Stubbington Report
TOBY LAMBERT toasted his second successive victory at the Stubbington 10km road race.
The Alton Runner set a blazing pace on a day when running conditions were perfect - sunshine, a blue sky, plus a little wind on a beautiful winter's day.
Lambert led from the start to win in a time of 30min 21sec, leaving clear water between himself and second-placed Andy Morgan-Lee, making a welcome return after a long lay-off through injury, who finished strongly more than a minute behind the North Hampshire runner in 31.25.
A record-breaking total of 1,063 runners took part in the race which started and finished in Stubbington village.
For the first time, race director Gary Littlecott chose to split the start into two groups who filtered either side of the village roundabout before heading down Stubbington Road towards the Lee-on-the-Solent seafront.
The initiative was introduced to avoid the congestion experienced by runners in previous years - and it seems, judging by post-race comments, that the idea drew a mixed reception, with some runners unhappy that they were unable to get away quickly.
Lambert certainly got away quickly, following the huge Boarhunt Garage recovery vehicle which acted as a formidable lead-out vehicle. He was very soon on his own in a repeat of the race 12 months ago, with Southampton Running Club's Morgan-Lee chasing hard, along with Winchester & District's Nick Anderson.
The one disappointing aspect of the race was the absence of Stubbingtons Andy Vernon, the former European Junior Cross Country silver medallist, who was forced to pull out of the race late on with a shin injury. He would have given Lambert a run for his money and very possibly taken the winner's time to under the magic 30 minute mark.
Morgan-Lee, who has missed five months with injury picked up following an RR10 race at Stoke Park Wood in the summer, was third a year ago at Stubbington, but held of Anderson in a spring finish.
Belgrave Harrier, Hassan Raidi, a late entry to the race, and who has a sub-30 minute personal best, was fourth in 32.03, and such was the high standard of the race that Chichester Runners' James Baker, who has been winning races across the south coast at will this season, could only make fifth in 32.19.
Stubbington's Mark Le Gassick, second at Stubbington a year ago, was seventh in 32.43, helping the host club to team victory in an event which formed part of the Hampshire Road Race League and which also acted as the Hampshire 10km Championship.
John Rawlins was the second Stubbington runner home in 32.55, a new personal best by some considerable margin, Michael Breed was 12th in 33.24, Tony Allen, who won the Vet 40 category was 17th in 33.45, and Ross Lamport completed the scoring in 21st place with a time of 34.22.
Stubbington's B team were sixth, and they were helped by talented teenager Chris Furnell who finished 70th in 38.18, and was the second junior.
For the women, Poole's Louise Damen made up for her mishap at the Hampshire Cross Country Championships in Basingstoke last week when a wrong turn cost her the race. Another late entry in order to secure a fast 10km time for national events later this year, she was first home in a time of 33.34
However the Hampshire 10km women's title went to Scottish international, Shona Crombie-Hicks, who competed in the marathon at the Commonwealth Games last year. She has recently moved to Winchester & District AC from Bourton Road Runners in the west country to train with Nick Anderson, and she finished second overall in 35.03, and was the first Vet35 runner.
Winchester predictably sewed up the team title with Karen Hazlitt third in 35.13, Emma Patel fifth in 37.09, Kaye Mansbridge eighth in 37.40 and ex-Stubby Katharine Jones, who won the Vet 45 honours, 11th in 38.52.
Stubbington's women, who are currently leading Division 2 of the Hampshire Road Race League, strengthened their position with some fine performances. They finished 16th in the team standings.
Lauren Coates was the first Stubbington runner to score in 73rd place in 47.41, followed by Janet Marshall who was five seconds behind in 74th and who was 12th Vet 45. Kay Sadler completed the Stubbington ladies' scoring in a time of 50.25.
Stubbington results:
7th Mark Le Gassick 32.43
9th John Rawlins 32.55
12th Michael Breed 33.24
17th Tony Allen 33.45 (M40, 1st)
21st Ross Lamport 34.22
24th Zippy Grice 34.38
44th Noel Charlton 36.24
49th Richard Thomas 36.40 (M40, 8th)
56th Andy Simpson 37.19
60th Barry Hards 37.39 (M45, 9th)
70th Chris Furnell 38.18 (Jnr, 2nd)
73rd Ray Gunner 38.28 (M45, 10th)
165th Jon Leigh 41.57 (M45, 30th )
179th Richard Simms 42.22 (M40, 38th)
182nd Marcus Lee 42.27
198th Phil May 42.50 (M45, 38th)
213th Nick Kimber 43.12 (M45, 43rd)
232nd Ashley Lovell 43.39 (M45, 47th)
234th Andy Lee 43.44 (M45, 48th)
242nd Rob English 43.59 (M40, 51st)
255th Sean Jones 44.13 (M40, 55th)
281st Nick Davis 44.58 (M40, 59th)
340th Mark Greenfield 46.18 (M40, 72nd)
391st Ryan Gunner 47.37 (Jnr, 10th)
426th Christopher Green 48.56 (M40, 91st)
429th Matt Ponsford 48.59 (Jnr, 12th)
436th Roger Skerry 49.07 (M45, 82nd)
560th Nick Lewkowicz 53.40 (M45, 100th)
587th David Marshall 55.00
624th Mike Harper 57.08 (M45, 110th)
660th Peter Stephens 1hr 00min 36sec (M45, 114th)
685th Andy Willis 1:06.58 (M40, 144th)
693rd Michael Aimable 1:15.49 (M70, 11th)
Ladies:
73rd Lauren Coates 47.41
74th Janet Marshall 47.46 (W45, 12th)
101st Kay Sadler 50.25
117th Claire Borrowdale 51.27 (W35, 21st ).
129th Annie Tomlinson 52.06 (W35, 25th)
134th Rachael Openshaw 52.33
167th Sarah White 54.34 (W35, 33rd)
192nd Heather Bowers 55.36
223rd Liz Hall 57.05 (W40, 45th)
233rd Terry Harper 57.26 (W40, 48th)
248th Judith Terry 58.06
253rd Tracie Jarvis 58.14 (W35, 55th)
258th Helen Kimber 58.34 (W45, 33rd)
270th Sue Simister 59.31 (W45, 36th)
301st Geraldine May 1hr 00min 50sec (W45, 40th)
347th Jasmine Smith 1:04.36 (W35, 72nd)
348th Kirsten Maw 1:04.40
Men's teams
1 Stubbington Green Runners & AC, 46
2 Southampton RC, 48
3 Winchester & District AC, 74
4 Southampton RC 'B', 107
5 Alton Runners, 134
6 Stubbington Green Runners & AC 'B', 138
7 Portsmouth Joggers, 144
8 Southampton RC 'C', 158
9 Victory AC, 244
10 Stubbington Green Runners & AC 'C', 259
11 Overton Harriers & AC, 265
12 Winchester & District & AC 'B', 271
13 Gosport Road Runners, 276
14 Southampton RC 'D', 281
15 West Wight Road Runners, 283
16 City of Salisbury ARC, 293
17 Portsmouth Joggers 'B', 338
18 Farnham Runners, 344
19 Eastleigh RC, 376
20 Hardley Runners, 387
VETERAN MEN'S TEAMS
1 Southampton RC, 42
2 Stubbington Green Runners & AC, 78
3 Portsmouth Joggers, 87
4 Winchester & District AC, 88
5 Victory AC, 161
6 Eastleigh RC, 182
7 Hardley Runners, 189
8 Winchester & District AC 'B', 217
9 Southampton RC 'B', 219
10 Denmead Striders, 222
11 Hart Road Runners, 232
12 Farnham Runners, 239
13 Portsmouth Joggers 'B', 247
14 Gosport Road Runners, 272
15 West Wight Road Runners, 286
16 Totton RC, 332
17 City of Salisbury ARC, 349
18 Stubbington Green Runners & AC 'B', 418
19 Southampton RC 'C', 424
20 Portsmouth Joggers 'C', 463
WOMEN'S TEAMS
1 Winchester & District AC, 18
2 Southampton RC, 33
3 Winchester & District AC 'B', 81
4 Denmead Striders, 112
5 Winchester & District AC 'C', 181
6 Gosport Road Runners, 184
7 Victory AC, 184
8 Southampton RC 'B', 202
9 Portsmouth Joggers, 209
10 Farnham Runners, 224
11 Lordshill Road Runners, 225
12 Alton Runners, 253
13 Winchester & District AC 'D', 286
14 Gosport Road Runners, 294
15 Denmead Striders 'B', 315
16 Stubbington Green Runners & AC, 365
17 Portsmouth Joggers 'B', 407
18 Team Southampton , 420
19 Eastleigh RC, 433
20 City of Salisbury ARC, 442
VETERAN WOMEN'S TEAMS
1 Winchester & District AC, 16
2 Winchester & District AC 'B', 85
3 Victory AC, 109
4 Denmead Striders, 114
5 Gosport Road Runners, 129
6 Lordshill Road Runners, 134
7 Portsmouth Joggers, 160
8 Alton Runners, 160
9 Winchester & District AC 'C', 195
10 Gosport Road Runners 'B', 226
11 Team Southampton , 261
12 Denmead Striders 'B', 298
13 Stubbington Green Runners & AC, 308
14 Portsmouth Joggers 'B', 365
15 Totton RC, 428
16 Victory AC 'B', 438
17 Hardley Runners, 472
18 Gosport Road Runners 'C', 505
19 Winchester & District AC 'D', 551
20 City of Portsmouth AC, 563