March 2016

Athletics Monthly

The Journal of the World Famous Scarborough Athletic Club

A chilly Sewerby for the final East Yorkshire Cross Country League Fixture. Report included this edition

Contents Fixtures Lists. Road, Multi Terrain, Fell Track and Field Road Rankings Final Cross Country Participation Totals Mini Biography. Mark May Pro Am Newsletter Cartoon of the Month Quote of the Month Press Reports

From the Editor

Welcome to the March edition, and thanks to Jenna Wheatman and Mark May for their contributions. The Press Reports in this edition cover the final races of a cross country season, which has seen an increase in the numbers participating in the North Yorks and South Durham League, and as a result scoring girls Under 13 Girls, Under 15 Girls and Women’s teams. We were also placed fourth of 15 teams overall. Hopefully we can get more boys and senior men competing next season. I am hopeful that we will be able to stage a ‘home’ fixture once again after the demise of Filey. Thanks to several new members, we ended the East Yorkshire League on a high note with winners of two fixtures, and improved team results. Next month sees the start of the Track and Field season, and also many road races that are popular with club members. I have highlighted these in the Fixture List. There is a new Parkrun starting at Dalby Forest on 19 March. The Summer Handicap series starts on Monday 4 April. In addition there will be fell races and multi terrain races, so there is plenty for everybody to look forward to.

Mick Thompson 01723 864442

m.pt@btopenworld.com

Fixtures

Most Popular with our club members

Club members have participated in almost all of the races listed. I can help with further information if required. Ed. Fell See Esk Valley Fell Club web for further details Winter Series

Date Title/Venue Distance/climb

17 Apr Guisborough Moors 12 mile. 2789 feet

Summer Series

Date Title/Venue Distance/climb

11 May Carlton Challenge 5 mile. 1181 feet

8 June Fox and Hounds. Ainthorpe 9 mile. 1499 feet

6 July Ossy Oiks. Ainthorpe 5.3 mile. 1834 feet

8 Aug Cock Howe Classic. (New) 2,5 mile. 2.5.797

31 Aug Roseberry Topping 1.5 mile. 715 feet

10 Sep Castleton Show 6.1 mile. 650 feet

18 Sep Viking 4 Peaks. Carlton Bank 8 mile. 1500 feet

Winter 2016-17 Series

Date Title/Venue Distance/Climb

2 Oct Levisham Limping. Lockton 6.1 mile. 1083 feet

13 Nov Saltergate Gallows 10.6 miles. 1400 feet

4 Dec Eskdale Eureka. Castleton 8 miles. 1500 feet

27 Dec Guisborough Woods 5.5 miles. 1234 feet

Road.

Date Title/Location Distance Comment

28 Mar Ackworth (Pontefact) Half Marathon Easter Monday. Undulating course

3 Apr Wakefield 10K + Fun run Mildly undulating

3 Apr Hartlepool Marina 5 mile Fast and flat

10 Apr Sheffield 10K Jane Tomlinson race

10 Apr Hornsea 1/3 Marathon Now an official race distance

10 Apr Manchester Marathon Web site claims, fast, flat and friendly !

24 Apr London Marathon Full

24 Apr Blackpool Marathon + half Fast if not breezy on promenade section

1 May Kirkby Moorside 10K + Fun Run Tough but very popular race

8 May Leeds Half Marathon Jane Tomlinson race

8 May Beverley 10K + Fun Run Club favourite. On line from 12.00 6 Feb

29 May Edinburgh Marathon Some tough sections, but overall downhill

29 May Humber Bridge 10K On the bridge

19 Jun Hull 10K Jane Tomlinson Race

Jun. TBN Victorian New Marske 10K Sub 10 min mile entry requirement

26 Jun Humber Bridge Half Marathon On the bridge

3 Jul Harrogate 10K Undulating

8 Jul Walkington 10K + Fun Run Friday Night, Undulating

10 Jul Leeds 10K Jane Tomlinson race

13 Jul Doncaster 5K Wed night. Town centre laps

7 Aug York 10K Jane Tomlinson race

10 Aug Millennium Bridge York. 5K Wed night race. Also shorter junior races

Aug, TBN Elloughton 10K Fast two lap race. Race date is often latish

21 Aug Lockington. Major Stone Half Marathon Undulating on quiet country roads

Aug. TBN Tees Pride. Middleboro 10K + Fun Run Big north east race. 2,500 runners

4 Sep Tholthorpe 10K Mildly undulating

11 Sep Newcastle Half Marathon Great North Race

25 Sep Nottingham Half + Full 26.2 Hilly half then boring second half for 26.2

25 Sep Redcar Half Marathon Flat and fast

2 Oct Chester Marathon Mostly flat urban and rural

9 Oct York Marathon Full

16 Oct Bridlington Half Marathon Slightly undulating.

30 Oct Scarborough 10K + Fun Run Will sell out soon after going on line

Nov. TBN Leeds. Abbey Dash 10K PB course

Track and Field Youth Development League. Lower Age Group

Date Venue

23 Apr Sheffield

21 May Doncaster

19 Jun Middleborough

16 Jul York. Our Home fixture

City of York Summer League. (All at the New Stadium at the University Campus)

Sunday 24 April

Sunday 8 May

Saturday 18 June

Saturday 30 July

Saturday 20 August

Sportshall

Date Title Venue

16 April United Kingdom Championships Manchester

Multi Terrain. Non Extreme. (See Hardmoors and Lakeland Trails Website for Longer )

Date Title/Location Distance

8 May Ravenscar Half Marathon

Sep. TBN Pickering and Moors 10K

13 Nov Dalby Dash 10K. Likely clash with EYXC

Nov. TBN Leeds Xmas 10K

Dec. TBN Ripon. Jolly Hog 10K

Dec Loftus. Poultry Run 8 miles

Parkruns. All 0900 every Saturday. Sewerby, Dalby Forrest, Hull at East Park and Peter Pan Park, York, Harrogate and Middlesbrough at Albert Park and Stewart Park.

2016 Road Race Rankings

Men 10K C. Allen M45 Dewsbury 41.26 Half Marathon P. Markham M45 Brass Monkey 83.35 I. Nicholls M50 Brass Monkey 90.52 N. Scruton M65 Brass Monkey 92.05 N. Pearcey M45 Brass Monkey 94.13 T. Carrington Sen Brass Monkey 109.20 J. Johnston M45 Brass Monkey 110.42 10 Miles A. Fleming Sen Snake Lane 61.18 M. Dowson Sen Ferriby 63.20 P. Markham M45 Snake Lane 63.58 M. Middleton Sen Snake Lane 64.00 D. Swift M55 Snake Lane 67.02 S. Kelly M45 Snake Lane 67.06 G. Hewitt M40 Ferriby 68.18 D. Fox M65 Ferriby 68.18 R. Maw M45 Snake Lane 68.36 N. Scruton M65 Snake Lane 68.50 N. Pearcey M45 Snake Lane 68.59 G. Hewitt M40 Snake Lane 69.13 A.Blackman Sen Snake Lane 70.08 O. Willis M45 Snake Lane 71.52 G. Cromack M55 Snake Lane 73.32 P. Chapman M45 Snake Lane 73.33 S. Tymon M50 Snake Lane 76.35 C. Clayton M50 Snake Lane 77.03 R. Broadley M65 Snake Lane 77.09 M. May M50 Snake lane 79.04 D. Field M50 Snake Lane 79.25 C. Bourne M45 Snake Lane 79.48 C. Wade M55 Snake Lane 84.36 M. Sweetlove M60 Snake Lane 84.41 S. Flintoft Sen Snake Lane 85.04 T. Carrington Sent Snake Lane 85.26 H.Forkin M65 Ferriby 88.34

Women R .Haslam Sen Todmorden 43.13 S. Haslam F60 Todmorden 46.19 E. Manton F35 London Winter 57.23 L. Hinchliffe 54 Huddersfield 63.10 S. Haslam F60 Four Villages 92.08 N. Hanson F45 Brass Monkey 107.02 E. Clapham Sen Brass Monkey 108.29 L. Bourne F45 Brass Monkey 109.37 J. Fish F50 Brass Monkey 137.41 R. Haslam Sen Snake Lane 68.31 S. Haslam F60 Snake Lane 71.12 B. May F45 Snake Lane 79.37 E. Clapham Sen Snake Lane 83.01 L. Bradnam Sen Snake Lane 88.15 J. Pilgrim Sen Ferriby 89.15 H. Rutter F40 Snake lane 90.09 E. Manton F35 Sidcup 94.36 A. Wiles Sen Snake Lane 100.51 S. Field F55 Ferriby 106.17

Senior (17 years and above) Cross Country Participation

Final Totals

First Name Surname EYXC

Total Races competed

NYSD Total

Races competed

Champ Races Senior Races

Grand Total

Paul Chapman 2 4 6 5 1,2,3,4,5 7

Heide Coates 6 1,2,3,4,5,6 6

Jonathan Poulter 6 1,2,3,4,5,6 6

Sam Shepherdson 6 1,2,3,4,5,6 6

Dave Shipley 6 1,2,3,4.5,6 6

Mally Sweetlove 6 1,2,3,4,5,6 6

Mark May 6 1,2,3,4,5,6. 6

Geoff Cromack 5 2,3,4,5,6 5

Chris Duck 5 1, 3,4,5,6 5

Dave Fox 5 1,2,3,4,5 5

Glyn Hewitt 5 2.3,4,5,6 5

Sally Kingscott 5 1,2,3 5,6 5

Hannah Mainprize 5 - 1 4 Yorks, Northern, England, Inter Cs.

5

Neil Scruton 5 1,2,3.4,5 5

Linda Hinchliffe 4 1,2, 4,5 4

Matt Middleton 4 1,2, 4, 5 4

Kevin Moment 4 1,2,3, 5 4

Leoni Bradnam 3 4,5,6 3

Chris Clayton 3 1,2,3 3

Sue Haslam 3 3, 4, 6 3

Hannah Mainprize 1 Yorks. Northern 3

Diane Roberts 3 1,2,3 3

Lisa Bourne 2 1,2 2

Ralph Broadley 2 2, 4 2

Hester Butterworth 2 1,2 2

Nikki Carr 1 3 1 2 2

Ellen Clapham 2 3,4 2

Andy Curtis 2 3,5 2

Tyler Evans 2 5.6 2

Harry Forkin 2 2, 4 2

Jayne Graves 2 1.2 2

Richard Maw 2 1,3 2

Jack Robertson 2 3 6 2

Katy Stringer 2 4,5 2

Ben Thompson 2 2,3 2

Owen Willis 2 1, 3 2

Dave Baldwin 1 1 1

Nick Coombes 1 3 1

Kevin Debenham 1 2 1

Shirley Field 1 4 1

Lynzie Fleming 1 1 1

Tony Hackworth 1 5 1

Bronwen Owen 1 4 1. Yorks 1

Dave Parke 1 3 1

Helen Rutter 1 2 1

Emma Simmons 1 1 1

Nev Watson 1 5 1

Jenna Wheatman 1 1 1

Rhona Haslam 1 6 1

Helen Rutter 1 6 1

Heather Westrom 1 6 1

Pro Am Newsletter

Jenna Wheatman. BSc. MSST

This month instead of some injury advice, I thought I would show you the progress of the building works being done at the premises’

A dream 7 years ago to convert a derelict Victorian Coach House into my very own dwelling is finally coming

true.

Pro-Am Sports injury clinic is run from an outbuilding which was originally a Victorian coach house built in

1890's. It was then turned into unbelievably a world war 2 air raid shelter on one side and at some point a

double garage on the other at ground floor level. The upper floor has always been left empty. Sadly it had

just been left empty for at least 6 years prior to us moving in. 7 years ago we managed to convert part

(digging out the air raid shelter) of the building to create my treatment room, reception and the double

garage became the rehabilitation gym on the ground floor. The upper floor above the treatment room was

also boarded out. Here is what the outside looked like after and how it looks now with the new dormer (I am

gutted we did not take pictures of the air shelter or double garage before the 1st part of the project).

Some of you may know that I bought the main house with my mum and the plan was for me to convert the

outbuilding into my own dwelling. With lots of saving I got Martin Ellwick to draw up some plans to convert

the upstairs into a dormer bedroom en-suite and to have an extension added to the front of the building to

move the gym into, so the former gym could become a lounge. After looking at costs we have put the

extension on hold and have made the hard decision to lose my rehabilitation gym so I can still have a lounge

area with a lovely log burner. Here are some of the before and after pictures. (works carried out by Andy

Whitelaw)

Building projects are never without their problems, we were very unlucky that prior to any building work starting we had a

leak in the gym section and the whole floor had to be taken up and we found the previous builders had not levelled the

floor, so in goes 100ml of concrete. The bad luck did not stop there, the concrete mix was not right and started to

crumble so it is having to be redone done but once that is done I can crack on with decor.

Mini Biography

Mark May

Years as a runner; 20 months (plus 20 years on / off running, unenthusiastically alone). Although I represented my school and district at many sports I managed to avoid running further than was necessary. This approach to sport continued after leaving school when I spent 15 years playing local league football with minimal running. In my early thirties I joined the Intelligence Corps TA and started running to improve my fitness. I became quite good at running 1.5 miles (Basic Fitness Test distance) and beat the rest of the squad

and PTI (being first into the showers and breakfast is a great motivator). Since then I continued to run on my own but never really enjoyed it and, as a consequence, tended to pick short, flat routes. After joining Yorkshire Coast Homes in July 2014, Shaun Tymon and Sarah Cowen encouraged me to join the YCH running group. After a few weeks my running began to improve and I decided to enter the Scarborough 10k (my first race). This whetted my appetite to improve my running and I decided to attend a couple of SAC training nights to see if it was for me. I was made to feel very welcome by everyone and decided to join the club....... Something I wished I'd done twenty years earlier. Best Performances ; York Millennium Bridge 5k (22:52) Scarborough 10K (47:16) Snake Lane 10M (79.04) GNR Half Marathon (119:58) Favourite race; I would have to say the Scarborough 10k as it was my race in 2014 and I achieved a pb in 2015. I also enjoyed the EYXC league and the May Beck 3 Crosses race. Favourite Athletes; All the team members at SAC, they are so inspirational and supportive. If I had to choose 'famous' athletes I would pick: Favourite female athlete; Paula Radcliffe Favourite male athlete; Daley Thompson Targets; To keep improving my times and try to get under 45 minutes for 10k. I would also like to try a few fell races and maybe one of the shorter Hardmoors events. Ambitions; To keep enjoying my running. Also, during the last year I have managed to keep up with Jon Poulter in a number of events (currently 4 wins each in our head to head). I would like to continue this as long as possible whilst Jon inevitably gets back to his previous level and helps improve my performance on the way. Funniest Moments; I seem to have a knack of overtaking Mally Sweetlove on the final descent of EYXC races and, whilst overtaking Mally down the last hill at Sledmere, he shouted his words of encouragement (friendly abuse) at me. I burst out laughing and couldn't stop laughing for the rest of the race. The other runners must have thought I was crazy.

Cartoon of the Month

Quote of the month

Press Reports Sportshall Regional Final Seventeen of Scarborough Athletic Club’s young athletes competed for North Yorkshire at the Sportshall Regional Finals which were held at Halifax, with included teams from West Yorkshire and also Humberside. The Country achieved probably their best ever results in the Under 15 Boys and Girls when wining both competitions, and the Under-13 Girls were the winners for the second consecutive year. All three teams qualified to compete in the National finals in April at Manchester. In Under-15 Boys competition, the most successful athlete of the North Yorkshire team was Dan Tomlinson who was the overall top scorer at the event after winning all three of his events. Jack Villa-Fordon and Tom McDonald were joint second overall scorers, and Joseph Matique was fifth overall. In the Under-15 Girls competition, the most successful overall was Isabel Louth who was equal third. Sacha Butterworth was fifth overall and Jazmine Hilary was tenth. The North Yorkshire Under- 13 Girls team included five Scarborough athletes who all achieved some top scores for the team which finished first. Hannah Ellam was first in the Standing Triple Jump and third in the two lap race, Isabel Matique first in the four lap race and first in the Standing Long Jump, Daisy Willis first in Speed Bounce, Katie Tomlinson third in the Standing Triple Jump and 4 lap relay and Katie Robinson third Vertical Jump. The top Scarborough scorers in the Boys Under-13 team were Alfie Willis who was fourth in both six lap race and Speed Bounce, and Jack Tomlinson who was fourth in the Standing Jump. The meeting included a friendly competition for Under-11 Girls and Boys, which was separate from the Regional Finals, and enabled the young athletes an opportunity to compete for the North Yorkshire at Sportshall. Four Scarborough athletes competed in twelve events and the most successful was Katie Mullaney who was overall fourth girl. Hannah Sellars-Drury was ninth and Lucy Keen tenth. James Walker was seventh overall boy. Snake Lane 10 mile Road Race

Andrew Fleming Rhona Haslam 31 club members competed in the annual Snake Lane Ten Mile road race, which is staged on fast and mostly flat course at Pocklington. Ten club members took advantage of the course and favourable weather, to achieve a

lifetime personal best time for a ten mile road race. In addition six women members competed at distance for the first time to set their own personal best time. The first home for the club was Andrew Fleming who was 41

st of 541 male finishers in a personal best time of 61

minutes 18 seconds. The next fastest finisher was Phil Markham who edged out Matt Middleton with a 63.58 clocking, Matt finished in 64.00. Both were close to their personal best times for the distance. The first of the club’s seven women runners was Rhona Haslam who was 12

th overall of 395 female finishers in a

personal best time of 68.31. For the second time this year, Rhona was followed by her mother Sue Haslam who was 24

th overall in 71.12. Sue was the clear first of the Over-60 females and her time has placed her first of her

age on the Rankings List for United Kingdom Beckie May was next home made both an event and club debut with 79.37 In addition to Sue Haslam’s top ranking on the United Kingdom lists, Neil Scruton who was first Over 65 in 68.50 is now second in his age group for United Kingdom and first ranked Yorkshire Other Men (PB = Personal Best) Derek Swift 67.02 Sean Kelly 67.06 PB Richard Maw 68.36. Neil Pearcey 68.59 PB Glynn Hewitt 69.13 Alec Blackman 70.08 PB Owen Willis 71.52 Geoff Cromack 73.32 PB Paul Chapman 73.33 Shaun Tymon 76.35 PB Chris Clayton 77.03 Ralph Broadley 77.09 Mark May 79.04 PB David Field 79.25 PB Chris Bourne 79.48 PB Mally Sweetlove 84.41 Chris Wade 84.36 Steve Flintoft 85.04 Tom Carrington 85.26 PB Harry Forkin 88.34 Other Women Ellen Clapham 83.01 PB Leoni Bradman 88.15 PB Helen Rutter 90.09 PB Alison Wiles 100.51 PB Sewerby Parkrun 12 club members competed in the latest Sewerby Parkrun, on what was fine but windy morning on the mainly coastal route. Tyler Evans was the first club members in sixth overall of 163, which was one of the highest attendances of the event. He was followed by Michael Dowson in eighth and Rob Powell 18

th and second Over 45

The six female club members were led by Sam Shepherdson in 20

th overall of 68 females. Lesley Bayes was

24th and once again the first Over-60 and Linda Hinchliffe 33

rd.

Other male finishers were Pete Barnard 36

th, Mike Padgham 83, and Club Press Officer Mick Thompson 94

th

and first Over-75 with an improved time for the third consecutive race! Other female finishers were, Alison Hornby 34

th, Ciara Harper 53

rd, and Liz Cremer 67

th.

English Cross Country Championships Three members competed in the English Cross Country Championships which was held at Donnington Park Leicester. The runners at the event had to cope with a testing course, which was very muddy after the early races. There was a record entry for all the separate age groups, and notably in the senior men’s championship which reached 2,824. Jack Robertson was 449

th overall and was the first finisher of North Yorkshire Clubs, and 23

rd of Yorkshire Clubs

which included Leeds City Athletic Club and Hallamshire Harriers, which are two of the best athletics clubs in the United Kingdom. Hannah Mainprize was up in 84

th overall of the 401 entries, and was first North Yorkshire and sixth Yorkshire

finisher. Christian Mummert came 223

rd overall of 569 entries, and was third North Yorkshire and 12

th Yorkshire finisher.

Emma Clapton finished up in 75th of 401 entries in the Under-17 Women's Championship. She was also the 2nd finisher from North Yorkshire clubs and seventh Yorkshire County" Huddersfield 10 kilometre Road race Linda Hinchliffe competed in the Huddersfield 10 kilometre road race, which was held over what the organisers described as a Yorkshire Style undulating course! Linda finished in 63 minutes 10 seconds which was a reflection of the South Pennines area. The women’s course record of 36.07 which has stood since 2002, is still held by former Scarborough Athletic Club members Rowan Johnson ne Smith. Eastbourne Parkrun The London based actress Emma Manton who was touring with Alan Ackybourn shows at the Devonshire Park Theatre Eastbourne, competed in the Eastbourne Parkrun. After missing the start by some 13 minutes, she still managed to overall two back markers, and achieve a actual time of 28 minutes 33 seconds which would have placed her 19

th of 56 female finishers

Sewerby Parkrun Six club members competed in the latest Sewerby Parkrun. Tyler Evans ran a personal best time of 18 minutes 21 seconds when finishing as the runner up. He was followed by Michael Dowson who was fifth in 19.23 11 year old Golda Richardson made both a very successful event and club debut when finishing 12

th female and

first Under-14 Girl in 25.54. Ciara Harper was the second Under 14 and 22nd

female in 29.29. Lesley Bayes was once again the first Over-65 and was 16

th female in 28.14.

Mick Thompson was the third club member to head an age group, after clocking 39.13 as a Over 75 male. Mike Padgham who was competing in his eighth Parkrun this year at Sewerby finished in 32.20

East Yorkshire Cross Country League at Sewerby

Jack Robertson.( First overall ) Rhona Haslam. (Second woman)

19 club members competed in the final fixture of the East Yorkshire Cross Country League which was held at Sewerby, on a course that was badly affected by above average winter rainfall which was exacerbated by overnight rain. Whilst some last minute alterations were made to the worst areas that were knee deep in rainwater, the course which is normally benign, was considered to be very challenging.

Jack Robertson overcame the adverse conditions to finish first and was 91 seconds clear of Bridlington Road Runner’s Phil Taylor who was later crowned the League Champion. Due to his university studies, Jack has only had one other race in the league this season which was at Langdale End when he also a clear winner. Jack led the men’s team which was third of the eight teams on the day and fourth overall for the season. Chris Duck was the next scorer in eighth place after edging out club newcomer Tyler Evans who was ninth. Kevin Moment was 17

th and second Over-45 and was followed by Glyn Hewitt 36

th and Dave Shipley who completed

the scoring team in 47th.

The women’s team that finished joint second was led home by Rhona Haslam who was competing in her first league race this season. Rhona finished second female behind City of Hull Athletic Club’s Carla Stanfield who was also 12

th overall of 123 competitors.

Rhona’s mother Sue Haslam was the next team scorer in 12th and also first Over-60, but was denied an overall

age group win, as she was only able to compete in three league races. Heidi Coates who competed in all of the races, closed in for the team in 16

th and was the first Over-35, and was also second overall in her age group for the

season.

In addition to Heidi’s season’s overall age group placing, Chris Duck finished second Over-40 and was seventh overall male, and Neil Scruton who had to miss the Sewerby race was once again the first Over-65

Other Male Finishers 49. Paul Chapman, 50 Geoff Cromack, 58 Jonathan Poulter. 61 Mark May and 69 Mally Sweetlove who was also third Over-60 Other Female Finishers 19 Helen Rutter (League debut), 22 Leoni Bradnam, 27 Sam Shepherdson, 30 Sally Kingscott, 39 Heather Westron (League Debut). English Schools National Cross Country Championships at Wollaton Park Nottingham

Emma Clapton Four of the club’s top junior athletes represented North Yorkshire Schools at the English Schools National Cross Country Championships, which brings together the best athletes in each of the 45 Counties in England to compete for the honour of being the best in the Country. Entry to the event is by virtue of athletes being selected by County Team Managers to represent their County. This year’s championship wad held on a very testing hill course at Wollaton Park Nottingham.

In the Senior Girls race, Emma Clapton who was voted the top Junior Sports Girl Under-18 at this year’s Scarborough Borough Awards, was the second scorer for the North Yorkshire. Hannah Mainprize was the fourth scorer for the team which was 13

th of the 37 teams in this category.

Sacha Butterworth who was competing in the Inter Girl’s race after moving up from last year’s Junior Girls event, was the fifth scorer for the team which was 26

th of 36 teams.

In the Junior Boy’s race, Christian Mummert made a championship debut, and was the seventh finisher for the team that was 22

nd of 44 teams.

FlaminGo 10 K run

Seven club members competed in the second running of the ‘FlaminGO! Ten kilometre multi-terrain 2-lap course, which passed through the zoo, theme park and golf course areas of Flamingo Land. The run is in aid of the Udzungwa Forest Project (UFP), a charity which carries out work in Tanzania to help protect wild animal populations and conserve tropical forests. As was the case with most recent off road races, the going suffered from the effects of rainfall. The distance was also slightly less than advertised, and no age group categories were recorded.

The first for the club was newcomer Nev Watson who was sixth of 120 men. He was followed by another top newcomer Tyler Evans who was eighth. Steve Flintoft was 61

st and Jim Johnson 62

nd.

Jo Ireland made a very good club debut when finishing 25th of 128 women. Next home was Lesley Bayes in 44

th

and Sarah Crookes also made an impressive club debut when finishing up in 54th

Annual Barton upon Humber Annual Cross Country Races.

Four club members competed in the annual Barton upon Humber annual cross country meeting, which attracts some good quality runners.

Ben Cross who was the runner up Primary Boy at this year’s Scarborough Borough Sports Awards was third in the Under-11 Boys race, Ben’s brother Jamie Cross finished up in ninth.

Issy Nicholls who was the Under-11 Girls champion at this season’s North Yorkshire and South Durham Cross Country League, competed for the first time as a Under-13 and was fourth which augurs well for next season

Ian Nicholls joined his daughter Issy at the event, and in the senior race finished 31st overall of 58 and was

third Over-50

Sewerby Parkrun

Due to conflicting fixtures over the weekend, Club Press Officer Mick Thompson was the only club representative at the weekly Sewerby Parkrun. On what was a very windy morning, Mick was pleased to finish ahead of five runners and maintain his Over-75 unbeaten streak.

United Kingdom Inter Counties Cross Country Championships

Hannah Mainprize

Hannah Mainprize represented Yorkshire County at the United Kingdom Inter Counties Cross Country Championships, which was held on a tough course at Cofton Park Birmingham. The event is the most prestigious event in the cross country calendar for club athletes, who have to be selected by their county body. Hannah gained immediate selection when she finished fourth in the county championships in January.

On what was her inter counties championship debut, Hannah was the fifth scorer for the Yorkshire team which finished 11

th of 22 teams, which included strong regional teams from West Scotland, North East and Greater

Manchester, which took the first three team places. Hannah was notably the first North Yorkshire club finisher.

Sidcup 10 mile road race

London based Emma Manton competed in the Sidcup 10 mile road race as part of her build up for her London Marathon debut next month. Emma took advantage of a fast course to record a personal best time for the distance of 94.36 after finishing 22

nd female overall and the 9

th Over-35.

Broxa Breaker Trail Races

The Hardmoors organisation joined forces with the Army Benevolent Fund,(ABF), to host a special race day to raise Money for the ABF and Macmillan Cancer Support. This was a new event which included a Trail Marathon, Half Marathon and 10 kilometre races which started and finished in Scalby, and took in villages of Scalby, Hackness, Broxa, Langdale and Cloughton.

In the half marathon event, Sue Haslam was joint fourth overall along with Neil Scruton finished in 1 hour 43 minutes.

Sue Louth followed in 13th with 1 hour 56 minutes, then a trio of Julie Clayton, Melanie Padgham and Neil

Roberts completed the testing course in 2 hours 15 minutes and were joint 31st finishers.

Three club members competed in the 10 kilometre event, and were led home by Juliette Pilgrim who was the fifth woman finisher in 72.11. Helen Rutter was sixth in 73.44 and Diane Roberts 11

th in 80.39.

Sewerby Parkrun

Twelve club members took advantage of favourable weather at the latest Sewerby Parkrun, when many achieved some good results in their age groups, and personal best times.

Tyler Evans led home the club’s runners in overall third place when clocking 18 minutes 33 seconds. He was followed by Christian Mummert who was fifth in a personal best time of 18.50.

Mummert was also one of five club members to finish first in their age groups when heading the Under 14 Boys. Dave Shipley headed the Over-60 men in 21.55, Danielle Raw the Age 10 Girls in a personal best time of 27.01,Lesley Bayes the Over-65 women in 27.53 and Mick Thompson the Over-75 men in 37.42.

Personal best times were also achieved by Helen Rutter the 2nd

Over-40 in 23.29, and Jessica Raw the 3rd

11-14 female.

Mark Malig had a solid run finishing 28th of a big field of 158 in 22.05, and was followed by Golda Richardson

2nd

11-14 female in 26.19, Pete Barnard 69th in 28.38 and Avril Metcalfe 2

nd Over-50 woman in 33.08.