Results 2003

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December

Nos Galan 5K. 21 Matthew Townsend 18:16; 48 Joanna Pritchard 19:50; 53 Michael Davies 20:14; 85 Amy Turner 22:16; 90 Mel James 22:30.
Glynneath 5 Mile Road Race. Matthew Townsend: 28:54 (15); David Coles: 29:47 (26); Alan Mann: 33:36 (73); Stephen Williams: 38:33 (144); Annie Conroy: 42:35 (189).
Old Father Time 5. Richard Bullen: 27:08 (1); Mick McGeoch: 28:08 (4); Sandy Johnston: 29:28 (10); Clive Osmond: 31:03 (17); Richard Sewell: 31:07 (18); John Plain: 31:33 (23); Jeff Aston: 31:51 (24); Steve B: 32:04 (26); John Diffey: 32:11 (27); Terry Caveney: 32:31 (29); Mike Davies: 33:09 (34); Graeme Donnan: 33:50 (36); Steve G: 33:59 (37); Dave Bright: 34:29 (39); Alan Mann: 35:34 (42); Martin Pinnell: 36:59 (48); Julie Lewis: 37:32 (51); Steve Williams: 38:26 (55); Sue Neal: 39:03 (59); Geoff Cram: 39:48 (64); Mal Farnham: 40:10 (65); Tina Rossiter: 40:24 (66); Clare Johnson: 41:09 (68); Graham Davey: 42:32 (74); Marilyn Rowson: 42:45 (75); Sandra Caveney: 42:53 (77); Alan Bladen: 43:40 (78); Charles Cummings: 44:23 (79); Peter Morgan: 44:37 (81); Ann Donald: 45:24 (83).
Merthyr Mawr Christmas Pudding 10km Challenge. Nicholas Dukes: 37:50 (13); Mark Foss: 38:33 (17); Matthew Townsend: 40:03 (33); Richard Self: 41:42 (50); David Coles: 42:10 (56); Clive Osmond: 42:31 (61); Stuart Reeves: 42:55 (69); Richard Sewell: 43:00 (70); John Diffey: 43:25 (76); Andrew Diffey: 43:33 (81); George Phillips: 44:13 (95); Terence Caveney: 44:16 (97); John Plain: 44:35 (102); John Crofts: 44:51 (108); David Price: 45:16 (118); Gareth Jones: 45:40 (123); Jan Williams: 47:24 (156); Mike Davies: 47:49 (163); Melissa Minshull: 48:54 (184); Alan Mann: 49:37 (202); Carol Miller: 50:00 (213); Amy Turner: 51:33 (240); Graeme Donnan: 51:38 (242); Shaun Connor: 52:38 (265); Sue Neal: 53:11 (274); Michael Dix: 53:41 (279); Mark Farrar: 54:11 (289); Ian Derrick: 54:20 (290); Angela Neal: 54:50 (295); Rhian Llewellyn: 55:58 (306); Stephen Williams: 57:07 (329); Andrew Sedgemond: 58:32 (350); Malcolm Farnham: 60:10 (387); Maria Stephens: 60:11 (388); Francis Williams: 60:32 (392); Marilyn Rowson: 64:06 (430); Sandra Caveney: 65:13 (441); Anne Donnald: 65:25 (443); Anne Conroy: 65:56 (453); Lynne Toogood: 68:20 (465); Carolyn Lewellyn: 68:51 (466); Suzanne Adams: 69:47 (468); Tracey Newman: 71:00 (473); Helen Jefferies: 74:43 (479). Archived here.
Welsh Inter-Regional Cross-Country Champs. Richard Bullen won the veterans’ (here called Masters’) race outright, in a time which would have beaten Julian Baker in the senior race. Wendy J Edwards and Jo Pritchard had a similar virtual battle in the Women’s races. I couldn’t understand the team results or the age categories, so these are simplified results.
RNLI Reindeer Run 10K 6 Nicholas Dukes 39:03; 24 John Diffey 43:35; 26 Shaun Pritchard 43:48; 27 Andy Diffey 43:49; 28 Richard Sewell 43:52; 34 Joanna Pritchard 44:17; 46 Dave Thomas 45:16; 72 Carol Miller 46:41; 83 Denis Murphy 47:10; 115 Doug Webb 48:52; 219 Jane Fletcher 55:31; 242 Josie Grinoulis 56:39; 255 Annie Conroy 57:14; 256 Sheila Brown 57:15; 264 Janine Laver 57:33; 266 Rachel Jones 57:36; 334 Philip Price 1:03:41; 338 Tracey Newman 1:04:21. Archived here.
Abergwynfi Hill Race. Richard Self, 9th (out of 21) 35:18 .

November

Gwent League #3: Bath University. This was the furthest away fixture for us this season, so numbers were, not surprisingly down, even if John Plain did cycle over (he came back on the bus). Team positions: we lead the Senior Women, Female Veterans Over 35, Male Veterans Over 40, and Male Veterans Over 50, and are second in everything else. How we did.
Lanzarote Half Marathon. Richard Boon: 1:38:52; Wendy Edwards: 1:40:06 — 3rd woman overall and 1st in her age group 40-44 (she also won 180 euros). Very hot ,windy and tough.
British/Irish Masters Cross-Country. Every participating nation won some event. There was a good local turnout in the open races. Martin Rees prevented an English whitewash of the top five places in the Mens’ race.
BMC/Nike Bristol 4K Cross Country. 17:45 Jamie Veiga.
The Kay Pritchard Memorial 5 Mile Road Race. Les Croupiers own ladies-only road race. Despite the huge entry for the Race For Life, numbers were down again this year.
Sodbury Slog. 45 Matthew James Townsend 1:08:32; 75 Terry John Caveney 1:11:16; 85 David Headon 1:12:07; 104 David Coles 1:13:24; 135 Andrew Diffey 1:15:26; 281 Alan Stuart Mann 1:23:06; 356 Shaun Connor 1:27:31; 446 Andrew Holden 1:31:31; 470 Paul Phillip Thomas 1:33:04; 598 Maun Elisabet Falck 1:39:55; 602 Maria Stephens 1:40:15; 603 John Crofts 1:40:26; 623 Sue Neal 1:42:38; 624 Angela Neal 1:42:38; 655 Marilyn Rowson 1:44:14; 700 Lynne Patricia Toogood 1:48:58; 754 Tracey Newman 1:56:33. Archived here.
The Thunderous Third Cheddar Half Marathon. 97 Glenda Edwards 1:36:44. Archived here.
Gwent League #2: Leckwith. Widely agreed to be a better course than expected. How we did.
New York City Marathon. Alan Mann: 3:26:25; Graeme Donnan: 4:08:28; David Coles : 3:05 (not on results as his chip didn’t work).

October

Snowdonia Marathon 2003. Mark Farrar was the only Croupier running Snowdonia Marathon this year, whilst everyone else was in Birmingham. Mark Farrar: 4:27.34. Archived here.
Stroud Half Marathon. Barry Johnston: 1:20:39; David Price: 1:31:30; Des Davies: 1:34:34; Annie Conroy: 2:09:10. Archived here.
Frankfurt Marathon. According to Terry Caveney, Steve Lewis had a text from Germany which said that David Lloyd failed to start due to a cold he picked up the previous weekend. The depleted Croups ‘Culture Club’ results were therefore: Andy Cleves, 2:51; Frank Moritz, 3:06, and Dick Brewer, 3:25.
KIMM 2003. They made these as hard to find as they can — the link from the official site goes to the Joe Lee main page, where there is a tiny, tiny link to these. Simon Nuse and Julian Carter (Elite): 24th; Bill Fear and Matthew Townsend (Class B) 57th; Carol Miller and Ian Edwards (Class C) 179th; Jemma Ward and Phil Ward (Medium Score) 128th.
AAA of England National 4 Stage Road Relays. 64 Les Croupiers 1:15:59: Angela Neal (86) 21:26; Jo Pritchard (72) 17:05; A Turner (66) 18:33; Glenda Edwards (64) 18:55. 53KB .pdf file.
AAA of England National 6 Stage Road Relays. 62 Les Croupiers 2:09:09: Mick McGeoch (65) 20:21; Nick Dukes (64) 20:45; Phil Cook (64) 19:53; Barry Johnston (63) 21:33; Dave Coles (62) 21:36; Alan Mann (63) 25:01. 67KB .pdf file.
Tour of Torfaen Half Marathon. 3 Nick Dukes 75:48; 6 Dave Headon 78:06; 15 Jeff Aston 82:30; Mike Murphy 84:20; Jo Pritchard 85.57 (1st lady); Alan Mann 86.26; Julie Scholey 86:42 (2nd Lady); Wendy M Edwards 86:50 (3rd Lady); Mike Davies 87.??; Angela Neal 110.35; Tracey Newman PB Time unknown; Alan Bladen 117.46.
Abingdon Marathon. Richard Self, 3:35:51; Tina Rossiter, 3:52:14. Archived here.
North Devon 10K. Glenda Edwards: 46:22; Nick Edwards: 51:19.
Gwent League #1, Bridgend. The first race of the season and the Les Croups men storm to head the team results, helped in no small measure by David’s 6th place. The others teams came 7th, 21st, 30th, and 53rd. The women could only manage 3rd, 8th, 22nd, and 41st, but as many others have observed, this is a marathon, not a sprint. How we did.
Offa’s Orror. Dave Coles says this was “mostly uphill for the first five miles.” Andy Cleves: 1:29:26; Matthew Townsend: 1:35:15; Richard Sewell: 1:36:17; David Coles: 1:40:24; Bill Fear: 1:44:35; David Price: 1:46:36. Archived here.

September

Cardiff Marathon. 631 finished. Winners: Richard Gardiner, Cardiff AC, 2:24:32.90; Ruth Pickvance, Swansea Harriers, 2:51:35.70. 93KB .pdf format.
Cardiff Half Marathon. 1086 finished. Winners: Claire Peacock, Stragglers, 1:27:32.65; Adrian Marriott, Hercules Wimbledon AC, 1:09:29.75. 108KB .pdf format.
Budapest Marathon. These Europeans get their results out quick. 254, Firouz Mal, 3:23:52.
Great Gorilla Run (7K) Simon Nurse was 4th Mountain gorilla home in a time of 28.02. Details and pictures will be in Ace.
Swansea Bay 10k. Leading Croups: 24 Mick McGeoch 34:27; 76 Dave Coles 37:20; 79 Matt Townsend 37:24; 90 Scott Howell 37:51; 91 Barry Johnston 37:53; 108 Clive Osmond 38:35; 118 Mike Murphy 38:54; 126 Richie Sewell 39:01; 144 Jeff Aston 39:29; 167 Graeme Donnan 40:06; 189 Jo Pritchard 40:37; 191 John Diffey 40:39; 205 Mike Davies 40:56.
Cardiff KRUF 10K. 66 Croups ran: too many to list here. Say what you like about declining quality, the first 10 under 30 minutes is never bad.
Asics Severn Trent Water Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon. With there being a local half-marathon only a fortnight later, only one Croup made the journey. Stephen Williams 1:52:23.
Cork Lost Sheep Half-Ironman. Simon Nurse reports: Back in work after a tough weekend in Ireland (worked hard at the post race re-hydration. Remember - Guiness for strength). The Half-Ironman was a very tough course, with 2 mountain passes on the bike ride and a tough half marathon course. Dave raced very well (he creamed me on the swim). Simon Nurse: Swim, 36.56; Bike, 3.16.00; Run, 1.29.18. Total: 5.25.11 (31st — includes relay teams). David Price: Swim, 30.21; Bike, 3.23.03; Run, 1.38.53. Total: 5.37.06 (38th). Archived here.
European Interclub Ladies 15 Km Road Championship, Moscow. From us 33 Julie Scholey 63:22; 34 Tammy Thomas 64:28; 35 Wendy Edwards 64:45; 38 Heidi Williams 66:43.First three: Lidia Grigorjeva (Sports Club Lutch, Russia) 48:45; Alla Zhiljaeva (Sports Club Lutch, Russia) 49:07; Irina Safarova (Sports Club Lutch, Russia) 49:10. Teams: 1 Sports Club Lutch, Russia: 6pts; 2 Maratona Clube de Portugal: 20 pts; 3 Sporting Clube de Braga, Portugal: 41 pts; 10 Les Croupiers, Wales: 102 pts. Mick adds “I cannot emphasise how high the stardard is - it's an international event in every sense. The winning time, 48:45 equates to 3 x 5 km. (a distance most runners can relate to) in 16:15, with no recovery. Put another way, our fastest three men in the recent club 5 km time trial, were Julian Baker 15:51, Dave Williams 16:08, Phil Cook 16:48.Aggregate time 48:47! Enough said. Well done to everyone who represented the club — you did us proud!”
BUPA Bristol Half Marathon. 101 1:21:57 David Coles; 163 1:25:25 Ben Farag; 208 1:26:51 Graeme Donnan; 397 1:32:14 Shaun Prichard; 611 1:36:27 Joanna Prichard; 2097 1:53:35 Stephen Katchi; 5480 2:28:23 Ceri Love Jones.

August

Sherborne Half-Ironman. Angie Davidson was 1223rd with 6:39:23 overall. (Swim 1.2 miles: 43:19; bike 56 miles: 3:46:28; run 13.1 miles: 2:09:36). For somebody who was terrified of the distance before the event she has done herself proud. Archived here.
5K Time Trial. Jeff Aston had these up on the night. Here they are again.
Blaisdon Jelly Leg. (Approx 14 miles multi-terrain.) 32 Malachy McAllister 1:41:33. Archived here.
Goodrich Fell Race. (Approx. 6.5 miles/900 ft ascent fell race.) 8 Nick Dukes 48:08. Archived here.
North Berwick Law 5K. Mike Davies was 67th (out of 175) in 26:13. Ignore the time: it was a hill race; the winner ran 18:05, and only six finished under 20 minutes. Archived here.
Chepstow Harriers Rose Inn 4M Series Race #4. There were 17 Les Croups runners. John Plain 24:16; Richard Sewell 24:43; Jeff Aston 24:52; Graeme Donnan 25:05; David Price 25:21; Joanna Pritchard 25:42; David Bright 26:20; Michael Dix 26:34; Glenda Edwards 27:46; Geoffrey Cram 27:50; Gareth John 27:54; Gavin Jones 28:36; Andrew Sedgmond 29:54; Stephen Williams 30:48; Nick Edwards 31:09; Clare Johnson 32:46; Emma Webb 38:34. Archived here.
Race The Train. 10K: Dave Thomas 51:19. Adobe Acrobat PDF file (38K). Main 14.1 Mile Race: Andrew Holden 2:31: 42; Tracey Newman: 3:04:09. Adobe Acrobat PDF file (68K).
Swansea Seaside 5K. Keith Quinn 20:26; John Huggins 20:31; Alan Mann 21:42. Adobe Acrobat .pdf (26KB). Archived here.
Brecon 10. No longer the Welsh Ten Mile championships (which may or may not have gone metric), this was still a club championship race and attracted lots of Croups: 3 Julian Baker; 15 David Coles; 24 Jeff Aston; 28 Matt Townsend; 31 Clive Osmond; 34 Mike Murphy; 46 Joanna Prichard; 48 Richard Boon; 49 John Diffey; 51 Julie Scholey; 59 Alan Mann; 61 Wendy M Edwards; 72 Heidi Williams; 73 Bill Fear; 76 Richard Jewell; 99 Ian Derrick; 105 Liz Clarke; 116 Sue Neal; 129 Gareth John; 165 Stephen Williams; 176 Angela Neal; 178 Clare Johnson; 213 Tracey Newman; 218 Jan Laver; 239 Emma Webb; 241 Ceri Donovan.

July

Ironman Switzerland Triathlon. Not bad for over 140 miles of racing (as Simon Nurse put it): Geran Hughes: 13:24.57,4: Swim - 1.18; Bike - 7.20; Marathon - 4.35.
Coytrahern Canter. Mel James staged another successful Coytrahen Canter. Despite torrential rain throughout the event, 26 athletes completed the course, resulting in an excellent first individual triumph for Nick Dukes. Thanks also to Alan and Mary Bladen for marshalling the event in such appalling weather.
Snowdon Race. Rodney Jones 2:26:43. Results in Adobe Acrobat format.
SSAFA 5k Series Race #3. Full results and a wordy race report from Pete Morris.
Tamar Trotters Magnificent 7. 92 Glenda Edwards 53:20; 190 Nick Edwards 1:01:59. Archived.
Gloucester Half Marathon. Ben Farag: 1:26:13; Graeme Donnan: 1:30:14.
City Of Bath Olympic Triathlon. Dave Price was 44th in his second triathlon of the weekend. Archived results.
Pembrokeshire Triathlon. Approx results: Olympic Distance: Simon Nurse 2:23:55; David Price 2:30:20; Jerry Cleall-Harding 2:33:01; Andy Cleeves 2:41:07; Andrew Sedgmond 2:52:59; Angie Davidson 3:03:58. Archived here. Tri-a-Tri: Phil Cook 9th. Archived here.
Chepstow Harriers Tintern Trot (7 Miles). Nick Dukes 8th 43:11. Archived here.
Neath Track 5000m. Alan Mann ran 20:56.
Cosmeston Relays. We only have results for teams, not for named individuals, sorry.
Launceston Half Marathon. Alan Mann was recorded at 1:50:39, but he claims he crossed the start line 10 minutes after motorbiking down to Cornwall.
Chepstow Harriers Rose Inn 4M Series Race #3. Mick McGeoch 22:21; David Miller 23:57; Clive Osmond 24:08; David Price 24:49; Jeff Aston 24:56; Richard Sewell 25:15; Julie Scholey 25:54; Michael Dix 26:37; Ian Derrick 26:56; Gavin Jones 27:09; David Coles 28:40; Geoffrey Cram 28:57; Andrew Sedgmond 29:26; Stephen Williams 31:43; Emma Webb 34:30. Archived here.
Swansea Seaside 5K. Gary John 20:35; Alan Mann 21:08. Adobe Acrobat .pdf (26KB). Archived here.
Rhondda Fun Run. (5.6 miles.) Julian Baker 30.45; Jo Pritchard 38.04; Heidi Williams 39.33; Sue Neal 42.26; Angela Neal 47.00.

June

Celtic Plate 100K. Dave Coles was 14th in 8:49. Results in Acrobat format (5K). HTML format.
Bourton 15 Mile Road Race. Glenda Edwards was 36th overall with 1:53:49.
Aberdare 5. 6 and a half (hilly) laps of Aberdare Park. Nick Dukes 30:09; Clive Osmond 31:52; Jeff Aston 32:13; Joanna Pritchard 33:10 (2nd Lady); John Diffey 33:51.
Llanelli 10K. Julian Baker: 33.59; Mike Murphy: 40.01; Richard Sewell: 40.55.
Mallards Pike 5 Mile Trail Race. Alan Bladen was 90th in 43:14.
Carmarthenshire Off Road Duathlon. Phil Cook was fourth. Injury? What injury?
L’Oreal 9 Mile Hilly Challenge. Julian Baker won the men’s race, with John Cox second; Jo Pritchard won the women’s race.
SSAFA 5k Series Race #2. Once again a horde (41 to be exact) of Croupiers attended this popular pub-based short race. Again, the honours went to the age category winners: Mick McGeogh, Edwina Turner, Julie Scholey.
UWCN Duathlon. Dave Price was 20th overall in 1:11:54.
Welsh Castles Relay. Full results with names are now available.
Afford Potteries Marathon. 215th Gilbert John 4:05:25.
Celtic Manor Chairman’s Challenge. Dave Williams won by a good deal more than the thickness of a vest in one of the tougher 10Ks in the Principality.
Swansea Seaside 5K. Ceri Donovan ran 24:14. Results in Word format (64K).
Rose Inn 4M #2. 15 croups ran another club championship race.
Great Welsh Triathlon. Geran Hughes finished eighth in the Senior Men, and Angie Davidson was sixth in the Senior Women.
Long Ashton 10k Nick Dukes 38:34; John Diffey 42.30.
Man v Horse Marathon. Dave Coles was 25th overall of the runners of the entire route in 3.02. Sue Neal’s team Old Knackers was 152nd, Graeme Donnans’s team Flying Ducks 87th.
Poole 10k. 73 Dave Coles 37:19; 232 Des Davies 44:37; 39 Sue Neal 46:32; 226 Carolyn Llewyllyn 1:02:33.
Fairford 10k. Rhiannon Rees ran 47:14.
Asics Severn Trent Water Lake Vyrnwy Marathon. Julie Scholey 3:13:5672; Gilbert John 3:49:17.

May

Plymouth Half Marathon. Mal Rowson: 2:00:58.
Bath Hilly Ten. 71 Glenda Edwards Les Croups 77:58; 94 Frances Williams Les Croups 84:58. Archived results.
SSAFA 5k Series Race #1. Unsurprisingly, Cardiff AAC took top honours, and once again Martin Rees of Swansea blew away most of the opposition, never mind his fellow M50 vets. Julian Baker and Dave Williams did well to finish in under 16 minutes. Times seem to be significantly faster than at Barry. 48 Croups finished.
Berkeley 10 km. Frances Williams 44:40; Rhiannon Rees 45:02.
Feetbeat 10k. David Miller 6th 38:40; Angie Davidson 71st 47:51.
The Waterfront Barry Tŷ Hafan 5k. Provisional Croups results: 1. Phil 16:39; 2. John Cox 16:57; 3. Sandy 17:26 (excellent performance); 6. Mick 17:42; 7. Nick Dukes 17.59; 10. Barry 18:12; Tammy Thomas was second lady in 20:09; Wendy Edwards first vet lady.
Hereford Half Marathon. Glenda Edwards 96.39.
National 50k. Dave Coles ran 3.43.16 for 10th place. Full results in xls format.
16th National Open Veterans Road Relay Championships. We came 47th in the M40s, and 10th and 17th in the L35, 38th in the V50, and 3rd in the L55 races.
Sri Chinmoy 2. Jemma Ward 15.03; Ceri Donovan 15:30; Tina Rossiter 16:59.
Rose Inn 4M #1. We had 18 runners out of 88 finishers, including another win for Julian Baker.
Sorbrook Challenge 10K. 24 Julie Scholey 44.23; 69 Annie Conroy 61.08; 70 Ceri Donovan 61.09.
Tewkesbury Half Marathon. Dave Coles 1h 21m 24s (PB); Richard Boon 1h 25; Graeme Donnan 1h 27; Glenda 1hr 36; Mal Rowson 1:59; Sandra Caveney 2:06.
Keynsham 10K. Julian Baker was third with 33:06, and Fran Williams ran 46:25.
Great Welsh Run. Won by an unattached 18-year old. There is hope for the future of running. In Kenya. Lots of Croups ran, more than are given credit for club membership here, but as always, Graeme Finlayson organised the race well, pulling in Steve Cram, and being helpful with the results. Julian Baker had an astonishing run for 8th. Richie Bullen beat the first woman; Scholey and Yvonne made the top 100.
Fordingbridge 10K. John Crofts and Sue Neal’s 'training weekend' crew: 15 Dave Coles 37:27; 36 John Crofts 39:58; 37 John Plain 40:09; 173 Sue Neal 49:56 1st Lady Vet; 188 Clare Johnson 51:03 2nd Lady Vet.
Cardiff Triathletes Try-a-Tri. Simon Nurse: 1st, 55:18; Dave Price: 6th, 58:53; Andy Cleves: 9th, 59:51; Graeme Donnan: 39th, 01:07:52.
Craig Yr Aderyn/Bird Rock Half Marathon. Dave Williams 3rd 72:55; Alan Mann 38th 1:34:29; Wendy M Edwards 39th 1:34:37; Heidi Williams 57th 1:39:05; Liz Clarke 73rd 1:43:20.

April

Civil Service Athletic Association 10Km Road Race Championships. D Williams 32:57; Y Bullen 43:29.
Pentyrch Hill Race. Won by Julian Baker in 44:47. Howard Kent (57:58); Carol Miller (60:47); Joanna Pritchard (60:58); Shaun Prichard (60:59); Frances Williams (64:30).
Shakespeare Full and Half Marathons. Full Marathon: Terry Caveney: 38th 3:19:43; Jemma Ward: 277th 4:09:47. Half: Dave Coles: 25th 1:23:10; Angie Davidson: 527th 1:50:26. Archived results full; half.
National 12 Stage Road Relays. 1 Belgrave 4.08.55; 13 Swansea 4.22.54; 48 Les Croupiers 4.52.57. Julian Baker 28:36 36th; Nick Dukes 17:30 47th; Phil Cook 28:52 38th; Richard; Boon 18:41 46th; David Williams 28:49 42nd; Mike Davies 19:16 44th; Peter Kellam 31:55 45th; Alan Mann 20:43 50th; Rob Jones 31:27 50th; Phil Cook 16:16 47th; David Coles 32:12 47th; Scott Howell 18:40 48th.
Women’s National 6 Stage Road Relays. 1 Sale 1.41.00; 7 Swansea 1.50.11. 22 Les Croupiers Ladies "A" 2.01.41: Julie Scholey 19:12 31st; Jo Pritchard; 20:45 30th; Yvonne Bullen 20:26 28th; Wendy M Edwards 20:36 25th; Heidi Williams 20:55 24th; Tammy Thomas 19:39 22nd. 28 Les Croupiers 'B' 2.18.24: 2:18:24 Ruth; Collishaw 23:17 43rd; Jillian Hastings 23:08 38th; Julie Scholey 20:58 35th; Francis Williams 21:43 32nd; Annie Conroy 23:56 30th; Angela Neal 25:14 28th.
Eastleigh 10k. Richard Bullen 33.23 (19th); Yvonne Bullen 43.00 (23rd lady).
Mayor’s 5km Carmarthen. Phil Cook 16th 16:23; Clive Osmond 55th 18:40; Angie Davidson 140th 23:36; Tracey Newman 194th 28.02. Also on the AAW site in315k Word format.
London Marathon. How I think we did.
Leipzig Marathon. Frank Moritz 3.25.16; Dave Lloyd 3.25.22.
Rotterdam Marathon. Bill Fear 03:14:02 749th; Matt Townsend 3:24:50 1165th; Andrew Holden 3:45:00 2343rd; Andrew Palmer (Penarth & Dinas) 3:46:58 2495th.
Taunton Half Marathon. Dave Coles: 1:21 (PB); Graeme Donnan: 1:27 (PB); Clare Johnson: 1:50. Archived results full; half.

March

Chedworth Roman Trail 10. Matt Townsend was 26th in 1:11:33; Bill Fear was 59th in 1:16:27. Results in PDF format.
Welsh Road Relays, Margam Park. Croups came third, sixth, and seventh in the senior women; third in the senior men; and first and second in the veteran women. The AAW have results here (72KB Excel format).
Islwyn Half Marathon. 23 Croups turned out for this pre-spring marathon tune-up. Brackla’s Nick Janvier won in style, beating Gareth Davies by nearly a minute. Recent Barry 40 winner Sam Bretherwick cruised home in 20th place. Archived results.
Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon. Graeme Donnan was 62nd with 91.25.
Cleevewold Keith McGeogh was 15th in 1:56:25.
Bath Half Marathon. We had at least 20 runners on the day. Martin Rees of Swansea got the over-fifty world record, according to Mick, who heard from Richie Gardner. How we did.
Gwent League #5. Pembrey Park, Llanelli. How we did.
Orvault Half Marathon, France. Julian Baker: 72:03; John Cox: 78:04.
Ballycotton 10. Once again, the weather was horrible and there was a phalanx of Welsh runners out here. Phil Cook finished 16th, behind Darran Hiscox and Gareth Davies, but ahead of Shaun Tobin and Mark Hobbs (who all run for Swansea). Barry Johnston was first M50. Also present: Dave Lloyd, Sue Neal, and Annie Conroy. As the original pages are rather large, here are the Welsh runners (or the ones I know about).
Gloucester 20. From us: David Headon, Jeffrey Aston, Richard Boon, Stuart Reeves, Matthew Davey, Stephen Lewis, Mike Davies, Wendy Edwards, Julie Lewis, Andrew Holden, Stephen Katchi, Carol Miller, Christina Rossiter, Jemma Ward, Alan Thomas, Claire Turner, and Paula Spittle.
Barry 40 Mile Track Race. Brian Hennessey of Crawley won, having taken the lead in the opening kilometre, and barely slowed over the next four hours. Jeff Rees took the Welsh honours, despite having a heavier second half. Our own Alan Mann and Terry Caveney took silver and bronze respectively. Samantha Bretherick won the women’s race.
Carlton Cold Ironman New Zealand. Russ Stephens completed Ironman New Zealand (in Taupo) in 15.18.02 (876th). Split times: 3.8K swim 1.15.00; 180K cycle 7.50.27; 42.2K run 5.51.20. As Simon Nurse said: Another pretty major effort from the Stephens family (after Sue’s Hawaii Ironman in October).

February

Welsh Cross-Country Championships. Les Croupiers came third in both senior races.
Saucony English National Cross Country Championships. Dave Miller was 600th in 55:55.
Atlantic College 10k. Everyone seemed to think that the wind was worth around half a minute: it seems to have been a cold hard slog.
West Glamorgan Cross Country League #. Mel James was 44th.
Pontypridd Reverse 10. Richard Boon 66:10; Michael Davies: 69:17; Wendy Edwards: 70:33; Julie Scholey: 71:31; Joanna Pritchard: 72:52; Jan Williams: 73:10; Denis Murphy: 74:36; Frances Williams: 77:22; Mie Lister: 79:38; Christina Rossitter: 80:28; Alan Haycox: 84:07; Stephen Williams: 87:48; Geoff Wright: 89:47; Tony Dorsett: 96:02. Les Croups women (Wendy Edwards, Julie Scholey, and Jo Pritchard) took the team prize. As the Ponty Roadents site seems to be down at present, they’re here instead.
Dursley Dozen. Dave Coles: 52nd, 92:48; Graeme Donnan 134th, 101.54; David Weeden 203rd, 107.28; Sue Neal 291st, 116.50; Colin Slocombe 376th, 128.01; Mel James 377th 128.05; Clare Johnson 432nd, 148.19. There’s nothing like consistency, and the organisers have certainly been that, having spelled my name incorrectly every time I’ve run. In 1999, they at least went for originality, listing me as Dave Leeden; the last two times as Dave Weedon. As long as I continue to run badly, I don’t really care. Of course, last year they had Julian Baker’s name completely wrong, but that wasn’t really their fault.
Wokingham Half Marathon. Our performances look like this: Phil Cook 7th 1:12; Mick McGeoch 10th 1:13; Barry Johnston 2nd V50 1:18.
Gwent League #4 Blaise Castle. A small turnout at what is one of the more popular venues. How we did

January

Club 10 Mile Handicap. Route slightly altered due to the work (aka vandalism) on the riverbank after the weir.
Lliswerry 8. Richard Boon, Wendy Edwards, Stephen Katchi, Frances Williams, Andrew Holden, and Marilyn Rowson decided to forgo the club AGM, the free "food", and the speeches for the first race in the Celtic Manor Grand Prix series. How we did.
Reebok Cross Country Womens Results. Only Julie Scholey (34th; 27:42) was foolhardy enough to challenge an elite field. Our men: Richie Bullen (24th; 33:59), Phil Cook (30th; 34:51), Rob Jones (31st; 36:26), Simon Nurse (32nd; 36:35), Barry Johnston (33rd; 36:38), Peter Kellam (34th; 37:03), David Miller (38th; 38:15), Dave Bright (43rd; 40:41), and Alan Mann (50th; 46:11).
Cwmafon Richard Burton 10k. I’m grateful to Jo Pritchard who asked the organisers for these — she was also second Croups finisher. Swansea conclusively won the team race, hogging the first three places. Julian Baker pipped Nick Janvier (who organises the Atlantic College 10K).
Gloucester New Year 10. Matt Townsend, Martin Clissold, and Bill Fear were the only members to brave "a treacherous course that was covered in ice "on a bloody cold day."

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