Borders League Race #2 – Birkenhead


Not quite a club record, but still an amazing turnout of 56 Buckley Runners took part in the second Borders League race at Birkenhead Park yesterday, it was really good to see even more new members making their first appearance in the blue vest too.

 

 

This time hosted by Wallasey Athletic Club, the 5.5 mile course, consists of 4 laps of the upper park. The 390 runners who took part were awarded some decent weather for running, a nice cool and bright morning.

The gazebo was set up early and this time we had a couple of students giving out free pre-race massages, it seemed to be well received judging by the number of people who took part. Many thanks to Simon O’Brien for arranging.

 

Some of the headline results make for great reading:

  • Ricky Challinor, winning the race (again) – Well Done Ricky!
  • Buckley Men and Men’s Vets teams repeating their first race result by being first team on the day, leaving them in first place in the League after two races.
  • Ceri Cook – 1st FV45
  • Stephen Laker – 2nd MV45
  • Gary Blackwell – 2nd MV50
  • Les Coathup – 2nd MV65
  • Margaret Ludden – 2nd FV55
  • Steve Bellis – 3rd MV60
  • Jane Lindley – 3rd FV50

 

Overall club results are as follows:

Rank Rank Rank Name Time Category Category
M F Rank
1 1 Ricky CHALLINOR 28:23:00 SM 1
20 20 Elliot COX 31:07:00 SM 13
25 25 Przemyslaw TOMCZAK 31:24:00 SM 16
26 26 Chris MYLES 31:37:00 SM 17
27 27 Stephen LAKER 31:44:00 MV45 2
30 30 Craig DAVIES 31:53:00 MV40 7
35 35 Sam BELLIS 32:21:00 SM 21
36 36 David WHITE 32:23:00 SM 22
44 44 Chris CALLAGHAN 32:43:00 MV40 9
52 52 Simon EDWARDS 32:55:00 MV45 4
53 53 Gary BLACKWELL 32:56:00 MV50 2
54 54 Ryan MORRISON 32:57:00 SM 29
61 60 David LEMON 33:21:00 SM 32
66 64 Peter GRAY 33:37:00 SM 34
77 74 Eddie DAVIES 33:55:00 MV45 11
85 81 Tim JOY 34:12:00 SM 42
92 88 Andy HARVEY 34:29:00 SM 46
121 115 Chris REID 35:43:00 SM 59
127 7 Ceri COOK 35:56:00 FV45 1
128 121 Rob MAHONEY 36:01:00 SM 61
129 122 Tim HARGREAVES 36:02:00 MV45 18
135 126 Richard FINCH 36:13:00 SM 62
146 135 John BRADSHAW 36:34:00 MV40 23
150 138 Gareth HOUGHTON 36:41:00 MV40 24
159 146 Ian HOGG 36:53:00 MV50 15
161 148 Paul DONOGHUE 37:04:00 MV45 23
183 164 David JONES 38:09:00 MV45 24
185 166 Kevin CHALLINOR 38:11:00 MV55 7
188 168 Steve BELLIS 38:17:00 MV60 3
195 175 Arran WHITEHOUSE 38:36:00 SM 74
213 184 Dave WOOTTON 39:34:00 MV50 24
219 32 Margaret LUDDEN 39:48:00 FV55 2
234 198 Les COATHUP 40:27:00 MV65 2
250 210 John POYNTON 41:02:00 MV50 31
252 212 Mark AINDOW 41:11:00 MV45 26
263 45 Jane DOUGHTON 41:40:00 FV40 10
269 48 Claire CONEY 41:51:00 FV45 9
276 51 Ann BROUGHTON 41:59:00 FV35 10
283 55 Jane LINDLEY 42:40:00 FV50 3
292 59 Dawn URQUHART 43:30:00 FV45 13
316 247 Marcus REID 44:52:00 MV50 35
327 73 Jo FREEMAN 45:17:00 FV45 17
329 74 Kirsty JOHNSON 45:21:00 FV35 13
330 75 Evelyn AINDOW 45:25:00 FV45 18
331 76 Kate WILDE 45:32:00 SF 17
332 256 John MORRIS 45:36:00 MV70 4
333 77 Lisa MACPHERSON 45:38:00 SF 18
337 81 Ceri BAIRSTOW 46:05:00 SF 19
340 84 Amanda GARNER 46:16:00 SF 21
342 258 Daniel Mark HUGHES 46:23:00 SM 89
356 97 Susan FORMSTONE 48:03:00 FV45 22
357 98 Bethan MEDLICOTT 48:07:00 SF 23
377 111 Sue RIDINGS 49:56:00 FV55 10
378 112 Claire Louise WORRALL 50:23:00 FV40 18

 

The next race is at 11am on Sunday 14th January. It is hosted by Abergele Harriers and is measure 5m course along the seafront from Pensarn. It happens to be the same used in this years Abergele 5m race – Route is here!

Let’s see if we can have a record turnout, see you there!

 

Remaining races are as follows:

  • Race 4 – Sunday 18th February – Staged by Eryri Harriers at Caernarfon
  • Race 5 – Sunday 4th March – Staged by Tattenhall Runners at Tattenhall
  • Race 6 – Sunday 8th April – Staged by Wrexham Tri at Mold
  • Race 7 + Presentation – Wednesday 25th April (7:30pm) – Staged by Deestriders

 

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