places respectively. The remaining teams finished over the following 5 minutes, with some exciting sprint finishes. The friendly rivalry between Compton Harriers ‘Old Girls’ and ‘Old Boys’ teams was rekindled. But, once again, the Old Boys spoiled the party (!), as Darren ran hard on leg 4 and just passed Kirsty in the final run-in. The battle to record the evening’s fastest actual team time was very close, with two teams breaking 41:00. ‘NR D’ recorded 40:45, with The Pacemakers (which included Compton Harriers’ own Ryan and Mike) clocking 40:59. The evening’s fastest lap time was set by Graham Stent (‘NR D’, 8:57, a men’s lap record), ahead of Barry Regan (‘NR F’, 9:09) while the excellent performance of fastest lady, Jess Franklin (NAC), saw her run the 3rd fastest time of the evening overall (9:11, a ladies lap record) just ahead of 3rd fastest man Joe Hoskins (‘NR C’, 9:12). Sue (CH ‘Old Girls’) was 2nd fastest lady (10:15), ahead of Chloe Blair (NAC) who clocked 10:29 on Leg 1, then 10:35 on Leg 4. Many thanks to my great team of helpers, without whom it would not be possible to stage the Relay: Mo for race results and photos, Jan and Dick for time-keeping, John, Mavis, Kyle and Martin for marshalling, and Helen our first-aider. Full results, along with all of Mo’s photos of the evening can be found at: http://www.comptonharriers.org.uk/WebPlus/Relay.html
Baton hand-over for The Old Girls; Colin takes over from Ben for the Musketeers; The Pacemakers receive their team prize at Ilsley Swan as everyone enjoys the barbecue
HH August 2017
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