Easter weekend street racing round-up

Main outcomes from across the UK over the previous few days together with the Elswick Harriers Good Friday Relays, Battersea Park Prime Flight 5km, Maidenhead Easter 10 and Quick Friday 10km in Exeter

ELSWICK HARRIERS GOOD FRIDAY RELAYS, April 18

The North East golf equipment appear to be the keenest advocates of relay operating as Elswick Harriers placed on one other occasion that attracted a few of the finest and it was 2024 Inter-Counties winner Calum Johnson who anchored his Gateshead membership to victory within the males’s race.

This was over 4 2.2-mile laps and it had been Houghton’s Chris Coulson who had taken the primary leg lead, with a 9:27 clocking, earlier than his membership fell again. This let in Morpeth whose Chris Parr had simply been pipped for second on the opener by Gateshead’s Lewis Liddle, as George Lowry and Josh Fiddaman then noticed Morpeth to a helpful lead.

Johnson had different concepts and sealed it for Gateshead with that quickest stage time of 9:10.

The ladies’s race over three legs noticed earlier than Lydia Turner got here by means of on the ultimate stage to safe the victory for Birtley, with a ten:52 effort.

Additional again on the final leg, Sophie Pikett made inroads for Elswick, after not too long ago returning to racing in March following the delivery of a child and simply edged the quickest lap time with a ten:51 clocking.

Earlier, it had been Charlotte Dillon who gave Houghton a primary leg lead with an 11:13 clocking that was to finish up the third quickest effort.

The perfect of the masters age teams, noticed hosts Elswick take the W40 title after main all through however Justina Heslop took greater than a minute out of the remaining with the quickest effort of 11:52.

Males (4×2.2Mkm): 1 Gateshead 39:19 (L Liddle 9:40, D Alexander 10:14, J Cripwell 10:15, C Johnson 9:10); 2 Morpeth 39:33 (C Parr 9:40, G Lowry 9:50, J Fiddaman 9:53, A Brown 10:09); 3 Middlesboro Mandale 40:04 (M Creasey 9:35, J Brown 10:09, Z Gribbon 10;12, A Dumez 10:08); 4 Morpeth B 40:15; 5 Tyne Bridge 40:15; 6 Houghton 40:35

Quickest: Johnson 9:10; C Coulson (Houghton) 9:27; Creasey 9:35

M40 (4×2.2M): 1 Sunderland 43:32 (S Potts 11:40, N Barker 10:44, S Rankin 10:20, J Taylor 10:49); 2 Morpeth 44;10; 3 Tyne Bridge 44;58

Quickest: A Swinburn (Morp) 10:11; Rankin 10:20; P O’Mara (Tyne Br) 10:31

M50 (4×2.2M): 1 Elvet 45:37 (D Milligan 11:04, L McEwen 11:31, W Pearson 11:27, M Littlewood 11:35); 2 Morpeth 47:28; 3 Elswick 48:58

Quickest: Milligan 11:04; J Butters (Morp) 11:18; Pearson 11:27

M60 (4×2.2M): 1 Morpeth 54:03 (S Land 14:35, G Bayne 13:13, T Horsley 13:26, A MacDonald 12;48); 2 J&H 54:55; 3 Houghton 55:42

Quickest: M Salkeld (J&H) 12:20; MacDonald 12:48; R Barker (Sund Str) 12:52

U15 Boys (1.66M): 1 G Bryce (Blyth) 7:34; 2 J Lodge (NSP) 7:44; 3 E Watson (NSP) 7:47

U13 Boys (1.66M): 1 N Penfold (NSP) 7:44; 2 T Hale (NSP) 8:19; 3 R Gormley (NSP) 8:29

Ladies (3×2.2M): 1 Birtley 34:37 (Ok Francis 11;17, C Bailes 12;29, L Turner 10:52); 2 Houghton 34:43 (C Dillon 11;13, Ok Pye 11:46, A Pigford 11;45); 3 Elswick 35:45 (I Bungay 12:09, E Blight 12:45, S Pikett 10:51); 4 Sunderland 35:43; 5 Tyne Bridge 36:15; 6 J&H 36:20

Quickest: Pikett 10:51; Turner 10:52; Dillon 11:13

W40 (3×2.2M): 1 Elswick 38:25 (F Smith 13:08, J Nutt 13:25, J Heslop 11:52); 2 Birtley 39:40 (L Graham 13;20, H Arrowsmith 13;22, T Millmore 12:59); 3 Sunderland 41:04

Quickest: Heslop 11:52; J Pescod (Sund) 12:53; Millmore 12;59

W50 (3×2.2M): 1 Ponteland 43:21 E Stephenson 14:33, E Stroud 14;27, E Turnbull 14:21); 2 Sunderland 46:34; J&H 49:00

Quickest: Turnbull 14:21

W60 (3×2.2M): 1 Heaton 51:47

Quickest: E Waters (Warmth) 14:56

Observe: Relay occasions could not add up resulting from rounding

U15 Women (1.66M): 1 H Wilkinson (Morp) 8:41; 2 J Gould 8:51; 3 Ok Graham (Birt) 8:53

U13 Women (1.66M: 1 A Penfold (NSP) 8:20; J Blight (Elsw) 8:45; 3 R Collins (Gosf) 8:54

EASTER BUNNY 10km, Yeovil, Somerset, April 21

General: 1 T Webb (Wells, U20) 30:55

M60: 1 P Parry (B&W) 37:21; 2 I Middlebrook (Eg H) 38:25

M70: 1 M Sparks (Yeo) 44:38

Ladies: 1 H Blundy (Wells) 35:53

W55: 1 S Davies (B&W) 44:25

EASTER MONDAY MT 10km, Lewes, East Sussex, April 21

M45 veteran James Baker notched up his 1180th profession victory on this multi-terrain occasion held on tracks and footpaths to the south of Lewes.

General: 1 J Baker (Chich R, M45) 35:06

Ladies: 1 I Coomber (Lewes, W35) 40:19

CREWE 10km, Cheshire, April 20

Katie Ward, the 2022 Midland cross-country champion was a minute exterior her finest when ending third general in 33:27.

General: 1 T Jordan (Stoke) 32:29

M55: 1 M Lynas (Macc) 37:20

Ladies: 1 Ok Ward (Vale R) 33;27

W50: 1 Ok Readman (Macc) 41:33

W55: 1 S Taylor (Trenth) 41:49

W60: 1 C Skellern (Workers) 46:30

HALE VILLAGE 5, Merseyside, April 20

Ladies’s winner Kirsty Longley ran her quickest time for seven years when profitable the ladies’s part in 27:49, her fourth victory within the race.

Again in 2018, Longley had received this occasion in 27:51 and the Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton runner’s gun time right here matched the 27:49 time set by Zina Marchant in 1995 to set a brand new British W45 finest mark. The Energy of 10 record Marchant’s time as Chip however your correspondent will not be so positive.

Longley’s chip time right here was 27:48 and mentioned: “I’m 50 subsequent yr, so I’m very happy as coming to finish of the class.”

Explaining the distinction between gun and chip time, she added: “ I had a sluggish begin as I don’t begin on the entrance as I received pushed as soon as and that was terrible.”

General: 1 R Malone 26:04

Ladies: 1 Ok Longley Liv PS, W45) 27:49; 2 L Fairclough (St Hel Sut) 28:37

W45: 2 L Blizzard (Warr) 32:36

W50: 1 J Nemits (Warr) 33:48

W55: 1 J Zdrenka (St Hel St) 35:39

W60: 1 J Hickman (W Chesh) 35:43

W65: 1 B Cahill (St Hel St) 41:15

BATTERSEA PARK TOP FLIGHT 5km, London, April 19

Omah Ahmed, Tom Hoogeboom, Nathan Mapperley and Ollie Lockley battled it out earlier than Ethiopian refugee Ahmed got here residence to win in 14:20.

General (Prime Flight): 1 O Ahmed (Bir) 14:20; 2 T Hoogeboom (NED) 14:24; 3 N Mapperley (C&C) 14:25; 4 O Lockley (Leeds) 14:26; 5 B Moore (WSEH) 14:30; 6 O Newman (C&C) 14:39; 7 D McCluskey (Mald, U20) 14:41; 8 J Trangmar (St Ed, U20) 14:44; 9 J Noblett (Lut) 14:46; 10 J Hancock (Belg) 14:46

M40: 1 C Loudon (Camb H) 15:29

M45: 1 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 15:26

M50: 1 M Waller (S’finish) 16:50

U17: 1 L Moore (TVH) 15:09

Ladies: 1 E Overgsdahl (NOR) 16:48; 2 S Tooley (Herne H) 16:51; 3 R Carter (HW) 17:02

U17: 1 S Coppola-Johansen (E&E) 17:49

Open 5km

Chosen Ladies: 1 H Maher (Norw) 18:11

W50: 1 R Taylor (Morn) 21:04

W65: 1 J Harrison (B&W) 22;25

EASTER COAST 5, Redcar, North Yorkshire, April 18

General: 1 L Gamble-Thompson (N Marske) 25:12

M50: 1 D Smithers (Knaves) 28:07

M60: 1 P Clough (Criminal) 29:47

M65: 1 P Milburn (Sedge) 32:54

Ladies: 1 C Williamson (Loftus, W40) 30:12

W50: 1 L Horrell (Vegan) 33:34

W55: 1 Ok Neesam (N Marske) 32:38

W60: 1 P Brown (Darl) 37:01

FAST FRIDAY 10km, Exeter, Devon, April 18

General: 1 C Hewitt (Tiv) 32:18

M50: 1 J McConnell (Taunt) 35:04

M60: 1 M Robinson (B&W) 36:15; 2 P Monaghan 38:30

M70: 1 J Shapland (Bide) 43:36

Ladies: 1 A Gidey (Ex’mth) 35:16

W50: 1 L Kipling (Rane) 41:41

W65: 1 A Engledew (Ermw V) 49:36

FOLKESTONE 10, Kent, April 18

Marshall Smith received general in 51:23 however ladies’s winner Helen Gaunt went fifth on the over-45 all-time lists with a 57:33 clocking that was the quickest W45 age group time for 15 years.

General: 1 M Smith (Ashf) 51:23; 2 B Stephenson (Dart, M40) 53:04

M45: 1 R Lang (Kent) 56:18

M55: 1 A Inexperienced (Dart) 60:06; 2 D Gillett (S Lon) 61:18

Ladies: 1 H Gaunt (Ton, W45) 57:33; 2 B Morrish (Padd W) 61:47

W55: 1 J Holford (Tun W) 71:17

W60: 1 R Baker (Camb H) 76:25

MAIDENHEAD EASTER 10, Berkshire, April 18

While Blake Moore received general in 50:34, the seventieth operating of this basic race yielded a British ladies’s over-60 finest ever time for Sarah Gee at 63:49.

The 61-year-old has been threatening a revision of the document books since returning to the game late final yr after a 14-year sabbatical.

The time took practically a minute from Treena Johnson’s extensively revered time of 64:36 and there’s clearly extra to return from the Studying Roadrunner.

Gee completed fifth within the ladies’s race, which was received by Anna Harrold in 57:23 and likewise led her membership to the staff award.

It was a private finest, by over a minute for W40 Harrold who ran 2:42:43 in final yr’s London Marathon.

Gee, who received this hint general thrice between 2008 and 2010, mentioned: “The circumstances had been good and it was partly sunny with a a lot lighter breeze than I had anticipated. The final time I ran this course was in 2010 and it hadn’t modified. It’s a flat course and quick course, with solely a small part on pavements,”

The brand new proprietor of the British W60 10-mile finest was focusing on the earlier mark and added: “I went off at 6:10 for the primary mile, so pulled the tempo again slightly as that was barely too fast, however I used to be all the time 30 seconds forward of the goal. 

“I felt constructive about that when I settled at mile three. I went by means of 5 miles in 31.38, 10km in 38.57 and 15km at 59.52. At that time I knew I may do the time. I simply wanted to get to the road.”

General: 1 B Moore (WSEH) 50:34; 2 D Brookling (WSEH) 51:37; 3 N Jones (VoA) 51:28; 4 G Suthon (Learn) 53:10; 5 S Millett (WSEH) 55:40; 6 A Lee (S’oaks, M50) 55:53

M40: 1 Ok White (Mil Ok) 57:10

M50: 2 S Winder (E&E) 57:51

M55: 1 T Sales space (G&G) 58:07; 2 T Webb (Kent) 59:30

M60: 1 M Turney (hilt) 63:14

M70: 1 G Ruffle (Hart) 70:18; 2 I Kitching (S Lon) 72:37

TEAM: 1 WSEH 8; 2 Chiltern 79; 3 Abingdon 98

Ladies: 1 A Harrold (Truro, W40) 57:23; 2 M Gibson (Ealing E, W40) 58:36; 3 C Davies (Preston, W40) 59:36

W40: 4 C Firth (WSEH) 62:29

W50: 1 C Hoskins (Learn RR) 66:32

W60: 1 S Gee (Learn RR) 63:49; 2 M Davis (Strag) 77:05

W75: 1 J Davies (E&E) 87:41

TEAM: 1 Learn RR 301; 2 Datchet 609; 3 Windle 610

SALFORD 10km, Better Manchester, April 18

General: 1 J Griffiths (Swan) 30:28; 2 H Johnson (Hali) 30:42; 3 N Barry (Sale) 31:08; 4 J Moores (Salf) 31:11; 5 D Byrne (Hallam) 31:15; 6 T Charles (Chorl, M40) 31:25

M45: 1 J Bretherton (B’burn) 32:46

M55: 1 R Felton (Spect) 34:49; 2 A Porter (Bramhall) 35:12

M60: 1 J Convery (Bing) 36:17

M70: 1 G Crewe (Wilm) 43:03

Ladies: 1 L Candioli (Chesh Dr) 35:24; 2 E O’Dea (Dees) 35:32

W40: 1 F Hughes (Wirral) 37:33

W45: 1 R Marshall (Bury) 38:30

W50: 1 Ok Geelan (Bury) 39:40

W55: 1 A Spencer (Vall St) 40:12

W65: 1 S Burns (CleM) 44:30

W70: 1 D Broom (Peni) 44:24

SUDBURY 5, Suffolk, April 18

General: 1 J Elston-Carr (C&C) 26:12

M60: 1 C Ridley (Col H) 30:25

Ladies: 1 D Glover (Fram) 27:12

W40: 1 S Williams (Grange F&D) 30;35

W50: 1 O Robson (St Ed) 32;47

W60: 1 J Morgan (St Ed) 38:10

VICTORIA PARK HALF-MARATHON, London, April 18

General: 1 L Burthem (Liv) 70:46

M55: 1 J Jansen (BEL) 82:22

Ladies: 1 H Evans (Greatest A) 77:41

W55: 1 A Barber (Kent) 98:10

WESTONBIRT HOUSE EASTER 10km, Gloucestershire, April 18

General: 1 J Pickering (W Tempo) 31:29

Ladies: 1 I Brinsden (CC) 37:27

WESTON PROM 5, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, April 17

General: 1 J Williamson (S’burn) 25:14

M50: 1 Ok Summers (Weston) 27:56

M70: 1 J Malone (Nailsea) 35:42

Ladies: 1 A Smith (Weston, W40) 32:05

W60: 1 S Capstick (R f’ever) 36:04

CHASE THE SUN HYDE PARK 10km, April 16

General: 1 O Garrod (Belg) 32:01

Ladies: 1 A Clements (Kent, W40) 35:26

CSAA 10km, Battersea Park, London, April 16

Three days after serving to his Bristol & West membership to the Nationwide 12-Stage title, Jack Millar was again in motion to take this title and commemorate 160 years of the Civil Service Athletic Affiliation.

General: 1 J Millar (Sparta) 30:56; 2 J McRae (Land Reg) 31:16

M55: 1 R Ginn (DEFRA) 31:13

M65: 1 P Jones (DEFRA) 31;28

M75: 1 M Anglim (CS) 51:12

Ladies: 1 E Antcliffe (DWP) 39:02

W60: 1 M Noel (MoD) 46:37

W70: 1 M Statham-Berry (Minerva) 49:55

GREAT YARMOUTH PROMENADE 5, Norfolk, April 16

General: 1 M Eccles (Bure) 26:21

U17: 1 B Eccles (Bure) 26:48

Ladies: 1 S Barrett (Norw) 29:15; 2 L Finch (Bure) 29:26

W50: 1 J Andrews (Bung) 29:43

W60: 1 S Roberts (Colt) 26:13

STILTON 7, Leicestershire, April 13

General: 1 M Hussein (R’hoggs) 35:35; 2 M Scarsbrook (Badgers) 36:04; 3 A Adie (Desf) 37:04

M50: 1 C Horton (Badgers) 39:48; 3 M Makin (Herm) 40:46

Ladies: 1 C Nurse (W Finish) 42:34; 2 R Nealon (Hunc) 43:16

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