SYARRL Race 4 Penistone Results & ReportSteel City Striders Running Club Sheffield

Race Date: Wednesday 25th May 2022

Race Report by Robert Cook

Before any recap of the race, a big thank you to Richard Pegg for organising this year’s series for a successful return after a Covid-enforced break. It would have been very easy for this series to have disappeared post-Covid but thanks to Richard’s (and the rest of the volunteer’s) hard work we’ve enjoyed 4 successful races and had a lot of fun testing ourselves over a different distance.

Penistone was the last in the series where the overall prizes would be decided and another good midweek test for everyone racing.

As with the other races in the series, hills were on the menu again! After a fast and frenetic starting loop ‘around the block’ we headed out onto the main course loop and started the gradual, stepped climb that took us all the way to the halfway point. A sharp left turn at the top took us onto a brief section of flat across the top of the course before turning again and charging back down the hill. On reaching the bottom of the hill there was a final nasty little kicker and then it was the final stretch into the football club and over the finish line.

Striders at Penistone for Race 4 in the SYARRL

The race was won overall by Kai Sunman of Penistone in 27:22 and first Strider was Seth Kirby in 29:11 and 11th place. Abbie Pearse made it 4 from 4 in the series, winning the women’s race in 31:52. On the night top-3 age-group performances were also achieved by Striders’ Fiona Jeffries and Caroline Greenough (1st and 2nd in the FV50 category) and Jo Gleig (1st in the FV60 category).

In the overall results Striders had several prize winners from the four races.

Abbie Pearse took the overall women’s title and also helped the Striders women’s team take home the team overall with Gillian Allen and Yasmine Chaffer. The Men’s senior team came second to Sheffield RC, and the Men’s veteran team were 3rd with Totley winning the category.

Kathy Liddiard was 2nd overall in the FV35 category, Fiona Jeffries won the FV50 category, Jo Gleig won the FV60 category, Rob Dawson & Al Cook were 2nd and 3rd in the MV50 category, Des Ryan was 3rd in the MV55 category and Kevin Haighton was 3rd in the MV60 category.

Overall this was a really good and enjoyable series, and it was great to see it back after the Covid-enforced break!

Striders Results: Race 4

P	Name	Cat	Cat P	Time
11	Seth Kirby	MS	8	29:11
31	Robert Cook	MS	16	31:20
35	Abbie Pearse	FS	1	31:52
51	Adam Brooks	MS	22	33:12
52	Will Hitchmough	MS	23	33:17
53	Malcolm Baggaley	MV40	10	33:18
62	Gillian Allen	FS	4	34:15
66	Al Cook	MV50	6	34:54
70	Rob Dawson	MV50	7	35:05
83	Joe Dunne	MS	27	35:55
87	Claire Grisdale	FV35	4	36:05
92	Yasmine Chaffer	FS	7	36:43
94	Adam McAuley	MV50	10	36:53
95	Jim Rangeley	MS	30	36:56
103	Martin Greenough	MV50	11	37:09
106	Sarah Allcard	FV45	4	37:32
117	Jude Stone	MS	32	37:53
118	Kathy Liddiard	FV35	6	37:54
123	Ellen Broad	FS	9	38:10
126	Steve Blake	MV45	14	38:13
128	Fiona Jeffries	FV50	1	38:33
132	Ben Elliot	MV40	25	39:10
134	Caroline Greenough	FV50	2	39:31
135	Tom Cossham	MV50	18	39:34
141	Helen Royles-Jones	FS	11	40:28
147	John Walker	MV60	4	40:47
148	Kevin Haighton	MV60	5	40:50
149	Des Ryan	MV55	8	41:02
151	Matthew Gibson	MV45	15	41:08
156	Karen Clark	FV55	4	41:28
164	Brian Jenkins	MV45	17	42:25
165	Sophie McKie	FS	13	42:30
172	Kevin Wong	MV45	19	43:51
180	Nada Ross	FV55	5	44:54
184	Jim Eberlin	MV50	29	46:02
186	Simon Gleadhall	MV55	13	46:10
191	Laura Rangeley	FS	14	47:23
194	Vikki McAuley	FV50	7	48:54
199	Jo Gleig	FV60	1	50:25

Full race 4 results, by category, can be found on the SYCAA website (final standings follow below).

Rob Byers photos of race 4 can be found here.

Bonus video of Race 4 courtesy of the Two Running Brooms:

Striders Results: Final Individual Standings After 4 Events

P	Name	Cat	Cat P	Total Time (4 Events)
15	Abbie Pearse	FS	1	126:36
16	Robert Cook	MS	9	127:41
25	Adam Brooks	MS	11	134:51
27	Gillian Allen	FS	4	135:46
28	Malcolm Baggaley	MV40	6	136:34
29	Rob Dawson	MV50	2	136:52
30	Al Cook	MV50	3	137:12
36	Will Hitchmough	MS	13	139:17
43	Yasmine Chaffer	FS	6	145:59
47	Adam McAuley	MV50	5	149:21
48	Jim Rangeley	MS	14	149:28
59	Jude Stone	MS	15	154:14
61	Fiona Jeffries	FV50	1	154:42
62	Kathy Liddiard	FV35	2	154:54
63	Ellen Broad	FS	7	155:07
66	Sarah Allcard	FV45	4	157:47
71	Des Ryan	MV55	3	162:25
72	Steve Blake	MV45	7	164:37
74	Matthew Gibson	MV45	8	165:33
75	Karen Clark	FV55	4	166:19
76	Kevin Haighton	MV60	3	166:55
78	Ben Elliot	MV40	9	167:33
84	Kevin Wong	MV45	9	176:24
87	Nada Ross	FV55	5	177:25
88	Laura Rangeley	FS	8	178:17
89	Sophie McKie	FS	9	178:29
93	Simon Gleadhall	MV55	4	191:41
96	Vikki McAuley	FV50	5	199:45
97	Jo Gleig	FV60	1	204:55