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Was reading an old thread that said that at the time of ladies record of 18-49 for BGR only 16 men had beaten it. Am wondering what equivalent is to Nicky S's 18-18. Know fastest are a Billy B, Mark H and Stuart B (all under 15hrs). Can anyone help by listing any other names/times between 15 and 18-12? Know of Mike Nicholson at 17-45, but who else is in there, and thus just how good is Nicky's time (who has just won 10 Peaks Extreme outright).
Mike Johnson and Richard Melon both of Bowland did very quick rounds 2 or 3 years ago. I'm pretty sure Mark Palmer ( I think that's his name ) has as well. The new winter record By jim Mann is 18 h 18 m also.
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.
what about the top 10 females Bob-do you have ........
Afraid not. I'd be surprised if there's more than 10 ladies who've done sub 20hr. Three years ago the total sub 20hr was 76, not sure how many went sub 20 in 2012 but there were only 3 in 2013 (all male) and there's been just one so far this year, again male. I think we reckoned on three ladies having gone sub 20hr.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunandrachel
I need to get both these lists sorted out.
What about age groups as well Bob :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob
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Originally Posted by Baggins
I've only just started asking about age (and nationality) on the ratification form so the official answer is ....
No idea!
Bob, what about Mark Palmer's sub 15 hour round of 3 or 4 years ago? We were supporting a Bowland round ( think it was Andrew Crook ) at Wasdale when Mark went through. I'm sure that he had people of the ilk of Mike & Hazel Robinson, Scoffer and maybe Mark Roberts on L3 &/or L4.
Ian Roberts, Bowland FR.
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Originally Posted by Bob
The lists above were drawn up in January 2011 before Mark's round later that year. As I say, I need to work on producing definitive lists for both men and women.
According to singletrack: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/to...b-graham-round - "Mark Palmer who did 14:59 earlier this month, 4th fastest on record" in 2011
That's me you're quoting as an (undeserved) authority :) can't remember how I knew the details of Mark's round but most likely just read it on here...Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Chilton
It was reported in the Welsh FRA newsletter that year, with a ? in the title and written by a 'Mike' Palmer. Same text appeared in article by Mark Palmer in Autumn 2011 Fellrunner. What is strange is that it seems to have been little noticed and certainly under-appreciated since. He was 47 at the time.
Not intending to create work for you here Bob but I wonder what the current total figures are for sub-20 hour rounds. I think there have been at least 5 so far this year. Is it really the case that there have been less than a 100 rounds in the history of the challenge which have seen sub-20 hours? Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
I've currently got 3 sub 20hr rounds that have been submitted. I've not been following all the trackers - I was away in Scotland last weekend for example.
So to date there have been 83 (plus those from 2012) plus potentially two from this year who haven't yet submitted their forms so I'd say it's definitely under 100, probably still under 90, out of just over 1900 members. As indicated earlier this is just first rounds, not subsequent rounds such as Billy Bland's current record.
Interesting Stats - thanks Bob. Regarding this years sub-20 hours I know of one on the weekend of Sat 6th June, two on the weekend of Sat 30th May, Nicky Spinks' record (although that is a repeat round) and I think there was one in April. With another one scheduled for this weekend it could be a bumper year. That said, the most important thing is getting round is 23.59 or less.
I'm (ahem) at work so don't have access to the list of this year's successes - it's contenders only so no subsequent rounds. Most people get their ratification forms in reasonably quickly but not everyone is as speedy. So there's three sub 20hr rounds out of those who've registered an attempt and submitted their forms which means that there's one person yet to send me their form.
The two on the 30th May have sent in their times as has the individual from last weekend. There are two registered rounds from April who haven't let me know how they got on so it's possible that one of those is sub 20hr.
Cheers bob. I may be wrong about the April one-I remember glancing at a tracker and noting that it was fast and sub-20 but I am starting to doubt myself.