Club Handicap 10K – 22nd August 2017
Report from Nick Nealon
Another great turnout and for the fourth year running we have hit 50, this time equalling the record attendence of 51. There were some difficulties with members who haven’t raced for a while and without supporting evidence of previous events this made timings challenging. A big thanks must go to Stuart Hale for providing a comprehensive list of everyone’s race times; giving me plenty of data to work with in calculating the handicap times.
A great evening with the weather for the barbecue but the humidity made it challenging for the runners with fewer than normal getting inside their Handicap times. Albeit some good times were achieved on what is a fairly difficuly course.
The quickest male on the evening was Nathan Lawson, who takes the club Championship Title for the second time, completing the course in quick 35.12, the quickest since 2011 and nearly a minute quicker than his 2015 win. Nathan is having a tremendous season this year, let’s hope it continues.
The Men’s event saw a very close finish for the Championship placings with Stephen Snow taking 2nd in 38.25, followed very closely by newcomer Kieran Flannery taking 3rd in 38.29. Hopefully the Club can benefit from Kieran’s Gateshead experience. Carl Sommer, a previous Harrier, made a guest apperance to be second quickest on the evening with a 36.24; a couple of minutes down on his course PB of 34.17 from 2011.
The Ladies race didn’t bring the excitement of 2014, but was still fairly close with victory going to Helen Talbot, for her first Championship Title after previously finishing second in 2012. Helen was 70 secs quicker than before and is having one of her best seasons.
In 2nd place for the Ladies was 14 times winner Nicki Nealon (40.42) in a reversal of positions from that 2012 race with stalwart Kathryn Evans (45.53) in 3rd.
First across the finish line with handicaps applied was Julia Morley, a very recent recruit, who had never raced the distance before, running a respectful 58.31 and feeling very chuffed with herself!
Jason Tomkins was the nearest runner to their handicap, being 2 secs adrift to take that prestigeous Title.
During the busiest period we had 28 finishers within 1 min 38 secs! Well over half the field!
This years event saw the largest ever number of female competitors that we have ever had in the Club Championship Handicap event.
Thanks to all the helpers; I have to give special thanks to Marie for the food organisation, including ordering and collecting the chips, along with taking a video for confirmation of placings. Also specific thanks to John Heywood, Phil Watts and Tony Lay for helping time keeping and recording; it’s always challenging getting everyone away on time.
Handicap Results
No Name & Time
1 652 Julia Morley 57.31
2 710 Nick Vernon (v45) 58.18
3 676 Geoff Williams 58.21
4 777 Paula Jennings 58.32
5 636 Katherine Dean 58.49
6 649 Nicki Jones 59.01
7 800 Deb Hulbert 59.09
8 665 Anthony Nicholls (v45) 59.10
9 609 Dave Robinson (v40) 59.12
10 620 Tina Tosh 59.14
11 712 Kieran Flannery 59.20
12 810 Nick Strange (v40) 59.40
13 895 Stephen Snow (v45) 59.41
14 612 Chris Unwin (v40) 59.43
15 711 Jenny Murphy 59.49
16 831 Nicki Nealon 59.50
17 713 Aaron Cox 59.52
18 878 Jason Tomkins 59.58
BASE TIME 60.00
19 718 Duncan Smith (v45) 60.06
20 619 Hugh Potter (v55) 60.10
21 617 Sue Gardner 60.11
22 608 Gev Jones (v60) 60.14
23 778 Helen Talbot 60.16
24 852 David Lawson (V50) 60.18
25 728 Neil Parry (v40) 60.19
26 812 Claire Edwards 60.25
27 855 Nathan Lawson 60.30
28 623 Kathryn Evans 60.31
29 704 Andrew Spare (v45) 60.35
30 840 Liz Hill 60.36
31 618 Leonard Symeonides (v40) 60.37
32 884 Gareth Chivers 60.38
33 621 Helen Mercer 60.42
34 611 Mark Larratt (v40) 60.47
35 657 Nicki Nicholls 61.10
36 865 Carl Sommer (Guest) 61.11
37 679 Wendy Thompson 61.12
38 811 Graeme Slight (v55) 61.17
39 885 Andy Wilford (v50) 61.17
40 753 Rachel Trivett 61.40
41 766 Mark Deary (v45) 61.44
42 861 Jonathan Wells (v40) 61.57
43 771 Stephen Best (v45) 62.13
44 705 Julie Banton 62.25
45 790 Stuart Hale 62.34
46 648 Carol Maguire 62.35
47 603 Barry Hibberd (v60) 62.40
48 668 Trudi Unwin 64.16
49 635 Mike McSharry (v55) 64.17
50 763 Lucy Hodkinson 64.20
51 622 Janet Richardson 64.41
Men’s 10K Championship Results
Name & Time
1 Nathan Lawson 35.12
2 Carl Sommer (Guest) 36.24
3 Stephen Snow (v45) 38.25
4 Kieran Flannery 38.29
5 Jason Tomkins 39.10
6 Gareth Chivers 39.59
7 Aaron Cox 40.09
8 Nick Strange (v40) 40.22
9 Hugh Potter (v55) 43.02
10 Mark Deary (v45) 43.16
11 Dave Robinson (v40) 43.50
12 Neil Parry (v40) 44.57
13 David Lawson (V50) 45.09
14 Nick Vernon (v45) 45.25
15 Jonathan Wells (v40) 45.27
16 Graeme Slight (v55) 45.55
17 Barry Hibberd (v60) 46.10
18 Duncan Smith (v45) 46.11
19 Anthony Nicholls (v45) 46.17
20 Andy Wilford (v50) 46.26
21 Chris Unwin (v40) 46.50
22 Mark Larratt (v40) 46.52
23 Andrew Spare (v45) 46.59
24 Leonard Symeonides (v40) 47.01
25 Stephen Best (v45) 47.03
26 Mike McSharry (v55) 49.20
27 Stuart Hale 52.35
28 Geoff Williams 52.43
29 Gev Jones (v60) 53.28
Ladies 10K Championship Results
Name & Time
1 Helen Talbot 40.08
2 Nicki Nealon 40.42
3 Kathryn Evans 45.53
4 Tina Tosh 46.21
5 Rachel Trivett 47.20
6 Wendy Thompson 48.07
7 Helen Mercer 48.20
8 Paula Jennings 48.33
9 Sue Gardner 49.41
10 Katherine Dean 49.46
11 Julie Banton 50.05
12 Trudi Unwin 50.52
13 Lucy Hodkinson 50.56
14 Jenny Murphy 52.50
15 Claire Edwards 54.10
16 Nicki Jones 54.19
17 Liz Hill 54.58
18 Deb Hulbert 57.09
19 Julia Morley 58.31
20 Carol Maguire 59.45
21 Nicki Nicholls 61.02
22 Janet Richardson 66.41
23 Jane Benson 67.17
