Wins for Coomber and Tomlinson in busy weekend of racing for Haywards Heath Harriers

Harriers at Hastings: Natalie Chivers, Jack Chivers, Peter Cobbett, Kim Lo, Carl Bicknell, Amanda Soper and Matt Quinton.

There were a number of races across the counties this week with Haywards Heath Harriers’ Izzy Coomber and Paul Tomlinson picking up impressive wins and a host of top finishes from Harriers across the events.

Hedgehopper 5

Izzy Coomber and Paul Cousins were first Harriers home in the West Sussex Fun Run League on Sunday where the Portslade Hedgehoppers hosted their scenic 5 mile run.

On her return to racing following injury, Izzy Coomber (35:14) was first lady on the undulating chalky paths over the South Downs. She put in a fantastic performance and there is clearly plenty more to come.

Cousins ran brilliantly over this challenging course to finish fourth with his time of 31:59, pipping Tom Mullen (32:27) who was fifth. Barry Tullett (34:17) ran strongly in 22nd place, benefitting from his marathon training by finishing two and a half minutes quicker than in last year’s race. Julian Boyer (35:09) and Ben Adams (35:11) traded places three times in the last few hundred metres to finish high up in the club points.

Full results

39:25 Rod Catton, 44:12 Graham Kenward, 45:57 Steve Horn, 46:03 Marion Hemsworth, 46:55 Rupert Purchase, 51:29 Linda Tullett, 1:03:29 Jenny Denyer, 1:10:53 Trevor Crowhurst.

Clair parkrun

In this week’s Clair parkrun, where a record turnout of 157 runners took on the free 5k race, there was another commanding display from Harrier Paul Tomlinson. He won by a massive margin in 17:06, one of the quickest times ever recorded on this course. There were also personal best times for Will Herbert (19:46) and Howard Booth (21:03).