14th May 2007 Proctor on Track LAST WEEKEND the junior section of Rochdale Harriers & A.C. competed in the Greater Manchester County Championship outdoor track event. In the 600m race, Naomi Richardson finished 5th in the final to record a personal best time of 2 min 7.11 sec. Gina Thornton competed in the 800m final and finished in 6th place overall. She clocked 2 min 31.12 sec which was a personal best for her too. The greatest success of the day came from Matt Proctor in the under 20’s. He became a double Greater Manchester Champion by winning both the 800m and 1500m races. His times were 2 min 3.7 sec and 4 min 17.67 sec respectively. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It Takes Two to Tandle
Wajib Ali, winner at Tandle (Photo copyright Steve Bateson of Runningpix, reproduced here with kind permission) ROCHDALE HARRIERS & A.C. took two of the top three places in the Tandle Hill Trot race last week. First across the line was in-form Wajib Ali, followed by Kris Robinson in second place. Brenda Robinson and Dave Schofield also put in notable performances. They won the female and male veteran 60 categories. Results for members of Rochdale Harriers in this 4 mile hill race were as follows: 1st Wajib Ali, 20.53; 2nd Kristian Robinson, 22.52; 11th Ian Aitchison, 24.56; 13th Kevin Fox, 25.32; 15th Mark Widdup, 25.59; 24th Dave Schofield, 26.53 (1st MV60); 25th John Purdy, 27.02; 34th Nicholas Matthews, 28.34; 53rd Brenda Robinson, 35.54 (1st FV60); 55th, Barry Preece, 36.54. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayes’ Horseshoe Hop ALSO LAST weekend the Harriers competed in the Crowden Horseshoe Fell race near Glossop. The course stretched to 8 miles and included 1700 ft of ascent and a tricky descent that saw several bloody knees cross the finishing line. Mark Widdup was Rochdale’s first home, completing the course in an impressive 85 minutes. Mark Hayes’ highly experienced but heavily worn Walshes were on their last legs at the Belmont race the previous week. Sadly one of the shoes disintegrated three miles into the race at Crowden. Undeterred Hayes continued running for 5 miles over the moors with only one shoe and completed the race in an amazing 89 minutes.
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