Tone Zone runner Sean powers home in impressive time
It was a sunny evening for the new Centurion 5 in Chichester, and plenty of Bognor Tone Zone Runners turned out (see picture). First club runner home and 9th overall was Sean Power in an impressive time of 29:31, 2nd in the under-20 category. Second member to finish was Christo Oosthuizen finishing in 30:32 and claiming 1st in his age category. Just 50 seconds later Kari Mack was third female overall and 1st in her age category in 31:19. Danny Mahoney was second in his category in 33:22 one second ahead of Duncan Stephenson-gill, who was 26 seconds ahead of Paul Jarvis. Carolyn Stapley was 5th in her age category just ahead of Gary Smith in 34:58. There was a close battle between Sarah Zacal, Keith Hardwell and Glenn Penfold with Zacal edging it. Martin Playford ran well to finish in 39:14 ahead of Tony Holcombe, Peter Ramsdale and Neil Pacey. Natalie Tribe, Marzena Sowinska and Lucy Janye-isitt all finished under 45 minutes. Sarah Backer-brown, Stephen Brown, Lea Hodgkins came in just under 50 minutes. Another recent attraction for Tone Zone was the David Lloyd Ultra. There were three options a 4x10 mile relay, or a 30-mile or 40 mile off-road event. Four club runners completed the 30-mile course – Andy Shill finishing in 6hr 6min, Tony Holcombe in 6.11 and Grace Natoli and Jude Bazeley who ran the race together. An incredible achievement especially with the 3,800ft of elevation. Paul Coe took the 40-mile which had nearly 4,200ft of elevation, finishing in 8.25. In the 4x10 mile event Tone Zone teams took the top three spots. First to finish were The Nifty Fifties (Christo Oosthuizen, Paul Jarvis, Trev Strowger and Duncan Stephensongill) in 5.18. Jack Penfold, Neil Strudwick, Kari Mack and Alice Cox-rusbridge made up Jolly and Nifty Knees, in second place in 5.47. The Pace Makers we’re third (Keith Hardwell, Ian Bayley, Gary Pidgeon and Danny Mahoney) in 6.08. The club’s next team to finish were ‘Only in it for the burger!’ (Allen Porter, Kirstee Porter, David Rowe and Lisa Jaycocks). They took just over seven hours. Team Happy Feet were next (Donna Strowger, Natalie Tribe, Susi Briggs and Karen Vilday) in 7.42, two minutes ahead of All Sorts and Jelly Beans. All Sorts had Debs Pacey, Lisa Robinson, Karen Blackman and Mark Williamson. As a team tradition they wore shorts covered in an All Sorts sweetie pattern. Jelly Beans comprised Alison Lindley, Neli Pacey, Derek Natoli and Viv Baker and finished in 7.44, hand in hand with their ‘sweetie’ friends.