Several members of Honiton Running Club travelled to the beautiful seaside village of Lynmouth in North Devon to take part in the Doone 10 mile run organised by the charity Care for Kids with the help of North Devon Road Runners. The race took runners up and down trails and tracks along cliff paths with stunning scenery at every twist and turn. Kevin Hawker was the first back for Honiton coming 3rd overall in a time of 1 hour 12 minutes 38 seconds and taking first prize for his age category. He was followed very closely by Ian Stewart who was 5th overall finishing in 1:14:42 having had a great run. Steve Davey was next back finishing 45th in exactly 1 ½ hours. Bruce Strawbridge is back on form and had a great race to come 51st in 1:31:46. He had vied for position with Steve Selley who finished 4 places later in 1:32:01 having taken a wrong turn into someone’s garden! To be fair most of the Honiton runners and a lot of the field had turned into this garden path but Steve managed to go a little further down the path before realising he had gone wrong! Judy Davey was next back delighted to come 3rd lady overall winning her age category and 64th place overall in a time of 1:34:44. Howard Bidmead was next back having been followed by Judy for the entire race until she passed him. Positions changed a couple of times and in the end Howard finished 4 places and 55 seconds behind Judy. New Honiton member Shane Hudd brought the family and had a thoroughly enjoyable race to finish 84th in 1:41:21. Michelle Selley finished the Honiton line-up having enjoyed the views to come 129th in 2:03:52. The race was won by Mark Jenkin in the amazing time of 1:06 and there were 149 finishers.

Julie Payne took part in the Dornafield Women’s 10k organised by Teignbridge Trotters. She finished 13th overall winning her category in a time of 44:29. The scenic course follows undulating rural lanes  and passes through the local hamlets of Ogwell and Denbury. 

Honiton Running Club held its very own Cotleigh Canter races last Sunday in perfect weather.  The 10k was won with a course record by 16 year old Jake Smith of Axe Valley Runners in the time of 33 minutes 21 seconds. Amy Greenhalgh also of AVR  was first lady back in the time of 40 minutes 20 seconds also cracking the ladies’ course record. Quite a few Honiton members were helping organise and marshal the event but the club did put out some fine runners. Ian Stewart was first back for the club in 6th place in 37:43 followed by Hadleigh Davies who came 14th in 41:38.  Steve Selley had a great run coming 18th in 44:09 as did Mark Dallyn who came 22nd in 45:58. Tony Peek was next back coming 33rd in 52:24. Pete Lyus finished just 10 seconds after the hour in 44th place and Gerry Evans came 46th in 1:05:57. There were 50 finishers. 

The 5k is one lap of the 2 lap 10k course and was won by Michael Lesniak of South West Road Runners setting yet another course record to finish in 17:51. Ellie Sutcliffe was already the holder of the course record set last year and this year she won the ladies’ race in a time of 19:44 coming 2nd overall. Honiton junior member Florence Swan was next back coming 3rd lady overall in 22:21 and 4th place in the event. Thomas Lilley was 2nd male finisher, 6th overall in 24:03. Thomas Kirsch followed 2 places later in 25:21. Hannah Land didn’t enjoy the race but put in a gutsy run to come 14th in 30:29.  There were 15 finishers.

The 3k Fun Run had 41 finishers and was won by Samuel Yearling in a time of 11:41. Honiton’s own Katelyn Wells won it for the girls in a time of 13:53. Jasmine Stone won her category coming 8th overall in 14:10. Ashleigh Ford-Cosens also won her category finishing in 15:51 and 16th place. It was great to see Megan Burton back running after injury just beating her brother for 39th place in 22:40. There were 41 finishers.