HRRL Race 8: Eastleigh 10k Results

With its relatively fast and flat course runners come from far and wide to try for a PB at this popular event so competition was always going to be strong. The start line is always a bit crowed too with nearly two and a half thousand participants crammed onto the stretch of road alongside the leisure centre. Unfortunately the toilet queue also reflected how busy things were!
nWe had a very impressive number of WADAC finishers with 42 gents and 19 ladies, a good number of PBs (in spite of a blustery wind) and even a few prizes.
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nKate Towerton was our first lady home in a commendable 36m58s, followed by Emma Gorwood who ran a PB and our A-team was completed by junior runner Emily Coulson. It was great to see some of our juniors taking part and although Emily had some pacing issues in what was her first 10k this was still a very impressive result, gaining the prize for the first junior girl to finish - definitely one to watch in the future.Jo Jefferies was our next lady, finishing nearly simultaneously with Annie Dixey. Lynne Whitaker was the final member of our B-team and she collected the prize for the 3rd F55 finisher.Our ladies C-team was comprised of a joyous cross section of our members - Isla Allan, Emma Carter and Joy Radford. Isla was another of our very welcome junior runners and finished as the second junior girl overall and Joy Radford did exceptionally well to win the prize for the first F60.I believe Lynne Allan and Carrie Baker were other WADAC ladies gaining PBs.
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nFor the first time this season our ladies' A-team were not the first to finish of the ten clubs in Division-1 but were just pipped at the post by Lordshill ladies. This isn't a problem though as at the end of the season the team awards are based on the best eight scores from the twelve races and we're still at the top of the table.The B-Division-1 results showed a very similar story for our ladies' B and C-teams with Lordshill B finishing first, Winchester B second, Lordshill C third and Winchester C fouth. This leaves our B and C-teams still residing at the top of table in first and second places respectively with just four more races to go.
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nCalum Upton was the quickest WADAC gent, finishing in 34m27s. Shaun Brown wasn't far behind, followed by Simon Stevens. Nick Wood completed our A-team, running a PB.James Moore, Dan Cunnington, Jack England and Matt Grote made up the B-team, with Dan, Jack and Matt all running PBs.Sam Appleton was the first member of our C-team, followed by young Matthew Prest who finished strongly as the 2nd junior runner overall. Danny Kyle and Joe Chick were the final members of our C-team.As far as I can tell from "Power of 10" the following chaps also ran PBs: Jonathan Prest, Colin Armstrong, Lloyd Dickson, Simon Williamson, Michael Elliot and Paul Oxley.
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nSome favourable number-crunching by HRRL meant that our men's A-team were deemed as finishing second of the ten teams in Divison-1 which is actually our best result since the Overton 5 right at the beginning of the season. Well done chaps! This strong showing means that we have moved up from fifth to third place in the league and we'll just need some good results in the next four races to hold on to this trophy willing slot.In a further reflection of how well our men performed Simon Stevens, Nick Wood and Matt Grote were awarded 3rd place by the race organisers in the Veterans Club Team event.Our B and C-teams finished third and fifth respectively of the fifteen teams in B-Div-1 and so currently sit at third and twelfth overall. This is the strongest finish for our C-team so far this season and goes to show the breadth of talent we were able to field when over forty WADAC men participate.
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nMany thanks to everybody that ran. Our teams are in a pretty strong position heading into the final third of the season's races - we just need to keep the pressure on.
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nThe next race is the Salisbury 10 Mile on 9th April which is already full.
n Then the final three races are as below. Please get your entries in for these as soon as possible as they are filling fast:
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nAlton 10 - 7th May 2017 - http://www.activetrainingworld.co.uk/events/2017/05/07/alton_ten_2017
n Netley 10k - 21st May 2017 - http://www.southamptonathleticclub.org.uk/wordpress/netley-10k-race/
n Lordshill 10k - 25th June 2017 - http://www.lordshillroadrunners.org.uk/lordshill-10k/
n Results
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n Name
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n Cat posn
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n Chip Time
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n Name
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n Cat posn
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n Chip Time
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n Calum Upton
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n 36
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n 00:34:27
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n Kate Towerton
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n 9
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n 00:36:58
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n Shaun Brown
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n 42
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n 00:34:45
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n Emma Gorwood
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n 28
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n 00:40:58
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n Simon Stevens
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n 5
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n 00:35:45
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n Emily Coulson
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n 1
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n 00:42:32
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n Nick Wood
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n 13
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n 00:36:20
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n Jo Jefferies
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n 7
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n 00:43:26
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n James Moore
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n 83
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n 00:37:04
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n Annie Dixey
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n 40
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n 00:43:22
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n Dan Cunnington
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n 95
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n 00:37:28
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n Lynne Whitaker
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n 3
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n 00:43:45
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n Jack England
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n 99
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n 00:37:33
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n Isla Allan
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n 2
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n 00:44:08
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n Matt Grote
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n 20
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n 00:37:42
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n Emma Carter
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n 8
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n 00:45:13
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n Sam Appleton
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n 105
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n 00:37:43
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n Joy Radford
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n 1
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n 00:46:43
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n Matthew Prest
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n 2
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n 00:38:21
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n Melissa Callister
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n 4
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n 00:47:28
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n Danny Kyle
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n 7
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n 00:38:18
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n Sally Easton
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n 10
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n 00:48:48
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n Joe Chick
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n 118
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n 00:38:24
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n Janet Litlewood
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n 17
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n 00:48:41
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n Andrew King
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n 121
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n 00:38:29
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n Carrie Oliver
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n 7
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n 00:50:03
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n Mark Curtis
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n 12
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n 00:38:33
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n Marie Kille
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n 8
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n 00:49:47
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n Jonathan Prest
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n 13
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n 00:38:57
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n Madeline Vosser
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n 11
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n 00:51:18
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n Colin Armstrong
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n 15
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n 00:39:11
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n Lynne Allan
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n 28
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n 00:51:47
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n George Belfield
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n 146
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n 00:39:28
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n Charlotte Sharman
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n 15
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n 00:52:48
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n Peat Allan
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n 13
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n 00:39:34
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n Carrie Baker
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n 104
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n 00:53:12
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n Ian Debnam
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n 156
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n 00:39:50
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n Gill Goodwin
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n 15
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n 00:59:35
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n Bruce Ayling
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n 14
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n 00:39:52
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n Lloyd Dickson
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n 171
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n 00:40:15
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n Miguel Flores
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n 47
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n 00:40:20
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n Mike Chambers
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n 49
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n 00:40:31
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n Simon Williamson
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n 179
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n 00:40:28
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n
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n Robin Oakley
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n 53
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n 00:41:06
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n Michael Elliott
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n 24
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n 00:41:25
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n
n
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n Saul Duck
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n 27
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n 00:42:10
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n
n
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n Stephen Lowy
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n 28
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n 00:42:25
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n
n
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n Julian Hamblin
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n 8
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n 00:42:44
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n
n
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n Martin Davies
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n 9
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n 00:42:45
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n
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n Paul Oxley
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n 230
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n 00:43:00
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n
n
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n Pete Curtis
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n 72
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n 00:43:20
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n
n
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n Kevin Frisby
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n 37
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n 00:43:18
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n
n
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n Steve Cluett
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n 41
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n 00:43:39
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n
n
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n Mark Wilson
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n 89
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n 00:45:06
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n
n
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n Robert Porter
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n 92
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n 00:45:32
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n
n
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n Marc Flye
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n 98
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n 00:46:19
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n
n
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n David Walker
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n 66
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n 00:46:37
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n
n
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n David Vosser
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n 24
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n 00:46:23
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n
n
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n Steve Goodwin
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n 18
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n 00:48:39
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n
n
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n Peter Sansome
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n 122
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n 00:48:31
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n
n
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n Adrian Field
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n 97
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n 00:52:37
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