Varsity Men: Cambridge (A. Elder, Williamson, Stevens, Copley) 5:08:35 beat
Oxford (Mercer, Millard, Webb, Grandey) 5:27:06
Varsity Women: Oxford (Gardner, Holmes, Orekhova) 3:42:34 beat
Cambridge (Ingleby, Crocker, Dyer) 3:42:38
Alumni: JOK (Archer, Catmur, Whitehouse, Carlyle) 4:46:02 beat
DrongO (Mahr, Hodgson, Smith, Bown) 5:20:50
Men Women
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1. Per Forsberg (Guest) 23s 1. Cath Wilson (DrongO) 37s
2. Andy Hodgson (DrongO) 27s 2= Becky Carlyle (JOK) 38s
3. William Dean (Cambridge B) 28s 2= Pippa Whitehouse (JOK) 38s
4= Alan Elder (Cambridge) 29s 4= Laura Daniel (Guest) 39s
4= Ollie Hughes (Oxford B) 29s 4= Ekaterina Orekhova (Oxford) 39s
6. Boris Granovskiy (Guest) 30s 6. Rosemary Dyer (Cambridge) 40s
7. Joe Mercer (Oxford) 31s 7= Anya Crocker (Cambridge) 43s
8= Chris Davidson (JOK) 32s 7= Elspeth Ingleby (Cambridge) 43s
8= Ian Elder (Cambridge) 32s 9= Rachael Elder (DrongO) 44s
8= SGB (Oxford) 32s 9= Abi Weeds (Guest) 44s
1. Team 1 (Helen Winskill, Moira Chapman, Duncan Archer) 1:42:01
2. Team 12 (Per Forsberg, Dave Bowman, Ben Stevens) 1:42:43
3. Team 16 (Lucy Wiegand, Phil Winskill, Mark Chapman) 1:47:47
4. The Awesomeness (Chris Davidson, Rosemary Dyer, Mark Bown) 1:51:37
5. The Cranberries (Hedley Proctor, Ekaterina Orekhova, Becky Carlyle) 1:51:44
6. Team 3 (Abi Weeds, Nicola Robertson, Alan Elder) 1:54:45
7. The Bunnycopter!!! (Chris Wroe, Alison Crocker, Chris Williamson) 1:55:02
8. The A Team (Tim Beale, Clare Sutherland, Andy Hodgson) 1:55:22
9. The Three Amigos (Simon Thomas, Ed Dickens, Matthias Mahr) 1:55:38
10. Team 15 (Rachael Elder, Jane Forrest, Ian Webb) 1:57:02
11. Ginger Monkeys (Ian Elder, Ruth Holmes, Graeme Ambler) 1:57:49
12. Fluffy Little Llamas (Elspeth Ingleby, Sarah Lilley, Joe Mercer) 1:59:08
13. The Chariots (Jon Marsden, Edmund Ward, Alex Copley) 1:59:25
14. ERO (Ollie Hughes, Roberto Zanchi, Ed Catmur) 1:59:42
15. The Odd Sheep (Helen Gardner, Katherine Cross, Boris Granovskiy) 2:06:56
16. Jelly Babies (Stephen Granger-Bevan, Jeff Boeckx, Chris Millard) 2:10:36
Babes in the Wood! (Jon Nelson, Katherine Millard, Pippa Whitehouse) dnf
Leg 1 (Medium)
1. Per Forsberg 33:12
2. Rachael Elder 33:44
3. Chris Davidson 35:13
4. Ollie Hughes 35:59
5. Abi Weeds 36:08
6. Helen Winskill 36:16
7. Ian Elder 36:25
8. Jon Marsden 37:37
9. Chris Wroe 39:48
10. Hedley Proctor 39:55
11. Lucy Wiegand 40:21
12. Tim Beale 40:22
13. Helen Gardner 40:51
14. Simon Thomas 43:52
15. Elspeth Ingleby 43:53
16. Stephen Granger-Bevan 49:36
Jon Nelson Retired
Leg 2 (Short)
1. Ekaterina Orekhova 26:00
2. Phil Winskill 26:32
3. Dave Bowman 27:05
4. Ruth Holmes 27:17
5. Clare Sutherland 27:40
6. Ed Dickens 28:42
7. Alison Crocker 29:56
8. Moira Chapman 31:12
9. Rosemary Dyer 31:42
10. Jeff Boeckx 32:21
11. Jane Forrest 34:25
12. Nicola Robertson 35:27
13. Edmund Ward 35:34
14. Sarah Lilley 36:33
15. Katherine Millard 36:42
16. Katherine Cross 43:40
17. Roberto Zanchi 44:06
Leg 3 (Long)
1. Duncan Archer 34:33
2. Joe Mercer 38:42
3. Ed Catmur 39:37
4. Mark Chapman 40:54
5. Boris Granovskiy 42:25
6. Ben Stevens 42:26
7. Matthias Mahr 43:04
8. Alan Elder 43:10
9. Mark Bown 44:42
10. Chris Williamson 45:18
11. Becky Carlyle 45:49
12. Alex Copley 46:14
13. Andy Hodgson 47:20
14. Chris Millard 48:39
15. Ian Webb 48:53
16. Pippa Whitehouse 49:12
17. Graeme Ambler 54:07
The Varsity Match is now over, so it is time for me to thank all the people who helped make it run smoothly in some way.
The competitors I spoke to seemed to enjoy their courses, both on the individual day and the relays - I think you would agree that Mark managed to plan some challenging and enjoyable courses with both competitors and spectators in mind, so a huge thank you to Mark for agreeing to do all the planning despite living 200 miles away from Sheffield.
Viv Barraclough helped me contact the Worrall Community Association, which allowed us to use their village hall over the weekend. Viv also prepared the delicious Saturday night dinner for everyone, which was much appreciated.
Thanks also to SYO for letting us use their areas, East Anglia for the SI equipment, and WAOC for most of the other kit we used over the weekend, as well as all of the various DrongO and JOK members who collected controls after their own runs. Finally, thanks to those staying in the village hall for doing such a good job of tidying up - it was a great help!
And last but not least, thank you all for coming and making the weekend worthwhile.
Blanka Sengerová (DrongO)