THERE were strong performances from Barnsley club runners at the Wombwell 5 this week.
Kingstone Runners organised the race, which starts and finishes at the go-kart track, with more than 400 competing.
Bert Beaumont, from Darfield, was the oldest in the race aged 82 while his grandson Zachary El Darsh was the youngest at 16.
Bert won the over80 men’s category in 48-54 and was 326th overall, and Zachary finished 296th in 45-54.
Barnsley AC’s Gareth Cooke finished second overall in a time of 26-48.
Naomi Drakeford was just 16 seconds off the long-standing women’s course record of 28-33, set by Jill Ingman in 2003. She was first woman in a PB of 28-49.
There was an age category win for Helen Morgan in the over55 women with 33-49. Alan Nutton (over40 man), Dave Brooksbank (over65 man), Beth Massey (over50 woman) and Kevin Manley (over70 man) all placed second in their age categories.
There were PBs for Gavin Walker (28-51), Tommy Fidler (29-31), Gregg Harrison (32-44), Gemma Thickett (34-31) and Laura Mills (44-28).
There were 33 Barnsley Harriers in the race. There were age category places for Antonette Wilson (second over45 woman), Catherine Stone (third over45 woman), Christine Leach (second over65 woman), Vikki Skipper (third over65 woman) and John Hewitt (second over80 man). There were PBs for Josh Jordan-Clough (by 202 seconds), Jessica Holt (128 seconds), Georgi Newton (116 seconds), Ryan Senior (88 seconds), Kay Conway (78 seconds), Stephen Burnley (66 seconds), Paula Mills (30 seconds) and Adam Chambers (24 seconds).
There were also PBs for Jess Manley, Antonette Wilson, Catherine Stone, Andy Bell, Claire Clarke, Gareth Wilkes, Craig Parker, Mark Davis and Louise Broadhurst – all running their first five-mile race for the club.
Nineteen Penistone runners took part in the Wombwell race.
The event formed part of the club’s championship. First back for the club was James Mumford in 30-03, just missing out on dipping under the 30 minute mark but claiming third spot in the men’s over40 age category.
Suzanne McGill’s 31-58 broke the club’s women over45 record. She was also third woman overall and first in her age category. The other record-breaker was Andrew Pearson who took the club’s men’s over60 record in a time of 30-26. Andrew also picked up first place in his age category. Other Penistone runners making the podium in their age group were Ian Neville (second over55 man) and Lois Lopez (third over50 woman).
The Penistone women’s team just missed out on the podium in fourth.
Penistone’s George Parr won the Hoppits Hill race.
He crossed the line first after a good tussle with the runner-up.
Barnsley AC’s Jenson Young set a PB at York 5k, finishing in fourth place with a time of 15-07.
Penistone’s Andrew Heppenstall came 17th overall at the Media City Half Marathon in Manchester. His time of 1-17-18 also gave him third place in the men’s over40 age category.
