 87:11Women: 1 E Jukes (Tri Lon) 1:49:05; 2 V Gosling (H’worth) 1:54:54

HENLEY HALF-MARATHON, OxfordshireOverall: 1 M Richards 72:45; 2 B Reynolds (THH, M50) 75:45; 3 A Wood 78:55Women: 1 M Jones-Walters 89:54; 2 C Meachun 95:21; 3 K Harris (U20) 96:04W50: K Curruthers 1:41:35

HERTS 10km, HarpendenOverall: 1 M Glowacki 33:29; 2 E MacKenzie (SB) 33:32; 3 W Raath 34:13; 4 D McAlpine 34:41M40: 1 I Bryson (Harp) 35:37; 2 G Smith (St Alb) 35:50. M50: 1 D Walmsley 37:06; 2 D Coney 37:35; 3 D Russell (Harp) 37:58Women: 1 L Cowley (Gard CR) 40:16; 2 R Cackett 40:51; 3 C Jacobs-Conradie (Lut) 41:51

INNOVATION SPORTS HALF & 10km, Clapham Common, LondonOverall (13.1M): 1 S MacDougall (Fulham) 75:32; 2 M Innocenti (ITA) 79:37; 3 P James (Clap) 80:16

Women: 1 P Goodman 99:47; 2 J Bass (TVH) 1:40:56; 3 S Groot (L City) 1:43:08Overall (10km): A Fuller 38:55Women: L Buckingham 47:06

OFFTRAC 10, TickhillOverall: 1 O James (K’worth, M35) 64:03; 2 K Doyle (K’worth, M40) 65:15; 3 S Haywood (Barns H, M40) 65:43 Women: 1 L James (K’worth, W35) 67:57; 2 G Barber (Malt, W35) 78:30; 3 R Hunt (K’worth) 80:33

PETTS WOOD 10km, KentOverall: 1 A Locke (Dulw) 36:01; 2 C Biddle (Dartf) 36:11; 3 G Nicholas (Dulw) 36:16; 4 P Tucker (B&B, M35) 37:13 M45: 1 R Brown 38:00. M50: 1 T Durey (Dartf) 38:33. M60: 1 J Barron (Kent) 45:40. M65: 1 K Fancett (Beck) 46:32. M70: 1 R Wood 45:25Women: 1 J Keene (B&B, U20) 38:49; 2 M Heslop (Padd W, W45) 38:52; 3 H Behagg (Dartf RR, W40) 39:55; 4 C Day (Padd W, W35) 40:53; 5 C Reeves (Dartf) 40:56 W40: 2 A Johnson (Dartf) 43:31

PHOENIX IT’S A NUMBERS GAME MARATHON, Walton-on-ThamesOverall: 1 L Rogers 2:59:09; 2 M Pywell (I&I, M40) 3:47:27; 3 M Palmer 3:51:19 Women: 1 K Stevens 4:41:25; 2 L Tidbury 4:46:14; 3 E Dean 4:53:19

RIDGEWAY RUN, Tring, HertfordshireOverall (15.5km): 1 S Buckle (St Alb) 55:50; 2 M Crabtree (Gade) 57:10; 3 T Grimes (E Lon) 58:16Women: 1 C Hallissey (B&W) 64:17; 2 F Cripps (Chich R, W35) 65:37; 3 A Gabb (Dac) 65:57

RUN WINSFORD 10km, WinsfordOverall: 1 J Smith (Lymm) 36:23; 2 P Littler 36:32; 3 L Skeldon (Goyt, M40) 37:56 Women: 1 G Barnett (Vale R) 38:59; 2 H Carter (Sandb, W40) 40:15; 3 L Meadows (Vale R, W40) 43:19

RUSHMOOR WELLESLEY 10km, Aldershot, HampshireOverall: 1 M King 35:55; 2 S Kennedy (B’water) 36:36; 3 J Quinlan (AFD) 37:07Women: 1 N Densley (Camb’ly) 43:41; 2 R Briggs (Hart) 44:35; 3 R O’Hara 44:48

RUTHERFORD APPLETON 10km, Didcot, OxfordshireOverall: 1 T Clarke (Head RR) 36:05; 2 B Whalley (Read RR, M40) 36:17; 3 A Gow 36:50M60: N Hoult (Read RR) 39:55Women: 1 S Waterman 47:54; 2 S Whalley (Read RR, W40) 48:14; 3 J Coxhead (Newb, W50) 48:46

SECOND SUNDAY 5, WimbledonOverall: 1 M Marriage 31:06; 2 P Ballingall (Poole) 32:13; 3 J Devoy (Fulham) 33:00Women: 1 R Penfold (Fulham) 35:01; 2 M Marriage (Fulham) 38:00; 3 A Lucas (Fulham) 40:56

STUDLAND STAMPEDE 12km, DorsetOverall: 1 P Mosley (M40) 46:44; 2 C Kennedy-Burn (M40) 47:21; 3 A Ridley (M50) 48:345Women: 1 J Hanna 52:14; 2 C Squire 54:57; 3 L Goldsack (W50) 58:48

HERON WAY 10km, HorshamOverall: 1 M Firth 38:00; 2 D Wallace 39:06; 3 B Keen 40:43Women: 1 L Potten (Horsh J, W35) 43:36; 2 R Rankin 44:47; 3 R Lloyd-Smith 45:30


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OCTOBER 9ARMAGH ADIDAS 10, ArmaghOverall (10M): 1 P Hamilton (Slieve G, M35) 51:26; 2 S Lynch (Newc) 53:18; 3 S Duncan (Omagh, M40) 53:43; 4 B Murphy (Derry) 54:43; 5 G Heaney (Stpl) 56:04; 6 P McCullagh (Sper, M35) 56:18; 7 C Curran (NBH, M40) 56:36; 8 G Henderson (Armagh, M45) 56:37; 9 M Hewitt (East Coast) 56:48 M40: 3 J Brown (NBH) 57:49. M50: 1 G Shields (NER) 61:39. M55: 1 G O’Connell 63:03 Women: 1 L Graham (Mourne) 59:30; 2 E Mitchell (Q Uni Bel) 60:10; 3 C Mccourt (W40) 60:27; 4 L Smith (NBH, W45) 62:38 W45: 2 P Lindsay (NBH) 68:53; 3 J Plumb (NBH) 69:01; 4 G Glynn 69:38. W55: 1 P Brown (Newry) 74:15. W70: 1 B Quinn (Ballym R) 90:49

BORDERS LEAGUE, CaernarfonOverall (10km): 1 P Robertson (Wirr) 33:38; 2 P Langan (Wirr, M40) 34:04; 3 P Tomczak (Buck) 34:05; 4 R Grantham (Ches TC, M40) 34:44; 5 J Brown (Buck, M40) 34:46; M40: 4 S Buckle (Chest C) 35:35; 5 S Laker (Wirr) 35:42. M45: L Jones (Dees AC) 35:23. M55: T Barbat (W’sey) 37:45TEAM: Div.1: 1 W’sey 349; 2 Wirr 381; 3 W Ches 383; 4 Buck 389; 5 P’atyn 664; 6 Hels 802Div.2: 1 Eryri 398; 2 Ches TC 408; 3 A’gele 424VETS TEAM: 1 W Ches 237; 2 W’sey 313; 3 Buck 368Women: 1 S Kearney (Wirr, W40) 39:12; 2 N Whitfield-Bird (Elles P, W35) 40:15; 3 A Bagnall (P’atyn) 40:33W40: 2 L Grantham (Ches TC) 40:53. W45: J McHugh (Ches TC) 42:23. W50: H Berrett (Buck) 44:12. W60: 1 M Rees (W’sey) 45:34; 2 C Birch (A’gele) 48:46U20: K Clarke (W Ches) 40:53TEAM: Div.1: 1 W Ches 40; 2 Ches TC 63; 3 W’sey 75; 4 P’atyn 86; 5 Wirr 87; 6 Buck 115Div.2: 1 Eryri 75; 2 Deestr 89; 3 Tatten 118VETS TEAM: 1 Ches TC 26; 2 Wirr 30; 3 W’sey 68

BURRINGHAM 10km, BurringhamOverall: 1 B Sadowyj (Bart D) 34:38; 2 D Robinson (Scun) 35:20; 3 J Caldwell 36:01 Women: 1 J Walker (W35) 41:14; 2 S Hobbins (Wold, W45) 43:59; 3 E Humphries (W40) 44:32 W65: 1 B Brown (Wold) 46:52

CROYDON 10km, SurreyOverall: 1 R Drake (S Lon) 32:52; 2 T Higgs (S Lon) 33:12; 3 P Coales (SoC) 34:27M55: D Ogden (S Lon) 37:12Women: 1 M Cecconi (E&E) 40:32; 2 H Murray 41:08; 3 D Lewis (FoT) 42:30W45: S Williams (Met P) 42:54. W50: P Major (S Lon) 44:06

DERBY CITY HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 A Pilcher (Der) 70:14; 2 S Price (Uk net, M35) 73:52; 3 J Kirkup 77:00 M40: 1 M Cartwright (Derw R) 77:40 Women: 1 L Insley (Hean, W45) 86:56; 2 T Greenway (Der, W50) 89:48; 3 J Burke (Hean, W50) 93:49

GIVAUDAN ASHFORD 10km, Ashford, KentOverall: 1 A Tsegay (Inv EK) 31:10; 2 R Latala (Ashf D) 32:49; 3 D O’Mahoney

(Inv EK, M40) 32:50; 4 A Money (Orp) 33:07; 5 S Begg (Manc TC) 33:09; 6 S Jones (Cant, M40) 34:30 M45: 1 M Champion (I&I) 35:57. M50: 1 A Howey (Tun W) 35:32; 2 T Bately (Deal TC) 35:39; 3 M Kelk (Inv EK) 37:13. M55: 1 K Williams (Ashf) 38:33. M60: 1 J Graham (S’oaks) 38:54; 2 P Butler (Ashf D) 39:45. M70: 1 M Rouse (Vets) 44:47. M75: 1 D Moorekite (Larkf) 48:04 Women: 1 J Benson (Cant, W35) 39:26; 2 R McDonnell (Deal TC, W40) 40:15; 3 B Morrish (Padd W) 40:36 W40: 2 M Dodd (M’stone) 41:16. W50: 1 J Phillips (Orp) 43:43

ISLE OF WIGHT MARATHON, CowesOverall: 1 P Thompson (B’mth) 2:40:29; 2 J Chettle (THH) 2:43:43; 3 R La Cock 2:46:20 M40: 1 C Redhead 2:52:55. M55: 1 A McEwen (Ryde) 3:09:26 Women: 1 K Morgan 3:34:22; 2 C Levermore (Serp, W40) 3:37:16; 3 J McCabe (Ryde, W35) 3:41:15

NEIL McCOVER MEMORIAL HALF-MARATHON inc BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, KirkintillochNOT surprisingly, Scottish athletes dominated this BMAF Championships with M40 Rob Gilroy winning by two minutes from Kerry-Liam Wilson. Overall: 1 R Gilroy (Cambus, M40) 71:43; 2 K Wilson (Cambus, M45) 73:43; 3 K Brydon (Shett) 74:45; 4 P Martin (Bush J, M35) 74:51 M40: 2 L O’Hare (Kirk O) 75:54; 3 S Allan (Kirk O) 76:30. M45: 2 R Whittington (Bella RR) 76:37. M50: 1 S Mackenzie (Cambus) 79:34; 2 N Robbins (Ham) 82:33. M55: 1 M Hall (Otl) 78:45. M65: 1 A McLinden (Ham) 89:36; 2 N Baillie (Gars) 94:48; 3 D Pettifer (Kenil) 95:14. M70: 1 R Young (C’dale) 94:40; 2 G Newton (Tadw) 96:39 Women: 1 L Henderson (Forf, W40) 88:46; 2 Y Thandrayen (P’bello, W40) 89:02; 3 P McCrossan (C’dale, W55) 92:26 W40: 3 W Taylor (Strathe) 92:38. W60: 1 E Christie (Cambus) 93:07. W65: 1 A Bath (26.2) 1:56:18. W70: 1 A Docherty (Forres) 1:57:56

PERKINS GREAT EASTERN HALF MARATHON, PeterboroughKENYANS dominated this race as usual, the visitors hogging the first four spots, led by favourite Shadrack Korir, and claiming the women’s race via Teresiah Omosa.

Korir had won the previous week’s Cardiff Half-marathon in an event record of 60:54 so it was no surprise to see him cross the line first in 63:38. He had pulled away his Project Africa stablemate Gideon Kimosop with around 2km to go to win by 19 seconds.

Brits Aaron Scott and Ben Livesey took the pace on at the front for the first two miles, clocking sub-fives, but the Kenyans took over and pulled away from around three miles.

Scott, who lives in nearby Stamford and knows the flat and fast course well, worked together with Livesey, who had been top Brit last year, until around eight miles.

Then Scott moved away to come home fourth in 67:11 as Ben Parslow passed the struggling Livesey to clock a PB of 67:36.

Scott, who has a top-end aim of 2:16 for the Frankfurt Marathon at the end of this month, said: “I said I could run between 65 and a half and 67 and a half, but I did the relays yesterday, I was a bit sore in my legs and I didn’t really attack

it early on. The wind being in your face in the first half was quite tough.

”The hard part is knowing those splits I was running at the end are the splits I need to run for the marathon, but hopefully off fresh legs... I’ve done three weeks of 130 miles. Hopefully I’ll feel better on race day.”

Morpeth’s Ady Whitwam was top vet with 68:52, while M45 Karl Spielmann was also notable with 71:16.

Omosa completed her third half-marathon victory in as many weeks, the day before she was due to return home to Kenya.

Her time of 75:06 was the slowest of her campaign after victories in Wilmlow and Ealing. Although saying she liked the course, she admitted to feeling tired after her recent exploits.

She was almost caught by Kent AC’s Amy Clements, who was next across the line in a PB of 75:15.

Birchfield’s Nicole Roberts, who had been seeking to break 80 minutes on her half-marathon debut, was third woman with 76:18, running a negative split with the slight wind behind on the way back to the city centre.

Nene Valley’s 49-year-old Philippa Taylor, who has been battling Achilles problems over the last couple of years, was back in form with the best veteran time of 82:55 as she competed in her biggest local race.Overall (HM): 1 S Korir (KEN) 63:38; 2 G Kimosop (KEN) 63:57; 3 J Kemei (KEN) 65:19; 4 B Kipkoech (KEN) 66:25; 5 A Scott (Linc W) 67:11; 6 J Parslow (D&T) 67:36; 7 B Livesey (Notts, M35) 68:01; 8 P Navesey (Craw) 68:50; 9 A Whitwam (Morp, M40) 68:52; 10 J Tipper (Kent, M35) 70:30; 11 K Spielmann (M45) 71:16; 12 S Robinson (P’boro) 71:28; 13 E Hind (L Buzz) 71:54; 14 B Savill (Croy) 72:02; 15 W Brewin 72:06; 16 M Vaughan (N Herts, M45) 72:17; 17 S Horton (Bed C, M35) 72:18; 18 C Wright (Nene V) 72:23; 19 D Hudson 72:55; 20 G Driver (Hay H, M35) 73:15; 21 R Crichton (Kent) 73:21; 22 B Corleys (M40) 73:30; 23 S Haw (P’boro) 73:35; 24 P Cheetham (Barnes, M40) 73:36; 25 P Dickens (Camb H, M35) 73:37; 26 M Slater (C&C) 73:47; 27 G Mcdermott (Herm, M45) 74:00; 28 R 5241 74:15; 29 R Goddard (Sitt) 74:25; 30 G Ramsay (FVS, M40) 74:27; 31 M Channing (Nene V) 74:28; 32 K O’Holleran (C&C) 74:39; 33 P Sanders (Kent, M40) 74:43; 34 T Comerford (Mil K) 74:44; 35 R Carol (Clap C, M40) 74:53; 36 T Farrer (Hunts, M40) 74:55; 37 I Clark (Orion, M35) 74:56 M40: 8 P Halford (Werr J) 75:42; 9 J Skinner (Stam S) 75:58; 10 N Pask (QPH) 76:32; 11 T Tickner (Birst) 77:39. M45: 4 S Herring (Mil K) 75:47; 5 A Mitchell (TVH) 76:21; 6 D Potter (Mid M) 76:54; 7 J Ratcliffe (Herne H) 78:46. M50: 1 M Kingsbury (Charn) 76:25; 2 J Morris (Stam S) 78:43; 3 R Dixon (Knowle & Dorridge) 79:52; 4 J Ferguson (C&C) 79:58; 5 D Pearce (Leic C) 80:09; 6 N Jones (Ampt) 82:23; 7 R Billington (Desf) 82:25; 8 J Anderson (C&C) 82:44; 9 K Willett (Bed H) 82:53. M55: 1 P Duncan (Linc W) 81:35; 2 T Back (Ips J) 81:56; 3 I Lamb (Mil K) 82:27; 4 M Conroy 82:36; 5 K Shelton-Smith (Bed H) 85:35. M60: 1 B White (FVS) 88:48. M65: 1 S Mead (S’mkt) 91:37; 2 M Dempster (Bed H) 97:24; 3 B Kearsey (Stam S) 98:12. M70: 1 T Brackstone (SC Vets) 98:35; 2 T Fone (Eye) 1:40:19; 3 G Smith (C&C) 1:43:08. U20: 1 A Ben-Israel (P’boro) 77:24 Women: 1 T Omosa (Run Fast) 75:06; 2 A Clements (Kent) 75:15; 3 N Roberts (Bir) 76:18; 4 H Davies (Ips J, W35) 76:59; 5 S Stradling (Col H, W40) 79:06;

6 A Holyland (Wreak, W35) 79:23; 7 E Dews (B’mth, W40) 81:35; 8 E Proto (Arena) 81:54; 9 L Thomas (Ips J) 82:05; 10 P Taylor (Nene V, W45) 82:55; 11 M Vernon (Trent, W45) 83:27; 12 R Gibbs (Werr J) 83:35; 13 M Bagnati (Serp) 84:33; 14 M Neal (March, W40) 84:37; 15 C Steels 84:51; 16 A Gounelas (Eton M, W35) 84:51; 17 R Andrews (N’hant RR) 84:57; 18 T Murphy (Kent, W35) 85:40; 19 K Murphy (Barn, W45) 86:14; 20 S Hanley (Kent) 86:28 W40: 4 H Taranowski (W4H) 88:52; 5 L Kristiansen (Rut RC) 91:13; 6 T Alcaraz 91:26; 7 J Spencer (Notts) 93:00; 8 G Crane 93:11; 9 D Wax 93:43. W50: 1 V Jennings (Ips J) 93:10; 2 J Brown (Road) 96:43; 3 V Middlebrook (Stam S) 96:45; 4 P Andrews (N’hant RR) 97:24; 5 M Caulfield 99:56. W55: 1 K Munn (Kett) 93:05; 2 C McCarthy (P’fract) 95:31; 3 A Wood (Werr J) 96:33. W60: 1 G Holmes 89:36; 2 N Haggart (Bed H) 1:40:43; 3 C Trundle (Haver) 1:45:07; 4 L Walker 1:47:57. W65: 1 D Perring (Stam S) 1:58:52

PLUSNET YORKSHIRE MARATHON, YorkJUST two weeks after running 2:16:58 in Berlin, Paul Martelletti achieved his fourth sub-2:20 of the year with a near eight-minute victory.

Tom Charles achieved a PB in second, just two weeks after running the marathon in Loch Ness.

Sarah Lowery was another to run a PB as her 2:45:53 won her the women’s race from top W40 Jo Zakrzewski.

In fifth place, Treena Johnson set a British W55 record of 2:56:19 to almost match her 2:56:16 London time when she was still a W50.Overall (Mar): 1 P Martelletti (M35) 2:19:36; 2 T Charles 2:27:28; 3 S Harrington (M35) 2:28:05; 4 A Myers (VP&TH) 2:29:17; 5 J Parapia (M35) 2:30:20; 6 J Watson (Taun, M40) 2:31:15; 7 J Blaiklock 2:34:06; 8 P Eccleston (Burn RR, M35) 2:37:08; 9 D Smithers (Knaves, M40) 2:37:49; 10 D Thomas (M40) 2:38:21; 11 C Wartnaby (C&C, M45) 2:38:31; 12 J Trevelyan (M35) 2:39:11; 13 F Pardini

(Vall) 2:40:49; 14 S Medd (Gate, M35) 2:41:14; 15 S Fletcher (Seaf, M50) 2:41:43; 16 J Clifford (Even, M45) 2:42:18; 17 A Chadfield (Bill MH, M40) 2:43:11; 18 S Hobson (Drif, M40) 2:43:28; 19 S Lambert (M35) 2:43:28; 20 H Walker (Malv) 2:43:52; 21 J Stringer (Woot RR) 2:44:13; 22 R White (Bux, M40) 2:44:32; 23 N Emmerson (Radc, M35) 2:45:16; 24 R Morris 2:45:17; 25 D Driver (HPH, M35) 2:45:43; 26 S Lowery (Sheff RC, W) 2:45:53; 27 J Cox (Sedge, M40) 2:46:00; 28 T Baker (M40) 2:46:22; 29 M Carwardine (Centu, M50) 2:47:29; 30 D Robinson (BRAT, M35) 2:47:47; 31 D Jones (Leeds U) 2:47:49; 32 G Cooke 2:48:19; 33 J Hartley (Kent) 2:49:00; 34 J Zakrzewski (W40) 2:49:05; 35 R Ginn (Pock, M45) 2:49:18; 36 N Williamson (M40) 2:49:41; 37 R Grant (M40) 2:49:50; 38 N Hume (Gard CR, M40) 2:49:57 M40: 12 J Roden 2:51:58; 13 H Lippiatt 2:53:58. M45: 4 A Bushby (CoH) 2:56:11. M50: 3 J Tarran (Vall) 2:55:17; 4 D Bilton (Leeds C) 2:56:32; 5 P Windle (Weth) 2:59:17; 6 T Straughan (Sky) 2:59:23. M55: 1 J Watson (THH) 2:53:51. M60: 1 I Brown (Tyne) 3:00:01; 2 R Barker (Denb DT) 3:09:58; 3 S Boynton (York A) 3:18:53 Women: 1 Lowery 2:45:53; 2 Zakrzewski 2:49:05; 3 M Nolan (W35) 2:54:24; 4 S Gruber (Inv EK, W40) 2:55:52; 5 T Johnson (Dews, W55) 2:56:19; 6 E Yates (Knaves, W45) 2:59:56; 7 R Johnson (W45) 3:09:13; 8 R Cesar De Sa (Sky, W40) 3:09:44; 9 A Lancaster (Knaves, W40) 3:10:39; 10 D Edmondson (W40) 3:10:56; 11 R Hawxby (Knaves, W40) 3:11:08; 12 J Roberts (W35) 3:11:43; 13 K Allen (Bail, W40) 3:12:20; 14 H Oldroyd 3:12:21; 15 M Gibson (Eal E) 3:13:37 W45: 3 W Harrison 3:21:55; 4 M Leishman 3:26:56; 5 S Straw (Keigh) 3:27:40; 6 J Freeman (Elv) 3:28:50. W50: 1 J Bolton (Kingstone) 3:24:31; 2 S Gill (H’gate) 3:25:14; 3 C Hemming (100MC) 3:28:50; 4 F Greer 3:34:40. W55: 2 J Binns (Datch) 3:32:02; 3 A Barker 3:42:12. W60: 1 J Geddes 3:51:31; 2 J Hardman 3:59:56Wheelchair: 1 C Hall 2:03:41; 2 C Nash 2:03:58; 3 J Jones (W) 2:05:57


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VITALITY OXFORD HALF-MARATHON, OxfordPAUL WHITTAKER won the men’s race by around 100 metres in 67:18 and the winning margin in the women’s race was almost double that as Molly Browne set a PB of 81:14.Overall: 1 P Whittaker (S’end) 67:18; 2 A Milne (E&H) 67:41; 3 E Totten (Serp) 67:51; 4 J Franklin (Serp) 69:23; 5 R Waldron (Soton) 69:32; 6 J Cornish (HW) 70:10; 7 J Bennett (Stridersofcroydon) 71:35; 8 M Robinson (Oxf C) 71:48; 9 D Nolan (Croy) 71:57; 10 A Burgess (Oxf C) 72:11; 11 S Naylor 72:47; 12 L Green 73:11; 13 G Anderson (Kent) 74:01; 14 J Richardson (Oxf C, M45) 74:12; 15 C Dettmar (Head, M45) 74:13; 16 D Blake (Oxf C, M35) 74:46; 17 J Farmer (Redway) 74:47; 18 G Wood (Harb, M35) 74:59 M40: 1 J Eve (Head) 75:14; 2 P Gaimster (VP&TH) 75:41; 3 T Jones (Oxf C) 77:09. M45: 3 E Boden 75:21. M50: 1 K Lowies (Head) 81:14. M55: 1 K Murray (Serp) 83:06; 3 H Van Zyl (Abing) 83:20; 4 J Nelson (Alch) 84:23. M65: 1 F Mckenna 97:29; 2 R Solomons (High) 98:10 Women: 1 M Browne (BRAT) 81:14; 2 K Niehaus (Oxf U CC) 81:54; 3 V Briggs 83:01; 4 N Mitchell (Read) 84:00; 6 S Winter (Strag, W40) 84:19; 7 L Cummings 84:26; 8 B Bowness (Soton) 85:18; 9 H Eastham (BRAT) 85:24; 10 H Record 85:28; 11 D Allen (Hook N) 86:16; 12 C Ruckteschler 86:23; 13 E Mcallister (W35) 86:24 W40: 3 B Lewisman-murray 87:24; 5 R Shaw (Head) 89:46; 6 S Davies (Oxf C) 91:54; 7 W Prowse (Bexley) 93:39. W45: 1 E Coleman-jones (Ach) 87:22; 2 C Bond (Strag) 88:42; 3 J Neal (B&B) 89:03; 4 G Larham (March) 89:49. W50: 2 K Angwin 94:17; 2 K Lyness 98:19. W55: 1 K Tillyer 97:03; 3 L Jones (Read RR) 1:40:54; 3 M Salter (B&W) 1:43:12. W60: 1 S James (Read RR) 96:48; 2 S Fowler 1:46:09. W65: 2 S Cashmore 1:51:02. W70: 1 K Williamson (Eynsh) 1:51:47

PLYMOUTH 10km, PlymouthOverall (10km): 1 S Pictor 32:34; 2 B Morrish 34:58; 3 C Moses 35:43 M50: 1 G Bale 36:29 Women: 1 E Stepto (Corn, W45) 36:40; 2 A McEwing (Erme) 38:07; 3 M Horton 38:16; 4 L Chapman 39:27 W40: 1 C Perry (Erme) 40:19; 2 R Bunting 40:24

SALISBURY HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 A Wilson (Salis, M35) 74:55; 2 S Claxton (Poole R, M40) 77:13; 3 M Bisson (Lords, M35) 77:43 M50: 1 M Brewster (Salis) 79:08. M60: 1 J McKenzie (Hedge End) 90:55 Women: 1 C Morris (Eal E, W35) 95:27; 2 A Bayliss (W40) 95:56; 3 Y Adair 98:18

SECO ALCESTER 10km, AlcesterOverall: 1 J McLeod (Cov) 35:49; 2 T Mockett (Rane, M35) 35:52; 3 E Barlow (BRAT, M35) 36:01 M70: 1 R Wilson (Strat) 46:25; 2 P Brennan (Strat) 47:15 Women: 1 J Scott 41:48; 2 L Lewis-Painter (Eve) 42:49; 3 K Massie 44:17

TIPTREE 10, TiptreeOverall: 1 C Bloomfield (B’cay, M40) 54:27; 2 M Newton (Spring S, M35) 55:22; 3 A Holford (WG&EL) 56:02; 4 J Smith (Spring S, M35) 56:32; 5 M Muir (Ilf, M40) 56:52 M50: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 58:23. M60: 1 J Haynes (Bish S) 63:03 Women: 1 R Doherty (Higham) 61:14; 2 R Cole (Chelm) 63:58; 3 J Kent (Barn, W45) 64:08; 4 S Bilbie (Spring S, W40) 66:38 W40: 2 F Halls (Saff) 68:55. W45: 2 T Radley (Thurr) 71:04. W50: 1 C Jay (Harl RC) 72:12; 2 R Pittman (Spring S) 73:11. W55: 1 S Spong (Hav 90) 74:22

WEST COAST HALF-MARATHON, Lytham St AnnesOverall: 1 P Muller (Harw, M55) 80:06; 2 J Tingle (Barlick) 80:27; 3 G Savage (Sale, M50) 80:43

Women: 1 C Howard (T’ley, W45) 89:31; 2 N Earnshaw (W45) 97:21; 3 E Mullan (Clay) 98:59 W60: 1 A Oldham (E Ches) 99:19

NUFFIELD HEALTH KINGSTON RUN CHALLENGE, SurreyOverall (26.2M): 1 R Marriott 2:34:30; 2 O Bowers (Strag) 2:49:49; 3 S Betoret 2:50:43Women: 1 B Smith (W40) 2:55:42; 2 L Folscher (W35) 3:01:21; 3 R Willis (W40) 3:26:20Overall (16M): 1 S Barrett (Serp, M40) 95:23; 2 D Stauber 96:10; 3 J Lane (M45) 99:07Women: 1 I Rae (W4JH, W40) 1:53:15; 2 L Hales (W45) 1:53:43; 3 M Synnott-Wells (Rane, W50) 1:56:55Overall (8.2M): 1 D Best 47:47; 2 M Jiggins 48:06; 3 D Nortal 49:39M45: E O’Connell (Serp) 49:55Women: 1 B Neal 56:30; 2 K McHarg (W40) 57:00; 3 C Ridgeway (W35) 57:11W40: 1 G Everett 58:05; 2 T Oldfield 59:32. W45: J Symons 59:32. W55: L Pasa 60:40

ROYAL PARKS FOUNDATION HALF-MARATHON, Hyde Park, LondonOverall: 1 R Best 69:37; 2 H Ahmed 72:12; 3 J Mason 73:39Women: 1 B Bryn-Hodge 81:08; 2 R Harvey 81:20; 3 A Hirani 83:15; 4 M Groennegaard 84:05; 5 A Bryant-Smith 84:21; 6 T King 84:46; 7 R de Rome 85:16; 8 K Murray 85:41; 9 T Mount 86:02; 10 M Buggins 86:28; 11 B O’Donnell 86:38; 15,980 finished

TEMPO 10km, EastbourneOverall: 1 C Dodd (E’brne) 34:55; 2 r Jones (E’brne) 35:57; 3 J Newberry (T Tempo) 36:56Women: 1 M Stemper (T Tempo) 37:50; 2 S Fray (Hai;ls, W40) 38:38; 3 L Watts (Hast) 44:08

OCTOBER 8BANGOR HALF-MARATHON, BangorOverall: 1 R Roberts (Cybi) 73:23; 2 R Downs (Wilm, M50) 77:57; 3 A Savage (Cybi, M40) 81:33 Women: 1 E Ashcroft 99:25; 2 L Poole (W40) 1:43:00; 3 J Wells (W35) 1:44:35Overall (10km): 1 R Cain (Menai, U20) 35:13; 2 M Hurford (Les C, M40) 35:48; 3 J Parkinson (Eryri, M45) 36:10 Women: 1 L Williamson (Ilkley, U20) 42:02; 2 K Hedley 43:45; 3 S Cumming (W40) 43:56

BUXTON PAVILION GARDENS 5kmOverall: 1 A Campbell (Bux) 15:54; 2 J Fearn (Bux) 17:25; 3 L Parker (Macc, U15) 17:55 M50: 1 S Watson (Bux) 18:00 Women: 1 A Fitzgerald (Bux) 21:31; 2 M Harris Wood (Hi Peak AC, U15) 21:34; 3 A Clark (Bux) 21:51

OCTOBER 7RUN-4-IT METRO PROMS 3km WINTER SERIES, AberdeenOverall: 1 H Battle (Metro) 9:21; 2 I Manson 9:45; 3 R Campbell (Arb, M40) 9:50 Women: 1 N Gauld (A’deen) 10:15; 2 D Moore (Metro) 10:34; 3 M Baxter (Gari, W40) 11:05

OCTOBER 6BURNHAM ON SEA WINTER 5kmOverall: 1 K Summers (Weston, M40) 16:36; 2 M Dell (Weston) 17:09; 3 W Huxtable (Weston) 17:26

Women: 1 J Pflaum (Weston) 19:48; 2 L Croker (Cleve, W40) 20:17; 3 C Miall (West Country TC, W40) 21:22

OCTOBER 5SCOTTISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS, FalkirkSenior boys (3M): 1 J Arthur 14:55; 2 A Addison 15:00; 3 M Milarvie 15:05; 4 G Rees 15:09; 5 R Sparks 15:13; 6 J Hendry 15:21; 7 C Milarvie 15:28; 8 P Ireland 15:29TEAM: 1 G Watson’s Coll 20; 2 S Melville Coll 44; 3 B’den Ac 90Secondary 3/4 (2.5M): 1 J Burns 13:14; 2 J Ewing 13:17; 3 K Howlieson 13:18; 4 H Hall 13:24; 5 B MacMillan 13:24; 6 E Duff 13:29; 7 C Young 13:35; 8 C Taylor-Cameron 13:40TEAM: 1 S Melville Coll 53; 2 B’den Ac 57; 3 A’deen GS 64Secondary 1/2 (1.5M): 1 J Patton 7:54; 2 M Fotheringham (Scotland, U15) 7:54; 3 B Sandilands 7:57; 4 E Carolan 7:59; 5 H Henriksen 8:21; 6 C Byrne 8:23; 7 G Campbell 8:25; 8 D Saunders 8:27TEAM: 1 G Watson’s Coll 49; 2 D’blane HS 68; 3 HS Dundee 69Senior girls (2.5M): 1 N Lang 14:09; 2 L Stark 14:18; 3 L Dickson 14:20; 4 I Miller 14:43; 5 E Crusher 14:53; 6 J Christie 15:00; 7 S Green 15:06; 8 K Macangus 15:20 TEAM: 1 Hutch GS 27; 2 Beaconhurst 57; 3 St Col HS 61Secondary 3/4 (2M): 1 C Gemmell 10:18; 2 H Barnes 10:21; 3 K Richardson 10:24; 4 N McCheyne 10:35; 5 L Ferguson 10:37; 6 L Mckenna 10:38; 7 C Mckenna 10:39; 8 C McClung 10:54TEAM: 1 Hutch GS 43; 2 W’wood HS 45; 3 Glas SoS 51Secondary 1/2 (1.5M): 1 E Johnson 8:37; 2 P Carcas 8:41; 3 A Dalglish 8:46; 4 J Murray 8:51; 5 K Gibb 8:55; 6 K Purcell 8:56; 7 H Chong 9:00; 8 C Purcell 9:02TEAM: 1 Haz’hd Ac 47; 2 Hutch GS 63; 3 J Gillsepie HS 74

OCTOBER 1CARDIFF HALF MARATHON FESTIVAL OF RUNNING MILES (Inc WELSH & BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS), CardiffMen (1M): 1 A Wright (Willow) 4:21; 2 T Marshall (Card) 4:22; 3 J Thie (Card, M35) 4:23; 4 K Wood (C&C) 4:25; 5 T MacSwayne (Ports, U20) 4:26; 6 N Holt (Soton) 4:27; 7 S Mitchell (B&W) 4:30; 8 O Haswell (Card) 4:39U17 (1M): 1 B Thomas (Carm) 4:41; 2 R

Owen (Western) 4:44; 3 E Kernahan (N Dev) 4:48; 4 D Nazareth (Card Arch) 5:07 U15 (1M): 1 J Penrose (Card Arch) 4:24; 2 S Lewis (Neath) 4:28; 3 T Rees (Carm) 4:51; 4 N Jones (Swan) 4:55 U13 (1M): 1 J Reynolds (Card) 5:14; 2 F Morgan (Carm) 5:23; 3 A Penrose (Card Arch) 5:32 U11 (1M): 1 G Owen (Manx) 6:10; 2 I Thomas (Carm) 6:16; 3 R Bailey 6:20 M35 (1M): 1 J Thie (Card) 4:31; 2 A Brown (Tip) 4:38; 3 D Mollison (Read RR) 4:42; 4 H Evans (Les C, M40) 4:42; 5 D Williams (Les C) 4:42; 6 D Nicholls (Les C) 4:45; 7 D Robinson (BRAT) 4:49; 8 M Gardner (L&M) 4:51; 9 D Smith (W&B, M45) 4:53; 10 D Kane (I’ness) 4:53; 11 E Land (Aberys) 4:53; 12 M Champion (I&I, M45) 5:02; 13 T Grose (Walton, M45) 5:05; 14 A Lewis (A’dare, M45) 5:07; 15 C Walsh (Swan, M40) 5:08 M50 (1M): 1 S Anderson (Ply) 4:54; 2 R Fox (Long E, M55) 5:11; 3 A Roper (B&W) 5:23; 4 D Bedwell (B&W, M60) 5:25; 5 K Archer (Wey SP, M60) 5:28; 6 K Ham (W’bury, M55) 5:32; 7 S Doxey (Swint, M55) 5:34; 8 D Coles (Les C, M55) 5:35; 9 B Davis (Newp) 5:35; 10 P Mountain (B&W, M55) 5:43 Women (1M): 1 K Marshall (Card) 5:02; 2 J Williams (Amman) 5:03; 3 I Parry-Jones (Cwmb, U20) 5:17; ; 4 L Marland (Card) 5:20; 5 C Gaughan (Card) 5:31; 6 E Wookey (Llis) 5:47 U17 (1M): 1 I Dodd (B’end) 5:25; 2 C Bill (Card) 5:28; 3 R Jones (Card) 6:07 U15 (1M): 1 N Clatworthy (Card) 5:30; 2 N Riley (Card Arch) 5:32; 3 D Bass (Swan) 5:39; 4 A Callow (Card Arch) 5:45; 5 E Morgan (A’dare) 5:47; 6 M Ball (Blaenau Gwent) 5:48U13 (1M): 1 D Thompson (Carm) 5:30; 2 A Hill (Card Arch) 5:32; 3 E Williams (Card) 5:36; 4 H Bowen 5:46 U11 (1M): 1 Y Hadid (Card Arch) 6:13; 2 E Dent (Card Arch) 6:26; 3 F Hughes-Rolls (Rhym V, U13) 6:52W35 (1M): 1 C Thompson (VPCG, W40) 5:34; 2 S Everitt (B&W, W45) 5:39; 3 R Marks (Sarn H, M65) 5:40; 4 K Wellam (Sale) 5:41; 5 C Jolliffe (B&W, W50) 5:43; 6 C Bruce (Les C) 5:50; 7 L Webb (SB, W50) 5:51; 8 C Anthony (W Suff, W50) 5:53; 9 R Jones (AFD) 5:54; 10 L Summers (Ponty, W45) 5:56; 11 D Powell (BMH, M65) 6:00; 12 P Giles (HW, M70) 6:02; 13 J Pidgeon (Notts, W50) 6:05; 15 M Bradley (Pen, M65) 6:30; 17 N Hitchmough (D&S, W65) 6:33; 18 R Tabor (Dulw, W65) 6:34; 21 J Gardener (P’broke, M75) 6:55; 24 D Milsom (Hill, M75) 7:16; 25 P Gallagher (Yate, W70) 7:31; 28 A Bath (26.2, W65) 8:06; 31 R Pitcairn-Knowles (S’oaks, M80) 8:54

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head the entries after their appearances at the Olympics.

Samuels, who was 30th in the Rio marathon, has a PB of 72:36 from 2013.

Whittle, who raced over 5000m at the Olympics, makes her half-marathon debut. She ran 58:21 for 10 miles in 2014.

Almensch Belete, who competed at the 2012 London Olympics over 10,000m, also has no form over this distance, but she has run 56:14 for 10 miles.

Ukraine’s Olha Kotovska was three places behind Samuels in Rio and goes into the race with a PB of 72:14.

The fastest in the field, though, is Romania’s Monica Florea, who set her PB of 71:56 when finishing seventh at the European Championships in Amsterdam earlier this year.

European Cup 10,000m athlete Lauren Deadman and Georgie Bruinvels, who has a best of 73:29, are other Brits aiming to finish high up the field.

CHRIS THOMPSON is set to defend his Birmingham title but faces tough

opposition from fellow Briton Andy Vernon.

Thompson followed up his seventh place at the Great North Run in September with a 61:58 for fourth in the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run earlier this month.

He is back for his third half-marathon of the autumn in the city where last year he scored a two-second victory in 63:00.

If he is to win again, he could be in for another close tussle. Vernon, who was 25th in the Olympic 10,000m final, leads the British challengers as he takes part over the half-marathon distance for the first time since placing sixth at the 2014 Great North Run, where he ran his PB of 62:46.

After his injury-hit summer he appears to be back on the road form after posting the fastest leg overall at the Southern relays last month.

Another Rio Olympian in action will be Belgium’s Bashir Abdi, who was 20th in the 10,000m at the Games. He was fourth in the Great North Run in 62:03, showing he will be a threat to the Brits.

Romania’s Marius Ionescu, who has a best of 63:20, plus Sweden’s 62:29 man Mikaek Evall, are other overseas athletes looking to win.

International steeplechaser Luke Gunn looks set to improve on his best of 68:03 in a rare run over the distance.

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GREAT BIRMINGHAM RUN, OCTOBER 16 TV GUIDESATURDAY OCTOBER 15

CHANNEL 4

6.40am – Plusnet Yorkshire

Marathon – highlights from the

recent 26.2-miler in York.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16

CHANNEL 5

10am – Great Birmingham Run

live coverage.

EUROSPORT 1

8.30am – TCS Amsterdam

Marathon live coverage.

MONDAY OCTOBER 17

EUROSPORT 1

7.55am – TCS Amsterdam

Marathon repeat.

EUROSPORT 2

9.10am – Andorra Ultra Trail.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23

CHANNEL 5

10am – Great South Run live

coverage from Portsmouth.

ON DEMAND

BBC

Diamond Leagues; Great North Run

and CityGames; Great Scottish Run;

Cardiff Half-Marathon

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The Kenyan, who won Olympic

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2:20:14, will face tough opposition

from Ethiopia’s Meselech Melkamu,

who is the sixth quickest 10,000m

runner in history with her 29:53.80.

Bernard Kipyego heads the men’s

field as he seeks a third consecutive

title in the Dutch capital.

The Kenyan has clocked 2:06:22

and 2:06:19 respectively in the last

two years’ events and he aims to

break the course record of 2:05:36

held since 2011 by compatriot Wilson

Chebet, a three-time winner who

returns for the sixth year in a row.

Sub-2:05 runners Sammy Kitwara

and Dino Sefer are also in the field.

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Sonia Samuels: Rio

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Saturday October 152XU SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE1: Richmond Park. 2: Wimbledon Common. 3/4: Wimbledon Common.surreyleague.orgALTON SPORTS HAMPSHIRE LEAGUEFarley Mount, Winchester. Noon.hampshireathletics.org.ukAYRSHIRE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSAyrshire Athletics Arena, Kilmarnock.kilmarnockharriers.comCHILTERN LEAGUEOxford.chilternccl.co.ukFNB GUERNSEY LEAGUEDelancey. 2pm.guernseyathletics.org.ggGLOUCESTERSHIRE LEAGUELittle Rissington. 11.45am.glosaaa.org.ukGRAND PRIX EXPRESS NORTH WALES SENIOR LEAGUEMold Alun School, Mold. 2pm.northwalesxc.comKENT LEAGUEStanhill Farm, Wilmington. Noon.kcaa.org.ukMANCHESTER AREA LEAGUEWythenshawe Park, Manchester. Noon.manchesterareaccl.comNORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUEDerby. 1pm.northmidsxcleague.co.ukPYRAMID CONSULTANCY NORTH WALES JUNIOR LEAGUEMold Alun High School, Mold. 10.30am.northwalesxc.comRED ROSE LEAGUELeigh Sports Village, Leigh. 12.15pm.redrosecrosscountry.co.ukSCOTTISH EAST DISTRICT LEAGUEStirling University. Noon.salroadrunningandcrosscountry-medalists.co.ukSTART FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUEClaybury Park, Woodford.metleague.co.ukSURREY LADIES’ LEAGUENonsuch Park. Noon.surreyleague.orgSUSSEX LEAGUEGoodwood Country Park.sussexathletics.org.uk

Sunday October 16AMPTHILL TROPHY OPENAmpthill Park, Ampthill. 11am.ampthilltrophy.org.ukGLIDDON & SQUIRE NORTH DEVON LEAGUEShebbear College, Shebbear. 10am.northdevonxcleague.weebly.comGWENT LEAGUENewbridge Fields, Bridgend.gwent-league.org.ukHEREFORDSHIRE LEAGUEFforest Fields. 11am.MICROGAMING MANX LEAGUETBC.iomaa.infoRYSTON RUNNERS OPEN LEAGUEShouldham Warren. 11am.rystonrunners.org.ukUP AND RUNNING SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUETBC. 11am.sycaa.co.uk

Wednesday October 19EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUEWest Runton Beach, West Runton.eaccl.webs.com

JERSEY ADVISA HEPBURN ORACLE JUNIOR LEAGUESt Ouens Manor. 1.15pm.jerseyspartan.comLONDON UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES LEAGUEParliament Hill Fields. 3pm.london-athletics.comNORTHERN POLICE LEAGUEWilmslow RFC, Wilmslow. 2pm.slateman.co.uk/npcclSOUTH WALES REGIONAL SCHOOLS’ BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPSTrelai Park. 2.30pm.

Saturday October 22CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS CHAMPIONSHIP 5Joyden’s Wood, Bexley. Noon.cambridgeharriers.org.ukCHINGFORD LEAGUEChingford. 1pm.MIDLAND COUNTIES RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSAldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton.midlandathletics.org.ukNORTHERN COUNTIES RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSGraves Park, Sheffield. 10.30am.northernathletics.org.ukNORTHERN IRELAND & ULSTER EVEN AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc BOBBY REA OPEN)University of Ulster, Jordanstown. 10am.athleticsni.orgSCOTTISH NATIONAL RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSCumbernauld Park, Cumbernauld.scottishathletics.org.ukSOUTH OF ENGLAND AA RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSWormwood Scrubs.seaa.org.ukSURREY COUNTY MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSRichmond Park.surreyathletics.org.ukUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER RELAYSWythenshawe, Manchester. 1pm.umaccc.com/manchester-relays

Sunday October 23GWENT LEISURE CENTRE LEAGUERogerstone Primary School, Rogerstone. 11am.MABAC LEAGUELightwater Country Park, Lightwater. 11am.mabac.org.ukNORTH WEST SUNDAY LEAGUEClarke Gardens, Liverpool. 10am.stevesaunders.co.ukNORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUECaedmon School, Whitby. 1pm.new-marske-harriers.co.ukSOUTH ESSEX LEAGUEThorndon Park. 10am.east-essex-tri-club.co.ukSUNDAY LEAGUECheshunt Park, Cheshunt. 10.30am.runherts.comTHREE COUNTIES LEAGUEWellingborough. 10.30am.threecountiesxc.co.ukWELSH RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPSMonmouthshire Showground, Monmouth.welshathletics.org

Saturday October 29BRUCE JUDD YOUNG ATHLETES’ RELAYS (Inc SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS)Stoke Park, Guildford.surreyathletics.org.uk

COMBER CUPBilly Neill Playing Pitches, Dundonald.ESSEX LEAGUEChelmsford. 10am.KENT LEAGUESomerhill School, Tonbridge. Noon.LIVERPOOL & DISTRICT LEAGUEArrowe Park. 2pm.lps-athletics.co.ukMID LANCS LEAGUECuerden Valley Park. 12.30pm.midlancs.org.ukNORTHERN POLICE LEAGUEWitton Country Park, Blackburn. 2pm.slateman.co.uk/npcclNORTH OF THAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc LIDDIARD TROPHY)Kingsbury.NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE LEAGUEPark Hall Country Park, Weston Coyney. Noon.nsccl.org.ukNORTH WEST LONDON YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEKingsbury. 1pm.RED ROSE LEAGUEWitton Park, Blackburn. 12.15pm.redrosecrosscountry.co.ukSCOTTISH NORTH DISTRICT LEAGUEMoray.northleague.co.uk

Sunday October 30DERBY RUNNER LEAGUEHolly Hayes Woods, Whitwick. 11am.derbyrunnerleague.comLASSWADE AAC OPENGore Glen, Gorebridge.lasswade-ac.org.ukLINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUEBourne Woods. 11am.lincsathletics.comSUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUEFramlingham Castle, Framlingham.bungayblackdogrunningclub.co.ukUP AND RUNNING SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUEKiveton Community Woodland, Kiveton. 11am.sycaa.co.ukWEST YORKSHIRE LEAGUENunroyd Park, Leeds. 11.45am.westyorkshireathletics.org.uk

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Thursday October 13DOUGLAS AUTUMN HANDICAP 10kmNational Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man. 6.30pm.iomvac.co.uk

Saturday October 15COIGACH HALF-MARATHONAchiltibuie Playing Field, Achiltibuie, Ross. 2pm.coigachrun.comEARHART FLYING 5kmBallyarnett Country Park, Londonderry. 9.30am.northernvelocity.co.ukLOUGHSHORE 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONMoortown, Co.Tryone. 10.30am.https://www.facebook.com/loughshorerunPILLING 10km SERIESGolden Ball Inn, Pilling, Lancashire. 11am.ukroadraces.infoRED HIGH 10kmSt Patricks High School, Downpatrick. Noon.eastdownac.co.ukSELF TRANSCENDENCE 10Battersea Park, London.uk.srichinmoyraces.org

Sunday October 16BLACKPOOL AUTUMN BREAKER 10kmStanley Park Arena, Blackpool, Lancashire. 10.30am.fyldecoastrunning.orgBRIDLINGTON HALF-MARATHONBridlington, North Yorkshire. Noon.bridlingtonrr.co.ukBRIGHTON & HOVE BRIGHT 10Hove Lawns, Brighton, Sussex. 9am.bright10.co.ukCABBAGE PATCH 10Cabbage Patch pub, Twickenham, Middlesex. 10am.cabbagepatch10.comCHALKE VALLEY CHALLENGE 10kmChalke Valley Sports Centre, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. 10.30am.chalkevalleychallenge.co.ukCLISSOLD PARK RELAY (4x2.5km)Clissold Park, Green Lanes, Hackney, London. 10am.theraceorganiser.comCWMAMAN MAYOR’S 5km/10kmAman United Playing Field, Garnant, Carmarthenshire. 10am.DENMEAD 10kmKidmore Lane, Denmead, Hampshire. 10am.denmeadstriders.co.ukDURRELL DASH 13kmJersey.jerseyspartan.comFARNDON 10kmSports & Social Club, Farndon, Cheshire. 9.30am.cutefruitevents.comGREAT BIRMINGHAM RUN (HALF-MARATHON)City Centre, Birmingham. 10am.greatrun.orgGREAT WEST HALF-MARATHONExeter Athletics Arena, Exeter, Devon. 9am.thegreatwestrun.co.ukGREAT YARMOUTH EAST COAST 10kmSt Georges Park, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. 10.30am.gyrr.co.ukGREEN DRIVE 5Lytham CE Primary School, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. 11am.lythamrunners.org.ukGRITTLETON 10kmVillage Hall, Grittleton, Wiltshire. 10.30am.cadence-events.co.ukHEART OF EDEN HALF-MARATHONAppleby Grammar School, Battlebarrow, Appleby in Westmorland, Cumbria. 11am.rotary-ribi.orgKING OF GULLION 10kmSlieve Gullion Courtyard, Newry. 10am.southernareahospiceservices.orgLEIGH-ON-SEA 10kmTwo Tree Island, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. 9.30am.losstriders.orgMAIDSTONE HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONCornwallis Academy, Maidstone, Kent. 9am.nice-work.org.ukMANCHESTER HALF-MARATHONLancashire County Cricket Club, Talbot Road, Manchester. 9am.manchesterhalfmarathon.comMILL TOWN TO MOORS OLDHAM HALF-MARATHONOldham Sports Centre, Oldham, Lancashire. 9.30am.milltownraces.co.ukPUTNEY & FULHAM RIVERSIDE HALF-MARATHONBarn Elms Sports Centre, Queen Elizabeth Walk, London. 9am.energizedsports.com

RISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5kmPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.risboroughruninthepark.weebly.comRUN SCOTLAND LOCH RANNOCH MARATHONKinloch Rannoch, Kinloch, Perth and Kinross. 9.30am.runscotland.orgSTILTON STUMBLE 10km/24kmMemorial Hall, Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire. 10am.stiltonstumble.comSWINDON HALF-MARATHONPipers Way, Swindon, Wiltshire. 10.30am.swindonhalfmarathon.org.ukWERRINGTON 10kmMoorside High School, Werrington, Staffordshire. 10.30am.trenthamrunningclub.co.ukWINDSOR & ETON AUTUMN 5km/10km/15km/20kmDorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. Noon.f3events.co.ukWIX 5Village Hall, Wix, Essex. 10.30am.harwichrunners.co.ukWORTHING SEAFRONT 10kmSplash Point Marine Parade, Worthing, Sussex. 11am.mccpromotions10kseries.com

Wednesday October 19DERBY MIDWEEK MILE/5km TRAINING RACEAlvaston & Boulton CC, Raynesway, Derby. 7pm.runningwithdavid.com

Thursday October 20WEST PARK 5kmJersey. 6.30pm.jerseyspartan.comWESTON PROM 5Pavilion Bar, Upper Church Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. 7.30pm.westonac.co.uk

Saturday October 22ABBOTS BROMLEY 10kmAbbots Bromley CC, Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. 11am.absasport.co.ukBURNHAM BEECHES 5km/10kmCaldicott School, Farnham Royal, Berkshire. 9am.burnhamjoggers.org.ukGREAT SOUTH RUN 5kmPortsmouth, Hampshire.greatrun.orgSSAA SCOTTISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPSGrangemouth Stadium, Grangemouth.ssaa.co.ukWARRINGTON AUTUMN 5Sankey Park, Warrington, Cheshire Lisa. 10.30am.

Sunday October 23ABINGDON MARATHONAbingdon, Oxfordshire. 9am.abingdonmarathon.org.ukCHELMSFORD 5km/MARATHONShire Hall, Chelmsford, Essex. 9am.chelmsfordmarathon.org.ukDRAYCOTE WATER 10Draycote Water, Rugby, Warwickshire. 9.45am.FAIRCLOUGH 5Stanah Country Park, near Staynall, Lancashire. 11am.FLEET PETER DRIVER MEMORIAL 5km/10kmHarlington Centre, Fleet Road, Fleet, Hampshire. 10am.fleet10k.co.uk

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FLINTSHIRE 10kmLeisure Centre, Mold. 10am.https://www.runwales.comGREAT SOUTH RUN 10Clarence Esplanade, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 10am.greatrun.orgLEICESTER HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONVictoria Park, Leicester. 9.15am.leicestermarathon.org.ukLOCKE PARK 10Locke Park, Redcar, Cleveland.nmhraces.netNICE WORK RICHMOND PARK 5km/10km SERIESEast Sheen Gate, Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey. 10am.nice-work.org.ukRISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5kmPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.risboroughruninthepark.weebly.comROTARY BLENHEIM 5km/10kmBlenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. 10.30am.rotaryblenheim10.co.ukRUN NORTHUMBERLAND CASTLES HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONBamburgh Castle, Bamburgh, Northumberland. 9am.runnation.co.ukRUNHER TITANIC LADIES’ 5km/10kmTitanic Quarter, Belfast. 10.30am.runher.co.ukSOLIHULL HALF-MARATHONVirgin Active, Blythe Valley, Solihull, West Midlands. 10.30am.kpevents.netSTROUD HALF-MARATHONCainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire. 10am.stroudathleticclub.co.ukTAVY 7Tavistock, Devon. 11am.tavy7.co.ukTEMPO 10km SERIESMickleton Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 10.30am.tempoevents.co.ukTONBRIDGE 10kmStocks Green School, Leigh Road, Tonbridge, Kent. 10am.runningandriding.co.ukWEYMOUTH 10Pavillion, The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset. 9.30am.egdonheathharriers.com

Tuesday October 25AZTEC WEST FAST 5kmAztec West Business Park, Bristol. 7.30pm.bristolandwestac.org.ukMORNINGTON CHASERS’ REGENTS PARK 10km WINTER SERIESRegents Park, London. 9am.theraceorganiser.com

Wednesday October 26PORTCHESTER CASTLE AUTUMN 5km SERIESPortchester Castle, Portchester, Hampshire. 7pm.ruralrunning.org

Friday October 283km ON THE GREEN SERIESMcLellans Arch, Glasgow Green, Glasgow. 12.30pm.3konthegreen.comBROOKS SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY 5kmThe Bandstand, Hyde Park, London. 12.30pm.serpentine.org.uk

ENNISKILLEN SPOOKTACULAR 5kmBelmore Street, Enniskillen. 7.30pm.enniskillenrc.co.uk

Saturday October 29ALLAN SCALLY RELAYSBannerman High School, Garrowhill, Glasgow. 2pm.shettlestonharriers.org.ukBROOKS SNOWDONIA MARATHONElectric Mountain Visitor Centre, Llanberis. 10.30am.snowdoniamarathon.co.ukHEREFORD CITY 10kmBelmont Road, Hereford. 9am.peakperformanceevents.co.nfJEDBURGH RUNNING FESTIVAL THREE PEAKS ULTRAGlebe Car Park, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders.jedburghrunningfestival.org.ukOKTOBERFEST 6kmMountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 11am.https://register.primoevents.comPATH OF CONDIE HALF-MARATHONChurch Hall, Orwell Church, Milnathort.kinrossroadrunners.weebly.comPORTH EIRIAS 10kmBryn Williams, Porth Eirias, Conwy. 10am.bespokefitnessandevents.co.uk

Sunday October 30ABERGELE 5Leisure Centre, Faenol Avenue, Abergele, Conwy. 1pm.Abergele5.Abergeleharriers.co.ukACCRINGTON 10kmThorneyholme Road, Accrington, Lancashire. 10am.accrington-road-runners.co.ukASDA FOUNDATION SHEFFIELD 10kmSheffield, South Yorkshire. 9.30am.runforall.comAYR SEAFORTH TAMFEST 5kmHigh Street, Ayr.ayrseaforth.co.ukCALNE CLOCK CHANGE CHALLENGE 5km/10kmLeisure Centre, White Horse Way, Calne, Wiltshire. 10am.calneleisure.co.ukCANDLEFORD CANTER LADIES ONLY 10kmVillage Hall, Fringford, Oxfordshire. 11am.alchester-runningclub.co.ukCOALVILLE 10kmSnibston Country Park, Snibston, Leicestershire. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukCOVEN CANTER 10kmFordhouses CC, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. 11am.wolvesandbilstonac.co.ukCULLODEN RUN 1746 10km/17.46kmNTS Culloden Visitor Centre, Inverness, Highlands. 11am.thecullodenrun.comDARTMOOR VALE 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONEast Gold Works, Kingsteignton, Devon. 9.15am.EMER CASEY LONDON 10kmBrockwell Park, Herne Hill, London. 9.30am.emercaseyfoundation.comFENLAND 10Marshland High School, West Walton, Norfolk. 10am.fenlandrunningclub.co.ukHALTEMPRICE RRC 10kmHaltemprice Sports Centre, Haltemprice, Humberside. 11am.HOLMFIRTH 15Community Sports Centre, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. 9.30am.

JEDBURGH RUNNING FESTIVAL 10km/HALF-MARATHONGlebe Car Park, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. 11am.jedburghrunningfestival.org.ukK2 CRAWLEY 10kmK2 Crawley, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley, West Sussex. 10.30am.nice-work.org.ukLANCASTER JAIL BREAK 10kmLancaster. 1pm.lancaster-race-series.co.ukLOVE LUTON HALF-MARATHONStockwood Park Athletics Track, Luton, Bedfordshire. 9am.loveluton.org.ukMcCAIN YORKSHIRE COAST 10kmScarborough Spa Complex, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. 10am.yorkshirecoast10k.co.ukMORPETH TO NEWCASTLE HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONSpanish City, Whitley Bay, Tyneside.morpeth2newcastle.co.ukNEWCASTLE TOWN MOOR HALF-MARATHON/MARATHON (Inc NORTH EAST MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS)Exhibition Park, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. 9.30an.northeastveteransathleticsclub.weebly.comPEOPLE’S RUN 2 REMEMBER 5kmNew Hicks Lodge, Willesley, Leicestershire. 11am.Silksworth Sports Complex, Sunderland. 11am.Kingsbury Water Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. 11am.Moorclose Leisure Centre, Workington, Cumbria. 11am.RICKY ROAD RUN 10 (Inc HERTFORDSHIRE VETERANS CHAMPIONSHIPS)Chorleywood Workingmen’s Club, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. 10.30am.rickyroadrun.co.ukRISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5kmPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9am.RIVER THAMES HALF-MARATHONWalton Bridge, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 8.30am.riverthamesrunning.co.ukRUBY’S 5kmAyrshire Athletics Arena, Kilmarnock.THURROCK 10kmRoyal Hotel, London Road, Purfleet, Essex. 11am.mccpromotions10kseries.comTROWSE 10kmNorfolk Snowsports Club, Norwich, Norfolk. 9am.conac.org.ukWIMBLEDON 10km/HALF-MARATHONWimbledon Common, Wimbledon. 8.45am.energizedsports.comWISTOW 10kmJubilee Hall, Wistow, North Yorkshire. 11am.selbystriders.org.ukWORKSOP HALF-MARATHONNewgate Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. 10am.

MULTI-TERRAIN

Thursday October 13EX KESWICK RUNNER 5.5Keswick.

Saturday October 15AUTUMN 100Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.centurionrunning.com

BELLS OF PATTINGHAM 10kmPattingham, near Wolverhampton, West Midlands. 11am.pattingham-church.orgCLUMBER PARK 10kmClumber Park, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Noon.onestepbeyond.org.ukFOUR PASSES 22Village Hall, Rosthwaite, Cumbria.ascendevents.co.ukGLOW IN THE PARK CORNWALL 5kmBoconnoc House, Boconnoc, Cornwall. 7pm.glowinthepark.co.ukGRUESOME TWOSOME 10km/HALF-MARATHONVillage Hall, Swallow, Lincolnshire. 11am.gruesome-twosome.co.ukIPSWICH BIG FUN RUN 5kmChristchurch Park, Ipswich. 11am.bigfunrun.comMILFORD MASH UP 10kmMilford Common, Stafford. 11am.mashrunning.co.ukROUND ROTHERHAM 50Dearne Valley College Sports, Wath, South Yorkshire.rotherhamharriers.orgSHOREDITCH PARK RELAY (4x2.5km)Shoreditch Park, New North Road, London. 10am.theraceorganiser.comSPOOKY SPRINT KENT 5km/10kmTonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent. 9am.parkinsons.org.ukTEWKESBURY WINEATHLON 5kmCroft Farm Water Park, Bredons Hardwick, Gloucestershire. 5pm.clairemyleukaemia.wixsite.comWELCOMBE WOBBLER 5km/10kmStratford Leisure Centre, Stratford On Avon, Warwickshire. 11am.stratfordac.co.ukWINGERWORTH WOBBLE 4.5Wingerworth, Derbyshire. 10.30am.wingerworthwobblers.co.uk

Sunday October 161066 WAY TO BATTLE 17Pevensey.ABERYSTWYTH TWIN PEAKS 7Plascrug Leisure Centre, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth. 1pm.aberystwythac.co.ukBEAT THE REAPER 10kmCroxteth Country Park, Liverpool, Merseyside. 10am.poolrunnings.co.ukBUCKINGHAM 10kmMarket Hill, Buckingham. 9.30am.buckingham10k.co.ukCARY CANTER 10kmMaggs Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary, Somerset. 10am.1610.org.ukCHARTERHOUSE 5km/10km/15kmCharterhouse Club, Charterhouse, Surrey. 10.30am.charterhouseclub.co.ukCHILHAM CASTLE CHALLENGE 5km/10kmChilham Park, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent. 2pm.trispiritevents.comDANNY’S DASH 8Bewdley Town FC, Bewdley, Worcestershire. 10.30am.dannysdash.co.ukDARK & WHITE EVENTS AUTUMN SERIES 17kmBakewell, Derbyshire.tra-uk.orgEDEN PROJECT HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONEden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall. 9.30am.

FRIETH HILLY 5km/10kmFrieth CEC School, Frieth, Oxfordshire. 10am.friethhilly10k.co.ukGIBSIDE FRUIT BOWL 6Burnopfield, Tyne and Wear. 9.30am.blackhillbounders.comHAROLD WOOD MAYORS CHARITY 4Harold Wood, Essex. 11am.haroldwoodrc.co.ukKELLYS CHALLENGE 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHONLoseley Park, Guildford, Surrey.charity.kellystorage.co.ukKINORD 10kmDinnet, Aberdeenshire.deesiderunners.comMENDIP OUTDOOR PURSUITS 10kmMendip Snowsport Centre, Churchill, North Somerset. 9.30am.aspirerunningevents.co.ukMILTON KEYNES BIG FUN RUN 5kmWillen Lake, Milton Keynes. 11am.bigfunrun.comNEW FOREST STINGER 5/10Ocknell Camp Site, Cadnam, Hampshire. 10am.tottonrc.weebly.comNICE WORK BUSHY PARK 5km/10km SERIESBushy Park, Hampton, London. 10am.capitalrunners.comPETHERTON PLOD 5kmBridgwater, Somerset. 10am.uniquefitnessbridgwater.co.ukPONTY PLOD 11Llandegfedd Reservoir, New Inn, Pontypool, Torfaen. 10am.pontypoolrunners.co.ukROYAL BRITISH LEGION MAJOR NORTH 5km/10kmBramham Park, Leeds, Yorkshire. 9.30am.majorseries.comRUNTHROUGH WIMBLEDON COMMON HALF-MARATHONRichard Evans Memorial Playing Fields, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon. 9am.runthrough.co.ukSAXONS 5Carlton Park Recreational Club, Saxmundham, Suffolk. 11am.thesaxons.org.ukSHAUN LEE JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL 10Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. 11am.shaunleejohnstonefund.co.ukSPIRES AND STEEPLES CHALLENGE 13/26Lincoln. 9.30am.spiresandsteeples.comSTOPSLEY 5/10Inspire Sports Village, Luton, Bedfordshire. 10am.activetrainingworld.comTHE BIG DIPPER 16Sidmouth Esplanade, Sidmouth, Devon. 11am.puretrail.ukTHURLOW 5/10Village Hall, Great Thurlow, Suffolk. 10am.haverhillrunningclub.org.uk

Saturday October 22CARMICHAEL TRAIL RACECarmichael Estate, Carmichael, Lanarkshire.kitst.co.ukDARK PEAKS 30Langsett Barn, Langsett, South Yorkshire. 9am.ENDURANCELIFE CTS SUFFOLK 10km/HALF-MARATHON/MARATHON/ULTRADunwich, Suffolk.endurancelife.comNIGHTMARE AT ARLINGTON 10kmArlington Estate, Arlington, Devon.



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RICHMOND AUTUMN RIVERSIDE 10kmRAA Ground, Twickenham Road, Richmond. 9.30am.thefixevents.comROYAL BRITISH LEGION MAJOR MIDLANDS 5km/10kmRagley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire. 9.30am.majorseries.comRUN FOR OSTEOPOROSIS 5km/10kmHyde Park, London. 9.30am.pbraceevents.co.ukSANDSTONE WAY ULTRABerwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. 8am.trailoutlaws.comSTANDISH HALL AUTUMN 10kmBritannia Hotel, Standish, Lancashire. 2.30pm.wiganphoenix.org.ukTEMPLE PARK 5kmSouth Shields, Tyne & Wear. 11am.WARMLEY FOREST PARK 5km/10kmWarmley Forest Park, Warmley, Bristol. 10am.aspirerunningevents.co.uk

Sunday October 23BAKERS AND LARNERS OF HOLT 10kmGresham’s School, Holt, Norfolk. 10.30am.nnbr.co.ukBEACONSFIELD TO BEACON 5St Agnes, Cornwall. 11am.CAMP HILL 10kmCamp Hill Estate, Kirklington, North Yorkshire.camphill.co.ukCINDERPATH 10kmSutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. 11am.7poolsrun.org.ukDIRTRUN WINTER WARRIOR SERIES 10kmHanbury Hall, Droitwich, Worcestershire. 9.30am.pulsepursuits.co.ukEDF ENERGY POWER SURGE 10kmRetford, Nottinghamshire. 10am.retfordac.co.ukEXMOOR STUMBLE 6/STAGGER 15.1West Somerset Community College, Minehead, Somerset. 10.30am.mineheadrunningclub.co.ukGREAT OAKS YORKLEY GALLOP 6Community Centre, Bailey Hill, Yorkley, Gloucestershire. 10am.fodac.org.ukINNOVATION SPORTS BATTERSEA PARK 10km SERIESBattersea Park, London. 9.30am.innovationsports.co.ukMEN’S HEALTH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST EDINBURGH 10kmPrincess Street Garden, Edinburgh. 9am.mhsurvival.co.ukNEWCASTLE BIG FUN RUN 5kmTown Moor, Newcastle. 11am.bigfunrun.comPEOPLE’S RUN 2 REMEMBER 5kmDewars Lane Granary, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. 11am.peoplesrun2remember.comRAS DAU FRYN 6Butchers Arms, Tegryn, Pembrokeshire. 10am.RON SKILTON MEMORIAL HALF-MARATHONThe Square, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys. 11am.green-events.co.ukRUN FOREST RUN 5km/10kmStanmer Park Pavilion, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex.

RUNTHROUGH GREENWICH PARK 5km/10kmGreenwich Park, London. 10am.THORESBY 5km/10km/10Thoresby Hall, Thoresby Park, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. 10.30am.sbrevents.co.ukTURNPIKE TROT 10kmMoors National Park Centre, Lodge Lane, Danby, North Yorkshire. 11am.hardmoors110.org.ukWATER OF LIFE 10km/HALF-MARATHONBisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Bisham, Buckinghamshire. 10am.purplepatchrunning.comWHITE HORSE GALLOP 8Leighton Recreation Centre, Westbury, Wiltshire. 10am.stampedesports.co.ukWIRRAL SEASIDE 5km SERIESLeasowe Lighthouse, Wirral, Merseyside. 11am.seasideruns.com

Tuesday October 25ENIGMA 3 LAKES MARATHON (DAY 1)Willen Lake, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.enigmarunning.co.uk

Wednesday October 26ENIGMA 3 LAKES MARATHON (DAY 2)Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.enigmarunning.co.uk

Thursday October 27ENIGMA 3 LAKES MARATHON (DAY 3)Caldecotte Lake, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.enigmarunning.co.uk

Friday October 28GHOST RACE 4Alexandra Park, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 6.45pm.fitprorob.bizGLOW IN THE PARK MANCHESTER 5kmHeaton Park, Manchester. 7pm.glowinthepark.co.ukPHOENIX 6-HOURWeir Hotel, Waterside Drive, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 9.30am.phoenixrunning.co.uk

Saturday October 299BAR PUMPKIN MARATHONBurroughs Bank, Lightmoor, Telford, Shropshire. 9am.codrc.co.ukCRYSTAL PALACE BIG FUN RUN 5kmCrystal Palace Park, London. 11am.bigfunrun.comILLUMINATOR RUN 15Aboyne Community Centre, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. 6pm.illuminatorrun.co.ukMEN’S HEALTH SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST MANCHESTER 10kmSport City, Manchester. 10am.mhsurvival.co.ukMINTYARD 5kmSolent Industrial Estate, Hedge End, Hampshire. 3pm.NIGHT FRIGHT 5kmChantries Woodlands, Guildford, Surrey. 6pm.nightfright.netNORFOLK COASTAL MARATHON/HALF-MARATHONHappisburgh, Norwich, Norfolk.positivestepspt.co.ukPARKINSON’S UK SPOOKY SPRINT 5km/10km

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham. 6pm.parkinsons.org.uk/spookynottsROCKSOLIDRACE MILTON KEYNES 5km/10km/15kmSilverstone Woodlands, Silverstone, Buckingham. 10am.RockSolidRace.comTRENT PARK 5km HANDICAPSnakes Lane, Oakwood, Middlesex. 9.30am.trentparkrc.org

INDOOR

Wednesday October 19SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE ATHLETICS FRESHERS MEETINGEmirates Arena.scottishstudentsport.com

Sunday October 23TOM PINK RELAYSLee Valley.

TRACK

Sunday October 16SCOTTISH VETERAN HARRIERS 10,000m CHAMPIONSHIPGrangemouth.scottishmastersathletics.webnode.com

Saturday October 22MMTG RASENCRAFT CHAMPIONSHIPS - CANCELLEDDerby.mmtg.org.ukOUAC MICHAELMAS CUPPERSOxford.THETFORD AC WINTER THROWSBury St. Edmunds.thetford-ac.co.uk

WALKS

Sunday October 16SARNIA WALKING CLUB 10kmDelancey Park, St Sampson, Guernsey. 9.30am.sarnia.wordpress.com

Sunday October 23SARNIA WALKING CLUB 3kmCambridge Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey. 9.30am.sarnia.wordpress.com

OVERSEAS

Sunday October 16ATHLETICS IRELAND AUTUMN OPENPhoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland.SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHONToronto, Canada.TCS AMSTERDAM MARATHONAmsterdam, Netherlands.

Wednesday October 26WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPSPerth, Australia. Until Sunday November 6.

Saturday October 29EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CROSS-COUNTRY PERMITMiddlefart, Denmark.

Sunday October 30FRANKFURT MARATHONFrankfurt, Germany.


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5Paula Radcliffe won the London Marathon three

times – can you match the years she won with her winning times? A) 2002 B) 2003 C) 2005 1) 2:15:25 2) 2:17:42 3) 2:18:56

6Callum Hawkins broke the Scottish half-marathon

record and went to No.2 on the UK all-time list with his winning run at the recent Great Scottish Run in Glasgow. What was his time?

7Can you name the male and female winners of this

year’s Great North Run?

8 In which years has US wheelchair racer Tatyana

McFadden successfully completed the London and Boston marathon double?

9The Chicago Marathon started out in which year

and under what name?

10Who was the last British athlete to win a medal in

an Olympic Games marathon?

STARTER FOR 10WELCOME to another in a regular series of quizzes and competitions for athletics trivia-lovers.

This week’s quiz focuses on the road race scene.

NEXT ISSUE: ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS POSED HERE, PLUS MORE PROBLEMS TO TEST YOUR ATHLETICS KNOWLEDGE


QUIZ CORNER

Quiz answers for October 6:Starter for 10: 1 Brendan Foster and Sonia Lannaman; 2 80p and 30p (£1 and 50p nearest); 3 Shirley Strong; 4 Daley Thompson; 5 Harold Abrahams; 6 Ron Hill; 7 Steve Jones; 8 Wendy Smith (Sly); 9 Shaun Pickering; 10 £8Picture this: Czechoslavakia (Helena Fibingerova)

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Tatyana McFadden – Q8

1Which six marathons form part of the Abbott World

Marathon Majors series?

2The Great Birmingham Run takes place this

weekend – which male athlete won last year’s race?

3The men’s marathon world record has been

broken at the Berlin Marathon seven times. Can you name those world record-breaking athletes and recall the years they set their records?

4Haile Gebrselassie was recently named as the

recipient of the AIMS lifetime achievement award for 2016. What is his 26.2-mile PB?

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COVER STORYMary Keitany made the AW cover after her London Marathon victory in 2011. But which global title had she previously claimed in another British city?

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DIP FINISH CRAZINESS AND CONTROVERSY IN THE WORLD OF ATHLETICS

WORLD pole vault champion Shawn Barber escaped a ban for testing

positive for cocaine but will have to live with the embarrassment for years after the details of his drugs test emerged.

The Canadian claims he ingested the recreational drug during a sexual encounter with a woman he met on Craigslist.

His explanation for the positive test, which happened on the eve of the Canadian Olympic trials, was accepted by the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, meaning he was clear to take part in the Rio Games.

Barber says he accidentally consumed the banned substance after kissing the woman who, without his knowledge, had taken cocaine before their hotel rendezvous.

Barber posted an online advert seeking a casual encounter with a woman who was “drug and disease free” the night before the Olympic trials and says he did it to relieve stress.

“At no time during my actions did I even fathom the possibility of being able to be contaminated with cocaine,” said Barber, whose case was heard the day before the Rio Games opening ceremony before he was subsequently cleared to compete in the event. He went on to finish a disappointing 10th.

Barber’s lawyer, Paul Greene, added: “Forensic toxicologists have looked at the case and understood ... it was impossible to have taken this amount of cocaine intentionally.”

Athletics Canada said: “The positive finding in this case was found to be of no fault of the athlete. We are thankful that the proper procedures recognised

the presence of a prohibited substance, but also in ensuring due process to the athlete in coming to a fair and reasonable decision.

“This has been a learning experience for Shawn, he is a young athlete learning how to compete on the field of play, and prepare away from it. As per the ruling Shawn will forfeit his Canadian title and championship record established on July 9 at the Canadian Track and Field Championships.”

Barber won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow but then surprised world record-holder Renaud Lavillenie in Beijing 2015 to take the world title at the age of just 21 with a 5.90m first-time clearance.

Barber’s father, George, also competed in high jump for Canada but he was banned as a coach last autumn by Athletics Canada after the governing body learned of his conviction for having sex with a student at a high school he worked at in New Mexico.

VAULTER ESCAPES DRUG BAN AFTER CASUAL ENCOUNTERCANADIAN SAYS COCAINE WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS SYSTEM AFTER HOOK UP


RUNNERS from three generations finished a recent half-marathon in Lincolnshire.

Vic Shirley, 73, came through the line with his 52-year-old son, John, and 16-year-old grandson, Bryce.

“The photo is from the finish line of the Anna Verrico Half Marathon on September 25 and that’s 141 years crossing the line,” says Vic, of the event at the Isle of Axholme near Doncaster.

“The time of 1:38:08 was disappointing but John and Bryce did their best to keep me on pace. We raised over £600 for the Team Verrico cancer charity.”

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Three generations in one race:John, Vic and Bryce Shirley

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