Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club : 20-5-07 Hilly 100 Relay

Cotswold Hilly 100

Sunday 20th May 2007

Paul Atkins & Kevin Lanckham changeover at start of leg 7 Clive Brown takes a short break on the Hilly 100

Left: Paul Atkins hands over to Kevin Lanckham for ‘A’s at the start of leg 7. Right: Clive Brown takes in fuel during a long day in the Cotswolds.

Three B&R teams ran this year’s 100 mile charity relay through the Cotswolds over 10 legs each of about 10 miles. Bridgit Birch was our first runner off with the ‘C’ team starting at 5 a.m. from the American fountain in Stratford-upon-Avon. Clive Brown chose to run the first leg for the ‘B’ team, starting at 6 a.m., getting his run out of the way so that he could concentrate on managing and recording all our other runners – he promptly ran the fastest leg of the day for the “B”s. Clive and second leg runner Dave Cleverley had a long day out supporting our teams right to the finish with barely time for a pastie, oh and a pint at Moreton-in-the-Marsh. Phil Scarr made a welcome return to this event after suffering in the extreme heat in June two years ago, leading the ‘A’ team off in the 7 a.m. cup. The ‘A’ team kept up the club’s good record taking third place in the 7 a.m. cup just 9 minutes behind winners Leamington. Overall our navigational skills appear to have improved and so far no one has admitted to disappearing off course for unplanned visits to Snowshill Manor or the like.

Thanks go to Clive for all the effort he put in to getting three teams out and all the runners and non-runners who provided support on the course. Congratulations again to Stratford A.C. for organizing the event.

Dave Whipp hands over to Jane Anderson on the B team Fiona Osbourne on leg 9 for the C team

Left: Dave Whipp hands over to Jane Anderson for the ‘B’s north of Upper Slaughter. Right: Fiona Osbourne still smiling near the end of leg 9 for the ‘C’s.

Click here for full results (pdf)

Provisional times for B&R runners are shown below.

‘A’
1	Phil Scarr	61-10
2	Dave Daniels	69-35
3	Phil Carbutt	56-30
4	Dave Kesterton	58-01
5	Mark Graham	65-15
6	Paul Atkins	68-03
7	Kevin Lanckham	60-32
8	Ian Keyte	60-02
9	Steve Caldwell	63-47
10	Alan Elsmere	70-48

‘B’
1	Clive Brown	66-37
2	Dave Cleverley	72-21
3	Calvin Scoltock	68-34
4	Simon Bowen	74-21
5	Steve James	79-05
6	Dave Whipp	82-07
7	Jane Anderson	77-52
8	Phil Anderson	68-01
9	Jimmy Atkins	71-30
10	Vince Rollason	71-57

‘C’
1	Bridgit Birch	81-59
2	Tracy Jones	83-23
3	Judy Appleby	77-55
4	Ann Stuart	80-36
5	John Manley	78-45
6	Gordon Marshall	76-38
7	Roger Beacham	82-00
8	Len Quartley	74-30
9	Fiona Osbourne	85-39
10	Betty O’Gorman	86-51

B&R ‘A’ team overall time – 10hrs 33min 46 sec – 3rd place in ‘A’ race.

‘B’ team overall time – 12hrs 12min 25 sec – 4th place in ‘B’ race.

‘C’ team overall time – 13hrs 28min 16 sec – 10th place in ‘B’ race (3rd of 5am starters).

Winners of the 7am race were Leamington in 10hrs 24 min 43sec.

Jimmy Atkins at 6-ish miles on leg 9 Betty O

Left: Jimmy Atkins on the flat at Ilmington after the big early climb on leg 9. Right: Betty O’Gorman sets off on the last leg from Crimscote.

Dave Cleverley support Vince Rollason on leg 10 Steve Clews & Bob Kesterton relax after cycling the Hilly 100

Left: Dave Cleverly supporting Vince ‘black socks’ Rollason on leg 10. Right: Steve Clews & Bob Kesterton relax at Stratford cricket club having cycled the route.

Gordon MArshall hands over to Roger Beacham at start of leg 7

Above: A perfect handover by Paul Atkins and the out-going Roger Beacham.

Kenilworth handover at start leg 7

Above: One for Roger – Patrick demonstrates the new Great Britain sprint relay handover technique whilst running for Kenilworth or are they freemasons?

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