Gould leads from the front as Runners claim a top-six finish at Cheltenham

A good turnout from Kenilworth Runners was rewarded with two top-20 finishers at the third race of the Gloucester League Cross Country at Pittville Park in Cheltenham.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Dec 2014, 09:33 BST
Kenilworth Runners Marc Curtis tackles the stream at Pittville Park in Cheltenham. Picture: Tony StantonKenilworth Runners Marc Curtis tackles the stream at Pittville Park in Cheltenham. Picture: Tony Stanton
Kenilworth Runners Marc Curtis tackles the stream at Pittville Park in Cheltenham. Picture: Tony Stanton

The race consisted of two laps for the ladies (6k) and three laps for the men (9.1k), including a stream crossing on each lap.

There was a problem in the senior men’s race where many runners were given official times which were up to two minutes slower than the time on the runners’ own watches.

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The league is still trying to ascertain what happened so the times mentioned are the ‘official’ times.

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Eighteen men and seven ladies made the 50-mile round trip for Kenilworth, with Phil Gould (13th in 32:54) and Peter Hawkins (16th in 33:25) helping the men’s A team to finish sixth on the day.

Kenilworth’s B team finished 13th and the C team 24th, while the veterans were fifth.

Eoin O’Flynn was the first Leamington C&AC runner home in 58th place with a time of 36:34, followed by Craig Bower (64th in 36:48) and Mike Denney (94th in 38:25).

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The scoring team was completed by Nick Tawney (100th in 38.39), Steve Roberts (129th in 40:12) and Noel Butler (185th in 45:09).

Graham Roberts was 186th (45:17) and Rupe Chalal 209th (51:02).

The team finished 14th and the masters were seventh.

Graham Rush of Cheltenham won the race in 30:28.

In the ladies’ race, Kenilworth A finished 11th, with their B team 21st.

Danielle Mohacsi (27:56)was first counter for Kenilworth, followed by Stef Lunn(28:52) and Rebecca Smith (29:27).

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Only two senior C&AC ladies ran. Angela Chalal was 18th (3rd V40) in 26:15 while Susie Tawney’s time of 26:32 gave her 21st place and first in her age category.

Selected others (Kenilworth Runners unless stated): 51, Marc Curtis (36:12); 53, Matt Dyer (36:22); 61, Dave Ramus (36:42); 75, Richard Broadbent (37:26); 85, Simon Corley (38:01); 86, Dewi Williams (38:02); 88, Roger Homes (38:10); 95, Wayne Briggs (38:26); 117, Neil Sheward (39:27); 122, Stewart Underhill (39:34); 149, Dave Pettifer (42:00); 160, Robert Willis (45:26); 175, Martin Smith (44:08); 202, Simon Mottershead (48:52); 206, Stef Shillington (50:10); 207, Tom Dable (50:25).

Leamington C&AC’s junior boys continued their fine form to keep themselves in contention for end-of-season team medals.

The under-17 men were the first team home, led by Matthew Woodhouse in eighth place in a time of 22:25.

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The team was completed by Freddie Loveday (9th in 22:27) and Adam West (10th in 23:12)

In the under-15 boys’ race, the A team were second and the B team fifth.

Kieran Chalal was second in 20:04, followed by Alex Ibbs (4th in 20:39) and Greg West (8th in 21:12).

Toby Loveday (21;54) was first home for the B team in 14th with the team completed by Tim Virr (18th in 23:03) and Dominic Priest (19th in 23:45).

Ben Illesley was 20th in 25:29

The under-13 boys came third, led by Cian McIntyre, who was sixth in 10:28.

He was followed by Will Eadon (11th in 10:51), Daniel Chalal (21st in 11:41) and Sebastian Priest (28th in 12:25).