Champpion lady enters

And so do:

Andy Garrett
Anne Dooley
Ashleigh Oldland
Beverly Milne
Brian Marchbank
Caroline Cornish
Chris Sayle
Christine Perkins
Donna Skillen
Duncan Kelly
Gary Deuchar
Hazel Carroon
Helen Stone
Hilary Healy
Isobel Gough
Jill Carter
Kate Corran
Lee Cowin
Nadine Kaniewski
Nicky Merritt
Paul Kermeen
Rosalind Cannon
Sam Ferguson
Samuel Fletcher
Shane Stoneystreet
Sonia Grainger
Sophie Watson
Sue Biggart
Yvonne Noonan

Entries pass 1000

The latest are:

Carly Craig
Chris Lyon
Christopher King
Christopher Shimmin
Colin Garvey
Ellen Livesey
Emily Irwin
Gavin Kinnin
Jane Leece
Jason Edwards
John Watterson
Kate Usher
Lynda Audsley
Mark Dimsdale
Matt Moffatt
Mike Berry
Phillip Cleary
Sarah Leece
Sinead Hughes
Stephanie Peel

Another 32 entries

Alan McCulloch
Andrew McCutcheon
Anne Sommer
Ben Watterson
Brian Goldsmith
Carole Moreton
Cheryl Callister
Daniel Moreton
Dave Molyneux
Jackie Mcculloch
Jeff McCubbin
Jill Evans
John Bennett
Jonathan Cox
Jonathan Wild
Jonny Killey
Juan Readshaw
Karen Bell
Kate Bottomley
Kevin Graham
Lorna McCubbin
Marilyn Gilbert
Mark Honeyman
Martin Spenceley
Noel Hayes
Norman Bell
Rachel Keig
Raymond Spits
Sally Bellando
Simon Cringle
Sue Ferns
Sue Hodge

60% of last years entry

There are now 951 entries - approximately 60% of the number last year.

Don't leave it too late. Online entries only after Saturday.

Here are the most recent 66:


Amy Baker
Andy Ball
Andy Harding
Angela Corkish
Anne Oates
Anthony Lawler
Ashlea Tracey
Bob Corrin
Brian Cousins
Brian Kneale
Catherine Colley
Cheryl Cousins
Claire Belcher-Smith
Claire Furner
Edward Kneen
Elise Clarke
Emilie Kermode
Emma Latham
Emma Metcalfe
Fiona Simpson
Heather Crawford
Ian Drake
Ian Irvine
Ian Shanahan
Jackie Campbell
Jackie Hannay
Jayne Gaylor
Jenny Smith
Joanne Dixon
John Taylor
Joleen Crellin
Julia Skillicorn
June Melvin
Kathryn Clough
Kay Allen
Kim Makin
Laura Hulme
Les Birtles
Linda Firth
Lourdes Hawker
Mark Fitzgerald
Mark Roberts
Marlene Kneen
Martin Webb
Matthew Belcher-Smith
Michael Kelly
Michelle Mitchell
Mike Gellion
Nicholas Rice
Oliver Helfrich
Paul Daugherty
Paul Hadfield
Rachel Grace
Ronnie Kelly
Sam Merritt
Sarah Vaukins
Simon Mason
Simon Spenser
Stacey Lauren Thompson
Stephanie Martin
Stephen Garrett
Sue Furner
Sue Moore
Susan Greenbank
Timothy Martin
Vincent Ellison

Watching the pot boil

A few minutes after posting the last update I checked again and there had been a firther 5 entries taking the total to 885.


Fiona Killey
Jared Smith
John Judge
Neil Brogan
Tim Knott

A watched pot never boils

I thought the heading above was unique to this blog but when I went to type it in the autocomplete remembered that I had used it before.

The point is that sometimes I check the entrants list two or three times a day without much change whereas I haven't reviewed it for 3 days and there are a further 108 entries!

Here they are:


Aisha Howard
Andrea Burns
Andrew Callow
Andy Green
Angela Southern
Anna Binns
Anne Marie Goodall
Anne Clarke
Annemarie Hughes
Audrey Christian
Caldric Randall
Caroline Clague
Carolyn Newton
Charlotte Bell
Charlotte Lee
Chris Preston
Christopher Flint
Dan Evens
Daniel Foulis
Darren Hughes
Darren Shaw
David Clucas
David Comish
David Griffiths
Debbie Black-Kay
Elsa Hicklin
Frances Griffiths
Gareth Webb
Gavin Quiggin
Geoff Quayle
George Blair
Glynis Mchale
Graham Kelly
Hazel Webb
Heather Mattocks
Helen Beaumont
Helen Cain
Ivana Smythe
James Nolan
Jamie Beaman
Jamie Clucas
Jane Yippee Foster
Janet Carroll
Jenny (Jane) Shepherd
Jim Hicklin
Joanne Cannell
Joanne Clague
Joanne Roberts
Jock Waddington
John Binns
John Moore
Jon Allen
Juan Corlett
Julie Hill
Kath Quirk
Kathy Brownless
Katie Cregeen
Katy Hunt
Kerry Ashton
Kevin Ford
Kirsty Cregeen
Klara Lendvai Emokey
Laura Webb
Lesley Webb
Lucie Tomkinson
Lynda Brew
Lynn Kosh
Margaret Allison
Margaret Manning
Margie Mylrea
Mark Humphrey
Martin Tute
Matt Bettridge
Mina Patel
Nicky Quinn
Nigel Crellin
Nikkie Downe
Paul Cowin
Peter Hartley
Phil Colebourn
Philip Christian
Robert Webb
Rose Dugdale
Rosemary Wild
Rosie Allen
Rupert Hoskin
Sally Anne Cubbon
Sammy Ball
Shaun Mayle
Shelley Waddington
Simon Barber
Simon Black-Kay
Simon Kaniewski
Siobhan Charnick
Sonja Macgregor
Stacey Davidson
Stephen Caley
Stephen Corkish
Steve O'Hare
Sue Halsall
Sue Reynolds
Suzannah Corkill
Teri Waddington
Thomas Craine
Tom Hanks
Trevor Roberts
Wendy Sayer
Zoe Shepherd

Latest entries

Its taken me a little longer to compile than I would have liked because the new entrants plus the original entrants came to one more than the current list. The reason was that someone had amended their Christian name so I had counted him twice!


Alexie Pepper
Alison Crellin
Angie Astley
Caroline Cain
David Cain
Dean Greenland
Emma Measures
Jane Ryder
Katherine Keenan
Liz Collins
Liz Cull
Mandy Caine
Mick Collins
Raymond Dodd
Trudy Haddouche
Will Moffatt

Latest 23 entries

Aaron Jones
Abdelqader Haddouche
Angela Caulfield
Caroline Walter
Charlotte Williamson
Chris Angold
Chris Bloomer
Chris Hall
Debbie Reeve
Elliott Wenn
Eric Critchley
Jean Aksoy
John Gallagher
Kirsty Weir
Kristy Ashe
Matt Harvey
Michael Readshaw
Nick Bradley
Peter Ward
Rob Campbell
Sarah Morgan-Jones
Simon Jones
Steve Clague

15 more entries

Ali Radcliffe
Andrea Castle
Catriona Farrant
Chris Clague
Dave Cain
David Cretney
Ernie Radcliffe
Gary Van Den Berg
Hazel Boswell
Ingrid Sugden
Judith Watkins
Kate Cain
Louise Alderman
Miguel Fernandes
Thurstan Denne

11 entries this evening

Alex Messenger
Chris Wright
Hayley Hemsley
Ian Moore
James Murphy
Kath Colquitt
Maurice Bellando
Peter Crebbin
Phil Kerruish
Sarah Messenger
Susan Messenger

neck and neck

I estimate that there are 354 male entries to date - exactly the same number as there are women.

Again I stress that this is entirely unofficial as I may have some wrong.

12 more entries

Chris Reynolds
Dawn Webb
Derek Baker
Hilary Borthwick
Jane Thacker
Jon Redmond
Matt Redmond
Mike Cutsforth
Miriam Collister
Sean Kenny
Sue Keown
Tristan Kewley

Nearly 7 times as many walkers reached Santon compared to 1993

1993 was the first year that 200 people reached Santon. How things have changed - last year 1385 got that far. Even with electronic timing that made it pretty busy!


1974 -94
1975 -88
1976 -78
1977 -87
1978 -83
1979 -82
1980 -106
1981 83
1982 -105
1983 -109
1984 -103
1985 -121
1986 -151
1987 -138
1988 -118
1989 -125
1990 -154
1991 -159
1992 -166
1993 -203
1994 -223
1995 -239
1996 -282
1997 -410
1998 -498
1999 -578
2000 -663
2001 -727
2002 -832
2003 -928
2004 -1079
2005 -1131
2006 -1346
2007 -1125
2008 -1385

Almost 1 an hour

26 entries in the last 31 hours!

Abbie Leece
Andy Keelan
Bernie Ball
Ciara Kaneen
Clive Berriff
David Gawne
David Hall
Eileen Benjamin
Fiona Chatel
Geoffrey Hall
Helen Jackson
Ian Callister
Jane Cross
Jennie Buttell
Jessica Cross
Joe Lee
Julie Cretney
Lynne Sayle
Martin Blyth
Melinda Faragher
Michele Perry
Mike Faragher
Moira Hall
Neil Ecolango
Shane Bennett-White
Sharon Roberts

And another 12

Those that entered yesterday take the entry to 670.

Alex Dawson
Annie Harling
Anthony Kneale
Des Robinson
Giles Hill
Jade Weir
Jane Smith
Jenny Divers
Les Webb
Ralph Pawling
Robert Corrin
Victoria Penrose

Still a lot to come though. Come on guys.

Wrong blog

These eight entries had been received by Saturday, but I posted the update to the wrong blog:


Debbie Yan Sheung Tang
Emma McGreevy
Fintan Cummins
Graham Smith
Ian Comish
Louise Carder
Sarah Teare
Wendy Easthope

Entries reach 650

The latest entries are:

Anthony Cagney
Anthony Fielding
Chris Smith
David Tasker
Guy Adamson
Jean Slack
Joanne Standish
Judy Thornley
Leanne Webb
Lesley Joyce
Lorna Kennaugh
Lynn McKibbin
Matthew Black
Nicholas Bradley
Peter Bould
Philip Knop
Sophie Cowley
Stephen Jenkins

That Patrick section again

The average time between Rushen and Patrick in 2007 was 03:01:40.

In the wet of 2008 the average had dropped to 3:07:08

5 more this afternoon

Leanne Webb
Lesley Joyce
Lorna Kennaugh
Lynn McKibbin
Peter Bould

8 more entries

Aaron Curphey
Cheryl Bond
Claire Hamer
Craig Morgan
Donna Gregson
Kelly Smith
Mark Saunders
Mary Doyle


There are now 321 men and 311 women entered.

Fastest to Patrick

Its only for the past two years that we have split times between the churches. Sean Hands was considerably faster last year than anyone else in 2008 or a year earlier.

Here are the fastest 50:

Sean Hands
01:53:59
2008
Robbie Callister
02:00:31
2007
Michael George
02:03:00
2007
Robbie Callister
02:05:08
2008
Ray Pitts
02:06:15
2007
Jock Waddington
02:06:47
2008
Sue Biggart
02:08:42
2008
Andrew Titley
02:10:46
2008
Maurice Bellando
02:11:36
2008
Janice Quirk
02:12:24
2008
Alan Cowin
02:12:47
2008
Stephen Harvey
02:13:00
2008
Andrew McCutcheon
02:13:13
2008
Steve Partington
02:14:07
2007
Eammon Harkin
02:14:18
2007
Michael George
02:14:21
2008
Sue Biggart
02:14:47
2007
Ian Dunbar
02:14:52
2007
Michael Shipsides
02:17:58
2008
Terry Moffat
02:18:07
2008
Thomas Melvin
02:18:26
2007
Mark Hempsall
02:18:31
2008
John Shimmin
02:19:28
2008
Terry Moffat
02:19:43
2007
Rosemarie Crellin
02:19:50
2008
Martijn Biesmans
02:19:55
2007
Doug Allan
02:20:21
2008
Jane Mooney
02:20:59
2008
Janice Quirk
02:21:08
2007
Shaun Nesbitt
02:21:14
2008
Alison Brand
02:21:16
2007
Martin Malone
02:22:07
2008
Alan McCulloch
02:22:26
2008
Jock Waddington
02:22:42
2007
Vinny Lynch
02:23:06
2007
Michael Shipsides
02:23:56
2007
Tony Okell
02:23:59
2008
Christopher Paul . Shimmin
02:24:12
2007
Debby Ashe
02:24:17
2008
Jane Mooney
02:24:27
2007
Kathryn Kennaugh
02:24:42
2007
Rachael Crellin
02:25:16
2008
Andy Green
02:25:17
2008
Martijn Biesmans
02:25:20
2008
Alison Brand
02:25:22
2008
Doug Allan
02:25:23
2007
Julian Thomas
02:25:26
2007
Catherine Lowey
02:25:27
2007
John Shimmin
02:25:32
2007
Vicki Rawlinson
02:25:53
2008

30 more have entered

Andy Kneen
Bernard Cannan
Bernie Moynihan
Colin Coole
Colin Cowley
Colm Andrew
Doris Li
Emma Snell
Geoff Karran
Hannah Gerrard
Ian Corlett
Ian Wakley
Jim McDonnell
Jo-Ann Jansen Van Vuuren
Jolene Hickey
Jonathan Ayres
Lisa Motley
Lloyd Van Vuuren
Lynne Quayle
Mathew Williamson
Maurice Snell
Melanie Moores
Natasha Cushing
Neil Cushing
Penny Thursfield
Richard Darnill
Rory Galliers
Sheila Skillicorn
Sue Webster
Suzanne Galliers

Total now 624

Slightly more men

My latest calculations indicate that the 594 entries are from 302 men and 292 women.

The calculations are unofficial and dependent upon the flag I enter against each name on my working spreadsheet rather than from the full official database.

Approaching 600

Can we get another 6 signup up to day to make it a good Friday and lift the entries to 600?

Here are the latest three:

Bill Bowes
Erin Callister
Jo Callister

Get to the finish just before 5 am

If you want to see the person with the average winning time, that is when you should be there. During the past year, the average finishing time has varied very little:

2006
20:54:28

2007
20:58:42

2008
20:57:23

It is 1995 since the average was less than 20 hours.

2 enter this afternoon

Sandra Kaighin
Ste Jackson

Latest entries

Angie Aire
Bill Snelling
Cath Smith
Ian Ashcroft
James Russell
Jayne Kelly
Maria Santodomingo Lorente
Nitaya Gribbin
Pat Burgess

12 names added today

Amy Wilde
Bernice Walmsley
Craig Jenkinson
Deborah Tatum
Glyn Evans
Jennifer McDonald
Keith Glover
Martin Greenhalgh
Norbert Will
Rosemary Robinson
Salma Shalla
Sandra Connor

entries up to 568

Here are the latest:


Andrew Marshall
Andy Quirk
Carolyn Lace
Chris Murphy
Christopher Waller
Conor McVeigh
Eddie Humphreys
Irene Taggart
Jennifer Patrick
Jill Gillings
Laura Martin
Liz Slater
Matthew Haddow
Maureen Kelly
Nicholas Patrick
Rebecca Murray
Rene Ferreira
Roger Hara
Ruth Gould

Latest entries

Billy McCoubrey
Carol McCoubrey
Colin Gilbert
David Cohen
David Higson
David Pettifer
Jamie Christian
Jane Cregeen
Jane Leonard
Judith Walker
Karen McCarthy
Kate Alexander
Leila Dobbie
Lynn McCoubrey
Maggie Bennion
Mandy Harvey
Martin Kennaugh
Michael Gray
Rachel Stynes
Richard Hill
Ronald Cortez
Rousseau Moss
Ruth Cooke
Stephanie Gray
Suzanne Mckee
Trevor Nixon

79 entries added since Monday

Aishlinn Creer
Alan Matcham
Ally Walsh
Andrea Howroyd
Andrew Walker
Anita Kelly (Nee Costain)
Barbara Cohen
Breeshey Corrin
Caroline Corteen
Chantal Johnson
Charlie Weston
Charlotte Gould
Claire Walker
Colin Faragher
Craig Riley
Darren Young
David John Kinrade
David Brew
David Smith
Dean Martin
Deirdre Davies
Eammon Harkin
Edward Marshall
Frank Caine
Gareth Davies
Geoffrey Hicklin
Georgina Stansfield
Gill Blake
Ian Kelly
Ian Marshall
James Devaney
Jane Mayhew
Janet Slinger
John Cannell
John Fisher
John Shimmin
Julie Desmarchelier
Karen Smirthwaite
Karin Blair
Kath Kelly
Katherine Nugent
Katie Young
Mal Greenshall
Marcia K MacLeod
Mark Blake
Mark Johnson
Naomi Lewis
Nicola Parry
Paul Young
Peter Glover
Peter Russell
Rachael Perry
Rachel Bridges
Raymond Coates
Ricky Riley
Rod Phillips
Sarah Young
Seamus Nugent
Sean Dickinson
Stuart Gibson
Sue McCourt
Terry Bradley
Tim Rushton
Vinny Lynch

Make that 78 as Andrea Howroyd appears twice.