Police Sport UK Athletics Section - Marathon Championships 2023

As runners congregated for the start the temperature was around 4 degrees, a tad chilly some may say, and climbed to around 10 degrees whilst athletes were out of the course. There was a vibrant atmosphere at the event village which was based around York University campus.

A field of 6,500 athletes had entered with 82 of those athletes entered for this year’s PSUK championship. A mass warm up was held at 0910 hours before the start at 0930 hours.

As athletes embarked on their run, music played and entertainment was scattered around the course. There were plenty of spectators’ spots and the occasional quiet spell of beautiful Yorkshire countryside for the runners to absorb.

As the course meandered around the city there were plenty of opportunities to catch a glimpse of the competition around you. The first 3 men were never far away from each other and provided each with the extra competitive element to produce some excellent Pb’s.

At the conclusion of the race there were some very tired runners. Participants each had their own goal whether it was achieving a Pb; being part of a team; or just enjoying the event and scenery. Despite the discomfort in the legs there were lots of happy faces who were pleased to receive their finishers medal and T-shirt. Well done to all that took part.

The PSUK post presentation function took place at Derwent College which was staggering distance from the finish line. As this is a championship race all results are taken using gun time.

The awards were presented by Grahm Heeley, PSUK Honorary Member and member of the PSUK Athletic Section Committee.

The male winner was Owen Grant [SM] from Gloucestershire in 2.31.08 and hot on his heels was Rob Grantham [MV50] from Cheshire in 2.32.53 closely followed by Phil Adams of PSNI [SM] in 2.33.04.

In the women’s race Tara Malone PSNI [FV45] finished 1^st in 3.09.32, 2^nd place was Louise Blizzard from Cheshire in 2.17.36 FV45 and 3^rd was Jacqueline Wilson of Police Scotland in 3.18.02.

Overall Results

Gun B	Gun M	Gun F	Chip B	Chip M	Chip F	Bib	Name	Surname	Team	Gender	Cat.	Gun T	Chip T
1	1		1	1		6256	Owen	Grant	Gloucestershire Police	Male	MS	02:31:08	02:31:07
2	2		2	2		863	Rob	Grantham	Cheshire Police	Male	MV50	02:32:53	02:32:52
3	3		3	3		6109	Phil	Adams	PSNI	Male	MS	02:33:04	02:33:04
4	4		4	4		5553	Patric	Clark	National Crime Agency	Male	MS	02:44:26	02:44:19
5	5		5	5		6412	Jack	Pilkington	Cheshire Police	Male	MS	02:44:27	02:44:23
6	6		7	7		1324	Alex	Watson	Northumbria Police	Male	MS	02:54:50	02:54:43
7	7		6	6		6533	Colin	Wood	TVP	Male	MV45	02:54:51	02:54:41
8	8		8	8		5921	Robin	Riches	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV45	02:56:27	02:55:53
9	9		9	9		5597	Matt	Bantick	Metropolitan Police	Male	MS	02:56:41	02:56:01
10	10		10	10		6152	James	Brannigan	PSNI	Male	MV45	02:58:18	02:57:59
11	11		11	11		5931	Alex	Daniels	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV50	02:59:23	02:59:19
12	12		12	12		6234	Paul	Floyd	PSNI	Male	MV45	03:04:05	03:03:37
13	13		13	13		6136	Andy	Belshaw	PSNI	Male	MV45	03:04:12	03:04:03
14	14		14	14		6357	Thomas	Martin	PSNI	Male	MV40	03:05:08	03:04:39
15	15		15	15		6530	David	Wilson	West Midlands Police	Male	MV40	03:07:28	03:05:58
16	16		16	16		6165	Daniel	Burns	PSNI	Male	MS	03:08:13	03:07:49
17	17		17	17		5918	Mike	Ellis	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV45	03:09:02	03:08:42
18		1	18		1	6354	Tara	Malone	PSNI	Female	FV45	03:09:32	03:09:03
19	18		19	18		5928	James	Blight	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV40	03:10:17	03:09:47
20	19		22	20		5431	Paul	Ross	Essex Police	Male	MV40	03:17:25	03:16:33
21		2	23		3	6139	Louise	Blizzard	Cheshire Police	Female	FV45	03:17:36	03:17:06
22		3	20		2	401	Jacqueline	Wilson	Police Scotland	Female	FV40	03:18:02	03:11:40
23	20		21	19		398	Michael	Reilly	Police Scotland	Male	MV45	03:19:11	03:12:48
24	21		26	22		871	Nick	Jones	North Wales Police	Male	MV40	03:19:28	03:18:43
25		4	24		4	6119	Eleanor	Ashcroft	North Wales Police	Female	FS	03:19:34	03:18:11
26	22		27	23		5923	Richard	Martin	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV50	03:19:47	03:19:08
27	23		28	24		6102	Andrew	Dudley	Devon and Cornwall Police	Male	MV50	03:24:33	03:23:28
28	24		25	21		236	Andy	Macdonald	Police Scotland	Male	MV45	03:24:56	03:18:34
29	25		29	25		2178	James	Pearson	North Yorkshire Police	Male	MV45	03:28:31	03:27:23
30	26		30	26		5012	Nigel	Gaskin	West Midlands Police	Male	MV45	03:29:34	03:29:17
31		5	31		5	4459	Heidi	Quigley	South Yorkshire Police	Female	FV45	03:32:42	03:32:34
32	27		32	27		559	Mark	Vaughton	Lancashire Constabulary	Male	MV50	03:34:36	03:32:35
33		6	33		6	870	Clare	Foreman	North Wales Police	Female	FV40	03:35:02	03:34:17
34		7	34		7	5586	Anna	Theophilus	Metropolitan Police	Female	FV40	03:39:26	03:37:36
35		8	35		8	869	Charlotte	Springett	North Wales Police	Female	FS	03:44:54	03:40:54
36		9	36		9	872	Vicky	Kehoe	Cheshire Police	Female	FV50	03:47:33	03:45:26
37	28		37	28		1775	Daniel	Preston	North Yorkshire Police	Male	MV45	03:48:21	03:45:58
38		10	38		10	376	Lisa	Dalgliesh	Police Scotland	Female	FV50	03:49:40	03:47:13
39	29		39	29		1533	Adam	Dennis	Humberside Police	Male	MS	03:51:35	03:48:11
40		11	40		11	5408	Anne	Dawson	Metropolitan Police	Female	FV40	03:55:50	03:51:04
41	30		41	30		5467	Paul	Hollis	Metropolitan Police	Male	MV50	03:55:50	03:51:04
42		12	42		12	4642	Alice	Cundy	Derbyshire Police	Female	FS	03:56:13	03:51:44
43		13	44		14	1331	Jen	Milsom	Cleveland Police	Female	FV50	03:58:43	03:56:55
44		14	43		13	3203	Katie	Bryan	West Yorkshire Police	Female	FV45	04:00:51	03:56:30
45		15	45		15	3914	Georgia	Atkin	Humberside Police	Female	FS	04:03:17	04:00:15
46	31		47	31		5254	Tobias	Kemp	Essex Police	Male	MV40	04:05:11	04:03:18
47		16	46		16	5420	Deborah	Hitching	Essex Police	Female	FV45	04:07:39	04:02:50
48	32		49	32		3727	Carl	Horth	Humberside Police	Male	MV40	04:12:14	04:10:48
49		17	48		17	4617	Claire	Croll	Derbyshire Police	Female	FV45	04:15:17	04:10:47
50		18	51		18	4946	Hayley	Tierney	West Midlands Police	Female	FV35	04:19:41	04:15:32
51	33		52	34		4625	Steve	Bruce	Derbyshire Police	Male	MS	04:22:34	04:18:05
52		19	53		19	6459	Veronica	Singleton-lawley	Hertfordshire Police	Female	FV60	04:22:53	04:19:06
53	34		50	33		554	David	Wilkinson	Lancashire Constabulary	Male	MV60	04:23:05	04:13:55
54	35		54	35		452	Steve	Broadbent	Lancashire Constabulary	Male	MV60	04:30:15	04:21:02
55		20	56		20		Cathy	Harrison	Lincolnshire Police	Female	FV45	04:31:23	04:28:30
56	36		55	36		879	Cameron	Leon-dawson	North Wales Police	Male	MS	04:33:21	04:28:04
57	37		57	37		4891	Gareth	Morgan	Warwickshire Police	Male	MS	04:33:33	04:29:06
58		21	58		21	5914	Laura	Parsons	South Wales Police	Female	FV35	04:34:10	04:30:30
59	38		59	38		6248	Adam	Giles	PSNI	Male	MS	04:38:30	04:34:51
60		22	60		22	6164	Nicola	Buckwell	Dorset Police	Female	FV40	04:59:02	04:52:27
61	39		62	39		3959	Gareth	Barker	Humberside Police	Male	MV50	05:21:59	05:16:13
62		23	61		23	5256	Carina	Quayle	Hertfordshire Police	Female	FV60	05:22:53	05:15:48
63		24	63		24	5326	Jacqueline	Reid	Metropolitan Police	Female	FV55	05:25:37	05:23:17
64	40		64	40		5428	Dean	Batson	Essex Police	Male	MV40	05:52:19	05:44:36
65		25	65		25	5406	Clare	Mckenna	Essex Police	Female	FS	06:01:16	05:54:11
66		26	66		26	5403	Hayley	Rook	Essex Police	Female	FV40	06:16	06:07:50

The veteran categories are as follows:

FV35: 1^st Hayley Tiernay, W Mids 4.19.41; 2^nd Laura Parsons S Wales 4.34.10

FV40: 1^st Clare Foreman, N Wales 3.35.02; 2^nd Anne Theophilus, Met 3.39.26; 3^rd Anne Dawson, Met 3.55.50

FV45: 1^st Katie Bryan, W Yorks 4.00.51; 2^nd Deborah Hitching, Essex 4.07.39; 3rd Clare Croll, Derbyshire 4.15.17

FV50: 1^st Vicky Kehoe, Cheshire 3.47.33; 2^nd Lisa Dalgleish, Police Scotland 3.49.40; 3^rd Jen Milsom, Cleveland 3.58.43

FV55+: 1^st Veronica Singleton-Lawley, Herts 4.22.54

MV40: 1^st Tommy Martin, PSNI 3.05.08; 2^nd David Wilson, W Mids 3.07.28; 3^rd James Blight, D&C 3.10.17

MV45: 1^st Colin Wood, TVP 2.54.51; 2^nd Robin Riches, D&C 2.56.27; 3^rd James Brannigan, PSNI 2.58.18

MV50: 1^st Alex Daniels, D&C 2.59.23; 2^nd Richard Martin, D&C 3.19.47; 3^rd Andy Dudley, D&C 3.24.33

MV60: 1^st David Wilkinson, Lancs 4.23.05; 2^nd Steve Broadbent, Lancs 4.30.15

The team results where closely contended which was great to see and a full set of results is attached. The top 3 teams are as follows:

Overall team [1^st 3 runners from a team, male or female]

1^st Cheshire: Rob Grantham 2.32.53, Jack Pilkington 2.44.27, Louise Blizzard 3-17-36. Total 8-24-56

2^nd PSNI: Phil Adams 2.33.04, James Brannigan 2.58.18, Paul Floyd 3.0405. Total 8-35-27

3^rd D&C: Robin Riches 2.56.27, Alex Daniels 2.59.23, Mike Ellis 3.09.52. Total 9-09-52

Men’s Team:

1^st PSNI: Phil Adams 2.33.04, James Brannigan 2.58.18, Paul Floyd 3.0405. Total 8-35-27

2^nd D&C: Robin Riches 2.56.27, Alex Daniels 2.59.23, Mike Ellis 3.09.52. Total 9-09-52

3^r^d Lancs: Mark Vaughton 3.34.36, David Wilkinson 4.23.05, Steve Broadbent 4.30.15. Total 12.35.47

Women’s Team:

1^st N Wales: Eleanor Ashcroft 3.19.34, Clare Foreman 3.35.02, Charlotte Springett 3.44.

Total 10.39.30.

2^nd Met: Anna Theophilus 3.39.36, Anne Dawson 3.55.50, Jacqueline Reid 5.25.37. Total 13.00.53

3^rd Essex: Deborah Hitching 4.07.39, Clare McKenna 6.01.16, Hayley Rook 6.06.16. Total 6.15.11

Our thanks go to the “Runforall” team for allowing us to participate in their race.

Next years championship location has yet to be decided and will be published as soon as it is known.

If you are interested in participating in the PSUK Marathon or have any question around the PSUK Athletic Section please contact me at kwpsukas@btinterent.com

Katherine Willoughby

PSUK Athletic Section

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