Isle of Man Cross Country Championships 2004

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March 2012

Where do I start KEITH GERRARD AWESOME?

English champion

I never in a million years thought after taking Keith to his first UK County Championship in 2001 in Nottingham as a raw 14 year old I would see him or any other Manx runner return years later and win the Senior Title. It was an incredible display. That surge up the short rise took 15 seconds out of the chasing pack in only a 1000 metres my heart was pumping then it looked like the second and third runners were closing the gap but no just the TV camera angle. Keith won by 9 seconds completing the domestic double, (UK and English Championships) After running a leg of the 6 stage relay he will return to America and prepare for the Track season, if all goes well we could see him again in a few top class 10,000 metre races. I must also mention Kevin Lounds who I also caught a glimpse of in the TV footage he finished in 44^th place which over the last thirty years would have been the outstanding performance of the race but for Keith. You also have to look at the Astin girls performances they could and should be up there in the next couple of years even Oliver Lockley is performing to a very high standard.

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March 2012

Hi Folks

I will start shortly on repairing and updating the Great South Run Series pages, this year will see the return of the three rounds, one of which is the Northern 10K in Ramsey. Also I have been asked by Manx Cancer help to organise a fun run rather than do a separate event. I have included it in the Bushy’s series with the David Teece Memorial 5K it’s called a Marathong to bring awareness to Men of the possibility of cancer if they don’t take note of the early signs which in many cases can be cured. During the summer months I will update the Island Games pages and the Photo’s contained within the site.

. Marathong

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IOM XC Champion

Andy Cannell

Runner - up

Darren Gray

Darren

IOM Junior Men's XC Champion

Thomas Davies

IOM Under 15 Boys XC Champion

Andrew Newton

Under 13 Girls XC Champion

Nicola Cooil

Ladies Runner-up

BNridget Kaneen

Bridget

Veteran XC Champion

Andy Fox

Under 13 Boys XC Champion

Tom Bateson

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Cannell upsets the form book

Manx Harriers host event

One of the best ever Isle of Man Cross Country Championships took place at Abbeylands last weekend, the course was a real test of stamina and strength and showed what running over the rough stuff was all about.While most of the races went to form in the windy but very muddy conditions the senior men’s race produced an upset! Darren Gray started as pre-race favourite to clinch the gold medal but nobody had told Andy Cannell that, and the two set off at a furious pace, making their intentions from the start, Gray led for the first two laps with Cannell only yards behind with Andy Fox, Ian Gale and reigning champion Paul Clarke all in close contention.The final lap saw Cannell move to front with Gray only yards behind as they came back into view with about a quarter of a mile to go the gap was starting to grow and this resulted in a brilliant win for the Northern AC athlete with Gray just 13 seconds behind in second place. Andy Fox took a fine third, but the battle for fourth was still on as Gale took a wrong turn coming into the finishing straight and had to sprint for the line as Clarke closed to within two seconds of him crossing the line. With the final runner home the results were unraveled to show that Andy Fox had won the veterans title from Ian Gale with last years overall champion Paul Clarke third, Murray Lambden won the over 45 veterans class from Phil Cain with Alan Bagley third, Dave Newton won the over 50 class as did Robbie Callister the over 60’s.The galloping gourmet Thomas Davies took a few hours off work to retain his junior men’s title from Andrew Cowley with Robbie Lambden third.Another shock came in the Ladies race as pre-race favorite Cal Partington took an early lead, only to pull up with the same injury sustained in last years league meeting on this course. (I would give this course a miss next year Cal) Julie Harrison Island Games gold medallist seized her chance and produced a strong run to claim the Ladies title from Bridget Kaneen with Abigail Harrison third, newcomer Gill Strip took a fine fourth place on her debut and won Veterans Class from Western AC athlete Michelle Kewley with Marie Latham just getting the better of Gail Musson for the bronze medal, both ladies did very well stepping up from the short course event.Claire Franklyn was the only junior lady to enter as was Julia Furner in the under 17 girls so both girls had comfortable wins. Stephanie Lace added the under 15 girls championship crown to her league title with a twenty-five second victory over track star Harriet Pryke. Junior fell race champion Andrew Newton had just under a minute to spare as he took gold in the under 15 boys, Lee Butterworth took silver with newcomer Bobby Kneale from Castle Rushen High School beating one of the pre-race favorites Ben Brand for the bronze. A poorly advertised Short Course event resulted in a poor entry but quality field, Manx 800 metre record holder Keiron Murray was not worried he took the gold with seven seconds to spare over Steve Bennett with Richard Cooil third, Veteran athlete Doug Corkill finished a creditable fourth.Closest race of the day was the under 13 girls, four seconds separated the top three, after a race long tussle Nicola Cooil took gold by one second from team mate Sophie Knox who in turn had just a three second advantage over Rachael Franklin.Unfortunately hot favourite Jordan Cain was ill and could not defend his under 13 boy’s title. So who would claim his crown? Inter Schools champion Richard Seed, team mate Tom Bateson or runner up in the cross country league Michael Callister? Well it was Bateson; he saw his opportunity for glory and took it with an excellent run to win by just under half a minute from Seed with Callister a further five seconds behind.The under 11 boys race was a complete duplication of the Manx Gas Cross Challenge league positions with Philip Knox representing St Marys School in first place, Dean Kinley from the Western Club second and Jack Callaghan from Manx Harriers third. Lauren Whelan defended her under 11 girl’s title with a comfortable victory over Emily Ashe with Fay Latham third. The under 9 boys and girls race went completely to form with Eric Kelly taking gold from Jake Nathan with Jack Garrett third, Alice Ashe took the girls title following sister Emily who won the title last year, second was Alexandra Ross with Sinead Kaneen third.Manx Harriers completely dominated the team events winning everyone they entered which just underlines why they not only dominate here on the Island but in Lancashire too.One very noticeable fact came to light during the Championships and that was the initiative set up by Chris Quine of a middle distance training group, practically all the members of his performance management program won gold, including the juniors that join in on Thursday evening, it looks very much like it’s paying dividends already!A big thank to Andy Fox and his helpers for marking out the course and to all the Officials who stood in the freezing cold and windy conditions to give us a great Championships, in addition Henry Harvey who was a great Cross Country Champion himself many years ago, thank you for allowing us the use of his land on the day.So we now look to the National Championships in Leeds, the Inter Counties in Nottingham and the English Schools before our Cross Country season finally ends here on the 21^st March with the final round of the Manx Gas Cross Challenge.

Results

IOMAA Secretary Graham Davies

		Senior Men & Vets
1	129	Andy Cannell	NAC	SM	36.52
2	103	Darren Gray	MH	SM	37.05
3	148	Andy Fox	MH	M40	37.28
4	114	Ian Gale	MFR	M40	38.11
5	30	Paul Clarke	MH	M40	38.13
6	191	Mark Preston	MH	SM	38.25
7	146	Michael Garrett	MH	SM	38.31
8	44	Murray Lambden	MH	SM	39.42
9	24	Paul Curphey	MH	M40	40.07
10	98	Nick Percival	MH	SM	40.41
11	126	Keith Callister	MH	M40	41.12
12	102	Phil Mackie	WAC	SM	41.13
13	100	Dave Newton	MH	M50	41.37
14	19	Raymond Cox	MH	M40	42.19
15	81	Phil Cain	MH	M45	43.08
15	106	Michael George	UNA	SM	45.20
16	153	Ian Callister	MH	M50	45.48
17	160	Mark Redmayne	WAC	SM	46.19
18	9	Paul Jackson	MH	SM	46.44
19	147	Gareth Watt	UNA	SM	48.09
21	14	Alan Pilling	IOMVAC	M50	49.03
22	58	Alan Bagley	MH	M45	49.57
23	97	Robbie Callister	MFR	M60	50.09
24	109	Kevin Martin	NAC	M40	51.48
25	59	Lawrence Dyer	NAC	SM	52.42

TEAM	1^st	Gray, Fox, Clarke, Preston	MH	16
	2^nd	Garrett, Lambden, Percival,Jackson	MH	43
		Junior Men
1	13	Thomas Davies	MH	JM	30.27
2	38	Andrew Cowley	MH	JM	30.47
3	88	Robert Lambden	MH	JM	41.12
		Under 17 Boys
1	35	Alex Guy	MH	U17B	23.43

		Senior Ladies & Vets
1	90	Julie Harrison	MH	L	18.57
2	179	Bridget Kaneen	MH	L	20.32
3	124	Abigail Harrison	MH	L	21.12
4	195	Gill Strip	UNA	VL	22.16
5	101	Michelle Kewley	WAC	VL	22.38
6	54	Marie Latham	MH	VL	23.18
7	92	Gail Musson	UNA	VL	25.23

		Under 15 Boys
1	78	Andrew Newton	MH	U15B	16.34
2	108	Lee Butterworth	MH	U15B	17.30
3	196	Bobby Kneale	CRHS	U15B	17.43
4	1	Ben Brand	MH	U15B	18.56
5	5	Ryan Fairclough	NAC	U15B	19.42
6	12	Scott Flynn	St.Ninians	U15B	21.10
7	36	Neil Cowley	MH	U15B	21.38

TEAM	1^st	Newton, Butterworth, Brand, Cowley	MH	14

		Junior Ladies
1	185	Claire Franklin	MH	JL	26.37

		Under 17 Girls
1	194	Julia Furner	MH	U17G	29.40

		SHORT COURSE
1	7	Keiron Murray	MH	SM	8.32
2	176	Stephen Bennett	MH	SM	8.39
3	116	Richard Cooil	UNA	SM	8.59
4	32	Doug Corkill	MH	M50	9.48

		Under 13 Boys
1	10	Tom Bateson	MH	U13B	9.22
2	79	Richard Seed	MH	U13B	9.50
3	40	Michael Callister	MH	U13B	9.55

		Under 15 Girls
1	23	Stephanie Lace	MH	U15G	9.56
2	189	Harriet Pryke	MH	U15G	10.21

		Under 13 Girls
1	71	Nicola Cooil	MH	U13G	10.04
2	48	Sophie Knox	MH	U13G	10.05
3	166	Rachael Franklin	MH	U13G	10.08
4	67	Bronwen Kaneen	MH	U13G	11.46
5	66	Leanne Garrett	MH	U13G	12.57

TEAM	1^st	Cooil, Knox, Franklin, Kaneen	MH	10


		SENIOR MEN
1	129	Andy Cannell	NAC	SM	36.52
2	103	Darren Gray	MH	SM	37.05
3	148	Andy Fox	MH	SM	37.28
4	30	Paul C\|arke	MH	SM	38.13
5	191	Mark Preston	MH	SM	38.25
6	146	Michael Garrett	MH	SM	38.31
7	44	Murray Lambden	MH	SM	39.42
8	98	Nick Percival	MH	SM	40.41
9	102	Phil Mackie	WAC	SM	41.13
10	106	Michael George	UNA	SM	45.20
11	160	Mark Redmayne	WAC	SM	46.19
12	9	Paul Jackson	MH	SM	46.44
13	147	Gareth Watt	UNA	SM	48.09
14	59	Lawrence Dyer	NAC	SM	52.42
		VETS 40

1	148	Andy Fox	MH	M40	37.28
2	114	Ian Gale	MFR	M40	38.11
3	30	Paul Clarke	MH	M40	38.13
4	24	Paul Curphey	MH	M40	40.07
5	126	Keith Callister	MH	M40	41.12
6	19	Raymond Cox	MH	M40	42.19
7	109	Kevin Martin	NAC	M40	51.48

TEAM	1^st	Fox, Clarke, Curphey, Callister	MH	13
		VETS 45
1	44	Murray Lambden	MH	M45	39.42
2	81	Phil Cain	MH	M45	43.08
3	58	Alan Bagley	MH	M45	49.57
		VETS 50
1	100	Dave Newton	MH	M50	41.37
2	153	Ian Callister	MH	M50	45.48
3	14	Alan Pilling	IOMVAC	M50	49.03
		VETS 60
1	97	Robbie Callister	MFR	M60	50.09
		SENIOR LADIES
1	90	Julie Harrison	MH	L	18.57
2	179	Bridget Kaneen	MH	L	20.32
3	124	Abigail Harrison	MH	L	21.12
		VETERAN LADIES
1	101	Gill Strip	UNA	VL	22.16
2	195	Michelle Kewley	WAC	VL	22.38
3	54	Marie Latham	MH	VL	23.18
4	92	Gail Musson	UNA	VL	25.23

Footnote
Fox, Clarke & Lambden entered Senior Men & Vets Class

MFR Manx Fell Runners
MH Manx Harriers
IOMVAC IOM Veteran AC
WAC Western AC
NAC Northern AC