Lancashire Constabulary Sports & Social Club - British Police Fell Race 2008

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2008 British Police Fell Race. We were blessed with fine sunny weather and great Cumbrian hospitality and I am sure everyone enjoyed the day. Special thanks to everyone who assisted with course preparation, marshalling, time-keeping and registration. Without their support the event would not be possible.

There were a total of 66 entries representing 16 UK police forces. On the day we had 53 starters and everyone completed the nine mile course in just over two hours.

The first man home was veteran 45 - Malcolm Fowler from Cheshire winning the event yet again in a time of 1.10.52. A minute behind was Derbyshire' Karl Webster followed a few minutes later by Andy Beaty - 1st veteran 50 from Cumbria.

Stuart Dinwoodie - Wiltshire and Craig Smith - Cumbria took the Veteran 40 winner and runner-up positions. Billy Heaton - Cheshire - was awarded 3rd male open. Andy Parker - Staffordshire - took the first veteran 60 position.

There were only five ladies competing on the day and Christine Howard was first home - fifth overall. Kendra White from Cleveland was the 2nd lady home - 14th overall with Helen Mavin - Cumbria in third place - 37th overall.

Cheshire had three runners in the top ten winning the team race. Derbyshire and Cumbria were separated by just one point to gain 2nd and 3rd team respectively.

All 53 runners finished without any significant injury or event though a small number of runners took a wrong route choice off Souter Fell perhaps adding a minute or so to their times.

Lancashire Team

Lancashire turned out a strong team but were unable to clinch a prize placing in the team event as on previous years. They were 4th team overall with Mike Riley (Central) holding a strong position placed 8th individual overall and Dennis Nelson (Western) placed 13th overall. Vet 50 + Paul Johnson (Central) was third counter in 20th position overall.

Engraved glass bowls, tankards and goblets were presented to the above named position holders at a gathering in the Mill Inn at Mungrisdale. A hot meal was also provided to all competitors and supporters.

Finally, may I extend my thanks to Ian Campbell for all his hard work with organising the British Police Fell Race during the past 17 years and wish him all the very best for the future. I hope to continue in Ian’s footsteps and organise this annual police fell race with the same enthusiasm for some years to come.

SC Steve Broadbent

Police Sport UK Committee

Lancashire team - L to R - Dennis Nelson, Dave Croll, Vini De Curtis,

Paul Johnson, Jon Shaw (Summit marshall) and Mike Riley

Individual Results

A total of 66 entries were received representing 16 UK police forces. On the day, 53 runners took part.

Position	Race No.	Name	Surname	Force	Gender	Age	Time	Prize
1	1	Malcolm	Fowler	Cheshire	M	V45	1.10.52	1st Male
2	25	Karl	Webster	Derbyshire	M		1.11.58	2nd Male
3	11	Andy	Beaty	Cumbria	M	V50	1.15.59	1st Vet 50
4	63	Stuart	Dinwoodie	Wiltshire	M	V45	1.17.42	1st Vet 40
5	66	Christine	Howard	Derbyshire	F		1.18.49	1st Lady
6	3	Bill	Heaton	Cheshire	M	V40	1.18.56	3rd Male
7	15	Craig	Smith	Cumbria	M	V40	1.19.59	2nd Vet 40
8	42	Mike	Riley	Lancashire	M	V40	1.20.11
9	36	Adrian	Orringe	Gwent	M	V50	1.20.13
10	7	Iain	Wedge	Cheshire	M	V40	1.21.21
11	5	Myles	Robertson	Cheshire	M	V45	1.21.55
12	28	Peter	Skelton	Gloucestershire	M	V45	1.22.27
13	41	Dennis	Nelson	Lancashire	M	V40	1.23.24
14	16	Richard	Unwin	Cumbria	M	V50	1.25.52
15	4	Philip	Monks	Cheshire	M		1.26.17
16	18	Bruce	Clark	Derbyshire	M	V40	1.26.36
17	65	Adrian	Allsop	West Midlands	M	V45	1.26.45
18	27	Darren	Jones	Gloucestershire	M	V40	1.27.00
19	6	Rupert	Venables	Cheshire	M	V45	1.27.22
20	40	Paul	Johnson	Lancashire	M	V50	1.27.24
21	43	Martin	Wood	Lincolnshire	M	V50	1.28.06
22	8	Tony	White	Cheshire	M		1.28.47
23	2	Michael	Harrington	Cheshire	M		1.29.02
24	9	Kendra	White	Cleveland	F	V40	1.29.18	2nd Lady
25	38	Dave	Croll	Lancashire	M	V40	1.29.19
26	32	Jim	Bentley	GMP	M	V50	1.29.20
27	13	Richard	Mavin	Cumbria	M	V40	1.31.10
28	49	Adrian	Backhouse	Staffordshire	M	V40	1.33.54
29	35	Alan	Wood	GMP	M	V40	1.34.45
30	62	Chris	Walker	West Yorkshire	M	V45	1.36.44
31	61	Peter	Merrifield	West Yorkshire	M	V45	1.37.07
32	58	Graham	Dyson	West Yorkshire	M	V40	1.37.42
33	64	Martin	Slevin	West Midlands	M	V40	1.38.15
34	10	Grant	Ambrose	Cumbria	M		1.38.50
35	39	Vini	De Curtis	Lancashire	M		1.38.55
36	22	Alan	McGill	Derbyshire	M	V45	1.39.00
37	14	Helen	Mavin	Cumbria	F	V40	1.39.21	3rd Lady
38	20	Ian	Jackson	Derbyshire	M	V45	1.39.22
39	50	Philip	Fortun	Staffordshire	M		1.39.40
40	55	Malcolm	Hyder	Sussex	M	V50	1.40.47
41	47	David	Dunnington	Northumbria	M	V40	1.40.55
42	48	Ian	Maudsley	Northumbria	M		1.42.00
43	21	Kevin	Loftus	Derbyshire	M	V45	1.42.38
44	33	Steve	Quinn	GMP	M		1.44.20
45	57	Neil	Dutton	West Yorkshire	M		1.47.52
46	12	Deborah	Chambers	Cumbria	F	V40	1.49.29
47	53	Andrew	Parker	Staffordshire	M	V60	1.53.01	1st Vet 60
48	60	Tracey	Marshall	West Yorkshire	F	V40	1.54.07
49	46	Barry	Jones	Merseyside	M	V40	1.55.26
50	45	Lynden	James	Merseyside	M		1.55.27
51	44	Chris	Green	Merseyside	M		1.55.28
52	24	Jim	Titterton	Derbyshire	M	V60	2.00.23
53	34	Dave	Wood	GMP	M	V45	2.02.13
	17	Tony	Caulton	Derbyshire	M	V45	DNS
	19	Diane	Hamilton	Derbyshire	F	V40	DNS
	23	David	McMillan	Derbyshire	M	V50	DNS
	26	Jerry	Foster-Turner	Gloucestershire	M	V40	DNS
	29	Jessica	Turnbull	Gloucestershire	F		DNS
	30	Dave	Wood	Gloucestershire	M	V40	DNS
	31	Paul	Yeatman	Gloucestershire	M	V45	DNS
	37	Philip	Corris	Lancashire	M	V50	DNS
	51	Neil	Oldfield	Staffordshire	M		DNS
	52	Keith	Pagett	Staffordshire	M		DNS
	54	Carl	Roberts	Staffordshire	M		DNS
	56	Jackie	Dews	West Yorkshire	F	V35	DNS
	59	Emily	Klee	West Yorkshire	F		DNS

Team Results

Position	Force	Runner 1	Runner 2	Runner 3	Total
1	Cheshire	1	6	10	17
2	Derbyshire	2	5	16	23
3	Cumbria	3	7	14	24
4	Lancashire	8	13	20	41
5	West Yorkshire	30	31	32	93
6	GMP	26	29	44	99
7	Staffordshire	28	39	47	114
8	Merseyside	49	50	51	150
9	Gloucestershire	12	18	54	84
10	West Midlands	17	33	54	104
11	Northumbria	41	42	54	137
12	Wiltshire	4	54	54	112
13	Gwent	9	54	54	117
14	Lincolnshire	21	54	54	129
15	Cleveland	24	54	54	132
16	Sussex	40	54	54	148

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