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October 2010 No 5
`This month I have basically kept the same formats as previously with the
diary of events for the next two months and extensive results digest. I
have also included what I hope will be instructive articles about a couple
of events, as well as a few short reports about competitions at which I
have been present (although sadly not competing). There is also a short
article about the Bob Graham Round and hopefully this will put Stuart
Williams’ magnificent achievement of successfully completing the Round
inside 24 hours, into perspective.
September was a successful month for BWFAC athletes, with some
excellent performances at the Auxiliary Final of the Young Athletes
League – note the number of PBs! There was success for the club at the
North West Relays with five Lancashire team medals. Also there was
success for individual members, with five being chosen to represent the
Manchester area in the UK School Games at Gateshead and four ladies
picked to compete for Lancashire Schools in the English Schools’ Intermediate and Senior Girls Heptathlon at Stoke. And let’s not forget our
magnificent dozen at the Great North Run.
If anyone has an informative or interesting article that you think
would fit this publication, (if it is a very long piece it may be more relevant to the ‘News and Views’ section of this website) I would be pleased
to include it in a future issue. Up to now I have written everything and it
would be nice to have fresh views about local and national athletics.
Anything running related from athletes, coaches or supporters, even if
only loosely connected to athletics, would be gratefully accepted. As
well as longer pieces, I think this publication would be suitable vehicle
for any snippet or brief comment. For instance a coach might like give
some advice or someone might like to share an athletic experience and if
anyone has an amusing anecdote, I’m sure everyone would enjoy a
smile. As with the Message Board, no illegal, threatening, obscene, racist
or libellous material will be accepted. Also I would welcome any comments or suggestions for improvements to the content or layout of
‘Wyldefyre’. Contact: [email protected]
FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Club Champ races are marked with asterisks; YAL stands for Young Athletes
League; BAL stands for British Athletic League; XC stands for Cross Country.
N’thern 4/6 Stage Relays, Wythenshawe Pk, M/c
02/10/10
Commonwealth Games Athletic Comp, Delhi
06 to 14/10/10
Northern Cross Country Relay, Sheffield
09/10/10
Gin Pit 5 Trail Run, Tyldesley
10/10/10
National 4/6 Stage Relay Champs, Sutton Park,
16/10/10
Young Athletes Relay Champs, Sutton Park, B’ham 17/10/10
Bluespot Schools Sport Partnership & BWFAC XC
17/10/10
*Green Drive 5
17/10/10
Red Rose XC League, Hyndburn
23/10/10
*Mid Lancs XC, College Grounds, Barrow
30/10/10
English National XC Relay, Mansfield
06/11/10
Presentation Evening, De Vere Hotel
06/11/10
Mid-Lancs XC League, Witton Park, Blackburn
13/11/10
McCain Gateshead Cross Challenge
13/11/10
Schools XC Cup Regional Round
13/11/10
Bluespot Schools Sport Partnership & BWFAC XC
14/11/10
Northern Athletic Indoor Open, EIS Sheffield
20/11/10
Red Rose XC League, Rossendale (Marl Pitts)
20/11/10
Preston 10, Hutton
21/11/10
Sportshall, Blackpool Sports Centre
21/11/10
*McCain Liverpool Cross Challenge & Mid-Lancs XC 27/11/10
Wesham 10K
27/11/10
The Best 5K, Preston
28/11/10
Northern Athletic 10 mile Road Champs, Thirsk
28/11/10
NEWS: ncr – new club record, since merger in 2006 and any record including records set under Blackpool & Fylde AC and North Fylde AC will be
marked CR; HJ - High Jump; L J - Long Jump; DT – Discus; SP – Shot; PV Pole Vault; H – Hurdles.
August’s Athletes of the Month were Lydia Critchley, chosen for winning the gold medal in the U17W 300m at the Northern T&F Champion-
ships and breaking the BWFAC U17W 800m record; and Stuart Williams
for completing the Bob Graham Round in 21h 46m. Also nominated was
Sophie Riley for her bronze medal in the 100m at the U15/U17 Championship.
Trafford AC Grand Prix Meeting: August 30th
U11B George Robinson 75m 12.1 PB, 150m 24.6 PB, 600m 4th 1:56.6 PB;
Jerome Jolly 150m 23.8, 600m 6th 1:56.6 PB, L J 2nd 3.61m; U11G Darcey
Lonsdale 75m 13.4, L J 2.30m; Jasmine Jolly 75m 12.1, 150m 24.8, L J 5th
3.18m; U13B Samuel Robinson 100m 15.6, 800m 3:57.0; Jake Lonsdale
800m 2:24.5 PB; U15G Katrina Kelly 100m 14.8 PB, SP 4th 8.06 PB, DT 2nd
17.07m.
*Red Rose Inter Club at Worden Park, Leyland: September 1st.
It was a warm still evening, perfect for running for the final Inter Club
race of the season. Red Rose gave all the runners a friendly welcome and
provided an interesting, scenic and well marshalled course, in and around
Worden Park. Inter clubs have been run for many years starting in the
Park and on the roads which encircle the park, but last year the route was
changed, I think on police advice, for safety reasons to avoid as much as
possible running on roads and utilized more of the trail paths through the
park. It is a few years since I have competed in this race and this was the
first time I ran this new course and I must compliment Red Rose on their
route construction. It was very enjoyable and cathartic running along the
woodland trails. After the race members of Red Rose provided an excellent buffet for the runners and supporters at the Fox & Lion Pub.
First home from Preston Harriers was Gary Pennington in 20:59. A total
of 164 runners competed, of which nine were guests. BWFAC results
were: Open squad 4th, Vet 40s 3rd, Vet 50s 3rd, Vet 60s 2nd and Ladies 2nd.
Our open, V40, V50, V60 and Lady teams were made up of the following
members: 5th & 2nd V40 21:14 Phil Leybourne; 12th & V40 22:26 John
Wright; 16th & 3rd JM 23:17 Luke Berry; 36th, 8th V50 & 1ST L 25:31 Carolyn
Robbins 40th & 9th V50 25:40 Peter Broome; 47th 26:23 Dave Brooks; 50th &
5th L 26:56 Stasia Bligh; 67th 45th V40 & 11th L 27:48 Andrea Smith; 69th &
46th V40 27:56 Dave Skinner; 72nd & 18th V50 28:14 Dave Dyson; 82nd & 3rd
V60 28:37 Reg Smallbone; 89th & 16th L 28:52 Morag O’Neill; 90th & 5th V60
28:58 Robert Newman; 91st & 17th L 29:04 Laura Lawler; 119th & 9th V60
31:50 John Winters. Other members competing: 77th 28:31 Michael
Golden; 81st 28:35 Tony Airnes; 89th 29:22 Chris Bligh; 92nd 29:28 Alison
Titterington; 96th 29:49 Karen Dunford; 109th 31:04 David Twizell; 110th
31:11 Nick Hume; 116th 32:05 Vicky Robinson; 118th 32:16 Bob Massey;
133rd 33:20 Tony Croft; 136th 33:50 Norman Greenwood; 144th 35:27 Ruth
Calderbank; 150th 39:07 David Wood. (Positions are in the Inter Club competition and exclude guest runners.)
This is the end of the Inter Club season and the final standing were:
Open: Preston 36, Wesham 27, BWF 26, LSARR 19, Red Rose 9, Chorley 9;
Women: BWF 35, Preston 27, Wesham 26, LSA 20, Red Rose 12, Chorley 6;
V40s: Preston 35, BWF 28, Wesham 27, LSA 18, Red Rose 10, Chorley 8;
V50s: Wesham 29, BWF 25, Preston 25, LSA 17, Red Rose 17, Chorley 7;
V60s: Wesham 36, BWF 28, Red Rose 23, Chorley 15, Preston 15, LSARR 9.
Sainsbury UK School Games at Gateshead: September 3rd & 4th.
Five members of BWFAC were chosen to represent Manchester in the
T&F section. In all there were eight sports represented: Judo, Swimming,
Table Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey
and Athletics. (There were also a competition in athletics, swimming and
table tennis for athletes with a disability). The event is organised somewhat like the Commonwealth Games, with teams from all parts of the
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, although the representative organization varied with each sport and in all there were 1600 competitors.
Teams for Athletics were arranged on a city basis, with squads from Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Gateshead, Glasgow, London and Manchester.
BWFAC athletes were Sophie Riley 200m 5th 25.65, Sophie was also on
the 2nd leg of the 4x100m relay, with the team coming 3rd in 48.32; Beth
Towers 80mH 4th 12.01; Loryn McCrudden PV =6th 2.70m; Lydia Critchley
was on 1st leg of the 4x300m relay, with the team coming 2nd behind London in 2:43.69; Omar Frederick SP 6th 13.12m.
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YAL Auxiliary Final at Sports City, Manchester: September 4th
My report about the day is in the News and Views section. Following
are the team and complete BWFAC individual results:
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1 Blackheath & Bromley H & AC 871.0, 2nd City of Stoke 751.0, 3rd Notts
AC 704.0, 4th Preston Harriers 671.0, 5th BWFAC 669.0, 6th Giffnock North
AC 663.0, 7th Reading AC 606.0, 8th City of Derry Spartans 351.5.
U13B: Dominic Lavelle ‘B’ 75mH 2nd 14.77 PB, ‘A’ LJ 5th 4.26m, ‘A’ HJ =4th
1.30m; Jamie Bamber ‘A’ 75mH 6th 15.46, ‘B’ LJ 2nd 4.13m; Josh Adey ‘B’
100m 5th 14.22 ‘B’ 200m 4th 28.83; Kieran Chell 6th 2:53.11; Louis Walker
‘A’ SP 7th 6.02m PB; Oliver Tomlinson ‘B’ HJ 5th 1.20m; Jake Lonsdale ‘A’
800m 2nd 2:27.43; Rory Anderson ‘A’ 100m 3rd 13.44, ’A’ 200m 4th 27.35 PB
ncr; Ben Anderson ‘A’ 1500m 4th 5:13.74 PB; Ciaran Johnson ‘B’ 5th 5:48.13,
‘B’ 6th 5.81m. U15B: Finn Walker ‘A’ 100m 7th 12.56, ‘A’ HJ 4th 1.60m =PV,
‘A’ PV 2nd 3.10m; David Jones ‘B’ LJ 3rd 4.57m, ‘B’ SP 5th 6.69m, ‘B’ PV 1st
2.20m; Ashley Hails ‘B’ 800m 8th 2:28.24, 80mH 8th 17.06; Jack Hails ‘B’
80mH ‘B’ HJ 8th 1.25m, ‘B’ DT 8th 11.36m; Jake Walley ‘A’ 1500m 4th
4:35.61, ‘A’ JT 8th 13.85m; Luis Blyth ‘A’ 200m 8th 26.50, ‘A’ 400m 4th 58.63,
‘A’ LJ 7th 4.98m; William Lockhart ‘B’ HT 7th 2.53m, ‘B’ HJ 1st 1.65m; Connor
McCormick ‘B’ 7th 100m 12.89, ‘B’ 200m 7th 26.28, ‘A’ HT 7th 8.28m; Ben
Everson ‘B’ 400m 57.29 PB, ‘A’ 800m 5th 2:08.88; Robbie Morris ‘A’ SP 7th
7.79m, ‘A’ DT 7th 18.18m, ‘B’ JT 8th 5.28m. U17M: Adam Snape ‘B’ PV 1st
2.60m =PV; ‘A’ HJ 1st 1.76m, ‘A’ TJ 1st 12.79m PV; Dominic Broughton ‘A’
100m 7th 12.05, ‘A’ 200m 6th 23.92, ‘A’ LJ 5th 5.75m; Matthew Walker ‘A’
100mH 6th 16.35 PB, ‘A’ JT 6th 23.40m PB, ‘A’ PV 2nd 3.40m; Luke Bateson
‘B’ 4th 12.05, ‘B’ 1500mSC 4th 6:15.09 PB, ‘B’ TJ 2nd 11.25m; Jamie Thomson
‘B’ HT 1st 23.71m, ‘B’ HT 3rd 24.55m, ‘B’ SP 2nd 9.09m; Ryan Eastaugh ‘B’
400m 7th 64.94, ‘B’ 800m 6th 2:44.42, ‘B’ 100mH 5th 21.07 PB; Daniel
Quarmby ‘A’ 800m 8th 2:20.62, ‘B’ JT 6th 13.21m PB; Peter Bridge ‘A’ HT 2nd
35.18m PB, ‘A’ 4th 28.81m, ‘A’ SP 2nd 12.67m; Adam Weightman ‘A’ 3000m
9:59.42; Robbie Lockhart ‘A’ 400m 6th 70.00; Oliver Hopkins ‘B’ 200m 1st
23.92 PB, ‘A’ 400m 2nd 51.55, ‘B’ LJ 1st 5.51m; Oliver Webster ‘A’ 1500m 6th
4:44 PB, ‘A’ 1500mSC 6th 5:18.81 PB. U13G: Amber Swinnerton ‘A’ 75m 6th
10.86, ‘A’ 150m 3rd 20.62 PB, ‘A’ 70mH 6th 12.79; Jordan Dixon ‘B’ 75m 4th
10.98, ‘B’ 150m 3rd 21.19 PB, ‘A’ LJ 4th 4.17m; Amelia Betmead ‘A’ 800m 5th
2:38.89; Jess O'Neill ‘B’ 800m 1st 2:41.13; Molly Gowland ‘B’ 70mH 7th
15.52; Fiona Hockey ‘B’ 1200m 1st 4:10.02 PB, ‘B’ LJ 3rd 3.96m, ‘B’ HJ 1st
1.35m =PB; Sophie Bateson SP 7th 4.99m; Beth Everson ‘A’ 1200m 5th
4:14.44, SP 6th 7.04m, ‘A’ HJ 1st 1.44m. U15G: Alicia Roylance ‘B’ 100m 5th
13.78 PB, ‘B’ PV 2nd 2.00m; Rachel Plant ‘A’ 200m 8th 28.66, ‘A’ HJ 5th
1.45m =PV, ‘B’ JT 5th 12.76m; Katrina Kelly ‘A’ 3rd 2.10m, ‘B’ SP 3rd 8.18m
PV, ‘A’ DT 4th 20.04m; Taegan O'Hara ‘A’ 100m 8th 13.92 PB, ‘A’ 75mH 2nd
12.25, ‘A’ LJ 4th 4.56m; Rebecca Todd ‘A’ SP 7th 8.41m PB, ‘B’ LJ 2nd 4.38m,
’B’ DT 5th 12.71m; Kayleigh Eccleston ‘B’ 75mH 6th 15.04 PB, JT 8th 15.15m;
Kate Lawler ‘B’ 200m 3rd 27.69 PB, ‘A’ 800m 4th 2:26.75 PB, ‘B’ HJ 6th
1.35m; Jodie Ferguson ‘A’ 1500m 3rd 5:06.44; Lucy Minns ‘B’ 800m 7th
2:43.32; Kelly Smith ‘B’ 1500m 6th 5:50.13. U17W: Samantha Smith ‘B’
200m 7th 28.97, ‘B’ 800m 1st 2:26.50, ‘B’ HJ =5th 1.35; Kassidy Knight ‘A’
100m 6th 13.17; Alicia Johnston ‘A’ 200m 3rd 26.71, ‘A’ 80mH 2nd 12.54 PB,
‘A’ JT 5th 20.92m; Lauren Burrell ’B’ 300m 3rd 44.88 PB, ‘A’ 800m 1st 2:20.73
PB; Bianca Pedersen ‘A’ 1500 1st 4:52.44, ‘A’ 3000m 10:25.18, Megan
Sweet ‘A’ HJ 7th 1.40m, ‘A’ LJ 7th 4.27m, ‘B’ TJ 4th 8.43m; Natasha Johnston
‘A’ 80mH 4th 15.60, ‘B’ LJ 4th 4.16m, ‘A’ TJ 6th 8.85m; Louise Harrison ‘B’
100m 7th 14.16, ‘A’ 300m 6th 49.23, ‘A’ 300mH 6th 54.67; Tanya Wright ‘A’
PV 1st 2.30m; Chloe Needham ‘B’ SP 4th 8.07m, HT ‘A’ 27.10m, ‘A’ DT 4th
27.66m; Katie Wood ‘A’ SP 4th 8.47m, ’B’ HT 25.82m, ‘B’ 2nd 25.21m; Lauren Gowland ‘B’ 3000m 1st 11:06.44; Maria Wynne ‘B’ 1500m 3rd 5:40.26.
Relays: 4x100m U13B Rory Anderson, Adey, Lavelle, Bamber 8th 54.03.
U15B Jones, Ashley & Jack Hails, Walker 8th 54.03; U17M Thompson,
Snape, Bateson, Broughton 7th 47.84; 4x400m U15B Blyth, McCormick,
Walley, Everson 5th 4:02.37; U17M Weightman, Hopkins, Quarmby, Lockhart 8th 4:15.75; 4x300m Burrell, Smith, Gowland, Harrison 3rd 3:05.51.
BAL Cup Final at Barnett, Copthall: September 4th.
We had teams in both the Men’s and Women’s competitions. Results:
Men: Crawley AC 1st 66, Luton AC 2nd 65, Thames Valley Harriers 3rd 65,
Bristol & West AC 4th 57, Swansea Harriers AC 5th 57, BWFAC 6th 49, Woking AC 7th 43, Tamworth AC 8th 19. 100m Nick Costello 5th 11.87; 200m
DNS; 400m Brent Starkie 1st 47.81 PB ncr; 800m Luke Minns 2nd 1:55.44;
3000m Jack Scarr DNF; 110mH Eddie Broome 21.48; Medley Relay 4th
2:30.62; TJ Jack Scarr 6th 10.29m; PV Declan O’Hara 1st 4.20m; JT Louis
Schofield 29.14m; HT Duncan Shaw 34.26m. Women: Exeter 1st 75, Rugby
& Northampton AC 2nd 73, Swansea Harriers AC 3rd 72, BWFAC 4th 64,
Herne Hill AC 5th 63, Southampton AC 6th 59; 100m Claudia Fidler 6th 13.97;
200m Katy Wyper 3rd 26.51; 400m Lucy Mansfield 61.92; 800m Laura
Deegan-Mountjoy 4th 2:22.21; 3000m Gemma Unsworth 1st 10:14.18;
100mH Katie Holder 5th 21.04; Relay 4th 3:07.7; TJ Laura Deegan-Mountjoy
5th 9.66m; PV Stacey Manning 3rd 2,40m; Katie Holder JT 5th 21.66; HT
Gemma Unsworth 6th 11.95. A full and entertaining report by Team Manager, Derek Newton, is in the New and Views section of this website.
Bristol Half Marathon: September 5th Stuart Robinson 23rd 1:09:48 PB.
First in 1:03:08 was Edwin Kipyeg of Kenya, with Shiferow Tewodros of
Shettlestone Harriers/Eritrea 2nd in 1:04:36. First Briton was Andy Vernon
in 3rd with 1:04:43 in 5th place with 1:05:20 was former member, Antony
Ford of Sale Harriers. 11,166 runners started the race.
Great Eccleston Scouts Fast 4: September 5th Alison Titterington 26th,
nd
2 F, 1st FV50 28:51; Liz Routledge 40th 8th F, 3rd FV45 33:53. There were
67 finishers led by Steve Littler of Wesham RR in 20:42.
Blackpool Illumination 10K: Sept 5th
David Williamson 21st 39:23; Uber Cirelli 49th 41:53; Derek Crane 91st
46:45; Norman Greenwood 202nd 55:25. There were 341 who finished the
race, won by Dave Mulvee of Herne Hill Harriers in 32:35.
BMC Gold Standard & Trafford Grand Prix: September 7th 200m U20W
Katie Holder 29.98, also JT 22.35m, SP 8.31m; 400m SM Alex Bale 51.17;
Simon Well 53.11; U20M Marcus Quarmby 52.69; U17M Daniel Quarmby
60.53; 1500m U15B Ben Everson 4:19.44;
September’s Handicap: On the 8th it was a warm, sunny and still evening and Georgia Routledge in her first Handicap was first home in 29.50,
2nd John Bradley 31.02; 3rd Colin Dyczka 32.36; 4th Stuart Johnson 25.39
PB; 5th Terry Bradshaw 25:46; 6th Dave Dyson 25:58; 7th Larry McGee
30:34; 8th Anthony Blight 27:14; 9th Phil Leybourne 19:46; 10th Steve
Browne 26:19; 11th Gary Johnston 24:28; 12th Karen Dunford; 13th David
Twizell 28:07; 14th Vicky Robinson 25.47; 15th Bob Massey 29:03; 16th Tony
Airnes 26:08; 17th Mike Golden 26:25; 18th Andrea Smith 26:01; 19th Ian
Close 27:51; 20th Michaela Dempsey 25:51; Pauline Lambert 37:05; Fliss
Cunningham 36:39; 23rd Reg Smallbone 28:40. A total of 23 finished. Tom
Cunningham also ran but took a wrong turn and so did not record a time.
Hodder Valley Fell Race: 7.5m/1500’, September 11th
Gary Johnston 13th 60:59; Dave Dyson 70th 79:01;
Autumn 5K at Stanley Park: September 12th
Sandwiched between bouts of windy and showery weather, it was a
sunny, if breezy day for the first running of this race. There were over 100
entries, with 91 completing the course. First home was Richard Shearer
(
MV40) of Southport Waterloo AC in 16:04 (pictured), 2nd Paul Mannion
(MV40) of Astley & Tyldesley RR in 16:36 and 3rd John Brown (MV45) of
Ronhill Cambuslang in 16:59. First lady was Charlotte Atkinson (FU17) of
Blackburn Harriers in 19:27 and overall 21st place.
BWFAC competitors finished as follows: Steve Waterhouse (MV40) 4th
17:10; Liam Craine 6th 17:40; Peter Broome (MV55) 22nd 19:38; Uber Cirelli
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25th 19:45; Lauren Gowland (FU17) 26th & 2nd L 19:47; Stasia Bligh 28th & 3rd
L 19:49; Steve Minto (MV55) 32nd 20:12; Molly Betmead (FU15) 37th & 5th L
20:50; Andrea Smith (FV40) 39th & 6th L 20:59; Terry Bradshaw (MV50) 40th
21:04; Stuart Johnson 41st 21:13; Michael Golden (MV55) 43rd 21:36; Derek
Crane (MV40) 46th 21:51; Robert Newman (MV65) 48th 22:01; Jeffery
Wright (MV50) 49th 22:02; Laura Lawler (FV40) 50th & 8th L 22:05; Dave
Dyson (MV55) 55th 22:27; Alison Titterington (FV50) 58th & 11th L; Peter
Gibson (MV55) 59th 22:54; Georgia Routledge (FU17) 61st & 12th L 23:14;
David Twizell (MV55) 23:17; John Winters (MV75) 65th 23:39; Katie Shaw
67th & 16th L; Stewart Shaw (MV40) 70th 24:48; Daniel Child (MV40) 71st
24:52; Larry McGee (MV55) 72nd 25:07; Norman Greenwood MV70) 74th
25:47; Jenny Ryan (FV55) 80th & 20th L 27:49. Southport Waterloo was 1st
Men’s team and BWFAC (Waterhouse, Craine & Broome) were 2nd. First
Lady’s team was BWFAC (Gowland, Bligh & Betmead).
Congratulations to Karen Dunford, Andrea Smith and Bob Massey for a
successful and well organised race.
Open Medals Meeting: September 12th
Following the start of the 5K, the T&F started. It was an opportunity for
many of our youngest athletes to compete and some of our older members to try and improve their PBs and possibly try a discipline outside their
normal comfort zone. There were many excellent performances. Among
the most interesting were the triple series of victories by little Jasmine
Jolly (results below); the 300m race involving Alicia Johnston and Sophie
Riley and an impressive 400m by Andy Stubbs, coming 4th in 59.0, which
ranks him first in the disability T45 rankings.
Following are some of the best performances by BWFAC athletes:
U9G: Jasmine Jolly 80m 1st 13.3 CR, 600m 1st 2:06.0 , L J 1st 3.34m CR;
Kirsty Rushton 80m 2nd 13.7; Darcy Lonsdale 600m 2nd 2:16.0 (unattached,
sister of Jake Lonsdale). U11B: Jerome Jolly L J 3rd 3.39m. U13B: Thomas
Matthews L J 1st 3.87m; Louis Walker SP 1st 6.30m PB. U13G: Amber Swinnerton 100m 2nd 13.8, L J 1st 4.24m; Jordan Dixon 200m 2nd 28.9, L J 3rd
4.14m; Jess O’Neill 200m 3rd 29.0; Amelia Betmead 800m 2nd 2:35.4; U15B:
Finn Walker 100m 1st 12.4, PV 2nd 3.20m; Connor McCormick 2nd 100m
12.7, 200m 2nd 25.9. Ashley Hails 800m 3rd 2:27.7, 80mH 2nd 16.9; Jack
Hails 80mH 1st 16.8; U15G: Kate Lawler 200m 3rd 27.5 PB, 800m 2nd 2:31.6;
Alisha Johnson 1500m 2nd 5:27.4; Taegan O’Hara 75mH 2nd 12.4; Katrina
Kelly SP 1st 8.00m, PV 2nd 2.20m PB; Rebecca Todd HT 1st 32.52m CR;
Alicia Roylance PV 2.00m. U17M: Daniel Quarmby 1500m 3rd 4:41.6; Matt
Walker 100mH 1st 16.4 PB, PV 3rd 3.50m; Peter Bridge SP 1st 13.06m, HT 1st
36.64 PB. U17W: Bethany Towers 100m 1st 12.8 =PB; Brittany Shaw 100m
3rd 13.1; Alicia Johnston 200m 2nd 26.3, 300m 1st 42.4, 80Mh 1st 12.6 PB;
Sophie Riley 300m 2nd 42.8; Sam Smith 800m 1st 2:33.5.
North West Relays: September 18th
It was a day of success for the ten BWFAC teams that made the journey
to Leigh, with the squad bringing back three gold and two silver team
medals. These relays were held at Leigh Sports Village, a splendid facility
just a mile from the centre of Leigh. Opened at the end of 2008, it features
an 11,000 capacity stadium used by Leigh Centurions Rugby Club and
Blackburn Rovers Reserves; a Sports Hall with a Health & Fitness centre
and 25 metre swimming pool and a 400 metre 8 lane running track. The
route of relay started on the running track and after a circuit, went onto
the paths and tree lined trails in and around the ‘Village’. It was a good
route, although there were a few sharp turns, which wasn’t to every runners liking and possibly there should have been more marshals, as several
runners from some clubs went astray. Typical of September it was a
showery day, but on the whole conditions were good for racing.
The first race was the U13G race over a one lap 2K course in which team
of Fiona Hockey, Lauren Quarmby and a smiling Molly Scarr won the Lancashire Silver Medal. Kieran Chell was the lone U13B representative and
ran the first leg in 8:15.
The U15G race was over a one lap 3K course and the ‘A’ team of Imogen
Pierce, Alisha Johnson and Molly Betmead was 4th overall and won the
Lancashire Gold Medal. The ‘B’ team was Alex Quarmby, Ashleigh Reid
and Lucy Minns. There were no U15B or U17W BWFAC competitors.
The U17M and Senior Lady’s races were run together over 4K, each leg
being over two laps of the 2K course. In the U17M race, Daniel Quarmby
competed and ran the first leg. Unfortunately Dan was the only member
of the team and wisely did not take up my whimsical suggestion that he
should run all three legs.
In the Senior Lady’s competition both ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams were medallists,
with the team of Stasia Bligh, Gemma Unsworth and Carolyn Robbins
finishing fourth North West team and first Lancashire team. The ‘B’ team
of Laura Deegan-Mountjoy, Andrea Smith and Nicola Rowley were Silver
Medallists in Lancashire. The ‘C’ team was Bev Wright, Karen Dunford and
Liz Routledge. LSARR had two teams, with one finishing third Lancashire
team and Wesham had one team. (Full results of female and U17M at the
time of writing were not yet available.)
The final race of the day was the Senior Men’s race and this was over a
two lap course of 4600 metres. The ‘A’ Team was led out by Stuart Robinson. Stuart is in heavy training for the Dublin Marathon at the end of
October, running over 100 miles a week. However despite or possibly in
spite of it, he appears not to have lost any of his road speed, as he led the
race at the end of the first leg, not only just the Lancashire teams, but also
the rest of the North West teams, with 14:35. Over all the legs Stuart was
5th fastest in the North West and fastest in Lancashire AA area. The best
leg was by David Norman of Altrincham with 14:25. Jack Scarr followed
Stuart with 15:24, on the third leg Luke Minns ran 15:06 and Luke Berry
anchored the team home with 16:35 to a team time of 1:01:40. Although
the team fell back to seventh North West team, they maintained the lead
in the Lancashire competition. The second team was Rossendale Harriers
& AC in 1:02:54 and third was Blackburn Harriers & AC in 1:04:09.
Our ‘B’ team of Marcus Quarmby (16:57), Chris Lloyd (16:59), Stuart
Johnson (19:49) and Terry Bradshaw (19:48) finished in 7th place with a
team time of 1:13:33. Before his run Chris wondered if he might have lost
some his speed as he had been helping Stuart Williams with his preparation for the Bob Graham Round (see page 4) and also with the actual run.
With this extensive spell mountain running, his legs are like tree trunks,
but judging by his run he needn’t have worried. The ‘C’ team of Jeff
Wright (19:46), Derek Crane (19:56), Bob Massey (22:02) and John Winters
(22:55) were 12th with 1:24:39. Team ‘D’ of Nick Hume (21:05), Dave
Dyson (20:15), Peter Gibson (21:39) and Norman Greenwood (23:43) were
14th in 1:26:42.
Lytham St Annes RR had two teams which finished 4th in 1:08:35 and 8th
in 1:15:29. Wesham fielded three teams, which finished 5th with 1:09:03,
6th with 1:12:45 and 13th with 1:26:19. The first and third teams in the
North West, Salford Harriers (59:44) and Altrincham (1:00:33), were from
Greater Manchester AA area. The second team was Liverpool Harriers
(1:00:01) from Merseyside AA area and the fourth team was Warrington
(1:00:48) from Cheshire County area.
Liverpool Harriers Throws and Jumps at Wavertree: September 18th.
Katrina Kelly U15G SP 4th 7.97m, PV 2nd 2.10m; Chloe Needham HT 5th
21.09m, DT 3rd 26.75m; Peter Bridge HT 3rd 37.05m PB, SP 2nd 12.65m, DT
3rd 30.20m; Duncan Shaw HT 5th 38.03m, SP 2nd 10.01m, DT 2nd 21.22m.
English Schools’ Combined Championships at Stoke: Sept. 18th & 19th
Intermediate Girls Heptathlon: Beth Towers was 12th with 3993 pts: 80mH
11.77 - 831pts, HJ 1.39m - 502pts, SP 7.68m - 379pts, 200m 26.83 - 726pts,
L J 5.02 - 565pts, JT 20.01m - 289pts, 800m 2:29.39 - 701pts; Alicia Johnston was 20th with 3733 points: 80mH 12.81 - 697pts, HJ 1.48m - 599pts, SP
6.59m - 309pts, 200m 26.81 - 728pts, L J 4.59m - 451pts, JT 18.05m 253pts, 800m 2:29.78 - 696pts; also in the Lancs squad were Micaela Brindle of Wigan & District AC (3rd & 4463 pts) and Helena Leathley of Pendle
AC (27th & 3563 pts). Lancashire finished 2nd with 12189 points.
Senior Girls Heptathlon: Natasha Butler was 18th with 2982 pts: 100mH
19.81 - 318pts, HJ 1.52m - 644pts, SP 7.17m - 346pts, 200m 29.98 - 556pts,
L J 4.26m - 413pts, JT 24.26m - 368pts, 800m 2:44.89 - 518pts; Katie
Holder was 20th with 2828 pts: 100mH 20.32 - 276pts, HJ 1.40m - 512pts,
SP 8.83m - 453pts, 200m 29.18 - 541pts, L J 4.04 - 317pts, JT 21.26 312pts, 800m 2:54.56 - 417pts; also in the Lancs squad was Hannah Lupton
of Preston Harriers AC (9th & 4099 pts). Lancs finished 3nd with 9909
points.
WYLDEFYRE
October 2010 No 5
Garstang Half Marathon: September 19th.
The course was shortened to 11.75 miles because of flooding. The winner was Gary Pennington of Preston Harriers in 1:03:37 and a total of 198
runners competed. BWFAC runners were Uber Cirelli 39th 1:19:29; Dave
Brooks 59th 1:24:28; Robert Newman 98th & 1st MV65 1:32:44.
The 30th Great North Run: September 19th.
At the front end Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia won the race in 59:33 and
his fellow countrywoman, Berhane Adere was winner of the Women’s elite
race in 68:49. In the Wheelchair races, David Weir won the Men’s race in
44:49 and Shelly Woods, who was a Blackpool & Fylde AC member. BWFAC
members among the 39,000 runners who finished: Liam Craine 174th
1:23:11 PB; David Cairns 268th 1:25:41; David Williamson 269st 1:25:41; Abi
Lucas 1541st 1:36:32 PB; Dave Robson 2401st 1:40:07; Laura Lawler 4143rd
54th FV40 1:45.28 PB; Vicky Robinson 8430th 1:54:48; David Twizell 8586th
1:55:03; Jeffrey Wright 8586th 1:59:12; Dan Child 12716th 2:08:09; Andrew
Dickman 25315th 2:23:34; Susannah Cawley 28649th 2:30:23; 28656th
2:30:24. Junior Great North (3 miles) Eleanor Greenhalgh U17W 46th 22:21.
*Run Preston 10K: September 26th 639 runners finished the race, won
by Garry Pennington of Preston Harriers. BWFAC competitors: Steve
Waterhouse 35:29; Uber Cirelli 42nd 39:22;Mike Golden 44:13; Bob Newman 136, 1st MV65 45:39; Laura Lawler 158th 3rd FV35 46:32.
Preston/Workplace Challenge 5K: 312 finished. 1st Kristian Bibby 16:09
Luke Berry 18:00; Tony Codling 9th 1st MV45 18:35; Mike Golden 23:18
Howard Henshaw 176th 2nd MV70 29:29.
Swinton 10 Mile Road Race: Tanya Ashworth 126th 10th FV35 1:20:16.
Open Medal Meeting: September 26th
Although it was a cool start, it was a beautiful autumn day with wall to
wall sunshine. Initially there was a stiff northerly breeze, however later on
it seemed to moderate and turn more westerly. As at the previous open
meeting two weeks ago, Jasmine Jolly was again a star turn winning three
gold medals. There many good performance by a host of BWFAC athletes
both senior and especially junior, however to include all the results in this
Newsletter would be impractical and I have restricted results of BWFAC to
those who came in the first three and apologies to those members who
had PBs. Full results are available on this website.
There was one unusual occurrence on the U9B’s Long Jump. The first
two boys’ longest jumps were both 2.97m for Luke Suarez (unattached)
and Jack Curtis of Barrow & Furness Striders. The rules specify that the
next longest jump should count, but here both had the same length jump.
So it was then down to the third jump and here Jack’s 3rd effort was a nojump and as Luke’s was a valid jump, Luke was judged the winner.
U9G: Jasmine Jolly 80m 1st 13:1 CR PB, 600m 1st 2:04.0 PB, L J 1st 3.21m;
Darcey Lonsdale 600m 2:15.7 PB. 13B: Rory Anderson 200m 1st 27.4 ncr
PB; Joshua Adey 3rd 28:4 PB; Dom Lavelle L J 3rd 4:02, HJ 1st 1:35; Amber
Swinnerton 100m =2nd 14.0, L J 2nd 4.24m; Ellie Gibson 1500m 3rd 6:01.4;
Fiona Hockey HJ 3rd 1.40m; U15B: Ashley Hails 800m 3rd 2:22.3 PB; U15G:
Jodie Ferguson 1500m 5:08.6; Katrina Kelly DT 2nd 20.68; Daniel Quarmby
800m 3rd 2;17.2; Peter Bridge 2nd 34.76m PB. U17W: Bethany Towers
100m 1st 12.8 =PB, HJ 2nd 1.43m; Kassidy Knight 100m 3rd 12.90m; Chloe
Needham 2nd 31.51m; U17M: Marcus Quarmby 800m 2:01.9; SM: Duncan
Shaw JT 33.30m PB;
The Bob Graham Round:
Last month Stuart Williams completed the circuit in 21 hours and 46
minutes and wrote a fascinating report of his memorable day, which can
be viewed in the News and Views section. To complement his story, here
is a description of the route and brief history of this magnificent challenge.
Stuart followed in the footsteps of over 1500 intrepid fell runners who
have been successful in finishing the route inside 24 hours. This elite
group also includes Peter Knott and Ali Welsh, who when they completed
their Rounds, were members of Blackpool & Fylde AC and North Fylde AC
respectively. Peter was the 241st person in 1982 to be successful and Ali
was the 1247th in 2005.
The route was traditionally said to be 72 miles long over 42 peaks, with
a cumulative height of 27,000 feet. However with the onset of GPS, the
distance can be more accurately calculated and the distance is now ac-
cepted to be between 65 and 66 miles, with a total elevation of 26,000
feet, but as the Bob Graham website says: “Whatever the correct mileage
figure, when completed with 42 peaks and all that ascent and descent, it
is still a long way!” The route can be completed clockwise or anticlockwise. If taken clockwise the route starting at the Moot Hall goes over
the following peaks: starting at the Moot Hall in Keswick, the circuit goes
up Skiddaw, Great Calva, Blencathra, Clough Head, Great Dodd, Watson’s
Dodd, Skybarrow Dodd, Raise, Whiteside, Lower Man, Helvellyn, Nethermost Pike, Dollywagon Pike, Fairfield, Seat Sandal, Steel Fell, Calf Crag,
High Raise, Seargeant Man, Thunscar Knott, Harrison Stickle, Pike
O’Stickle, Rossett Pike, Bowfell, Esk Pike, Great End, Ill Crag, Broad Crag,
Scafell Pike, Scafell, Yewbarrow, Red Pike, Steeple, Pillar, Kirk Fell, Great
Gable, Green Gable, Brandreth, Grey Knotts, Dale Head, Hindscarth, Robinson and finally back to the Moot Hall. Phew, I feel exhausted thinking
about the route!
Bob Graham, who was running a guest house in Keswick at the time,
first completed the route that bears his name in 1932. Although there
were several attempts in the intervening years, the second successful
circuit was not until 1960. This was by Alan Heaton of Clayton-le-Moors
Harriers, who completed the route in 22 hours and 18 minutes. Up to the
end of 2009 there had been 1529 successful attempts. The fastest circuit
completed in 1982 was by ‘King’ Billy Bland, who ran it in an amazing 13
hours and 53 minutes. The first successful lady was Jean Davies during
1977. Among other legendary fell runners who have been successful are
‘Iron’ Joss Naylor, Bill Smith, author of ‘Stud Marks on the Summits’,
Wendy Dodds, Helene Diamantides, Yiannis Tridimas of Bowland Fell Runners and Richard Askwith, author of ‘Feet in the Clouds’.
In addition several have done extended circuits, including Joss Naylor,
who ran 72 peaks in 24 hours. The record number of peaks in 24 hours is
77, held by Mark Hartnell. Both Wales and Scotland have their own classic
circuits. In Snowdonia, Wales it is the Paddy Buckley Round; a route of 47
peaks including Snowdon, 61 miles and a total height of 28,000 feet. Starting and finishing at Glen Nevis Youth Hostel, the Scottish circuit is the
Ramsey Round and this is 47 miles in length, taking in 24 summits including Ben Nevis, with a total climb of 28,500 feet. Now Stuart, there’s a few
challenges for you to consider!
Good Wishes:
Everyone, I am sure will join ‘Wyldefyre’ in wishing one of our road
running members, Ivor Cooke a speedy recovery after a recent operation.
Also our thoughts are with our other athletes who are ill or injured - some
who come to mind are Tash Gardner, and Malc Eadie, to name two, but I
am sure there are other members with fitness concerns – and we wish
them all a speedy return to training and competition.
WIDER NEWS:
Blackburn Harriers & AC are 100 years old this year and will be holding a
dinner at Ewood Park to celebrate the anniversary on October 15th. Paul
Dickinson, the BBC commentator is the guest speaker. Blackburn Harriers
was established in 1910, but as a club really developed after the Second
World War when the present Club President, George Kirby coached pupils
at Pleckgate School on a 330 yard track and fed them into the Harriers
squad. The club headquarters moved to the Witton Park track after it
opened in 1958. Next year a new eight line track is to be laid, a new 400
seat stand and 60 metre indoor track built at Witton Park.
This year also marked the 25th anniversary of our nearby club, Wesham
Road Runners. We wish both clubs continued success in the future.
Commonwealth Games:
This month this event starts in Delhi and after all the traumas about
unfinished accommodation, health concerns and security worries let’s
hope the competition is exciting and thrilling, but always played in a
sportsman and friendly manner.