Race Date: Sunday 9th April 2016
According to the organisers, the Sheffield Half (Or as it is officially known, the Plusnet Yorkshire Half) is one of the toughest in the country. However, with the views from Ringinglow Road and Sheephill Road it must also be one of the prettiest, especially on a gloriously still sunny morning!
The club benefited from a huge turnout of all abilities, and also provided the pacers for the event. Particular thanks go to them! There was plenty of Striders based support out on the course as well – encouragement is always appreciated.
The race winner was Steve Bayton of Hallamshire Harriers, in a time of 1:09:25. The winning lady was Sarah Lowery of Sheffield RC, in a time of 1:20:23. Well done to the both of you, and everyone else who took part as well. It’s a challenge!
5772 runners finished the event, of which 196 (at last count) were Striders. I’ve added in as many Striders who weren’t listed as in the club as I can find. Bearing in mind the high numbers involved, I must apologise in advance to anyone I’ve missed! Just let me know if you’re not included in the table and I will add you in as soon as I can.
Strider Results:
| Name | Chip Time | Cat |
| Benjamin Jones | 01:21:26 | M |
| Jorge Bronze | 01:21:29 | M |
| Kristoff Boynton | 01:22:11 | M |
| Adam Taylor | 01:24:06 | M |
| Simon Bennett | 01:25:01 | M40 |
| Jonathan Cooper | 01:26:12 | M |
| Kevin Sibley | 01:26:15 | M40 |
| David Palmer | 01:27:25 | M40 |
| James Garner | 01:28:00 | M |
| Andrew Carrier | 01:28:50 | M |
| Michael Slater | 01:29:33 | M50 |
| Doug Banks | 01:29:53 | M |
| Ryan Wright | 01:30:39 | M |
| Colin Hardy | 01:31:18 | M40 |
| Nathanial Smith | 01:32:39 | M |
| Andrew Davies | 01:32:48 | M40 |
| Colin West | 01:32:48 | M50 |
| Christopher Guy | 01:32:54 | M |
| Michael Richardson | 01:32:56 | M40 |
| Bryan Bradwell | 01:33:09 | M40 |
| David Perkins | 01:33:27 | M40 |
| Steve Smith | 01:33:48 | M40 |
| Russell Stevenson | 01:33:49 | M40 |
| Richard Carter | 01:33:51 | M |
| Alex Melhuish | 01:34:14 | M |
| Michael Greer | 01:34:37 | M40 |
| Luke Desforges | 01:34:45 | M40 |
| Nick Burns | 01:34:49 | M40 |
| Andy Buck | 01:34:53 | M50 |
| Karl Patterson | 01:35:07 | M |
| Phil Simon | 01:35:10 | M |
| Stephen Clarke | 01:35:32 | M |
| Rachel Rutherford | 01:35:37 | F |
| Adam Briggs | 01:36:04 | M40 |
| Amy Duck | 01:36:05 | F |
| Rob Betts | 01:36:30 | M40 |
| Stephen King | 01:36:35 | M40 |
| Ashleigh Barron | 01:36:52 | F |
| Martin Greenough | 01:36:52 | M40 |
| James Ogden | 01:37:13 | M40 |
| Martyn Goldsack | 01:37:39 | M |
| Suzanne Bridges | 01:37:58 | F |
| Neal Pates | 01:38:22 | M40 |
| Lucy Broom | 01:38:29 | F40 |
| Philippa Richardson | 01:38:34 | F50 |
| Neil Schofield | 01:38:46 | M40 |
| Lee Kenton | 01:39:12 | M |
| Steve Haake | 01:39:24 | M50 |
| Tom Childs | 01:39:29 | M |
| Adam McAuley | 01:39:51 | M40 |
| Al Cook | 01:40:07 | M40 |
| Christopher Barran | 01:40:09 | M40 |
| Stuart Carrack | 01:40:12 | M |
| Jeni Harvey | 01:40:36 | F |
| Stuart Jones | 01:40:48 | M50 |
| Alex Green | 01:40:54 | M |
| Nathaniel McHugh | 01:41:10 | M40 |
| Suzanne Garnett | 01:41:36 | F |
| John Swain | 01:41:50 | M40 |
| John Maples | 01:41:55 | M50 |
| John Ashforth | 01:42:03 | M |
| Roger Watson | 01:42:40 | M40 |
| Robert Davies | 01:43:25 | M50 |
| Mark Ansell | 01:44:01 | M |
| Steve Irvine | 01:44:20 | M40 |
| Darren Maher | 01:44:21 | M50 |
| Trevor Burton | 01:44:37 | M50 |
| Charlie Field | 01:44:50 | M |
| Ian Kennen | 01:44:52 | M40 |
| Bob Pringle | 01:45:15 | M60 |
| David Price | 01:45:59 | M40 |
| Stephen Oles | 01:46:07 | M40 |
| James Fletcher | 01:46:18 | M |
| Nicola Rafferty | 01:46:19 | F50 |
| Andrew Green | 01:46:33 | M50 |
| Sam Ainscough | 01:46:34 | M |
| Ryan Jones | 01:46:49 | M |
| Trevor Cleveland | 01:47:15 | M50 |
| Matthew Gibson | 01:47:16 | M40 |
| Anya Portus | 01:47:26 | F |
| Kimberley Bateman | 01:48:09 | F |
| Michael Smith | 01:48:21 | M40 |
| Vincent Baker | 01:48:27 | M |
| Jo Carnie | 01:48:36 | F40 |
| Katja Wodezki | 01:49:36 | F40 |
| Jenny Lingrell | 01:49:37 | F40 |
| Richard Pegg | 01:49:43 | M50 |
| Gemma Thorpe | 01:49:45 | F |
| Rachael Needham | 01:49:56 | F |
| Damien Herbert | 01:50:01 | M40 |
| Scott Reeves | 01:50:28 | M |
| Paul Ledger | 01:50:30 | M |
| Kate Scott | 01:50:40 | F50 |
| Tom Nuttgens | 01:50:46 | M50 |
| Alexander Arblaster | 01:50:53 | M |
| Sophie Hornsby | 01:51:23 | F |
| Anthony Bell | 01:51:51 | M50 |
| David Smith | 01:51:56 | M50 |
| Richard Giles | 01:52:33 | M |
| Peter Macqueen | 01:52:35 | M |
| Anthony O’Keefe | 01:52:35 | M |
| Ian Blackburn | 01:53:25 | M60 |
| Loz Harvey | 01:53:28 | M40 |
| Jim Lafferty | 01:54:00 | M40 |
| Jane Evans | 01:54:03 | F50 |
| Andrew Woffindin | 01:54:37 | M50 |
| Mario Shekar | 01:54:55 | M40 |
| Laura Fletcher | 01:55:05 | F |
| Carole Haste | 01:55:21 | F50 |
| Nick Kelly | 01:55:46 | M |
| Asha Pritchard | 01:56:25 | F |
| Caroline Welton | 01:56:36 | F40 |
| Fran Marshall | 01:56:55 | F40 |
| Clive Downing | 01:56:59 | M50 |
| James Spawton | 01:57:00 | M50 |
| Craig Shaw | 01:57:07 | M |
| Eileen Needham | 01:57:08 | F50 |
| Jimmy Sharman | 01:57:17 | M |
| Chris Hodson | 01:57:21 | M50 |
| Liam Russell | 01:57:50 | M |
| Carol Beattie | 01:57:58 | F60 |
| Ian Richardson | 01:58:19 | M50 |
| Matthew Broadhead | 01:58:36 | M40 |
| Richard Binks | 01:58:57 | M60 |
| Sarah Storey | 01:58:57 | F40 |
| Philip Davies | 01:59:19 | M40 |
| Thomas McCart | 02:00:00 | M |
| David Parry | 02:00:13 | M60 |
| Nicola Ross | 02:00:56 | F |
| Andrew Long | 02:01:03 | M40 |
| Nicholas Bolt | 02:02:10 | M |
| Ruth Albaya | 02:02:12 | F |
| Daniel Lilley | 02:02:54 | M |
| Helen Keating | 02:02:57 | F40 |
| Matt Barton | 02:03:01 | M40 |
| John Bridgman | 02:03:07 | M |
| Richard Clamp | 02:03:14 | M40 |
| Mohammed Ahmed | 02:03:37 | M |
| Helen Wakefield | 02:04:08 | F40 |
| Ian Spencer | 02:04:19 | M50 |
| Paul Reeve | 02:04:44 | M |
| David Bailey | 02:04:45 | M |
| Andrew Sneddon | 02:04:55 | M |
| Mark Bagley | 02:05:12 | M50 |
| Matthew Surgeon | 02:05:18 | M50 |
| Sharon Renshaw | 02:05:30 | F40 |
| Leticia Hancock | 02:05:34 | F |
| Christopher Heggs | 02:05:37 | M40 |
| Lore Lambein | 02:06:19 | F |
| Naomi Rabin | 02:07:15 | F |
| Helen Eberlin | 02:07:24 | F70 |
| Emma Beer | 02:07:54 | F |
| Nancy Stuart | 02:08:29 | F |
| Sallyann Bingham | 02:08:30 | F40 |
| Andrew Buckley | 02:08:44 | M |
| Jessica Allen | 02:09:18 | F |
| Rachel Anderson | 02:09:53 | F40 |
| Tony Lyell | 02:09:59 | M40 |
| Magdalena Boo | 02:10:04 | F40 |
| Mark Jackson | 02:10:05 | M50 |
| Caroline Storey | 02:10:12 | F |
| Terry Armstrong | 02:10:30 | M70 |
| Kelly Knight | 02:10:32 | F |
| Catherine McKeown | 02:10:49 | F40 |
| David Bownes | 02:12:00 | M60 |
| Michael Starr | 02:13:30 | M |
| Angela Jackson | 02:13:49 | F50 |
| Karen Smith | 02:15:05 | F40 |
| Joanne Graham | 02:16:16 | F40 |
| Fionuala Creagh | 02:17:03 | F60 |
| Neil Teather | 02:17:16 | M40 |
| Rachel Smith | 02:20:20 | F40 |
| James Chaffer | 02:20:25 | M40 |
| Stephen Gilmer | 02:20:45 | M |
| John Liddle | 02:22:00 | M40 |
| Richard Slater | 02:22:14 | M40 |
| Cameron Black | 02:22:25 | M40 |
| Sophie Moyses | 02:22:58 | F |
| Kieran Surgeon | 02:22:58 | M |
| David Denton | 02:24:07 | M60 |
| Stuart Paterson | 02:25:38 | M40 |
| Nicole Nield | 02:25:47 | F60 |
| Ronald Ward | 02:26:35 | M70 |
| Laura White | 02:28:01 | F |
| Jane Naylor | 02:28:17 | F |
| Gayle Dooley | 02:29:13 | F40 |
| Phil Dooley | 02:29:13 | M40 |
| Catherine Needham | 02:29:26 | F |
| Rachel Rea | 02:29:51 | F |
| Sarah Schofield | 02:29:55 | F40 |
| Helen Smith | 02:30:13 | F |
| Caroline Woods-Peel | 02:34:49 | F40 |
| Graham Nield | 02:37:02 | M60 |
| Emma Portus | 02:40:10 | F |
| Lucy Barnett | 02:41:55 | F |
| Zoe Dickinson | 02:47:13 | F40 |
| Richard Garton | 02:58:28 | M50 |
Full results available online.
The obligatory group photo before the start…
