Roll of honour
Most improved trophy
Our most improved runners by age category, since 1983.
2025 winners
OpenSam WorrellElla Weatherburn
VeteranStuart LongleyVictoria Cutler
Super veteranRobin NewmanNiki Chapman
VintageErnesto JohnsonFay Dodgen
Super vintageJohn Etherden
All winners since 1983
| Year | Open | Veteran (MV40) | Super veteran (MV50) | Vintage (MV60) | Super vintage (MV70) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Worrell | Stuart Longley | Robin Newman | Ernesto Johnson | John Etherden |
| 2024 | Adam Beaumont | Paul Newton | Paul Walker | — | — |
| 2023 | Matt McRandall | Danny Beazley | Robert Thorpe | Mike Grant | |
| 2022 | Mark Lawrence | — | Robert Thorpe | — | |
| 2020/21 | Mark Lawrence | Gary Jones | Kevin Gillespie | — | |
| 2019 | Mark Spiller | Melvyn Grimwood | Craig Dodgen | John Etherden | |
| 2018 | — | Jason Hasty | Nicholas Yeadon | — | |
| 2017 | Rob Johnson | Danny Beazley | Simon Latham | John Etherden | |
| 2016 | Mark Lawrence | Ian Rodgers | Philip Chaplin | — | |
| 2015 | Mark Lawrence | Ian Rodgers | Mike Grant | John Etherden | |
| 2014 | — | Chris Dunham | — | — | |
| 2013 | Jonathan Swann | Chris Dunham | Kevin Kipp | — | |
| 2012 | — | Ian Rodgers | Peter Allen | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | Darren Risley | Adrian Sherriff | Graham Statter | — | |
| 2009 | Darren Risley | Ian Rodgers | Greg Hart | Ian McClymont | |
| 2008 | — | Ian Rodgers | Ian McClymont | ||
| 2007 | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | George Barron | ||
| 2005 | Peter Binks | Tim Kelly | Alec Felstead | ||
| 2004 | Ian Rodgers | Chris Tate | Colin Gauld-Clark | ||
| 2003 | — | Tim Webb | |||
| 2002 | Liam Sheils | Peter Beatty | Harold Toze | ||
| 2001 | Tim Dedman | Tim Kelly | Colin Gauld-Clark | ||
| 2000 | Brian Glazebrook | Chris Tate | Terry Robinson | ||
| 1999 | Paul Chapman | Peter Beatty | |||
| 1998 | Steve Butler | — | |||
| 1997 | Jackson Griffith | Tim Kelly | |||
| 1996 | Brian Glazebrook | Les Thurston | |||
| 1995 | — | George Thomas | |||
| 1994 | Graham Statter | — | Alec Felstead | ||
| 1993 | Brian Gray | George Barron | — | ||
| 1992 | Paul North | Roger Lee | Nigel Bonham | ||
| 1991 | Dave Clarke | Ken Newton | Bob Churchill | ||
| 1990 | Dave Clarke | Barry Clark | Nigel Bonham | ||
| 1989 | Dave Clarke | Roger Lee | |||
| 1988 | Andy Shepherd | Rob Navara | |||
| 1987 | — | — | |||
| 1986 | Rob Navara | Les Lilley | |||
| 1985 | Charles Baker | Les Lilley | |||
| 1984 | Dave Travers | — | |||
| 1983 | Reg Tansley | — |
| Year | Open | Veteran (FV35) | Super veteran (FV45) | Vintage (FV55) | Super vintage (FV65) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ella Weatherburn | Victoria Cutler | Niki Chapman | Fay Dodgen | — |
| 2024 | Eilidh Malcolm | Frances Iwaschkin | Peijie Zhu | Marie Hockley | Fiona Sutherland |
| 2023 | — | Frances Iwaschkin | Eleanor Rodgers | Jilly Palmer | |
| 2022 | — | — | Vicky Simpson | Emma Nixon | |
| 2020/21 | — | — | Vicky Simpson | — | |
| 2019 | Bekah Cranch | Francesca Palmer | Michelle Hasty | Sally House | |
| 2018 | Denise Allsopp | Clare Gallagher | Corinna Cranch | — | |
| 2017 | Bekah Cranch | Serena Beresford | Jilly Palmer | — | |
| 2016 | Denise Allsopp | Jo Arscott | Eleanor Rodgers | — | |
| 2015 | Sarah Cox | — | Corinna Cranch | Shirley Ball | |
| 2014 | — | Kathryn Chapman | Marie Hockley | — | |
| 2013 | — | Lisa Wise | Marie Hockley | — | |
| 2012 | Saira Karim | Eleanor Rodgers | Mary Amos | Mary Amos | |
| 2011 | — | Naomi Rumbold | — | ||
| 2010 | Sarah Poynter | Harriet Wyatt | Shirley Ball | Christine Robinson | |
| 2009 | Karen Risley | Eleanor Cowan | Lorraine Evans | Anne Gauld-Clark | |
| 2008 | — | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | Jo-Anne Ozmen | Shirley Ball | ||
| 2006 | — | Eleanor Cowan | — | ||
| 2005 | — | Karen Wilson | Mary Amos | ||
| 2004 | — | Maureen Wakeling | Seonaid Brooks | ||
| 2003 | — | Lorraine Evans | |||
| 2002 | — | — | Anne Gauld-Clark | ||
| 2001 | — | Fiona Sutherland | Mary Poynter | ||
| 2000 | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | |||
| 1998 | — | Lorraine Evans | |||
| 1997 | — | — | |||
| 1996 | Jane Halestrap | Fiona Sutherland | |||
| 1995 | — | — | |||
| 1994 | — | — | Anne Gauld-Clark | ||
| 1993 | Jane Halestrap | Tina McColl | Anne Gauld-Clark | ||
| 1992 | Jayne Shepherd | Tina McColl | Ros Harrison | ||
| 1991 | Josie Sheffield | Di Navara | Lesley McCabe | ||
| 1990 | Josie Sheffield | Marilyn MacDonald | — | ||
| 1989 | Jayne Shepherd | — | |||
| 1988 | Lesley McCabe | Carol Robinson | |||
| 1987 | Jane Halestrap | Di Navara | |||
| 1986 | Di Navara | — | |||
| 1985 | Janet Howes | — | |||
| 1984 | Yvonne Travers | — | |||
| 1983 | Di Pritchard | — |
Nobody matches that name.
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