Thursday 25 April 2013

Borders League (Final)

JONES TAKES TOP LEAGUE AWARD

With his only challenger, Eryri's Brendan Rothery, missing the final race at Wrexham, veteran Lee Jones (Deeside) took the main individual award for this season's Borders Road-Running League. Fellow vet Sarah Kearney (Wirral) won the ladies' award.

 Wirral dominated the team awards, taking the men's and women's Division 1 trophies as well as the veterans' category. The ladies share the award with Chester Tri, the first time there has been a tie.

 Newcomers Cybi will be promoted to Division 1 in the ladies' competition next season, along with champions Wallasey, while West Cheshire and Prestatyn's men move up.

 The individual awards went to:

MEN
U20: 1 K Morgan (Wirral, 2 R Colclough (Deeside), 3 T De Jong (Helsby)
 Senior men: 1 B Rothery (Eryri), 2 D Lemon (Deeside), 3 G Jones (Wall), 4 M Hulmston (Wirral), 5 A Sudlow (Tatt), 6 M Davies (West Ch), 7 A Bromley (Deeside), 8 C Davies (Deestriders), 9 P Stinton (Buck), 10 K Dandy (Chester Tri).
 M40: 1 L Jones (Deeside), 2 J Johnson (Wirral), 3 S Roberts (Buck), 4 D Blazier (Abergele), 5 K Dickinson (Wirral).
 M45: 1 J McQueen (West Ch), 2 J Gifford (Buck), 3 N Hershaw (West Ch), 5 S Hooson (Buck), 6 G Blackwell (Deeside), 6 S Fox (Wirral).
 M50: 1 T Barbat (Wall), 2 C Bishop (Helsby), 3 A Starkey (West Ch), 4 A Lewis (Eryri), 5 G Earlam (Ell Port).
 M55: 1 R Freeman (West Ch), 2 D Nalder (Ell Port), 3 M Whitfield (Ell Port), 4 G Ratcliffe (Wirral).
 M60: 1 T McDevitt (Wirral), 2 L Coathup (Buck), 3 M Cortvriend (Prestatyn).
 M65: 1 A Berry (Helsby), 2 J Morris (Buck), 3 N Pratten (Wirral).
 M70: 1 J Thomas (Buck), 2 L Brown (Birkenhead), 3 P Norman (Wrex).

LADIES
 U20: 1 E Kearney (Wirral), 2 A Bagnall (Prest), 3 A Cheetham (Prest).
 Senior ladies: 1 J Jennions (Deestriders), 2 K Seddon (Chester Tri), 3 E Gruber (Cybi), 4 V Jones (Chester Tri), 5 K McEneaney (Wirral), 6 A Bartley (Wirral).
 L35: 1 S Kearney (Worral), 2 S Holt (Wall), 3 T Llewellyn (Cybi).
 L40: 1 C Hall (Wirral), 2 D Urquhart (Buck), 3 L Davies (West Ch).
 L45: 1 A Mageean (Chester Tri), 2 T Shipley (Chester Tri), 3 S Plested (Ell Port), 4 J Lindley (Buck)
 L50: 1 M Ludden (Buck), 2 C Shaw (Helsby), 3 S Jones (Cybi).
 L55: 1 G Waring (Prest), 2 N Davies (Wall), 3 M Bird (Ell Port).
 L60: 1 C Birch (Abergele), 2 P Martin (Birkenhead), 3 L Bishop (West Ch).

 RESULTS OF FINAL RACE

1 S Boyton (Dee) 20.29, 2 L Jones (Dee, M40) 20.55, 3 P Brook (Chester Tri) 21.14, 4 D Kashi (Eryri) 21.14, 5 X Desse (Wirral, M40) 21.27, 6 J Thelwell (Wall) 21.39, 7 D Lemon (Dee) 21.45, 8 K Pickstock (Wall) 21.50, 9 M Hulmston (Wirral) 22.00, 10 S Roberts (Buck, M40) 22.05.
 U20: 1 J Roberts (Wrex) 22.25, 2 W Sheridan (Dee) 22.29, 3 T Henry (Dee) 22.43.
  Teams. Division 1: Deeside 222, Chester Tri 425, Wirral 428, Buckley 542, Wallasey 625, Eryri 1,444, Tattenhall 1,527. Division 2: West Cheshire 391, Abergele 402, Prestatyn 575, Helsby 590, Deestriders 601, Ellesmere Port 624, Cybi 1,151, Birkenhead 1,218, Wrecsam Tri 1,316, Wrexham 1,572.

 M45: 1 J McQueen (West Ch) 22.54, J Gifford (Buck) 23.03, 3 D Gilbert (Buck) 23.58
 M50: 1 C Bishop Helsby 22.41, 2 A Starkey (West Ch) 23.02, 3 G Jones (Prest) 23.06
 M55: 1 T Devoy (Wirral) 24.36, 2 R Freeman (West Ch) 25.11, 3 D Nalder (Ell Port) 25.28.
 M60: 1 L Coathup (Buck) 25.00, 2 M Cortvriend (Prest) 25.26, 3 G Shone (Abergele) 27.16.
 M65: 1 E Davies (Eryri) 28.26, 2 N Pratten (Wirral) 29.04, 3 J Morris (Buck) 30.13.
 M70: 1 J Thomas (Buck) 33.05, 2 L Brown (Birkenhead) 36.27

LADIES
1 S Kearney (Wirral, L35) 23.30, 2 G Mead (Chester Tri, L45) 24.25, 3 E Kearney (Wirral, U20) 24.43, 4 S Atkinson (Tatt, L45) 25.04, 5 L Grantham (Chester Tri, L35) 25.15, 6 J Jennions (Deestriders) 25.23.
 U20: 2 H Nuttall (Wirral) 28.00, 3 A Bagnall (Prest) 29.13.
 SL: 2 K Seddon (Chester Tri) 26.20, 3 B Holland (Chester Tri) 26.31.
 L35: 3 S Fourie (Chester Tri) 26.24
 L40: C Sutcliffe (Chester Tri) 26.54, 2 C Hall (Wirral) 27.11, 3 L Davies (West Ch) 28.02.
 L45: 3 T Shipley (Chester Tri) 28.46.
 L50: 1 M Ludden (Buck) 27.04, 2 B Tiedtke (Prest) 29.48, 3 M Brockway (Wirral) 31.04
 L55: 1 G Waring (Prest) 29.31, 2 N Davies (Wall) 32.49, 3 J Shaw (Helsby) 34.44
 L60: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 29.23.

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS (UNOFFICIAL)

 Men, Division 1: Wirral 2,585, Chester Tri 2,823, Wallasey 3,059, Deeside 3,954, Buckley 4,164, Eryri 7,598, Tattenhall 10,143.
 Division 2: West Cheshire 2,670, Prestatyn 4,221, Helsby 4,295, Ellesmere Port 4,408, Deestriders 4,734, Abergele 4,994, Cybi 5,403, Wrecsam Tri 8,957, Wrexham 9,202, Birkenhead 9,987.

 Ladies, Divison 1: Wirral 251, Chester Tri 251, Tattenhall 720, Helsby 683, Buckley 780, Ellesmere Port 965, Prestatyn 1,054.
 Division 2: Wallasey 397, Cybi 727, Deestriders 965, Abergele 1,279, West Cheshire 1,371, Wrexham 1,572, Birkenhead 1,729, Eryri 2,053, Deeside 2,100, Wrecsam Tri 2,100.


URGENT APPEAL

League officials are urgently seeking someone to take over the compilation of results for the 2013-14 season. Rupert Lindley, who gave notice of his impending retirement a couple of years ago, will no longer be doing the job and a volunteer is sought by the League's AGM at Northop on July 1st.  

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