Haywards Heath Harriers in flying form at Barns Green and Goodwood

By Paul CousinsContributor
Published 16th Oct 2023, 13:52 BST
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Haywards Heath Harriers have been busy – and in impressive form – at recent events. including Run Barns Green and the Sussex cross country relays at Goodwood.

At Barns Green Harriers had top results with many fine performances achieved on the day.Jamie Topping finished in second place in the five kilometres race in seventeen minutes and forty-eight seconds.

James Skinner also had a great race and finished in second place in the ten kilometres race out of six hundred and six finishers. He also set a new Harrier age record in the veterans men's fifty age group with a new club record of thirty-three minutes and fifty-two seconds.

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In the half marathon, the harriers had six runners in the first twenty. There were six hundred and fifty-two finishers in the race.

Harriers at Barns Green: L-R: James Bennett, Sarah Hamilton, Caroline Gumm, Matt Cook, Ben Duncan | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath HarriersHarriers at Barns Green: L-R: James Bennett, Sarah Hamilton, Caroline Gumm, Matt Cook, Ben Duncan | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers
Harriers at Barns Green: L-R: James Bennett, Sarah Hamilton, Caroline Gumm, Matt Cook, Ben Duncan | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers

Ben Gibson leading the club home in fourth place in seventy-five minutes and twenty-five seconds.

Rachel Overton was the first Harrier lady to finish in the half marathon in a personal best time of one hour and thirty-eight minutes and ten seconds.

Other Harriers who got personal bests at Barns Green in the half marathon were:James Moffat, Pete Francis, Will Roberts, Gray Wilkinson and Sue Lindsley.

Barns Green 10km results:

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Harriers at Barns Green | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath HarriersHarriers at Barns Green | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers
Harriers at Barns Green | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers

2nd James Skinner 33:52; 124th Ian Tomkins 50:14; 215th Richard Jobling 55:08; 344th Sarah Hamilton 58:52; 423rd Caroline Mackey-Khursheed 62:24; 425th Caroline Gumm 62:29; 519th Sarah Heron-Smith 67:44.

Barns Green Half Marathon results:

4th Ben Gibson 75:25; 6th Ian Kenton 78:37; 9th Matt Cook 80:18; 13th Michael Priest 80:49; 14th Ben Duncan 81:17; 17th James Moffat 85:30 (pb); 22nd Pete Francis 86:16 (pb); 31st Matt King 87:29; 40th James Bennett 88:13; 42nd Greg Hilton 88:28; 53rd Will Roberts 90:15 (pb); 81st James Booth 95:14; 84th Simeon Wishlade 95:33; 104th Rachael Overton 98:10 (pb); 111th Paul Cousins 98:54; 112th Ellen Robinson 98:46; 149th David Harper 1hr 42:38; 160th Lindsey Blain 1 hr 44:03; 192nd Mark Davies 1 hr 48:09; 213th Gray Wilkinson 1 hr 49:17 (pb); 259th Ian Dumbrell 1 hr 52:44; 263rd Sue Lindsley 1 hr 53:03 (pb); 545th Michael Parish 2 hrs 23:52.

Cross-Country

Harriers ladies at the Sussex XC Relays at Goodwood | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath HarriersHarriers ladies at the Sussex XC Relays at Goodwood | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers
Harriers ladies at the Sussex XC Relays at Goodwood | Picture courtesy of Haywards Heath Harriers

The new cross country season began at Goodwood on the Saturday 30th September with the Sussex Cross-Country Relay Championships.

The return to cross-country brought out many Harriers teams with the Harriers excelling themselves by winning three team medals in the vet men’s section with two silver and one bronze team medals.

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