Results 2004

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December

Merthyr Mawr 10K. Andy Cleves 39:10 12; David Coles 43:13 44; Phillip George 44:35 67; Nick Dukes 44:42 71; Richard Self 44:47 72; Anne Fallows 45:44 86; Greame Donnan 46:06 96; Julie Scholey 47:28 118; Richard Sewell 47:36 120; Michael Davies 47:55 126; Alan Mann 49:04 145; Gareth John 153; Denise Murphy 159; Robert John 169; Shaun Conner 193; Claire Beatty 209; Paul Thomas 219; Gary Pashley 221; Carol Miller 241; Darren Walker 242; Ian Derrick 251; Mike James 314; Sue Neil 321; Carolyn Llewellyn 322; Frances Machin 345; Clare Johnson 368; Colette Borg 392; Josie Grindulis 403; Rod Jones 411; Michael Hansford 442; Peter Morgan 443; Simon James 444; Tracey Newman 449; Edward Newman 455. Archived here.
Calvia Marathon, Majorca. Results in PDF format: Marathon: Dave Headon (mis-spelled “Headson”) 2:52:07. Half Marathon Annie Conroy: 2:03:34.
Reggio Emilia Marathon, Italy. Ruth Pickvance 2:55:12.
Welsh Inter-Regional Cross-Country Championships. Masters’ results are “to follow” and I don’ see any members’ names.
Grim 8 Mile Off Road Challenge. Archived here.
Luton Marathon. Andrew Cleves 2.52.07; Terry Caveney 3.21.08; Richard Brewer 3.39.33. Archived here.
RNLI Reindeer Run. Richard Sewell 0:43:53; Graeme Donnan 0:44:33; Tim O'Sullivan 0:44:58; Denis Murphy 0:47:12; Robert John 0:47:47; Rebecca Harris 0:49:20; Josie Grindulis 0:56:06; Frances Machin 0:57:04; Natalie Sayer 0:58:38; Julie Williams 0:58:54; Colette Borg 1:00:13; Victoria Warwick 1:03:06; Jenny Johnson 1:03:51; Edward Newman 1:08:18; Annie Conroy 1:09:35, Archived here.
Gwent League #3, Bath University. How we did.

November

2004 Masters Cross Country “International”. Ladies: 57 Julie Scholey 26:42; 59 Edwina Turner 26:50; 95 Clare Johnson 33:20. Men: 41 Richie Bullen 30:12; 48 Rob Jones 30:32; 65 Mick McGeoch 31:26; 82 Paul Smith 32:36. Archived here.
Cheddar Half Marathon. Malachy Mcallister 1:22:41; Glenda Edwards 1:42:11. Archived here.
Sodbury Slog. Dave Headon 1:05:33; Andy Cleves 1:05:48; Richard Self 1:10:23; David Coles 1:12:27; Gerard Crispie 1:14:25; John Crofts 1:14:30; Anne Fallows 1:18:32; Grame Donnan 1:18:47; Tim O'Sullivan 1:19:10; Shaun Connor 1:23:09; Gareth John 1:25:55; Paul Thomas 1:28:14; Ian Derrick 1:28:59; Frances Williams 1:29:50; Alan Mann 1:36:17; Rhian Llewellyn 1:39:56; Cledwym Jones 1:40:44; Angela Neal 1:41:00; Sue Neal 1:41:02; Rachael Jones 1:48:39; Maria Stephens 1:48:40; Lucy Spurr 1:51:27; Marilyn Rowson 1:51:43. Archived here.
Stevenage Marathon Results. Alan Mann 3:27:11; Gil John 4:11:42. Archived here. (Half Marathon. Loretta Daley 1:41:26.)
ING New York City Marathon. Dave Thomas 3:38:34 (chip time).
Lordshill 10 Mile. Glenda Edwards: 1:17:05. Archived here.
Kay Pritchard Memorial 5M Road Race. Well done to all who showed up.
Avila Trail 45K. Dave Lloyd 5:14, “finished in the top half of the field.”
Victoria Park Relays. Bath. Alan Mason 28:02.

October

Snowdonia Marathon. Alan Mann 3:41:31; Richard Sewell 4:05:11; Gil John 4:22:14. Archived here.
Gwent League #2, Leckwith Stadium, Cardiff. How we did.
Frankfurt Marathon. Mal Firouz 3:22.
Karrimor Mountain Marathon. Julian Carter/Rhys Williams, Elite, 17th; Bill Fear/Matt Townsend A, 75th; Nick & Caroline Dallimore, B, 31st; Jemma Ward/Phil Ward, Long Score, 175th; Carol Miller/Ian Edwards, Medium Score, 227th; Tina Rossiter/T. John Burnett, Short Score, 237th.
Basel Marathon. Richard Brewer 3:39:25.4; Frank Moritz 3:07:30.4.
Mic Morris Memorial Sporting Trust Tour of Torfaen Alan Mann reports: “after this, the race will be called ‘Mic Mouse’ Half Marathon (for some literally).” (5) Julian Baker 1:14:20 (had to ask the way as he got lost); (16) Alan Mann 1:24:50; (21) Mike Murphy 1:25:34; (23) Joanna Prichard 1:25:53(first female); (29) Rob John 1:26:56; (31) Ruth Pickvance 1:27:13 (she decided to make up her own coarce as well); (33) Mike Davies 1:27:55; (84) Shaun Connor 1:35:00; (96) Carol Miller 1:36:47; (116) Loretta Daley 1:40:16; (150) Steven Williams 1:44:19.
Stroud Half Marathon. 264 Paul Morris 1:31:20; 358 Desmond Davis 1:34:41; 496 Alan Mann 1:38:49; 510 Robert John 1:39:05.
AAA of England National 6 Stage Road Relays. Julian Baker 18:48 (45); Dave Williams 19:44 (40); Rob Sage 21:24 (51); Phil Cook 20:21 (50); Mick McGeoch 20:42 (49); Alan Mann 24:21 (57).
Amsterdam Marathon. Gerard Crispie 302nd Chip time 2:59:58. He beat Andrew Marr (2461st; he claims he hadn’t trained) by nearly an hour.
Akzo Nobel Abingdon Marathon. 132 Wendy Edwards 3:19.06; 212 Antoinette Thomas 3:32.19.
Gwent League. How we did.
Rhayader Triathlon, Powys. Phil Cook 8:16; 35:12; 17:50 - 1:01:18. Gareth Stevenson 8:08; 39:11; 21:55 - 1:09:14. Tim James 8:39; 48:42; 32:38.
Cardiff Marathon and Half. Croups members Rith Pickvance and Julian Baker won the women's and men's marathons respectively. Full marathon: 201Kb MS Excel file (as I’ve been told that some people can’t open these, here's an HTML version); Half Marathon 549Kb MS Excel file (and HTML version). I’ve got results of Croups members, including a couple of new women who didn’t enter as members, because they hadn’t joined when they signed up, and a rather strange time for Claire Beatty.
Swansea Bay 10k. Julie, Edwina and Yvonne were 1st Ladies Team; and 1st Lady Veteran Team; Liz, Sue and Frances were 2nd Ladies Team. Richard Bullen 33:13 (28); Peter Kellam 36:31 (74); Jeffrey Ralph Aston 39:44 (158); Julie Anne Scholey 42:05 (250); Michael Charles Dix 42:42 (276); John Huggins 42:42 (277); Edwina Turner 43:06 (298); Gavin Llewellyn Jones 44:50 (405); Yvonne Bullen 45:01 (415); Elizabeth Clarke 45:44 (457); Susan Neal 46:26 (519); Frances Elizabeth Williams 47:29 (594); Wayne Turner 48:28 (665); Andrew Wilson 49:22 (750); Tony Dorsett 55:56 (1321).
Buckhead Sizzler 10K, Atlanta. Brendan Sullivan 40:35.

September

Windsor Half Marathon. Alan Mann and Shaun Connor 1:43:34; 503rd and 504th respectively.
AAW Road Relays, Swansea Bay. I’ve only got the unofficial times so far. I know that the Ladies team came second.
Asics Severn Trent Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon. Julian Baker 1:08:53; Dave Headon 1:18:07; Yvonne Evans 1:38:52; Robert John 1:30:21; Liz Clarke 1:43:23.
Bala Olympic Distance Tri. Simon Nurse (as Les Croupiers B) swim: 33:58; bike: 1:14:06; run: 45:20. Total: 2:33:24. Les Croupiers A swim: 30:49; bike: 1:22:37; run: 51:02. Total: 2:44:28. Angella Davidson swim 37:55; bike: 1:26:49; run: 59:02. Total: 3:03:46. James Relay Team swim: Geran Hughes 30:38; bike: Matt Morris 1:04:16; run: Andy Cleves 39:23. Total 2:14:17. They didn't race as Les Croups tri as Matt belongs to Brecon.
Marathon du Medoc. Mark Farrar "[g]ot a P.W. of 5hrs 21mins due to achieving a P.B. of 21 chateaux wine-tastings en route plus oysters (at 38Km) and champagne (at 40km)!
Truro Half Marathon. Alan Mann 1:45:17; Loretta Daley 1:45:22; Steve Williams 1:48:39.
Portsmouth British Masters 10k. Richie Bullen 34:17; Mick McGeoch 35:48; Rob Jones 35:56; Dave Coles 38:23; Yvonne Bullen 46:09. Croups finished fourth in the mens' team race.
Bristol Half Marathon. I can’t link to the Bristol results directly; you have to find them yourselves. Neither Graeme Donnan, Jeff Aston, or myself had any success with the search by club facility. Thanks to those two for help in finding Croups runners and their times. Malachy McAllister 1.22.03; Keith McGeoch 1.24.37; Andy Diffey 1.27.11; Graeme Donnan 1.29.06; Charles Thomas 1.31.18; Robert John 1.31.28; Tin O'Sullivan 1.31.30; John Diffey 1.36.59.
KRUF Cardiff 10K. I’ve just found this, give me an hour or so, and I’ll knock up a script to scrape the Croups members. I clearly forgot, so they’re gone.

August

Les Croupiers Time Trial.
Race The Train. The results, wonderfully, are not just in bloody Acrobat format, but also while including such essential data as town, age, and race number, only include finishing times as a sort of afterthought in the appendix. Main race: Ruth Pickvance 53rd; Malachy McAllister 70th; Julie Scholey 296th; Edward Newman 608th; Sue Neal 621st; Tracey Newman 750th. 10K: Annie Conroy 1:10:28, 255th.
Swansea Harriers 5K Summer Series #3. Phil Cook 17:07; Paul Kennedy 17:52.
Rose Inn 4 Mile #4. Julian Baker 4th 20:28; Gerry Crispie 29th 24:24; John Plain 31st 24:44; Jeff Aston 38th 25:36; Graeme Donnan 39th 25:39; Clive Osmond 42nd 25:48; Tim O'Sullivan 44th 25:57; Martin Clissold 49th 26:25; Gary John 54th 26:32; Alan Mann 55th 26:40; Gavin Jons 68th 27:30; Michael Dix 70th 29:39; Ian Derrick 79th 28:20; Andrew Sedgmond 81st 28:38; Richard Sewell 89th 29:08; Stephen Williams 94th 29:38; Fran Williams 97th 29:48; Nicola Williams 113th 31:35.
Brecon 10 Mile Road Race. Andy Cleves 1:01:23; Gerry Crispie 1:05:39; John Diffey 1:06:38; Jo Pritchard 1:09:30; Andy Diffey 1:10:30; Tim O’Sullivan 1:11:44; Denis Murphy 1:11:50; Mike Davies 1:10:59; Alan Mann 1:12:12; Wendy Edwards 1:12:32; Heidi Williams 1:14:25; Stephen Lewis 1:14:51; Ricahrd Boon 1:15:10; Graeme Donnan 1:15:41; Jemma Ward 1:20:36; Julie Lewis 1:20:56; Tessa Gould 1:21:03; Gary John 1:21:48; Angela Neal 1:26:13; Sheila Brown 1:26:29; Clare Johnson 1:29:06; Sue Neal 1:29:43; Tracey Newman 1:34:14; EM Newman 1:34:26; Josie Grindulais 1:41:07; Mal Rowson 1:43:46. Archived here.

July

SSAFA 5K #3.
Frampton 10K. Dave Headon 36:27; Dave Coles 38:30; Jo Pritchard 39:52; John Crofts 40:24; Paul Morris 40:52; Steve Owen 41:15; Des Davies 42:34; Alan Mann 43:16; Heidi Williams 43:20; Malin Falck 46:51; Stephen Williams 47:33; Dave Roberts 47:43; Frances Machin 48:10; Maria Stephens 48:53; Paul Thomas 50:07; Sue Neal 50:29; Angela Neal 50:38
Tough Guy. Shaun Connor 2:19:39 (151); Alan Mann 2:43:17 (390); Ian Derrick 3:18:30 (931).
Gloucester Half Marathon. Philip George 1:28:16; Tim O’Sullivan 1:34:24.
BMC Cardiff Meet. 3000m Men. Mick McGeogh 9:35:14.
Cosmeston Relays. Oops. I deleted the Word format results.
Rose Inn 4 Miles. Dave Headon 22:56; Matt Townsend 23:56; Rob Evans 24:18; John Plain 24:21; Graeme Donnan 25:19; Richards Beon 25:24; Tim O’Sullivan 25:47; Richard Sewell 26:06; Gary John 26:23; Julie Scholey 26:26; Wendy Edwards 26:29; Mike Dix 26:58; Martin Clissold 28:00; Ian Derrick 28:47; Andrew Sedgemond 28:56; Geoff Cram 29:42; Fran Williams 29:56.
Llanelli Duathlon. Ian Lyddiat 41st 40:08/1:07:20/20:27 -- 2:09:55; Jemma Ward 99th 47:19/1:22:37/24:26 -- 2:36:40; Carol Miller 104th 46:02/1:33:49 -- 2:46:14; Clare Johnson 51:44/1:33:26/26:22 -- 2:54:13.
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon 2004. Angella Davidson and Caroline Dallimore. 29th place; 3rd women's team (in their class).
Peach Tree 10K, Atlanta, USA. Brendan Sullivan 44:52.

June

Hewlett Packard 5K. John Diffey: 17th in 18:22 (PB); Andrew Diffey; 21st in 18:42 (PB).
Llanwono Forest 10K. John Diffey: 38:56.
Pembrokeshire Triathlon. 93 David Price 18:42/1:26:24/41:39 2:26:45; 120 Andrew Sedgmond 18:20/1:27:56/47:16 2:33:32.
Pembrokeshire Novice Tri. 6 Phil Cook 13:10/20:40/18:48 52:38; 56 Gareth Stevenson 11:03/25:36/29:10 1:05:49.
Llanelli Millenium Coast 10K: 23rd John Diffey M40 39:52; 29th Mike Murphy M50 40:23; 40th Andy Diffey M37 41:35; 53rd Donald Jones M45 42:45; 128th Libby O’Duffy FV35 48:29; 131st Gary Pashley M55 48:41; 136th Alan Mason M44 48:48.
Anglo-Celtic Plate 100K. 3 of our guys ran (Dave Coles, Gary Hyatt, and Alan Mann).
SSAFA Cardiff 5K. As about a third of the runners were from us, I’m not going to name all of you. Thanks to Pete Morris for spending all night on the results.
ISCA Duathlon. Clare Johnson 1:36:33.
Welsh Castles Relay.
Swansea Bay 5K. 11 Phil Cook 16:34; 50 Keith Quinn 18:47; 115 John Huggins 21:03.
Poole 10K. Edwina Turner 42:51. FV50 winner.
Dartmoor Discovery 50K. Alan Mann 5:25:26; Gil John 5:41:31.
Lake Vrynwy Marathon. Scott Howell 3:06:52; Gary Hyatt 3:23:45.
Crewkerne 9. Glenda Edwards 1:113:16; Nick Edwards 1:32:06.
Cardiff Running 4 Women 8K. Karen Jones 48:13; Nuria Martinez-Perez 44:01; Mal Rowson 46:14; Emma Webb 42:52 Libby O’Duffy 37:17.

May

BMC Nike Young Athletes Meeting. 10,000m. Nick Dukes 35:52.25; Richard Sewell 40:07.91.
Keynsham 10K. Andrew Diffey: 39:55.
Portman One Hour Track Classic. First: Phil Cook; first lady Ros Tabor. Records also broken/set by Andrew Palmer (Penarth and Dinas) and John Collins (Swansea).
British Masters Open Road Relay Championships. Croups had an excellent turn-out of 5 teams on Saturday at the British Masters Road Relays. Ladies 35-44: 12th. Julie Scholey 19:17; Yvonne Bullen 20:45; Wendy M Edwards 20:04. Ladies 45-54: 12th. Liz Clarke 21:05; Caroline Dallimore 22:23; Julie Lewis 20:51. Men 40-49: 34th. Mick McGeoch 16:25; Scott Howell 17:28; Richie Bullen 15:25; Ben Farag 17:42; Steve Lewis 18:13; David Miller 18:12; Richie Sewell 18:12; Kelvin Sullivan 18:16. Men 50-59: 27th. Jeff Aston 17:50; Mike Davies 19:06; Keith Quinn 18:38; Gary Hyatt 19:44; John Plain 18:02; Rob Evans 18:38. Men 60-64: 23rd. Mel James 20:50; Cled Jones 22:01; Mal Farnham 22:45. Well done everyone!
Sutton Park 50K. Alan MAnn 4:18:13; Gil John 4:56:24.
Rose Inn #1. Julian Baker 20:21; Nick Dukes 22:19; Matt Townsend 23:08; John Plain 24:07; Martin Clissold 24:15; Jeff Aston 24:20; Clive Osmond 24:24; Rob Evans 24:55; Graeme Donnan 25:43; Alan Mann 25:46; Richard Boon 26:06; Julie Scholey 26:21; Gary John 26:26; Tim O’Sullivan 26:39; Wendy Edwards 26:53; Shaun Connor 26:58; Andrew Sedgemond 28:27; Stephen Williams 29:09; Andrew Holden 29:14; Fran Williams 30:02; Rachel Holden 31:58.
Ty Hafan 5K. Sunday, 16 May. Richard Bullen 16:25 (3rd); Phil Cook 16:57 (4th); Sandy Johnston 17:51 (8th); Matthew Townsend 18:03 (9th); Martin Clissold 18:08 (10th); Barry Johnston 18:26 (11st); Shaun Prichard 18:58 (20th); Richard Sewell 19:11 (23rd); Stephen Lewis 19:14 (25th); John Diffey 19:15 (26th); Joanna Prichard 19:18 (28th); Andrew Diffey 19:20 (30th); Terry Caveney 19:22 (31st); Malachy Mcallister 19:31 (35th); Gareth John 20:22 (48th); Steve Owen 20:37 (53rd); Ian Derrick 20:43 (56th); Alan Mann 20:45 (57th); Veronica Singleton 21:00 (65th); Julie Scmoley 21:13 (69th); Julie Lewis 21:39 (80th); Yvonne Bullen 22:05 (101st); Cath Gardner 22:47 (119th); Jane Coker 22:55 (122nd); Stephen Williams 23:35 (159th); Michael James 23:48 (165th); Simon James 24:25 (192nd); Josie Grindulis 24:49 (205th); Graham Davey 26:26 (270th); Tracy Newman 27:51 (322nd); Tony Dorsett 28:10 (341st); Nuria Marinez-Perez 28:15 (346th). 32 Croups members ran. Archived here.
Oswestry 10. Jemma Ward 77:28.
Bannister Night Mile Times 6 May Julian Baker 4:41.07; Richard Bullen 4:44.67; Phil Cook 4:56.56; Richard Bullen (2) 4:50.85; Rob Sage 4:51.92; Kit Edwards 5:06.13; Matt Townsend 5:09.30; Martin Clissold 5:21.24; Dave Coles 5:21.78; Huw Roberts 5:23.22; Dave Miller 5:26.50; Keith Quinn 5:33.58; Phil George 5:36.99; Martin Pinnell 5:38.24; Rob Evans 5:41.76; John Plain 5:44.57; Richie Sewell 5:47.41; Jeff Aston 5:47.84; Chris Pristavec 5:50.98; Jo Pritchard 5:51.46; John Crofts 5:57.00; Graeme Donnan 5:58.27; Alan Mann 5:59.70; Yvonne Bullen 6:14.81; Mel James 6:17.50; Alan Mason 6:20.00; Shaun Connor 6:20.00; Frank Williams 6:25.08; Mark Farrar 6:25.71; Stephen Williams 6:42.00.
Belfast City Marathon. Ruth Pickvance 2:54:52; Andrew Palmer (Penarth) 3:30:34.
Great West Run. Darren Walker 1:46:58; Lucy Spurr 1:57:37.
Great Welsh Run. We won first team (Julian Baker, Richie Bullen, Nick Dukes, Peter Kellam) and first ladies team (Jo Prichard, Julie Lewis, Yvonne Bullen, Josie Grindulis). And lots of others ran. Photos.
Cardiff Try-A-Tri results. Photos are in Ace. Steve Lewis 1:05:14; Martin Clissold 1:08:55; Graeme Donnan 1:09:32; Jemma Ward 1:10:27; Terry Caveney 1:12:07; Gareth Stevenson 1:12:18; Ruth Collishaw 1:19:15; Clare Johnson 1:21:26; Jane Fletcher 1:22:04; Sue Neal 1:22:06; Rhian Llewellyn 1:32:25; Sian Llewellyn 1:32:25; Carolyn Llewellyn 1:53:08.
Craig-Y-Adewrn Bird Rock Half Marathon. Clive Osmond 1:27:55; Alan Mann 1:31:40; Richard Boon 1:34:20; Wendy Edwards 1:34:23.

April

Pentyrch Hill Race. Julian Baker was first man; Jo Prichard was first woman; Shawn Connor and Rodney Jones also ran.
Gilwern 10k 25 April. 3 Nick Dukes 37.21; 12 Martin Clissold 39.27; 13 Clive Osmond 39.39; 15 Richard Sewell 40.35; 21 John Plain 41.24; 27 Graeme Donnan 42.02; 38 Des Davies 45.32; 48 Stephen Williams 49.56; 54 Frances Williams 52.04; 58 Wayne Turner 53.02.
Lochaber Marathon. Dave Headon 2:49:10 (9th).
Shakespeare Marathon. Matt Townsend 3:22:32 (37th). Half: Cai Britton 1:31:23 (51st); Dave Thomas 1:32:59 (70th); Andy Holden 2:09:05 (895th).
Flora London Marathon. Julian Baker was first home, as expected, in a creditable 67th place and a time of 2:28:12. Maggie Hughes was first woman, and at least we saw her on TV, being passed by Jon Brown wearing Clare Johnson's vest (Maggie was wearing it, that is, not John Brown) on the carpet over the cobbles. Her position was even more impressive than Julian's, being 55th woman. I think that the link I've given covers everyone, but I expect Jeff Aston to find some more.
Corsham Running Club Springfield 5K. Andy Diffey 19:47 (5th).
Taunton Half Marathon. Robert John 1:33:28.

March

Carlsbad 5K, San Diego. Brendan Sullivan -- 22:52.
Coniston 14. Dave Thomas: 96:37; 174/1477; 17th V50. Dave says, "really excellent race -- scenic, loads of hills, fine pubs. Highly recommended." Pubs? He stopped for a drink?
Islwyn Half Marathon. Julian Baker 1:14:13 (2); Dave Headon 1:20:5 (9); Maggie Hughes 1:26:55 (19); Terry Caveney 1:29:59 (25); Jo Prtichard 1:30:12 (27); Steve Lewis 1:30:15 (28); Robert John 1:31:54 (35); Alan Mann 1:33:47 (40); Wendy M Edwards 1:34:00 (42); Julie Scholey 1:36:35 (55); Heidi Williams 1:37:41 (58); Shaun Conner 1:41:52 (81); 1:48:45 Heledd Bianch (109); Stephen Williams 1:49:55 (116); Sue Neal 1:50:25 (119); Charles Cummings 2:07:50 (166); Alan Bladen 2:08:38 (169); Sue Oddams 2:21:35 (185).
Rhayader Round the Lakes 20. Bill Fear, 2:36:41; Gary John, 2:59:23; Ian Derrick, 3:01:55; Des Davies, 3:17:04.
Gwent League, Carmarthen. I'll got to rewrite my results analysing program for my Mac, so I doubt that I'll be doing any results page soon Not that many from the club ran. We won every category apart from the Senior Men, which Bath Uni stole by 7 points (Julian was working, otherwise it would all be very different). So well done everyone who ran during the season.
Barcelona Marathon. Philip George: 3:17:06.
Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon. Dave Headon 1:20:59 (6); Richard Self 1:29:40 (39); Sean Connor 1:40:18 (117); Ceri Donovan 1:59:08 (335).
Bath Half Marathon. ~~130 1:22:49 Johnston Barry~~ 153 1:24:12 Coles David; 165 1:24:36 Farag Ben; 175 1:25:01 Mcallister Malachy; 305 1:29:28 2396 Boon Richard; 347 1:30:39 Diffey Andrew; ~~444 1:33:07 Davies Michael~~; 459 1:33:27 Donnan Graeme; 477 1:33:51 Edwards Wendy May; 533 Tim O'Sullivan 1:35:17; 941 1:42:37 Farrar Mark; 1003 1:43:33 Sedgmond Andrew; 1178 1:45:37 Mann Alan; 1210 1:46:06 Thomas John; 1698 1:52:16 Grindulis Josie; 2407 2:01:33 Busse Monica; 3077 2:14:01 Newman Tracey; 3305 2:20:54 Clarkson Penelope. Good to see John Thomas back.
Hastings Half Marathon. Described by Jeff Aston as "Very difficult conditions - strong blustery headwinds for the last 3 miles. Hardly an ideal debut for Ros nor a friendly return for John!!" 370 Jeff Aston 1.35.13; 1921 Ros Donald 2.02.00; 2291 John Griffin 2.08.28.
Gloucester 20 mile road race. Julian Baker won in 1:52:28; Dave Price: 2:19:39 (52); Bill Fear: 2:27:22 (91); Richard Boon 2:31:00 (107); Wendy Edwards 2:31:03 (108); Carol Miller 2:31:41 (110); Shaun Connor 2:36:14 (132); Julie Lewis 2:38:07 (147); Stephen Williams 2:53:17 (234); Andrew Holden 2:53:27 (235); Liz Clarke 2:54:02 (240); Angie Davidson 2:55:12 (244); Sue Neal 2:59:47 (262); Ceri 3:05:03 (286); Tracey Newman 3:22:18 (331); Alan Bladen 3:22:02 (332). Nicola Williams tested her fitness with a 2:15 training run while watching the race.
Barry 40. Hard conditions (it got colder as the day went on, with an icy wind down the back straight). Brian Cole won in a creditable. 4:08. Andy Cleves (Les C) won the Welsh (Dave Coles was 2nd; Gary Hyatt 3rd: clean sweep for Les Croups, not forgetting Alan Mann in 4th).
Reading Half. Results in a big fat .pdf file and very usefully give race number, but not club time. Ben Farag 1:25:34; Phillip George 1:26:02; Kate Robson 1:33:10; Emma Webb 2:00:40.
Ballycotton 10. Dave Lloyd texted me the times, but I deleted the message and have forgotten them beyond DL: 68:50; Richie Sewell: DNS. Provisional results are available in Word format (but knowing Ballycotton, they'll save the corrected version as a different file, so I'm not giving the URL; and so far it's in near impossible to read a 8pt Arial): 26 55:04 COOK, Phil.
Reebok Cross Challenge, Nottingham. Senior Men 12K: 254 45:44 Nick Dukes (as A Wood). Senior Women 8K: 258 C Beatty 36:38.

February

Bourton-on-the-Water 10k. 40 M. Townsend 36.32; 108 Graeme Donnan 40:32.
Welsh Cross Country Championships. Matt Townsend commented on the cold, and Mick on how poorly attended it was.
Ras Cors Caron Half Marathon. Dave Thomas: 92:49.
Atlantic College 10k. Julian Baker: 31:52 (7); Richard Bullen: 33:54 (12); Simon Nurse: 34:35 (15); Mick Mcgeoch: 34:49 (16); Matthew Townsend: 36:30 (23); David Coles: 36:54 (27); John Diffey: 38:13 (34); David Price: 38:30 (38); Clive Osmond: 38:44 (41); Andy (James) Diffey: 38:46 (42); Jeff Aston: 39:04 (44); Richard Sewell: 39:14 (49); Graeme Donnan: 40:39 (71); Julie Scholey: 41:22 (78); Denis Murphy: 41:42 (83); Kate Robson: 42:40 (92); Carol Miller: 42:58 (100); Des Davies: 43:25 (107); Shaun Cannor: 43:47 (112); Jan Williams: 43:54 (116); Heidi Williams: 44:24 (119); Amy Turner: 44:44 (126); Andrew Sedgmond: 46:33 (152); Jemma Ward: 46:47 (156); Cledwyn Jones: 47:23 (166); Claire Beatty: 47:24 (167); Stephen Williams: 47:32 (169); Frances Machin: 47:56 (175); Nicola Williams: 48:21 (184); Simon James: 48:51 (194); Mike James: 48:55 (195); Malcolm Farnham: 49:01 (201); Clare Johnson: 49:44 (213); Wayne Turner: 50:04 (217); Annie Conroy: 51:38 (241); Graham Davey: 54:05 (271); Alan Bladen: 56:41 (292); Tracey Newman: 57:54 (303); Ralph Davey: 58:49 (312); Keith Velda: 1:01:16 (330); Veronica Singleton: 1:02:10 (338).
Dursley Dozen. 12 83:28 Dave Headon.
Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10. Clive Osmond: 1:04:31 (33); Joanna Prichard: 1:05:21 (39); Jeffrey Aston: 1:05:54 (42); David Price: 1:05:56 (43); Richard Boon: 1:06:21 (48); Alan Mann: 1:06:55 (51); Julie Scholey: 1:07:20 (56); Michael Davies: 1:07:28 (60); Dave Thomas: 1:07:33 (63); Graeme Donnan: 1:08:19 (68); Wendy Edwards: 1:08:49 (71); Denis Murphy: 1:09:00 (73); Jan Williams: 1:12:09 (94); Shaun Connor: 1:14:36 (117); Stephen Williams: 1:19:54 (142); Mark Farrar: 1:22:12 (150); Josie Grindulis: 1:25:31 (164); Charles Cummins: 1:30:01 (180); Tracy Newman: 1:31:38 (185); Anne Donald: 1:32:15 (189); Emma Webb: 1:32:22 (190); Geoff Wright: 1:32:51 (192); Alan Bladen: 1:33:20 (195); Tony Dorsett: 1:36:53 (207). Archived here.
Wokingham Half Marathon. This is a regular pre-London warm up for Mick, who didn’t do it this year because he had a ~~cold~~ virus. Nick Dukes 1:22:08; Philip George 1:28:26; Richie Sewell 1:28:35; Angie Davidson 1:42:27.
Tough Guy. Julian Baker: 1:13:49 (5); Terry Caveney: 1:36:47 (225); Steve Lewis 2:14:36 (1014). Angela Neal 2:59:54; Sue Neal 2:59:55; Sue Odams 3:21:49; Tracy Newman 3:51:40.

January

Club Handicap 10 Mile.
Reebok Cross Challenge. Men’s 4K; Women’s 6K: 30 Joanna Pritchard, 25:04; 32 Julie Scholey, 25:17; 35 Claire Beatty, 26:24; 37 Edwina Turner, 27:07; 40 Sue Neal, 29:13; and Men’s 9K: 37 Phil Cook, 31:31; 42 Mick McGeoch, 32:20; Rob Jones, 32:37; 45 Nicholas Dukes, 33:00; 54 Sandy Johnston, 34:50; 58 John Diffey, 36:30; 61 Andrew Diffey, 37:47; 67 Alan Mann, 43:59.
Richard Burton 10K. Cwmafan, Sun 11 Jan. Joanna Pritchard 41:06.
Gwent League #4 Blaise Castle. How we did.

Last updated 15 January 2009

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