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Harriers 5K Time Trial

29th June 2022

The third of the summer Time Trial was held at Castlefields on Wednesday night! Well done to everyone that ran in the event – how did your time compare to the previous one? Thanks to those who helped out with the timing, recording of results and marshalling.

First Name	Surname	27-Apr-22	25-May-22	29-Jun-22
Lucas	Willson	16:38 (18:03)	18:31	17:59
Phil	Hilsdon	17:08 (18:40)	18:56	19:06
Liam	Duggan	–	–	19:34
Matthew	Hilsdon	17:23 (18:56)	19:40	19:38
Jason	Littlewood	–	21:16	19:58
Roxanne	Clark	–	–	24:30
Darren	Mattocks	–	–	25:27
Gemma	Wingate-Bishop	–	26:27	25:36
Kerry	Delaney	–	–	30:06
Peter	French	–	–	38:53
		4.59KM (5KM)	5KM	5KM

 

Stone St Michael 10K

26th June 2022

Pos	Name	M/F	AG	NSRRA	Chip
52	Ashley Jones	43rd	29th		38:41
65	Christopher Seale	54th	33rd		39:38
82	Neil Summers	64th	8th		41:29
96	Pete Chell	74th	12th		43:10
103	Ian Hodkinson	80th	13th	E	43:24
129	Antonio Treglia	98th	15th		45:48
139	Robert Mitchell	107th	16th		46:51
161	Romy Williamson	38th	15th		49:06
163	Alan Jones	124th	7th		49:31
169	Chris Skellern	42nd	1st	L	49:58
174	Tom Davall	132nd	54th	D	50:36
175	Charlotte Mitchell	43rd	10th		50:39
182	Paul Bentham	138th	21st		51:16
195	Melonie Deakin	51st	5th	M	52:30
241	Amy Oliver	70th	18th		59:42
280	Sarah Gray	92nd	6th		1:15:31

 

 

Gate Gallop

26th June 2022

Race Report by Leon Stringer

To Tamworth for this event which includes a Children’s Run, a Fun Run (4.4K) and a 10K. Race HQ was at Anker Valley Sports Centre with parking, changing and showers. The route is mainly on rural tracks across farmland so today this was hard mud. The scenery is very pleasant but don’t stop looking where you’re putting your feet or you could end up sprawled on the uneven ground. Between 1 and 2½ km the track is largely single file with thorn bushes making sure you don’t get ideas about overtaking.

Then you cross the River Anker and there’s a steady incline up to the halfway point and along the edge of North Warwickshire. At around 6 km you pass Statford farm which has a narrow-gauge railway – home to a few Bagnall’s locos – and you could hear train whistles as we passed. In the last few kilometres, there are a few stiles to clamber over slowing you up. It was a dry day with intermittent warm sunshine but a blustery wind, at one point you had a long run across a wheat field straight into this.

Well done to Adam on his first place in the Fun Run.

Fun Run (41 finishers)
1st Adam Lightfoot 19:46

10K (217 finishers)
59th Leon Stringer 48:04

POTTERS ARF MARATHON

12th June 2022

Chip Pos	Name	Gender	Gender Pos	Class	Class Pos	Chip Time
27	Richard Crump	Male	27	MO	14	1:24:07
565	Paul Bentham	Male	480	M50	50	2:04:44
736	Wendy Sears	Female	152	F60	3	2:15:54

 

WINCLE TROUT

11th June 2022

Photo by Tracy Haycock

Race Report Mel Deakin

The Wincle Trout is a race I’ve heard a lot about over the years but never got around to running it. It is a fell race which sounds quite challenging, and it sells out so quickly. This year, it is part of the Harriers Challenge, so I was determined to get a place. A friendly post on our Facebook page reminding other Harriers entries were open did the trick as others got places as well and we had a strong turnout.

The race is part of the Wincle village fete, so plenty of other things to look at and do whilst you wait to run or for spectators. It is technically a fell race, a first for me, I don’t know where an off-road race finishes and fell race starts (I’m sure google can assist if you want to know) but I expected it to be full of ups and downs. Conditions were good, dry, a little breezy but warm.

I hear the race rotates between three different start points year on year, I don’t know of any other race that does this, so another first. This year, we started just the far side of the fete field. The first part was through a field of long (ish) grass which reminded me of cross country on Stafford Common, dodging the cow pats. It wasn’t long before we hit a queue (yes a queue of stationary runners) waiting patiently to navigate a tight right turn towards the river. Another short run and we hit the (first) river crossing. All so far had been downhill. The river crossing was quite straightforward if you took your time, then across the valley and the inevitable start of the uphill sections. We hit a mix of terrain. I was glad I had worn my trail shoes, but they were soaking wet, and the Gore-Tex seemed to keep the water in rather than let them dry out and for a good time my feet were squelching. We ran alongside the river, passing lots of people out for a walk. The paths were uneven in lots of places and rather than focusing on where I was going, I was distracted by the beauty of the scenery and BOOM I tripped over. Minor grazes, I was soon up and back running.

The next landmark I can recall is Luds Church, an amazing path through the woods it looks like it is cut into the rocks. I don’t usually stop in a race to take photos, but on this occasion, I made an exception!

Onwards, to the top of the hill (or fell), what a view! Distracted again and BOOM I tripped over again! This time my knees were the worse for wear, blood dribbling down my legs. At least I had an excuse to walk!! Just a couple more photos then ran onwards. A mix of paths and trails, you had to keep your wits about you and look out for the flags that told you where to go, not every turn was marshalled. Thanks to Ruth and Tom who ran with me (thank you both very much), we kept on the correct path. At one point I chuckled at a sign that said walkers only! Through a wooded area that led back to the second river crossing, then upwards towards the finish and some Harriers screaming from the top of the hill which made it much easier to get uphill to the finish line!

Wow, what a race! Despite my grazed knees, I really enjoyed the race, and getting a trout at the end was a welcome change. It was very different to Westbridge 5 last weekend, fast and flat which is what I like or thought was my favourite. I came to this event to tick it off my list as done – so why do I want to do it again??? Well done to everyone who ran and supported, a great day.

 

Pos	Name	Category	Cat pos	Time
37	John Scott	M50	7	54:13
84	Jason Littlewood	M	25	1:01:31
85	Jake Oliver	M	26	1:01:36
141	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	12	1:07:23
149	Antonio Treglia	M40	39	1:08:47
168	Pete Chell	M50	35	1:10:58
247	Tom Davall	M	45	1:29:51
249	Ruth Edwards	W60	7	1:30:17
250	Melonie Deakin	W50	17	1:30:40
263	Amy Oliver	W	25	1:39:12
264	Joanne Oliver	W50	19	1:39:24
267	Sarah Gray	W60	9	1:48:19
268	Julie Nokes	W60	10	1:48:19

 

 

GNOSALL 10K

11th June 2022

Congratulations to Rosie for 1st Female.

OverallPos	GenderPos	Gender	CategPos	Category	Name	Chip time
25	1	Female	1	Ages 21-34	Rosie Silvester	00:50:47
148	37	Female	10	Ages 21-34	Elizabeth Stork	01:11:57
244	99	Female	26	Ages 40-44	Charlotte Ward	01:24:28

 

Westbridge 5

5th June 2022

Photo by Mel Deakin

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	AG	AG Pos	NSRRA	Chip
8	Ashley Jones	8th	M Sen	6th		30:21	PB
14	Mark Silvester	13th	M Sen	9th	B	30:54
19	John Scott	17th	M50	2nd		31:45	PB
27	Christopher Seale	23rd	M Sen	13th		32:34
31	Liam Duggan	26th	M Sen	14th		33:06
35	Rosie Silvester	6th	F Sen	5th		33:56
39	Peter Chell	33rd	M50	9th		34:24	PB
54	Mark Duddy	47th	M55	4th		35:53
64	Antonio Treglia	51st	M40	7th	C	36:55
80	Alan Jones	65th	M55	7th		39:10
85	Chris Skellern	20th	F55	2nd	L	39:59
88	Tom Davall	68th	M Sen	23rd	E	40:35	PB
92	Mark Deakin	71st	M60	7th		40:51
95	Melonie Deakin	22nd	F50	3rd	M	41:05
105	Sally Haycock	29th	F45	5th		42:11
126	John Finney	88th	M75	1st	F	45:21
175	Sarah Gray	67th	F60	6th		56:43

 

buxton half

29th May 2022

No Harriers took part.

Edinburgh Marathon

29th May 2022

Pos	Name	A/G Pos	Time
2301/8555	Nitesh Thakrar	35	3:48:09	PB

5KM Time Trial

25th May 2022

The second of the summer Time Trials were held at Castlefields on Wednesday night! Well done to everyone that ran in the event – how did your time compare to the previous one? Thanks to those who helped out with the timing, recording of results and marshalling

27th April the distance was 4.59KM the time in brackets has been adjusted to show the estimated time for 5KM

First Name	Surname	J/S	* 27-April-2022 *	25-May-22
Lucas	Willson	S	16:38 (18:03)	18:31
John	Grigg	S		18:43
Phil	Hilsdon	S	17:08 (18:40)	18:56
Matthew	Hilsdon	S	17:23 (18:56)	19:40
Jack	Heath	S	17:16 (18:44)	20:22
Jake	Oliver	S		21:00
Jason	Littlewood	S		21:16
Ian	Heath	S	23:09 (25:13)	21:52
Leon	Stringer	S		22:00
Saffron	Latham	S	19:52 (21:38)	22:08
Rhys	McDowell	S		22:57
Robert	Mitchell	S		23:31
Richard	Booth	S		23:55
Nicola	Pestel	S		24:08
Brandon	Smart	J		24:10
Reuben	Willson	J		24:26
Sue	Jones	S		24:35
Mark	Burrows	S		24:49
Tom	Davall	S		25:27
Charlotte	Mitchell	S		25:28
Gemma	Wingate-Bishop	S		26:27
Amy	Oliver	S	24:03 (26:12)	26:49
John	Finney	S	25:15 (27:30)	28:12
Colin	Mitchell	S	27:02 (29:27)	28:28
Karen	Murray	S		28:30
Jo	Duggan	S		28:55
Sian	Pugh	S		28:55
Suzanne	Brotherhood	S		29:54
Bryan	Hynes	S		30:00
Sarah	Gray	S		34:59

 

SPRING HANDICAP

19th May 2022

Well done to all those who ran in the 106th Harriers Handicap Race on Thursday, and congratulations to Junior George Millinchip for winning the race. Thanks to all the marshals and timekeepers

Pictures by Ruth Edwards

 

Position	Name	Time	Handicap	Net Time
1	George Millinchip	0:41:05	0:10:30	0:30:35
2	Antonio Treglia	0:41:47	0:14:30	0:27:17
3	Ashley Jones	0:41:52	0:18:45	0:23:07
4	Phil Hilsdon	0:41:58	0:18:45	0:23:13
5	Lucas Willson	0:42:10	0:19:15	0:22:55
6	Reuben Willson	0:42:15	0:10:30	0:31:45
7	Matthew Hilsdon	0:42:26	0:18:15	0:24:11
8	Chris Skellern	0:42:34	0:11:45	0:30:49
9	Mark Willson	0:42:53	0:10:30	0:32:23
10	Romy Williamson	0:43:15	0:14:30	0:28:45
11	Leon Stringer	0:43:17	0:15:30	0:27:47
12	Liam Duggan	0:43:23	0:18:15	0:25:08
13	Mark Oliver	0:44:08	0:12:15	0:31:53
14	Ian Heath	0:44:23	0:16:15	0:28:08
15	Sarah Gray	0:44:33	0:00:00	0:44:33
16	Joe Atherton	0:47:18	0:11:45	0:35:33

 

MoW COP KILLER MILE

12th May 2022

Part of the Harriers Challenge

Pos	Name	Time	Category	Cat Pos
47	Jake Oliver	10:33	MSEN	22
52	Jason Littlewood	10:42	MSEN	24
60	Pete Chell	11:38	M50	4
63	Antonio Treglia	12:02	M40	16
66	Mark Oliver	12:06	M50	5
68	Richard Booth	12:11	M40	18
82	Mel Deakin	13:06	F50	2
84	Amy Oliver	13:08	FSEN	8
85	Paul Bentham	13:11	M50	10
92	Ruth Edwards	14:00	F60	3
93	Joanne Oliver	14:00	F50	4
106	Valerie Stuart	19:43	F70	1

 

clayton 10k

11th May 2022

Part of the Harriers Challenge

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	AG	AG Pos	NSRRA	Chip
7	Mark Silvester	7th	M Sen	4th	B	37:44
9	John Grigg	9th	M Sen	6th		37:55
20	Christopher Seale	19th	M Sen	13th		40:04
25	Liam Duggan	24th	M Sen	14th		40:23
26	John Scott	25th	M50	3rd		40:35
53	Jake Oliver	49th	M Sen	29th		43:59
56	Peter Chell	51st	M50	8th		44:22	PB
69	Antonio Treglia	62nd	M40	10th		45:05
127	Alan Jones	107th	M55	8th		50:49
128	Sally Haycock	21st	F45	4th		50:50	PB
131	Melonie Deakin	23rd	F50	3rd	M	51:26
165	Joanne Oliver	38th	F50	5th		55:29
174	Ruth Edwards	45th	F60	2nd	W	56:55
196	Suzanne Brotherhood	56th	F50	8th		1:01:57
203	Graham Williams	143rd	M75	2nd	G	1:03:44
226	Sarah Gray	76th	F60	4th		1:11:58

 

MARKET DRAYTON 10K

8th May 2022

Pos	Gender Pos	Name	Cat	CatPos	Time
81	76	Justin Green	M50	8	00:39:39
353	299	Alan Jones	M55	19	00:48:29
357	53	Chris Skellern	F55	3	00:48:31
437	70	Melonie Deakin	F50	10	00:50:23
458	375	Ian Williams	M50	61	00:50:50
541	430	Keith Wilson	M40	72	00:52:39
789	239	Elizabeth Stork	FS	47	00:57:48
1329	726	Simon Bromley	M45	114	01:11:26
1331	592	Sarah Bromley	F45	94	01:11:27
1441	684	Deborah Garcia	F50	104	01:19:39
1443	685	Sarah Gray	F60	44	01:19:40
1442	686	Jo Probyn	F45	117	01:19:40

 

LCP DK10K

4th May 2022

No Harriers took part in this event.

UTTOXETER HALF

1st May 2022

Pos	Name	Gender Pos	AG	AG Pos	Time
127	Chris Skellern	22nd	F55	2nd	01:50:31

 

Birmingham great runs

1st May 2022

10K Race

 

 

 

SPring treble series

The results for the individual races are listed below. However, as a series, we had a number of prizes.

Age group winners

Age Group	Place	Runner
F45	1st place	Sally Haycock
F50	2nd place	Mel Deakin
F50	3rd place	Tracy Haycock
F55	2nd place	Chris Skellern
F60	2nd place	Ruth Edwards
M Sen	2nd place	Mark Silvester
M35	3rd place	Christopher Seale
M50	1st place	John Scott
M60	2nd place	Nitesh Thakrar

 

spring treble race 3 – barlaston downs

28th April 2022

Pos	Bib	Name	AG	Time
10.	471	Mark Silvester	MSen	34:22
12.	469	John Scott	M50	34:40
29.	470	Christopher Seale	M35	37:08
35.	6	Liam Duggan	M35	37:49
45.	403	Dan Findlay-Robinson	M40	40:19
49.	438	Jason Littlewood	MSen	40:36
53.	480	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	41:03
61.	483	Antonio Treglia	M40	42:30
67.	288	Richard Booth	M45	43:35
70.	473	Chris Skellern	F55	44:02
76.	363	Simon Bromley	M45	45:00
79.	420	Sally Haycock	F45	45:33
80.	183	Alan Jones	M55	45:37
87.	386	Tom Davall	MSen	46:32
89.	391	Melonie Deakin	F50	47:10
104.	377	Paul Bentham		49:46
106.	398	Ruth Edwards	F60	50:14
108.	421	Tracy Haycock	F50	51:03
114.	356	Mark Bentley	M55	54:32
119.	365	Suzanne Brotherhood	F50	59:06
121.	413	Sarah Gray	F60	1:03:59

 

5KM  Time Trial

27th April 2022

The first of the summer Time Trials was back at Castlefields tonight! Thanks to those who helped out with the timing, recording of results and marshalling. Due to safety concerns of traffic, a new start and finish point were used which resulted in a slightly shorter course. — 4.59KM
 

First Name	Surname	J/S	27-Apr-22 (4.59KM)
Lucas	Willson	S	16:38
Phil	Hilsdon	S	17:08
Jack	Heath	S	17:16
Matthew	Hilsdon	S	17:23
Justin	Green	S	17:38
Jack	Dawson	J	19:47
Saffron	Latham	S	19:52
Ian	Hodkinson	S	20:20
David	Adams	S	20:35
Rob	Mitchell	S	20:44
Ben	Green	S	21:59
Charlotte	Mitchell	S	22:03
Mark	Willson	S	22:59
Ian	Heath	S	23:09
Amy	Oliver	S	24:03
John	Finney	S	25:15
Alex	Ward	S	25:50
Colin	Mitchell	S	27:02

spring treble race 2 – Kibblestone

21st April 2022

Pos	Bib	Name	AG	Time
7.	469	John Scott	M50	39:47
16.	269	Richard Crump	MSen	41:22
24.	471	Mark Silvester	MSen	42:39
27.	470	Christopher Seale	M35	43:38
51.	480	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	48:29
71.	420	Sally Haycock	F45	51:37
73.	377	Peter Chell	M50	51:58
74.	363	Simon Bromley	M45	52:39
83.	473	Chris Skellern	F55	54:23
92.	421	Tracy Haycock	F50	57:21
95.	391	Melonie Deakin	F50	58:09
99.	398	Ruth Edwards	F60	1:01:55
101.	386	Tom Davall	MSen	1:02:36
105.	356	Mark Bentley	M55	1:03:05
108.	272	Amy Oliver	FSen	1:05:31
111.	271	Joanne Oliver	F50	1:06:51
116.	365	Suzanne Brotherhood	F50	1:14:36

 

St Albans 10K

15th April 2022
Race report by Leon Stringer

Good Friday found me up at the crack of dawn and trundling down to M1 junction 9 for this race. Despite an 09:30 start, the weather was already on the warm side. This event was well attended and the start funnel and first few kilometres were narrow making it difficult to pass.

The route starts in Highfield Park, passes through woodland, briefly follows residential roads then heads out down Alban Way, a tarmacked disused railway line similar to Isabel Trail. You then turn right to run alongside the A414 dual carriageway where there was no hiding from the sun. Just past halfway you turn left back onto Alban Way for a long straight drag towards the finish. There are a few gentle inclines but it’s pretty flat.

635 took part.

Harriers:
174th Leon Stringer 00:45:41 (chip time)

Spring treble race1 – Hanchurch

14th April 2022

Pos	Bib	Name	AG	Time
8.	469	John Scott	M50	33:36
9.	471	Mark Silvester	MSen	34:01
25.	470	Christopher Seale	M35	36:10
38.	189	Jake Oliver	MSen	38:42
43.	498	Alex Langford	M35	39:48
49.	480	Nitesh Thakrar	M60	40:13
63.	483	Antonio Treglia	M40	42:07
70.	377	Peter Chell	M50	43:42
76.	473	Chris Skellern	F55	44:20
79.	363	Simon Bromley	M45	44:44
80.	420	Sally Haycock	F45	44:45
97.	391	Melonie Deakin	F50	49:11
100.	386	Tom Davall	MSen	49:55
101.	398	Ruth Edwards	F60	49:56
104.	421	Tracy Haycock	F50	50:08
110.	356	Mark Bentley	M55	51:48
116.	365	Suzanne Brotherhood	F50	59:36
118.	413	Sarah Gray	F60	1:03:51

Cannock Chase Running Festival

10th April 2022

5K race

No Harriers

10K Part of Harriers Challenge 2022

Pos	Name	Chip Time	Category	Cat Pos	Gender	Gender Pos
5	LIAM DUGGAN	00:41:59	V35	2	Male	5
16	ANTONIO TREGLIA	00:45:45	V40	3	Male	15
108	RUTH EDWARDS	00:57:48	V60	1	Female	29

Half Marathan

No Harriers

Eaton Mess 10k Saturday

9th April 2022

Through the picturesque lanes of Church Eaton.

 

Manchester Marathon

3rd April 2022

 

Position	Name	Chiptime	Category	Category Position
13316	Charlotte Ward	05:42:10	FV40	655

 
Cathedral to Castle Run

10-mile multi-terrain

Sunday 3rd April 2022

Race Report Leon Stringer

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking 08:30 for the start of this race which begins in Lichfield and finishes 10 miles away in Tamworth. The dashboard said -1.5°C requiring a decision on clothing warm enough to get through the freezing start but not regret wearing it an hour later.

The recommendation for transport is to park in Tamworth and take the coach – an optional £5.50 during race entry – to the start. I was lucky to get a lift with some other Harriers straight to Lichfield which meant an extra half hour in bed.

The route starts in Beacon Park and heads round the cathedral close before heading south-east. The route is mainly on country lanes with a few off-road sections. One of these takes you through the Whittington firing range with red signs warning you to stick to the path!

I’d been told this event was flat but wouldn’t agree. Notably, between miles 5 and 6 there’s a steady rise in woodland with a steep descent on the other side. After this, you cross the Coventry canal to join the towpath with the River Tame below on your left. From here you can see the tower blocks of Tamworth in the distance.

Emerging from a foot tunnel at around 8½ miles there were two marshals giving energetic support which was needed at that point. With a fairly twisty route, and with the need to have people at both start and finish locations a lot of marshals were needed. Thank you to all of them for turning out on a cold morning.

You enter the castle grounds and think you’re nearly done, but no! You exit the castle grounds cross the river and have a trek around the perimeter of the park before crossing the line. The consensus from people’s trackers was that the distance was slightly shy of the full 10 miles.

879 took part

1st M: Tom Chell (City Of Stoke A/C) 00:56:16

Harriers: