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Damflask Relay Results 2024

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Damflask Relay Results 2024

This year’s event proved to be one of the most challenging since its inception due to the torrential rain and thunderstorm between 5.30 and 6.30pm. An inspection of the course took place at 6.45pm which showed a number of areas of flooding and in particular, a section of New Road completely under water. We delayed the start and reinspected the course at 7.10pm. Most of the flooded areas had cleared apart form a New Road section of 30 metres which had improved but was still under water. With a lead car on the first leg which would allow safe access of that section, and very little traffic on the road, it was decided that we go ahead as the situation would improve throughout the race if there was no more rain.

Unfortunately, the bad weather impacted on some of the baton chips, which meant that around 13 teams had no results. We were able to use the video of the finish line to sort the results for some of the teams, but due to athletes blocking the camera view in the finish area, not all the teams could be identified. As a result, the following teams could not be included in the results:

16           Kimberworth Striders

59           Steel City Striders

114        Kimberworth Striders

119        Rotherham Harriers

142        Denby Dale AC

We will continue to examine the video footage to see if we can identify any of the above teams and add them to the results. However, we do need to publish the official results soon, once we are satisfied that they are as accurate as possible.

The Dam Flask Relays are popular due to the atmosphere that’s created in the village and particularly round the start/finish area. However, that can impact on the results as is evidenced in this year’s event. I can only apologise to those teams whose results we couldn’t get.

We will be thanking Bradfield Fellowship Cricket Club for hosting us once again, and in recognition of their bar takings being significantly down on previous years, we will be making a donation to the club and their defibrillator appeal.

I’d like to thank our members and former members who helped with the car parking directions in the worst of the weather, all of whom were thoroughly soaked, and then picked up marshalling duties for the race.

We will be back once again next year, with a proposed date of Tuesday 17th June 2025.

Mike Levery

Chair

Sheffield Running Club

Damflask Relays Results 2024

 
 
 

Loxley Lash 2024 #1 Results

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Loxley Lash 2022 #1 Results

A great turn out at the first lash of the season with 66 runners. Some great performances and a great night had by all. See you at the next one!
 
Consolidated results for the first of the Loxley Lash series including age categories can now be found here >>

Next race in the series on the 5th June. Enter here >>
 
 

Loxley Lash 2022 #2 Results

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Loxley Lash 2022 #2 Results

Event #2 of this year’s Loxley Lash series saw 44 entrants take part across the three heats on a pleasant early summer evening, representing eight different clubs from across South Yorkshire.
 
In heat 1 (targeting sub-17 minutes), Hallamshire Harrier’s Alex Mason time of 15:16 took first place by 39 seconds from City of Sheffield and Dearne’s Mohamed Saleh.
 
Heat 2 (sub-20) was the largest of the night, with Hallamshire’s Jonah Cooper first of the 26 runners, with a new PB of 17:12; eight other runners also set new bests on the fast and flat track.
 
There were PBs for five of the thirteen runners in the final heat (20 minutes and over) as well, led home by the race director in 17:56 (and yes, he knows he should be running in heat 2).
 
The final event for this year is on 6th July, and entries are still open. Enter here >>
 

Timed Mile – April 2022

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Timed Mile – April 2022

Saturday 30th April saw the return of the legendary SRC Timed Mile (the 21st edition), held at Woodbourn Road Stadium. 20 runners ran the timed mile, with 8 first timers and a massive 11 PBs achieved on the day. Well done all.
As ever, massive thanks to those who paced and supported with special thanks to Matt for his generous sponsorship of the event and Rob the recorder.
The next timed mile will be held in the Autumn.
Results below.

 

Joe Sweetnam-Powell – 04:47
Aaron Francis – 04:58
Steve Canning – 04:59
Shaun Boatwright – 05:00
Matt Worthington – 05:08
Fred Vellacot – 05:14
Tim Fletcher – 05:14
Karis Fiorrucci – 05:16
Amir Nanpanzi – 05:28
Paul McWhirter – 06:13
Andrew Pickard – 06:26
Mastan Ramezani – 06:30
Emma Raine – 06:36
Chris Heggs – 06:44
David Higginbottom – 07:15
Steve Tanner – 07:43
Andrew Shortridge – 08:47
Elaine Shortridge – 10:06
Sara Corker – 10:33
Rebecca Pierce – 10:36

 

Leicestershire Half Marathon

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Report by Richard Ward

Sunday 27th February 2022

My last two half marathons in October involved a few hills (Sheffield and Eyam) so on the lookout for a flat, fast Spring half, I signed up to the Leicestershire half with my partner (and also her sister and father for his ‘final’ half marathon at age 63). A 7am start and a quick trip down the M1 to Prestwold Hall, just outside Loughborough. It was brilliant sunshine, blue skies but with a really cold wind throughout the race.
 
The route was not as flat as anticipated, quite undulating (but not Eyam!) and involved quite a bit of running round a breezy race track and HGV test centre plus country roads. The start and finish was outside the Hall on a gravel path (making a sprint finish a bit challenging!) I was aiming for sub 1:35 and was running 7 min miles for the first 5 miles but realised a Pb was not on. Eventually I finished in 1:40 (5 mins behind my Sheffield pb). A nice spring race and something a bit different from the usual South Yorkshire races.

Saltburn Hardmoors Half (and some!)

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Report by Louise

Sunday 6th February 2022

The weather was a balmy 6˚C when we arrived in Saltburn. Thankfully, my sister Laura (who was also running it with me) lives just a ten-minute drive away and knew the area really well. We parked opposite the golf club, which was around a five-minute walk to race HQ at Huntcliffe School.

Having spent the previous week freezing while waiting for the Northern Cross Country women’s race in Pontefract (thanks Storm Malik), it was a pleasant surprise to find we could wait in the school building and use real toilets!

After a quick kit check (which they’re very strict about) and a race briefing, the race began at 10 am on the road outside of the school. We set off at a decent jogging pace and headed off down through Saltburn Valley Gardens in the sunshine.

After a mile or so, we made it to the seafront, crossed the road, and began our first ascent. I was pleased that absolutely everyone in my line of sight was walking up the first incline. At this point, we joined the Cleveland Way, a route I’m familiar with (though not this section). The incline here is steep, climbing up to 110m (365 ft) from sea level.

Once on the top, there were an undulating few miles across the cliff tops, passing the Charm Bracelet sculpture before climbing down to sea level again and taking in some steps on the sand. Apart from strong winds, the weather during this section was sunny and pleasant.

After skirting around the beach at Skinningrove, we came to our first checkpoint where there were sweets, biscuits, water, and Pepsi. Now I understood why so many people had collapsible cups dangling from their backpacks!

After the quick pitstop, there was another series of steps, which we walked up again. The next couple of miles involved climbing to our highest point of 244m (800 ft), where we made a sharp right turn.

We welcomed the downhill section for the next couple of miles and at the bottom of the hill, almost at sea level again, we arrived at Checkpoint 2 at Carlin How. This checkpoint had bags of salted nuts, sweets, and chewy refresher bars as well as Pepsi and water.

I was glad of the refresher bar I’d grabbed as we made our way up yet more steps. Soon after, it started to hail. We laughed, grateful that hail just falls off you and doesn’t soak into your clothes… (!) We thought it would be short-lived yet soon enough, we were in a full-on hailstorm that lasted for the next couple of miles. We continued trudging through exposed fields shielding our faces from the brutal attack! Just as we decided to put on our rain jackets (having believed it wouldn’t last long), the hail cleared. By this point though, we had soaking feet, and numb and swollen hands (despite gloves). I also had a rather attractive swollen face. The temperature had dropped to around 3˚ C at this point.

The course continued to undulate through fields until we came into Skelton Green where the solid ground was very welcome. We continued on footpaths and tracks, and at Mile 12 (KM 20), we reached our third and final checkpoint. We grabbed some sweets but struggled to open them with our numb fingers.

The final few miles took us through ground that even I was familiar with. We passed my sister’s house (almost) and ran through some woods I’d been in before. We passed over a bridge, under a viaduct, and through the valley now in glorious sunshine again.  

For our final kilometer, we’d re-joined our starting route and the end was almost in sight. The school drive seemed steeper than I remembered but we plodded on to the school door, our finishing line. We’d been running (and walking!) for 3h20 minutes. According to my watch, the route was 14.93 miles with 610 m (2000 ft) of ascent.

The warm school hall was a great place to finish with crisps, hot drinks, and Pepsi alongside the medals and t-shirts.

Overall, it was a really fun and enjoyable race – and I think the most enjoyable I’ve ever done, despite the hail! I’d definitely recommend it (and also recommend two pairs of gloves and a collapsible cup!

English Cross Country Relays

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Yesterday saw the club competing in the English Cross Country relays at the excellent venue of Berry Hill Park in Mansfield. A big well done to the team who finished 80th out of 144 complete teams.

Dave Millns worked hard on leg one which Joe S-P always reminds everyone is short (by about 20 metres). Not everyone was on top form due to colds, post vaccination symptoms, but all thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers took the title with their last leg runner catching the leaders Highgate Harriers in the last 800 metres, with Aldershot, Farnham and District third and Leeds City fourth. Derby AC’s Hugo Milner ran the overall fastest time on leg one with 15.07 for the challenging 5k course.

In the Ladies race, Aldershot, Farnham and District dominated , with their A team winning, B team 6th and C team 9th in a field of 128 teams. Fastest time for the 3k course was Lincoln’s Abbie Donnelly on leg one with 9.38.

Full senior men’s results can be found here >>

 

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