Garry Hughes continued his impressive form this season by winning Dursley and District AC’s summer 10k road race at Berkeley on Monday.
A field of over 350 entrants turned out on a chilly blustery evening.
Starting at the front, Dursley’s Hughes ran most of the race in the company of John Parker from CLC Striders.
He was able to break away in the end to win by a 20-second margin, finishing in 31:45.
The first lady was Gwen Kinsey from Stroud and District in a time of 38.05.
There was another good turnout from Dursley and District runners, with the highlights being another good run for Rebecca Topham, finishing sixth lady in 43:13,(1st LV 40), Dave Saunders claiming 2nd MV60 with run of 43:53 and a number of personal bests.
Both the mens and ladies teams finished in third place.
Chris Gaze led in Paul Wellings to take him comfortably under the 40 minute barrier with Kevin Jackson following them in to claim 3rd MV50.
Emily Smith, having looked very comfortable for the first half of the race, claimed a top ten place and was not far behind Topham with Mel Williams helping claim third place for the team.
Martin Ford from Cheltenham Harriers continues to impress as MV65 with a time of 39:01, almost four minutes ahead of the next runner in his category. Results: 1st G Hughes 31:45; 2nd John Parker (CLC Striders) 32:05; 3rd Anthony Bailey (Almost Athletes) 34:25.
Dursley Ladies Team: 6th R Topham 43:13; 9th E Smith 43:56; 30th Mel Williams 49:00.
Dursley Mens Team: 1st G Hughes 31:45; 29th Chris Gaze 38:58; 32nd Paul Wellings 39:04; 39th Kevin Jackson 39:43.
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