Four Villages Half Marathon

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Four Villages Half Marathon
DateJanuary
Location Helsby, Cheshire
Event type Road
Distance Half marathon
Course records1:04:36 (men)
1:13:08 (women)
Official site Official website

The Four Villages Half Marathon is an annual road running event held during January in Cheshire, United Kingdom. The race is organised by Helsby Running Club. The event's course passes through the villages of Dunham on the Hill, Mouldsworth, Manley, Alvanley and Helsby.

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History

The race was started in 1982 [1] by staff from BICC, a manufacturing firm formerly located in Helsby. The race was inspired by the first London Marathon (which had been held on 29 March 1981), as well as to raise money to send a terminally ill local lad on the trip of a lifetime to Disneyland. [2]

The original route was through the four villages of Thornton-le-Moors, Ince, Elton and Helsby. In 1999, the course was changed to a similar course to the current (with some adjustments along the way), passing Dunham-on-the-Hill, Mouldsworth, Manley and Helsby.

Winners

EditionDateTime (h:m:s)First ManTime (h:m:s)First Woman
4021 Jan 20241:09:12Matthew Rhys Collins1:18:40Rachael Burns
3915 Jan 20231:07:51Omar Ahmed1:14:49Anna Bracegirdle
3816 Jan 20221:07:22Michael Kallenberg1:15:20Anna Bracegirdle
Jan 2021Cancelled due to COVID-19
3719 Jan 20201:06:14Mohammed Abu-Rezeq [3] [4] 1:14:31Eleanor Whyman-Davis [3]
3620 Jan 20191:06:38Mohammed Abu-Rezeq [5] [4] 1:18:08Kirsty Longley [5] [6]
3521 Jan 20181:09:09Ben Fish [7] 1:19:40Gemma Connolly [8]
3415 Jan 20171:07:24Mohammed Abu-Rezeq [4] 1:19:18Gemma Connolly [8]
3317 Jan 20161:07:06Michael Kallenberg [9] 1:22:46Gemma Connolly [8]
18 Jan 2015Cancelled due to bad weather [10]
3219 Jan 20141:05:46Mohammed Abu-Rezeq [4] 1:19:23Dianne McVey [11]
20 Jan 2013Cancelled due to bad weather [12]
3122 Jan 20121:08:32Martin Williams [13] 1:21:05Gemma Connolly [8]
3023 Jan 20111:05:55Neil Renault [14] 1:14:31 Michelle Ross-Cope [15]
2917 Jan 20101:04:54 Dave Webb [16] 1:15:02 Michelle Ross-Cope [15]
2818 Jan 20091:07:47Neil Renault [14] 1:21:21Helen Waugh
2720 Jan 20081:05:22 Tomas Abyu [17] 1:16:05Nicky Archer
2621 Jan 20071:04:56 Tomas Abyu [17] 1:16:59Louise Gardner
2522 Jan 20061:05:58Andrew Norman [18] 1:14:31 Debra Mason [19]
2423 Jan 20051:07:27Michael Aspinall [20] 1:14:48 Anna Pichrtova
2318 Jan 20041:10:29Simon Shiels [21] 1:14:22 Tracey Morris [22]
2219 Jan 20031:05:23Alastair O'Connor1:16:56Kate Burge
2120 Jan 20021:04:36Carl Warren [23] [24] 1:13:08 Marian Sutton [25] [26]
2020011:07:29Duncan Mason1:20:04Jackie Newton
1920001:05:47Duncan Mason1:17:03Angela Allen
1819991:07:16G Hill1:18:29J Newton
Course changed
1719981:07:05Simon Shiels1:15:18 Alison Wyeth
1619 Jan 19971:04:11Kevin McCluskey [27] 1:16:06 Carolyn Hunter-Rowe [28]
1521 Jan 19961:06:00Mark Kinch [29] 1:16:03Trudi Thomson [30]
1422 Jan 19951:07:57D Mansbridge1:16:38K Cornwall
1319941:08:26T Morrey1:19:57D Hoogesteger
1224 Jan 19931:05:40D Swanston1:21:44A Whitelaw
1119921:05:21C Sweeney1:21:29L Clarke
1019911:06:03Tony O'Kell1:18:22K Cornwall
919901:07:51B Gillespie1:22:55Janice Needham
819891:05:13Tony O'Kell1:21:26M Henry
719881:08:15Tony O'Kell1:19:59M Henry (née Burke)
619871:05:58R Lindsay1:19:44M Burke
519861:09:48C Potter1:23:35J Littler
420 Jan 19851:09:22D Vernon1:20:53G Nicholson
319841:06:10S Anders1:32:57V Gillespie
219831:08:48Stan Curran1:23:56Susan Catterall
119821:12:36Mark Edwards1:54:14V Malchin

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