Results

After a see-saw of a race in which Mike Doyle and Mark Anthony alternated the lead no fewer than six times, Anthony broke clear to claim the GIAAC five kilometre road race from the Vale Church to North Side, St Sampson’s.

From the start Doyle demonstrated he meant business, bursting to the front of the 50-strong field. Anthony soon took up the chase and by Pembroke crossroads had assumed the lead. The pair seemed to be joined together by elastic, for as soon as one gained a five metre advantage, the gap didn’t increase and then the other appeared to be catapulted back to the front. Around Bordeaux though Anthony cut loose to come home 13 seconds clear in 17 minutes 26 seconds.

In third place for the entire race Pete Wickins, on the road to recovery after a lengthy spell out injured, just avoided getting caught by a group of six headed by Geoff King. Likewise, leading woman Caroline Wickham maintained a substantial distance from Tracey Queripel, while Chris de la Mare found herself struggling with the shorter distance and coming in third woman.

Despite the strong head-wind that runners had to contend with for most of the race, times were again very respectable, most noticeably that of Mark Mercier, who added maximum points to his Under 13 championship tally. The promising 11 year old battled it out with his senior counterparts for a top 20 place, and was just outside 20 minutes for the three mile course.

Kylie Robilliard was top Under 13 girl. Aaron Lamb wont he Under 9’s 1,000 metre race over the footpaths around Grand Havre, but Daniel Carre closed to within one second with a late flourish. Sarah Mercier also finished strongly to take third. James Bodkin was a comfortable winner of the Under 11’s event over two laps of the same cours, with Tony Brehaut the runner-up.

Position	Name	Minutes	Seconds
1	Mark Anthony	17	26
2	Mike Doyle	17	39
3	Pete Wickins	17	59
4	Geoff King	18	06
5	Paul Cherry	18	10
6	Alan Smith	18	20
7	Jason Woodhard	18	26
8	Pete de Bertrand	18	31
9	Tom Oliver	18	34
10	Eddie Higgins	19	03
11	Colin Ozanne	19	05
12	Pat Down	19	36
13	Martin Spratt	19	38
14	John Dedman	19	39
15	Pete Le Feuvre	19	42
16	Colin Guilmoto	19	56
17	Jeremy Mew	20	03
18	Mark Mercier (U13)	20	04
19	Phil Guilbert	20	07
20	Caroline Wickham	20	17
21	Ian Le Moigne	20	27
22=	Andy Walker Tracey Queripel	20	29
24	Chris de la Mare	20	48
25	Trevor Jefferies	21	16
26	Debbie Doherty	21	33
27	Alan Solway	21	35
28	Caroline Creed	21	36
29	Andrew Carre (U13)	22	17
30	Shanine Wray	22	18
31	Rene Fischer	22	22
32	Paul Rumens	22	24
33	Alan Roger	22	27
34	Alun Williams	22	36
35	Kevin Lanyon	22	48
36	Terry Greening	23	03
37	Eric Le Breton	23	08
38	Graham Le Poidevin	23	33
39	Millie White	24	05
40	Jill Ford	24	19
41	Charlie Quinn	25	14
42	Amanda Mourant	26	15
43	Andrew Ozanne	26	16
44	Sam Ingrouille	26	50
45=	Sylvia Sirett Nikki Sirett	27	08
47	Teresa Viveiros	27	27
48	Kylie Robilliard (U13)	28	40
49	Laura Wilson	28	45
50	Bob Carre	28	46