Wilkinson, Bigham and Powell Are Marathon Champs

Trek Marathon Championships
Margam, 1 June 2008

Report & images: Joolze Dymond

The 100km riders get into their stride

You couldn't have asked for a better championship: a brilliantly tough venue in a picturesque setting and a wealth of talented riders all vying for that top spot and with it that ever-elusive reward of a national jersey and medal. The championships returned to the original venue where the championships first got underway 4 years ago, namely Margam Park.

Situated in South Wales just a stone's throw away from Port Talbot and the industrial steel works, Margam is one of the UK's most loved venues by competitors from all over the country, combining a mixture of punishing climbs, fast fire roads. Throw in some soul-sapping grass and some treacherously deceiving mud and you have all the makings of a grand day out and a worthy battlefield to crown our national champions.

As with all mountain bike events in this country, eyes were firmly fixed on the weather, as the ensuing conditions can make or break a race for many riders. Torrential rain leading up to the weekend had left the ground slightly boggy in sections, but nothing too limiting. Come race day itself and a low mist slowly burnt off to leave a dull overcast day with plenty of humidity.

First off were the women, their field containing past champions in the forms of Jenny Copnall and Liz Scalia, plus plenty of talented riders who have been in the enduro mix all year. Sue Clarke was keen to have a go, along with Paul Moseley, Maddie Horton as well as last year's silver and bronze medallists Sally Bigham and Mel Alexander.

Men's event contender Will Bjergfelt tops one of the climbs

Ahead of them lay four big 25km laps that wound out into the waiting forest, up some serious climbs before descending at speed before climbing some more and picking lines through some interesting boggy sections. You could have picked your favourite from any of the competitors, though I suspect the big money was probably riding on defending champ and marathon specialist Liz Scalia. But waiting in the sidelines and having a brilliant season was Sally Bigham. Then again the climbing and the technical descending could be playing straight into the hands of Sue Clarke. In fact it was anyone's guess who'd do the business at Margam.

Straight off and the girls took an altogether relaxed approach as they left the start line, happily smiling and cruising down the opening stretch towards Margam Hall, then the smiles quickly disappeared as the task in hand became apparent and the first of much climbing started, with a sweep up on a fire road, gently raising the riders above the campsite before kicking severely up a rocky singletrack section, a great way to spread the field out.

Left: a rider jumps a ditch at speed, whilst right, Dave Collins grins as he climbs

Sue Clarke was first to play her cards, kicking out a strong first lap, with Sally Bigham nervously trying to keep in contention with the SIS rider whilst looking over her shoulder waiting for attacks from the girls behind. Jenny Copnall sporting a 29er was finding the going a tad bit tough for the bike but held a strong position in 5th on the first lap. However, she had to retire on the second lap due to a nasty fall, resulting in a couple of stitches.

Liz Scalia, who was keen to pick up her second marathon champs title had Bigham and Clarke in her sights and the race soon began to resemble a cat and mouse game. Lap 3 was to prove the deciding point of the race, with Clarke forced to abandon due to sickness, leaving Bigham and Scalia to fight it out between them. Bigham went hard to create a gap, knowing her descending gave her a slight edge over Scalia. She kept pushing the pedals, daring not to look back in case Scalia was breathing down her neck.

Left: the field takes a while to split up - but, right, hills like this soon sort out any bunching!

By the start of lap 4 she had a slim margin of 77secs. However, when she crossed the line after a mammoth 5hrs and 13 mins in the saddle, she had amazingly increased her lead over Scalia to a massive 9mins 32secs, leaving Scalia resigned to picking up her third silver medal in this event and setting her sights on the bigger goal of the World Marathon championships later in the year.

Whilst the front runners were fighting amongst themselves, the battle behind for the minor places was no less intense. Meggie Bichard was riding strongly up in fourth spot until a mechanical saw her fall down the field and she spent the remaining race fighting back, but she couldn't quite regain the time lost, leaving Maddie Horton and Paula Moseley to overhaul her. Moseley started strongly and had enough in the bag to keep Horton at bay and was delighted when she crossed the line to find out she's placed third, grabbing the bronze.

Meanwhile in the men's race all eyes were glued to the bright yellow clad figure that was James Ouchterlony, defending champion, who's been having an awesome year racking up impressive performances on the World Cup Marathon racing circuit. For many, he was the man to beat. In the men's mix and more than happy to upset the applecart were all time crowd pleaser Nick Craig, SiS powerhouse Ian Wilkinson, 'Cross star Paul Oldham, plus Will Bergfelt, Dave Collins and Duncan Jamieson. Again, with such a depth of talent on the start line, you just knew it was going to be a tough race for all concerned, but exciting for the spectators.

Unlike the women's race, as soon as the gun was fired the race was on in earnest, with a massive sprint down the opening section, with riders vying for position as they hit the first climb.

Past winners Nick Craig (left) and James Ochterloney

Out in front was a close packed group containing Ouchterlony, Craig, Oldham and Wilkinson, with Adrian Lansley. Dave Collins, Nigel Martin and a few others chasing hard top catch the coat tails of the train.

By lap 2 and the shock news was out that Ouchterlony had retired. Chest pains caused the affable Scotsman to review his options and decide that it was best to bail, planning for hopefully greater glory later in the year at the Marathon Worlds. This left just Wilkinson and Craig now up in front with Oldham finding the opening pace a bit unsettling. Again another cat and mouse game began to unfold, as the two strong riders up front were so familiar with each other's strengths and weaknesses. Although good friends this was a race, a national race and putting friendship aside it was every man for himself out there.

Lap three was also decisive in the men's race, with Wilkinson deciding that the climb up to the neutral feeding section was the place to attack, leaving Craig no slipstream for the descent: Craig being the smaller of the two, the plan was he would lose some ground on the descent.

Smiling faces amid the flowers

And everything went to plan, with Wilkinson eking out a narrow 22 sec gap going into the last lap. Another gruelling 25km lap with everything to play for then ensued with Wilkinson knowing that the experienced Craig had a whole bag of tricks and could pop back at any moment, especially on the last killer climb. But Wilkinson powered on increasing his gap as he went, to take the first senior National title of his career, leaving Craig to pick up a well-deserved silver.

Duncan Jamieson rode a brilliantly controlled race. Taking the decision not to go with the early leaders paid dividends as the Felt rider rode his own well paced race, picking up positions as he went, till finally he found himself racing for bronze. Cross-Country and Cyclo-Cross specialist Paul Oldham found the distance too much and came home in fourth, stating that the race was 50km to long for him. His only reason for riding? To see how his new Scott full-suss would perform and Margam was an ace place to try it out!

Above and below, more beautiful Margam landscapes from Joolze Dymond

In the vet's 100km, defending champion Pete Turnbull is currently out in Australia enjoying the trails and races in the outback, so was not in the equation. However, keen to take advantage of some good current form was Michael Powell who has at last stepped out of the top spot shadow and is now the man to beat. Powell took off as he meant to go on and was leading strongly up the first of many climbs, with just thoughts of Gavin Rumbles and Dave Hayward chasing to keep him focused.

Behind them there was a whole host of strong vet riders including super vet Roy Hunt, who has dominated his age-category races for years.

Another classic Margam image from Joolze

Powell certainly did prove the man to beat, consistently pushing out the fastest lap times and steadily increasing his margin, giving him a comfortable 12 minute 26second lead as he crossed the finish line, clearly triumphant that he'd achieved his major ambition of the year. David Hayward was looking strong but suffered a disappointing mechanical that saw him drop from silver position down to fourth, leaving Gavin Rumbles to pick up second and Ross Porter finished the podium line up in third.

As the race for the titles was raging, hundreds of other riders were enjoying the chance to race the same circuit, rubbing shoulders with their heroes and heroines whist enjoying a challenge of their own, as they took part in the accompanying MBR Big Welsh Weekend.

This offered them the option of 25km, 50km or 100km rides all with the chance to beat targets and take their own place on the podium, but most of all just enjoy the experience. Every year this weekend grows in stature as pro racers, talented amateurs and gung ho would-be heroes come along to get stuck in to race for the prestigious National Marathon Champions jersey, but also to enjoy a weekend of fun and riding with hundreds of like minded souls.

It's a great weekend for all involved including the riders and the racing this weekend was top notch, if seat of the pants stuff for an endurance race. Well done to all who took part: Margam is considered one of the hardest races in the UK. Taking part is the best thing, regardless of age or ability, winning is just the icing on the cake!

Interviews With the New Champions

Michael Powell, Vets Champion
My whole season so far has been leading up to this, this is the one I really wanted, everything else has been a bonus, but to get this title, yeah I'm really pleased. That's the second or third time now I've got on the top step and that's a really good feeling and to add to that a National jersey as well, is excellent. I'm really chuffed.

Right - Michael almost looks to be enjoying himself

The lap was really hard; there was a lot of climbing, a bit more climbing and a lot more climbing! I started to blow on the last lap, I was running scared in case Gavin Rumbles finished strong, I was thinking "He's gonna be coming any minute now!" So I was just trying to keep it going really. I went from the gun and it didn't seem like I was pushing too hard and Dave Hayward came with me to begin with and he was riding really strongly but I think he had a few mechanicals and he ended up in fourth and a bit disappointed. He did give me a bit of a scare actually early on as he was so strong.

But I stuck with it and yeah, excellent result. To be honest it's always good here, Margam is a fantastic course and Martyn's done an excellent job of organising it. For the rest of the year now I'm going to carry on contesting the National Marathon series, I've had a first and second in that so I want to see how that goes for me.

I just have to go home now and recover. I have to thank my friend Dave who come with me today to look after me, you can't do something like this without your supporters and of course Paul at Sherwood Pines for having the faith in me for the last few years.
I don't think I'll retire now I've achieved this ambition, after all it's something to do on a weekend isn't?!

Ian Wilkinson - Men's National Marathon Champion
You never think you've won until you get down to the end of the field and over that line. I attacked Nick on the third lap at the feed climb, got a gap and then spent the next hour battling my demons, saying "I'm gonna get caught, I'm gonna get caught". Out there on your own you've nothing to gauge how you're going and you keep pushing yourself because you're convinced you're slowing up. The whole race was just an elimination process. I definitely set out with a bit of a plan, I was thinking I'd treat this like a road race, there is a lot of fire road in this race, it's just the distance and the fact it could have been a fair group of riders, so you were trying to make all your efforts count rather than, well you know, we all know each other as friends but in something like this you just have to leave your mates on the line and get on with the racing. Sometimes it can be difficult to leave a friendship aside but you have to be a bit hard.

Left: Ian Wilkinson leads on lap 1

To be honest everyone knows what the crack is, I was having a chat with Nick on lap 3 and he mentioned he needed to oil his chain, so normally we'd we stop for that and of course occasionally we'd stop for a call of nature, but I decided today that this being a National Champs I was going to be a lot more serious than that. It was a hard course to drop people because you make your effort at the wrong time and you just come up behind a back marker and you're effort is wasted.

This is excellent to finally get a senior National Champs jersey. It's been eating me up since Oli beat me last year at the National XC champs, by a mere 11 secs: I so should have won that. I keep thinking, if only I'd done this or done that, it's all ifs and buts, but it's no good. The fact that this wasn't XC but a marathon doesn't mean too much as the field's the same, same guys as you'd get in an NPS. The cream was here today and I've come out on top, which is excellent.

My first senior title, I've been dreaming about that for a fair while, and of course now with the National XC coming up I've got a fair fix on that race too. Apparently the course might be a bit more to my liking, much flatter than here and flatter than Plymouth. Even so undulating courses are really good for me, I'm a power rider with excellent recovery. There's a rumour that Liam might turn up, but to be honest I'm not bothered, he'd just be one more rider to beat.

To be honest I was a bit ropey on the technical stuff today as I've spent a lot of the season riding the road. Nick was actually going faster down the technical descents than me and I was making quite a few mistakes. I was surprised as I've always been quite good technically and that's been one of my strong points, so I have to admit I haven't done enough riding off road, especially working for myself I don't have the time anymore, It's much easier to do all your training on the road. It's noticeable so I have to rely on a bit of background really and perhaps a few pies to get me down those hills fast.

The decisive manoeuvre today was that long fire road to the neutral feed and after that there was a fair amount of fire road back down all the way to the bottom of that last hill and every lap Nick would be making a right good effort up the hill and then swung over, which is fair enough and then sat in and had a free ride all the way down. So at some point in the race you have to start thinking okay what do I need to do to win the race? So I was riding up that climb on lap 3 feeling pretty comfortably and thought right it's now or never so I attacked him over the top and got a gap, so I increased the gap on the downhill then as he couldn't use the slipstream. So that was the make or break plan really.

Right, Ian Wilkinson enjoying his gold medal with Women's winner Sally Bigham

After that the last climb seemed easier than any other years I've ridden it and that last climb has always been a nightmare for me but I was going up there all right. I never felt I had it the bag though, I kept looking over my shoulder, as Nick is so experienced he has more tricks than Paul Daniels., you can never underestimate him. There's no person you could ever respect more, that man's done the Olympics, World Champs and he's been National Champion in many a cycling discipline over the years and to be honest he still has it.

One day of the year he knows how to go very fast when it counts, so when you're out there you have to start thinking about how you're going to beat him its not a case of simply dropping him because that doesn't work, you have to try and make a bit more of a mental effort as Nick is the master at that sort of thing, he's a superb technician on a lot of things. Folks see a mountain bike race very much as an individual effort, you can't do drafting you can't do holding on it's a great personal effort and in both XC and the marathon it makes a huge difference to use your head as well as your legs that's why Nick has been so good for so long. So for me to beat Nick today was great, I have to tell you, I respect him totally.

Sally Bigham - Women's Marathon Champion
National Champion, well what can I say, I'm lost for words actually, really, really speechless, I'm so, so, so, surprised. I was really intimidated by the line up in the race today, so to win this from all those talented women, I'm just speechless I just don't know what to say. With the quality of the field I'm just amazed that it's me who's won. I just stuck my head in the sand really I was terrified out there, Liz is just an awesome climber, she's just so strong so I was really worried about her all of the time and Sue Clarke is fantastic technically so she was intimidating me and I was aware of all the other brilliant girls behind me as well, I was terrified the whole race.

Maybe one day I'll get some confidence and really believe I can do this! I've had such a great season so far despite my ongoing injury. I had a fall on a training ride last week and put my sacrum out so that had to be realigned last Friday so I'm a bit nervous as to what was going to happen because of that. I just want to keep moving and keep moving forward and see what I can do.

Above, Women's winner Sally Bigham soldiers on alone and worried!

It was a bit of cat and mouse out there on all the laps sometimes I was leading sometimes Liz was and sometimes Sue was and we were constantly ducking and diving around each other, that's why I never let the pressure off once I got a gap as I never knew what would happen behind. So I'm thrilled to have been able to do this.

I musty thanks my boyfriend David Hadfield, for all his support and the bike he got for me and Rideworks and Exposure Maxx, I'm just thrilled yeah really thrilled. I found that Sue wasn't quite as strong on the climbs but she's a much, much better descender than I am she was taking the faster lines down the descents and through the technical singletrack a lot better than I was, so she was pulling a lead on those and then I was clawing back on the ascents and then it was the other way round with Liz, she was a bit more tentative in the singletrack but brilliant on the climbs and so I was trying to figure out what was going on and then if I wanted to beat Liz I had to be as strong as her on the climbs and keep the lead really.

Towards the end I was just focusing on the fact that it was just one more lap just one more lap and making it hurt, but it was well worth all the pain the reward is excellent.

Results

100K - MEN
1 IAN WILKINSON 04:11:24 (4 laps)
2 NICK CRAIG 04:16:28 (4 laps)
3 DUNCAN JAMIESON 04:25:19 (4 laps)
4 PAUL OLDHAM 04:30:04 (4 laps)
5 DAVE COLLINS 04:30:41 (4 laps)
6 NIGEL MARTIN 04:36:36 (4 laps)
7 DAN BOOTH 04:40:10 (4 laps)
8 WILLIAM BJERGFELT 04:49:00 (4 laps)
9 RICHARD MARDLE 04:52:19 (4 laps)
10 CHRISTOPHER MURLEY 04:56:44 (4 laps)
11 LUKE MOSELEY 04:57:58 (4 laps)
12 MATTHEW BARRETT 05:00:33 (4 laps)
13 ANTHONY WHITE 05:05:23 (4 laps)
14 DANIEL LEWIS 05:06:10 (4 laps)
15 ADRIAN SCOTT 05:09:17 (4 laps)
16 SIMON YOUNG 05:10:59 (4 laps)
17 DARREN ALEXANDER 05:11:02 (4 laps)
18 MIKE BLEWITT 05:12:16 (4 laps)
19 IAIN PAYNE 05:18:23 (4 laps)
20 MARK SPRATT 05:20:27 (4 laps)
21 VIK CHAUDHURI 05:21:47 (4 laps)
22 NIALL FROST 05:25:57 (4 laps)
23 CHARLES NEWTON-MASON 05:28:38 (4 laps)
24 WAYNE BENNETT 05:32:58 (4 laps)
25 MATT LOAKE 05:34:26 (4 laps)
26 MATTIAS KUNZ 05:37:46 (4 laps)
27 CHARLIE EUSTACE 05:41:35 (4 laps)
28 PAUL TROUGHTON 05:42:00 (4 laps)
29 ANDREW HOWETT 05:44:32 (4 laps)
30 LUKAS SUSTR 05:52:00 (4 laps)
31 NEIL RICHARDSON 05:52:47 (4 laps)
32 MARK BAINES 05:53:15 (4 laps)
33 PAUL BEALES 05:57:32 (4 laps)
34 JULIAN HOUSE 05:58:40 (4 laps)
35 RICHARD LANSDOWN 06:00:15 (4 laps)
36 ADAM MORRIS 06:03:42 (4 laps)
37 JIM MORRISON 06:08:25 (4 laps)
38 ADAM GELLATLY 06:13:43 (4 laps)
39 CHRIS COOKNELL 06:20:14 (4 laps)
40 JAMES TOTTLE 06:29:56 (4 laps)
41 MICHAEL CLANCY 06:52:27 (4 laps)
42 LYNDON LEWIS 06:57:32 (4 laps)
43 SIMON HARRISON 04:13:48 (3 laps)
44 BASTIAAN DICKHOFF 04:33:08 (3 laps)
45 MICHAEL TOMLINSON 04:34:10 (3 laps)
46 JAMES POWERS 04:40:04 (3 laps)
47 CHRIS GREEN 04:44:32 (3 laps)
48 LUKE MORRIS 04:52:48 (3 laps)
49 RICHARD FOSTER 05:03:11 (3 laps)
50 BEN BEACHELL 05:04:36 (3 laps)
51 RICHARD MORGAN 05:14:22 (3 laps)
52 DANIEL STEPHENS 05:30:02 (3 laps)
53 SEAN CONNOCK 05:31:31 (3 laps)
54 MIKE PRIOR 05:32:26 (3 laps)
55 SIMON NENDICK 05:33:30 (3 laps)
56 ROBERT FINCH 05:36:58 (3 laps)
57 CONOR KILGALLON 05:39:47 (3 laps)
58 SIMON HOLME 06:02:49 (3 laps)
59 KEVIN COSTIGAN 06:28:04 (3 laps)
60 JAMES OUCHTERLONY 02:01:52 (2 laps)
61 STUART BOWERS 02:10:21 (2 laps)
62 PHILIP MORRIS 02:23:57 (2 laps)
63 EUAN ADAMS 02:25:13 (2 laps)
64 JOEL SHOTTON 02:27:52 (2 laps)
65 MARC WOOLLACOTT 02:44:32 (2 laps)
66 ROB SHARPE 03:21:14 (2 laps)
67 DAN JENKINS 03:30:54 (2 laps)
68 ANDREW EDWARDS 03:40:30 (2 laps)
69 RICHARD FORD 03:47:32 (2 laps)
70 ANDREW SALMONS 03:52:06 (2 laps)
71 ANDY MCLACHLAN 03:58:38 (2 laps)
72 TIM BAYLEY 04:10:51 (2 laps)
73 SIMON ASHWELL 04:14:44 (2 laps)
74 ANDY NEILL 04:34:39 (2 laps)
75 JOHN BAKER 04:38:31 (2 laps)
76 MICHAEL HOGARTH 04:59:25 (2 laps)
77 ADRIAN LANSLEY 01:00:20 (1 lap)
78 MATT CARTER 01:17:00 (1 lap)
79 JOSHUA IBBETT 01:19:17 (1 lap)
80 CHRIS HUNT 01:21:30 (1 lap)
81 BEN JOHNSON 01:22:29 (1 lap)
82 ELLIOT DAVIS 01:37:39 (1 lap)
83 ALISTAIR ROBINSON 01:40:02 (1 lap)
84 ANDREW DALLING 01:41:55 (1 lap)
85 EDWARD WILSON 01:42:20 (1 lap)
86 ROD HARRIS 01:54:33 (1 lap)
87 MAX HARRIS 01:54:39 (1 lap)
88 PAUL SMITH 02:02:09 (1 lap)
89 KARL SHARDLOW 02:24:51 (1 lap)
90 STEVE CORBYN 02:55:57 (1 lap)

100K - WOMEN
1 SALLY BIGHAM 05:13:05 (4 laps)
2 ELIZABETH SCALIA 05:22:37 (4 laps)
3 PAULA MOSELEY 05:34:02 (4 laps)
4 MADDIE HORTON 05:38:38 (4 laps)
5 MEGGIE BICHARD 05:44:33 (4 laps)
6 LYDIA GOULD 05:56:18 (4 laps)
7 MELANIE ALEXANDER 06:00:22 (4 laps)
8 ABI GREENAWAY 06:04:37 (4 laps)
9 SAM HUNT 05:34:13 (3 laps)
10 JOY BRINGER 05:47:36 (3 laps)
11 ANNE ROBINSON 06:07:58 (3 laps)
12 JAYNE KERRIDGE 07:02:43 (3 laps)
13 SUZANNE CLARKE 02:34:11 (2 laps)
14 EMMA BRADLEY 03:06:09 (2 laps)
15 ELIZABETH WARD 03:24:20 (2 laps)
16 ABIGAIL ARMSTRONG 04:09:21 (2 laps)
17 JENNY COPNALL 01:17:16 (1 lap)
18 SOPHIE JOHNSON 01:30:13 (1 lap)
19 SARAH HARRIS 01:59:38 (1 lap)

100K VETERAN - MEN
1 MICHAEL POWELL 04:59:14 (4 laps)
2 GAVIN RUMBLES 05:11:40 (4 laps)
3 ROSS PORTER 05:15:32 (4 laps)
4 DAVID HAYWARD 05:20:48 (4 laps)
5 JOHN FETTIS 05:25:17 (4 laps)
6 ROY HUNT 05:28:02 (4 laps)
7 ALEX PEARSON 05:51:30 (4 laps)
8 PAUL GIBBONS 06:00:45 (4 laps)
9 GRAHAM BRYCE 06:20:32 (4 laps)
10 ADRIAN BELLEW 06:30:05 (4 laps)
11 COLIN MURLEY 06:34:25 (4 laps)
12 ANDY DAVIES 06:52:39 (4 laps)
13 ALAN GREEN 04:36:19 (3 laps)
14 MATTHEW SPILLMAN 04:42:42 (3 laps)
15 NICK RUTLER 04:59:27 (3 laps)
16 JOHN FOSTER 05:11:58 (3 laps)
17 JEZZ SCARRATT 05:35:54 (3 laps)
18 DAVID STEELE 05:51:40 (3 laps)
19 DAVID MIDDLETON 03:35:17 (2 laps)
20 NICK FISHER 03:54:53 (2 laps)
21 MATT HOLLAND 03:55:02 (2 laps)
22 CHRIS COTTRELL 04:04:41 (2 laps)
23 RUSSELL ROUT 01:38:45 (1 lap)
24 ALAN WEST 01:48:11 (1 lap)
25 ANDY DARKE 02:31:43 (1 lap)
26 JEZZ SCARRATT 02:31:44 (1 lap)
27 DAVID GROVES 02:31:58 (1 lap)
28 COLIN HOGARTH 04:53:30 (1 lap)

25K - MEN
1 BEN ROFF 01:14:01 (1 lap)
2 ROB BRADLEY 01:25:58 (1 lap)
3 MIKE BARNE 01:28:16 (1 lap)
4 STEVE WOOD 01:33:13 (1 lap)
5 DAN WHELAN 01:37:35 (1 lap)
6 EDWARD WELSH 01:40:58 (1 lap)
7 DAVE BUTTERS 01:42:31 (1 lap)
8 TOM SIMPSON 01:43:34 (1 lap)
9 RYAN LEE JONES 01:44:46 (1 lap)
10 GORDON BOSSLEY 01:44:50 (1 lap)
11 SHANE RICE 01:46:03 (1 lap)
12 PAUL JONES 01:46:32 (1 lap)
13 SIMON ATKINSON 01:46:35 (1 lap)
14 SHANE NEETHLING 01:46:37 (1 lap)
15 BEN THOMPSON 01:48:16 (1 lap)
16 JAMIE HERON 01:49:30 (1 lap)
17 PETER SAUNDERS 01:51:29 (1 lap)
18 RICHARD WRIGHT 01:52:08 (1 lap)
19 JACK DUDLEY 01:52:53 (1 lap)
20 DEREK THOMAS 01:53:32 (1 lap)
21 ADAM CRAWFORD 01:53:41 (1 lap)
22 GWYN BAKER 01:54:07 (1 lap)
23 JAMIE LLOYD 01:54:56 (1 lap)
24 SHANE GOODGAME 01:55:01 (1 lap)
25 MATT VEZEY 01:55:23 (1 lap)
26 ANDREW JONES 01:55:39 (1 lap)
27 ANDY KEEBLE 01:56:01 (1 lap)
28 RYAN CLEMSON 01:56:11 (1 lap)
29 JAMES PURKISS 01:56:27 (1 lap)
30 ANDREW PURKISS 01:56:28 (1 lap)
31 PAUL WOOD 01:57:17 (1 lap)
32 JONATHAN MARKS 01:57:23 (1 lap)
33 STEVE F SMITH 01:58:19 (1 lap)
34 DALE REED 01:59:06 (1 lap)
35 GARETH GILL 01:59:44 (1 lap)
36 NORMAN WORTH 02:00:22 (1 lap)
37 MARK PRIDDLE 02:00:37 (1 lap)
38 BEN CROCKFORD 02:00:50 (1 lap)
39 EULAN DAVIES 02:01:40 (1 lap)
40 TRYSTAN MASON 02:01:46 (1 lap)
41 LYN DAVIES 02:03:23 (1 lap)
42 RICHARD HUNT 02:06:48 (1 lap)
43 ROBERT HUNT 02:06:52 (1 lap)
44 JONATHAN MINCHINGTON 02:07:12 (1 lap)
45 ADRIAN REYNOLDS 02:07:48 (1 lap)
46 IWAN JONES 02:07:55 (1 lap)
47 ROB HOLT 02:10:16 (1 lap)
48 JOE FLYNN 02:11:07 (1 lap)
49 BEN TAWIL 02:12:53 (1 lap)
50 MIKE DUDLEY 02:13:43 (1 lap)
51 KEVIN ASHMEAD 02:13:44 (1 lap)
52 DARREN KISS 02:14:41 (1 lap)
53 MILES FRAZER 02:15:24 (1 lap)
54 MARTIN ATKINSON 02:16:02 (1 lap)
55 MARK WILLIAMS 02:16:12 (1 lap)
56 DANIEL SHAW 02:18:27 (1 lap)
57 RICHARD BATTERSBY 02:18:30 (1 lap)
58 STU SHAW 02:18:39 (1 lap)
59 DARREN DONALD 02:18:45 (1 lap)
60 DAVID BRAMHAN 02:19:07 (1 lap)
61 DEAN SPAIN 02:19:24 (1 lap)
62 THERON BURGE 02:20:30 (1 lap)
63 DAVID WEBB 02:20:38 (1 lap)
64 ANDREW HIGGINSON 02:20:47 (1 lap)
65 BARRY GALLANT 02:23:58 (1 lap)
66 DAVID IBBETSON 02:24:48 (1 lap)
67 SIMON LASHWOOD 02:24:49 (1 lap)
68 JONATHON GALLANT 02:24:55 (1 lap)
69 IAN LOVEGROVE 02:25:09 (1 lap)
70 MATTHEW MAYBURY 02:25:24 (1 lap)
71 MARK DOE 02:26:09 (1 lap)
72 ADRIEN PROVIS 02:28:38 (1 lap)
73 RYLAND LLOYD 02:30:43 (1 lap)
74 TOM WHITE 02:37:58 (1 lap)
75 RICHARD WHITE 02:38:12 (1 lap)
76 PAUL WINTERS 02:40:35 (1 lap)
77 DAVID EGGLETON 02:40:36 (1 lap)
78 ANDY TAYLOR 02:40:46 (1 lap)
79 RICH ELLERY 02:45:16 (1 lap)
80 PHIL WHINERAY 02:48:23 (1 lap)
81 ANDREW WARD 02:49:45 (1 lap)
82 MARTIN HOGG 02:50:20 (1 lap)
83 DARREN CLARKE 02:51:59 (1 lap)
84 ANDY WILLIAMS 02:51:59 (1 lap)
85 RICHARD WILSON 02:53:38 (1 lap)
86 GRANT CLARK 02:53:41 (1 lap)
87 JAMES HORRELL 03:00:13 (1 lap)
88 STEVE HORRELL 03:00:15 (1 lap)
89 PAUL SUMMERS 03:06:34 (1 lap)
90 CHRISTOPHER SOMERSET 03:13:18 (1 lap)
91 DUANE TAYLOR 03:14:33 (1 lap)
92 JOHN MCNICHOLAS 03:37:51 (1 lap)

25K - WOMEN
1 LISA JENKINS 01:37:40 (1 lap)
2 SERENA WOOD 01:50:45 (1 lap)
3 MARIKE DE BOER 02:07:25 (1 lap)
4 SHARON KELLEHER 02:18:03 (1 lap)
5 PHILLIPA BUTLER 02:19:18 (1 lap)
6 SARAH POOLMAN 02:19:23 (1 lap)
7 ALISON MAUGHAN 02:24:12 (1 lap)
8 NICOLA FINN 02:25:20 (1 lap)
9 LESLEY BYWATER 02:28:04 (1 lap)
10 LAURA BAYLISS 02:48:20 (1 lap)
11 GEMMA SHEPPARD 03:03:14 (1 lap)
12 ANNE MEADE 03:08:36 (1 lap)
13 DIANNE CAMPBELL 03:13:36 (1 lap)
14 CLARE KNOWLSON 03:14:46 (1 lap)
15 KELLY PHARE 03:16:38 (1 lap)
16 JAN FISH 03:22:28 (1 lap)
17 ANGELA FRIAR 04:17:59 (1 lap)

50K - MEN
1 MARTYN BROOKES 02:18:22 (2 laps)
2 ANDREW BAUM 02:22:48 (2 laps)
3 CHRISTIAN AUCOTE 02:24:01 (2 laps)
4 PETER DAWE 02:26:39 (2 laps)
5 JEREMY ADDIS 02:26:49 (2 laps)
6 RICHARD SAMUEL 02:32:31 (2 laps)
7 JARROD MORONI 02:36:10 (2 laps)
8 MARCUS WILLIAMS 02:37:50 (2 laps)
9 ALEX MCNICOL 02:38:16 (2 laps)
10 STUART NASH 02:41:35 (2 laps)
11 STEVE BEAL 02:43:00 (2 laps)
12 PAUL HALLETT 02:43:30 (2 laps)
13 MARK FIELD 02:48:27 (2 laps)
14 ROWAN MARSHALL 02:48:50 (2 laps)
15 RICHARD ADCOCK 02:49:26 (2 laps)
16 EDDY ROSSINI 02:50:10 (2 laps)
17 GARETH SHEPPARD 02:54:45 (2 laps)
18 JAMES JACOBS 02:56:08 (2 laps)
19 ANDY GOWAN 02:56:57 (2 laps)
20 BEN SMITH 02:58:29 (2 laps)
21 SEBASTIAN WIERZBICKI 03:03:37 (2 laps)
22 MARK LEYLAND 03:04:25 (2 laps)
23 MATTHEW CHARD 03:04:54 (2 laps)
24 ELLIOT DINSDALE 03:06:00 (2 laps)
25 DAN COLLINS 03:06:43 (2 laps)
26 SEBASTIAN RUDKIN 03:06:57 (2 laps)
27 JAMIE SCANLAN 03:07:33 (2 laps)
28 DEAN DAHLGREEN 03:08:06 (2 laps)
29 NICHOLAS JONES 03:10:38 (2 laps)
30 TONY CHAPMAN 03:12:11 (2 laps)
31 DAVE LAWTON 03:12:55 (2 laps)
32 DAVE MCLACHLAN 03:14:32 (2 laps)
33 KEVIN HUGHES 03:14:47 (2 laps)
34 NIGEL THOMAS 03:14:51 (2 laps)
35 RICHARD GAMBLING 03:15:28 (2 laps)
36 DAVE HOWELLS 03:15:33 (2 laps)
37 NICK WELSH 03:15:44 (2 laps)
38 MATTHEW BUCKLER 03:15:45 (2 laps)
39 MALCOLM DINES 03:17:50 (2 laps)
40 DAVID MOLE 03:18:50 (2 laps)
41 DEVIN BROWN 03:20:04 (2 laps)
42 RAY HONOUR 03:23:18 (2 laps)
43 JASON PORTER 03:23:23 (2 laps)
44 MARK REGAN 03:23:30 (2 laps)
45 DAVE PENNY 03:24:12 (2 laps)
46 LEO FALKNER 03:24:21 (2 laps)
47 MICHAEL CROSSMAN 03:24:46 (2 laps)
48 CRAIG HARPER 03:26:08 (2 laps)
49 CLEMENT PALOZZI 03:27:09 (2 laps)
50 ANDREW MARTIN 03:28:29 (2 laps)
51 MARK PENTICOST 03:28:33 (2 laps)
52 JASON HINTS 03:29:38 (2 laps)
53 PAUL MAIN 03:30:22 (2 laps)
54 PETER WEEKS 03:32:13 (2 laps)
55 JON WHITE 03:32:13 (2 laps)
56 GREG MEYRICK 03:33:07 (2 laps)
57 GARY LONG 03:33:29 (2 laps)
58 DARREN CARTER 03:33:58 (2 laps)
59 GAVIN EDWARDS 03:35:22 (2 laps)
60 DAFYDD JONES 03:36:20 (2 laps)
61 MATTHEW ROBSON 03:38:05 (2 laps)
62 DANIEL BAINES 03:38:20 (2 laps)
63 GRAEME SPREADBURY 03:38:33 (2 laps)
64 RICHARD HEATH 03:39:30 (2 laps)
65 VIV HILL 03:40:08 (2 laps)
66 DAVID BISHOP 03:43:22 (2 laps)
67 MIKE GARRETT 03:44:09 (2 laps)
68 RICHARD HARDING 03:44:10 (2 laps)
69 CARWYN WILLIAMS 03:44:57 (2 laps)
70 TIM STISTED 03:45:06 (2 laps)
71 DANIEL CREW 03:45:07 (2 laps)
72 IAN WILLIAMS 03:45:21 (2 laps)
73 PAUL FORD 03:45:50 (2 laps)
74 NICK REED 03:45:55 (2 laps)
75 DYLAN EVANS 03:47:15 (2 laps)
76 DOMINIC LAMB 03:50:57 (2 laps)
77 MARTIN COHEN 03:52:01 (2 laps)
78 LEE TOWNSEND 03:53:27 (2 laps)
79 RICHARD HEHIR 03:53:28 (2 laps)
80 JON BRIGGS 03:55:46 (2 laps)
81 STEVE GOODE 03:56:03 (2 laps)
82 NICK CLAYTON 03:56:33 (2 laps)
83 STEVEN NORMAN 04:02:04 (2 laps)
84 SION CLARKE 04:02:15 (2 laps)
85 GARETH COOPER 04:03:38 (2 laps)
86 PAUL ROBBINS 04:04:50 (2 laps)
87 DAVID NOWIK 04:08:18 (2 laps)
88 XANDER SMITH 04:08:26 (2 laps)
89 PAUL WELLS 04:10:33 (2 laps)
90 RICHIE FLINT 04:11:24 (2 laps)
91 JUSTIN RAWSTHORNE 04:12:20 (2 laps)
92 DAVE CLITHEROW 04:14:56 (2 laps)
93 SIMON FISHER 04:19:07 (2 laps)
94 RICHARD GOMILA 04:20:13 (2 laps)
95 WILFRIDO HUNDANA 04:23:40 (2 laps)
96 JAMES ELMER 04:24:52 (2 laps)
97 GRAHAM CLEMSON 04:26:55 (2 laps)
98 MARK DIXON 04:29:23 (2 laps)
99 RHYS CORNWALL 04:29:40 (2 laps)
100 LAURO COSTA 04:31:13 (2 laps)
101 JOHN HOSKING 04:31:14 (2 laps)
102 MATTHEW ALLEN 04:32:06 (2 laps)
103 ED OLDFIELD 04:33:43 (2 laps)
104 LESTYN THOMAS 04:35:57 (2 laps)
105 TREVOR HENEGAN 04:37:03 (2 laps)
106 DEAN PHILLIPS 04:38:33 (2 laps)
107 PHIL CALLAGHAN 04:48:30 (2 laps)
108 JASON WILLIAMS 04:48:33 (2 laps)
109 GARETH SHAW 04:49:26 (2 laps)
110 TOM STEPHENS 04:50:46 (2 laps)
111 ANDREW HIGGINSON 04:51:25 (2 laps)
112 KEVIN HAMMETT 04:56:22 (2 laps)
113 JOHN BRADSHAW 04:56:42 (2 laps)
114 CHRIS JONES 04:56:58 (2 laps)
115 MARK HOOD 04:57:50 (2 laps)
116 SIMON ASQUITH 05:03:31 (2 laps)
117 GARETH STEWART 05:13:00 (2 laps)
118 RICHARD HAILE 05:15:38 (2 laps)
119 IAN BATHER 01:30:14 (1 lap)
120 JASON CROSSMAN 01:35:34 (1 lap)
121 RICHARD TROW 01:46:35 (1 lap)
122 DAVID MOULD 01:51:50 (1 lap)
123 SHEM WATSON 01:52:43 (1 lap)
124 GARY MEAD 01:52:52 (1 lap)
125 DAVID THOMAS 01:54:31 (1 lap)
126 LEE PALMER 01:56:58 (1 lap)
127 CHRIS RICHARDS 01:58:11 (1 lap)
128 KEVIN SHARPE 01:58:13 (1 lap)
129 GLYN THOMAS 01:58:53 (1 lap)
130 ADRIAN HITCHMOUGH 02:03:14 (1 lap)
131 STEVE TAYLOR 02:03:32 (1 lap)
132 NEAL RUSSELL 02:04:35 (1 lap)
133 JASON LOUGHRAN 02:05:08 (1 lap)
134 DANIEL BOOTH 02:05:37 (1 lap)
135 MIKE SALTER 02:05:42 (1 lap)
136 BARRY PULLEN 02:05:54 (1 lap)
137 DAVID JAMES 02:06:44 (1 lap)
138 JOE WALSH 02:07:05 (1 lap)
139 TOM WRIGHT 02:08:26 (1 lap)
140 STEVE GARDINER 02:08:49 (1 lap)
141 LIAM MURPHY 02:11:08 (1 lap)
142 STUART CLARKE 02:11:44 (1 lap)
143 DAVID GREENWOOD 02:12:46 (1 lap)
144 CHRIS LITTLE 02:16:12 (1 lap)
145 CHRIS DAVISON 02:17:01 (1 lap)
146 SAM HOOPER 02:17:08 (1 lap)
147 BEN REYNOLDS 02:17:15 (1 lap)
148 SIMON PROCTOR 02:19:36 (1 lap)
149 MARTIN ALEXANDER 02:21:48 (1 lap)
150 ROB TAYLOR 02:22:23 (1 lap)
151 DUANE BOHN 02:24:41 (1 lap)
152 MARTIN GIVEN 02:24:44 (1 lap)
153 PETER BECKINGHAM 02:24:45 (1 lap)
154 MIKE BLAGFDON 02:25:36 (1 lap)
155 ROB LEWIS 02:26:12 (1 lap)
156 MARK SMITH 02:29:59 (1 lap)
157 ANDREW SMITH 02:31:11 (1 lap)
158 PHILIP MASTROGIOCOMO 02:31:24 (1 lap)
159 TOBY HIGGINS 02:32:20 (1 lap)
160 MATHEW PENNILL 02:33:24 (1 lap)
161 STEPHEN JACK 02:34:04 (1 lap)
162 JONATHAN SMITH 02:34:35 (1 lap)
163 GEORGE BATEMAN 02:38:12 (1 lap)
164 MATT HOOPER 02:42:53 (1 lap)
165 DARREN FLATLEY 02:46:08 (1 lap)
166 JONATHAN HAWKINS 02:47:56 (1 lap)
167 GREG WATKINS 02:56:56 (1 lap)
168 IAIN MOORE 03:02:28 (1 lap)
169 SIMON BEECHING 03:05:48 (1 lap)
170 DAVID THOMAS 03:08:43 (1 lap)
171 GARY SHEPPARD 03:16:42 (1 lap)
172 TONY NICHOLLS 03:22:10 (1 lap)
173 KIERAN STRINGER 04:04:49 (1 lap)

50K - WOMEN
1 JODI VICKERY 02:47:15 (2 laps)
2 NINA DAVIES 02:51:55 (2 laps)
3 CARLA HAINES 03:09:02 (2 laps)
4 IRENE LACHNER 03:20:38 (2 laps)
5 SARA RANDLE 03:29:31 (2 laps)
6 EMILY CURTIN 03:36:30 (2 laps)
7 REBECCA RACE 05:18:51 (2 laps)
8 KAREN MCBARRONS 02:04:56 (1 lap)
9 ANETA LODEJ 02:08:54 (1 lap)
10 SUE MURPHY 02:11:10 (1 lap)
11 MELISSA ASHKENAZI 02:25:37 (1 lap)
12 RACHEL VAUGHAN 02:27:57 (1 lap)
13 ANNA O'CONNOR 03:05:21 (1 lap)
14 HERMIONE BEAUFORT 03:29:49 (1 lap)

50K VETERAN - MEN
1 JAMES D'ARCY 02:28:39 (2 laps)
2 MAURIZIO SCALIA 02:39:26 (2 laps)
3 ROBERT BARKER 02:41:55 (2 laps)
4 PETER BROMWICH 02:42:06 (2 laps)
5 JOSEPH HEYWOOD 02:45:31 (2 laps)
6 ROBERT ALLEN 02:49:45 (2 laps)
7 DEAN SMITH 02:50:47 (2 laps)
8 ANTHONY COWLING 02:55:57 (2 laps)
9 PAUL ASPLIN 02:56:37 (2 laps)
10 KIM MARKS 03:07:24 (2 laps)
11 CHRIS DAVIES 03:08:54 (2 laps)
12 STEVE WHITEHOUSE 03:09:04 (2 laps)
13 DAVID HOLMES 03:09:28 (2 laps)
14 FRANCIS MCGHEE 03:11:12 (2 laps)
15 LYNN LINES 03:11:59 (2 laps)
16 MILES PREECE 03:13:10 (2 laps)
17 MERVYN DUDLEY 03:14:04 (2 laps)
18 RUSSELL MILLER 03:14:16 (2 laps)
19 DEREK COMER 03:23:53 (2 laps)
20 DAVE CONNELL 03:24:05 (2 laps)
21 GREG PARKER 03:27:04 (2 laps)
22 JASON WILLIAMS 03:27:11 (2 laps)
23 NEIL POWELL 03:28:05 (2 laps)
24 PAUL BECKETT 03:29:03 (2 laps)
25 DANIEL MCHUGO 03:36:01 (2 laps)
26 WILL SCARLETT 03:37:04 (2 laps)
27 ANDREW CHANNON 03:45:15 (2 laps)
28 MARKUS GERBER 03:49:24 (2 laps)
29 ANDREW RUSSELL 03:53:25 (2 laps)
30 JOHN TUCKER 03:55:20 (2 laps)
31 BRETT GARDNER 03:57:21 (2 laps)
32 MICHAEL HOWELLS 04:05:02 (2 laps)
33 NEIL REES 04:09:58 (2 laps)
34 JEFF KEEN 04:10:41 (2 laps)
35 NORMAN CARTER 04:15:16 (2 laps)
36 ANTHONY MORRIS 04:22:10 (2 laps)
37 ROB CHERRETT 04:22:21 (2 laps)
38 STEVE MEADE 04:24:49 (2 laps)
39 ROBERT HARMER 04:26:37 (2 laps)
40 BRYCE TAYLOR 04:31:16 (2 laps)
41 CHRIS BICKERTON 04:37:03 (2 laps)
42 GRAHAM SMITH 04:39:43 (2 laps)
43 WES LIMBRICK 04:55:01 (2 laps)
44 DAVID SPRY 04:58:09 (2 laps)
45 PAUL TAYLOR 04:59:26 (2 laps)
46 PAUL TICKNER 05:11:54 (2 laps)
47 MICHEAL TREVETT 05:16:09 (2 laps)
48 ANDY STEPHENS 05:20:10 (2 laps)
49 TIM MAY 05:20:11 (2 laps)
50 SIMON MERCHANT 05:26:05 (2 laps)
51 GODOFREDO BAGUYA 05:33:21 (2 laps)
52 ANTHONY HAWKINS 01:38:36 (1 lap)
53 DAVID MARSHALL 01:43:52 (1 lap)
54 ANDREW HERROD 01:51:40 (1 lap)
55 KEITH LAMB 01:56:45 (1 lap)
56 MARK DAWSON 02:06:17 (1 lap)
57 ROB KETTERIDGE 02:07:17 (1 lap)
58 MATTHEW READ 02:14:17 (1 lap)
59 VINCE READ 02:14:17 (1 lap)
60 MARTIN NEWTON MASON 02:14:57 (1 lap)
61 WALLACE MOULD 02:30:56 (1 lap)
62 ANDREW DIFFER 02:47:58 (1 lap)
63 NICK WEST 02:52:22 (1 lap)
64 SIMON O'CONNOR 03:05:18 (1 lap)
65 SEAN COMBES 03:07:43 (1 lap)
66 GARY PAGE 03:22:57 (1 lap)

50K VETERAN - WOMEN
1 ANNE PITMAN 03:29:57 (2 laps)
2 AMANDA D'ARCY 03:41:56 (2 laps)
3 JAN HOLMES 04:00:32 (2 laps)
4 MORAG DUFF 04:11:32 (2 laps)
5 ALISON LINNELL 04:15:15 (2 laps)
6 ALISON FLATLEY 02:46:07 (1 lap)
7 JACKIE HAWKINS 03:02:14 (1 lap)