The main road race for Red Rose this weekend was the Garstang 10K. Each year this provides everyone with a benchmark time for the following months. This year overnight rain gave way to cool but favourable conditions. Our success came in both team and individual prizes. Matt Holmes posted yet another PB finishing in 5th place in 35.18 with Karl Hodgson close behind with a time of 35.42. A brilliant run from Carla Davies saw her win the ladies race in a confident return to the 10k distance, after injury, clocking 36.46. With great runs from Sam Edwards 43.03 and Jill Jefferson 45.24 Red Rose Ladies took the team prize. Joe Swarbrick(42.19) completed the Men’s team who took second place. Our strong ladies presence resulted in individual prizes. Jill Jefferson won the F60 prize by a massive margin, Carol Douglass won the F70 prize with 53.55 and Joan Gouldthorpe finished as first F65 in 55.51. Other results: David Park 42.37, Andrew Stell 43.08, Steve Murphy 45.58, Ben Smithers 46.44, Pete Smith 47.36, Michael Coupland 48.42, Gail Bristo 49.46, Emily Ingham 50.37, Judi Ingham 50.37, Nikoletta Hudak 50.53, Doug Bryden 51.26, David Dyson 52.23, Matt Ashton 52.38, Paula Stell 52.40, Barbara Bath 56.09, Natalie Barber 56.43, Cat Holden 61.49, Carol Heaton 63.14, Hannah Clayton 63.15, Matthew Thorpe 64.56, Deborah Hall 65.27, Lauren Hatton 65.47, Michelle Clapham 67.43, Kate Clipston 67.43, Susan Beardsworth 74.34, Sharon Arts 80.19.
Lucie Clipston was our only runner in the fun run finishing 5th overall and 2nd female in a great time of 13.42.
At the Burnley cross country we had ONE brave Junior, Oliver Bruce competing in the Under 11’s finishing the 2K course in 10.21. Based on provisional results, the ladies took 8th place with Sam Edwards 23.44, Sophie Pilkington 24.03, and Anneke Crosby 26.13. Other finishers we were Jay Rayton 26.25, Alison Parkinson 30.28, Margaret Worbey 31.27, Debbie Porter 31.41, Melanie Lowe 31.55, Alison Mercer 33.40, Barbara Bath 35.09, Karen Clark 36.01, Sally Cape 36.38. Janine Needham also ran but not named in the results.
Our first six men made up our ‘A’ team finishing in 8th place, Dan Hughes 39.13, Michael Hall 41.58, Barry Wheeler 42.25, Simon Shaw 42.26, Stuart Smith 43.23, Phil butler 45.24. Other times: ‘203’ 46.52, Steven Moon 47.09, Lee Lawrenson 47.46, John Carruthers 48.26, Phil Dean 48.36, Simon Worbey 51.27, John Wiseman 51.52, Rob Mather 52.14, James Hughes 52.26, Richard Field 54.52.
At Cuerden Valley parkrun we had a great turnout of 26 runners but it wasn’t a day for PB’s. At Preston four RRRR ran PB’s. Kristian Lowe 19.28, Joanne Geoghegan 30.02, Nicola Millington 30.11 and Ann Donoghue 30.18.
It was a small field in a wet and windy Avenham junior parkrun and only 2 rosebuds ran. Tegan Bentley running her 20th junior parkrun came 3rd female and 1st in her age category with a PB of 13:20 and Eli Davison-Livesey running his second junior parkrun with a PB of 17:17. Both did incredibly well in the very wintry conditions.
[Weekly Roundup 14 January 2020]