ERRA 12-Stage Road Relay, Sutton Coldfield, 18 April 2009

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ERRA National 12-Stage Road Relay - Sutton Coldfield, 18 April 2009

Stage 1 and James Kelly tracks Tom Bedford (Shaftesbury Barnet H A53) and Willy Smith (Keighley & Craven AC A31). Photo by Pat Mead. James Kelly finished his stage in 18th place - a great start. Photo by Steve Wicks. Moving up seven places to 11th, Steve Davies took charge of the first short stage. Photo by Steve Wicks.

Mark Miles enjoyed an early outing, stage 3, and moved through the field, battling here with Ben Lindsay (Aldershot F&D AC C1). Photo by Pat Mead. Past the lake and soon Milesy will be into 1st place. Photo by Kenton Brock. Steve Sharp took the lead out to 21 seconds on stage 4. Photo by Leo Coy. Keith Gerrard (Newham & Essex Beagles E41) caught Simon Jones and the two of them battled round stage 5. Photo by Steve Wicks.

Simon Jones held the lead by just two seconds after a sprint at the end of stage 5. Photo by Pat Mead. Stage 6, and Nick Goolab stretched away again to head the field by 21 seconds. Photo by Kenton Brock. Russell Dessaix-Chin increased the lead to just over 1 minute. Photo by Pat Mead. Mark Pollard was second fastest on stage 8 and the lead continued to grow. Photo by Pat Mead.

Running to fastest long stage time of the day, Phil Wicks became our second fastest man ever at Sutton Park. Photo by Pat Mead. A calf muscle had been troubling Neil Speaight a week or so earlier - but no worries here as he became our fastest short stage man to this point. Photo by Kenton Brock. Marty Dent became our third fastest long-stager of all time. Photo by Steve Wicks. Last leg and Dan Mulhare lets rip for our fastest short stage run. Photo by Pat Mead.

Photos by Kenton Brock, Leo Coy, Pat Mead and Steve Wicks