Dave Lindop of Penistone seems to have sort of retired, thinking he was disqualified, while he did appear to have completed the whole course in a time that put him in the first ten. This fit of dementia ughilliensis placed him high in the running to receive Hiro\'s Fan for imaginative perambulation. The award was ultimately made jointly to him and to Dave Griffen who had done something similar but without being too conscious of it. The fan (also missing) was symbolically presented for this most meritorious team effort by the Penistone stars. The handsome moose head went to Beverley Bean, fresh from beating Edwin in the Sheffield triathion and very neatly nicked in under the hour. Chris Manthorpe walked off, not only with the coveted Granville Harper Memorial trophy but also with the, rather less coveted, grotesquely neo facist Brugarolas cup for coming first in the Loxley valley rough running series. Well done Chris, Graham Berry and everyone else.

Lovely weather, ideal running conditions and the 11am start combined to bring out a record field for the eleventh running of this demure little event, discreetest pearl in the local fell running repertoire.

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