RUNNERS braved blazing heat to take part in the first Curry Mallet 10K off road race and fun run.

The event, in aid of Curry Mallet Primary School, was organised by Brett Rogers and the school's parent, teacher and friends association, attracted more than 75 runners.

The two-kilometre fur Run for the children was successful, with all finishers picking up a medal The course of the 10-kilometre race was mainly off-road through fields around Curry Mallet and passed the school where the children had made a banner thanking all the runners for supporting the race.

School head teacher Alison Whitman said: "The school and the PTFA would like to thank all those who helped to organise the race and to make it such a great success.

"It was enjoyed by all, even though it was the hottest day of the year - many congratulations to everyone who completed the distance!"

The event was sponsored by Greenshutters Nurseries and Plant Centre.

Full results and more photos can be found below. For more photos, click on the link below.

RESULTS

1 Phil Burden (first male) 40.01 mins, 2 Tony Summerhayes (second male) 40.45, 3 Richard Elston (third male) 42.16, 4 Shaun Callaghan 42.35, 5 Graham Gldsmid 43.13, 6 Roger Eavis 43.50, 7 Neal Stayner 44.08, 8 Guy Briggs 44.37, 9 Rod Little 44.45, 10 Andrew Ford 45.48, 11 Geoff Richardson 45.55, 12 Martin Kemp 46.01, 13 Paul Barden 46.11, 14 Jack Frost 46.42, 15 Steven Hudson 46.42, 16 Stuart Cairns 47.09, 17 Iain Blackwood 48.17, 18 Neil Johnson 48.42, 19 George Hudson 49.28, 10 Janet Sealy (first female) 49.54, 21 Simon Rowbottom 50.36, 22 Simon Dunk 50.42, 23 John Ward 50.46, 24 Scott Quayle 50.50, 25 Neil Williams 51.06, 26 Tristan Goldsmid 51.46, 27 Sally Tovey (second female) 52.06, 28 Jody Foy 52.15, 29 Eddie Yarde 52.38, 30 Sue Cook (third female) 53.04, 31 Liz Martin 53.10, 32 Gillian Taylor 53.29, 33 Cyril Rowe 53.42, 34 Charles Allen-Roberts 53.54, 35 Jill Branson 54.35, 36 Andrew Fudge 54.49, 37 Mike Nicholls 54.52, 38 Sharron Kington 55.14, 39 Cath Goldsmid 55.26, 40 Ray Bown 56.03, 41 Paul McSparron 56.52, 42 Mark Robinson 57.05, 43 Derek White 57.25, 44 Liz Coates 58.39, 45 Penny Richardson 59.45, 46 Laura Thorpe 61.54, 47 Eric McLaughlin 62.04, 48 Jane Brookhouse 62.22, 49 Mike Hargreaves 62.36, 50 Paula McShane 63.18, 51 Roy Smart 63.48, 52 Kirstie Mayes 63.58, 53 Hazel Evans 64.07, 54 Jenny Brom 64.10, 55 David Ibbetson 65.02, 56 Selina Jervis 65.23, 57 Michael Albrow 67.45, 58 Rebecca Abraham 67.57, 59 Jacqueline Rhodes 67.58, 60 Julie Allen 69.21, 61 Yvonne Summerhayes 69.23, 62 Elizabeth Roper 69.59, 63 Tim Roper 71.59, 64 Linda Sparrow 74.37, 65 Abigail Rousell 82.31, 66 Nicky Cooksley 83.54, 67 Sue Bates 83.55, 68 Mary Dunmall 84.20, 69 Mary Adams 84.27, 70 Ros Robson 84.34, 71 Merle Fudge 95.21.