Welshman Beat Locals at Newquay 10k
Saturday, 9th October, 2010 11:55:19 AM
Source: http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/sport/cornwall/8438417.Welshman_beat_locals_a...
The record field of five hundred and eighteen runners, just one more than last year, who lined up for last Sunday morning's Newquay 10K, sponsored by Studs Sports, can count themeslves lucky, as the overnight rain eased, the wind abated and conditions proved ideal for the race, round fourteen of the Cornwall Glass and Glazing Cornish Grand Prix Series.
Ollie Gibson (Newquay Road Runners) was the local favourite, but soon after the start, the vest of Swansea Harriers, worn by Afan Humphries, was setting the pace. By the two mile mark, Humphries led Gibson by one hundred metres, with the Cornwall Athletic Club pair Matt Pullen, still nursing an achilles injury from the summer and Tony Dunn, running alongside St Austell's Dan Alsop in the chasing group.
The talented Welsh athlete dug deep on the gently incline to the high point of the course at three miles, before stretching his lead on the fast, mostly downhill section to the five mile point, with Gibson now one hundred and fifty metres adrift. Changes were happening behind, as Alsop lost contact with the pair of Cornwall Athletic Club runners and a very fit Dunn, eased clear of a less fit Pullen, as the leaders approached the main road back to Newquay and the finish at the Sports Centre.
The top five positions remained unchanged to the line, as Humphries extended his winning margin to half a minute, with Dunn closing the gap but failing to catch Gibson. Pullen comfortably held onto fourth, with Alsop clear of the Under 20 winner, Dan Nash (East Cornwall Harriers), in fifth place.
Cornwall Athletic Club's Men's team, already crowned the 2010 Grand Prix team champions, won their eleventh team race of the year, with St Austell Running Club beating their Mid Cornwall rivals, Newquay Road Runners, to the silver medals by a narrow seven point margin.
Emma Stallard (Cornwall Athletic Club) returned to the Cornwall Grand Prix racing scene after missing the last race and once again proved unstoppable, winning her nineth Grand Prix race in 2010, this time by over one minute, ahead of one of the sprinkling of visitors at the race, Amanda Crook (Southport Waterloo Athletic Club), with the Veterans 40-44 winner, Zelah Morrall in third place. Emma finished sixteenth overall, good enough to be the top three scoring runners in the Men's A team of all clubs, except her own home club.
The Ladies team race proved to be a close run thing, with twelve points separating the top three. Mounts Bay Harriers, fresh from their win in the last race, the Treggy 7, came close to winning their third Grand Prix race of the year, falling just four points short of toppling the victorious Cornwall Athletic Club quartet. Hard on the heels of Mounts Bay were the host club, Newquay Road Runners, finishing third, just eight points behind the Penwith based Ladies.
Results - Men: 1 Afan Humphries SH 32.10, 2 Ollie Gibson NRR 32.50, 3 Tony Dunn CAC 33.15, 4 Matt Pullen CAC 33.29, 5 Dan Alsop STA 34.11, 6 Dan Nash ECH 34.57, 7 Justin Thomas CAC 35.35, 8 Tony Symons TAV 35.48, 9 Colin Snook CAC 36.00, 10 Adrian Ball CAC 36.10. Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Dan Nash, 2 Mark Budge ECH 38.32, 3 Aaron Jose CAC 39.54. Under 40: 1 Afan Humphries, 2 Ollie Gibson, 3 Matt Pullen. 40-44: 1 Adrian Ball, 2 Justin Day CAC 36.48, 3 Stephen Hands U 37.26. 45-49: 1 Tony Dunn, 2 Tony Symons, 3 Duncan Oakes STA 36.13. 50-54: 1 Chris Hodge CR 37.21, 2 Barrie Cardew CR 38.33, 3 Stephen Sincock SWRR 38.43. 55-59: 1 Neville Witham CAC 38.50, 2 Malcolm Roberts STA 39.15, 3 Roger Hewitt TAV 45.44. 60-64: 1 Doug Alsop STA 41.09, 2 Brian Wiles LRR 42.46, 3 Paul Wright NRR 43.56. 65-69: 1 John Horton NRR 44.07, 2 Stewart Townend HR 44.33, 3 Pete Sargent NRR 45.24. 70-74: 1 Norris Kington CAC 50.10, 2 Kevin O'Mahoney LRR 55.18, 3 Gordon Batchelor U 68.04. 75+: 1 Don Bristow HR 74.14. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 'A' 46 points, 2 St Austell Running Club 150 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners 157 points, 4 East Cornwall Harriers 188points, 5 Mounts Bay Harriers 216 points, 6 Cornwall AC 'B' 234 points.
Ladies: 1 Emma Stallard CAC 36.52, 2 Amanda Crook SOU 38.00, 3 Zelah Morrall U 39.10, 4 Kathryn Burgess CAC 39.17, 5 Mhairi Saville MBH 39.57, 6 Paula Telford HR 40.23, 7 Revis Crowle ECH 41.31, 8 Rachel Tresidder MBH 41.35, 9 Diane Roy ECH 41.55, 10 Jenny Almey CAC 42.02. Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Josephine Gilbert NP 42.35, 2 Tasha Diment CAC 48.29, 3 Jess Behennah ECH 50.53. Under 35: 1 Amanda Crook, 2 Kathryn Burgess, 3 Mhairi Saville. 35-39: 1 Miranda Heathcote NRR 42.07, 2 Faye Toms HR 44.39, 3 Sarah Bailey STA 46.47. 40-44: 1 Emma Stallard, 2 Zelah Morrall, 3 Nancy Hill MBH 42.25. 45-49: 1 Revis Crowle, 2 Diane Roy, 3 Lisa Wotton STA 45.39. 50-54: 1 Lesley Richardson NRR 46.08, 2 Sandy Fish DCP 48.26, 3 Lesley Wright CAC 48.42. 55-59: 1 Janet Watson FRR 48.10, 2 Amanda Erith ECH 51.00, 3 Carol Pollard ECH 51.33. 60-64: 1 Mary Mullarkey ECH 51.58, 2 Susan Mellis STA 52.17, 3 Terry Marshall FRR 56.33. 65+: 1 Timothea Cardell HR 54.04. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 49 points, 2 Mounts Bay Harriers 53 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners 61 points, 4 East Cornwall Harriers 72 points, 5 Hayle Runners 79 points, 6 St Austell Running Club 94 points.
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