Rochdale Harriers & A.C.

North of England Road Relay Championships 2006

HEATON PARK played host to the best part of 1000 athletes on Saturday 25 March 2006.   This time the grass was spared and instead the paths provided the surface for the 47th annual North of England Road Relay Championships. 

The men’s competition was a team relay race consisting of twelve legs, eight of  5km and four were 9km.  Each team was required to use different athletes for every leg.  

The ladies’ relay race involved 6 athletes on each team, each running one leg of approximately 5km.   

For the first time ever Rochdale Harriers & A.C. fielded three ladies teams.  15 ladies competed (2 full teams and 1 incomplete team) and all gave a creditable performance after coming off their winter training schedules. Heaton Park proved a demanding course but all of the teams raced to their expected performances.  They showed good team spirit and had an enjoyable day.

The results for Rochdale Harriers & A.C. were as follows:

         

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Mens 12 Stage Road Relay Championship Heaton Park 25-3-2006
Men's A Team
Leg Name Pos Time Leg Name Pos Time
1 Phil Williams 28th 31.51 2 Rob Banjac 24th 17.52
3 Ian Roberts 37th 20.46 4 Kris Robinson 36th 33.55
5 Duncan Whitehead 47th 23.11 6 Clive Conway 48th 21.33
7 Ian Stainthorpe 47th 35.13 8 Mark Walker 48th 21.41
9 Mark Catherall 48th 21.13 10 Mike Moran 49th 38.52
11 Stephen Leak 50th 21.41 12 Mark Widdup 44th 21.04
Total Time 5:08:52                       44th Team

Ladies 6 Stage Road Relay Championship Heaton Park  25-03 2006
Ladies A Team
Leg Name Pos Time Leg Name Pos Time
1 Carly Needham 18th 19.42 2 Janice Needham 24th 22.40
3 Josepha Terim 21st 21.10 4 Huma Rahman 16th 21.30
5 Kirstin Johnson 19th 24.24 6 Anna Blomfield 19th 22.02

Total Time 2:11:28                19th Team
Ladies B Team
Leg Name Pos Time Leg Name Pos Time
1 Diane Winterburn 41st 24.13 2 Jill Hutchinson 41st 27.11
3 Chris Deasey 42nd 26.21 4 Jane Guy 36th 26.36
5 Jackie Leak 36th 29.11 6 Tracey Smith 35th 27.38

Total Time 2:41:10                 35th Team
Ladies C Team (incomplete team)
Leg Name Pos Time Leg Name Pos Time
1 Linda Riddall 46th 26.49 2 Karen Stone 44th 30.39
3 Brenda Robinson 43rd 27.2
 
Total Time 1:24:48                Incomplete team

Full results courtesy of Sportsoft:  Men: HTML  PDF  Ladies HTML   PDF