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Woodman, Smith and McNanara were joined by SSgts Bowen and Fisher and Sgts Price and Jones in the female races. They were ably supported by the “RAPTC Pensioners” aka Capt (DNF) Foreshew, Capt Wilson, WO1 Haniver and SSgt Mansfield.
There were several dazzling individual performances with WO2 Hughes finishing 4th, Sgt Woodman 10th and Sgt Syrett 14th in the senior male race and WO1 Haniver finishing 2nd and SSgt Mansfield 9th in the senior female event. In the team rankings, the RAPTC showed its depth and resurgence with the male masters finishing 6th, the senior females 3rd, the female masters runners up and the senior male team crowned the Inter Corps Championship 2018. Furthermore, on the back of his performance, WO2 Hughes was selected to represent the Army at the Inter Service XC Championships where he finished a very impressive 8th overall (4th Army).
thousand other competitors. This year’s race was registered as the hottest London Marathon since records began. As temperatures soared to 22 degrees, athletes enjoyed every drop of water from the 650,000 bottles of Buxton mineral water handed out.
In some of the most testing conditions I have endured during my previous 19 London marathons, it was not a day for personal bests and that was reflected in the finishing times. However, with the average male and female finishing times of 3:48mins and 4:23mins, respectively, I am happy to report that all of our athletes finished well inside the aforementioned times.
Inter Service Marathon Final Results
Name
Finishing Time
Inter Service Placing
Army Placing
Final Results
WO2 R Hughes
Senior Male 4
SSgt D Farrugia 2hrs 49mins WO1 C Paton 2hrs 57mins
10th 5th
21th 10th
(3rd Masters) (2nd Masters)
Name
Race
Position
SSgt G Young
2hrs 57mins
20th
9th
Sgt A Woodman
Senior Male
9
Sgt A Syrett
Senior Male
12
SSgt G Young
Senior Male
18
SSgt C Williams
Senior Male
22
SSgt G Dove
Senior Male
24
Sgt N Curtis
Senior Male
28
Sgt G McNanara
Senior Male
29
Sgt D Smith
Senior Male
36
Sgt A Briggs
Senior Male
44
WO1 K Haniver
Senior Female
2
SSgt S Mansfield
Senior Female
9
Sgt A Morrow
Senior Female
14
Sgt G Spence
Senior Female
15
Sgt N Jones
Senior Female
17
Capt I Bareham
Male Masters
20
Maj Hendrickson
Male Masters
25
Capt Wilson
Male Masters
26
Capt S Chappell
Male Masters
29
WO2 B Bynorth
Male Masters
32
Capt Foreshew
Male Masters
DNF*
WO2 V Blackburn
Female Masters
3
SSgt K Wallace
Female Masters
5
SSgt L Bowen
Female Masters
9
Sgt N Jones
3hrs 19mins
3rd
2nd
Away from the XC trails, the RAPTC had four athletes represent the Army at the Inter Service Marathon Championships 2018, in the shape of the Virgin London Marathon. WO1 Paton, SSgts Farrugia and Young and Sgt Jones, lined up with Sir Mo Farah and 45
As I reach the end of my tenure as RAPTC XC and Road Secretary and head off to pastures new, I would like to thank every athlete who has supported, assisted and competed for the RAPTC over the past 16 years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my secretarial role and feel privileged to have competed alongside some exceptionally talented athletes who have embraced Esprit de Corps. I handover the secretary’s responsibilities to WO2 (QMSI) Russ Hughes and I hope you give him your full support; as you did for me. This is not goodbye from me but more “au revior” as I have no doubt you will see (and hear) me on the start line in the very near future.
WO1 Haniver