RESULTS
Boxfit Crosstraining
Competition
Luton, 9 March
2002
Firstly, what a great competition! See competitor times.
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Adam Horder, winner of 9 March Boxfit, proving
that CrossTraining can be fun. See mpeg video
(921k - it will take a while)
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Great for several reasons, the organisation was terrific and Dave Coard
together with Stuart Leng and the rest of the Box-fit crew from Fitness
First, should be chuffed to bits with the way the day's competition
ran. Also, the day's racing provided a great atmosphere and some really
exciting battles in both the mens and ladies events respectively.
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The younger dangerous brother, Ceri Whitmore, just
gets pipped by brother Will |
Many of the finalists from previous X-Zone and Ultra-fit competitions
were in attendance and the last few heats of both the men's and ladies
open competition were very hotly contested.
We (Team Future Fitness) had no competitors in the short course event
this year and so I had a bit of a 'lie in' and so missed watching most
of the short course. Looking at the times posted though, most were similar
to last year's (mid 14mins), with the exeption of the mens and ladies
winners who posted exceptionally fast times of just over 12mins. The
mens short course event was won by Nik Kandola. Nik being one of the
very few to make it to the end phase of the BBC programme "SAS
are you tough enough?"
As far as the open events were concerned, the heat between Rebecca
Ceil and last year's winner, Michelle Parsons was pre-billed to be the
race of the day as far as the ladies were concerned. Lisa Cox soon put
a spanner in the works though, by posting a blisteringly hot time of
18mins - this of course now meant that it was going to be even more
interesting, as not only were Becky and Michelle racing one another,
but were also chasing Lisa's time from two heats previous.
From a spectator's point of view, it was a great battle between the
two girls. I was actually stood directly in front of Rebecca on the
runner and although obviously in a great deal of pain from the efforts
of the previous nine excersises, she hung really tough on the treadmill
to beat Michelle for the first time. Michelle had unfortunately been
suffering with illness and I don't recall seeing her walk so much on
the treadmill, but she battled on bravely to eventually finish in fourth
place.
A finalist at last years Ultra-fit, Lisa has obviously made some great
improvements in her training programme and proved to be the class act
on the day winning by nearly two minutes.
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Ladies Open winners: Becky Ceil, Lisa Cox, and Gill
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The mens event proved to be just as exciting and once again the pre-billed
square off between Ausie Adam Hoarder and last years winner Lee Rankin
was thought to be the race of the day. Adam actually travelled to our
Gym in Gloucestershire a few weeks ago to train with Lee and Phil McConnell
and it was quite interesting watching them try to out chin, bench, shoulder
press, cycle, row and run one another.
At the mid stage of the mens event, the fastest time posted was still
only in the mid 22mins and we all assumed that perhaps it was a slower
course this year because of the strict (but fair) judging. At one point
I did think that I shouldn't have had that second glass of red the night
before, as I thought I was seeing double.
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Mens Winners: Carl Turrito, Lee Rankin, and Adam Horder |
It actually turned out to be identical twin brothers Jamie and Darren
Farr. The boys
both posted very respectable times of just over 21mins and 20mins 27secs
respectively.
It wasn't until we got to the last few heats that we saw the 20 minute
barrier broken by 'Dangerous Brother' Will Whitmore. Will just managed
to pip his brother Ceri and I thought it was a nice touch that Dave
Coard had arranged for both Will and Ceri to race one another. Phil
Talbot was looking very lean and mean after doing a lot more rowing
recently and the Ultra-fit Champion soon put some respectability into
the Masters category with an impressive time of around 18 mins. It wasn't
quite good enough on this occasion though, as Andrew Laidlaw posted
a time of a few seconds quicker than Phil to win the event. Again, Andrew
is another guy who has made some great improvements over the past two
years.
There was a little guy called Carl Turrito who impressed me last year
at both the Ultra-fit, where he only just missed the final and at the
Tropicana Champs where he place equal 5th with Phil McConnell. I can
only assume that Carl must come from a triathlon or cycling background
(judging by the kit he wears) and it was going to be interesting to
see if his success of last year would continue. Sure enough, Carl posted
the first sub 18 mins time of the day with 17mins 57secs, a time which
turned out to be good enough for third spot over all. Our boy Phil had
a great battle with 'new comer' Gary Nicholas and they pushed each other
all the way, Gary just winning that race by a few seconds and the boys
eventually picked up fourth and fifth respectively.
And so to the last heat of the day between Adam and Lee. Having to
Play catch up from as early as the shoulder press, Lee unfortunately
never got on terms with Adam who 'flew' down the course. A very strong
guy is Adam and he had nearly a full minute's lead at the runner, by
which time Lee pretty much knew it was all over. Never one to give up
though, Lee 'dug in' on the treadmill and picked up a very respectable
second place with just over 17mins. So it was to be a reversal of last
years Tropicana result, with Adam turning the tables and taking the
title in a new Championship record time of 16mins 40secs. Well done
guys, Hell of a race!!
In the team event, although fast and furious as always. There was only
going to be one winner, netfit. A team comprised of the mens open winner
(who we are now calling Adam 'Sheila' Hoarder by virtue of the fact
that he did his section of the event wearing a skirt and red wig, proving
that this cross-training lark can also be a bit of fun) Lee Rankin and
top female cross-trainer Christine Tooze. To be fair, Netfit
were pushed all the way by Michelle Parsons, Andy Watson and Leandro
Natale who placed a relatively close second. .
My thoughts:
An excellent competition! Easily comparable to Tropicana, if not better.
Very well organised and judged. A nice venue, even though it took us
about two and a half hours to get there. Could be comparable to Ultra-fit,
if a few more of the top guy and girls attend the next one.
Well done to all that competed!!!!!!!!
Ade Clift
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BOXFIT FITNESS CHALLENGE 9TH MARCH 2002
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RESULTS LADIES INTERMEDIATE
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RESULTS MENS INTERMEDIATE
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| 1 |
HELEN BARNETT |
11.25 |
1 |
NIK KANDOLA |
12.24 |
| 2 |
JULIE WARD |
12.38 |
2 |
DAVE TAMS |
14.48 |
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BUFFY PIERCE |
12.41 |
3 |
STEVE SKELTON |
15.27 |
| 4 |
JO BLACK |
13.09 |
4 |
TONY FOUNTAIN |
15.56 |
| 5 |
DONNA SMITH |
13.50 |
5 |
KEITH JUSTIN |
16.42 |
| 6 |
SHARON SLY |
14.05 |
6 |
JORDI DURAN |
19.14 |
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CARLY CONNOLLY |
14.27 |
7 |
NICK LAWRENCE |
19.24 |
| 8 |
MICHELLE PRATT |
14.30 |
8 |
DARRIN PERCY |
20.06 |
| 9 |
LESLEY GLOCK |
14.37 |
9 |
BOB BASSETT (ASSISTED TIME) |
20.08 |
| 10 |
PATRICIA PHILLIPS |
15.01 |
10 |
ALEX LETHAM |
20.09 |
| 11 |
LISA MARTINDALE |
15.01 |
11 |
GORDON LUCKIN |
20.34 |
| 12 |
TINA LEGG |
15.18 |
12 |
BOB FARROW |
20.52 |
| 13 |
AUGUST BULI |
15.53 |
13 |
JOHN LINE |
21.34 |
| 14 |
CHRISTINE HALPIN |
16.28 |
14 |
BRIAN CLARKE |
21.38 |
| 15 |
M EAGLES |
16.40 |
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| 16 |
JAN FOREMAN |
19.45 |
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MICHAEL CUMMINS (ASSISTED TIME) |
14.57 |
| 17 |
ALISON DALTON |
19.55 |
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PHIL MCBROWN (ASSISTED TIME) |
15.49 |
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RESULTS LADIES MASTERS |
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| 1 |
LISA COX |
18.46 |
1 |
SUSAN REGAN(M) |
25.42 |
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REBECCA CIEL |
20.36 |
2 |
MARIE-NOELLE CLERMONT (M) |
31.55 |
| 3 |
GILL WATSON |
21.57 |
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MICHELLE PARSONS |
22.00 |
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CARMEL BASSETT(M) (ASSISTED TIME) |
25.07 |
| 5 |
TRUDI HAWKSWORTH |
24.13 |
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| 6 |
PHILLIPA ARMITAGE |
24.26 |
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| 7 |
SARAH KEMP |
24.30 |
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| 8 |
JANE SEMPLE |
26.12 |
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| 9 |
PENNY ASHBY |
37.05 |
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| RESULTS MENS OPEN |
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RESULTS MENS MASTERS |
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| 1 |
ADAM HORDER |
16.40 |
1 |
ANDREW LAIDLAW (M) |
18.57 |
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LEE RANKIN |
17.38 |
2 |
PHIL TALBOT(M) |
19.27 |
| 3 |
CARL TIRRITO |
17.57 |
3 |
PAUL COOPER(M) |
19.32 |
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GARY NICHOLAS |
18.35 |
4 |
LEE NATALE(M) |
19.37 |
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PHIL MCCONNELL |
18.46 |
5 |
STEVEN WATTS(M) |
19.51 |
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WILL WHITMORE |
19.30 |
6 |
DAVE COX(M) |
20.14 |
| 7 |
SIMON BELLINGER |
19.51 |
7 |
GARY YATES(M) |
22.18 |
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CERI WHITMORE |
20.02 |
8 |
GEOFFREY WISEMAN (M) |
22.39 |
| 9 |
ANDY WATSON |
20.25 |
9 |
DENNIS COX(M) |
23.16 |
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DARREN FARR |
20.27 |
10 |
JO BUTCHER(M) |
23.21 |
| 11 |
ANDY WOOD |
20.36 |
11 |
LANCE HAWKSWORTH(M) |
24.59 |
| 12 |
ROSCOE NASH |
20.54 |
12 |
SYLBURN MILLER (M) |
25.03 |
| 13 |
JAMIE FARR |
21.15 |
13 |
RICHARD VIDGEN(M) |
27.15 |
| 14 |
SIMON FRENCH |
21.54 |
14 |
GARY NICHOLLS(M) |
27.43 |
| 15 |
MARK BAILEY |
22.30 |
15 |
TONY HOWELLS(M) |
28.01 |
| 16 |
DAN LAMPTON |
22.47 |
16 |
STEVE HYLAND(M) |
28.08 |
| 17 |
M CUMMINS |
23.19 |
17 |
PETER JOSLING(M) |
29.26 |
| 18 |
DANIEL CARTER |
24.25 |
18 |
JOSEPH FURLONGE(M) |
30.32 |
| 19 |
MARK GLOCK |
24.34 |
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RESULTS TEAMS |
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MARTIN DILWORTH |
24.57 |
1 |
NETFIT |
14.25 |
| 21 |
JAN VISSER |
25.01 |
2 |
BOXFIT A |
14.53 |
| 22 |
CHRIS PENMAN |
26.22 |
3 |
BOXFIT B |
15.06 |
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LUKE SEDGE |
26.28 |
4 |
DB MAX |
15.24 |
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JOHN BENNETT |
28.10 |
5 |
FITWISE 1 |
15.55 |
| 25 |
ANDY ROBERTSON |
28.22 |
6 |
CROSS TRAINING UK |
16.12 |
| 26 |
IAN LITTLEFIELD |
30.57 |
7 |
FITNESS FIRST |
16.57 |
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FITWISE 2 |
17.36 |
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CHARLIE CLAYTON (ASSISTED TIME) |
31.00 |
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DIMENSIONS |
18.14 |
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OLUKYIA (ASSISTED TIME) |
37.33 |
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TRIO |
20.52 |
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