Naomi Warner took victory by a minute in the ladies race, as the men won the team prize and the Surrey 10k title. First home for the men was Matt Jones who clocked a PB, while in the ladies, Alison Carpenter also ran well for third in her class. Deeper in the field, Dave Walsh ran round three minutes quicker than last year. Thames results below.

1.	Paul Doyle (Ran)		31.53
4.	Matt Jones		33.17
6.	David Symons		33.32
7.	Nic Gould			34.02
17. (1)	Naomi Warner		35.23
22.	Bill Snelgrove		36.18
27.	Pablo Lazo		36.35
110 (3)	Alison Carpenter		41.13
228	Dave Walsh		46.57

Team
1.	Thames			17
2.	Epsom & Ewell		23
3.	SLH			29

Al Irvine won the summer handicap by 40 seconds from Chris Hutber and Tim Nightingale in a field of 27 club members.

There were also very strong performances from Richard Pitt and Al Gibbons. Congratulations to Ben Reynolds on recording the fastest time of the night immediately prior to starting a new job in the US. Ben has been a star member of TH&H for many years and we will miss his storming runs in the Surrey league, Southerns, National and all road relays. Many thanks to the handicappers who yet again produced a superb event.

Position	Name	Finish	Start	Time	Place
1	Al Irvine	8:05:59	7:33:20	32.39	10
2	Chris Hutber	8:06:36	7:33:20	33.16	11
3	Tim Nightingale	8:07:12	7:35:00	32.12	9
4	Richard Pitt	8:07:31	7:37:00	30.31	7
5	Anna Garnier	8:07:47	7:32:00	35.47	16
6	Matthew Jones	8:08:04	7:40:00	28.04	3
7	David Symons	8:08:15	7:40:00	28.15	4
8	Keith Spacie	8:08:19	7:33:40	34.39	13
9	Al Gibbons	8:08:21	7:35:00	33.21	12
10	Ben Reynolds	8:08:32	7:41:20	27.12	1
11	Al Kennis	8:08:41	7:39:20	29.21	6
12	Andy Stainsby	8:08:47	7:34:00	34.47	14
13	Andy Weir	8:08:52	7:41:20	27:32	2
14	Dan Pescod	8:08:56	7:37:00	31.56	8
15	Andy Howse	8:09:02	7:40:00	29.02	5
16	Kate Symons	8:09:10	7:34:20	34.50	15
17	Andrew Johnson	8:09:13	7:30:00	39.13	20
18	Michael Johnson	8:09:37	7:33:40	35.57	17
19	Chris Nicholson	8:09:41	7:32:40	37:01	18
20	John Bryant	8:10:09	7:26:00	44.09	23
21	Chris Chataway	8:10:40	7:28:40	42.00	22
22	Dave Walsh	8:11:04	7:31:00	40.04	21
23	Clare Sylvester	8:11:13	7:33:40	37.33	19
24	David Palairat	8:15:18	7:29:20	45.58	24
25	Sid Norris	8:15:44	7:25:20	50.24	25
26	Frank Carpenter	8:16:48	7:23:00	53.48	26
27	Richard Weston	8:18:53	7:22:00	56:53	27

Allie Outram finished second overall and first lady (by 20 minutes) in 79.28.

Sonia OSullivan set a new course record in 16.22, ahead of Naomi Warner who ran an inspired 17.15 for second.

Toby Sykes clocked a PB 17.30.

Matt Jones finished fourth in 75 minutes.

Thames retained the Welsh Castles trophy at the weekend. Al Kennis and Chris Daniels saw us off well from Caernarfon before Andy Weir provided a sound start to our Mountains campaign with third on leg 3. Al Irvine and Chris Hutbur consolidated the team, before Harkers ran the leg of the day from Dolgellau to Dinas Mawddwy with a 4 minute victory on leg 7. Bill Snelgrove made a late appearance in the team to clock 7th spot before a solid leg from Matt Bryant on leg 9. Lazza ran a typically awe-inspiring leg 10 for second spot. With the usual late night delights of Newtown unavailable this year, the team was raring to go on Sunday. The captain clocked 3rd on leg 11. Then 4th from Nick Malynn and 3rd from Ed Catmur on leg 13 saw us begin move up the leaderboard. Top spot was gained after an inspired run by Phill Sly on the Drovers leg, taking the course record and a six minute victory. Nic Gould saw us well into Brecon before Simon secured the King of the Mountains title with a fine victory on leg 16. John Cant, Mark Gilbertson and Matt Lynas all secured podium finishes before Rhodri anchored the team in Cardiff for a 12 minute victory over resurgent Wirral and Bridgend. Thames results below.

Leg	Runner		Place	Time
1	Al Kennis   	2	 .54.51
2	Chris Daniels	4	 .59.11
3m	Andy Weir   	3	1.06.57
4	Al Irvine    	12	1.00.52
5	Chris Hutbur	12	1.05.29
6	Dan Pescod	16	1.11.43
7m	Ian Harkness	1	 .55.07
8	Bill Snelgrove	7	1.06.48
9	Matt Bryant	12	 .55.18
10m	Larry Matthews	2	1.14.39
11m	David Symons	3	1.09.45
12	Nick Malynn	4	1.03.16
13	Ed Catmur		3	 .59.42
14m	Phill Sly		1	 .58.00
15	Nic Gould		5	1.09.18
16m	Simon Wurr   	1	 .49.29	
17	John Cant		3	 .52.11
18	Mark Gilbertson	2	 .51.43
19	Matthew Lynas	2	1.04.56
20	Rhodri Davies	23	1.08.19

Peter Giles clocked first M60 and Richard Pitt second M50. Thames results below.

1	Jason Simpson (SLH)	52.48
7	David Symons		56.16
31	Richard Pitt 		61.50
56	Dan Pescod		64.80
72	Peter Giles		65.42
331	Dave Walsh		79.59
154	Yasmine Giles		99.38

Lucy Hasell finished a fine second in 35.12 with Allie Outram close behind in third spot.