Burgess Hill Runners celebrate their members’ achievements
The meeting, which incorporated the club’s AGM and was followed by an excellent curry, was very well attended and a wide range of awards were presented.
The full list of Award Winners was as follows :
Junior Academy
Best Performance
Florence Whaley
Most Improved Amy Mills
Coaches Award Mark Jellett
Committee Awards
BlackCap Handicap Winner Jenny Nicoll
Back Caalf Trophy
The Wadey Family
Social Award Kim Gow / Leanne Cleaveley
Committee Award Jan Lavis
Chairman’s Award Kim Gow
Fun Run Champion Male James Sorbie
Fun Run Champion Female Emma Fernandez/Katia Hannah
Coaches Awards
Daytime Group - Most
Improved Vivien Smith
Daytime Group - Coaches’ Award Vicky Connolly
Hazel Holmes Award
Theresa Chalk
Beginners/Improvers - Coaches’ Award Linda Hulley
Coaches’ Award - Most
Improved Linda Russell
Coaches’ Award – Performance Jason Wadey/ Alan Fry
Club Championship
Club Championship Male
Joe Carey
Club Championship FemaleSharona Harrington
Male Senior Joe Carey
Male Vet 1 Mark Craigs
Male Vet 2 Alan Fry
Male Vet 3 Andy Sayers
Male Vet 4 Trevor Symes
Male Vet 5 Stuart Condie
Male Vet 6 Martin Skeats
Male Vet 7 Kjell Berglund
Female Senior Hannah Watkins
Female Vet 1 Sharona Harrington
Female Vet 2 Emma Buckland
Female Vet 3 Linda Russell
Female Vet 4 Sue Lyle
Female Vet 5 Gill Berglund
Meanwhile, on the racing front, the ever-popular Reading Half Marathon attracted a few keen runners, and there were excellent PBs for Marie Carey who finished in 1hr 54 mins 22 second and Linda Russell (1.57.57), along with John Carey who completed in 2.08.08 and Helen Pratt (2.26.47).
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Hide AdCloser to home, the well supported Hastings Half Marathon, now in it’s 31st year, also attracted a few members, Susan Lyle leading the way in 1.49.34 followed by Steve Gray (2.16.44), Karen Sargent and Liz Cooper (both 2.18.33) and Ann Savidge (2.21.05)