After a foggy start on the Fylde coast restricted to Lytham St Anne's the skies cleared five minutes into the race and conditions were glorious. Runners were not afforded a clear view across the Ribble estuary to Southport but it was very pleasant nevertheless and there was a high quality of athletes. A breakaway group of six runners established in the second mile and they soon opened a substantial gap heading out into a persistent slight headwind, enough to add caution to any serious attempt to take it on. with a favourable wind on the return half the M40 duo of Paul Freary, World M35 Half Marathon champion and British Masters marathon winner Eddie Simpson remained locked together as they started to leave the remaining 3 contenders in their wake, and they crossed the finish line a mere 2 seconds apart. the Horwich duo of Russell Maddems and Colin Rigby followed in at half minute intervals, with Ken Chapman overhauling David Lockett and Nigel Thompson with a fast second half.
In the women's race the spectators were enthralled with the performance of Scottish international W45 Fiona Matheson with a sparkling performance to break the hour and win the womens' race, with local lady Sue Samme, herself a former international senior, in 2nd place with a strong run.
With 139 runners this Northern Veterans event beat the credit crunch and proves again to be our most popular event. Many thanks go to Dave Waywell and his team at the St Anne's Fire Station for providing all the facilities and a faultless organisation, and the catering team from Wesham Road Runners. Together they provide everything we need to ensure a great morning for the Northern Veterans and guests.
(In the results, "late" denotes a Northern Veteran member who's entry was received too late for the championship deadline)
Individual results
Pos Lady Name Club Cat NVAC Open Time Status 1 Paul Freary Belgrave Harr M40 1 1 00:54:51 NVAC 2 Eddie Simpson Dallam RC M40 late 2 00:54:53 NVAC 3 Russell Maddams Horwich RMI M35 late 1 00:55:23 NVAC 4 Colin Rigby Horwich RMI M35 2 00:55:57 Open 5 Ken Chapman Scottish Veterans Harriers M40 3 00:56:18 Open 6 David Lockett Salford Harr. M40 4 00:56:48 Open 7 Nigel Thompson Lytham St Annes RR M40 late 5 00:56:54 NVAC 8 Alex Rowe Wesham RR M50 1 1 00:58:11 NVAC 9 1 Fiona Matheson Falkirk Harriers W45 1 00:59:29 Open 10 Keith Boardman Salford Harr. M45 1 1 01:00:22 NVAC 11 Ian Selby Bolton Harr M40 2 6 01:01:25 NVAC 12 John Collier Wesham RR M50 2 2 01:02:26 NVAC 13 Barry Brock City of Norwich AC M40 7 01:02:51 Open 14 Alan Hudson Wesham RR M55 1 1 01:02:58 NVAC 15 Graham Cunliffe Wesham RR M50 late 3 01:03:26 NVAC 16 Dave Telford Altrincham AC M60 1 01:03:33 Open 17 Gary Cassidy Altrincham AC M35 3 01:03:43 Open 18 Trevor Rayner Wesham RR M45 2 2 01:03:54 NVAC 19 2 Susan Samme Lytham St Annes RR W45 1 2 01:04:09 NVAC 20 Francis Martin Penny Lane Striders M45 3 01:04:12 Open 21 Mike McKenna Dallam RC M55 2 01:04:20 Open 22 David Dowd Northern Vets M60 1 2 01:04:41 NVAC 23 Lee Barlow Wesham RR M35 4 01:04:55 Open 24 Jeff Thornton M40 8 01:05:00 Open 25 Robert Burns Liverpool RC M40 9 01:05:23 Open 26 Peter Waywell Wesham RR M40 10 01:05:32 Open 27 Paul Sinnott Northern Vets M50 3 4 01:05:40 NVAC 28 Graham Webster Lytham St Annes RR M55 2 3 01:05:45 NVAC 29 David Watson Preston Harriers M40 11 01:06:02 Open 30 Eric Green Valley Striders M50 5 01:06:41 Open 31 John Bertenshaw Wesham RR M50 4 6 01:06:46 NVAC 32 Terry Lonergan Ilkley Harriers M55 4 01:06:49 Open 33 Roy Upton Lytham St Annes RR M40 12 01:06:52 Open 34 Colin Laidlaw Lytham St Annes RR M50 5 7 01:07:30 NVAC 35 3 Carmel Sullivan Wesham RR W40 1 1 01:07:44 NVAC 36 Derek Coop Lostock AC M45 4 01:08:00 Open 37 Martin Bates Wesham RR M50 late 8 01:08:29 NVAC 38 Martin Hirrell Penny Lane Striders M40 13 01:09:11 Open 39 David Williams Salford Harr. M45 5 01:09:22 Open 40 4 Jacqui Dews Holmfirth Harriers W35 1 01:09:25 Open 41 Mick Edge Wesham RR M45 6 01:09:38 Open 42 Ken Stanley Northern Vets M55 3 5 01:09:54 NVAC 43 Alan Clarkson Clayton Le Moor Harriers M50 6 9 01:09:58 NVAC 44 Roger Tolson NVAC M55 late 6 01:10:20 NVAC 45 Steve James Southport Waterloo AC M70 1 1 01:10:35 NVAC 46 Jason Barlow Wesham RR M35 5 01:10:41 Open 47 Mark Lysycia Horwich RMI M45 7 01:10:49 Open 48 Neville Whitingham Keighley & Craven AC M40 14 01:10:58 Open 49 Peter Simpson Liverpool Harr. M60 2 3 01:11:16 NVAC 50 John Appleton St Helens Sutton M55 7 01:11:42 Open 51 Paul Riley Penny Lane Striders M35 6 01:11:57 Open 52 Derek Lord Lostock AC M40 15 01:12:11 Open 53 Gary Heywarth Garstang RC M40 16 01:12:13 Open 54 John Foulds Horwich RMI M45 8 01:12:20 Open 55 Ian Winn M40 17 01:12:26 Open 56 Paul Bass Chorley AC M35 7 01:12:35 Open 57 Nick Higham M40 18 01:13:02 Open 58 Maz Khoueiry Stadium Runners M35 8 01:13:19 Open 59 Phil Fowler Northern Vets M50 7 10 01:14:02 NVAC 60 Brian Wildman Clayton Le Moor Harriers M40 19 01:14:07 Open 61 John Langhan Preston Harriers M40 20 01:14:22 Open 62 Brian Speake Reading Road Runners M35 9 01:14:38 Open 63 Terence Robinson Northern Vets M60 3 4 01:14:56 NVAC 64 Ian Close BW&FAC M50 11 01:15:11 Open 65 Fred Shilleto Northern Vets M70 2 2 01:15:59 NVAC 66 Stephen Platt Trail Running Association M50 12 01:16:01 Open 67 Peter Bartlett Wesham RR M60 5 01:16:25 Open 68 Larry Greenwood Accrington RR M55 8 01:16:56 Open 69 Michael Devereux Penny Lane Striders M55 9 01:16:57 Open 70 Alan Scott M50 13 01:17:28 Open 71 Philip Leaver Wesham RR M55 4 10 01:17:29 NVAC 72 5 Debbie Spurr Keighley & Craven AC W45 3 01:18:06 Open 73 6 Susan Burke Liverpool RC W40 2 01:18:25 Open 74 7 Christine Cutler Southport Waterloo AC W50 1 1 01:18:30 NVAC 75 8 Tanya Ashworth Blackpool W & F AC W35 2 01:18:48 Open 76 Bill Atkinson Northern Vets M70 3 3 01:18:53 NVAC 77 Peter Costello Clayton Le Moor Harriers M50 14 01:18:58 Open 78 Michael Pearcy Dallam RC M40 3 21 01:19:07 NVAC 79 Gary Lewis Blackpool W & F AC M35 10 01:19:14 Open 80 9 Kath Hoyer Wesham RR W45 2 4 01:19:19 NVAC 81 Chris Moss Wesham RR M40 22 01:19:40 Open 82 Alan Peers Spectrum Striders M65 late 1 01:19:43 NVAC 83 Alan Graham M50 15 01:19:57 Open 84 John Bradley Blackpool W & F AC M65 7 2 01:20:03 NVAC 85 10 Ruth Calderbank Blackpool W & F AC W55 4 1 01:20:26 NVAC 86 David Cosh Lytham St Annes RR M50 16 01:20:37 Open 87 Robert Massey Blackpool W & F AC M60 6 01:20:44 Open 88 John Winters Blackpool W & F AC M70 4 01:20:47 Open 89 Derek Walton Altrincham AC M65 8 3 01:20:58 NVAC 90 Douglas Brown Wesham RR M70 5 01:21:00 Open 91 Peter Blackledge Accrington RR M60 4 7 01:21:40 NVAC 92 David Sinnott Saddleworth RC M55 5 11 01:21:50 NVAC 93 11 Susan Lucas Lancaster & Morecombe W55 5 2 01:22:35 NVAC 94 Brian Nicholson Kendal AC M65 4 01:22:55 Open 95 Stephen Wilkinson Wesham RR M55 12 01:23:36 Open 96 12 Christine Perry Lancaster & Morecombe W50 2 2 01:23:42 NVAC 97 13 Katherine Winrow Lancaster & Morecombe W45 3 5 01:24:00 NVAC 98 Frank Tetlow Northern Vets M60 5 8 01:24:46 NVAC 99 Stephen O'Hara Horsforth Harriers M55 13 01:24:57 Open 100 Tony Robbins Wesham RR M70 6 01:24:58 Open 101 14 Pam Appleton St Helens Sutton W55 3 01:25:00 Open 102 Mike Walsh Wesham RR M75 1 01:25:39 Open 103 Paul McAllister Lytham St Annes RR M40 23 01:26:04 Open 104 Joe Park Cheshire Tally Ho M70 4 7 01:26:50 NVAC 105 E Murray Chorley AC M65 9 5 01:27:25 NVAC 106 Iain Fortune Spectrum Striders M60 6 9 01:28:51 NVAC 107 George Flanagan Wesham RR M55 14 01:29:08 Open 108 Kevin Dillon Manchester Harriers M50 8 17 01:29:44 NVAC 109 15 Anne Fortune Spectrum Striders W55 6 4 01:30:03 NVAC 110 16 Susan Richmond Garstang RC W40 3 01:30:03 Open 111 Ian Macintosh M35 11 01:30:14 Open 112 17 Julie Pearcy Dallam RC W45 6 01:30:36 Open 113 Dennis Michaels Northern Vets M55 6 15 01:31:04 NVAC 114 Tony Bolton Accrington RR M60 10 01:31:52 Open 115 18 Candy Hopkins W35 3 01:32:02 Open 116 Malcolm Towler Northern Vets M65 10 6 01:32:45 NVAC 117 19 Linda White St Helens Sutton W45 7 01:32:55 Open 118 20 Margaret Brown Blackpool W & F AC W65 1 1 01:33:04 NVAC 119 Kevin O'Brien Penny Lane Striders M65 11 7 01:34:07 NVAC 120 21 Dorothy Fairhurst St Helens Sutton W65 2 01:34:13 Open 121 22 Pauline Weller Wesham RR W50 3 3 01:35:31 NVAC 122 23 Elaine Helme Hyde Village Striders W40 4 01:37:39 Open 123 Derek Clutterbuck Todmordon Harriers M75 late 2 01:37:39 NVAC 124 Malcolm Sherwood BW&FAC M55 16 01:37:41 Open 125 24 Julie Murphy Blackpool W & F AC W40 5 01:37:41 Open 126 25 Marie Baxandale W45 8 01:38:26 Open 127 26 Shirley Carr W50 4 01:39:10 Open 128 Eden Parkinson M35 12 01:39:41 Open 129 27 Paula Washington Blackpool W & F AC W40 6 01:40:52 Open 130 28 Melanie Yeomans BW&FAC W40 7 01:40:53 Open 131 29 Sue Jones Wesham RR W40 8 01:40:58 Open 132 30 Sarah Morgan W45 9 01:41:03 Open 133 31 June Sinnott NVAC W45 late 10 01:41:35 NVAC 134 Bill Rigby Doncaster AC M75 1 3 01:42:28 NVAC 135 Jimmy Daley Penny Lane Striders M70 8 01:44:18 Open 136 32 Pauline Picton St Helens Sutton W55 7 5 01:44:38 NVAC 137 James Munn Chorley AC M70 5 9 01:48:27 NVAC 138 33 Lindsay Clark W35 4 01:50:28 Open 139 34 Lola Smal Horwich RMI W70 1 1 02:01:11 NVAC
Team results
Northern Veterans Teams Cum Time M50 1 Wesham RR 04:10:21 2 Northern Vets 05:00:40 M60 1 Northern Vets 03:44:23 2 Northern Vets 04:07:37 W35 1 Wesham RR 04:02:34 W45 1 Lancaster & Morecombe 04:10:17
Open Teams Cum Time Men 1 Wesham RR 04:07:01 2 Horwich RMI 04:14:29 3 Lytham St Annes RR 04:17:01 M35 1 Horwich RMI 04:14:29 2 Penny Lane Striders 04:42:17 3 Blackpool W & F AC 05:15:12 M40 1 Lytham St Annes RR 04:17:01 2 Wesham RR 04:27:33 M50 1 Wesham RR 04:07:01 2 Northern Vets 05:00:40 3 Blackpool W & F AC 05:16:45 M60 1 Northern Vets 03:44:23 2 Wesham RR 04:02:23 3 Northern Vets 04:07:37 Women 1 Wesham RR 04:02:34 2 Lancaster & Morecombe 04:10:17 3 Blackpool W & F AC 04:12:18 W35 1 Wesham RR 04:02:34 2 Blackpool W & F AC 04:59:26 3 Blackpool W & F AC 05:16:45 W45 1 Lancaster & Morecombe 04:10:17 W55 1 St Helens Sutton 04:32:08