As this three-division league continued, the fourth-round race again saw just the first division clubs take part on a multi-terrain course, Martin Duff reports.
Watford Joggers Jude Bell moved up from fourth in the previous round, to narrowly head club mate Oliver Hill, who had followed him home back then.
Helen Mussen, who celebrated her 46th birthday a week earlier, made it a Watford double with a comfortable victory over Victoria Pritchard, after placing second last time out.
Overall:
1 J Bell (Wat J) 34:56; 2 O Hill (Wat J) 34:59; 3J Fox (NHRR) 35:08; 4 M Cooper (St Alb) 35:17; 5 S Federici (St Alb) 35:20; 6 A Ferrari (Trent P, U20) 35:32
M40: 1 S Buckle (St Alb) 35:36
M50: 1 M Vaughan (NHRR) 39:46
TEAM: 1 St Albans 2333; 2 Watford J 380; 3 Orion 471; 4 NHRR 483; 5 Trent P 499; 6 St Albans B 685
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 73; 2 NHRR 96; 3 Watford J 102
Final standings after 4 matches:
Men TEAM: 1 St Albans 23; 2 NHRR 15; 3 Orion 14
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 24; 2 NHRR 20; 3 Trent P 14
Women:
1 H Mussen (Wat J, W45) 40:08; 2 V Purchase (St Alb, W35) 41:17; 3 M Wilson (St Alb) 41:45
W50: 1 P Habbick (St Alb) 42:57; 2 W Walsh (St Alb) 44:18
W55: 1 Z Woodward (Orion) 48:37
W70: 1 Y Gordon (FVS) 53:10
TEAM: 1 St Albans 85; 2 Trent P 107; 3 NHRR 184; 4 Orion 254; 5 St Albans B 269; 6 Trent P B 418
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 20; 2 St Albans 27; 3 NHRR 53
Overall (M&W combined) TEAM: 1 St Albans 328; 2 Trent P 606; 3 NHRR 667
Overall masters TEAM: 1 St Albans 100; 2 Trent P 128; 3 NHRR 149
Final standings after 4 matches:
Women: 1 Trent P 23; 2 St Albans 21; 3 NHRR 16
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 24; 2 St Albans 20; 3 NHRR 16
Overall Open TEAM: 1 St Albans 44; 2 Trent P 36; 3 NHRR 31
Relegated: Watford J & FVS
Vets Overall: 1 St Albans 44; 2 Trent P 38; 3 NHRR 36
The fourth round of the second flight combined with the final race in the third division and both moved to a multi-terrain venue at Royston and it was the hosts’ Brian O’Connor, who was third in the previous race, who won by 40 metres from Adam Edgeworth, in 33:49, Martin Duff reports.
Ware’s Katie Woodward made it an over-40 double by adding the women’s section in 37:22.
Overall (div 2 & div 3) combined:
1 B O’Connor (Royst, M40) 33:49; 2 A Edgeworth (Dac & T) 33:59; 3 J Yeates (Barn) 34:03; 4 D Coleman (Dac & T) 34:12; 5 A Mynott (Ware, M45) 34:24; 6 P Cole (Edmon, M40) 34:35; 7 K Francis (Ware, M45) 34:40; 8 R Rowlands (Dac &T) 34:43; 9 K Sambridge (Ware, M45) 34:48; 10 D Pudner (Gard CR) 35:12
M50: 1 R Lowe (Harl R&T) 36:47; 2 I Lubenski (Edmon) 37:26; 3 P Harvey (Gard CR) 37:41 B Judge (Gard CR) 38:03
M60: 1 J Haynes (B Stort) 39:34; 2 M Russell (Gard CR) 40:36
M70: 1 D Michael (Barn) 49:19
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Ware 173; 2 Garden CR 235; 3 Royston 418
M40 TEAM: 1 Ware 51; 2 Garden CR 53; 3 Gard CR B 126
Final standings:
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Ware 22; 2 Gard CR 21; 3 Royston 17
M40 TEAM: 1 Gard CR 22; 2 Ware 19; 3 Royston 13
Women (div 2 & 3 combined):
1 K Woodward (Ware J, W40) 37:22; 2 L Barnes (Harl RT) 38:14; 3 L Parry (Gard CR) 38:21; 4 H Turner (Harp, W35) 38:22; 5 C Crook (Royst) 39:15; 6 J Vine (Gard CR, W35) 39:31
W45: 1 M Hall (Gard CR, W45) 40:51
W50: 1 V Simpson (B Stort) 42:32; 2 C Hale (Gard CR) 43:45; 3 S Barc (B Stort) 44:48
W55: 1 J Kent (Barn) 41:55; 2 J Hazerci (Edmon) 46:16
W60: 1 J Morris (Harp) 49:26
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Garden CR 99; 2 Royston 150; 3 B Stort 179
W35 TEAM: 1 Garden CR 29; 2 B Stortford 34; 3 Ware 40
Combined Overall TEAM (M&W):
Div 2: 1 Garden CR 334; 2 Ware 400; 3 Royston 568
M40/W35 TEAM: 1 Garden CR 82; 2 Ware 91; 3 B Stort 243
Final standings:
Women TEAM: 1 Garden CR 24; 2 Royston 15; 3 Ware 14
W35 TEAM: 1 Gard CR 16; 2 Ware 16 (196); 3 B Stortford 16 (2010
Combined Overall TEAM (M&W):
Div 2 TEAM: 1 Garden CR 45; 2 Ware 36; 3 Royston 32
M40/W35 TEAM: 1 Garden CR 46; 2 Ware 35; 3 Hitchin 23
Div 3
Men TEAM: 1 Dacorum & T 203; 2 Barnet 308 3 Harlow RC 415
M40 TEAM: 1 Dac & T 53; 2 Harlow RC 71; 3 Barnet 109
Final standings;
Men TEAM: 1 Barnet 35; 2 Dac & T 33; 3 Harlow 28
M40 TEAM: 1 Harlow 36; 2 Dac & T 32; 3 Edmonton 26
Women TEAM: 1 Harlow 105; 2 Barnet 152; 3 Dac & T 165
W35 TEAM: 1 Dac & T 37; 2 Barnet 40; 3 Edmonton 66
Combined Overall TEAM (M&W): 1 Dac & T 368; 2 Barnet 460; 3 Harlow 520
M40/W35 TEAM: 1 Dac & T 90; 2 Harlow 104; 3 Barnet 149
Final standings:
Women TEAM: 1 Barnet 35; 2 Harlow 32; 3 Edmonton 26
W35 TEAM: 1 Barnet 36; 2 Dac & T 28 (200); 3 Edmonton 28 (210)
Combined Overall TEAM (M&W): 1 Barnet 70; 2 Harlow 60; 3 Dac & T 58
M40/W35 TEAM: 1 Barnet 62; 2 Harlow 61; 3 Dac & T 60
Overall:
1 H Gee (Read RR, M40) 37:01; 2 S Briggs (Read RR, M45) 37:15; 3 A Harris (M50) 39:02
Women:
1 E Warren (Read, U20) 41:11; 2 M Skeil 43:47; 3 H Wood (Read) 44:41
Overall:
1 C Parson (M40) 38:35; 2 B Wright (W) 40:00; 3 C Wheeldon 41:42
Women:
1 Wright 40:00; 2 R Cubberley (W50) 50:12; 3 C Bernett-Wilson 53:20
Overall:
1 I Halpin (Ampt) 36:08; 2 J Butterfield (St Alb) 36:52; 3 M Britton (Redway) 39:04
Women:
1 L Wells (Ampt, W55) 51:35; 2 E Potts 53;45; 3 E Ryles (W35) 57:38
Overall:
1 N Twomey (Read RR) 36:37; 2 A Stay (Finch, M40) 37:37; 3 N Jeffs (RRC, M45) 37:58
Women:
1 N Mangan (Fleet, W45) 48:27; 2 J Coleman 48:45; 3 B Jackson (Windle, W50) 49:54
Overall:
1 K Broadfoot-cCox 30:36; 2 L Morris (Lindley) 31:07; 3 T Brook (Holmf, M40) 31:52
Women:
1 K Walshaw (Holmf, W35) 32:01; 2 S Lewis (Melth, W35) 39:10; 3 C Taylor (Q’bury, W50) 39:53
Overall:
1 R Moore (Vale R) 16:32; 2 R Clarke (W'sey) 17:24; 3 D Bird (Swint) 17:27
Women:
1 P Cameron (Alt, W50) 19:35; 2 G Seymour (Lymm, W45) 20:52; 3 L Denton (Styal, W40) 20:55
Morpeth took this mixed relay and included regular North East Harrier League women’s race winner Catriona MacDonald who posted the fastest women’s split, of 15:18, on the middle 2.65-mile leg, Martin Duff reports.
They had been led off by Adam Pratt’s 13:58 second best M35 split of 13:58, before Joe Anderson rounded off. Second placed Sunderland had led on the opener through Stephen Jackson and his 13:20 stood up as the best overall.
Overall (3x2.65M):
1 Morpeth 43:08 (A Pratt, M35 13;58, C MacDonald (W) 15:18, J Anderson 13:52); 2 Sunderland 43;14 (S Jackson (M35) 13:20, J Fox (W) 16:21, M Reed 13:33); 3 J&H 43:57 P Smallcombe 13:36, A Dodd (W35) 15:45, J Brown 14:36); 4 Tyne Br 44:53; 5 Sunderland B 45:37; 6 Morpeth B 45:52;
Fastest: Jackson 13:20; Reed 13:33; Smallcombe 13:36
M35: Jackson 13:20; Pratt 13;58; A Heppel (Gosf, M40) 14:03
Women: McDonald 15:18; Dodd (W35) 15:45; K Stevenson (Tyne Br) 16:10
W35: Dodd 15:45; C Davies (S’field, W40) 16:37; E Roberts (Heaton, W40) 17:15
100 teams finished
Overall:
1 M Head (Tring RC, M40) 21:01; 2 L Doran (Chilt, U15) 21:30; 3 B O’Keeffe (Tring RC, U15) 21:48
Women:
1 A Washington 24:24; 2 B Heasman 25:53; 3 E Taylor 27:06
Overall:
1 J Mercer (Horw, M35) 34:54; 2 J Bartley (Stock H) 35:57; 3 P Carpenter (Stock H) 36:32
Women:
1 D McVey (Wilm, W45) 41:08; 2 H Thompson (Poynton Runners) 43:27; 3 F Waterhouse (Stock H) 44:46
Overall:
1 J Towner (Poole, M40) 36:59; 2 D Bell (M55) 37:59; 3 L Miles 39:55
Women:
1 R Holloway (W35) 45:24; 2 V Barnett (Eg H, W35) 46:19; 3 E Murfin (W35) 48:44
Overall:
1 R Price (M40) 36:22; 2 N Lee (W) 40:10; 3 K Wheeler (M40) 40:54
Women:
1 Lee 40:10; 2 K Johnson-Cox (W50) 41:56; 3 N Orr (W50) 47:34
Overall (10km, 170m):
1 L Clarke (L Goat) 37:08; 2 R Doubleday (Poole) 39:19; 3 E Crawley (Lytch) 39:58
M60: 1 J Critchlow (Purb) 40:18
Women:
1 A Philps (Purb) 41:55; 2 J Marshall (Purb) 41:59; 3 C Stanzel (Poole R) 44:08
W60: 1 L Crouden 48:16
Overall (11M):
1 J Birmingham (B’burn) 60:32; 2 O Chadwick (Wall’sy) 64:43; 3 J Hopley (R’dale, U20) 65:38
M40: 1 I Carruthers 66:14
M45: 1 P Savage (P’wich) 66:30
Women:
1 R Marshall (Bury, W45) 74:08; 2 S Thomas (Bury) 80:22; 3 A Bradbury (Wilms, W45) 84:58
Overall:
1 M Lock (Wit) 15:54; 2 L Newell (Abing, M45) 16:43; 3 N Coupe (Oxf C, M40) 16:49
Women:
1 E Strathdee (Head) 18:15; 2 K Allred (Eynsh, W50) 20:02; 3 H Howard (Wit, U20) 20:40
Overall:
1 A Butler (Halesowen Athletic & Cycling Club) 39:09; 2 M Pollard (BRAT, M40) 39:44; 3 A Concalves (Unatt) 40:11
Women: 1 L Collins 46:23; 2 A Hartshorn (Hale, U17) 51:19; 3 C Sutton (S'bridge) 53:26
Overall:
1 J Johnson (Bev) 33:55; 2 S Spencer (Fitmums & Friends) 35:34; 3 E Healey (Unatt) 38:02
Women:
1 V Moverley (E Hull) 41:21; 2 S Adcock (W'nsea, W40) 44:20; 3 N Angelopoulos (KuH) 48:57
Overall:
1 K Taylor (B&W) 33:05; 2 S Wood (Cleve, M50) 36:25; 3 N Moroney (B&W) 36:54
Women;
1 S Voller (W’bury, W40) 43:02; 2 S Patten (S’ville) 46:30; 3 K Hoffen (W’bury, W55) 49:29
Overall:
1 A Chambers (Salf) 15:17; 2 G Tomlinson (Chorlton, M40) 15:24; 3 T Charles (Chorlton, M35) 15:26
Women:
1 S Wood (Sale) 16:34; 2 N Reece (Wilm, W35) 18:04; 3 L Harrison (Wilm, W45) 19:44
Overall:
1 P Carpenter (Stock H, M35) 20:06; 2 R Hulme (Bram R) 20:52; 3 E Warren (Bram R) 21:08
Women:
1 F Murdoch (Stock H, U15) 21:34; 2 S Jones (Bram R, W35) 23:51; 3 B Brennan (Bram R, W40) 24:10
Peter Smallcombe won the men's race in 26:06 while Rachelle Falloon was first woman in 30:25.

Overall:
1 P Smallcombe (J&H) 26:06; 2 C Gunn (sund) 26:29; 3 R Johnson (Morp) 26:38
Women:
1 R Falloon (Morp) 30:35; 2 D Smythe (Heat) 31:21; 3 K Stevenson (Tyne B, W50) 31:27
Overall:
1 R Danson (Wesh) 19:30; 2 S Evans (Prest) 20:03; 3 B Akin (Prest) 20:12
Women:
1 C Davies (Prest, W35) 22:11; 2 T Robinson (Wesh, W40) 23:30; 3 S Pilkington (R Rose) 23:53
Overall (5km):
1 R Willmott (Herne H) 16:49; 2 H Miller (Arena) 17:05; 3 C Gynn 19:05
Women:
1 D Smyth 21:33; 2 A Valentin (W35) 22:48; 3 P Hutchins 25:48
Overall (10km):
1 A Mayall 36:19; 2 S Shipp 37:14; 3 S Hascoet (M35) 38:54
Women:
1 A Davis (Clap C) 45:42; 2 S Williams 48:58; 3 S Hartley 49:14
Overall (5.8M approx):
1 A Bunyon (Macc) 35:54; 2 H Bond (Buxt, U20) 37:20; 3 J Brunnock (Buxt) 37:20
Women:
1 D Thomas (Trenth, W40) 44:02; 2 K Gill (Macc, W45) 44;39; 3 F Sharplet (Macc) 45:04
Overall:
1 M Sandiford (Fordy) 34:53; 2 M Parrott (R Time) 35:09; 3 M Lusby (Wells) 35:28
Women:
1 R Park (Wells, W35) 48:23; 2 H Shears (L’port, W35) 49:33; 3 J Henley (Yeo, W45) 53:03
Overall (76km/1920m, 5 stages in pairs):
1 Wharf 5:35:31 (C Holmes/M Sennet 82:11, E Hassell/J Allard 64:52, D Kirkham/M Warters 53:59, T Mason/ E Evans 61:38, A Cairns/T Mallard 72:51)
2 Wake 6:03:42
3 Puds P (M40) 6:12:44
4 Wharf B 6:17:15
5 Bing 6:22:34
Mixed:
1 Ilkley 7:17:52 (K Pearce/P Shelley 1:47:56, L Dixon/T Lally 92:04, B Tate/J Wood 63:14, A Merrick/A Bennett 89:31, G Lamb/K Archer 85:07)
2 Acc RR 7:21:16
Women:
1 Vall 7:34:21 (S Shanks/S Harris 95:24, S Gledhill/L Adams 89:18, S Sunderland/P Trevorrow 80:15, H Blackwood/E Savage 90:16, H Nancolas/R Bentley 99:05)
2 Bing 7:39:08
3 Skyrac 7:47:03
Overall:
1 S Barnes (Newb, M50) 49:59; 2 H Bampton (Hun H, M50) 50:13; 3 M Stone (Unatt) 51:00
Women:
1 C Hall (Unatt) 58:01; 2 E Wilk (Newb) 58:38; 3 G Taylor (Unatt, W40) 61:10
Overall:
1 T Kaye (Unatt) 64:15; 2 S Hall (Stainland Lions, M35) 67:25; 3 J Willis (Unatt) 72:51
Women:
1 J Jones (Unatt, W40) 82:10; 2 S Lewis (Melth, W35) 85:06; 3 E Barnes (Marsden, W40) 88:09
Overall:
1 J Shingler (Ludlow, M45) 1:46:55; 2 E Applely (Croft) 1:47:59; 3 M Burdus-Cook (Strat, M45) 1:49:44
Women:
1 M Brown (BRAT) 1:56:36; 2 M Cotterill (Ludlow) 2:05:32; 3 M Ross (Strat) 2:06:01
Overall (4.5M approx.):
1 M Eardley (Newc Tri, M40) 27:22; 2 D Watt (Stoke) 27:32; 3 J Burgess (Buxt, M45) 27:38
M60: 1 P Wright (Hatton) 31:34
Women:
1 K Latham (Nant) 30:43; 2 D Thomas (Trenth, W40) 31:29; 3 K Gill (Macc, W45) 32:01
W50: 1 J Stansfield (Trenth) 33:23
Overall:
1 J Janes (Bed C) 33;26; 2 P Lawrie 35:26; 3 N Davies (Read RR) 38:36
M50: 1 D Parton (Read RR) 38:48
Women:
1 M Dainton (Read, W45) 47:06; 2 H Smith (M’head, W35) 47:18; 3 K Butler 48:24
As this three-division league continued, the third-round race saw just the first division clubs take part on a multi-terrain course, Martin Duff reports.
Previous rounds have been on the road and with two of the three divisions competing together but this third-round race was just for the top few clubs and saw Trent Park’s Dougal Burrows win his own club’s promotion in 33:19 after moving up from second in race two.
It was a similar story for Katie Harbon in the women’s section as previous two-time winner this summer Cyn Cano slipped to fourth behind the North Herts runner.
Overall:
1 D Burrows (Trent P) 33:19; 2 N Harris-Fry (Orion) 33:36; 3 3 R Barclay (Orion) 33:46; 4 J Bell (Wat J) 33:48; 5 O Hill (Wat J) 33;50; 6 S Buckle (St Alb, M40) 33:54
M40: 2 P Adams (St Alb) 34;44
M45: 1 S Jackson (FVS) 34:58
M50: 1 M Vaughan (NHRR) 36:41; 2 A Baker (Orion) 36:49
U20: 1 A Ferrari (Trent P) 35:21
TEAM: 1 Orion 312; 2 St Albans 2318; 3 Watford J 459; 4 Trent P 479; 5 NHRR 553; 6 Orion B 796
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 73; 2 NHRR 84; 3 Orion 107
Standings after 3 matches:
Men TEAM: 1 St Albans 17; 2 NHRR 12; 3 Trent P 11
M40 TEAM: 1 St Albans 18; 2 NHRR 15; 3 Trent P 11
Women:
1 K Harbon (NHRR) 38:19; 2 H Mussen (Wat J, W45) 38:30; 3 J Pryor (Trent P) 38:31; 4 A Baird (Trent P) 39:15; 5 C Cano (Trent P, W35) 39:16; 6 J Watkinson (Orion, W35) 39:36
W50: 1 P Habbick (St Alb) 41:32; 2 W Walsh (St Alb) 43:31
TEAM: 1 Trent P 68; 2 St Albans 163; 3 NHRR 181; 4 Orion 220; 5Watford J 384; 6 Trent P B 399
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 16; 2 St Albans 44; 3 NHRR 50
Overall (M&W combined) TEAM: 1 St Albans 481; 2 Orion 532; 3 Trent P 547
Overall masters TEAM: 1 St Albans 117; 2 NHRR 134; 3 Trent P 139
Standings after 3 matches:
Women: 1 Trent P 18; 2 St Albans 15; 3 NHRR 12
W35 TEAM: 1 Trent P 18; 2 St Albans 15; 3 NHRR 12
Overall Open TEAM: 1 St Albans 32; 2 Trent P 29; 3 NHRR 24
Vets Overall: 1 St Albans 33; 2 Trent P 29; 3 NHRR 27
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