Update

Liverpool Half Marathon
Mandy Purves and her sister Kim Anten recently travelled to Liverpool to
race the 13.1 miles around the city. They both enjoyed the day and
completed the surprisingly undulating course in 1hr 45m and 2h 11m
respectively. The race was well organised and from their experience, other
members of the club may also make the journey next year.

Lilleshall 10K
The first race of Telford AC1's 25th Sexarathon Series took place at the
National Sports Centre last Wednesday. Around 320 runners congregated to
race the 10K round the gardens and down and up the long drive before doing
another lap of the gardens and finishing by the football pitches.
Conditions on the night were excellent, and Newport and District Running
Club were out in force, putting out 49 runners for the series, the most
ever for the club and the biggest turn out of any club on the night.
Ed Jopling put in a stirling performance to finish 21st in an excellent
time of 36m 36s and showed that he will be a force to be reckoned with in
the remaining races.
A new member to the club this year, Paul Parkingsin, showed that he was no
slouch, crossing the line in 37th place in 38m 16s.
Noel Hogan and Robin Guy had their own personal race with Noel just coming
out on top finishing 42nd in 39m 23s with Robin 43rd just 12 seconds
later.
Maurice Reid was well placed in the field to gain 55th place in 40m 47s
and Glenn MacDonald-Jones made a return from yet another injury to achieve
a creditable 65th place in 41m 31s.
Other Newport runners competing were:
Sandy Mackenzie 91st 42.54
Gary Postins 95th 43.17
Mark Deighton 100th 43.32
Graham Rogers 101st 43.34
Steve Fowles 104th 43.42
Julian Withers 107th 44.00
Steve Wootton 115th 44.33
Selwyn Plant 118th 44.55
Brian Kelson 124th 45.11
Karen Harvey 142nd 45.56
Ian Kevan 143rd 45.59
A special mention for Ian as he was pushing a girl in a pushchair to raise
money and awareness for charity.
Peter James 146th 46.13
Richard Guy 161st 47.19
Claire Benbow 163rd 47.25
Roger Kerr 164th 47.30
Pauline Newton 166th 47.35
Graham Tate 170th 47.54
Kevin Bright 177th 48.30
Tony Churm 182nd 48.48
Judi Clayton 193rd 49.39
Susan Marshall 194th 49.40
John Brown 195th 49.43
Sandra Pattinson 202nd 50.01
Andrew Bentley 211th 50.24
Helen MacDonald-Jones224th 51.34
Kevin Nicklin 229th 51.58
Tracey Hartridge 241st 52.49
Sandra Dainty 245th 53.01
Helen Hadebe 246th 53.01
Steven Carrick 247th 53.25
Oliver Stokes 252nd 53.43
Ceri Christie 257th 54.13
Edward Christie 258th 54.13
Paul Grubert 260th 54.38
Paula Holloway 271st 56.04
Sonya Phillips 275th 56.17
Anne Strowger 276th 56.36
Tony Hall 281st 57.18
John Stokes 288th 58.34
Jill Kelson 303rd 61.55
Rachel Stoney 306th 62.42
Dympna Howells 317th 70.26
Sally Kerr 318th 70.28

Milford Common
Gluttons for punishment, Helen MacDonald-Jones and Mark Deighton went to
Cannock Chase the following evening to run the first of Stone Master
Marathoners Spring Treble series on a 5.35 mile course on Cannock Chase.
This was a tough two lap course with a long hill on each lap before the
run in to the finish.
Almost a hundred runners took part and with the previous night's run still
in their legs Helen did well to achieve 64th place in 49m 30s with Mark
pushing on to cross the line in 26th place in 39m 39s.