Bristol & West, Elswick and Mansfield among the many winners at a windy Mallory Park on Saturday
Bristol’s M35s and W55s, Elswick’s W45s and Mansfield’s M45s all retained their titles at a windswept Mallory Park because the vets’ relay managed to compete in opposition to the cacophony and a number of laps being run by opponents within the Anglo-Celtic Plate 50km and 100km ultras.
The identical venue additionally noticed the open Livingstone relays held over the identical laps for varied age teams and their veteran races competed with the British Masters for entries and had 20 males’s and 24 girls’s masters groups competing earlier than the BMAF occasions and had high veteran Gemma Metal presenting their prizes.
Males
Bristol’s senior males haven on a roll this previous winter concluding with their win within the Nationwide 12-stage relay at Sutton Park in April and right here, the youngest vets age group added to the trophy cabinet, which they mentioned was bursting on the seams.
After successful the opening three-mile-long up and down circuit of the M35 age group six-stage occasion, by David Awde’s 15:20 run out, they retained their title after main all through.
Awde mentioned: “I needed to go on the hill and am happy to have been chosen for the Masters’ 5km worldwide occasion.”
It was fairly a good first leg as Lengthy Eaton’s William Lun-Pigula recovered from a slower begin than some, to take his membership second on that opener, in 15:26, however neither they nor eventual silver-medallists Sale had any solutions as Bristol went on their merry manner.
They completed off with Ben Robinson’s race quickest 14:21.
Robinson, who was a member of that successful Nationwide senior 12-stage workforce, mentioned: “That was good and 12-13 seconds quicker than final yr.”
That was when he anchored his membership 12 months earlier.
It was Sale, although who had the following quickest runners as Nigel Martin’s 14:49 was second finest however was made in a forlorn chase of Robinson on that final leg. Additionally they had the third quickest timer as Nicholas Barry’s mid-race 15:13 took them nearer to the entrance however it was Bristol who had the extra balanced squad.
Mansfield Harriers additionally retained their title, this time within the M45 4 stage occasion, as Dan Bailey and quickest age group runner Dan Nugent gave them a strong begin. They misplaced floor within the second half of the occasion as Metropolis of Leeds closed however victory was theirs by 11 seconds on the line.
The primary race away had been that for the over-55 males and Brighton’s Phoenix membership ran out winners, however needed to come from behind as John Walton once more popped within the quickest age group lap for Leeds, with a 16:55 break up. This got here on the primary leg, as Bristol’s Matthew Robinson adopted him residence for a second quickest 17:09.
Walton mentioned of the wind: “It’s the identical for everyone,” as Robinson added: “It was horrible.”
Steve Atkinson took over within the lead for Phoenix mid-race and mentioned: “I caught him on the hill with about half-a-mile to go.”
Nevertheless, and with a better-balanced squad, Phoenix went additional forward on leg three and completed off with multi-world observe medallist Adrian Haines to assert victory over Leeds. Bristol chipped in with Phil Parry, whose 17:15 was third finest, however that they had misplaced floor mid-race.
Oxford Metropolis led all through the M65 race after Brian Inexperienced’s opening 19:49 was adjudged the quickest and Thames Hare & Hounds managed to finish an M75 threesome.
There have been troubles with the outcomes on the day because the hyperlink between occasion chip timing, Open Observe, and the BMAF left a lot to be desired and there are nonetheless some gaps however Athletics Weekly have put collectively a consequence gained from composite sources.
M35 (8x3M): 1 D Awde 15:20, M Battensby 15:19, A Burleigh 15:52, A Grigg 16:09, R Stewart 15:37, B Robinson 14:21); 2 Salford 93:30 (B Lima 15:31, M Latham 16:07, Runner 3 15:23, Runner 4 15:58; Runner 5 15:34; Runner 6 14:55); 3 Sale 94:13 (W Onek 16:14, P Richardson 16:23, S Henderson 15:54, N Barry 15:13, D Proctor 15:36, N Martin 14:49); 4 Lengthy Eaton 96:52; 5 Aldershot 98:41; 6 Newark 1:50:57
Quickest: Robinson 14:21; Martin 14:49; Runner 6 (Salf) 14:55
M45 (4x3M): 1 Mansfield 64:31 (J Bailey 15:56; D Nugent 15:39; Runner 3 16:45; Runner 4 16;10); 2 Leeds 64:42 (M Burrett 16:21, A Buckley 16:23, Runner 3 15:51, Runner 4 16:06) 3 BRAT 66:03 (M Ince 16:14, A Tsolakis 16:53, Runner 3 17:04, Runner 4 15:51); 4 Tonbridge 66:53; 5 Salford 68:17; 6 AFD 69:52
Quickest: Nugent 15:39
M55 (3x3M): 1 Phoenix 54:17 (A Tribe 18:22, S Atkinson 19:03, A Haines 17:51); 2 Leeds 54:00 (J Walton 16:55, P Townsend 19:55, M Roscoe 17:50); 3 Bristol & West 54:50 (M Robinson 17:09, A Roper 20;25, P Parry 17:15); 4 Bedford & C 55:27; 5 Tonbridge 56:13; 6 Redhill RR 56:44
Quickest: Walton 16:55; Robinson 17:09; Parry 17:15
M65 (3x3M): 1 Oxford C 62:15 (B Inexperienced 19:49, G Puglisi 21:08, B Vaughan 21:17); 2 Yate & Sodbury 70:11; 3 Datchet Dashers 71:37
Quickest: Greem 19:49; J Goodland (B&W) 20:41; Puglisi 21:08
M75 (3x3M): 1 Thames Hare & Hounds 88:36 (D Jenkins 29:30, M Johnson (M80) 27:59, P Newby (M80) 30:58)
Quickest: Johnson 27:59
Ladies
Aldershot’s W35 squad regained the title that that they had received at Mallory Park in 2023 and led all through their four-stage occasion, after Abbie Curtis had given them an preliminary lead. The daughter of Paula Fudge, the inaugural girls’s senior 5000m report holder and 1978 Commonwealth 3000m champion, clocked 18:02.
She then handed over to Clare Rees they usually went on to win by simply over a minute from Lincoln Wellington.
Natalie Burns anchored for the Lincoln membership with the quickest W35 break up of 17:39.
Up an age group, Elswick Harriers retained their W45 title, over three legs and, once more, had Justina Heslop quickest general with a 17:59 break up, a time that bettered all of these within the youthful age group.
Their Judith Nautt had trailed Aldershot’s Amy Kerr and Macclesfield’s Kristy Gill on stage one earlier than the north easterners sealed issues with a five-minute victory.
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Bristol & West led all through the W55 occasion to retain their title as Sarah Everett’s opening 19:32 was quickest general as workforce mates Clare Jolliffe and Louise Cronin accomplished the three quickest laps.
Everett lamented the low turnout and mentioned: “It’s a pity that they aren’t extra groups right here.”
The newish membership Yate & Sodbury completed two of the 5 groups within the W65 age group as their Mary Derrick’s 22:55 on the opening stage was quickest general. They completed off with Marian Grace who, final month, was fourth within the World Masters W65 indoor 3000m championships in Florida.
Ladies W35 (4x3M): 1 AFD 74:52 (A Fudge 18:02, C Rees 19;17, Runner 3 19:30, Runner 4 18:02); 2 Lincoln Wellington 75:36 (C Cooney 18:57, J Broadbent 19:02, S Parkinson 19:56, N Burns 17:39); 3 Sale 78:20 (R Rhozhdestvenskaya 18:19, J Welsh 19;56, L Cooke 18:59, B Degeffa 21:04); 4 Birchfield 81:17; 5 Holme Pierpont 83:29; 6 Redhill Roadrunners 87:23
Quickest: Burns 17:39; Fudge/Runner 4 (AFD) 18:02
W45 (3x3M): 1 Elswick 59:52 (J Nutt 20;12, A Banner 21:40, J Heslop 17:59); 2 Mansfield 64:59; 3 Stockport 67:24
Quickest: Heslop 17:59; A Kerr (AFD) 19:26; Ok Gill (Macc) 19:43
W55 (3x3M): 1 B&W 60:54 (S Everett 19:32, C Jolliffe 20:02, L Cronin 21;18); 2 Datchet D 67:17; 2 Metal Metropolis 70:17
Quickest: Everett 19:32
W65 (3x3M): 1 Yate & Sodbury 70:45 (M Derrick 22:25, C Lavis 24:25, M Grace 23:25); 2 Metal C 75:43; 3 Datchet Dashers 76:43
Quickest: Derrick 22:25; Grace 23:25; L Hedworth (Win RC) 23:45
