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Mancitymonkey · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Oop North!

After the latest newsletter featuring the Northern xc champs I have received some correspondence from Sean McMyler interested to know what people in the club think of who would make the Salford Harriers 'all-time greats' National 12 stage team. He writes:

'Imagine Steve Kenyon taking over from Billy Burns on leg two with a youthful Stan Curran warming up for leg 3, Tony Leonard, Larry Matthews, Mike Deegan, Kevin McClusky, John Downes, Eric Williams, Nick Jones, Andi, Tomas....that lot would frighten a few! I'm basically asking :
Over the history of the 12 stage who would make our 12 best runners?'

I will ask Roy Profitt to try and dig out some past leg times, but thought this might stimulate a bit of debate!!

duncanjak · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Posts: 66 Location: Worsley, Salford

long leg DEFINITES

Steve Kenyon 24.48
Larry Matthews 25.27
Mark Peters 25.42
Kevin McCluskey25.40

Whilst running in Salford teams

would go for Deegan and Curran on other legs

Eric Crowther has the club record for the short leg, so he has to be in plus Neil Wilkinson has got to leg 12 for his heroic efforts in 97 (plus it was fast) Garry Crowther and Jimmy Newns probably worth a place too

I think John and Andi might be the only current team member to sneak in as short legs.

Mancitymonkey · Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 13 Location: Oop North!

Aidan · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Longton, Preston

Hello everyone

I am choked....despite my best efforts to fiddle the line up I dont make the team. But I have come up with a name nobody else has mentioned so far, mainly cos although he was a member, he never ran for the team in a relay & only raced a handful of times whilst he was a club member. The mystery trump card has to be IAN ROBINSON. Joined from Preston in 1996 having run 28.40 track 10k, 48min ten miler & a low 63 for half marathon, all in the states. Never recovered from a serious calf injury sustained months after joining & retired.

My dream team would be, in no particular running order:

Long Legs
Steve Kenyon, Larry Matthews, Mark Peters, Tony Leonard, Stan Curran & Mike Deegan

Short Legs
Kevin McCluskey, Ian Robinson, John Downes, Jimmy Newnes, Gary Crowther and Martin Cox.

Can argue all day long over the best of rest....Neil Wilkinson, Eric Crowther, Andi Jones, Billy Burns, Duncan Mason & maybe even myself. I plump for Stan on long leg as Kevin has an awesome short leg pb but running for Copeland.

Aidan · Joined: 04 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Longton, Preston

I have changed my mind after remembering other class lads whilst out walking the terrier. Martin Cox loses his place to former European Junior 3000m champion Nick O'Brien. Added to the subs bench are John Brown who I forgot before (sorry John) and the most frightening runner I ever raced, Tony Barlow.