Runners (and volunteers) were greeted by a dry and mild day for the Club 10 XC run on a new course from Norman Park. It was still pretty windy though, and no-one enjoyed the headwind down the finishing straight! And the Mazzards Wood section of the course continues to include a proper boggy stretch, encountered twice.
A modest size field of 18 included 4 guests from Beckenham, one of who, Ryan Brotherton was fastest on the day and the only one to break 40 minutes. Luca Ercolani finished 2nd, but 1st for the club and fastest vet, being all those in the “less mature” V40 category as well as his fellow V50’s.
Chris Martin was 1st on handicap in his first ‘club only’ event of the Bennett Cup season. Matt Bullen retains the overall lead, from Luca,but on a points per race basis John Turner is not far behind Matt.
-David Beadle
Podium Position (including Bennet Club leaders)
| Race Result | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Brotherton | 00:39:04 | ||
| 2 | Luca Ercolani | 00:40:28 | ||
| 3 | Paul Sharpe | 00:41:22 | ||
| Race Result Women | Time | |||
| 1 | Katie Sugden | 00:49:14 | ||
| 2 | Ciara Kiley | 00:51:13 | ||
| 3 | ||||
| BBHAC Handicap | Hcap time | |||
| 1 | Chris Martin | 00:35:29 | ||
| 2 | Kervin Adjei | 00:36:02 | ||
| 3 | Ian Scott | 00:36:21 | ||
| Bennett Cup Leaders after 6 events | Points | average per event | ||
| 1 | Matthew Bullen | 6 | 201 | 33.5 |
| 2 | Luca Ercolani | 6 | 192 | 32 |
| 3 | Luigi Arcuri | 6 | 176 | 29.3 |
| 4 | John Turner | 4 | 129 | 32.3 |
| 5 | Damien Hayes | 4 | 118 | 29.5 |
| BBHAC Men V40 | Pos | Time | ||
| 1 | Paul Sharpe | 3 | 00:41:22 | |
| 2 | Darren Corneille | 4 | 00:41:36 | |
| 3 | Ian Scott | 6 | 00:42:15 | |
| BBHAC Men V50 | Pos | Time | ||
| 1 | Luca Ercolani | 2 | 00:40:28 | |
| 2 | Matthew Bullen | 8 | 00:44:20 | |
| 3 | Chris Martin | 9 | 00:46:29 | |
| BBHAC Men V60 | Pos | Time | ||
| 1 | Roger Beswick | 5 | 00:41:52 | |
| 2 | Andrew Lawes | 13 | 00:48:52 | |
| 3 | Luigi Arcuri | 16 | 00:51:47 | |
| BBHAC Men V70 | Pos | Time | ||
| 1 | John Turner | 18 | 00:58:30 | |
| BBHAC Women V45 | Pos | Time | ||
| 1 | Katie Sugden | 14 | 00:49:14 |
Full Race Results
| Position | Number | Name | Category | hcp | b pts | hcp time | 10m bpts | bpt tot | time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Ryan Brotherton | guest | 00:39:04 | |||||
| 2 | 9 | Luca Ercolani | V50 | -0:02:22 | 162 | 00:38:06 | 30 | 192 | 00:40:28 |
| 3 | 10 | Paul Sharpe | V40 | -0:04:09 | 78 | 00:37:13 | 34 | 112 | 00:41:22 |
| 4 | 6 | Darren Corneille | V40 | -0:03:10 | 53 | 00:38:26 | 28 | 81 | 00:41:36 |
| 5 | 7 | Roger Beswick | V60 | -0:04:09 | 00:37:43 | 33 | 33 | 00:41:52 | |
| 6 | 13 | Ian Scott | V40 | -0:05:54 | 69 | 00:36:21 | 38 | 107 | 00:42:15 |
| 7 | 12 | Steve Moss | guest | 00:44:06 | |||||
| 8 | 11 | Matthew Bullen | V50 | -0:07:55 | 165 | 00:36:25 | 36 | 201 | 00:44:20 |
| 9 | 3 | Chris Martin | V50 | -0:11:00 | 38 | 00:35:29 | 40 | 78 | 00:46:29 |
| 10 | 16 | Kervin Adjei | SM | -00:10:45 | 47 | 00:36:02 | 39 | 86 | 00:46:47 |
| 11 | 15 | Damien Hayes | V50 | -0:11:22 | 83 | 00:36:34 | 35 | 118 | 00:47:56 |
| 12 | 2 | William Brindley | V50 | -0:10:17 | 76 | 00:38:28 | 27 | 103 | 00:48:45 |
| 13 | 8 | Andrew Lawes | V60 | -0:12:28 | 40 | 00:36:24 | 37 | 77 | 00:48:52 |
| 14 | 14 | Katie Sugden | F45 | -0:11:22 | 56 | 00:37:52 | 31 | 87 | 00:49:14 |
| 15 | 18 | Ciara Kiley | guest | 00:51:13 | |||||
| 16 | 5 | Luigi Arcuri | V60 | -0:13:33 | 147 | 00:38:14 | 29 | 176 | 00:51:47 |
| 17 | 4 | Ken Baksh | Guest | 00:57:25 | |||||
| 18 | 1 | John Turner | V70 | -0:20:40 | 97 | 00:37:50 | 32 | 129 | 00:58:30 |
