NEWSAR Clwydian Fell Race – 5 November 2007
The NEWSAR Clwydian Fell Race sponsored by [Running Bear] took place on Sunday 5th November 2007. The race is held annually and is a 10-mile race with 3,100ft of ascent, over the clwydian hills, which includes the summit of Mole Famau.
This year results below, with previous years results available at NEWSAR Clwydian Fell Race Page
Reports
As forecasted a cold front moved over the Clwydians on Saturday, bringing drizzle and clag just as I was putting out markers. But Sunday dawn brought a clear, sunny sky, which remained throughout the day giving a good day in the hills for both runners and NEWSAR members who were marshalling the event.
Rich Roberts (Eryri) was never troubled to take the men’s prize while Sally Newman (Calder Valley) was first lady home. Roger Lamb (Mercia) and Graham McAra (Cheshire Hill Racers) were the first vet 40 and vet 50 men respectively to finish. The originator of the race John Morris (Buckley) was the first M60 home, with local runners taking 2nd. and 3rd. M60 places.
A few runners would be advised to take either the WFRA or FRA navigation courses.
A special word of thanks is due to the NEWSAR members who forgo a fine day in the hills to provide both runners and team members with refreshments after the race.
Peter Taylor.
2007 Results
The 2007 Fell Race results are below. 108 runners took part
Race
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 365 | Rich Roberts | Eryri | M | 70:57 |
2 | 342 | Ian Houston | Mercia | M | 72:47 |
3 | 331 | James Logue | Horwich RMI Harriers | M | 75:01 |
4 | 358 | Matthew Roberts | Eryri | M | 79:31 |
5 | 360 | Roger Lamb | Mercia | M40 | 79:34 |
6 | 390 | Neil Ashcroft | Ambleside AC | M | 79:37 |
7 | 381 | T Higginbottom | Eryri | M | 80:01 |
8 | 395 | John Montgomery | Clwydian Range Runners | M40 | 81:48 |
9 | 324 | James Pearce | Congleton Harriers | M | 82:11 |
10 | 307 | Peter Taylor | Tattenhall | M | 82:39 |
11 | 312 | Gavin Williams | Dark Peak | M40 | 82:46 |
12 | 313 | Steve Burthem | Warrington AC | M40 | 82:55 |
13 | 386 | Simon Ellis | Tattenhall | M40 | 83:01 |
14 | 341 | Ian Lancaster | Tattenhall | M40 | 84:49 |
15 | 389 | Simon Edwards | Buckley Runners | M | 84:55 |
16 | 876 | Alan Ashton | Liverpool Harriers | M | 86:32 |
17 | 301 | Graham McAra | Cheshire Hill Racers | M50 | 87:47 |
18 | 388 | John Pares | Buckley Runners | M40 | 90:30 |
19 | 387 | Graham Hill | Calder Valley Fell Runners | M40 | 90:36 |
20 | 343 | Craig Stansfield | Rossendale Harriers | M | 90:40 |
Men V40
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 360 | Roger Lamb | Mercia | M40 | 79:34 |
2 | 395 | John Montgomery | Clwydian Range Runners | M40 | 81:48 |
3 | 312 | Gavin Williams | Dark Peak | M40 | 82:46 |
Men V50
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 301 | Graham McAra | Cheshire Hill Racers | M50 | 87:47 |
2 | 367 | Alan Duncan | Bowland F.R. | M50 | 91:28 |
3 | 334 | Nicholas Holmes | Tattenhall | M50 | 93:45 |
Men V60
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 317 | John Morris | Buckley Runners | M60 | 93:16 |
2 | 332 | John Linley | Clwydian Range Runners | M60 | 98:48 |
4 | 376 | Martin Potter | Clwydian Range Runners | M60 | 106:07 |
Ladies
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 369 | Sally Newman | Calder Valley Fell Runners | F40 | 90:45 |
2 | 304 | Andrea Roberts | Eryri | F | 92:14 |
3 | 378 | Jenny Ewels | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 99:39 |
4 | 310 | Hannah Toberman | Eryri | F | 101:19 |
5 | 394 | Sandra Montgomery | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 102:28 |
6 | 877 | Rhian Mair Pierce | 0 | F | 103:17 |
7 | 377 | Mary Gillie | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 103:54 |
8 | 305 | Carol Ann Williams | Tattenhall | F | 104:16 |
9 | 398 | Sarah Jackson | Liverpool Harriers | F | 104:48 |
10 | 391 | Jane Rayner | Chester Great Outdoors | F | 108:52 |
11 | 318 | Janet Robertson | Spectrum | F40 | 112:02 |
12 | 363 | Kath Stott | Tattenhall | F40 | 113:08 |
13 | 385 | Sue Ellis | Tattenhall | F40 | 113:41 |
14 | 375 | Yvonne Amesbury | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 122:57 |
15 | 327 | Susan Anne Ridings | Clwydian Range Runners | F40 | 129:21 |
16 | 350 | Linda Jones | Wrexham AC | F40 | 129:49 |
17 | 881 | Rhian Mitchell-Smith | Victoria Park Harriers | F | 138:47 |
18 | 383 | Kathryn Nicola Callister | 0 | F | 139:53 |
19 | 885 | Rachel Lambert | Helsby R.C | F | 156:03 |
20 | 349 | Debbie Dodd | Wrexham AC | F40 | 182:24 |
Full
Position | Number | Name | Club | Class | Time |
1 | 365 | Rich Roberts | Eryri | M | 70:57 |
2 | 342 | Ian Houston | Mercia | M | 72:47 |
3 | 331 | James Logue | Horwich RMI Harriers | M | 75:01 |
4 | 358 | Matthew Roberts | Eryri | M | 79:31 |
5 | 360 | Roger Lamb | Mercia | M40 | 79:34 |
6 | 390 | Neil Ashcroft | Ambleside AC | M | 79:37 |
7 | 381 | T Higginbottom | Eryri | M | 80:01 |
8 | 395 | John Montgomery | Clwydian Range Runners | M40 | 81:48 |
9 | 324 | James Pearce | Congleton Harriers | M | 82:11 |
10 | 307 | Peter Taylor | Tattenhall | M | 82:39 |
11 | 312 | Gavin Williams | Dark Peak | M40 | 82:46 |
12 | 313 | Steve Burthem | Warrington AC | M40 | 82:55 |
13 | 386 | Simon Ellis | Tattenhall | M40 | 83:01 |
14 | 341 | Ian Lancaster | Tattenhall | M40 | 84:49 |
15 | 389 | Simon Edwards | Buckley Runners | M | 84:55 |
16 | 876 | Alan Ashton | Liverpool Harriers | M | 86:32 |
17 | 301 | Graham McAra | Cheshire Hill Racers | M50 | 87:47 |
18 | 388 | John Pares | Buckley Runners | M40 | 90:30 |
19 | 387 | Graham Hill | Calder Valley Fell Runners | M40 | 90:36 |
20 | 343 | Craig Stansfield | Rossendale Harriers | M | 90:40 |
21 | 369 | Sally Newman | Calder Valley Fell Runners | F40 | 90:45 |
22 | 397 | Jez Brown | 0 | M | 91:06 |
23 | 880 | Tim Mitchell-Smith | VPH/Tower Hamlets AC | M40 | 91:21 |
24 | 367 | Alan Duncan | Bowland F.R. | M50 | 91:28 |
25 | 392 | Stephen Jones | Wrexham AC | M | 92:04 |
26 | 304 | Andrea Roberts | Eryri | F | 92:14 |
27 | 362 | Dave Sykes | Tattenhall | M | 92:19 |
28 | 373 | Charles Ashley | Wrexham AC | M40 | 92:56 |
29 | 317 | John Morris | Buckley Runners | M60 | 93:16 |
30 | 368 | Colin Williams | Edinburgh Ac | M | 93:17 |
31 | 334 | Nicholas Holmes | Tattenhall | M50 | 93:45 |
32 | 371 | Adrian Chewter | 0 | M | 93:45 |
33 | 325 | Peter Newham | Congleton Harriers | M | 93:56 |
34 | 384 | Andrew Hearle | Mercia | M50 | 94:38 |
35 | 357 | David Holmes | Preston Harriers | M50 | 95:46 |
36 | 323 | Peter Browning | Clayton Moors Harriers | M40 | 95:50 |
37 | 309 | Mike Houghton | Spectrum | M | 95:29 |
38 | 379 | Geoff Hand | Spectrum | M50 | 96:51 |
39 | 328 | Simon Smart | FRA | M40 | 96:53 |
40 | 356 | Jim Bennell | Eryri | M50 | 96:59 |
41 | 372 | Paul Stinton | Clwydian Range Runners | M | 97:15 |
42 | 336 | David York | 0 | M40 | 97:20 |
43 | 303 | Stephen Lloyd Jones | Eryri | M50 | 97:34 |
44 | 348 | David Edge | Staffs Moorland AC | M50 | 97:48 |
45 | 886 | Adair Broughton | Helsby R.C | M | 98:02 |
46 | 393 | Martin Cortvriend | Macclesfield Harriers | M50 | 98:21 |
47 | 366 | Chris Wilcox | Clwydian Range Runners | M50 | 98:34 |
48 | 883 | Paul Banks | Liverpool Harriers | M | 98:45 |
49 | 332 | John Linley | Clwydian Range Runners | M60 | 98:48 |
50 | 374 | Ben Amesbury | Clwydian Range Runners | M | 98:50 |
51 | 882 | Andrew Lacey | VRR Brom | M40 | 98:51 |
52 | 378 | Jenny Ewels | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 99:39 |
53 | 315 | Robert Jones | Clwydian Range Runners | M50 | 101:02 |
54 | 310 | Hannah Toberman | Eryri | F | 101:19 |
55 | 380 | Edwin Sherstone | FRA | M40 | 101:34 |
56 | 361 | Dei Jones | Eryri/CRMC | M50 | 101:35 |
57 | 347 | Ainsley Baker | Tattenhall | M | 101:47 |
58 | 322 | Julian T Spencer | Spectrum | M40 | 101:51 |
59 | 879 | Nicholas Stone | Buxton AC | M50 | 102:03 |
60 | 319 | Colin Davies | Altrincham + District AC | M50 | 102:18 |
61 | 311 | David Andrew Stephens | 0 | M40 | 102:23 |
62 | 394 | Sandra Montgomery | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 102:28 |
63 | 884 | William James | Clwydian Range Runners | M40 | 102:31 |
64 | 321 | Chris Shaw | Apex | M40 | 102:42 |
65 | 314 | Arwel Jones | Prestatyn | M40 | 102:57 |
66 | 877 | Rhian Mair Pierce | 0 | F | 103:17 |
67 | 302 | Paul Gillard | Helsby R.C | M40 | 103:47 |
68 | 377 | Mary Gillie | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 103:54 |
69 | 305 | Carol Ann Williams | Tattenhall | F | 104:16 |
70 | 398 | Sarah Jackson | Liverpool Harriers | F | 104:48 |
71 | 306 | Mike Blake | Eryri | M50 | 105:02 |
72 | 376 | Martin Potter | Clwydian Range Runners | M60 | 106:07 |
73 | 400 | Paul Hutchines | Liverpool Harriers | M40 | 106:42 |
74 | 338 | Mike McCorkell | Tattenhall | M | 108:24 |
75 | 308 | Tim Hughes | Tattenhall | M | 108:34 |
76 | 391 | Jane Rayner | Chester Great Outdoors | F | 108:52 |
77 | 326 | Colin Grime | Spectrum | M60 | 111:59 |
78 | 318 | Janet Robertson | Spectrum | F40 | 112:02 |
79 | 878 | Chris Bennion | Victoria Park Harriers | M | 112:11 |
80 | 875 | Richard Gilbert | WFRA | M40 | 113:04 |
81 | 363 | Kath Stott | Tattenhall | F40 | 113:08 |
82 | 351 | Martin Durrant | Tattenhall | M50 | 113:11 |
83 | 354 | John Tomkinson | Staffs Moorland AC | M50 | 113:12 |
84 | 320 | Thomas Downey | Ellesmere Port Running Club | M50 | 113:18 |
85 | 370 | Stephen Garner | Calder Valley Fell Runners | M50 | 113:24 |
86 | 344 | John Keyworth | Pensby | M50 | 113:33 |
87 | 385 | Sue Ellis | Tattenhall | F40 | 113:41 |
88 | 316 | Philip Jones | Prestatyn | M60 | 114:21 |
89 | 355 | Tony Vernon | Staffs Moorland AC | M60 | 120:52 |
90 | 339 | Nigel David Crompton | Pensby | M40 | 121:09 |
91 | 375 | Yvonne Amesbury | Clwydian Range Runners | F | 122:57 |
92 | 327 | Susan Anne Ridings | Clwydian Range Runners | F40 | 129:21 |
93 | 337 | David Robert Say | 0 | M50 | 129:32 |
94 | 350 | Linda Jones | Wrexham AC | F40 | 129:49 |
95 | 329 | Michael Cunningham | Southport Waterloo | M40 | 132:02 |
96 | 364 | David Carnelley | Tattenhall | M | 132:58 |
97 | 330 | James Smith | NVAC FRA | M50 | 134:03 |
98 | 881 | Rhian Mitchell-Smith | Victoria Park Harriers | F | 138:47 |
99 | 345 | Robert Mackey | Buckley Runners | M50 | 139:26 |
100 | 382 | Timothy Callister | 0 | M | 139:52 |
101 | 383 | Kathryn Nicola Callister | 0 | F | 139:53 |
102 | 340 | Peter Norman | Wrexham AC | M70 | 147:06 |
103 | 399 | Patrick Henley | Liverpool Harriers | M60 | 148:15 |
104 | 333 | Paul R Tosi | 0 | M | 148:28 |
105 | 335 | Mark Kendall | 0 | M40 | 148:28 |
106 | 885 | Rachel Lambert | Helsby R.C | F | 156:03 |
107 | 359 | Alan Peers | Spectrum | M60 | 156:03 |
108 | 349 | Debbie Dodd | Wrexham AC | F40 | 182:24 |