Members of Penistone Footpath Runners & AC had success last weekend in
two very different types of event.
The Norton 9 Road Race was the second race in this years Club Championship
and two Club Records were broken and one
equalled. Steve Storey set a new vet 55
record with a time of 57-13 when finishing 3rd in that category, Ray Brown set a
new vet 70 record with 77-40 to also finish 3rd and Dave Needham equalled the
vet 65 record with 67-14 to finish 2nd. Sue Higham was 3rd vet
60 Lady.
Ricky Sunman was first home in 25th place in 54-24 to score maximum points
in the Championship and also take the 3rd vet 40
prize. A total of 26
completed the race. Full results were 25, R Sunman 54-24; 44,
S Storey 57-13; 48, SS Roebuck 57-40; 123, P Gee 63-27; 133, A Knox 64-08; 150,
M Riordan 65-18; 163, P Buckley 65-46; 192, D Needham 67-14; 221, G Dimelow
68-33; 224, S Sykes (L) 68-37; 228, D Allcroft 69-04; 238, D Foster 69-29; 254,
B Innes 70-32; 260, J Moxon (L) 70-58; 264, S Woodhead 71-17; 286, S
Charlesworth (L) 73-09; 294, C Birchall 73-34; 319, A Nockells (L) 75-06; 357, R
Brown 77-40; 375, P Fryers 79-35; 376, Lisa Taylor (L) 79-39; 406, J Cockerton
(L) 81-48; 451, S Higham (L) 86-19; 468, J Spencer 88-58; 485, P Parkin 91-26;
511, J Foster (L) 103-00. 2nd claim Member
Darren Nockells was 1st vet 45 in 13th place in a time of 52-35.
Several Members took part in the High Peak Marathon. The race,
which starts on Friday evening, is a 42 mile night time navigational endurance
challenge for teams of 4. Starting and finishing at Edale in
Derbyshire, the teams have to navigate their way to various checkpoint during
the hours of darkness. Weather conditions were fairly good but some
of the route was still wet underfoot. Running under the name of
Three Blind Mice and a Farmers Wife, Nicky Spinks, Ian Charlesworth and Simon
Rippon teamed up with Keith Holmes to finish in 4th position overall and take
the 1st vet team prize in an overall time of 9-04-23. Mark
Pearce and Brent Lindsay teamed up with Steve Burgess and Amanda Heading under
the name of Pot Noodle to finish as 5th vet team in 17th place overall in a time
of 10-52-03.
Martyn Cartwright
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