The twenty eighth Stragglers Inexperienced Belt Relay came about on Might 17-18 at Hampton Courtroom.
In a detailed race the general lead see-sawed between a combined Thames Hare & Hounds squad and Ranelagh Harriers’ males earlier than it was Thames who went instantly within the closing phases, with Ranelagh taking the ladies’s competitors.
James Hoad posted Thames‘ intentions on the opening stage with a victory earlier than additionally bringing them house on the ultimate leg on day two.
The second stage noticed Thames Valley’s Tracy Barlow prove for Clapham Chasers girls’s squad and was quickest total for the 9.42-miles from Staines to Boveney.
After 4 phases and at Nice Kingshill, Thames squad had received two phases following Hoad’s first and Pat Roddy’s third and led narrowly from Clapham’s males and the highest two had been the identical after six legs.
On the in a single day cease on the Stage 11 end at Blackmore, the lead was now held by Ranelagh Harriers’ males, some 5 minutes away from Thames’ combined outfit and got here after their Peter Robbins massive stage eight win at Dobbs Weir.
Ranelagh additionally led the ladies’s race on the half-way level, 50 minutes away from VP&TH.
Day two on Sunday then started with Thames’ combined squad initially closing to 4 minutes earlier than Ranelagh’s males once more stretched their result in six minutes by the tip of stage 16 to Lullingstone Park.
It was right here that Clapham’s Tracy Barlow received her second stage operating for the 9.4-miles, in 56:19, narrowly forward of Thames’ Lizzie Apsley’s 57:21, the primary time that two girls had topped a person stage.
Ranelagh then narrowly misplaced the lead on the following leg to Tatsfield, as Jared Martin opened out a couple of seconds with a 76:36 for the 13.1-miles earlier than Peter Prepare dinner regained the Ranelagh benefit on the following run to Merstham.
All of it modified once more on Stage 18 on to Burford Bridge, Dorking, as Pat Roddy gave Thames a two-minute lead with 4 phases left to run after which Jacob Brockman elevated it once more to a few minutes onwards to Ripley, together with his second stage win.
Lastly, James Hoad on the glory leg additional elevated the Thames margin to over six minutes on the line however the penultimate stage had been received by Clapham’s Charlie Mason, his third stage win of the race.
Ranelagh accomplished a victory within the girls’s competitors however Beeches Gabby Reynolds was first girl house on the ultimate stage.
Total (220M): 1 THH combined 21:50:51; 2 Ranelagh Males 21:57:05; 3 Clapham Chasers Males 22:51:54
M50: 1 Ranelagh 23:59:35
Ladies: 1 Ranelagh 62:21:18; 2 VP&TH 63:32:32; 3 Stragglers 63:59:31
60 full groups completed
Day 1
Stage 1 (Hampton Courtroom to Staines, 12.70M)
Quickest: J Hoad (THH) 71:45
Ladies: P Warrack (Dulw R) 87:53
Stage 2 (Staines to Boveney, 9.42M)
Quickest: T Barlow (lap, W40) 57:39
Stage 3 (Boveney to Little Marlow, 11.20M)
Quickest: P Roddy (THH) 61:46
Ladies: N Nicholson (Elmb, W45) 63:46
Stage 4 (Little Marlow to Nice Kingshill, hilly 11.80M)
Quickest: J Neville (Burg H) 73:05
M45: H Torry (Serp) 78:51
Ladies: S Palmer (Rane, W35) 83:37
Stage 5 (Nice Kingshill to Chipperfield, hilly 13.50M)
Quickest: J Brockman (THH) 75:56
Ladies: L Briggs (VP&TH) 89:19
W45: S Briggs (Strag) 91:29
Stage 6 (Chipperfield to St Albans, 8.50M)
Quickest: C Mason (Clap) 47:21
Ladies: E Weir (THH) 53:06
Stage 7 (St Albans to Letty Inexperienced, 11.60M)
Quickest: S Walker (Wimb W) 67:14
Ladies: G Reynolds (Beeches, W35) 70:27
Stage 8 (Letty Inexperienced to Dobbs Weir, 10.70M)
Quickest: P Robbins (Rane) 57:34
M55: C Allen (Strag) 63:15
Ladies: L Apsley (THH) 61:57
Stage 9 (Dobbs Weir to Excessive Beech, 10.20M)
Quickest: P Prepare dinner (Rane) 56:09
Ladies: B Murray (THH) 65:24
Stage 10 (Excessive Beech to Toot Hill, 9.00M)
Quickest: T Salisbury (THH) 56:29
Ladies: R Norton-Hale (VP&TH, W45) 65:11
Stage 11 (Toot Hill to Blackmore, 7.50M)
Quickest: J Martin (THH) 41:21
M65: Ok Murray (Sep) 51:25
Ladies: H Preedy (QPH) 47:37
Day 2 (100.65M)
Stage 12 (Blackmore to Thorndon Park, 10.75M)
Quickest: E Neville (THH) 64:24
Ladies: S Palmer (Rane, W35) 70:03
Stage 13 (Thorndon Park to Cranham, 6.60M)
Quickest: C Mason (Clap) 35:32
M60: B Reynolds (THH) 41:44
Ladies: T Lenthall (Strag, W45) 44:37
Stage 14 (Thames Chase to Davy Down QE 11 Bridge, 9.0M)
Quickest: V Lio (Serp) 54:07
Ladies: P Disley-Might (THH) 59:37
Stage 15 (Stone Lodge to Lullingstone Park, 9.40M)
Quickest: T Barlow (Clap, W40) 56:19; L Apsley (THH, W) 57:21
W45: N Hornzee (Strag) 68:08
Stage 16 (Lullingstone Park to Tatsfield, hilly 13.10M)
Quickest: J Martin (THH) 76:36
M55: C Allan (Strag) 93:10
Ladies: S Whatmough (Rane) 95:02
Stage 17 (Tatsfield to Merstham, 10.50M)
Quickest: P Prepare dinner (Rane) 58:05
Ladies: E Laffey (Wimb W) 72:19
Stage 18 (Merstham to Field Hill, hilly 9.60M)
Quickest: P Roddy (THH) 57:07
Ladies: M James (Beeches) 75:55
Stage 19 (Field Hill to West Hanger, 8.40M)
Quickest: C McNally (Wimb W) 52:16
Ladies: B Murray (THH) 60:42
Stage 20 (West Hanger to Ripley, 6.00M)
Quickest: J Brockman (THH) 29:52
M45: H Torry (Serp) 32:43
Ladies: L Briggs (VP&TH) 36:44
W55: 1 V Filsell (THH) 41:21
Stage 21 (Ripley to Walton Bridge, 8.40M)
Quickest: C Mason (Clap) 47:55
Ladies: E Weir (THH) 50:45
Stage 22 (Walton Bridge to Bushy Park Sports activities Centre, 7.1M)
Quickest: J Hoad (THH) 42:38
Ladies: G Reynolds (Beeches) 49:32
