Athletics

They qualified for the national event to be held over the same three-mile course in three weeks' time by finishing 18th overall.

The ladies B team also gave a good account of themselves, ending up 29th out of 49 teams.

While the ladies race is split into six individual stages, the men's event is run over 12 stages.

The men completed the 12 laps in four hours and 34 minutes.

The highlight was an impressive return to action for Neil Williams who ran the fastest short leg, four years after suffering an asthma attack on the same course, while the Piersen brothers also performed well after filling in at the last minute.

Senior ladies 6 stage A team (6 short legs): Overall position 18 of 49. Overall time two hours eight minutes and 22 seconds.

E Hornby 20mins 4.37 secs; M Gonzalez 22-02.32; C Maynard 20-55.19; N Harris 24-31.31; E Dourneen 20-26.8; L Kite 19-44.7.

Senior Ladies 6 Stage B Team (6 short legs): Overall position 29 of 49. Overall time 2-23-08.

N Evans 22-58.43; J Colin 22-39.36; C Sedman-Smith 23-27.33; S Saunders 26-29.38; S Dyde 25-17.29; J Harler 22-18.20.

Senior men's 12 stage team (8 short legs, 4 long legs): Overall position 27 of 52. Overall Time 4-34-35.

T Kenderin 31-52.34; S Poulton 18-33.41; G McMillan 19-14.42; M Vaux Harvey 28-37.12; H Lambert 18-26.34; G Pierson 19-35.37; D Hall 29-55.12; B Park 18-12.27; R Chrzan 17-48.23; A Pierson 36-53.42; G Corbett 18-19.24; N Williams 17-11.15.

Club member David Hunt, continued his preparations for the London Marathon with an excellent result in the Ironbridge Half Marathon.

Hunt completed the hilly course in one hour, 30 minutes and five seconds to finish just outside the top 10 of Male Vet 40 competitors. He was 39th overall from a field of 534 runners.

Also competing for the club, were Martin Wilmott (1-37-51), David Vale (1-40-49), Graham Amer (1-43-44), David Carter (1-51-44), Mary Fletcher (1-58-26) and Mick Hudson (2-03-33).