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We bring you the sad news that John Bryant, former

We bring you the sad news that John Bryant, former president of Thames and member for over fifty years, died last night.

A note from his son Matthew:
Thank you to all members of Thames who were part of his times with the club - you brought him friendship, competition, laughter and many, many good evenings of conversation, and occasionally song. If he had an epitaph it might well be: "To run with the Hare and Hounds was his pride and his joy, to sport the old saltire and to race like a boy, for when the sun shone on his saltire his joy knew no bounds, so let's all drink good health to the Thames Hare and Hounds". 1. John on right, Chris Brasher center, Ronnie Williams left. 1995
2. John as Captain, front row second from left on an @oucrosscountry training camp. 1966
3. John as THH President, center with the ladies winning SL team. 2011
4&5. Varsity Match dinner menu with John speaking as Oxford Captain. 1966

Quite simply, John Bryant was one of the great Thames men, giving over 50 years of unstinting service to the club. He joined Thames in 1967 straight from Queen’s College, Oxford. While at Oxford, he competed 3x in the Tortoises-Spartans cross-country race, and once in the 3,000SC varsity at White City.

At Thames, he was vice-captain from 1972-73 and then club captain for four seasons from 1973 until 1977, and served as our seventh President from 2010-15.

On the competitive front, he was one of our foremost runners during the 1970s and early-1980s when we started to emerge as a competitive force in local and regional competition. In 1976 he was one of the scoring six (who coincidentally had all been involved in the 1966 Varsity Match) when we pulled off an unheralded second place in the Southern Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill.

Professionally, John was a journalist and worked for The Daily Mail, The Times, The Sunday Correspondent and The European, concluding his career as Editor of The Daily Telegraph. As well as his London Marathon history, he produced a number of books on athletics, including 3:59.4: The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile; The Marathon Makers; and Chris Brasher: The man who made The London Marathon.

Toughing it out over the worst mud in years Thames

Toughing it out over the worst mud in years Thames came away with an ever improving National performance

6th Ladies team and 9th Men's team

48th @bezmuz
59th @khedgeth
69th @natalieseymour9
74th Lauren Major
153rd @beckett_chloe
303rd @jessdavies140
126th Josh Carr
134th Paddy Roddy
136th James Hoad
163rd @eliotnevill
176th @rich.ollington
190th @james.chettle1
199th @amittai_
284th, and 1st V55 Ben Reynolds
356th @meiklejohnjames
380th @james.bartram
592nd Matt Lynas
677th Ed Gazeley
968th @roryspicer
#CrossCountry #XC #running

When in Ireland we wear green 🍀 (shorts) 4-day

When in Ireland we wear green 🍀 (shorts)

4-day weekend road tripping around Armagh, the Wicklow Way, and outer-Gallway

Armagh 5k treated us to a <14.30 run from JHoad, a small PB by ROllington and grazed knees for PRoddy

The rest of the trip we spent getting drenched, dunk on Guinness and watching JReekie's GB record breaking 1500i

Awesome running from our Ladies team yesterday to

Awesome running from our Ladies team yesterday to win the Surrey League for the 3rd year in a row. Thanks to @claphamchasers and @belgraveharriers for some great races this season

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