Lions bolster their championship scores in Race to the Summit trip
STAINLAND LIONS runners were out to boost their points tally in the club’s Fell Running Championships when they travelled to the Race to the Summit.
There were category wins for James Penson, Doug Penson and Rachel Lumb at Saturday’s rain-lashed race from the Summit Inn.
Three more races remain in the championships, with the next qualifying event being the
Falkingbridge and 2,000 other runners took on the tough Snowdonia Marathon race
Shepherd’s Skyline in Todmorden on Saturday, when David Culpan will compete in his 600th fell race.
Results: James Penson 38:59, Doug Penson 39:18, Leon Severn 39:37, Andrew Earnshaw 39:49, Jim Harris 43:47, David Culpan 43:57, Paul Patrick 44:17, Martin O’Brien 44:29, Rachel Lumb 46:48, Sue Cash 58:56.
Andrew Falkingbridge and 2,000 other runners took on the demanding and spectacular Snowdonia Marathon on Saturday.
The course takes in several high mountain passes and has more than 2,500 feet of climbing but Falkingbridge dug in and crossed the line in 6:00:58.
Ten Lions completed the
Bronte Way 7.5-mile point-topoint fell race on Sunday.
Fresh from competing in the Race to the Summit, Martin O’Brien was the first Lion back with a time of 1:18:37.
Results: Martin O’Brien 1:18:37, Raymond Mooney, 1:27:46, Aileen Baldwin (back from injury) 1:29:44, Terry Marlor-Gage 1:33:02, Steve Boyer 1:42:58, Angela Lee 1:42:59, Sharon MarlorGage 1:43:00, Alex Whyte 1:58:28, Jackie Barker 2:00:48, Sue Shepherd 2:01:10.
The fast and flat Abbey Dash 10k in Leeds attracted a large field on Sunday and Darren Reece led the Lions’ contingent of seven home.
Michelle Rushby and Beverley Day both ran new personal bests, with Beverley clocking her first sub-60 time.
Results: Darren Reece 36:39, Gavin Dodd 40:05, Paul Corns 44:31, Jan King 46:33, Michelle Rushby 53:12, Beverley Day 58:35, Melissa Vincent 66:19.
John Bannister was the only Lion at Sunday’s flat and fast Wistow 10K near Selby and he stopped the clock in a respectable 44:42.
Sunday’s Oldham Half Marathon was raced over a gruelling route and Lions’ Roy Lunt finished in 1:55:46.
n Northowram Pumas had a healthy contingent of runners taking part in last Sunday’s Abbey Dash, in Leeds.
Pumas results: Tim Brook 37:54, Dave Williams 41:43, Jane Cole 45:06, Matt Wilson 45:52, Stuart Thornton 47:56, August Armstrong 50:19, Andy Flynn 50:45, Alan Sykes 51:52, Tim
Sayer 53:25, Craig Shaw 54:58, Laura Sayer 56:49, Lizzie Wood 57:22, Tiffany Lewis 57:49, Brian Colman 57:57, Emma Harrison 58:32, Ian Evans 59:11, Paul Pickering 1:00:23, Andrea Wallman 1:01:17, Kate Golightly 1:02:44, Catherine Holmes 1:07:30, Davina Capper 1:07:50, Matt Newton 1:07:50, Rob Bowman 1:08:54, Sharon Sayer 1:09:18, Gill Holmes 1:09:27, Gemma O’Brien 1:11:27.
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