Race Report January to March 2023

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ironbridge half

Sunday 26th March 2023

No Harriers were found in the results.

Wolverhampton 10k

Sunday 26th March 2023

Only one Harrier Sarah Aitkenhead 1:09:44

Knighton 20

Part of Challenge 2023

Sunday 19th March 2023

The race can be run solo or in a team of 3. I understand there were two teams of Harriers.

Deakin Dynamite:- Mel Deakin, Mark Deakin and Alan Jones

Bald Blonde and Ginger:- Jo Oliver, Mark Oliver and Amy Oliver

Solo results

Position	Name	Chiptime	Category	Category Position	Gender	Gender Position	PB
136	Ian Hodkinson	02:36:24	M50	16	m	104
180	Antonio Treglia	02:48:09	M40	28	m	130
198	Pete Chell	02:52:49	M50	21	m	140
221	Nitesh Thakrar	02:58:59	M60	10	m	154
252	Adam Lightfoot	03:08:53	M40	32	m	174
268	Marie Larivoire	03:17:18	FSEN	17	f	84
269	Ruth Edwards	03:17:20	F60	1	f	85	PB
288	Tom Davall	03:28:54	MSEN	53	m	192	PB

stafford half

Part of Challenge 2023

Sunday 12th March 2023

Results so far: — There are a number of people missing either the club was missing or people running in others places. — please email me at info@staffordharriers.co.uk

Chip Pos.	Bib No.	Name	Gender	Gender Pos.	Cat.	Cat. Pos.	Chip Time	PB
74	952	Mark Silvester	Male	73	MS	45	01:26:09
106	1210	Ashley Jones	Male	101	MS	64	01:28:46
129	969	Christopher Seale	Male	119	MS	75	01:29:35
133	1212	John Scott	Male	127	M50	13	01:29:54
139	1849	Richard Rea	Male	133	MS	81	01:30:20
147	1924	Liam Duggan	Male	139	M40	38	01:30:51
169	1184	Phillip Hilsdon	Male	158	M40	46	01:32:56
170	1185	Matthew Hilsdon	Male	159	MS	92	01:32:56
177	771	Pete Chell	Male	168	M50	24	01:33:29	PB
190	1320	Tony Burbidge	Male	180	M40	52	01:34:35
196	951	Rosie Silvester	Female	12	FS	4	01:35:15
219	1878	Robbie Gorman	Male	200	MS	112	01:36:26
256	1451	Ian Hodkinson	Male	280	M50	39	01:38:03
263	1107	Antonio Treglia	Male	237	M40	68	01:38:15
302	1376	Vasudevan Krishnan	Male	269	M40	75	01:39:20	PB
444	1850	Charlotte Mitchell	Female	50	F35	21	01:45:49
454	1472	Helen Richardson	Female	53	F35	23	01:46:04	PB
531	1113	Mark White	Male	476	M50	82	01:49:10
544	2071	Beth Cambidge	Female	64	FS	27	01:49:28
597	1675	Paul Bentham	Male	519	M50	93	01:50:41
614	417	Sarah DiCesare	Female	83	F35	31	01:51:27
689	2178	David Adams	Male	599	M40	177	01:53:51
733	1825	Sue Jones	Female	104	F45	19	01:54:44
741	1709	Caitlin Mills	Female	108	FS	46	01:54:55	PB
763	1672	Isabel McCloskey	Female	125			01:55:25
826	1548	Philip Oakley	Male	726	M50	141	01:57:18
851	1478	Scott Palmer	Male	691	M50	132	01:57:56
853	965	Marie Larivoire	Female	154	FS	63	01:58:00	PB
958	1776	Debbie McDermott	Female	186	F45	36	02:01:30
959	1045	Steve Babb	Male	780	M50	153	02:01:34	PB
999	1029	Elizabeth Stork	Female	209	FS	77	02:03:40	PB
1045	1824	Simon Groom	Male	831	M50	167	02:05:14
1114	1015	Kerri Delaney	Female	871			02:07:37
1123	1203	Ruth Edwards	Female	256			02:07:53
1133	1221	Tom Davall	Male	894	MS	410	02:08:24
1164	1671	Liz Austin	Female	269	F35	100	02:09:33
1192	1685	Karen Gretton	Female	279	F65	3	02:10:50
1210	1521	Jake Oliver	Male	928	MS	422	02:11:43
1211	1520	Amy Oliver	Female	281	FS	103	02:11:43
1293	1057	Claire Griffiths	Female	321	F35	116	02:15:03
1308	1827	Mark Jones	Male	950	M50	201	02:15:31
1456	1287	Sarah Gascoyne	Female	405	F45	86	02:23:37
1524	1625	Jo Espley	Female	444	F45	93	02:27:02
1626	906	Sarah Aitkenhead	Female	510	F35	200	02:36:07
1726	753	Sarah Gray	Female	566	F55	47	02:53:57

Cheadle spring 5

Part of the Challenge 2023

Sunday 5th March 2023

Pictures by Charlotte Mitchell

Pos	Name	Gender	Gender Pos	AG	AG Pos	Time	PB
10.	John Scott	M	10th	M50	1st	32:19
17.	Peter Chell	M	15th	M50	2nd	33:11
32.	Antonio Treglia	M	27th	M40	5th	35:56
49.	Charlotte Mitchell	F	7th	F40	3rd	39:33
51.	Paul Bentham	M	43rd	M50	10th	40:19	PB
60.	Dave Marsden	M	46th	M65	1st	42:06
62.	Sally Haycock	F	15th	F45	4th	42:24
76.	Debbie McDermott	F	23rd	F50	3rd	44:39
86.	Karen Murray	F	28th	F55	3rd	46:43
87.	Liz Austin	F	29th	F35	3rd	46:49
89.	Bryan Hynes	M	58th	M60	7th	47:21
92.	Sarah Gascoyne	F	33rd	F45	6th	47:57
94.	Jo Espley	F	34th	F45	7th	48:42	PB
102.	Graham Williams	M	63rd	M75	1st	52:22

Cloud 9 fell race

Part of the Challenge 2023

Sunday 5th March 2023

Pos	Name	M/F Pos	AG	AG Pos	Chip
130.	Ian Hodkinson	105th	M50	12th	1:22:47

florette fradley 10k

Sunday 5th March 2023

No Harriers found in the results

Eaton mess 10k

Saturday 4th March 2023

Cancelled for 2023

Walton Wobble 10K

Sunday 26th February 2023

Pos	First name	Last name	Gender	Gender Pos	Category	Cat pos	Time
23	Rosie	Silvester	Female	2	Ages 26-30	1 / 4	00:44:52
33	James	Bream	Male	29	Ages 36-40	6 / 15	00:47:20
85	Vasudevan	Krishnan	Male	59	Ages 41-45	10 / 11	00:58:02

Knype Poole 5

Sunday 26th February 2023

No Harriers took part

Carsington Half, 10K

25th and 26th February 2023

No Harriers took part

DIRTY DOZEN 12K Trail

Saturday 25th February 2023

Part of the Challenge 2023

Pos	Bib	first name	Surname	Gender	Chip
13	11	Ashley	Jones	M	1:04:1
21	180	John	Scott	M	1:06:2
116	271	Sue	Jones	F	1:25:5
149	253	Sally	Haycock	F	1:31:4

barcelona half

Sunday 19th February 2023

Race Report by Charlotte Mitchell

On Friday 17th February 2023 myself, Sue Jones and Sue’s husband Mark flew out to Barcelona along with a few other friends and family to run the Barcelona Half Marathon.

We stayed very close to the start and finish area in the beautiful H10 Marina hotel.

The first job was to attend the Runner’s Fair to collect our bib numbers, bags and t-shirts. This was an easy Metro ride away. It was open on Friday and Saturday and hosted several retail stands.

On Saturday we were able to have a leisurely day taking in all the sights of Barcelona. In the evening we all visited a lovely Italian restaurant to carb-load ready for race day!

The race took place at 8.30 am on Sunday 19th February 2023. The weather was perfect, as it was all weekend, blue skies and sunshine with temperatures getting up to about 16 degrees.

We believe race entries were up to 22,000 but 17,578 runners finished the race.

The organisation made the experience very easy. We started in colour-coded waves according to our predicted finish times. Although a little slow at the start it soon cleared so we could get into our stride. The course took us around some beautiful Spanish architecture. There was plenty of support the whole way round the course with several bands playing uplifting music to keep us going! The final few miles took us along the pretty coastline before finishing where we had started to crowds cheering us in. The course was fast and flat which meant several picked up PB’s!

This race is great for spectators as well as runners. There were plenty of places to watch from and it was very easy to move around the course during the race. The atmosphere was so much fun.

We were rewarded with our medals, a commemorative Barcelona coin as well as refreshments.

After enjoying a few drinks in the hotel bar after the race we all headed out to explore Barcelona some more before we flew home the following Monday.

We all felt it has given us the taste to want to enter another international race next year as the experience was so much fun.

We would really encourage anyone who fancies an international race to consider Barcelona Half Marathon. No doubt we’ll be back at some point to tackle those Spanish streets once more!

Charlotte Mitchell, Sue Jones and her husband Mark ran the Barcelona Half Marathon in 1:44:46 (PB), 1:54:41 and 2:27:20 respectively.

RUGELEY 10 Miler

Sunday 19th February 2023

Part of the Challenge 2023

Pos	First name	Last name	Gender	Gender Pos	Category	Cat pos	Time	PB
27	Mark	Silvester	Male	27	Ages 30 – 34	7 / 22	01:06:34
28	Ashley	Jones	Male	28	Ages 25 – 29	4 / 10	01:06:50
44	Richard	Rea	Male	43	Ages 35 – 39	8 / 23	01:08:46
60	Christopher	Seale	Male	57	Ages 35 – 39	14 / 23	01:11:32
66	Pete	Chell	Male	62	Ages 50 – 54	9 / 34	01:12:29
67	Robert	Mitchell	Male	63	Ages 40 – 44	6 / 19	01:12:29
70	Adam	Lightfoot	Male	66	Ages 40 – 44	7 / 19	01:12:54
75	Rosie	Silvester	Female	5	Ages 30 – 34	1 / 11	01:13:45	PB
76	Liam	Duggan	Male	71	Ages 40 – 44	8 / 19	01:14:01
82	Iain	Stamp	Male	76	Ages 40 – 44	9 / 19	01:15:25
85	Antonio	Treglia	Male	77	Ages 40 – 44	10 / 19	01:16:20
86	Rhys	Mcdowell	Male	78	Ages 30 – 34	16 / 22	01:16:22
90	Ian Charles	Hodkinson	Male	80	Ages 50 – 54	11 / 34	01:16:40
99	Nitesh	Thakrar	Male	87	Ages 60 – 64	5 / 11	01:17:38
112	Vanessa	Welham	Female	17	Ages 30 – 34	4 / 11	01:20:05	PB
155	Alan	Jones	Male	125	Ages 55 – 59	10 / 16	01:28:58
159	Chris	Skellern	Female	32	Ages 60 – 64	2 / 8	01:29:37
170	Mark	Oliver	Male	136	Ages 50 – 54	24 / 34	01:31:31
186	Sally	Haycock	Female	44	Ages 45 – 49	6 / 21	01:33:43
187	John	Scott	Male	143	Ages 50 – 54	26 / 34	01:33:43
217	Amy	Oliver	Female	63	Ages 18 – 24	3 / 4	01:38:46
218	Jake	Oliver	Male	155	Ages 18 – 24	2 / 2	01:38:46
231	John	Finney	Male	161	Ages 75 – 79	2 / 3	01:43:12
243	Sarah	Gascoyne	Female	79	Ages 45 – 49	16/21	01:47:26
244	Graham	Williams	Male	165	Ages 75 – 79	3 / 3	01:47:49
246	Jo	Espley	Female	81	Ages 45 – 49	18 / 21	01:48:24
284	Sarah	Gray	Female	112	Ages 60 – 64	7 / 8	02:08:13

Additional photos by Karen Murray

harriers practice half

12th February 2023

36 runners took part in this year’s practice.

We had three different routes

One returning from Birkdale Drive at 12.5km (7.8miles) via Tixal Road
One returning Sandon Road at 18.2km (11.3miles) via the Isabel Trail
The other full 21km (13.1 miles) distance.

Many thanks to Val and Sam for helping with the water stations. Pictures below of the runners (sorry Ian Hodkinson you got missed from the group picture )

Alsager 5

5th February 2023

Part of the Challenge 2023

Pos	Name	Chiptime	Category	Cat Pos	Gender	Gender Pos	PB
135	Mark Silvester	00:31:01	MSEN	62	m	117
169	Christopher Seale	00:32:16	MSEN	74	m	143
177	Peter Chell	00:32:27	M50	11	m	151	PB
179	John Scott	00:32:27	M50	13	m	153
225	Michael Dobson	00:33:45	M55	13	m	189
265	Rosie Silvester	00:34:59	FSEN	21	f	48
312	Vanessa Welham	00:36:20	FSEN	31	f	67	PB
321	Jake Oliver	00:36:35	MSEN	117	m	250
331	Antonio Treglia	00:36:57	M40	42	m	258
341	Ian Hodkinson	00:36:58	M50	32	m	266
417	Charlotte Mitchell	00:38:41	F40	13	f	99	PB
464	Dave Marsden	00:39:51	M65	4	m	346
472	Chris Skellern	00:40:20	F60	2	f	120
492	Paul Bentham	00:40:56			m	367	PB
618	Sally Haycock	00:43:22	F45	28	f	177
627	Melonie Deakin	00:43:42	F50	12	f	180
634	Kerri Delaney	00:43:59	FSEN	55	f	181
662	Elizabeth Stork	00:44:35	FSEN	57	f	195	PB
728	Liz Austin	00:46:29	F35	42	f	237
736	John Finney	00:46:46	M75	3	m	495
863	Graham Williams	00:50:34	M75	4	m	544
868	Jo Espley	00:50:51	F45	54	f	323
956	Sarah Gray	00:57:09	F60	18	f	390

Midland XC Championship

29th January 2023

Pos	Name	Bib	Gun time
312	Daniel Findlay-Robinson	2362	00:53:35
290	Rhys McDowell	2364	00:50:49
252	Michael Dobson	2361	00:47:55
250	Justin Green	2363	00:47:38

Cannock chase trig point race

8th January 2023

Pos	Name	Cat	Time
46	Christopher Seale	MSEN	02:19:04
52	Ian Hodkinson	M50	02:21:45
76	Mark Silvester	MSEN	02:32:08
82	Rosie Silvester	WSEN	02:38:35
108	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	02:52:35

Bare wrist 5 mile race

New Year’s Day

In memory of Vernon Olivant and Mike Jones.

All profits will go to Katharine House Hospice.

Thank you to the runners for raising money for Katharine House Hospice. Thank you to the marshalls for standing in the rain and hail. Thank you to the timekeepers tracking people when their numbers fell off (due to the rain). Many thanks to Ian Hodkinson for the organisation.

The winner of this race isn’t the first across the line, but the person that predicts their race time the closest.

Pos	First Name	Surname	Club	Predict Time	Act Time	Difference	Status
1	Suzanne	Brotherhood	Stafford Harriers	00:48:00	00:47:58	00:00:02	TOO FAST
2	Ruth	Umerah	Stafford Harriers	00:38:33	00:38:37	00:00:04	TOO SLOW
3	Rosie	Silvester	Stafford Harriers	00:37:15	00:37:20	00:00:05	TOO SLOW
4	Kevin	Uzzell	Stone Master Marathoners	00:41:14	00:41:05	00:00:09	TOO FAST
5	Sam	Mensing	Cannock and Stafford AC	00:45:22	00:45:11	00:00:11	TOO FAST
6	Rachel	Kitson	TB Triathlon	00:37:35	00:37:21	00:00:14	TOO FAST
7	Ruth	Edwards	Stafford Harriers	00:47:05	00:46:50	00:00:15	TOO FAST
8	Alan	Jones	Stafford Harriers	00:41:19	00:41:48	00:00:29	TOO SLOW
9	Jamie	Sircom	Halesowen A&CC	00:41:41	00:42:11	00:00:30	TOO SLOW
10	Ben	Gamble	Tipton Harriers	00:29:15	00:28:44	00:00:31	TOO FAST
11	Pam	Davies	Stone Master Marathoners	00:47:30	00:48:02	00:00:32	TOO SLOW
12	Lee	Edgington	RBR	00:41:15	00:41:48	00:00:33	TOO SLOW
13	Joanne	Oliver	Stafford Harriers	00:46:15	00:46:49	00:00:34	TOO SLOW
14	Nitesh	Thakrar	Stafford Harriers	00:37:21	00:36:37	00:00:44	TOO FAST
15	Mark	Bentley	Stafford Harriers	00:47:00	00:46:10	00:00:50	TOO FAST
16	Alan	Jeavans	Unattached	00:41:23	00:42:17	00:00:54	TOO SLOW
17	John	Scott	Stafford Harriers	00:33:30	00:32:28	00:01:02	TOO FAST
18	Richard	Rea	Stafford Harriers	00:33:45	00:32:35	00:01:10	TOO FAST
19	Steve	Parker	Stone Master Marathoners	00:42:10	00:40:57	00:01:13	TOO FAST
20	Nikki	Towel	Stone Master Marathoners	00:44:10	00:42:50	00:01:20	TOO FAST
21	Anne	Tilley	Unattached	00:48:50	00:47:29	00:01:21	TOO FAST
22	Pete	Chell	Stafford Harriers	00:35:00	00:33:36	00:01:24	TOO FAST
23	Claire	Evans	Vegan Runners	00:43:37	00:42:05	00:01:32	TOO FAST
24	Joseph	Jordan	Unattached	00:49:17	00:47:38	00:01:39	TOO FAST
25	Karen	Gretton	Stafford Harriers	00:48:42	00:50:49	00:02:07	TOO SLOW
26	Sue	Jones	Stafford Harriers	00:44:24	00:42:14	00:02:10	TOO FAST
27	Antonio	Treglia	Stafford Harriers	00:42:30	00:40:12	00:02:18	TOO FAST
27	Georgia	Slater	RBR	00:51:45	00:49:27	00:02:18	TOO FAST
27	saffron	Latham	Stafford Harriers	00:42:30	00:40:12	00:02:18	TOO FAST
27	Charlotte	Ward	Stafford Harriers	00:49:52	00:52:10	00:02:18	TOO SLOW
31	Angeie	Mensing	Stone Master Marathoners	00:40:00	00:37:40	00:02:20	TOO FAST
32	Paul	Bentham	Stafford Harriers	00:45:20	00:42:54	00:02:26	TOO FAST
33	Sally	Haycock	Stafford Harriers	00:45:10	00:42:32	00:02:38	TOO FAST
34	Robert	Mitchell	Stafford Harriers	00:42:00	00:39:21	00:02:39	TOO FAST
35	Ellie	Morrin	Unattached	00:53:58	00:50:59	00:02:59	TOO FAST
36	Nicky	Barmby	Unattached	00:38:55	00:35:49	00:03:06	TOO FAST
37	Richard	Morrin	Unattached	00:45:09	00:41:53	00:03:16	TOO FAST
38	Donna	Morrin	Rising Brook Runners	00:54:28	00:50:59	00:03:29	TOO FAST
39	Steve	Bunman	Cannock Chase Trail	00:56:18	00:52:48	00:03:30	TOO FAST
40	Paul	Hunt	Unattached	00:46:30	00:50:01	00:03:31	TOO SLOW
41	Tracey	Spivey	Stafford Tri Club	00:46:15	00:42:13	00:04:02	TOO FAST
42	Natalie	Boswell	Cannock and Stafford AC	00:38:17	00:33:09	00:05:08	TOO FAST
43	Terry	Titley	Unattached	00:48:22	00:43:07	00:05:15	TOO FAST
44	Sarah	Gascoyne	Stafford Harriers	00:55:00	00:48:58	00:06:02	TOO FAST
45	Brian	Rawlings	Stafford Harriers	00:45:37	00:38:22	00:07:15	TOO FAST
46	Lydia	Hobbins	Unattached	00:55:10	00:47:29	00:07:41	TOO FAST
47	Tayne	Cornelius	Unattached	00:38:20	00:47:41	00:09:21	TOO SLOW
48	Robert	Wilson	Unattached	00:55:00	00:43:31	00:11:29	TOO FAST
49	Phil	Roe	Unattached	01:00:00	00:48:05	00:11:55	TOO FAST
50	Stuart	Turner	Stafford Tri Club	00:55:05	00:40:03	00:15:02	TOO FAST
51	Louise	Wisdom	Unattached	01:03:42	00:48:09	00:15:33	TOO FAST