Race Reports                July 2005 – June 2006

 

Sunday 24^th June, Humber Bridge Half Marathon.

The weather was warm and sunny for an undulating course and a very well organised race with plenty of (much needed) water stations.  Three Bourne Town Harriers took part: Vaughan Roberts 32^nd in 1.26.29, Shaun Towell 559^th in 1.57.55 and Malcolm Scriven 972^nd in 2.23.11.  There were 1083 finishers in total.  We all thought it was a demanding course but enjoyed running over the bridge (and back again!).

 

Sunday 4^th June, Woodhall Spa 10K

Whilst a few of us opted for a social run in Bourne woods, 5 race hardened veterans journeyed north to Woodhall Spa for the 10K. Mark Botteley put in an exceptional performance to finish 10^th in a time of 35:55 in huge field of over 700 runners, Roland, Fiona, Penny and Malcolm all had good runs as well.

 

Sunday 21^st May, Deepings 10K.

Another fast flat course and some more excellent performances.  Mark Botteley was 3^rd in 35:53, Ben Winter was 24^th in 41:15 and Des Adey was 49th in 44:52.

 

Friday 19^th May, Dyke Fun Run.

On a cool evening the club dominated this event which we do like to support.  Six out the first 8 runners were from Bourne including the first 4.  A late entry, Tom opted to run in civvies (ie he didn’t bring any kit but he happened to be wearing shorts and trainers).  In a tight finish (so I am told, I was miles behind) Adam Hilless held off Tom to win the final sprint in.  They were closely followed by the 2 Matts, Green and Grace, Nick Osbourn was 7^th and Richard (I’ve just run a marathon) Smithers was 8^th.  There was a good turnout from juniors as always, for full results there is a link on the results page.

 

Sunday 14^th May, Eye 10K.

Some really good performances on a fast flat course in a big field of 405 runners.  Vaughan Roberts was 17^th in 37:02, Dave Hart was 33rd in 38:09 and Des Adey 146^th in 45:01.

 

Saturday & Sunday 13^th-14^th May, Lincs County Championships.

Quite a few club members entered the championships and there were some good efforts in a variety of events including:-  Hannah Ledger in U15 100 & 200, Jon Bean in the U20 400 and 800, Ian Organ in the U15 800, Stephen Organ in U20 800, Tom Honniball in the 800, Adam Hilless in the U20 1500, James Christen in the U15 3000, Richard Lomas-Brown in the 5000, James and Roland Stevens in the Pole Vault and James again in the U17 Javelin.

 

Sunday 7^th May, 25th Shakespeare Marathon, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Disappointed two years in succession at not running in the FLM, Richard Smithers' sights were set on 3:15:00 to secure a place for next year as 'good for age'. On a testing two-lap undulating course, Richard ran an even pace but, as distance took its toll, needed to finish the last 1.2 miles at sub-7 minute mile pace.  He managed it with just 11 seconds to spare, finishing in 3:14:49 and beating his previous best by over 12 minutes.

 

Sunday 30^th April, Langtoft 10K/Bourne Rotary 5.

On a great day for running it was shame that these 2 favourite events clashed.  A number of juniors did the Langtoft fun run whilst Mark Botteley was 3^rd in the 10K closely followed by Vaughan Roberts in 5^th, and Dave Hart 16^th.  A total of 16 seniors did this event.

Meanwhile in Bourne woods several club members opted to run the Rotary 5, with no official results to hand, but some good pictures in the local papers, Richard Lomas-Brown, Adam Hilless, Matt Green, Jon Bean and Ben Winter ran this event, (apologies to anyone I have missed).

 

Sunday 23^rd April, London Marathon.

Whilst most of us just watched the marathon Richard Lomas Brown finished in 3:03:43 and raised a lot of money for charity, as did Gosia Wilkie who finished in 4:06:17.  Shawn Towell completed the race in 4:24:30, and Carol Knight (our Jersey based runner) finished in 3:06:15 and was 129^th in the ladies event.

Grantham Track & Field.

On the same day there was a Lincs Track & Field event at Grantham, there were some good junior performances and the Stevens father and son duo clean sweeped the pole vault again, there were also some good performances from Beth, Abi and James Christen, Masie Walton, Hannah Ledger and Adam Swallow.

Ranby 10 Miler.

Richard Smithers ran in the Ranby 10 mile race on 23 April, in his build up to the Shakespeare marathon on 7 May where he is hoping to beat 3 hours 15 mins (the qualifying time for London).  Richard checked predictor sites as to what time he needed to do for his preparations to be on schedule; 67:30 was the consensus.  On an undulating course including a mile or so off road, Richard was delighted to finish 35th out of 218 runners in 67:38, a PB by more than 3 mins, albeit he hasn't run a 10 mile race since the Nene Valley 10 in 2004.

 

Sunday 9^th April, Grantham Track & Field.

Quite few juniors and seniors attended this event, and there some excellent results and performances, Dave Grace as usual entered several events and won the shot.  Stevens senior won the men’s pole vault while Stevens junior won the U17 pole vault and javelin.  James Christen won the U15 javelin.  Hannah Ledger won the U15 100 and 200.  Adam Hilless and Matt Grace ran well in the 3000, and there were good performances from Beth and Abi Christen, Masie Walton, Elena Stevens, Dan and Ian Organ.

 

Sunday 19^th March, Silverstone Half Marathon.

Conditions, cold and dry.

Four runners revved up for this one, Tim Wigley ran well to finish in 1.22.11, Richard Smithers recorded another PB and was under the 90 minutes in 1.29.43, Shaun Towell ran an excellent 1.42.53 closely followed by newcomer Paul Beland in 1.43.58.

Meanwhile Des Adey was competing in the Thorney 10K recording a very respectable 45.07 finishing in 54^th.

 

Sunday 12^th March, Grantham Half Marathon.

Condition, cold and dry.

Malcolm Scriven was our sole representative at this event, and it was his first half marathon to boot.  Malcolm recorded an excellent time and obviously set a PB.

 

Sunday 5^th March, Huntingdon Frostbite.

Conditions, cold but dry.

The final frostbite arrived, and we had an excellent turnout once more with over 20 runners competing for the seniors, we finished a very close 6^th on the day, and retained our overall 4^th place for our best final position.  The improving juniors finished 5^th on the day and 6^th overall.

 

Saturday 25^th February, National Cross Country Championships, Parliament Hill Fields

Adam Hilless lead home an U17 mens teams which finished an excellent 31^st overall, completing the team were Matt Grace, Matt Green and Jon Bean.  Dave Grace put in a sterling effort in the senior event.

 

Sunday 12^th February, St Valentines 30K Stamford.

Just 2 Bourne runners braved this tough event, Phil Organ finishing in 191^st in 2hr 21mins, and Paul Beland in 2hrs 56mins.

 

Sunday 5^th February, Bourne Woods Frostbite

Conditions, cold but dry.

In some of the best conditions ever for a Bourne Frostbite a record turnout saw 359 runners in the senior event and 75 juniors.  The still young juniors did well on home soil fielding 16 runners and finishing 4^th on the day.  The seniors went 1 better finishing an impressive 3^rd and fielding 32 runners, including no less than 8 ladies.  The event went really well, thanks to everyone who helped.

 

Sunday 22^nd January, Folksworth 15.

A trio of Bourne runners tackled the tough Folksworth 15 miler.  Vaughan Roberts finished in 33^rd place in a time of 97 mins 32 secs, Richard Lomas-Brown was close behind in 37^th in a time of 98 mins 18 secs, Shaun Towell ran well to complete the run in 137 mins.

 

Sunday 15^th January, Lincs XC Championships, Louth

A total of 8 runners went to the County Championships held at Louth this year.  The under 17 men’s team produced the best result of the day coming second, well done Adam, the 2 Matts and Jon.  James Christian ran well and came 18^th in the u13 boys whilst in the seniors there were good performances from Richard Lomas-Brown, Tom Honniball and Dave Grace.

 

Sunday 8^th January, Ramsey Frostbite.

Conditions, cold and soft underfoot.

Another good turnout saw 27 seniors and 10 juniors competing.  We had 7 runners in the top 30 and with Kim and Gosia delivering the goods we finished a fantastic 3^rd on the day.  We are currently lying 4^th overall and we are on home ground next.

 

Monday 2^nd January, Bourne Woods, Christmas Handicap.

Conditions, good for the time of year.

There was big turn out the senior event with 27 runners, which was won by Jon Bean, Marcus Swallow won the junior event.  Everybody had a good time at the event, then it was all round to Roland and Penny’s for mulled wine and minced pies, again everyone had a good time, thanks to Roland and Penny for the hospitality.

 

Sunday 18^th December, Swavesey Frostbite.

Conditions, freezing but bright.

This was the 100^th Frostbite and fittingly it lived up to its name, a temperature of minus 2 saw a reduced field, but good turnout by Bourne with 21 seniors putting in a very creditable performance, finishing 6^th on the day and lying in 4^th overall.  I might have imagined it but I sure there was gasp or two when that position was announced, and it wasn’t from Bourne runners present.  For the juniors Georgina Woods and Dan Organ ran well.

 

Sunday 4^th December, Nene Valley 10 miles.

Several of the seniors turned out for this competitive local 10 miler, despite attending the annual Christmas bash the night before.  Richard LB was 14^th and only 26 seconds away from finishing under the hour, Vaughan Roberts was close behind, with Des Adey, Shaun Towell, and Elizabeth Dixon all running well.

 

Sunday 27^th November, Cranwell Cross Country.

A good turn out for this event saw some good performances from the juniors and seniors.  Marcus Swallow, Georgia Woods, Abi and Beth Christen ran well in the under 11 event, while Adam Swallow and James Christen did well in the 13s.  Matt Grace was 7^th in the under 17s and Rachel Williams was 14^th in her event.  Fielding 2 teams in the senior men’s event the “A” team was lead home by Richard Lomas-Brown with Tom Honniball and Mark Botteley, and in the “B” Phil Organ, Dave Smith and Roland Stevens.  The “A” finished 3^rd overall.

 

Sunday 20^th November, St Neots Half Marathon.

Vaughan Roberts put in an impressive performance finishing 17^th in 81 minutes while Richard Smithers and Shaun Towel both put good performances.

 

Saturday 19^th November, Wolverton 5 Miles.

Conditions, cold and wet.

Farther and son team, Tim and Craig Wigley took on this event staged by Milton Keynes AC, Tim finished 44^th in 29:48 whilst the improving Craig was an impressive 150 out of 450 in 33:48.

 

Sunday 13^th November, Bushfields Frostbite.

Conditions, cool.

It was record turnout for a Frostbite with 395 runners taking part, and an amazing 27 runners from Bourne.  The very young junior team again competed well against much older opposition and finished 7^th.  The seniors did exceptionally well with 7 in the top 50 and good performances all round, the seniors finished 5^th this time and are 4^th overall after 2 races.

 

Saturday 12^th November, Mansfield, National XC Relay Champs.

Conditions, cool.

An under 17 mens team of Adam Hilless, Mat Green, and Mat Grace came a very creditable 58^th in this National competition against some of the best clubs in the country.

 

Monday 31^st October, Dublin Marathon.

Conditions, wet.

Two members of the club travelled to Dublin to take part in the marathon there in large field of nearly 8000 runners.  Carol Knight who has retained her membership despite moving to Jersey ran an excellent 3:14:53 to finish 550^th and second LV45, Richard Smithers was really pleased to slash 11 minutes his PB beating his target of 3:30 to finish 976^th in 3:27:50.  Thanks to Chaz for the picture of Richard which is now on the site.

 

Sunday 30^th October, Skegness Cross Country.

Conditions, windy.

For various reasons only Richard Lomas-Brown ran this event but finished an excellent 11^th in very windy (and sandy) conditions.

Meanwhile in the Fenland 10 at Wisbech Des Adey, Shaun Towell and Stuart Bremner all battled the elements to put in some good performances over 10 miles.

 

Sunday 16^th October, St Neots Frostbite.

Conditions, mild.

The first Frostbite of the season was down at St Neots, a very young junior side did well to finish 5^th overall against some very strong opposition on a short fast course.  Meanwhile the seniors managed to field a magnificent total of 21 runners, including 2 ladies, so even though some of our top runners were injured or below par we came a fantastic 4^th overall.  The full results are on the Frostbite Website, well done everybody especially Kim and Lisa.

 

Sunday 9^th October, Louth Cross Country.

Conditions, warm.

After the venue was switched at the last minute a small number of seniors and juniors went to Louth for the first Cross Country of the season, there were some good performances and the in the senior event Richard Lomas-Brown was 8^th, Stephen Organ was 22^nd, beating his dad Phil who was 26^th, and Dave Grace was 43^rd.

On the same day Des Adey and Shaun Towel both ran well in Ropsley 10 finishing 39^th and 64^th respectively.

And at Corby Glen in the 11K (odd distance) Vaughan Roberts was an excellent 4^th and Richard Pearson trundled in in 15^th place.

 

Sunday 25^th September, Grimsthorpe Cancer Research 10K.

Conditions, warm.

The club returned to Grimsthorpe on this Sunday, but unusually for us, mainly as marshals helping out at an event organised by Cancer Research, slightly different to our Grimsthorpe course it was interesting and enjoyable to marshal and watch.  The event went well, and well done to Rachel Williams who was the first lady runner home.

 

Sunday September 11^th, Nottingham Marathon.

Conditions, cool and light breeze.

Running in the half marathon Vaughan Roberts recorded and excellent official time of 1:25:35 finishing 125^th out of 7090 runners, a brilliant effort.  Meanwhile running only his second marathon, and first for 17 years Richard Pearson finished in an official time of 3:52:23 and 524^th out of 1207 runners.  Richard would like to thank everyone that supported him with sponsorship to help Children with Diabetes.

Also running that day, but at the Grunty Fen half marathon was Richard Smithers record an impressive 1:32:07 to finish 111^th out of 549.

 

Bank Holiday Monday, 29^th August, Grimsthorpe Castle.

Conditions, hot and windy.

Our big event of the year, and everything went very well thanks to Dave Smith’s organisation, thank to everyone that helped out on the day made the event possible and as successful as it was.  Numbers were slightly down on last year but there were 296 finishers in the 10K and 141 in the fun run.  Richard Lomas-Brown was first home for the club in16th, followed in close succession by Vaughan Roberts 18^th, Dave Hart 20^th and Adam Hilless 22^nd.  A total of 20 club runners completed the 10K, Adam Hilless was presented with Darren Hart Memorial Trophy as the first under 20 club runner home.

 

Sunday 21st August, Track & Field, Boston.

Conditions, Very Warm.

In complete contrast to the previous Track & Field the weather was blistering hot for the final event at Boston, numbers were down probably due to holidays, but a good day was had by those that went.

 

Wednesday 17^th August Peterborough 5K Grand Prix Werrington.

Conditions, Warm.

Just a few runners made it to the final race of the series, with Matthew Green leading us home in 41^st, followed by Jon Bean 74, Nick Osborn 78, Richard Pearson 96 and Shaun Towell 117.  All the above and Des Adey did 3 or more races and therefore qualified for an overall position and a tee shirt.  In the overall standing, in the U17, Matt was 7^th, Jon 8^th, and Nick 9^th, Des was 8^th and Shaun 10^th in the M40, while Richard was 8^th in the MV50.

 

Sunday 14^th August, Tommy Clay 10Mile, Holbeach.

Vaughan Roberts was the clubs only entrant in the Tommy Clay 10 mile, but he ran very well to finish in 9^th in a time of 63.06

 

Wednesday 3^rd August, Peterborough 5K Grand Prix, Stamford.

Conditions, Warm.

A total of 9 runners tackled the hilly 2 lap course at Stamford, Tom Honniball leading the contingent home in 14^th followed by Matthew Grace in 30^th and Matthew Green in 36^th. Jon Bean, Richard Pearson, Dave Grace, Des Adey, Nick Osborne and Shaun Towell all put in some good personal times.

 

Sunday 24^th July, Track & Field, Boston.

Condition Wet and Windy.

Several seniors/veterans and quite a few juniors braved elements on a soggy day to compete on the newly opened track at Boston.  Some good performances were marred by the conditions which were more suited to a winters cross country than track and field sports.

 

Wednesday 20^th July, Peterborough 5K Grand Prix, Ferry Meadows.

Conditions, Warm.

Dave Hart to the fore again, followed by Matt Green, Richard P, Des Adey, Jon Bean, and Shaun Towell.

Also on the 20^th was the junior long championship, 14 youngsters took part in the event, handicapped around each age group's athletics weekly standard so that any of the clubs members could potentially win the competition.

And after three jumps each, it was Abby Christen who emerged as the overall winner. The under 11yr old girl jumped a massive 3m50 on her final attempt to successfully achieve 100% of the standard for her age group, the first time in the four year history of this club competition that this has been achieved here. Her closest rival was another under 11yr girl, Sophie Marsden achieving 91% with 3m19, while 2003 champion Robert Keeffe (u15b) was third with the longest jump of 4m89 on the day at 89% of his age group standard.  Other competitors best jumps were as follows-

Bethany Christen u11g = 2m77, Marcus Swallow u11b = 2m81, Hannah Ledger u13g = 3m56 (5th overall), Maisie Walton u13g = 3m41, James Christen u13b = 3m67, Ian Organ u13b = 3m58, Ben Christie u13b = 3m35, Adam Swallow u13b = 2m85, Peter Ledger u13b = 2m35, Amy Ledger u15g = 4m02 (4th overall), James Stevens u15b = 4m14.

 

Wednesday 6^th July, Whissendine 6M.

Condition, Cool and wet.

Several seniors braved the conditions to run in one of the clubs favourite events.  Dave Hart lead us home with another good run, followed by Vaughan, Richard LB, Danny, Richard S, Richard P, Dave G and Malcolm Scriven.

 

Sunday 3^rd July 2005, Thurlby 10K, The Club Championships.

Condition, Hot.

There was an excellent turnout for the club 10K championships at Thurlby, with senior runners making up 20% of the entry.  Tom Honniball was senior champion coming second overall, and winning the team prize with Dave Hart, 3rd, and Vaughan Roberts 5th (thanks for the BBQ Vaughan), Vaughan was also 1st vet, also finishing in the top ten were Richard Lomas-Brown and Adam Hilless.  The senior handicap champ was Fiona Hart.  Ben Helstrip ran exceptionally well win the junior championship finishing 4th overall and Peter Ledger won the junior handicap event.  See Results Page for a link to the full results.