Northbrook Results

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November

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Div 3 Race 2 at Cofton Park – 30 November XC

4 Adrian McBride 00:36:41
14 Matthew Hathrell 00:39:09
28 Tom Hughes 00:40:41
39 Damien Dear 00:42:06
45 Tom Cox 00:42:42
54 Steve King 00:43:31
70 Andrew Clay 00:44:55
83 Damian Pharoah 00:45:44
93 Rob Richardson 00:46:23
110 Kevin Spare 00:47:37
121 Tony Forde 00:48:54
135 Malcolm Copeland 00:49:52
140 Chris Smith 00:50:19
141 Terry Moynihan 00:50:27
147 Richard French 00:50:46
184 Greg Wallam 00:54:20
185 Mark Baker 00:54:27
188 Anthony Grace 00:54:57
193 Spencer Davies 00:55:11
214 David Tittle 00:57:14
222 Dave Halford 00:59:12
239 Fraser Barrett 01:20:50

Northbrook Men’s A Team – 3rd – 184 points
Northbrook Men’s B Team – 4th – 612 points

2nd race in the League for the season and we were at Cofton Park. With a few changes to personnel we stepped up strongly to retain our position in the League.

The going was soft and the hills were steep, mainly well drained but with some very slippery downhill sections this felt like a proper cross-country.

Adrian in his 2st League race led us home followed closely by Matt as the rest of the A team chased them in. Noted that Tom C kept us above Kenilworth on the day with a flying shoulder barge on the finishing line.

Every place counts and all 22 men out there gave their all to the cause.
Well done men, a rare League month of 2 races. We are back in January at a new location for us near Telford, and it will be an all feet on the ground requirement as we continue our push in 3rd place – Spencer

SPENCER DAVIES

Full results on Bham League web site

Midland Women’s Cross-Country League Div 2 Race 2 at Aldridge Airport – 30 November XC

41 Kathryn Adams 00:29:35
77 Natalia Greenhill 00:32:13
88 Debbie Campbell 00:32:38
97 Michelle Edwards 00:33:15
104 Cath Fenn 00:33:48
130 Collette O’Keefe 00:35:38
135 Mollie Williams 00:36:22
154 Lisa Bothwell 00:37:43
175 Ruth Hallett 00:40:18
182 Joanne Evans 00:40:47
201 Tracy Jefferson 00:43:05
207 Caroline Young 00:43:47
212 Joanna Hughes 00:44:29
220 Kelly Parker 00:46:32
221 Claudie Combelas 00:46:47
222 Tori Boyle 00:46:53
234 Judith Haley 00:52:21

We had 17 Northbrook women wearing the sunbursts and tackling an energy sapping, muddy Aldridge course. The weather was mild but conditions underfoot were not. It was a slog out there but everyone was flat out to the end. Some fantastic sprint finishes on the, uphill, home straight ensuring we snatched as many points as possible.

The team was led home by Kathryn Adams with Natalia Greenhill, Debbie Campbell and Michelle Edwards our four team scorers. It was brilliant to have cross-country league debuts by Mollie Williams, Lisa Bothwell and Caroline Young, all great additions to our fantastic team.

Next race is Worcester on 11th January 2025, we need as many Northbrook women there as possible – Sally Eason

Oulton Park Running GP 20 Miles – 24 November 20M

2 Amanda Deavy 2:22:07 1 FV45
18 Jennifer Ennis 4:05:58 3rd SF

Benidorm Half-Marathon – 23 November HM

769 Mark Baker 01:44:51  
1362 Sarah McNaney 01:55:20 2nd in age category
1402 Robert Halford 01:57:02  
2525 Claudie Combelas 02:27:27  

My second year of being out here, and having done the 10k last year I was determined to do the half even though everyone told me how soul destroying it was. They were right!

For the first 10k both distances ran together until we had to split and then it became mind over matter as the route contained a lot switchbacks and was quite boring. However, seeing friends and other local runners made it all a little more bearable and I was determined to try and get in in under 2 hours (which I did!).

For those that don’t know the race it’s all on tarmac, not too hilly and with plenty of support, but it does have tight cut-offs and the field of a good few thousand runners are mostly Brits (over 50% of the field were from the UK).

I’d definitely recommend it as one to do but maybe stay away from Neptunes or the Jolly Roger until after you have raced – Sarah

SARAH MCNANEY

ROBERT HALFORD

Benidorm 10k – 23 November 10K

240 Ralph Atkinson 00:43:08  
249 Terry Moynihan 00:43:26  
254 Tommy Dempsey 00:43:41  
282 Lee McKervey 00:44:02  
474 Niall Hamill 00:48:24  
408 Tom Miller 00:47:10  
480 Malc Copeland 00:47:28  
528 Phil Hyde 00:49:20  
535 Spencer Davies 00:49:38  
576 Peter Kirkhope 00:50:16  
613 Ravinder Sangha 0:050:14  
638 Debbie Campbell 00:50:32 3rd in age category
685 Stuart Clements 00:51:25  
926 Karen Brewster 00:54:19  
974 Tony Mackness 00:55:17  
1179 Joanne Evans 00:57:03  
1462 Julie Liggett 01:00:03  
1561 Cliff Evans 01:01:17  
1589 Martin Gavin 01:02:00  
1688 Stephen Simpson 01:03:48  
1719 Jo Arden 01:03:06  
1837 Nicola Glaze 01:04:44  
1960 Tracy Jefferson 01:01:14  
2015 Julie Cozens 01:07:49  
2445 Chris Archer 01:13:04  
2720 Jan Watson 01:20:25  
  Jane Ward 01:22:45  
2816 Sally Eason 01:25:37  
2817 Alexis Copeland 01:25:39  
2818 Tracey Cox 01:25:38  

SARAH MCNANEY

ROBERT HALFORD

Draycote Water Running Festival 10k – 23 November 10K

8 Steve King 00:38:54  
54 Mark Jennings 00:47:44 PB
184 Claire Messenger 00:59:49  
246 Bethany McCluskey 01:04:13  

MARK JENNINGS

A rough one in the tough conditions inflicted on us by storm Bert today, strong wind and rain made this particularly challenging, with the final kilometre feeling like running wearing a parachute.

Nevertheless, I did manage another 10k PB, the second this month – Mark

Draycote Water Running Festival 5k – 23 November 5K

66 Janet Gilmore 00:36:21

Coombe 8 – 17 November OTH

5 Matthew Hathrell 00:51:09
9 Tom Hughes 00:53:30
29 Martin Wakenshaw 00:57:27
68 Ian Paterson 01:05:09
100 Michelle Edwards 01:11:05
126 David Halford 01:13:42
146 Chris Liggins 01:16:16
169 Nigel Markey 01:22:37
183 Liz Pharoah 01:30:17

DAVE HALFORD

Coombe 5 – 17 November OTH

27 Darren Timbrell 00:58:38

Ilmington 10k – Tempo Winter Series, Race 2 – 17 November 10K

53 Malc Copeland 00:49:40
71 Paul Robbins 00:51:46
92 Simon Aldridge 00:53:51
97 Tim Hughes 00:54:07
109 Spencer Davies 00:55:20
118 Cath Fenn 00:55:51
126 Katherine Plunkett 00:56:50
160 Ellie Aldridge 01:00:30
183 Caroline Hughes 01:02:28
186 Cliff Evans 01:02:36
191 Joanne Evans 01:03:25
193 Richard Hands 01:03:46
235 Claudie Combelas 01:07:58
247 Anita Howe 01:08:53
289 Chris Archer 01:14:19
297 Jason Brannigan 01:15:29
320 Tracey Williams 01:20:36
337 Jane Ward 01:26:54
342 Victoria Hand 01:29:35
343 Alexis Copeland 01:29:36
346 Rebecca Barber 01:38:12

Run Alton Towers 5k – 17 November 5K

213 Mark Jennings 0:24:31
1757 Bethany McCluskey 0:46:01

MARK JENNINGS

Third year in a row taking our two daughters to Alton Towers for the annual run. Beth ran with Eva, who is 11. Eva really struggled today as 5k is a long distance for her, but she persevered and they made it to the end. Our reward was getting to go on the rollercoasters with barely any queues – Mark

Conwy Half-Marathon – 17 November HM

  Sukhjit Dhindsa 3:02:19

Derby 10 Miles – 17 November 10M

6 Adrian McBride 00:52:30 2nd MV35
36 Martin McGough 00:57:05  
77 Pete Stafford 01:00:19  
94 Liam Shields 01:01:33  
96 Natasha White 01:01:37  
133 Amanda Deavy 01:03:54  
137 Chris Goodman 01:04:16  
204 Marie Edmunds 01:07:13  
226 Tommy Dempsey 01:08:32  
324 Paul Carberry 01:12:06  
447 Rav Sangha 01:15:41  
576 Debbie Campbell 01:19:45  
584 Rob Cox 01:16:30  
623 Jill Pittard 01:21:05  
640 Peter Kirkhope 01:21:34  
819 Christie McGough-Hall 01:25:54  
896 Kyle Turner 01:24:44  
905 Anthony Grace 01:25:04  
909 Kevin Coughlan 01:28:00  
912 Kirstie Murray 01:28:05  
1061 Alan Smith 01:31:43  
1224 Emily Angliss 01:36:21  
1248 Jennifer Ennis 01:37:44  
1253 Claire Messenger 01:37:53  
1298 Mollie Williams 01:39:20  
1306 Jo Arden 01:39:47  
1496 Joanna Hughes 01:51:31  
1528 Nicola Glaze 01:53:41  

KYLE TURNER

A nice, flat scenic route through parks and along canals and roads.

Would recommend to anyone looking to push for a PB, or a long easy run on a Sunday – Kyle

 

 

 

A fantastic performance by Northbrook women at the Derby 10 miler, winning the women’s team competition and beating 2nd placed Derby Athletic Club by over two minutes as well as 31 other women’s teams.

Also having a good day at the races were Northbrook men’s team which finished in 4th place out of 31 teams.

Welll done all – Sally Eason

Times are gun times

Midland 5 Mile & 7 Mile Cross-Country Championships, Halesowen – 16 November XC

Women’s 5 mile race
Actual distance 4.1 miles

29 Joanne Evans 00:51:34
32 Claudie Combelas 00:54:16

Incomplete team

 

Men’s 7 mile race
Actual distance 6.23 miles

22 Matthew Hathrell 00:47:23
56 Malc Copeland 00:57:33
76 Adrian Lowe 01:08:16
79 Spencer Davies 01:09:22

Incomplete team

The 5 & 7 Mile Championships traditionally is not very well attended. With very poor calenderisation by the organisers the attendance was even lower this year. We fielded 2 incomplete teams due to lack of interest. Noticeably we were the only Coventry/Warwickshire club present.
We parked up at location at what felt like the top of the hill, and with the van parked almost at the start line we opted for using it as our bag drop.

The weather for the women’s race was cold but dry. The course was due to be tough, how tough we soon found out. The women with 4 stream crossings and 2 swamp traverses reported back to the men that the distances were thankfully short, but it was either a steep climb or a steep drop. It seems like Halesowen had nothing in between to offer.

For the men, it was 3 laps, and 6 stream crossings and 3 swamp traverses. This was a tough course and with incomplete teams we were struggling to progress.
The climbs cost Jake a finish as his 1st cross-country race ruined his back with the climbs; he sensibly dropped out before too much damage was done.

This was a tough race, the toughest cross-country to date in the season. A reminder that cross country requires a level of fitness above road running (and maybe a level of stubborness to finish no matter what).

Well done all – Spencer

Midland Women’s Cross-Country League Div 2 Race 1 at Pelsall North Common, Walsall – 9 November XC

4 Amanda Deavy 00:24:17
25 Kathryn Adams 00:26:26
46 Jessica Barry 00:27:30
58 Clare King 00:28:18
83 Debbie Campbell 00:29:36
107 Michelle Edwards 00:31:06
114 Cath Fenn 00:31:21
136 Leanne Neal 00:32:16
154 Collette O’Keefe 00:33:04
180 Joanne Evans 00:34:38
229 Ruth Hallett 00:37:20
245 Tracy Jefferson 00:39:11
249 Amy Peters 00:39:47
252 Joanna Hughes 00:39:58
265 Claudie Combelas 00:41:28
267 Kelly Parker 00:42:21
274 Judith Haley 00:43:51
275 Tori Boyle 00:45:12

A brilliant performance by our Northbrook women at the first league cross-country of the season, with a fifth place overall and a seventh place in the Masters.

We had 18 runners tackling two small and two large loops of Pelsall Common. It was a flat(ish) course for cross-country but there was a treacherous muddy run in to the finish.

Amanda Deavy led the team home with a superb fourth place (the race face was on) and she was first in the Masters race. Amanda was followed in by Kathryn Adams, Jess Hone and Clare King.

There were a few cross-country first timers who lived to tell the tale and are returning for the next event which is at Aldridge on 30th November, all women are welcome – Sally Eason

SALLY EASON

Birmingham & District Invitation Cross-Country League Div 3 Race 1 at Pelsall North Common, Walsall – 9 November XC

12 Matthew Hathrell 00:37:47
18 Tom Hughes 00:38:55
24 Andy Barrett 00:40:03
26 Damien Dear 00:40:08
42 Tom Cox 00:41:24
46 Steve King 00:41:32
68 Andrew Clay 00:43:01
88 Terry Moynihan 00:44:11
90 Tony Forde 00:44:33
97 Damian Pharoah 00:44:50
105 Tommy Dempsey 00:45:14
109 Kevin Spare 00:45:25
111 Rob Richardson 00:45:34
122 Chris Smith 00:46:11
134 Malc Copeland 00:47:27
138 Richard French 00:48:11
140 Rav Sangha 00:48:16
144 Steve Turvey 00:48:38
165 Paul Robbins 00:49:57
172 Spencer Davies 00:50:27
179 Greg Wallam 00:50:51
194 Mark Baker 00:51:47
204 Anthony Grace 00:52:38
205 Dave Mills 00:52:42
213 Kevin Coughlan 00:53:17
219 David Tittle 00:54:06
230 Adrian Lowe 00:55:30
234 Mark Booth 00:55:58
241 Rhys Robbins 00:57:45
245 Cliff Evans 00:58:36
246 Dave Halford 00:58:37
257 Fraser Barrett 01:07:24

Northbrook Men’s A Team – 3rd – 168 points
Northbrook Men’s B Team – 3rd – 557 points

33 men and a whole support crew descended on Walsall for Birminham Cross-Country League Race 1. The call had gone out and we responded in strength and depth.

The course, though not overly muddy was spongy and flat. The straights were not too long meaning concentration needed to be high which kept you involved with those racing around you.
The course this year was 1 small lap and 4 large laps, meaning the distance came in long. The weather was cold but you soon warmed up while running and our roaming supporters meant we never had a chance to take the foot of the pedal.

It was go, go, go from the outset and we kept going. The squad of 32 on the day was key to ensuring that our club got off to the best start we could do for the season. Our top 6 out-performed other local clubs and were chased by the next 6, who in turn were also chased in. And so on and so on. The camaraderie was amazing and the encouragement between us all on course worked well.

We finished 3rd by 7 points. It was a great start, but with another 3 races to go it’s a long way to go and there’s a hill to climb. And that hill comes round fast at Cofton Park next.

Rest up, clean those spikes and prepare to go again men – Spencer

SPENCER DAVIES

Full results on Bham League web site

Centurion Grand Prix 5 Mile Race 1 – 3 November 5M

3 Matthew Hathrell 0:29:25  
6 Colin James 0:30:13  
7 Natasha White 0:30:30 PB 1st female
9 Marie Edmonds 0:33:02 PB 2nd female
12 Tommy Dempsey 0:33:50  
16 Gemma Nash 0:35:33 PB
21 Spencer Davies 0:36:44  
22 Phil Hyde 0:37:12  
24 Adrian Powell 0:37:26  
25 Tim Hughes 0:37:35  
29 Lee Newark 0:39:08  
38 Cath Fenn 0:42:15  
41 Caroline Hughes 0:43:44  
45 Julie Liggett 0:46:38  
52 Jo Arden 0:48:47  
55 Rachel Liggett 0:50:12  
59 Liane Powell 0:54:07  
61 Graeme Brannen 0:55:19  
62 Tracey Williams 0:56:41  
63 Jan Watson 0:56:51  
67 Sally-Ann Tully 1:02:40  

The Centurion Winter Grand Prix series is back for 24/25 with a new HQ at Babbs Mill Nature Reserve. Northbrook AC turned up in good numbers taking almost 1/3 of the entire field.

There were some fantastic results in play with Matthew Hathrell finishing 3rd overall, and after running there from home!

1st female home was Natasha White with a PB.
2nd female was Marie Edmunds with a 3minute PB.
The awards for Northbrook continued with Gemma Nash and Tommy Dempsey both receiving prizes – Tim

Leicestershire Running Festival 10K, Prestwold Hall – 3 November10K

MARK JENNINGS

  Mark Jennings 0:47:56 PB
  Mark Smith 1:00:20  
  Bethany McCluskey 1:03:12 PB*

*PB by over 3.5 minutes

Leicestershire Running Festival 10 Mile, Prestwold Hall – 3 November10M

  Simon Aldridge 1:19:04 PB*
  Michelle Edwards 1:27:03  
  Allison Smith 1:27:45 3rd FV55
  Cameron Roantree 1:30:29  
  Cliff Evans 1:30:31  
  Joanne Evans 1:33:07  

*PB by more than 4 minutes

SIMON ALDRIDGE

Sonic Trail Half-Marathon, Milton Keynes – 1 NovemberHM

4 Mark Baker 01:53:03 3rd male

MARK BAKER

This was my first longer race in about 6 months. It was a low key event on a Friday morning with loops around Caldecotte lake in Milton Keynes. The route was on narrow twisty paths, with surfaces including tarmac, gravel and grass.
A great event to warmup for the cross-country league and the Benidorm half-marathon.