{"id":3389,"date":"2019-06-27T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buxtonac.org.uk\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2019-06-27T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T15:14:42","slug":"buxton-ladies-claim-first-team-at-meerbrook-15k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/?p=3389","title":{"rendered":"Buxton Ladies Claim First Team at Meerbrook 15K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands with glorious views over the Cheshire plain, the Meerbrook 15K is a testing road race which has fast become a regular and popular fixture in local runners\u2019 diaries.\u00a0\u00a0 Alongside the usual race competition, the event is a County Invitational and Buxton sent their finest to compete against rivals from nearby counties.<\/p>\n

As well as claiming 5th<\/sup> county team, Buxton Ladies were an astonishing first team overall, with Amy Wadsworth, Katie Rolfe and Tania Wilson counting. Rebecca Day, Adele Thornton and Fran Ross were 9th<\/sup> team, while Sarah Guise, Charlie Narejko and Jennie Light were 16th<\/sup> team. Equalling the ladies, the men were also 5th<\/sup> county team, and 11th<\/sup> team overall, with Rob White, Jon Sewell, Pete Bailey and Tim Rolfe as the four team counters. Some 255 runners took part.<\/p>\n

\"\"A brand new race venue met the Staffordshire Moorlands Summer Series competitors last Thursday, and in stunning Derbyshire countryside. Ilam Hall, a spectacular 19th<\/sup> century Gothic mansion, is surrounded by 84 acres of beautiful Peak District parkland, a perfect venue for an early summer\u2019s evening race. Two laps made up the 5\u00be mile route, over fields and alongside the lovely River Manifold. Seventeen Buxton AC runners took part, from a field of 207 competitors. First home was Chris Rushworth, improving his finishing placing each race, in a fine time of 38.12, 11th<\/sup> position, followed by Kevin Mottram (55th<\/sup> in 44.32) and Mark Thorogood (61st<\/sup> in 45.04). Leading the Buxton ladies home once again was Katie Rolfe (79th<\/sup> in 47.01), while Sheila Bradley was 1st<\/sup> Female Vet Over 60 (101st<\/sup> in 49.20), and Adele Thornton (118th<\/sup> in 51.08). \u201cPacking well\u201d were Alison Hitchin (54.16), Charlie Aucott (54.41) and Tim Rolfe (54.43). Fifth race this coming Thursday will be a hill-runner\u2019s dream \u2013 Shutlingsloe!<\/p>\n

\"\"The Kinder Trog, a 16 mile fell race with 3,500 feet of ascent, is a counter in the Hayfield Championship Series, and is categorized as a BL, so fairly steep and quite long, with necessary experience required. The challenging route starts at Hayfield, heads pretty much straight up to Lantern Pike, over to Mill Hill and Kinder Downfall, before skirting the plateau to Edale Cross, and eventually back down to Hayfield. Ben Light was just a couple of minutes behind race winner Billy Cartwright of Matlock, and was a very creditable 4th<\/sup> overall in 2 hours 1 minute and 52 seconds. Team mates Nick Jones and Richard Bouglas finished the race in 2.24.14 and 2.29.06 respectively. Junior Jacob Winfield was 6th<\/sup> in 2.05.<\/p>\n

Ross Martland had cause to be well pleased with his Bakewell Parkrun time last Saturday, first time ever under 21 minutes (20.56) and 32nd<\/sup> position from 277 runners, a superb effort. George Webb (115th<\/sup> in 26.02) and Jane Poulter (179th<\/sup> in 29.25) also took part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Set in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands with glorious views over the Cheshire plain, the Meerbrook 15K is a testing road race which has fast become a regular and popular fixture in local runners\u2019 diaries.\u00a0\u00a0 Alongside the usual race competition, the event is a County Invitational and Buxton sent their finest to compete against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fell","category-parkruns","category-road","category-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.buxtonac.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}