BANBURY 5 MILES

 JUN. 7^Th  2016

 

     Elisha De Mello had a terrific run in the Banbury 5 mile road race to finish in 3^rd place with a time of 26 mins 44secs. This gave the Rugby & Northampton athlete an easy victory in the U20 race and also helped the Mens team to clinch top spot on the night.

    Daniel Mould repeated his position from Corby the previous week to claim 12^th position on 28:46 in this 5^th race of the East Midlands Grand Prix.

    Crossing the line in exactly 29 mins was Alistair McDonnell in 15^th place and one place and one second behind was M45 Iain Botheroyd who finished 3^rd in the age group.

     John Gercs made a return to competition on his Birthday and he recorded 29:30 in 20^th spot overall and 5^th M45.

     The Veteran men were able to secure victory for the first time in the Series and completing the team were Nigel Roberts (M45 9^th  in 30:55 )  and  Mike Andrews  (M40 10^th in 32:21 ).

    Other notable performances from the R&N Senior Men came from Daniel Williams ( 26^th in 30:04 ), Jamie Sinclair ( 34^th in 30:39 ), Lewis Cherry ( 35^th in 30:40 ) and Jonathan Burke (48^th in 31:33 ).

     Both the Senior and Veteran Womens teams from the club finished in 3^rd place and leading them home was Alison Cooper who won the F40 category by 11 seconds and was timed at 34:52 for 8^th overall.

     Lorna Latimer finished in 17^th place on 36:41 and closing off the teams were Helen Jones (F45 7^th in 38:47 ) and Kate Williams ( F55  2^nd in 38:50 ) who finished 35^th and 36^th respectively.

    Valerie Cross gained another 2^nd  place in the F65 category with 52:41.