Club Handicap Index

Club Handicap Race

Organised by Ron Hope from 1988 up until 1999, the Club Handicap is held along the Links road through Seaton Sluice, past Feather's caravan site, past St. Mary's Island and back along the clifftops to Collywell Bay Road, before rejoining the Links Road to the finish. Prior to 1993 the race was held on a Wednesday evening over 10.7 miles or so, and on a different route around the Keel Row, Seaton Delaval Hall, etc., but the route was changed partly due to traffic considerations. It has been held on more or less the current course since 1993; this year use was made of part of the new footpath along the dunes, and a slight diversion was necessary due to clifftop erosion at around the five mile point. This year's race was organised by Andy Brown, with assistance from Dave Kitching, and both did a sterling job. The weather could have been better, (no, I'm not blaming Andy and Dave!) although it stayed dry there was a very strong northerly wind, which made the return half quite testing for many of the runners. Despite the conditions, there were the first new category records since 1997, for Rob Hall and Shiela Greener

Race records (new course - 8 miles)

Men Ladies

Cat.	Name	Time	Year	Cat.	Name	Time	Year
Senior	Andy Brown	42.39	1993	Senior	Shiela Greener	53.04	1995
O/40	Rob Hall	45.06	1993	O/35	Cath Coultate *	56.01	1995
O/45	Rob Hall	43.38	1995	O/40	Anne Best **	56.16	1997
O/50	Rob Hall	49.11	2002	O/45	Shiela Greener	53.04	1995
O/55	Brian Dudding	53.07	1994	O/50	Shiela Greener	60.59	2002
O/65	Denis Moss	57.22	1994	O/65	Katie Seccombe	72.45	1994

*Now Cath Young **Now Anne Potts

Winners Fastest

Year	Name	Time	Year	Name	Time
1988	Martin Gaughan	n/k	1988	Rob Hall	59.09
1989	Jacqui Clark	109.37	1989	Andy Brown	60.55
1990	Carol Schollar	80.29	1990	Tony Horsley	58.53
1991	Steve Marshall	72.12	1991	Dave Morris	59.35
1992	Brian Dudding	73.53	1992	Steve Gair	60.28
1993	Jim Lewis	53.42	1993	Andy Brown	42.39
1994	Susan Russell	61.52	1994	Dave McKenzie	43.55
1995	Keith Robson	n/k	1995	Rob Hall	n/k
1996	Christine Willshire	69.00	1996	Andy Brown	44.03
1997	Anne Best **	57.46	1997	Dave McKenzie	44.20
1998	Steve Walker	52.19	1998	Andy Brown	43.59
1999	Kevin Westwood	56.12	1999	Andy Brown	43.30
2000	Keith Robson	57.52	2000	Rob Hall	47.10
2001	Sharon Percy	59.29	2001	Andy Brown	45.38
2002	David Roe	59.00	2002	Andy Brown	46.55

2001 - Ryan Robinson was first runner home, but was ineligible for the Senior prize

New course from 1993