A break in the weather and some welcome sunshine heralded the start of Sunday's Highworth half- marathon team challenge.

Runners in teams from local clubs ran the 13.1-mile course around local roads.

Trevor Hunter of Handy Cross led a breakaway group of four from the start on Highworth Recreation Ground field.

A close-fought race ended with Mark Stenning from Swindon Tri second and Pancho Gonzalez-Diaz in third.

In the women's race Susan Marr of Highworth Running Club, first in October's Swindon half-marathon, led from the start to score yet another personal best.

Susan said: "I'm genuinely surprised but delighted with my time. Having being round the course beforehand helps.

"Thanks to all club mates for their support in training. This is a useful step in my training for the Rotterdam Marathon in April."

  • THE Highworth 5-mile, Wiltshire's biggest 5-mile race, is on April 15 from Warneford School. There are no entries on the day. Entry forms are available on the website www.highworthrunningclub.com and from Highworth Rec.

All the results in the Highworth half-marathon

1 Trevor Hunter (Handy Cross) 73.16, 2 Mark Stenning (Swindon Tri) 73.57, 3 Pancho Gonzalez-Diaz (Cirencester) 74.08, 4 Mike Smith (Bourton RR) 74.51, 5 Dennis Walmsely (Bourton RR) 75.04, 6 Alistair Lockey (Bourton RR) 75.56, 7 Bill Leggate (Cirencester) 77.12, 8 Gary O'Brien (Highworth RC) 78.34, 9 Jason Cooke (White Horse Harriers) 80.11, 10 Phil Stephens (Handy Cross) 80.18, 11 Chris Rhodes (Marlborough RC) 80.45, 12 Brian Vaughan (Woodstock) 81.16, 13 Robbie Brown (Cirencester) 81.53, 14 Simon Burley (Swindon Harriers) 82.07, 15 Jason Daniels (Highworth RC) 82.12, 16 H Totsuka (Swindon Tri) 82.28, 17 Susan Marr (Highworth RC) 82.58 (women's winner), 18 Peter Reid (Marlborough RC) 83.23, 19 Andy Chapple (Bourton RR) 83.45, 20 Paul Coles (Marlborough RC) 83.58, 21 James Bolton (Woodstock) 84.12, 22 Jason Barry (Woodstock) 84.45, 23 Ben Coles (Bourton RR) 84.57, 24 Peter George (Woodstock) 85.02, 25 John Dooey (Handy Cross) 85.10, 26 Carl Tompson (Woodstock) 85.39, 27 T Moore (Swindon Tri) 85.40, 28 James Bateman (Handy Cross) 86.30, 29 Roger Bradley (Woodstock) 86.34, 30 Ben Breaker (Eynsham Road Runners) 86.56, 31 Andy Pike (Woodstock) 87.09, 32 Tony Goodwill (Bourton RR) 87.22, 33 Alfred Benjamin (Handy Cross) 87.34, 34 Steven Leighfield (Swindon Striders) 87.38, 35 Guy Collis (Swindon Striders) 88.10, 36 Jane Wassell (Cirencester) 88.15, 37 Robert Townsend (Swindon Striders) 88.28, 38 Simon Johnson (Eynsham Road Runners) 88.35, 39 Martin Townsend (Woodstock) 88.46, 40 Steve Roberts (Handy Cross) 88.47, 41 Dave Sanderson (Handy Cross) 88.48, 42 D Lindsay (Swindon Tri) 88.53, 43 Mark Glunning (Cirencester) 89.11, 44 Kate Jacobs (Swindon Harriers) 89.16, 45 Rob Sinclair (Nationwide) 89.18, 46 Tim Osman (Individuals) 89.57, 47 Andy Bird (Swindon Striders) 90.04, 48 Andy Sears (Eynsham Road Runners) 90.10, 49 Tony Whitlock (Eynsham Road Runners) 90.24, 50 D Mckinnon (Swindon Tri) 90.42, 51 Steve Allman (Nationwide) 90.55, 52 S Barter (Swindon Tri) 91.12, 53 Mervyn Scarlett (Highworth RC) 91.22, 54 Graham Bridges (Eynsham Road Runners) 91.33, 55 Rob Edwards (Bourton RR) 91.48, =56 Pete Horsell (Marlborough RC) 91.49, =56 Caroline Ward (Handy Cross) 91.49, 58 Neil Pringle (Swindon Striders) 92.10, 59 Brian Cooke (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 92.19, 60 Martin Truran (Marlborough RC) 92.22, 61 Tom Fish (Highworth RC) 92.30, 62 Alison Lane (Bourton RR) 92.54, =63 Pete Scarrott (Bourton RR) 93.00, =63 Steve H (Bourton RR) 93.00, 65 Ross Peery (Marlborough RC) 93.25, 66 Ashley Fox (Swindon Harriers) 93.50, 67 A Carnall (Swindon Tri) 93.57, 68 Terry Ranger (Cirencester) 94.13, =69 John Dill (Swindon Harriers) 94.20, =69 Trevor Free (Handy Cross) 94.20, 71 Ted Townsend (Marlborough RC) 94.38, 72 Mike Shirway (Individuals) 95.04, =73 Jill Gibson (Woodstock) 95.32, =73 Kirk Adams (Woodstock) 95.32, 75 Spencer Pres (Swindon Striders) 96.03, =76 Penny Cutler (Handy Cross) 96.12, =76 Martin Percival (Highworth RC) 96.12, 78 Simon Hewitt (Marlborough RC) 96.23, 79 David Parsons (Nationwide) 96.36, 80 Jay Scoggins (Marlborough RC) 96.37, 81 Lucia Singer (White Horse Harriers) 96.34, 82 Henrietta Mackinnon (Marlborough RC) 97.06, 83 Michael Affleck (Swindon Harriers) 97.56, 84 Carole Phillips (Swindon Striders) 98.31, 85 Michelle Leighton (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 98.39, 86 John James (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 98.46, 87 Conor McClure (White Horse Harriers) 98.54, 88 Caroline McBeth (Swindon Striders) 99.16, 89 Trudy Compton (Cirencester) 99.38, 90 Kevin Buttle (Swindon Striders) 99.53, 91 D Cook (Swindon Tri) 99.59, 92 Pat Taylor (Highworth RC) 100.09, 93 Des Mannlon (Handy Cross) 100.11, 94 Alison Meredith (Marlborough RC) 100.14, 95 Mike Hickman (Handy Cross) 100.42, 96 Robbie Phillips (Eynsham Road Runners) 100.51, =97 Matthew Hodey (Nationwide) 101.05, =97 Graeme Little (Nationwide) 101.05, 99 Kate Williamson (Eynsham Road Runners) 101.11, 100 Richard French (Swindon Harriers) 101.27, 101 Anne-Marie Howroyd (Swindon Harriers) 101.57, 102 Debbie Simpson (Marlborough RC) 102.53, 103 Caroline Balam (Cirencester) 103.24, 104 Deborah Gaesman (Individuals) 103.37, 105 Dene Stringfellow (White Horse Harriers) 103.50, =106 Rick Kiesler (Nationwide) 103.58, =106 Nick Fisher (Swindon Harriers) 103.58, 108 Katherine Bates (Eynsham Road Runners) 104.55, 109 Larry Poole (Eynsham Road Runners) 104.16, 110 Ken Harrison (Swindon Harriers) 104.33, 111 Sue Brown (Cirencester) 104.51, 112 Steve Caswell (Woodstock) 104.52, 113 Brian Hulcup (Bourton RR) 105.21, 114 Pauline Morgan (Swindon Harriers) 105.30, 115 Sarah Wintle (Nationwide) 106.05, 116 Judy Rowse (Swindon Striders) 106.09, 117 Roger Turnbull (White Horse Harriers) 106.12, 118 Jeremy Smeddle (White Horse Harriers) 106.23, 119 Juila Rutherford (Bourton RR) 106.27, 120 Michael Beering (Woodstock) 106.31, 121 Joe Wood (Nationwide) 107.07, 122 C Morgan (Swindon Tri) 108.39, 123 Lynda Meheran (Nationwide) 109.46, 124 Sarah Baker (White Horse Harriers) 110.13, 125 Geoff Holton (Swindon Striders) 110.47, 126 Yvonne Pomoroy (White Horse Harriers) 111.48, 127 R Humphries (Swindon Tri) 111.51, 128 Phil Sambrook (Individuals) 111.59, 129 Zoe Stevens (Nationwide) 112.00, 130 Jenny Garth (Swindon Harriers) 112.42, 131 Ray Stephens (Swindon Striders) 113.02, 132 Mo Farrell (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 115.15, 133 Alan Wood (Wootton Bassett Hounds) 115.36, =134 Jane Larberfestier (Eynsham Road Runners) 116.52, =134 Hildy Frenken (Eynsham Road Runners) 116.52, 136 Deborah Ridcut (Individuals) 117.30, 137 Fay Arbon (Nationwide) 119.23, 138 Tora Stracey (Individuals) 121.12, 139 Michael Palij (Individuals) 124.57, 140 Wayne Pollock (Individuals) 126.41, 141 John Greenhill (Individuals) 130.27, 142 Carol Durn (Swindon Harriers) 130.59, 143 Jane Bishop (Eynsham Road Runners) 136.19.

Club Positions

1 Bourton RR 96, 2 Cirencester 102, 3 Handy Cross 121, 4 Woodstock 152, 5 Highworth RC 154, 6 Swindon Striders 237, 7 Eynsham Road Runners 264, 8 Swindon Harriers 323, 9 Nationwide 387, 10 White Horse Harriers 399, 11 Wootton Bassett Hounds 495.