Forty-five Haslemere Border Athletics Club (HBAC) runners represented the club in the final Southern Cross Country League race of the season at Bourne Woods.

HBAC went into the race with a chance of securing a top-three finish in the league.

An impressive performance by the team secured second place overall in the Bourne Woods race for HBAC.

Notable performances on the day saw Jake Pillans-Payne finish third, Elizabeth Dolin, Sarah Smith, Katie Simmonds and Amy Arthur all finish in the top 17 ladies, and Beth Sutton do the right thing by forsaking her own race to help an injured runner.

In a season where the club has grown in strength in terms of numbers and performances, HBAC finished joint-third in the final league table – a fitting reward for cross country captain Steve Pendegrass’ commitment, time and energy in leading the team.

A strong team of HBAC runners took on the Cancer Research UK London Winter 10km race.

This year’s event had a record-breaking 25,000 entries – making it the UK’s largest 10km road race.

The HBAC team had all trained for the event, participating in coach Annalisa Alexander’s weekly training sessions.

First to finish for HBAC was Jo Payne in 1:07.43.

Niamh O’Hagan was next home in 1:07.47, followed by Annalisa Alexander in 1:10.06, Ian Moore in 1:11.04, Martin Ripley in 1:11.56, Helen Crainey in 1:16.20, Helen Gowlett in 1:16.59, Emma Moore in 1:30.05 and Caroline Rigby in 1:30.29.

Two Haslemere Border athletes took on the Big Mud on Butser Hill 16-mile race.

Dean Kellaway finished in 2:40.46, with Steve King finishing in 4:01.

Coach Issy Peters took on the Wokingham Half Marathon, finishing in 1:42.51.

By Ann Varnes