National Cross-Country Series Round 3
14 June 2008, Grizedale
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Nice setting for the race village - the venue is also a fine trail centre, well worth a visit
In an effort to find new and exciting courses on which to test the nation's best riders the third round of the NPS XC series headed for the hills of the Lake District. Grizedale Forest Park, situated between Lakes Windermere and Coniston was the venue and it offered the competitors a cracking 8 km course, consisting of strenuous climbing offset with loose rocky descents weaving down through ribbons of singletrack, plus tricky north shore sections before swooping down to the arena to start all over again.
A rider on the fast run-in to the finish
Locals and NPS regulars Sue and Barrie Clarke helped design the challenging course so you knew you would probably have your work cut out. The one thing they couldn't do anything about though were the midges, they were nearly as fierce as the course, you certainly wanted to ride fast just to get away from the little biters!
After 5 dry weeks, the trail was dry and dusty and fingers were crossed that the weather would continue for just a few days more so as not to render the course a slip fest.
As the early races got under way it seemed our hopes for a dry day were going to be thwarted as the Juveniles, youth, and the ladies races were subjected to a burst of heavy rain, but it soon passed just leaving a few sketchy moments on the boardwalk sections for some.
Alex Baker took another the win in the juvenile race, fighting all the way as per usual with close rivals Hugo Robertson and Ryan Fenwick. Leading from the start line the plucky Orange Monkey rider pushed hard all the way, but had trouble shaking his rivals. Some confident riding down the descents saw him eking out a slim margin to finally take the win from Robertson with just 15 seconds to spare.
Despite suffering a puncture, Beth Crumpton kept a cool head and took a comfortable win in the juvenile girls' race, despite a brave challenge by runner up Hannah Ferguson.
The youth race provided some exciting action as Kenta Gallagher and Luke Gray were locked in battle for the full 2 laps. Hugo Humphreys was in the thick of the action for the first lap but cramp put paid to his challenge, leaving Gallagher and Gray to fight it out.
Gray, keen to get a NPS win under his belt before the Nationals, was making all the moves, with Gallagher looking calm on his wheel. As they approached the arena it looked as if it would come down to a full blown sprint, but then Gallagher over cooked it on the final corner and went sprawling, leaving Gray heading for the finish line and a well-earned for win.
Ruby Miller took an easy win in the youth women's race, with Hannah Shenton unable to challenge due to a puncture, a feature of many riders' races. Starting with the other women's categories, youngster Miller romped up the climbs leaving the rest of the field in her wake. Veteran lady Hazel Sutherland closed in on Miller towards the end, but was really concentrating on her own race taking the win ahead of a very happy Gaynor Lea who is starting to get into top form - despite not enjoying the climbs too much, Gayner absolutely relished the challenging descents.
In the grand Vets the 'lovely Debs', Debbie Burton romped to yet another win, whilst Fizz Crammond took the victory in the sports women's race and Emily Brooks took the open.
The Junior men launch off the start line
Next up were the big boys and a real humdinger of a race began with the ominous accompaniment of buzzards circling the start arena. With Oli Beckingsale preparing for the coming World Champs and a field full of top contenders it was anyone's guess who'd be victorious. The recently crowned Marathon champ Ian Wilkinson was looking keen to get a Cross-Country win under his belt, as was Paul Oldham. Meanwhile Gareth Montgomerie was looking to get a good ride in to make up for a disappointing ride at the previous Fort William World Cup. But it was to prove to be a very deflating race for many of the competitors!
World Cup regular Lee Williams was the first to throw the gauntlet down, starting in his usual fast manner trying hard to put some distance between himself and the others. He built up a small gap over the rest of the field, with the group of riders behind apparently happy to give him some rope. Perhaps predictably, he was soon reeled in and then bad luck struck and a puncture put paid to his valiant challenge.
The Expert race gets underway
Next it was Oldham and Montgomerie who got an alliance together and worked steadily up front keeping the challengers, Wilkinson, Lansley, Collins and Crawforth at bay. Oldham was next to puncture and the race started to resemble a running race as many riders came past on foot as the rocky terrain took its toll.
Montgomerie took the lead with Wilkinson on his tail, attacking. However, just when it looked to be getting interesting, Wilkinson punctured, leaving Montgomerie to take his first ever NPS win and indeed his first visit to the NPS podium. A disappointed Wilkinson recovered to take 2nd and a great ride by Adrian Lansley saw him take 3rd. Dave Collins was wiped out by another rider, limping home tattered and torn in 4th and Oldham managed to scrap back to 5th.
Gareth Montgomerie built on his Fort William heroics with a fine win in the Elite race
The elite women's race was a different matter altogether, with a clear leader emerging after the first of the 5 laps and for once the stranglehold that Jenny Copnall has had on the series in recent years was broken. In all fairness Copnall has had a rough couple of weeks with a nasty fall at the Marathon champs and another one in the week making her all to aware of her limitations at this race, but she still put in a strong challenge to eventually take 3rd.
Sue Clarke was a real favourite at this race as she has been steadily coming into top form and of course this being her local trail she was expected to perform. Unfortunately she was one of the many victims of the treacherous rocks and limped home in 6th spot with punctures and a set of broken bars putting paid to any challenge. And so, the real star of the day was adopted Brit, Aussie Kate Potter, fresh from an early season of riding World Cups. She quickly showed a how she has improved over the last year, taking command of the race, smoothly easing herself into first spot, confidently tackling anything the course threw at her, the challenge now was to make sure she didn't puncture.
Summer is here and the bluebells have given way to foxgloves (left)
Another rider not seen much out on the race circuit this year is enduro specialist Jenn O'Connor. However, she looked rejuvenated and had Potter in her sights as she cruised into 2nd spot looking fresh and confident. However Potter had the edge and took a well earned victory, despite feeling a tad bit ropey coming into the race, whilst O'Connor had to settle for 2nd.
Andrew Barlow continued to dominate the Experts, taking his 3rd win in a row, despite a good challenge from Paul Robertson, which unfortunately came to nothing with a puncture on the 3rd lap. Ben Thomas just got the better of Tim Dunford taking 2nd leaving Dunford to pick up 3rd.
Expert Winner Andrew Barlow (left) on one of the Northshore sections
Yet another race was settled by a puncture when in the Expert Women's race Abi Greenway took charge of her race with Lily Matthews hot on her heels, only for a familiar hiss of escaping air to put Greenway out of the equation just after the first lap. The very strong Matthews took a good win.
Matt Barrett was looking good for the win in the Masters race, getting a small gap over the first couple of laps from the chasing field. However Graham Warby was keen to get a win in and worked hard to bridge the gap. After all the effort on the preceding laps to try and build a buffer, Barrett finally blew, leaving Warby to take the win, dedicating it to the memory of his Nan, just 38secs ahead of the Lutterworth Cycles rider. Luke Moseley picked up 3rd.
On a day that saw loads of NPS firsts, the Master women's race was no exception with Nina Davies finally getting a win in her race. After spending a season chasing the coat tails of riders such as Ruth Mordaunt, Emma Bradley and Caroline Goward, Davies finally took her place on the top step.
Mordaunt had a nightmare race, puncturing just 2 kilometres from the start putting her right at the back of the field. Still she got stuck in and managed to claw her way back to a brilliant 3rd spot just behind a consistent Caroline Goward who took 2nd.
William Verney took a convincing win in the junior's race leaving Calum Chamberlain and Ewan Clark as the others on the podium. Meanwhile Carla Haines held off the challenge from Anna Buick to take the win in the junior women's race.
Another exciting race was developing in the vet's event, with Mark Chadbourne, Darren Shepherd and Iain Nimmo all vying for that important win. Nimmo was the one they all feared with his reputation for no holds barred racing. Relishing tough climbs and tricky descents, this course really was purpose built for him. But like many before him he fell victim to the dreaded puncture, leaving him languishing down the field, with Chadbourne and Sheppard keen to put as much space between themselves and the Scot as they could.
Nimmo lived up to his reputation and was soon back on their tails and on the approach to the finish line it was a 3-way sprint that would decide the outcome. This time Chadbourne was the man with the legs and he took the win, with Shepherd just edging out Nimmo: you couldn't have asked for a better finish with all the spectators cheering as the 3 men headed down the grassy strip.
Ian Wright had to settle for an uncharacteristic 2nd in the Grand Vets as he was bettered by a storming Kevin Townsend, whilst in the Super Vets Victor Barnett once more held off the challenge by arch rivals John Lloyd and Sandy Wallace to take yet another win.
Obviously getting used to winning was Andrew Stuart in the Sports race, taking his 2nd win of the series with Alex Kinvig and Giles Drake hot on his tail, they couldn't quite match the Ashfield CC rider had had to concede the win to him, settling for 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally Serge Hunt took a comfortable win in the Open race - obviously one of the lucky ones not to endure a dread puncture on his way round.
It was yet another day of tight racing in one of the UK's most picturesque counties, though I doubt if the competitors had time to take in the spectacular views. It was certain they enjoyed the challenge laid on, with the cracking descent the most talked about part of the course??..well, that and the huge number of punctures experienced. However that's all part of mountain biking, you literally take the rough with the smooth!
The NPS now takes a break for a month to let the riders battle it out for National honours as the XC Championships take place on the 20th July. NPS action resumes on the 23rd August, in an old NPS stomping ground of Eastridge, Shropshire. Think Grizedale was tough? Just wait to see what's in store at this one!
Post-Race Comments
Beth Crumpton - Juvenile winner
That was hard and made worse by puncturing on the last little bit of singletrack and I was really frustrated with that. I ended up running a bit after I tried to re-inflate the tyre but everyone were telling me to carry on as the rest of the field were only just behind me, so I ran a bit and rode the last bit down into the arena, just so it looked like I hadn't completely given up. I was very pleased with my race up till then; it was very technical with lots of rocks, and very hilly which suited me. Having the flat was very annoying; I had one before I raced too!
Alex Baker - Juvenile winner
Another hard race today, I didn't have much of a gap in the end despite all my efforts. I'd managed to get away on the fire road, but everyone caught up with me again and I was 3rd going into the singletrack. I managed to get past one rider so found myself in 2nd for the second part of the race, then I managed to get away on a rocky section and held the gap as best as I could. I knew Hugo was catching me on the fire roads, I just had to press on, that was the hardest race I have ever done it was pretty close at the end.
Viv Hazleton - 2nd Grand Vet lady
I prefer technical course such as this, places like Thetford are way too flat and fast for me but here you could get stuck into loads of climbing, and I'm a better climber than descender. I took it relatively easy on the descents as I wanted to get round in one piece!
It was a fantastic course and well worth the trip.
Luke Gray - youth winner
That was a tight battle out there with Kenta today, I lost some ground on the first lap by making a stupid mistake but I managed to get back to Hugo and Kenta by the top of the climb and got to the front. On lap 2 I tried to get away from Kenta but I just couldn't shake him. Coming into the arena it was looking like it was going to be a sprint finish, but he slid off on the corner, which was very unlucky and I got the win. This has done my confidence a load of good now, I knew a win would be coming soon and now hopefully I'll get a good ride at the nationals.
Ruby Miller - Youth Winner
The first lap was really good fun, but the second was a bit of a drag as I didn't really see anyone, I should have started with the boys really. I tried starting with the rest of the women but it didn't really work, I was out in front quite quickly and never saw them again. I really liked the course and was pleased that I could ride all of it though I did fall off on the second lap on the tricky descent; I manage to fall off at least once every race. It was good fun out there though.
Gaynor Lea - 2nd Vet lady
That was an absolutely brilliant race I knew I wouldn't be strong on the climbs but the descents are my thing so I knew I'd get back on the descents. I found the climbs pretty tough but I dug in and got into the last descent in 2nd in front of my teammate Kate Wheeler, unfortunately she crashed so I knew then I'd nailed it. A lot of the girls were walking the descents as they were a bit loose but I love sketchy descents I didn't find it a problem, I really enjoyed them. It would have been nice to win, but I'm still quite pleased, my fitness is coming back a bit now and my aim is now the nationals.
Smiles seem to be the way to cope with pre-race nerves as Jenny Copnall and Paul Oldham demonstrate above - below, other riders soon followed their example!
Kate Potter - Elite woman winner
I think I'm coming down with a bit of a cold and I just didn't feel that perky this morning. I didn't get to warm up properly before hand as I was running a bit late, my watch stopped and I almost missed the start. Anyway I decided I would just do a lap as my warm up and just finish. But it all came together and I got some lady luck!
I had real issues getting on and off my bike today and because of that I got passed by a few of the girls but I got up to the lead group and decided to attack about half way into the first lap and tried to maintain that pace. I took it steady on the descents as I really thought I would puncture today and yeah it just went my way today. It was still really tough though. Once I got past all the girls I just kept thinking they were all on my tail, I kept expecting Jenn or Jenny to just fly by or even one of the other girls. I guess I kept trying to race the guys out there to keep me pushing on.
I think my World Cup experience has really shown here today, my confidence is improving, I think technically my riding has improved, I feel like I'm not such a timid little mouse as I was before, but I've still got lots to work on and lots more experience to pick up. Every race is a new experience.
It's been great to be back in the UK and to do these races and see all the friendly faces and catching up with everyone. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't make the first 2 NPS races it would have just been too much to get here after all the travelling for the World Cups but it's really good to be back. I've got some team events lined up now, I'm riding Mountain Mayhem with the Scott team and then twentyfour/12 I'm riding with my husband Ian and I'm gonna rip his legs off, I just need to add that!Kate Potter has been battling through the World Cups this season, so her win in the women's race was no surprise
Gareth Montgomerie - Elite winner
That was a good race - there were 3 of us together and then 2 punctured, which was nice for me and left the race wide open. Lee Williams was leading on the first lap but I wasn't too worried as he usually starts fast and then slows but today he punctured anyway. Ian Wilkinson was making some digs on the 5th lap but he came back to us and I wasn't sure how it was going to pan out. It was a good course but I wish the climbs had been a bit more technical, it was a sort of one track one line sort of course. I've gotta be chuffed this is my first win ever at an NPS and my first time on the podium too.
Andrew Barlow - Expert winner
That was a rough race, no roots like Drumlanrig, it was just harsh but it was all good. There were no real places to get a good rest out there and my back is now killing me! There were a few of us at the front and I think I got lucky cos quite a few of them punctured. I was going round with Paul Robertson and he punctured on the 3rd lap, it would have been interesting if it had been between me and him as he was pretty quick on the downs, but hey that's racing it'll be my turn at the next one. I'll be missing the next round now as I'll be doing the Trans Wales, but I'll be back firing on all cylinders for the last round.
Graham Warby - Masters Winner
I'm really chuffed with that, it's a special win as it's a year ago that my Nan died so I really wanted to do well today for her. Matt managed to get a bit of a gap on the first couple of laps but I managed to reel him in on one of the climbs and sort of sat with him. I thought he was gonna give me a real good race at the end but he said he just blew up a bit at the end of the last lap. I was really chuffed to get him on the last lap and take the win, really chuffed.
Lily Matthews - Expert Women winner
That was really good, really enjoyed it and I really loved the course. I've ridden the last 2 NPS's so far but my chain broke at Drumlanrig so I didn't finish that one, so this makes up for that. I have a lot more training to do now as I want to get a lot better, but I just have to finish my exams and see where I go from there. I was pretty strong on the climb today and I was better on the tech stuff so I just went for it really and absolutely loved the race.
Nina Davies - Master Women's winner
I've been doing some good training now and really enjoying my mountain biking and its good now to see myself improving in the races. This is my first win so I'm delighted with that but I still have a lot to learn technically. It was a fantastic course, I really enjoyed the variety of it, it was really testing great for endurance, good for technical skills it had a bit of everything in it. It was a nice change to be chased rather than be chasing!
Carla Haines - Junior women winner
I raced really well today and the course was brilliant, all that climbing and all the technical sections I really loved it. I started with the Expert & the elites and I tried to stay with Abi Greenway but she punctured so I passed her and then just tried to keep going as fast as I could.
Mark Chadbourne - vets winner
That was a fantastic race it really was, I mean the 3 of us to be sprinting for the line at the end it's got to be as exciting as it gets. I have to take my hat off to Iain, he punctured and he got back to us that was a fantastic ride by him. We knew that was his sort of course, big up hills fast technical downhills both Darren and I knew he'd be coming back strong. It was great we all had a little sprint for the final downhill as we knew how important it was and even so no one gave up and all of us were flat out to the line. It was a great course, with fantastic weather well worth the trip from the south coast.
Andrew - Sports winner
Yeah good race, that was my sort of course with lots of climbing in it, yeah I enjoyed that. I'd pulled out a gap by the second lap and by the 3rd lap I knew I was going to win. I made sure my tyres were really hard so I wouldn't get any impact punctures, it made it a bit rough out there but it worked.
Results
Juvenile - Men
1 Alex Baker 00:29:17
2 Hugo Robinson 00:29:36
3 Ryan Fenwick 00:30:11
4 John Lomas 00:30:58
5 Edward Mcparland 00:30:58
6 Martin Turton 00:32:24
7 Stuart Wilcox 00:32:27
8 Richard Scales 00:32:35
9 Ross Green 00:32:36
10 Alistair Rowland 00:33:52
11 Jack Llewellyn 00:34:58
12 Harry Franklin 00:36:41
13 Alasdair Taylor 00:38:36
14 James Jackson 00:54:37
15 Lewis Bolton 00:54:43
Juvenile - Women
1 Bethany Crumpton 00:35:24
2 Hannah Ferguson 00:38:19
3 Kirsty Raw 00:40:43
4 Imogen Buick 00:40:52
5 Jenna Fenwick 00:47:05
6 Evie Burton 01:04:37
Youth - Men
1 Luke Gray 00:52:48
2 Kenta Gallagher 00:53:07
3 Steven James 00:55:24
4 Ben Roff 00:55:35
5 Hugo Humphreys 00:56:15
6 Hamish Fletcher Cooney 00:57:49
7 Mark Sinclair 00:58:36
8 Luke Grivell-Mellor 00:58:56
9 Lewis Kirkwood 00:58:59
10 Matthew Sumpton 00:59:48
11 Daniel Bryant 01:01:10
12 Matthewn Adair 01:01:41
13 Ryan Nash 01:02:10
14 Bruce Dalton 01:02:20
15 Taylor Johnstone 01:02:27
16 James Harman 01:02:46
17 Jack Taylor 01:04:56
18 Scott Woodhead 01:05:52
19 Luke Newby 01:10:38
20 Nat Jarvis 01:12:59
21 Max Sykes 00:27:45
22 Joseph Home 00:29:38
23 Alec Briggs 00:49:31
Youth - Women
1 Ruby Miller 01:13:14
2 Hannah Shenton 00:36:46
Veteran - Women
1 Hazel Sutherland 01:13:20
2 Gaynor Lea 01:17:00
3 Kate Wheeler 01:18:33
4 Sara Flatt 01:22:38
5 Anne Pitman 01:31:05
6 Carol Tilley 01:34:58
7 Karen Howard 01:42:22
Grand Veteran - Women
1 Debbie Burton 01:14:52
2 Viv Hazelton 01:19:21
Sport - Women
1 Fizz Crammond 01:17:11
2 Louise Robins 01:20:50
3 Laura Powell 00:56:29
Open - Women
1 Emily Brooks 01:13:46
2 Sian Slawson 01:53:33
Elite - Men
1 Gareth Montgomerie 02:04:35
2 Ian Wilkinson 02:06:49
3 Adrian Lansley 02:08:04
4 Dave Collins 02:08:34
5 Paul Oldham 02:10:11
6 Jody Crawforth 02:12:13
7 William Bjergfelt 02:12:17
8 Robin Seymour 02:12:58
9 Ryan Sherlock 02:13:40
10 Ross Creber 02:14:07
11 Christopher Minter 02:15:29
12 James Fraser Moodie 02:15:45
13 Robert Friel 02:17:10
14 Nick Collins 02:17:59
15 Billy Joe Whenman 02:18:15
16 Oliver Holmes 02:18:39
17 Anthony O'boyle 02:19:32
18 Nigel Martin 02:19:34
19 Stuart Wearmouth 02:25:29
20 Philip Coad 02:27:25
21 Ross Adams 02:30:03
22 Andrew Howett 02:49:07
23 Paul Beales 02:02:14
24 Hamish Batchelor 01:18:39
25 Christopher Murley 01:24:13
26 Lee Williams 00:52:18
27 Euan Adams 01:02:34
28 Philip Cooper 00:26:57
Junior - Men
1 William Verney 01:18:45
2 Calum Chamberlain 01:22:44
3 Ewan Clark 01:24:42
4 Ross Brinson 01:24:49
5 Ben Roach 01:29:37
6 Max Filleul 01:31:08
7 Jamie Maxwell 01:31:34
8 Joe Peake 01:31:44
9 Paul Young 01:32:17
10 Matthew Jones 01:35:57
11 Oliver Young 01:37:37
12 Charlie Beeny 01:57:05
13 Jonathan Pybus 01:15:01
14 Michael Butler 00:25:25
15 Robert Hassan 00:28:53
Expert - Men
1 Andrew Barlow 01:49:36
2 Ben Thomas 01:50:49
3 Tim Dunford 01:51:16
4 Chris Andrews 01:53:11
5 Sion O'boyle 01:53:14
6 Patrick Cobb 01:53:56
7 George Budd 01:55:06
8 Christian Aucote 01:55:07
9 Paul Robertson 01:56:56
10 Adrian Scott 01:57:34
11 David Evans 01:59:14
12 Jason Hucklesby 01:59:30
13 Joe Richards 02:00:22
14 Eric Pettett 02:00:51
15 Gerald Tudor 02:02:16
16 Nick Evans 02:04:00
17 Warren Bates 02:06:19
18 Gareth Whittall 02:10:59
19 Scott Chappell 02:11:43
20 Chris Lane 02:11:52
21 Steve Shaw 01:43:48
22 Jack Richards 01:49:38
23 John Whittington 00:54:08
24 Barry Marples 00:55:35
25 Jack Pullar 00:28:25
26 Nick Coley 00:29:41
Master - Men
1 Graham Warby 01:46:23
2 Matthew Barrett 01:47:01
3 Luke Moseley 01:48:49
4 Mark Hutt 01:51:26
5 Ben Dale 01:51:36
6 Paul Hopkins 01:52:51
7 Scott Rose 01:53:12
8 Scott Forbes 01:54:53
9 Christopher Rathbone 01:55:00
10 Matt Steven 01:55:23
11 Paul Kneen 01:55:33
12 Robert Enslin 01:55:58
13 Andy Plewes 01:56:50
14 Anthony Morris 01:56:51
15 Darren Alexander 01:56:52
16 Andrew Patterson 01:57:35
17 Tom Smith 01:57:55
18 Jay Horton 01:58:33
19 Richard John 01:58:41
20 Joel Shotton 01:59:12
21 Andrew Baum 01:59:39
22 Lloyd Bettles 02:00:25
23 Robert Oakes 02:01:19
24 Matthew Spurgin 02:01:25
25 Jamie Norfolk 02:02:00
26 Stephen James 02:04:04
27 David Mckendry 02:05:09
28 Adrian Lawrence 02:06:12
29 Ben Smith 02:06:24
30 Andrew Parsons 02:06:26
31 Adrian Dalgleish 02:07:31
32 Nick Owen 02:09:51
33 Stefano De Tomaso 02:10:14
34 Richard Fiander 02:11:16
35 Stuart Brazier 02:16:22
36 Ian Newby 02:16:58
37 Lee Suthard 02:26:24
38 Tim Buckley 02:47:42
39 Robert Rowe 01:28:03
40 Martin Kitchin 01:57:46
41 Scott Morley 01:06:30
42 Craig Holden 01:09:31
43 James Gleave 01:10:49
44 Keith Stocker 01:12:00
45 Joe Bedingfield 01:13:03
46 Mike Barrie 01:36:28
47 Gary Wearmouth 00:27:53
48 Paul O'brien 00:29:55
49 Lee Whitelaw 00:30:28
50 Stuart King 00:30:29
Elite - Women
1 Kate Potter 02:00:17
2 Jenn O'connor 02:02:48
3 Jenny Copnall 02:03:58
4 Melanie Spath 02:06:51
5 Nadine Spearing 02:09:47
6 Suzanne Clarke 02:11:11
7 Ruth Fraser Moodie 02:12:22
8 Maddie Horton 02:13:00
9 Paula Moseley 02:15:18
10 Meggie Bichard 02:17:07
11 Nicky Hughes 02:24:21
12 Lesley Ingram 02:26:59
13 Jules Toone 02:30:48
14 Jessica Roberts 01:53:20
Junior - Women
1 Carla Haines 01:54:07
2 Anna Buick 01:56:55
Expert - Women
1 Lily Matthews 01:44:27
2 Hilana Marais 01:47:33
3 Rachel Fenton 01:50:15
4 Sally Gabriel 01:54:04
5 Lucinda Insall Jones 01:58:53
6 Abi Greenaway 00:34:35
7 Fran Mundy 00:36:23
8 Katie Collins 00:37:16
Master - Women
1 Nina Davies 01:40:11
2 Caroline Goward 01:42:18
3 Ruth Mordaunt 01:44:11
4 Emma Bradley 01:45:54
5 Theresa Jackson 01:53:17
6 Verity Appleyard 01:58:07
7 Niki Humphrey 02:04:31
8 Fiona Walker 02:02:53
9 Helen Findlay 00:35:47
10 Renell Brennan 00:37:24
Veteran - Men
1 Mark Chadbourne 01:23:02
2 Darren Shepherd 01:23:03
3 Iain Nimmo 01:23:04
4 Paul Hinton 01:26:28
5 Keith Sheridan 01:26:28
6 Keith Sperry 01:26:57
7 Roland Tilley 01:27:56
8 Mark Cracknell 01:28:15
9 Grant Steele 01:29:01
10 Steven Brennan 01:29:18
11 Stewart Coates 01:30:14
12 Bruce Rollinson 01:30:31
13 Ian Potter 01:31:23
14 Paul Hudson 01:31:45
15 Robin Smith 01:31:45
16 Ross Porter 01:31:49
17 Duncan Walmsley 01:33:21
18 Mike Murray 01:34:37
19 Duncan Stuart 01:34:40
20 Dean Morgan 01:35:30
21 Michael Radburn 01:36:22
22 Joseph Heywood 01:37:23
23 Trevor Page 01:37:39
24 Ashley Roles 01:39:18
25 Steve Jones 01:39:33
26 Dean Smith 01:39:50
27 Robert Allen 01:42:27
28 Carlton Holmes 01:42:51
29 Ian Robson 01:43:54
30 Patrick Stokes 01:45:12
31 Robert Quirk 01:45:56
32 Francis Baker 01:48:29
33 Gary Strickland 01:50:58
34 Vincent Halpern 01:52:49
35 Paul Andrews 01:57:54
36 Keith Rushing 02:04:47
37 Allan Davey 02:05:00
38 Andy Weaving 00:57:28
39 Jim Shenton 01:11:40
40 Gary Ducker 01:27:12
41 John Filleul 00:32:57
42 Chris Davies 00:39:13
Grand Veteran - Men
1 Kevin Townsend 01:28:00
2 Ian Wright 01:29:03
3 Peter Harris 01:36:28
4 Billy Matthews 01:36:45
5 Philip Buick 01:38:33
6 Lynn Lines 01:42:41
7 John Galway 01:43:24
8 Colin Murley 01:44:11
9 Garrett Hill 01:49:14
10 Joseph Rowe 01:56:47
11 David Mclean 02:06:47
12 Trevor Patey 01:22:47
13 Barry Kipling 01:22:09
Super Veteran - Men
1 Victor Barnett 01:03:55
2 John Lloyd 01:06:18
3 Sandy Wallace 01:12:42
4 Steve Collen 01:24:51
Sport - Men
1 Andrew Stuart 01:23:31
2 Alex Kinvig 01:24:28
3 Giles Drake 01:25:04
4 Simon Allard 01:27:15
5 Niall Frost 01:27:25
6 Philip Lenney 01:31:21
7 Paul Wilkinson 01:31:30
8 James Hampshire 01:31:34
9 Simon White 01:31:52
10 Simon Maudsley 01:32:02
11 Alex Patterson 01:32:12
12 Chris Pedder 01:32:59
13 Peter Goode 01:34:46
14 John Richardson 01:36:27
15 Mark Baines 01:38:06
16 Lee Mallen 01:38:49
17 James Hynam 01:41:04
18 Christopher Bell 01:41:26
19 Martin Lenney 01:42:40
20 Michael Coward 01:43:13
21 Lee Eaton 01:46:10
22 Matthew Hill 01:46:39
23 Brodie Garvias 01:47:25
24 James Farnaby 01:50:17
25 Gwilym Morris 01:50:37
26 Trevor Hulton 01:54:16
27 Norbert Bajorek 02:03:51
28 Craig Ingram 02:06:50
29 Ian Palmer 00:30:23
30 Leigh Andrews 00:31:47
31 Nicholas Townend 00:33:01
Open - Men
1 Serge Hunt 01:32:55
2 Mark O'connell 01:45:11
3 Jonathan Smith 01:52:40
4 Darren Carter 02:03:17
5 Christiaan Dixon 02:16:31
6 Colin Pendlebury 01:18:25
7 David Reece 01:22:16
8 James Shepherd 00:41:28
Future Stars
1 Sam Shepherd 00:02:15
2 Elliot Dudley 00:02:16
3 Sarah Lomas 00:02:28
4 Rosie Crumpton 00:02:37
5 Amy Crumpton 00:02:40
6 Aidan Shepherd 00:02:44
7 James Ingram 00:02:458 Rory Plewes 00:03:12
9 Allenah Haywood 00:03:14
10 Evie Pendlbury 00:03:49
