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The intention is to move the news items to this file on a monthly basis.
Sheila Bradley has kindly sent me photographs from the Christmas Day Run. It was a terrific turn-out. A good time was had by all. Please click on Slide Show for a slide show or click on single photos to view them individually. The photographs are courtesy of Sheila Bradley.
The traditional Christmas Day morning run will be held tomorrow. We will meet in Pavilion Gardens at 10:00 for a gentle jog up to Solomon's Temple. It will help you build up a good appetite for the turkey feast to come in the afternoon. Silly hat is optional, but strongly recommended. Please come along; the more, the merrier!
We usually have a good turnout at this race. This year it was just the Chelly duo of Jayne Denby and Ian Hulse who travelled into deepest Staffordshire. Jayne finished with 301st with 55:35 and Ian came home in 330th place with 58:08.
Five hardy Buxtonians travelled the short distance to Meerbrook to take part in the Christmas Cracker race organised by Staffordshire Moorlands AC. Rick Houghton was first of our runners back; Rick came 12th overall with 55:01 and first MV40. Kath Lamplough finished fourth in the ladies race and 52nd overall; her time was 1:03:38. Next finisher was Terry Fowler, who recorded a time of 1:07:44 to finish 88th. Simon Moorhouse, our illustrious half marathon race organiser took time out to run the race where he finished in 202nd place with a time of 1:21:47. Ann Roberts, our fifth finisher, came home in 311th place with a time of 1:36:12. Kyle Fowler also took part in the race; Kyle finished 48th with a time of 1:03:18. Another former Buxton runner Julie Gardner finished 3rd in her age group and 182nd overall; Julie's time was 1:19:11.
Sheila has forwarded another batch of photos from the Fancy Dress run. A very good time was had by all. Please click on the Fancy Dress Run link to check out the additional photos.
The lucky winners of the two London Marathon places are Phil Leigh and Roland Meylan. Now all that remains is to do a spot of training. Good luck, lads.
The Club Champions for 2008 are Sheila Bradley and Rick Houghton, who retains the title from last year. Rick won every single race he contested. Nigel Critchlow was second, Dave Nutton third and Bill Allsop fourth. Well done to Sheila and Rick, to Jim, who has done all the race organising, and to all athletes who either took part in the races or helped marshalling.
Our judges from the Railway awarded the prizes for best female and best male competitor to Sheila Bradley, in uniform (we love a woman in uniform) and Phil Hutson as snowman. Please click on the Fancy Dress Run link to check out the outrageous dress code of the Buxton runners. Shocking!!!
It will all happen tomorrow night! The winners of the Club Championships will be receive their prizes tomorrow. We will also be allocating the two London Marathon places, possibly in a draw if there are more than two eligible runners. We shall also hold our Annual Fancy Dress run. We meet as usual in the Railway for 19:00.
All British competitors at the European Cross Country Championships came back with medals. This is unprecedented! What is even more remarkable was the showing of the GB U23 Ladies, six in all, who occupied places 1 to 6!! Simply outstanding. The young ladies promise that GB will have a golden future. There were so many good performances that I'm left speechless. In the Senior Men's race Mo Farah was for a long time in or near the front only to loose out to wily old Ukrainian Sergei Lebed, who went on to win the title for an eighth time. I am pleased that Mostafa Mohammed of Sweden clinched a well deserved Bronze medal in the Senior Men's race. I was also pleased to see that Sweden fielded teams in most of the race. The sport of Athletics has taken a beating since the Olympics. The male middle distance runners in particular have been far behind the rest of the world. However, the performances in Belgium show that there are definitely many green shoots, which promise well for the future.
Terry Fowler was the only Buxton runner to travel to Bolsover to take part in the Bolsover 10 km, where he finished 62nd with a time of 39:45 The fourth and final race in the North Staffordshire Cross Country League was held at Westwood High School in Leek. Amy Mellor crowned the end of the season with a convincing win in the U15 Girls race. U11 Girls 7 Lauren Ashmore, 10 Jade Ashmore; U15 Girls 1 Amy Mellor, 12 Louisa Ramsay; U11 Boys 11 Thomas Drabble; U17 Boys 13 Chris Rushworth; Senior/Veteran Women 10 Kath Lamplough, 39 Sheila Bradley, 46 Emma Havenhand; Senior/Veteran Men 84 Dave Nutton. The overall positions were: Thomas Drabble - 8th, Chris Rushworth - 4th, Amy Mellor - 3rd, Louisa Ramsay - 7th, Kath Lamplough - 6th, Sheila Bradley - 2nd. We had two prize winners, Amy Mellor and Sheila Bradley. Well done everybody. We will be back next year in even better form.
The last of the Club Championship races was held on a cool evening, with a little bit of ice on the course. 14 runners braved the elements and we were treated to an exciting race. Kyle Fowler wiped the floor, or Broadwalk, with everyone at the race this evening. He also set a new course record and was the first runner to break five minutes, breaking the tape in 4:52. Father Terry made it a Fowler one-two, finishing second about thirty seconds back while Nigel Critchlow finished third another ten seconds back. In the women's race, Heddle Munday won the race handsomely in 6:56, ten seconds ahead of Emma Havenhand and Kirsty Ormerod, a mere three seconds behind Emma. A big Thank You to Jim Bradley to organised the race, a big Thank You to those who helped out (Kath I, Kath II, Mark Quince, Nick Stone and Cookie Monster) and of course also a BIG Thank You to those who took part. Well done to Kyle and Heddle and everyone who raced. Please click on Dream On Mile results for the full results. Jim Bradley is hinting at another Dream On mile in the Spring. Watch this space.
I am testing a new version of the photo gallery. Please visit our slideshow or stills album. Do you like it? Is this the way forward? There is a thread on the forum, Website Issues, for this discussion.
This is a rather late report of the results. Anyway, Tracey Greenway had a cracking run at full Tour of Pendle race when she finished 1st LV45 and 66th overall out of 191 finishers. Tracey's time was 3:09:34. Well done, Tracey.
The Stockport 10-mile road race was held this morning. Three Buxtonians took part in the race and acquitted themselves very well. Nigel Critchlow finished 31st overall in 1:02:54, which I think might be a PB. Daniel Feely was next man to finish in 80th place with 1:08:54. Dave Nutton finished just behind Daniel, Dave's position was 93rd and his time 1:09:52. The team finished a very creditable 9th, a few points behind Sale Harriers. Well done, lads.
Please visit our photo gallery to see what we got up to. The pictures are courtesy of Jim and Sheila Bradley.
The Annual Christmas Day run will be held on Thursday 25 December! We meet at 10:00 in the carpark by the Swimming Baths. The route is probably about three to four miles. It will set you up nicely for the turkey feast in the afternoon.
The customary Fancy Dress run will be held on Wednesday 17 December. We meet as usual at the Railway for a tour of town and county (route is weather dependent). We will be holding the prize giving for the 2008 Club Championships and the draw for two club London Marathon places.
The postponed Dream On mile will be held on Wednesday 10 December. The start is near the junction of Broadwalk and Fountain Street. We may hold two races depending on the numbers. The start will be at 19:15. Either meet as usual at the Railway for 19:00 or meet us on Broadwalk.
Forty party animals from the club came along to the Christmas Do at the Railway last night. The food was very good and plentyful. This was followed by dancing and karaoke. It was non-stop action and a good night was had by all. Big Thank Yous to Ros and Sheila who organised the event, to the staff at the Railway and to all who came along to the Do.
We have had a couple of cancellations and there are therefore two free places going at the Christmas Do, which is being held tomorrow night, Friday 5 December. If any member would like to claim one or both of the free places for a friend/partner/relation, please contact Sheila Bradley (Buxton 27939) as soon as possible.
I have moved the news items from November to the News from 2008 page. Furthermore, Simon Moorhouse and Mark Fitzgerald are now established as moderators on the Forum.
The Area Cross Country championships are held on Saturday 24 January 2009. The venue for the event is Sherdley Park in St Helens. I have raced on the course so can comment on its severity/tameness. The Nprthern Athletics are strongly encouraging runners to register online. You will need to speak to or email the NoEAA office if you want a paper copy or PDF-formatted entry form. Details of how to obtain an entry form or do an online entry, please click NoEAA website for more details. You need to enter the race in the next couple of weeks, with the closing date of 15 December. Please note that no late entries will be accepted.
The County Cross Country championships are held on Saturday 10 January 2009. The venue for the event is Berry Hill Park in Mansfield. It a nice course, which is usually not too muddy and there are no real killer hills to contend with. You need to submit the entry form in the next couple of weeks, with the closing date of 15 December. Please note that no late entries will be accepted. Please click Entry Form to download the entry form. I would dearly love to see the club field both a Ladies and a Men's team.
The club has been given two guaranteed places for the London Marathon 2009, which is being held on Sunday 26 April 2009. Traditionally, we give the places to those members who have had their entries rejected, which has meant that we have held a draw if the rejectees have outnumbered our guaranteed places. We also felt that those who have had a guaranteed club entry in the last three years would have lower priority. We plan to do likewise this year. Currently we know of two runners whose entries have been rejected (Phil Leigh and Wendy Bainbridge). Please can anyone whose entry has been rejected and who would like to put their name forward please contact either Sheila Bradley or Stefan Ledin as soon as possible, preferably not later than Friday 12 December. Those who don't fulfill these criteria can still register their interest on the understanding that priority will be given to those who do. The draw, if required, and allocation of the places will take place before/after the Fancy Dress run on Wednesday 17 December.
The road works have been completed on Burlington Road. Jim Bradley has decided to hold the final Club Championship race, the Dream On mile, on Wednesday 10 December 2008. Their might be two races depending on the turn-out. The start is at 19:15 and will be on the Broadwalk, a short way from the bollards at the Old Hall end. You can either meet up as usual at the Railway and jog to the start or meet us on Broadwalk.
Do not forget the Christmas Do at the Railway on Friday night (5 December). The festivities start at 19:00 for 19:30. It promises to be a good night out.
Please note that there will not be a speed session on Friday 5 December. This is because the club is holding the Christmas Do that night. Normal service will resume on Friday 12 December.
The third race in the UK Cross Country Challenge was held on Sunday 29 November. The race doubled up as the selection race for the European Cross Country Championships. Freezing fog made for a tough race. Staffs Moorlands' Kyle Fowler finished 42nd (18:43) in the U17 Men's race. Buxton's Chris Rushworth recorded a time of 20:32 for 100th place in the same race.
It was of course Mark Fitzgerald who accompanied Emma and Simon on the Six Dales run. My apologies.
Emma Wharton, Simon Moorhouse and Mark Quince took part in a 25-mile run/walk at the weekend. The going was muddy and it was long way, reports Emma. However, the event was well marshalled, the atmosphere great and the food at the finish was very yummy. The Six Dales walk was organised by Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA). It is always worth checking up their walks if you fancy a good, long run because some (most) of their events open to runners too. Please click on Long Distance Walkers Association to find out what's on!
This is a gentle reminder that the Club Christmas Do is being held on Friday 5 December. Ros had 44 names when I last spoke to her, so there were still six places left. Please contact Ros Barrett if you want to come along, but you will have to hurry. Please also let Ros know what your menu choices are. Ros would also welcome monies from all party goers.
Worksop Half Marathon was held last Sunday. The club's sole representative was Steve Claye. Steve reports that he felt pretty good for the first 10 miles, but faded badly over the final three miles. Steve's time was 1:26:47. A very respectable time. Well done, Steve.
I will provide a fuller account of the AGM shortly. Briefly, the following officers were re-elected: Sheila Bradley (Secretary), Jackie Morson (Treasurer), Wendy Higginbottom (Welfare Officer), Rick Houghton (Kit Secretary) and Stefan Ledin (Chairman). Ros Barrett (Social Secretary) and Mark Quince (Welfare Officer) were elected unopposed. Club Championship Secretary - Nigel Critchlow to be asked if he is willing to continue for another year. Simon Moorhouse and Mark Fitzgerald to aid/take over the Webmastership from Stefan Ledin. Simon Moorhouse and Phil Leigh will organise Buxton Half Marathon and Sarah Guise and Kath Forder will organise Buxton Carnival Five-Mile road race.
I have uploaded a couple of pictures from Sunday's Fletcher Cup. Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view them.
Please remember that it is the club's Annual General Meeting tomorrow night, Thursday 6 November. The meeting is being held in the Function Room at the Railway pub in Buxton, and kick-off is at 19:30. There is a free drink as an extra incentive to come along. All members are cordially invited to attend the meeting and have a say in how the club is managed.
I have moved the news items from August, September and October (up until 21 October) to our News from 2008 page.
Paula Radcliffe will have gone a long way to exorcise the demons from the Beijing Olympics marathon race with a resounding victory in New York. Her time of 2:23:56 is over 8 minutes off her own World Record, but her winning margin was nearly two minutes! Dave Nutton didn't have the best of preparations before the Marathon with an injury. Nevertheless, he was not only able to run the race but post an excellent time of 3:16:29 for 2375th place. The time is slightly shy of his performance in the London Marathon in April, but the New York race route is much tougher than London's. Well done, Dave!!! Dave has also been raising a lot of money for the British Heart Foundation.
The club has received two guaranteed entries to the 2009 Flora London Marathon. We usually have a draw amongst the club members who have had their application forms rejected by the organisers. We, Sheila and I, arew currently aware of one such runners, Phil. Please can anyone else that has applied for a place but have been rejected to inform either Sheila or myself that you want to put tour name forward by the end of November 2008. The draw will be held in the middle of December. The exact date will be posted here in the very near future.
The Friday night sessions will return again on Friday 14 November. I realise that it is the day before the third North Staffordshire cross country league and two before the Fletcher Cup. The format will be roughly the same, i.e. the session starts at 18:30. The meeting point remains the same, that is by the bollards at the Old Hall hotel end of Broadwalk in Buxton.
Nigel's fine performance in the Worksop Half Marathon has moved him up on the list of performances over the distance during 2008. Please remember that time is runing out for posting a fast time over the half marathon or full marathon distance - deadline is 30 November. Please also remember Fletcher Cup on 16 November.
The results of Worksop Half Marathon are now available. The results are as follows: 39 Nigel Critchlow 1:22:38 (PB), 83 Steve Claye 1:26:26, 227 Mark Quince 1:35:12, 248 Stephen Lee 1:36:00, 339 Heddle Munday 1:40:02, 626 Matthew Barlow 1:48:04 and 1019 Annemarie Claye 2:00:16.
This is a gentle reminder that the club is holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 6 November 2008 in the Function Room in the Railway pub. The meeting will start at 19:30. All members are welcome, nay encouraged, to attend.
The Fletcher Cup will be held on Sunday 16 November. The format for the event is that you will estimate how long time it will take you to complete the run, which measures nine and a bit miles. For example, you reckon on taking 70 minutes so you will set off at 10:50. The winner of the race is the runner who has accurately guestimated their time correctly and finish on or very near midday. Jim Bradley will do the time keeping. Please let either Jim or Sheila know your estimated time. The prizegiving is held shortly after midday, usually with a cup of coffee or tea in the Gardens cafe.
The club had a good turnout at the Worksop Half Marathon on Sunday last. The official results are not available. The only times I can remember are Nigel Critchlow's PB of 1:22:37 and Steve Claye's 1:26. Also running were Mark Quince, Heddle Munday and ? I will bring the results to you as soon as I have them.
Sheila and Jim have sent me a batch of photographs they took at the cross country race in Saturday. Please visit our photo gallery to view the photos.
The Christmas Bash of the year will take place on Friday 5 December 2008 in the Railway, Buxton. Ros Barrett is the organiser so please see about tickets, etc. More information to follow in the next day or so.
The club will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 6 November 2008 in the Function Room in the Railway Hotel, Buxton. The meeting starts at 19:30. Please com along to the meeting and have a say in how the club is run. We will provide a free (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) drink to all attendees. The agenda will be sent out this week.
The second North Staffs Cross Country League race was held in Park Hall Country Park on a slightly changed course. The weather was unseasonably mild and pleasant. We had a phenomenal turn-out of nine runners in the Senior Women's race. I am pleased to say that we all managed a full men's team, though we were out of the team competition since we did not close a team at the first race. The provisional results are: U11 Boys: 9 Thomas Drabble; U13 Boys: 11 George Smedley-Castle; U17 Men: 7 Chris Rushworth; U11 Girls: 7 Lauren Ashmore, 16 Sophie Quince; U13 Girls: 24 Amy Bainbridge; U15 Girls: 5 Amy Mellor, 19 Louisa Ramsay. Senior/Veteran Women: 9 Kath Lamplough, 38 Heddeh Munday, 57 Sheila Bradley, 67 Emma Havenhand, 71 Kirsty Ormerod 94 Kath Forder, 95 Annemarie Claye, 97 Wendy Bainbridge, 111 Debbie Rushworth. Senior/Veteran Men: 14 Steve Watson, 66 Paul Drabble, 91 Ben Simnett, 127 Mark Quince. The Senior Ladies team finshed equal second in the Second Division and have strengthened their bid for promotion.
The organisers of the Windgather fell race were blessed with a tremendous weather. It was too warm according to many of the competitors. Dave Aucott, a new member to the club, announced his arrival with great fanfare as he finished an excellent third behind Andy Pead and Mick Stenton. Dave's time was 1:43:11. Pete Stubbington was 53rd with 2:11:33. John Davies in 83rd place was next Buxton runner to finish; John recorded a time of 2:22:09. Simon Moorhouse, fresh from the High Peak 40 and Bullock Smithy, finished 109th, while Phil Leigh were six places behind Simon in 115th place; their times were 2:41:49 and 2:55:40, respectively. Colin Wilshaw had a good run and ccrossed the line in 55th place with a time of 2:12:29. Jackie Lee won the ladies race in convincing style. Pete Stubbington finished first MV50 in the series. All the results of the Windgather race and the Goyt Valley Series can be found on the Goyt Valley Series Website.
I have uploaded a number of pictures from the five-mile Club Championship race and from the Windgather fell race which took place yesterday. Please visit our Photo Gallery to view the recent additions.
The two female GB competitors, Wendy Nicholls and Michelle Ross-Cope, performed well in Rio de Janeiro, where Lorna Kiplagat of the Netherlands defended her title. Wendy Nicholls finished in 40th place, while Michelle Ross-Cope was 47th. Terry, Geoff and I used to regularly be beaten by Michelle in the Stoke City Parks Grand Prix races. The Men's race was won by Zersenay Tadesse of Eritrea; there were no GB athletes in the Men's race.
Jim Bradley has decided to postpone the Dream On Mile due to roadwork on Burlington Road, which made the route unsafe. Jim's monitoring the situation and will advise me of the new date. Please check back here for an update.
The Windgather Fell Race, third and final race in the Goyt Valley series 2008, is being held on Sunday 12 October. Mark Fitzgerald would welcome any club member who is not racing to help out at the race. Please speak to Mark if you can help out.
If you are only going to one Christmas Do this year, then this is the ONE! The Mother of all Dos will be held at the Railway on Friday 5 December. The cost for the bash is £14.45 per person and this will include a three course meal and disco. The club might be able to subsidise some of this, but this will be discussed at the Committee meeting on 15 October. Make a note in your diary!!! More details as soon as I have them.
The Dream On mile is held on Wednesday 15 October, The race starts 19:15 on Broad Walk, some 150 m from the bollards at the Old Hall end. This is a very popular race so we will probably start in two waves. More details to be posted here nearer the time.
We are holding the last committe meeting before the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15 October at 20:15. This meeting will take place after the Dream On Mile. I will attempt to keep the meeting short and sweet.
In the world of multisports, club members Mat Ivings (though competing for High Peak Tri Club) and Nigel Critchlow competed in the Ashbourne Duathlon held on Sunday 5 October which is based around Carsington Water. Mat finished a brilliant 14th overall (1:29:24). Nigel was not too far behind as he finished 35th (1:34:05). The duathlon consisted of a 5 km run, followed by a 30 km bike ride over a hilly, technical route, which in turn was followed by another 5 km run!! Well done lads.
These are the provisional results from ther races held on Saturday at Lyme Valley Park. The course was quite tame compared to the courses at Wye Road and Westwood High School (my personal favourite) my source tells me. U11 Boys: Thomas Drabble - 10th; U13 Boys: Matthew Lomas - 11th, Geroge Smedley-Castle - 14th; U17 Boys: Chris Rushworth - 6th; U11 Girls: Lauren Ashmore - 9th, Sophie Quince - 15th; U13 Girls: Amy Bainbridge - 26th; U15 Girls: Amy Mellor - 6th, Louisa Ramsay - 14th; Senior/Veteran Women; Kath Lamplough - 9th, Kirsty Ormerod - 50th, Sheila Bradley - 57th, Wendy Bainbridge - 84th and Debbie Rushworth - 101st; Senior/Veteran Men: Mark Quince - 113th, Jim Bradley - 174th. The Senior Ladies team finished a fine fourth in the team competition - promotion to the first division is a definite possibility. The next League race is held on Saturday 18 October at Park Hall country park.
It was a busy weekend with cross country races (North Staffs Cross Country League) on Saturday and road (Great North Run and Congleton Half Marathon)and fell races (Hope Moors and Tors) on Sunday. We had a good turnou tfrom the Juniors and Women, but only two senior Men, in the first of the four cross country races that make up the League. I will post the results here when I have them. Ro Cole and son Adam competed in the 8 mile race at Hope; they finished together in 35th place with a time of 1:49:13. Dave Nutton and Simon Moorhouse competed in Congleton Half Marathon; Dave finished 110th with 1:33:25, while Simon Moorhouse set a fine Personal Best with 1:43:58 for 216th place. Meanwhile, Steve Claye had travelled up to Newcastle where he was competing in the Great North Run. Steve ran a storming first 10 miles and suffered a bit in the last three miles; nevertheless, Steve posted a fine 1:24:54, which earned him third place in the M50 category and 255th place overall. Annemarie Claye, Steve's daughter, also ran a fine race to finish well inside 2 hours with 1:58:31. Kyle Fowler is in excellent form at the moment; Kyle finished second to Marcus Cram in the Tesco Junior Great North Run! Well done to all those who competed over the weekend.
I am happy to report that the website is up and running again after a long absence. You will soon notice some changes to the website and how it is run. Phil and Geoff will jointly take over the running of the website. These chaps and their PCs are much more reliable than me and my computer. Last but not least the quality of the writing will improve significantly too. Thank you all for visiting the website since its inception in May 2005.
Next Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday 15 October (after the Dream On mile). The purpose of the meeting is to tie up loose ends in preparation for the AGM. I expect it to be short! The Annual General Meeting will be held in the Function Room in the Railway on Thursday 6 November (Start: 19:30).
The second race in the popular North Staffordshire Cross Country League is held on Saturday 18 October at Park Hall Country Park. Please try to make it - Cross Country running is fun!!!
The penultimate club championship race is the Dream On mile around Pavilion Gardens. The race will be held on Wednesday 15 October with a 19:15 start. You can meet up at the Railway as usual or meet us on Broadwalk near the Old Hall Hotel end.
The turn-out for the Five Mile road race was excellent with 20 runners taking part. The weather was cool, but dry and quite still. Please click on Results of Club Five Mile Road Race 2008 (pdf, size: 62 kb) to view or download the full results. A Big Thank You to Jim and Sheila Bradley for organising the race and to the runner who either competed or help out marshalling the course.
The great Haile Gebrselassie set a spectacular new World best for the marathon at the recent Berlin Marathon, when he completed the 26.2 miles in 2:03:59. This was an improvement of the previous World best performance by about half a minute. Awesome!
Illness and equipment failure meant that there were no updates of the website.
Mark Cudahy and Andrew Sims both competed in the Holme Moss race on 13 July. Mark finished 55th with 3:31:58 and Andrew was 108th in 4:08:05.
Rick Houghton finished fourth in the Gun Run and was not too far behind Malcolm Fowler; Rick's time was 37:00. Colin Wilshaw also had a good race as he came home in 41th place in 44:52. Simon Moorhouse just held off Phil Leigh as they finished 108th (53:09) and 111th (53:59), respectively.
I have now caught up with the results of the Summer Series. Please visit the Results page to view the results for the first eight races. The Buxton based athletes are doing very well. Kyle and Bradley Fowler now competing for Staffs Moorlands AC and going very well.
Paul Drabble travelled to Llanberis to take part in Snowdon International Race. Paul finished 83rd overall and 75th in the Men's race. Paul's time was 1:30:03. Well done, Paul.
Mark Fitzgerald has provided my with the results of the Shining Tor race which was held a couple of weeks ago. Rick Houghton's excellent form continues as he finished a fine third behind Lloyd Taggart and Stuart Bond. Nigel Critchlow was 20th. Matt Thomson came 28th in one of his first races back after a persistent injury. Tracey Greenway finshed 69th overall but third lady behind Jackie Lee and Claire Parker. Dave Nutton was next Buxtonian to cross the line in 80th place. Pete Stubbington finished three places behind Dave. They were soon followed by Mark Quince and Brent Greenway, who finished 124th and 130th, respectively. Andrew Sims acme home in 135th place. Sarah Guise was second Buxton lady home and finished 158th. Please visit Goyt Valley Series site for the complete results.
Kath Lamplough was our sole representative. Kath finished third in the ladies race and was a mere 18 seconds off second place. Well done, Kath.
I have changed the forum style. Please try it out and let me know how you get on with it. It has a number of useful features, e.g. View new posts which had been requested.
I am in process of catching up on the results front. Please visit the Results page to view the results from the third Summer Series race, which was held at Shutlingsloe on Thursday 19 June.
The second race in the Goyt Valley Fell Race series is the Shining Tor race on Wednesday 23 July. The registration is in Errwood Sailing Club. Al Fitzgerald are looking for helpers and marshalls.
You can contact Rick Houghton our Kit Secretary for all clothing requirements. We should have received the long awaited long-sleeve t-shirts and new running vests in the popular sizes. The following email address can be used to contact Rick: club_kit(a)buxtonac.org.uk. Please note that you should replace the (a) with the @ sign.
We have entered One Women's team (three to run) and one Men's team (four to run). I will ask you to sort out who runs between yourselves. Please visit our Forum (Races>Road Races>Pride Park Relays) for further details.
I had a couple of queries relating to the website, especially links to race results, so I thought it appropriate to provide the following information. Text in blue font are links yet not visited. Text in red font are also links but have at some time or other been visited. All other text are in black font. Click on text shown in either blue or red font will bring to a new page or show a PDF formatted document (e.g. race results)
There were a few errors in the results, but these have now been corrected. Please click on Results of Buxton Carnival 5 2008 to view or download the revised results. Thanks, Steve for spotting the errors.
An error had crept into the Club Championship standings. I have now amended the tables. Please visit the Club Championships page to check out the current standings.
We now have the offical results of Saturday's Carnival 5 mile race. Please click on Results of Buxton Carnival 5 2008 to view or download the results.
The race went very smoothly. The feedback from the runners who took part has been overwhelmingly positive. A Big Thank You to Jim Bradley who organised the race. A Big Thank You also to all the helpers, both Juniors, Seniors and family members who braved the near-arctic conditions. Obviously, also a Big Thank You to all the runners who competed so well. We hope to see you all next year.
It was cold and blustery in Gateshead too. Kyle Fowler finished an excellent 13th out of 24 runners in the 3000 m race. His time of 9:09 was slower than when he competed at the Intercounties, but such were the weather conditions that everybody went slower than usual.
The day of the Carnival 5 mile race dawned wet and windy. The skys were leaden and the prospect of the runners staying dry during the race seemed remote. However, it brightened up while it remained very cold and blustery. I only have scant information about the winners. Winner of the men's race was Kev Lilley, who thus went one better than in the Buxton Half Marathon. Buxton's own Rick Houghton finished fifth, while Paul Drabble just held off Nigel Critchlow in an exciting finish. I am not sure who won the ladies race, but Cathy Lamplough finshed second. I will post the results of the race here as soon as I have it. In the meantime, you can view some photographs on our Photo Gallery page.
I have moved most of the news items from June 2008 into our archive. Please visit our News from 2008 page.
Tracey Greenway won the Women's race at the Riber Run, organised by Matlock AC. Brent, Tracey's husband, and Bill Allsop also took part in the race. Please visit our Results for times and placings.
Only two Buxton AC runners took part in the inaugural Whaley Waltz race organised by Goyt Valley Striders. Sheila Bradley sends this report: "Rick continues his good form, finishing joint third & taking the 1st MV prize, with Sheila being 2nd FVO50. The course, starting at Whaley Bridge School & wending a pretty route up to Taxal, then climbed to Taxal Edge & along the Windgather Rocks ridge, before heading back down to Whaley but not before the runners had to brave a river crossing only metres from the finish - some braver than others! John Brown from Salford won the race and Kev Lilley from Dark Peak took second place."
Please visit our Results for times and placings.Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view a pictures from the race.
Kyle Fowler scored an important victory at the Intercounties at BEdford a few weeks back. His time of 9:02 means an brilliant new PB and qualification to represent Dersbyhire in the English Schools Track & Field Championships at Gateshead this weekend. Our best wishes to Kyle! Time to break 9 minutes, methinks. Amy Mellor and Chris Rushworth also competed at the Intercounties. Amy recorded a time of 2:22 in the 800 m and just missed out on selection. Chris ran the 1500 m where he set a new PB with 4:41. Well done, Kyle, Amy and Chris! Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view a picture of the three athletes.
It took a bit longer than I had hoped, but illness got in the way. I have the great pleasure of announcing that the Buxton & District Athletic Club's forum goes live as from today. It is very much version 1.0 so fine tuning will be required over the next few weeks. Please visit the forum by clicking on Buxton & District AC's Forum. Please check it out and register to become member. I would very much welcome your thoughts on the layout.
It will be a busy weekend ahead. Tideswell fell race is held on Friday 27 June, The inaugural Whaley Waltz is held on Saturday 28 June and the Bakewell Pudding race is held on Sunday 29 June.
This is a very early warning of the next Club Committee meeting which will be held on Wednesday 3 September at 20:15 in the Function Room at the Railway oub in Buxton. All members are welcome. I will remind you nearer the time.
Rick Houghton, Colin Wilshaw and Mark Fitzgerald were in the Lakes over the weekend supporting three Goyt Valley Striders in their attempt at completing the Bob Graham round in under 24 hours. Clare Griffin completed the 74 miles in 22:52, Will Meredith took 23:36 and Paul Hunt had eight minutes to spare. For those not in the know, the round was devised by Bob Graham and is a challenge to visit 42 peaks in the Lake District in 24 hours. There is about 28500 ft of climbing. Their efforts were even better given the bad weather conditions. Well done to our cousins from GVS!
Geoff Whitehead and Alex Lilburn were our sole representatives in the Chrome Hill fell race on Saturday. Geoff finished 17th with 36:51 and Alex was 32nd with 41:11. Lloyd Taggart and Kate Bailey won the Men's and Women's races, respectively.
The results from the third race in the Summer Series are not out yet. However, we can bring you a selection of photographs courtesy of Wendy Higginbottom. Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view the pictures.
The Swaledale marathon took place just over a week ago. This is lovely race over 23+ miles. Phil Leigh came 109th with 4:39. Simon Moorhouse finished 133rd with 4:52. Jayne Denby recorded a time of 5:56 which earned her 275th place. Ian Hulse was 340th with a time of 6:38. I have updated the Results accordingly. Well done to the four runners who took part.
A couple of errors crept into the standinggs when I prepared them yesterday. These have now been changed. I hope that the standings are now correct. Please click on Club Championship Standings 2008 to view or download the current table. The tables are also presented on the club championship page. Please advise me of any errors that might have crept in.
Jim Bradley has kindly sent me a photograph of the runners who took part in the Bill Moss Memorial fell race last Wednesday. Please visit our Photo Gallery page to view the picture.
I have updated the Championship standings to include the results of the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race on Wednesday. I hope I haven't made any mistakes with the numbers. Rick Houghton only needs two more wins and he will have retained the Championship. Please click on Club Championship Standings 2008 to view or download the current table. Please advise me of any errors that might have crept in.
Please remember that there is a club committee meeting on Wednesday 25 June. The meeting is held in the Function Room of the Railway pub. We will aim to kick off at about 20.15 or shortly thereafter. All club members are welcome to attend the meeting.
Phil Cheek of Macclesfield Harriers is organising an orienteering event in Goyt Valley on Wednesday 25 June. These are the details: THE GOYT GALLOPEN
If your orienteering skills are limited to non-existent don`t be put off it`s easy navigation,& you can stick entirely to footpaths. REGISTRATION is from 6pm at Goytsclough Quarry Car Park (GR012733). PLEASE BE AWARE that the road down the Goyt valley is ONE WAY, SOUTHBOUND, so from Macc you will have to drive vis Pym Chair and go into the valley near the Errwood Dam, from there carry on down the valley road (not over the resr) for about 1.5 miles. PLEASE SHARE CARS, LIMITED PARKING.
START 7PM prompt! BRING COMPASS & suitable fell kit for the conditions (ie sommat waterproof if it's goin' to rain...). MAP is provided, 1:20,000 Premarked & bagged with control description. There is no entry fee, but contributions to Leukemia Research would be most welcome! Club members be aware that we are holding a committee meeting on the same night.
Arthur Gratton, who organises the Summer Series race at Buxton through Temple Woods and around Solomon's Temple, would like to invite us all to race on our doorstep. The race is held on Thursday 3 July. It's lovely course with a few decent climbs; one lap for the juniors and two laps for the seniors.
Jim Bradley, the organiser of the Buxton Carnival 5-mile road race requires helpers and marshalls on the day of the race,i.e. Saturday 12 July. Please contact Jim on Buxton 27939 or send an email to the Carnival 5 Organiser if you can help out.
Sheila Bradley sends this report from the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race which was held on Wednesday night. Sheila writes ""On a horrendously wild & wet night, both male & female course records were bettered. Rick Houghton improved on his last year's time by 17 second to create a new men's course record in 34.30, and Tracey Greenway, on her first outing over the tough & hilly course, came home in 40.15, improving Liz Batt's previous record by 1 minute 16 seconds. There was a great turnout from the Club, with 23 runners braving the appalling weather. Thanks to all those who took part. Special thanks also to everyone who helped on the night - the race couldn't be held without their invaluable help."
Please click on Bill Moss Memorial Race Results. Please note that the next Club Championship race is the Taddington Lanes race on Tuesday 19 August.
We have had a very good turn-out in the fun run and the junior races. There only a few of our seniors taking part, but I'm pretty sure it will pick up. Kyle Fowler has won both races convincingly. Also going very well are Matthew Lomas, Jack Clarke, Jessie Twentyman, Natasha Lindley, George Smedley-Castle and Thomas Drabble to name but a few. Please visit our Results page for the complete list of the Buxton athletes' performances.
Please do not forget the Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race tomorrow night, Wednesday 18 June. The race starts at about 19.15 from near the reservoir at the top of Bunsal Incline. This is also a Club Championship race.
Sheila Bradley has kindly sent me the foloowing report. Sheila writes: We had a good turnout of 10 runners, weather conditions were perfect to compliment the stunning views of Coombs Reservoir, the Kinder Plateau and, the run's highlight from "Surprise View" at Ladder Hill, the valley of Coombs topped by the western view of the Coombs plateau (Castle Naze side). We were accompanied on the run by Sid and Lucy, who staved off the unfriendly attentions of several ferocious farm dogs to give us time to escape - though Steve and Anne Marie Claye showed true grit by staying back to rescue their own dogs.
The 5.9m run finished in true Buxton AC style by a visit to the Beehive - an excellent run followed by some much needed thirst quenching.
Our next outing is planned for Monday 30 June when, to satisfy John Davies' regular request, a trip to the Roaches is planned - 6.30 at the Pavilion Gardens and car share to Upper Hulme to start the run at around 6.45-6.50.
I have begin to bring the results page up to date with results from 2008. This will obviously take some time so please be patient with me. In the interim, please visit Results page. I have also slimmed down the welcome page to further improve the loading time. The sitemap of our website has also been brought up to date; please visit Sitemap page at your leisure.
The Kinder Trog race is part of the Hayfield Fell Race series. It's a lovely race over 18 miles, though I suspect that it might be slightly shorter than that. The race takes in Lantern Pike, the Kinder plateau, South head, Peep O'day and Cracken Edge. Colin Wilshaw finished 53rd with a time of 2:20:42. Don O'Brien was not far behind Colin in 62nd place and a time of 2:22:10.
The Buxton Carnival 5-mile road race is held on Saturday 12 July 2008. The race starts at 13:50 and precedes the Carnival. It is usually fine weather. There is plenty to do and see for the whole family. There are still places left, so don't delay enter today! For more information, please email Carnival 5 Information with your query.
Five of our runners travelled to Lyme Park to compete in the Boar's head fell race. Dave Nutton was first Buxtonian back in 43rd place with a time of 55:21. Tracey Greenway's time of 57:05 earned her in 61st place overall and she was second in her age group. Only seven places and separated Mark Quince and Bill Allsop at the finish; Mark was 110th in 1:02:54 and Bill came 117th in 1:04:27. Bret Greenway finished two places and 18 seconds behind Bill (119th and 1:04:45). Unusually Lloyd Taggart and Jackie Lee didn't make it a family double, when Lloyd finished third behind team mate Phil Winskill while Jackie won by four minutes. In fairness, Lloyd's been hampered by an injury.
Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia produce a scintillating run over 10000 m at the recent Prefontaine classic meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Bekele covered the 25 laps in 26:25.97 and won the race by a comfortable cushion of 47 seconds! American Brad Walker also produce an exceptional performance when he cleared 6.04 m in Men's Pole Vault.
Sarah Nicholson and Amy Wadsworth have added their names to the list of athletes, which means that we now have a very good ladies team consisting of Sarah, Amy and AnneMarie Claye. Roland Meylan has also said he's keen to race. We currently have one and half men's teams, so I shall be pursuing this over the next couple of weeks. We need eight men to make two teams. We might attempt to run a senior and a veteran team.
I have corrected an inconsistency in the style sheet, which meant that the website had a slightly different appearance when viewed with Internet Explorer. There will be another update soon, but users shouldn't suffer any downtime. I will be addressing some accessibility and compliance issues in the next version.
This is a message from Steve Claye. Michael was released from Hospital at 2:30 this morning. Although still unwell he got to bed about 4am. Michael, Anne Marie and I wish to thank all members present on Wednesday evening for their kindness and concerns to Michael's well being.
I am sorry to announce that tomorrow's session (13 June) will be cancelled. My suggested session would be 12x400 m with 90 seconds recovery, but reduce the number of reps in accordance to fitness, etc.
I have two more confirmed runners for the Pride Park Relays in Derby: Terry Fowler and Mark Sherratt. There is still time to add your name to the list. We urgently require a few more ladies (two at least) to make up a ladies team.
Bill Moss Memorial Fell Race, which doubles as Club Championship race, will be held in Goyt Valley on Wednesday 18 June. The start is on the old railway line by the pond near Bonsall Cob. There is ample car parking on either side of the road. The race is due to start sometime after 19:15. You can either make your way directly to the start or meet at the Railway as usual and then make your way up to the start. There will be a Junior and a Senior race. The former is over about 2 miles, but will only be staged if there is interest amongst the juniors, and the latter course is probably just over 4 miles. Please come along and honour the memory of Bill Moss!
Simon Moorhouse et al. are planning a run from Combs village on Monday 16 June. Meet at 18:25 in the Pavilion Gardens car park for those requiring a lifts, else meet at 18:45 near the Beehive pub in Combs for a run around Combs, the plateau, not the village! The gang are then stopping for a drink in the Beehive. Try to come along, it's a lovely run around Combs and the beer in the Beehive is nice.
Colin Wilshaw has kindly sent me brief reports from the Castleton rtace (Friday 06/06) and the Edale Country Fair race (08/06), respectively.
After the warm evening of Rainow fell race only two hardy soles Colin W and Bill Alsop from Buxton took part in the Castleton Fell race on friday. The clouds were grey but the rain held off throughout the race, which starts in castleton heads to Losehill then Mam Tor then back to Castleton via hollins cross all in only 6 miles. Colin ran in 54 mins and Bill just over the Hour (winning time 41.31).
Then to Edale on Sunday and Colin and Bill were joined by Rick H, Mark Q, Brett and Tracy Greenway in near boiling conditions the race ran up ringiing roger then across to Grindsbrook Knoll then back to edale( 5 miles) All ran good times results soon. However Tracy won her class and Bill won his " Rick also won his but the organizer gave it to another runner by mistake. So three class win out of six is not half bad.
Sheila Bradley has kindly sent me three photos from the Goyts Moss Fell Race and whole load of pictures from the recent Rainow '5' race, which was also a Club Championship race. Please visit our Photo Gallery to check out the latest additions.
Pete Stubbington was our sole representative in the Shutlingsloe race which was held on 26 May. Pete finished 34th overall and first MV50. Well done, Pete. I bet it's those long bike rides what did it! The results of the junior race was not available, though I suspect we might have had a few competitors in that race.
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba took 5.48 seconds off the Women's World Record over 5000 m at the Golden League Meeting in Oslo. The new record stands at 14:11.15!
Three of our Club Championship races have been held to date, namely the Club Cross Country race, Goyts Moss fell race and the Rainow '5' fell race. The current leaders are Sheila Bradley and Rick Houghton, respectively. You can find the up-to-date standings by visiting the Club Championships page.
You will notice quite a few changes to the website. I have introduced an Archive from which you can access old news articles, photographs and download or view results of Buxton Half Marathon and the Carnival 5-mile race. My aim is to have the results from all editions of those two races. I have also tidied up and reduced the coding in order to speed up the loading of each individual page.
You should not come across pages which refer to 2005, 2006 or 2007. The information should now be as up-to-date in all departments as far as I know; that means that upcoming races and the club championships refer to this year's races and not last years! However, the road race section is still pretty bare. Something I will endeavour to rectify in the next few days.
The news items from the first five months of 2008 have been moved to News from 2008 which you access directly or via our Archive page.
From an accessibility point of view, it is also good practice to colour visited links in a different colour to unvisited links, i.e. the blue links are those sites you have yet to visit, while you have visited the red fonted links. Please try it out and see if it enhances or detracts from your exoerience. I welcome any comments on the subject.
I have just obtained the results of the Rainow 5 race (courtesy of Colin Fray and Steve Temple), which was held on Wednesday this week. This was a club championship race and the turn-out from the club was very good. First Buxton AC male was Rick houghton who finished 5th and just missed out on the MV40 prize by 10 seconds. The first Buxton AC female was Sheila Bradley in 116th place. Please click on Rainow 5 Results 2008. I hope to be able to provide a report soon. Well done, everyone!
It is time to start thinking about Pride Park Relays, which dounbles up as the Derbyshire County Road Relay Championships. It is a lovely little two-mile route around Pride Park and environs in Derby. The Ladies teams consist of three runners and the Men's teams are made up of four runners. The race is held on Monday 21 July 2008 and the start is at 19:00. Please let me, Stefan Ledin, know if you are interested in competing, preferably by 1 July. Annemarie Claye, Dave Nutton and Nigel Critchlow are keen and have put their names down.
There are a number of sprint races at Moorways Stadium in Derby on Wednesday 25 June 2008. There are also 3x800 m relays for women and men and a 3000 m Team race for women and men, with four to run and three to score. Please click on Summer Sprint Series 2008 for further information.
Please note that I gave an incorrect date for the Edale Fell race held in conjunctino with Edale Country Fair. It will be held on Sunday 8 June with an 11:00 start.
Norman Taylor has just confirmed the date for the Taddington Lanes Races. It will be held on Tuesday 19 August. This is a Club Championship race so make a note in your diary. I will provide further race details closer to the time.
I have moved the news from December 2007 to the News from 2007 page. I endeavour to shift news from 2008 into a separate page real soon.
Alan Weeks, the organiser, has kindly sent me an update on the results. The number of runners from the club was slightly down this year. A few got caught out when the race was already full a couple of weeks prior to the race. We didn't have any runners in the Junior race. In the senior race, Andrew Sims was first Buxtonian home in 88th place. Andrew's time was 56:44. Simon Moorhouse, fresh from organising the Half Marathon, finished 184th with 64:16. Simon Bailey, Mercia, won the men's race convincingly by over 3.5 minutes in 38:44. The ladies race was won by Anna Frost, who had a cracker of race and finished sixth overall in 43:00. Anna's winning margin was a staggering 5.5 minutes! It was good to see that Hanno Torn is back running and racing after a long lay-off; this was Hanno's second race having run Goyts Moss a week or so earlier. Hanno finished just behind Andrew Sims in 97th place with 57:23. 297 runners finished the race.
I have had to bring the old photos offline while I rejig the website. Fear not, the old pictures will be available soon. In the meantime, it brings me great pleasure to exhibit photographs from the recent Buxton Half Marathon and Shady Oak. Please visit the Photo Gallery to view the latest additions.
The Rainow '5' race is a Club Championship race and is held on Wednesday 4 June. The Castleton Fell Race is held on Friday 6 June and the Edale Country Fair race is on Saturday 7 June. It is a very busy week ahead.
Please find below a report from the Duddon Valley race. A big thank you to Colin for the report.
Duddon valley is part of the Lakeland classic Trophy series of races and covers a distance of 20 miles and 6000 ft of climbing... This year’s race took part on Saturday 31st May from a small field in an isolated valley, just past a pub. Normally this time of year is not known for it hot weather. But as runners prepared for the start many found shelter under tree at the edge of the start field. The runners consisted of a mix of abilities from ex championship winners and a sole Buxton runner. Although dark peak and Pennine fell runners had a good turn out. And a total of 245 runners made the ranks and number which was announced by the organiser at the start of the race "just in case someone should ask while we were running" strange those cumbrians...
The start from the field led to the first climb to Harter fell along a well worn path and on to the summit (one down six to go). At the stage as with most of my racing the front runners were far far in the distance but I was keeping a steady pace in the middle of the pack. heading over to Hard Knott fell you could see the Cumbrian landscape in all its beauty some I’m told but my concern was to keep an eye on the water opportunities as the temp was raising and we were getting higher. After Hard Knott you drop down from 1800 ft to 1000ft then have to climb back up 1400ft in just under 1.5 miles and it was quite surreal in the base of the valley lookin up at Little Stand and back at Hard Knott to see a hundred runners in a line like ants in this isolated area. After that we headed Three shire stone and the last chance of water and just over half way. Then on to more climbing of Swirl How Summit, at this stage I was beginning to really feel the effects of the heat and could have easily run down the valley to the awaiting river but instead carried on traversing the side of the fells and one to the nearly last of the climb on Dow Crag 2500ft, With the temp seeming to increase and ability to run decrease I came across a bottle of Buxton Water being offered to me by a unknown person who had been given it by a Buxton inhabitant and his daughter to give to a tall balding buxton runner should he come along. Finally the last climb and the 1 mile descent down into seathwaite and the finish line.
As I ran into the finish field, (well you have to) to the applause of the spectators and the already finished runners it reminded me why I had just put myself through 4 hours and 20 minutes of sheer pain, enjoyment, exhaustion, and cramp. But Im not going to tell you go along and try it for yourself.
The winner Simon Booth finished in 2.52hr and I was 135th.
After the race a matter of having a few Jennings Ales in a pub which is situated next to the race finish, and there I sat in splendid sunshine for a good many hours, chatting to fellow runners till the late evening. Camping was also in the finish field and free of charge provided you drank in the pub.
Usain Bolt, the young Jamaican sprinter put a cat amongst the pigeons last night in New York. He upstaged country man Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay when he set a new World Record, subject to ratification, over the 100 m dash. The new record stands at 9.72 seconds. Bolt must now be considered a serious contender for an Olympic Gold medal. Remember also that Usain Bolt's stronger event is the 200 m. Meanwhile, Susanna Kallur of Sweden opened her campaign by finishing second to Josephine Oniya of Spain in a 100 m Hurdles at the Golden League meeting in Berlin. Miss Kallur would not normally be entirely satisfied with her second place, but her time of 12.54 seconds is much faster than her 2007 season opener. Besides, Susanna Kallur has been injured since the Indoor World Championships in March. Pamela Jelimo of Kenya ran a blistering 1:54:99 in the Women's 800 m and won the race by a four seconds. Great Britain's best sprinter for the last couple of years, Marlon Devonish opened with 10.18 second 100 m. Meanwhile, Tyrone Edgar recorded a legal 10.06 in Geneva. Michael East was somewhat off the pace yet ran a 3:36.48 in a Kenyan dominated 1500 m. Moses Masai of Kenya won the 5000 m in 12:50.55 from Ethiopia's Tariku Bekele, Kenenisa's younger brother, and Ugandan Moses Kipsiro. The Men's Javelin throwing competition was dominated by the strong men of the Nordic Countries with two Finns, one Norwegian and a Swede occupying the first four places. I for one look forward to an exciting Summer of Athletics.
Apparently, there is some football tournament kicking off next weekend. It's not worth watching, just stay tuned to Ahtletics where the real action takes place.
This promises to be a very busy week. The second race of four in Stoke City Parks series is held in Tunstall Park on Tuesday 2 June. The first race is at 18:30. The Staffordshire Moorlands AC's Summer Series kicks off this Thursday, 5 June, with the Tittesworth Reservoir race, which starts at 19:30. I have compiled information that will go out to the Juniors, but is equally applicable to Senior and Veteran runners. Please click on the link for Summer Series Races 2008, which lists dates and venues for the Stoke City Parks and the Summer Series. Further information reagrding the Summer Series, including maps of how to get to the various venues, can be found on Staffordshire Moorland AC's website.
Alas, I have not been able to obtain any information on the Wincle Trout race or the Duddon Valley fell race. I will endeavour to bring news on these races in the very near future.
Please can all club members who intend to renew their subscription, a very reasonable £15 per year and person, send their subscription fee to Sheila Bradley as soon as possible. Sheila will accept cash or cheques made payable to Buxton AC. The club is affiliated to England Athletics (EA) and we need to inform and pay affiliation fee to EA for all our members very soon. We would request that those runners, who are rejoining the club this year, pay the subscription by the end of June. After that date, we will assume that you have resigned from the club.
Sheila Bradley, our hard-working Hon Sec, has requested that all club members, who have an email address, send her an email (sheilaAbradley at aol.com) so that we can ensure that we have an up-to-date email address list. Please remember to replace the at with @ in Sheila's email address when you send the email to her.
Mark Cudahy covered the 120 miles from Tan Hill Inn to the Cat and Fiddle Pub in 31 hours and 27 minutes. Mark had to contend with bad weather, strong winds and lots of rain, and thick mist. His support team also had to negotiate passage on roads across moors that were on fire.
Mark Cudahy completed a Long Distance challenge when he completed the run from Tan Hill to Cat and Fiddle. The route connects the two highest located pubs in England and is 120 miles long. There is about 20,000 feet of climbing and Mark covered the distance in just over 37 hours. A marvelleous feat! Well done, Mark.
Please note that we are holding a Committee Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 28 May 2008. The meeting is held in the Function Room in the Railway. The meeting will start at 20:15 or shortly thereafter, depending on when the runners get back.
Sincere apologies to the winner Philip Critchlow, who I in the haste renamed Kevin!!! On a more positive note, the Results of the race are now available for viewing or downloading by clicking on Buxton Half Marathon 2008 Results.
We have got the results of the Goyts Moss Fell race, which was held on Wednesday 21 May. The results are courtesy of Mark Fitzgerald. Please click on Goyts Moss fell race results 2008 to view or download the results.
Rainow '5' fell race is the second race in the 2008 Club Championships is being held on Wednesday 4 June at 19:30.
It was very windy when Buxton Half Marathon was run yesterday. However, it was neither too hot, nor too cold and it stayed dry. All in all, readonable conditions. The windy conditions did mean that times were likely to slightly slower. I was in the lead car this year and could follow the development of the race at close quarter. A group of four runners detahced themselves early on, with wor Steve Watson being one of them. However, Steve side-stepped some stones/gravel and strained a muscle and had to abandon the race after about five minutes. Kevin Critchlow forged ahead and built up a decent lead up to Axe Edge. In close attendance was Kevin Lilley some 50 m behind. Kevin Lilley appeared to be the most comfortable of the two leaders running down towards Glutton Bridge as he passed Critchlow and pulled away, by no more than 20 meters or so. The two front runners were locked together as they passed the water station just before Glutton Bridge with about 6 miles to go. Kevin Critchlow appeared to put pressure on Kevin Lilley and had broken away when they had completed the steep climb out of Glutton Bridge. Kevin Lilley was never really completed broken, but namesake Critchlow didn't let up and edged clear. The last couple of miles were fairly uneventful. Critchlow had a quick glance behind him as he entered the final mile, but was safely clear. The positions didn't change with Kevin Critchlow taking first spot from Kevin Lilley. The team prizes were won by Dewsbury RC in the men's competition and by Telford Harriers' Ladies. There were many fine performances by our own runners too. I will post another review with special emphasis on our home runners performance in the very near future. Simon Moorhouse, the Race Organiser, thanks everybody who competed in the race and all the helpers and marshalls, without whom the race would not come off. I would like to thank Simon Moorhouse and Phil Leigh for putting on an exellent race!
I promise to post the results here as soon as I have them. Meanwhile you can relive the experience by visiting Mick Hall's website, which you can reach by clicking Mick Hall's Race Photos.
I apologise profusely for forgetting our third winner of the night. Tracey Greenway was first LV35! Well done, everyone.
The conditions for fell running was near perfect on Wednesday night. Stuart Bond of Tommy's Fell Stars was the runaway winner when he won by over 3 minutes. Stuart was also a mere 11 seconds off the course record which is held by Lloyd Taggart (44:04). Jackie Lee of Eryri Harriers was equally dominant in the Ladies race, winning by six or more minutes. Jackie's time was 52:50 which is an improvement on the course record by about three minutes. It was also very pleasing to see Rick Houghton of Buxton AC finish fourth and first MV40. Rick's excellent form continues. Buxton AC also had two other winners in Sheila Bradley, who was first LVXX, and Alex Lilburn, who was first Junior Man. There was a good turn out from the club. A good time was had by all!
Please remember that the next Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday 28 May in the Function Room at the Railway. The meeting will start at 20:15 or shortly thereafter. All members are welcome.
Simon Moorhouse and Phil Leigh are still looking for volunteers to help out at the Buxton Half Marathon, which is held on Sunday 25 May.
I mentioned earlier that Sophie Quince had qualified to represent her school/catchment area in a cross country race last Saturday. Ellena Foulkes (not sure about the spelling), from the same school, also qualified and had a good run. Ellena finished 14th out of 50. The Lady Manners schools finished second in both the Girls and the Boys competitions. The girls did us proud.
Simon Moorhouse and Phil Leigh took time out from organising Buxton Half Marathon to run White Peak Marathon last Saturday. The route runs along the Tissington Trail and High Peak Trail (?). The weather was pretty reasonable, being dry, not too breezy and bearable temperature. Simon had a good run and finished 120th with a time well inside 4 hours (3:57:44). Phil felt fresh during the first 10 miles or so, which meant that he opened in too enthusiastic a pace and payed for it the latter stages of the race. Nevertheless, Phil covered the marathon distance in 4:10:21, which earned him 145th place.
Sophie Quince had qualified to represent the Primary Schools in the Lady Manners catchment area in a cross country competition. The race was held this weekend and Sophie finished an excellent fourth out of fifty runners. Menwhile, Amy Mellor ran a very fast 800 m in the National Young Athlete's League, while competing for Chesterfield & District AC. Amy won the race in style with 2:24, which is just a shade slower than her PB from last weekend. Well done, Sophie and Amy!!!
Nigel Critchlow and Mark Sherratt were the two Buxtonians who managed to break the 90 minute barrier in the very testing Eyam Half MArathon which was held today. Nigel's time was 1:28:50 and Mark's time was 1:29:57; the lads finished 27th and 33rd, respectively. Dave Nutton was the next of our runners to cross the line; Dave recorded 1:37:46 for 85th place. Roland Meyland followwed closely behind Dave in 88th place and 21 seconds later (1:38:05). Emma Wharton was fourth lady (and 168th overall) with a time of 1:47:22. Emma was closely followed by Bill Allsop who was 21 seconds (1:47:43) and 8 places behind her. Bill was fourth runner in the MV60 category. The results of the White Peak Marathon have not been published yet. Well done to all those who competed over the weekend.
The first of four races in the Stoke City Parks Hrand Prix series was held in Longton Park on Tuesday 13 May. Our sole representative was Mark Quince who finished 77th with 21:09. There were 141 finishers in the Senior and Veterans race (women and men) over 5 km.
We have an entry form for this year's Carnival 5-mile road race for download. To download the form, please click Buxton Carnival 5 entry form [PDF, 88 kb]. The race is held on Saturday 12 July 2008. The race organiser is Jim Bradley.
A number of our junior athletes competed in a Schools Competition on Tuesday. I have very limited details of how the athletes got on. What I do know is that Chris Rushworth took a full 17 seconds off his PB over 1500 m when he recorded 4:43. Hannah Fenton won her 800 m race, but I haven't got her time. Callum Booth also competed in a 800 m race, where he finished 3rd after finding the early pace very hard. I have already reportedon Kyle Fowler's fine Silver medal in the U17 Men's 1500 m in the Staffordshire Championships last Saturday. Kyle also set fine new PB by running 4:14, which is 12 seconds quicker than his previous best. Well done!
It was a near-perfect night for fast running on this very tough course. We weren't able to defend our team victory from last year as Wilmslow over-powered us. We did have one winner though as Rick Houghton's exellent form continues. Rick won the MV40 prize and finished 5th overall with a time of 38:45. Nigel Crtichlow was next Buxtonian to finish; Nigel came 13th in 41:06. There was a good tussle between Ben Simett and Dave Nutton. Dave saw his chance of over-taking Ben close to the finish. However, Ben realised the danger in time and held off Dave's spirited challenge. Ben finished 27th (44:17) and Dave was two places behind in 29th (44:25). Kath Lamplough was first Buxton Lady in 43rd place; Kath's time ws 46:35. Colin Wilshaw and Roland Meyland finished close behind Kath; Colin was 48th (47:22) and Roland finished 51th (47:56). Daniel Feely was shadowing Roland and finished a mere 7 seconds and two places behind (53rd; 48:03). There was very good packing by the club when Sheila Bradley, Joanne Clay, Bill Allsop and Alex Lilburn finished 78th to 81st, in that order; their times were Sheila - 51:49, Joanne - 51:57, Bill - 51:58 and Alex - 52:12. Emma Havenhand finished 109th with 58:45. Sarah Guise finished bang on the hour in 112th place. 138 hardy souls completed the course. Well done, everybody!
There are a couple of races that may be of interest to our runners. The White Peak Half and Full marathon are held this Saturday. The races are run along the old railway lines. Alas, the two races are full already. Over in Hayfield, there is a lovely little race called the Mount Famine race. It is highly recommended and is part of the Hayfield series. If you fancy a run-out, then Mount Famine's for you!
Simon Moorhouse, the race organiser, informs me that the entry forms are flowing in nicely. However, there are still places left and entries will be taken on the day. Showers facilities will be available at the Buxton swimming pool, which is located adjacent to registration, start and finish, at a cost of 50 pence. Furthermore, there will be a secure kit bag storage at the registration. Keep those entry forms flowing, as this is a cracking race.
John Bunyan of Macclesfield Harriers has kindly send me the official results of the Macclesfield Open Meeting. The results can be viewed and downloaded by clicking on Macclesfield Open Meeting results. The results are slightly garbled, and I hope to bring out a revised version in the very near future.
The Shady Oak 10 km race is held this Wednesday 14 May. There is limited parking near the pub so it's advisable to car share if at all possible. Interested runners can meet from 18:30 in the carpark near the Railway to sort out the car sharing. The runners will then set off from Buxton at 18:45. The race starts from the Shady Oak pub on the Long Hill Road at 19:30.
The first of four races that makes up the Stoke City Parks Grand Prix is held at Longton Park tomorrow, 13 May. There are races for the U11s, U13s and U15s over 2000 m, for the U17s over 3000 m and for Juniors, Seniors and Veterans over 5000 m. Boy and Girls and Men and Women compete in the same races. The races are all on tarmac, so not suitable for spikes.
The Derbyshire County Track & Field Championships were held jointly with Nottinghamshire at Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham this weekend. The weather was very warm yesterday and positively hot today and all this with only a gentle breeze. The club fielded a smaller than usual number of athletes in the Championships, but those who competed did so very successfully. Amy Mellor won our only Gold medal in the U15 Girls 800 m, when she front ran the race in her usual style, all but sealing her victory after about 150 m; Amy was also awarded with a fine PB of 2:22.3, an improvement by about 3 s on the time she set at the Macclesfield Open Meeting two weekends ago. In the U20 Women, Emma Bayley won a Silver in the triple jump with 8.53 m and won a Bronze in the 100 m with a time of 13.9 s; Emma also finished fifth in the 200 m with 29.0 s. Natasha Lindley took a Silver medal in the U13 Girls 1500 m where she recorded a time of 5:37.3; Natasha also competed in the 800 m where she finished fifth, in 2:52.4, and in the 100 m where she finished eighth with 15.6 s. Mark Quince bravely contested the Senior Men's 5000 m race where he finished fifth; Mark's time was 20:11.8. Another Gold medal contender, Terry Fowler saw his hopes for glory dashed when he pulled up with a recurrence of the thigh strain/pull he sustained at Macclesfield shortly after the start in the Senior Men's 200 m. Meanwhile at the Staffordshire County Championships, Kyle Fowler now representing Staffordshire Moorlands AC finished second in the U17 Men's 1500 m behind team mate Jonathan Turnock.
The Shady Oak 10 km race is held this Wednesday 14 May. There is limited parking near the pub so it's advisable to car share if at all possible. Interested runners can meet from 18:30 in the carpark near the Railway departing for the race at 18:45.
Mark Fitzgerald is requesting help with marshalls and helpers for the Goyts Moss fell race which is held on Wednesday 21 May. Please contact Mark on 01298 - 70092 if you can help out. Goyts Moss fell race starts at 19:30 near Derbyshire Bridge.
I rediscovered some photographs that had been kindly supplied to me by Emma Wharton. The photographs show some of our successful marathon runners in their pre-marathon preparation. Please check out the piccies by visiting our Photo Gallery page.
The next committee meeting will be held in the Function Room at the Railway on Wednesday 28 May 2008. We will aim to start the meeting at 20:15, i.e. when the runners get back from the run. All club members are welcome to attend the meeting.
The official results of the Club Cross Country Championship Race which was held on Wednesday 30 April are now available. You can download the results by clicking Cross Country Champs link. You can also see pictures of the competitiors, before the race when they are still clean, and the winners Rick Houghton and Wendy Higginbottom by visiting our Photo Gallery page.
Please note that the Junior session on Monday 5 May is cancelled. Normal service will resume on Thursday 8 May.
The weather looked pretty miserable about an hour before the start. It was raining heavily and the leaden sky promised more rain to come. However, the rain held off and it was a rather pleasant evening come the start. The course was very heavy and slippery after days of wet weather, but it did not deter the 18 runners who took part in the race. Winner of the Men's race was Rick Houghton who had a four minute cushion; Rick's time of 26:43 was a few seconds slower than last year, but the mud and slippery conditions were not conducive to fast times. Wendy Higginbottom was first Lady home in a time of 31:48. Many thanks to Jim and Sheila Bradley, who organised the race. Many thanks also to Geoff Whitehead, Arthur Gratton, Steve Kenworthy and Graham Morson for acting as marshalls. Last, but not least, a Big Thank You to the runners who braved the elements. The final results will be published in the very near future.
Our roving reporter, Colin Wilshaw, has sent in a brief report on the new fell race organised by Dark Peak Fell Runners. Colin writes, "Just three hardy souls from Buxton took part in this new local fell race. The start from Edale Road just outside Hope was on a hill and that was the underlying nature of this race hills. firstly up one side on winhill, down the other side up another side and then down yet another side (didn't realise hills has so many sides) then up the side of Losehill, then down the other side. I think most people get the point now, and all this in only 7 miles.
Paul Drabble was first Buxton runner back 1.19.26 (13th) then Colin Wilshaw 1.28.30 (35th) and having a good steady run was Bill Allsop 1.43.04 (63rd). Just under 90 runners took part and hopefully this race will become an annual event and all for just £4.
Thomas Drabble finished third in the U11 Boys 600 m race and not as stated previously. In-form Kyle Fowler won the 1500 m easily and was never pushed in the race. Meanwhile, Matt Lomas had an excellent run to finish second in the U13 Boys 1500 m race. The official times are not available yet.
The Club had a pretty decent turn-out at Macclesfield Harriers Track and Field open meeting which was held yesterday, 26 April. The meeting being a mere two weeks from the County Championships would be an ideal leg stretcher. The weather was very nice, though a bit breezy down the backstraight. A number of our youngest athletes competed on the running track for the first time in their lives. One of the most emphatic wins of the afternoon went to Amy Mellor who front ran the U15 Girls' 800 m race and blew away the opposition in the first 200 m. Amy was awarded with an excellent 2:25 (inoff. time). Emma Bayley finished equal first and a very close second in the 100 m and 200 m races, respectively. Her times were 13.8 s and 28.4 s. Jessica and Amy finished second and fourth in the U13 Girls' 800 m race. Jessica showed great tactical awareness and sprinted past the girl in the second place over the last 60 m. Jessica's time was 3:07 while Amy recorded 3:20. In the U13 Boys'800 m Bradley Fowler battled well and finished 5th (?) in 3:03. In the U11 Girls' 600 m, Jade and Lauren Ashmore and Sophie Quince finished first, third and fourth. Thomas Drabble competed in the U11 Boys 600 m where he finished fourth after a fine sprint for the line. Liam and Jack Clarke took part in the 400 m. Liam finished sixth with 67.8 s and Jack was seventh with 72.4 s. Terry Fowler was the only senior Buxton athlete to compete. His started well with a fine run in the 100 m, but he pulled a muscle during the 200 m, when he was catching the leader. Hopefully, a bit of rest, ice, compression and elevation will allow Terry to recover for the County Champs. I apologise for the incompleteness of the results. Our athletes competed in other events than those mentioned here. I will provide a more detailed report in the near future, with the official times and distances when these are available.
Please remember that we are holding the Club Cross Country Championship race this coming Wednesday 30 April. The race starts at 19:15 from Temple Fields, just off Green Lane. You can either meet up as usual at the Railway and jog up to the start or meet us on the field.
We had a very good turn-out at the Sheffield Half Marathon which was held today. The times were very quick too. The finishing positions and times of our runners were as follow: 92 Nigel Critchlow 1:23:14; 142 Steve Claye 1:25:13, 247 Dave Nutton 1:28:29, 658 Roland Meylan 1:36:33, 691 Mark Quince 1:37:06, 776 Daniel Feely 1:38:21, 896 Emma Wharton 1:39:52, and 1397 Stephen Vaccarini 1:45:17. The good form of our marathon runners continue, while Nigel Roland and the others show that they too are coming good, just as Spring arrives. Well done, everybody!
Paul Drabble made the journey up to the Lake District to compete in the Anniversary Waltz fell race. Paul finished in 82nd place with a time of 2:00:05. Paul reckoned that just about the hardest race he's ever done. Winner of the Men's race was wor Llyod Taggart who came home just over a minute ahead of second placed Simon Booth of Borrowdale Fell Runners. First lady home was Emma Clayton of Scunthorpe and District AC. Well done, Paul.
Joanne has pointed out that the race actually starts from Townhead, Edale Road in Hope and not as announced below. The grid reference, for reference, is GR SK168845.
There is a new fell race called Some You Win - Some You Loose (SYW-SYL) in the calendar. The race is run over 7.7 miles with 2700 ft of climbing and is organised by Dark Peak FR. The race starts at 10:00 from Townhead, Edale on Sunday 27 April and is open to Over 18s only. You can only enter on the day and the entry fee is £4. Colin is keen to raise our profile further and encourages all those interested in racing to get over to Edale for this new, exciting race.
Mick Hall, one of our close contacts at Staffordshire Moorlands, is organising a trip to Amsterdam in the Autumn. The previous trips have been very successful. Please go to Amsterdam 2008 for further details if you are interested.
The club fielded three runners in the 4-mile Senior race and one runner in the Junior race over 2 miles at the Wirksworth Incline race which was held on Sunday 19 April. Nick Stone was first Buxtonian back in 28:02, which earned him 21st place and 2nd in the MV50 category. Nick was followed closely by Up and coming Chris Rushworth who finished 23rd and was only six seconds behind. Still on the comeback trail, John Davies was 74th in 33:49. Natasha Lindley finished 11th overall in the Junior race and came second in the Girls race, behind a runner two years older. Well done, everybody. Two Charnwood runner also did very well. Rob Salt, an old training buddy of mine, finished 12th and Claire McKittrick, another of my old training buddies, won the Ladies race and finished 14th overall.
Macclesfield Harriers are staging a new style Open Meeting on Saturday 26 April at the Macclesfield track. They cater for all age groups and all abilities. Each athlete will have at least three attempts in the throws and jumps and a maximum of seven jumps in the High Jump. Age groups are as at 31 August 2008.
| 12:30-14:30 | Throws | Shot/Discus, Hammer/Javelin |
| 14:00-15:00 | Sprints | 100 m, 200 m, 400 m |
| 15:00-17:15 | Jumps | Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump |
| 16:15-17:15 | Endurance/Hurdles | 800 m, sprint hurdles, 1500 m |
The cost is £ 2 per event or £5 for three or more events. It is entry on the day only. This is a good opportunity to test your form prior to the County Championships on 10-11 May.
Rick Houghton's excellent form continues unabated as he finished 18th in the Kinder Downfall fell race; Rick's time was 1:17:11. Rick was followed by Darren Hawkins who came home in 51st place with 1:22:46. Colin Wilshaw finished 84th with 1:28:22. Don O'Brien finished in 94th place with 1:30:38. I am also happy to report that Pip Peakman is back racing after taking a break; Pip completed the course in 2:06:08 and saw her finish 207th. Lloyd Taggart lead a trio of Dark Peakers home, winning by over 2.5 minutes.
This is a new initiative in the West and East Midlands regions to promote sprinting amongst U20 and senior athletes. The events are 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. There are six qualifying rounds: 5 May at Birmingham Rowheath, 28 May at Coventry, 4 June at Corby, 18 June at Loughborough, 19 June at Worcester and finally 25 June at Derby. The top four athletes from each region and in each event will be invited to comete at the Finals which are to be held in conjunction with the Birmingham Games on 20 July. More details and information, including entry details, can be downloaded from either England Athletics or Midland Athletics.
I now have the results from the Edale Skyline results. Rick Houghton race a blinder of a race to finish 11th overall and second MV40; his time was 3:14:51. Mark Cudahy was second Buxtonian home in 25th place with 3:24:29. Colin Wilshaw keeps getting better and better as he finished 82nd with 3:49:02. Andrew Sims was our fourth runner as he came back to Edale in 207th place some 4:35:17 after he set off. Very good efforts all round!!!
Brothers Adam and Khem Sattaur competed in the second Shining Cliffs race on 23 March, where they acquitted themselves very well. Adam came fourth with a time of 23:28, only 18 seconds off third place, with younger brother Khem in 9th place with 28:15. Well done, Lads!
The first race in the Club Championship 2008 Series is the cross country race which starts on Temple Field, goes through the Temple Woods, the up to Solomon's Temple and back down to Temple Field. The race is held on Wednesday 30 April. Please come along and support the race. The more, the merrier. More details to follow.
We are holding the next club committee meeting on Wednesday 23 April in the Function Room in the Railway. The meeting will start at 20:15. All members are welcome to attend the meeting.
Our running buddies in the Valley, I am of course referring to Goyt Valley Striders, are organising a new fell race, the Whaley Waltz over 5.5 miles, which will be held on Saturday 28 June 2008. The race is held in conjunction with the Whaley Bridge Rose Queen festival. Please go to Whaley Waltz site for more details.
The Stoke City Parks GP is being held as usual this summer. The format is the same as last year, i.e. 2 km for U15, U13, U11, 3 km for U17, and 5 km Seniors and Veterans. Girls and boys and women and men compete in the same race. These are the dates: 13 May - Longton Park, 3 June - Tunstall Park, 8 July - Fenton Park and 19 August - Hanley Park. You need to complete all four races to be in the running for prizes. More details regarding transport will be posted nearer the date.
We are part of the East Midlands region of England Athletics. The East Midlands are trying to get the Championships going this year. Wemissed the Road Relay Championships, but there are more races coming up. Notably, 10 km Road Race Championships on 24 August at Moulton, Northants, the Half Marathon Championships are held in conjunction with the Newark race on 10 August and finally, the Marathon Championships are run as part of Leicester Marathon on 19 October.
I have extracted the times for our runners at each 5 km station as well as the half marathon post. The data is collated in document which can be found here, Flora London Marathon Splits, on pdf-format [34 kb]. It makes very interesting reading. I would like to draw your attention to Dave Nutton's finely paced run, where he didn't deviate from a 22 minute pace for most of the way. Emma Wharton and Caroline Taylor also ran a quite even-paced race. Once again, Well Done everbody!!!
The weather seemed a bit variable, with rain at times. This didn't seem to deter the runners, especially in the Men's race where three runners broke 2:06. Martin Lel of Kenya won in 2:05:15 with fellow Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru in second place some nine seconds behind and Abderrahim Goumri (a former winner in London) in third a further six seconds back. Dan Robinson was first Briton in 13th place and was rewarded with a new PB. In the Ladies race, Irina Mikitenko of Germany pulled away from Russia's Svetlana Zakharova and Gete Wami of Ethiopia. Mikitenko's time was 2:24:14, Zakharova was 16 seconds behind and Wami was 1:23 behind the winner. Liz Yelling ran a fine race to finish ninth with a new PB of 2:28:33 and probably secured her ticket on the plane to Beijing. Dave Nutton posted an excellent new PB over the marathon distance when he came home in 3:09:31. Emma Wharton continues to go from strength to strength as she yet again set a new PB. Her time of 3:20:32 is an improvement by four or five minutes, I think. Mark Quince has had his preparation limited by injury and illness, but he nevertheless ran a decent time of 3:45:58. Mark Fitzgerald covered the course in just under four hours, with 13 seconds to spare. Caroline Taylor just missed out on going under four hours in her first ever marathon when came home in 4:04:14. Well done to all our runners. Magnificient personal bests by Dave and Emma. I will return with a more thorough analysis of the race. My old chum, training partner and flatmate Frank Dudbridge ran an excellent 2:44:30.
My apologies to Sheila Bradley, whose name I missed out when I brought you the results of the Wilmslow Half Marathon race. Sheila finished 1192nd overall and 11th in her age group with a time of 1:48:32.
The Edale Skyline race was held on Sunday 30 March. We had four intrepid runners in the field, who all acquitted themselves very well indeed. The following details has been passed on to me by Joanne Cudahy. Rick Houghton ran an absolute stormer to finish in 11th place with 3:14:51. Rick was followed by Mark Cudahy in a very creditable 25th place in 3:24:51. Colin Wilshaw also ran an excellent race to record 3:49:01. Andrew Sims was our fourth finisher in 207th place with a time of 4:35:17. Lloyd Taggart was the winner of the race by a country mile; his time was in the region of 2:46. Well done to all who competed in the Edale Skyline and Wilmslow Half Marathon races.
Wirksworth Incline race is held on Sunday 20 April; there is a Junior and a Senior race. The Chelmorton Chase race is held on Sunday 7 September with a 11:30 start.
There was a very good turn-out from the club at the Wilmslow Half Marathon last Sunday. The times posted by our runners were excellent allround. Paul Drabble was first one back in 73rd place and brilliant time of 1:22:35. Nigel Critchlow had run with Paul for part of the way, but in the end had to concede to Paul. Nigel finished a fine 104th with 1:24:30. Dave Nutton showed that the injury scare of last week was a mere memory when he ran a controlled race and posted a 1:30:18 clocking, which was good for 251st spot. Mark Quince, Emma Wharton and Caroline Taylor also showed that their marathon preparations are going well as they finished in 1:38:36 (586th), 1:50:36 (1347) and 1:50:35 (1346), respectively. Roland Meylan is on the comeback trail after an injury and ran 1:40:01 (669th), while Shaun Taylor finished 1001st with 1:45:21. Mark Fitzgerald made a rare outing on the roads and finished 1490th with 1:52:42. Kath Forder ran a 2:02:28 which placed her in 2184th place. Both the Ladies and the Men's teams finished 16th in the team races. The Ladies race was won impressively by Michelle Ross, formerly running for Stoke AC, who came home 9th overall in 1:12:50. Michelle has really come good in the last couple of years.
Simon Moorhouse, one of our erstwhile Half Marathon organisers, was our sole representative in the Haworth Hobble, a mere 32-ish miles across the lovely Yorkshire moors. Simon completed the race in 8:42:39 and finished 241st.
Dave Nutton is taking part in the Flora London Marathon on Sunday 13 April. Dave is raising money for the British Heart Foundation. Please see his request for sponsorship support.
Dave writes: I am one of the many of our club runners heading down to London for the Marathon on April 13th. I have taken a place with the British Heart Foundation Charity and am loooking for support in my bid to reach £2000. Anyone willing to help me achieve my target can donate online at Dave Nutton's Just Giving address or see Dave at the Wednesday night sessions. Many Thanks, Dave.
There are three places for the Wilmslow Half Marathon (30 March) up for grabs. Jim and Sheila are not able to take part in the race. Their places are £10 each. Debbie is also not able to run. Those who showed an interest on Wednesday, please speak to Sheila on 01298 27939 or text her on 07815 153071.
We will retain the format we introduced last year. There will be 10 races, with six races to count. There will a female and male category. The deadline is 30 November 2008. Nigel Critchlow is the collator of results. Please make Nigel's life easier by sending him the race results promptly. Nigel's email address is nigcritch(@)o2.co.uk - just remove the parentheses in the email address. Our club races are organised by Jim and Sheila Bradley. More details of each race will be provided nearer the time.
| 30/04/08 | Club Cross Country Race | 21/05/08 | Goyts Moss Fell Race | 04/06/08 | Rainow '5' |
| 18/06/08 | Bill Moss Memorial | 2?/08/08 | Taddington Lanes Race | 17/09/08 | Club 5-Mile Race |
| 15/10/08 | Dream On Mile | 16/11/08 | Fletcher Cup |
Times from any half-marathon and marathon can be entered provided the race is held on or before 30 November 2008.
There will be no Friday Night session tonight (21 March) as I shall be eating hot cross buns and put my feet up. Normal service will resume at 18:30 next Friday.
Steve Claye returned to racing in Sheffield last Sunday. Steve's time was 39:15 which earned him 51st place. Steve was not too pleased about the time, especially since it was slower than last year, but it is very early days in the 2008 season yet. Just wait until the warmer weather arrives an Steve will be flying again. Annemarie, Steve's daughter came 191st out of 428 finishers with a time of 48:20. Well done to the Claye's!
Don O'Brien and Bill Allsop were the only two Buxtonians taking part in the popular Cloud Nine fell race organised by Congleton Harriers on Sunday 3 March. Don finished 72nd with 1:10:10 and Bill ccame 160th with 1:23:53. There was an almighty tussle between Simon Bailey (Mercia) and wor Lloyd Taggart (Dark Peak) and saw Simon winning by 1 minute and 55 seconds.
The Milton Keynes Half Marathon was held last Sunday (3 March). Dave Nutton travelled to the Town of Many Roundabouts and Concrete Cows. It turned out to be a very worthwhile trip as Dave finished 124th with a time of 1:18:03 (1:28:24), which is a PB. This confirms the good form Dave has shown at our speed sessions on Friday nights. Well done, Dave.
Wendy Higginbottom is the new contact for Buxton AC Juniors. Wendy can be contacted on 01298 - 23759.
Nigel Critchlow had a good run in the Cheadle 5-mile road race today. He was tantalisingly close to the 30 minute mark when he finished 20th with a time of 30:32. Emma Wharton ran close to her PB when she finished 11th Lady and 50th overall in 33:24. Nick Stone was overall in 32:27. My old training buddy Clare McCittrick finished 5th Lady and second in her age group.
I have begun updating the list of fell races on our Upcoming Races page. I will try to sort out the road races over the next few days.
Good Luck to all runners who are competing at the weekend. The races that spring to mind are the Cheadle 5-mile road race (Emma, Nigel, ...) and Milton Keynes Half Marathon (Dave).
The full results of the Buxton Half Marathon in 2007 are now available from this website, by clicking Buxton Half Marathon 2007 results. The race results have been available from John Schofield's site since shortly after the race last year.
The subscription for 2008 is now due. The membership remains at £15 per annum. Please pay your subscription to Sheila Bradley as soon as possible. Sheila will accept cash or a cheque, made payable to Buxton Athletic Club.
The Northern Athletics are organising the Area Road Relay Championships at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire on Sunday 6th April 2008. The Women's Relay consists of six legs of roughly three miles. The Senior Men's relay consist of 12 stages, of either 3 miles (Legs 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, and 12) or 5.5 miles (Legs 1, 4, 7, and 10). Ladies who would like to take part should speak to Emma Wharton as soon as possible. Men wishing to take part in the Relays should let Stefan Ledin know.
Horwich is again the location for the Veteran's 5 km Road Race Championships. There are also an open 5 km race which incorporates the Northern 5 km Championships. Closing date for entries is 15 June 2008. It is a cracking race and very competitive. It is an excellent opportunity to set a really fast time. There are also exciting criteriums, i.e. bike racing.
This weekend saw the National Cross Country Championships take place at Alton Towers, Staffordshire. Runners from all over the UK travelled to take part in this prestigious event. Buxton AC was well represented with Matt Lomas in the Under 13 boys race finishing in 238th place, he was followed by Jack Clarke in 261st place and Bradley Fowler in 353 place. The Under 13 girl’s race saw Elle Twentyman and Natasha Lindley battle it out to finish in 145th and 147th place overall and were followed by Jade Hill in 238th. Chris Rushworth was 206th in the Under 15 boys and Zoe Bayley 162nd in the Under 17 Women's race. Emma Wharton was the sole competitor for Buxton AC in the senior women’s race finishing in 200th exactly. In the men’s race Dave Nutton continued his good form finishing in 721st, followed by Terry Fowler in 885th and Mark Quince in 995th. Kyle Fowler who now runs for Staffs Moorlands finished in 81st position overall in the under 17 boys race. Overall the Buxton AC runners gained valuable experience against very competitive fields. The report was written by Emma Wharton.
We had a very successful bag packing session at Morrisons in Buxton today. We raised in excess of £660. Well done to all junior athletes, parents and coaches who took part. A BIG Thank You to Terry Fowler for setting it up and to Emma Wharton for sorting out the bag packers. A BIG Thank You also to Morrisons, Buxton, who allowed us to raise much needed funds and to all Morrisons' customers who were so generous and supportive.
The entry form for the Buxton Half Marathon 2008, kindly sponsored by Lomas Distribution, Buxton Spring Ltd. and Buxton Bookshop in Buxton, is now available for download from this website. Please click Buxton Half Marathon 2008 to download the entry form. The entry form is on PDF-format [199 kb].
The East Midlands Relay Championships are held on Loughborough on Sunday 23 March 2008. I presume these are road relays, judging by the winning times. The U20 and Senior Ladies relay race consists of three legs over three miles and the U20, Senior and Veteran Men's race consists of four legs over three miles. Is there anyone interested in taking part, the please speak to Stefan Ledin as soon as possible.
Sanna Kallur of Sweden has really hit the form. Her times have hovered around the Swedish National record and yesterday she went one better by setting a new World Record. Impressive. The old record was held by Ludmila Engquist and was set in 1990.
The AGM will now be held on Thursday 21 February 2008 in the Function Room at the Railway. The meeting starts at 19:30. Please come along to the AGM and make your voice heard. The More, The Merrier!
Chris Mallendar at England Athletics has forwarded a news bulletin with information about the performances by athletes in the East Midlands. Please click News Bulletin January 2008 to read the bulletin.
Yes, it's that time of year when the subscription becomes due. The subscription has been inflation-proofed and remains a rather modest £15 for the year. Please pay your subscription to Sheila Bradley as soon as possible. Sheila will accept cash or a cheque, made payable to Buxton Athletic Club.
The Area Championships were held on Saturday last. The Northerns were held in Roundhay Park, Leeds. Elle Twentyman had a good run in the U13 Girls race when she finished 108th out of 223 finishers. Older sister, Jess Twentyman, and Ceciliy Walton competed in the U15 Girls race where they finished 126th and 159th, respectively. Emma Wharton and Debbie Drabble reprewented the club in the Senior Women's race. Both ladies ran very well and finished 120th and 235th in a field of 290 finishers. Matt Lomas ran an excellent race in the U13 Boys when he finished 76th, just ahead of Jamie (?) Clarke, who was 103rd, Liam Norten in 156th place and Bradley Fowler in 178th. This was the only team we closed on the afternoon and the lads finished 23rd in the team competition. Chris Rushworth was our sole representative in the U15 Boys race and ran a very good race to finish 83rd. In the Senior Men's race Paul Drabble and Mark Quince negotiated the killer hill three times. Paul was 311th and Mark 547th. Elsewhere, Kyle Fowler has an excellent run in the Midland Championships, which were held at Leamington. Kyle came 13th in the U17 Men's race.
My sincere apologies for not showing up for the Friday night speed session. I got distracted and left work too late. The plan for next week's session is 5 x Park Road, with liberal recovery of 2 min.
There were comfortable wins for Lloyd Taggart (43 s) and Jackie Lee (37 s); Jackie finished 12th overall! Colin Wilshaw was our only representative. Colin finished in 57th place with 34:49.
Terry Fowler and Dave Nutton travelled to Derby to take part in the Midweek races. Terry posted a 5:36 clocking for 7th place overall and second in the MV40 category in 1-mile race. Dave Nutton ran the 5 km race in 19:11 and finished 33th. Terry Fowler also ran the 5 km race and his time was 19:48 for 38th place.
Emma Wharton has sent me a report from the County Cross Country Championships, where the Buxton athletes provided the best ever showing. Please click Report from the County XC Champs 2008 (PDF, 65 kb) to read Emma's report.
It is with great sadness I have to report that Kajsa Bergqvist, the Swedish High Jumper, has called it a day on an outstanding career as a high jumper. Illness and injuries have finally taken their toll. Kajsa holds the indoor world record at 2.08 m and has a PB of 2.06 outdoors. She will be sadly missed by many, due to her elegance and excellent style.
Simon Moorhouse has just pointed out that the Lambs Longer Leg Race is by pre-entry only, so there is not much time to get the entry form in before the race. Please use a generic FRA form. Please also see Hayfield Fell Race website for further details.
Buxton athletes acquitted themselves very well in the County Championships at the Weekend. The individual bronze medal winners were Jenny Jackson in the U17 Women's race, Emma Wharton in the Senior Women's race and Wendy Higginbottom in the Veteran Ladies race. The club had further success in the team competitions: Our Senior Ladies team (Wendy, Emma, Sarah Nicholson and Debbie Drabble) won the Gold medals; our two teams in the U13 Girls race took Silver (Elle Twentyman, Natasha Lindley and Jade Hill)and Bronze (Hannah Fenton, Charlotte Colling and Lauren Greenhalgh)! Our U15 Boys team (Chris Rushworth, Jack Gregory, Adam Sattaur and Callum Booth) clinched a Silver medal. There were brilliant performances from all Buxton athletes. Elsewhere, Kyle Fowler finished fourth in the U17 Men's race at the Staffordshire Championships. Well done, everybody!!! It shows that the hard work during the autumn has paid off. Click on Derbyshire County Championships for the full results of the Championships, courtesy of Mick Bannon.
Please find below the proposed offroad runs for the next few weeks. Colin Wilshaw will take the group on these night runs.
| 09/01/08 | Goyt Valley | 23/01/08 | Earl Sterndale | 06/02/08 | Coombs Moss |
| 20/02/08 | Long Hill | 05/03/08 | To Be Decided | 19/03/08 | To Be Decided |
Colin has expressed willingness to organise offroad runs on other Wednesdays if there is interest. Please speak to Colin to register your interest. Remember to bring head torch, if you have got one (though we have a few spare ones you can borrow) and water proofs.
Lloyd Taggart and Jackie Lee went to Isle of Man over New Year and took the opportunity to blow away the opposition in the St John Fell race. Both Lloyd and Jackie set new course records. Well done to the Dynamic Duo.
Mark Fitz and I were the only ones turning up for the speed session this evening. The weather was thoroughly unpleasant with lashing rain and strong winds. Those who didn't come out to play probably did the right thing to stay indoors, keeping warm and cosy. However Mark and I feel that we have been toughened up by our hardship and confidently expect to reap the benefits when we race next!
I would like to wish Good Luck to all those taking part in the County Cross Country Championships tomorrow. A number of athletes should be in with a shout for a medal and/or selection to compete for Derbyshire in the Inter-Counties Championships in March.
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