Road Running & Cross Country Individual Results 2001

December 2001

Great North 4 kms CC, Durham: 1 G.Turnbull (Ireland) 11:28; 3 Andy Graffin 11:35; 5 S.Barden 11:41; 10 Allen Graffin 11:53; 21 K,Nash 12:32; 25 H.Raidi 13:16.

Lauriston 7 miles Road Race: 1 S.Wurr (Thames H&H) 36:56; 20, D.Anderson (M45) 46:26; 35 finished.

Woodlawn Christmas Pudding Run, Whitley Bay 3.5 miles (actually 3.34?) 1 T.West (Gosforth) 16:31; 3 C.Herrington 16:34; 6 V.Wilson 17:03.

Surrey Classic 10 kms, Horton Country Park, Ewell: 1 K.Kyereme (Shaftesbury Barnet) 30:41; 2 R.Ward (Belgrave) 30:42; 3 S.Major (South London H) 31:29; 4 K.Nash 31:36; 11 R.Foley 33:50; 13 M.Webb 34:32.

Course de Nel, Sion, Switzerland 7.35 kms: 1 R.Cheruiyot (Kenya) 21:13; 9 K.Tadesse 22:44.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Edinburgh. The U17 men's race was the 8th and last of the day, so by then the course was particularly badly cut-up. Jonathan and Darren both started well and by the end of the first lap were in around 6th and 4th places respectively, but the leading six were all quite closely grouped. This really set the pattern for the remainder of the race. Darren moved up to 3rd by the end of lap two and 2nd by lap three and just managed to hold on to this position at the finish. Jonathan improved by a place by two-thirds distance and in a flat-out sprint to the finish, just held off the runner closing behind him. Unfortunately, William was never in the top 10 from early on and then fell, which placed him further down the field.

The overall positions in this competition make good reading. Darren Mallin is lying 3rd and Jonathan Blackledge is in joint 5th position, just 5 points behind the leader. With the final at Nottingham counting for double points, this is only 3 places, so it is very close. With William Docherty lying in 9th place, the club are clearly the best placed in the U17 men’s age group.

U17 Men 4 kms. 1 S.Pickering (Bridlington) 15:18; 2 D.Mallin 15:20; 5 J.Blackledge 15:26; 22 R.MacIntosh 16:11; 28 W.Docherty 16:21.

Stockport 10 miles 1 N.Jones (Tipton) 49:39; 2 P.Freary 50:40.

London Colleges League, 2.7 miles. Women. 1 G.Greenfield (Royal Holloway) 18:36; 4 T.Sturton 19:49.

SEAA Inter-Countues, Nowton Park, Bury St. Edmunds. U17 4.6 kms. In treacherously muuddy conditions and on a twisty course Jonathan Blackledge made a steady start, worked his way up to 3rd at halfway and then finished like a train to get within 1 second of the winner. A gold medal also went his way as Hampshire easily won the team award. Paul Graham placed 48th running for Suffolk. 1 M.Barnes-Smith (Suffolk) 15:15; 2 J.Blackledge (Hants) 15:16; 48 P.Graham (Suffolk).

Leeds Abbey Dash 10 kms: 1 M.Yelling (Bedford & County) 29:58; 10, L.Hurst 30:38.

Victory 5 miles, Portsmouth. Steve Sharp was well pleased with this 5 miler on the south coast, taking the opportunity to put several of his 1500 metre rivals behind him and claiming the scalp of Blackheath's Dave Taylor after being subjected to the sight of his back in the two Surrey League races this winter. Dave Anderson showed that his recent foot problem was behind him as he ran to 15th place. 1 R.Denmark (Basildon) 23:18; 6 S.Sharp 23:40; 15 David .Anderson 24:32. Women 1 L.Elliott (Shaftesbury Barnet) 26:31; 7 G.Tamirat 28:07.

Greymouth Half Marathon, New Zealand: 1 P.Costley (Christchurch) 1:04:38; 2 A.Stewart 1:09:14.

November 2001

Serpentine 5kms, Hyde Park: 1 M.Sharp 17:55.

Wolverton 5 miles: 1 S.Body (Vauxhall) 23:50; 3 R.Ashe 24:48.

International Ekiden Relay, Chiba, Japan: Men 10 GB&NI (P.Evans 38:10/12.195kms). Women 9 GB&NI (B.Dagne 34:29/10kms).

Thanksgiving Day 4.748 miles Road Race, Manchester CT, USA: 11 A.Graffin 22:24.

London Colleges League, Wimbledon Common: 1 Z.Hyde Peters 17:53; 3 T.Sturton 19:18.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Margate.

Unaware that Darren Mallin and William Docherty had entered the under 17 event, Jonathan Blackledge went for the under 20 race this time to test himself out over the distance that he will encounter in the schools championship. He had a reasonable run in spite of feeling a little “rough” and then getting caught up in a mêlée at the start. Gradually working his way through, he finished strongly to come in 43rd of the 106 finishers. Of those in front of him, eight were from the Belgian or Dutch national teams, leaving him 35th of the Britons. Bearing in mind some of the runners could have been nearly 2 years older this was not too bad, but he thinks if he had got a 'clean' start and had felt better on the day he could have considerably improved on that placing. Up ahead, Derek Watson came home 24th.

More great running came from Darren and William in the under 17 race where they placed 4th and 12th and there is no doubt that had Jon run in the shorter event instead then the team result would have gone to Belgrave again. They all look forward to teaming up again for the next race in the series to be held in Edinburgh.

Another forceful win came from Windsor’s Sam Haughian in the senior race where Spencer Barden ended up 7th and just out of the reckoning for the European Cross Team. David Anderson was wearing Belgrave colours for the first time but had to come out of the race after a mile and a half due to a foot problem. With Getenesh Tamirat racing in the senior women’s event this was probably our best ever all-round showing in the Reebok series.

Senior Men 1 S.Haughian (Windsor SE&H) 28:15; 7 S.Barden 28:51.

U20 Men 1 M.Farah (Windsor SE&H) 17:58; 24 D.Watson 19:08; 43 J.Blackledge 19:29.

U17 Men 1 M.Smart (Harringey) 12:20; 4 D.Mallin 12:37; 12 W.Docherty 12:46.

Senior Women 1 L.Yelling (Bedford & County) 17:50; 24 G.Tamirat 19:17.

NCAA Division II 10 kms CC, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA: 1 M.Aish (Colorado) 30:53; 84 B.Poore (UC Davis/Belgrave) 34:22.

Birmingham University 4x2.5 km Relays, Birmingham: Fastest 1 M.Miles 7:04; 3 R.Ward 7:13.

NYRRC Cross Country Champs., New York: 1 A.Gunther 15.48; 10 M.Chaston 16:49.

Lasswade Open Races, Bonnyrigg: U17 3 miles 1 D.Mallin 21:02.

NCAA North East Regional 10 kms CC Champs., Boston Mass., USA. 1 D.Wilson (Connecticut) 29:44; 13 A.McLean-Foreman (Harvard/Belgrave) 30:30.

Veteran’s Home Countries International, Falkirk: M50 1 P.O’Shea (Ireland) 33:06; 9 C.Dickinson 33:29.

London Colleges League, Richmond Park: Women’s 2.7 miles: 1 T.Sturton 17:12 (leads the individual competition after two races).

Salisbury Fireman’s Half Marathon: 1 S.Lunn (Woodstock) 73:35; 2 L.Catley 77:31.

Cross Cup of Flanders, Ghent, Belgium, (9380m): 1 S.Power (Ireland) 28:42; 20 D.Anderson 30:18.

Heaton Harriers First Sport Memorial 5 miles, Wallsend: 1 M.Openshaw (Birchfield) 24:33; 4 V.Wilson 26:20.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Senneleys Park, Birmingham.

Belgrave Under 17 Men - Win Reebok Cross Challenge Team Race.

The soft mud and sharp twists and turns of the Senneleys Park course in Birmingham proved difficult for Jonathan Blackledge who slipped from his 3rd place in the first race of the series to 6th in race two. But while Jonathan suffered a little, William Docherty had a great run to move up to 5th and Darren Mallin placed 7th. The net result was a fine team win for Belgrave with 18 points from Cannock & Stafford, 31, and City of Stoke, 78. Jonathan now lies 3rd overall in the individual points competition. In the Senior/Junior men's race Chris Watson was 19th (3rd Junior home) with twin brother Derek 62nd.

Senior Men: 1 S.Haughian (Windsor SE&H) 33:15; 19 C.Watson (Belgrave U20) 35:29; 62 D.Watson (Belgrave U20) 37:23. U17 Men: 1 T.Humphries (Cannock & Staffs) 18:53; 5 W.Docherty 19:14; 6 J.Blackledge 19:19; 7 D.Mallin 19:23; 79 finished. Teams: 1 Belgrave H 18; 2 Cannock & Stafford 31; 3 City of Stoke 78.

October 2001

Puma Stroud Half-Marathon. Women. 1 A.Green (Dart) 1:13:56; 12 J.Lawrence 1:28:20.

Houston 5 kms: 1 J.Chaston 14:35.

VAC CC., Wimbledon: 1 Gre. Tuck (IoW) 32:06; 7 M.Nouch 35:32.

Heptagonal 8 kms CC Champs., New York, USA: 1 T.McArdle (Dartmouth) 24:45; 23 A.McLean-Foreman (Harvard/Belgrave) 25:52.

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 P.Stewart Smith (USA) 16:22; 5 P.Carstairs 16:49.

London Colleges League Women’s 2.5m CC: 1 J.Wright (St. Mary’s) 16:18; 2 T.Sturton (St. Mary’s/Belgrave) 16:28.

Old Sarum Challenge, Salisbury: 1 E.Fogg 32:41.

Bradford 10 kms: 1 B.Dagne 34:46.

Green Drive 5 miles, Lytham St. Annes: 1 P.Freary 24:44.

Ronhill LARA Surrey Classic 10 kms, Nonsuch Park: 1 I.Johnson (Stragglers) 32:49; 5 M.Webb 34:55.

California Collegiate 8 kms CC, La Jolla, California, USA. 1 D.Braund (Chico State) 25:57; 21 B.Poore (UC Davis/Belgrave) 27:04.

Surrey County Veteran’s Champs., Petersham: M60 4 F.Gander 46:06. M65 3 M.Newton 49:19. M60 Teams: 1 Ranelagh H 10; 2 Belgrave H 14; 3 Lingfield R 22.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Sefton Park., Liverpool. Reebok Cross Challenge, Sefton Park., Liverpool. Belgravians were in good form for the opening race of this series run in very heavy conditions. Spencer Barden’s first race of the winter season saw him come home in 5th, just 4 seconds down on WSE&H’s Mo Farah, followed closely by new member David Anderson. Jonathan Blackledge placed 3rd in the Under 17 race, closing on the leaders as the race progressed, with William Docherty 8th.

Senior Men: 1 D.Bannister (Shaftesbury B) 25:24; 5 S.Barden 26:12; 6 D.Anderson 26:20; 50 D.Watson (U20) 28:53. U17 Men: 1 T.Lancashire (Bolton) 16:42; 3 J.Blackledge 16:59; 8 W.Docherty 17:24.

Kingston Festival of Running. Half Marathon 127, M.Byansi 1.36.45; 319 D.McMillan (M50) 1.48.17; 334 C.Henn (M70) 1:49:17. 16 miles: 23 J.Clarke 1:51:53 (2nd woman); 109 F.Raich 2:07:50. 8 miles: 254 L.Mann (M60) 1:10:07.

Great South Run 10 miles, Portsmouth: 1 K.Skah (Morocco) 46:17; 8 K.Tadesse 48:32; 25 L.Catley 54:02; 218 M.Yates 64:15.

Red Rose League, Bury: 1 J.Hodgson (Horwich) 33:15; 2 R.Hayman 33:18.

Burnley Fire Station 7 miles: 1 P.Freary 36:23.

Dulwich 10 kms: 8 W.Lynch 35:27; 9 M.Kazimierski 35:59.

World Half Marathon Champs., Bristol. Men 1 H.Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 1:00:03; 75 K.Tadesse 1:05:39; 125 started, 117 finished. Women 1 P.Radcliffe (GB&NI) 1:06:47; B.Dagne dnf (came out at 9 kms).

Biddenham River Run all-terrain 10 kms: 1 C.Herrington 34:20.

Chicago Marathon. 1 B.Kimondiu (Kenya) 2:08:52; 23 P.Evans (1st M40) 2:18:35.

BVAF CC Champs., Swansea. M40 1 J.Critchlow (Watford) 36:28; 48 P.Carstairs 42:00. M50 1 Gra. Tuck (IoW) 39:51; 4 C.Dickinson 40:26.

September 2001

Windsor Half Marathon: 1 P.Edukan (Kenya) 67:51; 10 G.Lavender 75:28; 32 L.Greatorex 79:17. Teams: 1 Handy Cross Runners 111; 2 Belgrave H 253. Women. 1 M.Wangari (Kenya) 78:37; 10 A.Walker 88:19.

Butser Hill Race: 1 A.Vernon (Stubbington) 32:05; 3 R.Foley 32:31.

Cabbage Patch 10 miles, Twickenham: 1 S.Haughian (Windsor SE&H) 49:30; 4 K.Hegvold (M40) 53:20.

Swansea Bay 10 kms: Women 1 M.Wangari (Tipton/Kenya) 33:36; 5 B.Dagne 34:21.

Victoria Park 10 kms: 1 S.Whelan 31:50; 2 L.Catley 32:16.

Wimbledon Premier 10 kms: 1 T.James (RSA/Shaftesbury B) 31:50; 3 R.Foley 34:08.

Great North Run Half Marathon, Newcastle to South Shields: Paul Evans might be 40 years old now but shows no sign of letting up in his habit of churning out super road races. In the BUPA Great North Run over the Newcastle to South Shields course the Belgravian took 54 seconds off the previous fastest time by a British veteran. Steve Jones had run 64:09 over this very same route in 1997 but Paul’s 63:15 not only took the record apart – he was first UK runner home yet again. Paul now plans an assault on the World Veterans Marathon Record – currently 2:10:32 set by Mohammed Ezzher of France.

Charles Herrington had a great start and was lying 19th at halfway before running into a bad bout of stitich which had him losing places wholesale.

1 P.Tergat (Kenya) 1:00:30; 5 P.Evans (1st UK and M40) 1:03:15; 61 C.Herrington 1:13:45; 111 S.Nelson 1:17:20.

Great North Run Road mile: 1 V.Shabunin (Russia) 4:04; 6 Andy Graffin 4:07.

National Police Champs. 6.75 miles CC, Southampton: 1 S.Cairns (Lothian) 36:54; 6 R.McHarg 38:44.

Lauriston Lunchtime League 6 miles (CC?) 2 J.Mather (M45) 37:06.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles, Battersea Park. 1 E.Malloch (Shaftesbury B) 9:40; 4 R.Foley 10:20; 5 S.Nelson 10:26.

Alice Holt Forest 10 kms: 1 T.Mendum (Haslemere B) 32:47; 10 P.Reay 34:55.

Castle Point Joggers 10 kms: 1 A.Humphries (Southend) 35:37; 7 G.Axe (M40) 38:02.

National 10 kms, Cheltenham. Birhane Dagne was 3rd British runner home in the women’s section and her time of 33:38 cut over 40 seconds from her club record. Getenesh Tamirat was 22nd and Tania Sturton and Kate Dillane, both of whom had run in the previous day’s Surrey Road Relay, completed the Belgrave team. Jayne Lawrence, racing for the first time since February, and Catherine Eastham both came out at the 5 kms point. Kenya’s Julius Kibet headed the men’s field and in a tight battle to become the first Belgrave man home, Kassa Tadesse just got the better of Paul Evans by three seconds. When was Paul last beaten by a club-mate?
Men 1 J.Kibet (Kenya) 28:36; 7 K.Tadesse 29:22; 8 P.Evans (M40) 29:25.
Women 1 M.Rodica (France) 32:40; 5 B.Dagne 33:38; 22 G.Tamirat 36:43; 68 T.Sturton 40:43; 99 K.Dillane 44:33.

Sam 7, Leatherhead. Women: 1 J.Clarke (W35) 44:19.

August 2001

Bishop Auckland 10 kms. 1, G.Okworo (Kenya) 28:49; 9 K.Tadesse 30:24; 553 finished. Women 1 L.Elliott (Shaftesbury B) 33:53; 3 B.Dagne 34:20.

Provincial 10 kms Champs., Canterbury New Zealand: 10 P.Coughlan 33:45.

BVAF 5 kms Champs., Milton Keynes. M40 1 M.Boyle (HHH) 15:09; 19 P.Carstairs 16:32; 67 finished. M50 1 P.Hyde (Altrincham) 16:31; 3 C.Dickinson 16:42; 52 finished.

Great Scottish Run Half Marathin inc. UK Champs. 1 A.Chipu (S.Africa) 63:23; 2 K.Tadesse (1st UK) 64:04. Women 1 J.Chepchumba (Kenya) 69:15; 8 B.Dagne (3rd UK) 73:53; 15 G.Tamirat 76:04.

Times & Citizen 5 kms, Bedford Park: 1 C.Herrington 15:49. Overall position in series (age graded) 2 C. Herrington 244 pts.

VAC 5.2 miles, Battersea Park: M60 1 G.Collins 37:54.

Falmouth, USA, 7.1 miles. 34 P.Evans (5th M40) 35:44.

Surrey 5 kms, Wimbledon. Men 1 D.Naylor (TH&H) 15:03; 4 R.Alsop (3rd Surrey) 15:26; 78 R.Bale 20:53; 109 C.Henn 23:50. Women 1 J.Ray (DMV) 17:59; 3 R.Weston 18:26; 5 T.Sturton 19:10; 18 C.Eastham 21:24. Teams: 1 Belgrave H 18; 2 Ranelagh 22; 3 Sutton R 26.

Bearbrook Nestle 10k inc. Bucks Champs., Aylesbury. 1 C.Herrington 32:42.

Govenor’s Bay to Lyttleton 10 kms, Christchurch, New Zealand. 4 P.Coughlan 32:58.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles: 1 T.Beer (TH&H) 8:57; 6 M.Anderson 10:43.

Beach to Beacon 10 kms, Cape Elizabeth, ME, USA: 24 P.Evans 32:04.

July 2001

Sri Chinmoy 10 kms, Battersea Park: 1 A.Irving (unatt.) 33:04; 6 M.Kazimierski 35:02. Women. 1 J.Lodge (WSE&H) 35:40; 2 A.Walker 40:46.

Wedding Day 7 kms, Bushey Park: 1 S.Haughian (WSE&H) 21:32; 17 P.Carstairs (3rd M40) 24:56; 305 L.Mann 35:32; 596 finished.

Times & Citizen Summer Steamer 5 kms, Bedford Park: 1 C.Herrington 15:41.

Sri Chinmoy 3 kms, Battersea Park. 1 E.Malloch (Shaftesbury Barnet) 8:49; 6 M.Kazimierski 9:35.

British Open 10 kms, Westminster. 1 D.Kiprugut (Kenya) 29:08; 5 K.Tadesse 30:18; 18 M.Kazimierski 34:04; 26 S.Nelson 34:48; 31 M.Byansi 35:13.

NSPCC Milton Keynes Half-Marathon, inc Bedfordshire Champs.: 1 C.Herrington 71:48.

Winchester City Centre 5 kms Race. 1 A.Morgan-Lee (Salford) 14:41; 6 L.Catley 15:36.

Horwich RMI 4 miles, Rivington: 1 M.Hill (Tipton) 20:39; 3 P.Freary 21:14.

VAC 5.2 miles, Battersea Park. 16 G.Collins (M60) 39:14; 21 L.Mann (M60) 42:36.

Lord Mayor’s City Centre 5 kms, Norwich: 1 B.Noad (Bristol) 14:27; 2 P.Evans (M40) 14:37.

JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 5.5 kms, Battersea Park: 1, H.Lobb (Bedford) 16:57; 13, C.Herrington 17:51; approx 13,200 finished.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles, Battersea Park: M60 2 A.Verdie 12:15.

Boilermakers 15 kms, Utica, USA: 1 J.Korir (Kenya) 42:56; 19 P.Evans (M40) 45:27.

Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon, Battersea Park: 1 R.Bentley (Wessex RR) 72:41; 3 M.Kazimierski 75:18.

Croydon Colorectal Cancer Charity 10 kms: Women: 1 G.Tamirat 36:34 (5th overall); 149 finished.

Sri Chinmoy 5 kms, Battersea Park: 1 E.Malloch (Shaftesbury B) 14:57; 6 M.Kazimierski 16:02; M60 A.Verdie 19:34.

Carlton 10k, Southwark: 1 G.Tromans (Coventry) 29:34; 4 K.Tadesse 30:43; J.Galley 34:33.

June 2001

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 I.Edmonds (unatt.) 16:15; 4 G.Lavender 16:55; 9 J.Skilbeck-Nelson 17:09.

Dysart Dash 10 kms: M40 5 A.Binda (M45) 35:55. Women. 8 R.Weston 40:21.

Dunstable 10 kms: 1 C.Herrington 33:13.

Times & Citixen 5 kms, Bedford Park: 1 C.Herrington 16:02.

National Counties BS 10 kms, Epsom: Women. 1 S.O’Sullivan (Thames H&H) 33:41; 2 G.Tamirat 36:15; 4 T.Sturton 39:03.

Horwich RMI Uphill 1 mile: 1 P.Freary 6:01.

VAC 5.2 miles, Battersea Park: 1 T.O’Neill (VPH) 30:44; 3 M.Nouch (M45) 31:17.

Nike Blaydon 5.7 miles. 1 J.Kimutai (Kenya) 26:51; 11 K.Tadesse 28:01; 15, G.Wolde 28:35.

D-Day 10 kms, Portsmouth. 1 M.Twomey (Soton R) 33:12; 4 L.Catley 34:07.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles, Battersea Park: M60 1 C.Cross 14:25.

Dorking 10 miles: 1 S.Major (South London) 52:33; 306 L.Mann (M60) time not known.

Blackpool Marathon. 2 G.Lavender 2:40:57.

City of London 3.9 miles. 13 P.Carstairs 19:19.

May 2001

Plymouth Half-Marathon: 6 R.Alsop 1:11:46.

Ogden Newspapers 20 kms Classic, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 12 P.Evans (M40) 64:05.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles, Battersea Park: 1 R.Alsop 9:38.

Britannic Asset Management Women’s 10 kms: 1 L.Kiplagat (Kenya) 31:53; 9 B.Dagne 34:29.

St. Cloud, Paris 10 kms: 3 K.Tadesse 29:16.

Insurance AA 4x2.5 miles Relay: Fastest: 1 S. Major (SLH) 12:09; 3 A.Binda 13:59.

Sri Chinmoy 2 miles, Battersea Park: M60. G.Collins 13:51.

Coombe Hill 5 miles, Kingston: 1 P.Evans 24:08. Women: 1 M.Bailey (Havant) 31:33; 2 T.Sturton 32:57.

National Veterans Road Relays, Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield. M50 6x3 miles: Fastest J.Bell (Elswick) 15:49; 2 C.Dickinson 15:50.

LARA 5 kms, Morden Park: 1 V.Maughan (HHH) 16:08; 10 S.Zealey 17:47; 92 L.Mann 25:12; 102 finished.

Ted Pepper 10 kms: 1 S.McDonald (Blackheath) 33:53; 7 P.Carstairs (M40) time not known.

Hercules Wimbledon AC Barry Jones 10 kms, Wimbledon Park. In sunny but breezy conditions Roger Alsop found himself in the lead early on in this hilly 10 kms. Pushing hard on the inclines the Belgrave Captain came away to win by 17 seconds and although he found the time a little disappointing was nevertheless pleased to be almost 30 seconds faster than his previous 10k outing over the very much easier course at West Ewell. 1 R.Alsop 32:18.

Sutton Runners 10 kms: 312 L.Mann 52:44; 373 H.Morris 57:43; 416 finished.

April 2001

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park. M70 A.Bruce 24:32. Women. 1 E.Rest (Serp) 17:27; 2 M.Sharp 17:44.

Flora London Marathon: Right: Juliette Clark placed 35th in the women's race with 2:54:27, 9th woman home in the W35 category. Will Cockerell led the boys home with 2:32:27 (60th) followed by an ecstatic Mal Byansi who took 25 minutes off his best to clock 2:36:25 (95th). On reduced training Mike Kazimierski was satisfied with his 2:37:48 (116th) and Warren Lynch went through the finish in 2:45:02 (262nd) and must have been pretty pleased. Paul Evans, was looking for the World Veterans' Record and running well to 15 miles; but shortly afterwards he realised it was not going to be his day and he came out of the race.

Other Belgrave runners: James Browne 2:53:31; Stuart Paton 3:25:01; Jim Estall 3:35:43; Frank Gander 3:39:35; Tim Hadingham 4:03:36; Jacqui Hadingham 4:30:36; Dave McMillan 4:54:34; Lionel Mann 5:11:38.

Mens Team: 1 Morpeth 9:44:25; 6 Belgrave 10:46:56.

Victoria Park 5 miles: 1 D.Mitchinson (Newham & Essex Bgls) 24:36; 16 P.Carstairs 27:03; 232 finished.

Widnes to Hale 5 miles: 1 P.Freary 25:36; 2 R.Hayman 26:02.

Balmoral Road Races, Tesco Italiano 4 kms: Mayock was always in close attendance as National Cross Country Champion Mike Openshaw and Australia’s Mike Power made much of the running. Mark Miles headed the second group constantly working hard to try to bridge the gap – a fine run. 1 J.Mayock (Barnsley) 11:02; 5 M.Miles 11:21.

Thames Towpath 10 miles: 1 G.MacFadyen (Ranelagh) 54:11; 5 P.Smoothy 57:08; 58 M.Yates 1:06:25; 269 G.Collins 1:20:18; 452 L.Mann 1:32:20; 562 finished.

Fila Breakfast Run 13.5 miles, Kingston on Thames: Women 1 J.Clark 1:26:26.

March 2001

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 M.Boucher (AFD) 16:20; 2 P.Carstairs 16:27.

24-25

World Cross Country Champs., Ostend. Spencer Barden had a super run in Ostend to come home 27th in the World Cross Country Championships 4km race. In extremely wet and muddy conditions he was was first Briton home. Great things were expected of Mark Miles who is reputed to be in terrific form and should have been close to Spencer. Unfortunately for Mark, in the melee at the start with no more than 10 metres of the race gone, someone caught his foot and in an instant his shoe was gone! The remainder of the race was spent struggling to keep going in the swampy conditions. Alex Hutchinson had a fine race in the 12 kms event. He had placed 7th in the Canadian trials but moved into a team slot when another man pulled out. He had a good start and eventually found himself third man home for Canada.

12 kms (25th): 1 M.Mourhit (Belgium) 39:53; 103 A.Hutchinson (Canada/Belgrave) 44:39; 159 finished. 4 kms (24th): 1 E.Koech (Kenya) 12:40; 27 S.Barden (GB/Belgrave) 13:25; 130 M.Miles (GB/Belgrave) 30:58; 155 finished.

Druck Bath 5 kms: 1 C.Thompson (Aldershot F&D) 14:13; 30 R.Alsop 15:26; 40 F.Bernard-Gaudin 15:47. Women: 1 B.Dagne 16:41.

Worthing 20 miles: Will Cockerell arrived late and setting out some 15 minutes after the rest, caught about 700 runners but failed to pick up the remaining 99!

FILA Hastings Half-Marathon. 1 S.Ariga (Kenya) 64:11; 2 P.Evans 64:29. While Belgrave Harriers Treasurer Dave McMillan was completing his 100th half-marathon, up front Paul Evans, nigh on 40 years of age now, was showing no respect to the Kenyans Ariga and Kangogo who had clocked 63:04 and 63:30 in Paris recently. Paul, short on racing, split the Africans after a ferocious battle and claimed the scalps of Barry Royden (Medway) and Nick Francis (Shaftesbury B).

Wimbledon Premier 10 kms: 1 G.Staines (SLH) 31:11; 14 P.Smoothy 34:28.

B&Q 10 kms: Women 1 B.Dagne 34:07. A powerful run by Birhane Dagne saw her come home two minutes ahead of the next runner in spite of being in the middle of a period of religious fasting.

Dronfield 10 kms: 1 L.Hurst 32:27.

Peter Purdy Memorial Road Mile, Littleborough: 1, G.Richards (Salford) 4:13 (record); 2 P.Freary 4:17; 4 R.Hayman 4:23.

London Schools Inter-Borough, Beckenham Place Park. Girls Year 7 1 J.Massey 19:14. Year 8 1 L.Collier 9:14; 3 L.Hodges 9:34; 6 C.Olawore 10:09.

Team Solent 5 kms, Southampton: It was Steve Sharp's third successive win around this course at Ocean Village. Reaching the kilometre marks in 2:56, 5:50, 8:50, and 11:48, he pushed hard over the final quarter of the race to come home 3 seconds ahead of Newham's Michael East. Maria Sharp was also to the fore in the women's event but was unable to hold Woodford Green's Debbie Gunning who won in 16:56. 1 S.Sharp 14:33. Women: 2 M.Sharp 17:12.

Coogan's Salsa Blues & Shamrocks 5 kms, New York, USA: 3 T.Tanser 15:19.

London Heathside 5 miles, Finsbury Park. 1 D.O'Brien (Shaftesbury B) 25:32; 4 F.Bernard-Gaudin (U20) 27:31.

Frank Harmer Memorial 10 kms, Brockwell Park: U20 J.Skilbeck-Nelson 37:47

Camberley Half-Marathon: In sub-zero temperatures a tremendous battle developed between Juliette Clark and Erica Fogg, and with Jayne Lawrence not far behind it was a pity that the Belles couldn't muster just one more runner so that they could have clinched the team race. Race winner was Hounslow's Paula Fudge.

Men 12 W.Lynch 1:19:59. Women 2 J.Clark 1:24:54; 3 E.Fogg 1:25:02; 5 J.Lawrence 1:27:38.

University of Nottingham 6x2.9 miles relay: Fastest M.Miles 12:36.

February 2001

London Colleges League, Victoria Park, Women's 5.45 kms: 1 T.Sturton 21:27.

St. Peter's Brewery 20 kms, Bungay: 1 P.Evans 62:31 (rec).

26.2 Road Runners 10 kms, West Ewell: Men: 1 A. Stewart 31:48; 2 R.McHarg 32:29; 3 R.Alsop 32:44; A.Binda 36:06. Women: 1 J.Clark 36:53; 2 J.Lawrence 39:46.

Nick Beer 10 kms: 1 L.Hurst 32:35.

Inter-Counties & World Cross Country Championship Trials, Wollaton Park.

We’ve all known that Spencer Barden has been in great form this winter and in the 4km World Cross Trial he stamped his authority on the classy field to come away with a fine win and a place on the British team for the World Championships in Madrid. Always handily placed near the front, the Belgrave Harrier, entered as a “wild card”, covered all moves and gradually the leading group was whittled down to just the two men – Scotland’s Glen Stewart and Spenny Barden. As the finish neared, Stewart appeared to be throwing everything he could into the battle but there was no answer when Barden switched onto full power; he came home the victor by 5 seconds. Thirty seconds back Kevin Nash had a fine run. It was his first time out in a Scottish vest and he finished as second man home for his adopted country. Early in the race he had extravagantly burst to the front line, apparently giving Spencer a shout as he came past. "Gnasher" subsequently drifted back into the pack but held on well for 14th, putting some good opposition behind him.

Men’s 12 kms: 1 G.Tromans (Coventry Godiva) 38:11; 71 L.Hurst (Belgrave/Gtr.Manchester) 41:51; 311 finished.

Men’s 4kms: 1 S.Barden (Belgrave) 12:25; 2 G.Stewart (Scotland) 12:32; 3 R.Whalley (Midlands) 12:32; 14 K.Nash (Belgrave/Scotland) 12:59; 25 R.Ashe (Harrow/Belgrave) 13:06; 59 finished.

Women’s 4 kms: 1 H.Pattinson (North) 14:11; 17 B.Dagne (Belgrave/South) 15:21; 36 finished.

Boys U15: 1 M.Smart (Middlesex) 15:12; 183 P.Graham (Belgrave/Suffolk) 17:32; 296 finished.

Girls U13: 1 C.Browning (Sussex) 11:48; 116 L.Collier (Belgrave/Surrey) 13:35; 294 finished.

Alsager 5 miles: 15 L.Hurst 25:01.

PUMA 10 kms Classic, Dewsbury: 11 R.Ward 31:06.

Halifax British Universities 4 kms, Manchester: 3 C.Moss 13:12.

January 2001

Mizuno Fat Choi Race 2001, Hong Kong, 7.5 kms: 1, A.Stewart 23:45

Fred Hughes Memorial 10 miles, St. Albans: 1 C.Herrington 53:12.

Bermuda International Half Marathon: 1 P.Freary 69:36.

Hastings 10k: (Women) 1 S.Barsosio (Kenya) 33:39; 4 B.Dagne 36:32.

Reebok Cross Challenge 4kms, Cardiff: 1 M.Miles 13:27; 2 S.Barden 13:29.

Bermuda International 10 kms: 7 P.Freary 31:50.

Tadworth 10 miles: 1 E.Thomas (South London) 59:24; 209 G.Collins (M60) 1:25:22; 270 D.Davies (M60) 1:33:21; 286 L.Mann (M60) 1:36:04; 322 finished.

Serpentine Runners 10 kms, Hyde Park: 4 A.Stewart 32:28; 9 M.Byansi 34:10; 17 P.Smoothy 35:42; 20 W.Cockerell 36:16.

Corrida de Houilles 10 kms, Paris. 1 S.Kipketer (Kenya) 28:31; 6 P.Evans 29:31.

Restored from the club's earlier website, belgraveharriers.com, and published here as originally written.

Road and Cross Country1 December 2001Archive, Kassa Tadesse, Charles Herrington, Maria Sharp, Erica Fogg, James Browne, Getenesh Tamirat, Paul Graham, Derek Watson, Mike Kazimierski, Jayne Lawrence, Jim Estall, Lionel Mann, Chris Watson, Frank Gander, Will Cockerell