England impress at the inaugural Masters International Trail race

The annual Forest of Dean Autumn Trail Half Marathon, organised by The Rotary Club of the Royal Forest of Dean, played host to the inaugural Masters International Trail race last weekend. Once again England went head to head with old adversaries Wales over a hilly and challenging 13.1 mile route. The race produced a number of outstanding performances.

The runners set off in glorious Autumn sunshine as they made their way into the forest, where they battled it out over the undulating twists and turns of the forest trails.

Bursting out of the forest to take the overall race win, as well as the M35 category, was Lee Gratton in a time of 69:48. Meanwhile, the W35 category saw the closest race of the day, with Katie Latham (England) wining by two seconds from Bethan Logan (Wales). In the M40 and W40 categories Zared Arasaretnam-Hale and Ellie Monks took the spoils with the latter recording the fastest female time of the day.

England’s Gary Marshall (M45) claimed the win and was joined by Joanne Henderson (F45) who impressed for Wales. Welsh success continued via the excellent Mark Jennings (M50) with Carolyn Hay (W50) duly impressing for the host nation. Dave Parkin and Tracy Jenkins excelled themselves in the 55 age group while in the 60 category Mike Whyatt (M60) and Rosemary McGhee (W60) produced eye catching performances.

There was a Welsh double in the 65 age group courtesy of Dave Warren and Linda Tyler, while Paul Morris (England) and Fiona Davies (Wales) triumphed in the 70 age group. At the top age group, it was England who did the double with Graham Newton (M75) and the evergreen Angela Copson (F75) taking victory.

Next up is the Masters Representative Marathon in Abingdon on the 19 October.

If you would like to learn more about representing England Athletics Masters please contact agegroupteam@englandathletics.org.

Results

V35
Lee Gratton (England): 1:09:48.19
Tomos Roberts (Wales): 1:13:22.69
Richard De-Camps (England): 1:13:45.83
Katie Latham (England): 1:28:13.88
Bethan Logan (Wales): 1:28:15.96
Nia Nokes (England): 1:29:08.28

V40
Zared Arasaretnam-Hale (England): 1:14:35.54
Sion Lewis (Wales): 1:17:07.39
Mark Harrison (Wales): 1:17:40.36
Ellie Monks (England): 1:24:11.68
Gemma Moore (Wales): 1:25:53.04
Emma Jolley (England): 1:28:04.97

V45
Gary Marshall (England): 1:13:48.03
Alun Williams (Wales): 1:19:04.30
James Rose (England): 1:20:16.91
Joanne Henderson (Wales): 1:27:06.04
Clare Patterson (Wales): 1:28:01.31
Laura Brown (England): 1:30:56.46

V50
Mark Jennings (Wales): 1:16:30.11
Huw Evans (Wales): 1:19:41.91
Andrew Ind (England): 1:20:59.41
Carolyn Hay (England): 1:27:16.53
Sophie Biggs (England): 1:31:14.31
Annabel Granger (England): 1:32:00.40

V55
David Parkin (England): 1:20:00.07
Simon Mugglestone (England): 1:22:35.40
Heath Bampton (England): 1:24:24.12
Tracy Jenkins (Wales): 1:30:23.44
Nina Skilton (England): 1:34:09.54
Niki Morgan (Wales): 1:34:22.03

V60
Mike Whyatt (Wales): 1:22:19.53
Jeremy Mower (Wales): 1:25:48.13
Tony Marshall (England): 1:26:20.59
Rosemary Mcgee (England): 1:44:14.08
Catherine Dale (England): 1:49:41.59
Mel Holliday (Wales): 1:51:04.55

V65
David Warren (Wales): 1:26:11.81
David I'Anson (England): 1:32:06.87
Michael Twomey (Wales): 1:32:57.24
Linda Tyler (Wales): 1:48:07.08
Susan Davis (England): 1:52:59.89
Judi Rhys (Wales): 1:54:36.93

V70
Paul Morris (England): 1:40:28.60
Peter Hough (England): 1:42:57.90
Stephen Owen (Wales): 1:44:36.07
Fiona Davies (Wales): 2:02:05.31
Jacqui Wynds (England): 2:18:38.99

V75
Graham Newton (England): 1:55:12.07
Brian Kearsey (England): 1:57:18.67
Angela Copson (England): 2:16:22.18
Brenda Avery (Wales): 2:25:19.69
Diane Newton (England): 2:58:16.83