The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
PAC do the double at Ferry Meadows
Peterborough Athletic Club claimed both the men’s and ladies team prizes at the Advance Performance Peterborough 10k at Ferry Meadows on New Year’s Eve.
They also provided the individual winner in the ladies race as Chloe Finlay dominated from start to finish, winning by almost two minutes with her 37:40 clocking.
Finlay received sterling support from Daniella Hart, who came in sixth in 41:47, and Sophie Watson, who closed the team out crossing the line in 45:57. Both achieved new personal bests.
Dave Hudson of BRJ won the men’s race in a speedy time of 32:22 and second in 33:04 was former Nene Valley Harrier James McCrae, who is now running for Sheffield Hallam AC.
PAC owed team success to Dominic Moszkal (3rd in 33:18), Shaun Walton (4th in 33:21) and Kirk Brawn (7th in 34:53). Brawn was also the first Over 40 home.
Yaxley’s Roslyn Loutit ran 43:39 to take the Over 50 ladies award with Stamford Strider Jim Grant coming home as first Over 60 just three seconds behind Loutit.
After a race-long battle with an adversary from Bedford, Eric Winstone of Bushfield won the Over 65 category in 44:56.
■ Two Peterborough AC athletes ran well in the Ely New Year’s Eve 10k. Andrew Brett finished seventh in 37:02 with Steven Hall five places back with a 37:45 clocking.
■ Nene Valley’s marathon runner extraordinaire Darryl Coulter completed his 92nd, 93rd and the 94th marathons over the festive period. His best performance was in the Milton Keynes Christmas Cracker race, where he found himself on the second step of the podium with a time of 3:21.33.
■ Nene Valley enjoyed wins galore at their Christmas Throwing Pentathlon.
Simon Achurch won all four disciplines finishing with a points tally of 2,575.
Sean Reidy was first Over 35 with 1,677 points, while John Blackwell was the fourth Over 65.
Lydia Church accumulated a points tally of 2,601 to finish as first senior woman, while Andrea Jenkins totalled 3,310 to finish as the leading veteran. Hazel Gerring was the first Over 45.