Monday 10 November 2014

Borders League (1)

MASTERS START LEAGUE SEASON ON HIGH NOTE

It was Masters' Day at the opening of the Borders Road Running League season at Christleton with Deeside's Lee Jones, last year's overall champion, chalking up his sixth win and Gill Mead (Chester Tri, L50) recording her first victory.

 The 352 finishers was the second highest total in League history and the 113 ladies was a record. With five in the first 20 Wirral's men made a clear statement of intent to retain their Division 1 title, while Tattenhall, strengthened by the return of Marilyn Kitching, won the ladies' competition by 40 points.

 Results: 1 L Jones (Deeside, M45) 30.28, 2 D Weston (Wrex) 30.43, 3 D Longley (Prestatyn) 31.23, 4 P Robertson (Wirral)  31.38, 5 P Langan (Wirral) 32.00, 6 C Bishop (Helsby, M 50) 32.16, 7 A Sudlow (Tatt) 32.24, 8 V Van Woerkom (Chester Tri) 32.29, 9 B Lightowler (Abergele) 32.20, 10 C Thompson (Helsby) 32.33.
 U20: 1 C Seymour (Wirral) 32.49, 2 C Weaver (West Chesh) 34.54, 3 A Ryder (Prest)  38.45. M40: 1 D Blazier (Abergele) 33.08, 2 J Brown (Buck) 33.14, 3 S Roberts (Buck) 33.41. M45: 2 D Alexander (West Chesh) 33.03, 3 J Johnson (Wirral) 33.28. M50: 2 E Campbell (Buck) 33.18, 3 N Hershaw (West Chesh) 35.21. M55: 1 T Barbat (Wall) 34.04, 2 G Jones (Prest) 34.08, 3 R Freeman (West Chesh) 37.31. M60: 1 G  Ratcliffe (Wirral) 33.54, 2 L Coathup (Buck) 38.17, 3 G Nixon (Prest) 39.52. M65: 1 D Hough (West Chesh) 42.08, 2 M Ollier (Wrex) 43.27, 3 B Mossop (Buck) 43.46. M70: 1 D Williams (Eryri) 48.31, 2 B Beattie (West Chesh) 49.14, 3 J Morris (Buck) 54.33.

 Teams: Division 1: Wirral  350, Buckley 428, Wallasey 480, Chester Tri 683, Abergele 883, Ellesmere Port 1,088, Deeside 1,088. Division 2. Helsby 317, West Cheshire 367, Cybi Striders 498, Prestatyn 511, Wrecsam Tri 541, Tattenhall 644, Deestriders 802, Eryri 821, Wrexham 865, Birkenhead 1,379.

Masters. Buckley 191, Wallasey 272, West Cheshire 434, Wirral 463, Helsby 471, Wrecsam Tri 550, Chester Tri 601, Tattenhall 654, Cybi 695, Ellesmere Port 695, Prestatyn 706, Abergele 762, Deestriders 929, Eryri 949, Wrexham 1,155, Deeside 1,320, Birkenhead 1,643.

 Ladies: 1 G Mead (Chester Tri, L50) 35.51, 2 S Kearney (Wirral, L40) 36.01, 3 G Ross (Tattenhall, L35) 36.58, 4 M Kitching (Tatt, L45) 37.15, 5 E Kearney (Wirral, U20) 37.27, Z McLennan (Chester Tri) 37.46. U20: 2 H Nuttall (Wirrall) 41.27, 3 L Smith (West Chesh) 48.20. SL: 2 A Muller (West Chesh) 39.20, 3 J Dickson (Chester Tri) 39.26. L35: 2 J Jennions (Deestriders)  37.59, 3 A Grundy (Tatt) 38.01. L40: L Grantham (Chester Tri) 37.57, 3 S Fourie (Chester Tri) 39.27. L45: 2 J McHugh (Chester Tri) 39.59, 3 S Atkinson (Tatt) 40.55. L50: 2 J Richards (Abergele) 39.08, 3 C Shaw (Helsby) 42.17. L55: 1 D Richards (Prest)  45.04, 2 J Keasley (Helsby) 45.51, 3 S Ridings (Buck) 50.12. L60: 1 C Birch (Abergele) 42.47, 2 M Rees (Wall) 42.49, 3 J Fraser (Wirral) 46.08.

Teams. Division 1: Tattenhall 32, Ellesmere Port 72, Wirral 73, Helsby 123, Prestatyn 163, Buckley 179, Wallasey 251. Division 2: Chester Tri 14, West Cheshire 96, Abergele 104, Wrecsam Tri 120, Cybi 173, Deestriders 189, Wrexham 209, Eryri 268, Birkenhead 300, Deeside 300.

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