Apperley Bridge Canter 2017

Thursday 1st June and it was time for round 3 of the club Off Road Championship at the Apperley Bridge Canter.  A roughly 10k route which has a mixture of road, gravel, grass and hills which I seemed to have forgotten.  It was a very warm evening as well but we had a massive turnout of 41 members (19 men and 22 ladies) which was the biggest club turnout on the night.

1st Harrier home and claiming his 3rd class win in the 1st division out of 3 rounds was Michael Vargas in 10th overall.  Its been a great start to the year for him and looking good for the division as long as work doesn’t clash later in the year.

Adam Lomas was having his first off road outing of the year and it turned into a good night.  21st overall and top scorer in the club 2nd division.  Less then 30 seconds behind him was Robert Howard in 27th and taking 2nd place points in the 2nd division which puts him 2nd after 3 rounds.

Only 1 place behind and claiming top points in the premier division was Chris Smith on his first Off Road outing of the year.  It was a race long battle with Scott Watson who was last years Club Competitor champion and it was a welcome return to action.

Next Harrier home and leading the premier division after 3 rounds was Chris Jones.  As always there was some great runs through out the field and good to see some first time scorers and Andrew Mitchell having his first ever outing in the club vest having only picked it up minutes before.  Also scoring well was Chris Bracchi who is leading the 2nd division after the first 3 rounds.

First lady home and claiming her 2nd premier division maximum points haul from the 2 rounds she has entered was Rebecca Gray in 79th place.

Next up in 109th and her 1st off road outing bringing her top points in the 2nd division was Amy Young.  3rd harrier home and also on her first off road outing of the year was Nichola Moreland.

Top points in the 1st division for the 3rd time in 3 rounds was Honor Baldry while Jane-Marie Bracchi is leading the 2nd division after 3 rounds and picked up some more good points here.

Brilliant running everyone.  Thanks to Anne and Noel Akers for the action pics and we all loved waving all our runners home with our new tea towels.  Results and championship positions below the pics –

Off Road after 3 rounds – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vl64U7VDJDrPdwTPCpCFpwsNfVQnMxDCpg8MqccC1XI/edit?usp=sharing

Position	Name	Time	Division		Position	Name	Time	Division
10th	Michael Vargas	38.54	1st		79th	Rebecca Gray	45.42	Prem
21st	Adam Lomas	40.15	2nd		109th	Amy Young	47.23	2nd
27th	Robert Howard	40.42	2nd		141st	Nichola Moreland	49.43	2nd
28th	Chris Smith	40.48	Prem		180th	Emma Brown	51.50	2nd
31st	Scott Watson	41.03	Prem		192nd	Honor Baldry	52.17	1st
70th	Chris Jones	45.08	Prem		193rd	Clare Evans	52.20	Prem
85th	Mark Haddrill	46.00	2nd		197th	Denise Hofman	52.35	1st
113th	John Blatherwick	47.39	Prem		201st	Matilda Rhodes	52.55	1st
130th	Daniel Waas	48.45	Prem		220th	Lucy Rider	54.06	Prem
159th	Andrew Mitchell	50.46	2nd		241st	Claudia Bauer	55.04	1st
200th	Phil Hammond	52.53	Prem		244th	Alison Pullan	55.10	2nd
222nd	Andrew Maddock	54.12	Prem		260th	Samantha Scarlett	56.13	1st
239th	Rick Pullan	54.56	1st		268th	Caroline Sanders	57.20	Prem
248th	Richard Edwards	55.21	Prem		269th	Jo Rhodes	57.27	1st
282nd	Jeremy Forber	58.27	1st		271st	Clare Maxwell	57.30	1st
283rd	Paul Dickens	58.29	1st		285th	Naomi Farrar	58.41	2nd
293rd	Matthew Gray	60.01	1st		299th	Jane-Marie Bracchi	60.12	2nd
301st	Chris Bracchi	60.13	2nd		303rd	Alys Griffiths	60.21	2nd
359th	Andrew Brownell-Judd	68.23	2nd		310th	Emma Amor	61.01	Prem
					311th	Laura Edwards	61.02	1st
					358th	Sara Scholes	68.22	Prem
					380th	Vicky Houghton	72.43	Prem