The Pumlumon Challenge
The fourth Pumlumon Challenge took place in the Cambrian Mountain range on September 27th 2008.
The event started and finished at the Nant yr Arian Forestry Centre (Map Ref. SN 717 813) approx. 8 miles east of Aberystwyth on the A44. The route was over the Pumlumon hills passing the source of the Wye and the Severn. It passed through the Hengwm and Hirnant valleys, around Nantymoch dam before returning to the Vistor Centre.
In the Walkers class, there were 3 joint winners - John Ish, Richard Beek and Phil Evans, each with a time of 7 hours 39 minutes.
In the Runners class, the event was won by Mark Hartell with a time of 4 hours 25 minutes, closely followed by Martin Beale 3 minutes later.
Congratulations to everyone who took part!
Walkers:
Number |
Name |
Time |
21 |
John Ish |
7.39 |
5 |
Richard Beek |
7.39 |
52 |
Phil Evans |
7.39 |
7 |
Jay Anfield Smart |
8.20 |
50 |
Andrew Nowicki |
8.20 |
33 |
Jane Harris |
8.33 |
34 |
Jessica Straw |
8.33 |
53 |
Simon Chappell |
8.34 |
32 |
David Jones |
8.48 |
31 |
Andrew Ruck |
8.48 |
30 |
Brendan Wells |
8.48 |
29 |
Richard Croston |
8.48 |
43 |
Emlyn Owen |
9.05 |
27 |
Ben Bates |
9.07 |
24 |
Chris Poole |
9.08 |
39 |
David Steel |
9.08 |
58 |
Louise Watkins |
9.21 |
60 |
Jonathan Smith |
9.32 |
61 |
Tracey Smith |
9.32 |
56 |
Peter Rowe |
9.43 |
57 |
Gavin Haskell |
9.43 |
36 |
Robert Morgan |
9.50 |
37 |
Rochana Morgan |
9.50 |
41 |
Marc Humphreys |
9.54 |
44 |
Christopher Wain |
9.54 |
2 |
N C Norman |
10.12 |
12 |
Nigel Petts |
10.20 |
45 |
A W Powell |
10.20 |
51 |
John Grattan |
10.29 |
55 |
Catrin Davies |
10.54 |
40 |
Liz Hughes |
10.54 |
25 |
Leslie Lewis |
10.54 |
54 |
Iola Evans |
10.54 |
28 |
David Rogers |
11.40 |
16 |
A R Nicholson |
11.40 |
14 |
Michael Portelly |
11.40 |
22 |
M B Ratnayake |
11.40 |
15 |
Nathan Powell |
11.40 |
17 |
Mike Roberts |
11.40 |
70 |
Liz Lewis Reddy |
12.28 |
46 |
Clive Faulkner |
12.28 |
Runners:
Number |
Name |
Time |
140 |
Mark Hartell |
4.25 |
152 |
Martin Beale |
4.28 |
161 |
Dave Powell |
4.45 |
160 |
William Harris |
4.50 |
128 |
Nicky Spinks |
4.56 |
136 |
Ozzy Kershaw |
4.56 |
115 |
Richard Clarke |
5.14 |
137 |
Tim Sparrow |
5.24 |
142 |
Phil Hodgson |
5.30 |
118 |
Stuart Walker |
5.31 |
131 |
Adrian Orringe |
5.32 |
127 |
Christine Preston |
5.38 |
143 |
Wendy Dodds |
5.41 |
139 |
Mark Rawlinson |
5.42 |
149 |
Nick Ham |
5.53 |
158 |
Michael Taylor |
5.58 |
126 |
Clive King |
6.04 |
121 |
Karl Sc Williamson |
6.26 |
150 |
Angela Leonard |
6.26 |
155 |
Dawn Kenwright |
6.27 |
157 |
Simon Berry |
6.28 |
119 |
Karen Mcdonald |
6.30 |
130 |
Clare Griffin |
6.30 |
151 |
Gavin Stewart |
6.32 |
123 |
Edward Powell |
6.45 |
156 |
Heulyn Thomas |
6.47 |
135 |
Lon Morgan |
6.48 |
138 |
Dave Nichols |
6.49 |
141 |
Mandy Goth |
6.53 |
134 |
Penny Rees |
6.54 |
145 |
Claire Clitheroe |
6.54 |
147 |
Tim Griffiths |
7.23 |
148 |
Gareth Johns |
7.23 |
146 |
Yestyn Thomas |
7.23 |
132 |
Hannah Moore Barton |
7.45 |
These results are also available as a .pdf document
Previous Results
The results of the previous challenges are available here:
Results 2006 (pdf)
Results 2007 (pdf) |