Tone Zoners proving they can rule at Rewell

Athletics It was a great weekend for Tone Zone Runners with more than 70 of the Bognor club’s members competing in events.

The Rewell Wood Running Festival was a tough 6.5-mile route along hills and trails starting at Arundel Cricket Club.

In the relay the team named The Boys Are Back In Town took first spot. Callum Aldous ran an impressive first leg handing over to Byron Kearns, Peter Lee and Jack Penfold, with the team finishing the full marathon distance in 3 hours and 8 minutes.

The Nifty Fifties, comprising Duncan Stephenson-gill, Christo Oosthuizen, Trev Strowger and Lee Boniface, ran a very quick race to finish in 3.21, for second overall.

Third were Doing It For The Girls – Juliet Stallard, Jess Thomson, Kari Mack and Alice Cox-rusbridge – who had a time of 3.31.

Keith Hardwell, Ian Bayley, Neil Strudwick and Gary Pidgeon finished in 3.50 for the Page 7 Fellas.

Happy Feet, with Natalie Tribe, Lucy Issit, Karen Vilday and Donna Strowger, finished in 4.43 with some of the girls running two laps and helping out other runners.

Smokey and the Bandits finished in 5.23 with club The top Tone Zone turnout at the Rewell Wood event

members Michelle Maximum and Debbie Patching making up half the team.

In the 10k event Rebecca Nicholl, Sarah Stothard and Lauren Farndell all finished together in 1.15.

At the Rogate 10k, Andrew Day finished in just over 56 minutes. At the Outrun Cancer 10k, Donna Strowger managed 52.51 – after racing in the relay the day before – to finish fourth lady. Lisa Wadey and Leigh Paige finished in 1:06 and 1:10 respectively.