
SECOND
WIN IN A WEEK FOR PAUL SHEARD
Pictures by Stan Hall; results
from Doug Drown; report from Richie Stevenson
(thanks to
all contributors - first results published and pictures online by
4.35 with full results by 5.12)
SEE
ALSO - STEVE PARTINGTON'S PICTURES
Left to right: Ian Gale, Darren Gray, Mark
Preston, Paul Sheard and Brian Osbourne.
Another record entry of 43 runners. Paul Sheard
took the honours after a great battle with Tony Okell. Cal Partington first
female but she was pushed very hard by Rose Hooton, just over a minute separated
them at the finish. Dave Young continued his domination of the over 50s this
time from Ian Callister. Junior race taken by Andrew Newton.
Pos |
Name |
Club |
Class |
Hrs |
Min |
Sec |
1 |
Paul Sheard |
Pudsey & Bramley |
SM |
|
42 |
46 |
2 |
Tony Okell |
MH |
V40 |
|
42 |
55 |
3 |
Ian Gale |
MFR |
SM |
|
43 |
55 |
4 |
Darren Gray |
MH |
SM |
|
44 |
46 |
5 |
Simon Skillicorn |
MFR |
SM |
|
44 |
45 |
6 |
Michael Quine |
MFR |
SM |
|
46 |
18 |
7 |
Mark
Preston |
MH |
SM |
|
46 |
32 |
8 |
David Young |
MFR |
V50 |
|
49 |
9 |
9 |
John Quine |
Kendal |
V40 |
|
49 |
50 |
10 |
Phil Mackie |
Western |
SM |
|
50 |
28 |
11 |
Tom Cringle |
Unattached |
SM |
|
51 |
34 |
12 |
Allan Corran |
Western |
V40 |
|
52 |
14 |
13 |
Ian Callister |
MH |
V50 |
|
53 |
26 |
14 |
Dave Corrin |
MH |
V50 |
|
53 |
30 |
15 |
David Gelling |
Unattached |
SM |
|
53 |
48 |
16 |
Cal Partington |
MH |
SL |
|
54 |
5 |
17 |
Roger Moughtin |
Western |
V50 |
|
55 |
18 |
18 |
Rose Hooton |
MFR |
LV40 |
|
55 |
38 |
19 |
Peter Cooper |
IOMVAC |
V50 |
|
56 |
8 |
20 |
Alan Bagley |
MH |
V40 |
|
56 |
14 |
21 |
Paul Trees |
IOMVAC |
V40 |
|
56 |
19 |
22 |
Michael George |
Unattached |
SM |
|
56 |
22 |
23 |
Phil Crowe |
IOMVAC |
V40 |
|
56 |
39 |
24 |
Andy Page |
Unattached |
SM |
|
57 |
20 |
25 |
Stuart Temple |
MFR |
V40 |
|
57 |
57 |
26 |
Christine Barwell |
Western |
LV35 |
|
58 |
22 |
27 |
Richie Stevenson |
MHR |
V40 |
|
58 |
36 |
28 |
Ken Watterson |
MFR |
V50 |
|
59 |
27 |
29 |
Les Brown |
MFR |
V50 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
30 |
Andy Gosnell |
IOMVAC |
V40 |
1 |
0 |
23 |
31 |
Stuart Garry |
MFR |
V50 |
1 |
2 |
35 |
32 |
Phil Kenney |
MFR |
V40 |
1 |
4 |
34 |
33 |
John Brewis |
MFR |
V50 |
1 |
5 |
22 |
34 |
Laurence Dyer |
Northern AC |
SM |
1 |
5 |
34 |
35 |
Peter Quine |
MFR |
V40 |
1 |
6 |
10 |
36 |
Dave Davies |
MFR |
V40 |
1 |
6 |
34 |
37 |
Richard Quayle |
Unattached |
SM |
1 |
6 |
54 |
38 |
Michelle Kewley |
Western |
SL |
1 |
7 |
2 |
39 |
Shirley Foley |
Unattached |
L |
1 |
8 |
8 |
40 |
Kevin Martin |
Northern AC |
V40 |
1 |
8 |
20 |
41 |
Juan Gell |
Northern AC |
V40 |
1 |
11 |
57 |
42 |
Dave Quine |
IOMVAC |
V40 |
1 |
15 |
36 |
43 |
Allan Pilling |
IOMVAC |
V50 |
1 |
15 |
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Juniors |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Andrew Newton |
MH |
U15B |
|
13 |
26 |
2 |
Michael Speakman |
Northern |
U17B |
|
15 |
3 |
3 |
Sam Gordon |
Unattached |
U17B |
|
13 |
34 |
4 |
Ciara Kaneen |
MH |
U15G |
|
18 |
6 |
Cal Partington
- back to winning ways
Paul Sheard showed what a classy runner he is in
todays race putting in a superb performance. Although he led for most of the 5
miles course he certainly did not have things all his own way as Tony Okell put
him under pressure right to the line as the winning margin of 9 seconds
illustrates. Added to this we had Ian Gale not far behind ready to pounce if the
leaders made any mistakes.
We were suuprised but delighted to see Darren Gray on
the start line and again he showed what a good athlete he is. The terrain on the
Snaefell course is definitely not what he is used to but this did not stop him
performing exceptionally well and we hope he will have enjoyed it enough to have
another go at one of our races in the future. It was good to see John Quine over
again from his home in Cumbria and running well. John has been a frequent
visitor to the island for goodness knows how many years. I can remember him
first coming over in the late eighties and he has been back more or less on a
yearly basis since and even more so now as two of his brothers, Dave and Peter
who both also did the race, are living on the island.
From an organisers view there were two aspects that
were especially encouraging. Firstly there were 5 women competing and how well
they all ran. Cal Partington came out on top but she was made to really go for
it as Rose Hooton was on her case pushing her extremely hard all the way.
Secondly there were 4 juniors having a bash on the shorter course and they all
impressed as they showed great determination and ability on difficult terrain
They were headed by the hugely talented Andrew Newton followed by Michael
Speakman, Sam Gordon and Ciara Kaneen who showed she has her mum and dads
ability on the fells as well as race walking.
So far this year we have had a near record entry
at St Johns, a record at Greeba, a record
equalling at Bradda and now a further record entry at Snaefell with numbers in
the forties for the first time plus of course the juniors. Having a decent
sized entry makes any race much more interesting as everyone drops into their
own little battles. As I was climbing from the Black Hut to the summit of
Snaefell I did a head count and there were no less than 15 runners in line
astern and probably only covered by less than a couple of minutes. Great stuff.
Many thanks to sponsors Sean Craig and sons and to all the helpers and
officials on the day.
Dave
Davies - bringing up the rear!
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