Buxton & District Athletic Club

Invitation to Meerbrook 15 km Race - 28 July 2010

Mick Hall, the organiser of Meerbrook, cordially invite all runners to the Meerbrook 15 km road race to be held on Sunday 8 August 2010. The route is challenging, but equally rewarding. The race starts at 10:00. Mick has received a large number of entries, but there is still room for a few more runners. You can enter the race online (on the SportSoft website).

Junior Section Update - 20 July 2010

I am very happy to report of our youngsters' fine performances at the St. Thomas More Schools Sports Day last week. Danielle won the 800 m and 1500 m in fine style. Sister Georgina finished third in the 1500 m. Bronwen sprinted(!) the whole way to clinch a fine win in the 800 m in her age group. Meanwhile, Lydia finished a fine second in both the 100 m and 200 m. The Community School is holding its Sports Day tomorrow, weather permitting. I confidently predict another set of excellent performances from our youngsters. Daniel Caines visited the club on Monday last week to meet with our coaches. It is not everyday we have a World Champion coming to Buxton for a visit. It was great that Daniel could come and visit. I hope to further exciting news to bring you in the near future.

Roy Fowler Memorial Relays [5 September 2010] - 20 July 2010

As many of you will know, Roy Fowler was an outstanding runner in the 1960s and 1970s; Roy was the World Cross Country Champion in 1963. Roy sadly passed away in June last year. This is the inaugural relays held in memory of Roy Fowler. The relays consist of 4x2 miles. Nigel Critchlow is drumming up interest for these relays. Please speak to Nigel if you would like to compete. It would be nice if we can capitalise on the fine performances at Shugborough Relays. The relays are organised by Staffordshire Moorlands AC and will be held in Leek so there is no travel distance to talk of.

Reminder Shining Tor Fell Race [21 July 2010] - 20 July 2010

Please note that the Shining Tor Fell Race is being held tomorrow night. The registration (entry on the night) is being held in the Sailing Club's clubhouse by the Errwood reservoir. This is a cracking race - one not to be missed. The race starts at 19.30.

Pennine Way Relay Record is Broken - 19 July 2010

It brings me great pleasure to announce that the two-man relay record for the Pennine Way has been broken by Mark and Ged Cudahy. The brothers covered the 269 miles in 2 days, 7 hous and 18 minutes. They took a staggering 5+ hours off the old record.

Results of Buxton Carnival 5-Mile Road Race - Part II - 18 July 2010

I have updated the results with missing names. We were a bit unlucky with the weather, I thought. Please let me know by sending me an email (using the email address at the bottom of the page), if there are any errors in the results. A BIG Thank You to Sarah who organised the race, to all those who helped out before and on the day, to Norman Taylor for entertaining the crowds, to New Bodies Gym for sponsoring the events and, last, but by no means least, a BIG Thank you to all the runners who turned up for the event.

Results of Buxton Carnival 5-Mile Road Race - 18 July 2010

The Carnival 5-Mile road race saw a very exciting finish with Malcolm Johnson of Stockport Harriers just pipping evergreen Staffs Moorlands Andy Wilton to take first place. Third male was Kev Lilley from Sheffield who yet again finished tantalisingly close to the top spot. William Neill, a junior competing for Staffs Moorlands AC, finished a fine fourth. The male team prize was won by Staffs Moorlands trio of Andy Wilton, William Neill and Gareth Briggs. The women's race was won by Macclesfield Harrier Kath Lamplough from Joanne Clay and Louise Pimm of Bowline CC. The women's team prize was won by Buxton AC's trio of Belles: Sarah Nicholson, Wendy Bainbridge and Annemarie Claye. Please follow the link Buxton Carnival 5-Mile Road Race Results (68 kB, PDF) to view or download the results. Mick Hall was taking photographs during the race. Please follow the link to view Mick Hall's photographs. Apologies for any spelling errors. These are provisional results as I am trying to find the names of runners 77 and 112.

Cancellation of the Friday Session - 15 July 2010

Tomorrow's speed session has been cancelled. Normal service will resume next Friday (23 July).

Results of Manchester City 10 km - 15 July 2010

Sarah Nicholson, Rob White and Jonathan Sewell competed in the Manchester City 10 km race last weekend. Rob White sends the following report: "Three athletes from Buxton Athletic Club competed in the K-Swiss City of Manchester 10k on Sunday and recorded excellent performances.

1800 runners completed the race, which was won by Jean Ndayisenga of Burundi, with Salford’s Andi Jones a close second. Tessa Walker also of Salford won the ladies race with Yimeashu Taye of Ethiopa in second.

Sarah Nicholson of Buxton AC was the 14th lady home and won the Veteran 45 category in a personal best time of 44 minutes 44 seconds. Sarah also collected second prize in the shock absorber challenge – open to runners wearing a shock absorber bra!

Buxton’s Rob White and Jonathan Sewell also ran personal best times for the 10km distance. Rob finished 16th man in a time of 35:24 and Joanthan was 77th in 39:57.

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