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Notts 10, Totley Moor & Erewash results

Posted on Sunday, 15 June 2008 12:53PM by JH

John Hewitt excelled in the Notts County 10mile Championships at Holme Pierrepont where he won a silver medal in his over 50’s age category, finishing 19^th overall in 59:47.

Caroline McGinley (1:20:35, 183^rd) also made the most of the ideal weather conditions and a fast flat course knocking over a minute off her previous personal best time.

Also competing for the Worksop Harriers where:
Richard Simms (1:02:35, 35^th),
John Harrison (1:08:28, 84^th),
Julie Bonser (1:21:48, 190^th).

The 5.5mile Totley Moor fell race was the 5^th race in the Harriers Grand Prix & involved over 1,100ft of ascent & decent making it a tough way of gaining points, nevertheless 5 ‘GP Bandits’ were whiling to give it a go.
They finished:
John Harrison (45:20, 108^th),
Richard Harrop (46:37, 125^th),
Jimmy Kelly (50:42. 182^nd),
Graeme Murray (52:45, 192^nd),
Julie Bonser (56:22, 203^rd).

The Harriers Grand Prix continued with the 3^rd race in the Notts AAA Summer league over a hilly 5.5mile course at Erewash. Due to road safety concerns the race was run in the opposite direction to past years, this made things interesting as it meant that the biggest hill came at the end of the race.

Kyle Craib had an excellent run to lead the club home finishing 9^th in 31:08. This remarkable performance by the sixteen year old strengthened his hold on the lead in the under 20’s category.

He was followed by:
Steve Battle (27^th, 32:25),
John Hewitt (28^th, 32:30),
Peter Roberts (31^st, 32:55),
Crag Argyle (62^nd, 35:07),
Robert Roper (66^th, 35:24),
Paul Sadler (74^th, 35:43),
John Harrison (87^th, 36:17),
Keith Hopkinson (103^rd, 37:18),
Tony Savage (105^th, 37:29),
Philip Harrop (130^th, 38:31),
Dennis Learad (144^th, 39:21),
John Proffitt (185^th, 42:21),
Jimmy Kelly (211^th, 44:34).

Caroline McGinley (43^rd, 42:49) led the ladies teams home. She was followed by:
Carol Lonsdale (51^st, 43:24),
Tracy Moore (55^th, 44:11),
Julie Bonser (61^st, 44:51),
Donna Blizard (64^th, 45:21),
Charlotte Hewitt (78^th, 46:16).

This means that after 3 races in the league the Harriers teams are in encouraging positions in their respective leagues. The senior men’s team hold on to 4^th place, while the veteran men’s team move up to 7^th (from 8^th). In the ladies leagues the veterans move up to 4^th place (from 5^th) while seniors drop 2 places to 17^th.

The next race in the leagues is the Harries home event at Worksop College on Wednesday 9^th July & starts at 7:15pm. Anyone with friends or relatives whiling to help stage the race please contact John Harrison ASAP - Thanks!

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