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Adrian working down Rolle Street and looking good. 

Roger getting the better of Jimmy Z... first pass down Rolle Street. 

Steve T looking relaxed... 

Paul... like the shades (doesn't the sweat get in your eyes Paul?) 

Ray on the run in... 

Nigel and Jim down Rolle Street for the first time. 

Jim powers in... 

Les at the finish... 

The old men celebrate... Roger 1st Vet/60, Jim 2nd Vet/60 and Ray 1st Vet/65. Les had a bit of a difficult day, but held on gamely to the end.
 

Plymouth Half Marathon 2006

Hugh Marsden 31st 01:19:53:30 1st MVO45
Shaun Lock 49th 01:22:25 34th Senior Man
Dawn Teed 490th 01:40:05 15th FVO40
Chris Isaac 609th 01:42:24 104th MVO40
 

Three of the Best ?

 

 

 

BMAF Road Relays 2006

(Sutton Park in Autumn)

A gathering of the Veteran clans at Sutton Park this year... but no Ray Elston. Les proved a willing reserve and certainly did not let the side down.

As usual Roger ran the first leg, tracking the whole way Dave Trickett from Hallamshire Harriers, who ran the fastest V60 leg of the day. No matter what he tried Roger could not bridge the gap that grew particularly down the long hill. Handing over therefore in 2nd place to John.

John has been suffering recently from an injury, but gamely pushed on only dropping 4 places to (it must be said) much 'younger' men. Do hope you have not exacerbated the injury John?

So Les, up against much faster men found the course and competition very stiff. Observing from the 'bleachers' he held his form together really well, and only lost 7 places over the 3 miles of hill and dale, to bring the team home in 12th place overall (out of an entry of 23 teams). A very creditable effort in the circumstances.

Times? Roger 17:34... John 19:56... Les 23:48 (1:01:19) The winning time from Clydesdale Harriers who retained their trophy was 54:27, winning by only 2 seconds from Bingley Harriers with Aldershot and Farnham AC 3rd in 55:22.

Individual Medals were awarded to:

GOLD - Dave Trickett (Hallamshire Harriers) 17:17
SILVER - Bobby Young (Clydesdale Harriers) 17:32
BRONZE - Roger Rowe (Exmouth Harriers) 17:34

4th was Mike Smith (Bingley Harriers) 17:38
Only 6 Athletes in all broke the 18 minute barrier for the 3 miles.

It was nice to see Mandy Marvin, who travelling the few miles from Leamington Spa to lend her support... and some pretty yummy biscuits. Thanks Mandy...

(RR)

Great West Run - 30 April 2006

Shaun at the gallop with first lady Heather Foundling-Hawker

2563 Dave Stone Male 9 01:18:01 9th 01:18:01
808 Shaun Lock Male 21 01:23:00 21st 01:22:58
22 Roger Rowe Male 30 01:24:12 31st 01:24:12 1st Vet/60
30 Adrian Kearns Male 32 01:24:29 34th 01:24:25
26 Richard Selby Male 38 01:24:52 39th 01:24:52 1st Vet/55
855 Paul Samways Male 49 01:25:50 50th 01:25:48
1339 Bob Keast Male 115 01:31:40 114th 01:31:21
2060 Andrew Kennedy Male 146 01:33:16 155th 01:33:16
666 Tim Gent Male 266 01:38:26 273rd 01:38:07
306 Nigel Dupain Male 518 01:45:15 542nd 01:44:48
730 Christopher Dupain Male 519 01:45:15 540th 01:44:47
424 Hannah Jones Female 696 01:49:39 713rd 01:49:08
425 Hannah Dupain Female 697 01:49:39 714th 01:49:08
289 Lydia Caryer Female 773 01:51:41 795th 01:51:10
494 Les Turner Male 827 01:53:15 820th 01:51:56
2487 Diane Routley Female 1076 01:58:54 1055th 01:56:38 1st LVet/60
1364 Ian Wright Male 1483 02:09:28 1485th 02:07:40
2059 Denise Kennedy Female 1728 02:18:08 1698th 02:15:02

 

Tresco Marathon - 23rd April

Andy Johnson was 6th overall in 3:25:08. The course on the Isles of Scilly consists of 8 laps of (mostly concrete) road/paths with hills on every lap.

 

London Marathon 2006

149 DAVID STONE 2:37:21
1731 STEPHEN TANCOCK 3:06:55
2558 HANNAH DUPAIN 3:14:24
5742 DAWN TEED 3:35:42
10614 MARIA LOCK 3:56:32
13476 TREVOR COPE 4:07:54
21145 NICOLA CROOK 4:38:24

Dave S beat Malcolm Bayer (Sidmouth) by 13 minutes! Show 'em Dave...
 

Easter Monday - Bampton to Tiverton

Ray with the Vet/65 cup, Roger with the Vet/60 cup and Jim with a coffee cup !

The Vet/60s at the 60th running of the Bampton to Tiverton Road Race (about 7.15 miles). Great race... a reminder of why it has been so popular over the years... grief when it was first run I was 1 month old! Jim finished in 55:41, Ray in 50:40 and 1st Vet/65, and Roger in 43:42 for 1st Vet/60. Nice to be supported (all the way from Leamington Spa) by Mandy. Mary R took the photo.

Roger R.
 

The Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon

Sunday 2nd of April 2006 saw the holding of the 23rd Taunton marathon. Martin Pearse of Taunton AC was first man home in the marathon in 2:41:38 finishing five minutes ahead of another Taunton local Chris Wear. The half event was a much closer affair with just over 30 seconds separating the first four home, with the eventual winner being Pete Waumsley of Tamar Trotters finishing in 1:11:28.

Exmouth Harriers Adrian Kearns completed the marathon in 3:07:41, and Trevor Cope finished the Half in 1:51:22.

Adrian K.

Teignbridge 10 - 26th March 2006

Well it wasn't cold, but the rain started (again) a minute or two after the start. By the time we all finished we were saturated. Even the cold showers in the changing rooms felt warm!

Results:

Dawn Teed - 78:04 - Devon Bronze LV40
Lee Russell - 77:12
John Perratt - 69:44 - 1st Vet/65 (Devon Gold)
Roger Rowe - 64:12 - 1st Vet/60 (Devon Gold and RRC Championship Gold)
Andy Kennedy - 63:51
Steve Tancock - 63:27 - 3rd Vet/50 (Hey, he must have got the bronze too)

Great to put-a-face-to-a-name at last with Steve T. I had a ding-dong with him for around 5 miles, but he got away after that. Andy K came back after suffering following a 'too fast' start to finish very fast indeed.

Great runs by all.

Roger R.