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Record number of runners finish – PROVISIONAL RESULTS

From 26th to first: Ed Gumbley wins the half marathon at the third attempt

Photo by Lewis Veale – Lewis’s photos

Murray’s photos – walkers and early start runners only

Updated top 50 times in the "Syd Quirk"

Position	Name	Age	Time	Year
1	Steve Kelly	26	01:06:53	1978
1	Steve Kelly	29	01:09:09	1981
1	Steve Kelly	34	01:10:09	1986
1	Steve Kelly	25	01:10:26	1977
1	Allan Gage	27	01:10:58	1990
2	Murray Lambden	25	01:10:59	1981
1	Kevin Loundes	28	01:11:16	2008
1	Steve Kelly	30	01:11:20	1982
2	Kevin Albinson		01:11:22	1990
1	Steve Kelly	27	01:11:24	1979
1	Steve Kelly	33	01:11:28	1985
1	Robbie Callister	36	01:11:34	1991
3	Robbie Corkish	35	01:11:50	1990
4	Ray Cox	29	01:11:52	1990
1	Steve Kelly	28	01:12:10	1980
1	Alan Bagley	33	01:12:15	1988
5	Peter Costley	26	01:12:17	1990
1	Steve Kelly	31	01:12:27	1983
1	Allan Gage	29	01:12:36	1992
2	Colin Halsall	37	01:12:42	1986
1	Mark Gage	25	01:13:06	1984
6	Alan Bagley	35	01:13:28	1990
3	Andrew Garrett	20	01:13:32	1986
1	Paul Clarke	31	01:13:35	1994
2	Dave Newton	26	01:13:41	1979
1	Lloyd Taggart	41	01:13:54	2010
2	Peter Costley	27	01:13:54	1991
4	Dave Ronan	31	01:13:56	1986
3	Murray Lambden	23	01:14:09	1979
2	Robbie Callister	39	01:14:11	1994
1	Tony Okell	39	01:14:11	2000
2	Colin Halsall	35	01:14:16	1984
1	Andy Fox	37	01:14:17	1995
1	Steve Kelly	35	01:14:23	1987
1	Paul Clarke	36	01:14:29	1999
1	Tony Okell	40	01:14:33	2001
1	Ed Gumbley	37	01:14:34	2013
3	Dave Newton	28	01:14:35	1981
1	Robbie Callister	38	01:14:51	1993
1	Tony Okell	45	01:14:51	2006
1	Tony Okell	44	01:15:05	2005
2	Simon Skillicorn	33	01:15:06	2006
4	Paul Clarke	18	01:15:11	1981
2	Kevin Albinson		01:15:16	1995
1	Tony Okell	41	01:15:17	2002
1	Lloyd Taggart	40	01:15:18	2009
1	Paul Curphey	35	01:15:28	1996
1	Kevin Loundes	27	01:15:30	2007
7	Danny Finn	35	01:15:31	1990
2	Colin Halsall	38	01:15:34	1987

Number of finishers per year

Year	SQ Run	SQ Walk
1976	18
1977	18
1978	13
1979	15
1980	17
1981	25
1982	26
1983	32
1984	39
1985	34
1986	38
1987	20
1988	30
1989	37
1990	44
1991	36
1992	22
1993	20
1994	20
1995	15
1996	38
1997	26
1998	25
1999	36
2000	47	24
2001	50	21
2002	49	22
2003	64	26
2004	70	40
2005	62	29
2006	65	38
2007	55	37
2008	68	44
2009	56	44
2010	81	56
2011	84	49
2012	108	56
2013	135	46

Here are the fastest 100 times from the "35 Syd Quirks" to date

Position	Surname	Christian Name	Time	Year
1	Kelly	Steve	01:06:53	1978
1	Kelly	Steve	01:09:09	1981
1	Kelly	Steve	01:10:09	1986
1	Kelly	Steve	01:10:26	1977
1	Gage	Allan	01:10:58	1990
2	Lambden	Murray	01:10:59	1981
1	Loundes	Kevin	01:11:16	2008
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:20	1982
2	Albinson	Kevin	01:11:22	1990
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:24	1979
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:28	1985
1	Callister	Robbie	01:11:34	1991
3	Corkish	Robbie	01:11:50	1990
4	Cox	Ray	01:11:52	1990
1	Kelly	Steve	01:12:10	1980
1	Bagley	Alan	01:12:15	1988
5	Costley	Peter	01:12:17	1990
1	Kelly	Steve	01:12:27	1983
1	Gage	Allan	01:12:36	1992
2	Halsall	Colin	01:12:42	1986
1	Gage	Mark	01:13:06	1984
6	Bagley	Alan	01:13:28	1990
3	Garrett	Andrew	01:13:32	1986
1	Clarke	Paul	01:13:35	1994
2	Newton	Dave	01:13:41	1979
2	Costley	Peter	01:13:54	1991
1	Taggart	Lloyd	01:13:54	2010
4	Ronan	Dave	01:13:56	1986
3	Lambden	Murray	01:14:09	1979
2	Callister	Robbie	01:14:11	1994
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:11	2000
2	Halsall	Colin	01:14:16	1984
1	Fox	Andy	01:14:17	1995
1	Kelly	Steve	01:14:23	1987
1	Clarke	Paul	01:14:29	1999
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:33	2001
3	Newton	Dave	01:14:35	1981
1	Callister	Robbie	01:14:51	1993
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:51	2006
1	Okell	Tony	01:15:05	2005
2	Skillicorn	Simon	01:15:06	2006
4	Clarke	Paul	01:15:11	1981
2	Albinson	Kevin	01:15:16	1995
1	Okell	Tony	01:15:17	2002
1	Taggart	Lloyd	01:15:18	2009
1	Curphey	Paul	01:15:28	1996
1	Loundes	Kevin	01:15:30	2007
7	Finn	Danny	01:15:31	1990
2	Halsall	Colin	01:15:34	1987
3	Loundes	Kevin	01:15:34	2006
1	Cannan	Bernard	01:15:37	1997
2	Halsall	Colin	01:15:39	1985
2	Corkish	Robbie	01:15:41	1992
1	Gale	Ian	01:15:42	2003
2	Malone	Martin	01:15:44	2009
3	Fox	Andy	01:15:44	1994
5	Comaish	John	01:15:47	1981
2	Lambden	Murray	01:15:51	1996
2	Callister	Robbie	01:15:57	1999
3	Ronan	Dave	01:16:00	1985
8	Sayle	Stewart	01:16:02	1990
1	Garrett	Mike	01:16:08	2011
2	Callister	Robbie	01:16:13	2000
2	Newton	Dave	01:16:17	1977
1	Curphey	Paul	01:16:20	1998
3	Finn	Danny	01:16:21	1991
3	Costley	Peter	01:16:24	1996
2	Newton	Dave	01:16:26	1978
2	Anderson	Jim	01:16:27	1983
9	Halsall	Colin	01:16:28	1990
4	Gray	Darren	01:16:29	2006
3	Cowley	Bob	01:16:34	1977
2	Skillicorn	Simon	01:16:36	2005
4	Kelly	Steve	01:16:36	1991
2	Newton	Dave	01:16:41	1980
2	Clarke	Paul	01:16:44	2002
3	Comaish	John	01:16:47	1984
2	Armstrong	Nigel	01:16:50	2008
3	Lambden	Murray	01:16:55	2000
3	Varley	Christian	01:17:02	2008
2	Finn	Danny	01:17:05	1988
5	Bagley	Alan	01:17:06	1991
2	Taggart	Lloyd	01:17:07	2011
1	Lambden	Murray	01:17:09	2004
6	Lambie	Robbie	01:17:10	1981
4	Hollinrake	Brian	01:17:10	1984
3	Walker	Brenda	01:17:10	1992
3	Lambie	Robbie	01:17:11	1980
1	Newton	Dave	01:17:13	1976
2	Cannan	Bernard	01:17:15	1998
4	Cannan	Bernard	01:17:16	1996
2	Garrett	Mike	01:17:17	2010
5	Lambie	Robbie	01:17:19	1984
6	Kennaugh	Peter	01:17:28	1991
3	Halsall	Colin	01:17:32	1983
2	Harris	Donald	01:17:33	1976
4	Comaish	John	01:17:35	1980
6	Anderson	Jim	01:17:36	1984
3	Gale	Ian	01:17:44	2002
3	Lambden	Murray	01:17:48	2005

The Haldane Fisher Syd Quirk Half Marathon – here is a list of the previous winners

Position	Surname	Christian Name	Time	Year
1	Newton	Dave	01:17:13	1976
1	Kelly	Steve	01:10:26	1977
1	Kelly	Steve	01:06:53	1978
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:24	1979
1	Kelly	Steve	01:12:10	1980
1	Kelly	Steve	01:09:09	1981
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:20	1982
1	Kelly	Steve	01:12:27	1983
1	Gage	Mark	01:13:06	1984
1	Kelly	Steve	01:11:28	1985
1	Kelly	Steve	01:10:09	1986
1	Kelly	Steve	01:14:23	1987
1	Bagley	Alan	01:12:15	1988
1	Gage	Allan	01:10:58	1990
1	Callister	Robbie	01:11:34	1991
1	Gage	Allan	01:12:36	1992
1	Callister	Robbie	01:14:51	1993
1	Clarke	Paul	01:13:35	1994
1	Fox	Andy	01:14:17	1995
1	Curphey	Paul	01:15:28	1996
1	Cannan	Bernard	01:15:37	1997
1	Curphey	Paul	01:16:20	1998
1	Clarke	Paul	01:14:29	1999
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:11	2000
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:33	2001
1	Okell	Tony	01:15:17	2002
1	Gale	Ian	01:15:42	2003
1	Lambden	Murray	01:17:09	2004
1	Okell	Tony	01:15:05	2005
1	Okell	Tony	01:14:51	2006
1	Loundes	Kevin	01:15:30	2007
1	Loundes	Kevin	01:11:16	2008
1	Taggart	Lloyd	01:15:18	2009
1	Taggart	Lloyd	01:13:54	2010
1	Garrett	Mike	01:16:08	2011
1	Garrett	Mike	01:18:31	2012

10 times winner Steve Kelly with wife Judy recently (Mike Lambden)

Best times by walkers in the Haldane Fisher Syd Quirk Half Marathon

Position	Surname	Christian Name	Time	Year
1	Kaneen	Peter	01:44:28	2007
1	George	Michael	01:52:16	2010
2	George	Michael	01:53:58	2007
1	Eaton	Alex	01:54:13	2012
2	Gerrard	Richard	01:54:27	2012
3	Waddington	Jock	01:55:18	2012
1	Brown	Carolyn	01:55:29	2005
2	Hands	Sean	01:55:55	2005
3	Waddington	Jock	01:56:59	2007
1	George	Michael	01:57:24	2011
4	Cowin	Adam	01:57:28	2012
1	George	Michael	01:57:53	2006
2	Waddington	Jock	01:58:11	2011
1	George	Michael	01:58:51	2009
5	Lynch	Vinny	01:58:56	2012
2	Lambie	Robbie	01:59:04	2006
1	Waddington	Jock	01:59:12	2008
1	Hands	Sean	01:59:58	2004

Best times by women in the Haldane Fisher Syd Quirk Half Marathon

Position	Surname	Christian Name	Time	Year
3	Walker	Brenda	01:17:10	1992
5	Lockley	Margaret	01:20:38	1980
12	Rushton	Karen	01:23:19	1996
18	Oddie	Maureen	01:26:13	1986
10	Noon	Marie	01:26:42	2000
10	Lee	Jackie	01:27:43	2009
13	Lee	Jackie	01:27:45	2011
15	Lee	Jackie	01:27:53	2012
13	Griffiths	Gail	01:28:41	2010
17	Tewkesbury	Rachael	01:28:45	2008
24	Gomer	Anne	01:30:10	1986
17	Quirk	Stephanie	01:30:51	1988
18	Quane	Judith	01:31:49	2011
20	Corlett	Irene	01:31:53	1988
18	Griffiths	Gail	01:32:29	2009
22	Mooney	Jane	01:32:49	1996
24	Quane	Judith	01:33:01	2012
20	Griffiths	Gail	01:33:10	2006
23	Griffiths	Gail	01:33:10	2008
15	Kelly	Linda	01:33:41	1993
13	Gomer	Anne	01:33:43	1987
26	Boyde	Nikki	01:34:03	2008
26	Craine	Rosy	01:34:04	2012
17	Gomer	Anne	01:34:17	1982
14	Corlett	Irene	01:34:38	1987
29	Rogan	Emma	01:34:49	2008
30	Loader	Debbie	01:34:56	2008

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