Hi Everyone,
While Bob is away sunning himself in Turkey, I've drawn the short straw for producing the press reports.
On Wednesday 30th June, Sidmouth Running Club held a new event, the Beat the Bus Race, which starts at Otterton Green and runs through two fields, crossing a road before ascending the hills to High Peak and down towards Sidmouth, before returning to the Green in Otterton.
95 runners completed the race and 58 of them succeeded in beating the bus. The winner was Graham Hill of Sidmouth Running Club in a time of 39:43. Four Exmouth Harriers competed in the race and the first to finish was Pete McKeown in 8th place in 42:39. Next came Jon Croome, 10th in 43:02, followed by Lorraine Croome, 35th in 50:36. John Perratt was 46th in 54:22, so all four beat the Stagecoach No. 157 bus that took 57:06. The first lady to finish was Angel Felix in 43:44 and the last runner home was Peggy Snell in 1:51:30.
This year, Exmouth Harriers fielded five out of the total of 67 teams who took part in the 4 x 2 ½ miles Erme Valley Road Relays at Ivybridge on Friday, 2nd July. The men’s race was won by Torbay A C ‘A’ in a total time of 52:40 and Torbay also won the ladies event in a team time of 65:01, making it a great night for the club. The Torbay anchor man, Lee Turner, also recorded the fastest leg of the evening with 12:44, making it even better.
The fastest lady was Jo Meek (14:14) in the Tavistock mixed team and the first pub/village was Ugborough with a team time of 69:07.
Exmouth Harriers men’s V40 team (57:34) of Dave Stone (13:19), Hugh Marsden (14:17), Mark Thompson (15:28) and Mike Musgrove (14:30) received the award for the 2nd men’s team. They finished ahead of the Exmouth men’s team (60:09) of Ben White (17:11), Adam Miller (14:09), Chris Dupain (15:04) and Dave Stone (13:45), who were 5th in the category.
Exmouth’s men’s V50 team (67:46) of Terry Oldham (16:51), Richard Selby (16:41), Hugh Marsden (15:11) and John Perratt (19:03) were 4th.
The amazing reign of the Exmouth men’s V60 team finally came to an end, but only just! Having won on all the previous 7 occasions since the category was introduced in 2003, they failed to make it eight out of eight, when they were finally beaten by the excellent but much younger team from South West Road Runners (69:29). The Exmouth supervets’ ages now range from 65 to 73 (average 69!!) and their time was 71:46 (Jim Wyatt 19:04, John Perratt 18:06, Ray Elston 17:53 and Roger Rowe 16:43). If, however, the impending 60th birthday of Richard Selby had been just 3 weeks earlier, his time would have contributed to a V60 team time of 69:23 that would have beaten the victorious South West Road Runners time by 6 seconds!! Just 3 weeks on a total of 276 years!
Last but not least, on to the Exmouth ladies team who were 5th in the category in 74:22 (Emma Dupain 16:52, Lorraine Gilson 19:16, Dawn Teed 19:25 and Katie Comer 18:49).
The last team to finish was the Instinctive Sports men’s V60 team in 94:05.
Best wishes,
Les
While Bob is away sunning himself in Turkey, I've drawn the short straw for producing the press reports.
On Wednesday 30th June, Sidmouth Running Club held a new event, the Beat the Bus Race, which starts at Otterton Green and runs through two fields, crossing a road before ascending the hills to High Peak and down towards Sidmouth, before returning to the Green in Otterton.
95 runners completed the race and 58 of them succeeded in beating the bus. The winner was Graham Hill of Sidmouth Running Club in a time of 39:43. Four Exmouth Harriers competed in the race and the first to finish was Pete McKeown in 8th place in 42:39. Next came Jon Croome, 10th in 43:02, followed by Lorraine Croome, 35th in 50:36. John Perratt was 46th in 54:22, so all four beat the Stagecoach No. 157 bus that took 57:06. The first lady to finish was Angel Felix in 43:44 and the last runner home was Peggy Snell in 1:51:30.
This year, Exmouth Harriers fielded five out of the total of 67 teams who took part in the 4 x 2 ½ miles Erme Valley Road Relays at Ivybridge on Friday, 2nd July. The men’s race was won by Torbay A C ‘A’ in a total time of 52:40 and Torbay also won the ladies event in a team time of 65:01, making it a great night for the club. The Torbay anchor man, Lee Turner, also recorded the fastest leg of the evening with 12:44, making it even better.
The fastest lady was Jo Meek (14:14) in the Tavistock mixed team and the first pub/village was Ugborough with a team time of 69:07.
Exmouth Harriers men’s V40 team (57:34) of Dave Stone (13:19), Hugh Marsden (14:17), Mark Thompson (15:28) and Mike Musgrove (14:30) received the award for the 2nd men’s team. They finished ahead of the Exmouth men’s team (60:09) of Ben White (17:11), Adam Miller (14:09), Chris Dupain (15:04) and Dave Stone (13:45), who were 5th in the category.
Exmouth’s men’s V50 team (67:46) of Terry Oldham (16:51), Richard Selby (16:41), Hugh Marsden (15:11) and John Perratt (19:03) were 4th.
The amazing reign of the Exmouth men’s V60 team finally came to an end, but only just! Having won on all the previous 7 occasions since the category was introduced in 2003, they failed to make it eight out of eight, when they were finally beaten by the excellent but much younger team from South West Road Runners (69:29). The Exmouth supervets’ ages now range from 65 to 73 (average 69!!) and their time was 71:46 (Jim Wyatt 19:04, John Perratt 18:06, Ray Elston 17:53 and Roger Rowe 16:43). If, however, the impending 60th birthday of Richard Selby had been just 3 weeks earlier, his time would have contributed to a V60 team time of 69:23 that would have beaten the victorious South West Road Runners time by 6 seconds!! Just 3 weeks on a total of 276 years!
Last but not least, on to the Exmouth ladies team who were 5th in the category in 74:22 (Emma Dupain 16:52, Lorraine Gilson 19:16, Dawn Teed 19:25 and Katie Comer 18:49).
The last team to finish was the Instinctive Sports men’s V60 team in 94:05.
Best wishes,
Les
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