Results for March 2008

Oxford Mail Cross-Country League (Shotover Park) - 2nd March 2008


Senior & Veteran Women - 4,800m

An excellent effort from our girls gave them overall 3rd place in Division 2. Sharron Sheppard finished 6th overall and Sarah Kerswell 4th in the Senior Women and Vet 35 competitions respectively.Winning time: 17:40 Number of finishers:107

Name Position Time
Sharron Sheppard 013 20:24
Sarah Kerswell (LV35) 030 21:48
Gillian Howell (LV45) 048 23:17
Melanie Hawkins 054 23:35
Zazi Barrell (LV35) 057 23:42
Tracey Scarlett 064 24:12
Karen Jenkins (LV35) 066 24:31
Susan Haines (LV45) 081 26:33


Senior & Veteran Men - 8,400m

Pete George continued his improvement to lead our men home to 3rd place on the day. WE finished 4th overall in Division 1. Chris Sykes made a welcome return after almost 2 years. Winning time: 33:44 Number of finishers:194

Name Position Time Notes
Pete George 014 36:50
James Bolton 025 37:47
Kevin Game 046 39:37
Roger Bradley (V40) 048 39:54
Chris Sykes (V50) 051 40:10
Jim Stewart 052 40:17
Jason Barry 055 40:29
Hans Price 066 41:22
Carey Gray (V40) 070 41:42
Simon Lloyd 079 42:30
Martin Townsend (V40) 081 42:34
Andy Pike (V40) 084 42:42
Nick Hall (V40) 102 44:04
Peter Rayner (V50) 116 45:11
Mike Shipway (V60) 120 45:37
Kirk Adams 130 46:21

Shotover Cross-Country Results


Sunday - 2nd March 2008 - Steyning Stinger Marathon

Paul Brackett took on yet another difficult marathon,in Sussex this time, and came away with a sub 4-hour top 20 result. Winning time: 3:16:00 Number of finishers: 114

Name Position Time
Paul Brackett (V40) 18 3:56:00

Steyning Marathon Results


Sunday - 2nd March 2008 - Reading Half Marathon

New member Rhona Jack ran an impressive time in preparation for London Marathon suffering a little at 10 miles but finishing well inside 1:45. Marcus Maxwell was also preparing for London and ran the fastest time this year for the Club. Winning time: 1:01:19 Number of finishers: 11,181

Name Position Time
Marcus Maxwell 0069 1:15:18 (Chip)
Rhona Jack 2694 1:43:42 (Chip)

Reading Half Results


Wednesday - 5th March 2008 - Teddy Hall Relays (Iffley Road - 3.6 miles)


Men's A Team

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 James Bolton 19:50 19:50
02 Jason Barry 20:11 40:01
03 Roger Bradley 20:11 60:12
04 Steve Mead 20:37 80:49

Overall Position:18th from 104 teams


Men's B Team

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 Kevin Game 20:33 20:33
02 Dean Sheppard 21:03 41:36
03 Hans Price 21:59 63:35
04 Jason Barry 21:55 85:30

Overall Position:31st from 104 teams


Men's C Team

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 Kelvin Fowler 21:40 21:40
02 John Christopher 25:24 47:04
03 Steve Caswell 26:34 73:38
04 Steve Howell 22:38 96:16

Overall Position:70th from 104 teams


Women's Vet Team

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 Jill Gibson 24:36 24:36
02 Karen Jenkins 26:33 51:09
03 Gillian Howell 26:11 77:20

Overall Position:13th from 25 teams


Saturday - 8th March 2008 - Grindleford Gallop (21 Mile Off-Road)

Andy Battye secured an excellent 12th place overall and finished 1st V50 in this tough off-roader beating his last year's time by nearly 3 minutes. Winning time: 2:36:12 Number of finishers: 241

Name Position Time Notes
Andy Battye (V50) 12 2:50:24 1st V50


Sunday - 9th March 2008 - Banbury 15-Mile

Our men achieved 2nd team thanks to James Bolton, Pete George, Kevin Game & Carey Gray. Mike Shipway earned 2nd V60 honours whilst Gillian Howell led our girls home in just over 2 hours. Winning time: 1:24:03 Number of finishers:296

Name Position Time Notes
James Bolton 012 1:31:55 2nd team
Pete George 013 1:33:27 2nd team
Kevin Game 018 1:34:57 2nd team
Carey Gray (V40) 021 1:35:37 2nd team
Hans Price 031 1:40:57
Mike Shipway (V60) 043 1:43:26 2nd V60
Peter Rayner (V50) 069 1:47:48
Steve Howell (V40) 075 1:48:54
Kirk Adams 080 1:49:39
Lee Wagstaff 101 1:52:04
Nick Crutch (V40) 110 1:53:36
Jonathan Ashworth 115 1:54:23
Leo Brooke-Little (V40) 123 1:55:59
John Christopher (V40) 152 1:59:38
Gillian Howell (LV45) 168 2:02:22
Sharla Newport 234 2:13:43
Tracey Scarlett 252 2:17:09

Banbury 15 Results

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - HANDICAP TIMES & POINTS (BANBURY 15 MILE)

Name Handicap Time Points
Kevin Game 1:26:19 16
Pete George 1:27:00 15
Gillian Howell 1:27:51 14
Mike Shipway 1:28:32 13
Nick Crutch 1:28:57 12
Leo Brooke-Little 1:29:46 11
James Bolton 1:29:54 10
John Christopher 1:29:58 09
Hans Price 1:30:33 08
Tracey Scarlett 1:31:29 07
Steve Howell 1:31:29 06
Peter Rayner 1:31:51 05
Sharla Newport 1:32:32 04
Carey Gray 1:32:35 03
Lee Wagstaff 1:36:16 02
Kirk Adams 1:37:35 01
Jonathan Ashworth 1:42:15 01


Sunday - 9th March 2008 - Finchley 20-Mile

Martin Townsend was pleased with his effort averaging 6:50 miling over a 4-lap course. Winning time: 1:51:33 Number of finishers: 478

Name Position Time
Martin Townsend (V40) 056 2:16:54

Finchley 20 Results


Sunday - 9th March 2008 - Dorney Lake 10K (Windsor)

Mark Pidgeon had a good run in blustery conditions clocking 47 seconds outside his p.b. Winning time: 31:37 Number of finishers: 321

Name Position Time
Mark Pidgeon (V40) 089 46:20

Dorney Lake Results Results


Sunday - 9th March 2008 - Barry 40-Mile (Track)

After 161 laps of the Jenner Park track, Dominic Croft was only 300m behind the winner. This result has gained him provisional selection for England at the Anglo-Celtic Plate 100K in May. Winning time: 4:20:14 Number of finishers: 23

Name Position Time
Dominic Croft (V40) 02 4:21:06

Barry 40 Results Results


Sunday - 16th March 2008 - Clanfield Off-Road Relays (5k laps)

There was victory for our girls in the women's race, Sharron Sheppard putting in the fastest time of the day. Chris Sykes also ran the fastest leg in the men's category helping our men to 2nd behind Witney Road Runners.

Men

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 Lee Wagstaff 22:22 22:22
02 Chris Sykes 19:31 41:53
03 Carey Gray 21:36 63:29
04 Jason Barry 20:59 84:28

Overall Position:2nd from 9 teams

Women

Leg No Name Time Aggregate
01 Sarah Kerswell 24:11 24:11
02 Karen Jenkins 26:54 51:05
03 Sharron Sheppard 23:19 74:24

Overall Position:1st from 6 teams


Friday - 21st March 2008 - Maidenhead Easter 10-Mile

Peter Rayner put in another commendable effort in blustery but fine conditions to finish inside the top 150. Winning time: 51:52 Number of finishers: 1,139

Name Position Time
Peter Rayner (V50) 149 1:07:28

Maidenhead 10 Results Results


Saturday - 22nd March 2008 - Compton 20-Mile

A trio of Harriers, plus Carl Thompson running for RAF, had to cope with atrocious weather conditions with snow and wind plus deep mud, making times much slower than in previous years. Winning time: 2:24:31 Number of finishers: 197

Name Position Time
Carl Thompson (V40) 004 2:25:10
Jonathan Ashworth 023 2:45:48
Nick Crutch (V40) 091 3:16:30
John Christopher (V40) 133 3:42:46

Compton 20 Results


Saturday - 22nd March 2008 - Compton 40-Mile

Paul Brackett suffered some distress at the end of this off-roader in snow, wind and mud crossing the line dead on his feet in 6th place. Winning time: 5:03:30 Number of finishers: 53

Name Position Time
Paul Brackett (V40) 06 6:25:05

Compton 40 Results