Dale Worton handed over the annual Christmas Handicap trophy he won last year to
former Club Treasurer Mark Whitehouse. Mark made a surprise and welcome return, and showed us
that he had been doing some secret training to win this year's race from the in form Sam Bucknell.
Helen Singleton was the fastest lady as she finished 5th overall.
Nathan Elliot again recorded the fastest time of the 27 runners who raced over the 4.5 mile
course, running exactly the same time of 23 mins 36 secs that he ran last year !
As last year, it was a good night for the younger runners, who all performed well
and made good progress from last year, which reflects well on coach Jack Howey. The handicapping
worked out quite well, with nearly all runners finishing on the track together, apart from
runaway winner Mark and half a dozen stragglers.
H/Cap |
Name |
Category |
HandiCap |
Actual |
Actual |
1 |
Mark Whitehouse |
M40 |
35-48 |
30-18 |
15 |
2 |
Sam Bucknell |
M17 |
37-10 |
24-40 |
2 |
3 |
Dale Worton |
M17 |
37-41 |
24-56 |
3 |
4 |
Ben Homer |
M17 |
37-53 |
25-23 |
4 |
5 |
Helen Singleton |
L |
37-55 |
25-55 |
5 |
6 |
Tony White |
M40 |
38-02 |
28-02 |
10 |
7 |
Chris Ward |
M |
38-16 |
28-46 |
13 |
8 |
Richard West |
M50 |
38-19 |
28-19 |
12 |
9 |
Nathan Elliot |
M20 |
38-21 |
23-36 |
1 |
10 |
Jonathan Prideaux |
M40 |
38-30 |
26-30 |
6 |
11 |
Dave Dawson |
M |
38-32 |
31-17 |
17 |
12 |
Tony Audsley |
M55 |
38-36 |
31-06 |
16 |
13 |
Mark Box |
M40 |
38-37 |
36-37 |
23 |
14 |
Peter Young |
M50 |
38-45 |
30-00 |
14 |
15 |
Tom Coney |
M17 |
38-52 |
26-52 |
7 |
16 |
Matthew Dodsworth |
M |
38-54 |
28-09 |
11 |
17 |
Dave Brailsford |
M50 |
38-58 |
27-43 |
9 |
18 |
Janni Hansen |
L |
38-59 |
38-59 |
25 |
19 |
Dianne Simmons |
L40 |
39-02 |
39-02 |
26 |
20 |
Pat Wood |
L50 |
39-05 |
37-05 |
24 |
21 |
Steve Tibbs |
M40 |
39-33 |
27-33 |
8 |
22 |
Sam Sprotson |
M40 |
39-44 |
34-14 |
21 |
23 |
Daniel Benjamin |
M |
39-54 |
32-54 |
19 |
24 |
Kris Dale |
M |
41-21 |
32-36 |
18 |
25 |
Paul Clements |
M50 |
41-41 |
32-56 |
20 |
26 |
Steve Wilkinson |
M50 |
43-54 |
34-39 |
22 |