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July 27th, 2006: Near As Damn It 10K (3)

Posted by Will at 1:34 pm

The third and final Near as Damn It 10k race of the summer was run on Thursday 27th. July over Farthing Downs and Happy Valley, Coulsdon.

Unfortunately the 3 leaders went off course in the woods before the 2k mark and although 2 of them, Bal Pawel of Striders and Mark Humphrey of Belgrave, retraced their steps and rejoined the race, they were unable to make up the ground on the eventual winner, Jim Burdett of South London Harriers. The winning time was 37′47′, second was David Ogden in 38′34′ (1st MV40), and third was Ian Kitching (1st. MV50) in 38′44. First MV60 was Dave Newlands in 45′06′.

Ruth Hutton of SLH won the ladies race in 42′08 with Alison Mackenzie second (43′01′)and third. Christine Costiff (45′19′)1st. LV35. Jo Quantrill won the LV45 category.

The winners of the series with the fastest times overall were Jim Burdett and Ruth Hutton. A special presentation was made to Jeffrey Butler of Epsom and Ewell who has not missed a race for 4 years. The Results.

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