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Blackheath Harriers, Bromley
5 Mile Championships - 13 October 2001
The Club Championships were held on an un-seasonally warm Saturday afternoon - 75 runners toed the line with Roy Smith coming home a clear winner. Scott McDonald was second and last years winner, Ant Draper, third. 
Con Griffin once again ended up as first Vet.
Jeannie Butler finished 19th overall and was the first lady home.  Julia Harrington, now cleared to run for us, was 2nd and Anne Cilia 3rd.
Andrew Rayner won the Junior Championship with Matt Hill 2nd and David Griffin 3rd. 

This is probably one of the oldest Cross-Country Cup's in the world more history... First run for in 1880 and the winner was C Cattlin.  all past winners...

 

Chris Pike/Chris Fincham error now sorted - sorry! 16-10-01

Blackheath Harriers,Bromley
5 Mile Championships - 13 October 2001 RESULTS
  Finish Handicap Net H/C Bennett Cup Points
Pos Num Name Club Mins   Sec Min   Sec Min   Sec Pos Today Pre Cur Pos
1 175 SMITH Roy BH 27 : 49 00 : 10 27 : 39 4 57 55 112 1
2 199 McDONALD Scott BH 28 : 47 01 : 20 27 : 27 3 58 51 109 4
3 181 DRAPER Anthony BH 28 : 50 00 : 20 28 : 30 15 46 41 87 16
4 167 BYRNE Rory BH 29 : 00 00 : 30 28 : 30 16 45 0 45 29
5 173 RAYNER Andrew BH 29 : 12 03 : 10 26 : 02 1 60 0 60 24
6 185 MURRAY Jonathon BH 29 : 40 02 : 40 27 : 00 2 59 48 107 5
7 17 CALNAN Pat BH 30 : 13 01 : 50 28 : 23 12 49 52 101 7
8 9 GRIFFIN Con BH 30 : 41 02 : 30 28 : 11 8 53 58 111 2
9 14 GASSON Nick BH 30 : 56 02 : 30 28 : 26 13 48 54 102 6
10 326 DANIEL Ken BH 31 : 30 03 : 50 27 : 40 5 56 0 56 27
11 169 COOPER Steve BH 31 : 34 02 : 30 29 : 04 22 39 0 39 32
12 32 HILLIAR Darryl BH 31 : 37 02 : 40 28 : 57 21 40 50 90 12
13 334 WATLING Mark BH 31 : 50 02 : 20 29 : 30 33 28 0 28 41
14 184 WILLIAMSON Robin BH 32 : 03 02 : 00 30 : 03 40 21 0 21 48
15 23 FINCHAM Chris BH 32 : 07 03 : 50 28 : 17 10 51 32 83 17
16 177 KEEN Cliff BH 32 : 09 03 : 00 29 : 09 25 36 0 36 35
17 21 ELLISON Mark BH 32 : 23 03 : 30 28 : 53 20 41 36 77 18
18 194 ELLISON David BH 32 : 34 04 : 20 28 : 14 9 52 38 90 12
19 197 BUTLER (L) Jennie BH 32 : 53 04 : 50 28 : 03 7 54 46 100 9
20 195 HILL Matt BH 33 : 32 03 : 10 30 : 22 48 13 33 46 28
21 186 MARKS Dan BH 33 : 33 05 : 00 28 : 33 17 44 44 88 15
22 170 KEOGH Nigel BH 34 : 20 02 : 30 31 : 50 63 1 0 1 61
23 327 TUCKER Andy BH 34 : 36 05 : 00 29 : 36 36 25 0 25 44
24 18 McSHANE Brendan BH 34 : 45 05 : 40 29 : 05 24 37 53 90 12
25 33 PAIRMAN Steve BH 34 : 58 04 : 50 30 : 08 41 20 0 20 49
26 28 CRONIN Mike BH 35 : 02 05 : 40 29 : 22 27 34 0 34 38
27 187 FLAGG Duncan BH 35 : 05 03 : 40 31 : 25 59 2 0 2 60
28 176 PIKE Chris BH 35 : 07 06 : 50 28 : 17 11 50 60 110 3
29 24 BROWN Rob BH 35 : 35 06 : 00 29 : 35 34 27 0 27 43
30 8 SLACK Will BH 35 : 37 05 : 00 30 : 37 52 9 19 28 41
31 10 GRIFFIN David BH 35 : 48 07 : 20 28 : 28 14 47 47 94 10
32 19 COATES Graham BH 35 : 59 05 : 30 30 : 29 49 12 31 43 31
33 16 BUNCLARK Nick BH 36 : 05 06 : 40 29 : 25 30 31 0 31 39
34 30 TAYLOR Ian BH 36 : 16 07 : 00 29 : 16 26 35 40 75 20
35 5 DAVIS Alan BH 36 : 44 07 : 20 29 : 24 28 33 39 72 21
36 3 BARBER Nick BH 36 : 47 08 : 00 28 : 47 19 42 59 101 7
37 168 CLARE Joe BH 37 : 31 07 : 20 30 : 11 42 19 17 36 35
38 183 LYONS Terry GU 37 : 31   :     :            
39 198 HARRINGTON (L) Julia BH 37 : 36 08 : 00 29 : 36 37 24 0 24 46
40 13 WADE Mike BH 37 : 46 09 : 50 27 : 56 6 55 37 92 11
41 15 WALSH Ray BH 37 : 48 08 : 20 29 : 28 31 30 30 60 24
42 174 FISHER Barry BH 37 : 54 07 : 10 30 : 44 54 7 0 7 55
43 188 BRYANT Lee BH 38 : 03 06 : 40 31 : 23 58 3 0 3 59
44 335 MORGAN Neil GU 38 : 16   :     :            
45 172 TURNER John R BH 38 : 19 06 : 50 31 : 29 61 1 0 1 61
46 11 LLOYD Simon BH 38 : 30 08 : 10 30 : 20 46 15 20 35 37
47 22 CAPEY Simon BH 38 : 41 08 : 10 30 : 31 50 11 0 11 54
48 332 CARTON David BH 39 : 10 07 : 50 31 : 20 57 4 0 4 58
49 190 CLIFF Harry BH 39 : 14 10 : 10 29 : 04 23 38 0 38 34
50 189 CLIFF Bob BH 39 : 38 10 : 10 29 : 28 32 29 0 29 40
51 4 ROBINSON John BH 40 : 29 10 : 30 29 : 59 39 22 43 65 23
52 178 MULLETT Jim BH 41 : 03 10 : 00 31 : 03 56 5 0 5 57
53 2 POOLE Colin BH 41 : 15 11 : 40 29 : 35 35 26 13 39 31
54 26 WILSON Bernard BH 41 : 20 10 : 30 30 : 50 55 6 0 6 56
55 7 WHITE David BH 41 : 45 09 : 00 32 : 45 69 1 0 1 61
56 191 COMPTON Mark BH 41 : 55 10 : 30 31 : 25 60 1 24 25 44
57 20 CILIA (L) Anne BH 42 : 12 12 : 30 29 : 42 38 23 49 72 21
58 330 WATLEY Derek BH 42 : 17 10 : 00 32 : 17 66 1 0 1 61
59 193 NUTTAL Nick BH 42 : 41 10 : 00 32 : 41 68 1 0 1 61
60 29 PONTIFEX Tony BH 42 : 44 13 : 20 29 : 24 29 32 25 57 26
61 333 JONES-BALDOCK (L) Carolina BH 43 : 40 13 : 20 30 : 20 47 14 0 14 53
62 180 CUMMINGS (L) Sarah BH 43 : 59 13 : 20 30 : 39 53 8 15 23 47
63 31 DELAHOY Trevor BH 44 : 41 14 : 10 30 : 31 51 10 35 45 29
64 12 BUGLER Jon BH 44 : 47 14 : 30 30 : 17 45 16 0 16 52
65 329 CHURCHUS David BH 44 : 56 16 : 20 28 : 36 18 43 34 77 18
66 25 COPLEY John BH 45 : 11 13 : 40 31 : 31 62 1 0 1 61
67 171 MURRELL Allan BH 46 : 33 14 : 40 31 : 53 64 1 0 1 61
68 27 GASSON Mike BH 47 : 07 14 : 30 32 : 37 67 1 0 1 61
69 196 GIBSON Ray BH 47 : 14 17 : 00 30 : 14 44 17 0 17 51
70 328 CHAMBERS Ron BH 47 : 51 15 : 50 32 : 01 65 1 0 1 61
71 331 SHEPHEARD Pete BH 49 : 21 19 : 10 30 : 11 43 18 0 18 50
72 179 KING Phil BH 51 : 49 13 : 00 38 : 49 71 1 0 1 61
73 182 LONG Peter BH 56 : 56 23 : 40 33 : 16 70 1 0 1 61

 

 

First published in the Blackheath Harriers Gazette, No 629, Vol 100, Summer1997/Winter 1997/8

The Blackheath Harriers
Cross-Country Challenge Cup
A little bit of history

On several occasions over the last few years, when the incumbent President has presented the trophy to the winner of the Club '5', he has commented that the Cup, first competed for in 1880, is probably one of the oldest in the country, or even the world.

As Trophies Secretary, I have spent a considerable amount of time cleaning the Club's silverware, including the '5' Cup and, it was whilst on one of these polishing sessions that I decided to establish if there was any basis of fact behind these comments.

After a few enquiries made through Athletics Weekly I was put in touch with Wilfred Morgan, the archivist of Birchfield Harriers, who is an authority on athletics trophies.

From a series of letters an