The final race of Telford AC's Sexarathon series took place last Wednesday
> at Madeley. The race again took place in poor conditions in rain and poor
> light, but this failed to deter more than 200 athletes from racing for
> their positions in the series.
>
> Newport and District running club put out a good team of over 30 runners
> on the night with several of these looking to do well in their respective
> categories.
>
> Back from his holidays, John Garmson did well to finish 22nd in 18m 17s to
> achieve 3rd place in the over 40's. Not too far behind was Robin Guy who
> has had a good season so far and still seems to be improving. He was 29th
> in 18m 41s. Only three seconds adrift in 30th was Glenn MacDonald-Jones
> who also seems to be gaining in strength and speed as the year progresses.
>
> Noel Hogan was 34th in 19m 05s and soon after was Steve Tudor in 19m 54s
> to gain 44th position. This was his first series for several years and he
> should be pleased with 2nd place in the over 50's category.
>
> Gary Postins also has made progress through his first season with the club
> and did well to come 48th in 20m 10s and gain 10th place in a very
> competitive category. Chris Adcock was beaten by Gary on the night but
> managed to be 9th in the series overall by virtue of previous results and
> a time of 20m 45s to gain 56th place at Madeley.
>
> Peter Johnstone was 60th in 20m 55s with Richard Guy 64th in 21m 11s. He
> was closely followed by Brian Kelson who had a good run on the night to
> cross the line in 65th place in 21m 14s and five seconds later by Mark
> Deighton in 67th place. Brian finished in 6th place and Mark in 4th place
> overall in a closely fought over 45's group.
>
> Other runners who distinguished themselves for Newport last Wednesday
were:
> Steve Wootton 72nd 21m 35s
> Julian Withers 82nd 22m 07s 7th in over 45's
> Selwyn Plant 88th 22m 16s 8th in over 45's
> Sandy MacKenzie 89th 22m 22s 13th in senior males
> Lorraine Rollinson 101st 22m 55s 4th in senior ladies
> Bernie Holbrook 105th 23m 06s
> Marco Stolic 106th 23m 07s
> Roger Kerr 107th 23m 07s
> John Brown 132nd 24m 23s 3rd in over 60's
> Stephen Husselbee 136th 24m 27s
> Sandra Pattinson 139th 24m 36s 2nd in ladies over 40's
> Helen MacDonald-Jones 140th 24m 38s 2nd in ladies over 50's
> Judi Clayton 150th 25m 30s 4th in ladies over 35's
> Sandra Dainty 152nd 25m 48s 6th in ladies over 35's
> Tony Hall 161st 26m 45s 2nd in over 60's
> Tracy Hartridge 169th 27m 02s
> Ceri Christie 171st 27m 14s 2nd in ladies over 45's
> Fiona Wilkinson 184th 28m 25s 5th in ladies over 40's
> Sarah Kenyon 190th 29m 17s 4th in ladies over 40's
> Jill Kelson 191st 29m 33s 7th in ladies over 40's
>
>
>
> Several members of Newport and District Running Club showed that their
> talents were not restricted to just running when they took part in the
> Wombourne Sprint Triathlon last Sunday. This popular event involved
> athletes swimming 400 metres before cycling 20k over an undulating,
> technical course then running 5k before finishing on Ounsdale School's
> field.
> Robin Guy showed his strength and fitness to polish off the swim in 7m 13s
> before seeing off the bike ride in 33m 50s and completing the run in 20m
> 36s to give an excellent time of 1hour 00mins 49secs and 13th place in a
> field of almost 200.
> Glenn MacDonald-Jones had a great morning's racing to complete the swim in
> 8min 34sec. His bike ride was quick in 35m 31s and he had a superb run of
> 19m 32s to give him 1hr 03m 52s and 26th place.
> In 32nd place was Gary Postins, who seems to be going from strenth to
> strength. He had a good swim of 8m 24s and a quick bike of 35m 31s. His
> run of 22m 04s completed his event in 1hr 05m 19s.
> Richard Guy was 45th in a total time of 1hr 06m 49s. This consisted of an
> 8m34s swim, a 35m 39s bike ride and a 23m 21s run.
> Mark Deighton had a relatively slow swim of 10m 23s, but clawed a little
> back on the bike with a time of 38m 40s and a run of 23m 26s which equated
> to 71st postion in 1hr 11m 19s.
> Lorraine Rollinson put in a good effort to finish the swim in 9m 11s, the
> bike ride in 43m 16s and the run in 23m 10s, totalling 1hr 12m 51s to gain
> 84th place.
> Helen MacDonald-Jones showed that she was not there just for the sunshine
> as she pushed on throughout to swim the 400m in 10m 55s, cycle the 20k in
> 42m 36s and run the 5k in 27m 19s, which gave a total of 1hr 20m 20s and
> 124th place overall.
> A relative newcomer to the event, Benita Guy did well in the pool,
> completing the swim in 8m 35s, her bike ride was 53m 47s and she did the
> run in 29m 48s to finish 149th overall in 1hr 30m 10s.
> Unfortunately Bernie Holbrook completed the event in 1hr 16m 14s but was
> sadly disqualified when he allegedly ignored a marshall on the bike ride
> and rode through a red traffic light. He will surely learn from the
> experience and come back next season faster than ever.
