ELY RUNNERS             Last updated  07/06/2008

CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS

Arthur Bowden 5 Miles, Ferry Meadows, Peterborough

2^nd men’s team 1999

Association of Running Clubs (ARC) 

Rod Baron & John Turner appointed original Directors & Steering Committee 2007

1^st ARC affiliation granted to Ely Runners 2007

1^st ARC race permit awarded to Grunty Fen ½ Marathon 2007

1^st ARC National Championship incorporated into Grunty Fen ½ Marathon 2007

1^st MV50 Paul Needham in 1^st ARC ½ Marathon National Championship (GF) 2007

2^nd team ARC ½ Marathon National Championship (Grunty Fen) 2007

1^st team ARC Long Distance Relay National Championship (RNR) 2007

Barnack 10m Multi-Terrain

2^nd men’s team 1996

1^st men’s team 1999

1^st Frostbite League team 1999

2nd men’s team 2000

1st Frostbite League team 2001

Belvoir 15m Cross-Country Challenge
 

Brandon Forest ½ Marathon
 

Bury St Edmunds 20m Road Race

1st men’s team 2004

Cambridgeshire County AA Champions

1^st cross-country MV50-59 John Turner 1997

1^st cross-country MV60-69 John Fordham 1997

1^st 5 miles FV35-44 Diana Gipp 2000

1^st 5 miles MV60-69 John Fordham 2000

1^st 5 miles MV60-69 John Fordham 2001

1^st cross-country MV60-69 John Fordham 2002

1^st 5 miles MV40-49 Stephen Howard 2004

1^st 5 miles MV40-49 Maurice Reed 2005

1^st cross-country MV60-69 John Turner 2006

1^st 5 miles FV50 Birgitta Bramley 2007

1^st 10m MV40 Stephen Pettit 2007

Cambridgeshire County AA Cross-Country Championships

4^th senior men’s team, Ramsey 1994

2^nd women’s team, Ramsey 1995

3^rd men’s team, Ramsey 1996

2^nd vet men’s team, Wimpole Hall, Arrington 1997

2^nd men’s team, Bassingbourne 1999 (race moved from Dec to Jan)

2^nd senior men’s team, Guildenburg Water, Whittlesey 2000

3^rd senior men’s team, Guildenburg Water, Whittlesey 2001

4^th senior men’s team, Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, 2002

3^rd senior men’s team, March 2003

4^th senior men’s team, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon 2004

1st vet men’s team, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon 2005

7^th senior men’s team, 6^th vet men’s team, Priory Park, St Neots 2006
 

Cambridgeshire County AA Road Race League

5^th men’s team 1996

3^rd men’s team & 3^rd woman’s team 1998

3^rd women’s team & 4^th men’s team 2000

4^th men’s team & 5^th women’s team 2001

3^rd men’s team 2003

3^rd men’s team 2004

7^th men’s team 2005

7^th men’s team & 13^th women’s team 2006

4^th men’s team & 4^th women’s team 2007

Cambridge County AA Road Race League Champions

1^st woman Diana Gipp 2000

1^st woman Diana Gipp 2001

1^st woman Diana Gipp 2002

1^st man Alex Tate (2^nd claim) 2004

Cambridgeshire County AA Team Selections

Tim Elkington (10k road) 1994

Maurice Reed (10k road) 1994

John Allen (20 miles road) 1994

John Turner (20 miles road) 1994

Leslie Denny (XC) 1995

Tim Elkington (XC) 1999

Robert Campbell (XC) 2003

Alex Tate (XC) 2005 (2^nd claim)

Chariots of Fire Relay 6 x 1.7m, Cambridge

1st vet’s team (John Turner Seed Developments/Ely Runners) 2003

Culford School ½ Marathon (trail)

John Turner, 1^st 1:14:02, 1988

East Cambridgeshire Half Marathon, Soham

2^nd men’s team 1998 (Tim Elkington 1^st E Cambs M)

1^st men’s team 1999

1^st men’s team 2000 (Tim Elkington/Diana Gipp 1^st E Cambs M/F)

1^st E Cambs M 2002 Peter Gipp

1^st men’s team 2005

2^nd men’s team 2006 (John Crisp 1^st E Cambs M)

1^st Men’s team 2008 (Steve Barker 1^st E Cambs M)

Eastern Veterans AC Champions

1^st MV45 Marathon, John Turner, Huntingdon, 1990

1^st MV50 5k, Peter Harris, Cambridge, 2001

1^st MV50 10m, Peter Harris, Wisbech, 2001

1^st MV65 5m, John Fordham, Reach 2001

1^st MV65 5m, John Fordham, Reach, 2002

1^st MV65 cross-country, John Fordham, Wimpole 2002

1^st MV50 10m, Peter Harris, Reach, 2002

1^st MV60+ 5k, John Fordham, Cambridge, 2002

1^st MV65 5m, John Fordham, Reach, 2004

1^st MV35 cross-country, John Crisp, Wimpole, 2006

1^st MV60 5m walk, John Turner, Moulton, 2006

1^st MV55 5k, Peter Harris, Cambridge, 2007

1^st MV40 ½ Marathon, Stephen Howard, 2007

1^st overall & 1st MV40, Brenan Morgan, Reach 2008

1^st MV55 5m, Rob Ellis, Reach 2008

Eastern Veterans AC Cross-Country Championships held at Ely

Deans Meadow & Cherry Hill 2000

Eastern Veterans AC Cross-Country Team Championships

2^nd MV35-65 team 2006 at Wimpole Park

Eastern Veterans AC Life Membership Award

Tony Hall in March 2005

Eastern Veterans AC Road Relays

4^th MV50+ of 12 teams 2002

5^th overall of 29 teams 2003

5^th MV40-49 team 2004

2^nd MV35-44 and 3^rd overall 2006

1^st MV45+ and 2^nd FV35+ teams 2007

Eastern Veterans AC Road Race Team Championships

1^st team overall, 10 miles, Reach 2002

1^st MV50 team, 5 miles, Reach 2002

1^st male team, 10k, Comberton 2007

1^st male team, 5 miles, Reach, 2008

Ely Runners’ Grunty Fen Half Marathons 1991-2007 (17 events)

BARR Grade I, 1991-2001 and BARR Silver Grade 2002

UKA/BARR Gold Grade 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Cambridgeshire AA County Championships 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,

                                                                        2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Cambridgeshire AA Road Race League 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,

                                                                2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Eastern AC Championships 1997

EVAC Championships 1994, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

British Road Runners Club National Championships 2003, 2006

Candidate for English AAA Championships 2005

Association of Running Clubs (ARC) 1^st National Championships 2007

Ely Runners’ Club 10k Handicaps 1996-2007

1996 Pymore, 1^st Darren Murfitt, fastest Tim Elkington. Shield awarded by Dorothy

          Turner (JT’s mum) on her 90^th birthday

1997 Lt Downham , 1^st= Tony Hall & Eddy Green, fastest Peter Gipp

1998 cancelled but 1^st awarded to Peter Harris for much improved 10k times

1999 Lt Downham, 1^st Robert Woods (PB), fastest Alfredo Verna

2000 Lt Downham, 1^st Peter Gipp, fastest Tim Elkington

2001 Lt Downham, 1^st Ian Blatchford (PB), fastest Peter Gipp+William Clapp

2002 Lt Downham, 1^st Tanya O’Reilly (PB), fastest Peter Gipp

2003 Lt Downham, 1^st Deborah Jennings (PB), fastest Peter Gipp (PB)

2004 Lt Downham, 1^st Karen Foreman (PB), fastest William Clapp

2005 Lt Downham, 1^st Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle (MV65 PB), fastest Alex Tate

2006 Lt Downham, 1^st Brian Partridge, fastest Alex Tate

2007 Lt Downham, 1^st Margaret Bracewell (PB), fastest Glyn Loveday (club MV

         35 record & PB)

Ely Runners’ Club 1 Mile & Straight Mile Handicaps 2004-2007

2004 King’s School Ely grass track, 1^st Karen Foreman

2005 Quaney Straight Mile - Handicap 1^st male Don Brown & 1^st female Rachel

         Kiff; Age Related 1^st male Chris Rayment & 1^st female Natalle Coles; Fastest

         times 1^st male Alex Tate & 1^st female Natalle Coles

2006 Quaney Straight Mile – Handicap 1^st male Simon Law & 1^st female Heidi

         Fochtman; Age Related 1^st male Peter Gipp & 1^st female Rachel Roberts;

         Fastest times 1^st male Ian Day & 1^st female Natalle Coles

2007 Quaney Straight Mile – Handicap 1^st male Kevin Jennings & 1^st female

         Natalle Coles; Age Related 1^st male Peter Gipp & 1^st female Natalle

         Coles; Fastest times 1^st male Glyn Loveday & 1^st female Natalle Coles.

         Natalle Coles Fastest time 1^st female 2005, 2006 & 2007 hat trick

Ely Runners’ New Year’s Eve 10k Road Races 2000-2007 (8 events)

Course: Lt Downham-California-Dunkirk-Pymore-Lt Downham

2000-2004 start Main Street (school) and finish behind Village Hall

2005 start Main Street (garage) and finish on footpath near Cricket Pavilion

2006 start Main Street (garage) and finish on meadow adjacent to Cricket Pavilion

2007 start Main Street (garage) and finish on meadow adjacent to Cricket Pavilion

Ely Runners’ Turing Trail Relay (Ely-Cambridge-Ely) in 6 stages (2 events)

First open event with 75 teams (max) Sunday 18^th March 2007

2008 Entry of 61 teams (so far to 03.03.08)

England Team Selection

Robert Campbell MV40L orienteering team for Interland international event in Holland on 2^nd March 2008 (1^st Ely Runner selected for a national team)

Fenland 10 Mile Road Race, West Walton

2^nd team 1993 (1^st if entries on day had qualified)

2^nd team 1996

Fenland Half Marathon, West Walton

1^st men’s team 2000

Fifty Races in a Year (distances 5m-1/2 Marathon)

Maurice Reed after completing the Bedford Boxing Day 10m in 1994

Forest Challenge (Run/Bike), Brandon
 

Fred Slater 10k Road Race, Whittlesey

3^rd men’s team

Frostbite Friendly League – Overall Team Positions

9^th team 2001-02

2^nd team 2002-03

1^st team 2003-04

4^th team 2004-05

1^st team 2005-06

3^rd team 2006-07

4^th team 2007-08

Frostbite Friendly League Team Race Wins

Dec 2002 (Ramsey)

Jan 2003 (March)

Feb 2003 (Bourne Woods)

Feb 2004 (Bourne Woods)

Nov 2005 (Bushfield)

Jan 2006 (Ramsey)

Feb 2006 (Bourne Woods)

Mar 2006 (Huntingdon)

Dec 2006 (March)

Frostbite Friendly League Male/Female Wins

Diana Gipp (Bourne Woods Feb 2003 & Feb 2004, Huntingdon Mar 2004)

Alex Tate (Bourne Woods Feb 2005, Bushfield Dec 2007, Bourne Woods Feb 2008)

Claire Willer (Bushfield Nov 2005, Swavesey Dec 2005, Ramsey Jan 2006,

                       Bourne Woods Feb 2006)

Great East Anglia Run (GEAR) 10k , King’s Lynn

The inaugural race on 28^th May 2006 had 1,344 finishers and was organised by Ely Runners’ members Ian Vaughan-Arbuckle (Race Director), Rod Baron (Web Master, entries and results), and Richard Handoll (Course Director) on behalf of King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council.

Grunty Fen Half Marathon Results

1^st women’s team and 2^nd men’s team 1992

2^nd men’s and 2^nd women’s teams 1995

4^th men’s team 1996

2^nd men’s team 1998

4^th men’s team 2004

1^st men’s team 2007

Hereward Relay (4 stages mixed terrain Peterborough to Ely)

2^nd team (but 1^st entire club team) 1998

4^th senior men’s/vet’s team 1999

1^st vet men’s team & 5^th senior men’s team 2000

7^th senior men’s team 2001

2^nd vet’s & 5^th senior men’s team 2002

1^st vet men’s team & 5^th senior men’s team 2003

4^th men’s/overall team 2004 (4:09:24 best time by an Ely Runners’ team)

10th men’s/overall team 2005; Claire Willer 1^st woman stage 3

6^th men’s/overall team 2006; Alfredo Verna 1^st MV45 stage 1, Birgitta Bramley 1^st

     FV50 stage 4, John Turner 1^st MV60 stage 4. ER had a record 6 teams

(Ely Runners have set up finish area and marshalled from Ely bypass every year)

5^th men’s/overall team 2007; Glyn Loveday 1^st SM stage 1, Natalle Etches 1^st F

     overall stage 2, Graham Chapman 1^st MV50 stage 4 (record 7 ER teams entered)

(Ely Runners have set up finish area and marshalled from Lt Downham every year)

Heritage Run (5.75m), Thorpeness

John Crisp 1^st of about 80 runners in 2007

Hickathrift 10k Road Race, Marshland St James

3^rd men’s team 2003

5^th men’s team 2004

Hickory Dickory Dash 4.5 Miles Road Race, Downham Market

3^rd team 1999

Ironman

Ixworth Middle School 10m

John Turner, 1^st, 1988

Linton Half Marathon

1^st men’s team 2004

London Marathon Elite Start Times

Nicola Hector (33) 3:10:20 in 1994

Diana Gipp (47) 3:13:02 in 2004 (4^th FV45)

Longest Training Run (in a single day) by an Ely Runner

Emma Greaves 42 miles on 30^th Sep 2007

Longest Race by Female Ely Runner

Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham 50 miles by Emma Greaves in December 2007

Longest Race by Male Ely Runners

World Trail Running Championships (80 Miles South Downs Way) by John Turner in June 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and Graham Smith in 1997

March 6 Mile Road Race

2^nd men’s team 1999

Magog 5m Trail Race, Cambridge 2006

Peter Gipp 1st

Midlands Orienteering Championships 2007

1^st MV40L Cat, Robert Campbell

North Down Run 30k Trail Race

3^rd of 34 teams 2005

Oakely 20 Mile Road Race, Bedford

1^st men’s team 2007

Peterborough Police 10k

3^rd men’s team 1998

Ramsey Half Marathon

2^nd men’s team 1996

2^nd men’s team 1998

Round Norfolk Relay

1^st Newcomer’s team 2004

3^rd of 20 Open Category teams 2006

1^st team ARC Long Distance Relay National Championship 2007

3^rd of 25 Open Category teams 2007

3^rd overall of 50 teams 2007

Best Small Club team 2007

Ian Day fastest stage 2 runner in record time 2007

St Ives 10k

1^st MV35, Ian Day, 2007

St Neot’s Riverside 9 Miles Road Race

3^rd men’s team 1996

Suffolk County AA Champion

1^st half marathon MV50-59 Kevin Collins 2002

1^st 10k senior man, Ian Day, Newmarket 2007

Sutton Feast Beast 10.4k Multi Terrain, Sutton

1^st team 2002  (1^st year of event)

1^st team 2003  (subject to acceptance of prior team declaration)

1^st team 2004

1^st team 2005

1^st team 2006

Thorney 5 Miles Road Race

4^th men’s team 1997

Thorney 12k Road Race

4^th men’s team 1997

Three Peaks (Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdon)

2^nd John Allen’s team in 1998

1^st John Allen’s team, 5/6 Jun 1999
 

Tipton 12 Hour Race, Tipton, West Midlands

1^st Brenan Morgan (67 miles)

Today’s Runner Cross Country League Races at Ely (10 events)

Dean’s Meadow & Cherry Hill 8k course in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,

                                                                           1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998

Ely-Little Thetford 5.5m course in 1997

Today’s Runner Cross Country League Results

2^nd team, Ramsey 1992

2^nd team, Ely, 1994

2^nd team, Ramsey 1996

2^nd team, March 1996

2^nd team, Ely 1997

Wellingborough 15km Multi-Terrain Series

Ian Day 1^st (Round 1) 2008

Ian Day 1^st (Round 2) 2008

Ian Day 2^nd (Round 3) 2008

Willingham 10 Miles Multi-Terrain

2^nd team 1992

1st team 1994

1st team 1995

1st team 1996 (final event)