NHRR Report

The North Herts Road Runners cemented their 2nd place in the Mid-week League in the penultimate race of the series at Welwyn Garden City on Wednesday 11th June. 59 runners for the club turned out to tackle the 5-mile course on a warm evening. The NHRR ladies remain in first place overall despite finishing second in to the Fairland Valley Spartans in Welwyn. Paula Adams finished second in the ladies' race in a time of 32.08 with Natasha Pitman in third place in 32.13. Suzy Trott was next to complete the two-lap course, coming in 10th place in 36.05. Jo Harbon (17th, 36.32), Emma Bradley (19th, 36.53) and Jo Summers (22nd, 37.30) were the next NHRR ladies over the line.

Other results: Lucy Sparkes 37:32 23rd, Anna Priestley 39:24 29th, Vicky Brannan 40:20 35th, Linda Aird 40:33 38th, Rachel Annetts 40:47 41st, Anne Callis 41:22 44th, Karen Dodsworth 41:38 45th Lindsay Cook 42:41 49th, Vanessa Rolfe 43:46 55th, Lorraine Hewitt 45:48 60th, Christine Sharp 46:04 63rd, Karen Otway 52:14 70th, Paula Eddy 57:01 71st.

The NHRR men finished third in Welwyn. Steve McKeown came home in 8th in a time of 27.16. Gary Cook was the next to complete the course in 19th place and a time of 28.49. James Atkins was 20th in 28.51 with Keiron McGill the next to cross the line in 29th place and 30.01. Tim Street returned from University in Southampton and put in an excellent performance for the Squirrels. His time of 30.38 secured him 34th place and valuable points for the team. Peter Scrowther and Mark Young put in impressive performances in the V40 category, finishing in 37th and 40th place respectively. Peter Scrowther completed the race in 31.15 and Oliver Saville made a promising return from injury finishing in 31.25 with his trademark strong sprint finish. Richard Thackery (31.35) and Stewart Bryant (31.45) were next home.

Other results: John Russell 32:04 59th, Adrian Sherwood 32:06 61st, Richard Harbon 32:11 62st , John Franklin 32:36 69th, Peter Turner 32:50 70th, Johnny Spinks 33:02 74th, Mike Moralee 33:04 75th, Martyn Annetts 33:10 76th, James Walsh 33:16 78th, Stewart Smither 33:27 83rd MV60, Alan Jones 33:32 85th MelloMike 00:33:37 86th, Chris Priestley 33:58 94th, Mike Bryant 34:03 96th Kevin Kirk 34:12 97th, Derek Myall 35:32 120th, Tom Young 35:40 121rd, Simon Tucker 35:59 127th, Duncan Hooker 36:08 128rd, Finlay Simpson 37:21 137th, Roger Bamberough 38:24 144th Donald Powell 38:37 147th, Paul Bowal 39:15 148th, Matthew Rix 39:31 150th, David Ross 40:17 153rd, Colin Hewitt 40:21 154th, Kodi Nagananda 42:36 159th, Bill Crone 42:52 160th, Geoff Pettengell:49:18 169th.

Peter Scrowther made the journey to Howe Street in Essex last Friday evening in search of a 5-mile race to challenge his personal best time. Peter had already beaten his best at the mid-week league in Welwyn the night before but frustratingly the Garden City course is slightly short of 5-miles long. In the end, Peter set a new M45 club record in the Howe Street "Friday 5" finishing in a new, officially recognised, PB of 30:47.

Michael Mello travelled to Cambridgeshire for the multi-terrain Abbey 10k on Sunday. Despite the rough surface he completed the course in 77th place in 43.13.

Keiron McGill took part in the Barts and the London Charity 10k, a three lap race around Hackney's Victoria Park. Although he started the race strongly Keiron missed out on a new PB on this occasion but still recorded a fast time of 38.54.