History Of Championships

				Previous Championship Winners
In the early years the championship moved around the country but is now settled on the 3-mile lap at Sutton Park.
*In 1997, at the present venue, an error was made with the turn point meaning that a longer course was used.
From his complete collection of Athletics Weekly, Martin Duff has compiled the history of the event.
Any amendments to him at martin.martinduff@btinternet.com
MEN
M40 (8 Stage)
Year	Venue	1st		2nd		3rd		Fastest
1988	Tring (2.87M)	Aldershot	1:56:27	Oxford	1:58:09	Newcastle	1:58:33	Alan Roper	13:49
1989	Sutton P (3M)	Aldershot	2:04:53	Oxford	2:05:32	Newcastle	2:07:24	Alan Roper	14:42
1990	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Oxford	2:48:15	Elswick	2:48:27	Aldershot	2:48:48	Andy Holden	19:30
1991	Sutton P (3M)	Aldershot	2:06:12	Tipton	2:07:08	Salford	2:07:36	Dennis Fowles	14:36
1992	Heaton P (3.1M)	Salford	2:06:19	Birchfield	2:06:52	Swansea	2:07:14	John Wheway	14:49
1993	Sutton P (3M)	Tipton	2:05:09	Swansea	2:05:22	Salford	2:06:52	Dave Moorcroft	14:28
1994	Rushmoor (4M)	Tipton	2:38:30	Swansea	2:38:34	Wirral	2:39:14	Nigel Gates	18:05
1995	Sutton P (3M)	Swansea	2:05:57	Salford	2:06:21	Tipton	2:06:44	Nigel Gates	14:23
1996	Heaton P (3.1M)	Swansea	2:06:28	Sunderland	2:06:49	Tipton	2:07:38	Martin Rees	14:45
1997*	Sutton P (3.2M)	Redhill RR	2:15:16	Sunderland	2:16:13	Tipton	2:16:33	Nigel Gates	15:30
1998	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Brighton & Hove	2:39:32	Sunderland	2;40:35	Rotherham	2:41:51	Martin Rees	18:36
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Cambuslang	2:05:07	Woodford G	2:05:17	Brighton & Hove	2:05:38	Tony Power	14:40
2000	Heaton P (3.1M)	Westbury	2:06:09	Cambuslang	2:06:44	Woodford G	2:08:56	Chris Buckley	14:52
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Swansea	2:05:18	Woodford G	2:06:02	Cambuslang	2:07:27	Martin Rees	14:45
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Brighton & Hove	2:06:59	Cambuslang	2:07:25	Woodford G	2:07:33	Alan Jackson	14:51
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Cambuslang	2:03:22	Swansea	2:03:59	Telford	2:05:58	Martin Rees/Brian Rushworth	14:37
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Cambuslang	2:04:16	Woodford G	2:05:31	Telford	2:06:02	John Cowan	14:51
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol & West	2:03:09	Telford	2:07:10	Clayton-Le-M	2:07:24	Brian Rushworth	14:38
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol & West	2:04:41	Herne Hill	2:07:14	Sunderland	2:07:37	Darren Bilton	14:32
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol & West	2:05:13	Herne Hill	2:06:14	Sunderland	2:08:50	Ben Reynolds	14:47
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol & West	2:05:28	Leicester Cor	2:10:33	Clayton-Le-M	2:10:59	Brian Rushworth	14:42
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Herne Hill	2:05:38	Leicester Cor	2:05:56	Bristol & West	2:07:26	Julian Emery	14:47
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Herne Hill	2:05:22	Bristol & west	2:05:35	Salford	2:06:28	Martin Cox	14:11
M50 (6 Stage)
1988	Tring (2.87M)	Barnet	1:40:44	Bingley	1:40:49	Havering	1:41:02	Derek Lawson	14:58
1989	Sutton P (3M)	Havering	1:43:42	Aylesbury	1:45:28	Bingley	1:46:00	Ted Isaacs	16:08
1990	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Wirral	2:17:51	Havering	2:18:36	Cambridge	2:18:41	Ted Isaacs	21:26
1991	Sutton P (3M)	Wirral	1:42:38	Heaton	1:44:54	Morpeth	1:45:19	Steve James	15:41
1992	Heaton P (3.1M)	Wirral	1:44:21	Cardiff	1:44:39	Hallamshire	1:45:45	Steve James	15:56
1993	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	1:42:06	Aldershot	1:42:30	Wirral	1:43:22	Les Presland	15:37
1994	Rushmoor (4M)	Bingley	2:10:16	Woking	2:13:40	Thames H&H	2:13:43	Hugh Arnold	20:17
1995	Sutton P (3M)	Hallamshire	1:39:24	Bingley	1:42:45	Hercules Wimb	1:45:03	Malcolm Martin	15:50
1996	Heaton P (3.1M)	Bingley	1:40:49	Hallamshire	1:41:02	Potteries Mara	1:44:02	Martyn Rouse	15:49
1997*	Sutton P (3.2M)	Bingley	1:49:14	Cardiff	1:49:40	Hallamshire	1:50:03	Malcolm Martin	16:54
1998	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Oxford City	2:06:09	Elswick	2:06:27	Aldershot	2:09:37	Peter Probin	20:15
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	1:38:34	Bingley	1:42:23	Poole R	1:42:34	Charlie Dickinson	15:48
2000	Heaton P (3.1M)	Oxford City	1:40:21	Stockport	1:42:28	Bingley	1:42:51	Ahmed Amraoui	15:37
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	1:39:56	Stockport	1:41:16	Bingley	1:41:51	Jimmy Bell	15:49
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Stockport	1:42:10	Oxford City	1:42:24	Cambuslang	1:42:25	Archie Jenkins	16:13
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Invicta EK	1:41:10	Oxford City	1:41:27	Cambuslang	1:41:43	Mick McDevitt	16:01
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	1:40:57	Brighton & Hove	1:41:23	Invicta EK	1:42:44	Nigel Gates	14:57
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	1:41:15	Invicta EK	1:43:27	Stockport	1:43:35	Peter Embleton	15:59
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Blackheath & B	1:42:45	Oxford City	1:42:47	Altrincham	1:44:42	Alan Camp	15:57
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Telford	1:41:29	Salford	1:43;10	Blackheath & B	1:43:31	Eric Williams	15:57
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Wesham RR	1:43:02	Oxford City	1:43:20	S London H	1:44:18	Ian Furness	15:16
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	1:42:44	Barnet	1:43:41	Wirral	1:44:35	Greg Wilson	16:00
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Cambuslang	1:40:56	Clayton-le-Moors	1:42:22	S London H	1:42:40	Bob Atkinson (Barr in F)	15:40
M60 (3 Stage)
1988	Tring (2.87M)	TVH	53:53	Hillingdon	55:45	Verlea	58:10	Steve Charlton	17:30
1989	Sutton P (3M)	TVH	56:22	Solihull	56:28	Clayton Le M	61:00	Colin Simpson	18:05
1990	Rushmoor (3.8)	Barnet	74:10	TVH	77:03	Hillingdon	81:37	Laurie Forster	23:54
1991	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	55:42	Solihull	57:03	Cambriedge	57:14	Derek Wood	18:03
1992	Heaton P (3.1M)	Barnet	56:44	Solihull	58:02	R Sutton C	59:36	Derek Wood	18:32
1993	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	55:09	Belgrave	55:22	Solihull	57:30	Laurie O’Hara	17:19
1994	Rushmoor (4M)	Belgrave	71:06	Barnet	71:33	Bingley	75:33	Laurie O’Hara	21:48
1995	Sutton P (3M)	Wirral	55:19	Barnet	56:06	Belgrave	56:50	Laurie O’Hara	17:29
1996	Heaton P (3.1M)	Barnet	57:03	Salford	57:43	Wirral	57:50	Eric Appleby	17:58
1997*	Sutton P (3.2M)	Wirral	61:12	Woodford G	61:13	Salford	62:17	Ray Davidson	18:48
1998	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Morpeth	70:09	Swansea	71:36	Barnet	73:24	Walter Ryder	22:05
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	54:52	Havering	55:19	Morpeth	56:20	Fred Gibbs	16:54
2000	Heaton P (3.1M)	Stockport	57:42	Thames H&H	57:49	Morpeth	58:27	Fred Gibbs	17:30
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Swansea	56:30	Thames H&H	58:18	Halesowen	59:04	Eric Knight	18:24
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol	54:14	Bingley	55:20	Hallamshire	55:58	Bob Toogood	17:17
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	53:48	Thames H&H	55:51	Blackheath & B	57:24	Mike Smith	17:31
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Aldershot	54:41	Bingley	54:55	Clydesdale	55:12	Bobby Young	16:58
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Clydesdale	52:35	Bingley	53:11	Trentham	54:16	Brian Campbell	17:09
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Clydesdale	54:27	Bingley	54:29	Aldershot	55:22	Bobby Young	17:33
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	53:59	Clydesdale	55:39	Birchfield	56:46	Gareth Jones	17:46
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Elswick H	52:40	Oxford City	53:26	Rotherham	53:46	Tony Norman	17:12
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Oxford City	53:22	Altrincham	54:12	Elswick	55:16	Roy Treadwell	17:35
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	53:19	Rotherham	54:07	Oxford City	54:39	Des Michael	17:18
M70 (3 Stage)
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Solihull	74:34					Colin Simpson	23:13
2000	Heaton P	no race
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	78:26	Solihull	79:41			Ted Horne	21:37
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	71:50	Clayton Le M	76:47			Ernie Blackler	22:50
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	64:41	Cleethorpes 83:26	83:26	Wrexham	88:27	Ron Higgs	20:15
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Glynneath	65:16	Barnet	67:10			David Naylor	20:19
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	69:10	Hillingdon	73:55	Garden City R	74:14	Ron Higgs	21:02
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Barnet	68:49	Wolds Vets	82:06	Birchfield	82:22	Ron Higgs	22:14
2007	Sutton P (3M)	New Marske	69:07	Blackpool W&F	70:08	Barnet	76:30	Jim Conaghan	21:46
2008	Sutton P (3M)	R Sutton C	70:03	Barnet	75:23	Birchfield	78:59	Richard Cashmore	21:17
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Exmouth H	65:42	Bingley	67:03	Clayton-Le-Moors	67:37	John Perratt	20:43
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	62:09	Exmouth H	65:42	New Marske	66:19	Fred Gibbs	19:55
M35 (4 Stage)
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Liverpool	63:39	N Shields Poly	64:49	Redhill RR	65:54	Dave Watson	14:46
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Horwich RMI	62:48	N Shields Poly	63:09	Telford	63:21	Paul Ward	15:08
2008	Sutton P (3M)	N Shield Poly	63:22	Holmfirth	66:17	Birchfield	66:30	Julian Emery	14:47
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Salford	62:00	Preston H	64:26	Redhill RR	64:31	Martin Cox	14:40
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Cambuslang	62:10	Trafford	62:37	Preston	62:44	Ian Salisbury	15:06
WOMEN
W35 (4 Stage)
1988	Tring (2.87M)	Arena 80	69:48	Les Croupiers	74:09	Portsmouth	74:27	Karen Bowler	16:54
1989	Sutton P (3M)	Westbury	72:18	Aldershot	72:53	R Sutton C	75:23	Celia Duncan	16:49
1990	Rushmoor (3.8)	Aldershot	98:51	Centurion	110:17	Shaftesbury	102:26	Diane Underwood	22:29
1991	Sutton P (3M)	Westbury	74:20	Bolton	75:01	Centurion	76:35	Pat Gallagher	17:17
1992	Heaton P (3.1M)	Bolton	73:30	Westbur	73:33	City of Stoke	75:41	Christine Price	16:56
1993	Sutton P (3M)	City of Bath	73:28	Bolton	74:25	Rowheath	75:18	Bronwyn Cardy	16:29
1994	Rushmoor (4M)	Invicta	97:44	Portsmouth J	97:57	City Portsmouth	99:42	Bronwyn Cardy	21:36
1995	Sutton P (3M)	Border	53:50	Trafford	53:56	Redhill RR	54:03	Jane Holt	16:23
1996	Heaton P (3.1M)	Macclesfield	55:06	Trafford	55:45	Spenborough	57:09	Jane Holt	16:42
1997*	Sutton P (3.2M)	Les Croupiers	58:19	Trafford	58:38	Macclesfield	59:07	Jane Shields	17:40
1998	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Shaftesbury B	69:25	Derby Ladies	69:56	Les Croupiers	69:59	Frances Gill	21:06
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Les Croupiers	54:42	Reading RR	55:17	City Bath	55:34	Frances Gill	16:52
2000	Heaton P (3.1M)	Derby Ladies	55:06	Macclesfield	55:09	Shettleston	55:12	Heather Knight	16:42
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol	53:14	Shaftesbury B	53:46	Altrincham	54:55	Heather Knight	16:35
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Bristol	53:34	Bideford	55:22	Redhill RR	55:50	Helen Burrell	17:10
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Shaftesbury B	52:18	Salford	53:15	Woodford G	54:41	Mel Ellis	17:11
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Liverpool H	52:41	Shaftesbury B	53:02	Neath	53:26	Christine Murphy	16:50
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Shaftesbury B	51:28 **	Bingley	52:36	Woodford G	53:21	Kate Ramsey	16:09
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Shaftesbury B	71:15	Wigan Phoenix	73:19	Telford	75:46	Angela Allen	17:11
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Birchfield	71:56	Wigan Phoenix	73:25	Horwich RMI	73:39	Rachel Jones	16:49
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Birchfield	69:56 ***	Dulwich R	72:32	Redhill RR	73:48	Clare Elms	16:32
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	72:57	Redhill RR	73:37	Winsor SE&H	74:15	Debbie Walters	16:21
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Dulwich R	72:30	Telford	72:42	Bingley	73:13	Jenny Clague	16:51
The women’s race began over four stages, 1988-1994 inc., before morphing into a three leg relay, 1995-2005 inc.
Since 2006, the W35 event switched back to the original four.
	**Best team time for 3 stages
	***Best team time for 4 stages
W45 (3 Stage)
1995	Sutton P (3M)	Hallamshire	58:48	Cannock & St	62:21	Stone MM	64:43	Carol Wild	18:00
1996	Heaton P (3.1M)	Bingley	58:47	Hallamshire	59:21	Bolton	65:21	Carol Wild	18:10
1997*	Sutton P (3M)	Bolton	64:15	Bingley	65:40	Cardiff	66:30	Sue Carriss	20:23
1998	Rushmoor (3.8M)	Epsom & Ewell	75:03	Redhill RR	75:55	Portsmouth J	77:20	Ann Ford	22:45
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Redhill RR	55:44	City Norwich	57:30	Hallamshire	57:40	Ann Ford	17:32
2000	Heaton P (3.1M)	Westbury	60:36	Rotherham	62:16	R Sutton C	64:56	Pat Gallagher	18:22
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Redhill RR	58:07	Cannock & St	60:32	Rotherham	62:27	Chris Kilkenny	18:10
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Redhill RR	58:52	City Bath	59:51	Wrexham	61:26	Ann Ford	18:00
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Cannock & Staff	58:45	City Bath	59:36	Wrexham	59:47	Ann Nixon	18:07
2004	Sutton P (3M)	City Bath	55:44	Holmfirth	57:03	Cannock & Staff	58:09	Jo Thompson	16:51
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Wrexham	57:04	Redhill RR	59:04	Bromsgrove & R	61:09	Dianne Waite	18:09
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Falkirk Victoria	55:40	Holmfirth	59:52	Les Croupiers	59:56	Fiona Matheson	17:29
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Reading RR	54:47	Falkirk Victoria	55:36	Clayton-Le_Moors	56:43	Fiona Matheson	16:59
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Reading RR	55:29	Blackpool W&F	56:04	N Shields Poly	60:16	Jo Thompson	17:48
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Reading RR	54:06	Bristol & West	56:36	City of Norwich	56:46	Sarah Gee	17:07
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Windsor SE&H	57:22	City of Norwich	57:32	Altrincham	59:06	Jane Clarke	17:40
W55 (3 Stage)
1999	Sutton P (3M)	Bromley Vets	69:33					R Rossouw	22:49
2000	Heaton P	no race
2001	Sutton P (3M)	Shaftesbury B	71:53	Les Croupiers	72:58	Clayton Le M	78:46	Carol Gould	21:37
2002	Sutton P (3M)	Wymondham	69:18	Shaftesbury B	72:26	Barnet	73:20	Carol Gould	21:47
2003	Sutton P (3M)	Serpentine	63:44	Barnet	68:25	Les Croupiers	68:54	Pauline Rich	20:49
2004	Sutton P (3M)	Serpentine	65:32	Coventry Godiva	67:04	Barnet	69:57	Linda White	20:35
2005	Sutton P (3M)	Coventry Godiva	67:14	Barnet	69:47	Les Croupiers	72:56	Linda White	20:52
2006	Sutton P (3M)	Bingley	64:25	Les Croupiers	69:05	Barnet	70:47	Sue Cariss	19:11
2007	Sutton P (3M)	Wolds Vets	62:02	Dulwich R	62:28	Bingley	67:22	Daphne Elmore	18:50
2008	Sutton P (3M)	Dulwich R	61:14	Les Croupiers	67:13	Clayton Le M	71:38	Daphne Elmore	18:21
2009	Sutton P (3M)	Cannock & Staff	61:48	Wolds Vets	63:26	Hallamshire	63:36	Daphne Elmore	18:29
2010	Sutton P (3M)	Wolds Vets	66:36	Team Bath	67:51	Holmfirth	68:41	Gail Duckworth	18:32
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