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Saturday 8 May 2010, 1.45pm Chingford Park Clubrooms.

Report from last year:
Steve Prescott won the 2009 Joe Cowie Memorial Handicap 3 Mile Race which took place on Sunday 9 May 2009 in cold but rainfree conditions at Chingford Park. Off a handicap of 3 minutes with only Valerie Ashton, Penny Leith and Peter Nees in front of him, he kept up a steady pace to overhaul these three over the tough three mile multiple lap course. Once he had passed Penny Leith, he set about keeping out the fast finishing Megan Balchin, Andrew Perry, Julian O'Hagen and Patrick Manning. Penny Leith did not panic and held on well for second place. Megan Balchin was next to finish with a well deserved third place. Fastest time of 16 minutes 11 seconds went to Neale McLanachan who was off the scratch time of 9 minutes 50 seconds.

Earlier the 12 and Under and 14 and Under grades had run distances of approx. 800m and 1.8km.

Thanks to all the competitors, spectators, officials and all who helped make this a memorable afternoon of running.

For a full report >> Harrier Reports 2009

For results >> Results Page

General Information about the Joe Cowie Memorial Road Races

Open only to Leith athletes (Members from other clubs may run on request), this series of handicap races are going to be held this year from Chingford Park. Mostly on the sidewalk, partly on grass and gravel. The feature race is run over a distance of 3 miles.

See the Joe Cowie Memorial Course Maps for details and descriptons of the courses.

Most club members will have been handicapped prior to the start of the race. So runners will be starting off at different times according to their handicaps - the slowest runners off first with the faster runners starting later. Those wishing to enter please be at the club by 1.45pm to collect your race numbers and your time of starting. There are three races depending on there being entrants for various grades. The 12 & Under grades run a distance of 1km (1 lap), half on grass half on gravel. The juniors (16 & Under to 14 & Under run a distance of 2km (1 lap), on grass, gravel and sidepath surfaces. The Open Grades (Seniors and Masters, 19 and Under) run a distance of 3 miles or 4.827km (1 lap of 827m, 2 laps of 2kms each) on grass, gravel and sidepath surfaces. Please be aware in certain places of the chance of cars coming out of driveways. There are only two places where the runners run on the road and that is about 20 metres in Beechworth St as you cross the bridge over the river (please keep to the left of the cones placed on the road), the other is when you turn left off Tannadice St to run 50m down the road to the field's north entrance.