RUNNING Forever despatched a sizeable contingent to Bridgwater on Sunday where half marathon, 10k and 5k options were on offer.

The half marathon-ers were brought home by Andy Staples and his 1:26 finish.

Emma Kiernan wasn’t far behind in 1:30, with James Beach clocking up 1:39, Scott Weech 1:45, Trevor Stow 1:56 and Lee Derrick 1:58.

The club’s final two at this distance were Sally Tuer (2:05) and Ann Marie Crampton (2:20).

Seven Running Forever athletes took on the 10k distance, with Nick Williams (44:05) and Dave Bullock (45:52) the club’s first runners home.

Simon Rowland (51:37) and Goff Welchman (54:27) were next to collect their medals, followed by Lucy Spring (1:04), Cathie Welchman (1:05) and Pat Pike (1:15).

Tara Sully had a 38:02 finish in the 5k.

In his quest to complete 100 marathons, Peter Hall headed for Dartmoor for the marathon there.

Hall usually takes his own weather with him when he heads for the moors, but was pleasantly surprised this weekend and no kayaks were needed for his seven-hour finish.

Gavin Clegg was navigating his way round Bath in the British Orienteering Sprint Championships, and finish fifth out of 161 competitors in his age category.

Heather Pearce tackled the Perranporth Surf Tri event in Cornwall.

This started with a 1.5k sea swim, adding a 38k bike leg and topping it off with a 7.5k run, which Pearce finished in 2:39.

This weekend’s Parkrun tourists went to Torbay, Catterick, Lymington Woodside, Eastville, Cheltenham, Seaton & Burnham.

Thirty-nine took part in the local Longrun Meadow event, where Ola Timpson celebrated her 100th Parkrun.

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HYDRO Harriers’ eternal bridesmaid Longrun Meadow Parkrunner, Tom Mellor, had to be content with eighth place and 18:14 on Saturday.

Andy White managed another sub-20, home in 19:47, with Rowland Lyons - paying for a ‘suicide’ start - still managing a year’s best of 23:16.

Andy Phelps was the Hydro Harriers’ sole entrant in the Bridgwater Half Marathon on Sunday.

In warm and muggy conditions he clocked in at 2:18:43 to finish in 269th place from a field of 327 finishers.