Smeets claims maiden victory in tightly contested Wimbledon Common race

Unattached runner Koen Smeets (SM30-34) won for the first time in six appearances in a time of 17:24, beating his PB by 16 seconds.

Jon Fairs (SM30-34) representing Serpentine RC took second place by 11 seconds, recording 17:35.

Damian Shirley, (SM35-39) of Highgate Harriers was placed third in a time of 17:37, improving his PB by 20 seconds.

For the women, Emma Calderbank (SW25-29) of Serpentine RC (pictured) won in a time of 20:16 for the fifth time, also in her sixth appearance.

Calderbank beat unattached runner Zoe Phillips (VW40-44) by 69 seconds, who recorded 21:25 in the process.

Geraldine Hellings, (VW45-49), another unattached runner was placed third in a time of 21:33.

In the age-graded competition, Wimbledon Hercules veteran and all round super star Hugh Saxby recorded a performance of 84.82 per cent.

Full results for Wimbledon Common event 131, 04/07/2009:

Pos Athlete Sex Run Time Age Grading Age Category Club Name Comments 1 Koen SMEETS M 17:24 75.00% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 2 Jon FAIRS M 17:35 73.74% SM30-34 Serpentine RC 3 Damian SHIRLEY M 17:37 75.78% SM35-39 Highgate Harriers New PB 4 Scott BARNES M 17:41 72.95% SM25-29 Unattached 5 Thierry LEBRETON M 17:46 73.17% SM30-34 Highgate Harriers 6 Unknown ATHLETE 7 Chad BISHOP M 17:57 72.42% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 8 Hugh SAXBY M 18:07 84.82% VM55-59 Hercules Wimbledon AC 9 Adam ALEXANDER M 18:12 70.88% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 10 Rob REASON M 18:41 69.13% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 11 Ian HIGGINS M 18:49 75.91% VM45-49 Thames Hare & Hounds 12 Baoming LUO M 19:03 69.64% SM35-39 Unattached 13 Richard HEAP M 19:08 71.34% VM40-44 Clapham Chasers RC 14 Steve DARBY M 19:10 72.87% VM40-44 Unattached 15 Unknown ATHLETE 16 Andrew MACDONALD M 19:20 66.81% SM25-29 Unattached 17 Nick GOULD M 19:37 65.76% SM25-29 Thames Hare & Hounds 18 Gowyn JONES M 19:40 65.59% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 19 Nick MCKAY M 19:43 65.60% SM30-34 Unattached 20 James HARDWICK M 19:44 65.46% SM25-29 Ashtead Running Group 1st run 21 Tony BURTON M 19:49 71.57% VM45-49 Unattached 22 Shaun CLEGHORN M 19:52 66.78% SM35-39 Unattached 23 Nick RIGGS M 19:54 65.91% SM30-34 Unattached 24 Simon INGALL M 19:58 76.29% VM50-54 Hercules Wimbledon AC 25 Keith MACINTOSH M 20:08 65.48% SM35-39 Unattached 26 Richard Michael SEWELL M 20:15 70.53% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 27 Emma CALDERBANK F 20:16 73.03% SW25-29 Serpentine RC 28 Adrian DOYLE M 20:27 63.08% SM20-24 Unattached 1st run 29 Mike BREWER M 20:28 68.24% VM40-44 Unattached 30 James BALL M 20:31 67.83% JM15-19 Unattached 31 Charles HAMPDEN-SMITH M 20:33 70.64% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 32 Robert MARKWICK M 20:42 70.13% VM45-49 Wimbledon Windmilers 33 Maros CUTS M 20:43 62.35% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 34 Dan MCLACHLAN M 20:45 62.65% SM30-34 Wimbledon Hockey Club New PB 35 Mark BOHAN M 20:48 62.74% SM30-34 Hercules Wimbledon AC 36 Peter Justin COLLINS M 20:51 64.51% SM35-39 Unattached 37 Charles LAWRIE M 20:56 76.59% VM60-64 Unattached 38 Michael VANCE M 20:57 62.29% SM30-34 Crystal Palace Fun Runners New PB 39 Unknown ATHLETE 40 Bryan TURNER M 21:17 60.61% SM25-29 Unattached 41 Bernt Erik ROEED M 21:20 66.95% VM45-49 Thames Hare & Hounds 42 Zoe PHILLIPS F 21:25 72.61% VW40-44 Unattached 43 Charlie MCKIBBEN M 21:30 67.44% JM14 Unattached New PB 44 Luke WILSON M 21:32 64.63% JM15-19 Ranelagh Harriers 1st run 45 Geraldine HELLINGS F 21:33 75.72% VW45-49 Unattached 46 Kevin GRAY M 21:43 72.60% VM55-59 Unattached 47 Peter MCKIBBEN M 21:45 67.28% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 48 Lee REGAN M 21:46 61.79% SM35-39 Unattached 49 Ian MORRISON M 21:59 69.29% VM50-54 Unattached New PB 50 Unknown ATHLETE 51 Jeff ASTON M 22:04 73.94% VM60-64 Les Croupiers RC 1st run 52 Hasnain MOZAFFAR M 22:15 60.00% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 53 Sophie MCKAY F 22:19 66.32% SW30-34 Unattached 54 Simon BOUND M 22:22 63.86% VM45-49 Royal Navy AC 55 Mark A JENNINGS M 22:24 58.85% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 56 Unknown ATHLETE 57 Pete FREEMAN M 22:29 57.52% SM30-34 Unattached 58 John MORRISON M 22:38 67.60% JM14 Unattached 59 Guy EASTAUGH M 22:42 63.44% VM45-49 Unattached 60 James SERGEANT M 22:46 61.35% VM40-44 Unattached 61 Julie GARNER F 22:56 72.02% VW45-49 Stragglers 62 Anna WIECKOWSKA F 23:00 64.42% SW30-34 Unattached 63 Unknown ATHLETE 64 Jacobus LA COCK M 23:04 56.07% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 65 Unknown ATHLETE 66 Unknown ATHLETE 67 Unknown ATHLETE 68 Unknown ATHLETE 69 Andy MCELROY M 23:22 56.42% SM35-39 Unattached 70 Unknown ATHLETE 71 Shaun VAN EEDEN M 23:28 54.97% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 72 Unknown ATHLETE 73 Unknown ATHLETE 74 Roger S WILSON M 23:28 61.86% VM45-49 Ranelagh Harriers 75 Jenna GIBB F 23:37 62.67% SW20-24 Unattached 1st run 76 Dave HAWKEY M 23:37 54.62% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 77 John Philip CARTER M 23:42 70.75% VM65-69 Unattached 78 Stefan BEINERT M 23:43 54.81% SM30-34 Unattached 79 Piers SPENCER M 23:44 60.18% VM45-49 Unattached 1st run 80 Sarah ALLEN F 23:45 67.23% VW45-49 Herne Hill Harriers 81 Martin VALKENBURG M 23:50 56.43% SM35-39 Unattached 82 Frank PACIFICO M 23:56 55.78% SM35-39 Unattached 83 James Mcewen GREEN M 24:05 55.09% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 84 Daniel RUTHENBERG M 24:08 54.07% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 85 Unknown ATHLETE 86 Quentin Craig WEBB M 24:12 53.37% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 87 Tyrel BUBB M 24:22 52.94% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 88 Andrew REEKIE M 24:24 53.48% SM30-34 Unattached 89 Alexander KIRKWOOD M 24:32 58.22% VM45-49 Unattached 90 Unknown ATHLETE 91 Unknown ATHLETE 92 Alexander MCDOWALL M 25:00 53.07% SM35-39 Unattached 93 Unknown ATHLETE 94 Stuart BURFORD M 25:23 52.99% SM35-39 Unattached 95 Harry BOUND M 25:30 60.00% JM14 Unattached New PB 96 Austin MEAKIN M 25:32 50.52% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 97 Amanda PINK F 25:35 59.22% VW35-39 Unattached New PB 98 Rachel SLATER F 25:35 68.60% JW14 Unattached 1st run 99 Unknown ATHLETE 100 Rick SLATER M 25:37 55.37% VM45-49 Unattached 1st run 101 Colin DOWDESWELL M 25:39 59.39% VM50-54 Unattached New PB 102 Osca HUMPHREYS M 25:39 51.72% SM35-39 Unattached 1st run 103 Unknown ATHLETE 104 Unknown ATHLETE 105 Angela PRINS F 25:52 57.22% SW25-29 Unattached 106 Unknown ATHLETE 107 Unknown ATHLETE 108 Jason PARKIN M 26:17 49.46% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 109 Robert BEEBY M 26:31 57.01% VM50-54 Unattached 110 Unknown ATHLETE 111 Unknown ATHLETE 112 Alexander TRAINOR M 26:53 50.96% JM15-19 Unattached 113 Conor FITZPATRICK M 27:10 53.37% JM14 Unattached 114 Katerina JOKESOVA F 27:16 54.40% SW30-34 Unattached New PB 115 Unknown ATHLETE 116 Philip TOSH M 27:53 49.67% VM40-44 Unattached 117 Unknown ATHLETE 118 Francesca CARTER F 28:20 69.18% VW60-64 Unattached 119 Jane SMITH F 28:23 56.25% VW45-49 Unattached 120 Katherine LAIDLER F 28:31 51.90% SW25-29 Unattached 121 Gary STEVENS M 28:36 49.59% VM45-49 Unattached 122 Unknown ATHLETE 123 Bethany MAIDEN F 29:11 51.46% VW35-39 Unattached 124 Nicola EL KADIRI F 29:24 52.89% VW40-44 Unattached 125 Unknown ATHLETE 126 Unknown ATHLETE 127 Kerri HENDERSON F 30:06 50.33% VW35-39 Unattached New PB 128 Bronwyn CLUR F 30:35 48.39% SW25-29 Unattached New PB 129 Victoria HELLINGS F 30:38 53.16% JW14 Unattached 130 James HELLINGS M 30:39 47.36% VM45-49 Unattached 1st run 131 Helen BEEBY F 30:57 56.06% VW50-54 Unattached 132 Unknown ATHLETE 133 Zoe JENNINGS F 32:11 46.45% VW35-39 Unattached 134 Sophie CAPECI F 32:22 52.73% JW14 Unattached 135 Unknown ATHLETE 136 Unknown ATHLETE 137 Charles BENN M 35:42 38.80% VM40-44 Unattached 1st run 138 Rebecca ANTHONY F 40:00