Colin Price lopped 19 seconds off his previous best with Ian, Keith and David Jenkins making a Thames quartet.

Naomi Warner made the most of a quality womens field to place fourth lady with an impressive 1.17.16.

Andy Weir and Liz Stravreski proved that red wine really can benefit your race performance, both recording good runs despite enjoying the Club Spring Wine Party the previous evening.

1.	Andy Weir		1.58.51
92.	Liz Stravreski	2.40.00

Thames were well represented at this years Reading Half, results below.

6    John McFarlane         1:07:26
8    James Connor           1:07:59 (for Kent AC)
19   Ian Harkness           1:11:10
28   Daniel Clendon         1:12:38
34   Andrew McNamara        1:13:14
91   Steven Paddock         1:18:27
281  Richard Craig-Mcfeely  1:25:31
926  Jon Salmon             1:33:58

Darren Talbot recorded an impressive pb of 31.43 to place 11th and Bethan Hopewell also ran well.

Hugh Shields flew the flag for Britain finishing 12th in the M40 1500 metres in 4:23.

Will Cockerell and Nick Altmann set the pace in the 10 mile handicap, with Will seizing the initiative over the last mile, taking a tumble and recovering to take first place just ahead of Nick in a hard fought race. Nick Malynn finished in third and was the winner of the handicap just ahead of Matt Lynas and a resurgent Larry Matthews. Well done to all that ran, great to see so many ladies out, and thanks to Jeremy and David for setting the handicap.

Handicap 
			Finish 	Handicap
1.	Nick Malynn	00.59.34	00.55.43
2.	Matt Lynas	01.02.08	00.56.11
3.	Larry Matthews	01.01.06	00.56.12
4.	Ed Catmur		01.04.06	00.56.24
5.	Will Cockerell	00.58.52	00.56.46
6.	Mark Gilbertson	01.02.47	00.56.50
7.	Matt Bryant	01.11.42	00.57.21
8.	Nick Altmann	00.59.01	00.57.58
9.	Michael Bostelmann	01.24.32	00.58.59
10.	David Walsh	01.21.23	00.59.20
11.	David Symons	01.01.43	00.59.37
12.	Paul Newby	01.28.24	01.00.03
13.	Maureen Poole	01.25.44	01.00.11
14.	David Crowther	01.09.56	01.00.29
15.	Andy Weir		01.02.03	01.01.00
16.	Al Kennis		01.08.21	01.01.42
17.	Alison Carpenter	01.20.00	01.02.51
18.	John Bryant	01.39.30	01.04.09
19.	Richard OBrian	01.33.31	01.05.10
20.	Wendy Lynas	02.05.20	01.07.35
21.	Al Gibbons	01.27.33	01.08.29
22.	Vicky Filsell	01.28.53	01.08.56
23.	Kay Scarpello	01.28.53	01.08.56
24.	Christine Bird	01.28.53	01.08.56
25.	Martin Turner	01.39.21	01.10.18
26.	David Jenkins	01.39.12	01.11.33

Michael Johnson finished 21st in the M60 age group at Mansfield.

Andrew Simon joined ever presents Ian Higgins and Colin Price at this increasingly popular morning 5km event, and Clare Sylvester clipped ten seconds of her previous best.

Mara Yamauchi ran a fine 69:36 for 2nd place, taking her to the top of the UK womens rankings for 2007.

A solid group of Thames members competed over the 9.5 mile Roman Road Run hosted by Cambridge University. Julia Bleasdale and Sophie Wood showed they were recovering well from injury and the rigours of travelling respectively, taking the first two spots in the ladies race against a strong group of students. Darren Talbot was first Thames home to take the Cheshire Tally-Ho trophy, while Richard Clarke retained the James Ryan trophy as the first Thames vet.

	Ladies
1	Julia Bleasdale	TH&H	1:02:12
2	Sophie Wood	TH&H	1:02:48
3	Polly Keen	CUH&H	1:05:02
	Men
1	Owain Bristow	CUH&H	52:35
2	Darren Talbot	TH&H	54:46
3	Diarmuid O'Seaghdha	CUH&H	55:15
4	Nick Altmann	TH&H	55:44
10	David Barker	TH&H	59:49
20	Richard Clarke	TH&H	1:10:33
31	Jeremy Denny	TH&H	1:18:42
39	Ben Brown	TH&H	1:28:14

Dina Lockwood made her Thames debut today with a good run over the Wimbledon Common course along with (ever present) Ian Higgins, Jim Cox-Nicol, Vikki Filsell and Keith Spacie. David Symons ran well for third spot over the Bushy Park course.

Pete Woodburn and David Moore both dipped under 80 minutes at Fleet with Peter running 79:18 for 50th and David clocking a PB 79:51 for 55th. Vikki abd Liz also ran strongly in 1h 37 with Julia close behind in 1h 40.

New member Toby Pearson showed the benefit of training with Thames, setting a pb of 1.15.06 for fifth spot in the Milton Keynes Half.

Naomi Warner ran a strong 1.20.15. for third placed lady and Julian Rendall set a PB on this hilly course in 15th place with 1h 12.20.

Alex Richmond set a brilliant new pb to win the ladies race with 36.49. Dan Pescod also recorded a pb in the perfect Spring running conditions.

Alex Richmond 36.49 (first lady) Dan Pescod 37.43

David Symons and Evan Bond travelled down to Cornwall to get in some training for their Spring ultra races. David ran an impressive 2.39 over the undulating course to record a comfortable win.

Six saltires made the long journey to Sunderland for the National. The Captain broke into the top 100 and solid packing brought the club home in 24th place.

1. 	B Tickner (Wells City)	37:31		
72. 	S Wurr			40:45
208. 	N Altmann			44:08
324.	S Paddock			46:36
326.	L Mathews			46:39
387.	J Watson			47:39
596.	A Kennis			52:25

24th Team

Keith, Anna and Clare joined WCTT regulars Ian, Colin, David and Simon to dodge the puddles and the dogs in this weekly 5km run over Wimbledon Common with the Thames men and women recording some of the highest age graded times for the event. If you havent tried this event yet give it a go!

Four saltires toed the line in Berkhamsted with Frank Dudbridge finishing 4th in 1h 16:42, Jon Salmon in 1h 34, Tim Nightingale in 1h 35 and Jeffrey Gordon slightly further back.

Hugh Shields finished 4th in the M40 1500m in 4:23

Julian Rendall continued his London preparations with 1:53.45 for 4th place in the Thanet 20.

Tom Kingsnorth finished 2nd in 33:43 whilst Nick Maloney set a new PB of 39:07 in 24th. 383 finished.

Charlotte Saunders ran a good 19.10 to place first lady at Bushy Park, while Wimbledon Common regulars Ian Higgins and Colin Price were joined by Simon Leathes.

Thames won the 4, 5 & 15-to-score events against Serpentine, K&P, Stragglers and Westminster School with a good mix of youth and experience. Congratulations to new recruit James McMullan who was a terrific second in a swift time on what was a muddy course. Anna Garnier was the first lady home and closely followed by Vikki and Maddalaine. Many thanks to all who pioneered and helped out.

 
Pos	Name	Club	Time	   
				   
1	Simon Wurr	THH	26:23	   
2	James McMullen	THH	27:37	   
3	Nick Altmann	THH	28:20	   
4	Andrew Mercer	Serp	28:45	   
5	Nick Malynn	THH	28:51	   
6	Tom Samuel	THH	29:10	   
7	David Symons	THH	29:56	   
8	Ben Osborn	Strag	30:00	   
9	Tom Jelly	Westm	30:15	   
10	John Renwick	Serp	30:44	   
11	Sebastian Bray	Westm	30:53	   
12	Jeremy Holt	Westm	31:16	   
13	Andrew Hibbert	Serp	31:22	   
14	Larry Mathews	THH	31:49	   
15	Dan Pescod	THH	32:06	   
16	Steve Sandham	Strag	33:23	   
17	Harry Jeffrey	Westm	33:29	   
18	Mark Wainwright	Westm	33:34	   
19	Alex Brandimarti	Serp	34:31	   
20	Charles Lescoff	Serp	34:37	   
21	Gwyn Jones	BoE	34:55	   
22	Kenny Macleod	Serp	35:05	   
23	Nigel Rothwell	Strag	35:22	   
24	Andy Stainsby	THH	35:31	   
25	Alan Pemberton	Strag	35:34	   
26	Sam Bampfyld	Serp	35:48	   
27	Keith Spacie	THH	36:02	   
28	Anna Garnier (L)	THH	36:16	   
29	Robert Kay	Serp	36:30	   
30	Peter Wilkins	K&P	36:59	   
31	Vicki Filsell (L)	THH	37:05	   
32	Andrew French	BoE	37:06	   
33	Graham Huntley	K&P	37:08	   
34	Abdi Dhuhulow	Serp	37:15	   
35	Alan Gibbons	THH	37:27	   
36	Mike Garvin	Serp	37:38	   
37	David Walsh	THH	37:56	   
38	Maddalaine Ansell(L)THH	38:17	   
39	Nicky Atkins (L)	K&P	38:35	   
40	Robin McNabb	THH	38:54	   
41	Cathy Davis (L)	Strag	38:58	   
42	Mike Robertson	Serp	39:08	   
43	Alison Carpenter (L)THH	39:20	   
44	Valerie Metcalf (L)Serp	41:06	   
45	Pete Deadman	BoE	41:10	   
46	Geoff Reed	K&P	41:18	   
47	Jennifer Bradley (L)Serp	41:35	   
48	Hannah Evans (L)	Serp	41:57	   
49	Christine Bird (L)THH	43:45	   
50	Dave Stone	BoE	43:45	   
51	Mike Bourne 	Strag	45:14	   
52	Cheryl Sacks (L)	Serp	45:20	   
53	Tony Macpherson	Serp	45:36	   
54	John Bryant	THH	47:10	   
55	David Jenkins 	THH	47:12	 

4 to score
1.	THH				11
2.	Serpentine			37
3. 	Westminster School		39
4.	Stragglers			51
5.	K&P				72	
6.	BoE				80


5 to score
1.	THH				17
2.	Westminster			58
3.	Serpentine			58
4.	Stragglers			77


15 to score
1.	THH				186
2.	Serpentine			279