Highworth Invitation Half Marathon
The team were victorious in the Highworth Invitation Half Marathon, finishing 10 points ahead of their next rivals. First man home for the club was Alistair Lockey in 4th place overall with a time of 1:17:14, followed by Dennis Walmsley 5th in 1:18:52. Ewen Smith achieved an excellent time of 1:25:36 in 25th, Tony Goodwill, 34th in 1:28:09, Steve Edwards 36th in 1:28:37, Chris Hartley and Lucy Walmsley finishing together in 1:29:52 and 39th position, Tom Jess 48th in 1:32:15, Pete Scarrott 1:33:48 and Hilary Ponti in 1:40:50.
Inter Counties Schools Cross-country - Cardiff
In the Cardiff X Challenge, the Inter Counties Schools event at Blackweir in Cardiff on Sunday, Steph Lane had an excellent run to win the silver medal, leading the Gloucestershire Schools team home of Ellie Brodie, Brittany Teague and Rachel Underhill, backed up by Alice Thomas, Rachel Gardner and Zoe Grafton.
(l-r: Steph Lane, Ellie Brodie, Alice Thomas, Rachel Underhill and Brittany Teague)
Beth Pudifoot and Beth Wynn had superb runs, both out-sprinting their opponents in the finishing straight to finish 13th and 31st overall and 1st and 6th Gloucestershire scorers in the winning team.
In the Under 15 Girls Millie Mather and Corrigan Cox were one second apart in 29th and 30th positions, while Lewis Gray finished 72nd Under 17 Boy.
4 Villages Half Marathon - Cheshire
Competing in their annual Four Villages Half Marathon trip were John Gibson 1:43:23, Roger Woodley 1:54:40 and Eddie Rozier 1:57:54.
Report Highlights
The Bourton team won the challenge by 10 points.
Alistair finishes 4th overall and Dennis was 5th.
All team members gave fine performances.
Steph Lane wins silver in the Inter-counties Cross-country challenge at Cardiff.
Other reports may be found on our recent race reports page.