Midlands Track and Field League
Forest of Dean AC joined the Midlands Athletics Track & Field League for the first time in 2016. The second meeting was held in Hereford and they came 4th of 8 teams with 305pts versus last month’s 6th with 205pts. Most of the extra points came because of the sterling efforts of the lady competitors, who conquered their fears and did the club proud.
Frampton 10K
Monday night saw the annual Frampton 10k, with 20 members taking part. Jack Fleet was first of these to finish: 19th in 38.10. Second was Dan Sandford 38.25 and third Richard Pegler 39.13. First lady was Tori Baker 40.57, followed by Cherry Fowler 42.19 and Sherryl Hall 44.58. Other results: Julian Boon 40.49; Mark Channer 41.54; Andrew Kaye 43.21; Rob Freeman 44.16; Alan Robertson 44.28; Michael Marks 47.19; David Jenkins 48.53; Rachel Nash 50.08; Jason Ross-Collins 50.25; Matt Bond 51.23; Gemma Hewitt 52.04; Vanessa Pegler 52.46; Kate Burke 52.52; Karen Barnett 54.53; Michelle Peacy 56.28Sharla Fleet 60.58 and Andrew Knott 64.56.
Tintern Trot
Thursday saw the running of Chepstow Harriers Tintern Trot: 6 hilly miles starting inn Tintern, going up to the Devil’s Pulpit, along Offa’s Dyke to Brockweir & back to Tintern. FODAC fielded 38 runners amongst nearly 300 starters. First of these was Marcus Bennetto, 3rd in 40.19, followed by Dan Sandford 41.51; Jack Fleet 43.00 and Mark Mathews 43.39. These four won the Men’s Team Prize. First lady was Sherryl Hall 50.20; second was Helen Lipscomb 54.00 and 3rd Jo Edwards 57.05, finishing 4th in the Ladies Team event. Stef Francis 60.28 was the club’s only individual winner, picking up the F50 prize. Other results: Julian Boon 43.54; Andrew Thorpe 47.43; Richard Powles 48.06; Mark Blake 48.25; Patrick Rennison 50.51; Richard Dennant 52.04; David Jenkins 52.15; Michael Marks 52.19; Alan Robertson 52.22; Peter Hewitt 52.56; Brian Francis 53.29; Chris Moore 53.57; Graham James 56.05; Peter Short 58.51; Neville Turner 58.57; Jacqui Wynds 61.00; Chris Hawkins 61.09; Tony Pownall 61.51; Gemma Hewitt 63.20; Martin Adams 63.26; Salli Millward-Bryant 64.08; Donna Sheen 64.10; Angela Bowkett 67.17; Karen Barnett 68.20; Vanessa Pegler 68.21; Victoria Sims 68.29; Caroline Rickards 70.06; Jo Babij 70.09; Sharla Fleet 70.58; and Bev James 75.07.
