Police Sport UK Athletics Section - British Police Fell Race Championships 2011

The 2011 British Police Fell Race Championships took place in the Bryntysilio Mountain Region, nr. Llangollen, Eastern North Wales on Thursday 19 May 2011 at 1pm.

This event is sanctioned by the Police Sport UK but is not an official Police Sport UK Championship event. The race venue and course for the 2011 event was kindly hosted and assisted by members of North Wales Constabulary Athletics Section.

Final Results and Report

Report by Graham Dyson - West Yorkshire Police

The organisers of the 2011 event were therefore up against it to again give the competitors another challenge – They didn’t disappoint! We had 68 confirmed entries with 57 runners on the day.

2011 Race Route.

The course was a 8.5 miles route with 2700 ft of ascent traversing the Bryntysilio Mountain eastern fells of North Wales, nr Llangollen.

Start: Ponderosa Cafe - Horseshoe Pass

CP 1: Cairn - Moel Y Gamelyn - GR176465

CP 2: Track 'T' Junction - East of Cymmo - GR172450

CP 3: Metalled Road Junction - GR150450

CP 4: Cairn - Moel Y Gamelyn - GR176465

Finish: Ponderosa Cafe - Horseshoe Pass

The race set off from the Ponderosa Café heading up a steep grass banking, before taking to a rough track which lead to Moel y Faen. The leaders could be seen all the way up the initial climb, and even at that point the 57 entrants were starting to spread out into groups. At the summit the route continued across the fell taking a sharp descent down a rocky track before climbing up to CP1 at Moel y Gamelin. The pre race briefer having told us that you can see Snowdonia from the top. However, a descent off the top soon put paid to any lingering views, as everyone enjoyed the relief of a downhill. This section then went off the main fell dropping down a narrow path to CP2 at Cymmo.

The race route then took us around the far end of Moel Morfydd, before taking a sharp climb to the summit. This was where the pain started, and in effect the race. The weather also started to warm up, but the slight breeze kept it just pleasant.

Once reaching the summit the route took a “rollercoaster” rocky track down then up Moel Gaer before climbing back up to the cairn at Moel y Gamelin. At this point the less than observant runner might have thought the route was now all downhill, and I’m sure I heard a marshall shout, “It’s all downhill from here” and “Not far now!” (I’d like a £1 for every time I’ve heard that one!)

The race was however far from over and followed the outward route back up some short sharp climbs to Moel y Faen, before the descent back to the Ponderosa. This last section really took the last of any strength out of the legs, and made the final stretch particularly testing, having to negotiate rocky climbs before the fast descent to the finish.

The winner, Malcolm Fowler (Cheshire) took the race win in 66min 15 secs, followed two minutes later by his colleague Rob Grantham, and a further 3 minutes elapsed before Ian Phillips (Derbyshire) finished.

The ladies race was dominated by Christine Howard (Derbyshire) who raced home in 79mins 44 secs (6^th overall !). She was followed home by Karen Sinkinson (West Yorkshire) and Ciara Murphy (Cheshire).

The vets were brought home by Karl Webster (Derbyshire) in 73mins 40 secs. This enabled Derbyshire to take the team prize by just 1 placing from Cheshire.

All runners completed the course, and were rewarded with a post race meal at the Ponderosa.

The 2012 race is to be hosted by Greater Manchester Police. This was to everyone's amusement as there were some questions as to where the fells were in Greater Manchester, but I’m sure they will find a hill or two for us to run up!

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Individual Results

Pos.	Pos.F	Pos.V40	Race No.	Name	Surname	Force	Gender	Age	Time	Prize
1		1	1	Malcolm	Fowler	Cheshire	M	V45	66.15	1st Male Open
2			2	Robert	Grantham	Cheshire	M		68.09	2nd Male Open
3			21	Ian	Phillips	Derbyshire	M		71.44	3rd Male Open
4		2	22	Karl	Webster	Derbyshire	M	V40	73.40	1st Male Veteran 40+
5			12	Chris	Newman	Cumbria	M		74.37
6	1		17	Christine	Howard	Derbyshire	F		79.44	1st Female Open
7		3	28	Darren	Jones	Gloucestershire	M	V40	80.00	2nd Male Veteran 40+
8		4	14	Craig	Smith	Cumbria	M	V40	81.15	3rd Male Veteran 40+
9		5	25	Carwyn	Phillips	Dyfed-Powys	M	V40	81.43
10			59	Tom	Smith	South Yorkshire	M		81.54
11			65	Neil	Pattie	Cheshire	M		82.08
12		6	5	Myles	Robertson	Cheshire	M	V45	82.25
13		7	13	Andrew	Slattery	Cumbria	M	V40	83.00
14			29	Daniel	Appleby	GMP	M		84.45
15		8	9	Tony	White	Cheshire	M	V40	84.47
16			6	Vince	Van Woerkom	Cheshire	M		84.59
17		9	38	Mike	Riley	Lancashire	M	V40	86.02
18			57	Peter	Hague	South Yorkshire	M		86.15
19		10	7	Rupert	Venables	Cheshire	M	V45	86.30
20			117	Andy	Lakeland	South Yorkshire	M		87.51
21			120	James	Atkinson	Nottinghamshire	M		90.20
22		11	37	Dave	Croll	Lancashire	M	V40	90.49
23		12	30	Jim	Bentley	GMP	M	V50	90.55	1st Male Veteran 50+
24		13	15	Richard	Unwin	Cumbria	M	V55	91.15
25			66	Tony	Harvey	North Wales	M		91.42
26			3	Philip	Monks	Cheshire	M		91.53
27		14	8	Iain	Wedge	Cheshire	M	V40	91.58
28			118	Andy	Cleworth	GMP	M		92.28
29		15	26	Jonathan	Tatton	Dyfed-Powys	M	V45	93.15
30		16	61	Graham	Dyson	West Yorkshire	M	V40	93.35
31			50	Huw	Trainor	North Wales	M		94.07
32		17	11	Richard	Mavin	Cumbria	M	V45	94.08
33			55	Jon	Marshall	Nottinghamshire	M		95.03
34			67	Simon	Williams	North Wales	M		95.51
35		18	54	Julian	Bramley	Nottinghamshire	M	V40	96.22
36	2	19	63	Karen	Sinkinson	West Yorkshire	F	V45	99.48	1st Female Veteran 40+
37		20	42	Nick	Brown	North Wales	M	V45	100.17
38			33	Gary	Corns	GMP	M		100.33
39	3		4	Ciara	Murphy	Cheshire	F		101.03	2nd Female Open
40		21	47	Iwan	Jones	North Wales	M	V55	103.29
41		22	62	Peter	Merrifield	West Yorkshire	M	V50	103.41
42	4	23	43	Carol	Coole	North Wales	F	V45	105.37	3rd Female Open
43		24	36	Andy	Wright	GMP	M	V50	106.05
44			34	Steve	Quinn	GMP	M		110.01
45	5	25	24	Dee	Nix	Dyfed-Powys	F	V40	110.06
46	6		45	Yvie	Johnson	North Wales	F		111.25
47		26	19	Kevin	Loftus	Derbyshire	M	V50	111.54
48			64	Tim	Chandler	Wiltshire	M		113.56
49	7	27	20	Fiona	McDonald	Derbyshire	F	V40	115.20
50	8		23	Jacqui	Lovett	Dyfed-Powys	F		115.34
51			44	Gareth	Jaggard	North Wales	M		116.00
52		28	46	Gary	Jones	North Wales	M	V40	118.00
53	9	29	41	Petra	Ashton	North Wales	F	V40	118.28
54	10	30	51	Melanie	Williams	North Wales	F	V45	120.15
55		31	35	Dave	Wood	GMP	M	V45	122.00
56		32	53	Peter	Boddy	Nottinghamshire	M	V40	128.50
57	11		27	Natalie	Wareing	Dyfed-Powys	F		130.25
			10	Tony	Labram	Cumbria	M	V40	DNS
			16	Bruce	Clark	Derbyshire	M	V45	DNS
			18	Ian	Jackson	Derbyshire	M	V45	DNS
			31	Michael	Burgess	GMP	M	V45	DNS
			39	Martin	Wood	Lincolnshire	M	V50	DNS
			40	Ian	Mawdesley	Metropolitan	M		DNS
			48	David	Owens	North Wales	M	V40	DNS
			68	Stephen	Roberts	North Wales	M	V40	DNS
			56	Graham	Whitt	Nottinghamshire	M		DNS
			60	Ian	Tagg	South Yorkshire	M	V45	DNS

Team Results

Mixed Open Teams
Pos.	Force	1	2	3	Score	Prize
1	Derbyshire	3	4	6	13	1st Mixed Team
2	Cheshire	1	2	11	14	2nd Mixed Team
3	Cumbria	5	8	13	26	3rd Mixed Team
4	South Yorkshire	10	18	20	48
5	GMP	14	23	28	65
6	Dyfed-Powys	9	29	45	83
7	Nottinghamshire	21	33	35	89
8	North Wales	25	31	34	90
9	West Yorkshire	30	36	41	107
10	Lancashire	17	22	58	97
11	Gloucestershire	7	58	58	123
12	Wiltshire	48	58	58	164
	Lincolnshire	DNS			0
	Metropolitan	DNS			0

Mixed Veteran Teams
Pos.	Force	1	2	3	Score	Prize
1	Cheshire	1	6	8	15	1st Mixed Veteran Team
2	Cumbria	4	7	13	24	2nd Mixed Veteran Team
3	Dyfed-Powys	5	15	25	45
4	Derbyshire	2	26	27	55
5	West Yorkshire	16	19	22	57
6	North Wales	20	21	23	64
7	GMP	12	24	31	67
8	Lancashire	9	11	33	53
9	Nottinghamshire	18	32	33	83
10	Gloucestershire	3	33	33	69
	Lincolnshire	DNS			0
	Metropolitan	DNS			0
	South Yorkshire				0
	Wiltshire				0

2011 Event Details

SC 9785 Steve Broadbent

Police Sport UK Athletics Section – British Police Fell Race Coordinator

Work Tel: 01524 596424

Mobile Tel: 07974 795466

Email: Steve Broadbent

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