For 'Anoraks' only...
The 2007-08 Wallsend Harriers Winter Grand Prix series was the eleventh year in which the competition had been staged, since the first inception following a suggestion by club member Steve O’Gara. It was also the final year to use the well-established 5.6k course, as the club anticipates an imminent move away from Wallsend Sports Centre.
Fittingly, it was also – by far and away – the most well-supported of the Winter Grand Prix. So, for the anoraks among us, here are some facts and figures:
62 runners took part in at least one Grand Prix event.
Only Vicky Hindson finished every one of the eight races, while Derek Reed, Kevin Payne, Dave Moir, Micky Todd and Darryl Roe competed in seven of the eight.
Chrystal Skeldon, Donna Horne, Penny Sinclair, Robin Mowbray, Kath Gidney and Paul Leigh completed six of the eight events.
24 Women runners completed at least one race – a remarkable sign of the fantastic upsurge in female membership at the club.
The best-supported race was the third of the series in November with 33 finishers. The least-supported was the New Years Day race with 13 finishers.
There were 8 different individual winners: Dave Anderson, Peter Joyce, Billy Green, Chrystal Skeldon, Paul Brown, Kerry Bentham, Kate Duffy and Catherine Willis.
Mark Fenwick’s 17.45 in Race1 was the fastest time of the series. Danielle Hodgkinson’s 20.55 in Race 3 was the fastest time by a female runner, and a course record.
Paul Leigh was the fastest male veteran runner with 18.48 in Race 3, while Lisa Walker’s 22.51 in Race 8 was the fastest time by a woman veteran. This time by Lisa was also a new course record for a female Vet runner.
The 5 fastest Senior Men:
M Fenwick 17.45
T Carter 17.59
M Hegarty 18.39
S Hargreaves 19.19
G Huxley 19.19
The 5 fastest Veteran Men:
P Leigh 18.48
D Embleton 18.50
D Anderson 19.44
B Green 21.20
D Young 21.38
The 5 fastest Senior Women
D Hodgkinson 20.55
D Horne 21.39
V Hindson 22.28
E Walton 22.48
J Fenwick 23.09
The 4 fastest Veteran Women
L Walker 22.51
C Skeldon 23.12
P West 25.28
L Mitsides 26.43
The narrowest margin of victory was 3 seconds, when Cath Willis beat Lesley Mitsides and Kerry Bentham beat Simon Gibbs. The biggest margin of victory was Billy Green’s 60 second gap ahead of Peter Hearty.
Seven people called ‘Dave’ took part in the series.
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