Salford and Charnwood amongst winners at British Masters cross-country relays

All of the information from the BMAF Open Masters Cross Nation Relay Champs at Lengthy Eaton in Derbyshire.

Salford Harriers dominated the principle males’s age teams whereas Gemma Metal once more led Charnwood to the youngest ladies’s staff award on Saturday (Oct 25) at a gathering which was acknowledged to be the final to be organised at this venue after 10 years of internet hosting by the Lengthy Eaton membership.

Males

Salford AC not solely took the primary two staff locations within the M35 class but additionally added the M45 race, each of which had been over 5 3km legs.

Such was their domination that their males, led by Harry Wakefield’s quickest total lap of the day at 9:01, had the 4 quickest age group occasions.

They had been upstaged on the opener, nevertheless, as Macclesfield’s M45 Ian Fisher was a transparent ‘winner’ of the primary lap in 9:33, a time which was not solely the quickest of his age group but additionally the third quickest out of all the males.

He stated that he had solely not too long ago come again into the game as his son, who races in under-13 occasions, exhibits promise and he wished to assist his progress.

After 9 years out Fisher returned to racing in 2025 to win the M40 British Masters 1500m championship however right here was within the M45 age group. “That was my first time on the observe in 20-years,” stated the previous Inverclyde runner.

Gary Priestley had run the primary M35 stage for Salford after which it was all crimson vests as Karl Darcy, Wakefield, Tom Hodgson and at last Carl Hardman accomplished the job.

Their B staff quickly moved into second M35 slot and potential silver BMAF medals however that honour was denied them as just one staff per membership can rating. As a comfort, their quintet had been every awarded a bottle of plonk.

Salford’s M45’s might have been led by Wilson’s Macclesfield on stage 1 however, after a gentle begin, they moved into the lead on stage 4 because of Richard Gardiner, earlier than their M50 Gareth Raven noticed them residence with the third finest M45 effort at 10:09.

He was headed by Aberdare’s Martyn Rowling’s 10:03 and his membership had been rewarded for his or her lengthy journey with second place M45 staff medals.

Leeds once more led all through the M55 part of the race and it was Jon Walton who obtained them away to a very good begin earlier than Martin Roscoe took them additional forward mid-race.

Walton had raced the Yorkshire marathon six days earlier the place he beat staff mate David Parkin to the M55 award.

Right here it was Parkin who recovered from his first ever marathon to only eke out two seconds on his rival for quickest M55 lap at 10:28.

Walton stated: “I’m doing one other one (marathon) in Valencia.”

The M65 males ran with the ladies and it was Oxford Metropolis who led after stage one via Brian Inexperienced’s 12:56. Two sooner laps by Metal Metropolis’s Jed Turner and Chris Eire, with 11:45 and 12:43 nevertheless sealed the win for the Sheffield outfit.

Males M35 (5x3km): 1 Salford 47:47 (G Priestley (1)  9:44, Ok Darcy (1)  9:24, H Wakefield (1)  9:01, T Hodgson (1)  9:44, C Hardman (1)  9:54); 2 Salford B 51:31 (B Lima (3) 10:05, J Bailey (2) 10:01, M Latham (2) 10:06, D Rigby (2) 10:04, D Hudson (2) 11:15); 3 Coventry Godiva 51:43 (L Shail (2)  9:54, H Mohammadiha (3) 10:14, H Velocity (3) 10:09, P Eccleston (3) 10:47, A Boon (3) 10:39); 4 Lengthy Eaton 51:45 (D Magalela (4) 10:07, D Hawley (4) 10:19, W Lunn-Pigula (4) 10:20, J Trybus (4) 11:01, R Haw (4)  9:58); 5 Milton Keynes 54:03 (S Tuttle (7) 10:24, J Peters (5) 10:41, A Stone (5) 10:57, J Down (5) 10:46, S Ratcliffe (5) 11:15); 6 Nuneaton 54:31 (G Hodgkins (10) 11:05, T Orourke (9) 11:12, M Collins (7) 11:03, L Melling (6) 10:32, C Jordan (6) 10:39); 7 Wolverhampton & Bilston  54:46; 8 Holme Pierrepont 56:57; 9 Aldridge 57:00; 10 Bakewell 57:07

Quickest: H Wakefield (Salf) 9:01; Ok Darcy (Salf) 9:24; T Hodgson (Salf)/ G Priestley (Salf) 9:44

22 groups completed

M45 (5x3km): 1 Salford 53:16 (S Warburton (8) 10:57, B McCartney (4) 10:30, R Hughes (2) 10:44, M Collier (1) 10:56, G Raven (1) 10:09); 2 Aberdare Valley 54:17 (I Clark (13) 11:44, A Lewis (10) 11:27, M Jacklin (8) 10:39, R Gardiner (4) 10:24, M Rowling (2) 10:03); 3 Southampton 54:41 (E Hughes (3) 10:25, J Smith (3) 10:48, S Marcer (4) 11:34, M Lown (2) 11:13, J Curtis (3) 10:41); 4 Mansfield 55:41 (D Nugent (4) 10:27, D Cass (2) 10:33, J Macintyre (3) 11:36, D Powell (3) 11:37, B Mcclemens (4) 11:28); 5 Peterborough & NV 56:14 (S Fell (2) 10:14, M Tuff (5) 11:26, D Lewis (1) 10:24, R Moulton (5) 12:46, A Stowe (5) 11:24); 6 Macclesfield 56:18 (I Fisher (1)  9:33, J Carr (1) 11:23, G Briggs (5) 11:58, R Adams-Mercer (7) 12:48, M Walker (6) 10:36); 7 North Derbyshire 57:56; 8 Redhill RR 58:25; 9 Lengthy Eaton 60:15; 10 Milton Keynes 62:14

Quickest: I Fisher (Macc) 9:33; M Rowling (A’dare) 10:03; G Raven (Salf, M50) 10:09

13 groups completed

M55 (4x3km): 1 Leeds 44:11 (J Walton (1) 10:30, M Roscoe (1) 10:52, P Townsend (1) 12:21, D Parkin (1) 10:28); 2 Beeston 47:56 (J Hunt (3) 11:21, S Barnes (3) 12:29, M Lyons (4) 13:25, A Taplin (2) 10:41); 3 Salford 48:11 (M Russell (2) 10:58, S Chambers (2) 11:33, I Grime (2) 12:18, T Rayner (3) 13:22); 4 Redhill RR 48:55 (O Jones (4) 12:11, T Metcalfe (6) 12:35, P Newton (3) 11:56, S Nash (4) 12:13); 5 Macclesfield 49:52 (R O’Keefe (8) 13:10, M Lynas (4) 11:13, D Croft (6) 13:23, J Noakes (5) 12:06); 6 Halesowen 50:03 (B Gardner (5) 12:29, M Hadley (5) 12:05, S Duck (7) 13:57, D Lewis (6) 11:32); 7 Southampton 50:12; 8 Kimberley & District 56:20; 9 Mansfield 56:23; 10 Holme Pierrepont 59:45

Quickest: D Parkin (Leeds) 10:28; J Walton (Leeds) 10:30; A Taplin (Beest) 10:41

M60: M Roscoe (Leeds) 10:52

M65 (3x3km):

1 Metal Metropolis 39:03 (P Brown (7) 14:35, C Eire (3) 12:43, J Turner (1) 11:45); 2 Warrington 40:06 (S Ogden (4) 13:40, D Gill (2) 13:29, D Norman (2) 12:57); 3 Oxford Metropolis 41:04 (B Inexperienced (1) 12:56, B Vaughan (1) 13:49, S Thorp (3) 14:19); 4 Lengthy Eaton 42:03; 5 Charnwood 43:26; 6 Sutton In Ashfield 52:23

Quickest: J Turner (Metal) 11:45; C Eire (Metal) 12:43; B Inexperienced (Oxf C) 12:56

M75 (3x3km): 1 Beeston Ac 50:26 (J O’Donnell (2) 18:11, M Davey (1) 17:01, M Learn (1) 15:14); 2 Salford 57:00; 3 Holme Pierrepont 71:44

Quickest: M Reed (Beest) 15:14; H Partridge (Holme P) 16:03; M Davey (Beest) 17:01

Ladies

Charnwood’s W35s have been fairly dominant right here in recent times and it was once more Gemma Metal and one of many Potter twins who ensured that they once more got here good.

Each Potters had been as a result of run right here however Jane had a suspect bug so her membership drafted their prime W55, the previous British & Irish Masters Cross-Nation winner Kate Ramsey into their staff. Her first stage time of 12:02 was comfortably the quickest of her age group and he or she says she was promised that medal although she ran in a W35 staff.

Juliet Potter took Charnwood forward on stage two with the second finest W35 time of 11:26 earlier than Metal once more completed the job with the quickest lap of 10:54.

Potter stated: “That was my first race for a very long time and I’m happy immediately because it was my44th birthday yesterday.”

For her half, Metal who will signify England within the Masters Worldwide as a brand new 40-year-old, stated: “It’s exhausting when you find yourself on the entrance and exhausting work down the (small) hills.”

Sale, anchored residence by Rachael Rozhdestvenskaya’s third quickest 11:38 had been second.

The youthful ladies had been upstaged on their opening lap by Mansfield’s Hayley Gill, whose 11:36 stood up effectively for the remainder of the race.

She stated: “It was a very good course and the ups and downs offer you a little bit of a break.” Gill additionally moved up an age group shortly and stated: I’m 50 in December and hoping for a very good yr.”

Her membership, anchored by W45 second quickest Carolyn Hay’s 12:06, received their age group by nearly a minute over Milton Keynes and Sale.

Bristol & West have been the dominant W55 staff in the previous couple of years of masters operating and right here it was no completely different. Sarah Everitt, Clare Jolliffe and Jill Harrison posted the three prime occasions from runners in a W55 staff as their membership received by over seven minutes however there have been solely 5 staff takers.

Yate & Sodbury have additionally been prime W65s not too long ago and it was no completely different right here as, led by Mary Derrick’s 14:26 opener, they once more took their age group.

Ladies

W35 (3x3km): 1 Charnwood 34:22 (Ok Ramsey (3) 12:02, J Potter (1) 11:26, G Metal (1) 10:54); 2 Sale 36:07 (L Barber (1) 11:46, J Welsh (2) 12:43, R Rozhdestvenskaya (2) 11:38); 3 Macclesfield 38:16 (F Sharpley (2) 11:59, E Cameron (3) 13:33, H Saunders (3) 12:44); 4 Birchfield 38:45 (E Watters (4) 12:05, S Conway (4) 13:35, S Ellen (4) 13:05); 5 Mansfield 38:57 (L Riddle (5) 13:06, Ok Huntington (5) 12:59, C Dinescu (5) 12:52); 6 Metropolis Of Stoke 39:12 (Ok Butler (8) 13:29, M Vernon (6) 13:02, J Donnelly (6) 12:41); 7 Bakewell 40:16; 8 Sale B 41:41; 9 Beeston 41:50;10 Redhill RR 42:31

Quickest: G Metal (Charn) 10:54; Juliet Potter (Charn) `11:26; R Rozhdestvenskaya (Sale) 11:38

16 groups completed

W45 (3x3km): 1 Mansfield 37:23 (H Gill (1) 11:36, G Newbould (2) 13:41, C Hay (1) 12:06); 2 Milton Keynes 38:20 (W Webber (2) 12:29, M Allen (1) 12:21, J Reece (2) 13:30); 3 Sale 38:30 (H Armitage (3) 12:38, A Chinoy (3) 12:39, H Hamilton (3) 13:13); 4 Macclesfield 39:19 (Ok Heppenstall (6) 14:11, A Markley (4) 12:37, Ok Readman (4) 12:31); 5 Redhill RR 43:14 (M Butler (5) 13:58, S Simpson (6) 15:15, C Rodgers (5) 14:01); 6 Kimberley & D 43:36 (N Chamberlain (8) 14:22, S Garside (8) 14:59, Ok Herbert (6) 14:15); 7 Mansfield B 44:02; 8 Macclesfield 44:17; 9 Beeston 45:17; 10 Nuneaton 45:33

Quickest: H Gill (Mansf) 11:36; C Hay (Mansf) 12:06; M Allen (Mil Ok) 12:21

13 groups completed

W55 (3x3km): 1 Bristol & West 39:47 (S Everitt (1) 12:47, C Jolliffe (1) 13:36, J Harrison (1) 13:24); 2 Sale 47:04 (J Cordingley (2) 14:24, L Rowlinson (2) 15:30, H Reagan (2) 17:10); 3 Beeston 47:39 (M Pardon (3) 15:12, C Challender (3) 16:25, C Bexton (3) 16:02); 4 Lengthy Eaton 48:53; 5 Notts Ladies R 62:08

Quickest: Ok Ramsey (Charn) 12:02; S Everett (B&W) 12:47; J Harrison (B&W) 13:24

W65 (3x3km): 1 Yate & Sodbury 45:13 (M Derrick (1) 14:26, C Lavis (1) 15:57, M Grace (1) 14:50); 2 Metal Metropolis 47:28; 3 Aldridge RC56:39

Quickest: M Derrick (Yate & S) 14:26; D Kesterton (Metal) 14:34; M Grace (Taye & S) 14:50

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