Winter Handicap: 06.10.12 Course as muddy as most mid-winters! 43 out of 53 finish in a 5min30sec 'window'. CLICK HERE for Bob's Handicap page. Handicap order Pos Number H'cap Actual 1 590 Pete McHugh 0:59:25 0:35:25 2 573 Phil Hernon 01:00:22 0:38:22 3 577 Kevin Julian 01:01:00 0:33:20 4 581 Stuart Colley 01:01:17 0:41:17 5 598 Ian Hunter 01:01:31 0:41:11 6 599 Andrew Warner 01:01:41 0:35:21 7 650 Colin Read 01:01:45 0:31:45 8 596 Christine Inch 01:02:00 0:41:40 9 563 Quin Broadbent 01:02:06 0:35:46 10 561 Daniel Penfold 01:02:08 0:32:08 11 633 Roger Allbury 01:02:19 0:45:39 12 635 Neil McGoun 01:02:20 0:32:40 13 647 Tim Wright 01:02:33 0:34:33 14 575 Patrick Love 01:02:34 0:42:14 15 594 James Hart 01:02:34 0:36:54 16 638 Graham Hall 01:02:38 0:40:18 17 593 Dan Green 01:02:39 0:39:19 18 580 Parmy Boual 01:02:53 0:49:13 19 557 Dave Stanley 01:02:59 0:50:19 20 595 Steve Timpson 01:03:11 0:49:11 21 570 Paul Emery 01:03:13 0:42:33 22 646 Matt Flannelly 01:03:19 0:34:39 23 592 Hayley Barron 01:03:22 0:44:22 24 644 Grant Corton 01:03:23 0:42:23 25 591 Paul Williams 01:03:31 0:43:11 26 560 Pete Deadman 01:03:39 0:53:39 27 571 Alan Godbold 01:03:44 0:42:44 28 631 Charlie Crump 01:03:56 0:53:56 29 629 Gary Bartlett 01:03:57 0:43:57 30 619 Rich Hepworth 01:03:58 0:48:58 31 620 Roger Green 01:04:00 0:42:00 32 583 Janet Edwards 01:04:18 0:51:58 33 589 John Andrews 01:04:20 0:40:20 34 562 Joe Happe 01:04:23 0:36:03 35 579 Anne De Asha 01:04:26 0:51:06 36 618 Bill Bennett 01:04:35 0:39:35 37 564 Paul Robinson 01:05:01 0:48:21 38 578 Grant Baker 01:05:02 0:43:02 39 572 Robert Maggio 01:05:29 0:49:29 40 569 Sally Gillam 01:05:51 0:49:51 41 582 Deborah Bumfrey 01:06:00 0:53:20 42 634 Lisa Thorn 01:06:11 0:50:11 43 649 Angel Perez 01:06:35 0:49:35 44 584 Mike Rosbrook 01:07:25 0:52:25 45 630 Carole Cross 01:07:36 0:55:16 46 642 Bix Hall 01:09:29 0:39:29 47 643 Daniel W-Jeffs 01:09:29 0:39:29 48 597 Barbara Clarkson 01:12:07 0:53:07 49 576 Graham Tuttle 01:14:37 1:01:37 50 637 Jazz Dowswell 01:17:24 1:00:04 51 636 Pippa Dowswell 01:17:26 1:00:06 52 588 Chandra Chauhan 01:19:54 1:19:54 53 574 Chris Love 01:19:54 1:06:54 Real time order Pos Actual Time 7 Colin Read 0:31:45 10 Daniel Penfold 0:32:08 12 Neil McGoun 0:32:40 3 Kevin Julian 0:33:20 13 Tim Wright 0:34:33 22 Matt Flannelly 0:34:39 6 Andrew Warner 0:35:21 1 Pete McHugh 0:35:25 9 Quin Broadbent 0:35:46 34 Joe Happe 0:36:03 15 James Hart 0:36:54 2 Phil Hernon 0:38:22 17 Dan Green 0:39:19 46 Bix Hall 0:39:29 47 Daniel W-Jeffs 0:39:29 36 Bill Bennett 0:39:35 16 Graham Hall 0:40:18 33 John Andrews 0:40:20 5 Ian Hunter 0:41:11 4 Stuart Colley 0:41:17 8 Christine Inch 0:41:40 31 Roger Green 0:42:00 14 Patrick Love 0:42:14 24 Grant Corton 0:42:23 21 Paul Emery 0:42:33 27 Alan Godbold 0:42:44 38 Grant Baker 0:43:02 25 Paul Williams 0:43:11 29 Gary Bartlett 0:43:57 23 Hayley Barron 0:44:22 11 Roger Allbury 0:45:39 37 Paul Robinson 0:48:21 30 Rich Hepworth 0:48:58 20 Steve Timpson 0:49:11 18 Parmy Boual 0:49:13 39 Robert Maggio 0:49:29 43 Angel Perez 0:49:35 40 Sally Gillam 0:49:51 42 Lisa Thorn 0:50:11 19 Dave Stanley 0:50:19 35 Anne De Asha 0:51:06 32 Janet Edwards 0:51:58 44 Mike Rosbrook 0:52:25 48 Barbara Clarkson 0:53:07 41 Deborah Bumfrey 0:53:20 26 Pete Deadman 0:53:39 28 Charlie Crump 0:53:56 45 Carole Cross 0:55:16 50 Jazz Dowswell 1:00:04 51 Pippa Dowswell 1:00:06 49 Graham Tuttle 1:01:37 53 Chris Love 1:06:54 52 Chandra Chauhan 1:19:54 Blackheath and Bexley Mob Match : Down there! 20.10.12 Orion took a depleted team to Blackheath, who were able to turn out 50 runners, including a GB international, a fitting way to mark this fixture first run in the 1912/13 season. Though outnumbered, the Orion runners made up for it in terms of commitment around the testing 7.5 mile lap of Hayes including mud, hills and slippery chalk trails. Blackheath's numbers told in the final result where they comfortably won. This year also saw the introduction of the WellsColley Cup a trophy scoring the veterans only, commemorating the memory of Orion's much missed Micky Wells and Blackheath's John Colley (also a descendant of Orion's first Secretary Frankie Harriss), which went to Blackheath. Particular mentions to Brian Jenkins taking the honour of leading the club back in a mob match for the first time and Orion's ladies section in the form of an under-the-weather Melissa Timpson who put in a typically gutsy performance justly rewarded by an enormous number of Grand Prix points. Thanks to all those Orion members who made the journey and to our hosts Blackheath who put on a great race. In future, we need to take as many people as possible to away matches to give us a chance of winning. BBHAC vs Orion Harriers scoring 22-a-side Points 1 BBHAC 378 2 OH 746 BBHAC vs Orion Harriers Veterans scoring 14-a-side Points 1 BBHAC 154 2 OH 315 Full Results by Mike Peel Ranelagh Mob Match : Chingford : 27.10.12 Name Club Time 1 Ben Hall OH 48.30 2 D Moses OH 49.17 3 B Jenkins OH 49.44 4 N McGoun OH 50.52 5 T Wright OH 51.01 6 K Julian OH 51.19 7 N Swift OH 54.35 8 C Braybrook OH 54.40 9 M Herbert RAN 56.04 10 D Brock OH 56.13 11 J Happe OH 56.35 12 Bix Hall OH 56.35 13 D Wright RAN 56.55 14 C Thurgood (L) OH 57.23 15 P Faull RAN 58.05 16 B Shore RAN 58.34 17 A Lunn OH 58.48 18 Q Broadbent OH 59.00 19 P McHugh OH 59.10 20 J Hart OH 59.25 21 S Hedger RAN 59.58 22 S Burrell RAN 61.09 23 B Green OH 61.31 24 A Smith GUE 61.42 25 D Green OH 62.30 26 G Gosling OH 62.38 27 M Peace RAN 62.50 28 A Esguevillas RAN 62.58 29 J Dawson OH 63.41 30 S Colley OH 63.44 31 C Camacho RAN 63.45 32 P Hernon OH 63.53 33 B Bennett OH 64.09 34 C Read RAN 64.23 35 B Martin OH 65.22 36 A Green OH 66.27 37 P Keen RAN 66.41 38 J Andrews OH 67.20 39 A Weller OH 67.46 40 G Hopkinson OH 68.02 41 G Hall OH 68.13 42 P Fordham RAN 69.04 43 A Perez OH 69.11 44 C Jones (L) RAN 69.20 45 A Godbold OH 69.34 46 P Rendell RAN 69.52 47 G Bartlett OH 70.42 48 L Pierce (L) RAN 70.44 49 L Emery RAN 71.07 50 B Jousiffe OH 71.39 51 G Messenger OH 71.53 52 C Naish RAN 72.34 53 S Maidment (L) OH 72.41 54 D Milner OH 73.32 55 L Maidment (L) OH 74.14 56 S Rowland RAN 75.17 57 A Hayward RAN 75.28 58 J Gallagher (L) OH 78.00 59 L Gosling (L) OH 78.00 60 K Allworthy (L) OH 78.15 61 D Stanley OH 79.01 62 K Bangham (L) RAN 79.18 63 M Maclannan OH 80.00 64 P Kitchen (L) RAN 80.10 65 P Boual (L) OH 80.16 66 K Macauley (L) OH 80.20 67 A Macqueen (L) OH 80.57 68 R Green OH 81.23 69 M Gibson (L) RAN 84.50 70 S Ackland (L) OH 86.01 71 P Deadman OH 86.44 72 C Love OH 92.59 19 to score OH 205 RAN 647 Full Results by Nigel White Pixx by John Hanlon LOUGHTON AC's Inter-Club Vets Cross Country Race : 3.11.12 RESULTS Essex Vets XC CHAMPIONSHIPS : 01.12.12 Great atmosphere and team spirit at the Essex Vets yesterday. Thanks to all the supporters. The v50 mens team (Kev, Eric, Dave, Gerry) took gold and the v40 men (Colin, Barny, Swifty and Tim) tied on points but lost gold, but only lost it on countback. Great runs for Kev Julian and Eric Paul saw them take 4th and 5th, individuals. Essex Medals For Orion at Claybury Orion Harriers picked up two team medals at the Essex Vets Cross Country Championship at a cold and wet Claybury on December 1st. First up, the 10 man strong V50 mens and 6 Vet ladies raced over 8.1k 3 lap course. Running first gave them the honour of breaking the ice in the puddles, but this clearly suited the Orion oldboys as Kevin Julian produced a brilliant run to lead the team home in 4th, followed in by Eric Paul in 5th, Dave Brock returning to form in 11th and Gerry Shaw coming in as the fourth counter in 19th for a team total of 39 points and the Gold medal. Great runs from a determined Phil Hernon, Bill Bennett, Grant Corton, Gary Bartlett, and Paul Williams, and Pete Deadman completed a great team performance. The ladies all ran well amongst a tough field with Chris inch 1st home in 33rd backed up by Mary Armitage, Alison Bugg, and Hayley Baron for 12th team with great runs also from Karen Allworthy and Captain Anne De Asha. The V40 young’uns had high hopes of getting in amongst the medals. Following a fast start, Colin Read, Tim Wright and Barny Foot worked together for the first 2 laps as they picked their way through the field into the top 10, spurred on by some fantastic support all around the course. Club captain Tim, producing his best run for 12 months, and Colin were able to push on over the final lap to finish 6th and 7th. Barny followed in 9th, and Neil Swift continued his comeback from injury to finish 29th for a team total of 51. This put Orion level on points with Colchester Harriers, but Colchester took the win on count back as their 4th man finished higher up the field, leaving us with Silver by the smallest of margins. Giles Hopkinson just nipped home in front of Joe Happe in their private battle as both had superb runs to finish in the top 40. Backed by Glen Gosling and Alan Goldbold they brought the B team home in 11th place. So as a club we showed the value of strength in depth, no superstar individual medals, but two impressive medal winning team performances. We also learnt the hard way how important every place is you never know that 1 point may just be the difference. So far this season it has been the club juniors providing the inspiration for the seniors to go out and perform. Perhaps those who are old enough to know better can return the favour and show that every runner and every place count. Danny Rose's Pix FWIW I believe this may be the BEST EVER performance by Orion Men Vets. It's certainly far better than I can recall from m-m-m-my g-g-g-generation, but perhaps if someone has time to scan the Gazettes...? : The Web Guy Full results HERE men v40 1 Allen Smalls V40 Col Harriers 29:01 2 Scott Rice V40 Thurrock 29:09 3 Spencer Hempsted V40 Ilford AC 29:11 6 Colin Read V40 Orion 29:32 7 Tim Wright V40 Orion 29:34 9 Barny Foot V40 Orion 29:47 29 Neil Swift V40 Orion 31:20 33 Giles Hopkinson V40 Orion 31:40 34 Joe Happe V40 Orion 31:42 67 Glen Gosling V40 Orion 35:31 77 Steve Adams V40 Eton Manor AC 37:03 88 Alan Goldbold V40 Orion Harriers 39:00 95 finished Team Result Col Harriers 51 Orion Harriers 51 Springfield 60 Ilford AC 70 Thurrock 77 Harwich Runners 128 WG AC with EL 164 Benfleet RC 170 Springfield 'B' 179 Chelmsford AC 191 Orion Harriers 'B' 222 East Essex Tri 223 Witham RC 236 Southend AC 258 Thurrock 'B' 261 MEN V50 1 Iain Campbell V50 Met Police AC 29:18 2 Dave Butler V50 Billericay 29:51 3 Mick Bridgeland V50 Chelmsford AC 30:02 4 Kevin Julian V50 Orion 30:57 5 Eric Paul V50 Orion 31:10 11 Dave Brock V50 Orion 32:40 19 Gerry Shaw V50 Orion 33:58 29 Phil Hernon V50 Orion 34:58 31 Adrian Frost V50 Eton Manor AC 35:39 39 Bill Bennett V50 Orion 36:27 55 Grant Corton V50 Orion 39:04 59 Gary Bartlett V50 Orion 39:24 61 Paul Williams V50 Orion 39:54 87 Charlie Crump V70 W AC with EL 47:51 88 Robert Maggio V50 Eton Manor AC 47:52 92 Pete Deadman V60 Orion 51:34 92 finished Team Result Orion Harriers 39 WG AC with EL 50 Billericay 69 Thurrock 82 Ilford AC 98 Springfield 134 Eton Manor AC 150 Great Bentley RC 156 Chelmsford AC 175 WG AC with EL 'B' 182 Orion Harriers 'B' 182 Ilford AC 'B' 244 WOMEN 1 June Allen W35 Springfield 31:17 2 Debbie Appleton W35 Hav Mayesbrook AC 31:36 3 Margaret Deasy W45 Col & Tendering 31:51 30 Zoe Woodward W45 Eton Manor AC 37:36 33 Christine Inch W45 Orion 37:54 50 Mary Armitage W45 Orion 40:25 59 Steph Baxter W55 Eton Manor AC 41:07 60 Alison Bugg W45 Orion 42:14 61 Hayley Barron W35 Orion 42:43 65 Karen Allworthy W55 Orion 42:56 80 Rachel Brittle W45 Eton Manor AC 46:47 82 Christina Watson W45 Eton Manor AC 46:50 84 Anne De Asha W55 Orion 47:33 91 Teresa Persighetti W55 Eton Manor AC 56:00 92 FINISHED Team Result Benfleet RC 39 Colchester 63 Eton Manor AC 84 Southend AC 88 Springfield 113 Thurrock Harriers 120 Hav Mayesbrook AC 153 Benfleet RC 'B' 175 Billericay 180 WG AC with EL 184 Harwich Runners 198 Orion Harriers 204 Essex County XC CHAMPIONSHIPS : 05.01.13 A great Team Silver for Orion on a demanding muddy course - what else?! Racing at the Olympic Mountain Bike venue following 6 of the wettest months in history was never going to be dry, flat and fast, but then that is what the track season is for. Even the walk from the car park to the start was a treacherous mudslide, which gave a few of the parents a taste of the fun their fantastic junior runners were in for as they raced for all they were worth over the toughest of cross country courses. The under 13 boys race was first off and Orion had a magnificent 9 runners taking on the challenge. Joe Clark had an excellent run for his 6th place to achieve county selection, followed home by Joss Foot (13th), Jake Ofiler (14th) and Anthony Coleman (16th), who worked well together up the hills to bring the team home for a superb team Silver. There were also impressive runs from Jack Patterson, Will Jones, James Inch, Daniel Wilshire and James Colman as Orion was the only club to field a B-team. Nancy Callegher once again gave her all in the under 13 girls for 13th place, followed in by Emily Sharpe 21st and Lucy Vandum 35th. The under 15 boys race saw Orion’s only individual medallist. A superb run by Daniel Richards to nip home in 2nd place just ahead of a Southend runner, he was followed home by Charlie Weston continuing his improvement in 9th (and who will be on reserve list for county selection) and George Day 15th. Armannie Antoine-Chagar paced her race really well for17th in the under 17 Women and Buddy Green did well for his 20th place in the U20 Men’s race. The Senior Women were well represented with 8 runners. Claire Thurgood ran strongly throughout for 11th to lead the team home, with Vicky Gill showing her ‘love’ for the mud in 15th. They were backed up by Christine Inch (43rd) and Mary Armitage(55th) for 8th place. The senior men came into this race with high hopes following some creditable Essex League performances, but knew it would be tough without the injured Brian Jenkins and the Hall boys. Jack Stroud, Lee Bailey and Frankie Conway packed together brilliantly to lead the team home in 13th, 14th and 15th places. Neil McGoun, whose new spikes didn’t look new for long, had the race of his life for 22nd place and Dan Moses produced a solid performance for 25th. Barny Foot brought the team home as 6th counter in 36th place, with Ian Clark just behind in 37th. Woodford won the title with an impressive 79 points, but with 125 Orion won their first ever senior cross country medals with team Silver. Even better we did it with a team where 4 of the six runners have come up through the Orion Juniors. This is a brilliant club effort and hopefully something we can build on in years to come. Huge thanks go to the support on the day which helped all the runners on, especially to Jane and Clive for their excellent organisation support and advice. And finally a few words from the Club Captain: Well done all. These are Orion's first senior cross country Essex medals, so the whole team takes a key place in Orion's history. The rest of us now need to focus on making sure we consolidate second in the Essex League next week and having another go at Woodford in the 12 to score match in the Southerns at Parliament Hill on January 29th. Tim FULL Results HERE South of England AA Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields: 16.02.13 by Bert Bond It was jolly sporting of Aldershot Farnham and District AC, Vicky Gill’s former club, to invite the rest of the south of England to their annual club championships. As usual they dominated the event. The controversial postponement of the championships from the advertised date of 26th January to last Saturday, only a week before the English Nationals, resulted in smaller fields than usual. The venue, which I have known since 1952, was the muddiest ever. To avoid further damage to the football pitches the start was moved from the rear of the lido to the tarmac path further up the hill thus slightly shortening the course. Our U13 boys finishing 16th out of 26, were the only team to close-in. Joe Clarke and Jake Offilier ran well to finish merely one minute behind the winner. They received good support from James Wood101st, and Jack Patterson 115th, James Inch 135th and Daniel Wilshire 171st out of 204 runners. 194 U15 boys finished, including Ben Pattinson 79th, and only 17 seconds behind him George Day 93rd. Cheyenne Antoine-Chagar 94th and Alex Chrisostomou 149th, were among the 151 U17 Men who finished. There were encouraging performances in the U13 Girls race from Isobel Mills 48th and Nancy Clallagher 55th only 2 seconds behind, and Emily Sharpe 83rd, out of 204. Well done too, to Madeleine Carr, Katie Inch and Joelle Ewen, 134th, 143rd, and 168th respectively in a race totalling 187 U15 girls. Armannie Antoine-Chagar gave all that she had in finishing 40th against older opposition in the U20 women’s event, whose 53 runners were the fewest on the day. If we had 3 other runners and they had only finished in the last 3 positions we would have won bronze medals! AFD A and B teams were the only ones to close-in. For the first time in our history our seniors were led home by husband and wife. On an unusually mild day but in conditions rapidly deteriorating underfoot after 8 races, Clare Thurgood hung on bravely in the final lap to gain an excellent 38th place among 255 senior women. Liz Hall, much to her surprise made an impressive debut in a top quality race in 157th place, while Pippa Dowswell, only 14 seconds adrift, was 170th, both retaining their halfway positions. AFD, with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th finishers, comfortably won the four-to-score team prize. Our Senior Men haven’t closed-in a team since 2009. Clare’s husband, Ian Clark, ran strongly to finish 160th, while Tim Wright 254th, Mark Tempest 265th, Buddy Green, still U20, 348th and Glenn Gosling 361st out of 541 finisher, kept the Orion Flag flying (even if only at half-mast!). Next season, presumably at a different venue, let us hope that our enthusiastic and talented youngsters and senior women can find four finishers and our senior men six (if not twelve to challenge for the Essex Cup) to enable us to close-in teams in as many of the 10 events as possible. And don’t forget to bring your own pins! Southern Results English National Cross Country Championships at Middlesbrough: 23.02.13 National Results The Mercury : 09.03.13 : 10 miles Nigel's FULL RESULTS HERE.JH's Pictures SLH Mob Match : 16.03.13 : 7.5 miles, Coulsdon South London Harriers Mobmatch: So far and yet so close Foul weather, roadworks and some wayward navigation from the coach driver (including a detour half way to Brighton) were inauspicious omens for this match. Though, the wet weather had turned the North Downs course into a challenging mudbath, which suited the visiting Orion runners. The evenly matched (28 a side) match ebbed and flowed and was too close to call by eye. In the end, SLH ran out winners 615 to 663 for their first win in 8 years. First home was our own Harold Wyber over 20 seconds ahead of SLH's Stuart Major; a veteran with 99 mobmatch wins to his name. Performance of the day went to Roger Berry, whose venerable fell shoes completely disintegrated with the upper completely separating from the sole. He finished carrying the remnants complaining that the lack of grip in his socks had cost him a handful of places and a fall; a fine example of true harrier spirit. The race was also the men's veterans championships, congratulations to Kevin Julian this year's over 50s champion and Tim Wright the over 40s champion. With double grand prix points on offer, a lot of the Divisions were wrapped up: Robert Maggio taking the second claim; Christine Inch taking Women's Division 1, Bix Hall taking Division 4, Stuart Colley Division 3, Kevin Julian Division 2 and Tim Wright Division 1. All credit to Gary Bartlett having run every grand prix race this season, who declared himself disqualified, having in the absence of any markers headed for the only runners he could see missing out part of the course. Particular congratulations to the ever present Dave Stanley who leads the way among the current runners in mobmatch attendance, who chalked up his 70th appearance and to Quin Broadbent just behind with 68. Enormous thanks to all those who turned out on the day, including those battling with injuries and Melissa Timpson as our other lady. Even with the rearranged date, 28 is a poor turnout for Orion. With a couple more runners, we would have won.
SLH MOB PIX HERE 1 0:47:05 WYBER, Harold Orion Harriers 2 0:47:27 MAJOR, Stuart South London Harriers MV40 3 0:48:38 EVANS, Ryan South London Harriers 4 0:52:21 WRIGHT, Tim Orion Harriers MV40 5 0:52:41 BAKER, David South London Harriers MV40 6 0:53:44 HATCHER, Liam South London Harriers 7 0:53:58 GILLETT, Daniel South London Harriers MV40 8 0:54:19 SWIFT, Neil Orion Harriers MV40 9 0:55:02 JENKINS, Brian Orion Harriers NDB 10 0:55:06 HAPPE, Joe Orion Harriers MV40 11 0:55:27 JULIAN, Kevin Orion Harriers NDB 12 0:55:35 FOSS, John South London Harriers MV50 13 0:56:00 HALL, Auberon Orion Harriers 14 0:56:00 HALL, Bix Orion Harriers 15 0:57:15 COLLINS, Andy South London Harriers MV40 16 0:57:34 OGDEN, David South London Harriers MV50 17 0:57:38 BROCK, Dave Orion Harriers MV50 18 0:57:57 MITCHELL, Paul South London Harriers MV40 19 0:58:16 BEW, Patrick South London Harriers 20 0:58:21 GENTRY, Ross South London Harriers 21 0:58:48 DAVIS, Andy South London Harriers MV40 22 0:59:38 LUNN, Andy Orion Harriers MV40 23 0:59:51 SHAW, Gerry Orion Harriers MV50 24 1:00:16 GLOVER, Natalie South London Harriers 25 1:00:38 GREEN, Buddy Orion Harriers NDB 26 1:00:51 BROADBENT, Quin Orion Harriers MV40 27 1:00:54 HERNON, Phil Orion Harriers MV50 28 1:01:10 VINCENT, Stephen South London Harriers MV40 29 1:01:20 BUSH, Nigel South London Harriers MV50 30 1:01:54 DOW, Robin South London Harriers MV40 31 1:02:13 COLLEY, Stuart Orion Harriers NDB 32 1:02:19 UPCOTT, Francis South London Harriers MV60 33 1:02:32 LONG, Martin South London Harriers MV50 34 1:02:46 DUNN, Ross Orion Harriers NDB 35 1:03:58 OBRIEN, Pat South London Harriers MV50 36 1:04:16 HALL, Graham Orion Harriers MV40 37 1:04:20 CHAPPELL, Michael South London Harriers MV40 38 1:04:31 BERRY, Roger Orion Harriers MV60 39 1:05:33 CORTON, Grant Orion Harriers MV50 40 1:05:38 SAUNDERS, Matt South London Harriers MV50 41 1:05:58 GREEN, Dan Orion Harriers MV40 42 1:06:04 INCH, Christine Orion Harriers MV50 43 1:06:22 WILLIAMS, Paul Orion Harriers MV50 44 1:11:50 HEIATT-SMITH, Ben South London Harriers 45 1:12:16 LAND, Tracy South London Harriers LV45 46 1:12:37 RIGBY, Steve South London Harriers MV50 47 1:15:40 NEWMAN, Bryan Orion Harriers MV50 48 1:16:00 HUGHES, Harvey South London Harriers MV60 49 1:18:25 COLLINS, Alison South London Harriers LV45 50 1:19:50 TIMPSON, Steve Orion Harriers MV50 51 1:20:10 TRAYNOR, Maureen South London Harriers LV45 52 1:20:48 STANLEY, David Orion Harriers MV50 53 1:27:44 TIMPSON, Melissa Orion Harriers 54 1:34:20 MAGGIO, Robert Orion Harriers MV60 Orion Fifteen : 23.03.13 : 15 miles, Chingford Overnight, a terribly wet, squishy and muddy forest was transformed into a beautiful, pristine tableau of winter wonder... which merely disguised the tough, draining conditions. A doughty band of athletes ignored the cold and wind; the mud, snow and hills to gallop round in fine style, trailing plumes of panting breath behind them. The race was well won by Eton Manor's Tomas Stasionis, with Orion taking the men and men Vet's team prizes, whilst Ladies Team prize was lifted by VPH + THAC. In an age of increasing softness, I was proud to help marshal the 200+ participants along this snow-blasted Classic course. John Hanlon's Sunny pix HERE Danny Rose's Less Sunny pix HERE Nigel White's snowy Results HERE Walthamstow Half-Marathon : 07.04.13 Theresa Scully (Orion) won this year's Stow 1/2 in an amazing 1h.30.14 - a good 14 minutes ahead of her nearest competitor! Full results HERE
