Helsby RC Blog – 3rd June 2025
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Helsby RC Blog – 3rd June 2025

It’s a few weeks since the last race reports blog so there’s plenty to catch up on. As usual, if we’ve missed any races (we may well have with it being a few weeks), just drop us a line with the details and we’ll include them in the next edition.

Mid Cheshire 5k

We had a number of runners in action in the lightning fast Mid Cheshire 5k in Kingsley:

Mark Gittins – 15:40 (V45 club record and ties the overall club record)

Andy Bromley – 16:25

Harry Walton – 16:40

Nathan Woods – 16:49

Mark Amphlett – 17:07

Adam Gordon – 17:11 (V50 club record)

Les Dash – 17:13

Chris Fitzpatrick – 17:31

Ben Tumilty – 17:47

Rob Fernyhough – 19:03

Tom Carey – 19:52

Chris Green – 20:55

Jay Whitby – 21:36

Ian Peers – 22:08

Sarah Mills – 23:25

Mid Cheshire 5k (Spring) 2025 Final Results – niftyEntries.com

Christleton 5k

A week prior to Kingsley, we also had a good turnout at Christleton:

Mark Gittins – 15:58 (1st V45)

Andy Bromley – 16:28

Ian Mayhew – 16:51

Adam Gordon – 17:25

Chris Fitzpatrick – 17:40

Rob Fernyhough – 19:21

Phil Wood – 19:39

Joey Kelly – 21:13

Chris Green – 21:21

Sarah Mills – 23:37

Geoff Collins – 25:45

Cassie Fleming – 29:15

Christleton 5k 2025 Final Results – niftyEntries.com

Chester Half Marathon

Les Dash sent us the following race report on the Chester Half:

Sunday 18th May saw the Chester Half Marathon take place, race two in the Chester triple and as it did last year, the sun shone bright on Chester for a glorious day out (although maybe a little too much) very much like three weeks prior for those that contested the Manchester and London Marathons.

Nevertheless, Helsby had 17 runners on the start line at Chester racecourse, plus 5 of the next generation of Helsby runners taking part in the mini marathon ready and waiting to run their own 1 mile race round the racecourse.  As always as a Helsby runner the support out on course from locals was amazing, with residents on course showering the runners with hose pipes, kids out with water guns and even more water stations than advertised, so even with the heat you were never far from an opportunity to cool down, which we all took every opportunity to take advantage of 🙂

Not only did we have runners out on course, we had some Helsby volunteers in the finish enclosure, with Phil Wood giving out medals and Bex Cartwright handing out goodie bags, which was a very welcome sight after a gruelling 13.1 miles in the heat.

Helsby then proceeded to take over most of the beer garden terrace at the architect (although now mostly dressed in orange finishers t-shirts) for post race drinks and food, a truly great day was had by all.

  • Leslie Dash 01:22:02 (PB)
  • Benjamin Tumilty 01:23:43
  • Aidan Hughes 01:38:54 (PB)
  • John (June) Whitehead 01:48:08
  • Nige Purvis 01:46:15
  • George Hawthorn 01:50:01
  • Charlotte King 01:55:51
  • Joseph Kelly 01:56:02
  • James Shaw 01:57:26
  • Lauren Cooke 01:59:02
  • Sarah Mills 02:04:53
  • Hayley Fernyhough 02:06:54
  • Ian Peers 02:10:00
  • Neil Fergusson 02:14:57
  • Michelle Purvis 02:14:49 (PB)
  • Kelly Plester 02:14:50
  • Elizabeth Walker 02:30:31

2025 Essar Chester Half Marathon Final Results – niftyEntries.com

Knowsley Fab 4

Ray Clark was Helsby’s sole representative in the Knowsley Fab 4, finishing 8th place in a new PB of 22:05.

Fab Four Race 2 – 21 May 2025.xlsm

Manchester Half Marathon & 10k

Both events took part on the same day as part of the Great Run Series. Tom Carey (1:35:31) and Becki Rutter (1:52:51) ran in the half, with Beth Williams (57:04), Cassie Fleming (1:00:10), Chris Green (1:00:10) and Alison Hough (1:04:56) our Helsby representatives in the 10k.

Joe Beswick Sandstone Trail Challenge

Our own trail ultra saw many club members involved, both as participants and as volunteers. Results from those that took part were:

Chris Dodd – 6:14

Alison Williams – 7:03

Alan Lea – 7:03

Steven Plester – 7:07

Matt Larkin – 7:07

Sarah Larkin – 7:30

Hayley Fernyhough – 8:07

Cora Kendrick – 8:53

Rachel Arnold – 8:58

Liz Walker – 9:13

Steph Hughes – 9:35

Stephen Wiggins – 9:49

Emily Smith – 10:46

2025-Sandstone-Challenge-Results-V1-13_05_25.pdf

Excalibur Trail Marathon

Matt Hampson did the Excalibur trail marathon up and around Moel Famau and the Clwydian range in 05:56:46 (34th out of 106). 11/04/2025

Wirral Multi Terrain

This Tuesday saw the Wirral Multi Terrain take place up at Thurstaston with Phil Wood (41:49), Richard Hankins (46:57) and Ian Peers (49:27) all in action.

Thurstaston Multi Terrain Challenge 2025 Live Results – niftyEntries.com

Chirk Relays

Aidan Hughes sent us the following race report on the Chirk Spring Relays:

“Three teams from Helsby running club took part in the relay:

Helsby Hurricanes: Catherine Kilbane, Stephanie Garner & Charlotte King

Sebastian OhNo: Rob Fernyhough, Aidan Hughes & Les Dash

Mad May 2: Joey Kelly, Chris Green & Phil Wood

A fantastic evening of racing. The Helsby Hurricanes getting on the podium with a 3rd place finish in the female category was an outstanding result with a huge prize of £5 each, spend it wisely ladies. 

The men’s teams achieved very respectable results with Sebastan OhNo placing in 6th and Mad May 2 placing 12th. 

All of the teams doing a great job of representing Helsby. With some great individual battles throughout the race, standout for Aidan is the battle from the castle all the way to the finish line with an all-out sprint to hold the team’s position to the finish.”

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