Bronze for Baker as home town club shows its paces

9:00am Wednesday 14th May 2008

TEWKESBURY Athletic Club was again in the thick of the action at Sunday's annual Tewkesbury Half-Marathon.

Eighteen athletes, including five new members and four runners in the Five-Mile Fun Run, were in action and performances were mixed in the hot and sunny conditions.

Clive Baker handled the conditions well to cross the line in an outstanding bronze medal position - just two and half minutes behind the race winner.

Another outstanding achievement was in the making by young debutant Helena Preston.

She has come a long way since starting out with the club as a non-runner and her determination was on full display as she worked her way around in just over two hours and 40 minutes.

Defending V50 champion Carol Cowley is having a purple patch but she had to really work hard to meet her high standards.

Finishing times were all a little slower than expected, however, from the 1,222 that finished, the average time was two hours and three minutes meaning an above average performance from the Tewkesbury contingent.

Results: 3 Clive Baker 1.20.45; 10 Jon Mansfield 1:23:19; 12 Rob Knight 1:23:44; 65 Nigel Tillott 1:32:35; 78 Dan Webb 1:33:58; 151 Mungo Park 1:39:44; 311 Phillip Howells 1:47:03; 364 Carol Cowley 1:50:19; 481 Cathy Dudfield 1:55:03; 482 Stuart Dudfield 1:55:26; 487 Steve Wiggall 1:56:11; 726 Roy Northcott 2:04:48; 733 Nick Matthews 2:05:25; 1883 Helena Preston 2.44.13.

Five-Mile Fun Run: 17 James Dudfield 36.55; 26 Harry Foster 38.11; 30 Peter Foster 38.56; 57 Darrell Summers 42.08; 72 Richard Scantlebury 43.01; 73 Jonathon Teague 43.05.

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