Road results towards the end of August including the Mid Cheshire 5km, Avon Relays and Serpentine 5km
Mid-Cheshire 5km, Kingsley, August 26
On the renowned fast course, Adam Craig won the men’s race in 14:09 and Ellie Wallace was the women’s winner in 15:48.
Alastair Watson, who tops the UK M40 rankings with 14:25, now tops the M45 rankings after turning the age of 45 earlier in the month with a 14:29 clocking in sixth place.
Alastair Watson
Overall:
1 A Craig 14:09; 2 K Taylor 14:15; 3 B Brown 14:18; 4 F Stewart 14:24; 5 J Knockton 14:27; 6 A Watson (Notts, M45) 14:29; 7 M Clisham 14:32; 8 J Tilley 14:35; 9 T Higgs 14:36; 10 G Tomlinson 14:39
Women:
1 E Wallace 15:48; 2 L McNeil 15:53; 3 J Vastenburg 16:06; 4 I Jones 16:18; 5 K Estlea 16:21; 6 L Small 16:21; 7 T McCormick 16:27; 8 R Hodgkinson 16:33; 9 P Stone 16:36; 10 R Jones 16:42
BUTETOWN MILE, Cardiff, August 28
Overall:
1 P Hambleton (Les C, M35) 4:41; 2 A Evans (Les C) 4:47; 3 T Flitcroft 4:54
Women:
1 N Kuiper 5:29; 2 E Fell 5:49; 3 J Van Beijnum (W35) 5:58
KINGS HEAD CANTER 5km, East Hoathly, August 28
Overall:
1 B Short (Craw) 15:59; 2 J Baker (Chich, M45) 16:07; 3 J Barnes (Henf) 16:18
Women:
1 E Navesey (Lewes) 17:55; 2 M Laidlaw ( W40) 19:14; 3 S Fry (E’bne, W50) 19:16
CLEEVE RELAYS, AVON COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS, Somerset, August 28
Westbury took three of the women’s races, including the open three stage event but it was Chelsea Baker’s opener for Bristol & West that was easily the quickest overall, Martin Duff reports.
Fourth in the Inter-Services cross-country championships back in February, the Royal Navy runner, who has affiliations in Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire as well as here in Avon, clocked 17:38 but her club was unable to hold on as Westbury came through to win.
This was thanks to their two junior runners as Rhiannon Paton on the anchor leg was second best with 18:18.
North Somerset comfortably took the men’s four stage race after junior Ben Hamblin gave them a good start with what proved to be the third best effort of 15:45.
They then had Matt Howard on the penultimate leg clock 15:40 but both were upstaged by third placed Cleevedon’s Sam Taberner with 15:30 on that same stage.
Men (4x5km):
1 N Somerset 63:29 (B Hamblin (U20) 15:45, A Hocking 15:54, M Howard 15:40, J Gentry 16:10); 2 Westbury 65:23 (J Harrod 16:05, F Goodhew 16:47, A Savage-Swain 16:34, B Rawlins 15:56); 3 Clevedon 65:39 (R Stewart 15:51, S Taberner 15:30, J Richardson 16:46, J Murray 17:32); 4 N Somerset B 66:11; 5 Westbury 72:33; 6…
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