The Commonwealth Ultra and Mountain Running Championships in Keswick have now concluded. There were some absolutely superb performances by the English boys and girls. My interest was centered around the 24hr and the 100km races.
Mens’ 24hr race results:
| Rank | Performance | Surname | First Name | DOB | Country |
| 1 | 159.959 | Fryer | Martin | 10/09/1961 | AUS |
| 2 | 155.691 | Blake | Jo | 02/08/1965 | AUS |
| 3 | 152.736 | Pares | John | 27/01/1966 | WAL |
| 4 | 148.089 | Mason | Steve | 21/10/1967 | SCO |
| 5 | 144.691 | Carver | Chris | 26/02/1964 | ENG |
| 6 | 142.634 | Rogers | Jim | 14/06/1964 | ENG |
| 7 | 140.491 | Pearson | John | 24/01/1972 | AUS |
| 8 | 136.114 | Gilbert | Guy | 26/01/1962 | CAN |
| 9 | 135.206 | Scott | Ben | 23/05/1972 | IOM |
| 10 | 134.886 | Robbins | Pat | 12/03/1972 | ENG |
| 11 | 133.754 | Sichel | William | 01/10/1953 | SCO |
| 12 | 130.206 | Finill | Chris | 13/12/1958 | ENG |
| 13 | 129.214 | Fancett | Ken | 13/08/1949 | ENG |
| 14 | 127.216 | Lovric | Michael | 29/12/1967 | AUS |
| 15 | 118.691 | Biondic | George | 14/08/1952 | CAN |
| 16 | 118.125 | Barteaux | Bruce | 21/06/1955 | CAN |
| 17 | 106.210 | Cunningham | Ritchie | 11/07/1969 | SCO |
| 18 | 103.268 | Francis | Mick | 18/09/1958 | AUS |
| 19 | 91.522 | Bhardwaj | Arun Kumar | 24/02/1969 | IND |
| 20 | 59.075 | Orchard | Scott | 08/10/1972 | AUS |
| 21 | 10.684 | McKenzie | Alexander | 19/11/1960 | NZL |
Team results: Australia, England, Scotland I think…
Absolutely incredible performance from John Pares, Steve Mason and Chris Carver. I suspect that Chris may be a little disappointed not to have got an individual medal – but he should be very proud indeed of this performance. Martin Fryer of Australia won with a very creditable mileage indeed.
This must bode well for a GB Team in the World Champs in Brive next year. I wonder what the selection standard will be….. hmmmmm tough I bet.
Womens’ 24hr results:
| Rank | Performance | Surname | First Name | DOB | Country | |
| 1 | 226.489 | 141.556 | Gayter | Sharon | 30/10/1963 | ENG |
| 2 | 212.683 | 132.927 | Skelton | Vicky | 04/11/1967 | ENG |
| 3 | 206.979 | 129.362 | Harvey Jamieson | Susannah | 14/02/1973 | AUS |
| 4 | 201.631 | 126.019 | Doke | Marie | 15/10/1974 | ENG |
| 5 | 201.431 | 125.894 | Muskett | Valerie | 29/06/1954 | NZL |
| 6 | 200.692 | 125.433 | Quinlan | Meredith | 16/04/1972` | AUS |
| 7 | 200.183 | 125.114 | Walker | Pauline | 04/08/1962 | SCO |
| 8 | 195.252 | 122.033 | Scholz | Sharon | 31/07/1976 | AUS |
| 9 | 191.708 | 119.818 | Cheng | Vivian | 22/07/1978 | NZL |
| 10 | 190.432 | 119.020 | Vasarhelyi | Charlotte | 07/02/1976 | CAN |
| 11 | 190.259 | 118.912 | Kuz | Lynne | 14/07/1961 | SCO |
| 12 | 187.625 | 117.266 | Lilley | Allison | 30/12/1972` | AUS |
| 13 | 187.119 | 116.949 | Brown | Sandra | 01/04/1949 | ENG |
| 14 | 184.013 | 115.008 | Nobbs | Deanne | 08/05/1968 | AUS |
| 15 | 177.475 | 110.922 | Armstrong | Sue | 27/07/1960 | CAN |
| 16 | 176.315 | 110.197 | Clague | Bethany | 04/11/1971 | IOM |
| 17 | 172.820 | 108.013 | Rennie | Fiona | 04/08/1962 | SCO |
| 18 | 167.228 | 104.518 | Boisvert | Sylvie | 06/12/1962` | CAN |
| 19 | 161.712 | 101.070 | Tamati | Lisa | 24/09/1968 | NZL |
| 20 | 124.267 | 77.667 | Jacob | Manon | 11/11/1963 | CAN |
| 21 | 121.670 | 76.044 | Bremner | Kerrie | 02/12/1965 | AUS |
| 22 | 110.609 | 69.131 | Thevenet-Smith | Ramona | 20/12/1959 | ENG |
Sharon Gayter bounces from triumph to triumph at the moment. A stunning effort girls – well done!
We were even more dominant in the 100km races:
Mens results:
| Position | Number | Name | Club | Age Group | Time |
| 1 | 38 | Jez Bragg | ENG | M | 07:04:01 |
| 2 | 39 | Matt Giles | ENG | M | 07:05:28 |
| 3 | 40 | Matthew Lynas | ENG | M | 07:09:52 |
| 4 | 27 | Terence Bell | AUS | M | 07:16:56 |
| 5 | 25 | Tim Cochrane | AUS | M | 07:20:49 |
| 6 | 36 | Grant Jeans | SCO | M | 07:24:05 |
| 7 | 24 | Martin Lukes | NZL | M | 07:28:02 |
| 8 | 41 | Allen Smalls | ENG | M | 07:28:19 |
| 9 | 28 | Brendan Davies | AUS | M | 07:31:15 |
| 10 | 30 | Darren Froese | CAN | M | 07:32:33 |
| 11 | 43 | Iain Ridgeway | WAL | M | 07:40:50 |
| 12 | 35 | Andrew Rankin | SCO | M | 07:49:06 |
| 13 | 37 | Dominic Croft | ENG | M | 07:49:15 |
| 14 | 26 | Michael Baldock | AUS | M | 07:51:07 |
| 15 | 29 | Darin Bentley | CAN | M | 07:57:03 |
| 16 | 31 | Hassan Lotfi-Pour | CAN | M | 08:03:05 |
| 17 | 34 | Paul Hart | SCO | M | 08:04:45 |
| 18 | 32 | Thierry Asselin | CAN | M | 08:16:28 |
| 19 | 23 | Graeme Butcher | NZL | M | 08:51:50 |
| TEAM RESULT | |||||
| 1 | ENG | 1,2,3 | 21:19:21 | ||
| 2 | AUS | 4.,5,9 | 22:09:00 | ||
| 3 | SCO | 6,12,17 | 23:17:56 | ||
| 4 | CAN | 10,15,16 | 23:32:41 |
Can’t ask for more than that boys! Stunning.
Womens’ results:
|
Position |
Number |
Name |
Club |
Age Group |
Time |
|
1 |
73 |
Jackie Fairweather |
AUS |
L |
07:41:23 |
|
2 |
82 |
Emma Gooderham |
ENG |
L |
08:04:09 |
|
3 |
79 |
Lucy Colquhoun |
SCO |
L |
08:19:45 |
|
4 |
84 |
Angie Sadler |
ENG |
L |
08:32:56 |
|
5 |
83 |
Heather Foundling-Hawker |
ENG |
L |
08:43:18 |
|
6 |
77 |
Lisa Leskien |
CAN |
L |
08:50:19 |
|
7 |
81 |
Gail Murdoch |
SCO |
L |
08:56:20 |
|
8 |
74 |
Caroline Pivetta |
AUS |
L |
09:04:02 |
|
9 |
80 |
Isobel Knox |
SCO |
L |
09:21:37 |
|
10 |
76 |
Laurie McGrath |
CAN |
L |
09:40:45 |
|
11 |
78 |
Sandra Bowers |
SCO |
L |
10:22:06 |
|
12 |
75 |
Lise Gagne |
CAN |
L |
11:25:27 |
|
TEAM RESULT |
|||||
|
1 |
ENG |
2,4,5 |
25:20:23 |
||
|
2 |
SCO |
3,7,9 |
26:37:42 |
||
|
3 |
CAN |
6,10,12 |
29:56:31 |
Brilliant!
Mountain running? England won team gold in EVERY event. Won’t list results here, but you can see them on the website:
http://www.cumbriacommonwealthchampionships.org/Results.htm
John Pares on his way to Commonwealth Bronze
Beyond the marathon.... 