The entire information from the previous few days on the United Kingdom cross-country working circuit
START FITNESS NORTH EASTERN HARRIER LEAGUE, Wrekenton, Gateshead, Tyne & Put on, January 19
After a number of cancelled fixtures because of climate and automotive parking difficulties, it used to be again to motion for the league and Durham College scholar James Johnson, a International Aquathlon Championship contestant, used to be no longer most effective first house general but in addition the quickest guy competing.
It used to be a identical tale within the ladies’s phase as Lydia Turner used to be first house and quickest general. On the other hand she had to triumph over a time deferral of over two mins to nonetheless move the road first.
The Birtley Harrier repeated her victory within the league from Thornley Corridor closing September.
Again in 2014 Turner positioned 3rd within the under-20 ladies’s race on the Ecu Move-Nation Championships, which used to be one in every of a number of appearances in that tournament.
General (first house): 1 J Johnson (Durh U) 31:25; 2 A Sayers (Criminal) 32:58; 3 C Alborough (Criminal) 33:18
Quickest: Johnson 31:25
M40: 1 J McKenna (Tyne Br) 31:51
M50: 1 J Armstrong (Morp) 35:58
M60: 1 P Redman (Sund) 40:17
U17: 1 L Powell (Tyne Br) 18:39
Quickest: A Prepare dinner (Gate) 16:28
U15: 1 A Darling (T’dale) 8:50
Quickest: Darling 8:50
U13: 1 M Carter (T’dale) 10:0
Quickest: O Curran (Darl) 8:57
Girls: 1 L Turner (Birt) 25:25; 2 A Bell (Gate, U20) 26:01; 3 J Patterson (Durh U) 26:19
Quickest: 1 Turner 22:54; 2 J Heslop (Elsw, W45) 24:28; 3 R Newman (Durh U) 25:29
W40: 1 J Hodgson (Morp) 24:57
W50: 1 L Brief (T’dale) 26:20
W55: 1 J Murfy (S Shields) 27:52
U17: 1 H Cutler 21:31
Quickest: G Carter (Durh) 20:31
U15: 1 T Bishop (Birt) 10:38
Quickest: H Robison (Hought) 9:29
U13: 1 E Hawkins (NSP) 10:47
Quickest: P Phillipson (Birt) 9:39
CHINGFORD LEAGUE, Epping Wooded area, January 18
General: 1 S McCauley (Lon H) 30:31; 2 A Different (Lon H) 30:35; 3 C Bruce (Trent P, M40) 31:10
M50: 1 R Maidment (Orion) 32:43
M60: 1 R McCormick (Barn) 35:49
U17: 1 A O’Driscoll (WG&EL) 17:14; 2 W Muffett (WG&EL) 17:15; 3 S Lindsell (E&H) 17:56
U15: 1 F Reina (Ilf) 18:59
Girls: 1 C O’Shea (VP&TH) 36:05; 2 Z Oldfield (Lought, W40) 36:24; 3 Okay Clark (VP&TH, W40) 36:53
W50: 1 M Reid (Ilf) 37:09
U17: 1 E Trainor (WG&EL) 24:12
U15: 1J Falkowski ((Trent P) 19:56
SOUTH EAST LANCS LEAGUE, Heaton Park, Higher Manchester, January 18
Males: 1 J Watson (Traff, U20) 30:14; 2 M Harris (E Chesh) 30:40; 3 D Norman (Alt, M45) 30:56
M55: 1 T Shanker (Manch YMCA) 34:11
TEAM: 1 E Cheshire 21; 2 Manchester YMCA 48; 3 Glossopdale 56
M40 TEAM: 1 E Cheshire 18
M50 TEAML 1 Glossopdale 28
M60 TEAM: 1 Rochdale 17
U17: 1 M Fleet (E Chesh) 21:02; 2 O Walker (E Chesh) 21:11; 3 N Dunne (E Chesh) 21:23
TEAM: 1 East Cheshire 6
U15: 1 H Yates (Horw) 21:16; 2 B Hadfield (Roch) 21:31; 3 L Rhodes (E Chesh) 22:42
TEAM: no group closed in
U13: 1 L Schofield (Salf M) 11:02; 2 T Stewart (Chorl Tri) 11:05; 3 Z Jones (E hesh) 11:13
TEAM: 1 Salford Mets 10
Girls: 1 C McMurdoch (Salf M, W35) 22;47; 2 Okay Kay (E Chesh, W40) 34:55; 3 R Marshall (Bury) 35:01
W50: 1 M Vaughan (E Chesh) 37:38
W60: 1 G Kinloch (Burnden) 38:48
TEAM: 1 E Cheshire 14; 2 Salford Mets 18; 3 Horwich RMI 34
W40 TEAM: 1 E Cheshire 15
U17: 1 A Clark (Salf M) 25:49; 2 H Fleet (E Chesh) 25:57; 3 M Wright (E Chesh) 27:09
TEAM: no group closed in
U15: 1 L Dent (Bury) 22:43; 2 M Preston Tri) 23:30; 3 I Reid (Chor) 24:22
TEAM: 1 Chorley 9
U13: 1 G Freary (Horw) 11:52; 2 G Benson (Chor Tri) 12:09; 3 H Wilkinson (Burty) 12:33
TEAM: 1 Bury 20
SUSSEX MASTERS, Lancing, West Sussex, January 18
Zared Arasaretnam-Hale took the championship which used to be once more held at Combe Farm within the shadow of Lancing College, from multi-race winner James Baker who used to be most sensible M45 house forward of 3rd positioned Howard Bristow.
It used to be an over-50 who got here house forward of the separate ladies’s race and Linda Schofield, who lies 2nd at the all-time British masters 10km lists with a 36:06 very best, beat all the youthful age teams through just about a minute.
Males (M35-49): 1 Z Arasaretnam-Hale (B&H, M40) 26:47; 2 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 26:58; 3 H Bristow (B&H, M45) 27:38; 4 J Dicks (B&H) 27:59; 5 G Tomlinson (Horsh J, M45) 28;18; 6 B Buchanen (Hy, M40) 28:24
TEAM: 1 Brighton & Hove 15; 2 Chich R 56; 3 B&H B 58
Males (M50+): 1 S Rowan (Hay H) 29:47; 2 C Trigg (Phoe) 30:12; 3 L Sida (Lewes, M55) 31:04
M55: 2 G Godden (B&H) 31:54
M60: 1 J Burrell (Lewes) 32:14; 2 M Herron (Phoe) 34:29
M65: 1 J Lowden (B&H) 38:54
M70: 1 D Prince-Isles (Lewes) 38:27
M75: 1 A Haig (Phoe) 51:11
M50 TEAM: 1 Haywards H 28; 2 Phoenix 30; 3 Area 80 42
M60 TEAM: 1 Lewes 23; 2 Phoenix 28; 3 B&H 30
Girls: 1 L Schofield (B&H, W50) 31:24; 2 A Robinson (Price, W35) 32:09; 3 R Hillman (Lewes) 32:27
W50: 1 S Amer (Hay H) 36:41
W55: 1 L Lumber (E’brne) 37:13
W60: 1 G Moffatt (P’slade) 34:29; 2 C Wooden (Area) 36:23
W35 TEAM: 1 Phoenix 16; 2 Lewes 18; 3 Area 80 32
W50 TEAM: 1 B&H 12; 2 Haywards H 20; 3 Chich R 42
VETERANS AC CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Wimbledon Commonplace, January 18
Athletics Weekly feminine masters athlete of 2024, Clare Elms, turned into the oldest ever particular person general lady’s winner when the 61-year-old led house the more youthful athletes, Steve Smythe stories.
The development for the all-masters organisations, which used to be based to reinforce veteran athletes at Stamford Bridge in 1931, needed to have a route trade for this yr.
The standard loop round Queensmere Lake needed to be got rid of because of engineering paintings, which minimize a complete of 800 metres off of the standard two-lap route and the race used to be simply 6.8km.
The whole winner of the race used to be Surrey Masters 1500m runner-up Wimbledon Windmiler and M40 David Sharman, who loved his greatest win so far in a time of 24:57.
On the other hand, Sharman isn’t a member of VAC so their general champion used to be runner-up Wealthy Berry who had most effective been 8th general in his earlier look in 2023. Fellow M50 Craig Jackson used to be 3rd to complete after which there used to be a large hole to a succession of age-group winners.
M35 Eric Dol, M60 Mark Tennyson, M55 Muhamud Haile and M45 Martin Edwards finished the highest seven as all of them received VAC titles.
Tennyson, the South of Thames champion in his age organization, used to be the pick out of the winners and the M60s simply produced essentially the most competition with 15 per-cent of the sphere.
8th house used to be Elms, the a couple of global record-holder, who used to be making her first look within the race since successful in 2012 and 2013. After beginning often, she proved too robust for the 25 year-younger Clapham Chasers’ Portuguese nationwide, Mariana Arques, who used to be half-a-minute down
3rd lady house and 2nd VAC used to be Elms’ predecessor as AW masters athlete of the yr Sue McDonald. The 2023 W55 International Masters 10km and half-marathon champion has but to overcome Elms at the nation however took W55 gold right here.
In older age teams, new M65 Martin Leat narrowly defeated protecting champion and the 2023 British 5km champion Tony Pamphilon.
M75 winner Mike Mann, near to were given the easier of fellow England world and a couple of M80 record-breaker Peter Giles.
General (6.8km (VAC until said): 1 D Sharman (Wimb W/gst, M40) 24:57; 2 R Berry (M50) 25:27; 3 C Jackson (M50) 25:57; 4 E Dol (M35) 26:59; 5 M Tennyson (M60) 27:13; 6 M Haile (M55) 27:20; 7 M Edwards (M45) 27:39; 8 C Elms (W60) 27:43; 9 J Carrington (M45) 27:44; 10 M Marques (Clap C/gst, W35) 28:14
M45: 3 R Steeples (Coll/gst) 28:44
M50: 3 J Armstrong-Plieth 28:35
M60: 2 L Reilly 29:21; 3 D Haughey 30:16
M65: 1 M Leat 30:04; 2 T Pamphilon 30:13; 3 S Smythe 33:23
M70: 1 R Turner (THH/gst) 33:13; 2 D Coates (SCVAC/gst) 34:38; 3 V Pauzers 35:33
M75: 1 M Mann 36:29; 2 M Anglim (SWV/gst) 36:34; 3 D Maskell 41:59
M80: 1 P Giles 37:08; 2 P Newby (THH/gst) 43:29
Girls: 1 Elms (W60) 27:43; 2 Marques (W35) 28:14; 3 S McDonald (W55) 28:30; 4 L Hancock (Clap C/gst, W40) 29:04; 5 M Armstrong-Plieth (W40) 29:18; 6 V Dollar (W50) 29:26; 7 R Berry (W50) 29:34; 8 A Coomber (W50) 30:15; 9 N Richmond (W50) 30:30; 10 R Pickard (W45) 30:35
W45: 2 J Sinfield (Col/gst) 32:48
W55: 2 H Davies 34:12; 3 L Mill 36:51
W60: 2 L Woolhouse 31:17; 3 N Atkins 36:23
W65: 1 L Wilson 34:51; 2 M Davis (SCVAC/gst) 35:03; 3 J Quantrill 36:55
W70: 1 J Georghiou 40:57; 2 A Ross 46:12
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