THE 15 TH HEXHAMSHIRE HOBBLE FELL RACE Category C Medium - 10.5 miles 1220 ft. Ascent Allendale, Northumberland - Sunday 7 th December 2008 Results 1 Ben Abdelnoor Ambleside 1:10:23 2 Philip Sanderson N.F.R. V40 1:13:24 1st V40 3 Jason Allison D.F.R. 1:17:03 4 Phil Addyman N.F.R. 1:17:43 5 John Stephens Low Fell V50 1:17:54 1stV50 6 Michael Mallen D.F.R. V50 1:17:57 7 Phil Vincent Tynedale 1:18:04 8 Graham Burns D.F.R. V45 1:18:11 1st V45 9 Russell Colins Teesdale V45 1:18:19 10 Brendon Jackson Allen Valley V40 1:19:17 1st Local 11 Lee Bennett U/A 1:19:37 12 Keith Murray Teviotdale V40 1:19:44 13 Neil Morris Low Fell V45 1:19:54 14 James Pearce Congleton 1:20:20 15 Neil Cassidy Tynedale V50 1:20:32 1st and 15 th Special Prize 16 Hugh Bingham Tynedale V40 1:20:45 17 Garry Owens N.F.R. V50 1:21:10 18 Mike Broadhurst Tynedale V50 1:21:28 19 David Atkinson N.F.R. V45 1:21:34 20 Phil James N.F.R. 1:21:39 21 Christopher Fairless D.F.R. 1:22:01 22 Rachael Vincent Tynedale L 1:22:09 First Lady 23 James Highnam Foulees De St Germain 1:22:11 24 Steve Hill Blaydon 1:23:04 25 Colin Valentine Keswick A.C. V45 1:23:20 26 Karen Robertson N.F.R. L 1:23:25 27 Richard Unwin Keswick A.C. V50 1:23:47 28 Peter Murray Tynedale V40 1:24:56 29 Billy Frazer N.F.R. V45 1:25:09 30 Stuart Ferguson D.F.R. V50 1:25:58 31 Paul Kelly D.F.R. V50 1:26:07 32 Nigel Thomas Helm Hill 1:26:08 33 Geoff Davis N.F.R. V50 1:26:11 34 Ian Brown Tynedale 1:26:21 35 Rez Prathalington Claremont 1:26:49 36 Andrew Burton U/A 1:26:50 37 Claire Jackson Allen Valley LV45 1:27:01 First LV45 38 Louis Coles Claremont 1:27:09 39 Michael Graham Low Fell V45 1:27:42 40 Paul Hainsworth N.F.R. V50 1:28:11 41 David Logan Blyth 1:28:36 42 Colin Dilks Claremont V40 1:29:07 43 Stewart Barrie Hunters Bog Trotters V40 1:29:08 44 John Metson N.F.R. V55 1:29:09 First V55 45 Phil Green N.F.R. V40 1:29:12 46 Andrew Knox Teesdale V45 1:29:41 47 Daniel Seale U/A 1:29:51 48 Rachael Chinnery Tynedale LV40 1:30:07 First LV40 49 Lawrence Johnson Low Fell 1:30:08 50 Les Stephenson Kendal V60 1:30:11 First V60 51 David Wotton Claremont 1:31:02 52 John Tollit U/A V45 1:31:17 53 Stephen Moss Teesdale V50 1:31:50 54 Michael Sanderson Allen Valley 1:31:55 55 Nick Brereton U/A V40 1:32:10 56 Shaun Roberts Elvet Striders V50 1:32:22 57 Paul Wyatt Tynedale 1:32:29 58 John Telfer N.F.R. V45 1:32:55 59 Allon Welsh N.F.R. V40 1:33:13 60 Bernard Kivlehan N.F.R. V50 1:33:33 61 Martin Block Tynedale V50 1:33:52 62 Timothy Griffiths Tynedale V45 1:34:12 63 Nat Haslam U/A 1:34:14 64 Emma Bain N.F.R. LV40 1:34:16 65 Debbie Hales Durham City LV40 1:34:26 66 Doug Henderson Tynedale V55 1:34:31 1st and 15 th Special Prize 67 Jim Lloyd U/A V45 1:34:37 68 Matthew Lynn D.F.R. 1:34:52 69 Jeremy Ellman Claremont V50 1:35:25 70 Derek Todhunter Allen Valley V50 1:35:38 71 William Jackson U/A 1:35:46 72 Roslyn Kelsey D.F.R. L 1:35:47 73 Rob Stephens N.F.R. V45 1:36:08 74 Matt Cawood Tynedale 1:36:20 75 Conrad Dickinson Tynedale V50 1:36:34 76 Ross Maxwell Tynedale V50 1:36:57 77 Elizabeth Oats D.F.R. L 1:37:05 78 John Green U/A 1:37:13 79 Richard Robson U/A V40 1:37:20 80 Graham Daglish Elvet Striders V50 1:37:47 81 Nick Wilson U/A 1:38:06 82 David Hickleton N.F.R. V45 1:38:21 83 Susan Davis N.F.R. LV45 1:38:52 84 Peter McGlynn Allen Valley 1:39:02 85 Anne Wilson Eden L 1:39:03 86 Joanne Dooley Tynedale L 1:39:05 87 Steve Williams U/A V40 1:39:39 88 Mark Smith Tynedale V40 1:40:55 89 Steph Bingham Tynedale L 1:41:29 90 Peter Whewell N.Yorks V60 1:41:36 91 Duncan Scott N.F.R. 1:41:41 92 Samantha Scott N.F.R. L 1:41:41 93 David Hunter Tynedale V60 1:42:17 94 Mark Graham C.F.R. V50 1:43:04 95 Denise Tunstal D.F.R. LV40 1:43:12 96 Alan Curry U/A V40 1:43:13 97 Linda Smith Tynedale L 1:43:13 98 George Adamson North Shields V55 1:43:28 99 Mel Rocket Tynedale V55 1:44:03 100 David Coxon N.F.R. 1:45:04 101 Celia Sanderson Allen Valley L 1:45:49 102 Gareth Jones U/A 1:46:47 103 Dougie Nisbet Elvet Striders V40 1:46:49 104 Chris Francis Tynedale V50 1:46:57 105 Jennifer Power U/A LV45 1:46:57 106 Rhiannon Robinson Tynedale LV45 1:48:39 107 Ben Haywood-Smith U/A V50 1:48:40 108 Gill Douglas Eden LV45 1:49:34 109 Julia King Eden LV55 1:49:40 First LV55 110 Louise Griffin Tynedale LV40 1:51:03 111 Angela Went North Yorks Police L 1:51:32 112 Trevor Went North Shields Poly V60 1:51:32 113 Andrew Beaty RAF Spadeadam 1:52;29 114 Martin Scott N.F.R. V40 1:53:33 115 Christine Hunter Tynedale LV55 1:59:16 116 Jane Saul N.F.R. LV45 1:59:47 117 John Humble N.F.R. V55 2:00:03 1st and 15 th Special Prize 118 Mike Arkless U/A V55 2:00:04 119 Kim Lloyd U/A LV50 2:03:54 First LV50 120 Derek Croasdale U/A V60 2:04:19 1st and 15 th Special Prize 121 Rose Todhunter Allen Valley LV45 2:08:48 122 David Wright Tynedale V70 2:15:11 1st V70 & 1 st & 15 th Special Prize 123 Lucy Ellman Tynedale LV45 2:20:14

FIRST GENTS TEAM – D.F.R. 3,6 & 8 FIRST LADIES TEAM – TYNDALE 1,4 & 11

Great runs by Ben and Phillip. Ben has had some great results in the Lakes in the last year or so. He broke his back paragliding in New Zealand a few years ago and has made an amazing recovery. Phillip has had a fantastic first year in fell running.

Tremendous support from local running clubs Tynedale Harriers, Northumberland Fell Runners, Durham Fell Runners and Allen Valley Striders.

Treacherous conditions with snow and ice underfoot resulted in times generally slower than last year but amazingly all starters finished in well under 2½ hours, a few bloody knees were noticed at the finish however – fell runners are certainly a hardy bunch.

1st and 15 th special prizes awarded to the 5 finishers who took part in the first ever Hobble 15 years ago, on 12 th December 1993. It is notable that David Wright was first V60 and is still as enthusiastic as ever about his running and was one of the few runner to have a faster time than last year despite the treacherous conditions underfoot.

Thanks for coming and to all helpers, Allen Valley First Responders, marshals etc. Fire Chief William Huddleston (proceeds to Fire Service Benevolent Fund and Allen Valley First Responders) & Allenheads Grouse Moor for vehicular access.

Next years race will take place 6 th December 2009 Stewart Beaty