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Fell Race Championship 2019 – standings 9 of 10

So, we’re down to wire. The 2019 fell race championships will reach a leg-sapping, lung-busting finale on the slopes of the Roaches in a few weeks’ time. Some of the titles have already been decided, but several are still up for grabs. We take a look at the standings and attempt to untangle the final permutations.

Next (and final) race: The Roaches, Sun 10 Nov.

Senior Women

With her run at Curbar, Fran Cummins becomes the second Strider to hit 500 points for the season and take the lead in the senior women’s race. Fran looks likely to hold on and take the title unless Gillian Allen can pick up an extra 6 points (or 16 if Fran runs too). Given the winning women’s time at the Roaches is usually around 2:35, Gillian will have to finish in about 2:50 or quicker and hope Fran has a stinker (or stays in bed).

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Fran Cummins 528 5
2 Gillian Allen 513 7
3 Rosa Sampson Geroski 371 4
4 Caroline Brock 311 3
5 Amy Earnshaw 197 2
6 Naomi Rabin 150 2
7 Helen Burgess 97 1
8 Amy Duck 95 1
9 Harriet Davies 89 1
10 Gemma Wallace 88 1
11 Heather Wallis 87 1
12 Laura Hogg 85 1
13 Fran Allen 83 1
14 Emma Beal 83 1
15 Cara Hanson 81 1
16 Katherine Sambrook 79 1
17 Eleanor Bull 64 1
18 Charley Burney 59 1

V40 Women

With Lucy Broom reaching 5 qualifying races by finishing Curbar, the women’s V40 title is decided, with Lucy taking the crown. Sallyann Winslow finishes runner up. She can close the gap to Lucy but even if she were to win The Roaches she couldn’t take the top spot.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Lucy Broom 466 5
2 Sallyann Winslow 353 6
3 Helen Calder 258 3
4 Pippa Powell 254 3
5 Clare Trevitt 168 2
6 Rachel Woollen 148 2
7 Jennie Stevens 91 1
8 Abigail Higginbottom 85 1
9 Julie Bembridge 85 1
10 Rachel Anderson 81 1
11 Tracey Davies 81 1
12 Morvern Lowe 81 1
13 Sarah Ward 79 1
14 Helen Cain 71 1
15 Melanie English 65 1

V50 Women

Jill Davies has closed the gap to Nicola Rafferty after Curbar. But Nicola has too great a lead and will hang on to take the title – regardless of what happens at the Roaches. Jill will finish a worthy runner up however and has a new category to challenge for in 2020.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Nicola Rafferty 475 6
2 Jill Davies 399 6
3 Kate Scott 85 1
4 Jane Huws 70 1
5 Philippa Moorhead 66 1

V60 Women

Dot Kesterton’s run at Grindleford remains the sole V60 women’s appearance of the year. Although Dot will likely finish top, she won’t have completed enough races to qualify.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Dot Kesterton 87 1

Senior Men

Despite missing several races in the latter part of the season, Paul Middlemas looks nailed on to take the senior men’s title. Second placed Joseph Mallinshaw can’t catch Paul, but with a race to go, Hal Roberts and Chris Jones could take the runners up spot if they finish the Roaches and Joseph doesn’t finish significantly ahead of them.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Paul Middlemas 490 5
2 Joseph Mallinshaw 448 5
3 Hal Roberts 374 4
4 Chris Jones 363 4
5 Joe Buckman 175 2
6 Regan Hanson 150 2
7 Joseph Lee 149 2
8 Phil Skelton 102 1
9 Stuart Carrack 95 1
10 Simeon Cotterill 88 1
11 Sam Needham 88 1
12 Andrew Fry 88 1
13 Russell Jones-Davies 84 1
14 Alex Green 83 1
15 Seth Kirby 83 1
16 James Broomhead 81 1
17 Adam Close 80 1
18 Keith Hague 80 1
19 Michael Wu 79 1
20 Adam Newell 69 1
21 Dean Harding 68 1
22 Paul Chapman 67 1

V40 Men

Probably the tightest race of the year. Louis Wood currently leads and should he finish the Roaches looks likely to take the title. But if he misses it, both Jason Brannan or Nigel Barnes could grab the top spot. Jason has to hope Louis isn’t there, or finish in around 2:20 (assuming a winning time of 2:05) and hope Louis is behind him. Nigel needs both Louis and Jason to miss the race and to finish in around 2:15 or quicker to snatch the crown.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Louis Wood 494 6
2 Jason Brannan 486 8
3 Nigel Barnes 470 7
4 Russell Stevenson 430 6
5 Nick Burns 429 6
6 Craig Baird 341 4
7 Michael Squires 337 4
8 Mark Ramsell 315 4
9 Matthew Winslow 308 6
10 Rob Pilling 268 3
11 Andy Sheppard 257 3
12 Matt Broadhead 230 3
13 Dan Cook 186 2
14 Ben Clithero 172 2
15 Dean Young 156 2
16 Ian Stinson 156 2
17 Dan Bell 153 2
18 James Norton 150 2
19 David Adams 117 2
20 Luke Desforges 93 1
21 Richard Carter 89 1
22 Warren Brown 86 1
23 Matt Williams 81 1
24 James Fletcher 81 1
25 Andrew Lock 80 1
26 Richard Smith 80 1
27 Keith Bell 80 1
28 Stephen Clarke 80 1
29 Simon Ellis 78 1
30 James Rees 77 1
31 Chris Walker 76 1
32 Lee Mills 69 1
33 Steven Lewis 69 1
34 Richard Copeland 54 1

V50 Men

Traditionally one of the closest contests, and this year is no exception. A season long battle between Paul Stuart and Mark Platton is too close to call. If one of them races and the other doesn’t, the one who turns up wins. But we don’t want that! Assuming they both finish, the elves have calculated that Mark needs to run about 2:45 or quicker and hope Paul runs slower than 2:40. If they both run faster, Paul has to beat Mark by around 5 minutes to hang on. If they both run slower, Paul should hang on to top spot. It’s gonna be tight. And it’s a long shot, but if either Nick Kirk or Rob Davies manage to finish quicker than 2:15 they have an outside chance of breaking into the top two.

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Paul Stuart 475 8
2 Mark Platton 471 9
3 Nick Kirk 455 6
4 Phil Howson 395 6
5 Bob Grocutt 358 5
6 Andy Green 354 5
7 Rob Davies 350 4
8 Neal Pates 312 4
9 Will Day 168 2
10 Ben Heller 165 2
11 Steve Haake 157 2
12 Sean O’Brien 89 1
13 Michael Slater 86 1
14 Chris Hodson 79 1
15 Tom Nuttgens 78 1
16 Simon Wiles 78 1
17 Bob Hartley 73 1
18 Richard Garton 57 1

V60 Men

Fell supermo, Andy Buck, regains top spot in his category with his run at Curbar, but it’s too late for him to qualify for the champs, meaning there will be no V60 award this year. But can Andy show us what might have been with a strong performance at the Roaches?

Position Name Points Races completed
1 Andy Buck 172 2
2 Paul Shelton 117 2

Full results, scores and standings can be analysed at leisure on the Fell Race Championship spreadsheet.

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