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CONTENTS 2019 road rankings – p26

Jason Henderson, editor

Covering all the great moments SINCE this magazine was created 75 years ago (see p18-20) we have published countless pages. Last year alone we printed 3352 of them, not including the many supplements we produced, plus the hundreds of website articles. Yet none of these pages attract as much attention as the front cover itself. The athlete who sits in that prominent spot is effectively the face of the sport on the newsstands that week. Nowadays the image is also shared around the world via social media. Mo Farah has been on this magazine’s cover more than anyone. He has featured as the main athlete on the front a whopping 65 times since the turn of the millennium, beating off “competition” from Paula Radcliffe, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Usain Bolt (see Digest, p10). Bolt holds the record for the number of cover appearances in one year, however, with 10 during his world record-breaking 2009 season. Farah was on the front nine times in 2013, though, while Radcliffe went on nine times during in 2003. Former AW editor Mel Watman reminds me that it was rare for Daley Thompson, Seb Coe or Carl Lewis to go on the cover more than three times in a year in the 1980s. So Farah is almost certainly our most frequent cover star. Bizarrely, however, the Briton has never featured on the cover of Track & Field News. Although the American magazine, which was founded three years after AW, has a US bias and only 12 covers each year (Dip Finish, p62). The AW cover remains special and one of the nicest moments as editor is when athletes like Dina Asher-Smith, Jazmin Sawyers and Jenny Nesbitt (3 of 29 women on our cover last year) take the time to thank us on social media. The Asher-Smith family have not always been keen on the idea of a cover image either with Dina’s mum Julie worried it will bring bad luck! Judging by Dina’s results last year, though, there is no such “cover curse” when it comes to AW and, along with Laura Muir and KJT, the sprinter is catching Farah as the most frequent cover star in AW history. 2 4 6 aA tWh l e t i c s w e e k l y . c o m

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Tom Bosworth injury-free and targeting Tokyo podium place Amy Hunt says enjoyment is key for junior athletes Long-time AW contributor Colin Young dies New year honours for Kelly Sotherton and Frank Clement Get your tickets for the National Running Show in Birmingham

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26 2019 ROAD RANKINGS PLUS WALKS AND ULTRA With some red-hot results over the festive period, we delayed our 2019 annual road running rankings until this issue. This batch of stats also includes top walks and ultra marks from last year

PERFORMANCE 35 36 38

Warm-ups – sprint hurdles in the spotlight How they train – the M55 sprinter Donald Brown tells John Shepherd how he is managing to run so well as he settles into middle age Rest and recovery – Dr Jim Brown covers every angle imaginable on the important and often-neglected subject of sleep in a twopage interview

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COVER: Mo Farah and, insets, Eliud Kipchoge and Sophie Hahn Images: Mark Shearman and Luc Percival

Right: AW pages from years gone by – p18

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EVENTS FOR 2020

Some of the key athletics meetings this year for athletes and spectators at home and abroad as we get the new year off to a flying start

AW IS 75 This magazine celebrates its diamond anniversary in 2020 and editor Jason Henderson brings you the background on how AW was created in 1945

22 CHARLIE SPEDDING

Olympic marathon medallist on the link between athletics and exercise and good results for children at school

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PREVIEW

40 RUN STIRLING A busy meeting in Scotland incorporates the British Athletics Cross Challenge and home nations international and we set the scene for this weekend’s races

HAVE YOUR SAY

Readers have their views on the Alex Bell funding debate and Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s helping hand

62 DIP FINISH

Karsten Warholm is a controversial winner of Norway sports star contest while talented Sasha Zhoya is to run for France

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Results round-up includes news from the county crosscountry championships around the nation What’s On fixtures guide AW

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Bosworth looks to be back in business INJURY FREE RACE WALKER LOOKS FORWARD TO CHALLENGING FOR AN OLYMPIC MEDAL

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RITAIN’S top race walker, Tom Bosworth, is looking forward optimistically to Olympic year after finally shaking off the back injury that plagued him throughout 2019. The British 20km record-holder performed remarkably well to place seventh at the World Championships in Doha last year despite being in agony during some of the build-up. The Tonbridge AC athlete said the back problem hindered him “massively” and he added: “It was affecting everything I did from moving around the house to racing to training. It really had an effect last year but now everything is going very well. “I didn’t really perform how I’d hoped. I missed the British Champs in the summer of last year. After the spring, everything was just agony so the rest of the summer was a writeoff. It was just whether I could get back for Doha in time and thankfully we did.” Bosworth said he felt it was imperative after the Worlds to fix last year’s issue before focusing on anything else in his training. “We did a bit of patching up in the summer to get me to the World Championships and since then we’ve managed to put in a great block of core work as well as the mileage,” he said. “It kind of hindered the mileage a little bit to start with but it was really important that we got on top of that so I could get through it. That was something I wanted to do first and foremost – put that behind me and make sure we did the right work and have the right treatment.”

Tom Bosworth: fine seventh place in Doha despite injury-hit year

The Leeds-based athlete was speaking after winning the England 3000m walks title held in Sheffield last Sunday. Although around 48 seconds outside his world best with 11:18.00, he was glad to be back injury-free on his season’s debut. “I entered on a bit of a whim but I enjoy racing. It was just to see where I’m at,” he said. “To come here and support this event was very important and it’s filled me with confidence.” As he builds up to try to improve on his sixth place from the 2016 Olympics, Bosworth’s next big target will be the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships in Belarus in May. “Obviously that’s against the best athletes in the world,” he said. “So we’ll know exactly where I’m at in May. Then nail the trial for the Olympics (in Leeds in June) and hopefully confirm my place.” He has already spoken out against the controversial decision to move the walks and marathons at the Olympics away from Tokyo for the cooler climes of Sapporo. Bosworth, who battled through the World Championships race where the temperature hovered around 32C and the humidity was 77%, further commented: “If we survived Doha, it would be nothing quite like that. I’m sure Sapporo will be a fantastic event – they’ve made sure it’s not going to lose TV time or anything, which is very important. “But it’s just a shame, especially for first-time Olympians who might miss out on having a true experience of the Olympic Games, the village, the environment, the atmosphere of a host city.”

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Amy Hunt: British U20 female athlete of 2019

In brief Great comeback NICK JONES’ time of 20:10 at the Widnes parkrun on New Year’s Day is not that impressive if you consider the former GB international ran 63:12 for the halfmarathon at his best. But it was an incredible achievement given that he spent spring and summer last year in hospital with ileostomy surgery, sepsis and a highgrade neuroendocrine carcinoma. Nick Jones (right) and The Warrington AC his coach Phil Hicken athlete underwent six intensive cycles of chemotherapy but is now running again.

English National Cross deadline THE closing date for entries for next month’s Saucony English Cross Country Championships in Nottingham is Friday January 10, with late entries not accepted. Go to race-results.co.uk/results/2020/ natxc20e.php to enter.

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Race is on for Great North Run entries THE ballot for the 40th Great North Run is now open and closes on February 9. See greatrun.org/north for more.

Another Kenyan doper SAMMY KITWARA is the latest Kenyan to receive a doping ban after testing positive for Terbutaline. He was part of the Kenyan team that won gold at the 2010 World Half-Marathon and has a marathon best of 2:04:28.

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She adds: “You can do anything you set your mind to. “Even now I get it – ‘you’re so tall, you should do 400m’ or ‘you’re not muscly enough to be a short sprinter, you should do 400m’ and I’m like, I’ve just shown you how good I am at 100m and 200m so why would I change from what I know and what I’m doing well in at the moment? It’s an interesting topic!” Hunt’s 2019 ended when she was voted British female under-20 athlete of the year in the AW Readers’ Choice Awards published in our last issue. Her decision to stick with the short sprints has certainly paid off so far and she is excited to see what 2020 has in store, with the World Under-20 Championships her main aim. “Obviously it’s Olympic year, never want to discount it, and it is a possibility for me but I don’t want to place any massive expectation on myself but conversely I don’t want to place any limitations on myself,” Hunt says. “It’s definitely viable but it’s not my ultimate No.1 aim.” n Read more about Amy Hunt at athleticsweekly.com

BRITISH athletes won almost half of the available European Masters best athlete awards for 2019. Evaun Williams was named top Sammy W80 athlete of the year with Ian Kitwara Richards taking an equivalent M70 accolade. Event winners included Donald Brown (M55 sprints), Clare Elms (W55 long distance) and Noel Blatchford (W70 race walks).

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AMY HUNT says the careers of young athletes should not be dictated by their body shape but by what they enjoy and wish to pursue, following her own experience of being categorised as a middle-distance runner due to her height. The world under-18 200m record-holder was initially encouraged to run the 800m and says even now she receives comments about stepping up to the 400m, despite having a half-lap best of 22.42 to her name. “You’re growing and developing and you should be able to do what you want without anyone placing any barriers in your way or placing any limitations on you and making judgements and decisions on your behalf because of your body shape, which at a young age is probably likely to change in the next few years anyway,” says the 17-year-old, who claimed double European under-20 gold in the 200m and 4x100m following her record-breaking run in Mannheim last summer. “In my first year I did mostly 800m. Someone saw me and said, ‘you’re not a sprinter, you’re tall and lanky – go in the middle-distance group’. I ended up doing the 800m but ran a fast 200m time and ever since then I have been a sprinter!”

Quote of the Week You’re growing and developing and should be able to do what you want without anyone placing any barriers in your way or placing limitations on you

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Sprinter AMY HUNT on why enjoyment must be key for young athletes

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AW tribute to walks contributor stalwart COLIN YOUNG IS AMONG ATHLETICS LEGENDS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY IN RECENT WEEKS

OLIN YOUNG, AW’s race walks correspondent from 1967-86, has died. Young was also a fine long-distance race walker, a founder member of the NUTS stats association and coach of world 10 miles record-breaker Mel Batty. Born in Barking in 1935, he got into race walking at an early age and went on to post times such as 1:39:27 for 20km in 1962 and 4:35:20 for 50km in 1963, but it was in the ultra distance events in which he excelled the most. He achieved the coveted Centurion status in 1960 by covering over 131 miles in 24 hours; two years later he walked from London to Brighton in 8hr 7min 42sec and in 1966 he won an international 100km race in Lugano. He went on to compete for years as a veteran and said in AW in 1969 that what he liked most about athletics was “the satisfaction of pushing one’s body to the limit, the wonderful friendships made, the feeling of bodily fitness and the delight of winning or setting a personal best”.

Colin Young on the AW cover (far left) at the London to Brighton Walk in 1963

Mel Watman, former editor of AW, remembers: “Colin was the expert on reporting the UK and world walking scene and from 1967 to 1986 was the highly respected and ever enthusiastic walking correspondent of AW. For over 60 years he remained a stalwart member of the NUTS committee, delighting in challenging myself in particular to remember some arcane result or other. “Colin’s greatest hero was Emil Zátopek and how appropriate it was that as a coach his major success was guiding Mel Batty to a world 10 miles record of 47:26.8 in 1964 – a distance at which Zátopek was a former record-holder with 48:12.0 in 1951. Batty’s time was bettered the following year by Ron Clarke no less, who in turn learned from Colin’s methods to coach Eamonn Martin to his 10,000m and marathon triumphs. “In recent years Colin suffered from poor eyesight and a number of physical problems, but remained an avid fan, lapping up all the latest results worldwide. No one who knew Colin will ever forget him.”

International cross-country winner Saunders dies GEOFFREY SAUNDERS, the 1951 International cross country champion, has died aged 90. The Bolton Harrier took gold at the International – which was the forerunner to the World Cross Country Championships – by 41 seconds over nine miles at a muddy Caerleon racecourse in Newport, Wales, in 1951 from fellow England team-mate Frank Aaron. He also won youths and junior men’s titles at the English National Cross Country Championships – taking the youths title by almost half a minute – although his best place as a senior man was third in 1951. Excelling on the country, he also won three junior and four senior 8

Geoffrey Saunders: iconic runner in 1940s and ‘50s

titles at the East Lancs Championships but struggled to shine on the track. Born in the Lake District in 1929, he was evacuated during the war and joined Derby & County AC. A spell in the army saw him win a number of armed forces titles as a runner and he later joined Bolton Harriers due to his father being a doctor in the town. Remarkably, two years after winning the International cross-country crown, he had to retire from running, too, because his new job as a pharmacist on the Wirral required him to work on Saturday, thereby clashing with most of his races. n Thanks to the NUTS for info

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GB shot put giant passes

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Mike Lindsay: Olympic finalist

MIKE LINDSAY, who was fifth in the Olympic shot put in 1960, died last month aged 81. A multiple British and Scottish champion, his best performance came at the Rome Games when he was just 21 and has never been surpassed by a British athlete, although Geoff Capes equalled it in 1980. At the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, meanwhile, he won silver medals for Scotland in shot and discus, missing gold in the shot by just 4cm.

Born in Glasgow in 1938, Lindsay showed immediate talent as a youngster and began breaking Scottish records at an early age, winning the AAA discus title, for example, while still a junior. During his long career he also competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and made further Commonwealth Games appearances in Kingston and Edinburgh before going on to have a career in education, specialising in the field of biomechanics.

Sotherton and Clement honoured WELL-DESERVED NEW YEAR HONOURS FOR ATHLETES

Kelly Sotherton and, inset, Sue Campbell were among those to receive awards

record during his career and went on to work for Glasgow City Council, becoming race director of the Great Scottish Run and the Glasgow Women’s 10km. “When the official letter came through the post the first thing that came into our heads was ‘is this a speeding ticket?’,” the 67-year-old said. “So it was a lovely surprise to read the details from the Cabinet Office. I love athletics and I’m still very much involved.” McKillop, who won Paralympic T37 800m and 1500m gold medals for Ireland in Beijing, London and Rio, is made an MBE, while Martin McElhatton, the chief executive of WheelPower, receives an OBE for services to disability sport.

Sue Campbell, now director of women’s football at the Football Association, has been made a Dame for services to sport. Campbell has appeared in the pages of AW many times related to her posts in the past at UK Sport and the Youth Sport Trust and used to be a top-class discus thrower. BBC athletics presenter Gabby Logan is made an MBE for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport, while Barrie Wells, the founder and chair of the Barrie Wells Trust, also gains an MBE for services to seriously ill children. One of the most generous benefactors in British athletics, Wells has supported athletes like

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TRIPLE bronze Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton earned an MBE for services to track and field athletics and the promotion of women’s sport in the New Year Honours list, while former British 1500m record-holder Frank Clement and Paralympic champion Michael McKillop were also rewarded. Sotherton claimed Olympic heptathlon bronze in 2004 and belatedly received medals of the same colour from the 2008 Games in the heptathlon and 4x400m. Her athletics career also included a win at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, plus a 2007 world bronze and world and European pentathlon medals. Since then she has gone on to become a team manager, coach and sports administrator. Meanwhile, 1976 Olympic Games fifth-placer Clement has been awarded a BEM for services to athletics in Scotland and Harry Binyon receives that same honour for his work with Crook Athletics Club and the Fire Fighters’ Charity. As well as his British 1500m best, Clement also broke the UK mile

Goldie Sayers, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Jenny Meadows in the past and created the Box4Kids initiative which gives seriously ill children the chance to enjoy VIP experiences in executive boxes at sport and entertainment venues, including the Olympic Stadium. Heptathlon world champion Katarina JohnsonThompson is a patron of the charity having been supported by Wells since the age of 15. Connor McCarroll receives a BEM for services to running and charity in County Tyrone, whereas Jill Scott, a former Mini London Marathon winner and North of England under-13 cross-country champion, was awarded an MBE for her contribution to English football.

Frank Clement (right): Montreal, 1976 AW

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Iwan Thomas, Susie Chan, Dean Karnazes, Kriss Akabusi and Sally Gunnell. Other features include The Ultra Zone with Netflix’s Lazarus Lake and a whole range of other speakers to motivate you for your next challenge. Expertise is a strong focus of the event with visitors encouraged to ‘Ask the Experts’ and numerous event features offering advice on nutrition, injury prevention, rehabilitation, running styles, shoe fitting, Steve Cram’s Training Camp and so much more. To book your ticket go to http://bit. ly/34mOfJ9 by January 15 and use promotional code AW. MARK SHEARMAN

Most popular cover star A COMPETITION in our December 19 issue asked readers if they could guess the most popular AW cover stars since the turn of the millennium. Mo Farah leads the list with 65 cover images since the year 2000! He is followed by Paula Radcliffe (44 covers), Jessica Ennis-Hill and Usain Bolt (29 each), Kelly Holmes (17), Phillips Idowu (14), Laura Muir and Katarina JohnsonThompson (13 each), Haile Gebrselassie and Dina Asher-Smith (11 each).

Morgan Lake: focusing on high jump right now

Heptathlon return one day? Mo Farah: 60+ covers in last 20 years

Note, we totted up the front cover images only and did not include athletes if they were part of general montages, or simply a smaller inset shot on the front page. The following readers have therefore won a copy of Mel Watman’s recent book My Life in Athletics: William Arbury, Dorking; Terry Egan, Northampton; Jim Lawrence, Newport Pagnell; David Hay, Glasgow. Jessica Ennis-Hill: one of the magazine’s most popular cover stars

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MORGAN LAKE is not ruling out a return to combined events despite having specialised in the high jump recently. The former world junior champion told the Leigh Journal: “I always find it (heptathlon) quite tough to watch and I’m always thinking ‘I want to go straight back to heptathlon’, and then I remember that it was quite hard. “It was a lot on the body – and a lot mentally as well – but I did love the training. I wouldn’t say never [to a return], but at the moment I’m definitely just focusing on high jump.” On Katarina Johnson-Thompson, she says: “With Kat, I’ve been with her at every

major championships since 2014 and I’ve seen her be in the most amazing shape and at the championships probably not perform to the levels she was expected to. “Watching her [in Doha] was one of my highlights of the year, seeing how everything came together. “She had a big change moving to France and a lot of people doubted that decision, so it was really nice to see her relaxed in the environment, knowing her worth and knowing how great an athlete she is.” In 2020 Lake is hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 2019 season where she jumped a best of 1.94m outdoors to rank 18th equal in the world.

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for our pages, but also, increasingly, help out with our online coverage and social media. This role may suit you if you already attend a number of athletics meetings throughout the year and have time to contribute to AW while you are there and at the event’s end. We are after contributors who can write in a clear and accurate style, have a decent knowledge of the sport, plenty of energy, a willingness to work unsociable hours and an obsession with accuracy. In addition to covering events online and in the magazine, there are also opportunities to write features, news stories, get involved in proofreading or join our team of results helpers.

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HAVE YOUR SAY Inspiring KJT story I MUST be one of thousands, if not millions, who admire the performances of Katarina JohnsonThompson. But I have never had the pleasure of meeting her. So I find it inspiring to learn that, from the very beginning, she has shown caring compassion for less gifted fellow athletes (AW, December 12). Regarding the unfortunate athlete whom KJT consoled, it is an unfortunate fact that the current points scoring system in interclub matches, especially league matches, encourages athletes to be coerced into competing in events for which they have not trained, so risking humiliation and injury. Some years ago Chris Robison, a former Scottish cross-country champion and national coach, proposed a remedy. Suppose the match comprised say 30 events, then clubs could enter as many events as they wished, but they would only score points from a limited number of events. For example, their 20 highest scoring events. So even if they entered 30 events their lowest scoring 10 would not count. And if a club only entered at least 20 events for which they had trained they would not be at a huge disadvantage. In contrast I was unhappy with the letter from Phil Kissi entitled ‘marathon talent’. I do not doubt that Phil has been able to offer helpful suggestions and encouragement but concepts like “my athlete” and “we were able to get a PB” are anathema to me. Coaches do not own any athlete. Many world class athletes do very well without any coach at all. An outstanding example would be Al Oerter, who coached himself to four consecutive Olympic discus titles. Martin Hyman, Livingston, Scotland 12

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Battle of the sexes IN response to Peter Hewkin’s question: “What is the best relative performance of a woman vs a man in athletics, or in sport generally?” (AW, Dec 12), the achievements of Beryl Burton should be noted. In 1967 she set a British record for women’s 12 hours cycling (covering 277.25 miles), which stood for 50 years. In the same race Mike McNamara set a British men’s record of 276.52 miles, so Beryl topped the British rankings in that discipline in 1967. Malcolm Warburton, via email

Colin Young – RIP I WRITE in sadness at the loss of Colin Young, for so many years AW’s race walking columnist. His encyclopaedic knowledge of the sport informed and inspired so many of us. His column was my first read on a Friday morning and I still have some clippings of his comments on races when I started out in the 1970s. He had the deepest respect of all in the race walking community. He

did so much: apart from his writing, he informally coached and advised so many walkers – Roger Mills (1974 European bronze) called him ‘my second opinion’; he christened Paul Nihill (1964 Olympic silver, 1969 European gold); and he himself was a pioneering ultra-athlete, being the first Briton to qualify for the fiendishly difficult Paris-Colmar 445km. I remember him walking the ‘other’ way round the course at multi-lap national championships, always with an encouraging word, always with an expert eye. If Nihill was “the guvnor”, Colin was the Professor of Race Walking. Steve Till, Alton

Life’s a lottery THE treatment of Alex Bell (AW, Dec 21) is similar to that of Alison Leonard and other athletes who do not fall amongst selectors’ personal favourites. If UKA is to be taken seriously they need to ask why they are funding Lynsey Sharp who failed to progress beyond her heat at the World Championships

whereas Bell did. We are aware Lynsey has had medical problems which hopefully will not affect her Olympic preparations and that Shelayna Oskan-Clarke was lucky to reach the semis. It’s not new. Ken Wilcock was dropped from the GB 4x400m relay team in favour of Bob Setti, a half-miler whose coach was on the selection committee. Steve Ovett was not selected when he qualified as an 18-year-old and so decided to become so good that the selectors could not leave him out again. What is looked for in selection is consistency and the omission of Bell makes no sense whatsoever. There’s no point suing UKA, as funding decisions fall entirely within their remit but the decision, for want of a better word, stinks. Dr Philip Thomas, via email

Athletics ailments IT is often said that athletics caters for all physiques. This is true. In the 1970s sickly anaemic runners found that an infusion of blood produced a plethora of records. The 1980s saw that the six-stone weakling with sand kicked in his eyes was soon to be throwing heavy metal objects prodigious distances after their daily dose of Dianabol. Then came the wheezing asthmatics, who were treated with clenbuterol and were soon tearing up the track. Now we find the tired and constipated iodine-deficient athletes take a large dose of thyroxine for their record-breaking deeds. Not a member of these groups? No problem! Get a TUE for the medication of your choice. Nobody said athletics was for the fit and healthy! Dr Andy Ward, via email

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Tokyo’s National Stadium hosts Games action this summer

Top 202 FROM OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC ACTION THROUGH TO DOMESTIC DUST-UPS, HERE WE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THIS YEAR’S KEY FIXTURES

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HIS year sees AW turn 75, while the Great North Run and Virgin Money London Marathon will also have their own milestone celebrations. The next 12 months might be dominated by the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo but there is plenty else on offer.

The big ones Olympic Games TOKYO, JULY 31-AUGUST 9

After hosting the Games in 1964, Olympic action returns to Tokyo this summer as Japan’s capital city again welcomes the world’s best athletes for the multi-sport competition. Track and field events will take place in Tokyo’s National Stadium, while road races have been moved 800km north to Sapporo, with 48 sets of medals up for grabs during the 10-day athletics programme.

Paralympic Games TOKYO, AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 6

Top para athletes will gather in Tokyo, with International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons stating that the record 3.1 million tickets requested during the first sales window shows the event is on course to be “the best Paralympics yet”. Athletics action takes place during the final 10 days of the Games.

World Indoor Championships NANJING, MARCH 13-15

The pinnacle of the indoor season sees the world’s elite head to China. Nanjing’s Cube venue has been built primarily for the event.

European Championships PARIS, AUGUST 25-30

Just a couple of weeks after the Olympics, attention will turn to athletes bidding to claim continental crowns. France’s Charlety Stadium will host most of the action, although the long jump qualifying rounds will be held in the Athletics Park on the Trocadero. AW

SPOTLIGHT Spectator friendly Saucony English National Cross Country Championships NOTTINGHAM, FEBRUARY 22

The pinnacle of the cross country season for many athletes, the English National will be held for the third time at Wollaton Park after last year taking place at the Harewood House Estate near Leeds. It will feature the 133rd staging of the senior men’s race since the first in 1876 and the 88th senior women’s race

EVENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR

Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs LONDON, JUNE 6

Again incorporating the European 10,000m Cup as well as the GB trials for the Olympic Games 10,000m, the event’s great atmosphere and festival feel attracts spectators in their thousands as they come for great racing as well as the ‘lanethree beer and cheer’.

Hypo-Meeting GÖTZIS, MAY 30-31

This combined events meet is a must on the to-do list of many athletics fans due to its offering of top competition with a beautiful Austrian alpine backdrop. A number of world-class athletes use the event as an opportunity for major events preparation or qualification, with Britain’s Katarina JohnsonThompson having won last year’s heptathlon ahead of her world championships and UK recordbreaking success. English National: highlight of the winter for many runners

Athletes and spectators take to the track at Highgate

Loughborough International Athletics LOUGHBOROUGH, MAY 17

This international team event offers a packed timetable and an early chance to see lots of the top domestic athletes and leading age-group stars at the start of the season for a reasonable ticket price.

Age-group action World Under-20 Championships NAIROBI, JULY 7-12

Many senior champions of the future are sure to be in action as the global junior event heads to Kenya, with Nairobi having hosted the final edition of the World U18 Championships in 2017.

European Under-18 Championships RIETI, JULY 16-19

This continental competition for leading under-18 athletes is in Italy for its third edition, with rising stars born in either 2003 or 2004 eligible to compete. GB topped the medal table at the last edition in Gyor, Hungary.

European Cross Country Championships DUBLIN, DECEMBER 13

After hosting the 2009 event at Santry Park, the Euro Cross returns to Ireland but this time takes 16

place at the National Sports Centre Campus in Blanchardstown. A great opportunity to see senior and agegroup athletes battle on the country at an event at which GB usually excels.

World Masters Championships TORONTO, JULY 20-AUGUST 1

Masters athletics offers some fantastic feats and terrific tales and here the world’s best come together in Canada to compete for global titles across a variety of age groups. The GB team topped the medal table at the last edition in Malaga, Spain, and will be hoping for more of the same this summer

European Masters Indoor Championships BRAGA, MARCH 15-21

The continent’s top masters athletes clash in Portugal, with GB’s W70 athlete Angela Copson having been among the multiple winners at the last edition, taking titles at 800m, 1500m, 3000m and crosscountry as well as completing a non-stadia 10km and halfmarathon double.

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British Championships MANCHESTER, JUNE 20-21

The event returns to Manchester’s Regional Arena for the first time since 2007, with Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium out of action while it undergoes redevelopment for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. As the track and field trials for the Olympic Games, athletes will be battling for places on the team for Tokyo.

Spar British Indoor Championships GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 22-23

The meeting heads to the Emirates Arena for the first time as many of the UK’s top athletes compete for national titles as well as team places for March’s World Indoor Championships in China.

40th birthdays Virgin Money London Marathon LONDON, APRIL 26

The first London Marathon took place in March 1981 and now the

famous event prepares to welcome runners for its 40th edition. A record 457,861 applicants registered in the ballot to take on the race which sees runners flood spectatorlined streets from Blackheath in Greenwich to The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

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Domestic dust-ups

Celebrations are planned for the 40th Great North Run

Great North Run NEWCASTLE, SEPTEMBER 13

The iconic half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields also has its 40th edition in 2020, with GNR40 billed as a celebration of the landmark staging and the people and places that have made the event great. A series of activities and experiences are planned, including a specially commissioned film charting the history of the event.

High and long

Jacob Adkin make history for Great Britain by winning the nation’s first ever senior men’s gold medal at these championships.

European Mountain Running Championships

IAU 100km World Championships

CINFAES, JULY 4

After hosting the combined world and European event in 2015, ultra running returns to the Dutch city in September, with the race again held on a 10km flat loop through Winschoten and Heiligerlee.

The continental competition takes place in Portugal this summer, with events held in even years being run on up-and-down courses. Last year’s event in Zermatt saw Britain’s

WINSCHOTEN, SEPTEMBER 12

Iconic 26.2-mile race: Virgin Money London Marathon

Ultra London LONDON, JUNE 20-21

If your mission is to take on more than a marathon in 2020, how about Ultra London? The urban event takes place on mixed terrain and offers a two-day 125km challenge as well as single day 27.5km, 35km, 55km and 70km routes.

Maybe join in! Paris 2020 mass 10km PARIS, AUGUST 30

A mass participation 10km will take place on the European Championships half-marathon course, with the event starting and finishing in front of the Eiffel Tower. It will form part of an ‘Athletics Festival’ in the heart of Paris and around 15,000 runners are expected to take part, with all finishers receiving a replica Paris 2020 gold medal.

World Half Marathon Championships mass race GDYNIA, MARCH 29

Starting behind the elite runners on the Kosciuszki Square in Gdynia will be thousands of recreational runners keen to take on 13.1 miles in the Polish port city. The event, which expects to welcome 15,000 runners, offers a beach finish. AW

SPOTLIGHT

AW AT 75

AW’s Diamond anniversary CREATED IN 1945, THIS MAGAZINE CELEBRATES ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AND JASON HENDERSON LOOKS BACK AT ITS BEGINNINGS

HIS year features an Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 40th running of both the London Marathon and Great North Run. But it also marks the 75th anniversary of this magazine. First printed as a monthly publication in December 1945 before going weekly from 1950, we have covered every run, jump and throw of note for three quarters of a century in an estimated 3600 issues. Starting as a monthly magazine called Athletics just three months after the end of World War II, we have chronicled the performances

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Jimmy Green (centre) with Mel Watman (left) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

of athletes such as Fanny BlankersKoen, Emil Zatopek and Roger Bannister through to modern-day stars like Usain Bolt, Eliud Kipchoge and Dina Asher-Smith. During that time athletics has progressed from one that took place on cinder tracks with measurements in feet and inches and times taken on a hand-held stopwatch to a sport that unfolds on synthetic surfaces with metric measurements and electronic timing. When the magazine launched the sub-four-minute mile was still a dream and the men’s marathon world record was a mere 2:25:39. Women competed in a tiny number of events compared to men. London had not even staged the 1948 Olympics, let alone the 2012 Games, and it would be a further 25 years before the first Paralympics would take place in 1960.

Since then the four-minute mile has become relatively commonplace, we have seen the previously unimaginable two-hour barrier for the marathon broken, albeit in controversial circumstances, while women are now able to tackle a full range of track and field events. The magazine has provided an indispensable record of results and news in the sport during the past 75 years and its role was recognised last year when World Athletics awarded it with an IAAF Heritage plaque. It is all thanks to the foresight of Jimmy Green, a businessman, athlete and official who returned from RAF service in late 1945 with a dream of beginning an athletics magazine. A publication called Athletic News had provided news of athletics results until it ceased publication in 1931. This meant

there was nothing to sate the appetite of athletics fans in 1945. Jimmy had one problem, though. Post-war rationing rules forbade the printing of new publications due to paper shortages. But Jimmy found a creative way around this by naming the first magazine “Volume II Issue I” and then spoke about “the resumption of this paper”, which was of course a white lie in order to get the magazine up and running. The first issue was priced sixpence (or 2.5p in today’s money) and featured long jumper J. Morrish of the Achilles club on the cover. There was also a foreword by EJ ‘Billy’ Holt, the honorary secretary of the AAA, who said: “The undertaking of this publication in these difficult days of restrictions, shortages and many other obstacles requires courage and, if for this reason alone, deserves success, but I feel the athletes will support the venture

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Satisfying a thirst from readers for athletics news and results, this magazine began covering the sport in late 1945 and is still going strong 75 years later

wholeheartedly and give every encouragement to the proprietors. I sincerely wish the publication success.” It was just 24 pages and done by Jimmy alone in a converted office in his house in Kent. From the

start, though, contributors included Harold Abrahams – the Olympic gold medal winning sprinter from Chariots of Fire fame – while coaching expertise was followed soon afterwards by the legendary Geoff Dyson.

In his editor’s memo, Jimmy wrote: “To a large extent we must depend on the various (club and area body) secretaries to provide us with those personal items which make all the difference in a publication of this nature. So to

all secretaries we say ‘give us the newsy items, fixtures and results and we’ll do the rest. “Club notes must be kept as brief as possible owing to the severe paper restrictions but please don’t stint us on personal notes. We may AW

SPOTLIGHT have to cut it down a little but do your best to help us to weld together the athletic fraternity into one happy family.” He added: “Constructive criticism will be welcomed. If we fail to print what you want just let me know and I will do my best to see you get it. But, remember, the success and continuation of this paper depends on the support we receive from the athletes themselves. So if you want a paper of your own, rally around and tell your friends about it.” The magazine’s mission statement was to “bring all enthusiasts in the athletics world details of recent results, the latest information regarding coming events, club notes and news, results and news from the Colonies and other countries overseas, and articles of interest to the athlete generally”. The first issue talked about the lack of good facilities for training and competition and featured a large section on race walking, several pages of club news and a small section entitled ‘with the ladies’. There were also plenty of key results – an element which became the magazine’s No.1 selling point over the subsequent decades. Athletes who featured in the early issues included Bannister, Gordon Pirie and the marathon runner and code-breaking computer creator Alan Turing. The March 1946 issue

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proclaimed that the Olympics were coming to London two years later and in that same year, 1948, a similar magazine launched in the United States called Track & Field News as the sport began to grow in popularity around the world. Due to its popularity ‘Athletics’ turned into ‘Athletics Weekly’ in 1950 and soon began to be known widely as simply ‘AW’. Long before he would become president of World Athletics, Seb Coe’s name originally popped up in AW on March 13, 1971, when winning the Yorkshire colts cross-country title aged 14. In the race to get your name into AW, his big rival Steve Ovett beat him to it, though, by appearing in the May 9, 1970, issue with a modest 2:07.0 800m win at a grassroots meeting. AW illustrates that even worldbeating athletes have humble beginnings, too, as Mo Farah’s original appearance, on April 12, 1995, saw him finish in 10th in the London Mini Marathon while Jessica Ennis’s name was first in the magazine on July 14, 1999, when finishing equal 10th in the English Schools high jump. Similarly, Bannister’s first appearance was

in December 1946 when, aged 17, he finished runner-up in Oxford University’s Freshmen’s Sports. Greg Rutherford, another British Olympic champion, had a similarly inauspicious start, with the July 11, 2001, issue of AW including his fifth place in the English Schools long jump final. Others, meanwhile, got off to a winning start, such as Daley Thompson, the decathlon legend, who first appeared in AW in July 1974 after winning the Sussex Schools 200m title aged 15. Naturally, the most famous athlete of all, Bolt, has featured in AW on multiple occasions and on the front cover several dozen times, including in 2002 when he won gold at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Jamaica. Reporters at the magazine were privileged to have a trackside seat when he set his world records and won global titles. Indeed, Bolt’s achievements are among the many great moments that AW has chronicled, along with other performances such as Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile in May 1954, the classic Chataway versus Kuts encounter later the same year,

Early issues featured training news about, for example, Emil Zatopek

Cathy Freeman’s 400m victory at the Sydney Olympics and the Carl Lewis and Mike Powell long jump clash at the 1991 IAAF World Championships – to name just a few. Until now, all of these original reports, vintage photographs and detailed results have been kept in dusty binders or boxes. Yet many of the issues have already been converted into a digital format to create an accessible archive and treasure trove of information. Our magazine aside, we also spread athletics news and results nowadays via our website, social media channels and soon-to-bereleased app too. Publishing AW is a marathon not a sprint and the magazine has certainly stayed the course over the past 75 years. n Next week: our look at the history of AW continues as Mel Watman revisits the moment the magazine went from monthly to weekly in 1950

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SPOTLIGHT

CHARLIE SPEDDING

Athleticism and education CHARLIE SPEDDING, THE FORMER LONDON MARATHON WINNER, SAYS FIT CHILDREN COME FIRST IN THE CLASSROOM

N TODAY’S politically correct world, you are unlikely to hear anybody in public office saying, ‘Physically fit children are academically superior to unfit children’, which is a problem because research from around the world has proved this to be true. Physical activity increases the production of nerve-growth factors in the brain. One of the reasons we possess elaborate brains is because our ancestors, over a long period of time, were chasing animals for food. It has recently been discovered that the process of enhancing brain function by exercise produces rapid results in the development of children. In October 2013, Professor John Reilly from Strathclyde University and Dr Josie Booth from Dundee University published their findings from a study which is following the lives of 5000 children born in 1991 and 1992. This group is known as the ‘Avon Cohort’. The researchers examined the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity the children were doing at the age of 11 and compared this to their academic performance in English, mathematics and science. Their results showed that the children with higher levels of moderate to vigorous exercise had better academic performance across all

Scientific research tells us that a healthy body equals a healthy mind

three subjects, and this was true for both boys and girls. The children were assessed again at both 13 and 15 years of age, when it was found that their academic achievement was still linked to how much energetic exercise they had taken when they were 11. Lesley Cottrell is a professor of children’s health at West Virginia University and in 2010 she published the results of a study into the link between children’s physical fitness and academic performance. She analysed the body mass index, fitness levels and academic test scores of 725 10-year-old students. The research focused on the children’s fitness level, rather than their weight. She then compared that information to the same students’ physical fitness

and academic performance two years later. Cottrell found that the children with the best average scores in reading, maths, science and social studies were physically fit at the start and at the end of the study. The next best group academically, in all four subjects, was made up of children who were not fit when they were 10 but had become fit by the time of the re-test. The children who had lost their fitness levels between 10 and 12 years of age were third in academic performance, and children who were never physically fit, during either test, had the lowest academic performance. Professor Mark Mon-Williams and PhD student Liam Hill ran a twoweek trial in six primary schools in Aberdeen which involved 1224

children aged 8-11 years old. During the first week, half of the group received a teacher-led programme of physical exercise, which lasted 15 minutes and took place in the classroom about 30 minutes after lunch; the other half of the children did no exercise. In the second week the two groups swapped their exercise or no-exercise routines. At the end of each school day all the children completed one of five psychometric tests, so that each test was delivered once after exercise and once after no exercise. Fifteen minutes of exercise for just five days is a small change to make during a child’s school day, but the results showed a significant improvement in test scores among the children doing the physical exercises.

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The majority of this type of research has been done in America. In 2012 Michigan State University tested 312 eight-year-olds for all-round fitness by measuring their body fat, muscle strength, flexibility and endurance. They then compared that to the children’s grades and test scores throughout the school year. The results showed that the fittest children got the highest test scores, regardless of whether they were boys or girls. Professor Petri, from the University of North Texas, studied 1211 children of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds. As well as testing their fitness and academic achievement, he also took into account other influences like self-esteem, social support and economic status. At the end of the study he said, “Cardiorespiratory fitness was the only factor that we consistently found to have a positive effect on both boys’ and girls’ grades in reading and maths tests.” So, the frequently quoted idea that children from poor families, given little support, are always going to struggle in school because of their backgrounds is not proven in this study. In fact, physical fitness was shown to be the most important factor relating to academic grades. There are many similar studies, by different universities, which also found a direct link between physical fitness and performance in school, but at the University of Michigan they went a step further and showed why this happens. Professor Art Kramer studied a group of 9-10-year-olds by testing their ability to use oxygen while running on a treadmill. This is a standard measure of fitness, which is often used by athletes, and he discovered that the physically fit children were much more efficient at using oxygen than the less-fit children. When he tested their mental capabilities, it was clear that the fit children had a greater ability to remember and integrate various types of information than their lessfit peers.

Charlie Spedding: London Marathon winner and Olympic bronze medallist also worked as a pharmacist for many years

He knew that a part of the brain called the hippocampus is particularly important for the formation of memories, so he gave these children an electronic brain scan to measure the relative size of structures in the brain. When he analysed the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) data, he found that the physically fit children had a bigger hippocampus than the outof-shape ones. On average, it was 12% larger, which is clear evidence that physically fit children perform better in academic tests than unfit children. This happens because the physical exercise, which has made them fit, has also enlarged the parts

of the brain that improve memory through the production of nerve growth factors. Evolution has given us the best brains on the planet and exercise has been crucial to that process. Evolution takes a very long time but this recent research shows that the beneficial effects of exercise on the brain operate over much shorter timescales. Those children in Michigan were only 10 years old but the energetically active ones had a hippocampus 12% bigger than their inactive friends, and the children in Aberdeen showed improvements after only 15 minutes of activity. It is clear from the evidence that

fitter children do better in school than unfit children, but how fit, on average, are children in the UK? According to Dr Gavin Sandercock, from the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex, youngsters in Britain today are significantly less fit than they were two decades ago. He and his fellow researchers tested 300 10-year-olds from an affluent area in Chelmsford in 1998, and then repeated the tests with another 300 children of the same age from the same area in 2008. They used shuttle runs to test cardiovascular fitness, which is a measure of how efficiently the heart and lungs AW

SPOTLIGHT deliver oxygen to muscle tissue to aid endurance and prolong physical activity. The results were shocking. The fitness level of girls had declined by 7% and boys had fallen back by 9% in a decade. Even the slim children were significantly less fit. Dr Sandercock blames our less active lifestyles, as he explains: “Children are not doing as many physical activities as before. They are using their spare time to play more computer games, more time watching television, or more time online. They don’t climb trees any more, they don’t use their bikes any more. I read last week that Britain is highly up-to-date with technology, with more computersper-household than anywhere else in Europe, but that means our children are playing on computers more. The drop in fitness is very, very large.” Sixty minutes of exercise per day is the internationally accepted and recommended standard for children’s activity, but when the exercise levels of the ‘Avon Cohort’ were tested, the average for boys was only 29 minutes and for girls it was a paltry 18 minutes. Fewer than 1% of the children were doing the recommended hour per day. The Government is well aware of this terrible state of affairs but what is it doing about it? It is doing what governments always do, which is spend tax payers’ money. Over recent years the Government has spent more than £1.5 billion on schemes to encourage more sport in schools. They have also invested £75 million in their flagship ‘Change For Life’ programme, which is meant to encourage healthier, more active lifestyles, and is particularly targeted at children. It would appear not to be working very well. Children spend a great deal of their lives in school and the main purpose of school is to acquire knowledge by learning. The scientific evidence we have seen shows clearly that physical fitness is essential to successful learning; 24

CHARLIE SPEDDING Stop Feeding Us Lies (left) is Charlie Spedding’s latest book following his muchacclaimed autobiography From Last to First

Charlie Spedding has strong views on sport’s relationship with health

therefore, schools should be making sure that their students are physically active and fit. How well do they do this? Schools in the UK are required to give their children two hours of physical education each week up to the age of 16, but what does the PE curriculum say they should do during those two hours? The entire primary school PE curriculum is available on the Department for Education’s website and it gives the clear impression that physical education is another subject to be taught like geography or history. This is a copy of the introduction to the curriculum: “During Key Stage 1, pupils build on their natural enthusiasm for movement, using it to explore and learn about their world. They start to work and play with other pupils in pairs and small groups. By watching, listening and experimenting, they develop their skills in movement and coordination, and enjoy expressing

and testing themselves in a variety of situations.” The curriculum then goes into more detail: Pupils should be taught to: • Explore how to choose and apply skills and actions in sequence and in combination • Vary the way they perform skills by using simple tactics and movement phrases • Apply rules and conventions for different activities • Describe what they have done • Observe, describe and copy what others have done • Use what they have learnt to improve the quality and control of their work • Know how important it is to be active • To recognise and describe how their bodies feel during different activities. The pupils learn all these skills through the following activities:

dance; games; gymnastics; swimming and water-safety. The curriculum then suggests ways in which the various activities can be crossreferenced to other subjects like science, music and information technology. Under the latter it suggests, “Pupils could use videos of movements and actions to develop their ideas.” Like all other subjects, the children need to be assessed for their competence in PE and each child is awarded a level between one and nine. The difference between each level is small but all of them refer to such concepts as: “When performing, they draw on what they know about strategy, tactics and composition. They analyse and comment on skills and techniques. They explain why regular, safe exercise is good for their fitness and health.” I am sure that good PE teachers do their best to get their children physically active, but throughout the entire PE curriculum, there is absolutely no mention of a raised heart rate. There is no requirement to test a child’s physical fitness. There is no requirement to improve a child’s physical fitness. I am going to repeat that: in the PE curriculum there is no requirement to improve a child’s physical fitness! ■ This is an extract from Charlie Spedding’s new book, Stop Feeding Us Lies. His marathon best is 2:08:33 and he won Olympic bronze in 1984, whereas outside athletics he worked as a community pharmacist

STATISTICS

2019 road rankings WHO WERE BRITAIN’S FASTEST ROAD RUNNERS AND WALKERS IN 2019? (Note, gun times are given below) MEN 5km 1 2 3 3 5 5 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 14 15 16 16 18 19 19 21 21 23

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Nick Goolab (Belg) Philip Sesemann (Leeds C) Adam Craig (I’clyde) Sam Stabler (W&SV) Jonathan Mellor (Liv H) Adam Hickey (S’end) Jack Gray (C&C) Andrew Heyes (Hallam) Graham Rush (Leeds C, M35) Alexander Teuten (Soton) Roger Poolman (Camb U_ Kieran Clements (SB) Nigel Martin (Sale) Ben Connor (Der) Jonathan Hay (AFD) Linton Taylor (Leeds C) Joshua Grace (AFD) Benjamin Davies (Bed C, U20) Phil Norman (WG&EL) John Beattie (NEB) Carl Avery (Morp) Christopher Olley (Ton) Ricky Harvie (AFD)

Ipswich Ipswich Armagh Armagh Armagh Ipswich Ipswich Armagh Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Armagh Armagh Barrowford Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Armagh Ipswich Ipswich San Jose, USA Ipswich

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Paul Navesey (Craw) Luke Traynor (Giff N) Doug Musson (Notts) John Sanderson (G&G) Matt Leach (Bed C) Adam Clarke (AFD) Jonathan Escalante-Phillips (C&C) Barclay Izzard (Der, U23) Ieuan Thomas (Card) Robbie Fitzgibbon (Phoe, U23) Richard Allen (AFD, U23) Jonathan Cornish (HW) Charlie Hulson (Liv H) Chris Parr (J&H) Norman Shreeve (C&C) Edward Shepherd (WG&EL) Jonathan Hopkins (Swan) Abdulqani Sharif (Liv H, U23) Tom Horton (Shef/Dearn) Alastair Hay (Cent) James Donald (Dund H, U20) Chris Perry (Vale R) Tom Frith (S’end) Jake Heyward (Card, U20) Alexander Leprêtre (High) Luke Caldwell (DMV)

Armagh Monaco, MON Ipswich Armagh San Jose, USA Monaco, MON Ipswich Armagh Armagh Armagh Kingsley Ipswich Barrowford Ipswich Ipswich Kingsley Cardiff Armagh Armagh Armagh Armagh Armagh Armagh Carlsbad, USA Ipswich Armagh

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Kristian Jones (Swan) Guy Smith (Swan) James Hoad (THH) Daniel Mulryan (TVH, U23) Derek Hawkins (Leeds C)

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5 MILES

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Mo Farah: heads the 10km, half-marathon and marathon rankings

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23:43 23:43 23:46 23:49 24:00 24:12 24:16 24:18 24:22 24:23 24:26 24:30 24:31 24:32 24:36 24:36 24:37 24:39 24:40 24:41 24:41 24:42 24:43 24:44 24:44 24:45 24:46 24:47 24:49 24:51 24:54 24:56 24:57 25:00 25:02 25:03 25:04 25:05 25:05 25:06 25:07 25:08 25:09 25:10 25:10 25:13 25:14 25:15 25:16 25:17 25:17

Joshua Grace (AFD) Kristian Jones (Swan) Jack Gray (C&C) Jonathan Mellor (Liv H) Adam Clarke (AFD) Leopoldo Burguete (Mil K) Matthew Clowes (Card) Henry McLuckie (SB, U20) Liam Dee (SB) Ben Johnson (S’pt W) Rob Corney (Read RR) Stuart Spencer (Notts, M35) Joe Wade (Ryde) Aaron Scott (Linc W) Jonathan Thewlis (Notts) Andy Benson (Prest) Ash Harrell (Norw) Mark Mckinstry (NBH, M35) Andrew Davies (Stock H, M35) Sam Johnson (Bir, U213) Karl Darcy (Salf, M35) Conan McCaughey (NBH) Charlie Brisley (Inv EK, U20) Paul Mizon (Mil K) Callum Charleston (AFD, U23) Ben Toomer (HW) Mark Long (Derry) Gary Priestley (Salf) Frank Baddick (N&EB) James Donald (Dund, U20) Daniel Cheeseman (York) Tom Comerford (Mil K) Craig Simpson (Foyle V) Robert Danson (Wesh) Gary Slevin (Foyle V) Kurt Taylor (B&W) Darren Deed (Bed C, M40) Jarlath Mckenna (B&W, M35) James Connor (Have, M35) Paul Navesey (Craw) Alex Bellew (Leeds C) Dean Newton (New M, U23) Sam Hancox (Morp) Joe Monk (Prest, U23) George Dollner (G&G) Samuel Charig (Ports, U20) Alex Lee (Chelt, M35) Connor Bentley (Stoke, U20) Owen Roberts (Hebog R, U23) Kieran Walker (M’bro, U23) Tom Anderson (Bing)

Preston Aug 11 Glynneath Dec 26 Preston Aug 11 Liverpool Jul 31 Hastings May 12 Milton Keynes Nov 24 Alsager Feb 3 Portsmouth Dec 1 Milton Keynes Nov 24 Preston Aug 11 Marlow May 12 Alsager Feb 3 Portsmouth Dec 1 Bassingham Aug 31 Huncote Jul 31 Lytham St Annes Oct 20 Hatfield Nov 24 Dublin, IRL May 12 Liverpool Jul 31 Bassingham Aug 31 Lytham St Annes Oct 20 Raheny, IRL Jan 27 Deal Nov 3 Milton Keynes Nov 24 Witham Dec 26 New York, USA Jul 27 Raheny, IRL Jan 27 Lytham St Annes Oct 20 Huncote Jul 31 Bridge of Earn Jul 3 Perivale Dec 1 Milton Keynes Nov 24 Coleraine Aug 14 Preston Aug 11 Coleraine Aug 14 Sutton Benger Nov 17 Luton Jun 30 Newcastle Jul 2 Braintree Mar 31 Portsmouth Dec 1 Bassingham Aug 31 Hartlepool Apr 14 Newcastle Jul 2 Preston Aug 11 Portsmouth Dec 1 Portsmouth Dec 1 Tewkesbury Nov 3 Alsager Feb 3 Abergele Nov 3 Hartlepool Apr 14 Indianapolis, Feb 16 USA

Mohamed Farah (NEB, M35) Nick Goolab (Belg) Philip Sesemann (Leeds C) Andrew Butchart (Cent) Adam Craig (I’clyde) Marc Scott (C&C) Emile Cairess (Leeds C, U23) Ben Connor (Der) Adam Clarke (AFD) Joshua Griffiths (Swan)

London Brighton Houilles, FRA London Telford Clitheroe Houilles, FRA Houilles, FRA Valencia, ESP Houilles, FRA

10km 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 10

28:15 28:22 28:26 28:28 28:32 28:32 28:39 28:40 28:40 28:42

May 27 Apr 14 Dec 29 May 27 Dec 8 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 29 Dec 1 Dec 29

@ATHLETICSWEEKLY 28:53 28:53 28:54 28:55

14 16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 30 30 32 33 33 35 36 36 38 38 38 38 41 42 42 44 45 46 46 48 48 50 50

28:55 28:56 28:57 29:00 29:02 29:10 29:10 29:13 29:14 29:17 29:18 29:19 29:24 29:27 29:27 29:29 29:29 29:30 29:31 29:31 29:32 29:33 29:33 29:35 29:35 29:35 29:35 29:36 29:37 29:37 29:38 29:39 29:40 29:40 29:42 29:42 29:43 29:43

Adam Hickey (S’end) Ben Dijkstra (Leic C, U23) Kieran Clements (SB) Callum Hawkins (Kilb)

Brighton Clitheroe Houilles, FRA Cape Elizabeth, USA Charlie Da’Vall Grice (Phoe) Clitheroe Andrew Heyes (Hallam) Brighton Jack Gray (C&C) Brighton Joshua Grace (AFD) Valencia, ESP Jonathan Hopkins (Swan) Telford Roger Poolman (Camb U) Brighton Graham Rush (Leeds C, M35) Brighton Shaun Antell (Bide) Brighton Owen Hind (Kent) Brighton Ross Millington (Stock H) Telford Paulos Surafel (TVH, U23) London Jamie Crowe (Cent) Tillicoultry Mohamud Aadan (TVH) Brighton Ollie Lockley (Leeds C) London Grant Sheldon (Cambus) Stirling Lucian Allison (Linc W) Lincoln Jonathan Brownlee (Bing) London Jake Smith (Card, U23) Cardiff Chris Parr (Morp, M35) Telford Richard Allen (AFD) Clitheroe William Mycroft (E&H) Chichester Paul Navesey (Craw) Chichester Matthew Clowes (Card) Cardiff Peter Le Grice (B&W) London Jonathan Glen (I’clyde, U23) Clitheroe Ieuan Thomas (Card) Cardiff Chris Thompson (AFD, M35) Bristol Alexander Teuten (Soton) Telford Joshua Cowperthwaite (M’bro, U20) Clitheroe Andy Coley-Maud (Clap C, M35) Chichester Calum Johnson (Gate) Chichester Daniel Studley (B&W) Manchester Carl Avery (Morp) Clitheroe Derek Hawkins (Leeds C) Clitheroe John Beattie (N&EB) Brighton James Donald (Dund H, U23) Clitheroe Ben Alcock (Bed C) Brighton Christopher McLeod (SSH, U20) Clitheroe

Apr 14 Dec 29 Dec 29 Aug 3 Dec 29 Apr 14 Apr 14 Dec 1 Dec 8 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Dec 8 May 27 Dec 28 Apr 14 May 27 Sep 8 Apr 7 May 27 Sep 1 Dec 8 Dec 29 Feb 3 Feb 3 Sep 1 May 27 Dec 29 Mar 31 May 5 Dec 8 Dec 29 Feb 3 Feb 3 May 19 Dec 29 Dec 29 Apr 14 Dec 29 Apr 14 Dec 29

10 MILES 1 2 3 4 5

46:57 47:16 47:24 47:32 47:41

Marc Scott (C&C) Ben Connor (Der) Charlie Hulson (Liv H) Emile Cairess (Leeds C, U23) Jake Smith (Card, U23)

Portsmouth Portsmouth Brampton Portsmouth Portsmouth

Oct 20 Oct 20 Nov 17 Oct 20 Oct 20

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 30 32 33 34 35 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

47:45 48:00 48:08 48:25 48:26 48:35 48:38 48:44 48:54 48:56 48:56 49:12 49:15 49:22 49:25 49:41 49:43 49:45 49:53 49:56 50:02 50:09 50:11 50:22 50:31 50:31 50:36 50:38 50:39 50:45 50:45 50:50 50:52 50:58 51:03 51:11 51:11 51:18 51:25 51:35 51:36 51:38 51:36 51:41 51:44

Philip Sesemann (Leeds C) Tom Anderson (Bing) Mahamed Mahamed (Soton, U23) Mohamud Aadan (TVH) Scott Overall (B&B, M35) Jonathan Mellor (Liv H) Andy Vernon (AFD) Joe Morwood (AFD) Finn McNally (Phoe) Ollie Lockley (Leeds C) Alexander Teuten (Soton) Josh Lunn (Bed C) Lachlan Oates (Shett) Chris Thompson (AFD, M35) Ben Toomer (HW) Marc Brown (Salf) Doug Musson (Notts) Rob Corney (Read RR) Alastair Watson (Notts, M40) Michael Crawley (Cors( Craig Ruddy (I’clyde) Jonathan Escalante-Phillips (C&C) Joshua Griffiths (Swan) Karl Darcy (Salf, M35) Michael Christoforou (E&H) John Bell (I’clyde) William Bryan (Soton, U23) Steve Gallienne (Bide) George King (Win) Tom Merson (Exm H) Nicholas Torry (Serp, M40) Joe Monk (Prest, U23) Alex Brecker (Stoke) Tom Higgs (S Lon) Ronnie Richmond (Bide, M35) Oliver James (Sun) Ed Banks (Bir) Andrew Chambers (B&W, M35) Philip Wylie (Chelt, M40) Michael Kallenberg (Card) Alan Corlett (Manx) Neil Kevern (Brack FR) Matthew Grieve (Leeds C) Kevin Quinn (S Lon. M40) Daniel Cheeseman (York)

Brampton St Paul, USA Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Tilburg, NED Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Ramsey Portsmouth Gloucester Motherwell Portsmouth Philadelphia, USA Brampton Portsmouth Bramley Holme Pierrepont Motherwell Motherwell Cork, IRL Dublin, IRL Brampton Motherwell Motherwell Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Bideford Twickenham Brampton Chippenham Portsmouth Bideford Louisville, USA Gloucester Portsmouth Bideford RAF Henlow Ramsey Portsmouth Brampton Stebbing Twickenham

Nov 17 Oct 6 Oct 20 Oct 20 Oct 20 Sep 1 Oct 20 Oct 20 Oct 20 May 5 Oct 20 Dec 29 Mar 31 Oct 20 May 5 Nov 17 Oct 20 Feb 17 Jun 21 Mar 31 Mar 31 Aug 31 Aug 24 Nov 17 Mar 31 Mar 31 Oct 20 Oct 20 Oct 20 Nov 3 Oct 13 Nov 17 Apr 19 Oct 20 Nov 3 Mar 22 Dec 29 Oct 20 Nov 3 Nov 1`3 May 5 Oct 20 Nov 17 Nov 10 Oct 13

Newcastle Newcastle Houston, USA

Sep 8 Sep 8 Jan 20

MARK SHEARMAN

11 11 13 14

Nick Goolab: tops the 5km rankings

HALF-MARATHON 1 2 3

59:07 Mohamed Farah (NEB, M35) 60:39 Callum Hawkins (Kilb) 61:44 Dewi Griffiths (Swan)

MARK SHEARMAN

Marc Scott, Ben Connor, Emile Cairess and Jake Smith in Portsmouth in October

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

62:03 63:02 63:09 63:12 63:16 63:50 63:58 64:03 64:11 64:12 64:13 64:15 64:18 64:21 64:23

Jake Smith (Card, U23) Ollie Lockley (Leeds C) Chris Thompson (AFD, M35) Ben Connor (Der) Jack Gray (C&C) Scott Overall (B&B, M35) Daniel Studley (B&W) Matthew Clowes (Card) Nigel Martin (Sale) Paulos Surafel (TVH, U23) Derek Hawkins (Leeds C) Mohamud Aadan (TVH) Frank Baddick (N&EB) Peter Le Grice (B&W) Joshua Griffiths (Swan)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 37 39 40 41 42 42 42 45 45 47 48 49 49

64:26 64:27 64:28 64:29 64:30 64:31 64:34 64:40 64:46 64:50 64:55 64:56 65:15 65:16 65:21 65:22 65:25 65:32 65:34 65:34 65:42 65:43 65:44 66:03 66:03 66:03 66:07 66:07 66:10 66:14 66:15 66:15

Josh Lunn (Bed C) Joshua Grace (AFD) Charlie Hulson (Liv H) Dominic Shaw (New M) Lucian Allison (Linc W) Jonathan Mellor (Liv H) Nick Goolab (Belg) Kieran Clements (SB) Andrew Davies (Stock H, M35) Adam Hickey (S’end) Doug Musson (Notts) Paul Navesey (Craw) Richard Allen (AFD, U23) William Mycroft (E&H) Tom Evans (Lewes) Ben Johnson (S’pt W) Nick Earl (Norw) Andy Coley-Maud (Clap C, M35) Matthew Crehan (SHS) Nicholas Torry (Serp, M40) Daniel Hallam (W&SV) Tom Wade (AFD) Ronnie Richmond (Bide, M35) Ben Cole (Ton) Paul Martelletti (VP&TH, M35) Tom Merson (Exm H) Seyfu Jamaal (Lon Hth, U20) Rob Corney (Read RR) Chris Wright (Serp) Alastair Watson (Notts, M40) Joe Morwood (AFD) Robbie Simpson (Dees R)

Boulogne, FRA Valencia, ESP Bath Manchester Valencia, ESP Reading Barcelona, ESP Reading Newcastle Reading Newcastle Cardiff Manchester Cardiff Ústí nad Labem, CZE Newcastle Manchester Cardiff Barcelona, ESP Barcelona, ESP Greenwich Bath Reading Llanwddyn Reading Granollers, ESP Brighton Wokingham Barcelona, ESP Granollers, ESP Manchester Hobart, AUS Wokingham Manchester Paddock Wood Manchester Copenhagen, DEN Bath Glasgow Reading Plymouth Milton Keynes Reading Reading Wilmslow Greenwich Inverness

Nov 17 Oct 27 Mar 17 Oct 13 Oct 27 Mar 17 Feb 10 Mar 17 Sep 8 Mar 17 Sep 8 Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 21 Sep 8 Oct 13 Oct 6 Feb 10 Feb 10 Mar 10 Mar 17 Mar 17 Sep 8 Mar 17 Feb 24 Feb 24 Feb 24 Feb 10 Feb 24 Oct 13 Jan 13 Feb 24 Oct 13 Apr 7 Oct 13 Sep 15 Mar 17 Sep 29 Mar 17 May 19 Dec 8 Mar 17 Mar 17 Mar 24 Mar 10 Mar 10

STATISTICS

2019 ROAD RANKINGS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 35 37 38 39 40 41 41 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

2:05:39 Mohamed Farah (NEB, M35) 2:08:14 Callum Hawkins (Kilb) 2:11:46 Dewi Griffiths (Swan) 2:12:29 Jonathan Mellor (Liv H) 2:12:49 Derek Hawkins (Leeds C) 2:13:57 Matthew Clowes (Card) 2:14:24 Charlie Hulson (Liv H) 2:14:25 Joshua Griffiths (Swan) 2:14:38 Andrew Davies (Stock H, M40) 2:14:38 Nick Earl (Norw) 2:14:40 Scott Overall ( B&B, M35) 2:14:56 Robbie Simpson (Dees R) 2:15:52 Jonathan Thewlis (Notts) 2:16:21 Nicholas Torry (Serp, M40) 2:16:23 Peter Le Grice (B&W) 2:16:56 Adam Hickey (S’end) 2:17:00 Tsegai Tewelde (Shett) 2:17:05 Aaron Scott (Linc W) 2:17:16 Paul Navesey (Craw) 2:17:29 Paul Martelletti (VP&TH, M35) 2:17:35 Ben Johnson (S’pt W) 2:18:24 Daniel Studley (B&W) 2:18:34 Ian Leitch (Phoe, M40) 2:18:36 Dominic Shaw (New M) 2:18:53 Dan Nash (Card) 2:19:03 John Gilbert (Kent, M35) 2:19:13 Rob Corney (Read RR) 2:19:21 Ross Skelton (Hast) 2:19:34 Andy Coley-Maud (Clap C, M35) 2:20:08 Alex Milne (E&H) 2:20:29 Craig Ruddy (I’clyde) 2:20:48 Lloyd Biddell (Merc, M35) 2:20:52 Joe Morwood (AFD) 2:21:34 Ronnie Richmond (Bide, M35) 2:21:42 David Criniti (Rane, M40) 2:21:42 Mark Buckingham (Holm) 2:21:50 Nikki Johnstone (M35) 2:21:54 Alex Bampton (High) 2:22:07 James Connor (Have, M35) 2:22:14 Kevin Quinn (S Lon, M40) 2:22:22 Ewan Cameron (VP&TH, M35) 2:22:22 Kyle Doherty (Derry) 2:22:26 Thomas Stevens (C&C, M40) 2:22:43 Kenny Wilson (Moray) 2:22:49 Josh Rowe (Leeds C) 2:22:56 Paul Molyneux (Spring S, M35) 2:22:57 Daniel Gaffney (S Lon, M35) 2:23:03 Karl Welborn (BRAT, M35) 2:23:08 Richard McDowell (HW, M40) 2:23:25 Ben Shearer (Camb H, M40)

Apr 28 Apr 28 Apr 28 Sep 29 Oct 27 Sep 29 Dec 1 Apr 28 Dec 1 Mar 10 Sep 29 Apr 28 Sep 29 Apr 28 Apr 14 Sep 29 Apr 28 Oct 27 Oct 27 Apr 28 Dec 1 Dec 1 Apr 14 Oct 27 Apr 14 Apr 28 Apr 14 Oct 20 Apr 14 Apr 28 Apr 28 Dec 1 Apr 28 Apr 7 Apr 28 Oct 20 Jan 20 Oct 27 Oct 27 Dec 1 Dec 1 Oct 27 Sep 29 Oct 27 Apr 28 Nov 24 Apr 28 Dec 1 Apr 28 Dec 1

Laura Weightman: 15:22 at Ipswich in May to head the 5km rankings

20km WALK

MARK SHEARMAN

Cameron Corbishley: fastest 50km walk

London London London Berlin, GER Frankfurt, GER Berlin, GER Valencia, ESP London Valencia, ESP Otsu, JPN Berlin, GER London Berlin, GER London Brighton Berlin, GER London Frankfurt, GER Frankfurt, GER London Valencia, ESP Valencia, ESP Brighton Frankfurt, GER Brighton London Brighton Amsterdam, NED Brighton London London Valencia, ESP London Manchester London York Funchal, POR Frankfurt, GER Frankfurt, GER Valencia, ESP Valencia, ESP Dublin, IRL Berlin, GER Frankfurt, GER London Florence, ITA London Valencia, ESP London Valencia, ESP

ACS PHOTOGRAPHY

MARATHON

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

80:53 81:34 84:42 92:27 92:47 94:20 1:40:51 1:43:34 1:44:07 1:47:27 1:55:37 1:57:36

Tom Bosworth (Ton) Callum Wilkinson (E&H, U23) Cameron Corbishley (M&M, U23) Tom Partington (Manx, U23) Dominic King (Col H, M35) Daniel King (Col H, M35) Jonathan Hobbs (Ashf) David Annetts (N Herts, M50) David Mapp (Manx) Adam Cowin (Manx) Ian Richards (Steyn, M70) Tony Edwards (Manx, W55)

Alytus, LTU Poděbrady, CZE Leeds Leeds Dudince, SVK Dudince, SVK N.S.C. Douglas Tilburg, NED N.S.C. Douglas N.S.C. Douglas Eraclea, ITA N.S.C. Douglas

May 19 Apr 6 Jun 30 Jun 30 Mar 23 Mar 23 Feb 23 Oct 6 Feb 23 Feb 23 Sep 14 Feb 23

Cameron Corbishley (M&M, U23) Dominic King (Col H, M35) James Quirk (Manx, M45) Pete MIller (Manx, M40) Andrew Titley (IOM Vet, M50) Michael Bonney (M55) Robbie Callister (IOM Vet, M60) Paul Sayle (IOM Vet, M35) Tony Edwards (Manx, M55) Simon Gawne Chris Burn (M40) Werner Alberts (IOM Vet, M45)

Dudince, SVK Dudince, SVK Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel

Mar 23 Mar 23 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14

Laura Weightman (Morp) Sarah Inglis (Loth) Morag Millar (Cent) Charlotte Arter (Card) Claire Duck (Leeds C) Hayley Carruthers (Bir) Mhairi MacLennan (Edin U HH) Jennifer Nesbitt (Card) Nicole Taylor (Ton) Rebecca Murray (Bed C)

Ipswich Vancouver, CAN Edinburgh Cardiff Ipswich Telford Edinburgh Cardiff Ipswich Ipswich

May 11 Mar 16 May 3 Aug 7 May 11 Jul 17 May 3 Aug 7 May 11 May 11

50km WALK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

3:53:20 3:56:35 5:11:22 5:14:04 5:27:06 5:29:49 5:30:47 5:33:59 5:39:11 5:43:50 5:46:55 5:48:38

WOMEN 5km 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10

15:22 15:29 15:50 15:51 15:53 15:53 15:56 15:57 15:58 16:01

11 12 13 13 15 16 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 28 29 30 30 32

16:02 16:04 16:05 16:05 16:09 16:10 16:10 16:12 16:13 16:15 16:17 16:19 16:21 16:22 16:24 16:24 16:24 16:25 16:26 16:31 16:31 16:31

32 32 32 36 37 38 39 39 41 42 42 44 45 45 47 48 49 50

16:33 16:33 16:33 16:34 16:35 16:36 16:37 16:37 16:38 16:40 16:40 16:43 16:44 16:44 16:45 16:45 16:47 16:48

Verity Ockenden (Swan) Clara Evans (Card) Alice Wright (Worc) Holly Archer (C&C) Amy-Eloise Neale (Wake) Emily Kearney (Wirr, U23) Rosie Clarke (E&E) Abbie Donnelly (Linc W, U23) Becky Straw (Bir) Gemma Steel (Charn) Lucy Crookes (Leeds C) Beth Kidger (Phoe) Annabel Gummow (Win) Jade Williams (Amman) Sophie Coldwell (Charn) Elinor Kirk (Swan) Georgia Malir (Leeds C, U23) Danielle Hodgkinson (Walls) Iona Lake (Norw) Ashley Gibson (Ton) Abigail Howarth (Leigh) Stephie Pennycook (Fife, U23) Gemma Kersey (Bas) Sophie Harris (Swan) Phillipa Williams (Sheff RC) Calli Thackery (Hallam) Jennifer Walsh (Leeds C) Kate Maltby (B&W) Hannah Viner (High, U23) Kirsty Longley (Liv PS, W40) Sarah Mercier (Guern) Laura Gent (AFD) Jenny Bannerman (I’ness) Tiffany Penfold (Cope, U20) Eleanor Bolton (RVH, U20) Emelia Gorecka (AFD) Jessica Mitchell (Have, U20) Lauren Cooper (Parc BB) Rachael Burns (Liv H, W35) Beth Hawling (Chelt)

Westbury Cardiff Carlsbad, USA Ipswich San Jose, USA Kingsley Barrowford Doncaster Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Cardiff Kirkby Mallory Kingsley Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich Kingsley Barrowford

Jul 16 May 5 Apr 6 May 11 Nov 28 Aug 29 Mar 2 Jul 10 May 11 May 11 May 11 May 11 May 11 May 5 Dec 29 Apr 26 May 11 May 11 May 11 May 11 Aug 29 Aug 17

Ipswich Battersea Park Doncaster Gateshead Ipswich Cardiff Ipswich Capenhurst St Peter Port Ipswich Edinburgh Liverpool Kingsley Monaco, MON Oderzo, ITA Cardiff Ipswich Battersea Park

May 11 Jun 10 Jul 10 Aug 14 May 11 May 5 May 11 Aug 21 Apr 19 May 11 May 3 Mar 2 Aug 29 Feb 17 May 1 May 22 May 11 Jul 15

@ATHLETICSWEEKLY

1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 9 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 45 47 48 49 50

26:50 27:05 27:14 27:15 27:23 27:30 27:30 27:34 27:35 27:35 27:38 27:49 27:49 27:51 27:55 28:02 28:03 28:11 28:12 28:12 28:12 28:15 28:16 28:23 28:26 28:29 28:31 28:32 28:33 28:34 28:35 28:40 28:44 28:58 28:59 29:00 29:03 29:04 29:04 29:05 29:08 29:09 29:11 29:18 29:25 29:25 29:29 29:32 29:34 29:35

Hayley Carruthers (Bir) Lucy Reid (Ton) Rosie Clarke (E&E) Lucy Crookes (Leeds C) Dani Nimmock (Norw) Kate Holt (Stoke) Gemma Steel (Charn) Annabel Gummow (Win) Maisie Trafford (Arena) Elspeth Curran (Kilb) Holly Archer (C&C) Annabel Simpson (Fife, U23) Calli Thackery (Hallam) Gemma Kersey (Bas) Liz Davies (Spring S, W40) Emily Wicks (AFD) Lucy Marland (Card) Rachel Felton (SB, W35) Lizzie Clarke (Hast, U20) Hannah Cowley (Hels) Cloe Hubbard (Newk) Ciara Toner (Springw, W35) Laura Hesketh (Clay, W35) Rachel Gibson (N Down) Lucy Charles (Orion) Juliet Potter (Charn, W35) Elinor Kirk (Swan) Emily Japp (BWF) Kirandeep Marsh (Ton, U23) Lorna Young (Leeds C) Liz Abbott (Lyth, W35) Michelle Sandison (Spring, W35) Rafaela Fonseca (R&N, W35) Cassie Thorp (Ports) Lauren Cooper (B’nth) Rhiannon Dunlop (Ports) Hannah Oldroyd (RVH) Daisy Glover (Fram) Olivia Stones (Leigh, U20) Clare Elms (Dulw, W55) Jill Collett (Datch, W35) Elizabeth Renondeau (Vale R, W35) Philippa Stone (M’bro, U23) Jo Andrews (Bung, W45) Laura Thomas (Ips J) Emma Stepto (Corn, W45) Maya Todd McIntyre (Rush, U17) Elle Roche (Mil K) Jenny James (Guern, W35) Rachel Sweatt

Little Aston Portsmouth Alsager Bassingham Hatfield Alsager Bassingham Hatfield Portsmouth Glasgow Preston Bridge of Earn Bassingham Hatfield Braintree Portsmouth Glynneath Cheltenham Wittersham Chester Bassingham Ballymena Lytham St Annes Raheny, IRL Victoria Park Hatfield Alsager Lytham St Annes Bassingham Birkenhead Anchorsholme Glasgow Milton Keynes Portsmouth Wolverhampton Portsmouth Wymeswold Sudbury Alsager Battersea Park Marlow Hale Hartlepool Great Yarmouth Great Bentley Newquay Holme Pierrepont Milton Keynes Guernsey Pleshey

MICK WALL

5 MILES Sep 1 Dec 1 Feb 3 Aug 31 Nov 24 Feb 3 Aug 31 Nov 24 Dec 1 Feb 16 Aug 11 Jul 3 Aug 31 Nov 24 Mar 31 Dec 1 Dec 26 Jan 20 Feb 17 Apr 10 Aug 31 Jun 5 Oct 20 Jan 27 Feb 16 Nov 24 Feb 3 Oct 20 Aug 31 Jun 5 Jun 25 Feb 16 Nov 24 Dec 1 Dec 15 Dec 1 May 5 Apr 19 Feb 3 Jun 11 May 12 Apr 21 Apr 14 May 22 Jul 5 Sep 29 Jun 12 Nov 24 Feb 3 Jun 28

10km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 27 28 28 30 30 32 33 34 34 36 37 38 39 40

31:40 31:48 31:55 32:05 32:17 32:20 32:24 32:33 32:33 32:37 32:39 32:45 32:52 33:00 33:04 33:06 33:08 33:08 33:16 33:17 33:18 33:21 33:24 33:27 33:27 33:27 33:28 33:31 33:31 33:36 33:36 33:39 33:41 33:42 33:42 33:44 33:45 33:46 33:49 33:50

Laura Weightman (Morp) Eilish McColgan (Dund H) Stephanie Twell (AFD) Beth Potter (SB) Charlotte Purdue (AFD) Jessica Judd (B’burn) Sarah Inglis (Loth) Samantha Harrison (Notts) Jess Piasecki (Stock H) Dani Chattenton (MKDP) Verity Ockenden (Swan) Charlotte Arter (Card) Jennifer Nesbitt (Card) Mhairi MacLennan (Edin U HH) Emily Hosker Thornhill (AFD) Tish Jones (Belg) Clara Evans (Card) Kate Reed (B&W, W35) Lauren Hall (AFD) Lauren Heyes (Leigh) Kate Holt (Stoke) Stephanie Davis (Clap C) Rachael Franklin (Manx) Louise Small (AFD) Natasha Cockram (MickMorris) Holly Archer (C&C) Alyson Dixon (Sun, W40) Caryl Jones (Swan) Eleanor Davis (Prest)) Hayley Carruthers (Bir) Jacqueline Fairchild (Prest)) Kirsty Longley (Liv PS, W40) Dani Nimmock (Norw) Helen Davies (Ips J, W35) Danielle Hodgkinson (Walls) Morag Millar (Cent) Tracy Barlow (TVH) Rebecca Murray (Bed C) Stephanie Barnes (B&W) Emily Kearney (Wirr)

Brunssum, NED Sheffield London Partington Cape Elizabeth, USA Clitheroe Victoria, CAN Telford London Telford London Cardiff Cardiff Brighton Brighton London Telford Brighton Telford Manchester Telford Battersea Park Clitheroe Warsaw, POL Swansea Clitheroe S Blyth Beachley Beachley London Clitheroe Telford Brighton Snetterton Belfast Grangemouth Valencia, ESP London Green Park Valenciennes, FRA Telford

Mar 24 Dec 1 May 27 Mar 10 Aug 3 Dec 29 Apr 28 Dec 8 May 27 Dec 8 May 27 Sep 1 Sep 1 Apr 14 Apr 14 May 27 Dec 8 Apr 1 Dec 8 May 19 Dec 8 Oct 19 Dec 29 Apr 14 Sep 22 Dec 29 Apr 7 Jan 20 Jan 20 May 27 Dec 29 Dec 8 Apr 14 Jan 20 Mar 31 Apr 14 Dec 1 Jul 21 Mar 31 Dec 8

41 42 43 44 45 45 47 48 49 50

33:55 33:58 34:03 34:06 34:10 34:10 34:12 34:13 34:16 34:18

Grace Copeland (W’borne, U20) Beth Kidger (Phoe) Hannah Viner (High, U23) Georgina Schwiening Sarah Astin (Norw) Claire Duck (Leeds C) Charlotte Taylor-Green (B&W) Alison Lavender (Osw) Annabel Gummow (Win) Elspeth Curran (Kilb)

Brighton Brighton Laredo, ESP Cambridge Valencia, ESP Brighton Stirling Telford Bristol Kilmarnock

Apr 14 Apr 14 Mar 16 Oct 20 Dec 1 Apr 14 Sep 8 Dec 8 May 5 Jun 9 MARK SHEARMAN

MARK SHEARMAN

Hayley Carruthers: quickest at 5 miles

Eilish McColgan wins in Sheffield in 31:48

Steph Twell: top 3 over 10km, half-marathon and marathon

STATISTICS 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 12

51:38 55:03 55:15 55:18 55:32 56:00 56:00 56:27 56:35 57:03 57:32 57:41 57:41

Eilish McColgan (Dund H) Stephanie Twell (AFD) Verity Ockenden (Swan) Jennifer Nesbitt (Card) Holly Archer (C&C) Elspeth Curran (Kilb) Alison Lavender (Osw) Alyson Dixon (Sun, W40) Fiona Brian (Metro) Avril Mason (Shett, W40) Laura Brenton (Soton) Caroline Lambert (RVH) Gemma Steel (Charn)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 31 31 33 34 35 36 37 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 46

57:58 58:02 58:09 58:30 58:38 58:56 58:54 58:58 59:16 59:25 59:30 59:37 59:40 59:47 59:55 59:56 59:56 59:57 59:57 59:59 60:00 60:02 60:03 60:11 60:11 60:14 60:16 60:21 60:23 60:25 60:28 60:32 60:33 60:33

Becky Briggs (CoH, U20) Liz Davies (Spring S, W40) Annabel Simpson (Fife, U23) Jen Granger (Soton) Sarah Mercier (Guern) Sharon Barlow (H’gate, W40) Alexa King (Hart RR, W40) Katie White (Gars, W35) Lesley Locks (AFD, W40) Tracy Millmore (Birt, W35) Hannah Oldroyd (RVH) Jo Williams (Loth) Georgia Campbell (J&H) Tamara Beach (Les C) Gemma Rankin (Kilb) Emily Hosker Thornhill (AFD) Rachael Mulvey (Hast) Sophie Cowper (Roth) Molly Browne (BRAT) Elinor Kirk (Swan) Naomi Mitchell (Read) Hannah Pullen (W’ley) Sarah Lowery (Roth, W35) Charlotte Ward (Hallam) Caroline Hoyte (Arena, W45) Ellie Stevens-Meany (Bir, W35) Heidi Tregenza (Corn) Claire Bruce (Metro) Sarah Astin (Norw) Cloe Hubbard (Newk) Amy Hudson (I’ness) Carla Stansfield (CoH) Emma Jolley (Ports, W35) Georgina Weston (Roth)

Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 20 Oct 20 Oct 20 Mar 31 Nov 17 Oct 20 Mar 31 Mar 31 Oct 20 Nov 17 Jun 21 Oct 20 Nov 10 Nov 17 Feb 24 Feb 24 Oct 20 Oct 20 Mar 31 Oct 20 Nov 17 Jan 5 Mar 31 Mar 17 Jan 20 Aug 24 Oct 13 Oct 20 Oct 20 Dec 29 Sep 22 Feb 17 Oct 20 Aug 11 Mar 17 Oct 13 Oct 12 Jan 20 Mar 31 Jun 23 Jul 27 Dec 15 Jan 27 Apr 14 Oct 20

48 60:34 49 60:36 50 60:44

Katherine Wood (Sale) Eilidh Bell (Bath) Laura Thomas (Ips J)

Hook Chippenham Felixstowe

May 19 Apr 19 Sep 15

Newcastle Barcelona, ESP Newcastle Newcastle Ústí nad Labem, CZE Valencia, ESP Barcelona, ESP Monterey, USA Barcelona, ESP Tamesna, MAR Bath Reading Great Bentley Barcelona, ESP Oxford Newcastle Barcelona, ESP Houston, USA Cardiff Mesa, USA Reading Las Vegas, USA Reading York Greenwich New York, USA Greenwich Maidenhead Granollers, ESP Weston-SuperMare Bath Glasgow Reading London Victoria Park Newcastle Greenwich Breda, NED Liverpool Barcelona, ESP Manchester Maidenhead

Sep 8 Feb 10 Sep 8 Sep 8 Sep 21

HALF-MARATHON 1 2 3 4 5

68:10 69:41 70:52 71:05 71:34

Charlotte Purdue (AFD) Charlotte Arter (Card) Stephanie Twell (AFD) Hayley Carruthers (Bir) Jess Piasecki (Stock H)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

71:58 72:20 72:23 72:28 72:34 72:44 72:46 72:51 72:52 72:58 73:09 73:16 73:17 73:26 74:13 74:34 74:48 74:57 74:58 75:01 75:15 75:25 75:28 75:35 75:46

Lily Partridge (AFD) Sonia Samuels (Sale, W35) Sarah Inglis (Loth) Tracy Barlow (TVH) Eleanor Davis (Prest)) Kate Reed (B&W, W35) Louise Small (AFD) Helen Davies (Ips J, W35) Clara Evans (Card) Stephanie Davis (Clap C) Samantha Harrison (Notts) Jennifer Nesbitt (Worc) Alice Wright (Worc) Jenny Spink (B&W, W35) Rosie Edwards (Roth) Rebecca Murray (Bed C) Ellie Stevens-Meany (Bir) Hannah Doran (Charn, W35) Becky Briggs (CoH, U20) Fiona Brian (Metro) Chloe Richardson (Bir) Tamara Beach (Les C) Katherine Wood (Sale) Georgina Schwiening Charlotte Taylor-Green (B&W)

31 32 33 34

75:53 75:55 76:00 76:04

Rachel Felton (SB, W35) Calli Thackery (Roth) Steph McCall (Herne H) Rose Harvey (Clap C)

35 35 37 38 39 40 40

76:05 76:05 76:07 76:10 76:12 76:13 76:15

Naomi Mitchell (Read) Dani Nimmock (Norw) Stephanie Barnes (B&W) Emily Kearney (Wirr) Julie Briscoe (Wake, W40) Elinor Kirk (Swan) Annabel Gummow (Win)

Oct 27 Feb 10 Nov 10 Feb 10 Nov 10 Mar 17 Mar 17 Feb 3 Feb 10 Oct 13 Sep 8 Feb 10 Jan 20 Oct 6 Feb 9 Mar 17 Apr 27 Mar 17 Jan 13 Mar 10 Mar 17 Mar 10 Sep 1 Feb 24 Mar 24

Charlotte Purdue: quickest halfmarathoner

42 43 44 45 46 47 48 48 50

Mar 17 Sep 29 Mar 17 Nov 16

76:16 76:22 76:25 76:26 76:28 76:41 76:43 76:43 76:51

Nicole Roberts (Bir) Nina Griffith (High) Katie White (Gars, W35) Sian Edwards (Swan) Melanie Wilkins (Win) Phillipa Williams (Els) Rebecca Robinson (Kend, W35) Victoria Knight (C&C, W40) Hayley Munn (N’hant RR)

Austin, USA Feb 17 Snetterton Nov 17 Glasgow Sep 29 Barcelona, ESP Feb 10 Greenwich Mar 10 Sunderland May 12 Newcastle Sep 8 Newcastle Sep 8 Wokingham Feb 24

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Eilish McColgan: 51:38 at Portsmouth to easily head the 10 miles list

Portsmouth Twickenham Portsmouth Portsmouth Portsmouth Motherwell Brampton Portsmouth Motherwell Motherwell Portsmouth Tadcaster Holme Pierrepont Portsmouth Stebbing Brampton Bournemouth St Peter Port York Portsmouth Motherwell Portsmouth Brampton Woudenberg, NED Motherwell Thirsk Cardiff Dublin, IRL Twickenham Portsmouth Portsmouth Gloucester Amsterdam, NED Bramley Portsmouth Askern Thirsk Twickenham Las Vegas, USA Camborne Motherwell Thames Ditton Heckington Lossiemouth Skidby Salisbury York

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

2:25:29 2:25:38 2:26:40 2:27:42 2:30:50 2:31:00 2:31:14 2:31:53 2:32:45 2:33:27 2:34:08 2:34:38 2:35:25 2:35:43 2:36:26 2:36:50 2:36:55 2:37:12 2:38:17 2:39:43 2:40:27 2:40:38 2:41:37 2:42:15 2:42:21 2:42:24 2:42:38 2:42:39 2:42:40 2:42:48 2:42:56 2:43:12 2:43:16 2:43:31 2:43:54 2:43:55 2:44:21 2:44:35 2:45:02

Jess Piasecki (Stock H) Charlotte Purdue (AFD) Stephanie Twell (AFD) Stephanie Davis (Clap C) Natasha Cockram (MickMorris) Tish Jones (Belg) Jenny Spink (B&W, W35) Lily Partridge (AFD) Hayley Carruthers (Bir) Eleanor Davis (Prest)) Helen Davies (Ips J, W35) Elinor Kirk (Swan) Georgina Schwiening Alyson Dixon (Sun, W40) Tracy Barlow (TVH) Sonia Samuels (Sale, W35) Charlotte Taylor-Green (B&W) Rebecca Gentry Naomi Mitchell (Read) Louise Small (AFD) Rebecca Hilland (Bath, W35) Claire Grima(HW, W40) Gemma Rankin (Kilb) Johanna O’Regan (Riv, W35) Rosie Edwards (Roth) Nina Griffith (High) Hannah Doran (Charn, W35) Catherine Whoriskey (Derry) Julie Briscoe(Wake, W40) Alison Lavender (Osw) Melanie Wilkins (Win) Katherine Wood (Sale) Fiona Brian (Metro) Liz Abbott (Lyth, W35) Avril Mason (Shett, W45) Paulina Golec (Camb U HH, W35) Charlotte Firth (WSEH) Sarah Webster (Nthn (IOM), W40) Hannah Oldroyd (RVH)

Florence, ITA Nov 24 London Apr 28 Frankfurt, GER Oct 27 Valencia, ESP Dec 1 Dublin, IRL Oct 27 London Apr 28 Frankfurt, GER Oct 27 London Apr 28 Valencia, ESP Dec 1 Valencia, ESP Dec 1 Brighton Apr 14 Valencia, ESP Dec 1 Valencia, ESP Dec 1 Boston, USA Apr 15 London Apr 28 London Apr 28 Dublin, IRL Oct 27 New York, USA Nov 3 Frankfurt, GER Oct 27 London Apr 28 Málaga, ESP Dec 15 London Apr 28 Dublin, IRL Oct 27 Manchester Apr 7 London Apr 28 Málaga, ESP Dec 15 London Apr 28 Dublin, IRL Oct 27 Manchester Apr 7 Berlin, GER Sep 29 Edinburgh May 26 Dublin, IRL Oct 27 Berlin, GER Sep 29 Manchester Apr 7 London Apr 28 Frankfurt, GER Oct 27 Manchester Apr 7 London Apr 28 Amsterdam, NED Oct 20

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2:45:29 2:45:41 2:45:48 2:45:48 2:45:48 2:46:34 2:46:50

Phebe Ko (Serp, W35) Holly Rush (Avon VR, W40) Carla Swithenbank (MickMorris) Tamara Beach (Les C) Kate Drew (Taun, U23) Rebecca Bunting (Lon Hth, W35) Charlene Jacobs-Conradie (Lut, W40) 2:46:57 Eilidh Bell (Bath) 2:47:43 Annabel Granger (B&W, W45) 2:47:45 Julia Bijl (Lon Hth, U23) 2:48:04 Tracy Millmore (Birt, W35)

London London Newport London London London York

Apr 28 Apr 28 May 5 Apr 28 Apr 28 Apr 28 Oct 20

Warsaw, POL London Valencia, ESP Berlin, GER

Sep 29 Apr 28 Dec 1 Sep 29

Leeds Leeds Lugano, SUI Lugano, SUI N.S.C. Douglas Raheny, IRL Coventry N.S.C. Douglas Eraclea, ITA

Jun 30 Jun 30 Mar 17 Mar 17 Sep 1 Dec 7 Jul 14 Sep 1 Sep 14

N.S.C. Douglas Coventry Vale Coventry Eraclea, ITA N.S.C. Douglas N.S.C. Douglas Eraclea, ITA Eraclea, ITA

Feb 23 Jul 14 Jul 7 Jul 14 Sep 14 Feb 23 Feb 23 Sep 14 Sep 14

Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Tilburg, NED Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel Peel

Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Oct 6 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14 Apr 14

Ultra rankings MEN 50km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

20km WALK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

94:49 96:58 99:45 1:42:08 1:48:15 1:48:27 1:54:19 1:54:53 2:05:27

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

2:07:00 2:07:26 2:07:44 2:09:02 2:11:28 2:13:23 2:16:12 2:25:58 2:29:16

Heather Lewis (P’broke) Bethan Davies (Card) Erika Kelly (Nthn (IOM)) Gemma Bridge (Oxf C) Jasmine Nicholls (Leic WC) Madeline Shott (Belg) Lisa Kehler (W&B, W50) Hannah Hunter (Manx, W35) Penelope Cummings (Herne H, W40) Jayne Farquhar (Manx, W45) Carolyn Derbyshire (Nun, W40) Donna Allan (Sarnia, W40) Melanie Peddle (Loughton, W50) Cath Duhig (Ryst, W60) Louise Hollings (Manx, W35) Nicola Raven (Manx, W55) Noel Blatchford (Abing, W70) Ann Wheeler (Nun, W60)

5:32:54 5:43:07 5:47:01 5:56:52 6:04:26 6:04:45 6:06:35 6:09:48 6:12:03 6:12:03 6:20:47 6:24:58 6:27:58 6:49:26

Jayne Farquhar (Manx, W50) Lisa Kehler (W&B, W50) Steph Burton (W50) Marie Jackson (Manx, W55) Bernie Ball Johnson (IOMVAC, W35) Sophie Dvorakova Lorna Gleave (W35) Sandra Brown (Sy WC, W70) Louise Hollings (Manx, W35) Sharon Cain (Manx, W45) Bethany Kaneen Alison Crellin Dodd (W40) Nicola Raven (Manx, W55) May Hooper (Manx, W50)

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Heather Lewis: 20km walk leader

Brasvo, ROU Brasvo, ROU Brasvo, ROU Gloucester Brasvo, ROU Gloucester Gloucester Winschoten, NED Perth Perth Gloucester Gloucester Perth Perth Donadea (IRL) Perth Cape Town, RSA Perth Perth Gloucester

Sep 1 Sep 1 Sep 1 Jan 20 Sep 1 Jan 20 Jan 20 Sep 14 Mar 24 Mar 24 Jan 20 Jan 20 Mar 24 Mar 24 Feb 9 Mar 24 Apr 20 Mar 24 Mar 24 Jan 20

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

6:44:18 6:51:49 6:54:42 7:02:58 7:09:37 7:25:31 7:36:00 7:37:06 7:47:54 7:49:38 8:32:06 8:47:42 8:49:58 8:50:03 8:50:22 8:51:18 8:52:25 8:52:32 8:54:35 9:00:04

Charles Harpur Robert Turner Kyle Greig Kevin Rojas Ollie Garrod James Stewart Alastair Higgins Andrew James Dave Ward Ollie Stoten John Duffy Daniel Barnett Paul Maskell Daniel Lawson Michael Stocks Daniel Weston James Stewart Jeremy Mower Craig Holygate Liam Johnston

Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Perth Oslo, NOR Perth

Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Mar 24 Oct 27 Mar 24 Nov 24 Mar 24

London Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA London Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Barcelona, ESP Athens, GRE Athens, GRE Crawley Crawley Barcelona, ESP Gloucester London Albi, FRA Crawley

Sep 22 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Sep 22 Oct 27 Oct 27 Dec 15 Jan 19 Jan 19 Apr 14 Apr 14 Dec 15 Nov 2 Sep 22 Oct 27 Apr 14

24 HOURS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

251,989km 251,260km 250,695km 248,655km 244,731km 235,188km 234,589km 230,283km 228,237km 227,733km 217,564km 217,000km 216,000km 213,966km 212,694km 210,794km 210,380km 210,036km 209,145km 208,938km

Robert Payne Paul Maskell James Stewart Nathan Flear Daniel Lawson Dave Andrews Steven Holyoak Peter Windross David Bone Grant MacDonald Russell Arnold Miles James Ellis Ian Ray Thomas Alan Lawrenson Daniel Masters Mark Curtis Daniel Hawkins Nate Filer Michael Stocks Richard Quenell

3:28:07 3:30:22 3:35:19 3:49:04 4:01:31 4:09:47 4:21:40 4:27:22 4:31:04 4:31:11 4:31:15 4:47:54 4:48:41 4:49:18 4:50:39 4:51:25

Samantha Amend Danielle Nimmock Elizabeth Pascall Betty Bohanne Angela Howe Claire McArthur Roisin Kelly Wendy Fjellstad Katherine Booy Karen Dore Elizabeth Andrewson Rachel Ball Fiona Davies Camilla Langlands Charlotte Downs Gillian Smith

Gloucester Brasov, ROU Perth Gloucester Perth Perth Canberra, AUS Oslo, NOR Canberra, AUS Gloucester Cape Town, RSA Cape Town, RSA Gloucester Cape Town, RSA Cape Town, RSA Perth

Jan 20 Sep 1 Mar 24 Jan 20 Mar 24 Mar 24 Apr 14 Feb 16 Apr 14 Jan 20 Apr 20 Apr 20 Jan 20 Apr 20 Apr 20 Mar 24

Sophie Mullins Morgana Windram-Geddas Joanna Murphy Lynne Allen Betty Bohane Jo Newens Melissa Venables Susan McCartney Gillian Connolly Catherine Simpson Jessica Baker Alison Young Wendy Whearity Fiona Gibson Gemma Wathan Rachel Ball Rebecca Mabelle Charlotte Smith Sarah Morwood Hannah Kate Hoddy

Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Perth Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Perth Perth Gloucester Gloucester Perth Albi, FRA Oslo, NOR

Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Mar 24 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Mar 24 Mar 24 Nov 3 Nov 3 Mar 24 Oct 27 Nov 24

Albi, FRA Crawley London Albi, FRA Albi, FRA Albi, FRA London Belfast Crawley Auckland, NZL Albi, FRA Basel, SUI Albi, FRA Belfast London Belfast Belfast London Listowel (IRL) Gloucester

Oct 27 Apr 14 Sep 22 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Sep 22 Jun 23 Apr 14 Sep 29 Oct 27 May 19 Oct 27 Jun 23 Sep 22 Jun 23 Jun 23 Sep 22 Sep 22 Nov 3

100km 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

8:03:39 8:21:36 8:28:01 8:33:26 8:46:11 8:55:08 8:58:17 9:04:19 9:09:54 9:50:04 9:59:13 10:26:03 10:34:18 10:35:22 11:16:06 11:20:51 11:38:30 11:40:36 12:33:55 13:42:48

24 HOURS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

227,558km 221,435km 221,373km 217,174km 215,818km 211,113km 195,116km 189,156km 187,835km 186,699km 186,168km 185,712km 184,401km 182,620km 181,693km 180,373km 177,975km 175,871km 175,157km 172,390km

Jessica Baker Catherine Simpson Jo Newens Wendy Whearity Sarah Cameron Alison Young Emma Bird Susanna Allen Kerry Sutton Becky Nixon Sarah Moorland Sarah Sawyer Helen James Sandra Brown Stephanie Wilson Claire Martin Jill McCann Emily Foy Gillan Connolly Rebecca Mabelle

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Dan Nash Paul Martelletti Alex Milne Charles Harpur Kevin Rojas Jonathan Barnes Ollie Garrod Adam Holland Kerry Liam Wilson Andrew White Andrew Siggers James Scott-Buccleuch Paul Fernandez David Tamburini Alastair Higgins Tony Jackson Gary Brown Peter Abraham Steven Townley Jason Scanion

100km

50km WALK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 14

2:49:01 2:55:39 2:56:20 2:59:59 3:01:22 3:06:56 3:09:00 3:13:21 3:13:45 3:14:51 3:15:22 3:17:42 3:19:32 3:19:59 3:20:11 3:21:57 3:24:15 3:28:47 3:31:35 3:33:30

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Compiled by Norman Wilson with only official IAU races included

WOMEN 50km 1 2 3 4

3:07:20 3:09:16 3:22:57 3:26:00

Alyson Dixon Helen Davies Julie Briscoe Hannah Oldroyd

Brasov, ROU Brasov, ROU Brasov, ROU Brasov, ROU

Sep 1 Sep 1 Sep 1 Sep 1

Alyson Dixon wins in Brasov in September

SPOTLIGHT

NOSTALGIA

Hitting the marks IN THE PENULTIMATE PART OF STAN GREENBERG’S SPRINT DOWN HIS OWN MEMORY LANE, HE LOOKS AT HIS GREATEST MOMENTS IN THE FIELD EVENTS OF HAMMER AND JAVELIN

HE first hammer competition I witnessed was at the 1948 Olympics when the Hungarian Imre Nemeth, a comparatively slight man but the world record-holder, won with 56.07m (183ft 11in). It wasn’t a particularly long throw, even for the time, but for some reason I was “hooked” and it became and is still one of my favourite events. I later met Nemeth when he was manager of the Budapest stadium and he was a most pleasant man. I watched his record beaten by his protégé Josef Csermak with 60.34m (197ft 11in) at the next Games at Helsinki in 1952. Having once tried the hammer myself in training and been more frightened than at any other time in my competitive athletics “career”, I was fully aware of the intricacies and difficulties of the event. Unfortunately, British throwers have not had much success internationally, so I was happy to be in Montreal for the 1976 Games to Yuri Sedykh: still holds the world record for the hammer with 86.74m from 1986

Chris Black: seventh at 1976 Games

see Chris Black get seventh place – the best Britain has achieved since the 1924 Olympics – with 73.18m (240ft 1in), just short of his then British record. Currently, Nick Miller’s sixth place in the 2017 World Champs might lead to greater things. On the world scene, there was a marvellous rivalry in the 1970s and 1980s between Soviet athletes Yuri Sedykh and Sergei Litivinov, much of which I was privileged to be present at. From the 1976 Olympics to the 1991 World Champs they dominated the majors, including

the European Champs, each competition won by one of them, usually with the other in second place. They swapped the world record between them eight times with Sedykh finally winning out with the still standing mark of 86.74m (284ft 7in) at the 1986 Europeans in Stuttgart. In later years, my enjoyment of the event was enhanced by inside knowledge when former British record-holder Paul Dickenson joined the BBC commentary team. The women’s hammer didn’t

become a word record event until 1995, was competed for in the European champs in 1998 and was only added to the Olympic programme in 2000. Needless to say it has been dominated by Eastern Europeans and in the last 10 years by the Polish thrower Anita Wlodarczyk. I saw her first world mark of 77.96m in Berlin in the 2009 World Champs, but she has since put the record up to 82.96m at Warsaw in 2016. American and Chinese women have been improving considerably recently, but the Pole is still the

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Sophie Hitchon: carries British hopes at the moment in the women’s hammer

Tessa Sanderson: Olympic champion in 1984

only one to throw over 80m. The best throw I have actually seen was Wlodarczyk’s 78.94m winning the 2018 Europeans in Berlin, over four metres clear of her opposition. Happily it is an event where Britain has started to get better as well and leading that improvement has been Sophie Hitchon. In the 2015 World Champs she had shaken us all by taking a remarkable fourth place with 73.86m. I clearly remember her winning the 2016 UK title with a good 69.99m, but was nevertheless surprised by her 71.74m fourth place at the European Champs at Amsterdam two weeks later. Then in the Rio Olympics in August she excelled to take bronze – the only British Olympic hammer medal since 1924 – with a British record of 74.54m. The first world javelin record I saw was at the Montreal Olympics when Miklos Nemeth of Hungary threw the

old model a sensational 94.58m (310ft 4in) to win by the largest margin ever at the Games (6.66m). It was of particular importance to me as I had witnessed his father, Imre, win the hammer title in 1948. Years later I was present when Uwe Hohn (GDR) threw 96.90m, but he had already sent the implement out to 104.80m (over 340ft) in 1984, a throw which led to the IAAF altering the javelin to make it dip sooner for safety reasons. The early throws with this “new” model were below 80m, but at Stockholm in July 1990 Britain’s Steve Backley set a world record of 89.58m (293ft 11in). At the end of August 1993 I went up to Sheffield for the invitational McDonalds’ Games. There were the usual parking problems and my wife and I entered the stadium to learn that Jan Zelezny had just missed the world record with his second throw. I was incensed to have missed it,

but happily the throw had caused a delay as the officials took time to move the safety ropes, and I therefore saw his third throw of 95.66m which broke the world record. Before Backley and Mick Hill got going in the 1990s, two British women were more than holding their own in the javelin world. In the 1978 Europeans, Tessa Sanderson had taken the silver medal. At the 1983 inaugural World Champs Fatima Whitbread led until literally the last throw, when the Finn Tiina Lillak edged her, while Sanderson was fourth. Sanderson won the 1984 Olympic title, with Whitbread taking bronze. In the 1986 Europeans at Stuttgart, Whitbread became the first British thrower, in any event, to break a world record. Remarkably she threw the 77.44m early in the morning during the qualifying round – when hardly any press

were around. She bettered the old mark again to win the final on the next day. The following year she won the world title, with Sanderson in fourth, and followed that up with a silver at the 1988 Olympic Games. Additionally Sanderson won the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth titles. I have one last memory of the women’s javelin, and that is back at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, when Czechoslovakia’s Dana Zatopkova (Mrs Zatopek) won the title on the same day as Emil won his second gold in the 5000m. Not only was that pretty unique but apparently they were both born on the same day as well. ■ Stan Greenberg’s selfpublished memoirs Timed to Perfection, are available from him for £10 (incl postage). For more info, email greenberg85@yahoo.com AW

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Sprint hurdles focus Research from Bath Uni suggests ways to improve sprint hurdles performance

ESEARCHERS from Bath University published their findings in Sports Biomechanics – specifically on whether sprint hurdlers slowed over the final barriers. Four hurdlers performed four runs over 10 hurdles flat out and hurdle clearances at hurdle 3 and 9 were specifically recorded. It was discovered that all athletes cleared hurdle 9 more slowly that hurdle 3. The sports scientists identified that technique had also deteriorated at hurdle 9 (interestingly the signs of this fatigue as manifested in hurdle technique varied between the hurdlers). Unusually, for such type of research a specific technical

recommendation was made to help coaches improve sprint hurdle endurance. The researchers suggested: “To match more closely the velocities to those in competitions, consideration could be given in training to shorten gradually the distances between the hurdles

more during the latter part of the run, although this should be individually checked, based on the athlete. “This way, athletes could learn to clear the hurdle with a higher horizontal velocity, even when fatigue is potentially influencing the performance.”

Hurdlers must be flexible when training RESEARCHERS in the Journal of Sports Medicine Physical Fitness carried out an interesting study on flexibility, speed and power (plyometric) training means on 34 adolescent sprint hurdlers (age 15.7±0.7 years). The hurdles is perhaps, after the pole vault, the most ‘gymnastic’ of all events. Hip (and hamstring) flexibility is of paramount importance when it comes to barrier clearance as are of course speed and skill. The researchers wanted to determine whether a particular combination of training methods was superior to improving sprint hurdle condition. The young hurdlers were assigned to four groups: specific flexibility

work; specific flexibility work and plyo training; plyo training; and finally a control group. All groups were tested for jump power, leg stiffness, speed (on the flat and over 60m hurdles) and flexibility. It was discovered that the plyometric plus flexibility group improved significantly on the measures tested and had the best results between the four groups overall, for example, running and hopping improved 10.7±4.6% and 13.3±2.1% respectively. They displayed, together with the flexibility group, the higher percentages of changes in flexibility. Interestingly the plyo hurdlers group also increased flexibility and in the case of left

hip flexion more significantly than any of the other groups (perhaps one of the plyo exercises served to “open” the hips in a beneficial way for them). Not surprisingly though this group also displayed the higher percentage of change in leg stiffness (6.4±1.8%). This led the researchers to conclude that: “Specific stretching exercises combined with plyometrics may be more beneficial than other training strategies in young sprint-hurdlers. “This may better improve physical fitness, hip range of motion and may increase different level of skills which may better improve performance in the hurdles race.”

EXERCISE FOCUS SWISS BALL JACK KNIFE Exercise type: Core. Suitable for: All athletes and events. Benefits: Core stability, core and hip strength and body awareness. How to: Using a suitable Swiss Ball, place your shins on top of the ball. You should support your body through your arms, so that you are in a sort of press-up position. Pull your feet in toward you to also move the ball, allowing your hips to lift at the same times, then push the ball back to the starting position to complete one rep. Repeat. How many: Do 3x20 taking 30sec rest between sets.

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PERFORMANCE JOHN SHEPHERD CATCHES UP WITH THE M55 SPRINTER AND MAN OF MANY TALENTS, DONALD BROWN

HOW THEY TRAIN

Donald Brown

ONALD BROWN is an inspirational public speaker who has presented to the UN and an awardwinning sculptor and a multiple medal-winning masters sprinter. AW: Donald, can you tell us how you came to be involved in sculpture? Donald Brown: With the discovery of art and sculpture in particular at age 10 I realised that I was actually good at something. I started taking clay home and creating little sculptures and over the years I finetuned my techniques. Sculpture was a form of escapism. Being asthmatic from an early age and not able to participate in as many physical activities with my peers, I was able to create my own imaginary world through art. By age 14 I was on national television as part of the Cadbury children’s art exhibition. My confidence and selfesteem grew and I knew this was a path I wanted to continue on. I am now an award-winning sculptor and have been an inspirational speaker at such venues as the United Nations in New York and educational establishments throughout England and America. I use my sculptures as visual aids for my audiences to focus on while addressing real life issues captured within the designs of the sculptures. These issues range from promoting positive principles for life such as respect, discipline, patience, humility, healing, forgiveness, bullying and violence and personal peace to name a few. AW: I believe you have been able to do some work that is connected to athletics? 36

DB: I spent four years creating a sculpture titled “A Sporting Chance for Peace”. It addresses a plethora of real life lessons that are naturally experienced and taught through sports that often are forgotten in other areas of life. For example, in order to be successful in sport, one has to have respect, humility discipline, patience and so on. All of these principles are required to be successful in other areas of life such as business, relationships and socially. The significance of my sculpture is further underlined from a practical perspective. It is one thing to speak to an audience about succeeding in life, it is more empowering when you have actually succeeded. This year I became the world champion in the masters indoor 60m hurdles, triple European champion in the 100m hurdles, 100m and 200m and ranked No.1 in the world in all

four events. All this adds validity and credibility when presenting my inspirational speaking to audiences. AW: With everything you are involved in, how do you find the time for it all and especially your sprinting? DB: My public speaking incorporates the subject matters of my sculptures, so there is a natural synergy there. Training is key for releasing stress so that compliments and balances my life. Fitting everything in is just a case of time management. AW: How did you get involved in athletics and in particular the sprints and hurdles as I believe you started out as a multieventer? DB: I popped over to the US in 1997 to attend an arts festival and stayed there for 10 years! While there I discovered masters athletics. It was

about 10 years after I participated in athletics. However, I played volleyball which kept me in shape. A friend who knew I had done athletics informed me that the US national heptathlon championships was due to take place in a few weeks’ time. Although I had not trained for athletics for some time, I entered and won the gold medal to become the national US champion. The US pentathlon championships followed a few weeks later and I also entered and won the gold too. It was then I decided I wanted to get back into athletics at age 42. When I returned to the UK I entered the national decathlon championships and won the gold medal. At the European Masters Indoor Championships in Ancona Italy in March 2009, I came second in the 60m by two hundredths of a second as an M45. It was at that point I realised I could compete with the pure sprinters.

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Left: A Genius with Four Masters, one of Brown’s works

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Donald Brown (below, 255): masters sprinter and sculptor

Donald Brown’s training I TRY to train on the track three days a week and if possible one or two days in the gym. However, being self-employed that is not always possible and so I have to be creative especially if I’m travelling. AW: Are there specific exercises that you feel are a must-do for you and potentially for other similar age masters? DB: I like to create training exercises that are experimental. This is in part down to listening to my body, finding out areas of weakness and creating ways to strengthen them in ways that might not be conventional. I no longer do squats or heavy weights and although I train hard I realise I have to be more sensitive to how I train. If, as a result of strengthening my body, I am able to do heavier weights and squats in future then I may return to them. AW: Have you noticed anything begin to decline performance wise? DB: Strength and reactivity are natural areas of decline that masters athletes will experience as they grow less younger. The key is to slow the process down as much as possible by listening to your body and creating ways to decrease the decline. AW: How do your performances compare from when you were younger?

AW: Have you a coach and who has coached you in the past? DB: Former GB international and masters world champion Joseph Caines, who’s based in Birmingham, has been an incredible and inspirational coach for me from my early 20s until I left Wolverhampton to live in Manchester for about seven years. He continues to give back so much to so many athletes. He’s done this over several decades and is admired by everyone who knows him. I am currently spending time in London and have joined an incredible group of masters athletes. Our squad is anchored by the brilliant and insightful coach, “Sir Leon Braithwaite” as I refer to him, along with his brother Darren. Their athletes and I are blessed to have them share their wealth of knowledge with us mere mortals.

AW: What have been your career highlights so far and what are you aiming for next? DB: I would say as follows: 1) Switching from the decathlon to win silver over 100m and bronze in the 200m at the World Masters Championships in Riccioni in 2007. 2) Running 7.27 for the 60m aged 47 to win European gold in Ghent in 2011. 3) Winning gold in the 60m hurdles in 2015 age 51 in Torun, Poland in 8.66 – the fastest time in the world for 2015 and 2016. 4) Winning three golds at the European Championships in Jesolo, Italy in 2019. 5) Breaking four British records. Three in the 100 hurdles and one in the 300m. 6) Becoming world indoor champion in 2019 in the 60m hurdles in Torun, Poland. 7) Being ranked No.1 in the world in four events in 2019.

My goals for 2020 are the European Indoor Championships in Portugal and the World Masters Championships in Toronto. I might revisit the long jump as it is one of the decathlon events I do miss. AW: Is there anything you would like to see in terms of developing and promoting masters athletics? DB: Sponsorship would be most welcomed. I know that is easier said than done. Maybe if there was a standard performance that if reached allowed athletes a year’s free training that would be great. AW: What advice have you for anyone wanting to do masters? DB: If you have done nothing by way of physical activity for some time – and by that I mean several years – take the slow and gentle approach. Join a local club find a good coach and ask as many questions as you

DB: Compared to when I was in my 20s, when I ran 10.7 for 100m, I am thrilled to be running 11.73 at the age of 55. AW: Do you follow any specific nutrition programme? DB: It is safe to say I am a struggling vegetarian. TYPICAL TRAINING WEEK Sunday: Hills Monday: Hurdle drills and blocks Tuesday: Sledge pulls and circuits Wednesday: Gym Thursday: 5x200m with 3-5min rec Friday: Rest Saturday: Rest ■ Age group: M55 ■ Coach: Leon Braithwaite ■ Clubs: Midland Masters/Royal Sutton Coldfield ■ PBs as a veteran: 60m 7.60, 60m hurdles 9.02, 100m hurdles 14.62, 100m 11.73w/11.86, 200m 24.06 ■ For more on Donald Brown, see theglobalgallery.com

can to understand what it is and why it is you need to do what you’re told to do. Connect with other masters athletes as you will find a wealth of knowledge from them that will help you avoid some of the pitfalls that I and others may have encountered. If you don’t know what event to focus on try a variety and focus on the ones that excite you as well as the ones you have an ability for. Listening to your body to determine your level of output will better position you physically and mentally to know when to push further and when to hold back. Understand the difference between training and competing. Too many athletes are more concerned about crossing the finishing line ahead of their training partners during training sessions. This often leads to less focus on technique often resulting in poor performances in competition. AW

PERFORMANCE

Sleep strategies MARK SHEARMAN

DR JIM BROWN TELLS JOHN SHEPHERD HOW ATHLETES CAN GAIN THE FULLEST OF BENEFITS FROM THEIR SLEEP

REST AND RECOVERY

R JIM BROWN runs the sleep clinic at the Centre for Human Health and Performance where he treats sleep disorders and optimises sleep and circadian rhythms for office workers, elite performance athletes and everyone in between. AW: Sleep is the most important of all recovery strategies for athletes. Why is this? Dr Jim Brown: Until fairly recently sleep was merely thought of as the absence of consciousness, however, we now recognise that sleep is an active and vital process for wellbeing where many restorative functions occur. Several hormones are balanced or released at night. Perhaps most importantly for athletes growth hormone is secreted almost exclusively during deep slow wave sleep and plays an important role in muscle and bone development and repair. Hormones that control hunger and satiety are balanced at night, such that a poor night’s sleep tends to lead to issues with impulse control, including poor food choices – typically craving calorie rich sweet starchy foods. Cortisol which is a steroid stress hormone reaches its lowest levels overnight in response to deep relaxation; persistently elevated levels have been linked to inefficient muscle growth, inflammation, impaired immune function and injury risk. Testosterone is another steroid hormone that is important in muscle growth following training and like cortisol shows a circadian rhythm and its levels are affected by sleep deprivation. Mental alertness, clarity and 38

It is important to create the ideal atmosphere conducive to sleep

rapid decision processing are all essential to high level competition, these domains are particulalry sensitive to inadequate sleep. Experimentally a single night of sleep disruption has been shown to adversely affect mood, concentration and coordination. Sleep also plays an important role in memory consolidation – this is where cognitive and muscle memory learnt from training sessions during the day are processed and laid down into longterm memory. Along with the important impact of sleep on the domains described above there is also a direct effect on performance particularly in relation to fatigue and perception of maximal effort levels which are diminished by poor recovery overnight. This tends to affect endurance athletes to a greater extent but some studies have shown a direct effect on power output as well, such as jump velocity. AW: With the expansion of apps designed to monitor sleep, is it a good idea to do so? Dr JB: There are indeed many sleep tracking apps and devices with more coming to market all

the tim. Sleep has reached public consciousness as an essential pillar of health and wellbeing over the past few years and the tech giants have been focusing on this trend and integrating it into their products. The first thing to say is that almost without exception these devices and apps are not classed as medical devices and the data is for interest only. This is of course a good thing if it leads to actionable results and individual prioritisation of sufficient quality sleep. Unfortunately, I have seen a number of clients who have developed sleep problems due to inaccurate data creating false concerns about sleep or where people have developed an abnormal fixation on sleep data leading to issues including insomnia. Sleep is a natural process and too much focus on otherwise normal sleep can counterintuitively create problems where none existed before. Most apps and devices measure a combination of pulse, heart rate variability and movement and use proprietary algorithms to estimate sleep stage and total sleep time, there are significant problems with differentiating quiet wakefulness

from light sleep, and when I have compared sleep staging from a consumer device to a clinical grade overnight sleep study there is little correlation in my experience. The total sleep time is the most accurate measure recorded on these devices and all else should be taken with a pinch of salt until robust validation studies are published. Total sleep time is still useful and I encourage clients to experiment with ways to improve sleep duration and quality with lifestyle interventions; how you feel upon waking and energy levels during the day are the best guide for most people when tracking sleep, rather than fixating on data from an app or worrying about hours spent asleep. AW: If you were to awake in an “unrested state” or without having gone through sufficient deep sleep cycles, what would you recommend? How do you stop worrying? Dr JB: Without exception we all suffer from the occasional bad night’s sleep, leaving us feeling tired and unrested the following morning and it is important not to worry or obsess about these occasional events. If sleep disruption occurs more regularly it is important to identify and remedy the cause so that sleep returns to normal in the shortest amount of time. Common causes are life stressors, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, eating late at night and poor sleep hygiene. Persistent tiredness despite regular sleep of sufficient duration should be a sign to seek advice. For most people a night of bad sleep should be viewed as a one-off and it should be assumed that sleep will return to normal. If there is significant tiredness in the “circadian dip” after lunch then

@ATHLETICSWEEKLY a short 20-30 minute nap will be sufficient to feel more alert without compromising the ability to fall asleep easily at bed time. The situation for an athlete in training is different as ineffective sleep will reduce recovery and increase likelihood of injury. If possible postponing training until effective sleep has returned and the cause of sleep disruption has been resolved could be idea, otherwise reducing training intensity and adding in a complete sleep cycle (90-110min) during the training day can also be effective. AW: I’ve heard that not getting enough sleep for a night or two does not affect physical performance as much as it does mental ... is that actually the case? Dr JB: I’m afraid that both domains seem to be affected although it does depend on the sport. It must be remembered that a lot of the science comes from experimentally depriving people of sleep then measuring the impact – and caution has to be taken when generalising research to real world situations in this way. It is clear that sleep loss will negatively impact mood, concentration, coordination and fatiguability which affect mental as well as physical performance, and the balance of these will depend on the individual and the sport. The fact that many elite athletes sleep poorly prior to a competition and then perform well at the event might hint that the physical impairments of acute sleep loss are less than mental, although this observation may be explained in part by pre-competition napping or excelling in spite of sleep loss … although perhaps slightly below their optimal ability. AW: How can athletes who have difficulty sleeping improve sleep hygiene? Dr JB: Athletes and elite sportsmen and sportswomen are notoriously poor sleepers due to

Sleep facts • Lack of sleep causes poor performance at work, low mood, weight gain and chronic ill health including increased risk of diabetes. • 1 in 3 regularly experience disturbed sleep • 7 in 10 sleep less than seven hours • 1 in 20 have a disease of sleep • Sleep deprivation costs the UK £40bn per year • The average UK adult sleeps for 6hrs 35min per night • If you sleep less than five hours each night you have a 50% chance of being obese. • Short sleep causes daytime tiredness and increased risk of road accidents

the demands of training and the physical and mental discomfort at night. In particular insomnia-type symptoms are especially prevalent. Sleep hygiene is important to create an environment that is conducive to sleep and includes avoiding behaviours and substances that can impair sleep. Athletes compete at different times of the day and studies have shown that evening competition causes significant sleep disruption due to elevated stress hormones, body temperature and social media use among other causes. Sleep hygiene interventions have been shown to improve sleep in this group – the main themes relate to ensuring a cool, quiet dark bedroom with no electronic devices, a pre-sleep digital detox and wind down routine which may include massage, meditation or bathing. AW: When travelling through time zones, what tips are there? Dr JB: There are lots of variables here and it depends on direction of travel – east vs west, number of time zones crossed, length of the trip, time of day of flight departure and the individual’s chronotype (that’s to say, “morning lark” or “night owl”). Jet-lag becomes a problem when crossing more than three time zones and this is where planning is required to minimise

• Loss of a night’s sleep gives you the same effects (reaction time etc) as being over the drink drive limit. n Normal sleep is very individual and can be defined as: • Sufficient in quality and quantity to be restorative; providing sufficient daytime alertness for a particular individual • Estimates suggest 7-9 hours are sufficient for most adults n Key indicators of quality sleep: • Sleeping ≥85% of total time in bed • Falling asleep within 30min • Waking no more than once per night • Being awake for no more than 20min after initially falling asleep

the impact although it is impossible to completely avoid. If travelling long distance to compete it takes approximately a day to adjust per time zone crossed, so it is important to arrive with enough time to properly reentrain the circadian rhythm to the local time. It is possible to begin the process prior to departure by moving meal and bedtimes by an hour toward the local time per day for the three days prior to travel.

higher sleep requirements than others and there is no maximum. There is reasonably good evidence that “sleep extension” improves performance. A 2011 study of college basketball players who increased their sleep opportunity to 10 hours showed that the players displayed significant increases in accuracy, reaction time and in measures of physical and mental wellbeing. This has been reproduced in a 2018 study where sleep extension in elite rugby players led to better sleep quality and improvements in reaction time and stress hormone levels. In general, a 9-10 hour sleep opportunity overnight for most elite athletes seems reasonable and also for anyone training rigorously especially in the run up to a competition. For any athlete I would be concerned if sleep time was regularly less than seven hours as a general rule, although there is of course a lot of individual variation.

AW: Should athletes try to have a nap in the daytime? Dr JB: In short “yes”, the only caveat to this is that insomnia symptoms are common in elite athletes and if there are significant difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep at night then napping during the day will exacerbate the problem as there will be less drive to fall asleep come bedtime. In general, short naps of around 20min are preferable as they provide positive effects in alertness and effort perception without entering deep sleep that can leave you feeling groggy on waking and make falling asleep at night harder.

AW: Do you recommend any particular type of mattress? Dr JB: The correct combination of mattress and pillow is the one that provides the correct amount of support and proper alignment of neck, spine and pelvis and avoids restriction of the upper airway, such that deep restorative sleep can be achieved. This is very individual and there is no one size fits all – consideration should be given to choice of bedding as well. It is important that the bedding is made from fabrics that promote cooling by dissipating heat away from the body. The bedroom environment is important and should be cool, quiet, pitch black and without electronic devices in keeping with the rules of good sleep hygiene.

AW: Is there a maximum amount of sleep that an athlete should have as well as a minimum? Dr JB: Athletes are likely to have

n Dr. Jim Brown is a consultant physician and sleep specialist at the Centre for Human Health and Performance in London. See chhp.com AW

PREVIEWS

UPCOMING EVENTS

BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE, KING’S PARK, STIRLING, JANUARY 11

As in 2019, Stirling Castle will provide a spectacular backdrop to the races at this year’s event

Time to shine in Stirling EURO CROSS TEAM-MATES TURN RIVALS FOR SCOTTISH CHALLENGE PICTURES: MARK SHEARMAN Local lad: Andrew Butchart

HIS coming weekend will see many of the athletes who achieved team European Cross Country success together for Great Britain at the close of 2019 start this year by taking each other on. The next stop on the British Athletics Cross Challenge calendar is Stirling, right in the centre of Scotland, and a meeting which will incorporate the Home Countries

International, the Celtic International and the Scottish Inter-District Championships. The venue for a day which will feature over 1150 athletes across a packed card of cross country racing is King’s Park, which sits in the shadow of the impressive Stirling Castle and provided the stage for last year’s Great Stirling Cross Country where Laura Muir led the British team to mixed relay victory.

The international element to proceedings in 2020 will see senior and U20 teams from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland compete in the Home Countries event, while U23, U20 and U17 sides from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland race for the Celtic title. As with last year, another high-profile Scot looks set to command much of the attention. This is very much home soil for Andrew Butchart, given that the Central AC athlete hails from the town of Dunblane, which is only around six miles away from the race venue. The Rio 5000m Olympian will continue his journey towards Tokyo

by leading a Scotland team in which he will be joined in the senior men’s line-up by last year’s Inter-District champion Lachlan Oates, as well as Jamie Crowe and Jonny Glen. They will have their work cut out against strong opposition, however, given that the experienced England quartet boasts British Euro Cross captain Adam Hickey, Ellis Cross, Jack Gray and Tom Mortimer. Kristian Jones, also part of the gold medal-winning senior men’s team in Lisbon, is joined in the Welsh line-up by Matt Willis, European Cross U20 team gold medallist and current U20 Cross Challenge leader, James Hunt and Matthew Edwards.

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U11 girls U11 boys U20 men/U20 women U13 girls U13 boys U17 women U17 men U15 girls U15 boys U23/senior women U23/senior men

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TV details The Stirling British Cross Challenge is being streamed live online by Vinco and BBC Sport n Look out for next week’s issue of AW, which will feature in-depth reports and images from Stirling

Kate Avery will lead England

Conor Duffy, Zak Henna and Neil Johnston are the Northern Ireland selections. In the senior women’s race, current Cross Challenge secondplacer and European Cross team gold medal winner Kate Avery heads a formidable English line-up which also includes Dani Chattenton, Abbie Donnelly and Emily HoskerThornhill, who was eighth in Stirling last year. The Welsh team will present a stern challenge, too, given that it features Jenny Nesbitt, Cari Hughes, Bronwen Owen and Alaw Beynon-Thomas. Mhairi Maclennan, who won the Inter-District title at King’s Park 12 months ago and was part of the British team to compete

at the World Cross Country Championships last year, is joined on the Scotland team by Fiona Brian, Nynke Mulholland and Annabel Simpson. Fionnuala Ross, a European Cross team silver medallist with Ireland, heads the Northern Ireland team. The U20 races look set to be of a high quality, too. European Cross team gold medallist Hamish Armitt leads the Scotland team which also features Christian Graham, Kristof Hornyik and Cameron Wright. Armitt’s British team-mate Will Barnicoat leads the England side and is joined by Thomas Keen and Matthew Stonier, while Wales field James Morgan, Aled Jones,

Nathan Jones and Osian Perrin. Adam Ferris, Conor Maguire, Tony McCambridge and Conall McClean lead the way for Northern Ireland. There is plenty of European Cross experience on the women’s side, too, given the appearance of Olivia Mason in an England team also fielding Amelia Samuels, Freya Stapleton and Maya Todd McIntyre. Scotland, with a team featuring Hannah Anderson, Cera Gemmell, Megan Keith and Eloise Walker, will fancy their chances, while Wales

field Nia Clatworthy, Mia Goddard, Samia Jones and Ashleigh Willis. Northern Ireland have selected Niamh Carr, Hannah Gilliland, Aoife McGreevy and Ella Quinn. In addition to the cross country action, the Run Stirling event will also play host to the Great Stirling Castle Run, a scenic 7km multiterrain challenge, as well as a family fun run, meaning that a total of over 3000 people will be in action across the first major meeting of 2020. AW

RESULTS

OVERSEAS

Performance of the week: Holly Mills DAVID GRIFFITHS

Seasonal Holly HOLLY MILLS produced one of the greatest non medal-winning performances at the European Under-20 Championships when she finished

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fourth in the heptathlon last year and the teenager has started 2020 in style. With her PB pentathlon score of 4261 points at the England Championships in Sheffield she moved to 10th on the UK all-time lists. Mills produced a good range of marks – an 8.49 hurdles, 1.72m high jump, 5.91m long jump and a 11.70m shot put throw – but the highlight was her 2:14.46 800m. That represents a five-second PB and shows

Holly Mills: centre, with her opponents

that she has wintered exceptionally well.

TALKING POINTS County Champs I ATTENDED my 50th county cross-country championships last weekend, having attended my first Kent county event in 1971, though for once this was as a spectator. The standard was good. The women’s race, won by the National champion, was particularly strong and there were very encouraging numbers in the younger age groups. With few big event alternatives it was good to report that the number of quality athletes was up on previously and the event

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AUSTRALIA Geelong, December 21 Men: 3000: 11 GRANT MUIR 8:30.49. 10,000: 2 NICK EARL 29:34.57; 10 FRANKIE CONWAY 30:28.23; 20 PETER HODKINSON 31:06.95; 24 JACK MAXWELL 31:40.08. Women: Mile: 4 CALLI THACKERY 4:59.55. 3000: 11 THACKERY 9:53.12

AUSTRIA Peuerbach, December 31 Women 5.1km: 11 CHARLOTTE TAYLOR-GREEN 17:53

BRAZIL Sao Paulo, December 31 IN her first race since breaking the world marathon record at Chicago, Brigid Kosgei won the 15km race in 48:54 by more than one minute from team-mate Sheila Chelangat. Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie outsprinted Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo in the men’s race by a second in 42:59. Men: 15km: 1 K Kandie (KEN); 2J Kiplimo(UGA) 43:00; 3 T Ekiru (KEN) 43:54. Women: 15km: 1 B Kosgei (KEN) 48:54; 2 S Chelangat i(KEN) 50:10

FRANCE Houilles, December 29 KENYA’S Daniel Simiyu won in a course record of 27:12, over half a minute ahead of Ethiopia’s Haftu Teklu and Frenchman Jimmy Gressier. Gressier’s 27:43 was a European leading mark and took 30 seconds off his previous PB. Phil Sesemann led home the British contingent with a big PB of 28:26 to go third in the 2019 UK rankings behind Mo Farah and Nick Goolab. Kenya’s Norah Tanui also broke the course record to win the women’s race in 30:32, while Liv Westphal was fourth in a French record of 31:15. Men: 10km: 1 D Simiyu (KEN) 27:12 a; 2 H Teklu (ETH) 27:43; 3 J Gressier 27:43. 8 PHILIP SESEMANN 28:26; 17 EMILE CAIRESS 28:39; 18 BEN CONNOR 28:40; 19 JOSHUA GRIFFITHS 28:42; 24 KIERAN CLEMENTS 28:54; 37 M Bergin (IRL) 29:30; 58 JAMES HUNT 30:31. Women: 10km: 1 N Tanui (KEN) 30:32; 2 H Tesfay (ETH) 30:52; 3 G Alemayehu ( ETH) 31:08; 4 L Westphal 31:15 (rec); ... 22 CHARLOTTE TAYLOR-GREEN 35:25 Nice, January 5 Men: 10km: 134 KYLE BARBER 32:33; 354 NICHOLAS BELL (M45) 35:49. Women: 10km:

County results AS we went to print, most of the county results were in and appear in the following pages which, with the Christmas period, makes it one of the busiest of the year for us. Merseyside may be the area currently top of the football world, but they were last in county results terms and were only provisional as we completed results on Tuesday morning.

Eilish McColgan: course record in New York

IRELAND Dublin, December 29 Men: 5km: 6 NIALL MCKNIGHT (U17) 15:43. Women: 5km: 2 E Mitchell 16:53 Athenry, December 26 Women: 10km: 1 B Connolly (W40) 34:42 Abbotstown, December 17 Women: 60: r2: 6 JOANNE MCCAULEY (W45) 8.93 Dublin, January 1 Men: 5km: 25 GARETH EVANS (M40) 16:46. Women: 5km: 9 EDEL MONAGHAN 18:07 Cork. December 29 Men: 5km: 1 R O’Connor 15:05. Women: 5km: 1 M Finn 16:18; 7 TERESA MURPHY (W40) 18:34 Cork, December 26 Men: 4M: 1 A O’Shea 19:25. Women: 4M: 1 N Moore 22:51; 3 TERESA MURPHY (W40) 24:41

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seems to have a vital role in the calendar again.

38 JULIET CHAMPION (W40) 38:51; 39 ALICE WARD 38:54 Miramas, January 4 KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON made a tentative start to her Olympic year with a 1.80m high jump and 11.66m shot. Women: HJ: 1 KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON 1.80. SP: 2 JOHNSON-THOMPSON 11.66.

SERBIA Novi Sad, December 28 Men: SP: 1 A Kolasinac 21.06 (indoor rec)

SPAIN Lanzarote, December 7 Men: Mar: 3 DAVID MORRIS 2:38:12; 4 OSCAR RICHARDS 2:44:24; 11 BRENTON LEE (M45) 2:55:59. Women: Mar: 6 KAREN McLAUGHLIN (W45) 3:28:32 Barcelona, December 31 Men: 10km: 27 ALEX LANZ 31:11; 34 ELLIOT RICHARDS 31:22; 36 E Sumskis (LAT) 31:26; 39 WILLIAM CORK 31:37; 56 MATTHEW SHARP (M40) 32:19; 186 CARL STAINTON (V45) 34:16.. Women: 10km: 569 SUE EXON (W65) 52:37. Crevillente, December 31 Men 10km: 6 BEN BRANAGH 31:08. Women: 10km: 2 GEMMA KERSEY 35:42. Piedras Blancas, December 21 Men: 8km: 49 ROGER FARRINGTON (M55) 30:04

Tiberias, January 3 Women: Mar: 7 GEN HUSS 3:00:51.

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Norman, January 4 Men: PV: 1 A Irwin 5.80. New York, January 1 BRITAIN’S European 5000m silver medallist Eilish McColgan enjoyed a winning start to 2020 as she claimed victory in the 4-mile NYRR Midnight Run. Clocking 20:50, the Scot finished ahead of the returning Mary Cain in 21:43, while her fellow American Lindsay Crevoiserat was third in 23:20. McColgan’s mark broke the course record, improving on the 20:51 run by Desiree Linden in 2010. “The Midnight Run in New York was a great way to kick off my 2020 year. It was a pretty tough course around Central Park but really good fun,” McColgan told AW. Men: 4M: 1 K Moore (IRL) 19:46; 2 BEN TOOMER 19:51.. Women: 4M: 1 EILISH MCCOLGAN 20:50; 2 M Cain 21:43 New York. January 4 Men: 10km: 5 JAMES KELLY 32:44

Rome, December 31 Men: 10km: 1 M Mengesha (ETH) 28:50; 2 D Meucci 29:44; 20 R Collins (AUS) 32:50; 38 ADAM YOUNG 34:39. Women: 10km: 1 Y Can (TUR) 2 S Yaremchuk (UKR) 32:35 San Giorgio su Legnano, January 6 Men 10km: 13 ANDY VERNON 30:30. Women: 6km: 24 HEIDI DAVIES 21:47.

NETHERLANDS Soest, December 31 Men 10.4km: 3 MAHAMED MAHAMED 35:13; 17 ZAKARIYA MAHAMED (U20) 37:14

NORWAY Baerum, January 3 Men: SP: 1 M Thomsen 20.56

PORTUGAL Lisbon, December 28

Men: 10km: 25 SIMON BAINES (M45) 33:42 Pombal, December 29 Women: 3000: 1 M Machado (U20) 9:02.56 (U20 rec) Amadora, December 31 Men: 10km: 1 R Pinto 29:45; Women: 10km: 1 A Ferreira 34:39

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OVERSEAS / INDOOR / TRACK & FIELD

EA golds for Mills, Murphy and Bosworth ENGLAND ATHLETICS SENIOR & U20 COMBINED EVENTS & RACE WALK CHAMPIONSHIPS, Sheffield WHILE Holly Mills took the headlines, Andrew Murphy won the senior heptathlon title with 5606 points, having set PBs in the 60m and 60m hurdles, as Spain’s Pablo Trescoli was second with 5540 points. Lewis Church was third, while Ashley Bryant failed to finish. Jodie Smith won the under-20 pentathlon as she scored 4041 points after PBs in the long jump, shot put and 800m. Her performance moves her to eighth on the UK junior all-time list. Scott Brindley won the under-20 heptathlon title with a PB of 5357 points. Tom Bosworth claimed a dominant 3000m race walk win in 11:18.00 ahead of Tom Partington who clocked 13:00.32. Pagen Spooner won the women’s race from Natalie Myers, 15:10.67 to 15:11.26. Men: 3000W: 1 T Bosworth (Ton) 11:18.00; 2 T Partington (Manx) 13:00.32; 3 L Legon (Bexley) 13:04.74; 4 M Crane (Bexley, U20) 13:36.27; 5 C Hopper (Camb H, U17) 16:12.75. HepI: 1 A Murphy (Kilb) 5606 (7.16, 7.11, 13.45, 1.84, 8.31, 4.93, 2:47.64); 2 P Trescoli (Playas

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JANUARY 5 BMC SHEFFIELD GRAND PRIX, Sheffield ALEX BOTTERILL impressed with a sub-1:50 clocking over four laps, Stephen Green reports. The local man and 2018 world under-20 fifth-placer attacked from gun to tape to stop the clock at 1:49.77, ahead of a fast-finishing Harry Russell (1:51.86). US-based Jamaine Coleman ambitiously went after a 7:50 3000m clocking, however a lack of company in the later stages meant he left the arena satisfied with a decent 8:04.93 return. Kirsty Fraser and Khahisa Mhlanga went into the straight duelling for the lead at the end of the 1500m. Mhlanga unfortunately tripped and fell in the straight, but gamely rose to finish second, as Fraser went on to win in 4:20.81. Piers Copeland was close to his outdoor 1500m PB ahead of the more fancied James McMurray (3:44.43) with 3:43.92. Men: 800: A: 1 A Botterill (York) 1:49.77; 2 H Russell (Newb) 1:51.86; 3 C Byron (Bir) 1:52.15; 4 T Crorken (Prest) 1:52.99; 5 D Mees (NEB) 1:53.77. B: 1 M Linsley (Gate) 1:52.96; 2 S Coppard (Ton, U20) 1:53.26; 3 J Morrison (W Ches) 1:53.53; 4 A McAslan (Sale) 1:53.58. C: 1 R Adebiyi (Newp) 1:54.30. B: 1 K Simpson (Hale, W) 2:16.67; 2 R Bell (Sale, U17W) 2:17.44. 1500: A: 1 P Copeland (W’borne) 3:43.78; 2 J McMurray (St Alb) 3:44.33; 3 A Davis (Phoe) 3:45.43; 4 T Keen (C&C, U20) 3:46.33; 5 K Reilly (Ton) 3:47.25; 6 M Ferguson (A’deen) 3:49.27; 7 E Pierce (NEB) 3:49.39; 8 J McCrae (Hallam) 3:50.19; 9 J Kay (Bolt) 3:53.43. B: 1 B Moore (WSEH) 3:51.87; 2 J Heneghan (Card) 3:52.24; 3 J Tuffin (Rush) 3:52.76; 4 C Crawford-Walker (Anna) 3:52.84; 5 J Howorth (Bath) 3:53.42; 6 D Preston (Liv H, U20) 3:53.83; 7 H Johnson (H&P, U20) 3:58.79. C: 1 D Sheldon (Stoke) 3:59.89. 3000: A: 1 J Coleman (Prest) 8:04.93; 2 R Harvie (AFD) 8:12.66; 3 B Bradley (AFD) 8:13.01; 4 I CroweWright (B&H) 8:20.15; 5 A Smith (P&B) 8:29.74; 6 J Ashcroft (Leeds C) 8:36.63; 7 O Perrin (Menai,

de Castellon) 5540 (7.11, 6.84, 13.84, 1.87, 8.14, 4.53, 2:46.95); 3 L Church (Ton) 5391 (7.39, 6.69, 13.89, 1.99, 8.43, 4.23, 2:44.33); 4 H Maslen (Ilkley) 5377 (7.24, 7.07, 12.39, 1.84, 8.41, 4.63, 2:48.95); 5 C Joseph (BMH) 5363 (7.02, 6.97, 13.79, 1.81, 8.65, 4.33, 2:47.34); 6 L Reveley (Blay) 5337 (7.33, 6.77, 12.29, 2.08, 8.81, 4.33, 2:46.12); 7 N Gerome (BMH) 5231 (7.37, 6.97, 10.63, 1.96, 8.71, 4.33, 2:41.56); 8 J Phipps (Bir) 5208 (7.02, 6.70, 9.79, 1.84, 8.69, 5.13, 2:57.50); 9 S Connal (Kilb) 5117 (7.08, 6.90, 10.77, 1.87, 8.32, 4.03, 2:53.91); 10 E Akanni (Bexley) 4869 (6.99, 6.35, 11.40, 1.84, 7.93, 3.13, 2:56.41); 11 B Eisnor (E’bne) 4867 (7.17, 6.69, 11.43, 1.90, 8.76, 3.63, 2:56.38); 12 C McLennan (Edin) 4739 (7.57, 6.47, 11.53, 1.78, 9.15, 3.93, 2:41.26); 13 J Tarrant (Craw) 4571 (7.55, 6.05, 12.64, 1.72, 8.88, 4.23, 3:04.84); 14 K Russ (Dav) 4251 (7.64, 5.94, 11.56, 1.63, 9.08, 3.53, 2:54.11); 15 S Ram (Amber) 4224 (7.62, 6.13, 8.42, 1.78, 8.99, 3.23, 2:49.43); 16 J Mitchell (SinA) 4220 (7.50, 5.93, 9.38, 1.69, 8.92, 3.43, 2:54.02); 17 N Langley (Donc) 4194 (7.60, 6.08, 11.09, 1.66, 9.40, 3.13, 2:47.05); 18 A Hookway (Ton) 4133 (7.85, 6.01, 12.08, 1.75, 9.99, 3.33, 2:50.32); 19 S Reidy (PNV, M35) 4017 (7.82, 5.91, 9.21, 1.66, 9.11, 3.03, 2:46.68); 20 J Worman (Chelt) 4000 (7.63, 6.32, 10.23, 1.66, 9.42, 3.03, 3:02.35); 21 D Awde (Woking, M35) 3884

U20) 8:41.74. B: 1 M Bostock (Wake) 8:38.32; 2 J Coxon (K&P) 8:41.31; 3 D Maud (Charn, U20) 8:44.92; 4 R Smyk (Salf, U20) 8:44.92; 5 M Cummings (Herne H, M35) 8:46.16; 7 M Hill (Leeds C, M40) 9:01.43 Women: 800: A: 1 S Moss (Sale, U20) 2:09.91; 2 A Clark (WG&EL) 2:10.57; 3 C Crossman (G&G) 2:10.79; 4 K Brown (Giff N) 2:11.51; 5 T McGraw (Amber) 2:11.87; 6 A Testar (Stroud, U20) 2:15.70. 1500: A: 1 K Fraser (Prest) 4:20.81; 2 K Mhlanga (Herts P) 4:28.01; 3 R Johnson (Liv PS) 4:29.79; 4 C Sharp (Central P) 4:30.68; 5 S Crumly (Read) 4:31.12; 6 M Grice (AFD) 4:32.18. B: 1 E Simpson (Shef/Dearn) 4:27.53; 2 R Harrison (Linc W) 4:30.32; 3 C Ford (Camb H) 4:36.18; 4 R Friend (Leeds C) 4:43.05; 5 M Pocock (Herne H) 4:43.94; 6 L Rudd (Stock H, W45) 4:48.29 SALE HARRIERS OPEN SERIES, Sportcity Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 J Williams (Liv H) 6.87; 2 H Nwoke (Liv H, U20) 6.87; 3 A Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 6.91; 4 J Ferguson (Leeds C) 6.95; 5 R O’Connell (Shef/Dearn) 7.00; 6 V Duah (Tel, U20) 7.13. r1.2: 4 M McLean (Sale, U17) 7.20. r1.3: 1 B Basten (Sale, U20) 7.20. r1.4: 2 D Bradley (C&N, M40) 7.24. r1.6: 1 D Morgan-Harrison (KuH, U20) 7.19. r1.8: 2 D Scott (SHS, M50) 7.52; 4 L Ashmeade (Wake, U20W) 7.67; 5 P Fairclough (SB, W) 7.68. r1.9: 1 T Taylor (Traff, U17W) 7.68; 2 S Money (Liv H, W) 7.77; 3 K Wyper (BWF, W) 7.85; 4 A Barrett (C’field, W) 7.87; 5 M Morrisroe (Liv H, U17W) 7.90. r1.10: 4 R Walker (Sale, W) 7.88. r1.11: 1 A Williams-Hewitt (Hallam, U20W) 8.03; 2 C Kerr (Roth, U20W) 8.06. r1.12: 4 C Agwu (Traff, W35) 8.24. r1.15: 1 J Livingston (Traff, U17) 7.16; 2 J Vernon (Hallam, U17) 7.25; 4 N Dyas (Hallam, U17) 7.46. r1.16: 1 L Benjamin (Sale, U17) 7.37; 2 T Osipitan (Sale, U17) 7.38. r1.17: 1 E Idress (Hal, U17) 7.44. r1.18: 1 N Kihuyu (Hallam, U17W) 7.83; 2 G Pritchard (Wig D, U17W) 7.98; 3 N Ogunbase (Bir, U17W) 8.12; 4 I Pughe (W Ches, U17W) 8.14; 5 L Samuels (Tip, U17W) 8.17. r1.22: 1 A Leadbeater (Leigh, U15) 7.41; 2 J Brown-King (Gate, U15) 7.52; 3 M White (Sale, U15) 7.54. r1.24: 5 D Nuttall (B’burn, U13) 8.49. r1.25: 1 N Le’Gall (Wirr, U15W) 8.22; 6 E

DAVID GRIFFITHS

JANUARY 4-5

Tom Bosworth: Sheffield walks win (7.91, 5.61, 8.59, 1.48, 9.55, 3.83, 2:44.88); A Bryant (WSEH) DNF (7.28, 7.23, 14.14, 1.93, 8.41, NH, DNS); U20: HepI: 1 S Brindley (N Ayr) 5357 (7.20, 6.91, 11.17, 4.53, 8.27, 2.00, 2:55.51); 2 C Newby (Edin) 5224 (7.38, 6.72, 13.87, 4.33, 8.45, 1.88,

Bond (NSP, U13W) 8.53. r1.26: 1 K Ogedengbe (Wirr, U15W) 8.29; 6 M Turner (BWF, U13W) 8.80. r2.1: 1 J Williams (Liv H) 6.80; 2 H Nwoke (Liv H, U20) 6.90; 3 J Ferguson (Leeds C) 6.91; 4 R O’Connell (Shef/Dearn) 7.00. r2.2: 1 V Duah (Tel, U20) 6.90; 2 M McLean (Sale, U17) 7.15. r2.3: 1 O Holness (Bir, U20) 7.19; 4 T Osipitan (Sale, U17) 7.39. r2.4: 3 A Leadbeater (Leigh, U15) 7.55; 4 P Fairclough (SB, W) 7.65; 5 L Ashmeade (Wake, U20W) 7.73. r2.5: 2 D Pedro (Sale, U17) 7.45; 6 L Golding (Pend, M50) 8.20. r2.6: 1 M Morrisroe (Liv H, U17W) 7.91; 2 A WilliamsHewitt (Hallam, U20W) 7.99; 6 T Milward (Pend, W45) 8.66. r2.8: 5 H West (Macc, W60) 10.40. 200: r1: 1 A Morgan-Harrison (KuH) 21.19; 2 H Nwoke (Liv H, U20) 21.64; 3 K Metzger (Sale) 21.79. r7: 1 D Bradley (C&N, M40) 23.09. r12: 1 N Harrison (Stock H, U20W) 25.41; 4 M Morrisroe (Liv H, U17W) 25.79. r13: 2 L Golding (Pend, M50) 26.21. r16: 2 S Wilkinson (Prest, W45) 27.61. r17: 1 T Milward (Pend, W45) 27.74. r19: 1 H West (Macc, W60) 34.59. r20: 2 A Nemits (Warr, U17W) 25.54. r21: 3 G Pritchard (Wig D, U17W) 25.22; 4 J Miller (Vale R, U17W) 25.87. r24: 2 N Kihuyu (Hallam, U17W) 25.64. r30: 1 A Leadbeater (Leigh, U15) 23.82. 600: r1: 1 R Shipley (York) 1:18.99; 2 A Walker-Khan (Shef/Dearn) 1:21.01; 3 L Blackwell (Prest, U20) 1:23.80; 4 J Gilland (Liv H, U20) 1:23.86. r2: 1 A Saul-Braddock (W&B, U20) 1:24.13; 2 T Bennett-Williams (Bir) 1:24.32; 3 J Lingard (Sale) 1:24.95; 5 J Mangan (Traff, U20) 1:25.75; 7 J Stock (Traff, U17) 1:27.04. r3: 2 A Rainbow (PNV, U20) 1:25.63; 3 M Blomley (N’pton, U20) 1:26.47; 6 J Fairchild (Prest, W) 1:31.35. r4: 3 S Driscoll (Liv H, U20W) 1:32.91; 4 G Vans Agnew (Craw, W) 1:33.45. r5: 1 L Kidukula (Sale, U17W) 1:35.52; 2 R Scott (Wig D, W) 1:36.23; 3 S Wigfield-Turner (Hallam, U17W) 1:38.32; 4 M Ledden (York, W) 1:40.66; 5 T McHugh (Sale, U20W) 1:41.92. r6: 1 S Wilkinson (Prest, W45) 1:44.51. r8: 1 O Brown (Sale, U17W) 1:43.13. r10: 2 N Robinson (Leigh, U15W) 1:44.74. HJ: A: 1 S Connell (Liv H, U20) 2.00; 2 O Southern (Liv PS, U20) 1.95; 5 A Ward (Wake, W) 1.75; 6 H Moat (Notts, U20W) 1.70; 7 Z Tyas (Holm, U20W) 1.70; 9 B Woodhead (Sale, U20W) 1.65. B: 4 A Reilly (Shef/Dearn, U13) 1.45; 5 E Bond (NSP, U13W) 1.45. PV: A: 1 J James (Shef/Dearn, U17) 3.65; 2

2:53.91); 3 P Kastner (Walton) 5165 (7.21, 6.98, 13.92, 3.93, 8.33, 1.88, 3:03.56); 4 R Howorth (Bath) 5136 (7.64, 7.00, 12.91, 3.73, 9.01, 1.97, 2:35.09); 5 O Heard (Harrow) 4854 (7.22, 6.09, 9.43, 4.33, 8.30, 1.73, 2:46.44); 6 J Mcevoy (Nenagh Olympic AC) 4716 (7.32, 6.79, 11.73, 3.33, 8.44, 1.91, 3:11.70); 7 A Booth (Poole) 4656 (7.18, 6.30, 10.52, 3.53, 8.38, 1.73, 2:54.30); 8 T Adesina (Thurr) 4642 (7.24, 6.74, 12.20, 2.93, 8.67, 1.85, 3:02.41); 9 D Noel (Inv EK) 4574 (7.66, 6.11, 13.18, 4.13, 9.07, 1.76, 3:01.72); 10 A Hoole (Tm E Loth) 4455 (7.28, 6.60, 10.47, 3.33, 8.32, 1.67, 3:09.54)) Women: 3000W: 1 P Spooner (HPH, U20) 15:10.67; 2 N Myers (2dash) 15:11.26; 3 C Derbyshire (Nun, W40) 15:44.95; 4 H Hopper (Camb H, U20) 16:25.92; 5 E Pontarollo (HPH) 16:37.16; 6 A Smith (B&B, U17) 17:07.53. PenI: 1 H Mills (And) 4261 (8.49, 1.72, 11.70, 5.91, 2:14.46); 2 J O’Dowda (Oxf C) 4238 (8.88, 1.78, 12.38, 5.95, 2:19.53); 3 K O’Connor (Newry) 4072 (8.88, 1.75, 12.99, 5.63, 2:25.04); 4 L Voss (N’humb U) 4008 (9.23, 1.69, 11.78, 5.80, 2:16.73); 5 N Smith (Bir) 3734 (9.00, 1.63, 11.26, 5.35, 2:22.97); 6 A Spiliopoulou (E&H) 3682 (9.37, 1.66, 10.58, 5.59, 2:25.61); 7 A Hodgson (Roth) 3634 (9.05, 1.54, 11.16, 5.60, 2:26.85); 8 L Evans (Card) 3625 (8.92, 1.72, 9.43, 5.40, 2:32.98); 9 G Bower (Sale) 3613 (9.06, 1.66,

W Lane (Shef/Dearn, U17) 3.35; 4 L Wolfenden (Sale, U20W) 2.90; 5 R May (Shef/Dearn, U15) 2.75; 6 G Mackenzie (BWF, U15) 2.75; 13 A Reilly (Shef/Dearn, U13) 2.30. B: 1 N Cole (Shef/ Dearn) 4.45; 2 L Benjamin (Sale, U17) 4.35; 3 A Ashurst (Sale, M55) 3.85; 4 G Spain (Sale, U17) 3.75; 5 V Barlow (Sale, U20W) 3.75; 8 S Ashurst (Sale, U20W) 3.55; 9 E Henshall (Liv H, W) 3.35. LJ: A: 1 E Bond (NSP, U13W) 4.69. B: 1 J Livingston (Traff, U17) 6.55; 10 S Jones (Stock TF, U17W) 5.15 Men: 60H: 1 W Sharman (Belg, M35) 8.14; 2 C Mitchell (Prest) 8.38; 3 A Wort (Sale) 8.45 U20: 60H: 1 D Naylor (C&N) 8.79 U17: 60H: r1: 1 D Pedro (Sale) 8.48; 2 L Morrison (Traff) 8.88. r3: 1 M Bailey (W Ches) 8.98 Women: 60H: 1 A Barrett (C’field) 8.63 U17: 60H: r1: 1 M Corker (Stock TF) 8.93; 2 A Taylor (Carl) 9.27; 3 S Dragisic Wood (Sale) 9.35; 4 M Booth (Stock TF) 9.40. r2: 1 O Fowler (C&N) 9.13. SP: 2 A Amadin (Sale, U15) 10.34 BMC /GLASGOW METRIC MILER MEETING (Inc SCOTTISH 3000m CHAMPIONSHIPS), Emirates Arena Mixed events: HJ: A: 2 L Macleod (Banc, U13) 1.50. B: 1 L McGuire (SB) 2.10. LJ: B: 2 H Kirkwood (VPCG, U17W) 5.32. 3000: F: 2 S Allen (Moth, M50) 9:20.16; 5 E Walker (Edin, U20W) 9:26.13; 8 J Selman (Fife, W) 9:42.49; 9 K MacAngus (Kilb, W) 9:44.15; 11 A Taylor (IRL, W) 9:48.77. I: 2 H Thompson (Kilb, W) 10:06.54; 3 M King (Cambus, M50) 10:09.78; 6 R McLennan (Gars, M60) 10:22.17; 8 D Thom (Cambus, M55) 10:25.23; 11 F Matheson (Falk, W55) 10:36.92; 14 J Etherington (Sun, W40) 10:51.47. J: 2 E Johnson (Cors, U17W) 10:48.47; 4 A Chisholm (Gars, M60) 11:11.22; 5 K Kennedy (PH Racing, W45) 11:11.91; 6 A Howie (A’deen, W55) 11:16.68; 9 F Hurley (Cambus, M65) 11:44.19; 11 J Wilson (I’ness, W50) 11:51.89; 12 K Dobbie (Edin, W50) 11:54.09; 15 B Young (C’dale, M75) 12:48.19 Men: SP: 1 A McInroy (SB) 14.54; 2 A Dawkins (Kilb, M45) 12.69; 3 G Ferguson (Law, M40) 12.35. 600: A: 1 A Brady (Living, U20) 1:22.22; 2 G McPake (Glas Sc Sp, U20) 1:23.54. 3000: A: 1 J McMurray (St Alb) 8:00.38; 2 S Mackay (Glas C) 8:13.19; 3 J Donald (Dund H) 8:14.88;

10.16, 5.40, 2:29.54); 10 B Crocker (Craw) 3576 (9.56, 1.69, 10.66, 5.27, 2:27.02); 11 M Vaz-carvalho (Sport lisboa e Benfica) 3394 (9.31, 1.57, 11.72, 5.07, 2:35.43); 12 A Hopkins (Oxf C) 3283 (8.67, 1.72, 11.43, 5.84, DNF); 13 K Robinson (Shef/Dearn) 3260 (9.24, 1.57, 10.27, 4.92, 2:36.44); 14 J Morrish (Brack) 3184 (9.89, 1.63, 8.34, 4.93, 2:27.91); 15 A Eichelmann (SB) 3177 (9.79, 1.57, 10.35, 4.79, 2:31.95); 16 B Harryman (Harl) 3140 (9.76, 1.66, 9.66, 5.03, 2:46.40); 17 V Antonova (BMH) 3138 (10.21, 1.60, 11.01, 5.28, 2:46.89); M Nwawulor-Kazemaks (Harrow) DNF (8.50, 1.63, 11.23, DNS) U20: PenI: 1 J Smith (WSEH) 4041 (8.93, 1.78, 11.02, 5.98, 2:27.55); 2 A McCauley (Lisb) 3749 (9.15, 1.69, 10.29, 5.42, 2:21.51); 3 J Blundell (B&W) 3744 (8.87, 1.63, 10.64, 5.38, 2:21.76); 4 E Rush (Amber, U17) 3665 (9.44, 1.66, 10.33, 5.65, 2:25.97); 5 E Tyrrell (Exe) 3521 (8.83, 1.60, 9.27, 5.91, 2:43.33); 6 L Robinson (Stock TF, U17) 3439 (9.39, 1.63, 8.69, 5.52, 2:30.42); 7 N Proudfoot (Annan) 3313 (9.08, 1.54, 8.90, 5.36, 2:34.65); 8 E Davies (Blae G) 3268 (9.55, 1.57, 8.80, 5.22, 2:29.59); 9 Y Grosvenor (Brack) 3146 (9.39, 1.63, 9.89, 5.16, 2:54.33); 10 A Macdonald (WG&EL) 3129 (9.80, 1.57, 8.30, 5.18, 2:33.48); 11 G Morgan (Card Arch) 3108 (8.89, 1.48, 9.08, 5.08, 2:44.16);

4 C Strachan (Metro) 8:15.12; 5 M Ferguson (A’deen) 8:15.60; 6 M Christoforou (E&H) 8:17.37; 7 C Maclean (Kilb) 8:22.81; 8 A Fyfe (Edin) 8:35.07; 9 R Thomson (Cambus) 8:36.72; 10 D Cheeseman (York) 8:42.90. B: 1 J Glen (I’clyde) 8:21.78; 2 J Patton (Kilb, U20) 8:31.13; 3 J MacKinnon (Cambus) 8:32.36; 4 A Addison (Cors) 8:36.99; 5 B MacMillan (Centr, U20) 8:39.39; 6 C Graham (Lass, U20) 8:40.20; 7 B Shaw (Giff N, U20) 8:40.72; 8 L Davidson (I’ness, U20) 8:42.18; 9 J Gillon (Law) 8:42.67; 10 C McLew (Cambus, U20) 8:44.64; 11 S Gibson (Cambus, M35) 8:46.30. C: 1 S MacAulay (Glas C) 8:39.61; 2 E Davidson (PNV) 8:42.51; 4 K Hornyik (Dund H, U20) 8:46.99; 5 R Carr (Cambus, M35) 8:48.25; 7 D Addison (Cors, U20) 8:51.92; 8 M Tait (Lass, U20) 8:56.12; 9 A Shea (Centr, U20) 8:59.12; 10 S Livingstone (Cors, M35) 8:59.61. D: 1 C Young (Giff N, U20) 8:53.64; 2 L Hannigan (Kilb, U20) 8:57.36; 3 H Paterson (Giff N, U17) 8:59.37; 7 L Cairns (I’ness, U17) 9:10.99; 9 H Henriksen (Lass, U17) 9:14.88. E: 2 L Johnson (Edin, M40) 9:07.57; 4 D Muir (Law, M40) 9:09.27; 5 K Wilson (Cambus, M45) 9:13.05; 6 G Bracken (NSP, M55) 9:15.03; 11 A Cameron (Moth, M45) 9:38.02; 14 I Johnston (Vets, M50) 9:55.00. Ht: 2 D Ryan (Perth RR, M50) 9:40.82; 3 C Walsh (Giff N, M45) 9:42.57; 5 P Mcmonagle (C’nauld, M50) 9:45.10; 8 A Walker (Tev, M60) 9:51.36; 11 C Upson (Cambus, M55) 10:07.85 Women: SP: 1 S Gough (Law, U17) 11.46; 2 H Hamilton-Meikle (Tm E Loth, U17) 11.30; 4 C Cameron (VPCG, W60) 9.68. 600: A: 1 K Fraser (Prest) 1:31.31; 2 M Hendry (VPCG) 1:31.62; 3 M Patience (Edin) 1:33.86; 4 H McArthur (Edin) 1:34.31; 5 C Clare (Lass, U20) 1:36.53; 6 E Craig (Edin) 1:36.62. 3000: G: 1 D Csuta (Centr, U17) 9:42.96; 2 H Little (VPCG) 9:47.93; 3 H Anderson (E Kilb, U20) 9:52.57; 4 K Johnson (Edin, U17) 10:01.60; 5 H Cameron (Edin) 10:02.01; 6 G Ledingham (Cors, U20) 10:02.85; 7 S Tait (Lass, U20) 10:05.18; 8 J Christie (Falk) 10:06.47; 9 P Carcas (Edin, U20) 10:09.96; 10 M Reid (N Ayr, U17) 10:10.13; 11 C Wright (Sco Sch, U20) 10:13.42; 12 A Hedley (Fife, U17) 10:14.94; 13 Z Flower (Giff N, U17) 10:23.35; 14 K Purcell (A’deen, U20) 10:26.40 U13: SP: A: 1 J Caig (VPCG) 10.91

RESULTS WELSH ATHLETICS JUNIOR OPEN (Inc SOUTH WALES, EAST WALES, WEST WALES & SOUTH WEST ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS), Cardiff U17 men: 60: r3: 1 H Garland (N Som) 7.42; 2 L Logue-Fonseca (Card) 7.44. r4: 1 D Morgan (Swan) 7.39; 2 E Wilson (B&W) 7.45; 3 A Donnison (Carm) 7.45; 3 C Holland (Swan) 7.45; 5 W Lovejoy (Here) 7.46. r5: 1 L Topp (P’broke) 7.17; 2 A Powell (Maldwyn) 7.25; 3 J Carter (Bath) 7.34; 4 W Hawker (Rhym V) 7.38; 5 J Maggs (B&W) 7.41; 6 S Petherbridge (Swan) 7.43. 60H: r1: 1 E Willis (Swan) 8.87. r2: 1 O D’Rozario (Taun) 8.56; 2 H Barton (Wells) 8.78; 3 E Wilson (B&W) 8.79; 4 H Curtis (Ply) 8.97. PV: 1 W Trott (Swan) 4.10; 2 E Hoogendoorn (Card Arch) 3.62; 3 N Jones (Ply) 3.52; 4 N Osborne (Swan) 3.42 U15: 60: r2: 1 K Musa (Card) 7.65; 2 I Rahman (B&W) 7.66. r5: 1 R Brady (B&W) 7.58. 800: r3: 1 A Knight (Bath) 2:09.98. PV: 1 A GrahamMulvaney (Card) 2.62; 2 H Newton (Swan) 2.62 U13: 60: r1: 1 F Roynon (Cwmb) 8.52. 60H: r1: 1 A Smith (Torb) 10.90. r2: 1 O Willington (P’broke) 10.39; 2 L Phillips (Card Arch) 10.74; 3 H Douglas (Carm) 10.90 U17 women: 60: r4: 1 K Placide (Card) 8.11. r5: 1 D Belgrave (Swin) 7.89; 2 L Smith (Taun) 7.98; 3 L Fern (Ply) 8.02; 4 G Dickinson (Card) 8.08; 5 S Rodgers (Taun) 8.13. 60H: r1: 1 T Proudley (Soton) 9.42. r2: 1 O Bagg (Taun) 9.32; 2 C Griffith (Newp) 9.41. r3: 1 L Smith (Taun) 8.82; 2 G Dickinson (Card) 8.86; 3 W Gibb (SG) 9.00; 4 S Rodgers (Taun) 9.41. PV: 1 I Thomas (Card) 3.65; 2 E Wainwright (Newp) 3.25; 3 M Carter (Swan) 3.15. LJ: 1 L Smith (Taun) 5.54; 2 D Belgrave (Swin) 5.50; 3 S Rodgers (Taun) 5.42; 4 G Dickinson (Card) 5.26 U15: 60: r6: 1 J Lee (Carm) 7.95; 2 T Boateng (Newp) 8.17; 3 T Jackson (B&W) 8.30. 800: r4: 1 P Northcott (Ply) 2:21.93. 60H: r4: 1 S Lisk (Card Arch) 9.41; 2 G Fielder (Taun) 9.73; 3 N Powell (Pontyclun) 9.74; 4 M Gwyther (Swan) 9.78. PV: 1 N Perry (N Som) 3.25 U13: 60: r3: 1 S Cargill (Newp) 8.71. r4: 1 N Moyes (Yate) 8.61; 2 E Kazeem (Newp) 8.62. r7: 1 N Desir (Card Arch) 7.92; 2 A Shepperd (Card) 8.62. 60H: r1: 1 B Morgan (Carm) 10.65. r2: 1 S Cargill (Newp) 10.36; 2 L Belgrave (Swin) 10.43. r3: 1 D Simmons (Newp) 10.69; 2 E Pile (Torb) 10.87. r4: 1 E Hurley (Rhym V) 9.95; 2 Z Strevens (Swan) 10.41; 3 M Quick (Swan) 10.47; 4 N Rodgers (Taun) 10.58. SP: 1 M Quick (Swan) 8.60

JANUARY 4 SOUTH LONDON ATHLETIC NETWORK OPEN MEETING, Carshalton Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 R Arthur (E&H) 6.92; 2 T Adeyeye (E&H) 6.92. r1.2: 1 I Ntiamoah (AUS, M35) 6.88. r1.4: 1 D Kinlock (Croy, U20) 7.02; 2 S Osman (Croy, U20) 7.02; 3 T Medley (S Lon, U20) 7.12. r1.5: 6 S Channon (Walton, M40) 7.56. r1.6: 1 K Tomlin (Croy, U17) 7.23; 4 M OwusuDellimore (S Lon, U17) 7.40. r1.7: 1 K FariaBrown (Croy, U17) 7.27; 2 E Adetu (HW, U17) 7.33; 5 G Minetti (Herne H, M50) 7.63. r1.8: 1 C Evans-Gray (Croy, W) 7.49; 2 I Abdulkarim (Lon C AC, U15) 7.52. r1.9: 1 A Charles (Herne H, U17) 7.38; 2 D Bello (S Lon, U15) 7.40; 4 J N’Douba (S Lon, U15) 7.67; 5 M Sey (B&B, U20W) 7.75. r1.11: 1 S Foster (Herne H, U17) 7.35; 4 K Bowley (Croy, U20W) 7.80. r1.12: 5 T Bryan (Croy, U20W) 7.78. r1.13: 4 M Cluley (B&B, U20W) 7.92; 6 R Gayle (Croy, U20W) 7.99. r1.14: 1 M Spence-Forde (SB, U15) 7.68; 3 R Largie-Poleon (Croy, U20W) 7.76; 5 E Pippim (Croy, U20W) 8.06. r1.15: 2 S King (Herne H, U17W) 7.83. r1.16: 3 L Bonsu (Croy, U15W) 8.07; 4 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17W) 8.11. r1.17: 2 P Logan (K&P, M55) 7.87; 3 I Toasland (Croy, U17W) 7.99; 4 K Holt (K&P, U17W) 8.14; 5 N Adewale (Croy, U17W) 8.17. r1.18: 2 S Haley (Herne H, U15W) 7.90; 5 B King (Harrow, M50) 8.42. r1.19: 3 A Brown (S Lon, U17W) 8.00; 4 G Berkeley-Agyepong (Croy, U17W) 8.06. r1.20: 1 P Iwuchubwu (S Lon,

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U15W) 8.30. r1.22: 3 S Miller (Croy, U15W) 8.25; 4 L Lopez (E&E, U15W) 8.30. r1.23: 3 M Hutton (E&E, U20W) 8.10. r1.24: 1 J Atta-Fynn (Croy, U13) 8.19; 2 A Davidson (Herne H, U15W) 8.22; 3 N Ricketts (Herne H, U15W) 8.24. r1.27: 1 G Idusohan (Sutt, U17) 7.34; 2 J Akoto-Dwemoh (E&E, U13) 8.47; 6 P Wignall (HW, M65) 8.72. r1.29: 6 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M70) 9.50. r1.30: 1 G Tcheukam (Croy, U13W) 8.51; 2 A Peters (S Lon, U13W) 8.59. r1.31: 2 J Blake (HW, U13) 8.54; 3 R Welsh (S Lon, U13) 8.55. r2.1: 1 R Arthur (E&H) 6.86; 2 T Adeyeye (E&H) 6.93; 3 D Kinlock (Croy, U20) 6.94; 4 S Osman (Croy, U20) 6.94; 5 J Watson-Brown (SB) 6.99. r2.3: 1 T Medley (S Lon, U20) 7.11; 5 K Tomlin (Croy, U17) 7.25; 6 K Faria-Brown (Croy, U17) 7.32. r2.5: 3 E Adetu (HW, U17) 7.28; 4 A Charles (Herne H, U17) 7.30; 5 S Foster (Herne H, U17) 7.38. r2.6: 1 D Bello (S Lon, U15) 7.37; 4 M Owusu-Dellimore (S Lon, U17) 7.40. r2.7: 1 G Idusohan (Sutt, U17) 7.29; 2 I Abdulkarim (Lon C AC, U15) 7.43; 3 E Peters (HW, U17) 7.43; 5 A Santosh Kumar (K&P, U17) 7.49. r2.9: 1 J N’Douba (S Lon, U15) 7.48; 4 G Minetti (Herne H, M50) 7.67. r2.10: 2 M Spence-Forde (SB, U15) 7.66. r2.11: 4 M Sey (B&B, U20W) 7.78. r2.12: 2 K Kafuti (Croy, U15) 7.68; 3 R Largie-Poleon (Croy, U20W) 7.69; 6 T Bryan (Croy, U20W) 7.87. r2.13: 2 K Bowley (Croy, U20W) 7.84. r2.14: 2 S King (Herne H, U17W) 7.78; 5 P Logan (K&P, M55) 7.97. r2.15: 3 M Cluley (B&B, U20W) 7.91; 5 S Haley (Herne H, U15W) 7.92. r2.16: 1 A Brown (S Lon, U17W) 7.85; 3 R Gayle (Croy, U20W) 8.00; 4 E Pippim (Croy, U20W) 8.03; 5 I Toasland (Croy, U17W) 8.04. r2.17: 2 L Bonsu (Croy, U15W) 8.02; 5 G Berkeley-Agyepong (Croy, U17W) 8.13. r2.18: 1 K Abiwu (Sutt, U20W) 8.06. r2.19: 2 N Adewale (Croy, U17W) 8.11; 4 J Atta-Fynn (Croy, U13) 8.27; 6 A Davidson (Herne H, U15W) 8.29. r2.20: 1 N Ricketts (Herne H, U15W) 8.19; 4 S Miller (Croy, U15W) 8.24. r2.23: 2 B King (Harrow, M50) 8.48; 4 J Akoto-Dwemoh (E&E, U13) 8.51. r2.24: 6 G Tcheukam (Croy, U13W) 8.61. r2.25: 1 J Blake (HW, U13) 8.51; 2 R Welsh (S Lon, U13) 8.52. r2.26: 4 A Peters (S Lon, U13W) 8.64. r2.27: 3 P Wignall (HW, M65) 8.67. r2.30: 3 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M70) 9.54. r3.1: 1 R Arthur (E&H) 6.82; 2 T Adeyeye (E&H) 6.88; 3 A Beechey (Soton) 6.99. r3.3: 3 A Charles (Herne H, U17) 7.24. r3.4: 3 D Bello (S Lon, U15) 7.35. r3.5: 3 J N’Douba (S Lon, U15) 7.48. r3.7: 3 D Clarke (Herne H, U15) 7.70. r3.8: 2 A Brown (S Lon, U17W) 7.79; 3 S King (Herne H, U17W) 7.80. r3.9: 2 S Haley (Herne H, U15W) 7.83. r3.10: 4 N Ricketts (Herne H, U15W) 8.14. r3.11: 1 P Iwuchubwu (S Lon, U15W) 8.27. r3.12: 1 B King (Harrow, M50) 8.42. r3.13: 1 J Blake (HW, U13) 8.55; 3 P Wignall (HW, M65) 8.81. r3.14: 1 A Peters (S Lon, U13W) 8.71; 2 C Onyejekwe (E’bne, U13W) 8.80; 5 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M70) 9.35. HJ: 1 D Clarke (Herne H, U15) 1.75; 5 G Thoburn (S Lon, U17W) 1.65; 10 A Murray (HW, W50) 1.30. PV: A: 1 J Pratt (Craw, U17) 3.40; 2 J Andrews (E&E, M55) 3.30; 3 A Hatchard (Lewes, U17W) 3.20; 4 I Spencer (Lewes, U20W) 3.00; 5 H Platt (B&B, U20W) 2.90; 6 D Blunt (E&E, M65) 2.90; 7 H Russell (Lewes, U15W) 2.80; 9 M Bullen (Lewes, U17W) 2.70. B: 1 B Corry (B&B, U17) 4.10; 2 E Kitteridge (B&B, U20) 3.90; 3 J Robinson (WSEH, W) 3.80; 4 D Dearden (Horsh BS, U17) 3.60; 5 C Wells (E Grin, U17) 3.60; 6 B Platt (B&B, U17) 3.60; 8 M Terrisse (B&B, W35) 3.50. LJ: B: U Liuksaityte (TVH, W) 5.75; K Beadle (WSEH, U17W) 5.35; M Hutton (E&E, U20W) 5.24 U17 women: 60H: r1: 1 K Holt (K&P) 9.16; 2 E Taylor (E&E) 9.43. r2: 1 K Holt (K&P) 9.03; 2 E Taylor (E&E) 9.03; 3 C Amponsah (Croy) 9.49 U15: 60H: r1: 1 L Bonsu (Croy) 9.01; 2 S Kidd (E&E) 9.68

JANUARY 3 WINDSOR, SLOUGH, ETON & HOUNSLOW AC WINTER SERIES, Eton Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 5 K Rizvi (B&V, U20) 7.18. r1.3: 1 H Mzee (Read, U17) 7.25. r1.4: 3 H

Williams (B&W, W) 7.68. r1.5: 1 T Bailey-Pearce (B’mth, U17) 7.43; 4 H Jones (WSEH, W) 7.77. r1.6: 1 L Morris (WSEH, W) 7.64. r1.7: 1 J Armah (WSEH, W35) 7.96; 2 K Beadle (WSEH, U17W) 8.02; 5 W Odele (Camb H, M50) 8.15. r1.8: 3 H Armstrong (E’bne, U17W) 8.13; 4 L Williams (WSEH, U17W) 8.13. r1.9: 2 A Honey (AFD, U15W) 8.26; 2 A Babis (WSEH, U15W) 8.26; 5 R Wheeler (Poole, M55) 8.45. r1.10: 1 E Manning (AFD, U17W) 8.07; 2 D Pearson (W’borne, M50) 8.37. r1.11: 1 K Slater (Read, U15W) 8.10. r1.12: 5 L Bartlett (Walton, W40) 8.82. r2.1: 4 K Rizvi (B&V, U20) 7.17. r2.2: 1 H Mzee (Read, U17) 7.25. r2.3: 2 T Bailey-Pearce (B’mth, U17) 7.38. r2.4: 3 L Morris (WSEH, W) 7.65; 4 H Williams (B&W, W) 7.71. r2.5: 1 H Jones (WSEH, W) 7.77; 2 J Armah (WSEH, W35) 7.91. r2.6: 4 E Manning (AFD, U17W) 8.06. r2.7: 1 K Slater (Read, U15W) 8.04; 2 L Williams (WSEH, U17W) 8.04; 4 H Armstrong (E’bne, U17W) 8.12. r2.8: 1 W Odele (Camb H, M50) 8.16; 3 A Babis (WSEH, U15W) 8.27. r2.9: 4 D Pearson (W’borne, M50) 8.42; 5 R Wheeler (Poole, M55) 8.57. PV: 1 C Court (Card) 4.40; 2 D Pearson (W’borne, M50) 3.20; 2 J Hall (G&G, U20W) 3.20; 4 S Morrison (Woking, W) 3.10; 5 N Mason (Mid M, M70) 2.80; 6 N Balut (WSEH, U17W) 2.70; 8 E Rees (WSEH, U15W) 2.50; 8 E Langer (Soton, U15W) 2.50 Men: HJ: 1 L Owona (WSEH, U20) 2.00; 6 D Pearson (W’borne, M50) 1.50 Women: HJ: 1 P Rogan (TVH) 1.75; 2 C Ridd (Walton, W35) 1.40

JANUARY 1 LEE VALLEY NEW YEAR OPEN, Lee Valley U15 mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 D Bello (S Lon) 7.54; 2 J Adeogun (Bexley) 7.57; 3 L Baker (Lon Sch) 7.62; 4 J Gordon (Bexley) 7.65. r1.2: 3 E Patrick (Norw, U15W) 8.09; 6 A Babis (WSEH, U15W) 8.28. r1.4: 4 C Thorne (Norw, U13W) 8.58. r1.5: 1 M Salih (Camb H) 7.38; 2 Q Ukpai (Inv EK, U13W) 8.80. r2.1: 1 M Salih (Camb H) 7.31; 2 D Bello (S Lon) 7.45; 3 J Adeogun (Bexley) 7.51; 4 D Afilaka (Bexley) 7.62; 5 J Gordon (Bexley) 7.67; 6 L Baker (Lon Sch) 7.68. r2.2: 4 E Patrick (Norw, U15W) 8.15. r2.3: 3 C Duncan (Brain, U15W) 8.22. r2.4: 6 C Thorne (Norw, U13W) 8.74. r2.5: 4 Q Ukpai (Inv EK, U13W) 8.80. 200: r1: 1 M Salih (Camb H) 23.86 Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 J Seacombe (Worth) 6.94; 2 H Henry (Orion) 6.98; 3 M Habib (Bir, U20) 7.10. r1.2: 6 S Bennett (Lon Sch, U17) 7.28. r1.3: 1 S Baffour (Cov, U17) 7.11; 4 J Wood (Harrow, M45) 7.46. r1.4: 1 W Adeyeye (NEB, U20) 7.08; 2 C Nealon (Cov, U17) 7.19. r1.5: 4 D Sullivan (Chelm, U17) 7.31. r1.7: 4 D Kuypers (B&B, W) 7.69; 5 Y Miller (Der, W) 7.77. r1.8: 2 A Opaleye (Hunts, U17) 7.40; 4 D Brown (Mid M, M55) 7.73; 5 Y Opaleye (Hunts, M45) 7.74. r1.9: 3 L Duncan (Chelm, U20W) 7.82; 4 E Kone (Card, U20W) 7.83; 6 T Miller (Wake, U20W) 7.87. r1.10: 2 J Hamment-Russell (Norw, U17) 7.44; 6 U Liuksaityte (TVH, W) 7.86. r1.11: 4 S Vincent (WG&EL, U17W) 7.95. r1.12: 4 E MintonBranfoot (Chelm, W) 7.94; 5 Y Uwakwe (E&H, U20W) 8.02. r1.13: 1 M Jessop (SB, U20W) 7.91; 2 M John (WG&EL, U20W) 8.07; 3 K Treglown (Read, U17W) 8.09. r1.14: 1 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17W) 7.95. r1.15: 1 B King (Harrow, M50) 8.40. r1.16: 1 E Bokor-Ingram (HW, W35) 8.53. r1.17: 7 M Wakefield (Oxf C, W50) 9.52. r1.18: 6 P Wootten (Oxf C, W45) 9.29. r2.1: 1 H Henry (Orion) 6.96; 2 M Habib (Bir, U20) 7.02; 4 W Adeyeye (NEB, U20) 7.03; 5 S Baffour (Cov, U17) 7.12. r2.2: 2 S Olliver (BMH, U20) 7.17; 7 C Nealon (Cov, U17) 7.26. r2.10: 3 E Kone (Card, U20W) 7.79. r2.11: 1 T Miller (Wake, U20W) 7.80; 5 U Liuksaityte (TVH, W) 7.86; 6 M Jessop (SB, U20W) 8.02. r2.12: 1 S Vincent (WG&EL, U17W) 7.85; 4 E Minton-Branfoot (Chelm, W) 8.00; 5 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17W) 8.01; 6 Y Uwakwe (E&H, U20W) 8.03. r2.13: 3 M John (WG&EL, U20W) 8.06; 4 K Treglown (Read, U17W) 8.07. r2.14: 3 C Williams (Brack, U20W) 8.10. r2.16:

3 B King (Harrow, M50) 8.49. r2.17: 4 E BokorIngram (HW, W35) 8.53. r2.19: 2 P Wootten (Oxf C, W45) 9.30. r2.20: 3 M Wakefield (Oxf C, W50) 9.57. r2.3: 2 S Bennett (Lon Sch, U17) 7.28. r2.4: 1 D Sullivan (Chelm, U17) 7.31. r2.6: 1 M Adesiyan (Bas, U17) 7.29; 3 J HammentRussell (Norw, U17) 7.49; 4 J Wood (Harrow, M45) 7.51. r2.7: 6 M McAllister (Ton, M45) 7.95. r2.8: 1 R Salaam (Esx Sch, U17) 7.48. r2.9: 1 D Brown (Mid M, M55) 7.70; 4 D Kuypers (B&B, W) 7.72; 6 Y Opaleye (Hunts, M45) 7.81; 7 Y Miller (Der, W) 7.94. 200: r3: 1 S Baffour (Cov, U17) 22.74. r6: 5 Y Opaleye (Hunts, M45) 25.82. 400: r1: 1 C Dodds (E&H) 48.74. r4: 6 W Odele (Camb H, M50) 58.89. r5: 4 E Bokor-Ingram (HW, W35) 60.60; 6 C Bates (Dartf, M55) 61.82. 800: r1: 1 N Landeau (ESM) 1:54.87. r2: 4 K Mhlanga (Herts P, W) 2:07.75. r4: 2 E Fryer (SMR, U17W) 2:16.10; 3 A Casey (TVH, W) 2:16.39. r6: 7 L Webb (SB, W50) 2:40.16 Men: 300: r1: 1 M Dobrescu (SB, U17) 34.98; 2 M Salih (Camb H, U15) 36.85. r2: 1 E Fryer (SMR, U17W) 41.85. 3000W: 1 F Reis (Sy WC, M55) 14:45.94; 3 M Martin (Sy WC, M60) 17:45.65

DECEMBER 22 SUTCLIFFE INDOOR 60’S, Eltham Men: 60: r1.1: 1 D Beadsley (Swan) 6.89; 2 H Henry (Orion) 6.99; 3 B Sutton (B&B, U20) 7.20. r1.2: 1 D Legister (Camb H, U15) 7.14. r1.3: 2 D Goriola (Bexley, U17) 7.42; 5 W Scates (Norw, U15) 7.62. r1.4: 1 S Fernandez-folkes (Camb H, U17) 7.42; 2 I Abdulkarim (Lon C AC, U15) 7.56. r1.5: 1 M Uzozie (Dartf, U17) 7.41; 6 W Odele (Camb H, M50) 8.29. r1.6: 1 J Gordon (Bexley, U15) 7.67. r1.9: 5 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M70) 9.52. r1.10: 1 J Adeogun (Bexley, U15) 7.45; 2 J Beecroft (S’oaks, U13) 7.88; 5 M Woods (Padd W, M55) 8.50. r1.11: 1 M Salih (Camb H, U15) 7.33; 4 R McCausland (B&B, U13) 8.31. r1.12: 4 B Sapara-Grant (Kent Sch, U13) 8.20. r2.1: 1 D Beadsley (Swan) 6.90; 2 H Henry (Orion) 6.95; 3 D Legister (Camb H, U15) 7.07; 5 B Sutton (B&B, U20) 7.15. r2.2: 1 M Salih (Camb H, U15) 7.28; 5 D Goriola (Bexley, U17) 7.44. r2.3: 2 J Adeogun (Bexley, U15) 7.40; 3 A Houlton (Holl S, U17) 7.48; 4 I Abdulkarim (Lon C AC, U15) 7.58. r2.4: 1 O Jones-Gayle (Camb H, U17) 7.50; 3 W Scates (Norw, U15) 7.53. r2.5: 3 J Gordon (Bexley, U15) 7.63. r2.6: 6 J Beecroft (S’oaks, U13) 8.11. r2.9: 1 W Odele (Camb H, M50) 8.23. r2.10: 4 M Woods (Padd W, M55) 8.76. r2.12: 4 G Kitchener (S’oaks, M70) 9.44 Women: 60: r1.1: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 7.49; 2 G Wiafe (ESM, U17) 7.85; 3 N Costley (Herne H, U17) 8.02; 4 K Young (Dartf, U20) 8.06. r1.2: 1 B Aban-Owusu (ESM, U20) 7.93. r1.4: 1 H Medlen (Ton, U15) 8.29; 2 I Kyson (WG&EL, U13) 8.63; 3 E Lacey (Ton, U13) 8.69. r1.6: 1 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17) 8.08. r2.1: 1 G Akpe-Moses (Bir) 7.51; 2 G Wiafe (ESM, U17) 7.93; 3 N Costley (Herne H, U17) 7.97; 4 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17) 8.00. r2.2: 1 M Gordon (S Lon, U17) 8.16; 2 P Asemota (M&M, U15) 8.25; 3 H Medlen (Ton, U15) 8.29. r2.4: 4 I Kyson (WG&EL, U13) 8.66

DECEMBER 21 GLASGOW AA YULETIDE OPEN MEETING, Emirates Arena Mixed events: 60: r3: 4 F Jordan (C’dale, W50) 9.54. r5: 2 O Murphy (Law, U13) 8.53. r7: 2 T Ikechukwu Okonkwo (Law, U13W) 8.23. r10: 2 D Rae (Tev, M45) 8.08; 3 P Allan (Pit, M45) 8.11; 5 D Mauchlen (Pit, U17W) 8.16. r11: 1 D Patterson (Lark, U15) 7.44; 6 R Grieve (Pit, U17W) 7.98. r12: 1 A Connell (Kilb, U17) 7.36; 2 B Gallagher (Aird, U17) 7.45. 200: r7: 1 E Clark (Lark, U13W) 28.21. r15: 5 R Grieve (Pit, U17W) 25.46; 6 D Rae (Tev, M45) 25.78. r16: 2 D Patterson (Lark, U15) 23.45. r17: 4 A Robertson (Moth, M40) 24.22. 800: r9: 5 Z Flower (Giff N, U17W) 2:21.86. r10: 4 K Johnson (Edin, U17W) 2:17.72. r12: 1 L Watt (A’deen, U17) 1:55.87; 2 G McPake (Glas Sc Sp, U20) 1:57.76; 5 M Hendry (VPCG, W) 2:08.82. r13: 1 S Mackay (Glas C)

1:53.61; 3 A Hay (I’clyde, U20) 1:57.00 Men: 60H: 1 A Murphy (Kilb) 8.33. LJ: 3 D Graham (Shett, M40) 5.86. SP: 1 A Murphy (Kilb) 13.11; 2 G Ferguson (Law, M40) 12.20 U20: 60H: 1 C Newby (Edin) 8.33. SP: 1 C Newby (Edin) 12.75 U17: 60H: 1 R Morgan (VPCG) 8.44. 60H: 1 D Martin (Giff N, U15) 8.93. SP: 1 R Morgan (VPCG) 12.48 Women: HJ: B: 1 R Sharples (Falk, U17) 1.65; 2 P Stevens (Falk, U17) 1.60; 4 J Hilditch (VPCG, U15) 1.55. SP: 2 B Cunninghame (Cumbernauld, W45) 9.11. SP: 1 P Stevens (Falk, U17) 11.96; 2 S Gough (Law, U17) 11.24; 3 C Cameron (VPCG, W60) 9.49 U17: 60H: 1 R Sharples (Falk) 9.41; 2 R Hewitson (VPCG) 9.44 U15: 60H: 1 J Hilditch (VPCG) 9.25 U13: 60H: 1 J Caig (VPCG) 10.74; 2 V Anestik (Falk) 10.84; 3 E Clark (Lark) 10.99 LEE VALLEY MINITHON, Lee Valley U13 boys: 60: M K Abdula (BFTTA) 8.05; M B Otiora (BFTTA) 8.23; M I Duru (S’end) 8.56. 200: M K Abdula (BFTTA) 26.42. 600: M B Bediako (Lon Hth) 1:43.16; M R London (VoA) 1:43.20; M F McLaren (NEB) 1:43.45. 60H: M W Hamilton Hurst (WSEH) 10.84. HJ: M R Gomes-Oldridge (Inv EK) 15.23; M J Parkin (Hay H) 1.55; M H Fletcher (Rad) 1.52 U11: 60: M D Quaye (BFTTA) 8.53 U13 girls: 60: M S Morgan (N’pton) 8.18; M A Oerlemans (Lon Sch) 8.43; M E Lacey (Ton) 8.64; M E Darby (N’pton) 8.72; M K Daanwi (NEB) 8.73; M J Bennett (VP&TH) 8.76; M I Davies (Bir) 8.77; M C Onyejekwe (E’bne) 8.78; M C Thorne (Norw) 8.80. 600: M I Kyson (WG&EL) 1:45.54; M E Avowlanu (Norw) 1:46.92; M M Rosen (Lon Hth) 1:48.81; M E Darby (N’pton) 1:49.52; M S Shipton (Chelm) 1:49.75. 60H: M E Lacey (Ton) 9.70; M I Kyson (WG&EL) 10.43; M S Frost (Lon Hth) 10.80; M L Chapelhow (Thurr) 10.84. HJ: M R Dines (Chelm) 1.40. LJ: M S Morgan (N’pton) 4.51 U11: 200: M A Oerlemans (Lon Sch) 27.28 MANCHESTER CHRISTMAS FIELD OPEN, Sportcity Mixed events: HJ: 2 E Lobley (Hallam, U17W) 1.64. PV: A: 1 R McDonald (Sale, U17) 3.20; 2 L Wolfenden (Sale, U20W) 2.85; 3 S Wilkinson (Sale, U15W) 2.75; 10 G James (Shef/ Dearn, U13W) 2.05. B: 1 N Cole (Shef/Dearn) 4.45; 2 L Benjamin (Sale, U17) 4.05; 3 A Ashurst (Sale, M50) 3.85; 5 S Ashurst (Sale, U20W) 3.65; 6 G Spain (Sale, U17) 3.55; 7 M White (Sale, U15) 3.45; 8 J Cook (Bury, U17) 3.35; 9 J James (Long, U17) 3.35. LJ: A: 2 L Robinson (Stock TF, U17W) 5.32. B: 2 H Aitchison (Stock TF, U20W) 5.51; 3 G Goodsell (Stock TF, U20W) 5.39; 4 S Jones (Stock TF, U17W) 5.36. TJ: 4 H Aitchison (Stock TF, U20W) 11.79; 3 G Goodsell (Stock TF, U20W) 10.76 U20 women: SP: B: 1 E Misantoni (Stock TF) 10.73 U17: SP: B: 1 E Lobley (Hallam) 12.36; 2 R Togo (Bury) 11.03 TRACK ACADEMY SPRINT CHALLENGE, Willesden Mixed events: 60: r1.1: 1 J Hatton (TVH) 6.95; 2 R Earle (TVH, U17) 7.02; 5 T Medley (S Lon, U20) 7.18; 6 G Quaye (E&H, U17) 7.33. r1.2: 1 S Bennett (Lon Sch, U17) 7.19; 5 J Kelly (Lon Sch, U17) 7.33; 7 T Kidd (Track Ac, U17) 7.46. r1.3: 2 T Dublin (Lon C AC, U17) 7.44; 5 N Wedderburn-Goodison (Harrow, U17W) 7.54. r1.4: 1 T Raveng (SB, U17) 7.12; 3 L Baker (Lon Sch, U15) 7.57; 5 E Quaye (E&H, U17W) 7.65; 7 Z Jones (SB, U15) 7.68. r1.5: 1 N Akintokun (SB, U15W) 7.60; 3 R Tapper (Harrow, U15W) 7.94; 4 M Green (Harrow, U17W) 7.99; 5 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17W) 8.08; 6 A Guest (Vets, M45) 8.09; 7 S Perera Kur (TVH, U13) 8.53. r1.6: 3 N Holder (Harrow, U17W) 8.16. r1.7: 1 C Matthews (ESM, U17W) 7.97; 2 O Nwokeji (SB, U13) 8.19; 3 A Rose

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DAVE WOODHEAD

FELL EL-BRIM-ICK DASH, Kirkhill nr Aberdeen Overall (3M/800ft): 1 K Greig (Metro) 21:36; 2 C Williamson (Cosmic) 21:51; 3 K Harper (Cosmic, M40) 23:32; 4 D Barclay (Gari R, M40) 23:53; 5 C Hill (Cosmic, M40) 24:01 M50: A Smith (Dees R) 25:32. M60: P Cowie (Metro) 28:41 Women: 1 V Oldham (Cosmic, W50) 26:35; 2 F McDonald (Cosmic, W40) 27:18; 3 D MacDonald (Cosmic, W40) 28:20

DECEMBER 27 GUISBOROUGH WOODS, Cleveland Overall (8.8km/376m): 1 H Holmes (Mat) 37:13; 2 C Hanson (P&B) 38:37; 3 B Bergstrand (M’bro) 39:47; 4 S McDougall (M&C) 40:47; 5 S Garratt (N Marske) 41:29; 6 C Lambert (Ribb, W) 41:41 M45: R White: Dur F) 43:17. M50: S Pugh (Esk V) 44:21. M55: J Rippon (Derw VT) 47:03. M65: S Mummery 52:29. M70: M Hetherton (Pick) 59:31. M80: R Sherwood (N Marske) 69:00 TEAM: 1 Saltwell 95; 2 Scar 165; 3 M&C 168 Women: 1 Lambert 41:41; 2 G Bradley (Saltwell, W40) 46:10; 3 L Mercer (Amble) 48:25; 4 K Robertson (N’land F, W50) 48:27 W65: T Bell (N Yrk M) 54:13 TEAM: 1 Scar 29; 2 Saltwell 59; 3 Scar B 62

JANUARY 1 CAPTAIN COOK, Great Ayton Overall (8km/318m): 1 H Holmes (Mat) 30:37; 2 A Lowe (M’bro, U20) 30:50; 3 G Jayasuriya (M&C) 30:52; 4 K Walker (M’bro) 32:12; 5 L Kemp (N Yrk M) 32:21; 6 S McDougall (M&C) 32:59 M40: P Williams (Esk V) 34:36. M45: I McGrath (Dur F) 35:20. M55: J Rogers (CoH) 37:49. M60: N Ridsdale (Driff) 39:48. M65: R Burn (T&S) 43:39. M70: M Hetherton (Pick) 49:25. M75: A Brian (N Marske) 56:13 TEAM: 1 M&C 89; 2 Elvet 97; 3 Esk V 108 Women: 1 G Campbell (J&H) 38:08; 2 S Fawcett (Dark Pk) 38:16; 3 H Elliott (M&C) 39:07; 4 A Rigby (N Marske) 39:37 W45: N Mason (Elvet) 41:19. W50: K Aspin (N Marske) 43:58. W65: S Haslam (Scar) 45:48 U20: L Havis (M’bro) 41:19 TEAM: 1 Pick 40; 2 N Marske 59; 3 N Yrk M 60 ST JOHNS, Isle of Man Overall (3M/900ft, all Manx F): 1 O Smith (M40) 23:53; 2 J Bond 24:27; 3 T Cringle 25:05; 4 B Corkill 25:52; 5 S Looker 25:55; 6 C Reynolds (M40) 26:47 M50: M Garrett (Manx H) 27:28 U13: C Howard (Northern) 27:50 Women: 1 A Forster (Manx F) 28:01; 2 E Miklos (Manx F) 28:33; 3 S Coleman 30:48; 4 M Dunwell (Northern, U15) 31:04 W40: R Craine (Manx F) 33:03 U13: F Griffin (Manx H) 33:08 NINE STANDARDS, Kirkby Stephen Overall (8.4M/1800ft): 1 S Sted (Kesw) 52:50; 2 B Riddell (B Combe) 54:20; 3 R Brown

(SB, U15W) 8.25. r1.8: 4 D Boothe (Track Ac, U13) 8.44. r1.10: 5 A Day (E&H, M60) 9.05. r1.14: 1 M Amadi (SB, U15) 7.40. r1.15: 1 M ForbesAgyepong (SB, U20) 7.20; 6 M Hinzey (Track Ac, U13W) 8.74. r2.1: Hatton 6.97; 2 ForbesAgyepong 6.97; 3 R Earle (TVH, U17) 7.04; 6 Raveng 7.23; 7 Bennett 7.30. r2.2: 3 M Amadi (SB, U15) 7.30; 5 J Kelly (Lon Sch, U17) 7.33; 6 G Quaye (E&H, U17) 7.38. r2.3: 2 T Kidd (Track Ac, U17) 7.43; 4 B Ukpetenan (SB, U17) 7.45; 5 N Wedderburn-Goodison (Harrow, U17W) 7.49; 6 T Dublin (Lon C AC, U17) 7.50. r2.4: 2 Akintokun 7.55; 4 L Baker (Lon Sch, U15) 7.59; 5 E Quaye (E&H, U17W) 7.64; 6 T Jarrett (ESM, U15) 7.65; 8 Z Jones (SB, U15) 7.68. r2.5: 3 Tapper 7.90; 4 M Green (Harrow, U17W) 7.93; 8 C Matthews (ESM, U17W) 7.97. r2.6: 3 C Usideme (Lon C AC, U17W) 8.04; 5 Guest 8.13; 6 S Atiba (SB, U17W) 8.20; 8 O Nwokeji (SB, U13) 8.35. r2.7: 7 D Boothe (Track Ac, U13) 8.54. r2.8: 3 S Perera Kur (TVH, U13) 8.48. r2.9: 1 C Washington (Lon Sch, U13) 8.30. r2.10: 2 M Hinzey (Track Ac, U13W) 8.68. r2.11: 1 E Iwe (Harrow, U13W) 8.75. r2.12: 1 A Day (E&H, M60) 8.91 Men: 800: A: 1 Hatton 8.07. B: 1 Hatton 8.11

M50: A Whittingham (Wilm) 49:03. M60: S Shaughnessy (Stock H) 53:45 Women: 1 C Brock (Steel) 50:18; 2 F J Waterhouse (Stock H) 52:08; 3 A Birtwistle (Macc) 53:54; 4 H Ashby (Sale) 54:09 W40: J Pickard (Stock H) 57:54. W50: B Jackson (Alt) 61:05. W60: A Hirsch (Belle V) 70:23

(Kesw) 54:49; 4 M Ainsworth (Helm H) 54:56; 5 R Keefe 56:16 M40: B Jackson (Eden) 56:31. M60: D Griffin (Hel,m H) 66:40. M70: K Robinson (Wharf) 83:30 Women: 1 S McCormack (Amble) 56:19; 2 E Pannene (Eden) 63:15; 3 K Kllinder (C’land AC) 66:44 W40: B Dyer (Helm H) 68:17. W50: O Bathgate (Swale R) 75:48. M60: M Ockenden (Bowl) 84:31 GIANT’S TOOTH, Causeway Foot Overall (3M/400ft): 1 T Collinge (Q’bury) 16:38; 2 M Howard (Calder V) 17:14; 3 M Malyon (Bail) 17:52; 4 R Ward (HBT, M40) 18:14; 5 S Gott (Ilkley, M40) 18:25 M45: I Willis (K&C) 18:56. M50: A Dovemor (Q’bury) 20:24. M60: M Crabtree (Hali) 21:57. M65: P Grimes (Hali) 23:32. M70: K Taylor (Ross) 24:28 Women: 1 L Collins (Stain) 20:46; 2 L Robinson (Q’bury) 22:09; 3 C Horsfall (W40) 22:19 W45: T Kelly (K&C) 25:49. W50: T Entwistle (Calder V) 23:15. W55: K Thorne (Stain) 31:35. W60: V Young (Stain) 28:0

DECEMBER 14-15 SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA COMBINED EVENTS & OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Lee Valley Men: HepI: 1 L Church (Ton) 5395 (7.43, 6.76, 13.50, 2.01, 8.56, 4.33, 2:43.57); 2 N Gerome (BMH) 5116 (7.45, 6.66, 10.74, 1.98, 8.81, 4.33, 2:43.10); 3 L Chashchin (Harl, U20) 4651 (7.35, 6.66, 9.40, 1.83, 9.05, 3.93, 2:54.56); 4 H Kendall (Ton) 4462 (7.22, 6.72, 12.13, 1.92, 8.73, NM, 2:50.81); 5 C Joseph (BMH) 4247 (7.13, 6.35, 12.71, 1.71, 8.73, NM, 2:52.63); 6 A Hookway (Ton) 4082 (7.78, 6.00, 11.54, 1.74, 9.94, 3.23, 2:51.59) U20: HepI: 1 S Bladon (Team K) 5040 (7.31, 6.36, 12.63, 1.89, 8.32, 4.03, 2:54.41); 2 D Roffey (E&E) 4697 (7.47, 6.27, 8.82, 1.92, 9.03, 3.93, 2:42.54); 3 G Hopkins (Woking) 4659 (7.57, 6.31, 11.21, 1.74, 8.81, 4.53, 3:04.46); 4 O Heard (Harrow) 4220 (7.25, 6.53, 9.14, 1.77, 8.33, NM, 2:48.26); 5 D Thomas (Win) 3901 (7.39, 5.92, 8.81, 1.56, 8.77, 2.53, 2:57.39) U17: HepI: 1 O Early (Chelm) 4341 (7.54, 6.15, 10.05, 1.84, 8.78, 3.33, 3:02.67); 2 H Crosby (Soton) 4290 (7.51, 6.58, 10.56, 1.78, 8.83, 2.73, 3:00.65); 3 J Frew (Read) 3971 (7.31, 6.04, 6.75,

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DALESIDE BREWERY AULD LANG SYNE, Haworth Overall (9.6km/300m): 1 M Buckingham (Holm) 40:31; 2 M Cayton (Ribb) 40:44; 3 S Tosh (Ross) 41:56; 4 R Howie (Wharf) 42:17; 5 S Robinson (Linc W) 43:19 M40: M Dowson 45:30. M50: J Green (Ilkley) 50:33. M60: C Shuttleworth (Prest) 55:46. M70: KTaylor (Ross) 63:33 U21: A Robinson (Nidd) 46:46 TEAM: Wharf 29 Women: 1 H Archer (Dark Pk) 46:19; 2 N Jackson (Ribb) 47:05; 3 S Hodgson (Leeds C) 50:20; 4 A Roberts (Tod) 51:01 W40: H Hardaker (K&C) 51:39. W50: H Price (Harr) 61:49. W60: A Dean (W Hull L) 65:51 U21: L McGuinness (E Ches) 55:19 TEAM: Ilkley 44

TWO TURTLE DOVES, Totley Overall (7.75km/260m): 1 A Heyes (Dark Pk) 31:10; 2 A Smith (Hallam) 34:04; 3 G Hopkinson (Neest) 35:16; 4 J Fearn (Bux) 35:33; 5 M Johnson (Stock H, M40) 36:12 M50: D Taylor (Dark Pk) 37:13. M60: A Whitehouse (Totley) 43:32. M70: J Brayshaw (Totley) 59:24 U18: F Grant (Bux) 37:03 Women: 1 E Gould (Mercia) 37:25; 2 J Darigala (P’stone FPR, W50) 43:34; 3 G Cox 45:07 W60: P Goodall (Totley) 50:52

BOWSTONES, Poynton Overall (6.8M/1066ft): 1 P Bray (Chorlton) 42:32; 2 M Cooke (Stock H) 43:45; 3 J Cleaver (Barl) 44:06; 4 S McCarron (Sale, M40) 44:15; 5 B Hobson (Chorlton) 44:26; 6 A Carlin (Sale) 44:45

WANSFELL, Ulverston Overall (2.5M/1400ft): 1 J Wright (Amble) 20:47; 2 J Espie (Dees R) 21:01; 3 M Addison (Helm H) 21:35; 4 T Simpson (Amble) 21:38; 5 M Yeomans (C’land F) 21:50 M40: G Greenhow (Amble) 22:22. M50: P Cornforth (Amble) 24:55. M60: B Procter (Helm H) 22:56. M70: D Tait (Dark Pk) 36:27 U18: R Regan (Eden) 22:06 Women: 1 S McCormack (Amble) 22:54; 2 K Roberts (Helm H) 25:01; 3 C Spurden (Kesw) 25:37

1.72, 8.60, 2.53, 3:00.05) U15: PenI: 1 A Salaam (Have) 2388 (9.18, 5.15, 10.59, 1.53, 2:28.70); 2 H Rust-D’Eye (Read) 2275 (9.88, 5.09, 8.58, 1.47, 2:13.72); 3 T Day (Slough J) 2146 (10.04, 4.98, 8.00, 1.44, 2:14.95); 4 J Stone (Padd W) 2135 (9.87, 5.24, 8.65, 1.38, 2:21.43) Women: PenI: 1 S Connolly (N Down) 3616 (9.02, 1.65, 11.32, 5.46, 2:36.76); 2 M Chantree (Chelm, U20) 3346 (9.35, 1.68, 9.40, 5.43, 2:45.79); 3 S Kleynhans (Lon Hth) 2968 (9.64, 1.56, 9.72, 4.87, 2:50.04); 4 S Henderson (Norw) 2631 (10.11, 1.41, 8.08, 4.79, 2:45.84); 5 Y Sadler-Reeves (Ashf, U20) 2388 (10.61, 1.47, 7.26, 4.73, 3:00.65); 6 F Cox (Ashf, U20) 2278 (10.93, 1.35, 7.80, 4.19, 2:43.66); 7 L Fitzpatrick (Wyc P) 2245 (10.36, 1.35, 6.27, 4.67, 2:58.50); 8 R Tyler (E Grin, U20) 2230 (11.58, 1.29, 10.00, 4.56, 2:54.93) U17: PenI: 1 A McGee (Bas) 3310 (9.06, 1.56, 8.36, 5.06, 2:27.45); 2 S Teale (Ashf) 3028 (9.39, 1.41, 9.47, 5.50, 2:48.41); 3 I Humphreys (Craw) 3021 (9.32, 1.41, 10.22, 4.99, 2:41.74); 4 A Brown (Have) 2918 (10.14, 1.44, 10.61, 4.17, 2:24.70); 5 I Davis (Ashf) 2821 (9.91, 1.44, 9.69, 4.67,

2:41.44); 6 C Sampson (Charn) 2729 (10.17, 1.44, 9.33, 4.75, 2:45.19); 7 F Jury (Swale) 2705 (9.78, 1.41, 8.58, 4.56, 2:42.19); 8 G Iyinbor (E&H) 2679 (9.53, 1.38, 9.26, 4.49, 2:48.57); 9 J Hill (D&T) 2653 (10.18, 1.41, 9.00, 4.18, 2:34.51); 10 S Allen-McKenna (Thurr) 2612 (9.65, 1.50, 7.31, 4.50, 2:53.40) U15: PenI: 1 S Okoro (Have) 3071 (9.74, 1.39, 8.45, 5.03, 2:20.75); 2 A Wilson (Bath) 3000 (9.73, 1.57, 7.43, 5.14, 2:39.77); 3 G Fielder (Taun) 2840 (9.75, 1.48, 7.86, 4.47, 2:31.75); 4 P Shroff (Soton) 2814 (9.52, 1.45, 8.08, 4.61, 2:39.11); 5 S Kidd (E&E) 2796 (9.60, 1.45, 7.72, 4.59, 2:36.86); 6 A Jonkers (Read) 2761 (9.57, 1.33, 8.03, 4.93, 2:38.76); 7 I Mardle (Norw) 2730 (9.61, 1.54, 8.48, 4.73, 3:00.52); 8 J Self (Thurr) 2728 (9.52, 1.48, 8.67, 4.58, 2:52.92); 9 E Roberts (G&G) 2718 (9.65, 1.48, 6.03, 4.49, 2:34.18); 10 A Wall (Soton) 2708 (9.69, 1.48, 8.81, 5.07, 3:06.43); 11 M Woodley (Slough J) 2701 (10.34, 1.57, 7.67, 4.68, 2:46.72); 12 A Wilson (G&G) 2643 (10.02, 1.33, 7.14, 4.50, 2:27.52); 13 A Belward (Soton) 2465 (10.58, 1.42, 8.55, 4.33, 2:46.24); 14 R Tillson (Have) 2459 (9.93, 1.42, 7.10, 4.05, 2:42.87)

W40: K Hall (Ribb) 27:10. W50: L Varney (Kend) 30:38. W60: W Dodds (Dallam) 35:10. W70: L Lord (Clay) 36:45 U18: C Rylance (Amble) 26:14 DEVIL’S CHAIR DASH, Stiperstones Overall (3M/800ft): 1 S Tosh (Ross) 22:47; 2 H Webb (Mercia, U17) 24:03; 3 D Elliot (Shrews) 24:05; 4 D Chetta (Mercia, M40) 25:26; 5 J Brocklehurst 25:41; 6 J Davies (Shrews) 26:14 Women: 1 S Horrocks (Ross) 27:10; 2 B Trow (Shrews, U17) 28:07; 3 A Williams 29:31; 4 M Preece (Tel, U17) 30:59 W40: N Richards 31:03

DECEMBER 21 TOUR DE HELVELLYN, Askham Overall (37.3M/6562ft): 1 A Perry 5:59:40; 2 M Strain 6:07:36; 3 L Eccles 6:14:54; 4 P Aitken 6:17:54; 5 M Reedy (M40) 6:19:07 M50: A Hubbard 6:53:41. M60: G Porter 7:55:18 Women: 1 C Morgan (W40) 7:13:34; 2 E Stuart 7:22:07; 3 F Lynch (W40) 7:41:25 W50: K Nash 7:55:14. W60: A Brown 10:20:29

DECEMBER 15 THE STOOP AND CURLY WURLY JUNIOR RUNS, Haworth Overall (4.9M/70ft, further results): 4 A Worster (Tod) 36:13; 5 J Cummings (Ilkley) 36:16 M50: I Holmes (Bing) 38:00. M60: J Cunningham (Leeds Brad TC) 47:50. M70: K Taylor (Ross) 53:16 U21: C Taylor (Ross) 40:45 TEAM: Ilkley 17 W40: K Archer (Ilkley) 45:51. W50: A Fox (Hunts) 52:49. W60: C Wheelhouse (Donc) 53:57 U21: E Jones (Wharf) 45:32 WOMEN’S TEAM: Ilkley 18 U17 (2M/300ft): 1 J Brogden (Otl) 12:45; 2 D Walker (P&B) 13:35; 3 A Jones (Wharf, W) 13:43 U15 (1M/150ft): 1 T Clay (Bing) 6:58; 2 A Peaker (K&C, U13) 7:01; 3 G McFie (Calder V, U13) 7:12 U15 girls: 1 A Lane (Wharf) 7:28; 2 C McKee (Calder V, U13) 7:38; 3 E Doyle (Ilkley) 7:58

TRACK & FIELD

JANUARY 1 NEW YEAR SPRINT FINAL, Musselburgh IN a final in which all but one runner had been a previous finalist, it was 42-year-old Ian Horsburgh who came out on top ahead of Murray Blair and Stacey Downie. Horsburgh, making his comeback after an absence of 13 years, was immediately featured on national television, interviewed by ITV Racing’s Sally Ann Grassick between four-legged races. “My two young daughters have taken up athletics and I thought I’d better join them, and thought had a good chance after winning my heat,” he said – and the bookies had agreed, making him 1-2 to take the prize. “I wish I had backed you instead of the horses,” replied Grassick. Mixed events: 110m: 1 I Horsburgh (Centr, M40) 11.81 (handicap 10.25m); 2 M Blair (Lass) 11.91 (10m); 3 S Downie (Edin, W) 11.99 (19m)

RESULTS CAMBRIDGESHIRE, St Neots, January 5 JON ESCALANTE-PHILLIPS led Cambridge & Coleridge to the senior men’s team awards on a day when the club virtually cleaned up. Victoria Knight also gave the club a victory, this time over Cambridge team-mate Sharon Flockhart in the women’s race, by reclaiming the title she had previously won in 2018. Men (10km): 1 J Escalante-Phillips (C&C) 34:56; 2 N Tweedie (Helpston) 35:53; 3 B Jones (C&C) 35:55; 4 I Ellard (Unatt, U20) 35:58; 5 L Kempson (C&C) 36:25; 6 J Reed (C&C, M40) 36:33; 7 A Darby (Ely, M35) 36:52; 8 S Smith (C&C, M40) 36:56; 9 D Hudson (BRJ, M35) 36:58; 10 S Robinson (Helpston, M35) 37:03; 11 M Taylor (Riv, M35) 37:05; 12 J Herbert (Helpston, M50) 37:12; 13 C Ackroyd (C&C, U20) 37:27; 14 M Nicholson (Bed C) 37:31; 15 R Mahen (C&C, M35) 37:37; 16 S Mead (Hunts, M45) 39:05; 17 S Walton (PNV) 39:10; 18 M Amos (Hunts, M35) 39:12; 19 A Metcalfe (Ely, M35) 39:13; 20 T Farrer (Hunts, M45) 39:14 M45: 3 P Lunn (Helpston) 39:32. M50: 2 R McKee (Hunts) 40:35 TEAM: 1 Cambridge & C 41; 2 Hunts 134; 3 Riverside 165; 4 Ely 165; 5 C&C B 179; 6 C&C C 298 M40 TEAM: 1 C&C 10; 2 Hunts 17; 3 C&C B 34; 4 Hunts B 46; 5 C&C C 55; 6 Ely 65 U17 men and senior women (5.8km): 1 T Bridger (C&C, U17) 19:05; 2 O Wilkinson (PNV, U17) 19:20; 3 D Tomaselli (Hunts, U17) 19:36; 4 C Molloy (C&C, U17) 19:49; 5 B Davies (PNV, U17) 19:52; 6 A Melloy (C&C, U17) 19:55; 7 S Oakley (PNV, U17) 19:58; 8 T Blake (C&C, U17) 19:59; 9 V Knight (C&C, W40) 20:00; 10 E Seal (C&C, U17) 20:01 U17 TEAM: 1 C&C 11; 2 P’boro/Nene V 14; 3 C&C B 27; 4 Hunts 29 Women: 1 Knight 20:00; 2 S Flockhart (C&C, U20) 20:09; 3 Z MacDonald (High) 20:49; 4 B Hair (C&C) 21:36; 5 J O’Regan (Riv, W35) 21:44; 6 H Greenwood (MKDP) 21:57; 7 A Burt (Cambridge Tri Club, W35) 22:03; 8 S Caskey (PNV) 22:33; 9 J Williams (Riv) 23:00; 10 E Price (Riv, U20) 23:27; 11 L Thomas (Ely, W35) 23:36; 12 I Woodard (PNV, U20) 23:40; 13 K Draper (Yax) 23:44; 14 E Sennitt-clough (PNV, W45) 24:00; 15 C Haines (Steel) 24:08; 16 G Crane (Yax, W40) 24:19; 17 C Hime (Hunts, U20) 24:28; 18 R Porter (C&C, W40) 25:00; 19 C Foley-Wray (Bourne) 25:07; 20 C Brown (Ely, W45) 25:53 W50: 1 K Cameron (C&C) 26:36; 2 A Fox (Hunts) 27:03; 3 I Marriage (Royst) 27:17. W60: 1 S Kawai (C&C) 27:27. W65: 1 L Mitchell (Royst) 29:40; 2 D Braverman (C&C) 29:56. U20: 5 A Branston (Yax) 25:59 Women TEAM: 1 C&C 7; 2 Riverside 24; 3 P’boro/Nene V 24; 4 Yaxley 51; 5 C&C B 57; 6 Ely 58 W35 TEAM: 1 C&C 19; 2 Ely 22; 3 Riverside 42; 4 Hunts 52; 5 Yaxley 62; 6 Royston 71 U15 men and U17 women (4.8km): 1 I Rothwell (C&C, U15) 17:26; 2 I Morris (C&C, U15) 17:33; 3 K Chilvers (PNV, U15) 17:42; 4 H Croft (Hunts, U15) 18:01; 5 G Green (C&C, U15) 18:06; 6 J Preston (Hunts, U15) 18:28; 7 J Reindell (Hunts, U15) 18:29; 8 L Buchallet (C&C, U15) 18:32; 9 D Zailer-Fletcher (C&C, U15) 18:35; 10 C Burke (Hunts, U15) 18:43; 15 M Taylor (C&C, U17W) 20:11; 16 F Haines (C&C, U17W) 20:13; 23 K Tasker (PNV, U17W) 21:15; 24 A Athersmith (Bed C, U17W) 21:25; 25 S Clarke (C&C, U17W) 21:29 U15 TEAM: 1 C&C 8; 2 Hunts 17; 3 C&C B 31; 4 P’boro/Nene V 32; 5 Hunts B 33; 6 C&C C 53 U17 women TEAM: 1 C&C 8; 2 Hunts 26 U13 boys (2.9km): 1 L Conway (C&C) 9:48; 2 M Smith (C&C) 9:59; 3 C Benyan (C&C) 10:02; 4 E Taylor (C&C) 10:26; 5 F Bowling (PNV) 10:33; 6 G Christmas (C&C) 10:37; 7 I Pembery (C&C)

Gloucestershire medallists (l to r): Ben Price (2nd), winner James Denne and James Bingham (3rd)

10:38; 8 J Wiles (PNV) 10:38; 9 G Jennings (C&C) 10:42; 10 T Waterworth (Hunts) 10:46; TEAM: 1 C&C 6; 2 C&C B 17; 3 P’boro/Nene V 25; 4 C&C C 37; 5 Hunts 41; 6 Camb Tri 49 U11 (1.7km): 1 T Richards (Hunts) 6:30; 2 R Buchallet (C&C) 6:46; 3 E Jennings (C&C) 6:49 TEAM: 1 Hunts 16; 2 C&C 27; 3 Hunts B 52 U15 girls (4.3km): 1 E Loosley (C&C) 18:44; 2 E Talbot (C&C) 19:13; 3 E Eames (PNV) 19:21; 4 J Leggate (C&C) 19:26; 5 I Mansley (C&C) 20:02; 6 E McCluskey (C&C) 20:05; 7 C Bole (PNV) 20:16; 8 O Corner (AM Activ) 20:25; 9 I Fleming (Riv) 20:41; 10 O Walker (Werr J) 20:57 TEAM: 1 C&C 7; 2 C&C B 23; 3 P’boro/Nene V 28; 4 Hunts 41 U13 (2.9km): 1 J Davey (Kett) 10:58; 2 E Mardon (Hunts) 11:18; 3 I Fullock Holmes (Hunts) 11:29; 4 E Fraser (C&C) 11:42; 5 E Flockhart (Hunts) 11:46; 6 C Hughes (C&C) 11:48; 7 L Wagstaff (C&C) 11:49; 8 R Green (C&C) 11:53; 9 F Taylor (Riv) 11:54; 10 L Fletcher (Hunts) 12:04 TEAM: 1 Hunts 10; 2 C&C 17; 3 Hunts B 33; 4 C&C B 39; 5 Hunts C 56; 6 P’boro/Nene V 73 U11 (1.7km): 1 F Harris (BRJ) 7:34; 2 P Gordon (Cambridge Tri Club) 8:03; 3 C Still (Hunts) 8:22 TEAM: 1 Hunts 22; 2 BRJ 23; 3 P’boro/ Nene V 23 CHESHIRE, Knights Grange, January 4 Men (10.5km): 1 D Cliffe (Liv H) 35:52; 2 N Martin (Sale) 36:58; 3 J Wignall (Sale) 37:33; 4 H Dexter (Vale R, U20) 38:28; 5 M Barnes (Sale, M40) 38:38; 6 C Larkin (H&F, U20) 38:50; 7 S O’Meara (Traff) 39:24; 8 A Dight (Vale R, U20) 39:32; 9 S Doyle (Vale R, M45) 39:39; 10 J Betteley (Vale R) 39:55; 11 D Watson (Holm, M45) 40:03; 12 P Speake (Wilm, M40) 40:16; 13 R Coen (Wilm, M40) 40:23; 14 N Williams (Vale R) 40:47; 15 M Walker (Macc, M40) 40:59; 16 C Murray (Macc) 41:12; 17 M Crabtree (Vale R, M40) 41:13; 18 M Taylor (S Ches, M35) 41:35; 19 B Hicks (Macc) 41:44; 20 D Schofield (Warr RC) 41:59; 21 C Pattinson (S Ches) 42:02; 22 D Fox (Warr, U20) 42:16; 23 G Carless (S Ches, M40) 42:17; 24 C Weaver (Tatten) 42:18; 25 A Allan (Congle, M40) 42:18; 26 C Connor (Tatten) 42:29; 27 M McCormack (Vale R, U20) 42:37; 28 A Heap (W Ches) 42:49; 29 D Nicholls (Macc, M35) 42:50; 30 L Greaves (Serp) 42:50 M45: 3 J Carr (Macc) 43:03. M50: 1 D Harris (Vale R) 43:10; 2 D Alexander (W Ches) 43:49. M55: 1 S Watmough (Warr) 44:14; 2 T Billington (Wilm) 47:17; 3 T Morris (Wilm) 47:22;. M60: 1 J Jenkin (Tatten) 46:37; 2 S Shaughnessy (Stock H) 48:05; 3 P Shannon (Tatten) 48:27. M65: 1 T McGaff (Wilm) 49:40 TEAM: 1 Vale R 62; 2 Sale 132; 3 Macc 180; 4 Wilm 231; 5 S Ches 236; 6 Tatten 251; 7 W Ches 257; 8 Vale R B 355

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COUNTY CHAMPS

CROSS-COUNTRY

VETS TEAM: 1 Vale R 49; 2 Wilm 65; 3 Sale 74 U20 men and senior women (8km): 1 J Buckley (Warr, U20) 28:02; 2 A Doyle (Vale R, U20) 28:38; 3 A Doyle (Vale R, U20) 29:50; 4 P Goodfellow (Macc, U20) 30:05; 5 S Roberts (W Ches, U20) 30:11; 6 B Webb (Warr, U20) 31:40; 7 J Wadsworth (Warr, U20) 31:47; 8 W Kesteven (C&N, U20) 32:17; 9 V Cronin (Traff, W) 32:20; 10 J Marsden (Elles P, W40) 32:28 U20 TEAM: 1 Warr 14; 2 W Ches 25 Women: 1 V Cronin 32:20; 2 J Marsden (W40) 32:28; 3 S Murphy (Vale R, W40) 33:08; 4 C Clancy (Wilm) 33:20; 5 D McVey (Wilm, W40) 33:23; 6 H Cowley (Hels) 33:39; 7 D Sherwin (Stoke, W40) 33:44; 8 L Whittingham (Macc) 34:15; 9 K Latham (S Ches) 35:03; 10 S Hunter (Ack) 35:08; 11 K Brough (Vale R, W35) 35:21; 12 A Birtwistle (Macc) 36:01; 13 N Reece (Wilm, W35) 36:38; 14 H Smith (Vale R, W50) 37:03; 15 H Ashby (Sale, W35) 37:06; 16 D Searle (Vale R, W40) 37:35; 17 C Thompson (Vale R, W40) 37:39; 18 D Pickles (Macc) 37:42; 19 H Carrington (Vale R) 37:45; 20 S Avery (Elles P, W50) 38:02 W45: 1 A Parsons (Northwich) 38:57; 2 J Moss (Congle) 39:00; 3 D Bygrave (Wilm) 39:32;. W50: 3 D Stanaway (Tatten) 42:18. W55: 1 C Bird (Congle) 38:14; 2 T Shipley (Ches TC) 40:44; 3 R Arnold (Hels) 42:55;. W60: 1 C Roach (Hels) 41:29;. W65: 1 R Symms (Ches TC) 42:20 Women TEAM: 1 Wilm 22; 2 Vale R 28; 3 Macc 38; 4 Vale R B 52; 5 Cong 72; 6 S Ches 84; 7 Hels 94; 8 Ches TC 95 VETS TEAM: 1 Vale R 14; 2 Wilm 26; 3 Cong 40 U20 women and U17 men (5.4km): 1 R Serif (Vale R, U17) 18:41; 2 W Ashfield (Vale R, U17) 18:59; 3 E Pettitt (Vale R, U17) 19:01; 4 B Quinton (Warr, U17) 19:20; 5 F Proffitt (Macc, U17) 19:42; 6 S Stephens (Vale R, U17) 20:48; 7 L Crawford (Sale, U17W) 21:04; 8 M Douglass (W Ches, U17) 21:18; 9 W Wright (W Ches, U17) 21:19; 10 J Roberts (Warr, U17) 21:42; 12 H Smith (Vale R, U20W) 22:00; 15 M Finn (Sale, U20W) 23:05; 16 C Leather (C&N, U20W) 23:17; 17 L Ferris (Warr, U20W) 23:48; 18 S Heslop (Macc, U17W) 23:59; 19 J Connolly (Warr, U17W) 24:50; 20 L Robinson (Stock H, U20W) 24:57 U17 TEAM: 1 Vale R 6; 2 W Ches 26; 3 Macc 27 U17 women TEAM: 1 Macc 14; 2 Warr 22 U15 (4.1km): 1 W Sutcliffe (Wirr) 14:09; 2 J Wilson (Vale R) 14:14; 3 J Richardson (W Ches) 14:19; 4 P Griffith (Vale R) 14:38; 5 D Carney (Vale R) 14:40; 6 G Roberts (Vale R, U15W) 15:03; 7 C Tittensor (Sale) 15:16; 8 P Goodfellow (Macc) 15:20; 9 S Hollins (W Ches) 15:21; 10 H Weedall (Vale R, U15W) 15:31; 12 H Smith (Vale R, U15W) 15:43; 15 O Gregory (Warr, U15W) 16:09; 16 C Roberts (W Ches, U15W) 16:13; 17 I Ashcroft (Vale R, U15W) 16:15; 21 A Gale (Vale R, U15W) 16:44

U15 TEAM: 1 Vale R 11; 2 W Ches 26; 3 Macc 28; 4 Vale R B 52; 5 Macc B 52; 6 C&N 64 U15 girls TEAM: 1 Vale R 6; 2 Vale R B 21; 3 Warr 26; 4 Vale R C 41; 5 W Ches 48; 6 Vale R D 62 U13 (3km): 1 R Price (Vale R) 11:39; 2 L Parker (W Ches) 11:46; 3 J Marwood (Warr) 11:52; 4 D McGrath (Macc) 12:03; 5 H Parker Mclain (C&N) 12:21; 6 R Gregory (Warr) 12:23; 7 R Croasdale (Warr) 12:26; 8 J O’Brien (Sale) 12:28; 9 T Wassall (Vale R) 12:31; 10 R Bowden (Vale R) 12:36; 11 J Lark (W Ches, U13W) 12:46; 14 A Nicholson (Warr, U13W) 12:51; 18 S Harding (Vale R, U13W) 13:06; 19 L Booth (Vale R, U13W) 13:15; 20 I Wharton (Warr, U13W) 13:24; 21 M Knuckey (Macc, U13W) 13:29 U13 TEAM: 1 Warr 16; 2 Vale R 20; 3 Macc 39; 4 C&N 44; 5 Vale R B 47; 6 W Ches 50 U13 girls TEAM: 1 Warr 14; 2 Vale R 15; 3 W Ches 32; 4 Vale R B 38; 5 Vale R C 52; 6 Vale R D 69 U11 (1.6km): 1 B Keeley (Sale) 6:16; 2 L O’Brien (Sale) 6:20; 3 B Tomlinson (Macc) 6:26; 5 R Phillips (W Ches, U11W) 6:30; 9 E Fawkes (Vale R, U11W) 6:43; 13 G Taylor (Leigh, U11W) 6:52 U11 boys TEAM: 1 Sale 15; 2 Warr 24; 3 Vale R 33 U11 girls TEAM: 1 W Ches 18; 2 Warr 27; 3 Vale R 28 CUMBRIA, Penrith, January 4 Men (10km): 1 J Douglas (Bord H) 33:57; 2 J Battrick (Kesw) 34:53; 3 S Stead (Kesw) 34:56; 4 A Russell (Kend) 35:20; 5 R Campbell (Barr) 35:35; 6 M Elkington (Kenil) 36:06; 7 C Tinnion (Kesw) 36:20; 8 T Windley (Kesw, M35) 36:33; 9 P Graves (DH Runners, M40) 37:43; 10 S Berry (Bord H, M35) 37:49 M40: 2 S Weston (DH Runners) 37:59; 3 R Fielding (Sedbergh) 39:09 TEAM: Kesw U20 (10km): 1 J Dugdale (Cope) 34:54; 2 R Copley (Kend) 35:21; 3 T Humphries (Lanc & Morec) 36:54; 4 J Salt (Eden) 37:30; 5 J Liddell (Eden R) 38:10 U17 (5km): 1 F Sproul (Kend) 18:13; 2 R Regan (Eden) 18:16; 3 S Nutter (Kesw) 18:24; 4 B O’Dowd (Eden) 18:47; 5 S Johl (Eden) 19:00; 6 S McSherry (Lev V) 19:15; 7 C Harding (Eden) 19:52; 8 N Ormandy (Barr) 20:31 TEAM: Eden U15 (3.9km): 1 C Allmond (Amble) 14:33; 2 T Brailsford (Kend) 14:49; 3 J Bowen (Kend) 15:00; 4 T Renwick (Eden) 15:13; 5 D Welch (Eden) 15:14; 6 A Todd (Bord H) 15:22; 7 O Willetts (Eden R) 15:33; 8 H Bowen (Kend) 15:44; 9 D Owens (Seat) 15:47; 10 K Hatcher (Bord H) 15:53 TEAM: Kend U13 (2.5km): 1 A Lamb (Bord H) 9:44; 2 W McNally (Lev V) 9:45; 3 A Varey (Bord H) 9:47; 4 S Mason (Bord H) 9:54; 5 T Chapman (Bord H) 10:00; 6 J Barker (Kend) 10:08; 7 L Roberts (Cope) 10:13; 8 L Bigland (Kend) 10:21; 9 O Willoughby (Kend) 10:29; 10 M Jewell (C’land F) 10:30 TEAM: Bord U11 (1.4km): 1 C Eagling (Carl) 5:39; 2 L Roberts (Cope) 5:55; 3 H Shaw (Amble) 6:00; TEAM: Eden Women (7.5km): 1 S Adkin (Amble) 30:11; 2 N Shaw (C’land) 31:57; 3 C McKeown (Bord H, W45) 32:43; 4 R Brown (Bord H) 33:38; 5 N McCarron (C’land) 33:54; 6 F Todd (Bord H, W45) 34:28; 7 E Nielsen (Eden, W45) 35:22; 8 C Millican (Bord H, W35) 35:34; 9 T Beetham (Kesw) 36:15; 10 T Medley (Bord H, W50) 36:21 W35: 2 J Hazell (DH Runners) 36:25. W40: 1 L Walker (Kesw) 37:50;. W60: 1 C Kevan (Kend) 40:31 TEAM: Bord U20 (7.5km): 1 E Pannone (Eden) 31:06; 2 R Woodhams (Kend) 33:08; 3 A Duckitt (Sedbergh) 34:47; 4 M Wren (Carl) 35:19; 5 O Graham (Bord H) 37:09 U17 (5km): 1 A Mason (Bord H) 20:50; 2 C

Rylance (Amble) 21:38; 3 L Lewis (Kend) 21:53; 4 E Parry (Eden) 22:12; 5 A Newing (Sedbergh) 23:07; 6 E Swarbrick (Cope) 23:23 U15 (3.9km): 1 J Bailey (Lev V) 15:44; 2 O Winder (Lev V) 16:17; 3 E Riley (Bord H) 16:24; 4 N Cannon (Eden R) 16:49; 5 G O’Dowd (Eden) 17:10; 6 S Smith (Kend) 17:20; 7 S Rylance (Amble) 17:57; 8 I Barley (Sedbergh Sch) 18:08 TEAM: Eden U13 (2.5km): 1 S Cowin (Kend) 10:37; 2 K Collin (Kend) 10:52; 3 F Evans (Eden) 11:01; 4 R Gillldaley (Eden R) 11:02; 5 R Casson (Seat) 11:03; 6 L Smith (Kend) 11:34; 7 G Wells (Sedbergh) 11:38; 8 E Barker (Kend) 11:40; 9 O Swarbrick (Cope) 11:52; 10 M Martindale (Kend) 12:06; TEAM: Kend U11 (1.4km): 1 Z Brannon (Cope) 6:04; 2 D Fielding (Sedbergh) 6:05; 3 L Hetherington (Eden) 6:19 TEAM: Eden DERBYSHIRE Shipley Park, January 5 (with Notts) Men (10km): 1 D Haworth (Mat) 35:17; 2 T Bishop (Team Derby Runner) 35:26; 3 B Cartwright (Mat) 36:06; 4 A Ediker (C’field, U20) 36:31; 5 H Holmes (Mat) 36:40; 6 J Rainsford (Hean) 36:48; 7 A Ward (Clowne, M45) 36:49; 8 P Magner (Sale) 37:53; 9 W Tighe (C’field, U20) 38:18; 10 D Bishop (Team Derby Runner) 38:42; 11 E Spencer (C’field, U20) 38:50; 12 J Booth (Knaves) 38:57; 13 D Annable (Hean) 39:07; 14 C Nicoll (Der TC, M45) 39:35; 15 N Baker (Nth Derby’s RC, M45) 39:42; 16 K Malton (Shelt) 40:05; 17 C Patterson (Hean, M35) 40:11; 18 M Kerr (Der, M35) 40:27; 19 C Davenport (Mat, M35) 40:37; 20 J Thorpe (Mat, M35) 41:00; 21 N Brickman (Belp) 41:17; 22 J Brunnock (Bux) 41:27; 23 R White (Bux, M45) 41:39; 24 S Broomhead (Nth Derby’s RC) 41:57; 25 P Wright (Mat, M35) 41:59 M55: 1 D Soles (Bux) 46:35. M65: 1 M Moorhouse (Mat) 50:24; 2 M Weir (Belp) 53:19 TEAM: Buxton 74 M40 TEAM: 1 Matlock 34; 2 N Derby 79; 3 Matlock B 89; 4 Belper 103; 5 Sinfin 135 U20: TEAM: Chesterfield 6 U17 (6km): 1 F Grant (C’field) 23:29; 2 T Spencer (C’field) 23:49; 3 O Cousins (C’field) 24:01; 4 S Soles (Bux) 24:26; 5 E Cresswell (Der) 24:31; 6 S Jamieson (Der) 24:55; 7 J Patton (Hallam) 25:04; 8 J Wragg (Roth) 25:09; 9 S Tierney (Hallam) 25:38; 10 E Diamond (Bux) 25:52; TEAM: 1 Chesterfield 6; 2 Derby 25; 3 Buxton 26 U15 (4.5km): 1 P Welsh (Der) 18:24; 2 W Stanway (Sale) 18:47; 3 C Rose (Der) 19:27; 4 B Elphick (Mat) 20:07; 5 D Birkett (Der) 20:13; 6 A Winson (Hean) 20:13; 7 C Haste (Der) 20:36; 8 B Stevenson (Der) 20:52; 9 T Eason (AV&EAC) 21:20; 10 J Rouse (Der) 21:24; U13 (3km): 1 W Wright (Der) 14:23; 2 S Lowe (Der) 14:26; 3 W Croft (Mat) 14:50; 4 O Lynas (Hean) 15:07; 5 J Jones (Mat) 15:09; 6 E Busfield (AV&EAC) 15:23; 7 L Blake (Hean) 15:38; 8 C Ross (Mat) 15:47; 9 T Blythe (Hean) 16:01; 10 G Stock (Der) 16:08 TEAM: 1 Derby 13; 2 Matlock 16; 3 Heanor 20 U11 (1.5km): 1 O Blake (Hean) 7:22; 2 C Duffin (Hean) 7:32; 3 G Hammond 7:33 TEAM: Cannon 42; 2 Ashbourne PS 47 Women (8km): 1 L Palmer-Blount (Der, W35) 32:45; 2 E Twentyman (Bux) 33:21; 3 P Edwards (Der) 33:26; 4 S Fairey (Mat) 33:31; 5 A Van Dijk (Sth Derby’s RR) 33:32; 6 R Miller (Der) 34:00; 7 H Gill (Mat, W35) 35:17; 8 W Rothenbaugh (Mid M, W55) 35:18; 9 B Hudson (Der) 35:42; 10 J Saunders (Ilk, W35) 36:31; 11 N Braisby (Ilk) 37:03; 12 K Kucharek (Belp, W35) 37:24; 13 M Denman (Ilk) 37:49; 14 L Rowley (Long E, W35) 38:04; 15 N Roper (Ilk, W35) 38:14; 16 P Holden (Shelt, W45) 38:30; 17 H Barnett (Nth Derby’s RC) 38:37; 18 S Willis (Bux, W35) 38:39;

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19 K Rolfe (Bux, W35) 38:44; 20 T Wilson (Bux, W55) 38:55 W45: 2 J Grant (Millt) 39:35; 3 J Bednall (Bux) 40:13. W55: 3 J Burke (Der) 41:11 TEAM: 1 Buxton 38; 2 Buxton B 66 W35 TEAM: 1 Buxton 44; 2 Matlock 60; 3 Buxton B 100 U20 (5km): 1 E Grant (Mat) 22:21; 2 J Cooper (Der) 23:43; 3 E Wilson (Bux, U17) 24:10; 4 L Cocking (Mans) 24:30; 5 L Bednall (Bux, U17) 24:37; 6 E Webster (Mat, U17) 25:12; 7 S Kelsey (AV&EAC, U17) 25:46; 8 A Whelan (Bux, U17) 26:07; 9 J Greveson (C’field, U17) 27:15 U20 TEAM: 1 Buxton 15; 2 Amber V 36 U17 TEAM: 1 Buxton 8; 2 Amber V 27 U15 (4km): 1 S Bourne (Der) 17:03; 2 L Gregory (Hallam) 17:26; 3 M Trueman (Burt) 17:45; 4 S Toyn (Mans) 18:12; 5 P Mead (Der) 18:14; 6 G Robertson (Hallam) 18:16; 7 F Patton (Hallam) 18:33; 8 A Allcard (Hallam) 18:34; 9 A Rouse (Der) 18:37; 10 A Ita (Der) 18:44 TEAM: 1 Hallam 15; 2 Derby 15; 3 Derby B 34 U13 (3km): 1 I Clarke (SinA) 14:50; 2 I Margiotta (Ashb PS) 15:30; 3 C Mccloy (Hallam) 15:52; 4 F Lester (Hallam) 16:02; 5 E Jackson (Der) 16:04; 6 A Tolley (Hallam) 16:50; 7 I Shipley (Der) 17:05; 8 P Weller (AV&EAC) 17:06; 9 M Welsh (Der) 17:14; 10 H Lynas (Hean) 17:19 TEAM: 1 Hallamshire 13; 2 Derby 21; 3 Amber V 35; 4 Ashbourne OS 38; 5 Buxton 58 U11 (1.5km): 1 E Colebrook (Bux) 8:00; 2 M Goddard (Osm COE) 8:06; 3 S Brown (Ashb PS) 8:11 TEAM: Ashbourne PS 20

Darren Deed (632): five titles in six years

BRIAN GRAVES

BEDFORDSHIRE/ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Biggleswade, January 4 DARREN DEED ensured that his Bedford & County club took the Bedfordshire team award with victory by more than a minute over team-mate James Minter but it was a close run thing as M45 Simon Coombes led Leighton Buzzard to within a point. The 41-year-old Deed completed a hat-trick of wins with his fifth victory in six years. Christine Lathwell made it a veteran over-40 double by landing a victory over Joanna Sharples in the women’s event. Former refugee Zena Saez, the Inter-county U15 bronze medallist, led home five Bedford & county runners in the U15 boys’ race to make it his third championship over the country in a row. Alex Bampton took the Buckinghamshire senior men’s title but had to concede to Deed in the combined race but only one senior team closed in six runners. Elle Roche led a Milton Keynes 1-2-3 in the senior women’s event as she retained her title as Kirsten Stillwell, who was top U17 in the UK Cross November race at Tear Drop Lakes took the U17 title. Chiltern were again dominant in the younger age groups as Alden Collier won the U13 boys’ race and Lesedi Nkoane the U13 girls’, with Alice Brown adding the U15 title. Men (11km): 1 D Deed (Bed C, M40) 36:03; 2 A Bampton (High) 36:46; 3 P Mizon (Mil K) 36:52; 4 R Slade (Chilt) 36:59; 5 J Seddon (Mil K) 37:02; 6 F Downs (Chilt) 37:07; 7 J Minter (Bed C, U20) 37:19; 8 E Hind (Mil K) 37:22; 9 T Comerford (Mil K) 38:02; 10 C Wheeler (MKDP) 38:49; 11 S Coombes (Herne H, M45) 38:58; 12 R

Elmore (L Buzz, M35) 39:27; 13 P Farmer (Ampthill & Flitwick Flyers AC, M40) 39:42; 14 C May (VoA) 39:44; 15 A Davidson (Chilt) 39:48; 16 C Palmer (Bed C, M40) 39:52; 17 I Halpin (Ampt, M35) 40:04; 18 P Mackrell (L Buzz, M35) 40:07; 19 M Ma (Leight FR) 40:09; 20 J Farmer (Redway) 40:10; 21 R Barnes (Stop) 40:14; 22 N Hughes (Chilt, M50) 40:24; 23 E Forsythe (Mil K, U20) 40:25; 24 S Tuttle (Mil K) 40:25; 25 R Taylor (VoA, M45) 41:30; 26 E Wilson (Bed C, M45) 42:04; 27 J Vick (Mil K, M40) 42:08; 28 T Kimber (L Buzz, M40) 42:23; 29 P Williamson (L Buzz Tri, M50) 42:43; 30 T Inchley (L Buzz, M35) 43:03 M50: 3 J Bell (L Buzz) 43:36. M55: 1 M Beare (Ampt) 44:39 BEDS TEAM: 1 Bed C 66; 2 L Buzz 67; 3 Ampthill & F 110; 4 Leighton FR 53; 5 Bed H 228

BUCKS TEAM: Mil K 44 BUCKS M40 TEAM: Vale of Aylesbury 31

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Rendcombe College, January 4 Men (10km): 1 J Denne (Glouc) 35:13; 2 B Price (Chelt) 35:17; 3 J Bingham (Chelt, M40) 35:29; 4 D Bell (Ciren) 36:12; 5 R Kowenicki (THH, M40) 36:20; 6 B Leggate (Ciren, M40) 36:26; 7 D Wight (Chelt) 37:05; 8 M Fallows (Chelt, M45) 37:18; 9 H Evans (Les C, M45) 37:24; 10 J Thomas (Ciren, M35) 37:28; 11 A Bailey (Chelt, M45) 38:18; 12 S Leadbeater (Unatt) 38:29; 13 O Parry (Glouc, M35) 38:33; 14 T Hunton (Ciren) 38:35; 15 J Rose (Severn, M40) 38:37; 16 T Radley (Chelt) 38:55; 17 J Everett (Durs) 39:02; 18 R Twilley (Stroud) 39:41; 19 M Hughes (Chelt, M40) 39:42; 20 D Schofield (Chelt) 39:50; 21 A Williams (Ciren, M40) 39:55; 22 I Barrett (Ciren, M45) 40:12; 23 J Barry (Stroud, M45) 40:38; 24 R Brown (Ciren, M35) 40:45; 25 M Sysum (Ciren, M45) 40:48; 26 J Hand (Almost, M35) 41:00; 27 J Mower (Glouc, M50) 41:17; 28 G Edwards (Chelt, M40) 41:27; 29 S Hall (Chelt, M45) 41:38; 30 A Willis (Ciren) 41:40 M50: 2 D Howells (Severn) 42:57. M55: 1 D Durden (Durs) 45:48;. M60: 1 M Ede (Chelt) 46:04 U20 (6.5km): 1 L Pennington (Chelt, U17) 23:48; 2 R Hardman (Card Arch, U17) 23:56; 3 A Rawlings (Severn, U17) 24:04; 4 O Campbell (Ciren, U17) 24:09; 5 T Scott (Glouc, U17) 25:10; 6 L Dailey (Stroud) 25:38; 7 E Bingham (Chelt, U17) 26:36; 8 J Astor (Bourt, U17) 27:25; 9 O Powell (Chelt) 27:26; 10 E Cole (Bath) 27:26 U15 (4.5km): 1 F Hart (Unatt) 15:56; 2 C Worsfold (Unatt) 16:10; 3 I Henderson (Chelt)

16:36; 4 H Daniel (Brack) 16:41; 5 J Bennett (FoD) 17:38; 6 A Cross (Chelt) 18:08; 7 C Boulton (Cotswold Allrunners) 18:50; 8 W Holdsworth (Chelt) 19:09; U13 (3.3km): 1 H Sheffield (Ciren) 13:00; 2 S Wilson (Cotswold Allrunners) 13:23; 3 J Bagot (Swin) 13:40; 4 T Darton (SG) 13:50; 5 K Dee (Bourt) 14:05; 6 C Astor (Bourt) 14:18; 7 F Coombe (Chelt) 14:20; 8 G Swayne (Bourt) 14:27; 9 N Harrison (Bourt) 14:28; 10 O Mitchell (Glouc) 14:32 ;U11 (2km): 1 M Astor (Bourt) 8:42; 2 M Powell (Unatt) 9:10; 3 H Knight (Chelt) 9:10 Women (6.5km): 1 K Sheppard (Chelt, U17) 27:48; 2 E Burfitt (Chelt, U20) 28:05; 3 K Newcombe (Stroud) 28:20; 4 L Bradshaw (CLC, W35) 28:27; 5 E Chandler (Stroud) 28:29; 6 B Moor (Glouc) 28:30; 7 M Ashley (Glouc, U17) 28:39; 8 J Wassell (Stroud, W50) 28:42; 9 R See (Chelt) 29:01; 10 C Clark (Ciren, W35) 29:09; 11 C Mcglone (Glouc) 29:21; 12 B Bishop (Glouc, U20) 29:33; 13 H Knight (CLC, W40) 29:39; 14 H Willis (Ciren) 30:05; 15 G Knapp (Swin, U20) 30:11; 16 K Heyrman (CLC) 30:12; 17 A Midgley (Glouc, W35) 30:13; 18 K Davenport (Severn) 30:25; 19 R Vines (CLC, W35) 31:55; 20 S Sheppard (Chelt, W35) 32:05 W40: 2 G Emile (Angels) 32:28; 3 L Meek (FoD) 32:39. W45: 1 F Brady-Miller (CLC) 32:38; 2 C Roberts (FoD) 33:32. W50: 2 T Wickens (Glouc) 32:07; 3 D Dee (Bourt) 32:32;. W55: 1 I Harris (Almost) 34:41; 2 C Watt (Thornb) 34:58; 3 R Rowland (Thornb) 35:00. W60: 1 M Derrick (Unatt) 32:30; 2 K Sackett (Ciren) 33:56; 3 A

U20 (8km): 1 E Blythman (Bed C) 28:15; 2 M Dicks (Mil K) 28:22; 3 R Hickman (Mil K) 29:02; 4 F Dyer (Wyc P) 29:06; 5 M Sidhu (MKDP) 29:12; 6 J Noblett (Lut) 29:21; 7 F Gibbs (Mil K) 29:39; 8 T Davies (Chilt) 31:45 BUCKS TEAM: Mil K 15 U17 (6km): 1 L Freeland (Mil K) 19:51; 2 A Alston (Bed C) 19:58; 3 A Aldred (Chilt) 20:27; 4 N Jones (VoA) 20:34; 5 J Palmer (Chilt) 20:37; 6 J Sanderson (Wyc P) 20:45; 7 J Rose (Mil K) 20:49; 8 J Lee (Hill) 20:56; 9 B Jackson (Chilt) 21:13; 10 M McGarvie (Chilt) 21:31 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Chiltern 23; 2 Mil K 29 U15 (4km): 1 T Askey (Chilt) 13:26; 2 C Nisbet (Chilt) 13:29; 3 T Redmond (Chilt) 13:32; 4 R Parry (Wyc P) 13:37; 5 Z Saez

(Bed C) 13:45; 6 T Eaton (Chilt) 14:00; 7 N Campion (Bed C) 14:10; 8 E Maxwell (VoA) 14:12; 9 C Tripp (Mil K) 14:12; 10 E Johnson (Mil K) 14:12 BEDS TEAM: 1 Bed C 6; 2 Bed C B 16 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Chiltern 11; 2 Mil K 38; 3 VoA 60 U13 (3km): 1 A Collier (Chilt) 10:32; 2 M Baxter (Chilt) 11:18; 3 C Barnes (Bed C) 11:22; 4 N Hammett (MKDP) 11:33; 5 R Gawne (Chilt) 11:36; 6 H Charles (Cookham) 11:40; 7 E McCall (Chilt) 11:45; 8 A Hughes (Chilt) 11:50; 9 C Chillingworth (Wyc P) 11:54; 10 M Newman (Mil K) 12:04 BEDS TEAM: 1 Bed C 9; 2 Luton 21; 3 Bed C B 24; 4 L Buzz 39 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Chiltern 11; 2 Mil K 51 U11 (1.5km): 1 E Hartigan (Mil K) 5:50; 2 J Smith (Mil K) 5:53; 3 T Odunaike (Mil K) 5:53 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Mil K 6; 2 Chiltern 20; 3 Wyc P 53 M60 (8km): 1 T Jones (VoA) 35:57; 2 M Clark (Leight FR) 37:16; 3 C Arnold (Bigg) 38:36; 4 F Esaw (Bed H, M70) 41:33 Women (8km): 1 E Roche (Mil K) 31:55; 2 A Ritchie (Mil K) 32:03; 3 L Bromilow (Mil K, W35) 32:32; 4 E Bates (Chilt) 33:03; 5 A Wright (VoA) 33:13; 6 R Nkoane (Chilt, W45) 33:21; 7 C Lathwell (Stop, W40) 33:33; 8 J Sharples (L Buzz) 33:46; 9 H Broom (Bigg, W35) 34:47; 10 L Nichols (Bed C, U20) 35:09; 11 C McMahon-Adie (Lut, W35) 35:46; 12 M Phair (Wyc P) 36:17; 13 A Inchley (L Buzz, W35) 36:31; 14 S Quantrill (Chilt, W40) 36:41; 15 N Garner (Bigg) 36:42; 16 N Morgan (Bigg, W40) 36:46; 17 N Baker (Mil K) 37:12; 18 S Knight (Bed H, W45) 37:29; 19 H Lowther (Wyc P) 37:51; 20 A Farnfield (L Buzz) 38:31 W50: 1 M Ward (Tring) 39:37; 2 S Cartwright (Bed H) 39:57. W55: 1 D Brent (Mil K) 39:20. W60: 1 D Baldwin (Mil K) 41:34;

Lewis (Durs) 35:04. W65: 1 M Hollamby (Bourt) 35:52; 2 C Cowley (Tewkesbury RC) 36:40.. U17: 3 G Tavner (Stroud) 32:22 U15 (4.5km): 1 K Dee (H’worth) 16:58; 2 C Thornley (Chelt) 18:09; 3 B Hardman (Card Arch) 18:15; 4 T Dee (H’worth) 18:20; 5 L Bull (Stroud) 18:48; 6 C Sheppard (Chelt) 19:07; 7 M Davis (Chelt) 19:19; 8 E Thwaites (Bourt) 19:22; 9 A Newell (Glouc) 19:38; 10 G Bowerman (Stroud) 19:52 U13 (3.3km): 1 I Watt (Ciren) 14:33; 2 R Brook (Glouc) 14:39; 3 A Stalberg (Chelt) 14:50; 4 E Rumsey (Stroud) 14:58; 5 G Howell (Chelt) 15:23; 6 E Davenport (Stroud) 15:25; 7 S Rosewell (Stroud) 15:31; 8 A Bond (Stroud) 15:36; 9 K Mills (Chelt) 15:45; 10 I Merriman (Stroud) 15:50; U11 (2km): 1 M Thomson (Chelt) 9:12; 2 O Roddick (Bourt) 9:37; 3 B Heath Smith (Chelt) 9:45 ESSEX, Basildon, January 4 ADAM HICKEY comfortably took the senior men’s title but he could not stop Havering annexing the team trophy. Second-placed Francis Conway was left well over a minute down as Hickey notched up his third win in succession to add to his Inter-County victory back in March. Jess Judd returned to her home county to take the senior women’s event by almost a minute from Hannah Irwin. The Europearn Cross sixth-placer and team gold medallist won her first county cross-country title since

BEDS TEAM: 1 Biggleswade 18; 2 L Buzz 18; 3 Bed H 34; 4 Bed H B 54; 5 Dunstable 57; 6 Ampthill & F 58 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Mil K 6; 2 Chiltern 18; 3 Tring 40 BUCKS W35 TEAM: 1 Mil K 15; 2 Tring 20 BEDS W35 TEAM: 1 Bed H 21; 2 Dunstable 39; 3 Ampthill 39 U20 (6km): 1 K Stilwell (Wyc P, U17) 22:20; 2 P Anderson (Herne H) 22:44; 3 M Jones (WSEH) 23:04; 4 E Johnston (VoA, U17) 23:21; 5 A Cuthbert (VoA, U17) 23:57; 6 L Shepherd (Bed C) 24:10; 7 A Bushell (Chilt, U17) 24:39; 8 E Cooper (Wyc P, U17) 25:18; 9 K Shepherd-Cross (VoA) 25:36; 10 H Hodgskinson (Bed C, U17) 25:56 BEDS U20/U17 TEAM: Bed C 6 BUCKS U20/U17 TEAM: 1 VoA 17; 2 Wyc P 23; 3 Chiltern 31 U15 (4km): 1 A Brown (Chilt) 15:25; 2 M Hughes (Chilt) 15:30; 3 O Brown (Wyc P) 15:39; 4 N Simmons (Bed C) 15:52; 5 I Chesterton (L Buzz) 16:07; 6 E Shield (Chilt) 16:10; 7 H Ashby (Chilt) 16:25; 8 M Freeland (Mil K) 16:47; 9 M Rae (WSEH) 17:29; 10 H Seed (VoA) 17:47 BEDS TEAM: L Buzz 10 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Chiltern 7; 2 Wyc P 28; 3 Mil K 33 U13 (3km): 1 L Nkoane (Chilt) 11:36; 2 S Jacobs (MKDP) 11:41; 3 L Farr (Bed C) 11:45; 4 F Baxter (Chilt) 12:04; 5 R Foster (Bed C) 12:15; 6 M Logan (Chilt) 12:17; 7 L Wilkinson (Chilt) 12:19; 8 M Dunger (Bed C) 12:23; 9 T Gray (D&T) 12:44; 10 E Burton (Wyc P) 12:49yc P) 19:15 BEDS TEAM: Bed C 9 BUCKS TEAM: 1 Chiltern 6; 2 Wyc P 30; 3 Mil K 45 U11 (1.5km): 1 E Pearce (Mil K, U13) 6:16; 2 L McRonald (VoA) 6:23; 3 L Freeland (Mil K, U13) 6:25 BEDS TEAM: 1 L Buzz 8; 2 Bed C 13; 3 Bigglewade 26

taking the U20 gold in 2012. Thurrock’s Leon Wheeler retained his U20 men’s title, as winner Aaron Samuel led Ilford to the U17 team award The biggest winner on the day was U20 Kate O’Neill as her Havering club added team gold to go with her victory margin of almost four minutes, as the English Schools bronze medallist moved up from second last year. Basildon’s Abigail Ives was another to lead her club to team gold in the U17 women’s race. Men (10km): 1 A Hickey (S’end) 31:02; 2 F Conway (Orion) 32:19; 3 J Connor (Have, M35) 32:32; 4 C Charleston (Chelm) 33:00; 5 A Abdulle (Ilf) 33:28; 6 T Beedell (WG&EL) 33:47; 7 A Mussett (Col H, M45) 33:55; 8 R Warner (Have, M35) 34:06; 9 G Twist (Have) 34:12; 10 A Holford (WG&EL) 34:26; 11 R Maidment (Lon Hth, M45) 34:45; 12 J Cordwell (VP&TH, M40) 34:51; 13 D Fewell (Chelm, M35) 34:53; 14 B Davis (Have) 35:10; 15 S Strange (Ton) 35:12; 16 K Swan (Brain) 35:13; 17 S Cornforth (VP&TH) 35:14; 18 S Atkins (Have, U20) 35:29; 19 T Gardner (Ilf, M35) 35:38; 20 R Gillard (S’end) 35:41; 21 J Payne (VP&TH) 35:44; 22 D Southcott (WG&EL) 35:47; 23 P Dyson (VP&TH) 35:50; 24 L Taylor (S’end, M40) 35:51; 25 C Holmes (S’end, M45) 35:52; 26 D Steel (WG&EL, M35) 35:52; 27 H Wyber (WG&EL) 35:53; 28 G Watts (Have, M35) 36:04; 29 A Richards (Ilf) 36:08; 30 J Stockings (WG&EL) 36:13; 31 P Grange (Ilf, M40) 36:18; 32 O Peris (Ilf) 36:23; 33 C Sellens (Col H, M35) 36:26; 34 P Gaimster (VP&TH, M45) 36:30; 35 J

RESULTS Sullivan (Spring S, M35) 36:40; 36 L Fitz-John (Spring S) 36:49; 37 J Hutchison (Eton M, M35) 36:50; 38 L Baynton (Ben) 36:51; 39 J Bewley (VP&TH, M35) 36:53; 40 S Boxall (S’end) 37:01 M50: 1 K Marley (Col H) 38:35; 2 M Bland (Have) 39:04; 3 P Holloway (Ilf) 39:27. M55: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 40:05; 2 T Pecoraro (Have) 42:50; 3 T Knightley (Ilf) 43:59;. M60: 1 P Tullett (Chelm) 42:36. M65: 1 D Butler (B’cay) 40:01; 2 M Bumstead (Thurr) 47:23 TEAM: 1 Havering 80; 2 WG&EL 121; 3 VP&TH 146; 4 Southend 154; 5 Ilford 185; 6 Col H 246; 7 Springfield 352; 8 Braintree 420; 9 Havering B 438; 10 Eton M 450 U20 mixed (8km): 1 L Wheeler (Thurr) 27:27; 2 Z Bridgeland (Chelm) 27:50; 3 T Newell (Thurr) 28:14; 4 S Norris (S’end) 28:20; 5 F Richardson (C&T) 28:34; 6 T Adolphus (WG&EL) 28:38; 7 M Prior (Ilf) 28:45; 8 B Prior (Thurr) 28:58; 9 L Harknett (Orion) 29:10; 10 I Brown (Bas) 29:32; 14 K O’Neil (Have, U20W) 30:23; 20 S Clark (Ben, U20W) 34:02; 22 R Broome (Chelm, U20W) 34:13; 23 S Rand (Have, U20W) 34:59; 24 A Pearce (Orion, U20W) 35:19; 25 A Cole (Orion, U20W) 35:47; 27 G Ralston (S’end, U20W) 36:09; 28 J Hinds (Ilf, U20W) 37:36; U20 TEAM: Basildon 59 U20 women TEAM: Havering 24 U17 mixed (5km): 1 A Samuel (Ilf) 16:48; 2 J Doye (WG&EL) 17:02; 3 J Wright (Ilf) 17:08; 4 A Cahill (C&T) 17:11; 5 J Rashbrook (Bas) 17:18; 6 K Allgood (WG&EL) 17:43; 7 B Deacon (Ilf) 17:49; 8 L Randall (S’end) 17:51; 9 J Lee (Bas) 18:02; 10 M Warner (S’end) 18:06; 22 A Ives (Bas, U17W) 19:01; 23 M Harris (Bas, U17W) 19:15; 24 M Harris (Bas, U17W) 19:17; 25 H Rex (Bas, U17W) 19:17; 26 H Bolton (Chelm, U17W) 19:29; 27 D Eves (Thurr, U17W) 19:32; 28 M Presland (Col H, U17W) 19:38; 29 S Foley (Have, U17W) 19:51; U17 TEAM: 1 Ilford 27; 2 Basildon 43; 3 Southend 71; 4 Chelmsford 72; 5 Basildon B 100 U17 women TEAM: 1 Basildon 14; 2 Chelmsford 43; 3 Havering 62 Women (10km): 1 J Judd (B’burn) 35:03; 2 H Irwin (Brain) 36:00; 3 L Davies (Spring S, W40) 37:33; 4 R Wiseman (Bas, W35) 37:49; 5 V Hiscock (Ben) 39:40; 6 E Houchell (Bas) 39:45; 7 L Kaye (Linc W) 40:00; 8 C Bishop (Bas) 40:17; 9 K Gundersen (VP&TH, W40) 40:19; 10 M Campbell (Have) 40:21; 11 C Thurgood (Orion, W35) 40:26; 12 H Lamkin (S’end) 40:49; 13 S Judd (Herts P, W40) 41:00; 14 L Hubbard (Col H) 41:08; 15 J Ansell (E Lon) 41:16; 16 A McArdell (WG&EL) 41:32; 17 S Stradling (Col H, W40) 41:52; 18 N Woodyard (Spring S, W40) 42:29; 19 J Hall (Vph & Th Athletics Club) 43:01; 20 S Worley (Swan) 43:11 MARK EASTON

Lizzy Janes: on her way to victory at Stevenage

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W45: 1 C Hall (Grange Farm & Dunmow) 43:12. W50: 1 D Morley (Col H) 43:49. W55: 1 L Sollars (Thurr) 44:57; 2 Z Woodward (Eton M) 48:50. W60: 1 B Nordin (Ilf) 49:23. W65: 1 L Tanner (Spring S) 54:01 TEAM: 1 VP&TH 65; 2 Basildon 67; 3 Col H 76; 4 Havering 103; 5 Springfield 13; 6 Southend 129; 7 Thurrock 141; 8 Col H B 170; 9 E London 186; 10 Benfleet 195 HAMPSHIRE, Curdridge, Winchester, January 4 EURO Junior 11th-placer Zak Mahamed opted to compete in the senior race and narrowly led home his Southampton team-mate Will Bryan as they took the team title from fourth placed Phil Sewell’s Aldershot. The 19-year-old added to his fourth spot in last year’s Inter-Counties U20 championship, leaving the way clear for Henry McLuckie to retain his county U20 title, while fellow Vectis runner Campbell Laird narrowly added the U17 gold. Inter-Counties fifth-placer, James Lewis, had a narrow win over Jersey’s Bradley Andrews-Callec in the U13 event. In the absence of the many Aldershot senior women, the title went to Helen Hall who moved up from fifth last year. Summer Woodhead, who does most of her running on Guernsey, retained her U15 title and was part of a big squad from the Channel Islands competing here. Men (12km): 1 Z Mahamed (Soton, U20) 38:57; 2 W Bryan (Soton) 39:01; 3 A Greenleaf (Serp, M35) 39:43; 4 P Sewell (AFD) 39:57; 5 J Roberts (Soton) 40:22; 6 A Pointon (AFD) 40:33; 7 S Costley (Soton) 40:39; 8 G King (Win) 40:45; 9 J Boswell (AFD) 41:20; 10 D Eckersley (K&P) 41:38; 11 D Ragan (BMH, M35) 41:52; 12 P Cardy (Ports, M35) 41:56; 13 B Smith (AFD) 41:59; 14 T Syckelmoore (BMH) 42:05; 15 M Marshall (Soton) 42:23; 16 J Quinlan (AFD) 42:25; 17 R Lovejoy (AFD) 42:41; 18 J Priest (Guern) 42:47; 19 R James (Soton) 42:58; 20 D Cunnington (Win) 43:02; 21 A Rowe (Guern, U20) 43:07; 22 S Lesley (Guern) 43:08; 23 G Brayn (Win) 43:24; 24 O Smith (Soton) 43:32; 25 A Hamilton (BMH, M45) 43:37; 26 J Davies (Soton, M35) 44:18; 27 G Klepacz (Soton, M35) 44:34; 28 L Banner (Stubb G) 44:37; 29 A Tuck (Ryde, M35) 44:57; 30 S Galpin (Guern) 45:16 M40: 1 W Bevan (Win) 45:31; 2 P Sansome (Win) 45:52; 3 T Glancy (AFD) 46:27. M45: 2 D Howard (Ports) 45:38; 3 J Smith (Soton) 45:48. M50: 1 J Kane (And) 45:49; 2 M Stileman (Roms) 46:25; 3 C Dewey (And) 48:03. M55: 1 J Grainger (Soton) 47:15; 2 C Try (AFD) 49:18; 3 A Graham (Lords) 50:09. M65: 1 A Soane (AFD) 50:33. M70: 1 M Renyard (Hard) 58:11; 2 M Anglim (Hard) 60:40; 3 E Connolly (Soton) 62:58 TEAM: 1 Soton 49; 2 AFD 65; 3 Winchester 151; 4 Guernsey 180; 5 Soyon B 197; 6 BMH 291; 7 Winchester B 337; 8 Stubb G 374; 9 Guernsey B 466; 10 AFD B 495 U20 (8.1km): 1 H Mcluckie (IoW) 27:07; 2 S Charig (Ports) 27:11; 3 J O’Hara (Ports) 27:37; 4 T Wright (Soton) 28:12; 5 T Doran (AFD) 28:32; 6 B Pattison (BMH) 28:58; 7 X Booth (AFD) 29:50; 8 C Crook (Ports) 30:02; 9 T Woods (Win) 30:26; 10 I Powers (Guern) 30:27 TEAM: 1 Portsmouth 13; 2 Guernsey 35 U17 (6.1km): 1 C Laird (IoW) 20:31; 2 T Brawn (And) 20:36; 3 R Sharman-Newell (BMH) 21:00; 4 S Roberts (Win) 21:24; 5 T Atkinson (Jersey Spartan) 21:42; 6 A Lakeland (BMH) 21:45; 7 J Kemp (BMH) 21:48; 8 D Scally (Win) 21:57; 9 C Coveney (BMH) 21:59; 10 R Martin (AFD) 22:08 TEAM: 1 BMH 16; 2 Winchester 26; 3 BMH B 32; 4 AFD 41 U15 (4.1km): 1 B Brown (Soton) 14:06; 2 D Shattock (AFD) 14:17; 3 M Geddes (Jer) 14:19; 4 C Walker-Powell (Ports) 14:50; 5 B White (BMH) 14:52; 6 N Lane (BMH) 15:01; 7 O Harvey-nash

(And) 15:03; 8 B Chesterfield (Win) 15:13; 9 G Lambert (Soton) 15:18; 10 J Harold (BMH) 15:20 TEAM: 1 BMH 38; 2 AFD 47; 3 Soton 51; 4 Jersey 80; 5 Winchester 85; 6 Portsmouth 87 U13 (3.3km): 1 J Lewis (Win) 11:22; 2 J Pepin (Soton) 11:29; 3 S Parkinson (Win) 11:32; 4 O Stephenson (Winchester & District) 11:43; 5 B Andrews-Callec (Jer) 11:51; 6 O Smith (AFD) 11:58; 7 J Moores (Win) 11:59; 8 R Baines (Jer) 12:06; 9 A Pearson (IoW) 12:13; 10 T Merrien (Guern) 12:21 TEAM: 1 Wincheser 15; 2 Soton 51; 3 Jersey 59; 4 Winchester B 65; 5 BMH 90; 6 Guernsey 90 U11 (1.8km): 1 S Phillips (Soton) 6:15; 2 S Fossa (Soton) 6:18; 3 E Skipwith (Win) 6:18 TEAM: 1 Winchester 40; 2 Soton 50; 3 Guernsey 56 Women (8.4km): 1 H Hall (Win) 31:18; 2 S Mercier (Guern) 31:51; 3 C Thorp (Ports) 31:56; 4 S Kingston (Soton) 32:08; 5 J James (Guern, W35) 32:21; 6 K Stevens (AFD) 32:29; 7 C Chalwin (BMH) 32:35; 8 E Stevens (AFD) 32:49; 9 R Wallace (Fleet, W35) 33:04; 10 A Sharp (Soton) 33:08; 11 C Metcalfe (Ryde, W40) 33:19; 12 G Barry (Soton) 33:29; 13 E Jolley (Ports, W35) 33:34; 14 C Ragan (BMH) 33:47; 15 R Sleap (BMH) 33:58; 16 L Locks (AFD, W40) 34:09; 17 G Bigg (BMH) 34:13; 18 K Borland (Win) 34:17; 19 M Jones-Walters (Soton) 34:30; 20 E Montiel (Ports, W40) 34:35; 21 S Parkinson (Win, W45) 34:42; 22 C McErlean (Soton, W35) 34:47; 23 L Fenwick (Win) 35:09; 24 L Short (Soton, W35) 35:15; 25 C Hoskins (Winchester & District, W40) 35:47; 26 N Roebuck (Stubb G, W40) 35:52; 27 A Bream (Havant) 36:02; 28 L Perrio (Guern, W35) 36:05; 29 N Petit (Guern) 36:15; 30 J Gandee (Win, W50) 36:19 W45: 2 E Carter (Win) 37:02; 3 A Coomber (Liss) 37:22.. W50: 2 K Noyce (And) 36:56; 3 P Abbott (Fleet) 40:15. W55: 1 A Fenwick (Win) 40:10; 2 J Morgan (Hard) 42:07. W60: 1 J Hodge (Hard) 42:44. W70: 1 P Forse (Stubb G) 40:55; TEAM: 1 Soton 45; 2 BMH 53; 3 Winchester 63; 4 Guernsey 64; 5 Portsmouth 82; 6 Soton B 129; 7 Winchester B 136; 8 Fleet 139; 9 BMH B 175; 10 Stubb G 185 U20 (6.4km): 1 A Woolaston (And) 24:28; 2 A Wills (Brack) 25:03; 3 G Mann (Win) 25:17; 4 A Calder (Win) 26:01; 5 I Mannion (BMH) 26:33; 6 E Purdue (Ports) 27:59 U17 (5.2km): 1 L Neate (Win) 19:41; 2 R Gillett (AFD) 19:46; 3 I HInkley (Soton) 19:56; 4 I Beck (Win) 20:09; 5 M Sawyer (W’borne) 20:12; 6 S Tydeman (Win) 20:17; 7 H Foster (Win) 20:18; 8 R Horton (AFD) 20:33; 9 A Dunne (Win) 20:43; 10 M Cooper (Soton) 20:55 TEAM: 1 Winchester 11; 2 AFD 22; 3 Winchester B 30; 4 Portsmouth 48 U15 (4.1km): 1 S Woodhead (Guern) 15:56; 2 R Chesterfield (Win) 16:09; 3 E Atkinson (Jer) 16:18; 4 A Moore (Win) 16:23; 5 C Wigley (AFD) 16:35; 6 R Fossa (Soton) 16:35; 7 L Phillips (Soton) 16:39; 8 K Youp (Soton) 16:51; 9 E Wigley (AFD) 17:01; 10 O East (Ports) 17:11 TEAM: 1 Soton 32; 2 Winchester 49; 3 AFD 46; 4 Portsmouth 69; 5 Jersey 79; 6 BMH 113 U13 (3.3km): 1 E Bailey (Soton) 12:48; 2 E Hall (Jer) 13:00; 3 P Worthy (Chapel Tristars) 13:09; 4 D Hawkins (B’mth) 13:14; 5 F Coomber (Ports) 13:15; 6 S Stephens (Jersey Spartan) 13:21; 7 M Connolly (BMH) 13:40; 8 D Robbins (Ports) 13:43; 9 R Gascoyne (AFD) 13:45; 10 E Bailey (Soton) 13:48; TEAM: 1 Portsmouth 35; 2 Soton 36; 3 Jersey 53; 4 BMH 59; 5 Winchester 120; 6 Portsmouth B 121 U11 (2.0km): 1 I Hall (Jersey Spartan) 8:03; 2 P Taylor (Win,) 8:11; 3 D Allford (BMH) 8:16 TEAM: 1 Winchester 29; 2 BMH 58; 3 Winchester B 85 HERTFORDSHIRE, Stevenage< January 5 LIAM DEE won in a canter eventually opening

out a margin of more than two minutes but it was much closer in the women’s race where Lizzie Janes took a narrow victory over Herts Phoenix Team Mate Emily Ruane. This was after two recent Met League wins and three previous Hertfordshire championship second spots. Men (12km): 1 L Dee (SB) 36:37; 2 C Booth (Chelt) 38:56; 3 J Eykelbosch (Card) 39:16; 4 O Bell (Ware J) 39:25; 5 S Janally (Stoke) 39:28; 6 P Adams (St Alb S, M35) 39:33; 7 R Connor (Stoke) 39:57; 8 J Scott (St Alb S, M40) 40:22; 9 A Leach (N Herts, M55) 40:26; 10 R Rowlands (D&T) 40:32; 11 M Waddington (Ware J) 40:36; 12 L Delderfield (Tring, M35) 40:43; 13 P Evans (St Alb S, M35) 40:57; 14 D O’Sullivan (Wat J, M40) 41:09; 15 E Price (N Herts, M40) 41:10; 16 T Halling (St Alb) 41:14; 17 D Davies (Barn) 41:18; 18 A Horton (Barn) 41:20; 19 T Beach (Royst) 41:22; 20 S Collum (Wat J, M35) 41:38 M45: 1 M Vaughan (N Herts) 42:21. M50: 1 M Adcock (Wat) 42:24. M55: 2 A Holt (Gard CR) 45:00. M70: 1 R Bloom (Herts P) 54:47 TEAM: 1 St Albans 100; 2 Wat J 127; 3 NHRR 132; 4 Ware 169; 5 Dacorum & T 224; 6 Royston 3025 U20 men and women (8km): 1 T Patrick (SB, U20) 25:32; 2 K Imroth (SB, U20) 25:43; 3 B Rushman (Herts P, U20) 27:10; 4 J Edwards (SB, U20) 27:24; 5 W Bowran (St Alb, U20) 27:49; 6 J Fox (Read, U20) 27:53; 7 G Mangan (Barn, U20) 28:02; 8 A Hughes (Herts P) 28:21 U20 TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 7; 2 St Albans 24 Women: 1 L Janes (Herts P) 28:04; 2 E Ruane (Herts P) 28:15; 3 J Hickman-Dunne (B&B) 30:06; 4 L Waterlow (St Alb S, W35) 31:24; 5 C Hallissey (D&T, W35) 31:58; 6 M Hall (Gard CR, W40) 32:02; 7 S Fawcett (D&T, W35) 32:27; 8 H Mussen (Wat J, W40) 32:35; 9 L Jones (St Alb S) 32:40; 10 K Murphy (Barn, W50) 32:48; 11 J Kent (Barn, W50) 32:52; 12 D Rushman (Herts P, W50) 32:56; 13 R Gardiner (SB) 33:16; 14 A Wood (FVS, W50) 33:32; 15 S Pretty-Connors (Dunst, W35) 33:34; 16 H Turner (Harp A, W40) 33:41; 17 M Steer (St Alb) 33:43; 18 H Wardley (Chilt) 34:07; 19 I Found (Herts P) 34:18; 20 K March (Barn, W40) 34:24 W55: 1 D Steer (St Alb S) 37:50. W60: 1 L Hembury (Tring) 35:43 TEAM: 1 Herts P 34; 2 St Albans 55; 3 Dac & T 66; 4 Barnet 67; 5 FVS 85; 6 Harpenden 99 U17 men and U20 women (6km): 1 S Burnell (D&T, U17) 18:30; 2 F Truman-Williams (D&T, U17) 18:38; 3 C Woollett (Wat, U17) 18:47; 4 J Moore (St Alb S, U17) 18:55; 5 S Sloan (WG&EL, U17) 19:08; 6 J Chamberlain (D&T, U17) 19:27; 7 T O’Reilly (D&T, U17) 19:48; 8 A Tanner (St Alb S, U17) 19:56; 9 D Gill (Herts P, U17) 20:02; 10 M Armstrong (D&T, U17) 20:07; 19 L Rowedder (Herts P, U20W) 21:15; 21 C Durbin (St Alb, U17W) 21:34; 23 I Patel (SB, U20W) 21:50; 25 M Groom (SB, U20W) 22:26; 26 H Trotman (Wat, U20W) 23:04; 27 J Rosewarn (Wat, U20W) 23:24; 28 E Roncarati (SB, U17W) 23:37; 29 E Brown (St Alb S, U17W) 23:57; 30 E McCabe (N Herts, U17W) 24:09 U17 TEAM: 1 Dac & T 9; 2 St Albans 24; 3 Watford 39. U17 women TEAM: St Albans 16 U15 mixed (4.5km): 1 T Wannerton (SNH) 13:48; 2 O Loveday (St Alb S) 13:55; 3 Z Segal (St Alb S) 14:08; 4 A McDonald (St Alb) 14:17; 5 B Gostick (St Alb S) 14:24; 6 M Winfield (SB) 14:32; 7 E Johnson (WG&EL) 14:37; 8 G Ward (Herts P) 14:40; 9 H Read (St Alb S, U15W) 14:41; 10 A Jubb (St Alb S, U15W) 14:49; 14 L Tse (St Alb S, U15W) 15:03; 15 S Mcgrath (St Alb S, U15W) 15:13; 17 G Mason (Bish S, U15W) 15:33 U15 TEAM: 1 St Albans 9; 2 S&NH 27; 3 Herts P 34; 4 Barnet 36; 5 St Albans B 37. U15 girls TEAM: 1 St Albans 6; 2 Dac & T 25; 3 St Albans B 31; 4 Barnet 43; 5 S&NH 44; 6 Dac & T B 51 U13 (3km): 1 G Stubbs (SB) 10:00; 2 T Cadwallader (Shaftesbury BH) 10:05; 3 C Fairey (SNH) 10:09; 4 L Doran (Chilt) 10:33; 5 M Nicholls (St Alb S) 10:37; 6 A Pinder (Chilt) 10:43; 7 L

Baughan-Withington (Barn) 10:47; 8 E Wade (St Alb S) 10:48; 9 A Ward (SB) 10:51; 10 T Bailey (St Alb S) 10:59 TEAM: 1 Shaftesbury 12; 2 Chiltern 21; 3 St Albans 23; 4 Watford 50; 5 S&NH 57; 6 Barnet 57; 7 Herts P 75; 8 St Albans B 76; 9 B Stort 89; 10 S&NH B 97 U11 (1.5km): 1 T Ford (Chilt) 3:52; 2 A Seddon (D&T, U13) 3:56; 3 O Milnes (D&T) 3:59 TEAM: 1 St Albans 20; 2 Barnet 49; 3 S&NH 50 U13 girls (3km): 1 P Gill (St Alb S) 10:51; 2 T Major (WG&EL) 11:08; 3 L Connell (D&T) 11:19; 4 R Vickery (St Alb S) 11:23; 5 A Manson (SNH) 11:24; 6 B Evans (D&T) 11:30; 7 P Fisher (St Alb S) 11:52; 8 J Cadge (D&T) 11:57; 9 I Rose (SNH) 11:59; 10 E Ford (Chilt) 12:05 TEAM: 1 St Albans 12; 2 Dac & T 17; 3 S&NH 33; 4 Dac & T B 42; 5 Watford 56; 6 St Albans B 50 U11 (1.5km): 1 G Read (St Alb S) 3:59; 2 J March (Barn) 4:10; 3 G Tongue (St Alb) 4:18 TEAM: 1 St Albans 13; 2 Barnet 33; 3 Herts P 34 HUMBERSIDE, Weelsby Woods, January 5 Men (11.8km): 1 S Smith (AFD) 39:54; 2 R Weekes (E Hull, M35) 41:56; 3 R Page (Linc W) 42:22; 4 A Gibson (E Hull) 42:54; 5 G Clarkson (KuH, M35) 43:22; 6 R Bugg (Army) 43:26; 7 L Jurek (Clee) 43:32; 8 G Young (E Hull, M35) 43:36; 9 S Spencer (Fitmums & Friends) 43:39; 10 L Suddaby (E Hull) 44:04; 11 J Taylor (Brid) 44:41; 12 S Higgins (Clee, M35) 44:45; 13 G Couzens (E Hull) 44:46; 14 D James (Clee) 44:52; 15 L Holloway (Bev, M45) 45:45; 16 S Dring (Wold, M50) 45:49; 17 A Deyes (E Hull) 45:49; 18 M Skelton (Clee, M40) 46:11; 19 S Logan (Bev, M35) 46:13; 20 G Crompton (Scun, M35) 46:15 M70: 1 M Casey (Barns) 53:05 TEAM: 1 E Hull 54; 2 Clee 104; 3 Scun 194 U20 (7.8km): 1 B Plumpton (Clee) 30:03; 2 H Anderson (KuH) 32:14 U20 women/U17 men (6.4km): 1 H Hudson (KuH, U17) 21:55; 2 K Wiles (Bart D, U17) 22:29; 3 T Smales (KuH, U17) 23:02; 4 O Donkin (Bart D, U17) 24:07; 5 H Cullen (Donc, U17) 24:15; 6 S Blackburn (Scun, U17) 26:51;9 S Clark (Bart D, U20W) 32:42 U17 TEAM: Bart 13 U17 women/U15 men (4.6km): 1 J Carrotte (Clee, U15) 16:32; 2 E Vickers (Bart D, U15) 16:38; 3 L Walton (Goole Y, U15) 17:15; 4 R Greenway (Clee, U17W) 17:24; 5 M Hatfield (CoH, U17W) 17:49; 6 G Rice (Bev, U15) 18:30; 7 R Smith (Clee, U15) 18:33; 11 H Pickering (KuH, U17W) 19:04; 12 R Gorry (Humber Tri, U17W) 19:08 U17 women TEAM: Clee 12 U15 TEAM: 1 KuH 11; 2 Clee 15; 3 Scun 33 U15 girls TEAM: 1 Clee 14; 2 Bart 21 U13 mixed (3.4km): 1 C Phillips (Clee, U13W) 13:19; 2 T Muir (Scun) 13:23; 3 A Scruton (KuH) 13:36; 4 M Carrotte (Clee, U13W) 13:45; 5 A Ewing (Grim) 13:49; 6 L Brooks (York, U13W) 13:57; 7 K Davies (Scun) 14:07; 8 L Gilbertson (York, U13W) 14:13; 9 E Griffiths (Clee, U13W) 14:27; 10 J Wright (Clee) 14:29 U13 boys TEAM: 1 Clee 22; 2 Bart 42; 3 Clee B 45. U13 girls TEAM: 1 Clee 8; 2 Bart 35; 3 Grim 37 U11 (2km): 1 D Campbell (York) 7:52; 2 A Jones (Sky, U11W) 8:03; 3 C Proudlove (Bev) 8:06; 4 K Betts (Scun, U11W) 8:11 Women (9.6km): 1 B Briggs (CoH, U20) 37:26; 2 S Lee (CoH) 39:40; 3 A Scales (Scun) 42:32; 4 S Crowther (Fitmums & Friends, W40) 42:46; 5 N Whitaker (CoH, W45) 43:48; 6 B Grogan (Goole Y) 43:52; 7 L Foster (Clee, W40) 43:53; 8 C Walsh (Goole Y, W40) 44:12; 9 A Pearson (Scun, W35) 46:13; 10 G Atkin (Bart D) 46:14 TEAM: 1 CoH 8; 2 F&F 32; 3 Clee 33 LANCASHIRE, Blackburn, January 4 Overall (9.8km): 1 B Fish (B’burn, M35) 32:18; 2 G Priestley (Salf) 32:57; 3 T Raynes

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(B’burn) 33:01; 4 K Davis (Prest, U20) 33:11; 5 D Mullarkey (Manx, U20) 33:26; 6 A Corlett (Manx) 33:30; 7 C Livesey (Salf, M35) 33:36; 8 M Mackay (Ross, U20) 34:12; 9 M Fazakerley (Prest, U20) 34:26; 10 R Webb (Ross) 34:42; 11 K Billington (B’burn) 34:48; 12 T Corrigan (RVH, M35) 34:50; 13 C Davies (B’burn, M40) 34:58; 14 B Costello (B’burn) 35:13; 15 A Cheetham (Clay, M40) 35:18; 16 C Richardson (Ross) 35:21; 17 J Holgate (B’burn) 35:37; 18 D Rigby (Salf) 35:39; 19 R Harrison (Liv PS, U20) 35:53; 20 M Harris (Ross) 36:01; 21 S Hall (RVH, M40) 36:02; 22 S Livesey (RVH, M45) 36:03; 23 J Gebbie (B’burn, U20) 36:09; 24 S Collins (Prest, M35) 36:11; 25 A Bell (Manx, U20) 36:22; 26 J Cleaver (Ross, M35) 36:38; 27 T Marchant (B’burn) 36:41; 28 G Shaw (Barlick, M45) 36:44; 29 M Preedy (Ross) 36:46; 30 J Prest (Traff, M45) 36:49 TEAM: 1 B’burn 59; 2 Ross 109; 3 Prest 189; 4 Ribb 215; 5 Manx H 249; 6 Clay 259; 7 L&M 284;

lap no-one looked like being a clear winner; with no fewer than 10 athletes at the front and all fairly well bunched together. Among these frontrunners were Owen Hind from Kent AC, Billy Hobbs of Tunbridge Wells and a large group from Tonbridge including Cameron Payas, reigning champion Ben Cole and Corey De’Ath. Although it was clear Tonbridge would win the team race – as they have each year (the last five) the event has been held at Brands Hatch – the individual title was certainly still up for grabs, and only at the start of the next lap of the seven-and-a-half mile race, the earlier large group having split, did De’Ath make a determined attempt to go clear. It was a bold effort but did not succeed, and following another lap it was clear De’Ath would have to settle for bronze with Hind and Cole some distance ahead of the U20 champion of 2013. Hind, with his speed – sub-14 minutes for 5000m, sub-30 minutes for 10km on the road – was taking on the doggedness and vast experience of Cole. It was intriguing now. Then, by soon turning a narrow lead into one of three to four metres, Hind had made what proved to be the winning move. He extended his lead healthily in the latter stages, and the fist-pumping, animated new champion was soon paying tribute to his coach Ken Pike. “He’s there for me in pouring rain, he’s there for me in sunshine.” Cole had lost his crown but not his generosity in defeat. “Owen,” he said, “is a class act.” The same could be said about some

of the younger winners. Oliver Bright, for example, was a gold medallist for the third year running with his U17 victory, and Anna Palmer who ran outstandingly (as anyone beating Sophie Slack simply has to) to take the U15 title and delight her coach Steve Fury and everyone at Medway and Maidstone. Then there was Alex Millard, the U17 winner three years ago but now U20 champion with a substantial winning margin. Alex Dack was perhaps the most obvious winner. He has dominated (and won) the U13 Kent league this winter and was once more superior to his young rivals. His victory by six seconds was in fact more comfortable than it sounds. The other U13 winner was Abigail Richards. She also won by six seconds; and beating Lily Slack and Natalia Austin to the gold medal was quite a good way to celebrate her 12th birthday. Men (12km): 1 O Hind (Kent) 40:15; 2 B Cole (Ton) 40:29; 3 C De’Ath (Ton) 40:43; 4 C Payas (Ton) 40:52; 5 T Menges (M&M) 41:00; 6 B Hobbs (Tun W) 41:07; 7 J Goodge (Ton) 41:10; 8 M Ellis (Ton) 41:16; 9 J Allchin (Kent) 41:22; 10 D Brown (Ton) 41:28; 11 R Braden (B&B) 41:44; 12 N Armitage-Hookes (Tip, U20) 42:06; 13 M Godden (M&M) 42:19; 14 A Howard (Ton) 42:36; 15 N Phillips (Kent, M40) 42:44; 16 N Stewart (Kent) 42:48; 17 B Massey (Camb H) 42:55; 18 A Johnson (Kent) 43:05; 19 S Brown (Ton) 43:17; 20 S Coombes (Dartf, M35) 43:21; 21 T Collins (M&M) 43:31; 22 D Morgan (Kent, M35) 43:35; 23 J Taylor (Ton) 43:47; 24 D Lacy (Camb H, M35) 43:59; 25 D Brewer (B&B) 44:01; 26 T Desborough (B&B) 44:04; 27 M Wilkins

(M&M, M35) 44:08; 28 D Bradley (Ton) 44:11; 29 A Bond (Dulw, M45) 44:13; 30 N Wilkins (Serp) 44:20; 31 B Day (Kent, M35) 44:26; 32 D Kennedy (B&B) 44:34; 33 B Reynolds (THH, M55) 44:39; 34 R Crichton (Kent) 44:44; 35 N Chapman (Ton, M35) 44:49; 36 H Paton (Ton) 45:01; 37 C Fraser (Kent) 45:05; 38 P Lighting (Kent, M35) 45:12; 39 J Crossley (M&M, M35) 45:16; 40 C Edwards (Dover, M40) 45:17; 41 J MacDonald (Camb H, M35) 45:26; 42 J Lane (M&M, M40) 45:46; 43 D Worden (Camb H) 45:51; 44 P Sanders (Kent, M45) 45:52; 45 J O’Hara (Bexley) 45:55; 46 N Wright (M&M, M40) 46:02; 47 P Bareham (Tun W) 46:08; 48 C Biddle (Dartf, M35) 46:12; 49 J Rendall (Ton, M40) 46:17; 50 B Royden (M&M, M50) 46:30 M45: 3 I McGilloway (Folk) 46:38.. M50: 2 R Tomlinson (M&M) 47:37; 3 A Rodgers (M&M) 49:24. M55: 2 A Howey (Tun W) 46:32; 3 L Reilly (Kent) 50:25.. M60: 1 R Pearce (SKH) 54:57; 2 M Beecher (Beck) 58:47. M65: 1 A Black (Camb) 59:06; 2 J Graham (Severn) 59:27. M75: 1 V Thomas (GTRI) 73:42. U20: 2 T Manning (Dartf) 47:33; 3 O Hussey (B&B) 48:55 TEAM (6 to score): 1 Tonbridge 34; 2 Kent AC 81; 3 Medway and Maidstone 147; 4 Blackheath and Bromley 223; 5 Cambridge H 287; 6 Dartford H 335 TEAM (12 to score): 1 Ton 186; 2 Kent 325; 3 M&M 498 U20/U17 (6.1km): 1 M Stonier (Inv EK) 20:16; 2 C Brisley (Inv EK) 20:19; 3 O Bright (B&B, U17) 20:23; 4 L Small (Ashf, U17) 20:33; 5 M Taylor (Ton, U17) 20:42; 6 J Kingston (Ton) 20:47; 7 J Small (Ashf, U17) 21:02; 8 D Schofield (Ton) 21:09; 9 A van der Plas (Ton) 21:11; 10 A Beeston (Ton, U17) 21:13; 11 F Gordon (Ton, U17) 21:17; 12 H Reilly (M&M, U17) 21:28; 13 H Taylor (Ton, U17) 21:29; 14 J Cunningham-Marsh (M&M) 21:31; 15 H Tremain (Ashf) 21:33 U20 TEAM: 1 Ton 12; 2 Invicta East Kent 24; 3 Bexley 37 U17 TEAM: 1 Ton 22; 2 B&B 60; 3 Dartf 123 U15 (4.4km): 1 J Keir (Inv EK) 15:13; 2 J Stevens (TRR) 15:22; 3 T Hutton (Inv EK) 15:32; 4 M Smith (B&B) 15:44; 5 J Prendergast (Ton) 15:48; 6 A Jeddo (Ton) 15:48; 7 E Coutts (Ton) 15:53; 8 A Tutt (B&B) 15:53; 9 A Ganguli (Ton) 15:57; 10 H Gear (M&M) 15:59 TEAM: 1 Ton 27; 2 B&B 66; 3 M&M 81 U13 (3.05km): 1 A Dack (TRR) 11:27; 2 O Scott (Inv EK) 11:33; 3 R Maisey (TRR) 11:39; 4 F Shepherd (TRR) 11:43; 5 O Buck (Kent) 11:47; 6 T Daly (Ton) 11:50; 7 H Fraser (Ton) 11:53; 8 T McLain (Ton) 12:04; 9 H Miles (Ashf) 12:08; 10 A Ogilwy (Bexley) 12:09 TEAM: 1 Ton 33; 2 B&B 82; 3 M&M 82 Women (8.35km): 1 E Hosker Thornhill

8 Acc RR 358. VETS TEAM: 1 Ribb 34; 2 L&M 52; 3 Acc RR 65. U20 TEAM: 1 Prest 15; 2 Liv PS 22; 3 Manx H 25; 4 Ross 31; 5 B’burn 32 Women (6.7km): 1 E Bolton (RVH) 23:34; 2 R Franklin (Manx) 23:47; 3 E Japp (BWF) 24:23; 4 N Jackson (RVH) 25:18; 5 A Ralph (B’burn) 26:09; 6 R Jones (Salf) 26:11; 7 E Morris (Manx) 26:49; 8 S Rotheram (Prest, U20) 26:54; 9 F Royle (Chor ATC, U20) 27:05; 10 V Mousley (B’burn, W35) 27:47; 11 S Ridehalgh (Acc, W40) 27:53; 12 J Rashleigh (Horw, W55) 28:04; 13 J Goorney (Lyth, W50) 28:10; 14 M Betmead (BWF) 28:17; 15 C Craig (Manx, W40) 28:23; 16 J Robinson (Prest) 28:23; 17 E Sagar-Hesketh (B’burn) 28:41; 18 E Morgan (Ross, U20) 28:46; 19 M Elliott (B’burn, U20) 29:08; 20 C Derbyshire (Acc, W40) 29:11 U20: 5 B Holt (Clay) 29:31; 6 H Foley (Liv PS) 29:38 TEAM: 1 Manx H 49; 2 B’burn 51; 3 Acc RR 84;

4 Prest 84; 5 Ross 120; 6 BWF 122; 7 Clay 123; 8 L&M 206 VETS TEAM: 1 Acc RR 15; 2 Clay 43; 3 Lyth 60; 4 Liv PS 77; 5 Traw 79; 6 L&M 93 U17 mixed (5.6km): 1 M Knowles (L&M, U17) 17:43; 2 M Ramsden (B’burn, U17) 17:57; 3 S Hodkinson (B’burn, U17) 18:10; 4 J Taylor (Ross, U17) 18:29; 5 M Cunningham (Prest, U17) 18:40; 6 O Sutcliffe (Liv PS, U17) 19:09; 7 T Durney (Prest, U17) 19:15; 8 J Hopley (Ross, U17) 19:20; 9 J Dickinson (Liv PS, U17) 19:23; 10 J Hughes (Chorley Athletic And Triathlon, U17) 19:46; 18 P Hayashi (L&M, U17W) 20:38; 23 O Leigh (Chor ATC, U17W) 21:54; 27 L Huxley (Prest, U17W) 22:33; 29 A Davies (B’burn, U17W) 22:44; 30 E Richardson (Ross, U17W) 22:58 U17 men TEAM: 1 B’burn 24; 2 Ross 28; 3 Prst 30; 4 Liv PS 32; 5 Clay 39; 6 Chorley 44 U17 women’s TEAM: 1 Prest 16; 2 Chorley 19; 3 B’burn 26

U15 boys (3.8km): 1 J Geary (Chor ATC) 12:29; 2 D Valentine (Prest) 12:46; 3 C Haigh (Prest) 13:04; 4 L Clark (Prest) 13:07; 5 D Holman (B’burn) 13:08; 6 W Walker (Trawd) 13:13; 7 C Fletcher (Wig D) 13:17; 8 T Swarbrick (L&M) 13:23; TEAM: 1 Prest 24; 2 B’burn 45; 3 L&M 73; 4 Ross 100 U13 boys (3km): 1 S Stephenson (Trawd) 10:34; 2 H Smith (Trawd) 10:36; 3 J Lamb (Chor ATC) 10:38; 4 B Stratton (Trawd) 10:46; 5 J Brassington (L&M) 10:48; 6 C Howard (Nthn (IOM)) 10:51; 7 G Ballantyne (BWF) 10:52; 8 L Townley (Prest) 10:54; 9 T Fitzpatrick (Trawd) 11:01; 10 L Stennett (Nthn (IOM)) 11:02 TEAM: 1 Traw 16; 2 Northern 47; 3 Prest 53; 4 L&M 85; 5 B’burn 94; 6 BWF 101 U11 (1.8km): 1 S Aspey (B’burn) 6:25; 2 E Chandler (Pres) 6:26; 3 O Brown (Trawd) 6:29

MARK HOOKWAY

KENT, Brands Hatch, January 4 A WRITE-UP of the Kent championships would normally begin with the senior men, but not this time, Steve Roe reports. The senior women go first on merit. Their race was one of the classiest ever at the sharp end, where Emily Hosker Thornhill gave an awesome performance to clinch the title for a second time. All of the first five finishers are either past or present Kent or England champions. A world veteran champion performed admirably, too. But it was Hosker Thornhill, the current National champion (and winner here in 2018) who stood out. She had come, she said, “to see where my legs where at.” The answer came quickly, for she was leading after no more than 10 seconds and never in danger of surrendering the advantage. She was followed by Lucy Reid, trying to defend the title, and former Kent School’s champion Phoebe Barker – the youngest of the leading group. Hosker Thornhill was relentless; after two laps she led Barker by 40 seconds. Reid was a further three seconds back and in fourth, though realistically out of medal contention, was Holly Page of Dartford Harriers. Page, the outstanding England steeplechase champion, was followed by Henrietta Tarasewicz, formerly Freeman, who won numerous Kent and national honours in the late nineties and early noughties. Tarasewicz had not raced seriously for many years, but third place in a Sussex league race before Christmas suggested she could still mix with the elite. In fact she caught Page in the closing stages and thus achieved her highest placing since winning the U17 title in 2000! Meanwhile, Hosker Thornhill was home and dry, her margin over Reid having stretched to just over a minute. Barker, Tarasewicz and Page followed at various intervals and in sixth place was Kent AC’s Katie Rowland, who got the better of 2011 champion Clare Elms en route to the finish as both overhauled Kent league winner and former European junior 5000m finalist Rebecca Weston on the final circuit. Elms, however, can boast a fistful of medals from last year’s World Masters championship and did have the satisfaction of earlier watching her daughter win an U20 bronze. When the men lined up there was no obvious favourite and at the end of the first

Owen Hind (second from right): sits in early in the Kent men’s race

(AFD) 30:20; 2 L Reid (Ton) 31:22; 3 P Barker (Ton, U20) 31:34; 4 H Tarasewicz (BXTC, W35) 32:41; 5 H Page (Dartf, U20) 32:58; 6 K Rowland (Kent) 33:48; 7 C Elms (Dulw, W55) 33:55; 8 C Jackson (Dartf) 34:25; 9 S Hanley (Kent) 34:32; 10 R McDonnell (Deal TC, W45) 34:51; 11 E Hale (M&M) 34:56; 12 H Woolley (Ton) 35:09; 13 A Wood (Ton) 35:10; 14 M Heslop (Ton, W50) 35:24; 15 T Oldershaw (Ton, W50) 35:32; 16 J Whyman (M&M) 35:34; 17 C Day (Ton, W35) 35:40; 18 B Morrish (Ton) 35:52; 19 L Weeks (Ton, W35) 35:59; 20 E Grant (Kent) 36:16; 21 N Lilley (MTRI, W35) 36:29; 22 E Creasey (Folk) 36:33; 23 N Goodwin (Folk, W40) 36:56; 24 T McPherson (M&M, W40) 37:05; 25 J Keene (B&B) 37:14; 26 A Farrall (Kent, W45) 37:16; 27 K Hainsworth (Dulw, W35) 37:29; 28 J Berg (Kent) 37:34; 29 K Marchant (Beck, W50) 37:46; 30 B Macey (A&D, W35) 37:58; 31 D Spencer (Kent) 38:08; 32 V Hunter (M’stone, W35) 38:09; 33 E Ibell (Dulw, W45) 38:12; 34 C Stibbs (Kent, W45) 38:17; 35 D Mewis (Beck, W50) 38:19; 36 L Thompson (Ton) 38:23; 37 J Fowler (M&M, W40) 38:25; 38 P Banbury (Ton) 38:28; 39 N Susans (Lark, W35) 38:29; 40 Y Dore (Dulw, W45) 38:35 W60: 1 M Bradshaw (Tun W) 41:43 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Ton 17; 2 Kent 35; 3 M&M 51; 4 Dulwich Runners 67; 5 Dartf 95; 6 Beckenham RC 105 TEAM (6 to score): 1 Ton 59; 2 Kent 120; 3 M&M 213 U20/U17 (6.1km): 1 A Millard (Inv EK) 23:45; 2 K Goodge (Ton, U17) 24:14; 3 I Amos (Inv EK) 24:35; 4 A Barnes (B&B, U17) 24:46; 5 L Elms (Dulw) 25:12; 6 Z White (B&B, U17) 25:34; 7 L Atkinson (Camb H) 25:36; 8 K Hayes (Deal TC) 25:42; 9 E Roger (Ashf, U17) 25:48; 10 I Stoneham (B&B, U17) 26:00; 11 E Osmond (B&B, U17) 26:13; 12 K Painter (MTRI, U17) 26:23; 13 C Young (M&M, U17) 26:26; 14 A Evans (Ton, U17) 26:37; 15 E Jury (Swale) 26:40 U20 TEAM: Ton 26 U17 TEAM: 1 B&B 10; 2 Ton 21 U15 (4.4km): 1 A Palmer (M&M) 17:46; 2 S Slack (Ton) 17:51; 3 H Clark (B&B) 17:53; 4 O Breed (Ton) 17:57; 5 A Goodhand (Inv EK) 18:00; 6 L Meers (B&B) 18:14; 7 C Firth (B&B) 18:33; 8 A Young (M&M) 18:33; 9 L Sutton (TRR) 18:50; 10 M Ormiston (MTRI) 19:01 TEAM: 1 B&B 16; 2 M&M 20; 3 Ton 26 U13 (3.05km): 1 A Richards (Camb H) 12:13; 2 L Slack (Ton) 12:19; 3 N Austin (TRR) 12:21; 4 E Tynan (GTRI) 12:26; 5 P Horne (Ton) 12:28; 6 M Mooney-Clarke (B&B) 12:32; 7 M Dack (TRR) 12:39; 8 G Conroy (Ton) 12:53; 9 M Barlow (B&B) 12:59; 10 L Smith (B&B) 13:03 TEAM: 1 Ton 15; 2 B&B 25; 3 Thanet RR 27

U11 TEAM: 1 B’burn 29; 2 Traw 30; 3 Chorley 52 U15 girls (3.8km): 1 A Lloyd (Wig D) 14:17; 2 K Mathison (Chor ATC) 14:24; 3 I Cunningham (Prest) 14:32; 4 I Blackwell (Prest) 14:36; 5 M Burns (Chor ATC) 14:39; 6 E Crowe (Nthn (IOM)) 14:46; 7 I Holt (Trawd) 14:50; 8 S Bohannon (Lyth) 15:08 TEAM: 1 Chorley 31; 2 Prest 39; 3 Traw 67; 4 B’burn 114; 5 Clay 114; 6 BWF 117 U13 (3km): 1 L Rickerby (Chor ATC) 11:28; 2 G Scott (BWF) 12:00; 3 L Pickles (Barlick) 12:18; 4 S Yates (Liv PS) 12:19; 5 P Watson (Prest) 12:24; 6 S Owens (Liv PS) 12:37; 7 E Ward (L&M) 12:39; 8 P Webster (Nthn (IOM)) 12:43; 9 I Robinson (B’burn) 12:51; 10 L Robertson (Chor ATC) 13:00 TEAM: 1 Chorley 57; 2 Prest 58; 3 BWF 64; U11 (1.8km): 1 A Nicholson (L&M, U13) 7:03; 2 I Goodman 7:12; 3 H Davies (B’burn) 7:14 TEAM: 1 Chorley 47; 2 Traw 48; 3 Manx H 53

RESULTS LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLAND, Burbage Common, January 4 CURRENT Midland and former European champion Gemma Steel won for Charnwood, annexing both individual and team senior women’s titles with victory by more than two minutes. Newham’s Frank Baddick won his fourth successive senior men’s title, but it was second-placed Danny Hallam who led Wreake & Soar Valley to team victory. Men (10km): 1 F Baddick (NEB) 34:55; 2 D Hallam (W&SV) 35:48; 3 T Gostelow (Charn, U20) 36:52; 4 C Perham (Poole) 36:55; 5 T Mahon (W&SV) 37:23; 6 M Hallam (Vall) 37:41; 7 A Woodward (Notts, M35) 37:48; 8 T Whitmore (Charn) 37:51; 9 N Lawson (Hunc) 37:55; 10 S Allen (OWLS) 38:07; 11 M Couldwell (Charn, M45) 38:17; 12 K Coleman-smith (Charn, U20) 38:33; 13 M Powell (Leic C, M40) 38:37; 14 P Miles (W&SV, M35) 39:01; 15 L Ingram (OWLS) 39:56; 16 J Harrison (W&SV) 40:07; 17 C Jordan (Leic C, M35) 40:11; 18 S Parkes (Tam) 40:13; 19 D Shea-Simonds (Race Hub, M45) 40:24; 20 A Quigley (W End, M45) 40:35; 21 D Frankland (W End) 40:36; 22 S Green (OWLS, M40) 40:50; 23 G McDermott (Leic C, M45) 40:58; 24 P Swaine (Charn, M40) 41:21; 25 I Cox (Barr R) 41:24 M50: 1 P Chritchlow (Beau L) 41:48; 2 R Whitelegg (Hinck) 44:20; 3 D Pearce (Leic C) 44:59. M55: 1 G Hobbs (Desf) 47:33; 2 B Stevens (Wreak) 50:54. M60: 1 M Whitmore (Charn) 49:35; 2 G Slight (Hunc) 49:52; 3 B Hibberd (Hunc) 50:05. M65: 1 M Harris (Barr R) 55:30. U20: 3 Z Spence (W&SV) 44:47; 4 J Hurst (Saff) 46:47; 5 J Houlihan (OWLS) 46:54 TEAM: 1 Wreake 48; 2 OWLS 69; 3 W End 104 M40 TEAM: 1 Leic C 21; 2 Charnwood 48; 3 Hinckley 03 U17 (6.5km): 1 L Mayes (Corby) 27:16; 2 A Barber (Harb) 27:53; 3 C Combey (Saff) 28:30; 4 A Coleston-Shields (Charn) 30:16 U15 (4km): 1 L Finch (Saff) 15:22; 2 J Stretton (Leic C) 16:00; 3 T Dixon (Charn) 16:25; 4 M Bloxham (W&SV) 16:41; 5 S Wright (Saff) 16:53; 6 J Pointon (W&SV) 17:01; 7 L Talbot (Ivan Rob) 17:23; 8 O Louis (W&SV) 17:58; 9 S McCann (Charn) 18:23; 10 J Blythe (Charn) 18:31 TEAM: 1 Wreake 18; 2 Charnwood 19 U13 (3.5km): 1 J Adkin (Saff) 13:28; 2 H Dadd (Stilt) 13:52; 3 W Ronald (Corby) 14:03; 4 F Martin (Charn) 14:11; 5 J Matthews (Desf) 14:17; 6 M Brotherton (W&SV) 14:24; 7 H Rainbow (OWLS) 14:29; 8 S Tansey (Saff) 14:43; 9 A Keen (Unatt) 14:47; 10 R Wardlaw (Saff) 14:47 TEAM: 1 Saffron 19; 2 Wreake 33; 3 OWLS 34 Women (8km): 1 G Steel (Charn) 32:30; 2 C Dover (Der, W40) 34:30; 3 N Bartlett (Race Hub) 34:44; 4 F Arnott (University of Leics R & AC) 36:24; 5 C Shea-Simonds (Race Hub, W40) 36:57; 6 A Seager (Charn) 37:16; 7 P Stevenson (Charn, U20) 37:27; 8 K Hateley (Stilt, W40) 38:35; 9 K Matthiae (Barr R, W35) 38:44; 10 H Elliott (Charn) 38:45; 11 L Ellis (W End) 38:59; 12 R Miles (W&SV) 39:08; 13 B Milnes (Race Hub) 39:09; 14 S Purser (W End, W40) 39:10; 15 L Muskett (F&K, W40) 39:17; 16 S Power (Stilt) 39:38; 17 S Ward (Harb) 39:40; 18 A Rowland (Wigston) 39:48; 19 E Richards (Saff, U20) 40:10; 20 K Evans (Hunc, W35) 40:17 W35: 3 L Butler (W End) 40:20. W45: 1 V Elston (Barr R) 41:42. W50: 1 M Hall (Nun) 42:56. W55: 1 E Whittlestone (Birst) 43:22 TEAM: 1 Charnwood 12; 2 Race Hub 15; 3 W End 42. W35 TEAM: 1 Charnwood 24; 2 Barrow 24; 3 W End 27 U20: 3 H Ord (Saff) 40:19 U17 (5km): 1 K Parker (W&SV) 23:46; 2 L Mcloughlin (Charn) 23:57; 3 O Bailey (W&SV) 25:29; 4 G Newport (Charn) 26:11; 5 B Wallis (Harb) 27:01; 6 E Clapp (Harb) 27:50 TEAM: Harborough 18 U15 (4km): 1 E Robinson (Saff) 16:32; 2 S Dunbobbin (Saff) 17:12; 3 R Newport (Charn) 17:37; 4 M Mayes (Corby) 17:42; 5 P Adkin

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(Saff) 17:44; 6 J Robertson-Dover (Der) 18:00; 7 E Rowley (Saff) 18:08; 8 N Gauhar (Desf) 18:12; 9 I Oakland (Charn) 18:32; 10 Z Nicholls (Stilt) 18:45; TEAM: 1 Saffron 8; 2 Charnwood 26; 3 Stilton 47 U13 (3.5km): 1 S King (W&SV) 13:50; 2 R Ashmore (W&SV) 14:18; 3 I Saunders (W&SV) 14:52; 4 L Holford (W&SV) 15:23; 5 S RobertsonDover (Der) 15:24; 6 F Mitchell (Charn) 15:50; 7 E Geary (W&SV) 16:26; 8 M McGrath (Saff) 16:38; 9 J Morris (Leic C) 16:58; 10 H Chapman (Leic C) 17:00 TEAM: 1 Wreake 6; 2 Saffron 36; 3 Leic C 36 MIDDLESEX, Wormwood Scrubs NICK GOOLAB last ran in these championships when winning in the under-20 race at Cockfosters in 2008, the year before he won the National Junior Championships at Parliament Hill, Alastair Aitken reports. This year at the Scrubs he found the mud a bit tricky but on the flat he stretched out, really drawing clear. As they went through the half distance, it was obvious he would be unlikely to lose but the race for minor places was intense. Dylan Evans took the initiative several times but was matched by Alex Leprêtre, who led Highgate Harriers to a clear team victory’ with all their six scorers in the first 14 home. Leprêtre went ahead of Evans just before the finishing straight to gain second place, 50 seconds behind Goolab. The group behind that for a lot of the race included Will Ryle Hodges, Aramias Zeration, Sean Renfer, last year’s winner Phil Crout and Johnathan Poole. Goolab, who is 30 at the end of the month, was looking for fairly low-key races to get in condition to race at top level again. Gintare Juknyte, who came to England from Lithuania two-and-a-half years ago, was overjoyed to win what she considered to be her best race, although she was pressed by Anna Hollingsworth, who came through from fifth in the final lap to be one second behind Juknyte at the finish. Juknyte, who represented Lithuania in the European Cross, is coached by Mick Woods at St Mary’s, where she is studying. The U17 men were combined with the U20s, so under-20 runner Seyfu Jamal was challenged by Mohamed Ali (U17), who was injured in the summer.and won his age group here. In the women’s under-20 race the very comfortable winner was Yasmin Marghini, who was first last year in the under-17 age group. Men (12km): 1 N Goolab (Belg) 41:14; 2 A Leprêtre (High) 42:04; 3 D Evans (SB) 42:10; 4 W Ryle-Hodges (SB) 42:58; 5 A Zeration (Hill) 43:01; 6 S Renfer (High) 43:07; 7 P Crout (SB) 43:31; 8 J Poole (Serp, M35) 43:35; 9 C Haywood (High) 43:35; 10 R Wilson (High) 43:39; 11 C Hardy (Lon Hth) 44:30; 12 T Fawden (High) 44:39; 13 O Newton (TVH) 45:01; 14 D Smith (High) 45:25; 15 M Hashi (ESM) 46:19; 16 G Divall (VP&TH) 46:25; 17 K Doulis (Lon Hth) 46:26; 18 D Nevins (Harrow, M35) 46:32; 19 E Gault (Lon Hth, M35) 46:33; 20 H Torry (Serp, M40) 46:53; 21 C Assmundson (Rane) 47:03; 22 M Stevens (VP&TH, M35) 47:06; 23 M Rallison (Lon Hth) 47:10; 24 A Mitchell (TVH, M50) 47:15; 25 P Gould (Lon Hth) 47:21; 26 J Borton (TVH) 47:23; 27 J Cooper (Harrow, M45) 47:23; 28 J Laybourn (High) 47:26; 29 A Chau (High) 47:35; 30 T Mackin (Harrow, M45) 47:49 M40: 2 D Traynor (Harrow) 49:03; 3 M Bateman (Hill) 49:07. M45: 3 A McCarron (QPH) 47:54. M50: 2 S Norris (TVH) 50:58; 3 R Shulman (Lon Hth) 53:37. M55: 1 A Davidson (High) 49:37; 2 R Rigby (SB) 51:39; 3 D Jackson (Lon Hth) 53:46. M60: 1 C Finill (Harrow) 51:13; 2 R Jenkin (Hill) 57:49; 3 T Fraser (Strag) 58:15 TEAM (6 to score): 1 Highgate 53; 2 Lon H

131; 3 TVH 167; 4 VP&TH 243; 5 Shaftesbury 248; 6 Harrow 271; 7 Serp 298; 8 ESM 275 TEAM (12 to score): VP&TH 905 U20 (6km): 1 S Jamaal (Lon Hth) 20:27; 2 M Ali (ESM, U17) 20:47; 3 J O’Flaherty (Lon Hth) 20:52; 4 T Archer (Lon Hth, U17) 21:04; 5 E Ahmed (ESM) 21:23; 6 S Czapka (ESM, U17) 22:05; 7 J Evans (Lon Hth, U17) 22:06; 8 L Minale (VP&TH) 22:12; 9 J Kramer (Serp, U17) 22:26; 10 M Musa (SB, U17) 22:40; 11 L Hodge (TVH, U17) 22:40; 12 J Brook (SMR, U17) 23:08; 13 L Edwards (Harrow) 23:13; 14 C Morris (Harrow) 23:14; 15 A Khalif (Hill, U17) 23:20; U17 TEAM: 1 Lon H 16; 2 TVH 32; 3 Shaftesbury 36; 4 ESM 36; 5 Hillingdon 42; 6 St Mary’s 51 U15 (4km): 1 A Hamud (Hill) 14:29; 2 S Greenstein (SB) 14:44; 3 S Maund (SMR) 14:48; 4 A Ferrari (Trent P) 15:12; 5 J Bailey (High) 15:24; 6 S Blake (Lon Hth) 15:29; 7 J Davis-Black (Lon Hth) 15:35; 8 M Smith (Lon Hth) 15:36; 9 M Moallin (Hill) 15:44; 10 F Combe (ESM) 15:52 TEAM: 1 Lon H 21; 2 Hillingdon 27; 3 Highgate 32; 4 St Mary’s 45; 5 ESM 62 U13 (3km): 1 Z Jones (SB) 11:28; 2 L Reynolds (VP&TH) 11:32; 3 T Chadwick (High) 11:48; 4 T Parker (Lon Hth) 11:57; 5 L Bailey (High) 12:03; 6 E Flewitt (ESM) 12:10; 7 I Joslin (Lon Hth) 12:18; 8 E Sayers (VP&TH) 12:24; 9 R McIntyre (High) 12:28; 10 R Rock (TVH) 12:31 TEAM: 1 Highgate 17; 2 Lon H 22; 3 ESM 31; 4 VP&TH 35; 5 Harrow 60; 6 Hillingdon 82 U11 (1.5km): 1 A Phillips (SB) 5:31; 2 B Redland (Lon Hth) 5:34; 3 B Lesenne-Ward (Hill) 5:56 Women (8km): 1 G Juknyte (AFD) 33:45; 2 A Hollingsworth (Serp) 33:46; 3 I Dye (TVH) 34:02; 4 J Anderson (High) 34:18; 5 L Da Silva (TVH, W35) 34:21; 6 L Ashe (Harrow) 34:34; 7 E Jeanes (Trent P) 34:47; 8 J Prior (Trent P) 34:50; 9 S Ainley (TVH) 34:55; 10 C Baker (TVH) 34:57; 11 S Biggs (Strag, W45) 35:01; 12 O Desborough (Lon Hth) 35:01; 13 C Cano (Trent P) 35:17; 14 E Divetain (Lon Hth) 35:39; 15 E Dimmer (SB) 35:40; 16 A Litchfield (Lon Hth) 35:50; 17 L Wenninger (High, W35) 35:57; 18 A Baird (Trent P, W35) 36:09; 19 K Harris (QPH, W50) 36:15; 20 O Capel (VP&TH) 36:42; 21 K Alpe (Met P) 36:46; 22 K Vooght (Trent P) 37:07; 23 M Maddick (QPH, W35) 37:14; 24 C Masson (Serp) 37:31; 25 S Harris (ESM, W40) 37:33; 26 I Rea (W4H, W40) 37:36; 27 L Faherty (High, W40) 37:42; 28 H Wells (Hill) 37:46; 29 F Kennedy (ESM, W60) 38:04; 30 L Hunt (Lon Hth) 38:13 W45: 2 S Pignorel (Serp) 39:22. W50: 2 S Barnard (QPH) 39:19; 3 S Russell (High) 39:41 W55: 1 J Wastell (Lon Hth) 43:40;. W60: 2 R Miller (Lon Hth) 42:26 TEAM: 1 TVH 27; 2 Trent P 46; 3 Lon H 72; 4 Highgate 90; 5 QPH 117; 6 Serpentine 137 U20 (6km): 1 Y Marghini (Herne H) 23:53; 2 M Radus (SB, U17) 24:49; 3 M Blake (Lon Hth, U17) 25:10; 4 C Buckley (TVH) 25:17; 5 I Franco (TVH) 25:24; 6 M Whitman (Belg, U17) 25:35; 7 Z Mossi (B&B, U17) 25:39; 8 J Miranda (SB, U17) 25:58; 9 J Palmer (TVH, U17) 26:11; 10 I Deakin (SMR, U17) 26:15; 11 E Donald (High, U17) 26:35; 12 I Scott-Gall (VP&TH, U17) 26:41; 13 N Potter (SB, U17) 26:45; 14 R Haddow (Harrow) 27:14; 15 E Hathaway (SB, U17) 27:33 U15 (4km): 1 L Mannes (B&B) 16:34; 2 N McGovern (Hill) 17:04; 3 D Baga (WSEH) 17:21; 4 L Russell (High) 17:49; 5 I Chadwick (High) 18:04; 6 R Naughton (VP&TH) 18:11; 7 N Keohane (Trent P) 18:14; 8 A Pritchard (Lon Hth) 18:18; 9 L Henson (ESM) 18:23; 10 Z Gordon (TVH) 18:29 TEAM: 1 Highgate 21; 2 VP&TH 32; 3 TVH 37; 4 Shaftesbury 73; 5 Trent P 76; 6 Harrow 79 U13 (3km): 1 A Abdirahman (Hill) 12:19; 2 E Chadwick (High) 12:44; 3 G Ferera (High) 12:56; 4 M McCormack (TVH) 13:00; 5 A Levy (TVH) 13:00; 6 L Macdonald (VP&TH) 13:03; 7 R James (VP&TH) 13:17; 8 H Munday (Lon Hth) 13:21; 9 I McGovern (Hill) 13:28; 10 A Suffield (Harrow) 13:30

TEAM: 1 Highgate 17; 2 TVH 22; 3 VP&TH 30; 4 Lon H 34; 5 Hillingdon 37; 6 ESM 64 U11 (1.5km): 1 P Shaw (SB) 5:45; 2 K Corkin (Lon Hth) 5:53; 3 N Denley (VP&TH) 5:57 TEAM: 1 Highgate 21; 2 Lon H 48; 3 Harrow 55 NORFOLK, Thetford, January 5 Overall (10km): 1 M Eccles (Bure, M35) 33:01; 2 B Spratling (Norw) 33:52; 3 G Crush (Norw, M40) 33:56; 4 S Walford (Bure, M45) 34:03; 5 J Senior (Norw) 34:29; 6 N Adams (N Norf, M40) 34:59; 7 J Johnson (High, M40) 35:17; 8 C Stanforth (Ryst) 35:23; 9 S Todd (Norw) 35:29; 10 D Blake (Reep, M40) 35:44; 11 K Bagge (Norw, M35) 36:01; 12 R Simmonds (Ryst) 36:23; 13 I Lake (Norw, W) 36:36; 14 B Keeley (Ryst) 36:38; 15 T Gannon (Norw RR, M40) 36:46; 16 J Kaiser (Norw, M45) 36:51; 17 J Stockwell (Norw, M35) 36:53; 18 J Rogers (Norf G, M45) 37:30; 19 N Bensley (Ryst, M50) 37:40; 20 J Moore (Norf G, M55) 37:42 M50: 2 T Witmond (N Norf) 37:44 M55: 2 K Vaughan (Thet) 37:57. M60: 1 N Arnold (Bure) 39:54 TEAM: 1 Norwich 18; 2 Ryston 19; 3 NorwichB 25. M40 TEAM: 1 Norwich 18; 2 Norwich RR 19; 3 NNBR 28. M50 TEAM: 1eq Norfolk G/Ryston 29; 3 Wymondham 44 Women: 1 Lake 36:36; 2 J Andrews (Bung, W45) 37:49; 3 C Nicole Mukuya (Gt Yar) 38:09; 4 M Beckett (Norw) 39:10; 5 A Beck (Norw RR, W35) 39:12; 6 J Watkinson (Wym, W35) 39:13; 7 A Hales (Bure) 39:58; 8 C Neale (N Norf) 40:46; 9 A Smith (Wym, W40) 41:43; 10 J Behan (Norw RR) 42:41 W45: 2 N Roger (Ryst) 44:01. W50: 1 L Emmett (BecB) 43:56. W60: 1 A Ellen (Norf G) 49:28. W75: 1 E Osborne (Wym) 59:59 Women TEAM: Norw RR 25. W35 TEAM: 1 Wymondham 19; 2 Norw RR 22; 3 Norf G 30. W45 TEAM: 1 Wymondham 15; 2 R next Sea 41; 3 Norw RR 58 U20 (8km): 1 C Bowen-Jones (Dere) 25:40; 2 T Bilyard (Gt Yar) 26:00; 3 W Mahoney (Norw) 26:36; 4 E Whiting (Norw) 28:00; 5 J Ocal (Norw) 28:07 U20 TEAM: Norwich 21 U20/U17 women/U17 men (6km): 1 D Adams (Norw, U17) 21:25; 2 J Price (Norw, U17) 21:34; 3 J Atkin (Norw, U17) 21:35; 4 Z Houghton (Norw, U17) 22:00; 5 C Stedman (NNorfolk, U17) 22:17; 6 A Banfield (Wym, U17) 22:42; 7 B Life (NNorfolk, U17) 22:47; 8 D Harrison (Gt Yar, U17) 22:51; 9 R Andrews (Bung, U17) 23:35; 10 J Keeble (NNorfolk, U17) 23:43; 13 K Willis (Norw, U17W) 24:08; 14 F Rosbergen (Norw, U17W) 24:14; 19 E Sharrock (Norw, U20W) 25:38; 20 S Peach (Norw, U20W) 25:57 U17 TEAM: 1 Norwich 6; 2 N Norf 22 U17 women TEAM: Norwich 6 U15 (4.2km): 1 H Jonas (NNorfolk) 13:22; 2 J Kandola (Norw) 13:35; 3 I O’Malley (NNorfolk) 13:41; 4 A Roberts (Gt Yar) 13:52; 5 B Keay (NNorfolk) 13:57; 6 T Bongaerts (Norw) 14:01; 7 T Nelson (Norw) 14:04; 8 T Cugnoni (Norw) 14:14; 9 H Reynolds (NNorfolk, U15W) 14:32 13 M Bacon (Norw, U15W) 15:19; 14 T Crane (Norw, U15W) 15:25; 17 M Symonds (Norw, U15W) 15:56 TEAM: 1 N Norf 9; 2 Norwich 15; 3 Norwich B 40 U15 girls TEAM: 1 Norwich 9; 2 N Norf 22; 3 Norwich B 23 U13 (3km): 1 J Machin (Norw) 11:21; 2 Z Dunne (Norw) 11:24; 3 J Dorbin (Thet) 11:55; 4 S Yellop (Norw) 12:12; 5 D Clouston (Thet) 12:23; 6 Z Barber (Gt Yar) 12:25; 7 C Easter (Norw, U13W) 12:28; 8 A Mukuya (Gt Yar, U13W) 12:49; 9 B Eccles (Bure) 12:53; 10 D White (Norw) 12:56; 11 H Ashton (Norw) 13:02; 12 M Adams (Norw, U13W) 13:04 TEAM: 1 Norwich 7; 2 Thetford 28; 3 Norwich B 30. U13 girls TEAM: 1 Norwich 9; 2 Norwich B 25; 3eq Thetford/N Norfolk 34 U11 (2km): 1 J Cassius Linstead (Norw) 9:37; 2 E Barton (Norw, U13W) 9:43; 3 F Kaiser (City Of Norwich Athletics Club) 9:51

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Wellingborough, January 4 RUGBY & Northampton took four of the men’s team titles as BUCS 1500m champion Josh Lay won the senior race by nearly a minute while team-mate Fergus Scott retained his U17 title. Men (10km): 1 J Lay (R&N, U20) 31:17; 2 D Jones (R&N) 32:02; 3 J Cara (Kett) 32:28; 4 W Gardner (R&N) 32:55; 5 J Hope (Kett) 33:16; 6 F Batkin (Kett, U20) 33:36; 7 J Bond (R&N) 33:48; 8 J Goringe (Bir) 34:42; 9 D Birtwistle (R&N) 35:06; 10 J Wizard (R&N, U20) 36:09; 11 L Montgomery (Corby) 36:10; 12 M Clarke (Mil K, M40) 36:34; 13 D Ball (R&N, M40) 36:52; 14 L Myers (Kett) 37:07; 15 J Wayland (W’boro, M40) 37:15; 16 L Greenfield (Dav) 37:24; 17 J Cannell (Kett, U20) 37:36; 18 T Letts (N’hant RR, M50) 37:46; 19 J Kelly (R&N, U20) 37:53; 20 J French (W’boro, M35) 37:59 M45: 1 J Kemp (W’boro) 38:48; 2 T James (Kett) 39:21; 3 M Crosse (N’hant RR) 39:42. M50: 2 V Carroll (R&N) 40:54. M55: 1 B Robinson (Kett) 43:35. M60: 1 B Whitehead (Kett) 44:23. U20: 6 J Watson (Kett) 38:17 TEAM: 1 R&N 33; 2 Kettering 53; 3 Northampton 15 U17 (6km): 1 F Scott (R&N) 19:09; 2 S Snelson (Banb) 20:11; 3 A Parkinson (Corby) 20:49; 4 F Ward (R&N) 21:23; 5 J Kelly (R&N) 21:23; 6 M Everett (R&N) 21:46; 7 I Jumbe (Kett) 21:46; 8 J Clutton (Kett) 22:00; 9 J Geddes (Kett) 22:18; 10 E Compton (R&N) 23:42; 12 L Watts (W’boro, U17W) 24:24; 14 A McMurtrie (Kett, U17W) 25:00; 15 F Batkin (Kett, U17W) 25:33; 17 I Rippon (N’pton, U17W) 27:04; 19 G Corcoran (Sils, U17W) 27:55; 20 A Beckwith (Corby, U17W) 29:06; TEAM: 1 R&N 15; 2 Kettering 24 U17 women’s TEAM: Kettering 14 U15 (5km): 1 L Cole (Kett) 18:19; 2 J Cooper (R&N) 18:56; 3 S Green (Tm East H) 18:58; 4 R Snelson (Banb) 19:14; 5 O Buchan (N’pton) 19:25; 6 N Gilford (R&N) 19:50; 7 J Darby (N’pton) 19:59; 8 A Bates (Kett, U15W) 20:08; 9 K Ashman (N’pton) 20:17; 10 S Beckwith (Corby) 20:43; 11 C Lund (Corby, U15W) 20:45; 14 A Thayanithy (N’pton, U15W) 21:12; 16 A Harris (Sils, U15W) 21:26; 17 E Dobson (Leam, U15W) 21:29; 18 L Wilkinson (Corby, U15W) 21:36; 19 A Bennett (Kett, U15W) 21:45; 20 F Goatley (N’pton, U15W) 22:21; TEAM: 1 R&N 19; 2 Northampton 20; 3 Kettering 26 U15 girls TEAM: 1 Corby 17; 2 Kettering 20; 3 Northampton 24 U13 (3.5km): 1 D White (Kett) 13:00; 2 O Walls (N’pton) 13:08; 3 N Lamb (Kett) 13:15; 4 B Alexander (N’pton) 13:16; 5 L Robson (N’pton) 13:28; 6 T Church (R&N) 13:38; 7 J Orchard (Dav) 13:43; 8 E Darby (N’pton, U13W) 14:00; 9 Z Zbirou (N’pton, U13W) 14:13; 10 O Willison (N’pton, U13W) 14:25; 11 M Gancheva (Kett, U13W) 14:31; 13 I Smith (N’pton, U13W) 14:43; 14 J Cooper (R&N, U13W) 14:47; 16 S Hancock (R&N, U13W) 15:01; TEAM: 1 Northampton 11; 2 Kettering 19; 3 R&N 30. U13 girls TEAM: 1 Northampton 6; 2 R&N 24; 3 Kettering 37 U11 (2km): 1 R Oliveti (Unatt) 7:24; 2 J Clarke (R&N) 7:29; 3 C Atkins (Dav) 7:32; 7 J Lamb (Kett, U11W) 8:12; 14 P Almond (Kett, U11W) 8:38; 15 C Terrell (R&N, U11W) 8:46 Women (7.5km): 1 H Heley (Sils, W45) 31:56; 2 K Barnett (W’boro) 32:26; 3 J Hammond (Sils, W45) 32:34; 4 A Bell (Corby) 33:17; 5 E Albery (Kett) 33:29; 6 S Wilkinson-hargate (PNV) 34:13; 7 S Baxby (Corby, W40) 34:38; 8 L Kemp (W’boro, W40) 35:07; 9 K Brooks (Corby, W60) 35:11; 10 L Wilkie (Team Ba, W35) 35:57; 11 A Smyth (Corby) 36:44; 12 M Caffull (Kett) 38:57; 13 S Torrance (Sils, W55) 39:15; 14 M Moutrie (Sils, W55) 40:44; 15 J Long (Sils, W55) 42:24 TEAM: 1 Silson 17; 2 Corby 20

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It’s a pair for Partridge as she regains title Hercules Wimbledon: won the team event

“I thought he could win the race today as he’s in good shape”, said Blomquist’s seasoned coach, Mick Woods. “He went to Adams State University to get a masters’ degree but didn’t have the best of experiences as he was told to run slower in training and that didn’t suit him,” said Woods. “So he decided to abandon the course and come home.” Hercules Wimbledon packed solidly to regain the team title they won four times in the last six years and Aldershot, Farnham & District were even more impressive with four in eight to take the women’s title. Another runner from the Aldershot stable, Lily Partridge, led from the start to win the women’s race and repeat her 2014 victory at Dorking, the last time she took part in this championship. Men (12.2km): 1 D Blomquist (AFD)

OXFORDSHIRE, included in Oxon League, Adderbury, January 5 Additional results next week Men: 1 A Miell-Ingram (Radley) 32:47; 2 C Steer (Abing, U20) 33:29; 3 J Bolton (W’stock) 33:53 TEAM: 1 Witney 57; 2 Alchester 59; 3 Oxf C 71 M40: 1 Bolton 33:53; 2 P Haarer (Rane) 36:04; 3 C Hornby (Alch) 36:17 TEAM: 1 Alchester 19; 2 Woodstock 59; 3 Witney 76 U20: 1 Steer 33:29; 2 J Goodwin (Kid) 33:57; 3 L Edwards (Wit) 38:27 U17: 1 B Cumberland (Radley) 17:34; 2 R MiellIngram (Radley) 17:52; 3 H Jinks (Bic) 17:57 TEAM: Bicester 13 U15: 1 J James (Radley) 17:31; 2 W D’Arcy (Radley) 18:14; 3 Q Miell-Ingram) 18:26 TEAM: 1 Radley 6; 2 Oxf C 20; 3 Bicester 30 U13: 1 J Laird (Oxf C) 11:29; 2 O Stocker (Bic) 11:41; 3 C Cumberland (Radley) 11:46 TEAM: 1 Radley 14; 2 Oxf C 23; 3 Witney 31

U11: 1 A Garry (Oxf C) 6:01; 2 O Lloyd-Thomas (Banb) 6:08; 3 N Hartley (Banb) 6:10 Women: 1 J Gibbon (Read) 24:10; 2 C Parker (Abing) 27:05; 3 C Creak (Kid) 27:16 TEAM: 1 Witney 37; 2 Eynsham 69; 3 Alchester 75 W35: 1 L McAllister (Eynsh) 27:23; 2 E Huepfl (Radley) 28:53; 3 S Rendell (Alch) 29:50 TEAM: 1 Eynsham 28; 2 Witney 41; 3 Kidlington 77 U20: 1 C Davies (Silson) 31:13; 2 R Burton (Radley) 31:21; 3 J Garry (Oxf C) 32:21 U17: 1 N Lee (Read) 16:20; 2 M Bodlington (Abing) 16:34; 3 G Halfhead (Abing) 16:45 TEAM: Abingdon 9 U15: 1 O Martin (Abing) 15:18; 2 A Jolliffe (Bic) 16:11; 3 T Lainchbury (Banb) 16:24 TEAM: Bicester 11 U13: 1 I Martin (Abing) 11:51; 2 I McGowan (Banb) 12:22; 3 E Powell (Abing) 12:47 TEAM: 1 Abingdon 12; 2 Radley 26; 3 Banbury 30

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Lily Partridge watches team-mate Niamh Brown finish

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SURREY, Denbies, January 5 AFTER the heavy rain of recent weeks, competitors found the going surprisingly dry on this, the most picturesque of courses in the Surrey countryside, Tom Pollak reports. There was also a surprise senior men’s winner in Dane Blomquist – from the powerful Aldershot, Farnham & District club – who was having his first race since returning to England from university in the USA at the beginning of December. It proved to be third time lucky in the senior championships for Blomquist after finishing sixth in 2017 and 46th the previous season, the only other time he had run at Denbies. Blomquist set the early pace with defending champion John Sanderson and they were together at the end of the opening lap, some 30m ahead of a group of six runners headed by Tom Higgs (South London Harriers) and the eventual silver medallist Ralph Street (Ranelagh), the bronze medallist at Croydon in 2015, who was running well. It was only his first cross country race since February 2019 as he now focusses on orienteering, where he is an elite competitor. Street, who now lives in Oslo, finished third in the World Cup Knockout Sprint event in Switzerland in September. Sanderson edged ahead on the second of the three laps and was four seconds clear going into the final circuit, with Higgs and Street together a further nine seconds behind. Blomquist, who is also an orienteer, being a member of the GB squad two years ago, made his bid for victory at the start of the final lap. He pulled away from the defending champion who was passed by a fast finishing Street, who came home six seconds behind the winner.

40:39; 2 R Street (Rane) 40:45; 3 J Sanderson (G&G) 40:59; 4 T Higgs (S Lon) 41:13; 5 G Gathercole (AFD) 42:03; 6 S Eglen (AFD) 42:04; 7 A Milne (HW) 42:05; 8 G Laybourne (S Lon, M35) 42:07; 9 F Slemeck (HW) 42:37; 10 J Hoad (THH) 42:40; 11 R McDowell (HW, M40) 42:52; 12 B Anderson (Rane) 42:59; 13 J Hancock (Croy) 43:05; 14 F Johnson (HW) 43:07; 15 G Dollner (G&G) 43:07; 16 R McCawley (AFD) 43:12; 17 O Garrod (S Lon) 43:32; 18 R Ollington (THH) 43:40; 19 L Laylee (Herne H) 43:50; 20 J Toomey (HW) 43:58; 21 T Foster (G&G) 44:10; 22 B Goddard (Woking, M35) 44:11; 23 C Delaney (Herne H) 44:12; 24 J Clark (HW, M35) 44:29; 25 R Evans (S Lon, M35) 44:35; 26 A Ramsier (S Lon) 44:45; 27 M McDaniel (G&G) 44:48; 28 C Jarman (Walton) 44:56; 29 A Crooks (G&G) 44:58; 30 A Millbery (Lon C AC) 45:00; 31 S Winder (E&E, M45) 45:11; 32 B McCawley (C’ley) 45:15; 33 J Knight (Holland Sports) 45:16; 34 A Falconer (SoC) 45:18; 35 J Meiklejohn (THH) 45:38; 36 A Penfold (Croy) 45:50; 37 A Hobley (Herne H) 46:04; 38 A Grigg (Herne H) 46:06; 39 A Barnard (Clap C) 46:22; 40 W Bell (NEB, M40) 46:28; 41 M Leyshon (Rane, M35) 46:32; 42 T Greenwood (THH, M35) 46:37; 43 S Begg (G&G) 46:42; 44 J Smith (Rane) 46:49; 45 J Bull (Woking) 46:55; 46 S Egan (Woking, M45) 46:58; 47 J Gale (THH, M35) 47:18; 48 M Higgs (G&G, M35) 47:24; 49 M Bell (Clap C) 47:29; 50 J Foxall (Eal E) 47:30 M45: 3 N Tearle (G&G) 48:53; M50: 1 F Dawson (DMV) 48:11; 2 D Symons (THH)

U11: 1 E Jacobs (Bic) 6:18; 2 S Kentish (Oxf C) 6:44; 3 E Miles-Finnegan (Bic) 6:46 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Shipley, January 4 TRIATHLETE Jimmy Kershaw, who was sixth in the National Sprint race championships in September, took the senior men’s race, while Juliet Potter dominated the senior women’s event when winning by well over two minutes. Potter the 2018 Midland silver medallist regained the title she last won in 2017. Men (10km): 1 J Kershaw (Absolute Triathlon) 36:13; 2 S Roberts (Shef/Dearn, U20) 36:39; 3 B Raeside (Notts, M35) 36:42; 4 E Buck (Newk, U20) 37:07; 5 J Skipper (Absolute Triathlon) 37:34; 6 P Wright (Mans) 37:38; 7 M Campion (Notts, U20) 37:42; 8 K Watson (Hean, M35) 38:09; 9 O Carrington (Newk) 38:12; 10 C Kilburn (Holme P, M35) 38:26; 11 J Bailey (Newk, M45) 38:27; 12 O Matharu (Holme P) 38:35; 13 A Warburton (Herne H) 38:45; 14 S Long (Notts,

49:20; 3 J Ratcliffe (Herne H) 49:46, M55: 1 M Tennyson (G&G) 50:04; 2 S Corfield (SoC) 52:34; 3 M Constantinou (Coll) 53:48. M60: 1 S Bean (E&E) 50:17; 2 D Ogden (S Lon) 52:13; 3 G Quarton (S Lon) 52:25. M65: 1 M Farmery (THH) 63:45. M70: 1 M Mann (Dulw) 65:02 TEAM: 1 Hercules Wimbledon 85; 2 South London Harriers 120; 3 Guildford & Godalming 138; 4 Herne Hill 223; 5 Thames Hare & Hounds 226; 6 Aldershot, Farnham & District 256; 7 Epsom & Ewell 348; 8 Ranelagh 355; 9 Woking 413; 10 Dorking 7 Mole Valley 507; 11 Clapham Chasers 519; 12 Striders of Croydon 523; 13 Walton 549; 14 Wimbledon Windmilers 596; 15 Croydon 683 U20 (6.1km): 1 S Martin (G&G, U17) 21:05; 2 J Walker (WSEH) 21:13; 3 J Johnson (AFD) 21:18; 4 J Blacknell (AFD) 21:23; 5 A Ludewick (Herne H) 21:32; 6 T Jones (Walton, U17) 21:38; 7 I Barnes (K&P) 21:40; 8 L Van Oudtshoorn (AFD) 21:45; 9 D Spencer (WSEH, U17) 21:47; 10 F Vaughan (S Lon, U17) 21:58; 11 H Silverstein (HW) 22:10; 12 B Fitzpatrick (Walton) 22:16; 13 L Stone (WSEH, U17) 22:17; 14 T Cheshire (G&G, U17) 22:18; 15 N Smith (S Lon, U17) 22:24 U20 TEAM: 1 AFD 11; 2 Walton 35 U17 TEAM: 1 S Lon 35; 2 WSEH 40; 3 Walton 47 U15 (4.2km): 1 E Scott (WSEH) 14:28; 2 J Taylor (S Lon) 14:42; 3 C Norman (S Lon) 14:43; 4 M Pickering (S Lon) 14:46; 5 C Chilton (S Lon) 14:49; 6 J Dargan (C’ley) 15:01; 7 S Johnston (WSEH) 15:14; 8 H Prescott (Brack) 15:20; 9 M Brooks (C’ley) 15:32; 10 O Emment (Walton) 15:34 TEAM: 1 S Lon 14; 2 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow 49; 3 Walton 71; 4 Camberley & District 76; 5 E&E 88; 6 Herne H 104 U13 (2.75km): 1 F Lett (Strag) 9:37; 2 J Hunt (S Lon) 9:39; 3 J Hunt (S Lon) 9:54; 4 V Holsten (E&E) 9:58; 5 T Harmer (S Lon) 10:01; 6 O Buchan (Herne H) 10:02; 7 A Lennon (Sutt) 10:03; 8 O Prebble (S Lon) 10:17; 9 A Elford (WSEH) 10:18; 10 J Lee-Baum (Herne H) 10:20 U13 TEAM: 1 S Lon 18; 2 WSEH 49; 3 E&E 65; 4 Herne H 69; 5 HW 115; 6 Reigate Priory 141 Women (8.4km): 1 L Partridge (AFD) 31:25; 2 C Dannatt (C’ley) 31:34; 3 N Brown (AFD) 31:54; 4 N Scott (AFD) 32:29; 5 P Law (K&P) 32:31; 6 S Monk (G&G) 32:46; 7 G Fenn (Belg) 32:52; 8 E Wicks (AFD) 32:55; 9 G Bruinvels (AFD) 33:17; 10 E Harrison (G&G) 33:33; 11 S Ratcliffe (AFD) 33:41; 12 N Seymour (THH) 33:45; 13 C Grima (HW, W40) 33:49; 14 S Kinsella (Strag, W35) 33:55; 15 M De Silva

M35) 38:52; 15 M Gallimore (Absolute Triathlon, U20) 39:10; 16 J Muddeman (Notts, M35) 39:28; 17 D Nugent (SinA, M35) 39:36; 18 C Mcnally (Belg) 39:46; 19 R Robinson (SinA, M35) 39:47; 20 B Burnham (Mans, U20) 39:57; 21 G Russell (Beeston) 40:31; 22 P Whittingham (SinA, M55) 40:42; 23 P Allcock (Long E) 41:04; 24 D Cass (SinA, M45) 41:07; 25 B Templeman (Vegan, M35) 41:12; 26 E George (Holme P) 41:45; 27 A Squire (Holme P, M35) 41:59; 28 J Fox (Holme P, M35) 42:11; 29 G Gregory (Newk, M35) 42:15; 30 D Davies (Newk, M45) 42:17 M65: 1 D Oxland (Notts) 47:17 TEAM: 1 Notts 89; 2 Mansfield 176; 3 Holme P 197; 4 L Eaton 216; 5 Red RR 269; 6 Kimberley 269 U17 (6km): 1 J Connell (Mans) 22:19; 2 G Rowland (Donc) 24:19; 3 H Beech-Mcphilbin (Notts) 24:35; 4 L Edge (Rush) 24:56; 5 B Squire (Rush) 25:15; 6 L Boswell (SinA) 26:32 TEAM: SinA 25 U15 (4.5km): 1 S Okrafo-Smart (Absolute

(Rane, W35) 34:35; 16 E Headley (Clap C) 35:00; 17 F de Mauny (Herne H, W35) 35:03; 18 E Barrett (Belg) 35:07; 19 J Wedmore (Herne H) 35:27; 20 S Whatmough (Rane) 35:33; 21 J Vickers (S Lon, W40) 35:39; 22 A James-Welsh (S Lon, W40) 35:49; 23 S Winter (Strag, W45) 35:52; 24 S Ludlow Taylor (G&G, W35) 35:58; 25 M Lomba (Wimb W) 36:04; 26 F Ross (Rane) 36:06; 27 M Thompson (K&P) 36:12; 28 E Skinner (S Lon, W40) 36:14; 29 O Papaioannou (Belg) 36:18; 30 G Furze (Woking) 36:31; 31 G Galbriath (HW) 36:39; 32 H Morris (DMV) 36:49; 33 A Billups (S Lon) 36:52; 34 L Langston (Herne H) 37:02; 35 E Bull (Reig, U20) 37:05; 36 K Ellison (Herne H, W35) 37:09; 37 N Cahusac (G&G, W45) 37:18; 38 C Barden (Belg) 37:22; 39 A Billington (Woking, W40) 37:26; 40 R Gravell (Strag) 37:30 W50: 1 L Thomas (HW) 38:56; 2 A Smith (S Lon) 39:03; 3 S Upton (SoC) 39:48. W55: 1 S Harrison (G&G) 39:38; 2 M Synnott-Wells (Rane) 42:02. W65: 1 M Statham (Holl S) 42:49 TEAM: 1 AFD 16; 2 G&G 76; 3 Belgrave 91; 4 S Lon 104; 5 Herne H 105; 6 Stragglers 129; 7 Rane 138; 8 HW 145; 9 THH 148; 10 Clap C 171; 11 E&E 230; 12 Wimbledon Windmilers 246 U20 (5.4km): 1 A Morton (Has B) 20:42; 2 E Weir (HW, U17) 20:59; 3 M Collings (Woking, U17) 21:05; 4 D Corradi (Sutt) 21:19; 5 P Roessler (AFD, U17) 21:23; 6 K Brown (AFD) 21:32; 7 C Griffiths (G&G) 21:37; 8 A Attenborough (G&G, U17) 21:40; 9 P CraigMcFeely (Herne H, U17) 22:24; 10 G Clarke (HW, U17) 22:37; 11 N McLoughlin (AFD, U17) 22:52; 12 A Strode (G&G, U17) 23:08; 13 K Mooney (S Lon, U17) 23:13; 14 K Valkenburg (E&E, U17) 23:16; 15 E Savory (WSEH) 23:31 TEAM: 1 AFD 22; 2 G&G 27; 3 HW 31; 4 Sutton & District 86; 5 E&E 71; 6 Croy 85 U15 (4.2km): 1 P Bowen (Herne H) 17:02; 2 J Bowen (G&G) 17:03; 3 M Clifford (C’ley) 17:04; 4 L Wormley (Craw) 17:05; 5 S Lomas (E&E) 17:07; 6 B Taylor (E&E) 17:19; 7 I Brown (E&E) 17:44; 8 L Denece (Reig) 17:50; 9 A Bloomfield (E&E) 17:51; 10 M Thorpe (HW) 17:52 TEAM: 1 E&E 27; 2 G&G 70; 3 HW 93; 4 Herne H 120; 5 C’ley 136; 6 WSEH 137 U13 (2.75km): 1 T Brown (G&G) 10:37; 2 S Chapman (WSEH) 10:52; 3 R Simons (G&G) 10:54; 4 E O’Hanlon (Herne H) 10:55; 5 E Maignan (S Lon) 11:01; 6 G O’Hanlon (Herne H) 11:08; 7 Z Girling (E&E) 11:10; 8 V Marshall (Herne H) 11:13; 9 K Pye (G&G) 11:16; 10 A Bushell (G&G) 11:16 TEAM: 1 G&G 23; 2 Herne H 29; 3 E&E 56;

Triathlon) 18:08; 2 L Buttrick (Rush) 19:33; 3 T Bavin (Rush) 20:28; 4 J Ali (Mans) 20:37; 5 J Orr (Mans) 20:43; 6 T Senior (Works) 20:54 TEAM: 1 Rushcliffe 14; 2 Mansfield 21; 3 Worksop 35 U13 (3km): 1 J Nugent (SinA) 13:41; 2 C Prestwich (Notts) 13:57; 3 J Monk (Newk) 14:12; 4 E Sankey (Mans) 14:22; 5 G Sinski (Notts) 14:28; 6 E Holden (Mans) 14:31; 7 J Fee (Ret) 14:46; 8 J Flood (Rush) 14:57 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 19; 2 Notts 20; 3 Rushcliffe 35 U11 (1.5km): 1 A Paget (Rush) 7:01; 2 L Carr (Rush) 7:13; 3 D Adams (Mans) 7:19 Women (8km): 1 J Potter (Charn, W35) 30:30; 2 N Hoffman (Notts, W35) 33:12; 3 R Gallop (Newk) 33:39; 4 L Deacon (Notts, W35) 34:33; 5 H Burrell (Red, W55) 35:28; 6 J Birtwistle (Notts, W35) 35:36; 7 C Bradbury (Beeston) 36:05; 8 S Eadsforth (Beeston, W45) 36:55; 9 C Watson (SinA, W35) 37:07; 10 A Casson (Form 1, W35) 37:22; 11 K Herbert (Kimb, W35) 37:45; 12 L

RESULTS Staley (SinA, W45) 38:34; 13 C Todd Mcintyre (Rush, W55) 38:39; 14 L Grant (Beeston, W35) 38:50; 15 J Atkinson (Holme P, W45) 38:59; 16 E Van Loon (Holme P, W45) 39:06; 17 K Huntington (Mans, W35) 39:15; 18 S Maybanks (Beeston, W35) 39:26; 19 A Gould (Holme P, W35) 39:42; 20 B Armstrong (Mans, W45) 40:01 TEAM: 1 Notts 11; 2 Red RR 42; 3 Mansfield 45; 4 Kimberley 52; 5 Notts 59; 6 Mansfield B 76; 7 Mansfield C 89; 8 Red RR B 89; 9 Mansfield D 111; 10 Kimberley B 118 U20 (5km): 1 L Coleman (Mans) 22:59; 2 F Berry (Rush, U17) 25:01; 3 M Scott (Mans) 25:31; 4 L Rathbone (Rush, U17) 25:51; 5 E Williams (Notts) 25:54; 6 N Britten (Mans, U17) 26:11; 7 A Gandee (Rush) 26:13; 8 B Harris (Notts) 26:50; 9 I Edwards (Rush, U17) 27:00; 10 Y Nutt (Notts, U17) 27:12 U20/U17 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 10; 2 Rushcliffe 13; 3 Notts 23 U15 (4km): 1 A Chrispin (Newk) 17:31; 2 R Challender (Notts) 18:15; 3 D Walker (Notts) 18:19; 4 A Maddocks (Works) 18:23; 5 H Noble (Ret) 18:26; 6 E Baguley (Ret) 18:36; 7 G Sutton (Notts) 18:40; 8 G Manson (Mans) 18:46; 9 O Hare (Mans) 19:25; 10 C Dodds (Mans) 19:30; TEAM: 1 Notts 12; 2 Retford 24; 3 Mansfield 27; 4 Mansfield B 45; 5 Rushcliffe 49 U13 (3km): 1 A Nicholson (Notts) 15:06; 2 C Lilley (Notts) 15:36; 3 J Waller (Mans) 16:23; 4 E Kemnedy (Mans) 16:46; 5 E Cartwright (Works) 16:51; 6 Z Spencer (Mans) 17:30; 7 M Thomas (Notts) 17:31; 8 F Vincent (Unatt) 17:34; 9 C Alcock (Ret) 17:57; 10 H Easter (Rush) 17:57 TEAM: 1 Notts 10; 2 Mansfield 13 U11 (1.5km): 1 A Arbon (Mans) 7:25; 2 L Mason (Mans) 7:32; 3 H Limmer (Ret) 7:36 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 9; 2 Mansfield B 30; 3 Notts 30 SHROPSHIRE, Oswestry, January 4 Men (XC): 1 O Blake (Osw) 32:22; 2 M Hall (Shrews, M35) 32:30; 3 J Hickinbottom (Shrews, M35) 33:23; 4 P Townsend (Notts) 33:56; 5 M Costello (Shrews, M35) 33:57; 6 A Allison (Shrop S) 34:05; 7 P Jones (Shrews, M45) 34:10; 8 T Vaughan (Shrop S) 34:30; 9 P Middleton (Shrews, M35) 34:54; 10 W Laye (B’nthRC) 35:32; 11 J Milovsorov (Shrews) 35:34; 12 R McKenna (Shrews, M40) 36:02; 13 S Barkley (Osw, M45) 36:12; 14 R Price (Shrop S, M35) 36:32; 15 P O’Brien (Tel, M40) 36:44; 16 R Stokes (Osw) 37:08; 17 S Smith (Shrop S) 37:21; 18 M Smith (Tel H) 37:38; 19 P Bowes (Shrews, M50) 37:51; 20 R Davies (Osw) 38:08; 21 J Bishton (Shrop S) 38:09; 22 T Hales (Tel H) 38:14; 23 D Gapper (Tel, M40) 38:16; 24 S Gill (Wrek, M50) 38:35; 25 P Jones (Osw, M40) 38:46 M45: 3 R Pepper (Shrop S) 40:36. M50: 3 B Rothera (Osw) 39:32. M55: 1 M Griffiths (Tel H) 40:20. M60: 1 N Blake (Osw) 43:43. M65: 1 P Hough (Shrop S) 46:11 U20 (XC): 1 C Muir (Stoke) 33:30; 2 J Pickett (W&B) 34:38; 3 J Cole (Tel) 34:44; 4 T Wilde (Oswestry Oly) 36:10; 5 M Collins (Osw) 37:38 U17 (XC): 1 L Rawlings (Osw) 16:11; 2 W Kay (Merc) 16:55; 3 B Naudi (Tel) 17:54; 4 J Gilling (Shrews) 18:00; 5 E Roberts (Osw) 18:58; 6 W Owen (Shrewsbury Sch) 19:06; 7 J Inglis (Lawley) 19:17 U15 (XC): 1 D Galloway (Oldbury Wells Sch) 15:51; 2 A Wickens (Tel) 16:32; 3 J Lins (Shrews) 16:54; 4 C Preece (Tel) 17:39; 5 C Pugsley (Osw) 18:06; 6 J Mensah (Tel) 18:08; 7 B Rothera (Osw) 18:45; 8 J Hayes (Tel) 18:48; 9 M Wyatt (Osw) 19:44; 10 O Thomas (Wen) 20:08 U13 (XC): 1 J Kinrade (Shrews) 12:17; 2 A Bentham (Shrews) 12:18; 3 O Skelton (Tel) 12:46; 4 B Hayes (Tel) 12:49; 5 F Allwood (Shrews) 13:09; 6 D Stewart (Wen) 13:12; 7 T Scott (Tel) 13:13; 8 Z Mckenna (Shrews) 13:25; 9 F Preece (Tel) 13:35; 10 L Thompson (Tel) 13:39 Women (XC): 1 C Martin (Tel, W45) 22:16; 2 S Wilhoit (Shrews) 22:33; 3 L Cooper (B’nthRC) 23:08; 4 S Mackness (Notts) 23:48; 5 R Coupe

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(Tel, W45) 24:43; 6 L Morley (Shrews, W35) 24:53; 7 E Sanders (Shrews) 25:08; 8 J Cook (Shrop S, W45) 25:16; 9 J Brown (Shrews, W35) 25:38; 10 N Cook (Shrews) 25:55; 11 C Symms (Wrek, W35) 26:13; 12 L Williams (Oswestry Oly, W40) 26:22; 13 V Morris (B’nthRC, W40) 26:35; 14 K Gibbons (B’nthRC, W40) 26:38; 15 L Woolcock (Osw, W35) 26:42; 16 C O’Brien (Tel H, W40) 27:01; 17 S Thomas (Lawley) 27:11; 18 N Bishton (Shrop S) 27:12; 19 A Walton (Osw) 27:28; 20 H Fras (Shrop S, W35) 28:13 W50: 1 A Whitmore (Tel H) 28:48. W55: 1 Y Hill (Osw) 28:54 U20 (XC): 1 M Williams (Shrewsbury High Sch) 23:30; 2 K Pugh (Osw) 26:45; 3 R Carter (Shrews) 27:07 U17 (XC): 1 C Ellie Mander (Wrekin College Tri) 17:46; 2 B Jones (Osw) 17:56; 3 C Broadhurst (K&S) 19:09; 4 E Charlesworth (Wen) 20:39; 5 K Appleby (Tel) 21:17; 6 S Stewardson (K&S) 21:25 U15 (XC): 1 B Rawlinson (Wen) 12:05; 2 I Downes (Moreton Hall Sch) 12:29; 3 M Preece (Tel) 12:55; 4 S O’neill (Wrekin College ) 14:00; 5 P Jones (Tel) 14:53; 6 A Craven (Wen) 15:21 U13 (XC): 1 Z Gilbody (Chilt) 7:54; 2 B Trow (Shrews) 8:16; 3 R Kind (W&B) 8:44; 4 D Frost (Tel) 9:01; 5 A Kind (W&B) 9:08; 6 L Newell (Shrews) 9:20; 7 I Standell (Tel) 9:31; 8 A Watkinson (Tel) 9:32; 9 P Kendrick Jones (Oswestry Sch) 9:36; 10 E Gapper (Wen) 9:37 STAFFORDSHIRE, Stafford Common, January 4 DOUBLE Midland champion Katie Holt dominated the women’s race when winning by more than two minutes as she led Stoke to the team award and made it four county wins in a row. 2018 Midland champion Alex Brecker ensured a Stoke double when taking the men’s event from Tipton’s Richard Carpenter; the 27-year-old making it five wins in a row. Midland third-placer Ella Semple retained her U17 title as did Gianni Loska in the U15 boys’ race. Men (9.7km): 1 A Brecker (Stoke) 32:06; 2 R Carpenter (Tip) 32:37; 3 C Perrin (C&S) 32:42; 4 L Gratton (Ruge) 32:48; 5 A Hurdman (Hatt D) 33:01; 6 J Morris (W&B) 33:11; 7 V Martin (Stoke) 33:22; 8 C Abberley (Burt, U20) 33:26; 9 D Maskew (W&B) 33:52; 10 J Arnold (Stoke, M40) 34:05; 11 L Vine (Tip) 34:17; 12 L Nagington (Newc S, U20) 34:20; 13 J Thomas (Stoke, U20) 34:22; 14 S Corbishley (Tip) 34:38; 15 I Salt (Stoke, M40) 34:48; 16 B Chesters (C&S, U20) 34:50; 17 M Williams (Tip, M40) 35:02; 18 T Holden (Tip, M35) 35:07; 19 M Lear (Burt, U20) 35:14; 20 A Mayne (Stoke, U20) 35:25; 21 J Lally (Stoke, U20) 35:37; 22 J Perrin (C&S) 35:46; 23 C Dillon (Stoke) 35:55; 24 S Ashworth (Stone MM, M35) 36:12; 25 T Hendricken (Stoke) 36:16; 26 J Droogmans (Newc S, U20) 36:34; 27 G Briggs (Dark Pk, M45) 36:43; 28 M Basnett (Newc S, M35) 36:48; 29 P Wolfe (C&S) 36:56; 30 A Guy (Tip, M45) 37:16 M45: 3 T Kelly (C&S) 38:11. M50: 1 D Smith (W&B) 37:35; 2 A Walker (Newc S) 38:00; 3 D Pyatt (Stone MM) 39:23. M55: 1 S Dunn (Trent) 41:22. M60: 1 S Calrow (W&B) 40:51 TEAM: 1 Stoke 66; 2 Tipton 92; 3 Cannock & S 140; 4 Wolves 174; 5 Newcastle St 192; 6 Stone 278; 7 Trentham 343 U20 TEAM: Stoke 16 Overall women/U17 men (6.5km): 1 K Holt (Stoke, W) 22:56; 2 E Smith (Newc S, U17) 23:04; 3 T Bentley (Tip, U17) 23:28; 4 J Shorten (Burt, U17) 24:17; 5 L Wakefield (Newc S, U17) 24:49; 6 O Mason (W&B, U17) 24:59; 7 E Semple (Bir, U17W) 25:04; 8 K Lord (Notts, W) 25:14; 9 L Hayes (Stoke, W) 25:23; 10 T Clarke (W&B, W) 25:27 U17: 6 H Bond (Bux) 25:28; 7 F Churton (Stoke) 25:42; 8 L Hunt (Tip) 26:10 U17 TEAM: 1 Newc St 16; 2 Tipton 20; 3 Burton 25; 4 Stoke 34

Women: 1 Holt 22:56; 2 Semple 25:04; 3 Lord 25:14; 4 Hayes 25:23; 5 Clarke 25:27; 6 L Hackett (W&B, U17) 25:31; 7 S Goodfellow (Newc S) 25:32; 8 L Hill (Tip, W35) 25:43; 9 A Williams (Tip) 25:51; 10 L Charlton (Newc S, U20) 25:52; 11 R Twardochleb (Newc S) 26:05; 12 B Walker (Tip, U20) 26:26; 13 C Holden (Tip, W35) 26:32; 14 S McWilliam (W&B) 26:38; 15 M Vernon (Stoke, W35) 26:39; 16 V Hughes (Stoke, W35) 26:44; 17 D Thomas (Trent, W35) 26:50; 18 N Nokes (Stone MM) 26:51; 19 L Matthews (Stoke) 26:52; 20 A Neill (Stoke) 27:06 U20: 3 B Tabor (W&B) 27:11; 4 H Brayer (Tam) 28:17; 5 R Nicholls (Bir) 28:36. U17: 3 N Tomkinson (Newc S) 27:46; 4 B Dyall (W&B) 28:31; 5 M Twardochleb (Newc S) 29:15 Women TEAM: 1 Stoke 31; 2 Tipton 34; 3 Newc St 50; 4 W&B 70; 5 Stone 106; 6 Trentham 119 W35 TEAM: 1 Stoke 20; 2 Trentham 48; 3 Stone 55; 4 C&S 80 U20 TEAM: New C 14 U17 TEAM: 1 W&B 12; 2 Newc St 15; 3 Stoke 3; 4 Tipton 38 U15 (4.4km): 1 G Loska (Stoke) 15:31; 2 T Hawley (Bir) 16:27; 3 L Bradley (Bir) 16:31; 4 E Clowes (Newcastle (Staffs) Tri Club) 16:42; 5 D Illidge (W&B) 16:43; 6 M Chappelle (Bir) 16:44; 7 L Hallam (W&B) 16:46; 8 S Rowe (Stoke) 16:49; 9 B Lucas (Tip) 17:06; 10 J Neilson (W&B) 17:10; 11 S Duval (RSC, U15W) 17:48; 13 A AbberleyBarker (Stoke, U15W) 18:13; 15 J Charlton (Tip, U15W) 18:28; 19 K Williams (Stoke, U15W) 18:47; 24 R Shadforth-Groucutt (Tip, U15W) 19:24; 25 J Walker (Tip, U15W) 19:25 TEAM: 1 Birchfield 11; 2 W&B 22; 3 Stoke 26; 4 Tipton 41 U15 girls TEAM: 1 Stoke 13; 2 Tipton 14; 3 Newc St 41 U13 (3.3km): 1 N Rowe (Stoke) 12:27; 2 K Fellows (Tip) 12:43; 3 D Hilditch (Stoke) 12:47; 4 J Bradley (Bir) 12:48; 5 T Lucas (Tip) 12:59; 6 S Williams (W&B, U13W) 13:08; 7 W Evans (Tip) 13:16; 8 G Bromley (RSC) 13:25; 9 P Lamb (Stoke, U13W) 13:36; 10 Z Stanfield (Stoke) 13:40; 11 Z Asbury (W&B, U13W) 13:45; 13 J Salt (Tam, U13W) 14:03; 14 C McCarney (Burt, U13W) 14:04; 15 M White (W&B, U13W) 14:09; 16 L Donnelly (Stoke, U13W) 14:18; 17 S Bowley (Burt, U13W) 14:26; TEAM: 1 Stoke 12; 2 Tipton 13; 3 Tamworth 45; 4 Newc St 46. U13 girls TEAM: 1 W&B 10; 2 Stoke 18; 3 Burton 30; 4 C&S 43 SUFFOLK, Bury St Edmunds, January 5 Men (10km): 1 J Reeder (Ips) 34:55; 2 J Freeborough (W Suff) 34:59; 3 S Ramsey (Had H) 35:08; 4 M Gilbert (C&C) 35:14; 5 C Whiting (Ips) 35:38; 6 P Miller (C&C) 36:09; 7 D Sparshott (Bung, M35) 36:37; 8 N Pollard (Newmkt J, M40) 36:51; 9 S Williams (S’mkt) 37:01; 10 A Southwood (St Ed, M40) 37:10; 11 S Burdett (S’mkt) 37:27; 12 J Preston (W Suff, U20) 37:39; 13 K Tilley (Ips J, M45) 37:41; 14 J Smith (Newmkt J, M40) 37:43; 15 C Cooke (St Ed, M55) 37:46; 16 J Calvert (Ips J, M40) 37:54; 17 P Holley (Newmkt J, M50) 38:17; 18 P Hannah (Unatt) 38:24; 19 C Hall (S’mkt, M35) 38:28; 20 M Hayward (Newmkt J, M35) 38:30 M45: 2 J Scaife (Had H) 39:16; 3 D Sheppard (Fram) 40:31. M50: 2 D Solomon (Felix) 41:39; 3 M Blacoe (Had H) 42:26. M55: 2 H Beasley (St Ed) 41:15; 3 M Watts (St Ed) 41:20. M60: 1 R Wold (Felix) 45:42; 2 B Rogers (Ips J) 45:42; 3 R Ackerley (W’bridge) 46:02. M65: 1 N Clarke (Newmkt J) 49:04. M70: 1 F Moggan (S’mkt) 52:01 U20 (8km): 1 J Pettersson (Ips) 26:57; 2 S Quercia-Smale (St Ed) 28:38; 3 S Stevens (Norw) 28:47; 4 M Snowdon (Ips) 30:39; 5 M Moore (S’mkt) 32:10 U17 (6km): 1 T Henson (St Ed) 20:49; 2 K Evans Lombe (SB) 20:52; 3 W Lowden (St Ed) 21:26; 4 F Adams (Ips) 21:42; 5 S Burkitt (St Ed)

22:03; 6 M Bennett (Ips J) 24:16 U15 (4km): 1 L Sullivan (St Ed) 14:25; 2 O Hitchcock (Ips) 14:52; 3 B Peck (Thet) 14:58; 4 J Peck (Thet) 15:12; 5 E Gladwell (Ips) 15:29; 6 M Berry (St Ed) 15:59; 7 R Shearer (W Suff) 16:06; 8 B Phillips (Haver) 16:21; 9 T Ashley-plumb (Ips J) 16:28; 10 L Waællace (St Ed) 16:50 U13 (3km): 1 L Davison (Ips) 11:53; 2 J Trangmar (W Suff) 12:12; 3 T Taylor (W Suff) 12:20; 4 J McAllen (W’vney) 12:23; 5 S Tilley (Ips J) 12:26; 6 S Melero (W Suff) 12:30; 7 A Taylor (W Suff) 12:35; 8 H Rutland (Col H) 12:37; 9 M Jeffery (W Suff) 12:41; 10 R Hammond (Ips) 12:44; U11 (2km): 1 A Barrington-Hibbert (Ips) 7:47; 2 J Griffin (St Ed) 7:52; 3 R Gambling (S’mkt) 7:56; 4 B Taylor (W Suff, U11W) 8:00; 9 L Ambrose (W Suff, U11W) 8:40; 10 B Jameson (Ips J, U11W) 8:46; 12 C Phillips (Woodbridge School, U11W) 8:48 Women (10km): 1 H Pettersson (Ips) 39:57; 2 L Howe (Norw) 40:05; 3 L Thomas (Ips J) 41:02; 4 J Anthony (C&C) 41:53; 5 G Garvin (Ips J) 42:15; 6 O Robson (St Ed, W45) 42:28; 7 E Drury (Sud J) 42:45; 8 A O’Hare (Haver) 42:54; 9 J Gooderham (St Ed) 43:01; 10 A Heather-Hayes (Had H, W40) 43:07 W35: 1 K Austin (Ips J) 43:40. W40: 2 C Jeffery (St Ed) 44:43. W45: 2 S Bowen (Sud J) 48:25. W50: 1 G Clarke (Fram) 46:47. W55: 1 C Anthony (W Suff) 45:54; 2 M McCarthy (W Suff) 47:26; 3 V Jennings (Ips J) 48:01. W60: 1 J Morgan (St Ed) 55:09. W65: 1 M Walker (Fram) 59:21 U20 (6km): 1 M Jordan-Lee (S’mkt) 24:16; 2 P Unthank (Ips) 24:55; 3 M Jordan-Lee (S’mkt) 25:15 U17 (5km): 1 A Hill (SB) 19:37; 2 H Fisher (Ips) 20:15; 3 T Aldis (Ips) 20:27; 4 R Morley (W Suff) 21:17; 5 M Dann (Ips) 21:39; 6 P Branton (Ips) 21:47; 7 D Brooke (Ips J) 22:24; 8 C Cavill (W Suff) 23:07 U15 (4km): 1 R Vinton (Ips) 16:42; 2 A Goddard (Ips) 18:21; 3 M Lansdown (Ips J) 18:53; 4 L Battell (W Suff) 18:59; 5 F Mann (Ips) 19:12; 6 S Allen (W Suff) 19:26; 7 F Aston (Ips) 19:45; 8 E Marshall (W Suff) 19:58; 9 M Gray-cullum (Chantry School) 20:29; 10 S Gathorne-Hardy (St Ed) 20:47 U13 (3km): 1 V Valentine (St Ed) 12:41; 2 A Taylor (W Suff) 13:29; 3 E Wright (St Ed) 13:31; 4 I Moore (St Ed) 13:38; 5 P Harpur-Davies (W Suff) 13:46; 6 A Crabb (Ips J) 13:52; 7 F Wilcox (Ips J) 13:53; 8 L Hitchcock (Ips) 14:06; 9 E Rufford (Woodbridge School) 14:16; 10 P Gaunt (Ips) 14:25 SUSSEX, Bexhill, January 4 NICOLE TAYLOR notched up her fourth women’s championships in a row with victory over Beth Kidger by more than a minute, Martin Duff reports. The South of the Thames 7.5-mile champion gradually increased her leading margin throughout the race, eventually coming home 86 seconds clear of 2018 Welsh indoor 1500m champion Kidger, who had a lonely run as third-placed Emma Dixon was another minute further back. In a first for the county, the women’s race was run over the same 10km distance as the men, whose own outing has been reduced from 12km in recent years, but both courses seemed to run longer than the advertised distance. For the men, Scottish Students champion Jack Leitch was pushed all the way by Paul Navesey, eventually only winning by some 30 metres. Veteran Neil Boniface, who has been jogging around parkruns of late, was 80 metres down in third. Bethany Cook, the double under-15 Inter-Counties champion and under-17 runner-up last year, extended her unbeaten run of Sussex cross-country championship races to seven by running out a comfortable

winner over Harriet Bloor. The closest finish of the day came in the U17 men’s race where the timekeepers could not separate Adam Dray and second-placed Liam Dunne. The title went to Dray, who improved from seventh last year. U15 Eleanor Strevens was another to extend a sequence, hers being of seven recent Sussex AA and county schools’ championships as she too retained her title while U13 Dulcie Yelling improved from second last year to take U13 gold. Men (10km): 1 J Leitch (Worth) 34:49; 2 P Navesey (Craw) 34:59; 3 N Boniface (Craw, M40) 35:22; 4 B Savill (Lewes) 35:28; 5 H Leleu (Chich) 35:47; 6 W Cork (B&H) 35:53; 7 S Heath (Phoe) 35:56; 8 K Moore (B&H) 36:19; 9 J Arthur (GUEST) 36:35; 10 R Boorman (HW) 36:37; 11 J Baker (Chich, M40) 36:44; 12 J Turner (B&H) 36:51; 13 W Boutwood (Chich) 36:57; 14 M Bradford (Lewes, M40) 37:08; 15 C Upton (LEW) 37:18; 16 R Hoyte (Phoe) 37:36; 17 T Walker (Phoe) 37:43; 18 J Knapp (B&H) 37:52; 19 T Meanwell (Lewes, M40) 37:55; 20 C Halsey (B&H, M40) 37:58; 21 B Short (Craw) 38:18; 22 D Pettitt (Kent) 38:20; 23 K Lindars (B’works) 38:30; 24 J Bedwell (B’works) 38:44; 25 M Footman (Worth, M40) 39:01; 26 R Mullen (Hay H) 39:13; 27 C Gilbert (Lewes, M45) 39:22; 28 M Bristow (B&H, M40) 39:28; 29 R Jones (EAS) 39:34; 30 N Dawson (Phoe) 39:39 M50: 1 D Powell (Phoe) 40:05; 2 L Sida (Lewes) 41:38. M55: 1 P Cousins (Hay H) 43:37. M70: 1 D Beattie (Craw) 51:55 TEAM: 1 B&H 88; 2 Lewes 110; 3 Phoenix 130; 4 Crawley 203; 5 Chich R 227; 6 Phoenix B 276; 7 Hastings 315; 8 Hay H 334; 9 Arena 385; 10 Horsh BS 430 U20 (8km): 1 T Tarragano (B&H) 26:40; 2 J Cann (Horsh BS) 27:03; 3 N Potter (Chich) 28:13; 4 W Broom (Chich) 28:27; 5 T Nisbet (T Synergy) 28:52; 6 N Canby (B’works) 29:15; 7 J Barnett (Horsh BS) 29:27; 8 S Leitch (Worth) 29:29; 9 H Hewitt (Craw) 29:58; 10 J Clayson (B&H) 30:24; 1 TEAM: 1 Chich R 19; 2 Horsh BS 21; 3 B&H 27 U17 (5km): L Dunne (Chich) 17:33; 2 A Dray (Lewes) 17:33; 3 I Elam (Hast) 17:48; 4 A Mohapi-Dobouny (Lewes) 18:11; 5 N Buckeridge (Craw) 18:31; 6 C Stone (Craw) 18:35; 7 T Kimber (Craw) 18:36; 8 J Crombie (Hast) 18:43; 9 J Callard (LEW) 18:47; 10 B Noon (B’works) 18:59 TEAM: 1 Lewes 14; 2 Crawley 18; 3 Hastings 26; 4 Crawley B 63 U15 (4km): 1 H Yelling (B&H) 15:35; 2 C Ferris (Horsh BS) 15:49; 3 L Newton (Craw) 16:00; 4 A Guppy (Lewes) 16:02; 5 L Best (Craw) 16:04; 6 C Polton (B’works) 16:09; 7 H E-Payno (B’works) 16:19; 8 N Hollan-Ellidge (Craw) 16:21; 9 L Harber (Worth) 16:23; 10 S Pendered (Lewes) 16:25; TEAM: 1 Crawley 16; 2 Lewes 25; 3 B&H 26; 4 B’wks 35; 5 Worthing 56; 6 B&H B 67; 7 Lewes B 78; 8 Crawley B 79; 9 Horsham BS 79; 10 Chich R 81 U13 (3km): 1 F Goodman (Hast R) 11:41; 2 T Matthews (B&H) 12:08; 3 A Khursheed (Hay H) 12:13; 4 J Clayton (B&H) 12:14; 5 T Barnett (B&H) 12:15; 6 C Bailey (Phoe) 12:22; 7 R Brown (Hast) 12:25; 8 A Schmitt (Chich) 12:33; 9 B Hastings (Lewes) 12:35; 10 F Matthews (B&H) 12:36; TEAM: 1 B&H 11; 2 Hay H 27; 3 Phoenix 42; 4 Lewes 53; 5 Chich R 56; 6 Crawley 65 Women (10km): 1 N Taylor (Ton) 38:53; 2 B Kidger (Phoe) 40:19; 3 E Dixon (B’works) 41:11; 4 L Harris (Worth) 42:33; 5 E Footman (Worth, W35) 42:57; 6 R Mulvey (Hast) 43:13; 7 A Brown (Craw, W40) 44:18; 8 D Knotkova-Hanley (Hay H, U20) 44:20; 9 C Hoyte (Arena, W45) 44:34; 10 R Hillman (Hail) 44:40; 11 D Tarleton (Arena, W45) 44:46; 12 M Taylor (Lewes) 45:06; 13 F Clark (Arena, W35) 45:42; 14 A Matthews (Craw, W45) 46:15; 15 B Searle (Phoe) 46:21; 16 R Holdaway (E’bne, W35) 46:32; 17 C Reading (Chich) 46:51; 18 C Pollard (B’works) 46:57; 19 T Shanahan (Arena, W45) 48:17; 20 H Rooney (Arena) 48:37

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WARWICKSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE, Warley Woods, Smethwick THERE Was a Birchfield double as Bryony Gunn and Omar Ahmed took the overall senior titles in this combined championship where big fields were the order of the day. BUCS 5000m third-placer Gunn moved

U20 (6km): 1 C McLeod (SSH) 18:05; 2 M Clisham (Cov) 18:45; 3 M Walk (Bir) 18:52; 4 P Clisham (Cov, U17) 19:04; 5 K Hopewell (SSH) 19:06; 6 D Priest (Leam) 19:15; 7 D Swain (Bir) 19:22; 8 J Robins (Bir, U17) 19:26; 9 J Dale (Worc) 19:45; 10 T Tyler (R&N, U17) 19:49; 11 T Keenan (Cov) 19:54; 12 R Kite (BRAT, U17) 20:00; 13 A Stapleton (Bir, U17) 20:05; 14 H Mayne (B&R, U17) 20:11; 15 S McFall (Bir, U17) 20:13 WARKS U20 TEAM: 1 Cov G 14; 2 S&SH 26; 3 Stratford 48; 4 RSC 51; 5 BRAT 53 WORCS U17 TEAM: 1 Birchfield 10; 2 B&R 15; 3 Halesowen 28 WARKS U17 TEAM: 1 Birchfield 15; 2 S&SH 26; 3 Stratford 48; 4 RSC 51; 5 BRAT 53 U15 (3.8km): 1 A Adams (Strat) 12:53; 2 F White (Bir) 13:13; 3 J O’Leary (SSH) 13:18; 4 R Hand (Bir) 13:22; 5 F Robins (Bir) 13:26; 6 H Faizey (SSH) 13:26; 7 D Paston (Cov) 13:28; 8 T Burdett (BRAT) 13:33; 9 H Woodward (R&N) 13:33; 10 S Lea (Worc) 13:37 WARKS TEAM: 1 Birchfield 15; 2 S&SH 18; 3 Stratford 43; 4 RSC 45; 5 R&N 45; 6 BRAT 50 WORCS TEAM: 1 Worcester 13; 2 B&R 27; 3 Halesowen 38 U13 (2.8km): 1 T Scrivens (Nun) 9:38; 2 A Burgess (Bir) 9:45; 3 C Smith (Bir) 9:52; 4 O Cresswell (Bir) 10:07; 5 W Pridden (B&R) 10:13; 6 S Hembry (B&R) 10:14; 7 W Hembry (B&R) 10:15; 8 N Sanders (B&R) 10:19; 9 A Wilkinson (RSC) 10:26; 10 D Wort (SSH) 10:27 WARKS TEAM: 1 Birchfield 24; 2 S&SH 33; 3 Stratford 41; 4 R&N 52 WORCS TEAM: 1 B&R 9; 2 Worcester 37; 3 Dudley & S 44 Women (6km): 1 B Gunn (Bir) 20:22; 2 J Evans (Knowle & Dorridge, W40) 20:58; 3 P Keen (Nun) 21:03; 4 A Kenchington (BRAT) 21:17; 5 M Browne (BRAT) 21:23; 6 B Payne (BRAT) 21:39; 7 H Thorne (Leam) 21:43; 8 L Higgins (Hale, U20) 21:51; 9 M McDonald (Leam) 21:59;

10 I Peck (B’ville) 22:07; 11 R Gifford (Knowle & Dorridge) 22:12; 12 K Hodgson (Nun, W35) 22:16; 13 N Bhangal (Leam) 22:17; 14 C Warrington (B&R, W40) 22:20; 15 E Fowler (Nun, W40) 22:27; 16 M Rothman (Leam) 22:31; 17 S Thompson (Hale, W35) 22:39; 18 E Shirley (Bir) 22:46; 19 M Matthews (Kenil) 22:49; 20 Z Hadfield (Leam) 22:57; 21 S Jones (Hale) 23:06; 22 I Davis (Knowle & Dorridge) 23:08; 23 H Talbot (Nun, W40) 23:15; 24 M Williamson (Leam, W55) 23:17; 25 G Allen (S’bridge) 23:20; 26 I Davis (Cov) 23:27; 27 J Jeeves (Leam, W50) 23:47; 28 J Bradshaw (Hale, W45) 23:48; 29 M Hutton (Spa, W40) 23:49; 30 L Dobson (Mass F) 23:56 W45: 2 H Pike (BRAT) 24:21; 3 E Garnett (Kenil) 24:58. W50: 2 S Armstrong (Buzzards) 24:39. W55: 2 T Woolley (Centu) 24:55; 3 S Spencer (Hale) 26:46. W60: 1 J Kidd (Kenil) 26:19; 2 P Barber (Tip) 27:59. WARKS TEAM: 1 Leamington 23; 2 Knowle & D 23; 3 BRAT 32; 4 Bourneville 44; 5 RSC 70; 6 Stratford 83 WORCS TEAM: 1 Halesowen 14; 2 BRAT 25; 3 B&R 29; 4 B Pear 63; 5 Malvern 67; 6 Warley 82 WARKS W35 TEAM: 1 Nuneaton 6; 2 Spa 22; 3 Bourneville 48; 4 Leamington 55 U20 (4.7km): 1 E Negus (Nun) 16:37; 2 G Campbell (Strat, U17) 16:49; 3 B Sykes (B&R) 17:36; 4 H Love (Worc) 17:42; 5 L Carey (RSC, U17) 17:53; 6 S Hill (R&N, U17) 18:03; 7 A Starling (Cov) 18:19; 8 A Roberts (Cov) 18:33; 9 F Bennett (Cov, U17) 18:40; 10 E Humpherston (RSC) 18:45; 11 L Kennard (Worc, U17) 18:47; 12 E Taylor (Strat, U17) 19:02; 13 C Perry (Tam, U17) 19:16; 14 O Worth (Bir) 19:20; 15 L Roberts (Hale, U17) 19:30 WARKS U20 TEAM: Cov G 12 U15 (3.8km): 1 M Jacks (R&N) 15:00; 2 C Marshall (Strat) 15:11; 3 O Robinson (Strat) 15:18; 4 B Homer (RSC) 15:21; 5 E Ranger (B&R)

Leeds City dominated the women’s race with Bronwen Owen (230) winning fom Claire Duck (231)

Thornton (Sky) 34:59; 48 N Dickinson (York) 35:09; 49 M Burrett (Leeds C, M40) 35:11; 50 J Hobbs (Vall, M40) 35:13 M45: 1 C Walker (P&B) 35:42; 2 P Millgate (Weth) 35:46. M50: 1 M Lofthouse (Nidd) 40:05; 2 A Holladay (Knaves) 40:19; 3 T Stewart (Sky) 40:37. M55: 1 T Ashelford (IlkleyBerridge (Holm) 40:18; 3 C Ireland (Sheff RC) 40:56. M60: 1 P Stockburn (H’gate) 41:42;. M65: 1 R Kersey (Holm) 45:07 TEAM: 1 Hallam B 100; 2 Leeds C 112; 3 Roth 136; 4 Holm 234; 5 Wharf 324; 6 York 324 U20 (8.25km): 1 J Dickinson (Leeds C) 25:38; 2 A Manthorpe (Shef/Dearn) 26:05; 3 M Hill (Wake) 26:16; 4 D Coy (Ilkley) 26:21; 5 C

up from fifth last year to show her good recent form, while Midland silver medallist Ahmed advanced from second last year. Men (9km): 1 O Ahmed (Bir) 27:34; 2 P Brookes (Tip) 28:12; 3 M Tanner (Bir) 28:30; 4 E Banks (Bir) 28:47; 5 G Goodwin (R&N) 28:59; 6 J Morrow (MKDP) 29:02; 7 P Roddy (THH) 29:05; 8 G Beardmore (Worc, U20) 29:17; 9 A Jolly (Bir) 29:34; 10 A Soley (Tip) 29:43; 11 C Sharp (Knowle & Dorridge, M35) 29:53; 12 J Read (Birm U) 29:58; 13 S Hudspith (Cov) 30:00; 14 A Smith (Cov) 30:03; 15 O Harradence (RSC, M40) 30:05; 16 R Meredith (Tip) 30:13; 17 J Smith (Tip) 30:55; 18 J Dickenson (Herne H) 31:03; 19 J McLeod (Cov) 31:19; 20 A Peat (Bir, M35) 31:21; 21 S Marks (R&N, M40) 31:25; 22 A Hill (BRAT, M35) 31:29; 23 M Fritchley (Worc, M35) 31:31; 24 D Price (Worc) 31:40; 25 H Morton (Leam) 31:45; 26 D Nation (D&S, M35) 31:46; 27 B Griffiths (Bir) 31:46; 28 J Newman (Strat) 31:49; 29 A Butler (Hale, M40) 31:51; 30 P Andrew (Leam, M35) 31:52 M45: 1 M Turner (Hale) 32:33; 2 A Wilson (Buzzards) 32:38; 3 V Andreoulakis (Leam) 33:18. M50: 1 K Evans (Buzzards) 33:20; 2 C Scoltock (B&R) 34:32; 3 D Clarke (Mass F) 34:44. M55: 1 R Andrew (RSC) 34:05; 2 J Holland (Worc) 35:12; 3 B Nock (Hale) 35:42. M60: 1 F Tota (Worc) 37:32; 2 M Ludford (BRAT) 40:16; 3 P Taylor (Leam) 40:35 WARKS TEAM: 1 1 Birchfield 6; 2 Coventry G 49; 3 Mass F 122; 4 Spa 134; 5 Bourneville 143; 6 Northbrook 156; 7 Sphinx 166; 8 King’s Heath 193; 9 Centurion 231 WORCS TEAM: 1 Worcester 67; 2 Halesowen 90; 3 Bromsgrove & R 199; 4 BRAT 222; 5 Warley 243; 6 B Pear 391 WARKS M40 TEAM: 1 R Sutton Cold 50; 2 Leamington 56; 3 Rugby & N 75; 4 Stratford 88; 5 Bourneville 91; 6 BRAT 105; 7 Spa 107; 8 Knowle & D 121; 9 Cov G 147; 10 Kenilworth 164

Allard (Vall) 32:39; 30 J Adams (R&Z) 32:40 W40: 2 J Buckley (Bing) 33:34; 3 F Lightowler (P’fract) 33:44. W45: 2 L Watson (Bing) 33:36. W55: 1 S Sunderland (Vall) 37:03 TEAM: 1 Leeds C 11; 2 Hallam 54; 3 Holm 73; 4 Roth 88; 5 Ribb 93; 6 Leeds C B 124 U20 (6.06km): 1 C Robinson (Roth) 23:45; 2 K Rennocks (Roth) 23:57; 3 E Field (Bing) 24:20; 4 L Trask (Hallam) 24:48; 5 E Jones (Wharf) 25:08; 6 A Brooke (Wake) 25:24; 7 L Hall (Wake) 25:59; 8 K Atkinson (Keigh) 26:33 TEAM: Wake 24 U17 (4.5km): 1 M Calton-Seal (York) 16:03; 2 N Hardcastle (Long) 16:05; 3 L Carr (Keigh) 16:18; 4 A Jones (Wharf) 16:36; 5 O Dyson (Holm) 16:48; 6 R Firth (Bing) 16:48; 7 H Metherall (Hallam) 17:00; 8 B Bergstrand (M’bro) 17:05; 9 J Jones (H’gate) 17:38; 10 V Clements (Hal) 17:47 TEAM: 1 York 38; 2 Wake 43; 3 L’wood 43 U15 (3.75km): 1 H Brewster (Long) 14:30; 2 A Naylor (Hallam) 14:40; 3 E Gibbins (Ilkley) 14:47; 4 R Flaherty (Bing) 15:03; 5 C Rawstron (Sky) 15:07; 6 I Richardson (Holm) 15:10; 7 O Bell (Roth) 15:18; 8 R Evans (Shef/Dearn) 15:21; 9 E Whitaker (H’gate) 15:37; 10 I Wolff (Holm) 15:40 TEAM: 1 Holm 29; 2 Roth 45; 3 Hallam 50; 4 Harr 52; 5 Ilkley 53; 6 K&C 75 U13 (2.6km): 1 M Bellwood (Keigh) 9:00; 2 L Langan (York) 9:10; 3 I Waugh (Sheff TC) 9:15; 4 L Harris (Roth) 9:23; 5 N Harrison-Sargent (Hal) 9:27; 6 A Kennedy (York) 9:27; 7 M Walsh (Roth) 9:28; 8 E Gibbins (Ilkley) 9:30; 9 H Forrest (H’gate) 9:37; 10 L Cree (Wake) 9:39; TEAM: 1 K&C 27; 2 Roth 34; 3 York 34; 4 Harr 35; 5 Hallam 47; 6 Leeds C 82

15:23; 6 G Darcy (R&N) 15:34; 7 G Golinski (SSH) 15:35; 8 C Prince (RSC) 15:36; 9 A Taylor (Bir) 15:40; 10 R Batchelor (SSH) 15:42 WARKS TEAM: 1 R&N 16; 2 RSC 123; 3 Stratford 28; 4 Birchfield 32; 5 S&SH 45 WORCS TEAM: 1 Halesowen 9; 2 B&R 15 U13 (2.8km): 1 N Hillard (Strat) 10:36; 2 A Hamilton (Bir) 10:57; 3 L Mico (Worc) 10:59; 4 M Linfoot (Strat) 11:05; 5 L Robins (Bir) 11:09; 6 E Symes (RSC) 11:11; 7 K Bennett (Cov) 11:15; 8 K Nee (Bir) 11:17; 9 T Latham (RSC) 11:18; 10 L Huckerby (SSH) 11:22 WARKS U13 TEAM: 1 Stratford 13; 2 Birchfield 24; 3 RSC 25; 4 Cov G 36; 5 S&SH 46 WORCS TEAM: 1 B&R 15; 2 Worcester 17; 3 Halesowen 23 DAVID GRIFFITHS

W60: 1 H Dean (Chich) 54:44 TEAM: 1 Arena 52; 2 Phoenix 60; 3 Hastings 84; 4 Hay H 108; 5 Chich R 116; 6 Phoenix B 131; U20 (5km): 1 B Cook (B’works, U17) 19:40; 2 H Bloor (Hail, U17) 20:17; 3 L Dooley (B&H, U17) 20:37; 4 M Dickinson (Phoe, U17) 20:50; 5 P Palmer-Malins (Phoe, U17) 20:52; 6 A Wright (Phoe, U17) 20:53; 7 A Bedwell (B’works) 20:59; 8 A Cox-Rusbridge (Chich) 21:21; 9 N Fonteyn (Phoe) 21:31; 10 P Lewis (B&H, U17) 22:03; 11 E Muzio (B&H, U17) 22:30; 12 S Hopkins-Parry (Hast, U17) 22:46; 13 E Matthews (B&H, U17) 23:29; 14 L Clayson (B&H, U17) 23:43; 15 A Prindal (HAS, U17) 24:00 U20 TEAM: Chich R 17 U17 TEAM: 1 Phoenix 15; 2 B&H 18; 3 B&H B 45; 4 Chich R 54; 6 Phoenix 66 U15 (4km): 1 E Strevens (E’bne) 17:09; 2 A Cox (Craw) 17:11; 3 E Yelling (B&H) 17:24; 4 I Guirdham (Uck) 17:40; 5 S Morris (Horsh BS) 18:05; 6 S Nurse (Lewes) 18:14; 7 D Burton (B’works) 18:14; 8 E Mclean (EAS) 18:30; 9 N Barlow (Hast) 19:28; 10 S Packham (B&H) 19:45; U13 (3km): 1 D Yelling (B&H) 12:32; 2 R Gasson (B&H) 13:00; 3 E Stephenson (Lewes) 13:01; 4 G Tuesday (Lewes) 13:03; 5 M Brooking (B&H) 13:04; 6 S Elliott (B’works) 13:04; 7 R Le Fay (Hast) 13:06; 8 I Chappell (EAS) 13:08; 9 X Cox (B&H) 13:22; 10 E Pistolas (B&H) 13:26 TEAM: 1 B&H 8; 2 Lewes 27; 3 B&H B 37; 4 Chich R 38; 5 Bodyworks 54

Reilly (Ilkley) 27:05; 6 J Hudson (Keigh) 27:19; 7 M Burgin (Hal) 27:32; 8 J Slater (Shef/Dearn) 27:45; 9 H Johnson (Hal) 28:27; 10 D Byrne (Shef/Dearn) 28:33 TEAM: 1 Sheff 20; 2 Wake 44 U17 (6.06km): 1 F Hutchinson (Leeds C) 20:27; 2 J McDadd (Hallam) 20:45; 3 E Hussey (Leeds C) 20:46; 4 S Segger-Staveley (Sett) 20:48; 5 A Durrant (Hallamshire H. Sheffield) 20:49; 6 H Norden (R’well) 21:08; 7 C Stephenson (R&Z) 21:16; 8 J O’Brien (York) 21:24; 9 E Wheelright (Hal) 21:26; 10 J Carnelley (Bing) 21:33 TEAM: 1 Hallam 21; 2 Leeds C 39; 3 Bing 52; 4 Wake 74; 5 Donc 75; 6 R’well 84

U15 (4.5km): 1 A Darood (Sky) 14:51; 2 S Headley (Keigh) 14:54; 3 S Hughes (Barns) 14:55; 4 G Couttie (H’gate) 15:07; 5 O Stringer (Scar) 15:12; 6 F Roden (Abbey R) 15:22; 7 T O’Mahoney (R&Z) 15:25; 8 G Mastrolonardo (York) 15:28; 9 J Hammett (R&Z) 15:31; 10 Z Ferguson (Roth) 15:44 TEAM: 1 R&Z 28; 2 Roth 36; 3 York 56; 4 Harr 61; 5 K&C 70; 6 Weth 90 U13 (2.6km): 1 C O’Hare (M’bro) 8:40; 2 J Hughes (Barns) 8:48; 3 J Thake (Hallamshire H. Sheffield) 8:52; 4 A Peaker (Keigh) 8:52; 5 A Wolfenden (Ilkley) 8:53; 6 O Haffner (Roth) 8:56; 7 W Platts (Shef/Dearn) 8:56; 8 J SadlerTownsend (Keigh) 8:59; 9 G Wallace (Shef/ Dearn) 9:07; 10 C Parker (R’well) 9:16 TEAM: 1 Barns AC 33; 2 Ilkley 34; 3 K&C 34; 4 Sheff 35; 5 Holm 52; 6 Roth 54 Women (8.14km): 1 B Owen (Leeds C) 28:22; 2 C Duck (Leeds C) 29:15; 3 J Walsh (Leeds C) 29:17; 4 C Lambert (RVH) 29:25; 5 G Malir (Leeds C) 29:36; 6 N Devine (Roth) 29:47; 7 K Palfreeman (Hallam, U20) 29:56; 8 H Fletcher-Poole (Hallam) 30:13; 9 K Walshaw (Holm, W35) 30:20; 10 A Leake (Leeds C) 30:22; 11 C Mason (York) 30:28; 12 J Blizard (Roth, W40) 30:35; 13 R Sykes (Holm) 30:48; 14 Z Knappy (Roth) 30:53; 15 A Graham (Wharf) 31:10; 16 N Squires (RVH) 31:16; 17 R Lundgren (Hallam) 31:19; 18 L Young (Leeds C) 31:21; 19 E Byram (Holm) 31:26; 20 B Ansell (Shef/ Dearn) 31:36; 21 H Smith (RVH, W35) 31:42; 22 C Slack (Hallam) 31:48; 23 C Ward (Hallam) 31:51; 24 H Hardaker (Keigh, W45) 31:58; 25 B Penty (Knaves, W35) 32:08; 26 M Butterworth (Donc, U20) 32:13; 27 L Fletcher (Hallam) 32:15; 28 S Martin (Wharf) 32:35; 29 J Bonilla-

DAVE WOODHEAD

YORKSHIRE, Ripon, January 4 LEEDS’ women enjoyed a clean sweep of the medals, with Bronwen Owen comfortably winning from Claire Duck. Andy Heyes secured the men’s win by half a minute from Graham Rush. Men (10.15km): 1 A Heyes (Hallam) 30:59; 2 G Rush (Leeds C, M35) 31:27; 3 M Buckingham (Holm) 31:36; 4 T Adams (Ilkley, M35) 31:44; 5 J Shields (Shef/Dearn) 31:46; 6 J Wilkinson (Linc W) 31:52; 7 C Bell (Hallam) 31:54; 8 L Milburn (Roth) 32:01; 9 J Wood (Ilkley) 32:13; 10 L Cotter (Roth) 32:23; 11 G Benson (Leeds C) 32:29; 12 J Baxter (Leeds & Br) 32:34; 13 J Woodcock-Shaw (Leeds C) 32:39; 14 J Habergham (B&B) 32:50; 15 C Law (Holm) 32:55; 16 C Milnes (Hallam) 33:01; 17 J Sagar (Spen) 33:04; 18 E Smales (Roth) 33:09; 19 A Smith (Hallam) 33:16; 20 C Elson (Roundhay Runners) 33:24; 21 J Birch (Hallam) 33:25; 22 M Lockyer (Leeds C, M35) 33:25; 23 A McMillan (York, U20) 33:31; 24 A Larkin (Roth) 33:32; 25 R Scott (R&Z) 33:46; 26 J Lund (Keigh, U20) 33:50; 27 R Howie (Wharf) 33:51; 28 G Phillips (Donc) 33:52; 29 T Stratton (York) 33:54; 30 J Callis (Leeds C) 33:57; 31 B Butler (Wake, M35) 34:01; 32 K Sunman (Holm) 34:03; 33 M Valero Palacios (Roundhay Runners) 34:08; 34 M Abshir (Leeds C) 34:09; 35 J Massingham (Roth) 34:10; 36 M Craig (Hallam) 34:15; 37 D Franks (Wake) 34:19; 38 L Byram (Holm) 34:25; 39 G Phillips (York) 34:31; 40 T Collinge (Queensb) 34:34; 41 G Sampson (Roth, M35) 34:45; 42 J Hall-Brown (Hal) 34:46; 43 A Johnson (Roth, M35) 34:48; 44 A Burns (Wharf, M35) 34:50; 45 C Miller (H’gate, M35) 34:52; 46 L Athersmith (Wharf, M35) 34:55; 47 C

Bryony Gunn: on her way to Warwickshire victory

RESULTS

CROSS-COUNTRY DAVID HEWITSON

JANUARY 5 LINCOLNSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Biscathorpe FORMER primary school classmates Cloe Hubbard and Linton Taylor had resounding victories deep in the Lincolnshire countryside over an undulating farmland course, whose owner is a keen Louth AC runner, Martin Duff reports. Both went straight into the lead in their respective races and were never challenged over tough terrain with a river water splash. One of the first races away saw U13 girls’ Alice Fern win, before saying: “It was definitely a cross-country course with a deep stream.” Leeds man Taylor described his outing as “a good training run but it was very uneven the whole way”, after retaining his title. Now on 90 to 100 miles a week, the 24-year-old BUCS indoor 3000m silver medallist’s next plans an outing in the Stirling cross-country this weekend, followed by the Northern at the end of the month. In his first race after tearing an Achilles tendon Ben Heron gradually moved through to take second after being 10th after the first lap. Hubbard, currently on 60 miles a week with two sessions, retained her women’s title after improving her 10km time massively last year to 34:36. After celebrating her birthday just before Christmas, the 25-year-old described the lap, saying: “It was a nice, technical and challenging cross-country course.” U15 girls’ winner India Barwell said: “I found it quite hard and the stream was deep,” while U17 men’s winner Lewis Budgen added: “It got worse as we went around and was like running through treacle.” Men: 1 L Taylor (Leeds) 32:39; 2 B Heron (P’boro/Nene V) 34:10; 3 J Palmer (Granth) 35:25; 4 S Fell (P’boro/Nene V, M40) 35:55; 5 S Fitzpatrick (Kent) 36:51; 6 M Thorpe (Linc W, M40) 37:20; 7 D Hunter (Linc &D, M40) 37:28; 8 N Marsh (Linc W, M40) 38:10; 9 A McClure (Bost) 38:23; 10 T Hubbard (Newark) 38:23 M40: 5 P Jackson (Skeg) 39:13 TEAM: 1 Lincoln W 34; 2 Skegness 66; 3 Lincoln & D 95; 4 Louth Tri 96; 5 Grantham RC 106; 6 Louth 119 M40 TEAM: 1 Linc W 44; 2 Skegness 66; 3 Louth Tri 96; 4 U20: 1 J Green (Linc W) 34:50; 2 J Parkinson (Linc W) 36:20; 3 W Tucker (Granth) 37:42 U17: 1 L Budgen (Linc W) 19:22; 2 W Bloom (Linc W) 20:06; 3 C Stephenson (Clee) 20:16; 4 H Denton (Granth) 20:21; 5 M Spendlove (Clee) 21:12; 6 R Rodell (Granth) 22:28 U15: 1 H Hewitt (P’boro/Nene V) 13:26; 2 J Humphries (Linc W) 14:00; 3 E Barnes-Heath (Linc W) 14:48; 4 A Kumar (Linc W) 15:23; 5 D Chapman (Louth) 16:06; 6 H Cobb (Linc W) 16:06 TEAM: 1 Linc W 9; 2 Linc W B 23 U13: 1 G Wilson (Clee) 13:124; 2 O Cooney (Linc W) 13:46; 3 J Humphries (Linc W) 14:05; 4 J Coughlan (P’boro/Nene V) 14:45; 5 T Ash 14:46; 6 M Patrick (Linc W) 15:08 TEAM: 1 Linc W 11; 2 P’boro/Nene V 24 U11:1 A Hutton (Slea) 5:32; 2 L Hemmings (P’boro/Nene V) 5:27; 3 O Lidell (Linc W) 5:31 TEAM: Sleaford 10 Women: 1 C Hubbard (Newark) 23:03; 2 S Wallis ILinc W) 24:00; 3 C Cooney (Linc W) 24:04; 4 L Thornton (Linc W) 24:53; 5 L Gailey -Barrett (Linc W) 25:15; 6 R Jones (P’boro/Nene V) 25;25; 7 K Ball (Bost Tri) 25:44; 8 A Rockall (Linc W) 27:24; 9 E Fell (P’boro/Nene V) 28:40; 10 W Perkins (P’boro/Nene V) 28:56 TEAM: 1 Linc W 9; 2 P’boro/Nene V 23; Linc W B 30; 4 Skegness 49 W35: 1 P Downing (Mable) 25:00; 2 A Monaghan (Linc & D) 26:52; 3 K Hutton (Slea) 28:28; 4 T Roberts (Louth) 28:47; 5 R Edison

Start of the Sherman Cup (Louth) 29:27; 6 A Vinter (Linc W) 29:38 TEAM: 1 Louth 24; 2 Linc W 25; 3 Grantham RC 28 U20: 1 S Brook (Granth) 22:16; 2 A Cooper (Bourne) 27:23; 3 T Owens (Newark) 30:07 TEAM: no team U17 (no times): 1 M Peel (P’boro/Nene V); 2 H Williams (Linc W); 3 H Knight (P’boro/Nene V); 4 E McPhearson (Linc W); 5 E Rainbow (P’boro/ Nene V); 6 H Braybrook (Granth) TEAM: 1 P’boro/Nene V 9; 2 Linc W 19 U15: 1 I Barwell (Linc W) 15:37; 2 E Brooks (Linc W) 16:25; 3 N McBride (Linc W) 16:47; 4 L Hirst (Slea) 17:02; 5 J Knight (P’boro/Nene V) 18:08; 6 L Hemmings (P’boro/Nene V) 18:09 TEAM: 1 Linc W 6; 2 P’boro/Nene V 23 U13: 1 A Fern (Clee) 15:53; 2 E Hemmings (P’boro/Nene V) 15:55; 3 E Barwell (Linc W) 17:50; 5 F Perkins (P’boro/Nene V) 18:17; 6 A Mills (Louth) 19:35 TEAM: 1 Linc W 24; 2 Sleaford 37 U11: 1 H Jackson (Granth) 5:35; 2 I Porter (Linc W) 5:41; 3 C Fields (Linc W) 5:36

JANUARY 4 NORTH WALES REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, Northop Men (XC): 1 R Davis (Wrex) 35:44; 2 S Bellis (Buck) 36:15; 3 M Green (N Wal RR, M45) 36:27; 4 E Cox (Buck) 36:46; 5 L Jones (Dees, M50) 37:02; 6 C Morgan (Maldwyn, M40) 37:12; 7 J Gomes (Wrex, M40) 37:43; 8 R Fox (Shrews, M35) 37:48; 9 S Hughes (Denb) 37:51; 10 J Brown (Buck, M45) 38:13; 11 S Skates (P’atyn, M40) 38:20; 12 D White (Buck) 38:22; 13 C Callaghan (Buck, M40) 38:29; 14 N Brook (Eryri, M45) 38:37; 15 D Thomas (Eryri, M45) 38:59; 16 T Joy (Buck) 39:07; 17 S Roberts (Buck, M45) 39:30; 18 D Williams (G&G, M55) 39:44; 19 G Norgrove (Wrex, M50) 39:48; 20 G Hughes (GOG Tri, M50) 39:52; 21 R Morrison (Cadence Tri, M40) 40:24; 22 C Jones (Eryri, M50) 40:35; 23 T Wood (Denb) 40:39; 24 R Alexander (P’atyn, M35) 40:42; 25 S Roberts (Handy C, M55) 41:29; 26 B Beachell (Eryri, M50) 41:41; 27 I Evans (N Wal RR, M40) 42:21; 28 A Jones (Wrex, M40) 42:37; 29 G Price (Denb, M45) 42:42; 30 H Rowlands (Maldwyn) 42:55 U20 (XC): 1 A Jones (Menai T&F) 28:32; 2 O Hibbert (Dees) 28:52; 3 I Ayers (Aberys) 29:17; 4 E Evans (Meirionnnydd) 29:36; 5 C Owen (Maldwyn) 29:45; 6 P White (Cadence Tri) 31:31 U17 (XC): 1 J Davies (Der) 19:27; 2 B Woodall (Col B) 20:21; 3 H Jones (Ysgol Brynhyfryd) 20:34; 4 T Cartlidge (Dees) 21:00; 5 J Smith (GOG Tri) 21:15; 6 M Anthony (Dees) 21:30 U15 (XC): 1 M Thomas (Menai T&F) 14:39; 2 A Breeze (Maldwyn) 14:56; 3 D Mccluskey

(Maldwyn) 14:57; 4 T Harper Lloyd (Menai T&F) 15:27; 5 C Morgan (Maldwyn) 15:59; 6 O Jones (Maldwyn) 16:47; 7 O Jones (Dees) 16:48; 8 H Davis (Wrex) 17:39 U13 (XC): 1 J Welsh (Dees) 13:53; 2 O Harrison (Dees) 14:19; 3 W Bailey (Menai T&F) 14:20; 4 T Molloy (Dees) 14:54; 5 H Meyers (Col B) 15:06; 6 H Meyers (Col B) 15:07; 7 W Pritchard (Dees) 15:26; 8 I Evans (Col B) 15:42; 9 E Horobin (Maldwyn) 15:50; 10 C Fallorina Dean (Col B) 16:02; U11 (XC): 1 A Evans (Dees) 10:46; 2 T Lemon (Dees) 11:12; 3 E Leonard (Col B) 11:25 M60 (XC): 1 R Owen (Eryri) 31:59; 2 G Jones (Shrews) 32:29; 3 D Baugh (Denb) 34:37; 4 A Smith (Buck) 36:16; 5 M Green (Maldwyn) 37:37; 6 D Jones (Denb) 38:02 M65 (XC): 1 F Jones (Denb) 27:10; 2 C Hunt (Wrexham Tri Club) 28:10; 3 E Davies (Rhedyr Hebog, M75) 28:29; 4 C Baldwin (Denb) 29:31; 5 D Hale (N Wal RR) 29:38; 6 P Walker (Wrex, M70) 31:15; 7 J Jones (Denb) 33:03; 8 R Harrisonjones (P’atyn, M80) 35:32 Women (XC): 1 M Owen (Dees, U20) 22:54; 2 G Moore (Eryri, W35) 23:03; 3 A Bagnall (P’atyn) 23:08; 4 A Rowlands (Eryri, W45) 24:04; 5 B Davies (Col B, U20) 24:19; 6 R Kamink (Col B) 24:47; 7 R Pierce (Denb, W35) 24:56; 8 J Rambildi (Buck) 25:14; 9 C Cook (Buck, W50) 25:33; 10 C Green (N Wal RR, W45) 25:39; 11 E Lewis (Maldwyn) 25:48; 12 J Owens (A’gele, W40) 25:56; 13 T Lewis-jones (Eryri, W45) 26:19; 14 H Blair (Eryri, W50) 26:34; 15 M Morris (Denb, W45) 26:38; 16 C Cammillaire (Deestriders, W35) 26:48; 17 M Hughes (Eryri, W40) 26:49; 18 K Baugh (Denb) 26:51; 19 C Donnelly (Eryri, U20) 26:52; 20 J Doughton (Buck, W45) 26:58; 21 T Rogers (Buck) 27:05; 22 H Macarthur (GOG Tri, W50) 27:08; 23 A Myott (Col B, W55) 27:09; 24 S Beck (P’atyn, W40) 27:11; 25 E Baugh (Denb) 27:24; 26 G Henstock (Buck, W40) 27:33; 27 F Higgins (Buck, W50) 27:37; 28 L Johnson (P’atyn) 27:51; 29 L Goddard (Buck) 27:53; 30 A Mountford (Buck) 28:08 M60: 1 M Baugh (Denb) 31:33; W70: 1 M Oliver (Eryri) 34:26 U17 (XC): 1 S Jones (Menai T&F) 15:29; 2 B Jones (Menai T&F) 16:55; 3 R Edwards (Dees) 17:15; 4 E Small (Dees) 19:06; 5 N Merrison (Col B) 19:58; 6 E Scott (P’atyn) 21:08; 7 C Breeze (Maldwyn) 23:16; 8 A Roberts (Col B) 24:00 U15 (XC): 1 M Griffiths (Maldwyn) 14:24; 2 E Edwards (Dees) 14:36; 3 E Grundy (Col B) 15:05; 4 A Hockley (Eryri) 15:20; 5 H Walker (Dees) 16:20; 6 R Beck (Dees) 16:28; 7 G Molloy (Dees) 16:32; 8 I Kissane (Dees) 16:39; 9 N Redvers Jones (Menai T&F) 16:42; 10 I Marsh-smith (Menai T&F) 16:43

U13 (XC): 1 B Bown (Menai T&F) 10:58; 2 J Hurst (Dees) 11:10; 3 M Mccourt (Maldwyn) 11:18; 4 M Parry (Dees) 11:34; 5 C Scott (Menai T&F) 11:36; 6 M Bradley (Maldwyn) 11:43; 7 I Shaw (Menai T&F) 11:49; 8 M Sinfield (Menai T&F) 11:51; 9 H Costanzo (Dees) 12:03; 10 C Edwards (Menai T&F) 12:08; U11 (XC): 1 O Kissane (Dees) 5:31; 2 E Marsh (Ewloe Green CP) 5:36; 3 N Makin (Dees) 5:38 START FITNESS NORTH EASTERN HARRIER LEAGUE SHERMAN CUP and DAVISON SHIELD Temple Park, South Shields, Tyne & Wear MORPETH HARRIERS won the Sherman Cup (men) for the eighth successive season, and Gateshead Harriers regained the Davison Shield (women) they last won in the 2015-16 season, Les Venmore reports. The competion is to find the strongest overall clubs in the five age-groups from U13 to veteran level. Morpeth’s results included finishing second in the senior men and under-17s, as well as winning the under-15s, ensuring a clear victory from nearest challengers Gateshead. In the cool, blustery but bright conditions, Calum Johnson took an early lead over the three laps of the sports complex, leading the field of 420 runners by 100m after the first circuit. The advantage was extended to nearly a minute after lap two as David Green moved into a clear second position. Johnson, recently second in the County Championship and winner of the Ronnie Walker Memorial 10km, crossed the line one minute 38 seconds ahead of North Eastern junior champion, Charlie McMillan with another U20 athlete, Ross Charlton in third place ahead of the strong-finishing Conrad Franks. Green dropped to sixth after being mis-directed by a marshal. With three runners in the first four, Gateshead easily took the team awards here. Leading the veterans home was Terry Scott (8th), while Sunderland were successful in the team event. Gateshead’s women’s Davison Shield victory included a veteran women’s win, though they were only fourth senior women’s team. Amy Fuller won the closely contested individual race from North Eastern bronze medallist Catriona MacDonald. Fuller, recently second in the Ronnie Walker race at Saltwell, tried to head the field of 350 from the start

over the two laps, and was closely followed by MacDonald, Helen Warburton and Josie Cram after the first circuit. She had broken clear with 1km remaining and just managed to hang on, with MacDonald closing behind but unable to respond to her rival’s finish, losing out by one second. Warburton finished third and Morpeth took the team honours. Gillian Manford in ninth place was the leading veteran helping Gateshead to their team victory. Brother and sister Rowan and Robyn Bennett were convincing winners of the older young athletes races. Rowan was 30m behind Will Bellamy on the first lap of the U17 race, but proved too strong in the latter stages, finishing 38 seconds ahead of his rival. Houghton took the team honours. Robyn narrowly defeated North Eastern Counties U20 bronze medallist Chloe Wellings in the junior womens’ race, where Houghton were again successful in the team event. North Eastern champion Chris Perkins easily won the U15 race from Joe Dixon, who led Morpeth to their one team victory. Millie Breese, third in the County Championship, comfortably defeated county champion Katie Francis in the under-15 girls’ race, with third-placed Holly Waugh leading North Shields Poly to the team honours. County champion Alex Bowyer won the U13 race, with Charlotte Dillon succesful in the girls’ category. Gosforth and North Shields Poly were successful in the team events. SHERMAN CUP: 1 Morpeth H 12; 2 Gateshead H 20; 3 Gosforth H 39; 4 Durham City H 40; 5 Sunderland H 17 (4) Senior men (8.9km): 1 C Johnson (Gate) 28:51; 2 C McMillan (Gate, U20) 30:29; 3 R Charlton (Morp, U20) 30:55; 4 C Franks (Gate, M35) 31:03; 5 L Pickering Hough, U20) 31:07; 6 D Green (NSP) 31:12; 7 M Hedley (Tyne Br) 31:23; 8 T Scott (Tyne Br, M45) 31:35; 9 A Pratt (Morp) 31:39; 10 T Glover (Morp, U20) 31:40; 11 A Powell (Sun) 31:48; 12 M Hornsby (Dur, M35) 31:57; 13 KHedley (Morp, U20) 31:59; 14 A Bailey (Gate) 32:02; 15 A Mirley (Elv, M35) 32:09; 16 R Holt (Tyne Br) 32:11; 17 D Alexander (Gate) 32:20; 18 G Wallace (Black B, M35) 32:23; 19M Fenwick (Tyne Br) 32:27; 20 M Anderson (Sun S, M35) 32:28; 21 S Rankin (Sun) 32:43; 22 D Purvis (Birt, M40) 32:46; 23 A Bailes (Birt) 32:52; 24 D Melling (Morp, U20) 32:54; 25 A Johnson (Gosf, M45) 33:04 Veterans (M40+): 4 C Jackson (Sun, M40) 33:29; 5 S Carragher (Aln, M45) 34:07; 6 S Medd (Gate, M40) 34:10; 7 S Potts (Sun, M40) 34:12; 8 S McMahon (Sun, M40) 34:12; 9 J

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Morwood and Taylor win South of Thames JEREMY HEMMING

DECEMBER 21 SOUTH OF THAMES CCA 7.5 CHAMPIONSHIPS, Lloyd Park JOE MORWOOD completed a South of the Thames double when he gained a convincing win in this, his final test of the year, Tom Pollak reports. The 27-year-old Surrey hospital doctor, who is training to be a GP, took the race out from the start. Wearing long 15mm spikes to cope with the extremely testing and muddy conditions after significant rainfall in the days up to the race, Morwood decided the best tactic would be to take control from the start of the three-lap race. He was 100m clear of Tonbridge’s Corey De’Ath at the end of the opening lap, doubling his lead on the second lap, and continued to pull away to win by around 250m. As they had done at Morden Park in November, Kent AC took the team honours. However, this time, they were pushed all the way by Brighton & Hove who were just three points behind. Morwood decided to take the lead from the start to benefit from the “smooth ground” on the opening lap. “It was pretty muddy in places,” he admitted, “but I felt pretty good.” His win was an improvement on his runners-up spot at Beckenham in 2018. It was fourth time lucky for Morwood, who was eighth in 2016 and 14th in 2017. He won the South of the Thames team five miles race in Morden Park in November. Tonbridge runners dominated the

Donneky (Derw, M40) 34:24; 10 G Jones (Morp, M40) 34:39 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Gateshead H 7; 2 Morpeth H 20; 3 Tyne Bridge H 40; 4 Durham City H 66; 5 Sunderland H 66; 6 Birtley 91. Veterans: 1 Sunderland H 19; 2 Tyne Bridge H 28; 3 Birtley 74 U17 (5.1km): 1 R Bennett (Morp) 17:43; 2 W Bellamy (Hough) 18:21; 3 C Daley (Gate) 18:47; 4 C Coulson (Hough) 19:01; 5 D Race (Gate) 19:06; 6 S Gibson (Hough) 19:40; 7 J Anderson (Gosf) 19:48; 8 H Cutler (Tyne) 19:56; 9 T Wraith (Dur) 19:59; 10 D Davies (Morp) 20:05; 11 E Duffin (Morp) 20:10; 12 J Wraith (Dur) 20:35 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Houghton H 12; 2 Morpeth H 22; 3 Gateshead H 28 U15 (3.1km): 1 C Perkins (Birt) 10:25; 2 J Dixon (Morp) 10:42; 3 W Collinson (Blay) 11:02; 4 O Douglass (NSP) 11:06; 5 Z Old (NSP) 11:10; 6 R Davies (Morp) 11:14; 7 E Bond (Gosf) 11:21; 8 D Revell (Sun) 11:28; 9 G Beevers (Birt) 11:39; 10 S Terry (Dur) 11:41; 11 E Christie (Gosf) 11:43; 12 W De Vere-Owen (Morp) 11:44 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 20; 2 Gosforth H 32; 3 North Shields Poly 39 U13 (3.1km): 1 A Bowyer (Darl-gst) 11:34; 2 T Dragoi (Gate) 11:46; 3 A Feenan (NSP) 12:13; 4 M Das (Gate) 12:22; 5 Z Brannon (NSP) 12:23; 6 O Calvert (Morp) 12:25; 7 B Scantlebury (NSP) 12:28; 8 O Tomlinson (Morp) 12:28; 9 W Jardine (Dur) 12:33; 10 A Wilkinson (Dur) 12:58; 11 S Wells (Gate) 13:08; 12 S Allison (Els) 13:08 TEAM (3 to score): 1 North Shields Poly 15; 2 Gateshead H 17; 3 Morpeth H 33 U11 (1km) (open): 1 A Lienard (Gate) 3:59; 2 H Hunter (Gate) 4:08; 3 R Walton (Morp) 4:14 DAVISON SHIELD: 1 Gateshead H 18; 2 Birtley 30; 3 Gosforth H 41; 4 Elswick H 18 (4); 5 North Shields Poly 25 (4) Senior women (6km): 1 A Fuller (Els) 23:53; 2 C MacDonald (Morp) 23:54; 3 H Warburton

Croydon win: Joe Morwood women’s race. In addition to providing the first two over the line they easily took the team honours, packing four in the top five. Nicole Taylor, runner-up last season, secured the individual title in leading Tonbridge to victory, finishing more than 400m ahead of clubmate Lucy Reid. More than 300 runners negotiated the

(Gosf) 24:02; 4 J Cram (Morp) 24:13; 5 G Campbell (J&H) 24:15; 6 S Burnett (Birt) 24:26; 7 H Plaschkes (Quak-gst) 24:42; 8 A Sneddon (J&H) 24:49; 9 G Manford (Gate, W35) 24:58; 10 J Nutt (Els, W40) 25:03; 11 J Wilkinson (Sun) 25:24; 12 A Dargie (Tyne Br, W40) 25:26; 13 S Pattinson (J&H) 25:31; 14 L Cheetham (Jes J) 25:32; 15 A Dodd (J&H, W35) 25:33; 16 S Haston (Newc U) 25:39; 17 C Davies (Stocksfield, W40) 25:50; 18 J Berry (Walls) 25:58; 19 L Davies Beckett (Newc U) 26:12; 20 K Simpson (Gate, W35) 26:15 Veteran: 7 L Short (Birt, W45) 26:29; 8 F Dembele (SSh, W35) 26:35; 9 E Roberts (Heat, W35) 26:38; 10 J Giles (Gate, W50) 26:41 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Morpeth H 21; 2 Jarrow & Hebburn 23; 3 Sunderland H 56; 4 Gateshead H 77; 5 Birtley 82; 6 Jesmond Joggers 83. Veteran: 1 Gateshead H 37; 2 Elswick H 38; 3 South Shields H 47 Junior women (5.1km): 1 R Bennett (Morp, U20) 20:59; 2 C Wellings (Gate, U20) 21:07; 3 E Chong (CleS, U17) 21:39; 4 T Graham (Birt, U17) 22:05; 5 A Pigford (Hough, U17) 22:22; 6 C Reid (Blay, U17) 22:41; 7 K Salthouse (Tyne, U17) 23:06; 8 E Hardie (Hough, U20) 23:12; 9 H Peck (Morp, U17) 23:32; 10 H Tumia (Els, U17) 23:48; 11 R Wren (Tyne, U17) 24:00; 12 A Baker (Gate, U20) 24:00 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Houghton H 27; 2 Morpeth H 31; 3 Gateshead H 34 U15 (3.1km): 1 M Breese (Aln) 12:01; 2 K Francis (Birt) 12:08; 3 H Waugh (NSP) 12:13; 4 M Doon (Darl-gst) 12:16; 5 A Leiper (Morp) 12:27; 6 J Milburn (Gate) 12:40; 7 H Bowyer (Black B) 12:45; 8 F Clarkson (CleS) 12:59; 9 A Walton (Black B) 13:02; 10 K Joslyn (NSP) 13:04; 11 J Peart (Dur) 13:10; 12 I Bungay (Els) 13:12 TEAM (3 to score): 1 North Shields Poly 31; 2 Blackhill Bounders 40; 3 Durham City H 47 U13 (3.1km): 1 C Dillon (Dur) 12:11; 2 Z Jones

slippery course, several of them taking a tumble. Overall: 1 J Morwood (AFD) 40:11; 2 C De’Ath (Ton) 40:54; 3 O Hind (Kent) 41:40; 4 K Reilly (Ton) 41:41; 5 J Altren (Kent) 41:58; 6 T Tarragano (B&H, U20) 42:33; 7 T Menges (M&M) 42:35; 8 G Laybourne (S Lon, M35) 42:44; 9 J Knapp (B&H) 42:55; 10 J Goodge (Ton) 43:12; 11 K Moore (B&H) 43:46; 12 T Smith (AFD) 44:21; 13 A Ludewick (Herne H, U20) 44:23; 14 M Dumbrell (Horsh BS) 44:24; 15 C Busaileh (Kent, M35) 44:26; 16 P Owor (Belg, M35) 44:27; 17 T Foster (G&G) 44:30; 18 N Stewart (Kent) 44:36; 19 J Turner (B&H) 44:51; 20 J Hancock (Croy) 44:59; 21 A Warburton (Notts) 45:03; 22 S Goldsworthy (G&G) 45:06; 23 D Dibaba (Kent) 45:12; 24 J Boswell (AFD) 45:13; 25 K Rojas (B&H, M35) 45:13; 26 C Delaney (Herne H) 45:22; 27 L Laylee (Herne H) 45:32; 28 B Dewar (Herne H) 45:35; 29 A Hobley (Herne H) 45:36; 30 S Winder (E&E, M45) 45:38; 31 S Coombes (Herne H, M45) 45:41; 32 A Cumine (Belg) 45:46; 33 C Halsey (B&H, M40) 45:52; 34 S Fitzpatrick (Kent) 46:03; 35 R Lovejoy (AFD) 46:05; 36 P Wright (Rane, M35) 46:09; 37 D Pettit (Kent) 46:09; 38 N Taylor (Ton, W) 46:11; 39 M Wilkins (M&M, M35) 46:22; 40 S Winder (E&E, M45) 46:23; 41 P Lighting (Kent, M35) 46:24; 42 R Laing (Kent, M40) 46:25; 43 G Russell (Kent) 46:32; 44 S Begg (G&G) 46:37; 45 D Bradley (Ton) 46:45; 46 J Cunningham (Herne H, M35) 46:47; 47 D Kennedy (B&B) 47:03; 48 A Mitchell (TVH, M50) 47:06; 49 M McDaniel (G&G) 47:12; 50 B Cook (Kent, M35) 47:13; 51 E Catmur (THH, M35) 47:14; 52 J Lane (M&M, M40) 47:16; 53 A Jeffreys (Tun W) 47:19; 54 L Reid (Ton, W) 47:22; 55 C Fraser (Kent)

47:36; 56 A Pointon (AFD) 47:39; 57 S Strange (Ton) 47:45; 58 A Pettit (Kent, W) 47:54; 59 M Tarragano (B&H, M50) 48:06; 60 N Tearle (G&G, M45) 48:07; 61 J Haasz (Croy) 48:13; 62 J Bowles (E&E) 48:22; 63 G Turner (Tun W, M55) 48:22; 64 T Okamoto (SoC, M35) 48:24; 65 M Edgar (Belg) 48:35; 66 J Adams (G&G, M35) 48:37; 67 L Hooper (Ton) 48:42; 68 K Klidzia (SoC, M50) 48:43; 69 N Buckle (Belg) 48:44; 70 B Hurley (Belg, M40) 48:46; 71 J Bowler (Kent, M40) 48:51; 72 M Munro (Herne H, M40) 48:57; 73 P Barker (Ton, U20W) 48:59; 74 D St Martin (M&M) 49:07; 75 A Bennett (Ton, M40) 49:08 M45: 5 L McMeekin (M&M) 49:44; 6 D Reader (Camb H) 49:59. M50: 4 A Rodgers (M&M) 51:34; 5 J Ratcliffe (Herne H) 51:51. M55: 2 M Tennyson (G&G) 52:54; 3 R Beadsworth (Kent) 53:02. M60: 1 S Bean (E&E) 51:22; 2 D Ogden (S Lon) 52:51; 3 G Quarton (S Lon) 54:51. M65: 1 W Hill (Craw) 63:20. M70: 1 M Mann (Dulw) 63:17; 2 D Beattie (Craw) 63:36. M75: 1 V Thomas (G’H T) 79:04 TEAM (6-to-score): 1 Kent AC 100; 2 Brighton & Hove 103; 3 Herne Hill 144; 4 Tunbridge 154; 5 Aldershot, Farnham & District 212; 6 Guildford & Godalming 250; 7 Kent B 262; 8 Belgrave 321; 9 Medway & Maidstone 336; 10 Epsom & Ewell 382; 11 Kent C 452; 12 Striders of Croydon 523; 13 South London Harriers 553; 14 Dulwich Runners 592; 25 Herne H B 597 Coleman Cup (12-to-score): 1 Kent 362; 2 Herne H 741; 3 G&G 1134; 4 Kent B 1303; 5 SoC 1464; 6 Dulw 1503 Women: 1 Taylor 46:11; 2 Reid 47:22; 3 Pettit 47:54; 4 Barker 48:59; 5 C Mason (THH, W35) 50:40; 6 A Wood (Ton) 51:57; 7 R Lindley (SoC,

(Darl-gst) 12:39; 3 A Milburn (Gate) 12:55; 4 H Wightman (Gosf) 13:03; 5 P Old (Els) 13:07; 6 A Hutchinson (Gosf) 13:08; 7 E Fellows (Blay) 13:12; 8 D Tullis (J&H) 13:17; 9 P Wilde (Els) 13:22; 10 K Kennedy (Morp) 13:35; 11 E Jones (CleS) 13:43; 12 M Gaines (Tyne) 13:45 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Gosforth H 27; 2 Elswick H 34; 3 Durham City H 43 U11 (open): 1 S Quinn (Bill MH) 4:14; 2 G Carter (Dur) 4:23; 3 K Otterson (NSP) 4:23

R Doubleday (Poole, M35) 28:48; 6 A Other (Unatt) 29:04; 7 G Sherwin (Mt B, M35) 29:57; 8 N Willmore (Poole R, U20) 30:03; 9 R Hawkins (Yeov O) 30:21; 10 R Brawn (B’mth, M35) 30:23; 11 B Mahoney (Yeov T) 30:26; 12 B Meredith (B’mth) 30:30; 13 A Other (Unatt) 30:44; 14 D Huntingford (W’borne, M40) 30:48; 15 O Astington (Wells) 31:10; 16 B Campbell (Eg H, M50) 31:20; 17 W Ibe (Unatt, U20) 31:20; 18 A Gough (Dor, M35) 31:23; 19 S Stephens (Poole R, M45) 31:36; 20 T Marsh (Unatt, U20) 31:46; 21 N Sexton (Poole R, M40) 31:54; 22 P Reese (Dors, M35) 32:21; 23 D Wilcox (SW Vets, M50) 32:26; 24 M Bennett (Eg H, M45) 32:32; 25 J Windebank (Poole R, M35) 32:35; 26 A Other (Unatt) 32:36; 27 G Beckett (Poole R, M40) 33:12; 28 M Copeland (W’borne, M50) 33:22; 29 R Rawles (W’borne, M45) 33:26; 30 A Thompson (Lyt MS, M45) 33:27 M55: 1 M Jurd (W’borne) 34:31; 2 K Mapp (W’borne) 35:14; 3 P York (ESM) 36:12;. M65: 1 S Hunt (B’mth) 36:42 U17 (4.8km): 1 R Symington (Poole) 15:23; 2 J Todd (B’mth) 15:41; 3 R Jones (New FJ) 16:14; 4 J Barrington (Eg H) 16:15; 5 C Davies (W’borne) 16:15; 6 Z Cloete (Poole) 16:28; 7 B Martin (W’borne) 16:31; 8 T Fuller (W’borne) 16:33; 9 O James (B’mth) 16:45; 10 O Rawles (W’borne) 16:45; 13 E Shaw (W’borne, U17W) 17:10; 17 E Castagna (Poole, U17W) 17:57; 19 A Wilson (Poole, U17W) 18:16; 21 F Kimber (Poole R, U17W) 19:08; 22 H Taylor (Poole, U17W) 19:13; 24 I Rabjohns (Poole, U17W) 19:41; 25 I Somers (Poole R, U17W) 20:16; 26 M Creber (New FJ, U17W) 20:31; 27 C Brown (Poole, U17W) 20:46; 28 A Sandell (B’mth, U17W) 21:09; 29 M Worthington (Wey SP, U17W) 21:16; 30 R Bowden (B’mth, U17W) 21:48 U15 (4km): 1 E Bird (Dor) 13:34; 2 W Rabjohns (Poole) 13:52; 3 M Ruby (Poole) 14:14; 4 O Squires (New FJ) 14:55; 5 O Pitcher (Dor) 15:06;

DECEMBER 28 CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS CLUB 7.5, Joyden’s Wood Overall: 1 D Lacy (Camb H) 45:15; 2 J MacDonald (Camb H, M35) 47:30; 3 C Poulton (Camb H, M50) 50:13; 4 S Wells (Bexley, M40) 50:28; 5 J Kennedy (Dartf, M40) 51:49; 6 L Ford (Camb H) 53:49 M45: 1 P Dawes (Dartf) 55:37. M55: 1 C Desmond (S’oaks) 55:39; 2 G Maynard (Camb H) 56:44; 3 T Durey (Central P) 57:25. M65: 1 A Black (Camb H) 60:18 Women: 1 E Meins (Camb H) 57:04; 2 B Macey (Ashf D, W35) 59:29; 3 S Kyle (Central P, W45) 60:10 W40: 1 N Bonnet (Plum) 60:25. W60: 1 C Marsh (N Elth) 62:42

DECEMBER 26 BOTTOMISTS CUP, Hampstead Heath Overall: 1 I Adni (U20) 16 20; 2 S Harrison 17 24; 3 J Armstrong 19 23

DECEMBER 15 WESSEX LEAGUE (Inc DORSET COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS), Canford Magna Men (7.7km): 1 J Grose (Poole) 27:20; 2 C Gillespie (Axe V, U20) 27:50; 3 M Cox (Dor, U20) 27:55; 4 D Willmore (Poole R, U20) 28:08; 5

W35) 52:08; 8 L Rogers (B&H) 52:40; 9 S Biggs (Strag, W45) 52:56; 10 S Hanley (Kent) 53:40; 11 M Miaskiewicz (Dulw, W35) 54:11; 12 H Woolley (Ton) 54:21; 13 J Elphick (B&H) 55:05; 14 L Growns (B&H) 55:14; 15 L Stavreski (THH, W45) 55:15; 16 F Ross (Rane) 55:21; 17 F Leman (B&H, W40) 55:25; 18 A Welsh-james (S Lon, W40) 55:26; 19 C Barden (Belg) 55:33; 20 J Morris (Belg) 55:40; 21 G Wiley (Kent) 55:44; 22 A Crockford (Ton) 55:46; 23 T Murphy (Kent, W40) 55:47; 24 J Foster (Herne H) 56:24; 25 K Styles (Dulw, W35) 56:35; 26 L Dooley (B&H, U17) 56:44; 27 S Sinclair (Herne H) 57:07; 28 R Hutton (S Lon, W50) 57:12; 29 C Gill (Dallam) 57:17; 30 P Blackledge (B&H, W45) 57:19; 31 B Morrish (Ton) 57:34; 32 A Littler (Rane) 57:39; 33 A Prince (Strag, W40) 58:19; 34 M Cecconi (E&E) 58:22; 35 P Flynn (Strag, W55) 58:23; 36 M Corden-Lloyd (Belg) 58:30; 37 R Johnson (Dulw, W35) 59:14; 38 C Altmann (THH) 59:41; 39 J Holford (Tun W, W45) 59:42; 40 A Leach (B&B, U20) 59:44 W35: 6 E Balfe (Dulw) 59:55; 7 A Stehlikova (THH) 59:58; 8 L Vincent (Dulw) 60:08; 9 A Gould (THH) 60:39; 10 A Thomas (Dulw) 60:42. W40: 5 A Brough-Nuesink (Sutt R) 60:33; 6 E Waddingham (Wimb W) 60:47..W45: 5 D Barnett (THH) 61:04; 6 L Delport (Ashf) 62:00. W50: 2 S Upton (SoC) 60:11; 3 O Balme (Dulw) 61:44; 4 M Setyabule (Herne H) 62:02. W55: 2 A Norris (Dulw) 60:01; 3 K Williams (Kent) 63:32. W60: 1 M Bradshaw (Tun W) 65:26; 2 J Quantrill (S Lon) 67:03. W65: 1 M Statham (Holl S) 65:46 TEAM (6-to-score): 1 Ton 42; 2 B&H 100; 3 THH 195; 4 Dulw 196; 5 Kent 211; 6 Herne H 292; 7 S Lon 329; 8 SoC 344

6 J Dunn (W’borne) 15:26; 7 T Green (Poole) 15:57; 8 N East (B’mth, U15W) 16:02; 13 A White (New FJ, U15W) 16:21; 15 D Dryden (Yeov O, U15W) 16:30; 17 M Preece (B’mth, U15W) 16:41; 18 B Payne (W’borne, U15W) 16:45; 20 L Johnson (New FJ, U15W) 17:32 U13 (3.3km): 1 J Pepin (Soton) 11:43; 2 O Ewen Matthews (B’mth) 12:04; 3 P Atkinson (Soton) 12:11; 4 C Coles (Salis) 12:27; 5 R Price (Win) 12:40; 6 J Williams (W’borne) 12:46; 7 T Williams (W’borne) 12:46; 8 A Cox (Dor) 12:48; 9 T Butt (W’borne) 12:50; 10 S Peters (B’mth) 12:51 U11 (1.4km): 1 E Skipwith (Win) 5:01; 2 S Noott (Win) 5:02; 3 C Wilson (Win) 5:04 Women (5.5km): 1 H Collier (B’mth) 20:28; 2 H Slade (B’mth) 21:07; 3 C Bunch (Poole R) 21:55; 4 A Sullivan (W’borne, U20) 22:24; 5 A Door (Eg H) 22:32; 6 A Stubbs (W’borne, U20) 23:09; 7 S Swift (Poole R, W45) 23:24; 8 Z Barrett (Poole R) 23:55; 9 L Short (Poole R, U20) 24:07; 10 F Malin (Woot RR, W50) 24:09; 11 N Sandell (B’mth, W40) 24:18; 12 C Loader (B’mth J, W50) 24:30; 13 J Walker-Leach (Lyt MS, W45) 24:43; 14 R Elford (Lyt MS, W40) 25:06; 15 T Green (W’borne, W45) 25:17; 16 C Davies (Yeov T, W40) 25:22; 17 D Tweed (Poole R, W60) 26:16; 18 K Drewett (B’mth, W40) 26:47; 19 E Haywood (B’mth J, W45) 27:00; 20 H Nethercott (Lyt MS, W50) 27:06 W35: 1 M Kusmierczyk (Yeov T) 27:07. W50: 4 L Worthington (Eg H) 27:27. W60: 2 P Everitt (B’mth J) 27:29; 3 P Worrall (B’mth J) 28:33 U13 (3.3km): 1 L Brown (Poole) 13:06; 2 E Wells (B’mth) 13:24; 3 E Churcher (Soton) 13:38; 4 D Flux (Wey SP) 13:47; 5 E Dawson (Poole) 13:52; 6 D Davies (Yeov O, U20) 13:53; 7 I McPhail (Poole) 13:55; 8 E Churcher (Soton) 13:59; 9 F Siderfin (New FJ) 14:00; 10 I West (W’borne) 14:04; U11 (1.4km): 1 E Hurst Atkins (B’mth) 5:23; 2 K Kilburn (B’mth) 5:26; 3 P Taylor (Win) 5:28

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Seyfu Jamaal: early lead in the Serpentine 10km

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JANUARY 6 ARMAGH ‘BEAT THE JANUARY BLUES’ MARATHON, Armagh Overall (Mar): 1 D Hamilton 2:51:57; 2 K Holdsworth 3:19:14; 3 D Slater 3:19:25 Women: 1 j Odonnell 4:11:16; 2 N Mccrudden 4:23:44; 3 S Mcentee 4:23:45 Overall (10km): 1 K O’connor 45:22; 2 G Maxwell 46:47; 3 S Reilly (W) 47:41 Women: 1 Reilly 47:41; 2 L Mc Kenna 47:43; 3 A Mcmahon 52:50 Overall (HM): 1 P Glass 94:45; 2 C Neilands 96:22; 3 J Cawley 98:39 Women: 1 S Williamson 1:49:30; 2 l Jones 1:54:28; 3 S Watters 1:54:28 CENTRAL LANCASHIRE NEW YEAR HALF MARATHON, Preston Overall: 1 M Toft (Lyth) 74:12; 2 J Rutherford 74:34; 3 J Callender 75:12 M45: 1 P Abraham (Alt) 78:12. M65: 1 J Mcglynn (Wig D) 98:48 Women: 1 L Casey (Wid, W35) 90:18; 2 M Leahey (W35) 91:37; 3 M Koth (Lyth, W45) 92:53 W50: 1 C Sullivan (Wesh) 95:22. W55: 1 N Bailey (Acc) 1:44:26. W60: 1 L Selman 1:47:14 MORNINGTON CHASERS REGENT’S PARK 10km WINTER SERIES, London Regents Park Overall: 1 N Rackham (Metros, M50) 35:09; 2 M Chataway (Morn, M35) 35:18; 3 A Cumine (Belg) 35:32 Women: 1 E Macalister-hall (Emma Macalister Hall) 38:58; 2 E Howsham (Belg) 39:28; 3 L Pointon (Lon Hth) 42:45 W50: 1 A Murphy 43:02; 2 A Beeton (Harl RC) 44:15. W70: 1 J Conneely 55:37 NICE WORK RICHMOND PARK NEW YEAR 10km, Richmond Overall: 1 C Vernon 36:00; 2 J Timms (Burnham Beeches) 36:18; 3 C Louloudis 36:54 Women: 1 K Murray 37:41; 2 E Dudgeon (Edin) 37:50; 3 M Miaskiewicz (Dulw) 39:52 Overall (5km) 1 A Clark 20:57; 2 D Bygrave (M50) 21:17; 3 J Flitton 21:21 Women: 1 M Van Thorenburg 22:59; 2 J Perry (Serp, W40) 23:22; 3 D Mishyna 23:55

STOKE STAMPEDE 10km, Stoke St Gregory Overall: 1 I Tyson (Torbay TC, M40) 34:41; 2 A Drake (tmr, M40) 36:01; 3 I Cain (Q’tock, M40) 36:13 Women: 1 H Taunton (Taun) 36:22; 2 R Astington 38:59; 3 J Carritt (Run For, W35) 39:21 W35: 2 K Hill (Taun) 40:49. W45: 1 L Lascelles (Maid N) 41:35 WOODCOTE 10km, Woodcote Overall: 1 A Burgess (Oxf C) 34:37; 2 J De La Harpe 35:15; 3 D Mccoy (Read RR) 35:23 Women: 1 F Sharpley (Thame) 41:26; 2 K Cherry (Thame) 41:28; 3 L White 42:13 W60: 1 J Davies (Read RR) 44:09; 2 D Baldwin (Mil K) 46:09

JANUARY 5 QEOP WINTER 10km SERIES, London Overall: 1 J Mc Cann (M40) 35:21; 2 R Beer

JUNCTION BROADSTONE QUARTER MARATHON, Broadstone Overall: 1 C Alborough (Poole) 35:46; 2 J Cieluszecki (B’mth, M40) 36:00; 3 B Renshaw (B’port, M35) 36:07 Women: 1 E Caplan (B’mth, W35) 41:02; 2 J Champion (Poole, W40) 41:27; 3 H O’Neile (B’mth) 42:14 PILOT INN 5, Hardwicke Overall: 1 A Chantler (Chelt) 27:54; 2 A Rawlings (U17) 29:25; 3 J Rose (Severn, M40) 29:27 Women: 1 A Lewis (Durs, W60) 37:04; 2 T Tranter (FoD, W65) 40:09; 3 M Williams (Durs, W50) 42:05

36:28; 3 E Adams (Bed C) 37:44 Women: 1 S Woodward (Midlands Masters, W50) 40:46; 2 S Kinna 42:06; 3 H Thomsit (L Bad) 42:24 WILLOWBROOK 5km SERIES, Liverpool Overall: 1 M Clair (Mers Tri, M35) 16:56; 2 T Dempsey (Kirkby Milers) 16:59; 3 J Clarke (Penny L) 17:10 Women: 1 A Crook (S’port W) 17:14; 2 H Sahgal (Liverpool Pembroke Sefton AC, W35) 19:43; 3 C Constable (S’port W, W45) 20:17

JANUARY 4 NO WALK IN THE PARK 5km, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Overall: 1 D George (Mansf) 17:51; 2 T Topham (N Der) 1812; 3 M Cooper (N Der) 19:12 Women: 1 J Cooper (N Der, W40) 22:56; 2 S Thompson N Der) 24:26; 3 E Beard (N Der) 24:31 W65: C Rollason (C&S) 25:56 EALING MILE, Ealing Overall: 1 I Gutteridge (Datch, M35) 5:03; 2 C Clifford (Eal E) 5:10; 3 J Pabon (Eal E, M35) 5:12 Women: 1 L Louw (Hill) 6:05; 2 A Barber (Eal E, W35) 6:21; 3 K Wale (Eal E) 7:12 POWER OF 5km, Morecambe Overall: 1 L Walker (Sheff TC) 15:58; 2 S Croft (R Rose, M35) 16:09; 3 S Harrison (B’land F) 16:35 Women: 1 J Smith (SHS) 19:37; 2 J Wren (Prest) 20:23; 3 C Curran (W40) 21:18 RUN-4-IT METRO PROMS 3km WINTER SERIES, Aberdeen Overall: 1 K Greig (Metro) 9:11; 2 J Kelly (Metro) 9:13; 3 T Doney (Metro) 9:16 Women: 1 J Bannerman (I’ness) 9:51; 2 E Watt 11:13; 3 C Mcneil 11:18

JANUARY 3 NOTTINGHAM 5km WINTER SERIES Overall: 1 A Woodward (Notts) 15:24; 2 J Hibbert 16:57; 3 J Henson 17:24 Women: 1 Z Attenborough 21:36; 2 L Grant (Beeston, W35) 21:43; 3 A Hibbert (Holme Pierrpont Rc, W50) 22:00

JANUARY 2 BEITH HARRIERS NEW YEAR RACES, Glengarnock Overall (10km): 1 J Burns (Shett, U20) 32:58; 2 S Gibson (Cambus, M35) 33:09; 3 S Daye (Shet) 34:49 Women: 1 M Mccutcheon (Giff N, W45) 40:27; 2 R Atkinson 41:43; 3 M Wylie (Dumb, W45) 42:49

LEICESTER CITY WINTER 5km Overall: 1 R Park (C&C) 16:49; 2 J Hatton 17:52; 3 A Green (Tm East H, M55) 18:29 Women: 1 I Davis (Cov) 19:00; 2 I Wrightam (Wreake & Soar Valley Running Club, U20) 19:45; 3 L Ellis (W End) 20:04

JANUARY 1 SERPENTINE NEW YEAR’S DAY 10KM, Hyde Park, London LOCAL runner Charlie Sandison made a winning start to 2020 as he stormed to an impressive victory on his debut in this annual year opener, Tom Pollak reports. On a cool morning, he headed home the 500-plus field to finish 50m clear of Jonathan Bradford. It was by far the biggest win for the 24-year-old West Londoner, whose previous successes had come in various parkruns. His fastest 10km was posted at Telford at the beginning of December, where he clocked 31:31. Sandison is only in his third full winter season in the sport. In contrast, the women’s winner, Emma Pallant, 28, is a vastly experienced runner and her win at the start of the year followed similar successes in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Pallant, 30, a member of the winning GB European junior cross country championships team in 2008 and the 2016 world duathlon champion, was just over a minute outside her best time for the course of 33:53 in 2018. She finished almost two minutes ahead of Rose Penfold, a clubmate of the men’s race winner. Overall: 1 C Sandison (Fulham) 31:52; 2 J Bradford (Bir) 32:03; 3 H Tullett (Chelm, U20) 32:29; 4 A Hobley (Herne H) 32:49; 5 S Farmer (Fulham, M40) 32:58; 6 C Mason (W4H, M35) 33:03; 7 H Bedhiafi (Fulham) 33:13; 8 J Horan (ESM, M35) 33:13; 9 M Read (Newb) 33:19; 10 S Baines (THH, M45) 33:24; 11 S MacDougall (Fulham, M35) 34:08; 12 R Graham (Clap C) 34:13; 13 G Creagh (High, M40) 34:14; 14 P Cheetham (Barnes, M45) 34:20; 15 A Sweet (Lon Hth, M35) 34:21; 16 N Mateos (Cobras Purpuras de Globogym) 34:21; 17 B Wickham (VP&TH, M40) 34:27; 18 S Shaw (Vegan, M45) 34:41; 19 E Pallant (AFD, W) 34:47; 20 F Levy (Fulham) 34:50 M40: 4 R Pedro Pinto 35:09; 5 C Osmond 35:20; 6 V Lindberg (VP&TH) 35:22. M45: 4 S Beaney (Kent) 35:18; 5 L Nortcliff (Read RR) 35:19; 6 D Finch (VP&TH) 35:28. M55: 1 R Rigby (SB) 37:34; 2 P Jewell (Read RR) 37:59; 3 R Dadswell (Eal E) 38:23. M65: 1 D Cox (WG&EL) 38:49 TEAM (3-to-score): 1 Fulham RC 1:38:03; 2 Fulham B 1:44:04; 3 Herne Hill 1:44:07; 4 Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 1:45:19; 5 VP&TH B 1:45:19; 6 VP&TH C1:50:05; 7 Reading Road

Runners 1:51:11; 8 London Heathside 1:53:26 Women: 1 Pallant 34:47; 2 R Penfold (Fulham) 36:41; 3 M Gibson (Eal E, W35) 36:51; 4 J Baird (LFR, W35) 37:05; 5 A Baird (Trent P, W35) 37:53; 6 B Mackenzie (QPH) 38:44; 7 A White (Lon C AC) 38:53; 8 S Swinhoe (Lon Hth, W45) 39:42 W35: 4 S Zhuang (W4H) 40:24. W40: 1 K Morgan (A’dare) 40:28; 2 A Buchanan (THH) 41:19. W45: 2 H Pool (Read RR) 40:32; 3 A Flack (Fulham) 42:46. W50: 1 F Russell (Morn) 42:49; 2 J Watt (Eal E) 43:02. W60: 1 C White (Lon Hth) 47:45. W65: 1 P Clarke (Sutt R) 50:48 TEAM (3-to-score): 1 Ealing Eagles 2:01:35; 2 London Frontrunners 2:02:57; 3 Fulham 2:03:37; 4 Wal E B 2:15:23; 5 Barnes Runners 2:17:33; 6 Trent Park RC 2:17:48; 7 Lon Hth 2:17:88; 8 Queen’s Park H 2:20:14 LYLE MILE UPHILL CHALLENGE, Greenock Overall (G’nock unless stated): 1 N Lafferty 6:37; 2 G Hyett 6:43; 3 S Wiseman (U20) 6:45 Women: 1 T McIntosh (Ayr S) 7:38 (rec); 2 A Beaton (U20) 7:53; 3 E McEleny (U20) 8:51 CHARD FLYER 10km, Devon Overall: 1 C Green (Wells) 34:39; 2 M Lusby (Street) 35:05; 3 W Loveridge (Chard) 35:24 Women: 1 J Carritt (R F’ever) 42:38; 2 S Hutchings (Dors D) 43:09; 3 L Chapman (R F’ever) 44:06

PORTOBELLO PROMATHON 4, Edinburgh Overall: 1 G Sheldon (Cambus) 18:46; 2 T Martyn (Cors) 18:46; 3 E Brown (Knaves) 19:34; 4 P Avent (B’end) 19:37; 5 D Hastie (Gala, M35) 19:52; 6 C Reid (Edin) 20:07; 7 M D’Agrosa (Gala) 20:10; 8 B Mackie (Edin, M40) 20:14; 9 A Woodroffe 20:31; 10 N Renault (Edin, M35) 20:31; 11 O Miller (Fife) 20:41; 12 J Lenehan (Derry, M35) 20:42; 13 J Waldie (HBT) 20:45; 14 J Pyrah (Hast, M45) 20:46; 15 M Breen (Cors) 20:54; 16 P Kieran (PH Racing, M45) 21:00 M40: 2 S Smith (C&C) 21:04; 3 G Murdoch (Gala) 21:12; 4 J Peebles (PH Racing) 21:17; 5 M Lang (Cors) 21:36; 6 E Taylor (PH Racing) 22:03; 7 G Trewartha (Gala) 22:57; 8 R Henry (Muss) 22:57. M50: 1 S Cairns (Tyne Br) 21:28; 2 R Watson (Muss) 22:17; 3 C Turner 22:54; 4 J Robertson Gladwin (Dunb) 23:42; 5 J Mayers (Tm E Loth) 24:00. M55: 1 S Hay (Dunb) 24:00; 2 M Fowlestone (P’bello) 25:30. M60: 1 J Crookston (PH Racing) 23:50; 2 M Hurst 24:00; 3 A Gibson (Fife) 24:00; 4 J Hudson 25:44; 5 J Scott (Edin) 26:14. M80: 1 G Black (Fife) 30:10. Women: 1 A Simpson (Fife) 21:30; 2 J Stephen (HBT, W35) 22:39; 3 C Cox (Edin) 22:57; 4 K Tait (Kil’k) 23:06; 5 L Gibson (Fife) 23:26; 6 K Gore (Lass) 23:37; 7 K Macaulay (Cors) 23:54; 8 G Tindley (HBT) 24:00; 9 S McIntosh (HBT, W35) 24:50; 10 L Thompson (Fulham) 24:57 W40: 1 E McKechanie (HBT) 25:26; 2 L Marshall (Edin) 25:40; 3 G Carr (Cors) 26:19. W50: 1 K Dobbie (Edin) 26:57; 2 S Pyrah (Hast) 27:20; 3 G Murdoch (C’gie) 28:42; 4 C Gilchrist (Ferran) 28:47; 5 C Swain 29:05; 6 S Beattie (Tm E Loth) 29:29. W55: 1 A Stewart (Kirk O) 30:23. W65:

NEW YEAR’S DAY HANGOVER 5, Belper, Derbyshire BROTHER and sister Joseph and Dani Booth took the honours in this undulating event from the Bull’s Head pub with Dani finishing just ahead of their father Chris. Overall (4.92M, 440ft): 1 J Booth (Knave) 28:11; 2 C Sleath (Wirk) 29:42; 3 E James Belper) 30:12 M50: G Lowry (Sheff) 31:02. M60: P Mountain (B&W) 33:48 Women: 1 D Booth (Derwent) 32:51; 2 G Hayley (Mat, W40) 33:22; 3 L Riddle (Mat) 36:40 CLEETHORPES NEW YEAR’S DAY 10km Overall: 1 L Allison (Linc W) 29:40; 2 F Thompson ( Grimsby Tri Club) 32:52; 3 C Stephenson (Clee, U17) 34:10; 4 M Spendlove (Clee, U17) 34:41; 5 L Varley ( , M35) 34:57; 6 J Johnson 34:59 M50: 1 J McNamee (Skeg) 35:46; 2 S Dring (Wold) 36:37. M70: 1 M Casey (Barns) 42:09 Women: 1 G Weston (Roth) 36:42; 2 B Taylor ( ) 38:42; 3 C Hay (Red, W45) 38:57 W45: 2 J Ottley ( ) 41:16. W50: 1 P Downing ( Mabelthorpe RC) 40:53; 2 J Baldwin (Donc) 42:12; 3 B Wilson (Clee) 42:25. W60: 1 B Gash

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NORTH LAKES HALF MARATHON, Cockermouth Overall: 1 C Holdsworth (Ribb) 68:18; 2 R Lightfoot (Ellen) 69:38; 3 P Coon (Netherhall) 75:54 Women: 1 J Briscoe (Wake) 79:55; 2 N Shaw (C’land) 87:23; 3 N Mccarron (C’land) 88:46 W40: 1 T Mustafa 89:12; 2 L Winter (Nbrc Keswick) 93:56. W50: 1 V Winter (Derwent Ac) 94:34; 2 H Davies (Bodyfit) 96:03

( Wolds Veterans RC) 47:58; 2 J Harmston (Skeg) 49:38. W65: 1 J Davis (Ack) 52:25. W70: 1 E Woods ( Wolds Veterans RC) 54:05

George Black: set what is believed to be a world age 80 four-mile best of 30:10 at Edinburgh

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Saltwell 10km wins for Johnson and Dixon The start of the Ronnie Walker Saltwell 10km

RONNIE WALKER MEMORIAL SALTWELL 10km. Saltwell Park, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear CALUM JOHNSON was an emphatic winner of this popular pre-Christmas event, while Alyson Dixon gained victory in the women’s contest for the seventh time, Les Venmore reports. In the cool, overcast but thankfully dry conditions, Johnson, runner-up in the previous weekend’s county cross-country championship, soon headed the 430-strong field over the three-and-a-half undulating laps around the outskirts of Saltwell Park. After the first circuit, Johnson held a 13-second lead over the chasing trio of Cameron Allan, Conrad Franks and Liam Taylor. The advantage had increased to 41 seconds after lap two, with the following group still intact.

1 L Nicholson (Lass) 30:15. W75: 1 B Gilchrist (Ferran) 36:14 WYE VALLEY RUNNERS NEW YEAR’S DAY 10km, Hereford Overall: 1 C Jones (Chelt) 34:10; 2 B Reynolds (Here C, M45) 34:27; 3 B Price-davies (Brec) 34:50 M55: 1 D Esposito (B’ville) 38:32. M60: 1 P Dodd (FoD) 39:55. M70: 1 S Herington (Here C) 46:46; 2 M Houghton (Tav) 47:57 Women: 1 D Morris (Brec, W35) 41:58; 2 J Newell (Wye V) 42:28; 3 N Prosser (Here C) 43:03 W65: 1 L Bowers (Worc) 48:40

DECEMBER 31 ELY NEW YEAR’S EVE 10km, Cambridgeshire ANTHONY JOHNSON saw off a challenge from 2018 winner Chris Darling to win in 31:52 as Zoe MacDonald took the women’s section in 36:41. Overall: 1 A Johnson (Help) 31:52; 2 C Darling (C&C) 32:01; 3 A Tate (MMM, M40) 32:41; 4 J Herbert (Help, M50) 33:15; 5 J Holman (Ely Tri) 33;19; 6 A Metcalf (Ely) 33:26; 7 P Lunn (Help, M45) 33;45; 8 D Beazley (B Stort, M45) 33:48; 9 S Pedley (B Stort) 34:15; 10 M Rushbrook 34:22; 11 S Jackson (FVS, M40) 34:49; 12 J Bethell (B Stort) 34:55; 13 P Waggitt (Ely) 34;55 M45: 3 A Pritchard (C&C) 35:05; 4 P Makowski (Royst) 35:33; 5 M Moore (Help) 35:37. M55: 1 J Anderson (C&C) 36:32; 2 J Ferguson (C&C) 38:24. M60: 1 S Hunt Hunts) 40:37 Women: 1 Z MacDonald (C:C) 36:41; 2 R

MARHAM NEW YEAR’S EVE 10km, Norfolk Overall: 1 N Pollard (New J) 34:42; 2 R Simmonds (Ryst) 35:19; 3 P Keaney 35:43 Women: 1 A Chapman (Ryst) 40:25; 2 J Isbell (Dere) 41:21; 3 S Hurren (Wym) 41:49 LOUGH 5, Loughmacrory Overall: 1 M Neill (Acorns) 25:01; 2 E Mullan (Omagh) 25:05; 3 E Hughes (Acorns) 26:07 Women: 1 H Oldroyd (Don Greig Racing Stables) 30:02; 2 N Hall (Armagh, W35) 30:48; 3 C Lagan (Finn Valley Athletics Club) 31:15 NOS GALAN RACES, Mountain Ash Overall (5km): 1 B Demellweek (Caer, U20) 18:53; 2 R John (PontyRR, M35) 20:34; 3 S Wiergowski (M45) 20:56 Women: 1 J Stacey 21:47; 2 C Maksimovic (Pontypridd Roadents) 22:16; 3 C Thomas (DRC) 22:38 Men (5km): 1 K Jones (Swan) 14:15; 2 J Hunt (Card) 14:37; 3 C Lewis (Card) 14:41; 4 M Edwards (Card) 14:52; 5 K Darcy (Salf, M35) 14:55; 6 L Williams (San D) 14:58; 7 G Priestley (Salf) 14:59; 8 J Vincent (Card) 15:05; 9 O Perrin 15:08; 10 B Reynolds (Card, U20) 15:12; 11 I Harrett 15:12; 12 L Sheppard (Card, U20) 15:14; 13 J Smith (A’dare) 15:14; 14 J Lewis 15:16; 15 D Griffiths (Swan) 15:18; 16 T Lancashire (Bolt) 15:27; 17 S Morris (Card) 15:36; 18 C Jones (Chelt) 15:39; 19 J Griffiths (Neath, U20) 15:41; 20 M Lewis (Fair W) 15:42; 21 O Locke (Card) 15:52; 22 R Hardman (Card Arch, U20) 15:54; 23 A Beer (L’nelli, U20) 15:56; 24 B Butler-madden (Pontypridd Roadents, M35) 15:57 M45: 1 C Cable (Aberdare VAAC) 17:29. M55: 1 A Roper (B&W) 17:49; 2 R Hunt (B’end) 18:02. U20: 6 A Brown (Merth) 16:18 Women (5km): 1 I Morris (NTPC) 16:43; 2 A Bracegirdle 16:48; 3 L Marland (Card) 17:02; 4 L Cooper (Parc Bryn Bach RC) 17:05; 5 M Carterdavies (Card) 17:24; 6 S Kingston (Soton) 17:49; 7 C Crossman (G&G) 17:59; 8 N Frith (Soton)

18:10; 9 R Evans (Card) 18:14; 10 S Winstone (Soton) 18:20; 11 R Davies (Swan) 18:38; 12 C Andersen (MKDP) 18:40; 13 N Clatworthy (Card, U20) 18:43 W45: 1 S Chipper (Llis) 19:11; 2 T Nurse 20:18; 3 S Leech (Swan) 20:19. W55: 1 J Jenkins (Fair W) 22:42

DECEMBER 30 MIGO MILE, Glasgow Overall: 1 G Smith (Cambus) 4:44; 2 D Robinson 4:54; 3 F Armstrong (Bella H) 5:25 Women: 1 T Mcintosh (Ayr S) 5:54; 2 L Ross (Bella RR) 6:03; 3 K Hylands (Bella H) 6:04

DECEMBER 29 RIBBLE VALLEY 10km, Clitheroe MARC SCOTT defended his title with a very impressive 28:32, breaking the course record by 26 seconds as the race yet again rewrote the UK 2019 rankings. He wasn’t the only one chasing down the course record, with Ben Dijkstra and Britain’s quickest 1500m runner Charlie Grice also breaking the 2018 course record with 28:53 and 28:54 respectively. There were 12 men under 30 minutes, making it one of the best and fastest 10km races in the country.

Johnson increased his lead to 70 seconds at the finish line, with Allan moving into a clear second place ahead of Franks and Taylor coming home in fourth position. The winning time was seven seconds outside Ryan McLeod’s course record set in 2011. Leading veteran (M40+) to finish was Darren Purvis in 16th position. Gateshead, helped by the top three placings of Johnson and Franks, narrowly won the team event from Sunderland and Tyne Bridge. Dixon, who first won this event in 2011 and was the defending champion, soon headed the women’s field, holding a 40-second advantage over Amy Fuller after the first lap. Dixon came home in 21st position overall, crossing the finish line by the park lake over two minutes ahead of Fuller. Judith Nutt, successful in this race in 2006 and like the winner in the W40 category, took third place, with the minor placed athletes leading Elswick to a comfortable team victory over Tyne Bridge, who had won

Scott only got away from Dijkstra and Grice after 8km but had to finish strongly to hold off their potential challenge. The women’s race was won by a dominant Jess Judd in a strong 32:20 (chip 32:17), followed by Manx Harriers runner Racheal Franklin in 33:24 and Holly Archer of Cambridge & Coleridge in 33:27. Joshua Cowperthwaite finishied sixth, just missing the UK under-20 best with a time of 29:36 while another junior, Olivia Mason, ran 34:31 to finish sixth woman. Overall: 1 M Scott (C&C) 28:32; 2 B Dijkstra (Leicester Coritanian) 28:53; 3 C Grice (Phoe) 28:55; 4 R Allen (AFD) 29:31; 5 J Glen (I’clyde) 29:35; 6 J Cowperthwaite (Middlesbrough Ac , U20) 29:37; 7 D Hawkins (Leeds C) 29:40; 8 C Avery (Morp) 29:40; 9 J Donald (Dund H) 29:42; 10 C Mcleod (SSH) 29:43; 11 R Warner (B’burn) 29:47; 12 T Martyn 29:57; 13 E Everard (Kilk) 30:12; 14 G Hill (Sale) 30:15; 15 K Taylor (B&W) 30:17; 16 T Cornthwaite (Salf) 30:20; 17 L Taylor (Leeds C) 30:22; 18 K Lecher (CoH) 30:30; 19 G Priestley (Salford) 30:30; 20 A Benson (Prest) 30:33; 21 D Selman (Cors) 30:35; 22 W Onek (Sale) 30:37; 23 J Buckley (Warr, U20) 30:38; 24 K Darcy (Salford) 30:41; 25 J Wignall (Sale) 30:43; 26 K Davis (Prest, U20) 30:44; 27 C Holdsworth (RVH) 30:44; 28 D Hallam (W&SV)

this competition for the past five years. Overall: 1 C Johnson (Gate) 31:05; 2 C Allan (Hough, U20) 32:15; 3 C Franks (Gate, M35) 32:23; 4 L Taylor (Sun) 32:54; 5 S Jackson (Elv, M35) 32:59; 6 R Holt (Tyne Br) 33:35; 7 J McKenzie (Heat) 33:40; 8 G Wallace (Black B, M35) 34:23; 9 T Goulding (Birt) 34:26; 10 S Rankin (Sun, M35) 34:39; 11 D Bradford (Shett) 34:45; 12 S MaGrath (Low F, M35) 34:48; 13 M Hornsby (Dur, M35) 34:52 M40: 1 D Purvis (Birt) 35:27. M45: 1 M Littlewood (Elv) 38:13. M50: 1 D Moir (Tyne Br) 38:22. M55: 1 P Hearn 40:27. M60: 1 G Bayne (Morp) 41:44. M65: 1 D Wright (Sun S) 48:04. M85: 1 I Barnes (Darl) 64:08 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Gates H 40; 2 Sund H 42; 3 Tyne Bridge H 44. . Vet: 1 Elvet S 99 Women: 1 A Dixon (Sun S, W40) 36:38; 2 A Fuller (Els) 38:58; 3 J Nutt (Els, W40) 39:53; 4 K Stevenson (Tyne Br, W45) 40:48 W50: 1 N Cameron (Heat) 46:17. W60: 1 D Elliott (Sun S) 49:03; 2 C Woods (Dur) 52:38 TEAM (3 to score): 1 Elswick H 14; 2 Tyne Bridge H 18; 3 Gosforth H 36

30:45; 29 T Raynes (B’burn) 30:53; 30 E De Mello (Hare & Hounds Running Club) 30:55; 31 B Maher (Kilk, M40) 30:57; 32 B Fish (B’burn) 30:59; 33 C Livesey (Salf) 31:00; 34 R Start (N Der) 31:05; 35 S Gibson (Cambus, M35) 31:05; 36 D Green (NSP) 31:16; 37 T Mahon (W&SV) 31:32; 38 T Harrison (C&C) 31:32; 39 R Scott (Trawd) 31:33; 40 A Rigby (New M) 31:38; 41 T Baldwin (Salt) 31:42; 42 A Miles (Vale R) 31:43; 43 H Allan (New M) 31:45; 44 K Billington (B’burn) 31:46; 45 A Pratt (Morp) 31:51; 46 J Cox (Eden) 31:56; 47 B Coop (Bury) 31:57; 48 N Barry (Sale) 31:58; 49 S Harrington (Otl, M40) 31:58; 50 C Elson (Roundhay Runners) 31:59; 51 C Tharme (Edin U HH) 32:01; 52 M Hill (Wake, U20) 32:01; 53 N Mccormick (Morp) 32:02; 54 A Mcdonnell (R&N) 32:03; 55 J Moody (B&W) 32:06; 56 K Sunman (Holm) 32:07; 57 J Deeingham (Prest) 32:08; 58 M Lockyer (Leeds C, M35) 32:10; 59 N Gray (Bord H) 32:11; 60 T Cunningham (Cors) 32:11; 61 J Birmingham (Bury) 32:12; 62 M Fazakerley (Prest, U20) 32:12; 63 M Hill (Leeds C, M40) 32:19; 64 J Judd (W) 32:20; 65 T Collinge (Queensb) 32:29; 66 A Douglass (Morp) 32:31; 67 R Johnson (Morp) 32:32; 68 B Tolputt (Serp) 32:37; 69 J Watson (B’burn) 32:38; 70 D Coombs (C&C) 32:40; 71 R Donald (Dund H, U20) 32:44; 72 B Costello (B’burn) 32:48; 73 M Dey (Bury, U20) 32:49; STEVE DUXBURY

WYMONDHAM AC NEW YEAR’S DAY 10km, Wymondham Overall: 1 A Tripp (Ips, U20) 31:46; 2 S Hayes (Deestr, M40) 32:54; 3 K Bagge (Norw, M35) 34:12; 4 C Kelly (Vegan, M35) 34:16; 5 K Holland (Craw, M40) 34:20; 6 N Adams (N Norf, M40) 34:28 M55: 1 R Hanson 37:37; 2 M Garrett (Norw RR) 38:09. M70: 1 K Bowman (Colt) 44:34; 2 G Walsh (Wym) 46:21. U20: 2 B Walker 35:59 Women: 1 J Watkinson (Wym, W35) 37:43; 2 C Neale (N Norf) 38:10; 3 L Howe (Norw) 38:15; 4 R Waterman (Tri-Anglia, U20) 38:56; 5 T Anema (Wym, U20) 39:20 W40: 1 T Jordan (S’mkt) 40:06. W45: 1 M Lewis 42:42. W50: 1 L Emmett (BecB) 43:26. W55: 1 V Jennings (Ips J) 43:45

Lindley (SoC, W35) 37:47; 3 J Anthony (C&C) 38:19; 4 C Cummings (Norw, W40) 38:25; 5 S Reid (C&C) 38:30; 6 S Darling (Linc W) 38:59; 7 H Lord (R’side) 39:11 W40: 2 A Smith (Wym) 40:55. W45: F Tideswell (H’hill) 41:50. W55: 1 C Anthony (W Suff) 44:02; 2 D Potter (C&C) 44:35; 3 M Twitchett (C&C) 45:24. W60: J Morgan (St Ed) 49:22. W65: 1 S Kelley-Holmes 51:33; 2 C Trudle (H’hill) 52:07

DAVE WOODHEAD

DECEMBER 21

Marc Scott (1): ran 28:32 at Ribble Valley

RESULTS

34:27; 6 Mason 34:34; 7 Duck 34:35; 8 Bracegirdle 34:39; 9 Malir 34:52; 10 J Briscoe (Wake, W40) 35:02; 11 T Barlow (TVH) 35:06; 12 R Friend (Leeds C) 35:12; 13 E Japp (Blackpool Wyre & Fylde) 35:15; 14 A Howarth (Leigh) 35:39; 15 S Ratcliffe (AFD) 35:54; 16 A Leake (Leeds C) 35:59; 17 K Waugh (Birt) 36:02; 18 O Stones (Leigh) 36:28; 19 A Ralph (B’burn) 36:31; 20 E Abbott (Lyth, W35) 36:43; 21 A Macdonald (W45) 36:52; 22 H Cowley (Hels) 37:26; 23 N Squires (RVH) 37:29; 24 S Taylor (Helm, W40) 37:35; 25 L Peploe (Leigh) 37:38; 26 H Hardaker (Keigh, W40) 38:04; 27 D Jepson (FCR, W45) 38:57; 28 O Green (Sale) 39:33 W35: 2 M Thompson (Morp) 40:18; 3 R Rimmington (Clay) 40:53. W40: 4 M Kirkham (Cov) 41:01; 5 R Marshall (Bury) 41:30; 6 C Maley (North Shields) 41:44. W50: 1 K Oddy (Hal) 43:16; 2 R Beaumont (Hal) 44:22; 3 J Yates (Radc) 44:33; 4 J Magee 44:39; 5 C Parkinson (Torbay TC) 44:41. W55: 1 S Malir (Ilkley) 44:16; 2 B Jackson (Alt) 45:08; 3 T Sinclair (Wins) 45:50; 4 L Rix (Man FR) 46:06. W60: 1 E Christie (Achilles Heel Running Club) 44:26; 2 P Abernethy (Radc) 46:15; 3 N Dugdale (Clay) 48:17. W65: 1 D Bland (Aire) 50:25; 2 H Coulsey (Ilkley) 52:20

74 A Grieve (Glasgow University) 32:52; 75 M Hartley (B’burn) 32:57; 76 T Innes (Morp) 32:59; 77 P Allan (Darl) 33:02; 78 J Holgate (B’burn) 33:02; 79 T Marper (Kirkby Milers) 33:12; 80 P Graves (DH Runners, M40) 33:20; 81 J Cleaver (Ross) 33:22; 82 M Hallam (Vall) 33:22; 83 R Mahen (C&C) 33:23; 84 R Franklin (Manx, W) 33:24; 85 M Magee (Clay) 33:26; 86 H Archer (C&C, W) 33:27; 87 A Salmon (Liv H) 33:28; 88 C Davies (B’burn, M40) 33:29; 89 B Sowerby (Prest) 33:29; 90 M Hornsby (Dur, M35) 33:30; 91 D Coy (Ilkley, U20) 33:32; 92 J Fairchild (Prest, W) 33:36; 93 A Cheetham (Clay, M40) 33:49; 94 M Nowell (Salt, M35) 33:50; 95 N Malone (Prest) 33:50; 96 J Prest (Traff, M45) 33:55; 97 M Emmerson (DH Runners) 33:58; 98 T Dempsey (Kirkby Milers) 34:02; 99 T Hartley (Wig D) 34:03; 100 B Edwards (Bury, M40) 34:06; 101 A White (Long E) 34:06; 102 T Marchant (B’burn) 34:07; 103 P Leybourne (Salf, M50) 34:10; 104 C Holmes (B’burn) 34:14; 105 M Leadbeatter (L&M, M40) 34:20; 106 G Browne (E Ches) 34:21; 107 A Stokes (B&W) 34:22; 108 J Woods (Blyth) 34:23; 109 S Corbishley (Tip) 34:24; 110 M Craig (Hallam) 34:27; 111 L Crookes (Leeds C, W) 34:27; 112 O Mason (Bord H, U20W) 34:34; 113 C Duck (Leeds C, W) 34:35; 114 A Mellor (Bury) 34:38; 115 C Fawcett (Hart RR) 34:39; 116 A Bracegirdle (W) 34:39; 117 J Gebbie (B’burn, U20) 34:42; 118 R Howarth (Horw, M45) 34:45; 119 L Taylor (L&M) 34:46; 120 P Mackrell (L Buzz) 34:48; 121 G Malir (Leeds C, W) 34:52; 122 J Clifford (Darl, M45) 34:54; 123 T Aspin (New M, U20) 34:56; 124 J Jordan (Roch H) 34:58; 125 M Greenwood (Trawd) 35:00 M40: 9 J Titmuss (Horw) 35:03; 10 S Weston (DH Runners) 35:04; 11 J Lloyd (Salf) 35:12. M45: 4 N Burton (Horsf) 35:39; 5 M Collier (Salf) 35:44. M50: 2 G Bergin (N Masters) 37:25; 3 P Guinan (B’burn) 37:27; 4 J Annna (Sett) 37:29. M55: 1 G Goodwin (Acc) 35:17; 2 J Convery (Bing) 36:13; 3 K Davies (Clay) 36:53; 4 A Green (Warr) 37:11; 5 G Morris (Acc) 37:45; 6 D Lord (Trawd) 37:50; 7 J Wright (Blackpool Wyre & Fylde) 38:13; 8 D Chrystal (Bolt) 38:35; 9 I Sampson (N Leeds) 38:52. M60: 1 A Walker (Teviotdale H) 35:23; 2 D Walker (L&M) 38:22; 3 T Clough (Leeds C) 39:34; 4 T Greenwood (B’burn) 40:15. M65: 1 A Whitehouse (T’ley) 39:33; 2 S Owen (Salf) 39:37; 3 K Hesketh (Prest) 41:54. M70: 1 P Johnson 46:53. U20: 11 D Shipman (New M) 35:03 Women: 1 Judd 32:20; 2 Franklin 33:24; 3 Archer 33:27; 4 Fairchild 33:36; 5 Crookes

HEREFORD COURIERS’ XMAS 10km Overall: 1 J Bingham (Chelt, M40) 33:12; 2 M Cashmore (Worc) 34:47; 3 B Reynolds (Here, M45) 35:09 M60: T Taylor (Here) 40:47 Women: 1 S MacKness (Notts) 39:56; 2 J Peters (Wok, W40) 40:27; 3 G Mallett (Croft A) 40:51 W40: 2 L Price 40:53. W60: M Johnson-Myers 49:08

HARRY SHAKESHAFT

Molly Browne: sub-60 10-mile in Gloucester

ROAD

GLOUCESTER 10, Gloucester Overall: 1 J Lunn (Bed C) 49:12; 2 E Banks (Bir) 51:11; 3 D Robinson (BRAT, M40) 53:55; 4 M Edmonds (MickMorris) 54:15; 5 L Busby (Wyc P) 55:49; 6 A Drake (B&W) 55:55; 7 C Chessell (Swin, M35) 56:06; 8 N Lewis (BRAT) 56:17; 9 J Hinton (B&W) 56:35; 10 A Smith (Slinn) 56:39 M40: 2 A Tsolakis (BRAT) 57:51. M45: 1 M Thomas (Bla PJ) 58:01; 2 C Walker (Wells) 59:43. M50: 1 C De Mooi (Caldicot) 59:07. M70: 1 A Daley (Glouc) 70:34 Women: 1 M Browne (BRAT) 59:57; 2 F Rawlings (Cleve, W40) 61:55; 3 C Baldwin (Bir) 64:09; 4 O Willson 66:02; 5 A Yetton (Ply H) 66:08; 6 A Bullingham (Chelt) 66:34; 7 M Brush (Chelt, W40) 67:00 W40: 3 A Doggrell (B&W) 68:24. W60: 1 F Russell (B&W) 79:18. W65: 1 N Hall (FoD) 87:26 IRVINE HANDICAP 2.75, Irvine Moor Overall (age not declared): 1 P Lafferty (Irv) 15:49; 2 A Allardyce (Irv) 16:25; 3 J Chalmers (Rons R) 16:27 Women: 1 S McNairney (Gst) 19:04; 2 J Jackson (Irv) 19:35; 3 P Porteous (Rons R) 21:18 Combined handicap: J Owens (Rons R) 26:15 MALLORY PARK FAST WINTER SERIES, Kirkby Mallory Overall (1M): 1 T Woodward 4:40; 2 C Roberts 4:51; 3 P Bonner (M40) 5:30 Women: 1 E Barton (U11) 5:48; 2 S Charters 6:13; 3 A Coulam (W40) 7:40 Overall (5km): 1 J Wardle (U20) 15:39; 2 J Wizard (U20) 16:17; 3 M Fraga (U20) 16:21 U20: 4 J Pickering 16:27 Women: 1 S Coldwell (U17) 16:24; 2 R Vickers 18:20; 3 O Bailey (W&SV, U17) 19:30 Overall (10km): 1 B Raeside 33:06; 2 M Coaker 35:02; 3 J Stimpson (W) 35:34 Women: 1 Stimpson 35:34; 2 H Oldroyd 37:33; 3 L Pescott 39:51 OLD FATHER TIME VETS 5, Cardiff Overall: 1 R Jackson-Hookins (Les C, M35)

26:12; 2 M Horsman (Pontypridd Roadents, M40) 26:53; 3 M Evans (A’dare, M35) 27:11 M45: 1 H Evans (Les C) 28:01; 2 M Hurford (Les C) 28:17. M50: 1 S Bartlett (Pontypridd Roadents) 28:26. M60: 1 I Lloyd (Swan) 28:27; 2 D James (Les C) 29:56; 3 D Coles (Les C) 32:27; 4 D Walker (Les C) 32:29; 5 M Williams (Parc BB) 32:34; 6 M Neal (A’dare) 33:00. M65: 1 E Lepore (Les C) 33:13; 2 J Davies (Pen) 34:18; 3 M Murphy (Les C) 34:30. M70: 1 R Morris (San D) 34:55; 2 J Edwards (Llis) 37:22 Women: 1 K Beecher (Les C, W40) 30:30; 2 L Jones (Swan, W35) 31:10; 3 H Davies (Swan, W40) 31:27 W40: 3 K Barker (Pen) 33:37. W45: 1 S Bulpin (San D) 33:21; 2 N Thomas (Les C) 34:19; 3 D Roberts (Porth) 34:39; 4 G Hardman (B’end) 34:42. W50: 1 K Chapman (Les C) 35:26. W55: 1 J Jenkins (Fair W) 37:29; 2 Y Bullen (Les C) 37:47. W60: 1 K Morton (Chelt) 37:12. W65: 1 B Avery (Chep) 41:07 MASSEY FERGUSON RC NEW YEAR RACE PACE 3.55, Coventry Overall: 1 B Allen (Sphin, M45) 22:38; 2 K Hinson (Massey Ferguson Runners, M55) 22:56; 3 N Ross (Bir, W35) 22:59 Women: 1 Ross 22:59; 2 Z Moore (Mass F, W45) 25:20; 3 S Lunn (Kenil, W35) 25:27 PEDNOR 10, Chesham Overall: 1 G Steffensen 53:18; 2 A Davidson (Chilt) 58:30; 3 C Gavin (W4H) 59:46 Women: 1 L And Liam’ 71:09; 2 L Glasson (VoA) 72:03; 3 A Jessopp (Datch) 73:32 TEMPO 10km SERIES, Stratford-upon-Avon Overall: 1 P Roddy (THH) 33:48; 2 M Burduscook (Strat, M35) 37:38; 3 D Clarke (Dav RR) 37:55 Women: 1 N White (N’brook, W35) 42:16; 2 R Miller (Kenil, W35) 44:01; 3 E Garnett (Kenil, W45) 45:16 BUNTINGFORD YEAR END 10, Hertfordshire Overall: 1 A Bogle (Derry) 55:19; 2 O Bell (Ware) 55:46; 3 S Overton (NHRR) 56:11; 4 K Francis (Ware, M40) 56:13; 5 D Beazley (B Stort, M40) 56:19 M40: 3 M Sayers (MHRR) 57:57; 4 T Adams 59:05. M55: 1 A Jordan (Harp) 64:08; 2 G Morris (Ware) 64:26 Women: 1 E Jeanes (Trent P) 63:11; 2 M Evans (B Stort) 63:39; 3 K Murphy (Barm, W45) 65:08; 4 K Mack (T Zone, W45) 66:33 W40: 1 C Lathwell (Stops) 67:43; 2 H Turner (Harp) 68:54. W45: 3 K Wilkins (Harp) 71:06. W50: S Harris (St Alb) 74:15. W55: 1 C Thrussell (NHRR) 72:10; 2 S Gannon 74:54. W60: S Spong (Hav 90) 80:52 ROTHWELL FESTIVE 10km, Rothwell Overall: 1 K Barber (Harb) 32:51; 2 A Przybyla 33:28; 3 K Powell (Leic Tc) 34:31; 4 D Karaiskou (Ampt) 34:34; 5 D Green (R&N) 34:47 M55: 1 A Green (Tm East H) 37:00 Women: 1 L Scott (Tm East H) 40:54; 2 E Bush (W45) 41:13; 3 K Munn (Kett, W55) 45:30 TEMPO 10km SERIES, Stratford-upon-Avon Overall: 1 P Roddy (THH) 33:48; 2 M Burduscook (Strat, M35) 37:38; 3 D Clarke (Dav RR) 37:55 Women: 1 N White (N’brook, W35) 42:16; 2 R Miller (Kenil, W35) 44:01; 3 E Garnett (Kenil, W45) 45:16

DECEMBER 28 RUNTHROUGH LEE VALLEY VELOPARK, Lee Valley Overall (1M): 1 G Ssali (M50) 6:12; 2 B Drake (U20W) 6:54; 3 F Stewart (Fordy Runs, U20) 6:54

Women: 1 Drake 6:54; 2 A Rutherford (W60) 7:11; 3 M Higgs Smith (U20) 7:28 Overall (5km): 1 N Garcia (M35) 17:48; 2 R Todd (Royston Runners, M40) 18:21; 3 M Bryant (Runthroughuk, M50) 20:02 Women: 1 F Feuring (Tg Neuss) 20:19; 2 L Greenlee 22:37; 3 C Lam 22:51 Overall (10km): 1 P Kunwor (M50) 36:23; 2 R Trevor (Havering Athletics Club, M40) 37:06; 3 J Short 39:48 Women: 1 L Marquand 40:44; 2 S Allen (Victoria Park Harriers) 42:09; 3 V Wadley-Smith (Leigh On Sea Striders) 48:02 Overall (10M): 1 Z Knill (VP&TH) 57:54; 2 S Wilkinson 61:33; 3 G Drysdale (Striders Of Croydon, M50) 62:42 Women: 1 H Scotton (Greenwich Tritons, W35) 65:35; 2 M Reeves (Fairlands Valley Spartans) 69:01; 3 C Musto 78:10 Overall (HM): 1 S Bruce (Victoria Park Harriers) 73:40; 2 Z Adem 78:14; 3 M Tanner (Bromsgrove And Redditch Athletics Club, M40) 82:10 Women: 1 B Breivik (W35) 89:25; 2 A Buckingham (St Albans Striders, W35) 91:03; 3 C Mcaleese (W40) 92:48 TILLI 10km, Tillicoultry Overall: 1 J Crowe (Centr) 29:19; 2 G Sheldon (Cambus) 29:49; 3 A Hay (Centr) 31:00; 4 C Milne (Centr) 31:55; 5 K Greig (Metro) 32:12; 6 C Reilly (Cambus, M35) 32:30; 7 M Wright (Centr) 32:49; 8 T Doney (Metro) 32:50; 9 T Graham-marr (Centr) 32:51; 10 J Hammond (Carnethy Hill Racing Club) 33:23; 11 C Phillip (Centr) 33:43; 12 T Gray (Centr, U20) 33:44; 13 C Morris (Fife, U20) 33:53; 14 E Gault (Lon Hth, M35) 33:57; 15 A Gudgin (Fife) 34:16; 16 G Barrie (Dund H, M45) 34:30; 17 M Dailey (Edin U HH) 34:35; 18 T Brian (Metro) 34:47; 19 A Simpson (Fife, W) 34:56 M45: 2 G Doig (PH Racing) 35:19; 3 D Roussias (Metro) 35:56. M55: 1 M Mcnellis (PH Racing) 37:46; 2 B Lees (Loth) 38:49; 3 G Matheson (Falk) 38:54. M60: 1 J Crookston (PH Racing) 38:09; 2 B Aitken (Fife) 38:33; 3 C Grahammarr (Centr) 40:18. M65: 1 T Martin (Falk TR) 39:51; 2 E Norton (PH Racing) 41:53; 3 J Scott (Edin) 41:55. U20: 3 R Kirkland (Loth) 35:04; 4 J Lessels (PH Racing) 35:06 Women: 1 Simpson 34:56; 2 F Brian (Metro) 35:06; 3 C Bruce (Metro) 36:38; 4 N Gauld (Metro, W35) 37:28; 5 D Greig (Metro) 38:06; 6 K Maxwell (Gala) 38:07; 7 F Matheson (Falk, W55) 38:10; 8 J Williams (Loth) 38:28; 9 L Tyler (W45) 39:19 W60: 1 S Aitken (Fife) 46:58; 2 M Martin (Fife) 47:50. W70: 1 E Revie 58:57

DECEMBER 27 HARBOUR CLUB LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, Hyde Park, London Overall: 1 S Jamaal (Lon Hth, U20) 14:42; 2 J O’flaherty (Lon Hth, U20) 15:11; 3 J Hutchens (Bide) 15:25; 4 B Ward (Metro) 15:37; 5 N Besson (Serp, M35) 15:56; 6 A Bond (Dulw, M45) 16:00 M40: 1 A Inglis (Camb H) 16:17; 2 T South (Dulw) 16:28; 3 G Creagh (High) 16:45. M45: 2 G Coombes (Ilf) 16:25. M50: 1 N Danby (S Lon) 16:42; 2 A Mitchell (TVH) 17:11; 3 J Ratcliffe (Herne H) 17:49. M55: 1 A Green (Tm East H) 17:58; 2 D Shaw (Str of Croydon) 18:56. M65: 1 A Roberts (Serp) 19:52 Women: 1 M Gibson (Eal E, W35) 17:54; 2 S Hanley (Kent) 17:56; 3 A James-Welsh (S Lon, W40) 18:10; 4 M De Silva (Rane, W35) 18:26; 5 E Skinner (S Lon, W40) 18:43 W50: 1 J Watt (Eal E) 20:36; 2 R Hutton (S Lon) 21:28. W55: 1 L Woolhouse (Vets) 20:28; 2 P Dalton (S’oaks) 20:47; 3 M SynnottWells (Rane) 22:07; 4 D Steer (St Alb S) 22:45. W60: 1 M Bradshaw (Tun W) 21:38. W65: 1 Y Gordon (FVS) 21:20; 2 P Clarke (Sutt R) 24:26

PUB TO PUB, Horndean, Hampshire Overall: 1 J Baker (Chich R, M40) 39:54; 2 J Manning (Denm, M40) 44:33; 3 R Jonkers (Denm) 45:19 Women: 1 P Keen (Nun) 45:35; 2 H Lowry (Vict) 53:27; 3 J Gilholm (Vict) 53:29

DECEMBER 26 WOODLAWN CHRISTMAS PUDDING RUN, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear JAMES YOUNG repeated his 2018 victory in the 34th edition of this popular Boxing Day event, which this year attracted a record entry of over 1500 runners, Les Venmore reports. Proceeds of the promotion, organised by North Shields Poly go to the Woodlawn School charity. In the cold blustery conditions, Young soon headed the field closely followed by Ross Floyd, winner in 2012 and 2013. The advantage was extended to seven seconds over Floyd, with Andrew Lawrence another 25 seconds adrift in third place. This was only the second time, this revised course had been used, but due to the conditions, Young was 17 seconds outside his own inaugural course record. Danielle Hodgkinson, winner in 2015 and 2017, was the leading woman finishing in ninth place overall. Her time did smash Charlotte Penfold’s 2018 figures by 36 seconds. Sixth form student Chloe Wellings finished a distant second, ahead of recent North Eastern Counties Cross-country bronze medallist Catriona MacDonald. Overall: 1 J Young (Morp) 16:05; 2 R Floyd (Morp) 16:12; 3 A Lawrence (Morp) 16:37; 4 D Bradford (Shett) 16:38; 5 E McGlen (Gate, U17) 16:40; 6 A Other (Tyne Br) 16:40; 7 M Fenwick (Tyne Br) 16:44; 8 C Daley (Gate, U17) 16:44; 9 D Hodgkinson (Walls, SW) 17:25; 10 S Medd (Gate, M40) 17:30 Women: Hodgkinson 17:25 (rec); 2 C Wellings (Gate, U20) 19:09; 3 C MacDonald (Morp) 19:16; 4 R Falloon (Morp) 1924; 5 G Manford (Gate, W35) 19:33 BRIGHTON BOXING DAY RACE,Sussex Overall (4.25M): 1 P Navesey (Craw) 23:10; 2 T Thayre (Craw, U20) 25:19; 3 L Taub (B&H, M40) 26:38; 4 J Edwards 26:54; 5 R Lilly 27:27; 6 S Lilly 27:27 Women: 1 J Elphick (B&H) 28:54; 2 F Leman (B&H, W40) 28:10; 3 P Blackledge (B&H, W45) 30:50 CLEVEDON BOXING DAY 4, Somerset SINCE her first victory here in 2007, Emma Pallant has now won the event more times than she can recall, Martin Duff reports. Extensive checking revealed that it was her 10th and the 30-year-old, who is now based in South Africa but was back in the UK for Christmas, won in 22:38 after a close battle. The two-time world duathlon champion said: “Steph Barnes was right there, so it made for a great race. I enjoyed the push but it was a bit colder than I’m used to these days.” Behind the top two, Jenny Spink was a close third, while the men’s race saw veteran Mark Portnall get the better of last year’s winner Felix McGrath in 20:22. Overall: 1 F McGrath (B&W, M40) 20:22; 2 A Chambers (B&W) 22:33; 3 J Rogers (N Som) 21:06 Women: 1 E Pallant (AFD) 22;38; 2 S Barnes (B&W) 22:46; 3 J Spink (B&W) 22:50; 4 R Penfold (Fulham) 24:19; 5 C Hammett (Oxf U) 24:47 W40: 1 A Dogrell (B&W) 26:33; 2 E Currie (Portis) 26:57. W50: 1 N Morgan (Chep) 25:54; 2 S Davis (B&W) 29:11. W60: 1 J Gamblin 31:30; 2 J Orme (Portis) 32:34

FIXTURES CROSS-COUNTRY Saturday January 11 ALTON SPORTS HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE Prospect Park, Reading. Noon. hampshireathletics.org.uk/events/ hxcl.html BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE 1: Northampton. 2: Coventry. 3: Trentham. birminghamccleague.co.uk STIRLING INTERNATIONAL (Inc HOME COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL & BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE King’s Park, Stirling. 9.30am.. uka.org.uk/competitions/the-britishathletics-cross-challenge CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS CLUB 10 Joyden’s Wood, Bexley. Noon. cambridgeharriers.org.uk CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Netherhall School, Cambridge. facebook.com/CambsSchoolsAA CHILTERN LEAGUE Keysoe Equestrian Centre, 11.30am. chilternccl.co.uk ESSEX LEAGUE Hilly Fields, Colchester. 10am. colchesterharriers.co.uk MANCHESTER AREA LEAGUE Tatton Park. Noon. maccl.co.uk MID LANCS LEAGUE Towneley Park, Burnley. Noon. midlancs.org.uk MIDLAND WOMEN’S LEAGUE 1: Trentham. 2: Coundon Park. midlandathletics.org.uk NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE Wollaton Park, Nottingham. 1pm. northmidsxcleague.co.uk NORTH WALES SENIOR LEAGUE Walford College. Baschurch. 2pm. northwalesxc.com SCOTTISH INTER DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS King’s Park, Stirling. scottishathletics.org.uk SPORTSYSTEMS SURREY LADIES’ LEAGUE DIVISION 1/2 Wimbledon Common. Noon. surreyleague.org SPORTSYSTEMS SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE 1: Beckenham. 2: Chobham Common. 3/4: Oxshott Woods. surreyleague.org

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE Alexandra Palace. metleague.co.uk

Sunday January 12 BORDERS WINTER SERIES Paxton House. 11.30am. bordersxc.co.uk CATHEDRAL RELAYS Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy, Birtley. 10am. birtleyac.co.uk/cathedral-relaysbirtley.html FROSTBITE FRIENDLY LEAGUE March. 10.15am. frostbiteleague.org.uk GLIDDON & SQUIRE NORTH DEVON LEAGUE (Inc NORTH DEVON CHAMPS) Shebbear College. 10am. northdevonxcleague.weebly.com HEREFORDSHIRE LEAGUE Rotherwas. 11am. facebook.com/groups/ WyeValleyRunners KENT FITNESS LEAGUE Minnis Bay, Birchington. kfl.canterburyharriers.org MABAC LEAGUE Farley Heath, Farley Green. 10am. mabac.org.uk MATHIESON SHIELD & CUP Belfast Playing Fields, Park Rd, Mallusk. 11am. malluskharriers.co.uk NTH ESSEX & STH SUFFOLK LEAGUE Gosfield School, Halstead Rd, Gosfield. 10am. nessxc.org.uk RYSTON RUNNERS OPEN LEAGUE Shouldham Warren. 11am. rystonrunners.org.uk SOUTH ESSEX LEAGUE One Tree Hill. 10am. facebook.com/ SouthEssexCrossCountryLeague SUNDAY LEAGUE Cassiobury Park, Watford. 10.30am. runherts.com THREE COUNTIES LEAGUE Creasey Park Community Football Centre, Dunstable. 10.30am. threecountiesxc.co.uk WEST GLAMORGAN LEAGUE Margam Reservoir, Margam. 11am. westglamleague.co.uk WEST MIDLAND YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE Pingles Stadium, Nuneaton. 11am. wmyaccl.com

WHAT’S ON Wednesday January 15 EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUE Sandringham Centre, RAF Marham. eaccl.webs.com/winter-eventslocations SEFTON BRANKNER CUP (Inc RAF v POLICE) RAF Halton. csaa.org.uk/WMidsServicesXC Fixtures19-20v2.pdf

Saturday January 18 AVON SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS TBC. avonschoolsathletics.org.uk BERKSHIRE SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Newbury Showground, Newbury. berkshireathletics.org.uk/content/ berkshire-schools-cross-countrychampionships CHINGFORD LEAGUE Hackney Marshes. 2.30pm. chingfordleague.co.uk CORNWALL SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Newquay Sports Centre, Newquay. csaa.cornwallathletics.org JERSEY ADVISA LEAGUE Queens Valley. 12.30pm. jerseyspartan.com KENT SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Dover. ksaa.org.uk LANCASHIRE SCHOOLS’ CHAMPS Witton Park, Blackburn. lancashireschoolsaa.co.uk NORTH DOWN AC RELAYS Castle Park, Bangor. Noon. northdownac.co.uk/festival-ofcross-country RUN4IT SCOTTISH NORTH DISTRICT LEAGUE Peterhead. 1.15pm. northleague.co.uk SCOTTISH EAST DISTRICT LEAGUE Deans High School, Livingston. Noon. salroadrunningandcrosscountry medalists.co.uk/Archive/East%20 District%20League/ED%20League%20 Home.html SHEFFIELD OPEN Graves Park, Sheffield. 11am. sheffieldrunningclub.org.uk/ our-events/sheffield-open-crosscountry-races-2020 SOUTH EAST LANCASHIRE LEAGUE Tandle Hills, Oldham. 12.30pm. selcc.co.uk STOCKPORT HARRIERS PRIMARY

@ATHLETICSWEEKLY SCHOOLS LEAGUE Woodbank Park, Stockport. stockportharriers.co.uk STORNOWAY SERIES Castle Grounds, Stornoway. srac.org.uk SURREY SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Priory Park, Reigate. ssaa.org.uk SUSSEX MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Coombes Farm, Lancing. sussexathletics.net VETERANS AC MASTERS OPEN 4.5 Wimbledon Common. 2.30pm. vetsac.org.uk WEST MIDLANDS SCHOOLS’ CHAMPS Warley Wood. wmsaa.co.uk/cross-country-2

Sunday January 19 BARTON & DISTRICT AC OPEN Baysgarth Park, Barton upon Humber. barton-district-ac.co.uk BOOTH DECORATORS LEAGUE Bramcote Hills. 11am. leaguetracker.co.uk/ Organiser/?O=Booth CC6 LEAGUE Kings Garn Gutter, Stoney Cross. 9.30am. cc6.co.uk DERBY RUNNER LEAGUE Derby/Staffordshire: Allestree Park. Leicester/Derby: Groby School. derbyrunnerleague.com FNB GUERNSEY LEAGUE Footes Lane. 2pm. guernseyathletics.org.gg KILMARNOCK H&AC ROON THE COUNTRY OPEN Ayrshire Athletics Arena, Kilmarnock. kilmarnockharriers.com LAW TRUST ISLE OF MAN LEAGUE (Inc ISLE OF MAN CHAMPIONSHIPS) Queen Elizabeth II High School, Peel. 2pm. iomaa.info McGRADY FINANCIAL SERVICES JUNIOR SERIES Delamont Park. 1pm. newcastleac.org/?page_id=915 NORTH YORKSHIRE & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUE Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough. 11am. nysd.org.uk PECO LEAGUE West Park. pecoxc.co.uk REEPHAM RUNNERS OPEN Whitwell Station, Reepham. 10.30am. reephamrunners.co.uk

5km and 2km events. For more info, see greatrunlocal.org Wythenshawe Park: 9am Sunday Debdale Park: 9am Sunday Boggart Hole Clough: 9am Sunday Birchfields Park: 11am Sunday Salford Quays: 6.45pm Thursday Burrs Country Park: 9.30am Sunday Gibside: 9.15am Sunday Sunderland: 9.30am Sunday Souter Lighthouse: 9.30am Sunday Stockton: 9.30am Sunday Glasgow Quays: 6.30pm Wednesday Southwold: 9.30am Sunday Needham Lake: 9.30am Sunday Ashford Kingsnorth: 9.30am Sunday Holbrook: 9am Sunday Newmarket: 11am Sunday Birmingham Ley Hill: 9.30am Saturday The Vale Birmingham: 10.30am Sunday Edgbaston: 9.30am Sunday Portsmouth Lakeside: 9.30am Sunday Lancing Beach Green: 9.30am Sunday Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park: 9.30am Sunday

SOUTHERN LEAGUE Chawton House, Alton. 11am. southerncrosscountryleague.co.uk SUFFOLK WINTER LEAGUE Haughley Park, Stowmarket. suffolkathletics.org.uk THAMES VALLEY LEAGUE Hurst Community College, Baughurst. 11am. tvxc.org.uk WEST YORKSHIRE WINTER LEAGUE Queensbury. 10am. westyorkshirewinterleague.blogspot. co.uk

Wednesday January 22 NORTHERN POLICE LEAGUE Leeds. 1.30pm. slateman.co.uk/npccl WEST MIDLANDS SERVICES LEAGUE Delapra Park. 2pm. csaa.org.uk

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FIXTURES Thursday January 23 LONDON UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES LEAGUE Alexandra Palace. 3pm. london-athletics.com/competitions/ xc/2019-20

Saturday January 25 MIDLAND COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS Prestwold Hall, Loughborough. midlandathletics.org.uk NORTHERN COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS Camp Hill Estate, Bedale. 10.30am. northernathletics.co.uk NORTHERN IRELAND & ULSTER INTERMEDIATE & MASTERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Gosford Forest Park. athleticsni.org SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA CHAMPIONSHIPS Parliament Hill, London. 11am. seaa.org.uk TEAM EAST LOTHIAN OPEN Foxlake Adventure Centre, Dunbar. activeeastlothian.co.uk

Sunday January 26 DERBY RUNNER LEAGUE DIVISION LEICESTER/DERBY Grace Dieu. 11am. derbyrunnerleague.com

Wednesday January 29 ARMY CHAMPIONSHIPS Minley. armysportcontrolboard.com/fixtures EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUE Blickling Park. eaccl.webs.com

INDOOR Saturday January 11 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS AC OPEN Seb Coe Centre, Loughborough. Noon. lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/athletics NORTHERN IRELAND SPRINTS & HURDLES OPEN Ulster University, Jordanstown. Noon. athleticsni.org SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA U13/U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS Lee Valley. Until Sunday January 12. seaa.org.uk

Sunday January 12 ABERDEEN OPEN GRADED MEETING Aberdeen. 10am. aberdeenaac.co.uk NORTH WALES REGIONAL CHAMPS Connah’s Quay. welshathletics.org SCOTTISH ATHLETICS INDOOR LEAGUE Emirates Arena. 9.30am. scottishathletics.org.uk

Thursday January 16 ABERDEEN POLE VAULT OPEN Aberdeen. aberdeenaac.co.uk GATESHEAD HARRIERS OPEN SERIES Gateshead. gatesheadharriers.com

Saturday January 18 LONDON U20/SENIOR GAMES Lee Valley. Until Sunday January 19. visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics

MIDLAND COUNTIES OPEN SERIES Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Until Sunday January 19. midlandathletics.org.uk NORTHERN IRELAND JUMPS & THROWS OPEN Ulster University, Jordanstown. Noon. athleticsni.org SCOTTISH NATIONAL OPEN Emirates Arena, Glasgow. scottishathletics.org.uk

Sunday January 19 BMC CARDIFF OPEN Cardiff. britishmilersclub.com GEOFF CAPES SHOTACULAR Bourne. capes3.wixsite.com/lincsthrows NON THOMAS NEW YEAR OPEN Cardiff. cardiffmetathletics.co.uk/events/ indoor-grand-prix-series

Wednesday January 22 ABERDEEN HIGH JUMP OPEN Aberdeen. aberdeenaac.co.uk BMC SHEFFIELD OPEN SERIES Sheffield EIS. 6pm. britishmilersclub.com SHEFFIELD RUN JUMP THROW SERIES Sheffield. 6.30pm. sheffieldathletics.co.uk

Saturday January 25 LONDON U13/U15/U17 GAMES Lee Valley. Until Sunday January 26. visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics NORTH EAST YOUTH OPEN Gateshead. WELSH ATHLETICS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Cardiff. welshathletics.org

Sunday January 26 FESTIVAL INDOOR OPEN Sheffield. sheffieldfestival.org KINGS LYNN OPEN Kings Lynn. NORFOLK CHAMPIONSHIPS (Inc KEITH WARD MEMORIAL OPEN) King’s Lynn. athleticsnorfolk.org.uk SALE HARRIERS OPEN SERIES Sportcity. 10.30am. saleharriersmanchester.com SCOTTISH NATIONAL U17/SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Emirates Arena, Glasgow. scottishathletics.org.uk

Monday January 27 ABERDEEN HIGH JUMP OPEN Aberdeen. aberdeenaac.co.uk

Wednesday January 29 AYO FALOLA DREAM MILE/3000m OPEN Lee Valley. soarrunning.com BMC LEE VALLEY OPEN Lee Valley. 7.30pm. britishmilersclub.com LONDON UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES LUCA CHAMPIONSHIPS Lee Valley. london-athletics.com

WHAT’S ON MULTI-TERRAIN Saturday January 11 BATH SKYLINE NIGHT 5km/10km Sports Training Village, University of Bath, Bath. 6pm. relishrunningraces.com BUFF TRAIL 5km/10km Bryn Bettws Lodge, Pontrhydyfen, Port Talbot. 10am. toughrunneruk.com COUNTRY TO CAPITAL 45 Wendover, Buckinghamshire. 8.30am. gobeyondultra.co.uk FOWLMEAD CHOCATHON 6-HOUR Betteshanger Country Pk, Deal. 9.30am. saxon-shore.com/Chocathon_ Fowlmead GREAT STIRLING CASTLE RUN 7.4km King’s Park, Stirling. greatrun.org/great-stirling-castle-run MAVERICK ADIDAS TERREX ORIGINAL NEW FOREST 6km/17km/24km Homsley Campsite, Christchurch, Hampshire. 9am. maverick-race.com PETZL NIGHTRUNNER RIVINGTON 10km Rivington and Blackrod High School, Horwich, Lancashire. 7pm. thenightrunner.com RUN RICHMOND PARK 5km/10km Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey. 10am. thefixevents.com SPERRIN HARRIERS AN CREAGAN 5 An Creagan Heritage Centre, Omagh. sperrinharriers.co.uk

Sunday January 12 ABINGDON 10km Tilsley Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. 10.30am. mccpromotions10kseries.com BATH SKYLINE 5km/10km Sports Training Village, University of Bath, Bath. relishrunningraces.com CLIVEDEN 10km National Trust Cliveden House, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. 9am. burnhamjoggers.org.uk EAST MEON LOOP 10 East Meon, Hampshire. 10am. idyllicrunning.com LANGSETT LOOP 5/10/15/20/ MARATHON/ULTRA Langsett Barn Car Park, Langsett, South Yorkshire. 9.30am. itsgrimupnorthrunning.co.uk NICE WORK BUSHY PARK NEW YEAR 5km/10km Bushy Park, Hampton, London. 10am. nice-work.org.uk OH MY OBELISK! 9/13 Dawlish Leisure Centre, Devon. 10.30am. dawlishcoasters.co.uk PLYMPTON JANUARY JAUNT 10km Speedway Track, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 9am. plymouth.roundtable.co.uk ROUGH ‘N’ TUMBLE 10 Village Hall, Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. 11am. grassrootsevents.co.uk SECOND SUNDAY 5 Richardson Evans Memorial Fields, Roehampton Vale, London. 9.30am. secondsunday5.com SOUTH SHIELDS WINTER TRIAIL SERIES 5km Marsden Old Quarry, South Shields. 9am. runeatsleep.co.uk/wintertrails2019

STOCKPORT THREE HALLS 11.5 Stockport, Cheshire. 10am. crazylegsevents.co.uk TEMPLE NEWSAM 10 Temple Newsam Park, Leeds. 9.30am. sttheresasac.org.uk THORNBURY RIVERBANK ROLLICK 9 Thornbury, Bristol. 11am. thornburyrunningclub.co.uk TRAIN TRACK 10km Fishyards, Peel, Isle Of Man. 10am. WINTER CAKEATHON CHALLENGE 6-HOUR Betteshanger Country Park, Deal. 9.30am. saxon-shore.com

entrycentral.com/skull_january SLOUGH NEW YEAR 5km/10km Black Park Country Park, Slough, Buckinghamshire. 10am. nice-work.org.uk SOUTH BY FIVE 5km Pollok Country Park, Glasgow. therunbible.com/our-events-fromtrb/sx5 WILDEST PEAKS TRAIL 10.6km/25.6km Longshaw Lodge, Longshaw, Derbyshire. 8.30am. trailrunningpeaks.co.uk/wildestpeaks-trail-run

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Thursday January 23

FITSTUFF G3 10km/15km SERIES Guildford, Surrey. 9am. g3series.co.uk NINESPRINGS BY NIGHT 5km/10km Yeovil, Somerset. 5.45pm. flyingfoxrunning.co.uk PHOENIX DOUGHNUT DASH 6-HOUR Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 9am. phoenixrunning.co.uk RUN FOREST RUN – GOSFORD 5km/10km Gosford Forest Park, Markethill, Co. Armagh. 11am. born2runevents.com RUNTHROUGH RICHMOND PARK HALF-MARATHON Sheen Gate Richmond Park, London. 10am. runthrough.co.uk TYNDRUM 6/12/24-HOUR Tyndrum. Noon. Until January 19. wayoutside.co.uk WILD NIGHT RUN 5 Village Hall, South Brent, Devon. 7.30pm. wildnightrun.co.uk

GATO SPORTS HEAD TORCH 10km Hartwell, Northamptonshire. 7pm. bigbearevents.net KINGS OF THE CASTLE 6-HOUR Slough Road, Windsor, Berkshire. 9am. essextrailevents.com

Sunday January 19 BENFLEET 15 Hadleigh Castle Country Park, Benfleet, Essex. 10.30am. benfleetrunningclub.com BROMLEY 10km Norman Park, Bromley, Kent. 10.30am. mccpromotions10kseries.com/ bromley-10km.php CF64 WINTER 6.4 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, Penarth. 10am. penarthanddinasrunners.co.uk/cf64winter-race DOYNTON HARD HALF-MARATHON Doynton, South Gloucestershire. 11am. doyntonhardhalfmarathon.co.uk EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPICE 10km Great Harwood, Lancashire. 11am. eastlancshospice.org.uk GARGRAVE HALF-MARATHON Gargrave, North Yorkshire. 9.30am. itsgrimupnorthrunning.co.uk HALLOWEEN HELLRAISER 7 Nantwich, Cheshire. 10am. southcheshireharriers.org.uk MAST RACE 10km Smithills School, Bolton, Lancashire. 10am. time2runevents.co.uk PHOENIX ZEUS & THE THUNDERBOLT 6-HOUR Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. 9am. phoenixrunning.co.uk SATURN RUNNING RUNNER OF AZKABAN 6.5-HOUR Burys Bank Rd, Thatcham, Berks. 9.30am. saturnrunning.co.uk SKULL TRAIL 5 Balbirnie Park, Markinch, Fife. 11am.

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ROAD Friday January 10 RUN-4-IT METRO PROMS 3km WINTER SERIES Promenade, Aberdeen. 1pm. metroaberdeen.co.uk

Saturday January 11 BUXTON PAVILION GARDENS 5km Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire. 9am. buxtonac.org.uk RUNTHROUGH OLYMPIC PARK 5km/10km Olympic Park, London. 9.30am. runthrough.co.uk WINDSOR & ETON RUN SERIES 5km/10km/15km/HALF-MARATHON Dorney Lake, Eton, Berkshire. Noon. f3events.co.uk

Sunday January 12 BLAST RUNNING SPRING 5km/10km Silverknowes Esplanade, Edinburgh. 10.30am. blastrunning.co.uk BORDERS LEAGUE Pensarn. 11am. bordersleague.org.uk/fixtures BRASS MONKEY HALF-MARATHON York, North Yorkshire. 10am. yorkknavesmireharriers.co.uk DRAYCOTE WATER WINTER 10km Draycote Water, Kites Hardwick, Warks. 9.45am. theraceorganiser.com GARSTANG 10km Garstang High School, Lancashire. 11am. ukroadraces.info KIDSGROVE 10km Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. 10am. staffsrunning-events.org OUNDLE NEW YEAR 5km/10km Oundle, Northamptonshire. 10am. nice-work.org.uk RISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5km Wades Pk, Princes Risborough, Bucks. 9am. risboroughruninthepark.weebly.com RUNTHROUGH FINSBURY PARK 5km/10km Finsbury Park, London. 9.30am. runthrough.co.uk RUNTHROUGH TATTON PARK 10km Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire. 9am. tatton10k.com STUBBINGTON GREEN 10km Stubbington Green, Hampshire. 10am. stubbingtongreenrunners.net

@ATHLETICSWEEKLY WOODCOTE 10km Village Hall, Woodcote, Berkshire. 10.15am. woodcote10k.org.uk

Wednesday January 15 DERBY MIDWEEK MILE/5km TRAINING RACE Raynesway, Derby. 7pm. runningwithdavid.com MEDWAY PARK WINTER 5km SERIES Gillingham, Kent. 7.30pm. nice-work.org.uk

Thursday January 16 WESTON PROM 5 SERIES Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. 7.30pm. westonac.co.uk/promrun

Friday January 17 POWER OF 5km Salt Ayre, Morecambe, Lancashire. 7pm. lancasterathletics.co.uk SAXONS CHALLENGE 6-HOUR Cyclopark, Gravesend, Kent. 9.30am. saxon-shore.com

Saturday January 18 ABERCARN 5km Abercarn, Caerphilly. 2pm. fullonsport.com/event/abercarn-5km TAVY 5km Tavistock College, Tavistock, Devon. 9.15am. skoolrun.events TWIN PIERS 10km Llandudno Pier, Llandudno. 1pm. colwynbayathletics.org.uk VIKINGS CHALLENGE 6-HOUR Cyclopark, Gravesend, Kent. 9.30am. saxon-shore.com

Sunday January 19 BLAST RUNNING SPRING 5km/10km Edinburgh. 10.30am. blastrunning.co.uk BRAUNTON 10km/10 Braunton Academy, North Devon. 11am. northdevonroadrunners.com CARLISLE RESOLUTION 5km/10km Carlisle Cumbria. 11am. sportinaction.co.uk FIRST CHANCE 10km Haven Banks Outdoor Centre, Exeter, Devon. 10.15am. swrr.co.uk FOLKSWORTH 15 Folksworth, Cambridgeshire. 11am. yaxleyrunners.org.uk FOUR VILLAGES HALF-MARATHON Helsby, Cheshire. 10.30am. helsbyrunningclub.org.uk FRED HUGHES 10 St Albans, Hertfordshire. 10am. stalbansstriders.com GLOUCESTER WINTER HALFMARATHON/MARATHON/50km Quedgeley, Gloucester. 10am. gloucestermarathon.co.uk HARDWICK PARK WINTER WONDER 6-HOUR Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees. 9am. northeastmarathonclub.co.uk/winterwonder-runs.php INSKIP HALF-MARATHON Inskip, Lancashire. 10.30am. bookitzone.com LINDA FRANKS 5 Reddings Community Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 9am. almostathletes.co.uk NIGEL BARGE MEMORIAL 10km Garscube Sports Complex, Glasgow. Noon. entrycentral.com/NigelBarge10k NORMANS CHALLENGE 6-HOUR

Cyclopark, Gravesend, Kent. 9.30am. saxon-shore.com RISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5km Wades Pk, Princes Risborough, Bucks. 9am. risboroughruninthepark.weebly.com RUNTHROUGH CRYSTAL PALACE 5km/10km/HALF-MARATHON Crystal Palace, London. 10am. runthrough.co.uk SNETTERTON RACE TRACK 5km/10km Snetterton Circuit, Norwich. 10.30am. inspireraces.co.uk SPEEDWAY 10km Beachley, Chepstow. Noon. sites.google.com/view/speedway10k STORM FORCE 10 Camborne School, Cornwall. 10.30am. carnrunners.co.uk/storm-force-10 TEMPO 10km SERIES Stratford-upon-Avon. 10.30am. tempoevents.co.uk VICTORIA PARK 10km/10 Victoria Park, London. 9.30am. theraceorganiser.com

Saturday January 25 RUNTHROUGH LEE VALLEY VELOPARK MILE/5km/10km/10M/HALFMARATHON Lee Valley VeloPark, London. 9am. runthrough.co.uk

Sunday January 26 BLAST RUNNING SPRING 5km/10km Edinburgh. 10.30am. blastrunning.co.uk BRASS MONKEY 10km Corby. 10am. lakelandshospice.org.uk CANTERBURY 10 Canterbury, Kent. 10am. canterbury10.co.uk FARNBOROUGH WINTER 5km/HALFMARATHON Farnborough, Hampshire. 9am. farnboroughhalf.co.uk FERRIBY 10 Cottingham High School, Skidby, E Yks. 9am. cityofhullac.co.uk FREETHORPE 10 Freethorpe, Norfolk. 11am. gydac.co.uk HUNTERS 10km Hunters Hennel Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire. 11am. ukroadraces.info LLISWERRY 8 Newport Athletics Stadium. 11.30am. lliswerryrunners.com/lliswerry8 MALLORY PARK FAST MILE/5km/10km WINTER SERIES Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire. 9.30am. racerapid.co.uk/members/ events/#!event-list MELTHAM 10km Meltham, West Yorkshire. 9.30am. melthamac.com MIGO MILE Queen’s Park, Glasgow. 9.30am. therunbible.com RISBOROUGH RUN IN THE PARK 5km Wades Pk, Princes Risborough, Bucks. 9am. risboroughruninthepark.weebly.com ROMSEY 5 Broadlands Estate, Romsey, Hants. 10am. romsey5.co.uk ROYAL PARKS WINTER 10km SERIES Olympic Park, London. 9.30am. royalparksraces.com RUN HEATON 5km/10km/HALFMARATHON Higher Blackley, Manchester. 9.30am. runheaton.com

SLAUGHTERFORD 9 Chippenham, Wiltshire. fullonsport.co.uk ST ANNES 10 Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. 11am. ukresults.net/2019 STAVERTON 10 Staverton, Gloucestershire. 9am. clcstriders-runningclub.co.uk

TRACK Saturday January 11 GRANGEMOUTH WINTER THROWS Grangemouth. events.scottishathletics.org.uk/ events/21751-18272-winter-throwsmeet

Tuesday January 14 JERSEY WINTER WARRIORS THROWING SERIES St. Clement. jerseyspartan.com

WALKS Sunday January 12 SARNIA HANDICAP 5km Amarreurs Road, Vale. 9am. sarnia.wordpress.com

Saturday January 18 ENFIELD LEAGUE Enfield. 11.45am.

OVERSEAS Saturday January 11 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY PERMIT RACES San Sebastian, Spain.

Sunday January 12 10km VALENCIA IBERCAJA Valencia, Spain. 10kvalencia.com WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY PERMIT MEETING Elgoibar, Spain.

Sunday January 19 CHEVRON HOUSTON MARATHON Houston, USA. EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY PERMIT MEETINGS Rovereto, Italy. Kerkrade, Netherlands. LOTTO CROSS CUP Hannuit, Belgium. sport.be/crosscup WORLD ATHLETICS CROSS COUNTRY PERMIT MEETING Seville, Spain.

Friday January 24 STANDARD CHARTERED DUBAI MARATHON Dubai, UAE. dubaimarathon.org

Saturday January 25 ERIMA VIENNA INDOOR MEETING Vienna, Austria. WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR TOUR Boston, USA.

Sunday January 26 BRATISLAVA INDOORS Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Sunderland superheroes NORTH-EAST CITY SIGNS UP AMBASSADORS AHEAD OF MAY EVENT

UNDERLAND superheroes from all walks of life assembled to encourage the public to get involved in the 10th anniversary of the Sunderland City Run events on May 9-10. Nominated by members of the public towards the end of last year, the Sunderland Superheroes include charity fundraisers, grassroots volunteers and people who have continued to run despite battling serious illnesses. The Sunderland Superheroes gathered together for the first time a few days ago, where they were played a video message from the North East’s own ‘Wonder Woman’, world record-holder Aly Dixon, who is currently training in Kenya. In her absence, Colin BurginPlews – aka Big Pink Dress – CRAZINESS AND CONTROVERS IN THE WORLD OF ATHLETICS

WAR VAULT TALENT TUG O’ OLE vault talent Sasha Zhoya could jump countries from his native Australia Paris to represent France at the Olympics in 2024. Zhoya, who was born in 16 Perth, cleared a world age in record of 5.56m last month in Sydney and also impressed ips the Australian Championsh – with recently at sprint hurdles 13.05 – a world age-16 best of a brisk and 200m in 21.18 into headwind. He is also eligible to compete his for France, though, via French mother, who is a former from skier, while his father is Zimbabwe. He says he considers himself Australian but won French year and indoor titles earlier this

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walkers AROUND 80% of Russian race medals who have won championship have since the turn of the millennium some been banned for doping at stage. Writing in Athletics International, 25 Mel Watman says 20 out of and medallists at Olympic, world events have 2001-2014 from European their suffered a suspension during career. any Watman writes: “Are there doped? Russian walkers who haven’t endless, The list of offenders is almost never and it would seem that some learn their lesson.” was Sergey Bakulin, for example, 50km title stripped of his 2011 world and was after retrospective testing he returned banned from 2012-16. But titles to competition and won Russian for – but has recently been suspended offence. a biological passport doping

tug of he says: “it’s definitely a war”. Zhoya, who turns 17 next month, added: “Being born my here, I grew up here, all heart I friends are here. In my I need want to do Australia but a to see how things go. It’s offering struggle. They are both me some amazing things.” There are shades of Armand Both Zhoya. Duplantis with and are pole vault prodigies Duplantis lives in the United States but represents Sweden. a Zhoya says he will make this decision on his future later year and has until December he will to choose which nation the IAAF compete for in 2020 at ips World Under-20 Championsh and, potentially, the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

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transformed into Big Pink Wonder Woman for the occasion, while event founder Steve Cram was on hand to offer training tips to the superheroes and joined them for a run along the promenade. Cram said: “From the day we launched the first Sunderland City Run event, we have always focused on encouraging more

people to get involved in running. Throughout my time as an athlete, coach, commentator and fan, I have always known how much good running does for physical and mental health and we want to get that message out to as many people as possible.” ■ See sunderlandcity10k.com for more info

Zhoya’s Aussie-French switch

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Steve Cram with the Sunderland Superheroes

is a risk of deficiencies,” adding: “There in the use ingesting banned substances of any supplements.” on The IAAF consensus statement in the nutrition for athletes, published Nutrition International Journal of Sports put and Exercise Metabolism, was and together by a team of 50 experts help track focuses on how nutrition can events, Olympic in athletes field and ultra and mountain running.

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ATHLETICS prodigy Sasha Zhoya has switched countries from his native Australia to France ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. In Dip Finish last year we ran a piece on Zhoya’s nationality dilemma and how he described it as a “tug of war”. He was born in Perth but his mother is a former French skier, while his father is from Zimbabwe. Last year he cleared a world age

World Indoors mascot A SNOW squirrel called Cedar has been picked as the mascot for the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, in March. The inspiration behind the design is the fact that 2020 is the year of the mouse in the Chinese calendar and the mascot’s name is taken from Nanjing’s symbolic tree.

16 pole vault record of 5.56m and also impressed in the Australian Championships with a world age 16 best of 13.05 in the sprint hurdles and a 21.18 200m into a stiff headwind. The 17-year-old has received funding from Athletics Australia in recent years but now looks likely to represent France as early as the World Under-20 Championships this summer in Kenya.

It’s checkmate for Warholm KARSTEN WARHOLM won the Norwegian sportsperson of 2019 award after one of his biggest potential rivals, chess player Magnus Carlsen, was controversially not short-listed by judges. Warholm smashed the European 400m hurdles record last year and won the world title in Doha. But Carlsen was not picked by judges to stand against him despite ending the year as world chess champion in the three main categories of classical, rapid and blitz. Warholm (below) even joked during his acceptance speech that he “thanked the jury” for not putting Carlsen on the short list. Carlsen won the Norwegian sportsperson crown in 2013 but athletes have now won the last three titles with Warholm also winning in 2017 and Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2018. Grete Waitz, Ingrid Kristiansen and Andreas Thorkildsen are among other track and field stars to take the Norwegian sportsperson title.

British athletes are not popular cover stars with US magazine DALILAH MUHAMMAD has graced the cover of Track & Field News’ 900th edition as the US magazine celebrated its milestone. They obviously do not think British athletes help sell their issues, though, because the last Brit to feature on its front cover

was Paula Radcliffe in 2009. This means neither Jess Ennis-Hill nor Mo Farah have ever featured on the T&F News cover. Before Radcliffe, who also went on the front page in 2002-03, the last previous British front cover star was Jonathan Edwards in 1995.

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