We had this discussion in 2011 in this thread -
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...n-fastest-BGRs which is presumably the thread Steve is referring to.
I came up with an all time (this includes repeat rounds rather than just the first round used for club membership) top ten of:
1 - Billy Bland 13:53 in 1982
2 - Mark Hartell - 14:54 in 1999
3 - Stuart Bland - 14:56
4 - Scoffer - 17:01 in 2003(?)
5 - Steve Birkinshaw - 17:09 in 2005
6 - Simon Bourne - 17:20(?) - 2007(?)
7 - Chris Near - 17:23 - 2010
8 - Morgan Donnelly - 17:24 in 2005
9 - Richard Mellon - 17:38 in 2010
10 -Mike Nicholson - 17:45 in 1977
Morgan then listed this:
So to accompany Bob's list, here are the 13 fastest first rounds from the records of the BG Club:
1. Stuart Bland 14.56 14/8/82
2. Andrew Schofield 17.01 22/8/03
3. Steve Birkinshaw 17.09 21/5/05
4. Simon Bourne 17.20 17/6/06
5. Chris Near 17.23 02/5/10
6. Morgan Donnelly 17.26 21/5/05
7. Richard Mellon 17.38 22/5/10
8. Geoff Clucas 17.40 25/6/89
9. Mike Nicholson 17.45 13/8/77
10. Neil Wrigley 17.48 24/5/97
11= Mike Johnson 17.49 04/7/09
11= Ian Charlton 17.49 27/6/83
13. Steve Parr 17.58 05/7/81
And Brian (Covell) has calculated that 66 members have achieved times of less than 20 hours on their first successful rounds as follows:
14.00-14.59 1
15.00-15.59 0
16.00-16.59 0
17.00-17.59 12
18.00-18.59 16
19.00-19.59 37
There's only a few who've gone back and done a second round so the two lists aren't too dissimilar. Billy Bland held the record with his first round in 18:50, his 13:53 time being his third(?) round. Mike Nicholson's time of 17:45 temporarily taking the record from him. Paul Cornforth did his round on the same day I did (also the same day that Steve Birkinshaw and Morgan Donnelly did their fast times) in a time that I think was 18:20.