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Analysis of 2017 finishers

Fri, 23 Jun 2017


  • 127 walkers completed the full distance
  • 72 were previous finishers, of whom 33 set personal best times
  • 55 first-time finishers
  • 11.4% of walkers reaching Santon completed the full distance

Number of previous finishers: 72

Male: 43

Female: 29

Number of first time finishers: 55

Female: 35

Male: 20

The 2017 Manx Telecom Parish Walk will live long in the memory for being one of the hottest Parish Walks in history, which was undoubtedly one of the factors for there being a lower percentage of finishers than we have seen in most previous years.

Record percentage of female finishers

63 of the finishers were men, 64 women. This represents the largest ever percentage of ladies (50.4%) finishing the full distance, beating the previous best of 36.8% which, strangely, was identical in both 2016 and 2015. The highest number of female finishers was 76 in 2013, but in that year conditions were much more benign and a total of 215 people completed the full 85 miles, which is still the highest number ever recorded.

Previous finishers

72 of the 127 finishers, or 56.7%, had finished before.

Pete Miller made the biggest improvement, taking an incredible 5 hours and 29 seconds off his previous personal best and claiming a gold award for a sub-18 hour performance by crossing the line in 17 hours 58 minutes exactly, in a fine 6th place. Pete’s only previous finish was in 2013 and he got to Lezayre in 2015 but in the interim he has completed three ‘Centurion’ walks (100 miles in 24 hours), one in Castletown in August 2015, one in Scheidam, Netherlands in May 2016 and the other being the inaugural South African Centurion around Robben Island in Autumn 2016.

Other walkers to set huge personal bests were:

  • Michael Osborne, who lopped a massive 3 hours 25 minutes and 59 seconds off his debut finish from last year, finishing 14th in 18:56:21;
  • Robin Crellin, who finished 22nd and improved his time by 2 hours 45 minutes and 6 seconds to 19:46:38; and
  • Kevin Edwards, who finished in 8th place in a time of 18:14:39, which represented an improvement of 2:38:48.
  • First time finishers

Top 3 first time finishers (male):

Position Number Name Time  
19th= 325 Aaron Kneale 19:29:16  
24th 276 Glenn Faragher 20:28:55  
41st= 515 Lawrence Dyer 21:19:44  

Top 3 first time finishers (female):

Position Number Name Time  
23rd 1193 Silvia Moschen 20:26:11  
36th= 916 Lucy Titley 20:55:19  
41st= 1185 Heather Melvin 21:19:44  

Almost two-thirds of those finishing for the first time were ladies (35 out of a total of 55).

The fastest first-time finisher was Aaron Kneale, who finished 6th in his first competitive walking event (last year’s Ramsey Bakery End to End Walk) and who had trained hard for the Parish Walk. Aaron claimed joint 19th place in a time of 19:29:16, teaming up with multiple finisher Jayne Farquhar shortly after Maughold and walking the rest of the way with her.

Silvia Moschen was the fastest lady finishing for the first time, crossing the line in a fine 23rd place in 20:26:11.

The second and third fastest ladies to finish for the first time, Lucy Titley and Heather Melvin, were in esteemed company for the duration of the walk. Both walked virtually every step of the way with previous finishers who have gone under 17 hours for the full distance – 16-time finisher Andrew Titley in Lucy’s case, and 3-time finisher Tom Melvin in Heather’s case. Heather and Tom were also in company with Lawrence Dyer who was the third fastest male to complete the course for the first time and who also claimed the Merit Award at Tuesday’s prize-giving ceremony.

The second-fastest man to finish for the first time, Glenn Faragher, set a steady and consistent pace and finished in a very credible 24th place in 20:28:55. This is particularly impressive given that, according to the database, this was Glenn’s first entry in the Parish Walk.

Finishers’ analysis

Here is a table showing every finisher, their position and their time, with details of their PB improvements where applicable.

 

Position Race No: Name 2017

 

Time

Previous Best Improve
1st 33 Liam Parker 15:36:59 16:16:13 00:39:14
2nd 3 Karen Chiarello 15:53:44 16:00:03 00:06:19
3rd 11 Adam Killip 16:58:26 17:30:40 00:32:14
4th 21 Karen Lawrie 17:48:50 17:53:10 00:04:20
5th 16 James Quirk 17:52:03 17:56:30 00:04:27
6th 172 Pete Miller 17:58:00 22:58:29 05:00:29
7th 37 Alan Cowin 18:05:12 16:39:13  
8th 99 Kevin Edwards 18:14:39 20:53:27 02:38:48
9th 12 Andrew Dawson 18:22:02 16:52:55  
10th 5 Sue Biggart 18:22:45 16:23:14  
10th 35 Chris Cale 18:22:45 16:43:22  
12th 29 Tony Edwards 18:24:18 19:09:35 00:45:17
13th 32 Ray Pitts 18:27:21 15:51:42  
14th 150 Michael Osborne 18:56:21 22:22:20 03:25:59
15th 26 Gabriel Farmer 18:58:13 19:00:37 00:02:24
16th 41 Maureen Moffatt 19:18:25 17:31:21  
17th 24 Stephanie Quayle 19:28:57 18:05:08  
17th 65 Courtenay Heading 19:28:57 19:55:55 00:26:58
19th 23 Jayne Farquhar 19:29:16 18:39:53  
19th 325 Aaron Kneale 19:29:16 First finish  
21st 59 Tony Holgate 19:34:44 19:36:14 00:01:30
22nd 85 Robin Crellin 19:46:38 22:31:44 02:45:06
23rd 1193 Silvia Moschen 20:26:11 First finish  
24th 276 Glenn Faragher 20:28:55 First finish  
25th 129 Nicola Raven 20:30:36 22:06:14 01:35:38
26th 76 Steve Pevsner 20:35:54 20:24:01  
27th 58 Bernadette Devlin 20:39:05 19:36:20  
28th 122 John Struthers 20:40:57 20:49:51 00:08:54
29th = 68 Michael Lyall 20:41:55 19:58:07  
29th = 55 Andrew Dixon 20:41:55 19:29:18  
31st 96 Samuel Cannell 20:44:37 20:48:47 00:04:10
32nd = 138 Steven Parker 20:52:12 22:03:19 01:11:07
32nd = 137 Suzy Parker 20:52:12 22:03:19 01:11:07
34th = 69 Hattie Thomas 20:54:34 19:58:46  
34th = 108 Megan Thomas 20:54:34 20:27:33  
36th = 25 Andrew Titley 20:55:19 16:50:51  
36th = 916 Lucy Titley 20:55:19 First finish  
38th 48 Alan Teare 20:57:32 18:51:29  
39th 95 Gareth Brolly 21:00:03 20:41:50  
40th 157 Kathryn Prince 21:03:54 22:30:44 01:26:50
41st = 1185 Heather Melvin 21:19:44 First finish  
41st = 515 Lawrence Dyer 21:19:44 First finish  
41st = 36 Tom Melvin 21:19:44 16:46:53  
44th 126 Abigail Neill 21:20:29 21:55:15 00:34:46
45th 142 Greg Nation 21:20:35 21:17:11  
46th 1119 Claire Jackson 21:25:20 First finish  
47th 412 Richard Strivens 21:28:42 First finish  
48th 38 Steve Corkill 21:33:53 21:49:03 00:15:10
49th 164 Janna Kelly 21:37:41 22:41:36 01:03:55
50th 490 James Corkish 21:40:36 First finish  
51st 149 Jayne Simpson 21:42:05 22:22:28 00:40:23
52nd 115 Lindsey Wood 21:48:02 21:39:27  
53rd = 439 Richard Ashton 21:49:36 First finish  
53rd = 9 Noel Ash 21:49:36 17:00:05  
53rd = 8 Stephen Corkill 21:49:36 16:59:35  
56th 110 Aaron Curphey 21:52:43 21:27:14  
57th 140 May Hooper 22:00:24 22:14:50 00:14:26
58th = 501 Ged Davies 22:02:11 First finish  
58th = 202 Kevin Pulman 22:02:11 23:44:44 01:42:33
60th 153 Tiffany Bell 22:05:39 22:33:28 00:27:49
61st 97 June Melvin 22:11:07 20:50:31  
62th = 40 Emma Shilling 22:11:53 17:16:15  
62th = 148 Rebecca Stride 22:11:53 22:22:29 00:10:36
64th = 246 Matt Cory 22:14:06 First finish  
64th = 546 Tom Hanks 22:14:06 First finish  
66th = 691 Michelle Barrett 22:16:48 First finish  
66th = 158 Roger Davies 22:16:48 22:30:36 00:13:48
68th 207 Bill Vaughan 22:17:50 23:22:21 01:04:31
69th 87 Stephanie Gray 22:18:07 20:34:48  
70th 93 Damian Bird 22:19:14 20:47:14  
71st 1270 Joanne Thompson 22:20:42 First finish  
72nd 959 Sarah Bassett 22:23:37 First finish  
73rd 542 Jonathan Hall 22:24:12 First finish  
74th 902 Helen Squires 22:33:04 First finish  
75th 395 Tristan Shields 22:34:47 First finish  
76th 727 Nicola Craig 22:36:12 First finish  
77th 644 Sean Skillicorn 22:36:28 First finish  
78th 1017 Ann-Marie Clucas 22:42:05 First finish  
79th 167 Adie Corlett 22:42:31 22:15:18  
80th 92 Carol McCoubrey 22:48:23 20:47:24  
81st = 822 Jenna Macgregor 22:52:13 First finish  
81st = 1296 Sarah Winrow 22:52:13 First finish  
83rd 232 Ben Campbelton 22:56:48 First finish  
84th 787 Amy Hide 22:58:52 First finish  
85th = 177 John Cooper 22:59:23 23:08:55 00:09:32
85th = 179 Gary Scott 22:59:23 23:08:55 00:09:32
87th = 1099 Caroline Harrison 23:04:01 First finish  
87th = 1202 Justine Oates 23:04:01 First finish  
89th 1284 Jenny Walmsley 23:04:29 First finish  
90th 497 Garry Curtis 23:05:34 First finish  
91st 263 Chris Danaher 23:05:46 First finish  
92nd 145 Chris Monaghan 23:11:10 22:14:43  
93rd 208 Stephen Cletheroe 23:11:58 23:33:08 00:21:10
 

 

94th =

 

 

1080

 

Miriam Garlick

 

 

23:13:18

 

First finish

 
94th = 1213 Anita Parnell 23:13:18 First finish  
96th 1291 Pippa Wilkins 23:15:31 First finish  
97th 529 Davey Gawne 23:17:02 First finish  
98th 1268 Corrie Thom 23:17:57 First finish  
99th 200 Lee Kewley 23:18:42 23:42:03 00:23:21
100th = 405 Ben Smaller 23:20:35 First finish  
100th = 144 John Wagstaffe 23:20:25 22:19:34  
100th = 174 Colette Johnston 23:20:35 Unknown  
103rd 197 Lynn Strickland 23:31:43 23:30:08  
104th 1024 Amy Coole 23:34:35 First finish  
105th 1266 Fiona Teare 23:38:02 First finish  
106th 1217 Marie-Paule Pierson 23:38:26 First finish  
107th 105 Michael Crook 23:40:26 21:13:36  
108th = 159 Zoe Lambie 23:40:42 22:00:32  
108th = 73 Suzannah Corkill 23:40:42 19:13:58  
110th 889 Victoria Singer 23:41:24 First finish  
111th = 880 Rebekkah Ringham 23:42:01 First finish  
111th = 1083 Denise Gimbert 23:42:01 First finish  
113th 417 Sean Unsworth 23:42:40 First finish  
114th 821 Charlotte Looker 23:43:53 First finish  
115th 1235 Jo Robert 23:44:18 First finish  
116th 1212 Rachel Palmer 23:44:18 First finish  
 

 

 

117th =

 

 

 

792

 

 

Danielle Househam

 

 

 

23:48:19

 

First

finish

 
117th = 112 Kevin Watterson 23:48:19 21:34:16  
119th 1298 Alina Wojcik

 

 

23:48:45 First finish  
120th 788 Natasha Hinds 23:48:54 First finish  
121st 932 Andrea Weatherill 23:49:09 First finish  
122nd = 331 Jack Locker 23:53:56 First finish  
122nd = 361 Ted O’Mahony 23:53:56 First finish  
124th = 943 Tabby Wright 23:55:10 First finish  
124th = 820 Eve Locker  

 

23:55:10

First finish  
126th 189 Garry Asling 23:56:58 23:22:51  
127th 171 Carolyn Magee 24:14:21 22:36:42  

Unfortunately I cannot locate a previous finishing time for Colette Johnston, who finished joint 100th. Colette was listed in the programme as a previous finisher but the database doesn’t reveal her time. If anyone has this information please send a private message on the Parish Walk Facebook page and I will amend the table. Likewise if you spot any errors with the data, please let me know!

Many congratulations to everyone who finished the event in such difficult conditions.

I’ll be back over the weekend with some more (hopefully interesting) analysis focusing on some particular individual performances.