Despite racing the previous day in the Inter Counties Cross Country, Julian Rendall ran a strong 73:13 for 2nd place.

Nic Gould was 7th in 76:45

Naomi Warner was a magnificent 23rd in the Ladies race competing for Surrey whilst Julian Rendall finished 98th for Kent in the Senior Mens event.

Nic Gould won the WCTT in 16:34 and, across town, David Symons ran 16:47 for 3rd in the BPTT.

Four saltires toed the line at Charterhouse in Godalming. Simon Molden finished 11th with Chris Hutber, David Walsh and Stan Stainsby rounding off the team.

Nick Gould won the WCTT with Saturday morning regulars Ian, Colin and Dan behind him, before heading off around the common again in the long distance handicap . David Symons was second in the BPTT.

Congratulations to Al Gibbons who ran his fastest time over the 7.5 mile course for two years to take the prized tankard, with Nick Malynn hot on his heels. Nick was also second fastest over the course, behind Nick Altmann who demonstrated the mixed benfits of altitute training and tequila consumption.

Position	Name		Finish 	Actual Time
1	Al Gibbons	3:20:18 	00:53:18
2	Nick Malynn	3:20:31 	00:43:01
3	Chris Hutber	3:21:07 	00:50:37
4	Maddalaine Ansell	3:21:11 	00:57:11
5	Simon Molden	3:21:19 	00:45:34
6	Nick Maloney	3:21:33 	00:48:48
7	Matt Lynas	3:21:45 	00:44:45
8	Rhodri Davis	3:21:49 	00:48:04
9	Steve Pollard	3:22:01 	00:51:01
10	David Walsh	3:22:10 	00:56:40
11	Michael Bostelmann	3:22:27 	00:59:27
12	Mike Farmery	3:22:38 	00:47:38
13	Nick Altmann	3:23:14 	00:42:44
14	Tim Nightingale	3:23:28 	00:52:28
15	Michael Evans	3:23:32 	00:52:32
16	Vicki Filsell	3:23:56 	00:56:56
17	Maureen Poole	3:24:05 	01:01:05
18	Larry Matthews	3:24:07 	00:46:22
19	Nic Gould		3:24:36 	00:45:36
20	James Justins	3:25:52 	00:54:52
21	Andy Lea-Gerrard	3:26:41 	01:07:41
22	Paul Newby	3:29:36 	01:07:36
23	John Bryant	3:31:03 	01:12:03
24	Al Kennis		3:32:02 	00:55:32
25	Andrew Simon	3:36:42 	01:15:42
26	Annabel Dearing	3:36:57 	01:14:57
Off course:Rachel Haining	3:15:31 	00:46:31
Off course:Robin McNabb	3:18:27 	00:54:27
Retired:Doug Justins

John Macfarlane put in a swift 1hr6.27 for second place with a trio of Thames ladies a little way behind.

1.	W. Chinhanhu			1.04.52	(Poole Runners)
2.	John Macfarlane			1.06.27	(TH&H)
535.	Vikki Filsell			1.39.52	(TH&H)
570.	Liz Stravreski			1.40.55	(TH&H)
577.	Maddalaine Ansell			1.41.11	(TH&H)

Intrepid Thamesman David Moore racked up another ultra title with a victory in the Veterans category in this epic 45 mile event along the Grand Union Canal finishing at Little Venice.

Naomi Warner continued her run of recent good form to win the ladies race.

Hugh Shields clocked up some more air miles and also returned from the Kelvin Hall with a silver medal after running a competitive 4:24 in the M40 category.

The ladies completed the fourth and final race of the Surrey League taking third spot in the league. Rachel Disley showed that she is getting back to her old form, placing eighth, with Bethan Hopewell, Rachel Haining, Vicki Filsell and a blooming Dorchie Cockerell completing the scoring A team. It is especially encouraging to see that we also placed third in the the seperate B team competion with Sam Stevens and Annabel Dearing closing the B team and making their Surrey League debuts.

Fixture 4 Richmond Park

8.	Rachel Disley		21.50
17.	Bethen Hopewell		22.44
42.	Rachel Haining		24.25
55.	Vikki Filsell		25.12
56.	Dorchie Cockerell		25.21
72.	Alison Carpenter		26.11
76.	Karen Jones		26.29
118.	Di Leakey			30.10
120	Sam Stevens		30.27
126.	Annabel Dearing		31.41

After 4 Matches

1.	Belgrave		273
2.	Ranellagh		348
3.	TH&H		511

Thames secured second spot in the league with a solid performance. Phill Ted led the team home with a fine fourth spot and it was good to welcome Toby Pearson and Charlie Cooper running in the league for the first time. Results below.

1.	Dave Anderson(Bel)		28.53  
4.	Phill Tedd		29.37
13.	Andy Weir			30.13
15.	Darren Talbot		30.22
21.	Simon Wurr		30.55
28.	David Symons		31.24
32.	Toby Pearson		31.38
35.	Nic Gould			31.48
43.	Tom Kingsnorth		32.30
64.	Steve Paddock		33.28
100.	Charlie Cooper		36.08

Team
            BEL   DUL   G&G   HHH   RAN   RPR   SLH   THH   STR 
    1         1    59    24     2     9     3     5     4    17 
    2         6    70    39     8    12    18    36    13    25 
    3         7    72    44    10    27    20    40    15    30 
    4        14    82    47    11    33    29    46    21    50 
    5        16    85    51    22    34    45    53    28    54 
    6        19    86    61    26    37    52    58    32    73 
    7        23    87    71    41    38    65    60    35    75 
    8        31    88    77    42    48    66    68    43    78 
    9        56    89½   83    49    55    67    69    64    79 
   10        63    89½   84    62    57    76    74    81    80 
                                                                
TOTAL       236   808   581   273   350   441   509   336   561 
MATCH POS     1     9     8     2     4     5     6     3     7 
B/FWD      1110  2087  1597   460  1149  1734  1604   884  1660 
LGE TOTAL  1346  2895  2178   733  1499  2175  2113  1220  2221 
LGE POS       3     9     7     1     4     6     5     2     8 

Darren talbot put in a swift 32.14 for 9th man and new member Charlotte Saunders recorded a good sub 39 minute time for 15th lady in high quality fields.

Chris Daniels cruised to an impressive victory in 33:43.

David Symons and Nick Maloney headed to the hills of Long Mynd once more for the 5000ft / 11.7miles challenge. With a course record of 1hr 29min it was always going to be tough but both survived, and ran well, with David placing sixth and Nick 38th.

1.	Pete Vale (Mercia)		1.38.54
6.	David Symons		1.52.53
38.	Nick Maloney		2.07.00

Nic Gould ran 16.34 to win with a host of saltires behind him. Ian Higgins excelled in 4th with a new PB whilst Dan Pescod made a good debut in this weekly event.

Henk Altmann won individual gold in the M65 category and led Peter Giles and Michael Johnson to a well earned team gold in the M60 event. Mike Farmery ran well in the M50 event, leading Rhodri home. Hugh Shields and Chris Cheeseman flew the saltire and put in strong runs in the M40/45 race. Rachel Haining and Vicky Filsell were well up in the Ladies race; full details to follow.

Four members flew the flag over the clay at Harrow. Richard Smith excelled in 2nd with tight packing in the mid order from Richard Clarke, Chris Hutber and Charles Farrar-Bell. Many thanks to our hosts for a fine event.

Another first place in the WCTT for Nick Gould. Time for some of our Wimbledon based runners to rise to the challenge? Meanwhile accross town, Dave Symons was third in the BPTT with Kenyan international Bernard Kiptum stretching his legs over the wet course for first.