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The Great Kibworth Run
In the headline Half Marathon event over the full 13 miles miles plus distance it was Harborough's Sean Fenwick who rewrote the record book returning a hugely impressive 1:12:41 over a minute clear of Stilton Striders Chris Southam in the runners up spot. Third place went to the defending champion Kibworth's Rob Pullen now a second claimer for Fleckney & Kibworth but running for his first claim club Leicester Owls.
The first lady home and fifth finisher overall was one of the counties outstanding female athletes Nicola Clay also of Stilton Striders in another highly regarded time of 1:19:44
. In the new team category there was an almighty battle between the local clubs and amid some confusion over the team criteria the Fleckney and Kibworth four of Steve Bishop, Dave Wheeler, Karl Beardall and Martin Pickles narrowly got the verdict over the Harborough quartet of Fenwick, Richard Bufton, Alan Hawkes and Ian Chick.
There was further team success for the Fleckney & Kibworth club when we secured the ladies team prize through their squad of Claire Beach, Tina McDonagh, Hannah Matts and Sarah Cripps. In the Third Marathon Suzanne Burgess underlined her rapid improvement by finishing as Third Lady just one second ahead of husbland Josh.
There were also impressive efforts by Linda Moss, Lucie Butwell and Stephen Durham. Both Lucie and Stephen have only started serious running this year so a big well done!
The quality of the performances was further sustained in the two mile Fun Run where some of the talented young athletes from the area where able to show their seniors the way home. Leading the way this year was 12 year old Leicester Owls starlet Stefan Ashman who added to his equally impressive victory in the recent Fleckney Carnival Fun Run by picking his way through the crowded course to cross the line in 17:44. Second place went to his clubmate Niall McSharry in 18:04 followed by another talented 12 year old Kibworth's Jonathan Monk of Leicester Coritianians in 18:13. Lorna Grubb was the first girl in 21:26 In the other age categories the winners were Age 8-11 1st boy James Hatton 18:40, 1st girl Emily Hollis 20:40 Age 7 and under 1st boy Kieran Ashman 22:57 1st Girl Jocelyn Parkes-Bowen 26:36 Kieran keep up the impressive record of the talented Ashman siblings by following his brother Josh the winner of the 7 and under category in 2005.
It was so pleasing to see lots of our younger runners getting out, there was complete family foursome from The Priors with Katrina, Saffron, Elaine and Stewart setting a great example. Sean McDonagh, Clarisse Bale, Jack Houlihan, Alice and Luke Brown all showed that they have more than a little of their parents talent
Full results for Fleckney & Kibworth
Half Marathon Steve Bishop 1:25:52 Dave Wheeler 1:28:39 Karl Beardall 1:29:09 Noel Houlian 1:31:41 Martin Pickles 1:31:59 Adam Taylor 1:40:26 Claire Beach 1:42:00 Vince Brown 1:47:09 James Grant 1:48:43 Tina McDonagh 1:52:13 Hannah Matts and Sarah Cripps 2:00:38 Jody Ward 2:03:42 Richard Young 2:07:31 Aileen Collins 2:17:23 Kate Tuttle and Debbie Ward 2:22:56
Third Marathon Suzanne Burgess 1:02:54 Josh Burgess 1:02:55 Linda Moss 1:14:26 Stephen Durham 1:17:48 Lucie Butwell 1:19:41
Fun Run Sean McDonagh (aged 13) 20:44 Helen Morritt 25:09 Clarisse Bale (aged 11) 25:10 Katrina Prior (aged 9) 25:17 Elaine Prior 25:33 Alice Brown (aged 11) 26:46 Luke Brown (aged 6) 26:46 Saffron Prior (aged 7) 26:52 Stewart Prior 27:14 Jack Houlihan (aged 7) 29:29 Sarah Brown 33:10
Wednesday 25 June The Magic Miles
What a great night of racing! on a memrorable evening a large audience from the Fleckney commuinty enjoyed an evening's racing over the classic mile distance.
The event was backed by the attendance of Martin Johnson and Muzzy Izzet who signed hundreds of autographs before playing an active part in the race proceedings.
Muzzy Izzet placed 7th in the Men's Mile in a very respectable 6:12 whilst Martin Johnson made a depp impressive with a telling sprint on the first leg of the Kibworth All Stars team where he was joined by Rob Pullen and Martin Pickles representing the village together with Tigers forwrds coach Richard Cockerill who also proved to have a fine turn of speed.
Kibworth trimuphed over the Fleckney Flyers who had guest apperances by yet another Tigers stalwart Matt Poole and Kemal Izzet who stepped in for brother Muzzy after his earlier expliots. Fleckney regulars Stacey Voss and Dave Wheeler completed the squad.
The performance of the night was by 13 year old Owl Stefan Ashman who lived up his pre race favourite by destorying the field of senior men with a highly imprssive 5:16. Ashman was matched in first 1000m by home club runner Karl Beardall who took second spot in 5:21. Third sport went to the 2005 Great Kibworth winner and one of the evenings sponsors Rob Pullen.
The ladies mile went to newcomer Lorna Waters who looked comfortable in 6:45, second was Tina McDonagh in 7:18 and third Anne Gilespy in 8:07.
The junior races attracted a huge turnout with all the best young athletes in Fleckney and Kibworth vying for prizes.
The leading results were
Year 4/6 Girls 1st Tegan Allen
Year 4.6 Boys Josh Knight
Year 7/8 Girls Ella Voss
Year 7/8 Boys Chris Parkes Bowen
Year 9/10 Boys Louis Guess
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