Northbrook Results

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February

Wokingham Half-Marathon – 23 February HM

353 Amanda Deavy 01:25:32
697 Damian Pharoah 01:34:22

Amanda and I headed off down to Wokingham for the 3rd successive year in search of fast times on a relatively flat course in a stacked event.

A brilliantly organised event and a nice leafy course around the lanes of Wokingham.

Amanda clocked her fastest half time for nearly 10 years so a brilliant result for her.

London Winter 10k – 23 February 10k

  Andy Scruton 01:55:22

National Cross-Country Championships, Parliament Hill – 22 February XC

Women’s race
81st team 3110 points

755 Caroline Hughes 00:57:41
766 Joanne Evans 00:59:09
788 Julie Liggett 01:01:59
801 Ruth Hallett 01:04:17

Men’s race
6 man team
105th 7927 points

9 man team
59th 13194 points

581 Matthew Hatthrell 00:59:04
954 Damien Dear 01:05:04
1348 Tommy Dempsey 01:13:35
1587 Rob Richardson 01:21:53
1720 David Tittle 01:31:40
1737 Rob Halford 01:33:59
1741 Adrian lowe 01:34:27
1761 Tim Hughes 01:39:57
1765 Spencer Davies 01:43:38

The day of the Nationals came round and we were counting the drop-outs to ensure we had full teams. 4 women and 9 men meant everyone had to finish for the teams to count and for everyone’s runs to count.

With 3 supporters who were tasked with being the voices we needed we arrived. As we got off the tube we could see mud clad cross-country people heading back having ran; this was a mile away so we knew what was coming. As we arrived the normally green Parliament Hill was a sea of mud. This was going to get everywhere. Of our 13 runners, 2 of our women had never experienced anything like this before and 1 had a bad knee. For our men, 1 was struggling with his back, 1 had only 1 leg and 1 had a bad hip. This was going to be a pain killers fuelled run for all of us.

The women were first up and we men watched from half-way up the start hill as the women stampeded through us. Their faces told us everything we needed to know. They were already mud-splattered down the front and caked down the back. Getting down and dirty in the mud was definitly going to be the order of the day. As the women raced for the glory of the club and the glory of the team the men prepared.

We laced them up, the numbers were strapped on, the spikes were set to 15 mm. Painkillers taken we headed towards the start amongst 1800 other men. The newly introduced King and Queen of the Hill competitions certainly entertained as the leaders in both races sprinted the full 400 mtrs. We mere mortals got up where we could. The mud was thick and sticky, from shin to knee deep and at times running like slurry. The hills were unforgiving and recognizable vests soon became a colour of mud.

With 9 to finish to count the men had to finish. For me, the screaming uncomfortableness I was suffering before the race meant I cursed our non-show as I resigned myself to the 3rd lap. The camaraderie between us injured/ill tail runners was amazing as we supported, dragged, pulled and cursed at each other to get ourselves round – Spencer

SPENCER DAVIES

SPENCER DAVIES

Ilmington 10k, Tempo Winter Series Race 5 – 16 February 10K

6 Natasha White 00:39:11 1st female
47 Malc Copeland 00:48:18  
60 Tim Hughes 00:50:35  
79 Paul Robbins 00:52:36  
102 Simon Aldridge 00:54:56  
108 Caroline Hughes 00:55:39  
110 Cath Fenn 00:55:49  
164 Ellie Aldridge 01:01:08  
170 Joanne Evans 01:01:36  
192 Richard Hands 01:04:22  
195 Cliff Evans 01:04:45  
245 Chris Archer 01:11:07  
251 Anita Howe 01:12:00  
289 Tracey Williams 01:19:54  
290 Spencer Davies 01:20:33  
316 Rebecca Barber 01:27:05  
317 Jane Ward 01:27:05  
318 Victoria Hand 01:27:31  
319 Alexis Copeland 01:27:34  
320 Angela Hands 01:29:01  
321 Alex Darragh 01:29:03  
324 Sukhjit Dhindsa 01:31:43  

Rugeley 10 Miles – 16 February 10M

  Nicola Glaze 01:51:52

Birmingham Running Festival 10k – 16 February 10K

  Caroline Young 01:04:07

Birmingham Running Festival Half Marathon – 16 February HM

189 Mark Jennings 01:59:12
280 Claire Messenger 02:13:49
306 Carly Wood 02:19:36
319 Bethany McCluskey 02:21:58
  Tony Bowe 02:24:13

What a hilly run! We basically did the Sutton Relays 4 consecutive times – Mark

MARK JENNINGS

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Div 3 Race 4 at Coombe Park – 8 February XC

14 Matthew Hathrell 00:34:07
17 Liam Shields 00:34:31
18 Tom Hughes 00:34:40
32 Andrew Barratt 00:35:52
36 Damien Dear 00:36:10
37 Hemanta Jiral 00:36:15
44 Tom Cox 00:36:42
49 Tom MItchell 00:37:00
60 Pete Stafford 00:37:36
65 Steve King 00:37:39
79 Andrew Clay 00:38:40
88 Richard Bruce 00:39:07
101 Tony Forde 00:39:42
105 Damian Pharoah 00:39:56
138 Tommy Dempsey 00:41:49
139 Rob Richardson 00:41:42
140 Kevin Spare 00:41:55
147 Malcolm Copeland 00:42:09
149 Mert Pekal 00:42:20
158 Steve Turvey 00:42:46
170 Richard French 00:43:32
172 Rav Sangha 00:43:39
176 Tony Hughes 00:44:05
183 Greg Wallam 00:44:30
192 Tim Hughes 00:44:47
197 Paul Robbins 00:45:03
203 Robert Halford 00:45:36
208 Anthony Grace 00:45:52
216 David Mills 00:46:32
223 Mark Baker 00:47:11
228 Kevin Coughlan 00:47:41
229 Spencer Davies 00:47:42
241 Adrian Lowe 00:49:09
244 David Tittle 00:49:34
262 Dave Halford 00:54:57
266 Fraser Barrett 01:14:11

On the day:
Northbrook Men’s A Team – 3rd – 154 points
Northbrook Men’s B Team – 4th – 442 points

Series:
Northbrook Men’s A Team – 4th – 755 points
Northbrook Men’s B Team – 3rd – 2249 points

Midland Women’s Cross-Country League Div 2 Race 4 at Coombe Park – 8 February XC

2 Natasha White 00:24:35
6 Amanda Deavy 00:25:02
20 Marie Edmunds 00:27:03
32 Kathryn Adams 00:27:53
56 Jessica Barry 00:29:03
66 Clare King 00:29:24
90 Michelle Edwards 00:30:38
109 Enya Tabram 00:31:46
112 Katherine Plunkett 00:31:55
120 Cath Fenn 00:32:23
141 Dawn O’Shea 00:33:44
145 Mollie Williams 00:34:00
171 Lisa Bothwell 00:35:29
192 Joanne Evans 00:36:36
200 Julie Liggett 00:37:12
207 Carolyn Hadley 00:37:45
229 Caroline Young 00:40:18
236 Joanna Hughes 00:40:48
237 Ruth Hallett 00:40:52
238 Tracy Jefferson 00:40:54
240 Tori Boyle 00:41:12
251 Amy Peters 00:43:30
255 Kelly Parker 00:43:58
257 Judith Haley 00:44:33

A home fixture at Coombe Park for the final Midlands Women’s League cross-country race of the 2024/25 season. Men and women together and lots of supporters to cheer everyone on, as well as strategically placed marshals to provide that extra boost on some of the lonelier spots of the course.

An amazing 24 women laced up their spikes & wore their sunbursts for the canter around Coombe’s lumpy, sometimes muddy fields and ending with a long, energy sapping home straight where they were cheered & screamed home by the Northbrook crowds.

Natasha White was first Northbrooker home, second in the race overall and first in the Masters race. Amanda Deavy was second over the line, sixth in the race and third Master. Marie Edmunds and Kathryn Adams were our third and fourth finishers. It was a brilliant team performance as the Northbrook women dug deep down that final stretch, battling sprint finishes and knowing that every effort counted.

And every effort was rewarded as Northbrook women finished in SECOND position on the day, one annoying point behind Royal Sutton and Coldfield, but we took the local bragging rights over Spa, Kenilworth, Sphinx, Massey and Godiva. We were fourth in the Masters race on the day with Trentham taking the honours. Over the four races our final position was 6th out of a league of 29 and 5th Masters team, highly credible.

We had 30 brilliant women representing us across the four races and eight ever-presents, Tori Boyle, Joanne Evans, Joanna Grace, Kathryn Adams, Kelly Parker, Michelle Edwards, Tracy Jefferson and Judith Hayley plus we had the ever-present flapjacks from Rob Cox.

This is fantastic base to build on for 2025/26 and the excitement from Coombe will hopefully galvanise more Northbrook women to embrace the mud. It was my last race as women’s team captain and I could not be prouder of all the women who been part of the Cross-Country team. Handing the baton now onto Jo Evans, who will be fabulous Women’s Captain – Sally Eason

SALLY EASON

Big Bear Rhino Challenge Half-Marathon – 4 February HM

  Tracey Williams 02:53:30

Big Bear Rhino Challenge 16.5 Miles- 4 February

  Jane Ward 04:22:20

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile Race 3 – 2 February 5M

2 Matthew Hathrell 00:29:38  
12 Gemma Winch 00:35:18 PB
19 Spencer Davies 00:39:39  
23 Cath Fenn 00:41:39  
26 Karen Brewster 00:42:08  
33 Mollie Williams 00:45:28  
35 Julie Liggett 00:46:42  
46 Chris Archer 00:57:24  
47 Tracey Williams 01:00:09  

Warwick Half-Marathon – 2 February HM

9 Adrian McBride 01:11:49 3rd MV35
47 Natasha White 01:19:45 1st FV40
58 Tom Hughes 01:21:14  
63 Andrew Barratt 01:21:27  
100 Peter Stafford 01:23:58  
184 Cory Payne 01:27:56  
248 Antony Forde 01:30:14  
292 Tommy Dempsey 01:32:11  
446 Malc Copeland 01:36:44  
505 Richard Evans 01:37:29  
604 Ainsley Wileman 01:39:27  
607 Ravinder Sangha 01:40:59  
674 Natalia Greenhill 01:42:51  
917 Timothy Devenport 01:46:39  
1345 Alan Smith 01:57:31  
1474 Lee Miller 02:00:58  
2082 Stuart Clements 02:22:37  
2142 Nicola Glaze 02:24:06  

Natasha’s 1:19:45 is a new Northbrook women’s half-marathon club record.

Mayhill Massacre 8 Miles – 1 February OTH

  Matthew Hathrell 00:57:32
  Spencer Davies 01:35:17