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Blackheath Harriers - 5 Mile Championship - 14 October 2000

The Club Championship was held on Saturday afternoon - 57 runners toed the line with Anthony Draper running out the clear winner, not bad for an 800 metre man!  John Morland was second and Steve Cooper third.  Con Griffin ended up as first Vet and his son, David won the handicap.  Julie Harrington, a guest, was the first lady home.  Good conditions, good weather, good fun. This is probably one of the oldest Cross-Country Cup's in the world. more history... First run for in 1880 the winner was C Cattlin.  more past winners...

Pretty pictures are all by Pat Calnan.

Blackheath Harriers - 5 Mile Championship - 14 October 2000
Number of Starters 57 -  Number of Finishers 57
				Finish			Handicap			Net			H/C	Bennett Cup Points
Pos	Name	Age	Club	Mins		Sec	Min		Sec	Min		Sec	Pos	Today	Pre	Cur	Pos
1	DRAPER Anthony	26	BH	28	:	50	02	:	00	26	:	50	3	58	0	58	23
2	MORLAND John	39	BH	30	:	11	01	:	50	28	:	21	18	43	46	89	8
3	COOPER Steve	28	BH	31	:	26	02	:	30	28	:	56	27	34	0	34	34
4	FINCHAM Chris	41	BH	31	:	42	03	:	30	28	:	12	16	45	45	90	7
5	ELLISON Mark	40	BH	31	:	54	03	:	00	28	:	54	26	35	52	87	10
6	RAYNER Andrew	0	BH	32	:	11	03	:	00	29	:	11	32	29	0	29	36
7	GASSON Nick	23	BH	32	:	13	03	:	10	29	:	03	28	33	34	67	20
8	TUCKER Andy	34	BH	32	:	18	03	:	10	29	:	08	30	31	0	31	35
9	GRIFFIN Con	45	BH	32	:	22	05	:	20	27	:	02	6	55	0	55	27
10	MORTEN Hugh	52	BH	32	:	33	02	:	40	29	:	53	41	20	0	20	43
11	ELLISON David	33	BH	32	:	37	04	:	20	28	:	17	17	44	44	88	9
12	BRIGHTWELL Terry	52	BH	33	:	06	04	:	20	28	:	46	25	36	48	84	11
13	SLACK Will	45	BH	33	:	23	06	:	00	27	:	23	11	50	28	78	14
14	COLES Richard	46	BH	33	:	42	03	:	20	30	:	22	45	16	0	16	47
15	PAIRMAN Steve	38	BH	33	:	45	04	:	40	29	:	05	29	32	35	67	21
16	CRONIN Mike	56	BH	33	:	54	05	:	30	28	:	24	19	42	31	73	17
17	COATES Graham	50	BH	33	:	59	04	:	50	29	:	09	31	30	38	68	19
18	LLOYD Garath	52	BH	34	:	14	05	:	50	28	:	24	20	41	56	97	5
19	KILGOR Andy	42	BH	34	:	22	06	:	20	28	:	02	14	47	59	106	2
20	DAVIS Alan	60	BH	34	:	42	07	:	50	26	:	52	5	56	0	56	26
21	MCSHANE Brendan	38	BH	34	:	50	05	:	30	29	:	20	33	28	50	78	15
22	HILL Richard	0	GU	35	:	04		:			:
23	BAKER Craig	0	BH	35	:	11	06	:	40	28	:	31	22	39	42	81	13
24	LLOYD Simon	35	BH	35	:	23	08	:	40	26	:	43	2	59	32	91	6
25	MAXWELL Roger	0	GU	35	:	30		:			:
26	BUNCLARK Nick	26	BH	35	:	34	05	:	30	30	:	04	43	18	0	18	45
27	LYONS T	0	GU	35	:	36		:			:
28	LEESON John	42	BH	35	:	45	08	:	30	27	:	15	8	53	58	111	1
29	GRIFFIN David	15	BH	36	:	16	11	:	00	25	:	16	1	60	0	60	22
30	WILSON Bernard	53	BH	37	:	22	08	:	40	28	:	42	24	37	47	84	12
31	CARTON David	44	BH	37	:	27	08	:	00	29	:	27	35	26	0	26	37
32	BARBER Nick	39	BH	37	:	36	09	:	40	27	:	56	12	49	0	49	30
33	TAYLOR Phil	37	BH	37	:	49	07	:	00	30	:	49	48	13	0	13	49
34	WALSH Ray	43	BH	38	:	05	08	:	40	29	:	25	34	27	30	57	24
35	PAINTER Clive	46	BH	38	:	10	11	:	20	26	:	50	4	57	0	57	25
36	SALMON Mike	50	BH	38	:	15	08	:	00	30	:	15	44	17	0	17	46
37	HARRINGTON Julie	0	GU	38	:	23		:			:
38	ROBINSON John	57	BH	38	:	39	10	:	00	28	:	39	23	38	40	78	16
39	LOVELL Peter	61	BH	39	:	25	09	:	50	29	:	35	37	24	0	24	39
40	WHITE David	57	BH	39	:	36	08	:	50	30	:	46	47	14	0	14	48
41	CLIFF Harry	0	BH	39	:	41	10	:	00	29	:	41	38	23	0	23	40
42	CLIFF Bob	0	BH	39	:	42	10	:	00	29	:	42	39	22	0	22	41
43	CLUNEY Steve	0	BH	39	:	49	10	:	00	29	:	49	40	21	0	21	42
44	BLUNDEN Martin	0	BH	39	:	56	05	:	00	34	:	56	52	9	0	9	52
45	MORRISS Roger	52	BH	40	:	16	12	:	20	27	:	56	13	48	0	48	31
46	ELSE John	0	BH	40	:	21	09	:	00	31	:	21	49	12	0	12	50
47	ORTON Wilf	42	BH	40	:	25	10	:	30	29	:	55	42	19	0	19	44
48	ROWE Colin	54	BH	40	:	41	13	:	20	27	:	21	10	51	0	51	29
49	MICHELL Roger	57	BH	41	:	11	13	:	00	28	:	11	15	46	55	101	3
50	BRIGHTWELL (L) Nat	0	BH	41	:	30	10	:	00	31	:	30	51	10	0	10	51
51	CHAMBERS Ron	65	BH	41	:	43	12	:	10	29	:	33	36	25	0	25	38
52	CHURCHUS David	69	BH	42	:	18	15	:	00	27	:	18	9	52	49	101	4
53	JELLY (L) Alison	46	BH	42	:	23	15	:	10	27	:	13	7	54	0	54	28
54	CILIA (L) Anne	41	BH	42	:	34	14	:	10	28	:	24	21	40	29	69	18
55	PONTIFEX Tony	57	BH	43	:	44	12	:	20	31	:	24	50	11	33	44	32
56	COPLEY John	55	BH	47	:	29	12	:	00	35	:	29	53	8	0	8	53
57	SHEPHEARD Pete	57	BH	50	:	38	20	:	10	30	:	28	46	15	27	42	33

 

First published in the Blackheath Harriers Gazette, No 629, Vol 100, Summer1997/Winter 1997/8 The Blackheath Harriers Cross-Country Challenge Cup A little bit of history

On several occasions over the last few years, when the incumbent President has presented the trophy to the winner of the Club '5', he has commented that the Cup, first competed for in 1880, is probably one of the oldest in the country, or even the world. As Trophies Secretary, I have spent a considerable amount of time cleaning the Club's silverware, including the '5' Cup and, it was whilst on one of these polishing sessions that I decided to establish if there was any basis of fact behind these comments. After a few enquiries made through Athletics Weekly I was put in touch with Wilfred Morgan, the archivist of Birchfield Harriers, who is an authority on athletics trophies. From a series of letters and articles that he has sent to me it can be established that our trophy is certainly one of the oldest in the country. The first National Cross Country was held in 1876 and the first USA Cross Country Championship was held in 1890; none of the European countries started their athletics organisations before the mid-1880s. There are Track and Field trophies that go back earlier than 1880. The ones belonging to the AAA once in fact belonged to the old Amateur Athletic Club and were given to the AAA in 1880; they are:- 400m Kenelm Thomas Digby 1868 5000m Earl of Jersey 1868 11OH Viscount Southwell 1870 100m Prince Hassan 1871 10,000 Walk J G Chambers 1871 1500 Lawes-Wittewronge c1873 HJ Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny 1875 800 PM Thornton c1876 Steeplechase James & W Waddell c1880  Wilfred adds a rider to the effect that although London AC (1863) is the oldest existing club, in their early years and for most of their recent years, they have been exclusively Track and Field, and their early trophies were not perpetual but awarded to people who won them three times in succession. In a later letter, Wilfred went on to say that he hated disappointing us but Thames Hare and Hounds have two trophies which pre-date our '5' Trophy and are also for cross-country; they were evidently bought in 1874. I have made enquiries of the Thames Hare and Hounds Secretary and he informs me that Wilfred is correct in his information and in fact the two trophies - the "Short", which was purchased on the 20th May 1874 and the "Long", purchased on the 29th July 1874, were both stolen some 15 years ago. They have been replaced and are competed for annually, the "Short" over five miles and the "Long" seven and a half miles. Wilfred has contacts at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Although CUAC Mile Championship Trophy was presented in 1864 and is still taken out of the safe once a year, Oxford do not have anything older than that. He added: "You may have noticed that the area south of the Thames is rich in history, with Thames, Blackheath and SLH. But you have to bear in mind that there were 'clubs and clubs' in the early years and Thames was closed to anyone who was not a 'gentleman amateur' for a long time. London AC was much the same, a closed club for many years, like schools and universities, not open clubs such as Blackheath and Birchfield. That's got nothing to do with trophies but I thought I'd get it off my chest. I've been casting my mind to other sports but I think athletics has some of the oldest trophies in existence. I know the FA cup is the third one; the first was given to an official of the FA for services rendered and the second was stolen from a shop in Birmingham and was replaced with a new one in 1895. The one for the Open golf championship goes back to the early 1870s. I don't think cricket or rugby has anything of any great age, maybe horse-racing has, I don't know." So when our President next presents the '5' trophy and remarks that it may well be the oldest in the country, he may not be far off the mark. B.S. The Blackheath Harriers Cross-Country Challenge Cup Past Winners Dates from Nov 13 1880 to 21st Oct 1972 are engraved on the cup and dates from the 20th Oct 1973 to the present are engraved on the plinth. (All dates shown above are as engraved). NOV 13 1880 C CATTLIN 33 5½ APRIL 23 1881 G M NEHAN 27 59 JAN 14 1882 C M NEHAN 29 9½ MAR 11 1882 W G GEORGE 28 25 NOV 11 1882 C CATTLIN 29 15 MAR 28 1883 W G GEORGE 28 0 JAN 5 1884 C CATTLIN W 0 MAR 22 1884 W G GEORGE 27   NOV 22 1884 M HILL 30 48 MAR 14 1885 C CATTLIN 29 6 JAN 1886 C CATTLIN 31 20 MAR 27 1886 H C PRITCHARD 30 10 DEC 4th 1886 J B NASH 32 5 MAR 26th 1887 J F PONSFORD 29 46 DEC 3rd 1887 J F PONSFORD W 0 MAR 10th 1888 J F PONSFORD 30 13 DEC 1st 1888 H C SCARD 30 0 MAR 28th 1889 H C SCARD 28 52 NOV 30th 1889 A R COOPER 30 5 MAR 22nd 1890 H C SCARD 30 10 NOV 29th 1890 G M HARRIS 31 10 MAR 27th 1891 G M HARRIS 29 20 NOV 28th 1891 C M HARRIS 29 23 MAR 19th 1892 G M HARRIS W 0 DEC 10th 1892 H C SCARD 29 50 DEC 23rd 1893 G N HARRIS 30 8 MAR 11th 1893 G M HARRIS 29 11 MAR 10th 1894 G M HARRIS 30 6 DEC 1st 1894 G M HARRIS W 0 MAR 16th 1895 G M HARRIS 30 35 DEC 7th 1895 G M HARRIS 30 45 MAR 14th 1896 G M HARRIS 31 0 MAR 13th 1897 W G SUFFIELD 34 10 DEC 5th 1897 W G SUFFIELD 33 4 NOV 5th 1898 E RATCLIFF 32 35 NOV 4th 1899 E RATCLIFF 33 41 NOV 3rd 1900 E RATCLIFF 33 22 JAN 4th 1902 T C DAVIS 33 7 NOV 15th 1902 J E FISHER 33 7 JAN 9th 1904 T C DAVIS 33 28 DEC 17th 1904 T C DAVIS 33 37 DEC 16th 1905 M P S WHITE 33    8th DEC 1906 A C FRECKER 31 20 14th DEC 1907 H E J SOUTHWELL 34 23 12th DEC 1908 H F J SOUTHWELL 36 29 18th DEC 1909 H E J SOUTHWELL 32 52 29th OCT 1910 C H BAXTER 32 20  2nd DEC 1911 C A GLAESER 31 38 26th OCT 1912 B H LYMBFRY 32 42 25th OCT 1913 B H LYMBERY 32 19 25th OCT 1919 B H LYMBERY 30 11 23rd OCT 1920 A C EDWARDS 30 24 29th OCT 1921 C H W O'BRIEN 30 50 21st OCT 1922 E J CASTELLO 40 18 20th OCT 1923 S H CLAYDON 35 56 25th OCT 1924 S H CLAYDON 33 21 24th OCT 1925 R D BELL 32 11 30th OCT 1926 R D BELL 32 26 29th OCT 1927 R D BELL 28 14 20th OCT 1928 A C V ALLEN 29 7 19th OCT 1929 N I BURT 28 21 18th OCT 1930 H SMITH 28 33 17th OCT 1931 J W M NORMAN 31 59 22nd OCT 1932 L T BROCKWAY 30 11 21st OCT 1933 H S SMITH 28 38 27th OCT 1934 L T BROCKWAY 26 31 19th OCT 1935 H S SMITH 28 27 24th OCT 1936 C H WILKINSON 27 25 16th OCT 1937 H S SMITH 28 22 15th OCT 1938 C H WILKINSON 28 43 20th OCT 1945 H NUNNS 28 50 19th OCT 1946 R R CHOAT 27 49 25th OCT 1947 H N NUNNS 27 1 27th OCT 1948 A J BRENT 27 41 22nd OCT 1949 C F MONSHALL 27 56 21st OCT 1950 R A MORLEY 29 13 20th OCT 1951 R A MORLEY 27 16 18th OCT 1952 R A MORLEY 28 16 17th OCT 1953 L F FLETCHER 31 35 16th OCT 1954 A J BRENT 28 35 15th OCT 1955 L F FLETCHER 27 55 20th OCT 1956 L F FLETCHER 28 19 9th NOV 1957 A J WEEKS-PEARSON 26 38 8th NOV 1958 L F FLETCHER 28 15 17th OCT 1959 J B HERRING 27 26 15th OCT 1960 J B HERRING 27 34 21st OCT 1961 J B HERRING 27 18 20th OCT 1962 B W HEAVER 27 37 19th OCT 1963 J B HERRING 26 49 31st OCT 1964 B W HEAVER 26 48 23rd OCT 1965 J B HERRING 26 34 5th NOV 1966 B W HEAVER 24 30 21st OCT 1967 J R BALDWIN 24 21 12th OCT 1968 J R BALDWIN 24 13 18th OCT 1969 R RICHARDSON 24 4 17th OCT 1970 R RICHARDSON 26 20 16th OCT 1971 R RICHARDSON 25 47 21st OCT 1972 R RICHARDSON 27 20 20th OCT 1973 R RICHARDSON 28 27 19th OCT 1974 P HAMILTON 29 9 18th OCT 1975 P HAMILTON 28 26 16th OCT 1976 R J COLES 27 46 15th OCT 1977 S J KNOWLES 28 2 21st OCT 1978 R J COLES 27 9 20th OCT 1979 C R HAINES 30 6 11th OCT 1980 R J COLES 29 53 17th OCT 1981 R J COLES 30 15 16th OCT 1982 W FOSTER 29 10 15th OCT 1983 R J COLES 23 32 20th OCT 1984 W O'DONNELL 28 7 19th OCT 1985 R J COLES 27 12 15th NOV 1986 T M NASH 28 43 17th OCT 1987 M A COLPUS 23 44 15th OCT 1988 M J TRINCA 25 48 21st OCT 1989 R J COLES 31 54 20th OCT 1990 N I L WATLING 31 23 19th OCT 1991 D W TAYLOR 29 53 17th OCT 1992 D J HEATH 28 46 16th OCT 1993 M I L WATLING 27 5 15th OCT 1994 M I L WATLING 26 29 14th OCT 1995 M I L WATLING 27 38 19th OCT 1996 M R STEINLE 27 15 11th OCT 1997 M I L WATLING 28 43 10th OCT 1998 M R STEINLE 28 22 23rd OCT 1999 R D SMITH 29 1 14th OCT 2000 A J DRAPER 28 50

Anthony Draper - 1st	Chris Fincham - 1st Vet	Andrew Rayner - 1st Junior
Con Griffin - 1st o/50 Vet	Julie Harrington - 1st Lady	Simon Lloyd 2nd H/cap
Where do we start?  By the Church on the hill....