Cirencester Athletics and Triathlon Club
Cotswold Way Relay, Chipping Campden to Bath, 10 stages, 103 miles trail
THE Cirencester mixed team won the Cotswold Way Relay for the third year running.

The team of 10 completed the 103 miles of the Cotswold Way in a total time of just under 13 hours to come in fifth team overall.

Their time was nine minutes faster than last year.

The decision of captains Liz and James Thomas to place the required three lady runners towards the end was vindicated as a midway second place was converted into a seven-minute lead by the finish.

Twenty other members also took part in this highly social (but sometimes stressful) club event for their teams to finish in 51st and 63rd places.

Cirencester's winning team of 10 were: James Thomas, Oli Pritchard, Howard Ewan, Robbie Brown, Ian Barrett, David Bell, Jo Musk, Simon Campbell, Sarah Gunn and Wendy Nicholls.

Team results: 1 Team Bath AC 12:00.02; 2 Bristol & West AC 12:00.12; 5 Cirencester AC 12:52.04 (1st mixed team, minimum three ladies); 51 Cirencester AC 'C' 16:02.56 (three ladies); 63 Cirencester AC 'B' 16:38.57 (six ladies).

National Masters Track & Field Championships, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham

DAVE WRIGHT proved he has lost none of his track running tactics when winning the MV60 5,000 metres category at the National Masters Championships in Birmingham.

Dave's time was 18min 33:56sec.

Sherborne 10km, trail

JAMES and Liz Thomas also took to the trails on Sunday at Sherborne where James took fourth place.

RESULT: 1 Joss Cheli (unattached) 37.51; 4 James Thomas 38.58; 56 Liz Thomas 56.38. 100 finished.

European Sprint Triathlon Champs, Dusseldorf, Germany

MV40: 1 Xavier Tupet (France) 1:07.46; 8 Adrian Williams (12.50; 33.20; 18.24) 1:10.03. 49 finished FV65: 1 Wendy Read (Great Britain) 1:31.15; 4 Carol Clarke (17.54; 43.48; 26.11) 1:35.06. 10 finished.

Cardiff Triathlon (1500m swim, 40km bike, 10km run)

TERRY RANGER achieved a hard-earned PB in the Cardiff Triathlon.

RESULT: 1 Ross Simpson (unattached) 1.52.27; 226 Terry Ranger (24.13; 1:13.39; 47.19) 2:28.58. 650 finished.

Helios 10km, Berlin, Germany, 10km road

RESULT: 1 Viacheslav Filippov 35.19; 75 James Widdowson (Cirencester AC) 47.34. 225 finished.

Hamburg Half Marathon, Germany, 13.1 miles road

RESULT: 1 Albert Kangogo (Kenya) 1:01.07; 1,180 Ivan Quinlan (Cirencester AC) 1.46.02. 4,987 finished.

Longest Day 10km, Chippenham, 10km road

RESULT: 1 Simon Nott (Calne RC) 34.30; 134 Tim Ingham (Cirencester AC) 54.36 490 finished.

EARLIER in the week, temperatures of 31 degrees and sunny skies welcomed more than 100 members and families to the annual Prediction run, swim and BBQ.

A chance to swim and an excellent BBQ followed and a junior prize giving saw Henry Sheffield’s season of success honoured while many other juniors received medals for their competitive endeavours.

Parkruns

IN A week when the depth of our club (only 159 senior members) was demonstrated on the road, track, trail and triathlon it was good to see three of our juniors in the top four at the Swindon Parkrun, with Isaac McAdam beating his older brother and equalling his PB.

Cheltenham Parkrun, 5km trail

1 Phil Beastall (Cheltenham & County Harriers) 16.38; 17 Nick Holliday 20.17 (1st MV55). 364 finished.

Stonehouse Parkrun, 5km trail

1 Aidan Mercer (unattached) 19.06; 42 Peter Rowland 26.35. 94 finished.

Swindon Parkrun, 5km trail

1 Isaac McAdam (Cirencester AC) 17.22 (also 1st junior); 3 Jacob McAdam 18.18; 4 Ollie Campbell 19.02; 190 Barbara Thomas 27.30 (1st FV60). 430 finished.