Overall:
1 G Jeans 6:05:41; 2 P Murray (M40) 7:46:15; 3 S Milne (W) 8:08:09
Women:
1 Milne 8:08:09; 2 K Mcindewar (W50) 9:02:41
Overall:
1 A Bailey 20:46:02
2 N MacNicol (M50) 21:55:28
3 J Chapman 21:56:52
4 D Phillips (M40) 22:07:40
5 C Lewis (M40) 22:17:56
6 M Wilson 22:58:55
M60: M Read 28:59:15
Women:
1 E Stuart 23:05:54
2 E Moore 24:47:14
3 N Duncan (W40) 25:43:37
4 S Perry 26:07:59
W50: A Troup 27:30:57
W60: K Nash 29:40:55
Overall:
1 A Siggers (M40) 7:56:25
2 S Shaw 7:57:15
3 K Sijpesteijn (W) 8:02:19
4 R Harris (M40) 8:09:07
5 D Balmer 8:19:08
M50: R Ebbs 9:34:55
M60: R Hill 10:44:56
Women:
1 Sijpesteijn 8:02:19
2 S Verjee 8:43:13
3 L Graham 9:33:37
W40: K Archer 10:25:41
W50: K Bridge 10:51:17
Overall (tough 5.3M):
1 J Doherty (Liv) 34:37; 2 S Fairhurst (Horw) 35:16; 3 J Heyes (Wig, M50) 36:03
M50: 2 T Harkin (Liv PS) 37:41
Women:
1 C Andrew (Warr, W40) 40:26; 2 N Fellows (Chor, W50) 44:21; 3 K Moorfield (Wig P, W40) 45:07
Overall (5M approx):
1 H Bond (Buxt) 24:07; 2 D Watt (Stoke) 24:32; 3 S Lucking (Stoke) 24:44
M40: 1 M Eardley (Newc St Tri) 24:59
M55: 1 N Hey (Macc) 27:25
Women:
1 G Stanfield (Trenth) 29:14; 2 J Dickens (Trenth, W50) 29:44; 3 F Sharpley (Macc) 29:49
Overall:
1 D Evans (Grange Farm & Dunmow) 43:03; 2 A Jones (L Bad) 45:23; 3 J Sweeney (Castle P) 48:28
Women:
1 S Jordan (Hals) 50:06; 2 L Higgs (Mid E) 53:11; 3 C Collins (Spring S) 64:12
Overall:
1 J Morris (Edin) 73:20
2 J Lawson (P’bello, M40) 75:43
3 S End (Edin) 77:20
4 L Blackburn (C’thy) 77:37
5 A Pollock (Race Fit) 79:39
M50: P Slifer (Muss) 87:47
M60: D Gowan (Edin) 98:52
M70: J Hudson 1:43:24
Women:
1 C Bruce (HBT, W40) 96:27
2 H Breene 97:29
3 C Franzosi 99:38
W60: C Dalrymple 1:57:54
Overall:
1 S Tabberner (Cleve) 33:22; 2 M Ellis (W’bury, M40) 35:18; 3 S Llewellyn (Bristol Tri) 35:29
M50: 1 S Wood (Cleve) 37:00
Women:
1 M Kirkbride (S’ville) 44:02; 2 K Alhadeff (GWR) 44:04; 3 M Monaghan (GWR) 45:13
Overall:
1 A Bunyan (Macc) 24:52; 2 C Everill (Nant) 25:06; 3 H Bond (Buxt, U20) 25:18
Women:
1 D Sherwin (Stoke, W40) 27:52; 2 K Latham (Nant) 28:06; 3 F Sharpley (Macc) 29:16
Andrew Fairburn was the first to claim the free hot-pot supper offered to all finishers who had pre-entered, Martin Duff reports.
Overall (4.75M):
1 A Fairburn (BW&F, M45) 27:55; 2 K Johnston (Chor, M40) 27:59; 3 C Williams (Preston) 28:04
M60: 1 R Tomlinson 31:42
M65: 1 P Muller (N Vets) 30:00
Women:
1 K Cheshire (BW&F) 32:58; 2 S Edwards (R Rose) 33:37; 3 L Lawler (BW&F) 34:41
W55: 1 L Goddard (L&M) 36:59
South West Road Runners dominated the event and had the race won well before Ollie Thorogood popped in the fastest stage on the anchor leg, Martin Duff reports.
Tavistock Run Project’s Jim Cole led the 2.5-mile opener before Tamar Trotters Ollie Oldfield took his club ahead at the half distance. Sam Hopton then put SWRR well ahead on the penultimate stage with a 12;37 clocking that Thorogood topped with a 12:26 on the final stint.
Hosts Erme Valley won the women’s laurels with a consistent squad as their last leg runner Alison McEwing was their best with 15:01, but Plymouth’s 15-year-old Molly Shorey was quickest with 14:43.
Men (4x2.5M):
1 SWRR 51:37 (T Humphries 13:09, G Davies 13:25, S Hopton 12:37, O Thorogood 12:36); 2 Tamar 54:24 (P Hancock 13:23, O Oldfield 13:01, R Hamm 13:44, L Attwood 14:16); 3 Tavistock RP 54:47 (J Cole 12:56, R tew 14:05, J Hughes 13:52, A Peyton-Jones 13:54); 4 Plymouth 55:03; 5 Erme V 55:48; 6 Torbay Tri 55:49
ELLIS CROSS was comfortably the quickest over the 1.6-mile trip, but his Up & Running sports shop squad were headed by Elmbridge for the team award, Martin Duff Reports.
After his victory over Mo Farah in the Vitality London 10km The Aldershot 25-year-old ran a fast 5000, in 13:46:03, in France but slowed to tenth in the Muller UK championships 5000m before this low key outing here.
Overall (4x1.6M): 1 Elmbridge 35:16 (C Davidson 8:37, G Dunk 8:49, A Haig 9:12, P Thorogood 8:38); 2 Ranelagh 35:31 (D Ready 8:28, E Perry 8:56, J Smith 9:07, J Whistler 9:00); 3 Up & Running 36:40 (S Barnes 8:02, D Cheeseman 8:47, E Cross 7:21, R Wood 12:30; 4 Stragglers 38:04; 5 26.2 RR M40 38:06; 6 E&E 38:14
Fastest: E Cross (Up & Run) 7:21; S Barnes (Up & Run) 8:02; D Wolff (E&E) 8:15; A Gurteen (E&E) 8:18; D Slaven (E&E, U17) 8:24; D Upscomb (E&E B, M40) 8:26
M50: S Winder (E&E) 8:41

Overall (23km):
1 C Holdsworth 1:44:10
2 J Arkle (RAF) 2:19:58
3 A Owen (M40) 2:23:06
4 B Ireland (Belg) 2:23:13
5 M White (Stubb G, M60) 2:25:26
Women:
1 S Williams 2:26:42
2 C Oxlade 2:34:04
3 S Maybanks (Bees, W40) 2:39:04
W50: B Lees 3:05:08
W60: M Lomas (Charn) 3:21:35
Overall (14km, all M40 and Kend):
1 R Wilson 64:49
2 M Wilson 65:12
3 C Marsh 70:13
Women:
1 A-M Woodcock (Lions, W50) 70:39
2 M Armstrong (Tyne, W40) 81:05
3 R Robinson (W50) 83:57
Overall:
1 P Lyons (CoH) 34:39; 2 W Fennell (Selby) 39:34; 3 A Kirk (Nidd) 40:24
Women:
1 E Winter (VoYork, W40) 46:02; 2 J Heaton (R’hay) 47:49; 3 E Drew (W40) 48:03
Overall (4x4M approx):
1 Belper 81:50 (L Whiting 21:29, S Bolt 20:14, A Hanson 19:13, D Powell 20:44); 2 N Derbyshire 83:03 (T Mowbray 19:50, D Leese 21:52, J Redfern 21:26, C Bell 19:53); 3 Heanor 83:30 (J Rainsford 18:39, S Ashmore 21:15, J Henstock 21:50, J Staton 21:46)
Fastest: Rainsford 18:39; Whiting 19:13; Redfern 19:50
Women (4x4M approx.):
1 Matlock 1:43:21 (L Rowley 24:35, L Riddle 25:33, L Jones 27:26, A Corke 25:45); 2 Ripley 1:53:00; 3 1:57:29
Fastest: J Saunders (Ilk, W35) 22:11; S Hutchby (Ilk, W45) 22:40; M Johnson (SinA) 23:22;
Mixed (4x4m approx.):
1 Ilkeston 90:28 (I Hunter 20:55, N Propopiuk (W) 24:55, J Saunders (W35) 22:11, P Whittleton 22:27); 2 Matlock 90:29; 3 Ilkeston B 1:40:08
Overall:
1 C Bell (Kesw) 34:38; 2 A Clokey (M40) 37:38; 3 R Edgar 39:20
Women:
1 F McNeela 39:54; 2 H Newton 41:10; 3 K Griffith (W50) 43:02
Overall:
1 T Gardner (Ilf) 28:10; 2 C Bloomfield (Bill’cay, M45) 28:17; 3 S Cottle (Eton M, M40) 29:28
Women:
1 N Masilioniene (Ilf, W35) 33;18; 2 J Heymann (Eton M, W40) 34:15; 3 A Bird (Ilf) 35:54
Overall:
1 M Towler (Avon VR) 16:44; 2 J Maxwell (T Bath, U20) 17:02; 3 M Gilbert (Woott B, M40) 17:19
Women:
1 L Midwinter-Brown (Corsh, W45) 21:59; 2 L Costa-Jafrate (Chipp, U20) 22:35; 3 C Baston (Els) 22:56
After passing the 1000 victories mark a few weeks ago, James Baker shows no sign of resting on his laurels and here won over his favourite multi-terrain type surface by more than two minutes, Martin Duff reports.
The 45-year-old is now up to 1011 event victories and remains unbeaten over a wide range of parkrun coursex this year.
After passing the 1000 mark in Gosport, Baker has added further open road race victories at Gosport and Portsmouth over 5km and posted his quickest 5km race of the year, 15:36.
It was Aussie junior Luke Shaw who narrowly inflicted that rare defeat on the Chichester runner.Baker last won this event in 2017 in 34:41.
Overall:
1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 34:06; 2 M Houston (Chich R) 36:02; 3 L Briscoe (Fitt) 36:21
Women:
1 A Brown (Worth) 41:12; 2 P Brook 41:24; 3 J Elphick (P’slade) 41:31
Overall (5M approx):
1 R Liggatt (Strat) 30:14; 2 J Hall (Strat) 30;24; 3 A Evans (Strat)31:11
M50: 1 T Hutchinson (Strat) 32;15
Women:
1 K Wright (Strat, W55) 33:28; 2 M Spriggs (Strat, U15) 34:51; 3 E Bexson (Strat, W45) 35:08
The season finished with single race featuring all three divisions as Michael Waddington and Lucy Barnes came out on top with equal numbers of men and women taking part in the near-1000 strong field.
Overall:
1 M Waddington (Ware) 33:01; 2 S Federici (St Alb) 33:48; 3 B Hardman (NHRR) 33:50; 4 S Collum (Wat J) 33;57; 5 B O’Connor (Royst, M40) 34:13; 6 D Coleman (Dac &T) 34:35; 7 D Pudner (Gard CR) 34:33; 8 B Carr (Gard CR) 34:53; 9 P Evans (St Alb, M40) 35:04; 10 K Francis (Ware J, M45) 35:15
M50: 1 M Vaughan (NHRR) 35:56; 2 R Lowe (Harl, Tri) 37:00; 3 J King (St Alb) 37:29; 4 R Brown (Orion) 37:57
M55: 1 N Aston (St Alb) 39:58
M75: 1 C Taylor (Trent P) 51:41
U20: 1 E Fraser (Barn) 35:32
Men TEAM: 1 St Albans 308; 2 Gard CR 573; 3 St Albans B 984
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 105; 2 Gard CR 127; 3 Dacorum & Tring 236
Women:
1 L Barnes (Harl Tri) 37:56; 2 K Harbon (NHRR) 38;18; 3 J Vine (Gard CR, W35) 38:59
W50: 1 P Habbick (St Alb) 40:54
Women TEAM: 1 St Albans 89; 2 NHRR) 95; 3 Gard CR 190
W35 TEAM: 1 St Albans 34; 2 Trent P 65; 3 St Albans B 81
Combined TEAM (M&W): 1 St Albans 42; 2 Gard CR 39 (763); 3 NHRR 39 (1175)
Vets TEAM (M&W): 1 St Albans 42; 2 Gard CR 38;5; 3 Trent P 36
Div 1:
Overall: D Burrowes (Trent P). M40: P Evans (St Alb). M50: J King (St Alb). M60: P Smith (FVS). M70: C Taylor (Trent P). U20: A Ferrari (Trent P)
Women: H Mussen (Wat J, W45). W35: K Alpe (Trent P). W45: P Babbick (St Alb). W55: C Thrussell (NHRR). W65: E Sindole (St Alb). U20: A Howard (Trent P)
No athlete can score in more than one age group.
Div 2:
Overall: B O’Connor (Royst, M40). M40: H Hopkins (Gard CR). M50: P Harvey (Gard CR). M60: M Russell (Gard CR). M70: A Donovan (Gard CR). U20: A Gilbey (B Stort)
Women: K Woodward (Ware, W35). W35: J Jurd (B Stort, W40). W45: M Hall (Gard CR). W55: J Morris (Harp). W65: J Howes (B Stort). U20: E Hume (Gard CR)
Div 3:
Overall: A Edgeworth (Dac &T). M40: L Webber (Harl). M50: R Lowe (Harl). M60: P Barnaby (Herts P). M70: D Michael (Barn). U20: E Fraser (Barn)
Women: J Kent (Barn, W55). W35: T le (Dac &T). W45: S Flynn (Brox). W55: M Brown (Barn). W65: R de La Bertouche (Barn). U20: T Woodhouse (Herts P)
Overall:
1 J Dawe 36:33; 2 R Evans (W) 38:56; 3 S Snell 39:32
Women:
1 R Evans 38:56; 2 J Reay (Ex’mth, W55) 47:13; 3 K Cross (W40) 47:46
Overall:
1 J Maloney 28:09; 2 P Simkin 28:59; 3 P Thoroughgood (M40) 29:05
M55: 1 T Grose (Walton) 32:02
Women:
1 S Kinsella (Strag, W40) 31:54; 2 L Fraser (Strag, W35) 33:45; 3 E Ferguson (Strag, W45) 33:46
W50: 1 C Welch (S Lon) 36:37
Overall (13.5M, 2000ft):
1 A Holgate (CleM) 80:12; 2 T Corrigan (Barlick) 80:51; 3 S Corbishly (R’dale) 84:06
M50: 1 N Gaskell (B’burn) 84:56
Women:
1 H Jarvis (Barlick, W35) 98:16; 2 A Thorpe (W35) 1:42:51; 3 L Ensor (Wharf, W45) 1:43;19
W50: 1 A Hindle R’dale) 1:43;23
Overall (5.2M, 500ft):
1 P Montgomery (P’stone) 25:15; 2 S Asquith (York, M40) 26:50; 3 P Johnson (Barns) 27:09
Women:
1 J Lishman (D Peak) 34;20; 2 C Worth (P’stone, W40) 35:33; 3 R Hancock (P’stone, W40) 36:54
As this three-division league continued, the fourth-round race again saw just the first division clubs take part on a multi-terrain course, Martin Duff reports.
Watford Joggers Jude Bell moved up from fourth in the previous round, to narrowly head club mate Oliver Hill, who had followed him home back then.
Helen Mussen, who celebrated her 46th birthday a week earlier, made it a Watford double with a comfortable victory over Victoria Pritchard, after placing second last time out.
Overall:
1 J Bell (Wat J) 34:56; 2 O Hill (Wat J) 34:59; 3J Fox (NHRR) 35:08; 4 M Cooper (St Alb) 35:17; 5 S Federici (St Alb) 35:20; 6 A Ferrari (Trent P, U20) 35:32
M40: 1 S Buckle (St Alb) 35:36
M50: 1 M Vaughan (NHRR) 39:46
TEAM: 1 St Albans 2333; 2 Watford J 380; 3 Orion 471; 4 NHRR 483; 5 Trent P 499; 6 St Albans B 685
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 73; 2 NHRR 96; 3 Watford J 102
Final standings after 4 matches:
Men TEAM: 1 St Albans 23; 2 NHRR 15; 3 Orion 14
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 24; 2 NHRR 20; 3 Trent P 14
Women:
1 H Mussen (Wat J, W45) 40:08; 2 V Purchase (St Alb, W35) 41:17; 3 M Wilson (St Alb) 41:45
W50: 1 P Habbick (St Alb) 42:57; 2 W Walsh (St Alb) 44:18
W55: 1 Z Woodward (Orion) 48:37
W70: 1 Y Gordon (FVS) 53:10
TEAM: 1 St Albans 85; 2 Trent P 107; 3 NHRR 184; 4 Orion 254; 5 St Albans B 269; 6 Trent P B 418
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 20; 2 St Albans 27; 3 NHRR 53
Overall (M&W combined) TEAM: 1 St Albans 328; 2 Trent P 606; 3 NHRR 667
Overall masters TEAM: 1 St Albans 100; 2 Trent P 128; 3 NHRR 149
Final standings after 4 matches:
Women: 1 Trent P 23; 2 St Albans 21; 3 NHRR 16
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 24; 2 St Albans 20; 3 NHRR 16
Overall Open TEAM: 1 St Albans 44; 2 Trent P 36; 3 NHRR 31
Relegated: Watford J & FVS
Vets Overall: 1 St Albans 44; 2 Trent P 38; 3 NHRR 36
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