Hannah wins women's Trunce as John earns England selection

Hannah Shaw led a strong club showing at the seventh race of the popular Trunce series, producing an excellent run to finish first female overall. Hannah crossed the line 26th overall in 33-03, setting a personal best in the process. Josie Smith was close behind in 33-12 to take first place in the veteran ladies category, while Barbara Haigh added another category victory as first lady over70 in 51-35. George Parr led Penistone home overall with an excellent seventh-place finish in 28-41 as 27 club members completed the course. The race produced a string of personal bests, with Steve Sanders, Ash Howlett, Shaw, Shaun Swallow, Smith, Chris Hodgson, Shaun Braddock, Dawn Godley, Emily Freeman and Kim Rogers all improving their previous Trunce bests.

There was representative recognition for John Broom, who has been selected to run for England against Welsh Masters at Deeside Stadium on Friday 21 August. John earned his place through a 3000m performance at Trafford in July and described the selection as a particularly proud honour after 27 years in the sport.

On the roads, Mandy Mallinder completed the Great Yarmouth Half Marathon in a chip time of 2-12-39. Mandy finished 305th overall, 74th female and 12th in the ladies over55 category.

Nichola McNally continued her excellent form at the 40th Lowther Lakeland Fell and Trail Run in the Lake District. Tackling the 21km course with 430 metres of climbing, Nichola finished 39th overall and an excellent sixth female in 1-52-27. She led the ladies over50 category throughout the race to take first place. Damian Kilpin was in action at the Chip Chase, producing a strong run to finish 12th overall from 89 runners in 54-58 and take second place in the men’s over45 category. Kilpin reported losing time after going off course, with his GPS recording just over six miles and around 1,350 feet of climbing.

Penistone members spread far and wide for Saturday’s parkruns, with 68 seniors taking part across a club record 31 different venues. Flynn Rogers led the way internationally, taking first place at Innpromenade in Austria in 17-53, while Tom Fryers was first at Alton Water in 18-26. Suzanne McGill was first female at Bushy parkrun in Dublin in 21-00. There were more eye-catching performances closer to home. Josie Smith followed her Trunce success by recording her first sub-21-minute 5K at Rother Valley, running a personal best of 20-57 to finish third female. Hannah Shaw was also third female at Penistone in 23-29. James Fryers ran a personal best of 18-09 at Fell Foot to finish fourth overall and first senior under20, while Damian Kilpin recorded another personal best with 19-25 at Millfield, taking first place in the men’s over45 category. John Howsham celebrated his 350th parkrun at Fletcher Moss, finishing in 24-52. Other category winners around the country included Dawn Broom, first lady over60 at Weymouth; Keith Gordon, first over75 at Ushaw Historic House; Kelvin Bowskill, first over70 at Glossop; Martin Hughes, first over65 at Henley Wood; Mandy Mallinder, first lady over55 at Sloughbottom; Simon Pike, first over45 at Lews Castle; and John Lawcock, first over55 at Mortimer Forest. Ben Thorogood was also first junior under15 at Mattheiser Weiher in Germany. The weekend’s highest age-graded performance came from Dawn Broom with an excellent 84.12 per cent, followed by Suzanne McGill on 79.84 per cent, Dawn Godley on 79.32 per cent, Sue Hall on 77.56 per cent and Ian Neville on 75.92 per cent.