Sale and Charnwood amongst winners at British Masters Cross Nation Relays

Veteran membership athletes battled for honours at Lengthy Eaton in Derbyshire on October 26

After a yr’s hole, due to when the course was completely flooded as a part of the River Trent flood reduction scheme final yr, the occasion returned with elevated fields.

It was Sale and Charnwood who got here out on high of the lads’s and ladies’s races over a course that was amended from earlier years because the native council had determined to place a brand new tarmac footpath simply the place the beginning and end had beforehand been held. This necessitated a transfer, which proved profitable, with the primary lap being preserved however run within the reverse path.

Ladies

Charnwood retained their W35 title from two years earlier and did so not solely with quickest once more Gemma Metal but additionally with each Potter twins.

Their plan had been to run Juliet Potter first adopted by sister Jane and rounding off with Metal.

All went to plan on the primary stage as Juliet comfortably took the opener with a ten:54 clocking earlier than their proposed order then modified as Jane was affected by a calf niggle.

It was Metal who then went mid race and killed the proceedings stone-dead with a quickest time of 10:17, that was comfortably the very best of the race and took Charnwood greater than two minutes clear. Of the amended course, Metal stated: “It was muddier this manner spherical and in the direction of the tip, however I pushed it all the method and love this course.”

Jane Potter then polished issues off with an 11:31 cut up and elevated the margin to a few minutes. She stated of her harm: “I felt it and had a cramp earlier than the beginning.”

The Charnwood successful margin might have been extra had not Vicky Gill gained two locations for Winchester & District with the second finest W35 time of 10:52 on that third and last leg.

The W45 girls shared within the enjoyable and it was Bristol & West who led all through after Jessie Sanzo’s quickest W45 time of 11:10 set them on their method. Helen Brown and W50 Annabel Granger then completed issues off for a two-minute victory over Mansfield.

Bristol additionally added the W55 title however solely after their Clare Jolliffe needed to give floor on the primary stage to the quickest W55 Kate Ramsey’s 12:04.

Over-65 Jill Harrison and, lastly, Sarah Everett then gave Bristol a three-minute victory.

Yate & Sodbury took the W65 age group title after Marian Grace simply bought the higher of Metal Metropolis’s W70 Dot Kesterton on leg one with 13:55, as these two have been quickest. Metal Metropolis have been a minute down on the finish with all of their three runners being over 70. Nonetheless the oldest lady was the winner’s second leg runner Caroline Lavis, who’s 77 years previous.

W35 (3x3km): 1 Charnwood 32:42 (Juliet Potter (1) 10:54, G Metal (1) 10:17, Jane Potter (1) 11:31); 2 Winchester & District 35:52 (C Hoskins (6) 12:31, J Gandee (4) 12:29, V Gill (2) 10:52); 3 Sale 36:02 (R Rozhdestvenskaya (4) 11:57, J Welsh (3) 12:03, B Deggefa (3) 12:02); 4 Macclesfield 37:12 (F Sharpley (2) 11:20, Ok Gill (2) 12:10, R Lawrance (4) 13:42); 5 Cheshire Dragons 37:42 (S Avery (7) 12:36, O Bigmore (6) 13:19, L Thompson (5) 11:47); 6 Metal Metropolis 38:06 (C Brock (3) 11:29, H Murton (5) 14:16, Ok Liddiard (6) 12:21); 7 Beeston 39:55 (L Grant (8) 12:59, Ok Wooden (7) 14:09, S Taylor (7) 12:47); 8 Lichfield 41:28 (J Atkin (13) 14:38, J Alsop (11) 13:54, J Hammersley (8) 12:56); 9 Redhill RR 41:41 (R Barson (10) 13:45, L Lindo (8) 13:39, N Radford (9) 14:17); 10 Sale  B 41:44 (S Goulden (11) 14:05, C Ousey (13) 15:15, H Hamilton (10) 12:24); 11 Kimberley & District 42:30; 12 Holme Pierrepont 42:57; 13 Nuneaton 43:21; 14 Lengthy Eaton 43:55; 15 North Derbyshire 45:19

Quickest: Metal 10:17; V Gill 10:52; Juliet Potter 10:54; Sharpley 11;20; Brock 11;29; Jane Potter 11:31

W45 (3x3km): 1 Bristol & West 36:04 (J Sanzo (1) 11:10, H Brown (1) 12:49, A Granger (1) 12:05); 2 Mansfield 38:38 (S Brown (5) 13:31, L Rowley (2) 13:08, C Hay (2) 11:59); 3 Sale 40:08 (A Chinoy (2) 12:25, C Kinghorn (3) 14:47, H Armitage (3) 12:56); 4 Holme Pierrepont 41:30 (J Atkinson (4) 13:28, R Grant (4) 14:22, N Jones (4) 13:40); 5 Redhill RR 42:37 (M Butler (7) 14:14, V Craven (5) 14:37, S Simpson (5) 13:46); 6 Rushcliffe 43:10 (C Todd-Mcintyre (6) 13:44, C Scaum (7) 15:24, S Rathbone (6) 14:02); 7 North Derbyshire 43:20; 8 Beeston 44:36; 9 Lichfield 52:06

Quickest: Sanzo 11;10; Hay 11:59; Granger 12:05; Chinoy 12:25; Brown 12:49; Hermitage 12:56

W55 (3x3km): 1 Bristol & West 38:25 (C Jolliffe (2) 12:20, J Harrison (1) 13:23, S Everitt (1) 12:42); 2 Metal Metropolis 41:36 (F Jeffries (4) 13:19, Ok Clark (2) 14:29, Ok Scott (2) 13:48); 3 Holme Pierrepont  41:43 (Ok Griffiths (5) 13:22, S Rooster (4) 14:40, C Heaton (3) 13:41); 4 Vale Royal 43:02; 5 Charnwood 43:43; 6 Nuneaton 44:45

Quickest: Ok Ramsey (Charn) 12:04; Jolliffe 12;20; Everett 12:42; D Broad (V Royal) 13;13; Jeffries 13:19; Griffiths 13:22

W65 (3x3km): 1 Yate & Sodbury 43:48 (M Grace (1) 13:55, C Lavis (1) 15:32, M Derrick (1) 14:21); 2 Metal Metropolis 44:59 (D Kesterton (2) 13:56, C Beattie (2) 16:46, Ok Reece (2) 14:17);  3 Yate & Sodbury B 51:20

Quickest: Grace 13:55; Kesterton (W70) 13;56; Reece 14:17, additionally J Harrison (B&W) 13:23 in W55 race

W75: Lavis 15:32

Males 

There was one thing of a shock on the primary leg of the M35 five-man race when Charnwood’s Harry Lupton led Salford’s Bruno Lima, with eventual winners Sale half-a-minute down.

With what turned out to be the second-best time of the race, Nigel Martin’s 9:10 for the estimated 3km lap took Sale forward on stage two and that’s the way it stayed for the remainder of the M35 race. He stated: “The bottom was a bit moist at the moment and possibly it (my time) would be the quickest,” however that proved to not be the case.

Salford have been now in second and that was the way it stayed till the ultimate stage, when Phil Richardson introduced Sale dwelling.

Bristol & West had different concepts and it was their Ben Robinson, the World Masters cross-country bronze medallist who chased onerous to the road and closed to inside 13 seconds with comfortably the quickest M35 time of 8:51.

He stated: “I assumed it (victory) was there and I used to be closing all the time,” nevertheless, it was to not be however second crew and quickest lap was his reward.

The M45s ran with their youthful brothers and it was Notts who prevailed however solely after coming from behind, regardless of all the time being there or thereabouts.

They needed to thank their two masters cross-country internationals, Tim Hartley and Alistair Watson to assist them shut a niche of greater than two minutes over the ultimate two legs.

Firstly, M55 Hartley ran a 9:55 cut up to almost halve the margin, earlier than Watson completed the job with the quickest M45 cut up time of 9:05. He stated: “Tim got here in fourth and so they have been all lined up”.

The Notts successful margin was simply 12 seconds as Phil Tedd moved Leeds as much as the silver medals, with a 9:31 second-best age group time.

It was his Leeds crew mates who then gained the M55 four-stage relay, which was held inside the youthful age teams outings.

Their Jonathan Walton had given them begin with a 9:58 cut up that then remained as the very best of the age group. He stated of his October operating performances: “I’ve twice damaged the British masters marathon report not too long ago.”

This was firstly at Chester when he stated: “I ran 2:32:33 then once more, at York when my 2:33:14 was additionally contained in the earlier finest, so I beat it twice in two weeks.”

This made his nippy cut up right here, for 3km, all of the extra exceptional, however is comprehensible given his 80 miles every week, with two very lengthy runs included.

Very long time servant Martin Roscoe then prolonged the lead however Leeds then conceded on the penultimate stage to the age group street relay champions Southport Waterloo by seven seconds. They’d moved up on the second leg due to Francois Raffery’s third finest 10:18

Leeds’ anchor leg man David Parkin then overturned that hole with a ten:22 cut up for a Yorkshire win.

Earlier, the M65 males had raced over three levels and did so with the ladies, as long-distance travellers Cambuslang took the honours. They have been behind Oxford Metropolis’s Brian Inexperienced on the opener the place his 10:46 stood up because the second-best effort.

Paul Thompson then took them forward earlier than Colin Feechan, with the quickest M65 cut up of 11:00, accomplished a three-minute victory over Oxford. They’d travelled the day past and stayed regionally and Feechan stated: “We have been pleased sufficient with that.”

The Cambuslang trio stated that they ventured south, as there was not a lot competitors for his or her age group north of the Border.

There was just one M75 crew entered and Salford took that title, however lacking out on a quickest lap time was Oxford’s M75 John Exley, whose 15:10 would have counted had he been listed as an M75 entrant.

Males M35 (5x3km): 1 Sale 47:43 (W Onek (3)  9:50, N Martin (1)  9:10, R Dunn (1)  9:59, N Barry (1)  9:22, P Richardson (1)  9:22); 2 Bristol & West 47:56 (P Parry (7) 10:41, D Awde (3)  9:33, R Stewart (3)  9:35, O Jones (3)  9:16, B Robinson (2)  8:51); 3 Salford 48:43 (B Lima (2)  9:36, J Bailey (2)  9:57, M Latham (2)  9:58, T Hodgson (2)  9:22, C Hardman (3)  9:50); 4 Wolverhampton & Bilston 53:42 (D Milligan (10) 10:49, B Foster (8) 10:31, A Atkinson (5) 10:55, G Asbury (4) 11:09, G Worrall (4) 10:18); 5 Nuneaton 54:18 (J Ritchie (12) 10:56, C Jordan (5) 10:07, A Massey (6) 11:23, M Collins (5) 11:16, L Melling (5) 10:36); 6 Lengthy Eaton 55:00 (A Higgs (6) 10:21, J Inexperienced (4) 10:37, T Halton (4) 10:59, C Magee (6) 11:54, S Horton (6) 11:09); 7 Coventry Godiva 56:26; 8 Sutton In Ashfield 58:46; 9 Redhill RR 59:00; 10 Metal Metropolis 59:06

Quickest: Robinson 8:51; Martin 9:10; Jones 9:15; Barry/Hodgson/Richardson 9:22

M45 (5x3km): 1 Notts 52:09 (S Lengthy (2) 10:14, C Palmer (3) 10:42, M Benford (4) 12:13, T Hartley (4)  9:55, A Watson (1)  9:05); 2 Leeds 52:21 (M Hill (7) 11:25, C Fishlock (5) 10:37, M Burrett (3)  9:45, G Chatterton (3) 11:03, P Tedd (2)  9:31); 3 Salford 52:22 (D Hudson (5) 10:46, B McCartney (2) 10:00, R Hughes (1) 10:16, M Collier (1) 10:43, S Warburton (3) 10:37); 4 North Derbyshire 53:24 (C Shelton (1) 10:03, A Todd (1) 10:42, S Gascoyne (2) 10:24, W Church (2) 11:37, J Sanderson (4) 10:38); 5 Lengthy Eaton 57:15 (D Hawley (4) 10:38, M Lay (4) 10:27, R Newman (5) 12:39, G Newham (5) 12:15, W Fodden (5) 11:16); 6 Newark 57:31 (L Hopkinson (3) 10:37, R Clee (6) 12:14, A Dix (6) 11:33, J Ludlam (6) 12:40, L Marshall (6) 10:27); 7 Beeston 57:59; 8 Holme Pierrepont 60:05’ 9 Cheshire Dragons 62:30

Quickest: Watson 9:05; Tedd 9:31; Burrett 9:45; Hartley (M55) 9:55; McCartney 10:00; Shelton 10:03

M55 (4x3km): 1 Leeds 42:59 (J Walton (1)  9:58, M Roscoe (1) 10:41, P Townsend (2) 11:58, D Parkin (1) 10:22); 2 Southport Waterloo 43:15 (F Rafferty (3) 10:18, R McGrath (2) 11:03, B Park (1) 11:10, D Hamilton (2) 10:44); 3 Macclesfield 46:10 (D Dunn (4) 11:06, J Noakes (4) 11:28, R O’Keefe (3) 12:12, M Lynas (3) 11:24); 4 Beeston 46:51; 5 Peterborough & Nene Valley 47:43; 6 Metal Metropolis 47:54

Quickest: Walton 9:58; Taplin 10:07; Rafferty 10:18; Parkin 10:22; Roscoe 10:41; Hamilton 10:44

M65 (3x3km): 1 Cambuslang 35:00 (D Dickson (2) 11:55, P Thompson (1) 12:05, C Feechan (1) 11:00); 2 Oxford Metropolis 38:24 (B Inexperienced (1) 11:46, B Vaughan (2) 13:16, T Dixon (2) 13:22); 3 Bristol & West 38:51 (J Goodland (6) 12:52, P Mountain (3) 13:28, D Bedwell (3) 12:31); 4 Charnwood 39:57 (P Whelpton (4) 12:46, S Mellors (5) 14:32, M Whitmore (4) 12:39); 5 Yate & Sodbury 41:27 (M Hamm (3) 12:38, R Crawford (6) 15:04, G Tub (5) 13:45); 6 North Derbyshire 42:44 (M Rose (5) 12:48, D Hicken (4) 14:22, Ok Loftus (6) 15:34); 7 Newark 43:08; 8 Lengthy Eaton 45:50; 9 Beeston 46:03; 10 Redhill RR 49:03

Quickest: Feechan 11:00; Inexperienced 11:46; Dickson 11:55

M70: Bedwell 12:31; Whelpton 12:46

M75 (3x3km): 1 Salford 54:24 (T Daniels (1) 19:55, T Dermody (1) 16:53, R Bowness (1) 17:36)

Quickest: Dermody 16:53, however J Exley (Oxf C) 15:10 in M65 race

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