Results

A return to what we old sweats would term as 'proper' cross country at Cirencester - cold, muddy, hilly. A decent turn-out from the ERR men, including Mr Tyrrell, despite him getting lost in his extended warm-up, saw them repeat their 4th place in Division 2. Let's salute the ERR ladies who did turn up, rather than the multitudes who didn't, so congratulations and well done to Tara, Jacky, Claire and Kate.  

U9 Boys/Girls
3	Alexander Daniels
U13 Girls
25	Isabel Daniels	16.35
Men
59	Mark Haigh	32.52
71	Tom Baker	33.36
88	Graham Bridges	34.49
91	Mark Tyrrell	34.56
106	Matt Daniels	35.35
131	Nick Sheard	37.39
143	Phil Hurst	38.21
145	Toby Goss	38.29
154	Nick Hardwick	38.56
179	Owen Hughes	40.54
214	Howard Humphris	45.34
216	Colin Hancox	45.39
229	Martin Johnson	51.53
230	Keith Baker	53.08
Women
96	Tara Lawfull	46.20
101	Jacky Pinnock	47.27
121	Claire Hazleton	52.53
130	Kate Welsby	57.50

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The men certainly had the better of the weather for the cross country season opener at Newbury, with some even saying it was a bit warm, before the heavens opened in time for the women's race. Well done to all the ERR debutants - the Daniels family, along with Claire, Mark and Phil. The individual results are below. For the record, the ERR ladies A team were 9th in Division 1, while the ERR men were 4th in Division 2.

U9 Boys and Girls
4	Alexander Daniels
U13 Girls
29	Isabel Daniels	10.57
Women
33	Kate Daniels	34.40
81	Anya Aspinall	39.03
107	Jane Garton	41.07
108	Tara Lawfull	41.24
113	Jacky Pinnock	42.00
132	Claire Hazleton	44.08
Men
68	Tom Baker	29.36
81	Kerry Papps	30.07
98	Mark Haigh	30.51
101	Graham Bridges	30.57
124	Matt Daniels	31.49
147	Phil Hurst	32.42
177	Nick Sheard	34.01
191	Toby Goss	34.39
214	Simon Walker	35.36
215	Xavier Laurent	35.38
242	Owen Hughes	37.03
276	Howard Humphris	40.26
281	Colin Hancox	41.45
297	Keith Baker	46.06

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Good to see so many ERRs at an unexpectedly sunny (given the forecast) Hanney. Well done to Katherine and, er, me for the category prizes, and particularly to Kate, who finally competed in the correct category, and won. The Club Champs scores have now been updated.  

Position	Name	Net Time	Also
17	Tom BAKER	29:18	Joker
25	Graham BRIDGES	31:04	3rd MV50
40	Mark Tyrrell	33:21
58	Toby GOSS	35:44
67	Nick SHEARD	36:41
88	Katherine BATES	39:18	2nd LV55
89	Andy EGAN	39:18
92	Owen HUGHES	39:33
103	Jacqueline PINNOCK	41:06
106	Tara Lawfull	41:32	Joker
120	Kate WILLIAMSON	43:44	1st LV75
135	Martin JOHNSON	45:50
145	Keith Baker	47:51
153	Nicola COPPUCK	50:19
155	Rachel GREEN	51:05

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A decent ERR turn-out at another friendly local race with a challenging course. 19/9: the Club Championship points have now been updated.  

Position	Name		Time	Also
15	Mark	Tyrrell	40:49
21	Graham	Bridges	42:26
28	Philip	Hurst	44:30
30	Nicholas	Sheard	45:15	Joker
43	Stephane	Paulus	48:12
47	Justin	Byworth	48:40
55	Katherine	Bates	50:51
66	Alison	Craggs	52:22
70	Andy	Egan	52:58
79	Jacky	Pinnock	54:10
83	Tess	Evans	54:42
84	Tara	Lawfull	54:47
96	Kate	Williamson	56:43
105	Martin	Johnson	1:01:26
122	Ian	Keeley	1:04:45	Joker

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Thanks to everyone who helped out, and of course those who took part in the first running of this event since 2019. The new format seemed to be a hit, but any feedback is welcome. Congratulations to Elaine for winning the massive trophy for the second time, and also to Tom and Jacky who were the man and woman closest to their handicap times, thus winning themselves a trip round the Hook Norton Brewery. Here is Elaine, with the aforementioned trophy, and Simon looking suitably impressed.   Here are the results, in terms of who beat their handicap by most. Some more facts and figures may follow.  

Name	Time Relative to Handicap
Elaine Butler	-4.57
Richard Hume	-3.35
Karolina Witt	-2.59
Claire Hazleton	-1.23
Colin Hancox	-1.21
Gilly Howell	-1.12
Phil Hurst	-1.09
Steve Howell	-0.54
Antony Green	-0.52
Howard Humphris	-0.39
Tom Baker	-0.05
Toby Goss	0.26
Jacky Pinnock	1.03
Ben Cook	1.06
Dave Hemprich-Bennett	1.11
Simon Walker	1.16
Jen Lanksford	1.18
Jane Garton	1.32
Chris Jennings	1.37
Claire Shestopal	1.39
Owen Hughes	1.51
Steve Butler	1.56
Dafydd Warburton	2.01
Mark O'Callaghan	2.05
Stephane Paulus	2.10
Hugh Morris	2.17
Katherine Bates	2.20
Graham Bridges	2.30
Alison Craggs	3.10
Nicola Coppuck	3.51
Kathryn Dally	4.27
Mark Tyrrell	7.58
John Rowland	7.59

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A smallish ERR turnout for this scenic and friendly, if tough, local gem. Congratulations to Katherine and Jane for the category prizes, which I suspect neither of them were aware of at the time. Club champs tables have now been updated.

Position	Name	Net Time	Also
18	Benedict POLLARD	1:07:44	Joker
42	Graham BRIDGES	1:13:13
86	Neil REEVES	1:20:42
96	Jane GARTON	1:23:09	2nd LV50
100	Andy EGAN	1:23:26
103	Alison CRAGGS	1:23:50	Joker
113	Katherine BATES	1:25:21	1st LV60
151	Mark GASCOIGNE	1:33:06
153	Colin HANCOX	1:33:00
173	Marina BARLOW-OAKES	1:35:47
269	Zoe OLIVER	2:12:35

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A decent number of ERRs out for the traditional end of series (and summer?) race at Kidlington. Well done to Kate for winning her category and to Katherine for finishing 3rd in hers. I think there were also series prizes, but don't know the details as yet.  

Position	Name	Net Time	Also
24	Tom BAKER	22:56
42	Graham BRIDGES	24:26
46	Kerry PAPPS	24:46
53	Richard HUME	25:04
59	Kate ALLRED	25:20	1st LV45
101	Adam CLILVERD	27:57
148	Katherine BATES	30:16	3rd LV55
150	Owen HUGHES	30:30
155	Alison CRAGGS	30:44
164	Colin HANCOX	31:39
169	Tony Whitlock	32:06
170	Jennie LANKSFORD	32:01
173	Tara LAWFULL	32:15
174	Marina BARLOW-OAKES	32:18
191	Hugh MORRIS	33:53
205	Steve BUTLER	34:46
217	Gail MORRIS	36:00
228	Jane WHITLOCK	38:04
238	Lisa TYLER	39:50
239	Elaine BUTLER	39:51

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A glorious day at Hook Norton saw some glorious ERR performances. Well done to our various category winners and to Tom for finishing 3rd senior man, as well as Queenie, who was 2nd LV65 but didn't get a prize. Had there been team prizes I think ERR would have won both men's and women's but, bearing in mind the amount of beer we took home, maybe we shouldn't be greedy.  

Position	Name	Net Time	Also
5	Tom Baker	36:43	3rd SM
7	Mark Baker	37:28
12	Graham Bridges	38:32	1st MV50
22	Benedict Pollard	40:40
23	Kate Allred	40:43	1st LV45
38	Nicholas Sheard	44:23
39	Toby Goss	44:33
50	Nadine Hunter	46:20	1st LV55
71	Rosamond Hall	48:42
73	Andy Egan	48:48
78	Jacky Pinnock	49:52	Joker
87	Claire Shestopal	51:24
90	Marina Barlow-Oakes	51:44
92	Kate Williamson	52:03	2nd LV65
101	Katherine Bates	53:29
121	Martin Johnson	55:57

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For some reason, the official results have no mention of anyone's club at the moment, so apologies if I've missed anyone with my old school check of the results. Well done to our various category prize winners, and we can't even put it down to the 'Hornton effect' of no one else having turned up. The Club Championship scores will be updated a bit later, but let me know if anyone in addition to Adam and Steve played their jokers.  

Position	Name	Time	Also
27	Mark BAKER	25:57
34	Graham BRIDGES	26:50	2nd MV50
37	Kerry PAPPS	26:58	3rd MV40
57	Kate ALLRED	28:23	1st LV45
63	Richard HUME	28:50
98	Adam CLILVERD	30:47	Joker
103	Toby GOSS	31:04
108	Andy PIKE	31:16
129	Nadine HUNTER	32:49	2nd LV55
139	Owen HUGHES	33:48
141	Jane GARTON	33:56
144	Alison CRAGGS	34:04
156	Colin HANCOX	34:52
160	Jacky PINNOCK	35:15
170	Tara LAWFULL	35:50
175	Tony Whitlock	36:15
177	Kate WILLIAMSON	36:22	3rd LV65
179	Marina BARLOW-OAKES	36:28
183	Steve BUTLER	37:13	Joker
185	Martin JOHNSON	37:34
189	Hugh MORRIS	38:02
218	Gail MORRIS	40:35
230	Keith BAKER	42:08
241	Elaine BUTLER	44:21
249	Adrian PINNOCK	47:01

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The official results were quite slow to come out for a race with 56 finishers, but I suppose that's in keeping with the 'homespun' nature of the event, Anyway, 56 finishers also meant that it was something of a trophy-fest and joker-fest for the 11 ERR folk who took part..  

Position	Name	Time	Also
5	Graham Bridges	41.18	1st MV50, joker
6	Benedict Pollard	42.30
7	Kate Allred	43.15	1st lady
16	Toby Goss	46.14	Joker
26	Katherine Bates	50.55	1st LV55, joker
27	Jane Garton	51.05
29	Andy Egan	51.39	Joker
34	Tara Lawfull	55.04
36	Marina Barlow-Oakes	55.16	Joker
40	Kate Williamson	56.46	1st LV75
43	Martin Johnson	57.45	Joker

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