Julian Rendall won the North Downs Run by a clear 4 minutes in 1h 55.11. Sisters Alex and Victoria Richmond also ran extremely well: Alex was 5th lady in 34th and Victoria was 195th. 400 finished.

Naomi Warner put in another impressive performace at the Dysart Dash, finishing first lady for the second year running and ninth overall in 34.52 on the flat, but uneven course. David Symons also ran well to take fourth place in the mens race. It was great to see a number of new TH&H members in action, including Vanita Rasiah making her TH&H debut.

1.	Stuart Major		SLH		32.04
2.	Paul Doyle		RAN		33.09
3.	Malachi Byansi		BEL		33.21
4.	David Symons		TH&H		33.31
9.	Naomi Warner		TH&H		34.52
25.	Pablo Lazo		TH&H		36.08
47.	Dave Moore		TH&H		37.27
96.	Kate Symons		TH&H		40.26
98.	Simon Hill		TH&H		40.32
241.	Bernie O Shea		TH&H		47.49
259.	Dave Walsh		TH&H		48.53
285.	Vanita Rasiah		TH&H		50.17

TH&H Ladies	4rd Team
TH&H Men		5th Team

Hugh Shields finished 7th in the international triangular match against France & Belgium in le Touquet with 9:28.59 in the 3000 metres.

Julia Fea triumphed in the Midsummer handicap from Bruce Blackshaw and the President. Rumuors that Michael deliberately mislead the handicapper over the extent of his leg injury have been strenuously denied! Many thanks to Jeremy as well as Kay and Ian Higgins and Frank Carpenter at the finish. Thanks too to those members who very kindly flagged and de-flagged the course. Next handicap - open to all - is Quentin Clough handicap, over the Harry Hawkes 8 course on 2nd July.

 
1	Julia Fea		8:13:59	7:35:00	38:59	17	   
2	Bruce Blackshaw	8:14:31	7:35:30	39:01	18	   
3	M Bostelmann	8:14:47	7:35:30	39:17	19	   
4	Dave Moore	8:14:50	7:44:30	30:20	6	   
5	Anna Garnier	8:14:57	7:40:00	34:57	13	   
6	Andy Weir		8:15:03	7:47:30	27:33	3	   
7	Jim Cox-Nicol	8:15:09	7:44:30	30:39	7	   
8	Nick Malyn	8:15:22	7:47:00	28:22	4	   
9	David Jenkins	8:15:23	7:35:30	39:53	21	   
10	Michael Johnson	8:15:29	7:39:00	36:29	15	   
11	Chris Hutber	8:15:40	7:43:15	32:25	8	   
12	Simon Wurr	8:15:51	7:48:30	27:21	2	   
13	Nick Altmann	8:15:57	7:49:00	26:57	1	   
14	Keith Spacie	8:16:24	7:41:30	34:54	11=	   
15	Al Kennis		8:16:26	7:47:00	29:26	5	   
16	Nick Maloney	8:16:35	7:44:00	32:35	9	   
17	Alex Richmond	8:16:39	7:44:00	32:39	10	   
18	Dave Walsh	8:17:03	7:37:30	39:33	20	   
19	Tim Rogers	8:17:24	7:42:30	34:54	11=	   
20	Al Irvine		8:17:51	7:42:30	35:21	14	   
21	Andrew Johnson	8:18:30	7:36:00	42:30	22	   
22	Maureen Poole	8:19:18	7:34:30	44:48	23	   
23	Alan Gibbons	8:19:52	7:41:30	38:22	16	   
24	Dave Palairat	8:20:49	7:32:30	48:19	24	 

Not content with running the Yorkshire Dales Three Peaks Chris Daniels and his team of 5 won the 3 Peaks Yacht Race despite not having any land support. This involves scaling the three summits of Snowdon Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis and sailing in between. Chris Daniels crew only took the lead at the death and some strong running brought them home in the lead.

Ben Reynolds posted his best run in the US to date with 15:17 for 4th place.

With no local international runners popping down to Bushy Park this weekend it was left to David Symons to set the pace in the mens race with Hugh Shields not far behind. Kate Symons and Anna Garnier ran well in the ladies race.

Hugh Shields has been called up to run the 3000 metres for GB Masters in a triangular match between GB, France & Belgium at Le Toucquet on 24th June.

Thames fielded two teams at the Welsh Castles and performed admirably in sweltering conditions with the Open team finishing 21st and the Vets 45th. Those who ran on the Saturday took the brunt of the conditions which exceeded 29C in the afternoon. The club had two stage winners - new member Steve Paddock stormed into the lead with less than 150m of stage 9 to go and Matt Lynas tore the opposition apart on stage 19. NB: Full results now available.

In addition to these runs a host of members performed with distinction. Naomi Warner was a magnificent first lady and 6th overall on stage 6 and Vikki Filsell surged to the fastest female vet time on stage 12. David Moore also powered his way through the field to finish 6th on stage 15. New member Charlie Cooper also ran well for 12th on stage 18. Congratulations too to Frank Carpenter for answering the call and finishing leg 12. Many thanks to all those who ran or supported and help make for such an enjoyable weekend. Provisional results can be found at: http://www.lynwood31.com/wcrelay/index.html and thanks to Peter for the stats extracted below:

Stage	Distance	Place	Runner (Snr)	Time	Place(V)	Runner (Vet)	Time

1	9.1	15	Ed Catmur		67.21	5	Andrew Simon	91.00
2	10.7	19	Tim Allen		75.15	6	Vanda Cox		89.36
3	12.1	11	Nic Gould		80.10	2	Paul Whitlock	93.33
4	9.4	55=	Anthony Hickson	94.00	5	Dave Walsh	75.25
5	9.6	44	Ian Bright	85.21	2	Al Irvine		70.14
6	10.7	6	Naomi Warner	66.43	3	Paul Newby	83.16
7	9.75	55=	Tom Samuel	98.00	3	M Worthington	72.53
8	11.2	15	Chris Hutber	76.14	4	Alison Carpenter	88.33
9	8.6	1	Steve Paddock	51.48	1	Richard Clarke	58.48
10	13.3	16	Andy Howse	83.18	6	Kate Symons	101.02
11	12.3	8	Nick Malynn	75.22	6	Peter Blair-Fish	104.05
12	11.2	28	Vikki Filsell	78.41	6	Frank Carpenter	106.03
13	10.6	56=	No Runner		 	5	Al Gibbons	78.09
14	11	3	Simon Wurr	67.20	2	Rhodri Davies	77.46
15	12.4	6	Dave Moore	74.26	1	Jerry Watson	79.18
16	9	17	Frank Dudbridge	58.55	4	Mike Farmery	62.37
17	9.2	44	Heloise Goodley	73.21	3	Bill Snelgrove	62.41
18	9.1	12	Charlie Cooper	71.27	6	John Bryant	91.00
19	10.4	1	Matt Lynas	66.31	5	Wendy Lynas	104.00
20	10.4	31	Dave Wilson	73.31	6	Anna Garnier	82.56

With 40 TH&H runners in Wales for the weekend on relay duties Sonia OSullivan was the sole TH&H runner over the Bushy Park 5km. Sonia added another victory to her recent run of form in the ladies race - and brought along friend Craig Mottram who duly raised the stakes in the mens race setting a course record of 14minutes!

An intrepid group of TH&H and BHT ladies made a speedy ascent of Mulhacén, the heighest mountain in maionland Spain at 3,478m, to celebrate the forthcoming nuptials of TH&H members Hsu Min Chung and Ian Harkness. The ladies report it was a little nippy on the top.

Alex Richmond clocked a great 65.49 to finish second lady at the Dorking 10 with Bernie OShea not far behind with a strong 80.21. Dave Symons finished sixth in the mens race, followed by Steve Paddock, Robin McNabb and Dave Walsh.

Al Kennis is the unexpected champion of the Crewkerne 9. Modestly he admits that had the leading nine runners not comprehensively diverged from the course at half way, led by Nick Altmann and including Larry Mathews, he may not have secured the win. His knowledge of the Somerset course proved to be superior to that of the marshall in charge of a right turn, handing him a lead that he never relinquished. Matt and John Bryant followed him home.