By Rob | August 18, 2012
The last of the Thursday evening handicap races took place over the traditional 5.2 mile course with 37 runners taking part, including 4 guests. Alan Patrick showed he is back to the form he showed earlier in the year by crossing the line first in a time of 36:51, a minute ahead of the second placed runner, Emmet Torley (52:23). Third over the line was Manveer Sahota (37:24), one of 3 juniors who took part in the race. For the second race in succession Justin Smith took advantage of Ash’s absence and ran the quickest time of the night completing the course in 30:54, he was followed by Andy & Ian Wilkinson who finished in 31:38 & 32:11 respectively. Nearest to the estimated time was Darina Brejtrova who finished in 46:26 just 2 seconds quicker than her estimate.
<tt>H’cap Actual Estimate<br /> 1 Alan Patrick 39:30 36:51 38:10<br /> 2 Emmet Taylor 54:00 52:23 55:00 (Guest)<br /> 3 Manveer Sahota 38:00 37:24 (Junior)<br /> 4 Dave Kelly 41:30 41:00 41:40<br /> 5 Nigel Bassnett 38:00 37:43 38:00 (Guest)<br /> 6 Kyza Derby 33:00 32:46 32:59<br /> 7 Phil Wilson 37:30 37:18 39:41<br /> 8 Paul Slatford 32:30 32:22 32:00<br /> 9 Rob Rushton 33:00 33:17 34:00 (Guest)<br />10 Nick Gilkes 33:00 33:21 33:40<br />11 Tony McCarroll 38:30 38:55 38:00<br />12 Darina Brejtrova 46:00 46:26 46:28<br />13 Suresh Basra 54:00 54:35 55:00 (Guest)<br />14 Andy Wilkinson 31:00 31:38 31:25<br />15 Laura Pibworth 46:00 46:41 46:00<br />16 Mitch Timms 35:30 36:16 37:03<br />17 Paul Kenning 40:30 41:19 40:00<br />18 Justin Smith 30:00 30:54 31:00<br />19 Maggie Morgan 54:00 54:55 56:20<br />20 Ruth McCarroll 52:00 52:56 50:00<br />21 Pete Hall 33:00 33:59 33:30<br />22 Craig Pears 34:00 35:00 (Junior)<br />23 Edward Broadberry 34:00 35:01 (Junior)<br />24 Rob Anderson 36:30 37:33 37:30<br />25 Ian Wilkinson 31:00 32:11 31:30<br />26 Kevin Naughton 35:00 36:16 35:00<br />27 Stuart Banbrook 36:30 37:51 39:30<br />28 Wayne Broadbent 37:00 38:25 35:30<br />29 Pete Haughton 36:00 37:33 37;00<br />30 Lorraine Gordon 45:00 46:34 45:00<br />31 Will Robertson 41:30 43:10 43:00<br />32 Jackie Stuart 41:00 42:41 43:15<br />33 Bob Torley 42:00 43:45 42:00<br />34 Bryan Pears 37:00 39:20 39:50<br />35 Jayne Anderson 46:30 49:11 52:00<br />36 Mike Wall 32:30 35:13 33:15<br />37 Christine Thomas 47:30 50:24 49:30</tt>
The final 2 races in the Summer series are on Sunday 9th on the Greenway in Burton Green and at Grandborough on Sunday 16th both races starting at 11:00. The championships for both the Road Race trophy and the Handicap trophy are wide open after 4 races. The Road Race championship is the closest for many years with 2 points covering the top three places, held by Any and Ian Wilkinson on 391 points and Paul Slatford on 389 points. Pete Haughton is leading the way for the Handicap trophy but with the best 4 races to count for each both neither competition will be decided until after the race at Grandborough.
September is also a busy month for club handicap races with the Kenilworth half-marathon on 2nd and the Massey’s Corporate Challenge 5 on 11th providing the races for our half marathon and 5 mile handicaps. I hope to see as many of you as possible supporting these local events.
Results provided by Richard Bagley
Results, sorted by actual running time:
30:54 Justin Smith
31:38 Andy Wilkinson
32:11 Ian Wilkinson
32:22 Paul Slatford
32:46 Kyza Derby
33:17 Rob Rushton
33:21 Nick Gilkes
33:59 Pete Hall
35:00 Craig Pears
35:01 Edward Broadberry
35:13 Mike Wall
36:16= Kevin Naughton
36:16= Mitch Timms
36:51 Alan Patrick
37:18 Phil Wilson
37:24 Manveer Sahota
37:33= Pete Haughton
37:33= Rob Anderson
37:43 Nigel Bassnett
37:51 Stuart Banbrook
38:25 Wayne Broadbent
38:55 Tony McCarroll
39:20 Bryan Pears
41:00 Dave Kelly
41:19 Paul Kenning
42:41 Jackie Stuart
43:10 Will Robertson
43:45 Bob Torley
46:26 Darina Brejtrova
46:34 Lorraine Gordon
46:41 Laura Pibworth
49:11 Jayne Anderson
50:24 Christine Thomas
52:23 Emmet Taylor
52:56 Ruth McCarroll
54:35 Suresh Basra
54:55 Maggie Morgan
Some blurry photos: