Torbay athletes compete in the sun at Totnes

Torbay Amateur Athletics Club had a great turnout at the Totnes 10k and a total of 17 Torbay AAC members were blessed to be able to run in the sunshine starting at Totnes Leisure centre.
This was an off-road event, which consisted of paths and fields, not forgetting the hills that were challenging at times. The course was generous, giving a total of 6.5 undulating miles.
The stand-out performances of the day were from Heather Eve, first F45 with another impressive time of 52.04.
Alex Snell finished in 16th place, claiming the 2nd M40 position with a very speedy time of 45.12
Kevin Fine came 38th S35 3rd in his age category with a sprint finish in 50.20. Tessa Hearfield came 279th FV65 3rd in her age category, with an impressive time of 01.07.47
Full gun time results as follows:
16 Alex Snell 45:12 2nd mv40
38 Kevin Fine 50:20 3rd sm35
48 Steve Weeks 51:23
49 Nick Robinson 51:23
58 Heather Eve 52:04 1st fv45
111 James Hartridge 56:17
117 Mark Smith 56:57
133 Peter Henderson 58:29
162 Chris Marshall 1:00:11
209 Nadine Lee 1:02:47
279 Tessa Hearfield 1:07:47 3rd fv65
290 Ian Sharrock 1:08:47
303 Katie Harvie 1:09:42
313 Irene Hewings 1:10:14
377 Charlotte Philippou 1:16:21
378 Emma Stevenson 1:16:21
406 Glen Hawkins 1:19:09
Torbay AAC were at the Velopark last Friday evening for the South Devon 3k relays. Four of the juniors formed a team “Hayley’s Hurricanes”. They all ran amazingly and were 9th overall out of 63 teams and the quickest junior team!
Results as follows: Leon Snell 10:25 Adam Holland 11:47 Gwilym Lewis 11:11 Scarlett Muscott 11:24
The Senior Mixed team finished 23rd out of 63 teams, placing 3rd for the mixed category. Mark Smith started them off with a time of 12:07, followed by Penny Richards (13:37), Chloe Weeks (11:26), and a sprint to the finish by Steve Weeks (10:55).