John Gilbert leads eventual winner Jon Pepper in the Surrey League at Coulsdon
RAY O’DONOGHUE
CROSS-COUNTRY
NOVEMBER 13
EAST SUSSEX SUNDAY LEAGUE, Warren Hill
Men (8km): 1 D Stidder (BPH) 26:16; 2 D Hards (SRWP) 26:42; 3 G Foster (Hast) 26:53; 4 A Humphreys (E’bne) 27:01; 5 M Bradford (Lewes, M35) 27:06; 6 C Dodd (B&W) 27:08; 7 D Anderson (Hast, M35) 27:43; 8 S Cirrillo (E’bne) 28:08; 9 R Brockhurst (E’bne) 28:13; 10 R Jones (E’bne) 28:28; 17 J Burrell (Lewes, M50) 29:43
Women (8km): 1 F Demauny (Hail) 31:54; 2 K Murdoch (Hast, W40) 32:26; 3 S Norris (Lewes, W35) 32:34; 4 M Barrow (Lewes) 32:38; 5 H Sida (Lewes, W45) 33:27; 6 M Furlong (Hail, W40) 33:46
TEAM (M&W combined): 1 Lewes 762; 2 Hastings 944; 3 Hailsham 968; 4 E’brne 1242; 5 Meads 1428; 6 Crowborough 1496; 7 Heathfield 1538; Bexhill 1599; 9 Hast R 1852; 10 Seaford 1952; 11 BR Tri 2393; 12 Arena 2559
U17 (3.8km): 1 D Scott (E’bne, U15) 16:48; 2 H Frais (Bex R, U17W) 19:47; 3 N Elliott (E’bne, U15W) 20:51
U13 (2.2km): 1 Z Henry (Hast, U11) 9:26; 2 S Gillam (Bex R) 9:48; 3 J Wakefield (E’bne, U11) 10:20; 4 R Brown (Hast R, U9) 10:31; 8 L Boreham (Bex R, U13W) 11:10; 10 B Passe (W’hurst, U13W) 11:24; 12 T Cahill (Bex R, U13W) 11:45
HEREFORDSHIRE LEAGUE, Croft Castle
Men (XC): 1 T Davies (Maldwyn, M35) 47:01; 2 J Pugh (Builth) 47:07; 3 E Taylor (Here C) 48:15; 4 T Iveson (Builth) 48:41; 5 R Woods (Builth, M35) 48:51; 6 J Shingler (Lud, M40) 49:01; 7 C Jones (Here C) 49:29; 8 A Stephens (MonRoss Trail Blazers, M40) 49:37; 9 M James (Here C) 50:23; 10 C Morgan (Maldwyn, M35) 50:25; 11 T Tanner (Maldwyn, U20) 51:26; 12 M Yapp (Lud, U20) 53:07; 13 M Fawcett (Wye V, M45) 53:16; 14 R James (Here C, M50) 54:11; 15 L Gray (MonRoss Trail Blazers) 54:26; 16 B Davies (MonRoss Trail Blazers, M40) 54:27; 17 D Lewis (Wye V, M40) 54:28; 18 N Godsell (Maldwyn) 54:28; 19 D George (Croft A, M45) 54:51; 20 B Arthur (Merc, M45) 55:12; 30 I Sockett (Wye V, M45) 56:24
M50: 2 N Taylor (Croft A) 56:41; 3 C Law (Led) 58:46. M60: 1 E Davies (Maldwyn) 57:51. M65: 1 A Robinson (Croft A) 62:10; 2 S Herington (Here C) 62:30; 3 I Price (Croft A) 63:52. M70: 1 G Whitmarsh (Croft A) 66:54. M80: 1 H Franklin (Wye V) 88:05
Women: 1 A Fulford (Lud, W40) 34:02; 2 N Davies (Maldwyn, W35) 34:31; 3 L Tootell (Wye V, W40) 35:00; 4 D Machackova (Wye V) 35:04; 5 K Owen (Wye V, W35) 35:56; 6 I Dale (Croft A) 36:17; 7 L Lelievre (MonRoss Trail Blazers) 36:32; 8 E Gilbert (Lud) 37:53; 9 L Bowers (Croft A, W60) 38:10; 10 B Ansfield (Wye V, W40) 38:15; 11 N Bennett (Malv, W35) 38:18; 12 V Ball (MonRoss Trail Blazers) 38:21; 13 A Smith (Here C) 38:23; 14 K Bowen (Croft A) 38:35; 15 M Turnbull (Maldwyn) 38:38; 16 S Harper (Croft A, W40) 39:26; 17 E Davies (Wye V, W35) 39:40; 18 V Dempsey (Lud, W45) 39:49; 19 S Kirk (Led, W35) 40:12; 20 H Crossley (Lud, W35) 40:14
W45: 2 S Wilding (P’teigne) 42:21; 3 H Owen (Maldwyn) 43:13. W50: 1 S Powell (Croft A) 40:28; 2 L Compton (Wye V) 40:56; 3 G Troelsen (Builth) 42:27; 4 R Butler (Maldwyn) 42:27; 5 L Austin (Croft A) 42:59. W60: 2 J Edwards (Wye V) 42:50. U17: 1 A Yapp (Lud) 40:51; 2 C Law (Led) 41:40
NORTH WEST SUNDAY LEAGUE, Skelmersdale
Men (4.5M): 1 R Grantham (Pens, M40) NTT; 2 S Watkin (Penny L, M35); 3 J Smith (Lymm); 4 I Lawton (Mers Tri, M35; 5 C) Pownell (Knows) NT; 6 J Toohey (Liv RC); 7 M Clair (Knows, M35); 8 G Houghton (Spec, M40); 9 L Eccles (Penny L); 10 J Doherty (St H Str)
TEAM: 1 Penny L 116; 2 Liv RC 160; 3 Spec 182; 4 Hels 223; 5 Mers TC 276; 6 Lymm & Warr 297; 7 Kirkby M 223; 8 Knows 378
Women (4.5M): 1 C Parsons (Elles P, W35) NTT; 2 R Fairclough (St H Str); 3 M Ronan (Liv RC); 4 C Andrew (Spec, W35); 5 K MacFarlane (Penny L); 6 L Grantham (Pens, W40); 7 H Thompson (Skelm, W35) 8 L Baynham-Hughes (Hels, W40); 9 S Woods (Liv RC); 10 T Entwistle (Warr RR, W45)
TEAM: 1 Penny L 36; 2 Skem & Parb 40; 3 Spec 42; 4 Hels 63; 5 Liv RC 66; 6 Birken & Pens 68; 7 Elles P 74; 8 Village 90
KENT FITNESS LEAGUE, Swanley
Overall (XC): 1 S Proctor (Dartf RR) 29:59; 2 N Sutton (Than, M45) 30:35; 3 N Ling (Dartf RR, M40) 30:49; 4 G Hills (Dulw) 30:54; 5 S Jones (Cant, M40)
31:13; 6 C Tricker (Padd W, M35) 31:20; 7 D Pyne (Dartf) 31:22; 8 T Hawkey (Dartf) 31:33; 9 C Biddle (Dartf) 31:38; 10 S Dahdi (Petts, M35) 32:10
M45: 2 D Smith (S’oaks) 32:37; 3 N Varley (Dartf) 32:58. M50: 1 D Hall (Dartf) 33:12; 2 D Groom (Petts) 34:11; 3 J Hussey (Plum) 34:40. M55: 1 C Bates (Dartf) 35:56. M60: 1 J Graham (S’oaks) 35:33. M65: 1 R Brown (Brom Vets)
38:46; 2 T Edgley (I&I) 40:19. M70: 1 V Thomas (Plum) 48:27; 2 T Unseld (Brom Vets) 49:23. M80: 1 R Pitcairn-Knowles (S’oaks) 58:40
Women: 1 H Behagg (Dartf RR, W40) 34:03; 2 R Mcdonald (Deal TC, W40) 35:35; 3 C Reeves (Dartf) 35:45; 4 A Johnson (Dartf, W40) 36:03; 5 A Stearns (Grave, W45) 36:24; 6 C Bates (M’stone) 36:49; 7 L Melvin (Dartf RR, U20) 36:55; 8 H Roberts (Petts, W35) 36:56; 9 E Kent (Dartf RR) 37:11; 10 J Neal (B&B, W45) 37:18
W50: 1 A Fuller (Dartf RR) 38:47; 2 R Baker (N Elth) 38:52. W55: 1 B Wenman (Cant) 40:11
U17 (XC): 1 H Swandale (Deal TC)
15:30; 2 M Boucher (Deal TC) 17:40; 3 L Rodgers (M&M) 19:17
U15 (XC): 1 S King (Deal TC) 15:44; 2 J Hollands (M&M) 15:51; 3 O Burgess (Dartf) 16:37
U11 (XC): 1 A Dack (Deal TC) 7:47; 2 V Krynauw (S’oaks) 8:03; 3 O Armes (S’oaks) 8:07
U17 women (XC): 1 C Bates (Dartf) 18:07; 2 R Hales (Than, U15) 18:36
U15 (XC): 1 B Panton (Dartf) 16:03; 2 J Swandale (Than) 16:23; 3 J Sackville-West (S’oaks) 18:44
RUN4IT KNOCKBURN OPEN, Strachan
Men (3M): 1 J Donald (Dund H, U20) 16:57; 2 C Kitching (Banc, U20) 17:55; 3 R Croall (Arb) 20:20
Men (6M): 1 J Donald (Dund H, U20) 33:55; 2 I Manson 37:02; 3 J Kibble (Metro, M35) 37:08
U17 (3M): 1 D Anderson 18:41; 2 N Tierney (A’deen) 18:58; 3 B Taylor (Banc) 20:50
U15 (2M): 1 B Cameron (Forres) 18:22; 2 R Donald (Dund H) 18:41; 3 P Ashdown (A’deen) 19:2 U13 (2M): 1 L Watt (A’deen) 12:12; 2 S Vigrow (Dund H) 12:31; 3 K Crawford (A’deen) 13:00
U11 (XC): 1 D Fearn (Lathallan) 4:58; 2 A Considine 5:19; 3 C Halliday (Hazlehead) 5:19
M40 (3M): 1 G Strachan 20:05; 2 A Aitkin (fleetfeet Triathletes) 20:20; 3 D Henderson (Stone) 21:18; 4 M Macgillivray (Stone) 21:25; 5 J Ashdown (M50) 21:34; 6 B Watson (Stone, M50) 21:55
M40 (6M): 1 D Barclay (Gari) 37:55; 2 J Ross (Dees) 39:13; 3 C Anderson (Metro) 41:24; 4 S Ord (Gari) 41:37; 5 D Hurst (Dees, M50) 44:14
Women (3M): 1 A Badial (A’deen, U20) 20:19; 2 S Milne (Metro) 22:07; 3 R Watson (A’deen) 24:57
Women (6M): 1 R Bryce (Stone) 45:12; 2 S Hodgkinson 45:20; 3 D Watters (Stone) 46:05
U17 (3M): 1 L Aitley (Ellon) 15:24; 2 C Stewart (Banc) 19:15; 3 R Hare (Banc) 21:21
U15 (2M): 1 K Purcell (Hazlehead) 13:06; 2 A Bennett (Dund H) 13:10; 3 C Purcell (Hazlehead) 13:12; 4 K Anderson (Metro) 14:07; 5 E Dempsie (A’deen) 14:50; 6 C Thomson (Dund H) 14:53
U13 (2M): 1 E Swanson (Banc) 12:50; 2 I Thomson (Banc) 13:39; 3 I Mcguire (A’deen) 14:11; 4 A Gillespie (A’deen) 14:11; 5 C Barclay (Dund H) 14:22; 6 Z Edward (A’deen) 14:22; 7 I Long (Banc) 14:37; 8 C Davie (Banc) 14:45; 9 E Astley (Ellon) 14:48; 10 K Clerk (Dund H) 15:00 U11 (1M): 1 P Armstrong (A’deen) 8:48; 2 E Parnaby (Arduthie) 9:40; 3 A Long (Banc) 9:41
U11 (XC): 1 M Rowe 5:17; 2 A Blackburn (Lathallan) 5:36; 3 A Fubister (Arduthie) 5:38
W35 (3M): 1 H Cameron (Forres, W45) 21:29; 2 C Rostock (fleetfeet Triathletes) 22:41; 3 K Fraser (Banc) 25:23; 4 F Gibson (Dund H) 25:35; 5 C Hiles (P’head, W55) 26:07
W35 (6M): 1 V Oldham (A’deen, W50) 41:32; 2 A Gallon (Stone, W40) 44:30; 3 E Duncan (Fraser, W45) 48:03; 4 S Knox (W45) 48:22; 5 C Cameron (Stone) 50:45; 6 C Reynolds (Dund H, W45) 51:02; 7 J Donald (Dund H, W45) 56:30; 8 S Taylor (Chead, W60) 56:58
NOVEMBER 12
2XU SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1, Coulsdon
JUST as he had here two years ago, Jon Pepper came out on top over a course on which he trains, Martin Duff reports.
After a minute’s silence in memory of Stacey Burrows and Lucy Pygott, a group got away fairly early on during the long climb to the top of Farthing Down but then Richard Henderson moved up from fifth to take the lead by the top and before the descent into Happy Valley.
After the steep, rough, climb back up and at the end of the first lap, Henderson had only Pepper for company as Nick Torry, Ryan Evans, John Gilbert and the rest were strung out behind.
Pepper than hit the front before going away for a convincing 60-metre victory as Torry, Evans and Gilbert followed.
Kent second-claimer Torry led the current champions to a comfortable victory in the team race as hosts South London Harriers slipped up, missing opening race winner Kevin Quinn, who was sidelined after illness.
As Pepper’s Ranelagh took second, the two newly promoted teams, Dorking & Mole Valley and Dulwich Runners, continued to struggle as the gap between the top two divisions was apparent.
Men (5M): 1 J Pepper (Rane) 28:41; 2 N Torry (Kent, M35) 28:55; 3 R Evans (S Lon) 29:01; 4 J Gilbert (Kent, M35) 29:07; 5 J Cornish (Herc W) 29:09; 6 J Mcmullan (THH) 29:13; 7 B Toomer (Herc W) 29:17; 8 N Phillips (Kent, M35) 29:22; 9 A Haynes (Rane) 29:24; 10 R Philips (Kent, M40) 29:33; 11 R Gregory (Rane, M35) 29:34; 12 R Henderson (Herne H) 29:39; 13 R Mcdowell (Herc W, M35) 29:50; 14 T Higgs (S Lon) 29:55; 15 J Weaver (Kent) 29:59; 16 J Chettle (THH) 30:02; 17 B Anderson (Rane) 30:05; 18 M Sharp (Herc W, M35) 30:17; 19 B Hope (Kent, M35) 30:23; 20 J Bowler (Kent, M35) 30:30; 21 J Creegan (Rane) 30:32; 22 J Croft (S Lon) 30:36; 23 G Laybourne (S Lon, M35) 30:37; 24 G Pearce (THH) 30:38; 25 J Toomey (Herc W) 30:39; 26 P Lighting (Kent, M35) 30:41; 27 C Assmundsson (Rane) 30:46; 28 M Shore (THH, M40) 30:47; 29 P Killingley (Rane, M35) 30:48; 30 J Clark (Herc W) 30:52; 31 J Cunningham (Herne H) 30:53; 32 D Ansell (Kent) 30:59; 33 J Allchin (THH) 31:01; 34 L Davis (Clap C) 31:04; 35 G Howard (Rane, M40) 31:09; 36 C Mcgurk (Kent) 31:11; 37 T Mulligan (S Lon) 31:12; 38 S Wurr (THH, M35) 31:14; 39 P Canavan (S Lon) 31:18; 40 S Fitzpatrick (Herne H) 31:25; 41 S Coombes (Herne H, M40) 31:26; 42 T Elsey (Herne H) 31:27; 43 F Johnson (Herc W) 31:29; 44 W Bardsley (S Lon, U20) 31:35; 45 T Lawrence (Kent, M35) 31:37; 46 P Haarer (Rane, M45) 31:38; 47 D Taylor (Herne H, M50) 31:39; 48 A St Aubyn (Rane) 31:40; 49 J Reid (Herc W, M45) 31:45; 50 H Cropper (Clap C) 31:46
M45: 3 S Davies (Dulw) 32:28; 4 C Lound (Dulw) 34:23. M55: 1 D Ogden
(S Lon) 35:10. M60: 1 H Balfour (Dulw) 39:24. M65: 1 M Mann (Dulw) 39:31.
M70: 1 G Taylor (DMV) 44:24
TEAM: 1 Kent 176; 2 Hercules 301; 3 Ranelagh 302; 4 S London 343; 5 THH 436; 6 Herne H 486; 7 Clapham 598; 8 Dulw R 693; 9 DMV 760
Standings after 2 matches: 1 Kent 492; 2 HW 546; 3 S London 566; 4 Ranelagh 647; 5 Herne H 895; 6 THH 988; 7 Clapham 1232; 8 Dulw R 1354; 9 DMV 1470
2XU SURREY LEAGUE
DIVISION 2, Guildford
HOSTS Guildford & Godalming and Reigate Priory turned out 35 runners but could not quite head league leaders Belgrave Harriers in the overall team competition.
Scott Evans won his fourth 2XU league race but his first in division two as his Kingston & Polytechnic club tried in vain to move from the bottom of the team standings.
Overall: 1 S Evans (K&P) 28:18; 2 A Jaksevicius (Belg, M35) 28:32; 3 N Wellard (K&P, U20) 29:12; 4 B Savill
(Croy) 29:18; 5 E Auden (Belg) 29:19; 6 C Elliott (FOT) 30:14; 7 P Prothero (Reig, M35) 30:19; 8 N Buckle (Belg) 30:22; 9 R Harris (Reig, M40) 30:23; 10 R Murray (Reig) 30:24; 11 C High (G&G) 30:30; 12 M Mcdaniel (G&G) 30:31; 13 T Griffiths (G&G) 30:33; 14 A Dumez (Belg) 30:36; 15 B Murphy (Croy) 30:56; 16 D Woolmer (Walton, M35) 30:59; 17 D White (Croy) 31:02; 18 B Evans (G&G, M35) 31:15; 19 O Garrod (E&E) 31:16; 20 H Boyd (G&G, U17) 31:18; 21 M Reed (Walton) 31:19; 22 E Lees (FOT, M40) 31:23; 23 M Taylor (Belg, M35) 31:28; 24 T Higgins (Walton) 31:38; 25 A Walker (Reig, M40) 31:47; 26 M Welsh (Belg) 31:51; 27 C Dormenval (Croy) 31:52; 28 P Mackie (E&E, M35) 31:54; 29 Z Abery (Belg) 31:56; 30 P Butler (Reig, M35) 32:00
M45: 1 T Grose (Walton) 34:33; 2 S Newton (Wimb W) 34:51; 3 A Arbour (K&P) 36:10. M50: 1 M Tennyson (G&G) 33:16; 2 G Mclaughlan (Wimb W) 34:31; 3 A Burn (Croy) 36:07. M55: 1 S Bean (E&E) 36:06; 2 P Carstairs (Belg) 36:31. M60: 1 A Fay (E&E) 38:02; 2 P Sanderson (G&G) 40:01; 3 P Chandler (Reig) 40:31. U20: 2 C Gibson (G&G) 33:05; 3 K Connor (Croy) 33:38; 4 M Pharoah (Walton) 34:17