Road Running & Cross Country Individual Results 2002

December 2002

Nike Festive 5 miles, Wythenshawe Park, Manchester: 1 A.Norman (Altrincham) 24:00; 2 P.Freary 24:49.

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 H.Lobb (Bedford) 14:52; 3 K.Hegvold (M40) 15:59.

LARA Queens’ Head 5 kms, Belper, Derbyshire: 1 M.Whitehouse (Birchfield) 15:12; 2 R.Alsop 15:37. Women 1 H.Alsop 20:10.

Boxing Day 5.5 miles, Preston Park, Brighton: Women. 1 J.Downes (Brighton & H) 35:20; 4 J.Mitchell 39:24.

Woodlawn 3.2 miles Christmas Pudding Run, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear: 1 C.O’Connell (Sale) 16:45; 2 C.Herrington 16:56.

LARA Horton Country Park 10km: 1 R.Ward 30:34; 4 A.Stewart 31:30; 5 R.Alsop 31:56.

Wendover Woods 5 miles Hille Run, Bucks: 1 C.Herrington 30:43.

Reebok Cross Challenge Round 4, Edinburgh, 8.4kms: 1 Allen Graffin 26:53; 7 M.Miles 27:20.

Chingford League CC, Higham Park, 4.75 miles: 1 H.Raidi 24:28.

European Cross Country Champs, Medulin, Croatia.

Men’s 9830m: 1 S.Lebid (Ukraine) 28:58; 19 Allen Graffin 29:40; 30 S.Barden 29:53, 63 B.Noad 31:18. Teams: 1 Spain 31; 4 Great Britain & N. Ireland 93.

Junior Men’s 6170m: 1 E.Rybakov (Russia) 18:16; 46 J.Blackledge 19:41. Teams: 1 Russia 37; 8 Great Britain & N. Ireland 119.

Tadley CC: 1 H.Raidi 30:00.

Great Barford Half Marathon, Beds.: 1 B.Matheka (Kenya) 66:44; 24 R.Dorman (M40) 83:12. Women. 1 C.Mutwa (Kenya) 78:50 ; 8 V.Edwards 88:47.

Norman Woodcock Memorial 6 miles, High Gosforth Park, Tyne & Wear: 1 D.Anderson 28:33.

Kent Veterans’ CC Champs, 10 kms, West Wickham: 1 N.Kinsey (Blackheath) 34:27; 16 P.Carstairs 37:03.

Guys 10 miles, Preston. 1 N.Tattershall (Pend) 51:10; 2 P.Freary 51:56.

Victory 5 miles, Portsmouth. Heavy cloudbursts overnight and during the morning of the race left the new one lap course flooded in places and although the skies cleared in time for the start, the runners faced some extremely windy conditions. Kenyan William Kirui broke away immediately but his compatriot Benson Matheka looked a little more vulnerable and was chased by the pack which was spearheaded by Steve Sharp. At about half way Steve got up to Matheka’s shoulder but that was just the encouragement that the second placed man needed; he put his head down and charged into the wind leaving the Belgravian to battle agains the elements alone and take comfort from being first ‘Brit’. Steve was pleased with his third position after a disappointing dnf in the Margate International – but not so happy with his time to which the cruel wind had added around 1 minute. Hassan Raidi was our second man home, unaffected by his fasting during Ramadan and Roger Alsop and Bruce Barton completed the team.

1 W.Kirui (Kenya) 23:55; 2 B.Matheka (Kenya) 24:26; 3 S.Sharp (Belgrave) 24:30; 16 H.Raidi 25:42; 23 R.Alsop 26:16; 37 B.Barton 27:39; 49 L.Catley 28:24. Teams: 1 Medway & Maidstone AC 62; 2 Belgrave H 79; 3 Southampton Runners 108.

Women. 1 C.Mutwa (Kenya) 27:45; 23 L.Cooper 33:11.

November 2002

Victoria Park Races, Leicester, 10 kms: 1 R.Ward 30:28.

Serpentine 5kms, Hyde Park: Women. 1 M.Sharp 17:06.

BMC CC Champs, Bristol, 4 kms: 1 R.Whalley (City of Stoke) 11:50; 2 C.Moss 12:04.

VAC 4.8 miles CC, Wimbledon. 1 R.Marriott (SLH) 32:27; 8 M.Nouch (M45) 36:48; M65 1 F.Gander 44:38.

Braid Hills Races, Edinburgh: 6 miles: 1 D.Naylor (HBT) 31:53; 2 R.Ward 32:14.

Chiba Ekiden Road Relay, Chiba, Japan: 1st Stage (10k) 1 D. Birhanu (Ethiopia) 27:38; 10 M.Miles 28:42.

London Colleges League, Wimbledon. Women’s 2.3 miles: 1 C.Dale (St. Mary’s) 12:37; 6 T.Sturton (St. Mary’s/Belgrave) 14:27.

Reebok Margate International inc. European Trials. Senior Men 9.5 kms: 1 Allen Graffin (Belgrave) 28:33; 5 S.Barden 28:46; 25 K.Nash 29:56; dnf D.Anderson and S.Sharp. Teams: 1 Midland Counties 29; 2 Belgrave H 31; 3 Combined Services 75; 4 Aldershot F&D AC 80. Junior Men 6 kms: 1 T.Sharland (Ipswich) 18:12; 5 J.Blackledge 18:32. Senior Women: 5.5 kms: 1 A Kalovics (Hungary) 17:58; 41 M.Sharp 21:01.

Frostbite Friendly League, Peterborough, 5 miles ? Road: 1 N.Speaight 25:44.

British Masters Relays, Lloyd Park, Croydon. M60 3x2.5 miles: 1 Bingley H 48:12; 9 Belgrave H 62:51.

London Colleges League, Richmond Park. Women’s 2.7 miles: 1 E.Baker (Brunel) 15:10; 7 T.Sturton (St.Mary’s/Belgrave) 16:42.

Lotto Crosscup van Vlaanderen, Ghent, Belgium, 6,830m: 1 T.Humphries 22:52; 16 J.Blackledge 23:51.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Senneleys Park, Birmingham. 1 C.Lombard (Woodford Green) 33:31; 2 M.Miles 34:15; 13 K.Nash 35:25.

Metropolitan League, Ruislip. Women. 1 L.Jackson (Newham & Essex B) 15:30; 6 M.Sharp (gst) 15:53.

October 2002

Help a London Child Wimbledon 10 kms: 1 W.Cockerell 32:44; 3 K.Hegvold 33:52; 62 H.Corbett (M40) 42:13; 65 P.Cross (M45) 42:33; 71 R.Thorne-Jones 42:52; 121 B.Khan 45:03; 634 finished. Teams: 1 White House Warriors 18; 2 Belgrave H 66; 3 Wimbledon Windmilers 80.

Amersham Heath Stroud Half Marathon: 1 A Vassiliev (Russia) 65:09; 6 K.Tadesse 69:04; 31 A.Jones 77:15.

Serpentine 5 kms: 1 K.Newton (Herne Hill) 16:17; P.Carstairs 19:01.

Birmingham University 5 kms: 1 M.Miles 14:27.

Ronhill-LARA Surrey Classic 10 kms, Nonsuch Park: 1 R.Ward (City of Edinburgh) 31:37; 4 M.Webb 35:15; R.Thorne-Jones 41:00.

Croydon H 10km. 1 T.Berg (Mornington Chasers) 33:00; 96 D.Stephens (U17) 46:30.

Ealing Run Ragged 10 kms, Perivale: Women. 1 A.Walker 39:55.

Self Transendence 10 kms, Battersea Park: 1 K.Chebouki (Serpentine) 33:51; 3 M.Kazimierski 34:27.

Manchester & District CC league 9 kms: 1 R.Ward 32:29.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Sefton Park, Liverpool, 8 kms: 1 M.Smith (Tipton) 24:24; 3 S.Barden 24:27; 5 A.Graffin 24:39; 18 K.Tadesse 25:21; 30 D.Anderson 25:50; 37 J.Blackledge (9th U20) 26:05.

Chicago Marathon: 1 K.Kannouchi (USA) 2:05:56; 146 P.Freary 2:35:28; 297 J.Browne 2:45:46.

Gatorade Festival of Running, Kingston, 8 miles: 1 S.Hayes (Sigma) 42:00; 9 S.Nelson 48:02.

Hannay 5 miles, Oxford: 1 J.Downes (London Irish) 24:13; 4 C.Herrington 25:24.

Chester Zoo 10 kms: 1 H.Lawrence (Wirral) 36:30; 10 L.Cooper 39:52.

Manchester University Relays 2.2 miles: R.Ward 10:00 (5th fastest).

BUPA Great North Half Marathon, Newcastle-South Shields: 1 P.Kosgei (Kenya) 59:58; 7 Allen Graffin (1st UK) 64:09; 37 P.Evans (M40) 70:58. Women: 1 S.O’Sullivan 67:19; 26 M.Heaton 86:09.

Burnley Fire Station 7 miles: 1 P.Freary 36:14.

Scottish Junior Champs, Rouken Glen Park, Glasgow, 7.5 kms: 1 J.Newsome (Pitreavie) 23:51; 3 D.Malin 24:30.

Erwin, USA, Apple Festival 4 miles: Women. 1 C.Berry 22:16.

BUPA Great North Run 1 mile, Newcastle: 1 R.Silva (Portugal) 4:12.40; 5 Andy Graffin 4:13.10.

Belgrave 3000 metres multi-terrain Yacht Handicap.

1 Amy Pike 18:44 (6:00) 12:44; 2 J.Singh 20:30 (7:30) 13:00; 3 Angela Walker 20:37 (9:30) 11:07 fastest woman; 4 A.Stone 20:49 (7:30) 13:19; 5 R.Collier 20:50 (9:10) 11:40; 6 P.Ward 20:55 (7:30) 13:25; 7 M.Leslie 20:57 (7:30) 13:27; 8 Helen Alsop 20:59 (9:35) 11:24; 9 D.McMillan 21:17 (9:30) 11:47; 10 P.Tarpey 21:21 (11:20) 10:01; 11 R.Alsop 21:25 (12:30) 8:55 fastest man; 12 R.Marcus 21:25 (11:35) 9:50; 13 C.Axe 21:33 (12:00) 9:33; 14 L.Greatorex 21:44 (12:05) 9:39; 15 S.Zealy 21:46 (12:00) 9:46; 16 G.Collins 21:59 (8:50) 13:09; 17 Don Anderson 22:14 (10:55) 11:19; 18 Louise Collier 22:50 (10:12) 12:40.

VAC 4.8 miles CC, Wimbledon: 1 V.Maughan (HHH) 32:02; 10 M.Nouch (M45) 36:35.

September 2002

Nike Windsor Half Marathon: 1 J.Kimtai (Kenya) 64:12; 5 K.Tadesse 71:51.

Heritage Oaks Banks 10 kms, Paso Robles USA: 1 S.Ngeno (Kenya) 29:05; 32 B.Poore 31:41.

George Cummings Relays, Houston, nr. Paisley 4x2.75 miles: W.Docherty 13:54.

Equinox 5 miles, Lowestoft: 1 P.Evans (M40) 24:29 (record).

BUPA Bristol Half Marathon: 1 H.Lelei (Kenya) 65:29; 3 K.Tadesse 69:42.

adidas/BHAA Half Marathon, Phoenix Park, Dublin: 1 P.Freary 68:07.

Preston 5 kms: 1 P.Freary 14:54.

Great Cumbria Half Marathon, Carlisle: 1 K.Tadesse 67:51.

San Francisco 1 mile: 4 Andy Graffin 3:57.32. Women. 5 C.Berry 4:41.95.

Alice Holt Multi-Terrain 10 kms: 1 K.Nash 32:37.

Great South Run 10 miles, Portsmouth: 1 S.Kasimili (Kenya) 47:27; 4 K.Tadesse 48:53; 8 P.Evans (M40) 49:57.

Flora Light Challenge 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 S.O’Sullivan (Ireland) 14:56; 10 C.Berry 16:14.

Cardiff Marathon: 1 D.Croft (Woodstock) 2:32:04; 4 A.Jones 2:44:15.

Sam 7 miles, Leatherhead. 1 P.Haywood (Boxhill) 38:07; 4 R.Foley 39:10. Women. 1 J.Clarke (W35) 42:50.

August 2002

Radcliffe 5 kms: 1 P.Freary 14:31.

Burnham Beeches Half Marathon, Farnham Common, Bucks: Women. 1 E.Jepkogei (Kenya) 1:17:23; 25 L.Cooper 1:35:38.

adidas Jog Shop 20 miles multi-terrain, Brighton: 1 P.Freary 2:13:14.

Falmouth 7.1 miles, Falmouth MA USA: 24 P.Evans 34:47.

Surrey County AA 5 kms, Wimbledon. Men. 1 A.Franklin (Boxhill) 15:20; 2 R.Alsop (2nd Surrey) 15:33; 3 H.Raidi 15:54; 9 J.Galley (M40) 16:21; 113 finished. Women. 1 L.Kipling (Ranelagh) 18:29; 2 V.Edwards 18:47; 11 L.Cooper 20:18; 62 finished.

Newark Half-Marathon: 1 T.Zola (Mizuno/RSA) 64:57; 2 P.Freary 68:13.

Self Transcendance 2 miles, Battersea Park: 1 H.Raidi 9:34.

Peoples Beach to Beacon 10 kms, Cape Elizabeth ME USA: 15 P.Evans 30:17.

July 2002

Self Transcendance 2 miles, Battersea Park: 1 W.Cockerell 9:54.

Dulwich 10 kms (10.5 kms): 1 R.Alsop 35:00; 2 J.Browne 35:35. Women: 1 V. Edwards

Wedding Day 7 kms, Bushy Park, Teddington. 1 N.Altmann (Thames H&H) 22:34; 3 W.Cockerell 23:33; 6 B.Benton 24:28.

BHS Golden Jubilee 10 kms, Westminster: 1 M.Steinle (Blackheath) 29:09; 25 M.Kazimierski 34:56.

North Down International 10 kms, Bangor, North Down. 1 T.Zola (RSA) 29:44; 2 P.Evans (M40) 31:07. Women. 1 T.Duffy (DM) 35:08; 3 B.Dagne 36:46.

Notfast 10 kms: 1 P.Freary 32:49.

Wimbledon Windmilers Jim Braben 10 kms: 1 S.Stevens (HHH) 34:10; 2 W.Cockerell 34:30.

Lord Mayor’s 5 km City Centre Classic, Norwich: 1 B.Noad (Bristol) 14:35; 2 P.Evans (M40) 14:36; 3 P.Freary 14:53.

Great Bentley 5 miles: 1 K.Vaughan (St.Edmunds) 26:35; 4 G.Lavender 27:30.

JP Morgan Chase Challenge 3.5 miles, Battersea Pk. 1 A.Stewart 16:56.

June 2002

Dysart Dash 10 kms: 1 S.Major (SLH) 31:53; 2 R.Alsop 32:06. Women. 1 B.Dagne 35:13.

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park. 1 D.Castle (Tonbridge); 2 P.Stuart-Smith (M40) 16:24.

Datchet Dash 10 kms: Women. 1 M.Pannett (Dulwich) 34:49; 15, L.Cooper 41:12.

VAC 5 miles Champs, Battersea Park: 1 R.Jordan (Ipswich) 27:53; 6 M.Nouch 31:21.

Dorking 10 miles. 1 S.Major (South London) 53:52; 2 W.Cockerell 54.53.

Newcastle to Blaydon 5.7 miles: 1 J.Kimtai (Kenya) 26:19; 5 M.Miles 26:43; 17 K.Tadesse 28:40. Women. 1 Y.Burykina (Russia) 29:34; 3 B.Dagne 31:17.

Chesham Town Centre 5 kms: 1 D.Brown (Chiltern) 16:03; 16 M.Yates 18:38.

Poole Festival of Running 10 kms: 1 W.Musyoki (Kenya) 31:21; 2 K.Tadesse 31:46.

May 2002

Serpentine 5 kms, Hyde Park: 1 M.Pannett (Dulwich) 17:07; 2 M.Sharpe 17:39.

Cologne, Germany 10 kms: 3 B.Barton 34:15.

Christleton adidas 5 kms: 1 O.Laws (Telford) 14:38; 3 P.Freary 14:45.

Kassel, Germany 5 kms: B.Dagne 16:03.

VAC 4.5 miles, Battersea Park: 1 S.Surridge (W'slow) 25:27; 21 D.Davies (M60) 36:20.

Barry Jones 10 kms, Wimbledon Park: 1 M.Shore (Westbury) 32:40; 2 R.Alsop 32:51; 31 R.Bale (M55) 41:53; 91 finished. Women. 1 S.Stodart (Herc Wimb.) 40:02; 2 H.Alsop 41:56.

Pednor 5 miles, Chesham, Bucks: 1 A.Stewart (Belgrave) 25:25 (rec); 3 C.Herrington 25:53; 7 S.Kennefick 27:41; 53 M.Yates 32:47; 115 finished. Teams: 1 Vale of Aylesbury 49; 2 Chiltern H 57; 3 Belgrave H 64.

Sutton Runners Securicor 10 kms: 1 A.Lee (Severn) 31:41; S.Zealey 35:50.

April 2002

BASF Blyth Valley 10 miles, Cramlington to Blyth: 1 S.Bell (Chester-le-Street) 51:19; 2 V.Wilson 52:38.

Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon, Louisville, USA: dnf K.Tadesse.

Shakespeare Half-Marathon, Stratford upon Avon: 1 W.Cheruiyot (Mizuno) 73:19; 12 W.Lynch 78:59.

Nicola’s Canvey Island 5 miles: 1 K.Hegvold (M40) 25:59; 5 W.Cockerell 26:36. Women. 1 B.Dagne 28:01 (rec); 2 A.Hegvold (W35) 29:13.

Laganside 10 kms, N.Ireland: 1 P.Evans 30:24.

Rotterdam Marathon: 1 S.Biwott (Kenya) 2:08:39; A.Jones 2:44:39.

Salford 5 kms: 1 C.Kirkwood (New Zealand) 14:22; 4 R.Ward 15:16; 170 finished.

VAC 4.5 miles, Battersea Park: 1 L.O'Brien (TVH) 24:54; 7 M.Nouch (M45) 26:26; 13 R.Bale (M55) 29:17; 23 G.Collins (M60) 32:56.

Newcastle Airport 7 kms: 1 M.Brown (Morpeth) 22:04; 6 V.Wilson 23:23.

London Marathon. 1 K.Kannouchi (USA) 2:05:38; 192 M.Kazimierski 2:40:35; 200 M.Byansi 2:40:52; 586 Juliette Clark (26th Women/9th Veteran) 2:52:11; 1581 Mathilde Heaton 3:05:24; more results when we get them.

London Mini Marathon, County 2.6 miles. 1 C.Parr (Durham) 12:47; 2 J.Blackledge (Hants/Belgrave) 12:49.

East Surrey League 4.2 miles, West Ewell: 1 R.Ward 21:40.

Wallsend 10 kms, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear: 1 I.Hollingsworth (Wallsend) 31:07; 3 V.Wilson 32:07.

World University CC Champs., Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 11.63 kms. Mark Miles ran the race of his life to lead the GB Students to a bronze team medal with a superb individual 7th place in the World University Cross Country Championships. The Belgrave man had only finished 4th in the trials in February but his form has moved on to the extent that he was in the leading bunch for much of this race, only slipping out of medal contention towards the end. 1 A.Bah (Morocco) 35:01; 7 M.Miles 35:27.

Chester le Spring 5 miles, Upton. 1 T.Dickinson (Blackheath) 24:46; 3 L.Hurst 25:36.

March 2002

Resurrection Run 5 kms, Nassau Bay, TX USA. 1 J.Chaston 15:11.

Balmoral Road Races. There was a strong Belgrave presence North of the Border for these annual races held in the grounds of the Balmoral estate. Over 4 kms John Mayock outsprinted the Australian Powers for victory but Mark Miles featured strongly, trying hard to bridge the gap to the medal places and looking stronger as the race progressed. Mark was in turn chased hard by Andy Graffin.

In the 5 mile event Allen Graffin took another step or two up the ladder of success, beating Olympic Champion Million Wolde and closing on the Ukranian Lebed as the finish neared. The conditions were blustery so 23:19 for this five miler gives notice of a possible scorcher in Sutton Park in a month’s time.

Tesco Italiano 4 kms: 1 J.Mayock (Barnsley) 10:59; 4 M.Miles 11:07; 6 Andrew Graffin 11:11; 10 S.Barden 11:24.

BUPA 5 miles: 1 J.Yuda (Tanzania) 22:43; 3 Allen Graffin 23:19; 13 P.Evans 24:16.

Victoria Park 5 miles: 1 N.Davidson (N.Norfolk) 26:13; 4 W.Cockerell 26:30.

Southport Good Friday 4 miles: 1 P.Freary 19:13.

Wilmslow Half Marathon: 1 M.Rotich (Kenya) 62:57; 6 K.Tadesse 64:43.

adidas 16 mile Breakfast Run, Kingston: 1 M.Giles 1:32:35; 3 M.Byansi 1:33:38; 5 M.Kazimierski 1:35:02; 197 A.Walker (9th woman) 1:55:51; 946 C.Henn 2:19:04; 547 women finished; 1276 men finished.

23-24

World Cross Country Champs, Dublin.

Spencer Barden was first of the Belgrave foursome in action. In the 4 kms short course event he started steadily and worked his way through to 39th, 42 seconds down on Ethiopia's latest revelation, the nineteen year-old Bekele. The following day 800 metre runner Chris Watson lined up for the Under 20 8 kms event prior to running what he later described as "the worst race of my life". Chris now looks forward to the summer's two lap events which can only be easy in comparison to this.

Bekele again dominated in the 12 kms event where he became the first man to have won at U20 and senior short and long courses. Allen Graffin continued his progress back to the top by placing 50th, 2nd UK runner to finish. Down the field a bit our old friend Alex Hutchinson was 4th scorer for Canada.

12 kms 1 K.Bekele (Ethiopia) 34:52; 50 A.Graffin 37:10; 107, A.Hutchinson (Canada) 38:56.

4 kms 1 K.Bekele (Ethiopia) 12:11; 39 S.Barden 12:53.

U20M 8 kms 1 G.Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 23:18; 105 C.Watson 27:26.

Serpentine 5 kms: Women. 1 M.Sharp 17:12.

Premier 10 kms, Wimbledon. 1 B.Reynolds (Thames H&H) 32:07; 10 S.Zealey 35:10. Team: 1 Thames H&H 78; 6 Belgrave 189.

Tatsfield 5 miles: 1 P.Freary 26:21.

London Schools Champs., Beckenham Place Park. Year 7 1 L.Shettle 12:06; 2 C.Taylor 12:30.

Biffa/adidas Roddlesworth Roller 6 miles multi-terrain: 1 P.Freary 31:07 (record)

Reading Half Marathon. 1 M.Rotich (Kenya) 63:23; 47, S.Nelson 77:51.

English Schools CC Champs., Chelmsford. The wind was so strong, writes Mike Blackledge, that most of the tapes marking out the course snapped and were flapping about. Jonathan's race was the last of the day, scheduled for 3.35 p.m. The runners had all started to assemble ready for the start when a large marquee near the finish, which was being used as a reclaim area for the runners' kits, collapsed with many people inside. Ambulances, a fire engine and police were called to rescue and treat people and make the area safe.

As a result, the race start was delayed until further notice, which was difficult on the athletes having already got themselves ready for the 'off'. Eventually, the race got underway at 3.55 p.m. but all the team presentations due to be made afterwards were cancelled, which in the end was particularly disappointing for us as Jonathan's Hampshire team were medallists.

Jonathan was bottom age in the Senior Boys category. The race distance was 7.5 km. There were 44 county teams, each eligible to enter 8 runners, of which 301 finished. He had an excellent start and was well in the leading group early on. He then eased off, keeping in mind the longer distance of the race to most he has raced in this year. By half-way he was in 11th place and then gradually started to pick up the pace. He passed Tom Lancashire (the lad judged to have beaten him for 4th spot at Bristol) early in the finishing straight and in a sprint finish crossed the line in the same time as Tom Bedford (Dave's son) but was judged to have finished in 7th place to Tom's 6th. Clearly he was delighted with 7th place at bottom age, especially as he was only 9 seconds out of a medal place.

Senior Boys. 1 T.Sharland (Suffolk) 25:39; 7 J.Blackledge (Hants/Belgrave) 27:11; 239 J.Skilbeck-Nelson.

Junior Girls. 161 L.Collier.

Scottish Schools Champs., Irvine. Senior Boys. 1 D.Mallin (St. Josephs/Belgrave 18:56.

Clayton-le-Moors 10 kms: 2 L.Hurst 34:18.

World Cross Country 4 kms Trial, Newport: The 2001 victor in this event Spencer Barden admitted to "never having really got going" , his preparation in the last two days being hampered by a tooth problem and a trip to the dentist. But he certainly wasn't far away from the front of the field as a fast finish saw a mere 2 seconds covering the first five men home. However, the main objective was qualification for the World Championship short course event and immediately after the race Spencer was duly named as one of the six.

Men: 1 R.Whalley (City of Stoke) 11:18; 4 S.Barden 11:20; 24 D.Watson 11:54; 30 H.Raidi 12:01; 44 finished. Women. 1 H.Pattinson (Preston) 12:45; 20 J.Mitchell 14:11; 26 finished.

Ideal Home/Daily Mail Hillingdon 5 miles, Ruislip: Men 1 J.Wild (Sale) 23:32; 18 K.Quinn 25:45; 19 K.Hegvold (M40) 25:55; 50 C.Dickinson (M50) 27:53. Women: 1 B-H.Langeland (Norway) 28:02; 5 A.Hegvold (W35) 29:14.

London Heathside 5 miles: Women. 1 G.Tamirat 30:06.

Frank Harmer Memorial 10 kms, Brockwell Park: 1 J.Simpson (South London H) 30:40; 10 M.Kazimierski 34:33

February 2002

London Colleges League, Victoria Pk. Women’s 5.45 kms: 1 J.Wright (St. Marys) 20:48; 2 T.Sturton (St. Marys/Belgrave) 21:14.

Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon: Recently in the form which has seen him crack four minutes for the mile during US indoor meetings, Andy Graffin switched to the roads of Kent for a 13.1 mile “relaxed workout”. 1 Andy Graffin 1:10:39.

The Beacon Brighton & Hove Half Marathon: 1 P.Davoren (Phoenix) 1:11:42; 9 W.Lynch 1:16:49. Women. 1 J.Clark 1:23:35.

Hampshire Chronicle Winchester 10 kms: 1 E.Fogg 38:28.

Scottish Cross Country Champs., Falkirk: U20M 1 A.Lemoncello (Fife) 26:53; 3 D.Watson 27:49. U17M: 1 A.Wales (Aberdeen) 21:30; 2 D.Mallin 21:50; 3 W.Docherty 21:53.

Goring 10 kms: 1 R.Beaumont (Woodstock) 34:45; 3 J.Browne 35:32.

26.2 10 kms, Chessington. 1 S.Major (South London H) 31:05; 2 A.Stewart 31:21; 160 R.Bale 43:16; 168 R.Thorne Jones 43:27; 449 L.Mann 57:38; 508 finished.

Inter-County Schools CC, Banstead. Sen. Boys 5.5 miles: 1 D.Udall (Hants) 29:28; 2 J.Blackledge (Hants/Belgrave) 25:07.

London Colleges League, Guildford, Women 2.6 miles: 1 J.Wright (St.Marys) 16:14; 3 T.Sturton (St.Mary’s/Belgrave) 17:24.

Katsuda 10 kms, Japan.

Back in Japan for a brief period ex-professional triathlete Mike Trees took the opportunity to take part in the 50th Anniversary Katsuda All Japan Road Race series, sanctioned by Ibaraki Prefecture Athletics Association of Japan. Mike’s ultimate goal for the season is to run 10 km in under 30 mins when he turns 40 later this year and looking at this performance with the Belgrave man aged 39 years and 5 months we should say there is a pretty good chance of him doing it.

Well over 5,000 runners took to the road in the 10 km which was held in sunny conditions but with a strong north wind. The flat course always attracts a high quality field looking to run good times and the winner invariably goes under 30 minutes. Although conditions this year were tough due to the strong wind blowing, the times still held up well. Mike takes up the story:

“We went through the 5 km mark in 15:10 and I was in a pack of about 10 runners, on the way back I stayed to the back of the pack to shelter from the wind. However, with about 1km to go I was still feeling strong and hit the front with a long run for home. Unfortunately I was too optimistic as my legs gave out in the last 100 meters and I was pipped on the line by two runners and had to settle for third. I am not too disappointed to lose as I am pleased to be running so well this early in the year”.

The Belgrave club record for veterans stands at 29:25 to Paul Evans.

1 D.Satou 29:56; 3 M.Trees 29:58; 5,285 took part.

CAU Inter-Counties, Nottingham. Now over his hamstring problem Allen Graffin is progressing nicely. Running second to Don Naylor of Thames on Farthing Downs, the Inter-Counties event gave him the chance to move up another gear and he placed 7th on the 9 km course with Naylor getting on for two minutes in arrears.

The Under 20 Men’s race saw twins Chris and Derek Watson well to the fore. They placed 6th and 10th running for Scotland West and took home that powerful start for the team saw them taking home winning team medals.

Also in the team medals was Jonathan Blackledge whose Hampshire outfit gained second place. Jonathan was a bit disappointed with his race. The start was extremely fast and the leader, Tom Humphries, was never headed while anyone who attempted to go with him suffered in the later stages of the race. Both Jonathan and Darren Mallin fell into this category and both of them had trouble trying to pick up the pace – although Jon did manage to hold off Darren in the final 80 metres. The outcome of this was that in the Reebok UK League rankings for the whole season, Darren placed 4th and Jonathan 5th, with just one point separating them.

Senior Men 9 km: 1 S.Haughian (Windsor SE&H/Middx) 37:04; 7 AllenGraffin (Belgrave/Kent) 37:46; 55 D.Anderson (N East/Belgrave) 40:04; 312 finished.

Under 20 Men: 1 M.Farah (Windsor SE&H/Middx) 25:13; 6 C.Watson (Scotland W/belgrave) 26:24; 10, D.Watson (Scotland W/Belgrave) 20:59; 158 finished.

Under 17 Men: 1 T.Humphries (Stafford) 20:12; 11 J.Blackledge (Hants/Belgrave) 20:59; 13 D.Mallin (Scotland W/Belgrave) 21:02; 273 finished.

Watford Half Marathon. 1 W.Musyoki (Kenya) 1:06:08; 2 K.Tadesse 1:07:32.

British Universities CC Champs., Belfast. 1 G.Turnbull (Loughborough) 36:19; 4 M.Miles 37:35.

January 2002

London Schools CC Champs., Wormwood Scrubs: Boys Year 7: 2 L.Shettle; 3 C.Taylor. Girls Years 8 and 9: 1 L.Collier 12:22; 7 L.Hodges 13:06.

Romsey 5 miles: After a 4:48 first mile Mike Trees ran with Salford’s Andy Morgan-Lee until the last 600m when the Belgrave man put in a finishing burst that took him 12 seconds clear. 1 M.Trees (Belgrave) 24:42.

Wymondham 10 kms, Norfolk: 1 P.Evans 30:42.

Belfast International: 44 D.Watson 30:90.

Hampshire Schools CC Champs., Gang Warily, Fawley: 1 J.Blackledge 23:56.

Reebok Cross Challenge, Bute Park, Cardiff: Running into good form in the New Year, Spencer Barden took the 4 km race by just one second from Cardiff’s Stephenson and Aldershot’s Thompson. In the Under 17 Men’s age group Darren Mallin had a great run to place second which we believe moves him to equal 1st place in the Cross Challenge. Jonathan Blackledge was suffering from a heavy cold but he still made the trip to Cardiff and his 4th place means that he too is very well placed in the overall competition. Unofficially it looks like this: =1 T.Humphries (Cannock & Staffs) and D.Mallin (Belgrave) 56pts; 3 T Lancashire (Bolton) 55; 4 J.Blackledge (Belgrave) 53. With the final race to be run at Nottingham over 6 kms there is every chance that we might see a further improvement in the Belgrave lads’ fortunes.

Senior Men 4 kms 1 S.Barden 12:53; 18 H.Raidi 14:13; 25 finished.

U17M 6 kms 1 T Humphries (Cannock & Staffs); 2 D.Mallin (Belgrave); 4 J.Blackledge.

Lunnons Hants. CC League, Overton: 1 P.Banks (Aldershot F&D) 29:59; 2 K.Nash 30:06.

Vets AC CC Champs., Wimbledon Common: 1 G.Tuck (Herc. Wimbledon) 32:28; 13 M.Nouch 36:35.

Dubai Marathon. 1 J.Mutai (Kenya/Bromsgrove) 2:13:56; 18, K.Tadesse 2:34:20.

Turkey Buster 5 miles, Harlow: 1 H Raidi 26:46.

Serpentine Runners 10 kms, Hyde Park: Women 1 J.Clark 38:17

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

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