Tuesday 5th September 2006

The final Inter-Club Race of 2006 was contested at Worden Park on Tuesday 5 September. Chorley AC had a few absentees because of holidays and injuries but still performed admirably in the biggest field ever.

Stephen Fletcher was the first AC runner in 92nd(26mins :11secs ) just heading of other veterans.

Simon Townsend making his debut this year came in 99th(26:40), with Ted Orrell 101st(26:45) and Henry Minorczyk 104th(26:53).

Youngster Josh Metters had an excellent race and came next in 125th(27:57) just ahead of Dave Taylor 131st(28:16).

Paul Bass in 143rd(28:53) fractionally lost out to Dave Kershaw 142nd(28:51). Emma Perrin lead the ladies in 162nd(30:11) just ahead of Michelle Devine 169th(30:53).

Paul Wareing closely followed in 170th(31:02).

Remaining club members came in a fairly even spread with Stuart Swann 194th(32:48), Eddie Murray 198th(32:56), Janet Pound 206th(33:39), Tim Croston 209th(33:57), Jan Mayor 211th(34:11), John Payn 217th(35:14) and Mike Coppin 224th(36:16).

In the overall series, Ted Orrell lead the individual awards as 1st vet 65 with Stephen Fletcher 2nd vet 55, Emma Perrin 2nd junior female and John Payn 2nd vet 70. Henry Minorczyk and Janet Pound gained 3rd vet 55 and 3rd female vet50 respectively with Jan Mayor taking 4th vet 50 female. Chorley AC came 6th overall as also in the vets, ladies and vet 50s but 3rd in the vet 60s losing 2nd place by 1 point. In the 2006 series Chorley strengthened as the year progressed registering 6th in the ladies and the vet 50s with 5th place in the vet 60s."

Wednesday 16th August 2006

Chorley AC organised and marshalled the latest Inter Club match at Astley Park, and still managed an excellent turnout of runners.The rain fortunately held off for the race and the bulldozers working in the Astley Park pond gave runners and spectators a different view this year.

Chorley came 5th team overall, 5th ladies, 4th vet 50 team and a magnificent 1st vet 60 team pipping Wesham by 1 point.

Overall series position saw Chorley improving in most sections, now being 5th in the vet 60s & 6th in the vet 50s.

Adam Sutton of Preston ran an incredibly fast time bettering his own course record as did Caroline Betmead of North Fylde in the ladies. A new junior record was also set by Peter Street of Preston.

Andrew Holmes, not for the first time, was the leading Chorley AC man home in 48th(31mins :06 secs ) with Nathan Lawton desperately trying to hang onto him but in the end slipping to 60th(32:27) and coming under pressure from Stephen Fletcher 66th(32:55). Ted Orrell, the leader of the vet 60 team finished in 68th(33:08) supported by his vet 60 partner John Swift 107th(36:35) but split by Laura Livesey 93rd(35:16) and ever improving Paul Bass 102nd(36:17). Two strong runs for the ladies team were Michelle Devine 121st(37:57) and Christine Sweatman 132nd(39:32).

Eddie Murray 136th(40:12) who just stole the line from Paul Wareing 137th who had a brave run in 40:13. Janet Pound was 140th(40:58), Stuart Swann 155th(42:57) and with an excellent first competitive outing Tim Croston 160th(44:02) followed closely by Jan Mayor 165th in a very good time of 45:33.

Individual winners were Laura as 1st junior female, Ted and John as 1st & 2nd vet 65s with Christine, Janet and Jan making a run of 2nd, 3rd & 4th lady vet 50s. Eddie Murray finished well for 4th vet 60.

Chorley AC would like to thank all officials and marshals who again contributed to the success of this race.

The last in the 2006 Inter Club series is Red Rose's race on Tuesday 5th September at 19:00 in Worden Park, Leyland and all Chorley Athletic Club athletes are asked to please support the event.

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Monday 19th June 2006

A warm but blustery evening at Stanley Park, Blackpool was the venue for the third Inter-Club race with the Chorley AC athletes once again lead home by a fine run from young Andrew Holmes in 26th place(23:52).

Stephen Fletcher was next in with another good performance as 3rd Vet 55 in 67th (26:00) followed by Henry Minorczyk getting faster 81st (26:48) and Emma Perrin trying a slower start 100th (28:29).

Andrew and Emma were the male & female junior winners.

Janet Pound as 3rd female Vet 50 in 134th (30:33) tracked all the way by Paul Bass 136th (30:37) with Stuart Swann 141st (31:19).

Other performances saw John Payn 171st(34:18) just pipping Mike Coppin 172nd(34:43), Eddie Murray 174th(34:47) and John Swift 178th(36:02). John Payn was 3rd in the vet 70 section.

Chorley AC are currently in 6th place in the Vet 50s.

The next Inter-Club race is on Monday 17th July at BNFL, Salwick(Wesham).

Report by Mike Coppin.

Race Results


Wednesday 10th May 2006

On a very warm Wednesday night Chorley AC celebrated the second Inter-Club race at Preston with a truely phenomenal run by 15 year old Andrew Holmes who came 26th in 29mins 12sec. He was well supported by Nathan Lawton with a good run for 52nd place in 31:04. Next a magnificent effort from a far from well Stephen Fletcher in 63rd(32:24) followed by Barry Chester in 89th(34:41) and Janet Pound 124th(39:10). New man Paul Waering had a very promising first race in 140th(40:00) being shepherded around by Stuart Swann in 141st(40:01). Next was John Swift in 154th(41:44) followed by a flurry of CAC men in 166th, 167th and 168th places with John Payn(42:56), Eddie Murray(43:10) and Les Paul(43:22) trailed by Mike Coppin 173rd(44:26).

Overall Chorley did not fare particularly well but did come 6th in the vets and 5th in the Vet 50s. Individual honours were however gained by Andrew Holmes who was 1st junior, Janet Pound and John Payn who were 2nd lady vet 50 and male vet 70 respectively and Stephen Fletcher who was 3rd vet 55. John Swift also made 5th vet 65 with Barry Chester 6th vet 55. A good effort from our largely aged team.

The next race in the series is on 19th June at Blackpool(Stanley Park), but before then there are the Astley Park Series on 19th May, the Northern Men/Womens Track event at Witton Park on 3rd June(Chorley AC hosting), Harriers 4 mile on 7th June and Chorley AC's Great Hill race on 17th June.

Report by Mike Coppin