June 4: Simon Birch (Hinckley) and Rachel Doherty (Higham) win the Blisworth 5

The first race in the East Midlands Grand Prix Road Race series was held at Blisworth, with 218 runners completing the 5 mile course. The winners were Simon Birch (Hinckley RC) in 25:24 and Rachel Doherty (Higham Harriers) in 29:27.

For Marshall Milton Keynes, there were eleven finishers, led home by Steven Tuttle and Diane Baldwin. Diane (F60) and Fi Han Bromilow (F65) won their age categories.

Pictures above by Brian Graves.

Pos M/F Cat No. Cat Chip
18 18 9 302 Steven Tuttle MS 28:46
26 25 14 220 Sean Pinney MS 29:29
54 51 8 84 Andrew Wasdell M45 31:36
82 72 6 33 Philip Gazard M55 33:44
118 95 23 82 Matt Tizzard MS 37:14
130 29 1 4 Diane Baldwin F60 37:58
144 113 14 18 Kevin Church M55 39:02
162 37 2 158 Diane Farmer F60 40:55
179 42 1 12 Fi-Han Bromilow F65 44:19
180 138 18 159 Nigel Farmer M55 44:47
197 51 6 19 Hazel Church F55 48:20

Full results from Blisworth

Other races in the series

Photographs by Barry Cornelius