Tockholes Evening – Thursday July 6th
The Race is 9.4k long and includes 310m of climbing and was this year dedicated to the memory of Don Ashton, a former Vets National Fell Champion and stalwart of the sport. It was great to see so many runners come out to pay their respects to Don who had such great standing among his peers.
(Race Winner – Jack Hindle)
The Race was won by Blackburn Harrier Jack Hindle in a time of 37.35, a minute and a half in front of second placed Rhys Cope (Rossendale Harriers). John Horrocks (3rd) in 39.43, Derek Reilly (4th) and 1st V40 in a time of 39.59 and Paul Brindle (6th) in 40.46, gave the Harriers four places in the top six. Next in for the Club came V40 John Sutton (16th) with a time of 41.41 followed by Andy Heys (33rd) in 47.10 and V50 Richard Taylor (61st) in a time 55.33.
Afterwards Race Winner Jack Hindle spoke to the Club commenting “Always great to race on local terrain. A well put on event by Darwen Dashers. Thanks to all the Marshalls and supporters, it was a really great night on a tough and fast course”.
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Trafford Grand Prix – Tuesday July 4th
Tim Raynes lined up with twenty seven other athletes in the 5000m won by Rob Samuel in 14.39.2. Tim came home in 9th spot with a time of 15.07.73 and commented after the Race that he was “A little disappointed with my run. The race had been set up for fast times, with a pacemaker having been asked to run 70s laps for the first 2k. There was a group of about 10/12 of us following the pace early on. The pace was, however, a little quicker than I was looking to run and so I decided to back off it slightly just before 2k and just run my own race. Looking back, this was a big mistake as I ended up isolated for most of the race and gradually slowing. I felt like I managed to finish quite strongly as I picked off a few of the athletes who dropped off from the group later on, but ended up frustratingly just over the 15 min mark again!”
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Astley Park Trail Race (3) – Wednesday July 5th
Mick Angland (V40) was competing in his first Race of 2017 at Astley Park and ran a solid time of 32.53 in 45th spot out of a field of one hundred and eleven runners.
The Junior Race of One Mile attracted nearly as many runners with one hundred and seven covering age groups from 8yrs through to U17’s. This Race was won by Tom Dickinson in a time of 4.44 with the Harriers Matt Ramsden who was one day from celebrating his 14th birthday in 2nd place with 4.46. Sam Hodkinson came home 5th in a time of 4.58 followed by U13 Dexta Thompson in 11th (5.17), U15 Amy Davies (12th) in 5.20, U13 Kyle Taylor Pomfret (14th) posting a time of 5.22, U13 Hollie Cubbon (20th) in 5.31, U15 Ethan Barbarewicz 23rd (5.34), U11’s George Ramsden in 41st spot with a time of 6.06 and Hannah Davies in 79th (7.03), U15 Emily Snape with a time of 7.31 in 89th position and 7yr old Lulu Sharp (98th) in 8.21.
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Catforth 5k – June
V40 John Cookson hit a new 5k personal best of 20.6 in this race whilst daughter Hannah Cookson (U17) took the 3rd Female prize of the Race posting a time of 21.30 in 23rd place.
Results (Not available)
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Morecambe Half-Marathon
One hundred and sixty four runners finished this Race in hot weather, a race won by Andy Norman in a time of 76.36. Daniel Whittaker who ten years ago was sprinting sub 11 seconds for the 100m decided to have a go at this ‘longer distance’ for the first time and came home in 9th place in a solid time of 88.41. (Morecambe Results)
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