Results

Newcomer Helen Tucker caught the handicapper on the hop when she covered the 5k course from Grandes Rocques to the Vale Church in a spritely 23 minutes, 6 seconds. Her fine run into the teeth of a bitterly cold north-easterly resulted in a comfortable win by more than 2 minutes from another new face, Gary Allen.

Of the club members in the 42 strong field, arguably the run of the day came from Debbie Doherty. Starting from a 5 minute, 50 second handicap the tall blonde strode past runner after runner to take third in the second fastest run by a woman and only 30 seconds slower than the series leader, the improving Tracey Queripel.

Quickest of the men was Mark Anthony who romped around in just 17 minutes 25 seconds to make up 29 places from his spot at the back of the field.

With most sports putting their feet up for the holiday period the runners are busier than everyone with traditional runs on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, plus a special challenge match with the Guernsey Velo Club cyclists on Tuesday 28 at Fauxquets Valley. The idea is simple enough that the runners will brave the mud on their feet while the cyclists attempt to peddle their way through it and quicker than the runners. The Boxing Day and New Year’s Day (a handicap) runs are both over the 4.75 mile full cross country course at Pembroke, starting at 11.00 a.m. The start and finish is underneath Rocque Balan.

Position	Name	Time	Handicap	Actual
1	Helen Tucker	24.16	1.10	23.06
2	Gary Allen	26.23	3.00	23.23
3	Debbie Doherty	26.37	5.50	20.47
4	Tony Mourant	27.21	6.35	20.46
5	Rick Le Lievre	27.23	4.25	22.58
6	Nick Despres	27.27	9.55	17.32
7	Bob Carre	27.34	4.30	23.04
8	Shanine Wray	27.36	5.15	22.21
9	Tracey Queripel	27.37	7.20	20.17
10	Kevin Le Noury	27.41	6.10	21.31
11	Caroline Creed	27.43	6.10	21.33
12	John Dedman	27.45	7.50	19.55
13	Mark Anthony	27.45	10.20	17.35
14	Carl Thompson	27.49	10.10	17.39
15	Colin Guilmoto	27.51	7.30	20.21
16	Charlie Quinn	27.52	3.45	24.07
17	Kylie Robilliard (J)	27.53	0.00	27.53
18	Theresa Viveiros		1.50
19	Terry Greening	27.54	5.35	22.19
20	Andy Walker	27.55	6.55	21.00
21	Andrew Carre (J)	27.56	5.15	22.41
22	Pete Wickins	27.57	9.55	18.02
23	Pat Down	27.58	8.15	19.43
24	Tom Oliver	27.59	9.30	18.29
25	Colin Ozanne	28.00	9.00	19.00
26	Philip Touzeau (J)	28.02	5.25	22.37
27	Ben Roberts (J)	28.04	5.25	22.39
28	Pete Le Feuvre	28.08	7.50	20.18
29	Danny Blatchford	28.11	6.10	22.01
30	Rob Batiste	28.15	5.35	22.40
31	Gordon Mercier	28.16	9.10	19.06
32	Peter Touzeau	28.21	5.40	22.41
33	Alan Roger	28.27	5.15	23.12
34	Mark Mercier (J)	28.28	8.15	20.13
35	Dave Mahy	28.30	7.50	20.40
36	Alan Smith	28.33	9.45	18.48
37	Andy Ozanne	28.35	1.10	27.25
38	Ian Bloese	28.44	4.30	24.14
39	Alun Williams	28.47	5.00	23.47
40	Phil Guilbert	28.52	7.20	21.32
41	Mike Doyle	28.54	10.05	18.49
42	Isabel Schelcher	29.09	6.10	22.59