COURIER CUPS

Just a reminder that for both the Winter and Summer XC leagues we have two pieces of silverware up for grabs, along with prizes for the top three that are awarded to the Courier men and women respectively who have performed best in the Winter/ Summer X-C Series. This year due to club numbers for the runners 30 points are awarded to the first Courier home, with 29 for the next and so on down for each race, with the aggregate totals after Race 4 determining the winners.

When Steve Herington started these competitions a good few years back the object was to swell our presence in league competition. Happily, this isn’t so necessary now given the great buzz around the Club and the enthusiasm for competition. But, I hope the Cups can still serve a purpose in generating friendly rivalry and an added incentive to splash through the mud of Herefordshire’s great courses. And maybe before long, my original ambition to include the Midland X-C and the National X-C events in the qualifying races (with double points) will be realised. We certainly have the talent to participate and these races are truly epic. Just ask Kev.

WOODFORD GREEN CUP 22/23

Pos	Runner	Bearwood	Peterstow	Fforest Fields	Croft	Bockleton	Total Points
1	Ryan Knight	40	40	40	40	39	199
2	Andrew Tyler	35	38	38	35	35	181
3	Will Morris	33	32	39	37	36	177
4	Ben Skinner	31	33	36	33	34	167
5	Matt James	39	37	x	39	40	155
6	Luke Mason	38	39	37	X	38	152
7	Martin Carter	22	28	34	29	31	144
7	Chris Smart	25	29	30	28	32	144
8	Ryan Lawrence	37	36	x	34	33	140
9	Jonathan Davey	24	26	31	25	29	135
10	Jonathan Gledhill	27	20	32	27	28	134
11	Luke Williams	x	30	33	30	30	123
12	Martin Lloyd	16	27	35	32	X	110
13	Ross Cameron	x	34	x	38	37	109
14	Harry Woodhouse	36	35	x	36	X	107
15	Richie Richards	23	x	28	26	27	104
16	Steve Herington	11	18	26	23	25	103
17	Kev Barnes	8	16	25	18	24	91
18	John Noonan	6	14	24	17	23	84
19	David Williams	12	x	27	24	X	63
20	Mark Hookins	15	22	x	21	X	58
21	Jon Phillips	26	x	x	31	X	57
22	Graeme Walker	21	25	x	X	X	46
23	Ben James	9	17	x	19	X	45
23	Rob Connell	x	19	x	X	26	45
24	Simon Ward	19	24	x	X	X	43
25	Guy Jenkins	13	x	x	22	X	35
26	Scott Kennedy	32	x	x	X	X	32
27	Dan Spear	x	31	x	X	X	31
28	Brandon Adams	30	x	x	X	X	30
28	Greg Nicholls	10	x	x	20	X	30
29	Ben Dean	29	x	x	X	X	29
30	Ben Watkins	x	x	29	X	X	29
31	Andy Ware	28	x	x	X	X	28
32	Richard George	x	23	x	X	X	23
33	David Green	x	21	x	X	X	21
34	Ed Bullock	20	x	x	X	X	20
35	Tom Turner	18	x	x	X	X	18
36	Dave White	17	x	x	X	X	17
37	Chris Campbell	x	15	x	X	X	15
38	Simon Mehigan	14	x	x	X	X	14
39	Stephen Hobson	7	x	x	X	X	7

JOHN NORTON TROPHY 22/23

Pos	Runner	Bearwood	Peterstow	Fforest Fields	Croft	Bockleton	Total Points
1	Abi Knight	20	26	30	24	30	130
2	Christina Pinto-Pearson	18	24	x	25	29	96
3	Bronwen Tyler-Jones	12	22	x	21	27	82
4	Sarah Askey	22	27	x	26	X	75
5	Amy Smith	21	25	x	27	X	73
6	Addy Carter	30	30	x	X	X	60
7	Bryony Dean	11	x	x	20	28	59
8	Kim Saunders	29	29	x	X	X	58
9	Clare Mallender	27	28	x	X	X	55
10	Lucy Jarvis	24	x	x	30	X	54
11	Jess Sulivan	23	x	x	29	X	52
12	Celia Escande	x	21	29	X	X	50
13	Kim Pickett	17	x	x	23	X	40
14	Kim Handley	15	23	x	X	X	38
15	Nicola Tyler	14	x	x	22	X	36
16	Joanna Eddy	28	x	x	X	X	28
17	Emily Yarnold	26	x	x	X	X	26
18	Christina Plant	25	x	x	X	X	25
19	Kate Morris	19	x	x	X	X	19
20	Heidi Lyth	x	x	x	19	X	19
21	Yulia Dimitov	16	x	x	X	X	16
22	Hollie Francis	13	x	x	X	X	13
23	Mandy Rees	10	x	x	X	X	10
24	Debbie Davies	9	x	x	X	X	9

DAVID PREECE CUP, SUMMER 2022 final results

Pos	Runner	Berrington	Fforest Fields	Westhope	Westons	Total Points
1	Ryan Knight	29	30	29	29	117
2	Ryan Lawrence	26	28	26	27	107
3	Will Morris	27	27	25	26	105
4	Martin Lloyd	21	26	23	24	94
5	Matt James	30	x	30	30	90
6	Scott Kennedy	28	29	28	x	85
7	Martin Carter	16	24	21	23	84
8	Dan Spear	20	25	22	x	67
9	Jonathan Davey	x	23	18	19	60
10	Mark Hookins	x	22	15	18	55
11	Ben Skinner	25	x	x	25	50
12	Adam Mitchell-Haywood	6	18	10	13	47
13	Dave Green	12	20	x	15	47
14	Kev Kerrigan	22	x	24	x	46
15	Steve Herington	13	x	14	17	44
16	David Williams	14	x	12	16	42
17	Steve Hobson	3	17	9	12	41
18	Kev Barnes	8	19	x	14	41
19	Chris Cleary	x	x	17	21	38
20	Richie Richards	17	x	19	x	36
21	John Noonan	2	13	8	10	33
22	David Mitchell-Haywood	5	16	x	11	32
23	Luke Mason	x	x	x	28	28
24	Owen Graham	x	x	27	x	27
25	Harry Woodhouse	24	x	x	x	24
26	Paul Davies	11	x	13	x	24
27	Ed Bullock	23	x	x	x	23
28	Will Connell	x	x	x	22	22
29	Guy Jenkins	9	x	11	x	20
30	Jonathan Gledhill	x	x	20	x	20
31	Nigel Reade	x	x	x	20	20
32	Andy Ware	19	x	x	x	19
33	Colin Lambourne	18	x	x	x	18
34	Graeme Walker	x	x	16	x	16
35	Chris Daw	x	15	x	x	15
36	Liam Curtis-Moore	x	14	x	x	14
37	Simon Mehigan	10	x	x	x	10
38	Ben Goddard	7	x	x	x	7
39	Michael Powell	4	x	x	x	4

ThE ALISON COOKE CUP, SUMMER 2022 final results

Pos	Runner	Berrington Hall	Fforest Fields	Westhope	Westons	Total Points
1	Ellie Smithers	29	29	29	30	117
2	Christina Plant	28	30	30	28	116
3	Laura Hands	27	26	x	27	80
4	Clare Mallender	26	x	26	26	78
5	Kim Handley	x	27	22	23	72
6	Lauren Price	23	23	x	19	65
7	Liz Fishpool	22	x	19	18	59
8	Lucy Jarvis	x	x	28	29	57
9	Victoria Woodhall	25	28	x	x	53
10	Abi Knight	x	x	25	24	49
11	Kim Langford	x	x	24	25	49
12	Bryony Dean	x	24	21	x	45
13	Samantha Stacey	24	x	x	20	44
14	Celia Escande	x	x	20	21	41
15	Naomi Prosser	30	x	x	x	30
16	Sarah Askey	x	x	27	x	27
17	Hollie Francis	x	25	x	x	25
18	Kirsty Jenkins	x	x	23	x	23
19	Yulia Dimitrov	x	x	x	22	22

WOODFORD GREEN CUP, tHE FINAL RESULTS 2022

Pos	Runner	Fforest Fields	Croft Castle	Ross-on-Wye	Rotherwas	Presteigne	Total Points
1	Matt James	40	40	40	40	40	200
2	Ross Cameron	36	35	37	35	38	181
3	Ryan Knight	33	36	34	36	39	178
4	Ryan Lawrence	34	32	35	34	35	170
5	Ben Skinner	31	34	32	33	36	166
6	Luke Rudd	38	39	39	39	–	155
7	George Ware	28	30	30	29	32	149
7	Luke Mason	39	37	36	37	–	149
8	Martin Carter	29	24	27	28	31	139
9	Harry Woodhouse	27	31	–	31	34	123
10	James Rogers	–	38	38	38	–	114
11	Dan Spear	–	26	29	25	28	108
12	Rob Connell	22	14	19	19	26	100
12	Richard George	–	22	25	23	30	100
13	Richie Richards	–	20	24	20	29	93
14	John Jaspers	21	12	17	16	22	88
15	Steve Herington	20	10	16	17	24	87
16	Chris Smart	25	13	22	21	–	81
17	Dave Williams	–	16	21	18	25	80
18	Aaron Smart	23	32	23	–	–	78
19	Kev Barnes	19	8	13	14	21	75
20	Owen Graham	35	–	–	–	37	72
21	Jonathon Davey	–	18	–	24	27	69
22	Andy Tyler	–	33	33	–	–	66
23	Will Morris	–	–	–	32	33	65
24	John Noonan	17	6	10	12	19	64
25	Ed Bullock	–	–	31	30	–	61
26	George Bartlett	32	–	26	–	–	58
26	Kieran Merrick	30	28	–	–	–	58
27	Kevin Kerrigan	26	–	28	–	–	54
28	Michael Powell	24	–	20	–	–	44
29	Scott Kennedy	37	–	–	–	–	37
30	David Green	–	9	–	–	23	32
31	Stephen Hobson	–	–	11	–	20	31
32	Dan Phillips	–	29	–	–	–	29
33	Will Connell	–	–	–	27	–	27
33	Kit Williams	–	27	–	–	–	27
34	Jon Phillips	–	–	–	26	–	26
35	Olly Kitchen	–	25	–	–	–	25
36	Carl Ridsdale	–	–	–	22	–	22
37	Graeme Walker	–	21	–	–	–	21
38	Paul Gilbert	–	7	12	–	–	19
38	Chris Cleary	–	19	–	–	–	19
39	Phil Parry	–	–	18	–	–	18
39	Ben Brown	18	–	–	–	–	18
40	Mark Lawrence	–	17	–	–	–	17
41	Guy Jenkins	–	–	–	15	–	15
41	Luke Simons	–	–	15	–	–	15
41	Simon Mehigan	–	15	–	–	–	15
42	Jon Edwards	–	–	14	–	–	14
43	Adrian Eddy	–	–	–	13	–	13
44	Mark Hookins	–	11	–	–	–	11

JOHN NORTON TROPHY, THE FINAL RESULTS 2022

Pos	Runner	Fforest Fields	Croft Castle	Ross-on-Wye	Rotherwas	Presteigne	Total Points
1	Ellie Smithers	27	29	26	26	27	135
2	Abbie Smithers	26	27	22	21	26	122
3	Addy Carter	30	–	29	30	30	119
4	Clare Mallender	29	–	27	29	28	113
4	Christina Plant	–	28	28	28	29	113
5	Victoria Woodhall	24	–	18	22	25	89
6	Hollie Francis	22	–	15	18	22	77
7	Kimberley Pickett	–	26	21	25	–	72
8	Nicola Tyler	–	–	17	24	24	65
9	Bryony Dean	–	21	–	19	23	63
10	Amy Smith	28	–	25	–	–	53
11	Rachelle Prothero	–	–	14	17	21	52
12	Kate Morris	25	25	–	–	–	50
13	Hayley Lovatt	–	19	13	16	–	48
14	Kirsty Jenkins	23	24	–	–	–	47
14	Jess Sullivan	–	–	24	23	–	47
15	Liz Fishpool	–	17	12	15	–	44
16	Lisa Ruck	–	23	20	–	–	43
16	Izzie Seal	–	–	23	20	–	43
17	Pamela Moody	21	20	–	–	–	41
18	Laura Jenkins	20	18	–	–	–	38
19	Joanna Eddy	–	30	–	–	–	30
19	Claire Caiger	–	–	30	–	–	30
20	Faye Lewis	–	–	–	27	–	27
21	Kimberley Langford	–	22	–	–	–	22
22	Anna Preece-Wiliams	19	–	–	–	–	19
22	Abi Knight	–	–	19	–	–	19
23	Suzy Sidall	–	16	–	–	–	16
23	Bronwen Tyler-Jones	–	–	16	–	–	16

John Norton Trophy & Woodford Green Cup – Past Winners

Year	John Norton Trophy	Woodford Green Cup
2004	Nikki Edwards	Tim Taylor
2005	Nikki Edwards	Tim Clarke
2006	Nikki Edwards	Matt James
2007	Amy Carwardine	Matt James
2008	Alison Cooke	Matt James
2009	Alison Cooke	Matt James
2010	Amy Carwardine	Tim Clarke
2011	Alison Cooke	Eliot Taylor
2012	Bev Bishop	Mike Link
2013	Andrea Omar	Eliot Taylor
2014	Alison Cooke	Eliot Taylor
2015	Alison Cooke	Matt James
2016	Tracey Miles	Matt James
2017	Amy Smith	Russell James
2018	Amy Smith	Ross Cameron
2019	Clare Mallender	Ryan Lawrence
2020	Amy Smith	Jake Underhill
2021	X	X
2022	Ellie Smithers	Matt James

The Story of the Summer 2019:

Not only were there some fine performances across the Summer League this year, but also an incredibly close finish in the David Preece competition and a terrific turnout from Couriers over the four tough courses – 39 athletes in red, 23 men and 16 women, ran one or more races. As a team we finished 5th in a true and tough test of our mettle in local competition. It’s something to build on. Well done indeed to everyone who gave it a go.
Thanks of course also to incomparable League supremo, Mike Blenkinsop, with invaluable help from our own Nikki Tyler. Without their efforts and those of all the club members who organised such wonderful courses, we wouldn’t get the chance to tear through the beautiful countryside so purposefully in our shorts. Here are the final standings in the Cups, 20 points for first Courier home in each race down to 1 for 20th.

ALISON COOKE CUP

1st. Clare Mallender – 80 Pts
2nd. Amy Smith – 74
3rd. Kerry Wathen – 68
4th. Aisling Freeth – 63
5th. Becky Eversham – 37
6th. Hannah Watkins – 32
7th. Kate Morris – 31
8th. Mandy Nolan – 27
9th. Bronwen Tyler-Jones 25
10th. Michelle Bowley – 24
11th. Hollie Francis – 21
12th. Izzie Seal – 19
13th. Vicky Woodhall – 15
14th. Sky Herington – 14
15th. Bryony Dean – 12
16th. Sarah Bowring – 12
DAVID PREECE CUP

1st. Andy Tyler – 75pts
2nd. Ben Skinner – 74
3rd. Jake Underhill 71
4th. Matt James 60
5th. Dave Williams – 60
6th. Geoff Kay – 56
7th. Steve Herington – 51
8th. Ryan Lawrence – 48
9th. Jim Smith – 45
10th. Dave Green – 43
11th. Jon Edwards – 31
12th. Kev Barnes – 27
13th. James Cameron – 22
14th. Ryan Knight – 17
15th. Neil Lewis – 16
16th. Kyle Dovey – 15
17th. Allastaire Ballantyne – 13
18th. Paul Davies – 10
19th. Doug Norton – 8
20th. Pete Carwardine – 7
21st. Mike Link – 6
22nd. Paul Gilbert – 5
23rd. Steve Hobson – 4
Any mistakes let us know, Thanks Steve Herington.

THE STORY OF THE WINTER 2018/19 CUPS.

Well done all you Couriers who competed in the Herefordshire x-c Series just concluded, after 5 tough winter races. Especially well done to those who competed in all of them. It was a great battle for the John Norton Trophy, with Clare edging past Hannah after Hannah had had the better of the early exchanges. Superb running from both. In the Woodford Green Cup, Ryan raced consistently well throughout after some of the early leaders dropped away. Silverware and medals for the top three will be presented at Sunday’s AGM.

THE JOHN NORTON TROPHY

1. Clare Mallender 97
2. Hannah Watkins 95
3. Aisling Freeth 52

THE WOODFORD GREEN CUP

1. Ryan Lawrence 77
2. Ben Skinner 63
3. Kevin Barnes 58
4. Mike Link 55
5. Will Maul 54
6. Ross Cameron 53

WINTER; THE WOODFORD GREEN CUP & JOHN NORTON TROPHY.

Just a reminder that these two pieces of silverware, along with glistening medals for the top three, are awarded annually at the AGM to the Courier men and women respectively who have performed best in the Winter X-C Series.So, as with the Summer Cups, twenty points are awarded to the first male and female Courier home, with 19 for the next and so on down for each race, with the aggregate totals after Race 5 determining the winners.

When I started these competitions a good few years back the object was to swell our presence in league competition. Happily, this isn’t so necessary now given the great buzz around the Club and the enthusiasm for competition. But, I hope the Cups can still serve a purpose in generating friendly rivalry and an added incentive to splash through the mud of Herefordshire’s great courses. And maybe before long, my original ambition to include the Midland X-C and the National X-C events in the qualifying races (with double points) will be realised. We certainly have the talent to participate (you do need to be EA registered) and these races are truly epic. Just ask Kev.

SUMMER; THE DAVID PREECE & ALISON COOKE CUPS.

The ALISON COOKE and DAVID PREECE CUPS are a new initiative this season to add a bit more competitive spice to the summer racing, if any more were needed, and to act as an added incentive to represent the Club in the main warm weather fixtures. Results are thus based on performances over the four summer league inter club matches and the County 10 mile champs, using the same format as the winter competitions for the JOHN NORTON TROPHY and the WOODFORD GREEN CUP.

David Preece was a prolific and successful racer for Couriers before his sadly premature death some twenty years ago. Alison Cooke is still going strong racing in the Lake District after a long and highly decorated career with Couriers, often when our women’s section was rather threadbare compared with today. I am very happy that we are able to honour these two former club stalwarts in this way, keeping their names alive in the Hereford running world.