Sheffield Half Marathon

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The Sheffield Half Marathon is an annual half marathon held in Sheffield, England. It was started as a marathon in 1929 for two years, with a half marathon run at the same time. It restarted again 1946 after the Second World War. In 2003 it was reduced to a half marathon and 3-kilometre fun run. Moving from Hillsborough in 1991, the race started and finished at Don Valley Stadium, the stadium where Jessica Ennis trained, until the stadium's closure was announced in 2013. [1] The race is gold graded by UK Athletics.

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The 10 chosen charities for the 2009 event were Sheffield Teenage Cancer Trust, Motor Neurone Disease Association South Yorkshire, Macmillan Cancer Support, Myasthenia Gravis Association, RSPCA Sheffield, Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre South Yorkshire, Sheffield Wildlife Trust, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind and Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

The 2009 Sheffield Half Marathon was sponsored by SIG Insulations and took place on 26 April 2009 at Sheffield International Venues managed facility Don Valley Stadium at 9:30 am.

The 2010 Marathon was held 25 April.

The 2014 race, on 6 April, was due to start and finish at the Don Valley Stadium, [2] but was cancelled at the last minute due to the expected delivery of water bowsers not arriving. South Yorkshire Police initially set up roadblocks in order to try to stop those runners that had set off, but later decided to let them carry on for safety reasons. [3] Despite the cancellation, organisers refused to refund runners, which one entrant described as "pretty disgusting". Deputy Prime Minister and Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg has called for a "full explanation" of how the "farcical situation" was allowed to happen. [4]

From 2015, the race relocated to the city centre, with the starting point on Arundel Gate and the finish line on Pinstone Street. The route took runners up Ecclesall Road and out to Ringinglow, before returning through Dore and back down Ecclesall Road. It was re-branded as the Plusnet Yorkshire Half Marathon as part of the Run For All Yorkshire Marathon series. [5] The new route features over 850 feet of elevation gain in the first 5 and a half miles, including a category 3 climb. In addition to the overall race time, runners are timed on a single-mile climb (King/Queen of the Hill) and a 10 km mostly downhill "sprint" section. [6]

Recent winners

Source: [7]

Half Marathon

YearDateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
201914 AprilJamie Hall1:11:16Phillipa Williams1:17:25
20188 AprilWilliam Mycroft1:11:12Nicola Squiresr1:19:21
20179 AprilSteven Bayton1:09:25Sarah Lowery1:20:25
201610 April John Franklin [8] 1:10:24 Zanthe Wray [9] 1:22:59
201512 April Dave Archer [10] 1:13:20 Sharon Barlow [11] 1:22:59
2014Cancelled
201312 May Ben Fish 1:06:51 Julie Briscoe 1:16:17
201227 May John Franklin 1:10:31 Nicola Squires [12] 1:21:22
20118 May Fergus Meade 1:11:32 Nicola Clay [13] 1:21:17
201025 April Andrew Pearson 1:07:04 Natalie Burns [14] 1:23:24
200926 April Jason Ward 1:08:02 Rebecca Robinson 1:14:52
200827 April Zachary Kihara 1:05:12 Nicola Clay [13] 1:18:53
200720 May Simon Tonui 1:05:00 Banuelia Katesigwa 1:17:34
200614 May Tomas Abyu 1:04:05 Pauline Powell 1:17:47
20051 May Simon Tonui 1:04:46 Cathy Mutwa 1:15:31
20042 May Eric Kiplagat 1:04:50 Miriam Wangari 1:16:16
2003 William Musyoki 1:09.44 Yelena Burykena 1:22.20
2002 Mohamed el Sadicki 1:08.36 Penny Thackray 1:18.44
2001 Andrew Aked 1:09.57 Kate Rice 1:24.56
200016 April Mohammed Fahiti 1:07.11 Chaanah Patton 1:18.59
1999 Andrew Weatherill 1:07.40 Kate Burge 1:17.52
1998 Carl Thackery 1:06.03 Carol Wolstenholme 1:26.07
1997 Kassa Tadassa 1:05.45 Jane Shields 1:15.55
1996 Trevor Wilson 1:09.50 Carol Wild 1:25.29
1995 Tony Duffy 1:07.57 Jenny Pearson 1:26.23
1994 Tony Duffy 1:09.00 Deborah Shaw 1:25.03
1993 Peter Whitehead 1:05.17 Sally Eastall 1:16.37
199228 June Julius Gombedeza 1:04.36 Julia Sakare 1:18.04
1991Not held due to 1991 World Student Games
1990 John Tollerfield 1:07.28 Jane Shields 1:18.07
1989 Roy Bailey 1:08.15 Clare Crofts 1:24.52
198819 June Chris Parkes 1:07.40 Carol Moore 1:25.32
1987 Sam Carey 1:08.07 Sarah Singleton 1:24.08
1986 Roy Bailey 1:07.32 Jenny Pearson 1:22.23
1985 Tim Leader 1:08.30 Jenny Pearson 1:25.30
1984 Chris Maddocks 1:11.06 J Clarke 1:22.27
1983 Dave Allen D Bennett
1982 Trevor Fieldsend J Hulbert

Marathon

YearDateMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
20031 June Tomas Abyu 2:27:42 Sarah Heatley 3:17:38
200228 April Darren Hale [15] 2:34:17 Helen Burrell 2:55:23
200129 April Darren Hale 2:30:17 Ruth Whitehead 3:06:47
2000 Darren Hale 2:35:30 Sally Keigher 3:06:40
1999 Dennis Walmsley 2:29:06 Eleanor Robinson 2:59:39
1998 Richard Ironmonger 2:30:56 Elizabeth Allott 2:55:19
1997 Andrew Weatherill 2:28:37 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:13
1996 Chris Parkes 2:20:04 Eleanor Robinson 2:59:58
1995 Jonathan Hooper 2:27:14 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:44
1994 Dave Bond 2:29:31 Sarah Kriel 3:18:14
1993 John Boyes 2:24:36 Eleanor Robinson 2:58:23
199228 June Dave Bond 2:26:05 Janet Kelly 3:05:00
1991 Dave Bond 2:25:35 Caroline Boyd 2:55:05
1990 Ken Moss 2:26:16 Janet Kelly 2:49:05
1989 Trevor Hawes 2:31:53 Caroline Boyd 3:08:14
198819 June Trevor Hawes 2:26:01 Dora Hopkinson 3:04:52
1987 Trevor Hawes 2:26:29 Pat Hudson 3:04:33
1986 Sam Carey 2:26:09 Helene Diamantides 3:25:01
1985 Trevor Hawes 2:23:55 Dors Hopkinson 3:14:37
1984 Trevor Hawes 2:26:21 Dawn Harris 3:16:34
1983 Trevor Hawes 2:23:23 Dawn Harris 2:59:40
1982Malcolm Martin2:29:49 Jenny Pearson 3:01:41

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References

  1. ↑ Sky News - Jessica Ennis makes appeal
  2. ↑ Sheffield Star
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  4. ↑ "Sheffield Half Marathon: No refunds for cancelled race runners". BBC News. 7 April 2014.
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  8. ↑ John Franklin at Power of 10
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