steep start - photo: Sarah Gibson
Beautiful weather and a record turn out made for a wonderful Brough
Law fell race in the Ingram valley of the Cheviot foothills. Sixty-seven
runners started with many making a long journey to get there.
It
was a day for the veteran runners with the first four places going
to V40s, the 1st placed V50 in 8th overall and the women's winner
also a V40. Phil Sanderson (NFR) underlined his position as the North
East champion by winning the race despite an eight mile warm-up run
minutes before the start. Lee Bennett (NFR) gets quicker with every
race and was less than a minute behind in second. Karen Robertson
(NFR) led the ladies home with a comfortable margin.
It was good
to have three juniors on the course amongst the old gadgies including
18-yr old Rory Anderson from Hawick in 6th place overall. Wooler
RC turned out in force but they weren't strong enough to take the
team wins from NFR. Over £200 was raised for the North Air Ambulance
and local mountain rescue team.
Many thanks to Ray, Garry, Team Green,
Richard, Pat, Casper, and the land owners.
Keith Cooper & Will Horsley (race organisers)
lots of photos from:
Sarah Gibson | Jill Bennett | Marie-Helene Davison | James Green
