The Borders League is a series of winter road races usually over 6 miles or so contested by fourteen clubs from our area.
Date
Hosts
1.
12th Oct 2008
West Cheshire
2.
9th Nov 2008
Wirral
3.
14th Dec 2008
Buckley
4.
4th Jan 2009
Eryri
5.
22nd Feb 2009
Ellesmere Port
6.
15th Mar 2009
Deeside
7.
29th Apr 2009 (Wed eve)
Wrexham
Runners compete within their own age group with their fininshing place in each race counting as their score. So if you win you score 1 point, if you are 100th you score 100 points. Your best six scores over the seven races adding up to your personal final score. Prizes are awarded in each age group for the lowest scores. Runners can miss one race without penalty but men score 500 points for each extra race missed whilst ladies score 150. There is also a team competition within the league The first ten men finishers count towards the clubs men's team score whilst the first four ladies count towards the ladies team score. There are punitive penalties if any team falls short of the required numbers to make up a team. 300 points for each missing man and 100 points for each lady. Each year there are also awards for the most improved men's and ladies teams based upon the same scoring system but the current years team scores are compared with last seasons results.
(20th Otcober 2008) Race results and pictures posted.
Latest Race Report:
A bright sunny day saw the start of the 2008/2009 Border League season at Christleton on Sunday, over 9.5 km. Twenty-four Tattehallers turned out including three Border League debutants Tim Charmley, Hadyn Johnson and Hilary Murdoch.
First Tattenhaller home was Peter Taylor in 34th position in 35:39 closely followed in 36th place by Andrew Gooda in 35:49; Ian Simpson 67th in 37:39; Sara Atkinson 82nd and 4th Lady in 38:12; Graham Innes 89th in 38:40; Andrew Sudlow 116th in 40:19; Justin Realff 121st in 40:24; Mark Smith 130th in 40:54; Amanda Davies 135th and 11th Lady in 41:02; Dave Ratcliffe 142nd in 41:21; Alison Smith 149th and 15th Lady in 41:56; Rob Webster 150th in 41:59; Laynie Stothart-Wilde 163rd and 19th Lady in 42:30 and the vital 4th counter for the ladies. Tim Charmley completed an impressive debut finishing in 175th in 43:21; Dave Oldfield 188th in 44:17; Kath Stott 197th and 29th Lady in 44:53; Grace Hart 198th and 30th Lady in 44:59; Andrew Thomas 208th in 45:47, great to see him back running competitively after so many set backs; Geoff Cornfield 220th in 46:45; Helen Lester in 248th and 52nd Lady in 49:47 competing in her first Border League since the birth of her daughter; Hadyn Johnson another successful debutant building on his Multi-Terrain success finished in 259th in 51:31; Hilary Murdoch 260th and 57th Lady in 51:37 was final Tattenhall debutant and a marvellous effort considering she was bell ringing until 10.30am in Tattenhall, Quasimodo would have been proud of her; Tractor Dave Carnelly 263rd in 52:28 and a fantastic effort from Leslie Clague 284th and 73rd Lady in 58:22.
It was a marvellous effort from the ladies finishing the day 16 points clear of their nearest rivals and setting their stall out for the season to come.
