Athletics: Ponty’s Coles masters Old Father Time for second year running

Jan 5 2008 by Our Correspondent, South Wales Echo

THE Old Father Time road race for Master athletes, the final event of the Les Croupiers Running Club 2007 programme, attracted another bumper entry with more than one hundred and seventy athletes completing the five mile, two lap course around Pontcanna.

At the front end of the field the competition was hot with a tightly bunched group of five including Peter Coles (Pontypridd), Neil Hardee (Newport), Andrew Hussey (Cheltenham), Paul Griffiths (Neath) and Lee Aherne (Club 69) heading the field at the end of the opening circuit.

Experience told on the second lap as Taffs Well resident Coles, a surprise winner last year, eased away to win by just three seconds while the much improved Hardee got the better of Hussey for second place.

Mick Tabor was the first male Les Croupiers athlete to finish while Maria Zubizaretta led the club’s ladies home, finishing third in the women’s section.

Results: 1 Peter Coles (P’pridd, M45) 26:21; 2 Neil Hardee (New, M40) 26:24; 3 Andrew Hussey (Chelt, M40) 26:25; 4 Paul Griffiths (Neath, M40) 26:28; 5 Lee Aherne (Club 69, M40) 26:35; 6 Phil Crane (Neath, M45) 27:15; 7 Tim Lewis (B’end, M40) 27:26; 8 Paul Sperrin (Bitton, M45) 27:47; 9 David Davies (Spa T, M50) 28:29; 10 John Foster Lliswerry M45) 29:00; 11 Mick Tabor (Les C, M50) 29:16; 12 Mark Reynolds (Neath, M35) 29:18; 13 Peter Davies (B’end, M50) 29:24; 14 Mike Lewis (Unatt, M40) 29:27; 15 Huw Roberts (B’end, M50) 29:46; 16 Evan Jones (Unatt, M40) 29:50; 17 Mark Anderson (Pewsey V, M45) 29:54; 18 Peter Kellam (Les C, M40) 30:07; 19 Haydn Hartnell (Islwyn, M45) 30:10; 20 Brett Davis (New, M40) 30:14; 21 Richard Self (Les C, M40) 30:17; 22 Ben Farag (Les C, M45) 30:18; 23 David Crane (Unatt, M45) 30:19; 24 Matt Townsend (Les C, M35) 30:19; 25 Gerry Crispie (Les C, M45) 30:23; 26 Geraint Williams (P’pridd, M35) 30:27; 27 David Davies (Neath, M55) 30:34; 28 Aiden Calloghan (Card, M35) 30:35; 29 Alan Walton (San D, M35) 30:38; 30 Jon Embling (B’end, M50) 30:47; 31 Paul Jenkins (Unatt, M40) 30:52; 32 Andrew Palmer (Pen&D, M35) 30:56; 33 Dave Hughes (B’end, M40) 30:59; 34 John O’Shea (Les C, M50) 31:09; 35 Alan Kerr (B’end, M50) 31:16; 36 Kevin McCarthy (RRC, M40) 31:20; 37 Chris Blackmore (Card H, M35) 31:22; 38 Richard Landon (Unatt, M40) 31:26; 39 Brian Lovett (San D, M40) 31:32; 40 James Picksley (Spark, M40) 31:36; 41 Gareth Jones (Chep, M60) 31:37; 42 Mark Dunscombe (Sarn H, M45) 31:38; 43 Steve Brace (B’end, M45) 31:40; 44 Gareth Hardman (B’end, M40) 31:43; 45 Phil Bamsey (Neath, M55) 31:44; 46 Andrew Davies (P’pridd, M40) 31:47; 47 Mike Davies (Les C, M55) 31:50; 48 Elio Lapore (Les C, M50) 31:52; 49 John Summers (Pewsey V, M50) 31:53; 50 Stuart McIlroy (Unatt, M35) 31:56; 51 Richard Sewell (Les C, M50) 32:11; 52 Darren McAtee (New, M45) 32:21; 53 Mike Woods (Unatt, M40) 32:23; 54 Terry Caveney (Les C, M45) 32:23; 55 Cyril Walters (TROTS, M60) 32:33; 56 Jim Delaney (San D, M50) 32:36; 57 Tim O’Sullivan (Les C, M45) 32:36; 58 Howard Kent (Les C, M50) 32:58; 59 Paul Price (Unatt, M40) 33:01; 60 Neil Lewis (Unatt, M35) 33:11; 61 Alan Cox (Unatt, M50) 33:16; 62 Dominic Shields (San D, M40) 33:27; 63 Alan Mason (Les C, M45) 33:30; 64 Paul Morris (Les C, M45) 33:39; 65 Phil Osmond (Unatt, M40) 33:41; 66 David Oak (Neath, M60) 33:42; 67 Judith Llewellyn (Chep, W40) 33:45; 68 Denis Murphy (Les C, M55) 33:48; 69 Steve Owen (Les C, M50) 33:50; 70 Dave Price (Les C, M40) 33:51; 71 Dave Proud (Les C, M40) 33:51; 72 Phil Morris (IIF, M55) 34:08; 73 Maureen Emmett (IIF, W50) 34:10; 74 Alan Mann (Les C, M50) 34:18; 75 John Cunnane (100k Club, M55) 34:32; 76 Ken Buckle (Chelt, M65) 34:34; 77 Stephen Jones (Islwyn, M45) 34:36; 78 Jeff Aston (Les C, M60) 34:37; 79 Ralph Pattinson (Unatt, M50) 34:39; 80 Maria Zubizaretta (Les C, W35) 34:49; 81 Keith Verheyden (Unatt, M45) 34:55; 82 Debbie Cockram (Fairwater, W40) 34:58; 83 Neil Tatnell (Les C, M50) 35:02; 84 Alex Roberts (Unatt, M40) 35:03; 85 Paul Sanders (Les C, M50) 35:08; 86 Jaqui Austin (Club 69, W55) 35:12; 87 Stephen New (100 Mar C, M40) 35:24; 88 Peter Maksimovic (Unatt, M45) 35:44; 89 Sue Davies (Unatt, W45) 35:48; 90 Andrew Sedgmond (Les C, M50) 35:52; 91 Gill Kellam (Les C, W45) 35:57; 92 James McClachan (Unatt, M50) 36:10; 93 Robert Ford (P’pridd, M50) 36:12; 94 Judi Rhys (Les C, W45) 36:15; 95 Frank Williams (Les C, M50) 36:16; 96 Sue Tagg (Club 69, W40) 36:25; 97 Julie Lewis (Les C, W50) 36:28; 98 Dave Weeden (Les C, M45) 36:52; 99 Mandy Jones (Islwyn, W45) 36:56; 100 Kellinin Portelli (Unatt, M40) 36:57; 101 Stuart Davidson (B’end, M55) 36:59; 102 D Weston (Unatt, M55) 37:12; 103 Brenda Avery (Unatt, W55) 37:12; 104 Robert Lister (Pewsey V, M50) 37:35; 105 Caroline Dallimore (Les C, W50) 37:41; 106 David Rowlands (Unatt, M40) 37:48; 107 Hadyn Williams (Unatt, M60) 37:53; 108 Keith Starr (Unatt, M45) 38:01; 109 Dave Hebbes (Unatt, M55) 38:06; 110 Steve Williams (Les C, M50) 38:06; 111 Judith Oakley (Vegan R, W40) 38:15; 112 Colin Prosser (Chep, M40) 38:28; 113 Syd Wheeler (Chep, M70) 38:55; 114 M Hilton (Unatt, M40) 38:56; 115 Robert Phillips (P’pridd, M40) 38:57; 116 Siobhan Brown (Spark, W35) 39:02; 117 Paul Davies (Card H, M55) 39:10; 118 John Plowman (Unatt, M60) 39:13; 119 Jonathan Tagg (Unatt, M45) 39:17; 120 Brian Blandford (Neath, M70) 39:18; 121 William Davies (Winch, M75) 39:24; 122 Ralph Davey (Les C, M60) 39:26; 123 Mark Tattersall (Neath, M65) 39:47; 124 Davis McDonald (Unatt, M35) 40:03; 125 David Heath (Unatt, M40) 40:04; 126 Colin Robinson (Unatt, M35) 40:33; 127 Ian Swanson (Port T, M55) 40:41; 128 Barry James (Unatt, M55) 40:52; 129 Chris Osmond (Unatt, M65) 40:56; 130 Michael Oakley (Vegan R, M35) 40:59; 131 Terry Vickery (Unatt, M60) 41:03; 132 Ian Warner (Unatt, M45) 41:19; 133 Gerard Newman (Stroud, M50) 41:23; 134 Peter Regan (Unatt, M45) 41:25; 135 Rob Lewis (Unatt, M40) 41:26; 136 Janice Clement (Pen&D, W45) 41:31; 137 Wendy Roberts (Chep, W40) 42:00; 138 Dawn Moules (Unatt, W35) 42:15; 139 John Lewis (Unatt, M45) 42:15; 140 Robert Helyar (Unatt, M40) 42:23; 141 Clare Johnson (Les C, W60) 42:25; 142 David Sanderson (Painswick, M55) 42:25; 143 Sarah Robinson (Unatt, W40) 42:37; 144 Howard Prosser (Unatt, M55) 42:45; 145 Robert Cook (Unatt, M45) 42:55; 146 Rod Jones (Les C, M60) 42:56; 147 Grahan Irving (Unatt, M45) 42:57; 148 Sandra Hustin (Unatt, W35) 42:57; 149 Paula James (P’pridd, W35) 43:47; 150 Jane Llewellyn Miskin W55) 44:23; 151 Pamela Claney (Unatt, W50) 44:30; 152 Kathryn Sweetman (Run4W, W35) 44:42; 153 Ruth Treharne (Islwyn, W40) 44:45; 154 Mal Rowson (Les C, W55) 45:21; 155 Gary Bird (Unatt, M45) 45:33; 156 Neil Welsh (Card H, M40) 45:45; 157 Gary McCarthy (Unatt, M35) 46:00; 158 Gary Pesticcio (Unatt, M35) 46:28; 159 Andrew Smith (Unatt, M55) 46:32; 160 Paul Sydenham (Unatt, M50) 46:51; 161 Nigel Thomas (Unatt, M50) 46:52; 162 Jim McCulloch (Pen&D, M50) 47:03; 163 Joy Davies (Les C, W45) 47:11; 164 Pat Searle (Unatt, W45) 47:18; 165 Gill Murphy (Les C, W50) 47:21; 166 Karen Phillips (Les C, W40) 47:34; 167 Martin Matthews (Unatt, M40) 47:36; 168 Alan Bladen (Les C, M70) 48:05; 169 Patricia Davidson (Brackla, W50) 48:57; 170 Jenny Johnson (Les C, W40) 49:08; 171 Joy Beavon (Les C, W40) 49:41; 172 Judith Baydoun (Unatt, W50) 50:29; 173 Eirian Arwyn (Les C, W50) 51:21; 174 Anne Donald (Les C, W55) 51:46; 175 Geoff Wright (Les C, M55) 52:56; 176 Rosemary Sanderson (Painswick, W45) 56:26; 177 Lorna Cimla (Stroud, W50) 56:26.