Sean wins Sheffield City 10K as Penistone shine across weekend

Sean Pitt led another successful weekend for Penistone Footpath Runners with victory at the Sheffield City 10K at Rother Valley Country Park, crossing the line first in 35-16. At the Even Splits York 5K, Oliver France led the Penistone contingent home in 18-00, while Andrew Pearson finished in 18-43 to take second place in the men’s over60 category with an impressive 86.1% age grading. Alex Crosby ran 19-36 and Jade Crosby 19-53, with Jade finishing 10th female and second senior woman. Josie Smith clocked 21-04 to win the women’s over40 category and Shaun Swallow took the men’s over55 honours in 21-38.

Penistone enjoyed further success at the Holmfirth 10K, a testing course featuring 211 metres of climb around Winscar Reservoir. James Mumford finished 10th overall in 38-59, winning the men’s over45 category and taking the Yorkshire Veterans V45 10K title. Dawn Godley also celebrated championship success in her new Penistone vest, finishing in 54-34 to take first place in the women’s over65 category and win her Yorkshire Veterans age category. Tracy Woodward completed the course in 1-02-18 and Sarah Norman in 1-14-41. Josie Smith was back in action just two days after her York run at the Stilton Stumble 10K in Cropwell Bishop, finishing 33rd overall from 460 runners in a chip time of 44-04. The final edition of the Sheffield TenTenTen saw Flynn Rogers produce an excellent performance at Endcliffe Park, finishing 10th overall from 1,004 runners in 39-59 and taking third place in the senior men’s category. Ben Thorogood followed in 57-22, with Kirsty Rogers completing the multi-terrain 10K in 1-07-57 and Steve Dommett in 1-29-07.

Damian Kilpin finished 23rd overall at the Viking Chase fell race in 1-15-28, taking fourth place in the men’s over45 category. Penistone were represented by four runners at the opening South Yorkshire Cross Country League fixture at Norfolk Park in Sheffield, with Lesley Parker, Nick Whittingham, Matt Robinson and Andy Shelbourne enjoying good conditions for cross-country, although their official positions and times were still awaited.

Saturday’s parkruns saw 68 Penistone seniors compete across 22 venues. Richard Cottam took first place at Penistone in 17-37 and James Fryers matched that time to win at Dalby Forest, while Suzanne McGill was second female at Penistone in 21-33 and Jill Scrivens second female at Zuiderpark in Rotterdam in 24-43. Scrivens and Mandy Mallinder also completed their parkrun alphabet challenge by adding the letter Z in Rotterdam. Jane Lawcock celebrated her 300th parkrun at Silksworth, finishing in 34-42 and winning the women’s over60 category, while Julian Williams marked his first run in the men’s over60 category by winning his age group at Hillsborough in 21-54 with a 73.21% age grading. At Barnsley, Ian Neville was first men’s over60 in 22-18, Sue Hall first women’s over65 in 28-30 and Barbara Haigh produced a personal best of 32-38 to win the women’s over80 category. Haigh’s 81.66% age grading earned her run of the weekend honours, followed by Richard Cottam with 79.85%, Suzanne McGill 77.80%, Sue Hall 75.61% and Keith Gordon 73.84%. Lauren Lees also made a welcome return to Barnsley junior parkrun, finishing third overall and first female in 8-44.