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Snaefell Fell Race

5 miles

1,900 feet of ascent

Category A (short)

Starts Bungalow, TT Course

27 March 2004

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)

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!

SEE THE 2003 RESULTS AND PICTURES