Team Bath Athletic Club Cotswold Way Relay

2007 Results

Our event was again admirably supported by a broad community of active participants and contributors. 63 teams held heads high against torrential forecasts, greeted by a mere persistent drizzle. The manager in the bar at the Rugby Club commented to me afterwards that they were unsure whether we were going to show – “surely the event would be cancelled owing to rain”? What little she knew of the resilience of the runner.

Team captains successfully lead their teams to the line, and I express the organisers’ thanks to them for their persistence in accommodating all the complexities of getting their teams together.

Water stations were provided down the route by our guest clubs, which provide a very necessary contribution. On the day, perhaps they solved the Ancient Mariner’s conundrum of ‘Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink’. Our thanks again to them.

2007 Overall Team Results

Two category titles were successfully defended, with Team Bath retaining the Senior Men, and Halesowen retaining the Vets. The latter category was won by the narrowest margin ever – a mere 8 seconds, with the ‘Chippenham Vets’ knowing that a mere 1 second improvement per stage would have sealed their return to glory last seen in 2004. Both Halesowen and Bath have held their categories for three consecutive years.

Our apologies to Halesowen regarding the Simon Harwood Memorial Trophy. In 2006 it was not presented as it was not yet made. In 2007 it was not presented as it became ‘unmade’.

In the Senior Men’s category, Stroud’s team 36 fielded a tremendous line-up, falling short of Bath by only 9 minutes. Stroud recorded a top 5 position in 7 stages, top 10 in 9 stages, and were well on track for victory. The statement “getting lost is part of the spirit of the event” came true and navigational issues impacted an outstanding run on one stage. Congratulations on an ‘honorary victory’!

The Ladies’ category returned home to Alison Vuagniaux’s team in the 3^rd fastest ladies time down the course.

We are delighted to welcome the return of Cheltenham to the winner’s enclosure, switching from last year’s triumph in the Ladies to field a robust Mixed team, winning the category by 35 minutes.

Full Overall Results Listing

A complete breakdown of the results by Category and by Stage follows.

2007 Stage Records

The following runners broke stage records:

Stage	Sex	Time	Runner	Club	Margin
2	Female	01:33:30	Laura Kent	Cheltenham Harriers	2 mins 24 secs
5	Male	01:10:40	Clive Bromhall	Thornbury	1 min 42 secs

Full Stage Record Listing

2007 Results by Category

Ladies

Pos	Team No	Time	Team	Club
1st	41	14:44:32	Bath Ladies A	Team Bath AC
2nd	2	16:07:03	Chippenham Ladies	Chippenham Harriers
3rd	55	16:35:15	Hogweed Ladies	Hogweed Trotters

2007 Full Ladies Result Listing

Mixed

Pos	Team No	Time	Team	Club
1st	33	13:04:53	Cheltenham Mixed A	Cheltenham Harriers
2nd	59	13:39:20	Clueless in the Cotswolds	Bitton Road Runners
3rd	27	13:45:03	Wells Mixed	Wells City Harriers

2007 Full Mixed Result Listing

Veterans

Pos	Team No	Time	Team	Club
1st	35	13:02:50	Halesowen Vets	Halesowen A&CC
2nd	5	13:02:58	Chippenham Vets	Chippenham Harriers
3rd	16	14:40:43	Pewsey Vale Pride	Pewsey Vale RC

2007 Full Veterans Result Listing

Senior Men

Pos	Team No	Time	Team	Club
1st	43	12:39:57	Bath 1^st Men	Team Bath AC
2nd	36	12:48:57	Stroud Men	Stroud & District AC
3rd	53	12:50:47	GW Runners	Great Western Runners

2007 Full Senior Men Result Listing

Category Records

2007 Full Records by Category

No new category records, but inspite of the conditions there were a couple of top 10 positions secured.

2007 Stage Results

Stage	Start	Results
1	Chipping Campden	2007 Stage 1 Results
2	Stanway	2007 Stage 2 Results
3	Cleeve Common	2007 Stage 3 Results
4	Seven Springs	2007 Stage 4 Results
5	Cranham Corner	2007 Stage 5 Results
6	Ebley Mill	2007 Stage 6 Results
7	Dursley	2007 Stage 7 Results
8	Wotton-under-Edge	2007 Stage 8 Results
9	Old Sodbury	2007 Stage 9 Results
10	Cold Ashton	2007 Stage 10 Results