Sargent pulls off a superb first place finish

Paul Sargent from Burgess Hill Runners pulled off a superb first place finish at the "Mouth to Mouth" river (slightly more than) marathon last week, completing the event in a time of 3:23:35.
Paul Sargent leads the way at the Mouth 2 Mouth (courtesy: Jon Lavis)Paul Sargent leads the way at the Mouth 2 Mouth (courtesy: Jon Lavis)
Paul Sargent leads the way at the Mouth 2 Mouth (courtesy: Jon Lavis)

Also running for BHR were Gary Woolven (3:50:41), Mark Nicholls (3:58:00) and Andrew Baillie (4:55:13).

Meanwhile, Kirsty Armstrong delivered another first place for the club, winning the Worthing Sisters 10k on Worthing seafront.

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Oliver Day and Martin Skeats completed the tough "Mince Pie 10" event in speedy times of 1:13:31 and 1:24:09 respectively. The club also competed at the Stanmer Park cross country event.

The third of four events, the men's A-team are battling relegation from Division 2 but their hopes were kept alive by James Collins who stormed the 5 mile event in 29:16 which was a very impressive 19th place finish. Also making up the A-team were James Sorbie (34:42), Neil Grigg (35:50) and Andy Sayers (37:30). Making up a B-team were Stuart Condie (39:20), Ian Jones (39:22), Rich Neale (41:04) and Trevor Symes (42:40). Sharona Harrington and Emma Leeson competed in the 5k women's event, finishing in 23:40 and 25:14 respectively. Rosie Beckett finished strong in the U13 girls 3k - 24th place in a time of 15:18.

Finally, the club ran their annual "Downslink Relay". Several teams of runners from the club competed to complete the distance along the popular Downslink route but it was a team of Keith Delderfield, Oliver Dewdney and Daniel Belton that held on for the win.

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