2012 Results

This page only contains race results for Spectrum Striders RC members.  Included are all results from Striders club championship races, plus some other races where Striders ran.

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Sunday 1-Jul-2012 at 11am:  Amberswood 10k Trail Run (nr. Wigan)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	GLYN KAY	M	00:37:04	winner - HORWICH RMI
15	ANGELA ALLON	F40	00:42:21	1st lady - LEIGH HARRIERS
19	ANDY GASKELL	M40	00:42:55

111 finishers, last finisher in 1:52:07.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Wednesday 4-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Forest Park Ladies 5k

This is a counting race for Ladies in both the Spectrum Striders RC Road Race Championships and the Multi-terrain Championships.

As well as our 5 individual prize winners, Liz, Karon & Alison won the Team prize.

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/k
1	0:19:00	BLIZZARD, Louise	Ladies Vet 35	03:48.0	winner - Belgrave Harriers
3	0:19:57	WHITFIELD, Liz	Senior Ladies	03:59.4	3rd lady
8	0:21:45	FORSTER, Karon	Ladies Vet 50	04:21.0	1st LV50
10	0:21:50	DRAPER, Alison	Senior Ladies	04:22.0
19	0:23:08	CALDWELL, Helen	Ladies Vet 40	04:37.6	1st LV40
24	0:23:31	ROGERS, Caroline	Ladies Vet 50	04:42.2
27	0:24:55	FORTUNE, Anne	Ladies Vet 55	04:59.0	1st LV55
29	0:25:43	SULLIVAN, Jo	Ladies Vet 45	05:08.6
35	0:26:31	ROBERTS, Kathryn	Ladies Vet 45	05:18.2
36	0:26:43	ANDREWS, Vicky	Senior Ladies	05:20.6
38	0:26:54	ARBER, Carolyn	Ladies Vet 50	05:22.8
46	0:28:24	JOHNSTON, Emma	Ladies Vet 40	05:40.8
51	0:28:53	LEIGH, Sarah	Ladies Vet 35	05:46.6
58	0:29:50	DUGDALE, Emma	Junior Ladies	05:58.0
60	0:29:58	RAMSDALE, Christine	Ladies Vet 60	05:59.6	1st LV60
62	0:30:14	JOHNSON, Lucy	Senior Ladies	06:02.8
66	0:30:33	OWEN, Linda	Ladies Vet 50	06:06.6
76	0:32:15	MILLINGTON, Andrea	Ladies Vet 40	06:27.0
78	0:32:24	BARLOW, Patricia	Ladies Vet 50	06:28.8
79	0:32:34	YATES, Elizabeth	Senior Ladies	06:30.8
104	0:37:41	HART, Tracey	Ladies Vet 40	07:32.2
106	0:37:57	EAVES, Emma	Senior Ladies	07:35.4
112	0:39:57	WEGNER, Gabrielle	Ladies Vet 45	07:59.4
115	0:40:50	HEWITT, Anne	Ladies Vet 60	08:10.0

119 finishers, last finisher in 44:58.  Full results are on our web site.

Chris Millington was taking photos.

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Thursday 5-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 1 of 4)

This is a series of 4 5k races in Wythenshawe Park over the summer.  If you do more than one Sizzler in any year, your best time will count in the Club road race championships.

Pos	Name	Cat /	Pos	Time
1	Matt Barnes			15:01	winner - Altrincham & District AC
50	Louise Whittaker	L	1	17:15	1st Lady - Sale Harriers Manchester
87	Chris Dawson	JM	8	18:51
132	Steve Pickford	V40	19	20:17
133	Brad Ehlen	V40	20	20:18
153	Andy Garnett	V55	8	21:04
156	Karon Forster	L50	1	21:09	1st LV50
172	Alan Brady	V60	4	21:35
324	Iain Fortune	V65	5	27:17
343	Tony Fillingham			28:49

386 finishers, last finisher in 45:12.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Tuesday 10-Jul-2012 from 7pm:  Club 5k Handicap

Many thanks to Janet & David Redpath for once again organising the handicap.

The handicapping was again pretty accurate as 36 of the 42 runners finished in a window of just 2 min 17 secs!

Many thanks to all of the helpers – Anne & Les Hewitt,  Christine & John Ramsdale, Michelle & Bill Bradley, Marie Alcock, Kit Whitfield, Peter Haley, Angela Bradley, Chris Millington, Mick Charman, Pat Dooley, Julia Coles, Linda Owen, Sheree Hand, Dave Thompson.  Apologies if we've missed anyone out.

Fastest runners on the night were Liz Whitfield and Chris Dawson.

Les Hewitt took a video of the finish, which has been uploaded to Youtube.  Add 36 mins to the video time stamp and you get the approximate race time.

Also, Chris Millington was taking photos.

		Starting	Finish	Actual	Difference actual
Pos	Name	delay	time	run time	time v. predicted
1	Heather Garland	12:00	36:23	24:23	01:37
2	Jackie Macilwaine	00:00	36:34	36:34	01:26
3	Jan Hughes	00:00	36:36	36:36	01:24
4	Stephanie Charman	07:45	36:51	29:06	01:09
5	Allan Bird	10:15	36:54	26:39	01:06
6	Chris Rogers	09:45	36:54	27:09	01:06
7	Robin Greenwood	09:00	37:06	28:06	00:54
8	Marianne Birchall	05:45	37:10	31:25	00:50
9	Andrea Millington	05:45	37:10	31:25	00:50
10	Malcolm Hughes	14:30	37:14	22:44	00:46
11	Gwendy Gibson	11:00	37:16	26:16	00:44
12	Alan Brady	16:00	37:18	21:18	00:42
13	Karon Forster	16:00	37:22	21:22	00:38
14	Chris Dawson	18:30	37:24	18:54	00:36
15	Paul Lynch	15:45	37:38	21:53	00:22
16	Paul Harrop	14:00	37:41	23:41	00:19
17	Rob McHarry	17:00	37:43	20:43	00:17
18	Iain Fortune	10:30	37:44	27:14	00:16
19	Emma Dean	07:30	37:48	30:18	00:12
20	Vince Alcock	13:00	37:49	24:49	00:11
21	John P Dooley	13:30	37:50	24:20	00:10
22	Carolyn Arber	11:00	37:57	26:57	00:03
23	Anne Fortune	13:45	38:08	24:23	00:08
24	Janice Leigh	13:00	38:11	25:11	00:11
25	Sarah Leigh	10:45	38:12	27:27	00:12
26	Matthew Coles	18:00	38:13	20:13	00:13
27	Karl Alldred	13:30	38:14	24:44	00:14
28	Mat Rimmington	18:00	38:21	20:21	00:21
29	Dillon Alcock	17:30	38:26	20:56	00:26
30	Jim Dawson	18:45	38:27	19:42	00:27
32	Mike Hall	15:00	38:29	23:29	00:29
33	Daniel Chadwick	18:45	38:30	19:45	00:30
34	Andy Gaskell	18:30	38:32	20:02	00:32
35	Steve Pickford	17:30	38:43	21:13	00:43
36	Kenny Forster	18:00	38:44	20:44	00:44
37	Liz Whitfield	18:30	38:59	20:29	00:59
38	Andy Garnett	17:00	39:00	22:00	01:00
39	Michael Bradley	14:00	39:08	25:08	01:08
40	Guy Lambert	18:00	39:42	21:42	01:42
41	Ian Dunbar	13:00	40:05	27:05	02:05
42	Andy Meade	17:30	40:57	23:27	02:57
43	Tony Fillingham				DNF

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Wednesday 11-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  The Druid fell race (nr Mold, category BS, 5 miles, 1200ft climb)

This was race 1 (of 3) in the inter-club fell race competition with Helsby RC and Tattenhall Runners, which is new for 2012.

Helsby RC won this race with 187 points, followed by Spectrum Striders with 166 points, and Tattenhall Runners with 152 points.

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Jez Brown		36.04	winner - Buckley
16	Steve Burthem	V50	40.48	1st MV50 - 2nd claim
19	Laura Bestow	L	41.05	1st lady - West Cheshire AC
25	Chris Millington	V40	42.26
26	Phil Daintith	V40	42.26
29	David Hudd		42.52
43	Stuart Davidson		45.14
46	Ian Pudge	V40	45.32
50	Geoff Hand	V55	45.57
54	Julian Spencer	V50	46.22
55	Andy Garnett	V55	46.27
64	Karon Forster	L50	47.15	1st LV50
78	Brad Ehlen	V40	49.03
86	Ranald MacKay	V40	50.09
94	Neville Griffiths	V65	51.50
106	Michael Charman	V60	53.25
129	Steph Charman	L60	67.42	1st LV60
135	Anne Hewitt	L60	79.16

135 finishers, last finisher in 79:16.  Full results are on the Welsh FRA web site.

Andrea Millington was taking photos.

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Thursday 12-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  The Wizard 5 mile multi-terrain

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Damian Nicholls		27:00	winner - Wilmslow RC
28	Diane McVey	L35	31:10	1st lady - Wilmslow RC
38	Chris Millington	V40	32:02
46	David Hudd		32:35
88	Stephen Pickford	V40	35:41
134	Guy Lambert		38:28
246	Tony Fillingham		52:30

254 finishers, last finisher in 1:11:35.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

Andrea Millington was taking photos.

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Thursday 12-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Bull Hill fell race (Hawkshaw nr. Bolton, category  BS, 5½ miles, 1100ft climb)

This was the first race of the Radcliffe AC 3 Day Challenge.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Martyn Bell	M40	(001/029)	00:40:17	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
50	Nichola Jackson	FJ	(001/002)	00:48:37	1st lady - Preston Harriers
106	Ian Pudge	M40	(019/029)	00:53:33

249 finishers, last finisher in 1:31:09.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Friday 13-Jul-2012 at 7pm:  Radcliffe Summer Cross-country

This was the second race of the Radcliffe AC 3 Day Challenge.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Andy Staveley	M50	(001/009)	00:36:38	winner - Burnden Road Runners
18	Ian Pudge	M40	(005/010)	00:44:31
30	Anne Ferguson	F50	(001/001)	00:49:30	winner - Burnden Road Runners

59 finishers, last finisher in 1:12:18.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Saturday 14-Jul-2012 at 1pm:  Radcliffe 5 mile trail race

This was the 3rd and final race of the Radcliffe AC 3 Day Challenge series.

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Martyn Bell	M40	(001/013)	00:28:54	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
12	Sue Becconsall	F50	(001/002)	00:33:24	winner - Bingley Harriers & AC
29	Ian Pudge	M40	(006/013)	00:36:10

83 finishers, last finisher in 54:44.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

2012 series results

Pos	Name	Cat	BullHill	GiantsXC	Trail5	Total
1	Martyn Bell	M40	00:40:17	00:37:41	00:28:54	01:46:52	winner - Horwich RMI Harriers
17	Ian Pudge	M40	00:53:33	00:44:31	00:36:10	02:14:14
28	Anne Ferguson	F50	00:53:59	00:49:30	00:38:38	02:22:07	1st lady - Burnden Road Runners

50 completed the series.  Full series results are on ukresults.net.

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Saturday 14-Jul-2012 from 12pm: Spectrum Striders Family Track Day

Event report from Julian:

"Our 24th annual Family Track Day was held on a surprisingly warm and sunny day.  As usual, we had a great time – everyone ran hard and there were some amazingly competitive finishes.  Whether Mike Welsby overtook Andy Smith on the finish line in the 4x200m relay remains with the steward’s inquiry.

We were, as usual, very thankful for the enthusiastic children who were keen to run and give us a rest between the big kids events.  The bucket and sponges game for the kids was great, although some of the little ones had to be guided to the right bucket.  It was like It’s A Knockout of old!

The barbeque chez Julian afterwards was great with about 40 hungry runners returning to devour my house (contents).

Thanks to Steve Martin, Andrea Millington and John Ramsdale for recording the positions and the times, well done everyone who took part."

Mick Charman was taking photos.

Mile

Heat 1

Pos	Name	Time
1	Chris Millington	05:12
2	Stephen Pilditch	05:23
3	Julian Spencer	05:32
4	Tim Murphy	05:41
5	Liz Whitfield	05:43
6	Andy Gaskell	05:47
7	Rob McHarry	05:53
8	Dillon Alcock	06:09
9	Karon Forster	06:14
10	Paul Porter (Helsby RC)	06:23

Heat 2

Pos	Name	Time
1	Phillip Rose	05:58
2	Kenny Forster	06:02
3	Andy Smith (Helsby RC)	06:15
4	Mick Charman	06:18
5	Karl Alldred	06:46
6	Alan Peers	06:53
7	Vince Alcock	07:11
8	Gwendy Gibson	07:12
9	Heather Garland	07:20
10	Christine Ramsdale	08:31

Karon Forster's time is a new Club FV50 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 6:23 set at the Club Road Mile on 15-Jun-2002 by 9 sec.

Christine Ramsdale's time is a new Club FV60 record, beating her own previous time set at last years Track Day on 9-Jul-2011 by 24 sec.

400m

Heat 1

Pos	Name	Time (sec)
1	Stephen Pilditch	62
2	Julian Spencer	65
3	Tim Murphy	69
4	Rob McHarry	70
5	Liz Whitfield	72
6	Andy Gaskell	75
7	Dillon Alcock	80

Heat 2

Pos	Name	Time (sec)
1	Wes Gaskell	74
2	Paul Porter (Helsby RC)	76
3	Alan Peers	80
4	Andy Smith (Helsby RC)	83
5	Karl Alldred	84
6	Vince Alcock	86
7	Emily Sinkinson	91
8	Bill Bradley	92
9	Gwendy Gibson	93
10	Heather Garland	95

Long Jump

Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Pos
Rebecca Forster	No Jump	3.91	3.44	1
Stuart Andrew	3.61	3.89	3.60	2
Dan Middlebrook	3.83	No Jump	No Jump	3
Stephen Pilditch	3.50	3.75	3.74	4
Julian Spencer	3.59	3.66	3.60	5
Tim Murphy	3.40	3.43	3.62	6
Rob McHarry	3.23	3.49	3.51	7
Emily Sinkinson	2.85	3.02	2.72	8
Heather Garland	2.97	2.70	2.57	9=
Jim Dawson	2.95	2.94	2.97	9=
Andy Smith	2.84	2.65	2.96	11
Bill Bradley	2.76	2.41	x	12
Jasmin Jones	1.57	x	x	13

800m

Pos	Name	Time
1	Stephen Pilditch	02:20
2	Mike Welsby	02:25
3	Julian Spencer	02:32
4	Tim Murphy	02:39
5	Andy Gaskell	02:41
6	Liz Whitfield	02:45
7	Jim Dawson	02:49
8	Phillip Rose	02:51
9	Andy Smith (Helsby RC)	02:57
10	Gwendy Gibson	03:00
11	Alan Peers	03:13
12	Karl Alldred	03:16
13	Heather Garland	03:22

3000m

Pos	Name	Time
1	Chris Millington	10:38
2	Mike Welsby	11:08
3	Stephen Pilditch	11:15
4	Julian Spencer	11:20
5	Jim Dawson	11:23
6	Liz Whitfield	12:05
7	Karon Forster	12:22
8	Kenny Forster	12:23
9	Andy Smith (Helsby RC)	12:27
10	Mick Charman	13:12
11	Alan Peers	14:02
12	Heather Garland	14:56
13	Ken Black	17:44

Mixed 4x100 relay

4 teams ran but no details were recorded.

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Sunday 15-Jul-2012 at 10am:  Windmill Half Marathon (Lytham St Annes)

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	mins per k/mile	Time
1	Charlie Pass	M	(001/095)	03.43/05.58	01:18:14	winner - Wesham Road Runners
29	Samantha Ayers	F40	(001/020)	04.22/07.02	01:32:05	1st lady - Keswick AC
196	Joanna Thomas	F	(015/028)	05.29/08.50	01:55:39
248	Carolyn Zeber	F50	(005/009)	05.57/09.34	02:05:20
260	Dave Watson	M55	(011/019)	06.01/09.41	02:06:46

316 finishers, last finisher in 3:27:59.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Wednesday 18-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Sefton Park 5 Mile

Pos	Name	M/F	Age	Time
1	Richard Burney	M	36	26.14	winner - Liverpool Harriers & AC
17	Kirsty Longley	F	35	29.59	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton
31	David Hudd	M	39	30.57
77	Stephen Ward	M	51	33.55
91	Steve Pickford	M	41	34.48
94	Karon Forster	F	50	35.01
192	Anne Fortune	F	59	40.19
263	Iain Fortune	M	65	45.00
267	Robin Greenwood	M	40	45.16
273	Stephanie Charman	F	61	45.31	Club FV60 record
274	Michael Charman	M	62	45.33

334 finishers, last finisher in 62:29.  Full results are on the race web site.

Steph's time was a new club FV60 record by 20 secs, beating Janet Redpath's time of 45:51 set at Walton Park on 22-May-2012.

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Thursday 19-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 2 of 4)

This is a series of 4 5k races in Wythenshawe Park over the summer.  If you do more than one Sizzler in any year, your best time will count in the Club road race championships. 

Pos	Name	Cat /	Pos	Time
1	Simon Horsfield			14:47	winner - Sale Harriers Manchester
32	Katie Brough	L	1	16:59	1st lady Warrington Athletic Club
139	Scott Liddell	V55	7	19:39
184	Alan Brady	V60	3	21:02

421 finishers, last finisher in 43:57. Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Saturday 21-Jul-2012 at 4pm:  Burtonwood 5 Mile

Pos	Time	Name	Category	mins/km
1	0:25:50	BRADFORD, Daniel	Male Senior	03:12.6	winner - Shettleston Harriers
9	0:29:18	MARTIN, Colin	Male Vet 50	03:38.4
14	0:29:38	BLIZZARD, Louise	Lady Vet 35	03:40.9	1st lady - Belgrave Harriers
18	0:29:56	MILLINGTON, Christopher	Male Vet 40	03:43.1
28	0:31:08	GARNETT, Neil	Male Vet 50	03:52.1
31	0:31:33	SHARPE, Charlie	Male Senior	03:55.2
34	0:31:40	DAWSON, Jim	Male Vet 40	03:56.1	2nd claim
46	0:32:49	SPENCER, Julian	Male Vet 50	04:04.6
51	0:33:07	WHITFIELD, Liz	Senior Lady	04:06.9
53	0:33:18	ROSE, Philip	Male Vet 50	04:08.2
60	0:33:59	DRAPER, Alison	Senior Lady	04:13.3
63	0:34:50	CHARMAN, Michael	Male Vet 60	04:19.7
71	0:35:47	DEMPSTER, Louise	Lady Vet 45	04:26.8
80	0:36:49	PICKFORD, Stephen	Male Vet 40	04:34.5
86	0:37:51	GRIFFITHS, Brian	Male Vet 50	04:42.2
100	0:39:56	COLES, Matthew	Male Junior	04:57.7
104	0:40:14	FORTUNE, Anne	Lady Vet 55	04:59.9
121	0:43:15	SAMUELSON, Peter	Male Vet 60	05:22.4
123	0:44:26	FORTUNE, Iain	Male Vet 60	05:31.3
124	0:45:27	GREENWOOD, Robin	Male Vet 40	05:38.8
127	0:46:43	CHARMAN, Stephanie	Lady Vet 55	05:48.3
129	0:47:41	HULSE, Paul	Male Vet 40	05:55.5

146 finishers, last finisher in 70:41.  Full results see the race web page

Spectrum ladies (Liz, Alison & Louise) were Ladies team winners. 

(Note that veteran age bands for this race were in 10 year steps, and went up to LV55 and MV60.)

Andrea Millington was taking photos.

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Sunday 22-Jul-2012 at 10am:  Warrington 5k Legacy Event (in Victoria Park)

Pos	Name	Time
1	PAUL MANNION	15:48	winner - Astley & Tyldesley
15	Emma-Louise Pyatt	19:04	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
57	Allan Bird	25:11
61	Sarah Leigh	25:23
109	Andrea Millington	29:16
110	Emma Dean	29:17
113	Tracey Hart	30:11

186 finishers, last finisher in 64:01.  Full results are on the race web site.

Chris Millington was taking photos.

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Sunday 22-Jul-2012 at 10:30am: Northumberland Coastal Run

The route is from Beadnell to Alnmouth.  It is approx. 14 miles, the exact distance depends on whether the tide is in or out!

Pos	FirstName	LastName	Time	Category
1	Ian	Harding	1:16:54	Senior	winner- Morpeth Harriers
27	Jane	Hodgson	1:28:17	Senior	1st lady - Morpeth Harriers
520	Michael	Bradley	2:07:38	Vet 50
607	John	Owen	2:15:10	Vet 50
778	Janet	Redpath	2:40:06	Vet 60

809 finishers (+7 DNF), last finisher in 3:02:55.  Full results are on the Alnwick Harriers web site.

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Wednesday 25-Jul-2012 at 7:30pm:  Harrock Hill fell race #3 of 4 (nr. Parbold,  5.2 miles, 900ft climb, category BS)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Paul Muller	M55	34.48	winner - Horwich
14	Stephen Burthem	M50	37.21	2nd claim
15	Laura Riches	L	37.25	1st lady - Leigh Harriers
28	Phil Daintith	M40	39.57
31	Andy Gaskell	M40	41.02
35	Ian Pudge	M40	41.19
48	Liz Whitfield	L	42.34
49	Tim Murphy	M45	42.38
51	Julian Spencer	M50	42.43
52	Karon Forster	L50	42.50	1st LV50
59	Geoff Hand	M55	43.45
97	Neville Griffiths	M65	48.56	1st MV65
128	Vicky Andrews	L	54.03
141	Anne Hewitt	L60	63.12	1st LV60
146	Kathryn Roberts	L45	67.04
147	Tracey Hart	L40	67.05

147 finishers (+1 DNF), last finisher in 67:05.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

Photos taken by Steve Lewis of Southport Waterloo AC. 

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Sunday 29-Jul-2012 at 10am:  Great Warford 10 Mile

This was race 5 (of 7) in the 2012 Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix, run by the Cheshire County AA.

Pos	Name	Cat/	Pos	Time
1	Paul Lockwood			53:40	winner - Wakefield District H & AC
24	Colin Martin	V50	3	1:01:03
33	Chris Millington	V40	9	1:02:21
49	Jan Nicholls	L40	1	1:04:17	1st lady - Sale Harriers Manchester
55	David Hudd			1:04:37
61	Chris Dawson	JM	2	1:05:15
72	Jim Dawson	V45	13	1:06:12	2nd claim
101	Alison Draper	L	7	1:09:15
122	Brad Ehlen	V40	19	1:11:26
123	Steve Pickford	V40	20	1:11:27
125	Michael Charman	V60	3	1:11:42
139	Alan Brady	V60	4	1:13:22
195	Paul Harrop	V60	8	1:18:32
207	Debbie Read	L55	5	1:19:25	Club LV55 record
272	Vincent Alcock	V40	39	1:27:36
298	Carolyn Arber	L50	11	1:32:40
306	Dave Watson	V55	21	1:33:28
317	Stephanie Charman	L60	2	1:35:36	Club LV60 record
338	Tony Fillingham			1:49:16

345 finishers, last finisher in 2:20:31.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

Debbie's time was a new Club LV55 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 1:24:37 set at the Preston 10 on 19-Nov-2006 by 5 min 12 sec.

Steph's time was a new Club LV60 record, beating Janet Redpath's time of 1:39:52 set at the Preston 10 on 20-Nov-2011 by 4 min 16 sec.

Jack Millington was taking photos.

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Sunday 29-Jul-2012 at 10am:  Leigh Sports Village 10k Legacy Event

Pos	Name	Time
1	Steven Boyton	00:33:41	winner - Deeside AC
9	Heather Jackson	00:40:09	1st lady
56	Paul Lynch	00:48:13
156	Allan Bird	00:58:02

260 finishers, last finisher in 2:29:01.  Full results are on the event web site.

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Wednesday 1-Aug-2012 at 7:30pm:  Pie & Peas 5

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Chris Perry	M	26:18	winner - Vale Royal AC
7	Emily Stewart	L	28:08	1st lady - Edinburgh AC
19	Colin Martin	MV50	30:12
25	Chris Millington	MV40	31:10
40	David Hudd	MV35	32:49
53	Liz Whitfield	L	34:05
63	Philip Rose	MV50	34:30
67	Brad Ehlen	MV40	34:53
69	Andy Garnett	MV55	35:01
72	Karon Forster	LV50	35:06	1st LV50
74	Stephen Pickford	MV40	35:07
88	Kenny Forster	MV50	36:35
111	Geoff Read	MV60	38:03
118	Debbie Read	LV55	38:35	1st LV55
130	Neville Griffiths	MV65	39:19
142	Dave Thompson	MV55	40:13
164	Vicky Andrews	L	42:31
195	Stephanie Charman	LV60	48:10	1st LV60
203	Tony Fillingham	MV35	53:05

206 finishers, last finisher in 1:08:19.  Full results are on the Vale Royal AC web site.

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Thursday 2-Aug-2012 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 3 of 4)

This is a series of 4 5k races in Wythenshawe Park over the summer.  If you do more than one Sizzler in any year, your best time will count in the Club road race championships. 

Pos	Name	Cat/	Pos	Time
1	Matt Barnes			14:38	winner - Altrincham & District AC
30	Katie Good	L	1	17:10	1st lady - Thames Valley Harriers
141	Alan Brady	V60	5	20:42
186	Brad Ehlen	V40	26	22:02
260	Jo Sullivan	L45	6	24:37
336	Tony Fillingham			29:36

369 finishers, last finisher in 42:19. Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Wednesday 8-Aug-2012 at 7:30pm:  Whittle Pike fell race (category AS, 5.1 miles, 1600ft climb)

This was race 2 (of 3) in the inter-club fell race competition with Helsby RC and Tattenhall Runners, which is new for 2012.

Race 1 The Druid	Race 2 Whittle Pike		Standings after 2 races
166	216	Spectrum Striders RC	382
187	177	Helsby RC	364
152	55	Tattenhall Runners	207

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Darren	Kay	MV40	00:40:32	winner - Pudsey & Bramley
19	Chris	Owens	MU23	00:49:50	1st MU23
22	Stephen	Burthem	MV50	00:50:19
29	Chris	Millington	MV40	00:51:54
30	Phil	Daintith	MV40	00:52:00
35	Sarah	Yeomans	LU23	00:53:21	1st lady - Rossendale Harriers
44	David	Hudd	MSEN	00:54:38
56	Liz	Whitfield	LSEN	00:56:00
57	Stuart	Davidson	MSEN	00:56:04
63	Geoff`	Hand	MV55	00:56:59
65	Rob	McHarry	MV45	00:57:09
71	Julian	Spencer	MV50	00:57:59
88	Andrew	Garnett	MV55	00:59:51
90	Steve	Pilditch	MSEN	01:00:00
123	Michael	Charman	MV60	01:04:35
130	Neville	Griffiths	MV65	01:05:59
132	Brad	Ehlen	MV40	01:06:46
140	Dave	Thompson	MV55	01:08:54
145	Debbie	Read	LV55	01:10:00	1st LV55
150	Carol	Stynes	LV40	01:12:28
168	Steph	Charman	LV60	01:22:36
172	Anne	Hewitt	LV60	01:37:38

172 finishers, last finisher in 1:37:38.  Full results are on the FRA web site.

Jack Millington was taking photos. 

Race report

By Dave Hudd:

"Whittle Pike & Pilgrims Cross Fell Races

These two races were located either side of the M66 near Haslingden but they couldn't have been any more different.  Whittle Pike was a category AS and involved climbing with the aid of your hands, whereas Pilgrims Cross was a category BM and was runnable all the way.

Whittle Pike was first and part of the Inter-club competition and thanks to a splendid turnout from the Striders our club came out on top on the day.  The start and finish were in a village which looked like part of the set for 'The Hills Have Eyes' and parking was a nightmare but despite this we all made the start line in good time and were sent on our way.

I must admit this wasn't the most enjoyable of fell races I've done as you just couldn't get going at any point.  There was one small downhill section as well as the finish in the village where you could get going, but apart from that you spent most of your time scrambling around or like me falling over.  I even managed a forward roll at one point which wouldn't have looked out of place in the Olympic gymnastics.  Julian was right, a very hard race and not one for beginners.

The following Wednesday evening was Pilgrims Cross and due to a slightly earlier start and nightmare traffic coming out of Warrington, one Strider arrived too late but a bunch of us did make it and I was so glad I did.  This was the most enjoyable Fell Race I've taken on up to now.  Other than one steep descent it was good for running all the way and had a nice fast downhill finish.

I set off nice and steady and kept pace with Phil Daintith most of the way before passing him on a good downhill section later in the race only for him to streak back past me on the steep descent.  The falls from the week before had made me too cautious.  The tussle continued though as I made steady gains into his lead and then sprinted past him on the finish straight.  A win for me this time but Phil has come out on top a few times too and he was comfortably ahead of me the week before.

I think all the Striders that did both races were much happier at the end of the second one as it was a much more enjoyable experience.  Well done to all the Striders who turned out and hope the good support continues!"

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Sunday 12-Aug-2012 at 10:30am:  Boulsworth fell race (Trawden, nr Colne, category BM, 7½ miles, 1280ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Stephen Chew	M	00:53:16	winner - Wharfedale Harriers
10	Helen Fines	F35	00:57:10	1st lady - Calder Valley
38	Ian Pudge	M40	01:04:11
124	Anne Hewitt	F65	01:48:31

125 finishers, last finisher in 1:55:23.  Full results are on the FRA web site.

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Wednesday 15-Aug-2012 at 7:15pm:  Pilgrims Cross fell race (category BM, 6 miles,1100ft climb)

For race report from Dave Hudd, see above under "Whittle Pike".

Pos	Forename	Surname	Cat	Time
1	Grant	Cunliffe	MU23	00:37:16	winner - Rossendale Harriers
38	Sarah	Yeomans	LU23	00:48:32	1st lady - Rossendale Harriers
40	David	Hudd	MSEN	00:48:43
41	Phil	Daintith	MV40	00:48:48
66	Liz	Whitfield	LSEN	00:52:20
73	Ranald	MacKay	MV40	00:54:09
74	Geoff	Hand	MV55	00:54:21
119	Dave	Thompson	MV55	01:02:15
135	Carol	Stynes	LV40	01:06:43
140	Stephanie	Charman	LV60	01:22:40	1st LV60
141	Anne	Hewitt	LV65	01:33:32	1st LV65

141 finishers, last finisher in 1:33:32.  Full results are on the FRA web site.

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Race #4 on Thursday 16-Aug-2012 at 7:30pm:  Sale Sizzler 5k (race 4 of 4)

This is a series of 4 5k races in Wythenshawe Park over the summer.  If you do more than one Sizzler in any year, your best time will count in the Club road race championships. 

Pos	Name	Cat/	Pos	Time
1	Mohammed AbuRezeq			14:32	winner - Altrincham & District AC
40	Calli Thackery	LJ	1	16:46	1st lady - Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield
207	Louise Dempster	L45	3	20:54
275	Debbie Read	L55	3	22:37
442	Tony Fillingham			28:32

510 finishers, last finisher in 42:29.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Friday 17-Aug-2012 at 7pm:  Striders Club Duathlon (Birchwood Forest Park)

This is a closed event for Spectrum Striders RC club members only (and a few invited guests).  Results are available as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on this web site.

Race report from Tim Murphy:

"Well it was an enjoyable first experience taking part in the Club's Duathlon.  After a briefing of the rules, issuing of map and informative tips from organisers Brian & Helen Burnett, the first competitors set off against their given handicap.

Because of the unknown I didn’t push myself too hard on the first 2 mile run around the Forest Park, which was well marshalled with plenty of encouragement from all of the volunteers.  Chris 'Brownlee' Dawson who had started in front of me was nowhere to be seen recording the fastest run
time on the night for his first leg.

After a smooth transition onto the bike, I soon started to struggle as my inexperience of cycle racing showed.  The route was quite familiar (mostly on the Birchwood 10k route) although I did take one wrong turn, and it wasn’t long before Julian 'Wiggins' Spencer (fastest cycle time) had passed me.

I was glad to finish the cycling, recording the slowest cycle time on the night.  Not too sure who had sent for the ambulance to follow me back as captured on Jim's picture.

My second run was 30 seconds slower than the first which appeared to be about the norm for most us, apart from Neville and Mike Hall whose second run times were even faster than their first.

I'm just glad it wasn’t a triathlon, but I will back with a vengeance next year."

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Saturday 18-Aug-2012 at 9am:  Pennington Flash parkrun

This free event was included in this years XC/MT Championship for the first time.

Pos	Name		Time	Category
1	Stephen	MAKIN	18:56	SM30-34	winner - Wigan Phoenix
3	David	HUDD	20:15	SM35-39
4	Liz	WHITFIELD	20:19	SW30-34	1st lady
5	Julian	SPENCER	20:28	VM50-54
10	Tim	MURPHY	21:13	VM45-49
12	Alison	DRAPER	21:22	SW25-29
16	Dillon	ALCOCK	21:54	JM14
26	Debbie	READ	23:14	VW55-59
29	Leanne	DAVIES	23:27	SW30-34
30	Malcolm	HUGHES	23:48	VM50-54
36	Vincent	ALCOCK	24:04	VM40-44
42	Mike	HALL	24:55	VM50-54
53	Gwendy	GIBSON	25:42	VW40-44
57	Barry	ALLMAN	26:15	VM55-59
77	Stephanie	CHARMAN	29:19	VW60-64
83	Anne	HEWITT	30:04	VW65-69
87	Kenneth	BLACK	30:36	VM65-69
105	Kellie	HUGHES	35:33	SW25-29
112	Jacqueline	MACILWAINE	37:52	VW50-54
120	Janet	HUGHES	42:38	VW50-54

120 finishers, last finisher in 42:38.  Full results are on the parkrun web site.

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Wednesday 22-Aug-2012 at 7:30pm:  Harrock Hill fell race #4 of 4 (nr. Parbold,  5.2 miles, 900ft climb, category BS)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	David Rodgers	M45	33.28	winner - Lochaber
13	Stephen Burthem	M50	38.09	2nd claim
16	Phil Daintith	M40	38.53
25	Julian Spencer	M50	39.45
38	Catriona McCluskey	L	41.42	1st lady - Parbold PP
49	Andy Garnnett	M55	43.03
57	Tim Murphy	M45	43.47
61	Geoff Hand	M55	44.12
74	Louise Dempster	L45	45.04
91	Kenny Forster	M50	46.25
110	Neville Griffiths	M65	49.38
116	Dave Thompson	M55	50.52
153	Karon Forster	L50	64.56

155 finishers, last finisher in 71:51.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

2012 Harrock Hill Race fastest times for Striders

Your fastest time of the 4 Harrock Hill races in any one year counts for your position in the club champs.

Thanks to Julian & Les for the following table of times in the 2012 Series.  The table is sorted in order of fastest time.

Name	Cat	Race 1	Race 1	Race 2	Race 2	Race 3	Race 3	Race 4	Race 4
		pos	time	pos	time	pos	time	pos	time
Chris Millington	M40	10	00:35:46							1st Male Vet
Stephen Burthem	M50	23	00:37:04	10	00:37:37	14	00:37:21	13	00:38:09	2nd claim
Phil Daintith	M40	36	00:38:14	43	00:40:48	28	00:39:57	16	00:38:53	2nd Male Vet
David Hudd	M	42	00:38:41							1st Male Senior
Julian Spencer	M50	60	00:41:15	69	00:43:15	51	00:42:43	25	00:39:45	3rd Male Vet
Liz Whitfield	L	56	00:40:52			48	00:42:34			1st Female Senior
Andy Gaskell	M40	63	00:41:35	60	00:42:34	31	00:41:02			4th Male Vet
Ian Pudge	M40					35	00:41:19			5th Male Vet
Neil Adair	M			54	00:41:59					2nd Male Senior
Tim Murphy	M45	67	00:42:09			49	00:42:38	57	00:43:47	6th Male Vet
Andy Garnett	M55			71	00:43:34			49	00:43:03	7th Male Vet
Karon Forster	L50			78	00:44:33	52	00:42:50	153	01:04:56	1st Female Vet
Geoff Hand	M55			84	00:45:07	59	00:43:45	61	00:44:12	8th Male Vet
Louise Dempster	L45							74	00:45:04	2nd Female Vet
Ranald MacKay	M40			94	00:46:08					9th Male Vet
Stephen Pickford	M40			96	00:46:13					10th Male Vet
Kenny Forster	M50							91	00:46:25	11th Male Vet
Debbie Read	L55			129	00:50:01					3rd Female Vet
Carol Stynes	L40	121	00:50:06							4th Female Vet
Neville Griffiths	M65			135	00:51:32	97	00:48:56	110	00:49:38	13th Male Vet
Michael Charman	M60	122	00:50:07							12th Male Vet
Dave Thompson	M55							116	00:50:52	14th Male Vet
Vicky Andrews	L					128	00:54:03			2nd Female Senior
Caroline Rogers	L50			161	00:55:47					5th Female Vet
Stephanie Charman	L60	140	00:59:01	173	01:00:57					6th Female Vet
Kit Whitfield	M45	142	01:00:30							15th Male Vet
Anne Hewitt	L60	143	01:00:56			141	01:03:12			7th Female Vet
Tracey Hart	L40	148	01:04:30	184	01:05:00	146	01:07:04			8th Female Vet
Kathryn Roberts	L45	149	01:04:31	183	01:04:59	147	01:07:05			9th Female Vet
No. Striders ran		15		16		14		11
No. runners/race		150		186		148		155

2012 overall Harrock Hill Race series results

These are decided on a points basis, with your best 3 of the 4 races to count.  Here are the Striders results for the 2012 series.

Pos	Name	Cat	Race1	Race2	Race3	Race4	TOTAL	Races	Best3	Average
1	Paul Muller	M55	5	2	1	4	12	4	7	3.0	winner - Horwich
6	Stephen Burthem	M50	23	10	14	13	60	4	37	15.0	2nd claim
15	Phil Daintith	M40	36	43	28	16	123	4	80	30.8
23	Catriona McCluskey	L	49	61	37	38	185	4	124	46.3	1st lady - Parbold PP
27	Julian Spencer	M50	60	69	51	25	205	4	136	51.3
31	Andy Gaskell	M40	63	60	31		154	3	154	51.3
33	Tim Murphy	M45	67		49	57	173	3	173	57.7
42	Geoff Hand	M55		84	59	61	204	3	204	68.0
51	Karon Forster	L50		78	52	153	283	3	283	94.3
67	Neville Griffiths	M65		135	97	110	342	3	342	114.0	1st MV65
	Kathryn Roberts	L45	149	183	146		478	3	478	159.3
	Tracey Hart	L40	148	184	147		479	3	479	159.7

There were 81 runners who completed 3 or 4 races.  Full series results are on ukresults.net.

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Wednesday 22-Aug-2012 at 7:15pm:  Capenhurst 5k (nr Ellesmere Port)

Pos	Name	Category	Time
1	Jonny Mellor	Male Senior	14:11	winner - Liverpool Harriers
31	Kelly Crickmore	Female Senior	17:10	1st lady - Chester Tri Club
97	Philip Rose	Male Vet 50	19:39
111	Michael Charman	Male Vet 60	20:39
144	Debbie Read	Female Vet 55	22:01	1st LV55 + Club record
211	Stephanie Charman	Female Vet 60	28:10	1st LV60 + Club record
225	Jessica O'Neill	Female Senior	38:21

229 finishers, last finisher in 45:39.  Full results are on the Ellesmere Port RC web site.

Debbie's time is a new Club LV55 record, beating Anne Fortune's time of 23:44 set at this years Hollins Green 5k on 2-Jun-2012 by 1 min 43 sec.

Steph's time equals Janet Redpath's existing LV60 record set at Christleton on 18-May-2012.

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Saturday 25-Aug-2012 at 6:30pm:  Lancaster 5k

Pos	Time	Surname	First Name	Cat
1	00:15:26	Quinn	Iain	M	winner - Barrow & Furness Striders
7	00:16:54	Wilkinson	Mary	F	1st lady - Bingley Harriers
60	00:28:23	Ramsdale	Christine	FV60	PB by 55 sec!

62 finishers, last finisher in 31:09.  Full results are on the UK Road Races web site.

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Sunday 26-Aug-2012 at 10am:  Fleetwood Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	CatPos	Mins/k/mile
1	Anthony Valentine	01:10:13	M	(001/140)	03.20/05.22	winner - Bolton United Harriers
26	Margaret Sykes	01:25:34	F40	(001/028)	04.04/06.32	1st lady - Holmfirth Harriers
62	Stephen Pickford	01:34:42	M40	(014/040)	04.30/07.14

416 finishers, last finisher in 3:29:48.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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Bank Holiday Monday 27-Aug-2012 at 1pm:  Moel Fammau fell race (Cilcain nr Mold, category AS, 4.6 miles, 1286ft climb)

Pos	First Name	Surname	Time	Cat
1	PETER	BROOK	32.49	MSen	winner - CHESTER
21	ANDREA	ROWLANDS	39.36	FSen	1st lady - ERYRI HARRIERS
25	PHIL	DAINTITH	40.01	M40
51	CHRIS	MILLINGTON	42.43	M40
69	GEOFF	HAND	44.25	M50
82	KARON	FORSTER	45.53	F50
94	MICHAEL	CHARMAN	46.59	M60
101	KENNY	FORSTER	47.26	M50
113	NEVILLE	GRIFFITHS	48.31	M60
131	DAVE	THOMPSON	51.08	M50
141	DEBBIE	READ	52.50	F50
169	STEPHANIE	CHARMAN	59.31	F60	1st FV60
176	ANNE	HEWITT	67.27	F60

179 finishers, last finisher in 73:03.  Full results are currently on the Cilcain Village Show web site.

The race had 10 year age bands.

Andrea Millington was taking photos.

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Saturday 1-Sep-2012 at 10am:  Halewood 5k

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Rob Tudor	MV45	16:43	winner - West Cheshire AC
8	Mick Charman	MV60	20:55
10	Sharon Reynes	F	21:41	1st lady - Widnes Wasps
19	Steph Charman	LV60	27:54	Club FV60 record

Full results are on the race results web page.

This 5k is similar in style to parkrun.  It is accurately measured.

Steph's time beat the existing jointly held record of 28:10 set by Janet Redpath (at Christleton 5k 18-May-2012) & Steph herself (at Capenhurst 5k on 22-Aug-2012).

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Sunday 2-Sep-2012 at 9:15am:  Wolverhampton Marathon

Pos	GunTime	Name	Pos	Cat	ChipTime
1	2:55:07	James Murray	1	M40	2:55:06	winner - Bideford AAC
29	3:25:16	Helen James	1	F35	3:25:09	1st lady - Barrow Runners
31	3:26:46	Caroline Hemming	2	F45	3:26:21	1st FV45 & 2nd lady

259 finishers, last finisher in 6:50:00.  Full results are on the Chip Timing web site.

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Friday 7-Sep-2012 at 7pm:  Deestriders Off-road 5 mile

Pos	Time		Name	Cat
1	29:32	DESIDERIO	DAMIANI	SM	winner - WREXHAM AC
7	32:35	COLIN	MARTIN	MV50	1st MV50
20	34:24	JAYNE	JOY	SL	1st lady - HELSBY RC
24	34:49	DAVID	HUDD	SM
43	40:42	DEBBIE	READ	FV55	1st FV55

60 finishers, last finisher in 56:15.  Full results on the Deestriders web site.

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Sunday 9-Sep-2012 at 9am:  English Half Marathon (Warrington)

		Gun	Chip	Chip
Pos	Name	time	pos	time	Cat
1	Paul Lockwood	01:10:29	1	01:10:28	MSNR	winner - Wakefield District Harriers
8	Matt Cullen	01:18:31	8	01:18:29	MSNR
9	Kelly Crickmore	01:19:01	9	01:19:00	FSNR	1st lady - Salford Harriers AC
23	Louize Blizzard	01:23:30	23	01:23:28	FSNR	Belgrave Harriers
86	Stephen Ward	01:32:52	82	01:32:14	M50
126	Alison Draper	01:36:36	130	01:36:32	FSNR
140	Andrew Gaskell	01:37:47	139	01:37:09	M40
207	David Gleave	01:41:09	199	01:40:13	MSNR
363	Leanne Davies	01:49:04	356	01:47:56	FSNR
415	Luke Potts	01:51:47	410	01:50:21	MSNR
427	Kate Johnson	01:52:25	426	01:51:18	F40
608	Norman Partington	02:00:33	606	01:59:06	M50
656	Vincent Alcock	02:00:25	663	01:59:17	M40
747	Rob Cant	02:07:34	746	02:06:19	M50
751	Ian Dunbar	02:07:55	759	02:06:49	M50
822	Christopher Rogers	02:12:34	823	02:10:45	MSNR
1043	Alison Astles	02:32:27	1045	02:30:04	F40
1082	Tony Fillingham	02:44:18	1082	02:41:39	MSNR

1122 finishers, last finisher in 3:18:31.  Full results are on the Winning Time web site.

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Sunday 9-Sep-2012 at 10:30am:  Coombes Tor fell race (Peak District, nr Marple, category BM, 6.8 miles, 1500ft climb)

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
1	Jack Ross	M	46.04	winner - Staffordshire Moorlands AC
8	Chris Millington	V40	53.05	2nd MV40
19	Sandra Lewis	F	55.24	1st lady - Altrincham & District AC
24	Ian Pudge	V40	56.17
25	David Hudd	M	56.20
32	Phil Daintith	V40	58.14
44	Karon Forster	FV50	61.34
52	Ranald MacKay	V40	64.01
54	Kenny Forster	V50	64.29
73	Carol Stynes	FV40	72.23
88	Anne Hewitt	FV60	97.27	1st FV60

88 finishers, last finisher in 97:27.  Full results are on the Goyt Valley Striders web site

Andrea Millington was taking photos.

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Sunday 9-Sep-2012 at 10:15am:  City Of Salford 10k

				Gun	Chip	Chip
Pos	First Name	Surname	Cat	time	time	pos
1	Mohammad	Abu-Rezeq	MOPEN	00:30:18	00:30:18	1	winner - Altrincham & District AC
27	Kirsty	Longley	FV35	00:36:59	00:36:59	29	1st lady - Liverpool Pembroke Sefton
97	Philip	Rose	MV50	00:42:03	00:41:41	94
219	Paul	Harrop	MV60	00:46:46	00:46:30	243
962	Janet	Redpath	FV60	01:01:26	01:00:41	981

1353 finishers, last finisher in 1:30:56.  Full results are on the TDL Events web site.

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Sunday 9-Sep-2012 at 1pm:  Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	mins per k/mile	Time
1	Ben Fish	M	(001/289)	03.10/05.06	01:06:50	winner - Blackburn Harriers
40	Alison Lavender	F	(001/162)	03.48/06.07	01:20:02	1st lady - Oswestry Olympians
251	Michael Charman	M60	(004/030)	04.37/07.26	01:37:24
406	David Rogers	M50	(043/094)	04.59/08.02	01:45:12
1052	Tracey Green	F45	(060/107)	06.15/10.04	02:11:50
1053	David Watson	M55	(061/072)	06.15/10.04	02:11:50
1077	Stephanie Charman	F60	(002/006)	06.18/10.09	02:12:52	Club LV60 record

1420 finishers, last finisher in 3:37:12.  Full results are on ukresults.net

Steph's time beat the existing record of 2:12:55 set by Janet Redpath at the Village Bakery Half Marathon at Wrexham on 19-Feb-2012 by just 3 sec. 

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Thursday 13-Sep-2012 at 7pm:  Club Road Mile (at Birchwood Park)

Pos	Name	Cat	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
1	Karl Steinegger		05:06
2	Chris Dawson		05:13			05:18		05:36
3	Chris Millington	V40	05:15		05:18
4	Ian Pudge	V40	05:25
5	Dave Hudd		05:27		05:27
6	Julian Spencer	V50	05:29	05:20	05:32			05:30	05:32
7	Georges Rouillon		05:34			05:22		05:49
8	Matthew Coles		05:41		06:00
9	Tim Murphy	V45	05:42
10	Matt Rimmington		05:45
11	Andy Gaskell	V40	05:45		05:58
12	Jim Dawson	V45	05:54			05:52		06:00
13	Rob McHarry	V45	05:56			06:01		05:58	05:53
14	Phil Rose	V50	05:58
15	Louise Dempster	LV45	05:59
16	Graham Driver	V45	06:02			06:01	06:01	06:07	06:11
17	Kenny Forster	V50	06:06	05:40
18	Andy Garnett	V55	06:17		06:15	06:00	06:00	05:49	05:48
19	Karon Forster	V50	06:21	06:15
20	Ryan Dugdale	Jun	06:24
21	Alan Brady	V60	06:27
22	Debbie Read	LV55	06:28		06:48
23	Malcolm Hughes	V50	06:34
24	Leanne Davies		06:41
25	Paul Harrop	V60	06:46	07:27
26	John Dooley	V60	07:03				06:39	06:05	06:07
27	Allan Bird	V50	07:15
28	Ian Dunbar	V55	07:41	07:15			07:32	07:13	07:30
29	Mike Charman	V60	07:52	06:20		06:13
30	Anita Lall		08:28
31	Mike Wakem	V65	08:35					08:33	08:07
32	Steph Charman	LV60	08:44

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Saturday 15-Sep-2012 from 11am:  N.W. Counties 4/3 Stage Road Relays (Marbury Park, nr Northwich)

The event was organised by Cheshire AA and Vale Royal AC.  The Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Lancashire relays are run at the same time & location as part of the same North West Counties event. 

Full results are on the Cheshire AA web site.

Andrea Millington was taking photos. 

Each leg was 2 laps, a total distance of approx 5.4k.  "Pos" shows the position of the team at the end of that leg.

Men

Spectrum Striders A, 6th Cheshire team, 30th overall

Leg	FirstName	Surname	Time	Pos
1	Graham	Houghton	00:18:02	28
2	Chris	Millington	00:19:40	34
3	Neil	Garnett	00:20:03	33
4	Neil	Crompton	00:19:13	30
	Total	time	01:17:00

Spectrum Striders B, 11th Cheshire team, 50th overall

Leg	FirstName	Surname	Time	Pos
1	Chris	Dawson	00:20:34	54
2	Phil	Daintith	00:21:10	56
3	Julian	Spencer	00:20:24	53
4	Ian	Bamber	00:20:52	50
	Total	time	01:23:00

Spectrum Striders C, 12th Cheshire team, 59th overall

Leg	FirstName	Surname	Time	Pos
1	Karl	Steinegger	00:19:30	44
2	Scott	Liddell	00:21:13	50
3	Kenny	Forster	00:21:45	54
4	Andy	Garnett	00:22:44	59
	Total	time	01:25:12

Spectrum Striders D, 15th Cheshire team, 68th overall

Leg	FirstName	Surname	Time	Pos
1	Graham	Driver	00:21:43	69
2	Brad	Ehlen	00:22:03	67
3	Neville	Griffiths	00:25:32	69
4	Guy	Lambert	00:24:07	68
	Total	time	01:33:25

There were 15 Cheshire mens teams, 72 full teams in total.

Women

Spectrum Striders, 7th Cheshire  team, 26th overall

Leg	FirstName	Surname	Time	Pos
1	Karon	Forster	00:22:47	36
2	Carolyn	Arber	00:27:20	79
3	Shirley	Anderson	00:23:32	74
	Total	time	01:13:39

There were 9 Cheshire womens teams, 33 full teams in total.

Race reports

Barry Allman:

"5.4km’s of Fun

It was off to Marbury Park (near Northwich) for the NW counties relays.  Julian managed to coax, arm twist, put together one team of ladies and four teams of men.  After a long evening of availability checks, finally placing the runners into teams, with the result that the teams were well matched.

The weather was overcast as Julian and I left Warrington, with Karon and Kenny Forster being joint team managers.  Sunny weather greeted us at Marbury, as well as the largest field of cow pat’s you could imagine (my shoes really do need a wash).

All the ladies were already near the start area (Karon Forster, Carolyn Arber, and Shirley Anderson) all eager to get on the course.  I helped to take over the team manager role (luckily missing out on running due to an ear infection – honest).  As our ladies made their way to the start line our men slowly started to arrive.  (With me being first reserve quite a nervous time.)  Thankfully, everybody turned up, so it is now time for coffee and butties as I don’t have to run!

The ladies and men ran really well. With lots of “ENCOURAGING” support as our runners came past, the “SPECTRUM” corner.  It was Carolyn’s first team relay race, so well done, and she seemed to enjoy it.  Everybody finished their separate legs with racing tales to tell.  Checking leg times of the
other Spectrum runners, there is nothing quite like beating somebody in another team.

Julian shouldn’t have worried as the event went well.  Although leaving his car keys with Karon, now out shopping in Northwich, lead to a slightly late departure. The extra bacon and egg bap while we waited were partial compensation.  So thanks, Julian.
Barry"

Karon Forster:

"Great event and great atmosphere!  Well done the ladies and the gents for some good team running and support.  Thanks also to Barry and Andrea, Steph and Mick for your support; sorry if I missed any other nonrunners.

And not least thanks to big J for organising us all (I think its thanks, anyway, after caving in on the last 2K of todays race...).  Shame the pool wasn’t open, sure big J would have welcomed an impromptu swim...."

Carolyn Arber:

"I really enjoyed my first relay race and the weather and atmosphere was great. Not sure my running time was up to scratch but thanks for being so supportive and making it fun. :)"

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Sunday 16-Sep-2012 at 11am:  Sutton 6 10k (nr Chester)

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	0:33:42	RENTON, Liam	MJun	winner - Warrington AC
16	0:37:29	McCORMICK, Tessa	LJun	1st lady - Vale Royal AC
39	0:39:48	DAWSON, Chris	MJun
42	0:40:02	SPENCER, Julian	MV50
55	0:41:19	ROSE, Philip	MV50
88	0:44:22	CHARMAN, Michael	MV60
91	0:44:31	FORSTER, Karon	LV50	1st LV50
92	0:44:34	DEMPSTER, Louise	LV45	1st LV45
189	0:54:52	BUCK, Sue	LV45
194	0:56:49	ALLMAN, Barry	MV55
198	0:57:28	CHARMAN, Steph	LV60	Club LV60 record

228 finishers, last finisher in 1:14:51.  Full results on the West Cheshire AC web site.

Steph's time beat the existing record of 59:17 set by Anne Hewitt at the Trafford 10k on 13-Mar-2011 by 1 min 49 sec. 

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Sunday 16-Sep-2012 at 10:40am:  Great North Run

Pos	Name	Time
1	Wilson Kipsang	0:59:06	Winner
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	1:07:35	1st lady
276	Rob Hough	1:23:25	PB
35747	Tony Fillingham	2:46:41

40042 finishers, last finisher in 6:07:37.  Full results are on the Great Run Series web site.

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Saturday 22-Sep-2012 at 11am:  King John's Castle fell race (nr Mold, category BS, 4.6 miles, 866ft climb)

This was race 3 (of 3) in the inter-club fell race competition with Helsby RC and Tattenhall Runners, which was new for 2012.

Spectrum Striders RC were the inaugural winners of the competition.

	Final  Standings	Race 1  The Druid	Race 2  Whittle Pike	Race 3  King John's Castle
Spectrum Striders RC	571	166	209	196
Helsby RC	487	187	177	123
Tattenhall Runners	324	152	55	117

 

Pos	Time	Name	Cat
1	34.23	Ed Gamble	MV45	winner - Cheshire Hill Racers
4	36.06	Karl Steinegger	M
7	36.58	Chris Millington	MV40
11	28.28	Steve Burthem	MV50	1st MV50
14	39.04	Phil Daintith	MV40
15	39.11	Neil Crompton	M
19	40.15	Julian Spencer	MV50	2nd MV50
20	40.54	Rhian Pierce	F	1st lady - Denbigh Harriers
23	42.46	Karon Forster	FV50	1st FV50
25	43.00	Louise Dempster	FV45	1st FV45
41	44.47	Michael Charman	MV60	1st MV60
44	45.18	Janet Robertson	FV45	2nd FV45 - 2nd claim
50	46.44	Neville Griffiths	MV65	2nd MV65
57	48.56	Dave Thompson	MV55
62	50.12	Richard MacIlwaine	MV50
68	56.38	Barry Allman	MV55
69	57.55	Stephanie Charman	FV60	1st FV60

69 finishers, last finisher in 57:55.  Full results are on the Welsh FRA web site.

There are some photos taken by Andrea Millington. 

Race report from Neville Griffiths:

"The third race in the fell grand prix series saw a slight reduction in the number of Striders running, due to holidays and njury, but the quality was still there with 7 out of the 14 Striders winning prizes.

The route was across undulating hill side with marvellous views across the north Wales countryside in the clear sunny conditions."

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Saturday 22-Sep-2012 at 12 noon:  Great Langdale Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	Time	mins per k/mile
1	Steven Prentice	M	02:57:28	04.13/06.46	winner - Bellahouston Harriers
13	Nicola Shaw	F40	03:28:27	04.57/07.57	1st lady
23	Caroline Hemming	F45	03:38:12	05.11/08.20	1st FV45 & 3rd lady

173 finishers, last finisher in 5:41:22.  Full results are on the race web site.

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Tuesday 25-Sep-2012 at 7pm:  Club Track Mile at Victoria Park

Many thanks to Carol Stynes for doing the times, also to Carol & Julian for the results.

	Cat	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Karl Steinegger	MS	05:06
Chris Millington	MV40	05:29	05:07	05:20
Ian Harris (guest)		05:36				DNF	05:16	05:07
Neil Adair	MS	05:37	05:25	05:23	05:31.1	05:40.7
Steve Pickford	MV40	05:59		06:11	05:49.4
Andy Gaskell	MV40	06:02			05:55.4
Adam MacIlwaine	MS	06:03
Rob McHarry	MV45	06:07	06:01	05:47	05:54.2		05:54
Luke Potts	MS	06:22
Ran MacKay	MV40	06:24		06:08
Alan Brady	MV60	06:33
Alan Griffiths (guest)		06:04
Neil Atkinson (guest)		06:44
John Paul (guest)		06:57
Norman Partington	MV50	07:10
Edward Stokes	MS	07:28
Lisa MacKay	FV40	08:10
Joanne Curley (guest)		08:11
Robin Greenwood	MV40	08:21	06:36	06:31	06:58.4	08:52.6
Emma Dovedale (guest)		08:24
Lucy Johnson	FS	08:54
Chris Rogers	MS	08:55
Janet Hughes	FV50	10:52
Jackie MacIlwaine	FV50	10:52

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Saturday 29-Sep-2012 at 1:15pm:  Red Rose Cross Country League race 1 of 4 at Leigh Sports Village

U15 Boys race – 4k

Pos	Name	Time
1	Christopher Brown	12:13	winner - Oldham & Royton H & AC
24	Dillon Allcock	14:50

37 finishers, last finisher in 23:03.  Full results are on the SportSoft web site.

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Sunday 30-Sep-2012 at 10am/11am:  Sandstone Trail Races (A: 17.1 miles/2150ft climb, B: 10.6 miles/950ft climb)

A Race starts in Duckington village, B Race starts near Beeston Castle, both races finish in Delamere Forest.

Full results are on the Deeside OC web site.

A Race 

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Chris Smithard	M	1	1:47:51	winner - Deeside Orienteering Club
14	Charlie Sharpe	M	10	2:11:54
22	Lisa Grantham	F	1	2:19:06	1st lady - City of Chester Tri Club
37	Julian Spencer	M50	5	2:22:16
98	Daniel Chadwick	M	35	2:45:45
152	Heather Garland	F	15	3:11:45

172 finishers (+2 DNF), last finisher in 4:07:20

B Race

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1st	Graham Houghton	M	1	01:12:09	Winner!
4th	Chris Millington	M40	2	01:17:24	MV40 prize winner
15th	Jayne Joy	F	1	01:25:11	1st lady - Helsby RC
19th	Andy Garnett	M50	4	01:25:44
36th	Michael Charman	M60	3	01:33:29
65th	Dave Thompson	M50	15	01:41:57
80th	Mike Hall	M50	18	01:45:00
86th	Debbie Read	F50	5	01:46:19
129th	Barry Grantham	M60	12	01:58:01
142nd	Stephanie Charman	F50	7	02:04:44

157 finishers, last finisher in 2:26:40 

Striders Graham Houghton, Chris Millington and Andy Garnett won the mens B Race team prize (decided on cumulative time as opposed to position).

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Sunday 30-Sep-2012 at 10am:  Macclesfield Half Marathon

Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
1	Mohamad Aburezeq	M	(001/289)	01:09:52	winner - Altrincham & Dist. AC
9	Olivia Walwyn-Bush	F	(001/084)	01:17:48	1st lady - Altrincham & Dist. AC
102	Alison Draper	F	(006/084)	01:35:18
122	Steve Pickford	M40	(022/099)	01:36:44
361	Paul Harrop	M60	(009/018)	01:49:32
425	Peter Samuelson	M65	(005/008)	01:52:51
665	Edward Stokes	M	(259/289)	02:07:21

805 finishers, last finisher in 2:59:59.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

This was race 7 (of 7) in the 2012 Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix, run by the Cheshire County AA.

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Sunday 30-Sep-2012 at 10am: Run Preston 10k

This was race 2 in the 4-race Preston Guild 2012 Road Race Series. 

Pos	Name	Cat	ChipTime	GunTime
1	Robert Affleck	M40	00:33:14	00:33:14	winner - Preston Harriers
37	Claire Bunce	F	00:39:43	00:39:43	1st lady - Red Rose Road Runners
428	Alan Peers	M70	00:51:59	00:52:03	1st MV70

1483 finishers, last finisher in 1:43:03.  Full results are on ukresults.net.

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