Good to see so many fell runners out and about, weather turned out OK, although no shortage of ice on the track over to the Cat, and snow down to the sweetie tree (and a bit chilly on the feet, can it be flagged or tarmaced soon....)
We had 44 starters, a few down on last year (but still more than enough to shout down the football fans in the pub), and of them Trev succumbed to the delights of Kath's catering and the comforts of the cat campervan, and Digby was unfortunately forced to retire early on with a runny nose.
Everyone else seems to have made it back, before 1pm, more or less sound in wind and limb and in one piece.
We had doggy disagreements and canine capers at Clough Farm, and rowdy ramblers (about 50 of them) at the stile on the way down to Lamaload.
Not to mention a few tired legs on the climbs and a bit of mincing downhill, and one or two unplanned detours.
Tucker of course won, (by 16 minutes !) as everyone knew he would.
Well done Dave, (it shouldn't be forgotten he won the Polly Lander Orienteering in the summer which was NOT a handicap race !), but there were some excellent runs from Carl and Stefan who on any other year would probably have won it.
(Trouble is, you'll be starting later next year, so you'll have to run faster !!!!)
Phil had forgotten that we introduced chip timing this year (my record is about 4 minutes for a large portion) so thanks to the miracle of science the results are here..
http://www.macclesfield-harriers.co.uk/images/fell%20handicap%202014.xlsor in an almost illegible format below.
And finally -
huge thanks to Phil, and to everyone who helped out.And if you've still got the legs, it's street orienteering from the Vale Wednesday, 7pm, all welcome !
1 DAVE TUCKER 11:56:10 09:20:00 11:56:10 02:36:10 22
2 CARL HANAGHAN 12:12:01 10:00:00 12:12:01 02:12:01 6
3 STEFAN PHILLIPS 12:12:26 10:05:00 12:12:26 02:07:26 4
4 ED GAMBLE 12:14:38 10:10:00 12:14:38 02:04:38 2
5 JULIAN BROWN 12:15:04 10:00:00 12:15:04 02:15:04 8
6 MATT LEWIS 12:16:12 10:00:00 12:16:12 02:16:12 10
7 DAN CROFT 12:16:28 10:10:00 12:16:28 02:06:28 3
8 MARK WHEELTON 12:17:08 09:10:00 12:17:08 03:07:08 36
9 KIRSTY HEWITSON 12:17:14 09:40:00 12:17:14 02:37:14 24
10 STEVE SWALLOW 12:17:53 09:50:00 12:17:53 02:27:53 15
11 MARTIN RANDS 12:19:00 09:30:00 12:19:00 02:49:00 31
12 DAVE WHITFIELD 12:19:05 09:55:00 12:19:05 02:24:05 12
13 ANDY SKELHORN + Lilly 12:19:25 09:20:00 12:19:25 02:59:25 35
14 IAN HUGHES 12:19:39 10:00:00 12:19:39 02:19:39 11
15 MIKE NELSON 12:19:48 10:05:00 12:19:48 02:14:48 7
16 JOHN MCINTOSH 12:21:38 09:40:00 12:21:38 02:41:38 28
17 BARRY BLYTH 12:21:41 09:55:00 12:21:41 02:26:41 14
18 PHIL BARNES 12:21:56 09:45:00 12:21:56 02:36:56 23
19 SIMON HARDING + Rosie 12:22:59 10:25:00 12:22:59 01:57:59 1
20 NEIL GUNN 12:23:25 09:45:00 12:23:25 02:38:25 26
21 ANDREW ADDIS 12:24:27 09:30:00 12:24:27 02:54:27 32
22 CLARE GRIFFIN + Kirby 12:24:28 09:40:00 12:24:28 02:44:28 29
23 RICHARD AINLEY 12:25:00 09:10:00 12:25:00 03:15:00 38
24 STEPHEN WATTS 12:25:06 10:15:00 12:25:06 02:10:06 5
25 DAVE FOLLETT 12:25:16 09:50:00 12:25:16 02:35:16 21
26 CHRIS BENTLEY 12:25:36 10:10:00 12:25:36 02:15:36 9
27 DAVE WALKER 12:25:40 09:10:00 12:05:40 02:55:40 00:20:00 33
28 ANDREA FROST 12:26:15 09:45:00 12:26:15 02:41:15 27
29 MATT YARDLEY 12:28:56 09:55:00 12:28:56 02:33:56 20
30 ANDREW OLIVER 12:32:25 10:00:00 12:32:25 02:32:25 17
31 JUDE WHITEHALL 12:34:22 09:00:00 12:34:22 03:34:22 39
32 GEOFF PETTENGELL 12:34:38 09:50:00 12:34:38 02:44:38 30
33 JAMES NOAKES 12:35:53 10:10:00 12:35:53 02:25:53 13
34 ROB GITTINS 12:38:10 10:00:00 12:38:10 02:38:10 25
35 NANCY BUNYAN 12:39:22 09:00:00 12:39:22 03:39:22 40
36 RAY O'KEEFE 12:43:00 09:35:00 12:43:00 03:08:00 37
37 JACOB ROBERTS 12:43:13 10:10:00 12:43:13 02:33:13 18
38 ALISTAIR THORNTON 12:43:13 10:10:00 12:43:13 02:33:13 19
39 STEVE MILLER 12:43:30 09:55:00 12:23:30 02:28:30 00:20:00 16
40 DAMIAN RIDGE 12:44:04 09:45:00 12:44:04 02:59:04 34
41 DON BULLOUGH 12:55:43 09:00:00 12:55:43 03:55:43 41
42 NICKY MOWAT 12:55:43 09:00:00 12:55:43 03:55:43 42
TREVOR LONGMAN dnf 09:45:00
DIGBY HARRIS dnf 10:10:00