Burgess Hill Runners take on Brighton and Thorpe Park

The Brighton Half Marathon and the Thorpe Park Half Marathon were the popular choices for Burgess Hill Runners last weekend and there were great performances all round including many club members completing their first events of this distance.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Mar 2017, 07:23 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2017, 11:11 BST
The Blue Army take on a different kind of park (courtesy: Helen Pratt)The Blue Army take on a different kind of park (courtesy: Helen Pratt)
The Blue Army take on a different kind of park (courtesy: Helen Pratt)

Jon Boxall was first BHR to complete the Brighton Half. His time of 1:22:21 was a PB and he was followed by: Mark Nicholls (1:26:16), Neil Phillpot (1:32:35, PB), Emma Leeson (1:36:45, PB), Ben Page (1:38:34), Oliver Jones (1:40:34), Dan Foord (1:41:19), Annette Maynard (1:45:49), Susan Lyle (1:46:11), Steve Roberts (1:47:16), Benny Coxhill (1:49:20), Katia Hannah (1:49:51), Keith Brown (1:54:16), Alice Tellett (1:51:36), Mark Craigs (1:57:26), Jackie Osborne (2:00:41), Steve Osborne (2:00:41), Gill Berglund (2:02:59), Alex Pomorski (2:02:29), Megan Maughan (2:02:29), Hugh Stevenage (2:03:40), Angela Bower (2:06:19), Claire Giles (2:09:35), David Leen (2:11:53), Caz Wadey (2:07:30), Jay Wadey (2:07:28), Jonathan Lane (2:08:00, PB), Michelle Sutherland (2:09:08), Hayley Sherrell (2:13:47), Bev Navesey (2:13:56, first time), Louise Sweeney (2:14:18, first time), Carole Mills (2:16:24), Vivien Smith (2:18:50), Nina Ecroyd (2:20:57), Leanne Cleaveley (2:26:06), Anita Harris (2:28:37), Allison Willcox (2:29:58), Gemma Tavener (2:35:02, first time), Anna Wooller (2:36:03), Lizzie Ungless (2:43:13) and Jane Harle (3:48:36).

Meanwhile Neil Grigg rushed around the Thorpe Park Half in 1:25:26, perhaps eager to get on the teacup ride. Not far behind were: Matt Cawthra (1:41:42), Oliver Dewdney (1:42:17), John Connolly (1:54:13), Marie Carey (2:02:25), Vicky Connolly (2:02:18), John Carey (2:18:05), Matt Wilson (2:23:24), Lynette Brown (2:24:41, first time), Helen Pratt (2:27:40), Ann Savidge (2:28:22) and Vivien Smith (2:28:23, PB).

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Meanwhile, Paul Sargent took on the 71 lap multi-storey carpark marathon organised by Sussex Trail Events and came 1st with a time of 3 hours 4 minutes, an impressive time for any 26.1 mile event. In a more scenic environment was Neil Dawson who completed the Heartbreaker Marathon in the New Forest in a time of 4:39:27.

Paul parks himself in 1st place (courtesy: Jon Lavis)Paul parks himself in 1st place (courtesy: Jon Lavis)
Paul parks himself in 1st place (courtesy: Jon Lavis)

The previous week four club members completed the Hampton Court Half. Leading the club home was Annette Maynard (1:44:59) followed by Nigel Cruttenden (1:49:05, first timer), Kim Cruttenden (2:08:32, PB) and Karl Richards (2:11:50, first timer).

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