Pen y Ghent course incorporates the British champs

PEN Y GHENT (inc. British Mountain Running Championships and Inter-Counties), Horton-in-Ribblesdale, June 14

Nancy Scott of Aldershot, Farnham and District and Ross Gollan from East Sutherland AC, representing Scotland North, were victorious in the UKA Inter-Counties Mountain Race held over the Pen y Ghent course on Saturday (June 14), Ian Hartman reports.

The race incorporated the UKA Mountain Running Championships and was also used for selecting the England team for the Snowdon International Race on July 19.

Settle Harriers hosted the event at Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire. There had been warnings of heavy thunderstorms the previous day but apart from a few heavy showers, one of which coincided with the start of the female race at 12:30pm, the weather was ideal for running. Even the early morning mist on the summit of Pen y Ghent had cleared away by then.

Nancy Scott won the Inter-Counties race and UKA Mountain Running Championships ahead of Elle Twentyman (Derbyshire/Rugby & Northampton AC).

Isla Paterson (Gala Harriers), who was not representing a county, was third, with fourth-placed runner, Eve Pannone (Cumbria/Ambleside AC) taking the Inter-Counties bronze medal.

Fifteen counties fielded complete teams with the Yorkshire team taking the gold medals, one point ahead of Cumbria with Surrey two points further back in third.

By the time the men's race started 30 minutes later, the storm had passed over. Ross Gollan repeated his victory over leading under-23, Finlay Grant (Derbyshire/Dark Peak Fell Runners) in the recent UKA Fell & Hill championship in Scotland, with Oscar Subuh-Symons (Surrey) taking third.

There were 23 men's teams. Yorkshire’s men emulated their women's team with victory by five points over Derbyshire and Lancashire with the latter taking silver medals on account of their final runner finishing one place ahead of the last counter from Derbyshire.

Men (12.2km/612m): 1 R Gollan (Scot North) 47:53; 2 F Grant (Derbs) 48:16; 3 O Subuh-Symons (Surr) 48:19; 4 M Knowles (Lancs) 48:52; 5 F McGrath (Bris) 49:11; 6 N Edmondson (Yorks res) 49:14; 7 L McCourt (NE Counties) 49:19; 8 J Battrick (Cumbr) 49:28; 9 A Heyes (Yorks) 49:49; 10 D Dry (Scot West) 50:20; 11 T Hilton (Scot East) 50:21; 12 F Lydon (L&R) 50:26; 13 D Haworth (Mat) 50:30; 14 J Cummings (Yorks) 50:35; 15 G Cunliffe (Lancs) 50:39; 16 W Tighe (Derbs) 50:46; 17 T Wood (Wales North) 50:47; 18 S Nutter (Bord) 50:48; 19 D Clarke (Yorks) 50:51; 20 G Foster (Cumbr) 50:56

TEAM: 1 Yorks 33; 2 Lancs 38; 3 Derbs 38; 4 Cumb 43; 5 Scot East 47; 6 Scot West 67; 7 Scot North 84; 8 Wales North 87; 9 NE Counties 89; 10 NIR 89

Women: 1 N Scott (Surr) 54:35; 2 E Twentyman (Derbs) 54:57; 3 I Paterson (Gala) 56:50; 4 E Pannone (Cumbr) 57:01; 5 C MacDonald ((NE Counties) 57:21; 6 A Pearse (Yorks) 59:44; 7 R Mather (Yorks) 60:01; 8 C Powell (Cumbr) 60:10; 9 E Weir (Surr) 60:22; 10 K Walshaw (Yorks) 60:26; 11 M Browne (Yorks) 60:32; 12 H Lavelock-Allan (Cumbr) 60:46; 13 E McColm (Lancs) 61:33; 14 L Powell-Smith (Lancs) 61:36; 15 N Beadle (Surr) 61:42

TEAM: 1 Yorks 20; 2 Cumbr 21; 3 Surr 23; 4 Scot East 64; 5 NIR 67; 6 Derbs 70; 7 NE Counties 78; 8 Lancs 78; 9 Wales North 85; 10 L&R 31

MAN V HORSE CHALLENGE, Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, June 14

Dewi Griffiths became only the fifth runner – and the first Welshman – to win the race, finishing nearly 13 minutes ahead of leading horse Gweni, ridden by Gabi Morley, to earn himself a trophy and £250.

Overall (24M/4000ft): 1 Dewi Griffiths 2:23:58; 2 Jonathan Morris 2:37:26; 3 Peter Taylor-Bray 2:37:29; 4 Micah Drew 2:39:00; 5 Dominic Jones (M40) 2:43:03; 6 Matt O’keefe (M40) 2:52:02

M50: Anthony Glover 3:10:24

M60: Dave Powell 3:35:42

M70: Mike Warrick 4:04:15

Women: 1 Rhianwedd Weimer 3:13:39; 2 Sam Avery 3:14 01; 3 Ellie Baverstock 3:18:09; 4 Poppy Tanner 3:21:00

W40: Jo Lloyd Davies 3:30:48

W60: Ruth Hutton 3:47:06

SEVEN HILLS OF EDINBURGH, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, June 15

Overall (14.3M/2200ft, age under M50/W45 not declared): 1 J Eykelbosch (Cors) 99:04; 2 J Barrable (Cors) 1:43:34; 3 S Paterson (Ochil) 1:46:41; 4 S Napier (C’thy) 1:49:16; 5 A Luetchford (HBT) 1:51:13; 6 J Mckenna (C’thy) 1:52:00

M50: K Speirs (Cors) 2:03:30

M60: A Hogg (C’thy) 2:39:45

M70: Jimmy Hudson 2:59:38

TEAM: 1 Cors 12; 2 HBT 30; 3 Dutch R 124

Women: 1 Isla Cubitt 2:07:21; 2 Elaine Baxter (W45) 2:09:02; 3 I Ellwood (Edin) 2:21:04; 4 S Robinson (HBT) 2:25:25

W55: J Sanders (C’thy) 2:34:43

TEAM: HBT 303

WINCLE TROUT, Macclesfield, June 14

Overall (5.5M/900ft): 1 J Bannister (Sale) 44:42; 2 S Harding (Sale, M40) 45:47; 3 B Hicks (Macc) 47:22; 4 A Beavers (Macc, M40) 47:55; 5 J Burgess (Staffs M, M40) 48:34; 6 D Lawler (Staffs M) 48:51

M50: T Greenald (Alt) 52:48

M60: Duncan Cowie 61:34

M70: M Moorhouse (Mat) 62:29

TEAM: 1 Macc 20; 2 Staffs M 47; 3 Boll 56

Women: 1 Amelia Pagett 51:17;2 H Wall (Staffs M, W40) 52:55; 3 Kate Davies (W40) 55:01; 4 A Loftus (Chorlton) 57:17

W50: S Fourie (R Free) 57:41

W60: C Tregaskis (Ross) 65:10

W70: A-M Jones (Macc) 69:31

TEAM: 1 Macc 397; 2 Staffs M 603; 3 Sinf 1001

SWALEDALE FELL MARATHON, Swaledale, June 14

Overall (23M/3586ft, h:m only): 1 R Saether (E Hull) 3:01; 2 G Baker (Amble) 3:02; 3 C Alborough (Dur F) 3:12; 4 R Gaughan (Pick) 3:16; 5 Julian Simpson (M50) 3:22; 6 B Hamilton (Swale) 3:23

M60: A Henderson (Dur F) 4:03

Women: 1 E Thompson (Elvet, W40) 3:55; 2 J Young (Swale, W40) 3:58; 3 E Harrison (T&S, W40) 4:06; 4 F Billinghurst (Neth’ll) 4:07

W60: V Clarke (Darl) 4:41

MEELS, Trassey, June 12

Overall (3.5M/1800ft): 1 A Crutchley (Newc) 36:48; 2 J Millar (Mourne) 36:59; 3 D Hicks (Newc, M45) 37:50; 4 E McMullan (Newc) 37:57; 5 Michael Patterson 38:35; 6 Paul Rooney (M40) 38:59

M50: W Fleck (B’mena) 42:22

M65: D McGreevy (Newc) 46:26

M70: Peter McGuckin 57:54

M80: J Adgey (N Down) 69:06

Women: 1 E Dickson (Newry) 44:49; 2 D Wilson Drom, W55) 46:20; 3 S Mcintyre (Runwell, W40) 47:15; 4 S Hanna (Mourne) 48:10

W60: A McNeill (Drom) 60:10

U20: Holy Fisher 49:05