{"id":1427,"date":"2014-03-17T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T21:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2014-03-17T21:13:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T21:13:26","slug":"stilton-7-stafford-half-marathon-bmaf-xc-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrr.co.uk\/?p=1427","title":{"rendered":"Stilton 7, Stafford Half Marathon &#038; BMAF XC Champs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>South Derbyshire RR to the fore !<\/strong><br \/>\nOn a sunny, but typically blowy spring weekend, members of the Club were to the fore in races in different parts of the country. <!--more-->By far the biggest contingent was in action on Sunday at the Stilton 7, the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> race in this year\u2019s Leicestershire Road Running Winter League. Over a typically challenging 2 lap course it was again Dominic Sharman who took the honours with an excellent 20<sup>th<\/sup> place finish out of 355 runners in a superb chip time of 43.24. Only 3 places further back, and improving with every race, Chris Pearson was next in an excellent 44.06. After a PB in last week\u2019s Fradley 10k Club debutant James Cassidy confirmed his form with a valuable 43<sup>rd<\/sup> place finish overall in 45.44. There was then a really tight inter Club battle between Stuart Halsey &amp; Paul Chapman with Stuart just edging this one in 70<sup>th<\/sup> to Paul\u2019s 71<sup>st<\/sup> place and chip times of 47.34 &amp; 47.39 respectively.<br \/>\nShowing he\u2019s getting back to something like his best form in the lead up to the London Marathon, Andy Orme also made the top 100 with 87<sup>th<\/sup> place in 48.31. Completing the team finishers were the evergreen Steve Fowler &amp; the promising, but injury prone, Gavin Horton. On this occasion it was the senior athlete who led the way with 50.42 &amp; 124<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>place from Gavin\u2019s 50.53 for 128<sup>th<\/sup>. Steve Leafe &amp; Adrian Middleton both battled well for chip times of 51.27 &amp; 53.14 and finishing positions of 137<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 162<sup>nd<\/sup> before the Club\u2019s first finishers in the women\u2019s race, Tracey Glover &amp; Nikki Reeves were virtually inseparable as they crossed the line. Tracey just found that bit extra on this occasion as she finished 35<sup>th<\/sup> in 54.49 just one place and 3 seconds quicker than Nikki. Malcolm Moore was next to finish in 57.25 &amp; 232<sup>nd<\/sup> place ahead of the improving Tim Argent in 291<sup>st<\/sup> &amp; 62.48. Inge Moore completed the overall finishers for the Club with a battling 75.33 &amp; 124<sup>th<\/sup> place in the women\u2019s race.<br \/>\nThere was PBs all round for the four Club runners who tackled the Stafford Half Marathon on Sunday. Showing that he\u2019s getting back to his best form &amp; that he\u2019ll battle all the way to retain the Club Championship, Andy Hawtin was first back in 1.24.49 &amp; an excellent 49<sup>th<\/sup> place finish. Another indicating that he\u2019s coming into good form for an upcoming marathon, Gary Price was next in 1.42.06 followed by Sam Skidmore in a massive PB of 1.53.02 &amp; 125<sup>th<\/sup> place in the women\u2019s race. The ever improving Mark Skidmore completed the club finishers in this race with 2.26.40.<br \/>\nMuch further afield, and in more inclement weather, Chris Mason took part in this year\u2019s British Masters Cross Country Championship over a challenging course around Tollcross Park in Glasgow on Saturday. Against top class opposition Mason ran well to finish 8<sup>th<\/sup> in his age category, covering the 8k course in 31.46.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Derbyshire RR to the fore ! 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