Race Date: Monday 4th September 2017
The Trunce needs no introduction really, but for those not in the know it’s a short race over mixed terrain that happens 9 times a year, not all that far from Penistone. It includes some challenging fell like ascents and descents and 3 river crossings (well, 4 if you include a little footbridge).
It is in the Striders fell championship (you have to complete one out of the 9 races), so as such the last race attracted a few wannabe contenders including James Rose, Paul Stuart & myself. Race 9 is a dress up event for those that want to hamper themselves, so all good fun. There were also commemorative T-shirts available as it was the end of the 50th Trunce season.
A shorter junior race takes place alongside the senior one. The winner of the senior race was Tom Saville of DPFR, in a time of 23:20. The winning lady was Ellie Crownshaw of Bradfield, in a time of 29:20.
342 juniors and seniors took part, of which 21 were listed as Striders (22 if Paul Stuart is included – but he ran without a number and hasn’t been included in the results as of yet). Well done everyone. The Striders results follow.
| POS | NAME | CATEGORY | TIME |
| 6 | Sam Needham | Male | 00:25:38 |
| 7 | James Rose | Male | 00:25:53 |
| 25 | Matt Rimmer | Vet Male | 00:28:55 |
| 34 | Michael Slater | Vet Male 50 | 00:30:05 |
| 42 | Sam Ainscough | Male | 00:31:05 |
| 43 | Rob Davies | Vet Male 50 | 00:31:08 |
| 85 | Tom Nuttgens | Vet Male 50 | 00:34:32 |
| 89 | Nicola Rafferty | Vet Female 50 | 00:34:45 |
| 90 | Nick Hails | Vet Male | 00:34:48 |
| 94 | Rachael May | Female | 00:35:25 |
| 104 | Martin Greenough | Vet Male | 00:36:42 |
| 142 | Caroline Greenough | Vet Female | 00:40:33 |
| 159 | Thomas Mccart | Male | 00:41:52 |
| 172 | Dan Murphy | Male | 00:43:15 |
| 174 | Rebcah Krain | Female | 00:43:30 |
| 183 | Stuart Jones | Vet Male 50 | 00:44:56 |
| 194 | Philippa Moorhead | Vet Female 50 | 00:46:54 |
| 215 | Victoria Hawkins | Vet Female | 00:49:25 |
| 219 | Rachel Smith | Vet Female | 00:49:47 |
| 221 | Ben Jones | Male | 00:49:51 |
| 249 | Nicole Nield | Vet Female 60 | 00:52:51 |
Steve Frith of Mossie Net fame was there. Please consider donating! Some people took it more seriously than others! 🙂
Full results available here: http://www.trunce.org/results/
Fancy season result graphs are also on the website. Here’s a taster of the MV50 one (almost) starring Rob Davies:
