RBC All Terrain Challenge
800Mtr Track Race
2nd August 2006

Race 5 took some tired athletes to the Track at Footes Lane, where the event was fought out over two 800m races. With 10 second time penalties being given for each place there was plenty of opportunity for overall positions to change and the format produced an evening of exciting races.

The athletes in each division were split into two semi finals with half qualifying for the A final, the remainder running in the B final and in Division 4, after an exciting tussle, overall leader Mark Babbe, was overtaken in the finishing straight by Damian Wallen who claimed victory on the night but with all the leaders finishing high up in the A final the overall clasification was not altered much. In Division 3 leader Sean Murphy lost a large chunk of time as he finished well down and this allowed Marc Tetlow and Lee Smith to close up to within 10 and 11 seconds respectively overall. On the night, Andrew Elliott narrowly prevailed from Smith and Tetlow.

Division 2 also saw some big time changes as overall leader Simon Streek saw his large advantage halved by winner Steve Bienvenu and second place Jim Elliott. Streek's lead is now less than 30 seconds from Ian Young with Elliott a few seconds further back and Bienvenu less than one minute adrift.

The most significant move came in Division 1, where second placed athlete Dave Dyke lost out on a place in the final by centimetres, only to see his closest rival for that spot, Dave Holmes run strongly to finish second in the A final. The 50 seconds he gained over Dyke now gives him a 23 second lead in the battle for second. Mark Mercier consolidated his lead further by winning the race with ease.

Tonight sees the athletes return to the cliffs for the 8 km time trial. With the runners starting in reverse order, at one minute intervals, there is plenty of opportunity for positions to change dramatically, as the course once again incorporates the Moulin Huet and Saints Harbour/Icart steps, over 500 in all.


Two semi finals were run in each division with athletes qualifying for an A or B final. 10 seconds is added to an athletes overall time for each place in the final. 1st place A final = no time added, 2nd place 10 seconds, 3rd place 20 seconds. The first athlete in the B final receives 10 seconds more than the athlete finishing last in the A final.

Division 1
Pos Athlete Time award
1 Mercier Mark 00:00
2 Holmes Dave 00:10
3 Bailey Jon 00:20
4 Prevel Marcus 00:30
5 Wilen Ben 00:40
6 Ingrouille Simon 00:50
7 Dyke Dave 01:00
8 Ingrouille Paul 01:10
9 West Markus 01:20
10 Kehoe Francis 01:30
11 de la Mare Martin 01:40
12 Wickens Peter 01:50
13 Perrio Louise 02:00
Division 2
Pos Athlete Time award
1 Bienvenu Steve 00:00
2 Elliott Jim 00:10
3 Hooker Paul 00:20
4 Bailey Iain 00:30
5 Le Huray Ben 00:40
6 Young Ian 00:50
7 Collins Sean 01:00
8 Streek Simon 01:10
9 Bates Terry 01:20
10 Holden Brian 01:30
11 Le Noury Leigh 01:40
12 Loveridge Nick 01:50
13 Robert Greg 02:00
14 Peel Dave 02:10
15 Scholes Martine 02:20
16 Mercier Gordon 02:30
17 Stapley Richard 02:40
18 Fierdepied Christophe 02:50
19 Wright Terry 03:00
20 Merrien Gail 03:10
Division 3
Pos Athlete Time award
1 Elliott Andrew 00:00
2 Smith Lee 00:10
3 Tetlow Marc 00:20
4 Beausire Peter 00:30
5 Heighton-Jackson Andy 00:40
6 Murphy Sean 00:50
7 Cunningham David 01:00
8 Legg Danny 01:10
9 Gallienne Glen 01:20
10 Creasey Tim 01:30
11 Mew Jeremy 01:40
12 Pickett Brett 01:50
13 Falla Stephen 02:00
14 Bailey Andrew 02:10
15 Dandeker Elyse 02:20
16 Evans Paul 02:30
17 Naftel Roger 02:40
18 Wray Shanine 02:50
19 Mahy Beth 03:00
Division 4
Pos Athlete Time award
1 Wallen Damian 00:00
2 Babbe Mark 00:10
3 Bougourd Nick 00:20
4 Seeds Matt 00:30
5 Mauger Gemma 00:40
6 Steer Doric 00:50
7 Adamcova Misha 01:00
8 Damant Patrick 01:10
9 Preston Laura 01:20
10 Stapley Carol-Anne 01:30
11 Wilen Jez 01:40
12 Elliott Laura 01:50
13 Le Marquand Sam 02:00
14 Sauvage Rachel 02:10
15 Hudson Claire 02:20
16 Sumpter Shirley 02:30
17 Siviter Sadie 02:40
18 Besnard Bernie 02:50
19 Litten Mark 03:00

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