The Benfleet Running Club men’s team took the team title at the Hadleigh Legacy 10K. The high-scorers of Terence Spooner, Tim Tomlins and Jack Hodges battled the hilly mountain bike course to capture first place. Terence Spooner was said to have given everything to be first over the line for BRC in 8th place with a time of 44:24.Tim Tomlins battled hard to secure a time of 46:18 and the last team place feel to Jack Hodges in 17th place (47:28)
Just out of the points, but a promising new member of BRC was Lee Gumbrell in 50:36, Barry Key (52:14) was next over the line with team mate Mike Grout not far behind (52:44). Stephen Burton continued his good form putting in a time of 53:08 just ahead of the first Benfleet lady, Jayne Stacey who completed the run in 54:00. Sub one hour runs were also completed by Mark Cowan (55:36), Graham Douglass (59:34) and Stewart Morley (59:55). Kevin Judge and Sarah Norton were the next to complete the course in 1:00:49 and (1:02:57). Wrapping up the BRC effort was Isla Sinclair, Sarah Grabowski and Catherine Hughes all completed the course within a minute of each other at 01:04:10 for Sinclair, 01:04:10 for Sarah Grabowski and Catherine Hughes with time of 1:04:49.
