Rachel Disley ran 18:27 for the BPTT whilst Ian Higgins David Jenkins and Colin Price all competed in the WCTT.

Phill Tedd finished a fantastic 32nd.

A hardly bunch of runners flew the saltire at the South of England Championships with Julian Rendall having a storming run for a magnificent 32nd.

1	P Wicks		45.55
32	J Rendall		50.00
161	J Cox-Nicol	56.44
179	S Paddock		57.08
196	L Mathews		57.41
232	J Watson		59.10

Thames ladies scored a double today with Naomi Warner winning the Bushy Park Time Trial and Charlotte Saunders winning its new sibling, the Wimbledon Common Time Trial.

Thames put out a fine team of 40 or so runners to beat both South London Harriers and Herne Hill Harriers over the 7.5 mile course. The going was heavy and the mud and newly felled trees on the course led to relatively slow times but the Thames men filled 8 of the first 10 places for a convincing victory.

Congratulations to Darren Talbot and Rachel Haining who were first TH&H gentleman and lady home to take the TH&H Long Distance Challenge Cups and to Aimie, Toby and Annabel each running for Thames for the first time - Annabel with the dubious distinction of finishing two races having found herself in the finish funnel for the Vets AC race before realising she had gone off course..... Thanks, as ever, to the Carver for a particularly fine post race tea!

Position 	Name		Club	Time
1	Darren Talbot	THH	40:24
2	Simon Wurr	THH	41:26
3	Matt Jones	THH	42:20
4	Mike Boucher 	HHH	42:39
5	David Symons	THH	42:47
6	Nick Malynn	THH	43:00
7	Andy Howse	THH	43:04
8	Pawel Bal		SLH	43:15
9	Toby Pearson	THH	43:51
10	Andy Arbour	THH	43:57
11	Andy Collins	SLH	44:57
12	Glen ???		SLH	45:46
13	Peter Woodburn	THH	45:49
14	Steve Paddock	THH	45:54
15	Sean Newland	SLH	46:05
16	Andy Davis	SLH	46:24
17	Paul Mitchell	SLH	46:34
18	Andy Robinson	THH	46:46
19	Johnnie Powell	THH	46:56
20	Andrew Aiken	SLH	47:00
21	Matthew Lynas	THH	47:34
22	Rhodri Davies	THH	48:03
23	Simon Hill	THH	48:10
24	Toby Sykes	THH	48:16
25	Nick Maloney	THH	48:27
26	Dan Pescod	THH	48:47
27	Chris Cheeseman	THH	49:41
28	John Quaintance 	SLH	49:45
29	Charlie Cooper	THH	49:55
30	Alan Moreton	SLH	50:03
31	Carol Evans (L)	SLH	50:29
32	Gavin Yeates	THH	50:56
33	Martin Boulton 	THH	51:01
34	Pippa Major (L)	SLH	51:06
35	Chris Hutber 	THH	51:23
36	Clare Pauzers (L)	HHH	51:26
37	Rob Crozier	SLH	51:29
38	Peter Emery	SLH	51:39
39	Ashley Brutnall	THH	51:53
40	Peter Southall	SLH	52:09
41	Andy Stainsby	THH	53:13
42	Rachel Haining (L)	THH	53:31
43	Anna Garnier (L)	THH	53:35
44	Colin Young 	SLH	53:41
45	Alex Halpin	SLH	53:42
46	Chris Costift(L)	SLH	54:24
47	Valdiz Pauzers	HHH	42:40
48	Francis Upcott	SLH	55:56
49	Alan Gibbons	THH	56:09
50	Vikki Filsell (L)	THH	56:13
51	Maddalaine Ans (L)THH	57:04
52	Nigel Costift	SLH	57:11
53	Sylvie Kah (L)	SLH	57:33
54	Pam Ianella (L)	SLH	58:05
55	Alison Collins (L)	SLH	58:10
56	Robin Parker	THH	59:03
57	Jeff Armitage	THH	59:24
58	Julia Fea (L)	THH	60:59
59	Aimie Sinden (L)	THH	61:57
60	Paul Newby	THH	62:47
61	David Jenkins	THH	62:57
62	Jane Crabtree (L)	THH	63:00
63	Jake Clausten	SLH	63:42
64	David Alston	SLH	64:11
65	Andy Lea-Gerrard	HHH	73:59
	Annabel		THH	Off course

Match 4 to Score

1. THH 	11
2. SLH 	30
3. HHH 	37

Match 23 to Score

1. THH 	384
2. SLH 	647

Ian Higgins, Al Gibbons and Colin Price enjoyed this weeks WCTT.

8.	Ian Higgins	18.30
31.	Al Gibbons	22.39
48.	Colin Price	27.24

Hugh Shields clocked up some more racing miles with 9th place and first M40.

Benita Johnson finished third behind world short course champion Gelete Burka and Vivian Cheruiyot with Burka describing the weather during the race as the worst conditions she had ever run in.

Tom Samuel finished a magnificent 10th in this high standard event. Rameez Khan ran a well-judged race for 68th and Alex Scott finished 116th. 323 finished.

John Mcfarlane swept all his rivals aside with a powerful piece of running on the Common in the third Surrey League of the season that saw Thames cement their second place in the league.

John has been competing for Thames in the surrey league for nearly 10 years and no-one in this period has been more consistent for the club at the sharp end. Darren Talbot continued his fine run in 4th with Ian Harkness 6th and Andy Weir 11th. David Symons showed extremely encouraging form with Nic Gould turning in his best ever Surrey League placing. It was also highly encouraging to see Matt Jones back racing for Thames whilst on an extended break from his posting in China.

1. J Mcfarlane		26.44
4. D Talbot		27:34
6. I Harkness		27:40
11. A Weir		28:10
20. D Symons		28:42
22. N Gould		28:53
29. M Jones		29:05
36. J Cordwell		29:38
38. C Daniels		29:40
55. M Lynas		30:39
65. J Cox-Nicol		31:11
69. P Lazo		31:15
72. S Molden		31:21
78. A Robinson		31:44
79. L Mathews		31:48
80. S Paddock		31:52
112. D Pescod		34:07
122. T Beer		35:04

Teams
1.	HHH		173 pts
2. 	TH&H		221
3. 	Ran		341
4.	Bels		400
5. 	G&G		422
6.	Stragglers	554
7.	SLH		583
8.	Dulwich		693
9.	Reigate P	708

Overall after 3 matches
1.	HHH		460
2.	TH&H		884
3.	Bels		1110
4.	Ran		1149
5.	G&G		1597
6.	SLH		1604
7.	Stragglers	1660
8.	Reigate P	1734
9.	Dulwich		2087	

Catherine Bryson of Belgrave was first home, in a field of over 250 ladies, with a strong finish over the tough TH&H course. Alex Richmond and Bethan Hopewell seemed to enjoy the mud and finished in their highest places to date in the league with Vicki Webb, Anna Garnier and Vikki Filsell making up the Thames scoring team. Many thanks to the army of pioneers and timekeepers that ensured that the day was a great success.

1.	Catherine Bryson	Belgrave		23.16
2.	Louise Watson	Stragglers	23.20
3.	Emily Nelson	Epsom		23.22
6.	Alex Richmond	TH&H		23.47
13.	Bethan Hopewell	TH&H		24.29
43.	Vicki Webb	TH&H		26.43
53.	Anna Garnier	TH&H		27.14
71.	Vikki Filsell	TH&H		28.14
109.	Maddalaine Ansell	TH&H		29.38
167.	Maureen Poole	TH&H		32.04
184.	Di Leakey		TH&H		33.07

AFTER THREE MATCHES
1.	Belgrave		192
2.	Ranelagh		261
3.	TH&H		347
4.	Stragglers	374
5.	SLH		480

Full club and age group results in Excel format are here.

Timothy Rogers donned his saltire down under and ran 4 hours 4 minutes.

Darren Talbot won the inaugural Wimbledon Common 5km time trial in 16:49. It was also great to see Ian Higgins return to racing in 6th.

1. D Talbot	16:49
6. I Higgins	19:07
32. D Jenkins	24:12
46. C Price	28:41

Julian Rendall was a very fine 10th place in a phenomenally strong Kent Championships whilst Tom Samuel was 12th in the Under 20 event.

Phill Tedd made a welcome return to racing after a 9-month injury layoff and finished 12th in a phenomenally competitive Yorkshire Championships.

Thames waded around a very muddy Lloyd Park to take team bronze medals in the mens race, with Johnny Mac (2nd) and Andy Weir (6th) leading the way. In a super competitive ladies field, 7 TH&H ladies braved the mud with Naomi Warner finishing 4th, Rachel Disley close behind in 7th and Bethan Hopewell and Vikki Filsell closing for 4th team. Results below.

Men
1.	Phill Wicks (Bel)		41.46
2	John Macfarlane		44.16
6	Andy Weir		45.26
21	David Symons		47.42
28	Nick Gould		49.15
56	Hugh Shields		52.56
92	Dan Pescod		56.50

Team
1.	Herne Hill		79
2.	SLH			199
3	Thames			205

Ladies
1.	Emily Adams (AFD)		32.26
4	Naomi Warner		33.50
7	Rachel Disley		34.34
18	Bethan Hopewell		36.50
59	Vikki Filsell		43.12
61	Maddalaine Ansell		43.17
69	Maureen Poole		44.49
92	Jane Crabtree		53.06

Team
1.	Bels			38
2.	Ranelagh			52
3.	SLH			87
4.	Thames			88

Simon Wurr made a return to competitive action with a promising 4th place in his home county championships.

Congratulations to Kitty Alderton on the birth of Sebastian. Weather permitting, Sebastian will be making his Thames debut as a pioneer shortly!

Four saltires graced a sunny Hyde Park to welcome the new year. Chris Daniels finishd 10th closely followed by super-vet Hugh Shields. Charlotte Saunders finished eigth lady, while Nick Maloney added more evidence to the theory that alcohol and top quality athletic performances dont go together.

1.	J Powell		32:30
10.	C Daniels		34:58
14.	H Shields		35:25
58.	Charlotte Saunders	40:26
66.	N Maloney		40:49

459 finished