Run Sandymoor Weekly Report

Week Commencing 05/01/2026

Events this Week:

⭐️ Saturday: parkruns
⭐️ Sunday: Town Park XC Hosted by Run Sandymoor!
⭐️ Sunday: Delamere Trail Runs Half Marathon

Roll of Honour:

🏃🏻‍♂️Steve Thompson: Ran 43.7 miles this week
🏃🏽‍♀️Karen Bannon: Ran 28.5 miles this week
⛰️ Steve Thompson: King of the Hills with 2,169 feet
⛰️ Sarah Ryder: Queen of the Hills with 1,296 feet
🏃🏻‍♂️Rio Monks: Ran the longest run of 16.0 miles
🏃🏽‍♀️Karen Bannon: Ran the longest women's run of 15.0 miles
🎯  Carl Pratt: Widnes parkrun 🏆 (19:30 Best ever -13s
🎯  Laurie Chandler: Widnes parkrun 🏆 (27:12 Best ever -10s)
🥈 Steve Thompson: Widnes parkrun (2nd out of 613 and 340 males) with 17:12
⭐️ See the Volunteers List below as they get their own section!

Volunteer List:

This is the first ever event that Run Sandymoor has hosted - and we delivered it with professionalism, teamwork and the unmistakable culture of our club. Whether you supported the event by running or by volunteering your time, your efforts have not gone unnoticed. Stand proud. Acknowledge this achievement.

This raised our profile with other clubs, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We also added our own touches that genuinely enhanced the whole experience. "We did good."

Special Thanks go to our XC Captains for all of their backroom coordination and efforts:

⭐️ Alison Langton
⭐️ Mark Payton

We also want to acknowledge the pre‑event checks carried out on other days leading up to the race — the quiet, unseen contributions that made today possible. Every one of them was appreciated.

Today's volunteers were as follows:

⭐️ Alison Howarth
⭐️ Angela Hearn
⭐️ Bob Block
⭐️ Catherine Hankey
⭐️ Col Ewing
⭐️ Daniel Shannon
⭐️ Dave Forshaw
⭐️ Dave Langton
⭐️ Faye Bannon
⭐️ Gaynor Twite
⭐️ Helen Dunbebin
⭐️ Helen Gutteridge
⭐️ If Onyia
⭐️ Jannette Evans
⭐️ Joan Hughes
⭐️ Joe Wilde
⭐️ Kate Shannon
⭐️ Karena Cuthbert
⭐️ Les McAdam
⭐️ Linda Moore
⭐️ Louise McAdam
⭐️ Mal Cuthbert
⭐️ Mike Sherwin
⭐️ Olive Hall
⭐️ Paula [Conway]
⭐️ Rio Monks
⭐️ Rob Scowcroft

Men's Distance:

🥇 43.7m Steve Thompson
🥈 40.5m Mike Newby
🥉 34.8m Mark Payton

Women's Distance:

🥇28.5m Karen Bannon
🥈25.6m Olive Hall
🥉25.4m Lucy Murphy
4️⃣ 25.1m Louisa Mogg
5️⃣ 24.7m Linda Moore

King of the Hills:

🥇 2,169ft Steve Thompson
🥈 1,860ft Steve Hughes
🥉 1,706ft Peter Marsland

Queen of the Hills:

🥇 1,396ft Sarah Ryder
🥈 1,266ft Lucy Murphy
🥉 1,155ft Rebecca Beardsworth

Distance Runs (15m+):

⭐️ 16.0m Rio Monks
⭐️ 15.0m Karen Bannon
⭐️ 15.0m Peter Marsland

parkruns:

Key: 🎯= Best ever parkrun, 🏆= Course PB, 🏅= Course 1st, 💯= milestone 🥇🥈🥉= Gender top three places

Chester parkrun:
⏱️ 24:21 Chester parkrun 🏅

Croxteth Hall parkrun:
⏱️ 38:44 Les McAdam

Delamere parkrun:
⏱️ 20:32 Mike Sherwin

Ellesmere parkrun:
⏱️ 30:07 Dec Murphy

Flint Castle parkrun: New parkrun
⏱️ 29:46 Kate Joynson 🏅
⏱️ 30:21 Harrison Wilde 🏅
⏱️ 40:43 Joe Wilde 🏅

Fulham Palace parkrun:
⏱️ 36:31 If Onyia

Hyndburn parkrun:
⏱️ 33:14 Colin Ewing 🏅

Stretford parkrun:
⏱️ 32:00 Louise McAdam

Widnes parkrun:
⏱️ 17:12 Steve Thompson 🥈 (2nd out of 613 and 340 males)
⏱️ 19:30 Carl Pratt  🏆 (Course PB -13s🎯 (Best ever -13s)
⏱️ 24:02 Carl Stewart
⏱️ 26:48 Linda Moore
⏱️ 27:12 Laurie Chandler 🏆 (Course PB -10s🎯 (Best ever -10s)
⏱️ 28:19 Helen Dunbebin
⏱️ 30:36 Paul Quigley
⏱️ 32:37 Martin Hughes

Town Park XC:

Men's Team:
⭐️ Matthew Haslam
⭐️ Steve Thompson
⭐️ Matthew McDermott
⭐️ Peter Marsland
⭐️ Steve Hughes
⭐️ Michael Scowcroft
⭐️ Carl Stewart
⭐️ Mark Howarth
⭐️ Clive Conway
⭐️ Jake Newall
⭐️ Dec Murphy
⭐️ Mark Payton (Tail Runner)

Women's Team:
⭐️ Katie Davidson
⭐️ Kelly O'Neill
⭐️ Louise Norcross
⭐️ Karen Bannon

Delamere Trail Runs Half Marathon:

⏱️ 01:54:36 Simon Waterhouse
⏱️ 01:56:45 Sarah Ryder

Club Records:
For the 5K, 10K and half marathon club records, please click here.

Strava Leaderboard

     Strava Leaderboard – please click here!

💛 Well done to everyone that ran with and/or for the club this week.