Dark Peak entered one team in the Trans-Pennine Relay on Saturday 4th March. The Dark Peak team (‘Dogsbane’, don’t ask) comprised Steve Matthews, Mike Bourne, Carl Egdell, Tim Egdell, and Richard Bradbury. We ran 5 legs from Sheffield Town Hall across to The Boar’s Head Inn near Poynton. Weather conditions were near perfect – cool and clear and mostly dry underfoot. We came in 5th out of 12 teams. The winning team, from Pennine, came in at 3:52. We were running 5th mostly throughout but had a few place changes and close calls with Pennine’s 3rd team (the Poppies) which made for a more interesting day, with a final blast from Rich giving us a minutes grace which sounds like a lot but divide that by 5 runners and it’s only 20 seconds or so each so every bit of effort counted in the end!
A thoroughly enjoyable day out and credit to Dave Jones of Macc Harriers and his team for putting it on. I hope that we can get a few more teams together for next year and the Dogsbane team certainly hope to be back. No date set as yet.
The results are below and, as previously mentioned, while the overall times are undoubtedly correct, having been checked by Geoff and me at the start, the Town Hall bell clearly being electronically controlled, and at the finish, the split times are not guaranteed because some of them had to be provided by either the team captains or by the individual runners.
Overall results:
|
Pos. |
Team |
Time |
|
1 |
Pennine Pine Trees (EM) |
3.52.45 |
|
2 |
KFR Kiss Me Nots (E) |
4.10.50 |
|
3 |
Macclesfield Morning Glory (EM) |
4.15.11 |
|
4 |
Pennine Pinks |
4.40.24 |
|
5 |
Dark Peak Dogsbane |
4.47.30 |
|
6 |
Pennine Poppies |
4.48.47 |
|
7 |
Pennine Primroses |
4.55.00 |
|
8 |
Macclesfield Monks Hood |
5.02.30 |
|
9 |
Pennine Peonies (EF) |
5.08.50 |
|
10 |
Macclesfield Moonflowers (EF) |
5.29.20 |
|
11 |
Bramhall Bluebells |
5.52.00 |
|
12 |
Bramhall Bloomers |
6.52.00 |
Splits:
|
Club & Team |
Leg 1 |
Leg 2 |
Leg 3 |
Leg 4 |
Leg 5 |
|
Bramhall Bloomers |
1.18.59 |
1.26.14 |
1.24.00 |
1.30.00 |
1.12.47 |
|
6.52.00 |
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|
Bramhall Bluebells |
1.08.00 |
1.24.00 |
1.03.34 |
1.16.08 |
55.56 |
|
5.52.00 |
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|
Dark Peak Dogsbane |
54.45 |
1.08.15 |
1.00.00 |
1.00.00 |
44.30 |
|
2.33.00 |
3.03.00 |
4.03.00 |
4.47.30 |
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|
KFR Kiss Me Nots |
43.58 |
56.43 |
50.49 |
52.30 |
46.50 |
|
1.40.41 |
2.31.30 |
3.24.00 |
4.10.50 |
||
|
Macclesfield Morning Glory |
46.54 |
55.29 |
51.22 |
50.07 |
51.19 |
|
1.42.23 |
2.33.45 |
3.23.52 |
4.15.11 |
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|
Macclesfield Moon Flowers |
52.57 |
1.10.15 ?? |
1.07.44 |
1.00.38 |
1.11.43 |
|
2.09.12 |
3.16.59 |
4.17.37 |
5.29.20 |
||
|
Macclesfield Monks Hood1 |
1.03.04 |
1.05.10 |
1.07.33 |
58.40 |
47.55 |
|
2.08.14 |
3.15.47 |
4.13.27 |
5.02.30 |
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|
Pennine Pine Trees |
43.27 |
57.03 |
47.40 |
48.20 |
42.15 |
|
1.34.30 |
2.22.10 |
3.10.30 |
3.52.45 |
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|
Pennine Peonies |
58.45 |
1.04.00 |
1.04.00 |
1.01.00 |
59.00 |
|
2.02.45 |
3.06.45 |
4.07.00 |
5.08.50 |
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|
Pennine Pinks |
58.07 |
1.01.41 |
51.51 |
58.37 |
49.44 |
|
1.59.48 |
2.51.39 |
3.50.16 |
4.40.24 |
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|
Pennine Primroses |
58.50 |
1.00.10 |
1.04.10 |
?? |
51.55 |
|
1.59.00 |
3.03.10 |
4.03.05 |
4.55.00 |
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|
Pennine Poppies |
51.10 |
1.55.25 |
1.05.40 |
57.00 |
59.32 |
|
1.46.35 |
2.52.15 |
3.49.15 |
4.48.47 |
Course Records – none broken this year..
Leg 1 – 39.49 – KFR Kaolin – 1999
Leg 2 – 48.09 – Macclesfield – 1995
Leg 3 – 41.07 – Glossopdale Gloriosas – 1997
Leg 4 – 45.03 – Glossopdale Gloriosas – 1997
Leg 5 – 33.27 – Trafford Toasties – 2000
Steve Matthews
6th March, 2023