Chris Davies produced a cracker of a performance in winning the Telford
Christmas 10 K in a fast 29.21.It was his 5th win in this traditional pre
Christmas race and he showed a top class field the way home winning by just
under a minute.The fast Town Park 2 lap course includes a lap of the lake
before an out and back run along the Silkin Way to Aqueduct.Chris was
considering an attempt on his own course record earlier in the week, but in
the pre race build up he changed his mind and was content to stay with the
leading group for the first part of the race. Always in control Chris was
having a very relaxed run giving other runners encouragement as he went past
them on the out and back course. He still managed to run 29.21, just 29
seconds outside his record set in 2003, and one of the leading times in the
country. Infact Chris is the only athlete to run under 30 minutes on the
course,since the arce has been run on the Town Park course for the last 8
years, having run 29.51 in 2000 and the record 28.52 in 2003. The Telford Ac
international will continue his build up to the Commonwealth Games 5000m
with the Birmingham Cross Country League Race at Coventry in January.

Infact the runner up in the race was Chris's friend and sister Sian's
partner Dave Webb,a Leeds City athlete who is an accountant based in
Birmingham, whoi improved his personal best to record 30.10.Former
Shropshire champion and international runner Will Levett, whose family still
live in Newcastle on Clun, whilst he is based in Hereford completing is
first year of teaching, finished 3rd in 30.49. Mark Powell from
Owls,Leicester was 4th in 31.32. Shrewsbury's in form Mike James, recent
North Wales League winner was 5th in a personal best time of 31.42. Former
Wrexham athlete, now a Tipton runner, Luke Northall was 6th in 32.06 whilst
Telford AC's Nick Andrews ran his fastest 10k for 18 months as he finished
7th in 32.11, over 2 minutes quicker than last year.

Debbie Mason ( Robinson ) won a good quality womens race in 34,20, 11 seconds quicker than when she previously won the race in 2003. The GB Marathon international was always in the lead but was chased throughout by Telford AC's Claire Martin last years winner who ran 35.22, 16 seconds quicker than lasy years winning time. Alex Gostling of Leeds City was 3rd in
35.39. Telford AC's Kim Green from Madeley, was 4th in 35.54, despite having
finished 2nd in the Midland 5 miles cross country championship the previous
day in Nottingham. Kate Burge of Stafford was 5th in 36.29, with Emma
Phillips of Tipton 6th, 36.35.

Organiser Dave Mansbridge was delighted with the record number of finishers
with 435 crossing the finishing line an increase of 20 on last years record.

Greg Wilson of Telford Ac ran 1 second and 1 position lslower than last year
as he was the second overall veteran home and 2nd over 45 finishing 17th in
33.47. Steve Needs was the 3rd over 45 in 33.58.Telford AC's British over
50's cross country champion Rick Hailey had over 2 minutes to spare over the
next over 50 finishing 23rd in 34.11. Another Telford AC man won the over
40's category finishing 26th in 34.34, whilst Malcolm Dawes was the first
over 55 in 37.52. Colin Williamson of Shropshire Shufflers was the first
over 60, in 42.47. Cheralyn Evans was the first over 40 finisher in 38.56,
11th overall just one second and one place behind her Telford AC team mate
Denise Cureton who was 3rd over 35.

Other leading local finishers were
Womens
8th Louise Taylor - TAC 38.31
13th Gill Pugh - TAC 2nd over 40 40.54
14th Lucy Dalton - 40.55
27th Susan Candy - Shropshire Shufflers V40 45.00
29th Helen Winters - TAC 45.12
34th Kim Brown - Wrekin RR 46.51
49th Hannah Taylor - Telford Harriers 49.45
52nd Lesley Hassall - TAC 49.52
57th Michelle Kattenhorn - Newport 50.57
58th Helen McDonald Jones - Newport 3rd V50 51.01
60th Gwenan Jones - Telford Harriers 51.14

Men
12th Paul Ward - Wrekin RR 33.17
13th Will Joyce - TAC 33.26
14th Robin Sedman - Smith, TAC 33.34
18th Ioan Illie - TAC 33.56
30th OLiver Blake - Oswestry 35.03
31st John Garmson - Newport 35.04
34th Andy Smith - TAC 35.26
35th Richard Jones - TAC 35.39
40th Steve Jones - TAC 35.47
43rd Paul Thomas - Wrekin RR 36.08
45th Robin Guy - Newport 36.20
47th Tim Beckett - Muller RC 36.34
50th Shane Connolly - TAC 36.54
52nd Jamie Anderson - Telford Harriers 37.09
53rd Steven Prosser - Shrewsbury AC 37.15
54th Richard Andrews - TAC 37.17
58th Phil Gray - Telford Harriers 37.32

Paul Sanderson.

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