Provisonal Overall Results

Position	Runner 1	Age Class	Runner 2	Age Class	Event 1 Points	Event 2 Points	Event 3 Points	Event 4 Points	Event 5 Points	Total Points
1	Andrew Collins	M10	Mark Robinson	M10	100	33	97		94	291
2	Chris Boycott	M60	Jim Knight	M55		65	87	94	92	273
3	Adam Bushnell	M16	Catherine Bushnell	W14	67	100			99	266
4	Oliver Howell	M10	Jonathan Howell	M50	80	56	94		86	260
5	Andy Yeates	M40	Ray Collins	M45	58	81	82		85	248
6	Carol Dredge	W45	Sarah Dredge	W20	52		100	53	85	238
7	Jo Thompson	W18	Amy Thompson	W16	56	75			99	230
8	Michael Collins	M14	Christine Collins	W40	17	N/C 51	N/C 72		N/C 76	199
9	Dave Thomas	M45	Sophie Thomas	W14	43	29	75		74	192
10	Mike Barmby	M21	Heather Butterfield	W21	38	51		65	67	183
11	Mike Thompson	M45	Claire Bushnell	W40	44	68			68	180
12	Dennis Keley	M50	Jane Christopher	W60		65		69		134
13	Iain Stamp	M21	Claire Aldridge	W21		N/C 37	N/C 69			108
14	Chris Horwill	M55	Tim Gray	M50			51	56		107
15=	Roger Birch	M55	Jonathan Howell	M50				100		100
15=	Emily Garside	W14	Mark Garside	M45					100	100
17	Gareth Little	M18	Roger Birch	M60					90	90
18	Chris Horwill	M55	Dennis Keley	M50					87	87
19	Bob Dredge	M50	Rob Little	M20					86	86
20	Mike Barmby	M21	Jane Christopher	W60			85			85
21	Adam Bushnell	M16	Claire Bushnell	W40				78		78
22	Emily Garside	W14	Clare Garside	W12	70					70
23	Jo Thompson	W18	Mike Thompson	M45			69			69
24	Rob Little	M20	Ian Jones	M50				65		65
25	Normal Hall	M70	Chris Horwill	M55		57				57
26	Laura Channon	W50	Roger Birch	M55			N/C 55			55
27	Dennis Keley	M50	Ian Turner	M40	44					44
28	Paul Averis	M21	Keith Ellery	M50	40					40
29=	Duncan Ireland	M21	Jim Knight	M55	33					33
29=	Bob Dredge	M50	Mark Garside	M45	33					33
31	Carol Dredge	W45	Beth Clayton	W40		28				28
32	Phillip Jones	M10	Bethan Jones	W12		13				13

N/C teams because of reduced handicap on the night

The first round of this years handicap relay league saw a large turnout in fine weather. 15 teams went into battle on the Satnall Hills, and although the younger juniors were lightening around their course, there was some close competition with sprint finishes down the hill. Congratulations (and prize mugs) went to Andrew Collins and Mark Robinson, who were clear winners on their favourite area. They were followed home by the father-son combination of Oli and Jonathan Howell, last years runners up.

Round 2 on Brocton Coppice saw the Bushnell juniors take control of the league. They finished well ahead of a record number of teams, and take overall lead at this early stage. The bracken slowed a lot of people down, so well done to Andy and Ray, who finished second overall as the leading seniors, and move up the table to second overall, too.

Round 3 on Ansons Bank and Oldacre sees joint leaders at the top of the league. Close racing gave Carol and Sarah Dredge, defending champions, the win, just ahead of Mark Robinson and Andrew Collins, with Oli and Jonathan Howell finishing third. The scoring puts Mark and Andrew equal on points with Oli and Jonathan (last years overall runners-up). Unfortunately vandalism to 2 control sites will have affected todays times/scores. None-the-less, Andy and Ray are keeping the pressure on the leaders with consistently high scores.

Round 4 was run in clear blue skies following a day of rain. School holidays caused both a reduced turnout, and a change at the top of the leader board. Jonathan Howell, without Oli, paired up with Roger Birch to take the prize mugs home, while old-timers Chris Boycott and Jim Knight take their turn at the top of the leader-board. Can they keep it up? The next round is the decider!

Another glorious evening on the Chase saw the fifth and final round, and the closest racing. A sprint finish from opposite directions saw Emily Garside just pip Adam Bushnell to the line, with Amy Thompson just 10 seconds behind. This weeks prize mugs went to Emily and dad, Mark, making them the fifth winning team of the series. Good running from Andrew Collins and Mark Robinson sees them take the overall series (they will receive their prize at the club party), just ahead of Chris Boycott and Jim Knight.

A big thank you to all the teams who have taken part this year – the number of people out every month makes the effort of putting it on worthwhile, and thanks, too, to everyone who has collected controls in for me. See you in 2005 for the third annual Summer Handicap Relay League!

Cath.