Road Relay Results

A great weekend for the girls up at Sutton Park in the ERRA National 6 stage road relays, where the ladies A team finished 14th overall - their best finish for several years! Vicky Plume took the opening leg and despite it being her first time on the course (which can take a couple of goes to get the pacing right) ran a time of 17.43, to put the girls right in contention in 19th. Emma D'Alton took over and ran the joint fastest Harrier time of the day (17.27) to put the girls into the top 10. Robyn Golding took over and her time of 18.13, was enough to keep them in 9th. Tamsin Chick then ran a great leg of 20.32 to leave the girls 13th after 4 legs, Zoe Dixon's 20.19 took them to 17th after 5 legs, before Debbie Marsden anchored the team to 14th, equalling D'Alton's time of 17.27! Great effort girls!

3 ladies also made up a B team, with Sarah Thorne running 21.30, Vicky Jones ran 20.09 - suggesting she will be pushing for A team selection soon - and Hayley Johnson ran 23.09 - well done girls!

Sadly our men's team suffered, with a number of last minute dropouts - it is highly frustrating when runners are carrying injury or illness, but do not inform the managers until Thursday or Friday before the race - in future I would ask all of you - if there is a chance you won't run to let us know EARLY - that way we can find reserves. As it was only 8 runners were able to participate and the team performed strongly with Rod Jones opening up on the 5.5m long leg in 31.19. Sam Dalgleish then fired the team into the top 50, running 15.33 for the 3 mile short stage. Gregg Ward ran the 2nd long leg in 31.59, and then Joe Dalgleish ran 15.44. Chris Palmer then ran 31.42, before Dan Studley ran 17.47 - which put the team 50th after 6 legs. Malc White then ran 32.47 before the team bowed out with Bob Pringle running 18.19 on the short stage. Great running guys and with the likes of John Collier, Matt Ellis, Rich Collinson, Anthony Glover and the Halliwell brothers waiting in the wings. The midland 6 stage promises to be an interesting affair!