Capio
Duchy Hospital Grand Prix 2005
Intro – Welcome to everyone for the Capio
Duchy Hospital Grand Prix Awards.
1 minute silence to
respect the passing away of 2 prominent runners during 2005.
They are Vic McKee (NRR)
and Bill Muller (ECH)
For a
successive year, road running in Cornwall has gone from strength to strength,
with races of 300 plus, becoming quite common. 2005 has been our most successful
Grand Prix season ever, with 323 men entering at least one GP event, (compared
to 341 in 2004) with 90 completing 7 or more races compared to 80 last year.
296 ladies
entered at least one event, (compared to 174 in 2004) with 45 completing 7 or
more races compared to 37 last year.
8
runners completed all thirteen races.
The
2006 GP will be back to a full compliment of 14 races, with one new race.
Launceston Road Runners will be hosting the Treggy 7, at a date to be
confirmed. This will mean that 8 races are needed, to qualify for the 2006 GP,
from 14.
It has
been decided that the team requirement for 2006 will be 6 male and 4 female to
count, in all GP races, with the exception of the marathons, which will stay as
they are. This will hopefully encourage clubs to enter more runners in races,
and spread the awards throughout those clubs.
The
50p per runner levy in GP races, has enabled us to build up a fund, and the
prizes on the table here today have only been possible, with a contribution
from that fund. This will stay in place for 2006.
2006
has seen the introduction of a website, designated to the GP. www.cornwallroadrunning.co.uk is maintained by Colin Bunting
(Tamar Trotters) and gives information on all aspects of Cornish Roadrunning.
Thanks to Colin, and if anyone has any input for this website, please contact him.
Introduction
to Chris Sealy, the Capio Duchy Hospital Manager. GP is indebted to them for
their generous support over the past 7 years, as they started their association
with us in 1999, when the Cornish Guardian ended their sponsorship. The
majority of the trophies you see on the table are provided with their financial
contribution. Their sponsorship is spent totally on these prizes, and it was a
pity to learn that the Capio Duchy Hospital, would not be renewing their
sponsorship for 2006. On behalf of the GP I would like to thank Chris and the
Duchy Hospital, for their support for the past 8 years.
Open Male
1st – Tony Dunn
(Cornwall Athletic Club)
2nd – Shaun
Milford (Newquay Roadrunners)
3rd – Adrian
Ball (Cornwall Athletic Club)
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Open Female
1st – Revis
Crowle (East Cornwall Harriers)
2nd – Sharon Daw
(East Cornwall Harriers)
3rd – Stephanie
Martin (Newquay Roadrunners)
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1st – Adrian
Ball (Cornwall Athletic Club)
2nd – Tony
Wright (Newquay Roadrunners)
3rd – Jason
Pascoe (Cornwall Athletic Club)
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Male Veteran 40
1s – Tony Dunn
(Cornwall Athletic Club)
2nd – Shaun
Milford (Newquay Road Runners)
3rd David Rowe
(Truro Running Club)
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Male Veteran 45
1st – Martin
Davis (Newquay Road Runners)
2nd – Chris
Hodge (Carn Runners)
3rd – Andrew
Langdon (Truro Running Club)
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Male Vet 50
1st – Al
Williams (Cornwall Athletics Club)
2nd – Malcolm
Roberts (Newquay Road Runners)
3rd – Alan
Cooper (Truro Running Club)
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Male Veteran 55
1st – Brian
Wiles (Launceston Road Runners)
2nd - Pat
Lockett (Newquay Road Runners)
3rd - Doug Alsop
(Falmouth Road Runners)
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Male Veteran 60
1st – Ron
Shapland (Newquay Road Runners)
2nd - David
Woolley (Hayle Road Runners)
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Male Veteran over 70
1st – Don
Bristow (Hayle Road Runners)
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Female Under 35
1st – Juliet
Knowles (Cornwall A.C.)
2nd – Claire Springall (Truro Running Club)
3rd – Kelly Langford (Falmouth Road Runners)
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Female Veteran 35
1st – Sharon Daw
(East Cornwall Harriers)
2nd – Stephanie
Martin (Newquay Road Runners)
3rd – Caroline
Steven (Launceston Road Runners)
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Female Veteran 40
1st – Revis
Crowle (East Cornwall Harriers)
2nd – Lesley
Dobson (Newquay Road Runners)
3rd – Lisa
Wooton (Truro Running Club)
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Female Veteran 45
1st - Lesley Richardson (Newquay Road Runners)
2nd - Jo Renfree (Carn Runners)
3rd – Janet Chapple (Hayle Road Runners)
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Female Veteran 50
1st – Caroline
Hemsworth (Falmouth Road Runners)
2nd Sue Taylor
(Womens Running Network)
3rd – Carol
Scott (Truro Running Club)
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Female Veteran 60
Val Hawken (Newquay Road Runners)
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The ‘Tweedie
Shield’ 1st Male Team - Cornwall Athletic Club
2nd Newquay Roadrunners
3rd Hayle Road Runners
The ‘Julia Fox
Shield’ 1st Female Team - Newquay Road Runners
2nd Truro
Running Club
3rd Falmouth
Road Runners
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There are 96 "Minimum Seven Race"
qualifiers, compared to 80 last year
Carn Runners
Barrie Cardew
Peter Kearney
Chris Harper
Mike Mack
David Mounter
Mark Martin
Janet Ritchie
Denise Cardew
Louise Trewhella
Carol Culley
Cornwall Athletic Club
Justin
Thomas
Noel
Kindon
Michael
Knowles
Ken
Curtis
Peter
Torr
Vivian
Bray
East Cornwall Harriers
Garry
Player
Falmouth Road Runners
Mick
Chapman
Mark
Littlejohns
Bill
Wood
Clive
Prady
Tony
Rowell
Peter
Jenkin
Neville
Curnow
Ley
Marshall
Clare
Beevers
Yvonne
Watkins
Sue
Pheonix
Jacky
Devereux
Hayle Running Club
Mario McNamara
Michael Semmens
Peter Ellis
Adam Tullett
Andy Jukes
James Hicks
Ian Goodreid
John Worth
Ian Matthews
Mike Orchard
Phil Rowe
Andy Moore
Steve Adey
Mark Squire
Tony Holman
Simon Fletcher
Alan Shepherd
Don Waters
Liz Easterbrook
Clare Clark
Jayne Wilcocks
Jane Tonkin
Launceston Road Runners
John
Osborne
Rich
Yates
Dave
Dobson
Mike
Whitley
Michael
Carpenter
Newquay Road Runners
James
Youlden
Paul
Bullock
Simon
Truscott
Andy
Tregaskes
Jonathon
Hancock
Ricky
Hitchens
Steve
Reynolds
Kevin
Walker
Paul
Morshead
Mark
Crowle
Jason
Truman
Tim
Brooking
Howard
Farmer
Mark
Milburn
Dawn
Roberts
Weitske
Hitchens
Linda
Tout
Bev
Pearce
Katie
Bullock
Wendy
Bonfield
Truro Running Club
Phil
Lee
Will
Jewell
Robert
Philpotts
Andrew
Cassidy
Nigel
Mitchell
Darryl
Springall
Steve
Ellis
Reg
Eden
Trish
Bancroft
Sandra
Austin
Julie
Johns
Ruth
Holding
Tracy
Lee
Womens Running Network
Sarah
Wardle
Jeanette
Duncan
Anita
Webster
Sally
Evans
Sharon
Whale
Eight people
completed all of the races, compared to
7 last year.
Special Awards to
The only lady : Terry Marshall (Falmouth
Road Runners)
Shaun Milford (Newquay Road Runners)
Alan Reid (Hayle Road
Runners)
Craig Tonkin (Hayle Road
Runners) 2004
Glen Fraser (Hayle Road Runners) 2004
Des Evans Newquay Road Runners) 2004
Keith Marshall (Falmouth
Road Runners)
Geoff Harris (Newquay Road
Runners)
Cliff Temple Shield
(Most Improved Female Runner of the Year)
Most Improved Male
Runner Shield (donated by St Austell Trophies)
Steve Reynolds
(Newquay Roadrunners)
Excellent year, P.B.’s in
all distances in 2005. Big PB in Cornish Marathon.
Other strong contenders who were considered, who all showed a big
improvement in their times for 2005, were : Michael Carpenter (Launceston Road
Runners), Lisa Wooton (Truro Running Club), Mario McNamara (Hayle Road Runners)
and Mick Chapman (Falmouth Road Runners).
Sincere Thanks to
the following :
Falmouth Beach Resort
Management, for the use of their facilities
Jan Sargent and Anne
Shapland, for their race registration and results duties
Anne Bullock, Julie Walker,
Pippa Walker and Neil Tweedie, for their race finishing duties
Doug Alsop for Chairing the
GP Committee
Dawn Roberts for keeping
the GP table up-dated
Mel Bonfield Photography www.melbonfield.co.uk
for race photos, throughout the year
Richard Horsfield www.kasstzam.com
for todays’ GP Presentation and Cornish
Marathon photos
Tim Cotton and Robin Tucker at St Austell Trophies for providing
the trophies, as he only received the final numbers on Wednesday this week, and
he had all the engraving to do after that.
If any Race Directors would like to consider Tim for their race
prizes or memento’s, please contact me. Tim does all our NRR races and the
Truro Half, this year. Hilary is also interested for the Cornish Marathon, next
year. Their email address is statrophies@btconnect.com
or 01726 73077.
Special Awards to :
Chris Sealy, Capio
Duchy Hospital Manager
‘Spirit of The Grand
Prix’ Awards
Derek and Mick
(Official Timekeepers)
Graham Dobson
The Marshall Family
(Falmouth Road Runners) Keith, Terry and Ley
2006 – 2008 GP will
be sponsored by Sandy Hill Physical Therapy Centre (01726 67567)