2019 Hooky 6

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2019 Hooky 6

As races are not taking place at the moment, I'm creating some web pages entitled "where I was taking photos this time last year". Today, I'm looking at the Hooky 6 which starts/finishes in Hook Norton.

The organiser's website says "This 6M course takes you on an undulating two-lap route around the beautiful village of Hook Norton - starting and finishing on the grass at the Hook Norton Social Club the main race is suitable for all abilities (16 years and up) - there is also a 1M fun run." Last year's race took place on Sun Aug 4th 2019 and this year's race was to have taken place today (Sun Aug 2nd 2020). Unfortunately, because of Covid-19 it has had to be cancelled.

By the way, you can click on any of the photos on this web page to see the photo in hi-res.

The route of the race

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The above map is taken from mapmyrun. It has distance markers at every kilometre although the race itself is marked with mile markers.

Photos of the male runners who did well at the 2019 Hooky 6

Here are some photos of the male runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

James Bolton (662, Woodstock_Harriers) was 1st and the 1st MV40 finishing in a time of 00:32:32.
James was in the lead all the way round the course finishing over a minute ahead of the second runner. This photo shows him just into the second lap (at about 3.2M) - there are no runners immediately behind him.

Sam Upton (993, Witney_Road_Runners) was 2nd and the 1st SM finishing in a time of 00:33:43.
This photo shows that with 0.1M to go Tegs Jones was just ahead of Sam but in the end Sam beat Tegs by 2 seconds.

Tegs Jones (824, Witney_Road_Runners) was 3rd and the 2nd MV40 finishing in a time of 00:33:45.

Anthony Lock (852, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 1st MV50 finishing in a time of 00:37:28.

Robert Kerr (833, Alchester_RC) was the 1st MV60 finishing in a time of 00:43:41.

Dave Pettifer (910, Kenilworth_Runners) was the 1st MV70 finishing in a time of 00:43:44.

Photos of male runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first male runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than two runners competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

James Clayton (693, Abingdon_AC) was 8th and the 6th SM finishing in a time of 00:36:59.

Tony Gill (769, Adderbury_RC) was the 9th MV70 finishing in a time of 01:03:05.

Stefan Martin (866, Badgers_Running_Club) was the 17th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:43:07.
The Badgers_Running_Club is based in Baddesley Ensor, a village in North Warwickshire that is close to the A5 - it's not far from the A5's junction with the M42. 9 runners from the club took part in this race.

Darren Long (854, Bourton_Roadrunners) was the 3rd MV40 finishing in a time of 00:37:48.

Serge Daval (715, Brackley_and_District_RC) was the 12th MV50 finishing in a time of 00:43:38.

Ali Herbert (797, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was 5th and the 3rd SM finishing in a time of 00:34:06.

Tom Baker (644, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 12th SM finishing in a time of 00:38:27.

Scott Southey (963, Harwell_Harriers) was the 17th SM finishing in a time of 00:40:18.

Duncan Lawrence (843, Headington_RoadRunners) was 4th and the 2nd SM finishing in a time of 00:33:50.

Wiz Bunce (678, Kidlington_RC) was the 5th MV60 finishing in a time of 00:50:38.

Peter Moor (879, Northampton_RR) was the 26th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:46:11.

Kevin Joynes-Creed (827, Running_Somewhere_Else) was the 48th MV40 finishing in a time of 01:09:34.
Running_Somewhere_Else is a running club based in Cirencester.

John-Paul Hunt (812, Spa_Striders) was the 11th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:40:27.
Spa_Striders is a running club based in Leamington Spa.

William Robertson (933, Sphinx_AC) was the 23rd MV40 finishing in a time of 00:45:53.
Sphinx_AC is a running club based in Coventry.

Darren Nash (892, Stratford_AC) was the 4th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:37:51.

Jason Cooke (699, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 7th MV40 finishing in a time of 00:38:28.

Photos of the female runners who did well at the 2019 Hooky 6

Here are some photos of the female runners who finished in the top 3 and/or were first in their age category. These photos are ordered by the position of the runner.

Diane Foster (754, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 1st female and the 1st FV35 finishing in a time of 00:39:20.

Kate Allred (632, Eynsham_Roadrunners) was the 2nd female and the 1st FV45 finishing in a time of 00:39:33.

Emily Georgiades (766, Headington_RoadRunners) was the 3rd female and the 1st SL finishing in a time of 00:39:45.

Caroline Kerr (832, Alchester_RC) was the 1st FV55 finishing in a time of 00:47:31.

Pauline Dable (712, Kenilworth_Runners) was the 1st FV65 finishing in a time of 01:02:02.

Photos of female runners from other running clubs

Here are some photos of the first female runner from running clubs other than those mentioned above. I've only included those clubs that had more than two runners competing. These photos are ordered by the name of the running club.

Jennifer Swarbrick (979, Abingdon_AC) was the 9th FV35 finishing in a time of 00:47:50.
This photo also shows Becks Compton whose gun time was 1 second slower - her chip time was the same as Jennifer's.

Heather Finnigan (746, Adderbury_RC) was the 5th FV55 finishing in a time of 00:54:52.

Nivette Chester (688, Badgers_Running_Club) was the 3rd FV45 finishing in a time of 00:44:37.

Susan Hunt (811, Bourton_Roadrunners) was the 9th FV45 finishing in a time of 00:48:22.

Both Chloe Plester (915) and Anne-Marie Gordon (771) from Brackley_and_District_RC had a gun time of 00:59:17.

Rachel Piper (914, Cherwell_Runners_and_Joggers) was the 5th FV35 finishing in a time of 00:43:56.

Rachel Mulvaney (888, Harwell_Harriers) was the 11th SL finishing in a time of 00:49:13.

Andrea Finnigan (745, Kidlington_RC) was the 7th FV35 finishing in a time of 00:46:02.

Sheena Desborough (724, Northampton_RR) was the 23rd FV45 finishing in a time of 00:56:14.

Caroline Joynes-Creed (828, Running_Somewhere_Else) was the 46th FV45 finishing in a time of 01:09:34.

Claire Murphy (889, Spa_Striders) was the 6th female and the 2nd FV35 finishing in a time of 00:41:27.

Clare Weatherhead (1006, Stratford_AC) was the 7th FV45 finishing in a time of 00:47:48.

Anna Bedford (654, White_Horse_Harriers) was the 10th SL finishing in a time of 00:47:38.

Isabel Stubbs (974, Witney_Road_Runners) was the 4th female and the 2nd SL finishing in a time of 00:39:55.

Melanie Hawkins (792, Woodstock_Harriers) was the 10th FV35 finishing in a time of 00:48:05.

Postscript

If you did the Hooky 6 in 2019 and want a reminder, then here's a link to all the photos that I took. There's a calculator on that web page that makes it easy to find the photos of a runner given their time and you can find the time from the results web page.

If you want to see the reviews I've done on other races, then here's a link to a web page that includes an index of the reviews of races.

I'm planning for my next review to be of the 2019 Alchester 5K. I hope to post that on Wednesday Aug 12th 2020.

I maintain a web page for runners that provides a list of races near Oxfordshire and the latest results. As well as a lot of postponed/cancelled races(!), it is now beginning to includes some races that plan to abide by the Covid-19 regulations. So go and visit www.oxonraces.com to see what races may take place. And if you use twitter, you may want to follow @oxonraces to become aware of important changes to this web page.

This web page is at www.oxonraces.com/blog/2020-08-02-hook-norton. It was created on July 31st 2020 and last updated on August 2nd 2020.