Athletics & Running Sports Section
PSUK Cross Country Championships
Devon & Cornwall
Wednesday 22 March 2006
This event took place in Perranporth, Cornwall. The ladies race started at 13.15 hours, men's at 14.15 hours. The course will be approximately seven miles in length for men and five miles for women and incorporates running on the beach, up the sandbanks, in the dunes, more beach and of course, to a degree, in the surf.
Race Report
by Lancashire runner, Steve Broadbent
Perhaps one of the most enjoyable Police Sport cross country events in many years - in more ways than one.
Due to the distance, for the first time, six of the north of England police forces joined up and chartered a coach to take nearly 50 runners to this very nice beach resort in Perranporth, Cornwall. Members of Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, GMP, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire forces travelled the 350 miles making good camaraderie from the start.
We travelled down on the Tuesday, arriving around 5pm in good time for a quick training run along the magnificent two mile long sandy beach. There were around 350 runners from UK police forces in Perranporth and all of the restaurants and eating places were filled to capacity that evening.
On a cold beach warming up - Lancashire ladies team, (from left)
Gail Hickson, Sue Harrison and Julie Yates - Don't miss the start ladies!
Race Day
The ladies race started at 1.15 pm and the men at 2.15 pm. The course started on the beach and travelled the two mile lengths on the flat before rising steeply onto very undulating sand dunes. After about 1.5 miles there was a steep sandy decent back onto the beach before rising again into a second lap. After a further decent the course turned back toward Perranporth and a 1.5 mile flat run to finish. The ladies course was 5 miles (one lap of the dunes) and the men's 7.5 miles.
What a tremendous cross country course. So different from the usual mud, grass and tree roots! The sandy decent was phenomenal. Deep soft sand not dissimilar to a 'scree slope' but made of sand.

Julie Yates storms in to a brilliant finish
Results
Despite some of our top Lancashire runners being unable to attend the Championships due to duty restrictions the Lancashire team who did go had great race with many recording personal best times over the distance. PC Ian Pudge and PC Rod Graham (Pennine Division) and PC Steve Broadbent (Northern) were the first three home followed closely with PS Paul Johnson (Central) and retired (Pennine) PS Phil Levens. In his debut PSUK championship event, PSCO Martin Dandy ran a great race.
In the ladies race Julie Yates and Sue Harrison (HQ) had excellent runs recording one of their best championship times. In her debut PSUK national event Gail Hickson (Southern) ran a good course.
The main men's event the Metropolitan Police dominated the field winning the open team but were followed in second place by much small force, Cheshire.
Christine Howard from Derbyshire won the ladies race almost a minute ahead of second place Sara Simmonds from the Metropolitan Police.
Hawaiian Presentation Evening
The day was rounded off nicely with a well organised presentation ceremony, Hawaiian theme night, dinner and dance at the local beach club.

Aloha, Aloha, Hoi - What's going on 'ere in Perranporth then?
Who needs to go to Hawaii?
Lancashire Team and Results

Many of the Lancashire runners on a reckie of the course on the morning before the race
Men's Race
| Pos | Name | Force | Time |
| 1 | Martin Williams | WMids | 46:06:00 |
| 2 | M Tomlinson | Northumb | 47:15:00 |
| 3 | Iain Campbell | Metro | 47:45:00 |
| 4 | David Hall | WMercia | 49:19:00 |
| 5 | Stephen Jones | Norfolk | 49:33:00 |
| 6 | Tony Forder | Metro | 49:36:00 |
| 7 | Harvey Rose | WMids | 49:38:00 |
| 8 | John Hine | Metro | 49:50:00 |
| 9 | John Bent | Northumb | 49:53:00 |
| 10 | Philip Monks | Cheshire | 49:55:00 |
| 11 | Darren Riley | WMids | 50:07:00 |
| 12 | Tony Caulton | Derbysh | 50:13:00 |
| 13 | Malcolm Fowler | Cheshire | 50:34:00 |
| 14 | Angus Crosby | Herts | 50:42:00 |
| 15 | Paul Cardy | Hants | 51:12:00 |
| 16 | Mick Lane | Metro | 51:31:00 |
| 17 | Simon Newton | WYorks | 51:39:00 |
| 18 | Carl Dunne | WMids | 52:08:00 |
| 19 | Guy Heyes | GtrManch | 52:08:00 |
| 20 | Leigh Dooley | Metro | 52:13:00 |
| 21 | Paul Carmichael | Cheshire | 52:16:00 |
| 22 | Rob Harding | Metro | 52:26:00 |
| 23 | Nick Sharpe | Surrey | 52:35:00 |
| 24 | William Heaton | Cheshire | 52:50:00 |
| 25 | Dunc Malloy | Leics | 52:55:00 |
| 26 | Myles Robertson | Cheshire | 52:57:00 |
| 27 | George Dunn | Metro | 53:02:00 |
| 28 | Chris Cheek | WMids | 53:10:00 |
| 29 | Dan Appleby | GtrManch | 53:49:00 |
| 30 | Bob Fursey | Kent | 54:04:00 |
| 31 | Nick Weir | CentScot | 54:09:00 |
| 32 | Nigel Cook | Kent | 54:15:00 |
| 33 | Marc Sayers | DevonCor | 54:19:00 |
| 34 | Karl Webster | Derbysh | 54:20:00 |
| 35 | Nigel Rowe | Metro | 54:23:00 |
| 36 | Jon Frost | Sussex | 54:28:00 |
| 37 | Paul Shanahan | A&S | 54:30:00 |
| 38 | Russell Welch | Essex | 54:31:00 |
| 39 | Derek Simpson | CentScot | 54:32:00 |
| 40 | John Knight | Metro | 54:47:00 |
| 41 | Stuart Dinwoodie | Wilts | 54:51:00 |
| 42 | Ian Walls | DevonCor | 54:59:00 |
| 43 | Mike Harrington | Cheshire | 55:01:00 |
| 44 | Peter Orme | Derbysh | 55:03:00 |
| 45 | Mark Harris | Metro | 55:07:00 |
| 46 | Derek Walker | Essex | 55:09:00 |
| 47 | John Long | A&S | 55:10:00 |
| 48 | David Hall | Northumb | 55:18:00 |
| 49 | Steve Lelliott | Kent | 55:29:00 |
| 50 | Iain Wedge | Cheshire | 55:39:00 |
| 51 | Chris Walker | WYorks | 55:49:00 |
| 52 | N Polkinghorne | DevonCor | 55:58:00 |
| 53 | Mark Evans | GtrManch | 56:00:00 |
| 54 | Mark King | Leics | 56:25:00 |
| 55 | Andy Pilling | GtrManch | 56:26:00 |
| 56 | Paul Clarke | Dyfed | 56:28:00 |
| 57 | Ian Pudge | Lancs | 56:30:00 |
| 58 | Richard Lovelock | London | 56:34:00 |
| 59 | Mike Griffin | DevonCor | 56:41:00 |
| 60 | Paul Cherry | Sussex | 56:44:00 |
| 61 | Stephen Rodgers | Metro | 56:45:00 |
| 62 | Adrian Moody | Kent | 56:49:00 |
| 63 | Richard West | WYorks | 56:50:00 |
| 64 | Rob Witherall | Gwent | 56:51:00 |
| 65 | Russ Mogridge | DevonCor | 56:53:00 |
| 66 | Ian Baggott | DevonCor | 57:01:00 |
| 67 | Iain Taylor | CentScot | 57:08:00 |
| 68 | Paul Otter | DevonCor | 57:09:00 |
| 69 | Paul Lycett | WYorks | 57:11:00 |
| 70 | Campbell Petrie | Strathcl | 57:12:00 |
| 71 | Guy Blackford | DevonCor | 57:15:00 |
| 72 | Kevin Richards | DevonCor | 57:21:00 |
| 73 | Dave McConville | GtrManch | 57:25:00 |
| 74 | Christian White | Hants | 57:31:00 |
| 75 | Andy Lakeland | SYorks | 57:35:00 |
| 76 | Tony Price | WMids | 57:42:00 |
| 77 | Barry Frost | DevonCor | 57:45:00 |
| 78 | Andrew Shepherd | Herts | 57:46:00 |
| 79 | Joey Mezzetti | Norfolk | 57:51:00 |
| 80 | Andy Jenkins | A&S | 57:54:00 |
| 81 | Roger Newson | Kent | 57:55:00 |
| 82 | Adrian Allsopp | WMids | 57:57:00 |
| 83 | Gary Zoller | Norfolk | 58:00:00 |
| 84 | Shaun Keen | DevonCor | 58:02:00 |
| 85 | Brian Lawton | GtrManch | 58:13:00 |
| 86 | Ron Neil | Metro | 58:15:00 |
| 87 | Bob Salter | Wilts | 58:19:00 |
| 88 | Ian Cooper | WMercia | 58:27:00 |
| 89 | Steve Adelsberg | Kent | 58:30:00 |
| 90 | Matthew Aston | Gloucs | 58:39:00 |
| 91 | Stevie Gillan | Lothian | 58:40:00 |
| 92 | Adam Reid | Metro | 58:45:00 |
| 93 | Mark Williams | A&S | 58:53:00 |
| 94 | Simon James | DevonCor | 58:54:00 |
| 95 | Ben Mabon | Surrey | 59:14:00 |
| 96 | Rod Graham | Lancs | 59:16:00 |
| 97 | Ian Mawdesley | Metro | 59:21:00 |
| 98 | Nick Rowell | DevonCor | 59:37:00 |
| 99 | Joe Courtney | Metro | 59:43:00 |
| 100 | Tom North | Hants | 59:48:00 |
| 101 | Eric Heaton | WYorks | 59:50:00 |
| 102 | Steve Broadbent | Lancs | 59:54:00 |
| 103 | Rob Newton | DevonCor | 59:55:00 |
| 104 | Marc Reed | A&S | 01:00:08 |
| 105 | James S-Barker | Norfolk | 01:00:11 |
| 106 | Kevin Lincoln | SYorks | 01:00:16 |
| 107 | Stuart Champion | Kent | 01:00:17 |
| 108 | Jim Balcombe | Metro | 01:00:18 |
| 109 | Adrian Matthews | Metro | 01:00:25 |
| 110 | Malcolm Hyder | Sussex | 01:00:27 |
| 111 | Colin Scott | Strathcl | 01:00:28 |
| 112 | Nigel Cox | A&S | 01:00:29 |
| 113 | Alistair McLean | Lothian | 01:00:30 |
| 114 | David Steer | Dyfed | 01:00:39 |
| 115 | Ian Sturgess | Norfolk | 01:00:44 |
| 116 | Alan McGill | Derbysh | 01:00:50 |
| 117 | Bobby Stevens | Lothian | 01:00:54 |
| 118 | Sean Grant | Strathcl | 01:00:56 |
| 119 | Pete Merifield | WYorks | 01:01:08 |
| 120 | Graham Reynolds | DevonCor | 01:01:10 |
| 121 | Gordon McCrae | Strathcl | 01:01:12 |
| 122 | Michael Bowron | London | 01:01:13 |
| 123 | Chris Hanson | WMids | 01:01:17 |
| 124 | Jeff Lewis | DevonCor | 01:01:19 |
| 125 | Albert Law | PSNI | 01:01:23 |
| 126 | Jim Bentley | GtrManch | 01:01:33 |
| 127 | Stu Gibbons | DevonCor | 01:01:34 |
| 128 | Phil McCullough | Essex | 01:01:38 |
| 129 | John Swinnerton | Staffs | 01:01:49 |
| 130 | David Mitchell | Strathcl | 01:02:01 |
| 131 | Pete Apps | DevonCor | 01:02:03 |
| 132 | No 300 | DevonCor | 01:02:04 |
| 133 | Matthew Hand | Dyfed | 01:02:07 |
| 134 | Paul Johnson | Lancs | 01:02:09 |
| 135 | Phillip Brown | A&S | 01:02:10 |
| 136 | Chris Parvin | Hants | 01:02:14 |
| 137 | Adrian Backhouse | Staffs | 01:02:25 |
| 138 | Ian Jackson | Derbysh | 01:02:30 |
| 139 | Jim Ling | Essex | 01:02:49 |
| 140 | John Waterfield | Metro | 01:02:53 |
| 141 | Stephen Kyte | Northumb | 01:02:59 |
| 142 | John Parry | DevonCor | 01:03:02 |
| 143 | Andrew Warner | DevonCor | 01:03:11 |
| 144 | Mark Curnow | DevonCor | 01:03:14 |
| 145 | Andy Franks | Staffs | 01:03:22 |
| 146 | Pete Smith | GtrManch | 01:03:39 |
| 147 | Don Pearson | DevonCor | 01:03:46 |
| 148 | Brian Marsland | Strathcl | 01:03:53 |
| 149 | Alex Banks | Hants | 01:04:00 |
| 150 | Andrew Smiddy | WYorks | 01:04:02 |
| 151 | Dave Meredith | DevonCor | 01:04:03 |
| 152 | Stuart Hazel | A&S | 01:04:04 |
| 153 | Rhys Peters | Gwent | 01:04:07 |
| 154 | Dave Willis | Essex | 01:04:18 |
| 155 | Steve Plumb | Leics | 01:04:20 |
| 156 | Andy Govan | CentScot | 01:04:21 |
| 157 | Gary Corns | GtrManch | 01:04:26 |
| 158 | Phil Fortun | Staffs | 01:04:32 |
| 159 | Nick Stidwell | DevonCor | 01:04:37 |
| 160 | Steven Brownlow | DevonCor | 01:04:47 |
| 161 | Graham Claybourn | DevonCor | 01:04:48 |
| 162 | Neil Chamberlain | DevonCor | 01:04:56 |
| 163 | John Dash | DevonCor | 01:05:03 |
| 164 | Danny Symington | Surrey | 01:05:06 |
| 165 | Phil White | DevonCor | 01:05:08 |
| 166 | Derek Nichols | Hants | 01:05:10 |
| 167 | Malcolm Hall | DevonCor | 01:05:11 |
| 168 | Chris Brimson | A&S | 01:05:16 |
| 169 | Stuart Altoft | Humber | 01:05:21 |
| 170 | Phil Levens | Lancs | 01:05:23 |
| 171 | Chris Eastwood | DevonCor | 01:05:36 |
| 172 | Jeff Purves | Northumb | 01:05:44 |
| 173 | Robert Mawhood | SYorks | 01:05:45 |
| 174 | Dave Needham | SYorks | 01:05:53 |
| 175 | Chris Brier | Hants | 01:06:07 |
| 176 | Chris Dunn | DevonCor | 01:06:40 |
| 177 | Matt Albrighton | WMids | 01:06:52 |
| 178 | Murray Wilson | DevonCor | 01:07:00 |
| 179 | Pete Mainstone | A&S | 01:07:02 |
| 180 | Bob Howe | DevonCor | 01:07:04 |
| 181 | Mike Ellis | DevonCor | 01:07:17 |
| 182 | Dave Hanna | Surrey | 01:07:25 |
| 183 | Mick Kaiser | Leics | 01:07:38 |
| 184 | Paul Burrow | DevonCor | 01:07:55 |
| 185 | John Hardwick | Staffs | 01:08:02 |
| 186 | Stuart Newberry | DevonCor | 01:08:05 |
| 187 | Andy Sayers | A&S | 01:08:12 |
| 188 | Al Lenton | DevonCor | 01:08:13 |
| 189 | Michael Horne | Lancs | 01:08:25 |
| 190 | Michael Cray | London | 01:08:32 |
| 191 | Mark Stirmey | Northant | 01:08:38 |
| 192 | Neil Goldsmith | DevonCor | 01:08:51 |
| 193 | Martin Dandy | Lancs | 01:08:58 |
| 194 | Christopher Dove | Sussex | 01:09:19 |
| 195 | Bob Hope | Lothian | 01:09:26 |
| 196 | Robert Cainey | A&S | 01:09:33 |
| 197 | Phil Nankivell | DevonCor | 01:09:43 |
| 198 | Mark Moore | DevonCor | 01:09:52 |
| 199 | Steve New | Gwent | 01:10:03 |
| 200 | Keith Hawksworth | DevonCor | 01:10:11 |
| 201 | Andy Hope | DevonCor | 00:01:10 |
| 202 | Dave Chapman | WMids | 01:10:21 |
| 203 | Mark Head | Metro | 01:10:32 |
| 204 | Tom Andrews | Gwent | 01:10:48 |
| 205 | Dave Wood | GtrManch | 01:11:20 |
| 206 | Graham Bayes | Northant | 01:11:26 |
| 207 | Andrew Furbear | DevonCor | 01:11:41 |
| 208 | John Brooker | Kent | 01:12:04 |
| 209 | Rob Cooper | DevonCor | 01:12:23 |
| 210 | Kerry Scrivens | Hants | 01:12:26 |
| 211 | Terry Windeatt | DevonCor | 01:12:57 |
| 212 | Marcus Wright | Dyfed | 01:13:16 |
| 213 | Tony Dyson | DevonCor | 01:13:24 |
| 214 | Ian McQueen | DevonCor | 01:14:26 |
| 215 | Tyrone Broome | Gwent | 01:14:31 |
| 216 | Mel Moore | Kent | 01:14:34 |
| 217 | Jim Philips | A&S | 01:14:36 |
| 218 | Glyn Jones | WMids | 01:15:40 |
| 219 | Jim Pearce | DevonCor | 01:16:46 |
| 220 | Jim Mayne | DevonCor | 01:16:46 |
| 221 | Jim Meakin | DevonCor | 01:16:46 |
| 222 | Steve O'Grady | WMids | 01:16:47 |
| 223 | Roman Nykolyszyn | Leics | 01:17:27 |
| 224 | Andy Wright | CentScot | 01:20:34 |
| 225 | David Watkinson | Lancs | 01:20:45 |
| 226 | Bob Beaman | Dyfed | 01:22:41 |
| 227 | Fritz McCauley | Wilts | 01:23:34 |
| 228 | Laurie Rampling | Essex | 01:25:36 |
| 229 | Mick Hill | WMids | 01:26:28 |
| 230 | Simon Woodrow | Wilts | 01:30:01 |
| 231 | Graham Rule | DevonCor | 01:33:37 |
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| Ladies Results | | |
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| Pos | Name | Force | Time |
| 1 | Christine Howard | Derbysh | 34:58:00 |
| 2 | Sarah Simmons | Metro | 35:42:00 |
| 3 | Dianne Lauder | Lothian | 37:28:00 |
| 4 | Amanda McManus | Staffs | 37:52:00 |
| 5 | Jessica Turnbull | Gloucs | 38:07:00 |
| 6 | Kate Balchin | Metro | 38:18:00 |
| 7 | Wendy Barnes | Derbysh | 38:28:00 |
| 8 | Louise Rigg | DevonCor | 38:30:00 |
| 9 | Sharon McHugh | Metro | 38:32:00 |
| 10 | Heather Apen | Metro | 39:19:00 |
| 11 | J Emma Brown | BTP | 39:26:00 |
| 12 | Libby Cameron | Metro | 39:48:00 |
| 13 | Katherine Swanson | London | 40:01:00 |
| 14 | V Singleton | Herts | 40:24:00 |
| 15 | Katrina Kemp | Leics | 41:27:00 |
| 16 | Rachel Short | DevonCor | 41:29:00 |
| 17 | Rhona Fraser | Strathcl | 41:38:00 |
| 18 | Rachel Love | Humber | 41:43:00 |
| 19 | Sally Youden | Northumb | 41:44:00 |
| 20 | C Chesterfield | DevonCor | 41:47:00 |
| 21 | K Willoughby | Hants | 41:56:00 |
| 22 | Helen Blanchette | DevonCor | 42:07:00 |
| 23 | C Armstrong | Wilts | 42:12:00 |
| 24 | Karen Horswood | Metro | 42:24:00 |
| 25 | Jo Ravenhill | Metro | 42:25:00 |
| 26 | Karen Mather | GtrManch | |