Bourton Road Runners Juniors

THE 2018 Sherborne Fun Run took place again this year on 25th June, and once again Bourton Juniors turned out in force to support the event, held from and in aid of the local school.

The course is far from easy the first half of the race is up a steep climb into the woods with lots of twist and turns. The conditions were perfect.

There was also a very big field so some tough completion for Bourton. However Bourton put in some fine performances on all levels

Jake Astor made it three wins out of three in the Under 15 boys race with a fine front run, totally in control of the race, he was the overall winner in the race as well in a time of 9mins 39secs.

George Quli is gaining strength and confidence with every race with a fine second in 10mins 3secs.

Arthur Fletcher consistent as ever pushed hard well in third in 10mins 20secs, a great result all our boys on the podium. They were very well backed up by Dorgal Hamilton Smith who had a fine 6th today in 11mins 2 secs.

It was the same picture in the under 11 boys race with Bourton taking all the top spots,

A first race win for Wilf Harrison in 10mins 21secs was very impressive.

He was pushed hard by Peter Fletcher in third in 10mins 23secs who in turn had a good battle with Sean Farley in third in 10mins 25ecs.

Jonathon Cook battled round well after a nasty injury to take sixth in 11mins 11 secs.

Edward Jones is coming back into form with a solid run in ninth in 11mins 22secs.

Arlen Hartley also ran well in this very competitive field to take 11th in 12mins 34secs

In the under 10 boys race Bourton dominated again with Ned Harrison winning in style in 10mins 27secs

Run of the day had to be Michael Astor in the boys under nine race he not only won this category but was also second overall in the race ahead of boys much old than him with only his brother ahead of him in 9mins 56secs.

Thomas Cassidy had a good race to finish on the podium in third position in 11mins 9secs, he was pushed hard by Sam Regan in a good fourth in 11mins 13secs who also had a great battle with the ever improving Arthur Quli as he was given the same time but was given fifth as he was out dipped on the line.

The under 8 boys also had a great day with Lucas Hartley picking up a very good win in a prestigious race in10mins 22secs and also finished well up the overall field.

William Chalmers also finished on the podium today in an excellent third in 12mins 21secs.

A fine days racing for the boys

In the girls race under 15 race Helena West ran tactically brilliant race, at the half way point she was tucked in well behind the leader letting her pull her up the long hill, but as the stared to head for home she changed gear and pulled clear and she kept a good gap open to win in 10 mins 28secs.

Lauren Farley also had a fine strong run today to take second spot in 10mins 54secs.

All the hard training this summer is now paying off for Heidi Mundinano as she finished third in 11mins 32secs to finish the clean sweep for the girls.

They were all well backed up by a fine run by Maisy Regan in fourth in 12mins 14secs.

It was also good to see Eleanor Gilbert racing again in seventh in 13mins 43secs.

In the under 11 girls race, the club carried on with the winning theme with a very fine run from Ella Gray who seems to float over the ground with very little effort to win well in 11mins 42secs.

As did Grace Barrington–Camp with her first race win in the girls under nine race.