Dursley and District Athletic Club

THURSDAY, December 18, was the date for another Weston AC evening five mile prom race. A large number of runners took part, trying to get under the magic 30 minute mark.

Sixteen-year-old Kieran Leeson was first home for Dursley in 12th position in 27min 42sec, Chris Gaze was 20th in 29.01 and V50 Tim George had a great run to finish 22nd in 29.08. David Burton was 46th in 30.51, Trevor Lewis 48th 31.02, Erica Martin 59th 31.39, Graham Morgan 60th 31.40, Fred Yearsley 75th 33.13, Chris Ashworth 91st 34.13 and Janet Gaze 131st 38.51.

Boxing Day saw two runners competing at Clevedon. In the young athletes 3K race Kieran Leeson had a good run to finish first in 8.48 and Chris Ashworth took part in the four mile race and came 95th out of 592 in 25.40.