20th Box Hill Fell Race
20 Jan 2001
Results
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Organiser's report.

Thank you all for coming for and making it a bumper entry. That was the largest field since I've been organising it, and as it was only just over the entry limit we ought to get away with it. However that could be a problem for next year. Once the 180 entry was reached on the Tuesday before I was telling telephone and e-mail enquiries that we were full. This obviously creates disappointment and therefore more demand. So next year you may be more determined to enter; we may reach the limit sooner and have to be firmer about having no entry on the day. Dick and I did nothing different to publicise the event, although looking at the huge entries from some clubs, we can guess that the extra numbers was a result of you all doing our publicity for us. Thank you for that.

At the sharp end of the race there was no change. Chris Beecham got away early on, and that familiar running style (now easily recognisable by the finish team) rounded the final hill as 50 minutes approached and Chris strode in for his 10th victory in the race. His record is quite remarkable. Since his first attempt as a 19 year-old in 1989 when he came third, he has two second places to add to the ten wins. Ray Foley beat him two years ago. Where has he disappeared to?

Maybe his crown will go to one of the next four places, all of whom were running the race for the first or second time and look to have age on their side. Well done to them and we hope to see them back next year.

The veteran prize was won for the second year by Kevin Harding from John Lowdon who was also beaten into second place last year. Kevin's club-mate, Rick Ansell also made the top 10 as third vet. Ken Griffiths comfortably made it as first super-vet from last year's winner, Paul Oates.

There were excellent performances from the two 18 year-olds in the race, as both made the top 15. Thomas Byrne of the Army finishing less than a minute ahead of the home club's Ed Catmur.

Sarah Rollins, also of the Army, has finished second before but this time she won comfortably. Yvonne Hill led her to the top of the first hill, but after that had to settle for second place. Tracy Apps of Springfield Striders and Harriet Fisher of Bishops Stortford put our two biggest participating clubs into the prize list.

Worthing Harriers took the team prize with Kenny Leitch leading them in for the umpteenth year in a row, certainly every year that I have been organising and that's nine. If only David Rollins of the Army, recently a second-placer in this race, had not been carrying such an injury.

TEAM RESULTS



1   Worthing Harriers		47	
2   BAOC			49	
3   Tring R C			89
4   Springfield Striders	140
5   Wedge			143
6   Bishops Stortford		167
7   Stubbington Green		202
8   Tadworth			216
9   Cambridge Harriers	257
10  SLOW			271
11  Frontrunners		312
12  Guildford O		326
13  Stragglers			329
14  Redhill			484
15  North Downs MR		498

Thank you to all the usual suspects. The National Trust for permission to run on the hills. Sandra Dunlop and all those at Friends Provident for use of the car park and building. And of course, the loyal band of regular helpers - Dick (entries), Mike (signs, flagging and patrol), Chris, Heather and Ann-Marie (registration and finish), David (sweeping) Alan, Di, Sue and Jeremy (road crossings) and Paul (car park)

Finally a plug for the Hill Races formerly known as Silva on the other side of Dorking on 3rd June. See the Fell Runners Calender or the SLOW web-site or e-mail Jeremy Denny.

See you then or here again next year

Andy Robinson


POS	NAME			CLUB			CLASS	TIME				
1	Chris Beecham		Highgate		M21	50.22				
2	William Sullivan	Clayton-le-Moors	M21	51.44				
3	Mark Forrest		Frontrunners		M21	52.53				
4	Jon Creak		BAOC			M21	53.07				
5	Patrick Woodisse	Serpentine		M21	53.21				
6	Kenny Leitch		Worthing Harriers	M21	53.43				
7	Kevin Harding		Tring R C		M40	54.01				
8	Ian Murray		City Of Norwich AC	M21	54.41				
9	John Lowden		Worthing Harriers	M40	55.00				
10	Rick Ansell		Tring R C		M40	55.18				
11	Thomas Byrne		BAOC			MU21	55.36				
12	Toby Savage		Wedge			M21	55.37				
13	Stephen Powell		Worthing Harriers	M40	55.49				
14	Mike Bateson		BAOC			M40	56.03				
15	Edward Catmur		SLOW			MU21	56.35				
16	Steve Long		Tring R C		M21	57.08				
17	Richard Clarke		Bishops Stortford	M21	57.16				
18	Chris Hall		Stubbington Green	M21	57.29				
19	Malcolm Campbell	Worthing Harriers	M45	57.42				
20	David Rollins		BAOC			M21	58.06				
21	Kevin Tilley		South London H		M21	58.21				
22	John Dowty		SLOW			M40	58.54				
23	Keith Masson		Worthing Harriers	M40	59.15				
24	Keith Read		BQA			M40	59.31				
25	Richard Milton		Springfield Striders	M21	59.36				
26	Paul Kent		Cambridge Harriers	M21	59.52				
27	Brian Glazebrook	Bishops Stortford	M21	59.59				
28	Ken Griffiths		Stubbington Green	M50	60.15				
29	Steve Low		Blackwater Valley R	M21	60.21				
30	Tony Crossley		East Grinstead A C	M45	60.42				
31	Lindsay Broadbridge	Springfield Striders	M40	60.53				
32	James Crawford		Guildford O		M45	60.57				
33	Brian O'Kane		Shell R C		M21	61.12				
34	Nigel Notley		Phoenix Tri		M21	61.29				
35	Colin Jackson		Wedge			M40	61.37				
36	David Field		Plumstead Runners	M40	61.42				
37	Andrew Mason		Springfield Striders	M21	61.49				
38	Simon Boddy		Tadworth		M45	61.50				
39	Paul Oates		Croydon OC		M50	61.54				
40	Colin Gray		Stragglers		M21	62.05				
41	Colin Lynch		London OK		M21	62.05				
42	StJohn Day		Independent		M21	62.07				
43	David Redhouse		Independent		M21	62.07				
44	Andy Foster		Wedge			M21	62.10				
45	David Howarth		Worthing Harriers	M40	62.21				
46	William Arbury		Epsom & Ewell		M21	62.30				
47	John Legge		Springfield Striders	M21	62.31				
48	Sarah Rollins		BAOC			F21	62.42				
49	Jamie Woodyard		Springfield Striders	M21	63.02				
50	Stuart Phillips	Finch Coasters		M21	63.10				
51	Steve Hutton		Tadworth		M45	63.31				
52	Paul Pearce		Wedge			M45	63.58				
53	Paul Wookey		Phoenix Tri		M21	63.58				
54	Tim Webb		Bishops Stortford	M40	63.59				
55	James Walmsley		Worthing Harriers	M21	64.00				
56	Clive Cohen		Tring R C		M40	64.06				
57	Dick Clark		Tadworth		M50	64.09				
58	Dean Lindsay		Independent		M21	64.17				
59	Patrick Tiernan	26.2 RR			M21	64.27				
60	Tony Ruberry		Tring R C		M40	64.31				
61	John Exley		Stubbington Green	M40	64.42				
62	Paul Boakes		North Downs MR		M21	64.45				
63	Michael Mitchell	Tring R C		M50	64.50				
64	Michael Walters	IMRA			M21	64.53				
65	Yvonne Hill		SLH			F21	64.59				
66	Gordon Rowson		Independent		M21	65.01				
67	Robin Waterfield	Stragglers		M45	65.09				
68	Robert Rodie		Springfield Striders	M45	65.11				
69	Chris Tate		Bishops Stortford	M40	65.19				
70	David Fisher		Tadworth		M45	65.34				
71	Richard Sharp		Frontrunners		M21	65.36				
72	Graham de Courcy	Cambridge Harriers	M45	65.36				
73	Peter Blair-Fish	Thames H&H		M50	65.40				
74	Alan Wheelhouse	Springfield Striders	M21	65.47				
75	Jeremy Wilde		Guildford O		M45	65.51				
76	David Fisher		Cambridge Harriers	M50	65.53				
77	David Milnes		Bogotters		M21	66.30				
78	Tracy Apps		Springfield Striders	F21	66.37				
79	Alec Coleman		Springfield Striders	M21	66.40				
80	Jason van der HelstraeteFlatulent Four	M21	67.03				
81	Paul Sapsard		Redhill & Surrey B	M40	67.11				
82	Peter Beatty		Bishops Stortford	M45	67.22				
83	Ian Marshall		Cambridge Harriers	M50	67.33				
84	Nigel Jackson		Frontrunners		M21	67.33				
85	Martin Searle		Hillingdon AC		M45	67.36				
86	Mark Smith		Guildford O		M45	67.41				
87	Warwick Bilham		South London H		M45	67.48				
88	John Williams		Springfield Striders	M45	67.51				
89	Graham Tucker		Redhill & Surrey B	M45	68.02				
90	Tim Kelly		Bishops Stortford	M45	68.16				
91	Mike Towersey		Tadworth		M50	68.24				
92	Steve Larner		East Grinstead A C	M40	68.28				
93	Mark Newell		Cambridge Harriers	M40	68.44				
94	George Barron		Bishops Stortford	M50	68.45				
95	John Reeve		Stubbington Green	M50	68.55				
96	John Tussler		Stubbington Green	M50	68.55				
97	Chris Langley		Independent		M50	69.06				
98	Karen Jones		SLOW			F21	69.34				
99	Thomas Mayer		Germany			M21	69.37				
100	Ross Mason-Smith	Bishops Stortford	M21	69.39				
101	Keith Verralls		Independent		M45	69.41				
102	Mike Pedley		Dark Peak FR		M40	70.00				
103	Chris Marsh		DRONGO			M21	70.01				
104	Nick Green		Mole Valley MCFRS	M21	70.13				
105	Mike Foster		Stragglers		M45	70.21				
106	Peter Wirtzfeld	Worthing Striders	M40	70.31				
107	David Milton		Springfield Striders	M45	70.43				
108	Kenneth Edwards	Springfield Striders	M45	71.09				
109	Martyn Johnson		Independent		M21	71.15				
110	Patrick Johnson	Independent		M21	71.17				
111	Andy Taylor		Road Runners		M21	71.21				
112	Anna Forrest		Carnethy		F21	71.26				
113	Jeff Armitage		Thames H&H		M40	71.27				
114	Les Pullen		Cambridge Harriers	M40	71.41				
115	David Orr		Cambridge Harriers	M45	72.03				
116	Michael Horner		Dorking & MV		M50	72.05				
117	Phil Davies		Stragglers		M40	72.16				
118	David Yetton		Portsmouth Joggers	M45	72.22				
119	Nick Bailey		Springfield Striders	M40	72.26				
120	Gavin Berry		Bogotters		M40	72.35				
121	Bob Balding		Thames Valley OC	M50	72.54				
122	Kevin Wright		Springfield Striders	M45	72.59				
123	Les Thurston		Bishops Stortford	M50	73.07				
124	Neil Mitchell		Vegetarian C & C	M40	73.20				
125	Helen Stead		Tadley Runners		F21	73.23				
126	Colin Rees		Tring R C		M55	73.26				
127	Steve Bush		North Downs MR		M45	73.31				
128	Jason Wallace		Woodford Green AC	M21	73.33				
129	Catherine McGilloway	E London Runners	F21	73.39				
130	Harriet Fisher		Bishops Stortford	F40	73.39				
131	Paul Warner		Independent		M21	73.44				
132	Carl Meyer		Independent		M21	73.58				
133	Jim Morris		Guildford O		M55	74.06				
134	Neil Harwood		Guildford O		M50	74.09				
135	Neil Hearn		Independent		M21	74.44				
136	Paul Canham		SLOW			M40	74.57				
137	Stefan Stasiuk		Burnham Joggers	M45	75.05				
138	Ken Jones		MDC			M40	75.12				
139	Madeleine Watson	SLOW			F21	75.18				
140	Neal Franklin		Tadworth		M40	75.24				
141	Neil Bradley		Springfield Striders	M45	75.52				
142	Katherine Bennett	Saltwell Harriers	F21	76.01				
143	Merv Nutburn		Cambridge Harriers	M50	76.22				
144	Keith Dungate		Cambridge Harriers	M50	76.23				
145	Leigh Bradford		Bishops Stortford	M40	76.26				
146	John Walmsley		Wimborne O		M45	76.28				
147	Nick Giffin		Stragglers		M40	77.08				
148	Terence Greenslde	Redhill & Surrey B	M40	77.21				
149	IanGowers		Springfield Striders	M21	77.35				
150	Roger Nash		Independent		M21	77.49				
151	Chris Sims		North Downs MR		M21	78.19				
152	Mikey Teall		Independent		M21	78.28				
153	Chris Cooper		Dorking & MV		M21	78.37				
154	Christine Freitag	Frontrunners		F21	78.45				
155	Roger Grimshaw		Independent		M60	79.24				
156	Les Coles		Worthing Harriers	M55	80.01				
157	Clare Scott		Sparkhill		F21	80.08				
158	Jim McAlpin		North Downs MR		M50	80.50				
159	Peter Allen		Bishops Stortford	M40	81.10				
160	Clive Girling		Hanley Cross		M21	81.15				
161	Nicola Weatherspoon	Grange Farm Trotters	F21	81.21				
162	Janet Marshall		Dartford RR		F45	82.15				
163	Nigel Gardener		Springfield Striders	M40	83.24				
164	Dawn Badman		Worthing Striders	F40	83.49				
165	Peter Warner		Reading Joggers	M45	84.05				
166	John McKenzie		Redhill & Surrey B	M50	85.12				
167	Chris Turner		Stragglers		M50	85.27				
168	Peter van der HelstraeteFlatulent Four	M55	85.30				
169	Richard Bickers	Independent		M21	86.20				
170	Peter White		Reading Joggers	M70	87.51				
171	Jane Balding		Independent		F21	88.32				
172	Brian Reid		Springfield Striders	M45	88.40				
173	Kevan Conlon		Independent		M21	90.34				
174	Antony Read		Redhill & Surrey B	M40	91.18				
175	John Starkey		Reading Joggers	M45	91.44				
176	Ange Hart		BAOC			F21	91.47				
177	Keith Miles		Cambridge Harriers	M40	94.03				
178	Jon Moore		Mole Valley MCFRS	M50	95.03				
179	Russell Homfray	Independent		M21	97.47				
180	Malcolm Potter		Springfield Striders	M45	97.54				
181	Elizabeth Horner	Dorking & MV		F50	99.34				
182	Wendy Petty		Thames H&H		F45	108.03				
183	Maureen Wakeline	Bishops Stortford	F21	108.54				
184	Christina Hine		Bishops Stortford	F40	108.55				
185	Simeon Arthur		SLOW			M21	109.36				
186	Steve Olive		North Downs MR		M40	110.23

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