The Barnard trophy 10k takes place in the sleepy village of Sutton, a suburb of Macclesfield. Journeying there is usually quite straightforward unless you find out on route that there is a massive musical festival, the Hide and Seek, in your way. Quite a number of club members were delayed while music lovers disgorged from their transport and ambled across local fields and lanes oblivious of the impending club race.

While this was totally unpredicted our Fred Pearce relay, scheduled for late July, had to be rescheduled as the infamous OASIS were due to play in Heaton Park on the very same day. We decided not to confront the Gallagher brothers about changing their date!

The Barnard trophy saw 8 aspirants toeing the starting line under the watchful eye of Chris Harvey and Sailash Shah at the start and Glyn Jones at the turnaround, a mile away. Mixed fortunes across the board with a few “out of character” performances.

Nigel Shaw is fast becoming a regular winner of our events and having sat on the tail of Ken Connor for 2 of the 3 laps recouped a 20 second deficit on the third out and back and added another 1 minute 24 secs, all in a very stylish manner.

Adrian Edwards had a quiet day and clearly did not race but continues to show why he is such an excellent example of race walking technique. Roy Gunnett had a bit of an off day and Steve Wilde rose to the occasion moving through to fourth in the open race.

SCRATCH

1. Nigel Shaw 64:11(21:28/42:45)
2. Ken Connor 65:35(21:26/42:25)
3. Adrian Edwards 71:15(23:10/43:38)
4. Steve Wilde 73:38(24:15/48:48)
5. Roy Gunnett 75:54(24:45/50:27)
6. Joe Hardy 76:03(25:51/51:31)
7. Phil McCullagh 76:45(26:01/51:31)
8. Pat Evans 77:05(25:55/51:39)

HANDICAP

1. Steve Wilde 61:18
2. Pat Evans 62:45
3. Nigel Shaw 64:11
4. Joe Hardy 64:23
5. Ken Connor 65:35
6. Phil McCullagh 65:50
7. Roy Gunnett 67:29
8. Adrian Edwards 69:25

AGE-GRADED

1. Pat Evans 81.13%
2. Joe Hardy 79.36%
3. Roy Gunnett 74.64%
4. Nigel Shaw 73.23%
5. Ken Connor 70.93%
6. Steve Wilde 69,90%
7. Adrian Edwards 65.96%
8. Phil McCullagh 64.57%

Thanks to Chris Harvey for the photos and Greg Smith for the editing.

A REMINDER

Adrian Edwards informs:

As Fred’s relay has been postponed we are going to meet up on the track in Stockport on Sunday, July 27th.

It will give anyone thinking of doing the 100 miles a chance to do 5 hours around the track, from 12 noon until 5. Just 3 weeks before the big event. All welcome.