Thames did manfully to not only field a makeshift team but to record a very respectable 25th place at Sutton Park.

        A Weir           (28) 28:21
        A Kennis         (38) 16:10
        N Gould          (35) 29:54
        E Catmur         (35) 16:42
        A Howes          (34) 30:09
        F Dudbridge      (32) 16:22
        I Harkness       (30) 28:19
        A Higgins        (29) 16:55
        M Lynas          (31) 31:18
        J Watson         (30) 17:17
        S Wurr           (27) 28:07
        A Gaskell        (25) 16:15

Thames took advantage of golden London weather to record a clutch of excellent times.
Despite a disappointing run by his high standards, John McFarlane was the first thames man home just under 2:21. Behind him a tight battle for the remaining team places was settled in the last mile as Ian Harkness and Andy Weir swept past a dramatically slowing Nick Altmann on their way to personal bests. Behind them personal bests were also secured by the captain, Al Hart and Simon Baines, while it was a great marathon debut for Matt Jones as he snuck home in 2.39.57. Preliminary indications are that Johnny, Ian and Andy led Thames to a hat trick of victories in the team prize and also retained the AAA and Southern trophies.
In the ladies, Benita led Sonia home, both clocking sub 2.30, with Nicola completing the Thames team a little further down the field.
Congratulations too for Jan Hildreth and Jeffrey Gordon on maintaining their ever-present status into the 25th running of the event. Second-claim Chris Finill managed the same feat, despite only recently competing in a 100km race, and still managed to record a superlative 2.53.45.
Second claimer Lucy Hasell also excelled herself in the womens elite field with a time of 2.39.20 - a PB, 7th Briton and 16th overall.

JOHN MCFARLANE       2:20:54 
IAN HARKNESS         2:24:10 
ANDREW WEIR          2:24:21 
NICK ALTMANN         2:24:38 
BENITA JOHNSON       2:26:32 
DAVID SYMONS         2:28:19 
SONIA O SULLIVAN     2:29:01 
AL HART              2:31:23 
ANDREW LYNCH         2:36:11 
SIMON BAINES         2:37:39 
MATTHEW JONES        2:39:57 
JERRY WATSON         2:44:22 
PETER WOODBURN       2:46:53 
FRANK DUDBRIDGE      2:47:42 
RICHARD PITT         2:52:20 
WILLIAM SNELGROVE    2:57:03 
TOBY SYKES           3:07:04 
TIMOTHY DAUNCEY      3:17:34 
NICOLA DON           3:24:40 
ANDREW JOHNSON       4:02:08 
JEFFREY GORDON       4:10:52 
ALASTAIR CAISLEY     4:16:14 
EMILY LINKLATER      4:25:13 
JOHN BRYANT          4:50:06 
JAN HILDRETH         6:16:08 

Kate Symons kicked off the weekend with a 5k PB in 19.07.

Matt Jones completed his marathon preparations with a gruelling cross country victory in 1.36.48.

With many of the seniors opting to rest their racing shoes in preparation for next weekend the Thames veterans stole the show at the Wimbledon 10km. Richard Pitt led Thames home to win first V50, Peter Giles broke the V60 course record (previously held by one Keith Spacie) followed home by Robin Dickson and Anthony Eady. Just behind Robin, Anna Garnier ran a pb for first W50 by a considerable margin. Seniors Dan Pescod and the ladies captain also ran well over the hilly course and congratulations to Dans partner Isabelle who ran a debut 10km accompanied by Peter’s partner Yasmin.

1.	Phil Wicks (Bels)		30.29
17	Richard Pitt		35.44
45	Peter Giles		37.44
46	Dan Pescod		37.44
72	Kate Symons		39.43
96	Robin Dickson		40.54
127	Anna Garnier		42.20
449	Anthony Eady		50.24

Jeremy Denny ran round in 70.15 for third M60.

Jeffrey Gordon warmed up for his annual London Marathon by winning the M70 class in 83 minutes.

John McFarlane rewrote the Thames all-time rankings as the A team closed 4th overall and the B team third 2nd team. Nick Altmann led us off with an excellent 24.31, which was well held by Andies Howse and Weir. Matt Jones ran a solid fourth leg before Johnny lifted us up to third with 24.01. Inspired by a tumble on the gravel, Andy Lynch then lifted us into the lead at the end of the sixth stage - a position the captain held all too briefly. Al Kennis settled us into our closing position of fourth on the eigth leg and Simons Baines and Wurr, Alex Gaskell and Nic Gould held their concentration to all run well as large gaps opened in front and behind. In the B team, Gavin Yeats ran particularly well after a late promotion from 10th to second leg while Chris Daniels and Larry Matthews showed hints of a return to form with good early legs. In the ladies race, Kate Pippa Symons ran round well for 21.29. Thames results below with full details at http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/05seaaheader.htm

A Team - 4th
1 	Nick Altmann 	24:31 	5 	0:24:31 L  
2 	Andy Howse 	18:24 	6	0:42:55 S  
3 	Andy Weir 	25:11 	5 	1:08:06 L  
4 	Matt Jones 	17:57 	6 	1:26:03 S  
5 	John McFarlane 	24:01 	3 	1:50:04 L  
6 	Andy Lynch 	17:38 	1 	2:07:42 S  
7 	David Symons 	25:57 	3 	2:33:39 L  
8 	Al Kennis 	18:17 	4 	2:51:56 S  
9 	Simon Baines 	26:03 	4 	3:17:59 L  
10 	Alex Gaskell 	18:34 	4 	3:36:33 S  
11 	Simon Wurr 	25:48 	4 	4:02:21 L  
12 	Nic Gould 	18:23 	4 	4:20:44 S 

B Team - 37th overall and 3rd B team
1 	Chris Daniels 	27:43 	44 	0:27:43 L  
2 	Gavin Yeats	21:32 	49 	0:49:15 S  
3 	Larry Matthews 	27:15 	47 	1:16:30 L  
4 	Richard Pitt 	19:39 	46 	1:36:09 S  
5 	Rhodri Davies 	30:27 	45 	2:06:36 L  
6 	Dan Pescod 	21:12 	46 	2:27:48 S  
7 	Tim Beer 		29:08 	43 	2:56:56 L  
8 	Simon Molden 	20:35 	43 	3:17:31 S  
9 	Ian Higgins 	29:32 	41 	3:47:03 L  
10 	Peter Giles 	20:39 	39 	4:07:42 S  
11 	Jerry Watson 	28:47 	37 	4:36:29 L  
12 	Robin Dickson	22:10 	38 	4:58:39 S 

Ladies
1 	Kate Symons	21:29 	 	0:21:29 S 

Naomi Warner made a welcome return to racing, leading the ladies home and finishing 5th overall in 18.33.