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Markeaton Park – Saturday 2 May 2026
Results
Local Event
Level: D (Local)
Thanks for attending. We hope you enjoyed the weather as much as we did : ) Thanks to Brian Denness who planned the courses, but who was unable to be there on the day, and to all the helpers.
Results on MapRun:
Pin-punching results (where MapRun timing wasn’t used)
Short
- Flora Marshall 18 mins
- Hazel Farson 20:42 (unaccompanied)
- Hazel Farson 27:35 (accompanied)
- Ivy Farson 28
- Maggie Marshall 33
- Matt Wells 36
Medium
- Inta Zdanovska 32 min
- Samuels Zdanovskis 32
- Eva Zdanovska 33
- Elodie Booker 35
- Vivian Chung 50
Long
- Andy Sykes 41 mins 24 secs
- Rober Shooter 69 mins
- Sandra & Peter Jennings 1 hour 52
- Julie Brook, no time recorded
SuperSprint results (this was the 400m dibber loop around the gardens)
- Matthew Wells 1:29
- Sal Chaffey 2:10
- Ella 4:14
- Leo Hanman 1:47
- Austin Rolland 1:31
- Ivy Farson 3:16
- Gary Kelsall 2:02
- Tom Hartland 1:45
- James Prince 1:38
… which means that our Sprint King remains Darren Cook who completed the course in 1 minute 12 secs in 2025!
