Belgrave Open 7 miles

Wet weather assisted in producing low numbers for the 84th Belgrave 7 miles held on the undulating multilap light traffic course, however the first seven competitors produced good times. The numbers regretfully did no justice to the, once again, excellent prizes put together by Mick and Pauline Marshall. If numbers do not increase significantly next year then serious consideration will have to be given to the format of the race, if held.Men. 1 C.Cheeseman (Surrey WC) 51:25; 3 A.Goudie 53:23; 6 T.Watt (Steyning/Belgrave) 55:04; 8 J.Hall M50 59:31; 10 C.Lawton M55 62:45; 12 P.King M50 65:16; 17 A.Painter M55 69:25; 21 finished. Teams: 1 Surrey WC 14; 2 Belgrave 21; 3 Steyning 24; 4 Loughton 44; 5 Ilford 50.

Women. 1 E.Viljoen (Hercules Wimb) 56:42.